The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-01

for the preservation Of the open door In
China and an opportunity to increase our
trade in the Orient Great Brit
ain is first in trade with China. we are
second and Japan is third. Our
principal trade with China is N cotton
goods, but our trade in all other manufac-
tured products has largely Increased In
recent years. When this trade is thor
oughly established we viii know the value
of an American port in the Hawaiian
Islands and safe harbor in Manila bay"
Mr.. Long favors the construction. under
government auspices. of a Pacific cable.
On this point ne said: Communication
with Manila and the Orient is now only
possible through cables that are controlled
by other nations In order TO
improve our trade and in order to main
tain control at all times OF this rapid
means of communication, a cable should
be laid from San Francisco 10 Manila and
the coast of China. touching the Hawaiian
Islands on the way and this cable should
be under the control of this government"
On the Nicaraguan canal Mr. Long
said: "Our trade with Europe viii in
crease in the future, but the great OPP
portunity for increase Of trade is on the
Pacific instead of on the Atlantic. We are
800 miles from Galveston. and with the
construction OF the Nicaraguan canal we
will have advantages over the east in
reaching this trade upon the Pacific This
increased trade means much 10 all OF the
states in the Mississippi valley as we'll
as to those that touch the waters OF the
Pacific ocean. We should take advantage
of the situation and favor the coustruc-
ton of the canal that will place US with
in easy access of the great Oriental
trade"
The subject OF fostering merchant ma
rine Mr.. Long closed as follows: 'On the
high seas we come in competition with
the ships OF England. France and Ger
many. These countries for years have en-
couraged the building of ships and the
extension OF their trade by awarding sub
sides to those who would place their
money in ocean transportation. To COM
pete with these countries We must adopt
a similar policy. If it is done the flag
o four country will once more appear upon
the high seas and the goods and citizens
of this country will be transported TO
other lands under the protecting folds OF
the stars and stripes
Mr.. Long closed his speech with this
thrilling peroration: 1.-THE Civil war de-
termined the kind OF government that we
have. Since that contest closed, we have
been repairing the injuries and healing
the wounds of civil strife. The task is
done. The enmities of that war are in
the past. We have a reunited nation.
greater, grander and more powerful than
any that ever existed on earth before.
There is a new America, not bounded by
the Atlantic and Pacific, but reaching to
the south, embracing Cuba and Porto
Rico, and extending to the far west. in
Guiding Hawaii and the Philippine Islands.
Old issues have passed away. Tariff and
money are settled. There will be a new
alignment in the next campaign. There Is
a partytthat will stand for the new Amer
lea 1t is the party of advancement, Of
progress and of patriotism. II stands for
the honor and glory of this imperial re-
public. 1t is the party of Abraham Lin
coin and William Mckinley. There will
be another party that will oppose and OBJ
struct Take your, choice, but do not fail
to remember the warning of Henry Wat
terson: NO party ever threw itself across
the pathway Of its country's greatness
and glory, and lived to tell the tale, and
no party ever can or will or ought