The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-14
BRYAN AND THE SOUTH DIS
AGREE ON TRADE.

Mr.. BRYAN expects to have soma
south with him in the coming conflct
OF the voters, and there seems 10 pe
general disposition here In the north
to concede that his expectation VIII De
realized. Yet we find the south strong
~ arrayed against the Democratic can
didate on what he has tried 10 make
the paramount issue of the campaign
The south is for expansion-not sucn
EXPANSION merely as shall lead 10 the
ahsorption of Porto Rico, Hawai- anu
the Philippine islands, but it demands
that we shall have a free footing IN
! China. even if we have to fight FOR IT,
The Atlanta Constitution feels, 10
ouote from it's editorial columns, that
the time has come to speak TOT tne
peoplo of the south, whom it so largely
renresents. and for the welfare OF the
whole country in whose honor II re-
ioices" And what, as represented py
our esteemed contemporary OF Atlahla'
do the people of the south desire? Here
are some of the things the Constltu-
| ton has to say on the subject:
China is victim today IN the
hands of the leading powers of the
| world. Her 400000,000 people are IN
need NJ cotton and of iron. Her wants
will give employment to the artisans
of the world for a century to come. IL
has been estimated that, with the gates
omen China alone could consume w.
600 900 bales of cotton annually-the
equivalent of two years production.
The question, then, is plain.
The Chinese government has fallen
and if replaced it will be by the crea-
lures of the allies whose forces are on
the field.
:.Our duty is to be on the ground
Aoor of Chinese opportunity, not
through English grace or German cour-
+oev but through our own inherent
right to be there.
I'VE must have absolutely free ac-
cess for our goods and our commercial
men who should be subjected to neither
entrance tariff nor to passport annoy
.nce either at the hands OF local OF OF
nrotectorate authorities. No Russian
tontinel should halt the American on
the way to his customer. NO port Zee
sbould be exacted by English or Ger
NON custom house officer. No indem'
nitv should be collected by any one OF
tbe powers which must be dependent
ror its source upon American cotton
either in the hands of the merchant OF
uron the back of the wearer. No loop
hole. no device-Dut absolute and unre
strained free trade.
This is a question in which the cot
lion states of the union are vitality in
terested. 1t is the right of these people
to raise all the cotton they can, an(
to deal in the widest possible marke
which can be made for them.
Cotton is king, and the United States
army should remain in Pekin to se'
him duly crowned"
This. we are told, is the voice Of tn
south, the Democratic stronghold upol
which Mr.. Bryan depends for three
fourths of the votes that will be neces
] Sdll 10 give him a SnahNS az
ton. But what are the Nebraska can
didate's views on the securing of trad
in the far east?
Il would not put one American eiti
zen on the block and sell him for al
the trade of the Orient il 1 had to bu!
it by his blood"
This sentiment was delivered by MI
Bryan the other day at Manhattan, Kan
Not even for the purpose OF opening u
new markets for the cotton raisers
|, the south would he have one America
. soldier exposed to the dangers tina
necessarily exist where conflicts rage
, Not even for the purpose OF securing
: market for 10000 900 bales Of cotto
/, annually would he have our troops re
main for an hour in China after It
A possible to withdraw them in safety.
II How are Mr.. Bryan and the south Sc
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