El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-25

other nation in the world would be
almost entirely shut out from the mag
nifcent market. Russia believes In
erecting an impossible barrier against
the commerce of the world, In order
to force her people to make themselves
self supporting. The open door would
be no more. The Greek religion would
predomiuate. The Russian form Of
government would be perpetusted, and
China would be lost to the rest OF the
world.
10 no people in the world more than to
the people of the southern United
States. The great development D
cotton factories of the south in recent
years has been largely, II not principal
ly, due to the increase OF trade with the
orient, China especially. The poor
people who have been brought from
the mountains and worked out farms to
labor At. good wages in the factories
of the south are absolutely dependent
on maintaining the market for Ameri-
can cotton products in China.
The United States has grown indus
trially beyond the power of its own
people to absorb its product. "Mors
markets., Is the cry. We must ex-
psnd, expand commercially, in order
to provide markets for our enormous
surplus. And nowhere else in the
world is there such q market rs China.
Nowhere Is there likely to be such a
magnificent opening within the life
time of men now living. To the un-
numbered masses of the orient We
must look to consume our surplus in
nearly every line of our production,
and If that door should be closed the
blow to this country would be appal-
ling.
Algerpon Sartoris, grandson of
General Grant, has pressed In q re-
cent letter the view of q large proper
tion of the progressivists of the United
States. General Grant. Gays he, once
told Ii Hung Chang that China hal
no future unless she depended on in
ternal development, after the manner
of Japan, rather than upon the selfish
interest of outside countries, for polit-
ical and Industrial resurgence. Mr.
Sartoris goes on to cay:
why should not the GROWING act of
President McKinley's administration |
be worthy Of the great result already |
and let him not only |
refuse to take part in the destruction |
of the liberty of an ancient people, but |
he
hat any attempt to divide up China by |
any or all of the powers would be re-
garded as an unfriendly act to the
United States, as indeed it would be.
"Such action on the presidents part |
would simply put an end to all this |
quite unnecessary trouble, and in tho |
near future be productive of almost in
benefits to this country.
The Chinese have ever been q CRATE
full pc O pie, and such a policy would se-
cure for US commercial supremacy in |
81 do not believe it is too much to
ssy-in fact I firmly believe, In the
light of the intense interest which
General Grant always manifested in
he far east, and especially in China
which he regarded as the greatest of
eastern empires-that were he holding
the helm of state today such ia about
The course he would steer. always rend
sring necessary protection to citizens
a danger aud making US in fact as we'll
10 name, a great power in the east
yreat, too, in a way worthy of the ira
litions of iberty-lovipg people,"
That is sound American doctrine,
md ought to be made the keynote of
rhe United States has enormous in
erests in the orient, present and
We have all to lose and
othing to gain from q partition of
,hina. 1t is not likely that We would
% involved in war If we should take
be stand proposed. But even If We
'ere, it would only be Fastening the
me when the United States must SIGHT
D maintain her supremacy in the
Vorld's affairs.
The United States is a world power,
nd no burying of heads In the sand
ill cause the facts to change one iota.
We must realize the fact tn At our very {
ational existence depends On creating
nd maintaining constantly widening
our surplus pre- ducts, and
be commercial necessities of our situa-
ion will compel US to maintain those
markets by force of arms, If the force
+ diplomacy fails.
CERTAIN timorous minds seem ab-