Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-25

Newark, N. j., Jan. 19.-In his ad-
dress at the annual dinner of the
board of trade last evening ex-Gov.
William A. MacCorkle of West Vir-
ginia took as his text 'the attitude of
the progressive south towards the
measures for promoting the country's
foreign trade, what the country, and
especially the north, will gaia from
the souths aid in making tnese meas
ures effective, and what the south is
to expect in return for such aid" He
said in part: The first question of
absolute Importance today to the
north is the matter of foreign mar
kets. 1t is supreme in it's Importance
to the whole people. We cannot lon
ger live within ourselves, and such is
the situation that, if the American
people propose to assume the required
position in the great foreign trade,
hey must grasp these markets.
First, of critical importance, is
the market of the empire of China.
This is the market for which Russia,
Germany, Britain and France, with
all their energies, are contending.
Here is the most important market of
the globe. Today, without organized
effort, we sell them $25,000,000 per
year, and within short time we will
make it $75,000,O00 This means much
to you. The mind can scarcely grasp
our interest in this trade when we
consider our opportunities in an en-
pire of 100000 square miles, inhab-
tied by an energetic people just open
ing their eyes to civilization. Within
a short time in this new territory the
American locomotive has undersold
those of every other country, and this
year China has purchased from you
and the south about S11,000,000 of
cotton. Here is fast developing the
great cotton market of the world.
These people need everything we
manufacture. Already we have built
up great trade in cottons, machin-
cry, leather goods, electric goods,
chemicals, railroad equipment, tools,
hardware, and the general products of
our workshops. At the present rate
of progress, our trade with China
will, in 10 years, be the most import
ant of any trade in the world. We
demand a vigorous policy which will
be permanent in its effects, under
which the markets of China shall not
be turned over to European nations as
their own exclusive property, but
shall be held alike by terms of abb
solute equality for the citizens of
the United States.
Now, we are face to face with the
great question, how shall we keep
open to our country the door of the
great Chinese and eastern markets
There is but one door for us and that
is through the Philippine islands
Here is the real strategical and COM
mercial position of the east. Every
eastern market can be reached far
more easily through these islands
than from any other position. Shang-
hal and Hong Kong, through which
cities England has established her
great trade, offer no such position for
commercial success as do the Philip
pines. 1t gives control of the great
northern and central coast of China,
with its teeming, active population.
They put us in a position to grasp
through them the markets of Japan
with its 40,000,000 of energetic people
and its annual trade of S25 1000, 900.
The great coast line of the Philippine
islands of 500 miles practically domi-
mates the northern coast of China,
capable of a foreign trade of a billion
dollars per year. Without our posi-
ton in the Philippines, our CONNER
cial treaties with China would be val
ueless and upon our withdrawal from
these islands, the Chinese empire
would not last month, and its rich
markets would be forever lost to the
people of this country. Many who op-
pose our retaining any interest in
these islands seem 70 imply that our
retention of them is for the purpose
alone of establishing a tyranny over
the inhabitants. | find that thought
full men are in favor of establishing
the jurisdiction of our government,
giving the Filipinos full control of
their local affairs when they are able
to manage them, and allowing them
the highest measure of liberty, such
liberty as they have never enjoyed
and such as they never will enjoy If
our flag should be removed therefrom.
To leave the islands is to turn them
over to anarchy and to the imperial
German government.
Now, as to the position of the
south on this last great question.
What has been her traditions? Those
who suggest that the south has been
ultra conservative as to the widening
of the sphere of this country's influ-
ence do not know her traditions. As
to her action in the future, | con-
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