The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-25

British sailor rampant British writer's
nave ever been vigilant of British in
terests They impose themselves, by
power OF superior force and retrospective
Wlsdorn, upon English-speaking people all
over the world. They disintegrate Amer
lcan interests, they dunbfound our
OF our periods Of prosperity, they fling into
our midst a brand burning and flaming
with the past ach evementS Of the Enc ish
ana declare that it was all ACCOMPLISHED
after they had and since they have dis
carded certain practices which any one
studlous of English political history can
conplishments. England's reciprocal
trade treaties with Spain and Portugal
poured into English banks for almost a
hundred years alf the gold that those
lean possessions. American lack of re-
Clprocal trade treaties with Latin Ameri-
can countrles-the while we dreamed and
dreamed of liberty under the benson of
Ihe Monroe doctrine-has poured into
european banks for a hundred years
from two to four times as much gold
as we annually produced in all cur
Our coastwise navigation laws have
preserved our lake and coast-carrying
traae and our river traffic to American
vessels and Kept the ships under the
control of American masters, who live
ashore in American cities. If A correct
record had been kept of the coastWise
traftc of both coasts and the great
past ten years it would be found
to have compared favorably with cur
ocean foreign trade, in all ships of all
notions-and it is all done in American
vessels. With Porto Rico, Hawaii and
the philippines coming under our rule,
American ships will also carry that
trade. Shall we let Cuba escape from
that rule also? Or shall we keep that
island within our shipping laws and
give American vessels a chance to en-
ter the South American trade, and pick
up Httle way freight at the ports of
tEls island? Should we not also bring
in the Danish West Indies for the same
purpose? Ocean way freights follow the
flag.
England has clapped sovereignty upon
100000 people, and over one-fourth Of
the eerth's surface Her vessels can
The United States will fire thousand
low dividends will satisfy the English
It is very we'll for the old man to cry
Peace. my son; peace" But the young
nan can know no peace mt
has won his battles. The English writer
free shipping. But e we hs have 1ne' no poris ane
abroad and no cheap money at kome
We have no forts frowning at the
mouths of foreign rivers. We have
splendid balance against us in our trade
with Latin America, and in our ocean
carrying trade, the two combined
amounting to as much in some years, as
$500, 600 or enough to check off all our
exports of manufactured goods for the
year lSO9 or all our production of gold
for five Years. A ship subsidy of $1,000, COO
or $20,UD0 900, for a term of twenty years,
is bagatelle-a nothing compared with
the Importance Of surmounting that bal
ance, 1t might partially supplant or
covR up our deficiency in way freights,
our lack of territory with trade ports
our lack of a short cut across the
isthmus. It's only defect is it's insignIf-
canoe. Yet it might start the ball roll
ing. If it went to all freight carriers
alike.
Why not give the administration free
swing in this matter? No such Viriie or
suggestive and aggressive Americanism
has been in the White house at Wash
ington since the days of Jefferson. Given
the proper leeway in the management Of
our affairs. it is easily found that un-
derneath the velvet of hesitation aid
doubt that covers the presidents most
Important actions, there lies the iron
of such natures as Bismarck and the
elder Chatham; and that he will. if per
mitted. carry the American flag for
Fer he is a protectionist, and at that
stage in his nations growth when it
neeGs all it's own markets, at good prices
in order that markets abroad may be
entered at lower ranges He wnows t:lat
what is sold abroad, no matter If at cost
rr1ce, is clear gain to the country in
additional pay rolls and new enterprises.
And no man is more familiar with the
axiom that trade follows
the flag, and that ocean way freights
n can trade and increased shipping
w. F. Street.
Bemidji, Dec 16 1900