The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
HOUSTON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1900
TEN PAGES TODAY
THE UNITED STATES AND europe.

THE VA AMI
The Post only the other day noted the
reports OF correspondents in European
capitals that there was a growing hostill
ty In Europe toward the United States and
then lnnocently enough. 1t is true, drew
the conclusion that il We wanted sympathy
and clear track as a world power, we
would have to revise our narrow selfish
and exclusive tariffs and act more upon
the principle OF live and let live"
Our lynx-eyed San Antonio contempora-
ny, the Express, which always hristles
with contempt for any man or paper that
dares to suggest lower tariffs. and, latter
~. to question the policy of expansion,
proceeded at once to read The Post one of
its neat little curtain lectures. why,
exclaims the Express, "as for the spectre
Of European hostility to this country, which
has risen up to plague The Post, one must
look in vain for it outside the heated inn
aginations OF those alarmists and pessi-
mists who have resolutely set their
faces against progress and prosperity under
the mistaken Impression that by so doing
some party purpose may be subserved,
etc,
Now, The Post does not know the party
predictions Of the Vienna correspondent
OF the London Times. It would naturally
be supposed that this correspondent or
"the tbunderer" was in sympathy with his
paper. and We know that the esteemed
British press Is in sympathy like the Ex-
press, with McKinleyism. therefore we
assume that this Vienna correspondent is
not at any rate democratic ''alarmist or
pessimist' And. again. we feel war
ranted in the conclusion that the London
Times would not keep at one of the great
est Of European capitals correspondent
VINO did not know anything about Eu-
ropean sentiment except through a heat
ed Imagination" So far We feel that we
arc treading on safe ground.
on this disputed point, about which the
Express speaks so confidently. this Vienna
correspondent of the London Times, quoted
by the Associated Press. had this to say:
THE widespread hostility manifested on
the continent toward the United States"
etc. The Post is willing to leave IL to tho
Jury whether the editor OF the Express or
the London Times man in Vienna is the
most competent to speak OF the European
sentiment toward America? The cor
respondent in question declared that this
country would feel this hostility when it
came to a renewal OF our commercial
treaties"
Nat,,rsti,, Tba Doe. oor,t,,aoa ,ho. 4,
would be a good idea to display more
moderation in our trade policies. especial
ly in our colonies or "if' we were to
expand, in order to mollify this wide
spread hostile sentiment" 1t Is the idea
OF moderation in the tariff that sticks
so uncomiortably in the Express larynx.
But the Express says further:
The Post is stubbornly opposed to ex-
pansion. though corn and wheat may rot IN
the cribs OF the American producers and the
staple product OF the South ind hut dull
market at less price than the actual cost
OIL production IL even speaks contemptu.
ousiy OF "the apparent prosperity which tenn
porary and fictitious causes have lately pro-
nueed, although raw cotton Is selling at o
cents pound and other agricultural prod
ucts OF this country In proportion ali the
mills and factories OF the country running on
tnll time and industrial development in the
eented rate.
This is. OF course, not true as II refers
to The Post. And II the Express will
demonstrate that s-oent cotton has come
from our occupation Of the Philippines and
West Indian islands. The Post will agree
that the Express is right. and expansion
good thing for the SOUTH II a short
cotton crop and an increased demand In
Europe have not caused the increased
price for cotton; IL the vast bulk NJ All
our agricultural and manufactured exports
has not gone to countries over which our
nag does not float and Is never expected
TO float, and all this without the least
reference to our Expansion" except in so
lar as supplies for a big army have been
demanded, then is The Post ready to admit
the esteemed Express Is not speaking in
response merely to heated Imagination
OF it's own, nor through It's hiatt,
But, after all. the Express lodges the
real question raised by the editorial in The
Post TO which II objected. II We are 10
demand open doors" elsewhere and be-
come world-power by grabbing outlying
territories, will We not, as matter OF
consistency and good policy, need to
open" our own doors wider and liberallze
orr tariffs and cultivate frlendlier senti-
ment abroad by more generous trade poli-
ciesg That's the question