The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-02-24


lion Dollars. How shall we keep
this One Hundred and Sixty Mil
lion Dollars at home Create a
| demand for the products of South
ern looms and the mills will come
of necessity. ut may also be
|, remarked" says Lord Beresford,
in the same report THAT the
: Chinese want the American cotton
because +. of the thicker texture,
"the Chinese and japanese cotton
being" too short and fragile in the
staple" The very character of
Q goods which experience has demon
: strated, can be manufactured in
the South to the greatest advan-
tage.
1t Is insisted by the anti-expan-
sionist, however, that we can Sc
cure this trade as well without
these outposts as with them, that
trade does not follow the flag. l
have not space to discuss that
question fully but | would like to
ask why Great Britain, for in
stance, has so persisted in her
policy of colonization if there is
no commercial advantage in it!
She does not collect a dollar IN
taxes from any of her colonies,
and permits every other nation to
trade with them on equal terms
with herself. The trade of / g
land with China was Insignificant
when she acquired Hong Kong,
being about Twenty Million Dol
lars. In 1897, it was approx
mately Two Hundred Million Dol
lars. The total imports of India
in 1896 and 1897 were Four Hun
bred and Forty-slx Million Dol
lars, of which Two Hundred and
Fifty-two Million came from Eng
land. And this is true OF her
other colonies.
The total trade of the Dutch
East Indian colonies in 1895 was
about One Hundred and Fifty
five Million Dollars, of which
Ninety-three Million Dollars was
with the Netherlands.
Another objection urged against
the policy of expansion is the in
creased cost.
Fol- the sake of argument, 1t
may be admitted that it will cost |
something, although England's
colonies cost her nothing, and the
question is asked, How are we to
raise this additional money
Doctor WooIsey, Professor OF
International Law at Yale Uni
versy, who is opposed to expan-
sion, is an advocate of the single
gold standard, and a believer in
protective tariff, expresses the fear
in his book Americas Foreign
Policy, that in order to raise this
additional income, we may have
to resort ito issuing paper money,
abolition of pension payments,
LOWERING TARIFFS TO MAKE THEM
MORE PRODUCTIVE, AN INCOME TAX,
and heavier internal taxation"
In other words, he fears we will
have to adopt the measures which
the Democratic party has been
favoring from the time whence
the memory Of man runneth not
to the contrary. 1t will, in other
words, lead eventually and newt
ably to practical free trade, and
the imposition of a tax on incomes,
the most just of all possible tax
alton.
Such, briefly, are my views upon
the subject of expansion consider
ed from the stand oint of self in
terest.
So far as the PHILIPPINES them
selves are concerned, | confess
that l have not been able to lash
myself into that fine frenzy which
sheds crocodile tears for Il people
who are to be brought from
The tyranny of Spain under the
protection of that flag which has
blessed every breeze that has kiss
ID it. | believe the Constitution
If the United States and the Dee
aratIon of Independence are good
nough even for Emilio Aguin-
lido and the Sultan Of oulu too.
| am heartily in favor of a
rans-isthmian canal, through
which the products of the South
nay reach the Pacific, and to the :
nd that no other nation may I
ominate either approach it, /
m in favor of holding Porto Rico
nd the Hawaiian Islands.
Time has demonstrated beyond
he possibility of controversy, that
he levee system is the most eff
ectlve agency in the improvement
+ the navigation of the Mississippi T
l River If then, we can develop
ne possibilities of the Pacific
'ade, and bring its eight hundred
lillion souls in direct communica-
on with the mighty Mississippi
alley, through the Nicaraguan
anal. what an interest will we to
len have enlisted upon our side -
our fight to secure Government
u aid IN the building and main
'nance of our levees. This to
10 shall be the contamination
ost deyoutly to be wished.
II there is any question upon 4
hich there should be no differ '