Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-08
We MUST HUSTLE
IF WE WANT TO GAIN TRADE IN
CHINA.
WHY THE BOXERS REVOLTED.
Wanted Some Kind of Change-But
They Would Buy Cheap,
Good Goods.

Wilson, upon the invitation of the exc
Crtive committee. made an interesting
address on the subject: "American In
forests in China President Jessup
introduced Gen. Wilson, VINO spoke in
part as follows:
There are many interesting aspects in
which we may look at the crisis in China.
The whole of the progress of China, from
the time Of its first visitation of Eur
opeans down to the present time. has
clustered around and been promoted by
tlade and commerce. 1t has been broS-
tn in upon ny wars, but each one of these
wars, not excepting the infamous opium
war. had it's origin in the commercial
S!irit and in the determination of for
eiCners to force trade upon China. The
present war, the late war, the Boxer rev
uution. in measure, may have been
$50 due to the same cause and to the
some pressure. The people of China, YOU
mast understand. are desperately poor
Their per capita is, perhaps, less than
that Of any civilized nation in the world.
Eat the American. the English. the
French and the Germans-al NATIONAL
ittes-haVe been pressing upon them for
trade. The poor people themselves have
not known what was the matter. why
they We're in this distressed condition:
why things seemed to be so bad With
item; why they We're so poor: and.
hloWing that they were poor. they have
moi appreciated Why foreigners were 50
eager 10 establish commercial and clos
-" relations with them. | will not under
take to dwell upon the causes of that
poverty or Of the changes that have
lren brought about in China. but | say to
You c"mprehensively that the cause of
the difficulty in China is the distressful
condition which has surrounded the peo-
u" and in their anxiety to find cause or
explanation for it, they have taken the
IL st thing that presented itself"
speaking of the present difficulties in
CHINA. Gen. Wilson continued:
'There is going to be a settlement Of
ff"se difficulties. and that settlement is
ing ia be exactly what the foreign
powers agree among themselves they
are going 10 demand: for there is no or
SANITATION. no power, no governments no
means of resisting the foreign demands.
ana the Chinese are going to Yield ex-
artIN what is asked of them. and if all
BANDS agree. they will get exactly what
VIII he asked. They have pretty we'll
made up their minds. and the demands
nave been published to the world, and
'''"H VIII be yielded to, not only because
the Nhnaman must yield, but because
ine next step which would be taken if he
did not yield is so full of danger in the
direction which Mr.. Hewitt intimated
HN lille ago, of universal war, that the
foreigners themselves will be slow to nm
Gertake 10 inttict any other terms unon
the chinese than those that have already
hren demanded In my judgment the
Wl"le "1 CHINA is now open and will ba
open Tor commerce because the first
~ 'toSlt!oN that the nations will Law
"''Nh aitef they have settled the indem-
h"'S 10Y lhe past trouble, will be de-
''"h' oi assurance that there are to be
y" troubles in the future, and narfao.
freedom of trade and everybody who bo#,
Ao' concession or who thinks that ba
Would like TO have a concession haa
Ter get out for ii just as soon as h., co., ;,
ten Wilson then spoke AZ ,cnoth =.
NINA payment of indemnfties a.,
IAune. he said:
40 not take the slightest stock in tho
'llort TO acquire territory in the CONT
i'eht % ASIA. 1t is not necessary. wo
'''\e never got any business out there an
any "'hef principle that the plain smnla
"he "4llch You gentlemen use in dnirr
'":ii'eSS with one another You can fur-
II 81 goods OF better quality and an
early oeANefy ana lower prices and yo,
Ntl- sen them. We being the Closest of
an NATIONS to China, with a STRAIGHT
route over. there is no reason in n.
NuFia why the open door for which E,;,
rope IS standing strenuOusly should nor
'e maintained 20 our great advantage.
ihe Nicaragua canal Will help. but #
WI not cut any figure in the case i'm
me diateiy because YOU Will not have the
'd'la' Immediately and you have got to
USE the ooats sailing from San Francisco
nave M doubt that the United Sta.os
VIII nave "a continuing and growing
"rade. we can rest perfectly assured
ahat Whlie our administration will prob
ably not get us into u war and while it
VII! maintain the dignity and the force
or our position. We will get our share OF
the growing business
You must remember the Chinese en-.
pre- IL beginning to consume immense,
HuitntltleS of wheat and the finest wheat
area in the world circles around Puget
SCUM F.! ana the shortest and best line IF
steamers in the world connecting with
TN ma. goes from there and will get more
than our share of that for nobody els.
VIII get anything out of that line of bust
ness In timber Puget sound has the
finest in the world and there will not h,-
hundred feet Of lumber sold by others
where We VIII sell hundreds of millions
OF feet In iron and in steamships and
IN the various things that float l think
we VIII get our full share OF course we
nave Eot 10 cheaper the product as mucl.
us we can. We have got to 30 as ambisi-
Gus and enterprisinS and spirited merch
ants do to meet competition Do not
trust open doors giving you anything,
for there is nobody out there who is going
TO give away a cent. Every fellow is
thinking he IS getting something in the
bargain he makes. and no European ma :
ton is going TO help us to one dollars
worth of trade that they can furnish