The Delta independent., 1900-10-19
rsApE ExrAxsseu.
JsAs G. Rauss Tells Whss 10 Means -
Aooss0aa Dosasess laserssss.

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Aoesssaa Dosasess Interests.
How any man At all interested 10 the
advancement and welfare oe this great
country can preach the doctrine Of anti
expansion 10 more than ! can under.
stand.
Anti-eTpansion means contraction. or
st least that would bs the result. Un-
less ws seek markets for our goods out
side Of the limits Of our ovn country We
cannot advance commercially. We are
. country Of producers. Not only do we
draw from natures bountiful supplies
VI the ground. but. by using tho ingen.
uity providence has given US. No have
demonstrated that Us can by modern
machinery turl out more manufactured
goods than we can use. Therefore We
must not eoly seek markets else here.
but us must create new markets for our
productions. To do this our country
nust have st least . foothold in other
coustriss. coumercisl,y At least.
Americans are natural pioneers and
vilI stand any privatiou and hardship
to opsa up nee territory. but IL must
b under the American flag. which 10
dssrss 10 them sven thss wealth gained
90 f0rsign soil.
Our occupancy Of Cuba and Porto
Rico. hss assured us OF the greater part
oe the trade With those islands The
innuence for good has not stopped there
but IL has extended to all the Spanish
speaking countries OF Americs. Inqui
siss from bess countries foe American
goods and msnufsctures arc becoming
more bumsrous every day. In . com
usscisl vsy Il is not this country alone
that y bsing beDsatsj; but the fact that
Porto Rico y nov part OF the United
States snd that ve have secured foot.
held in Cuba hss drawn millions os dol
hare of Amsrican capital 10 thsse islands
not altogether In . speculative way
that would oeix tend 70 iis Up valusbls
property. but in the vay a sabstsatial
businsss enterprises.
I wish to ~ right here frso ny osn
kseuisdss a The busissoosn in Cuba.
I'D froa vhas hey have said 70 -
psssssally. thss ! ~ suss 49, sAsas
euBGbs9ss 10 - ajoes wes What nsds
oAeo cpasiuus businsss % the islands
ssd feel that there vas . future Tor
sAso. without 40 exception the busi-
49, men froa Havana and other ciiies
Il Cuba. have stated frankly to me that
Il the United States snould withdraw
settsely from Cuba, they themselves
would fesl obliged to 60 out OF business;
that sil business contiderce would be
sAaken. O couiss in the newspspers
- rsed the other eide or the case.
Thsss are 10 Cuba and Porto Rico poll
tieisps and Once sseksrs-the same -
b this couutsy-only. perhaps. they src
slittls more prolific there. These men
sss csyiag against the administration Of
tAsls saairs BY this country . and claim.
log alDust anything for the ssks os
having the control os the government
b their ovs hssds. But although they
sss soisy part os the population. and
~ hsss from then more than from any
ssAss elass. they ere By no means 10 the
osjosity. Dos do they belong to the cub
sesstisl class os men.
SpeskinG specially q fabrics manu-.
esctsred from cotton. think hos impor-
ssat u b that vs asd new markets sor
our cotton soods. Osths Mise 10 twelve
oilltoes a bsiss q rae cotton produced
10 Shis cosatsy two- thirds u it are sz.
ported ssd asds up iato cotton cioshs
ebsued. The sspoststioe q the raw
oatssial 10 itsslf = IN inueoss factor
h or fossisn trade and cooo~scs. but
hov apch better IL would BE-. inssesd
- sssdiag two -thirds d the rsw cotton
sbsesd asd using ooe-third 10 msnufsc.
tsstue goods in this country. TO export
60 third asd uss two-thirds here. es.
Dsstia6 tAs asished product. thereby
esue,iag Tie sunbss Of our mills and
esssssiss ssd sivisG employoset 10
evtss shs ssabss Il operatives. Asia
, ~ great cotton fabric usiog county
q ~ vsssd. siesty- -sipe per csot oe the
psspss ssssg sssAias slss for wearing
epVsssl. ed ~ eossuapsioa BY the
esUs hssassd oillioss Il ishsbitsnts
s1sse , sposshtag esssDous.
u b - psoasb,s tAss - wiiI ever
osas W. oseh a fosshosd o. Chimes
sesss@ fus Il doc - sssm 10 b The
6ssiss = sAs pssv,s a sAis eeusssy ss
DssUs shse - sAesid sspssA 10 that
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