The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-02-09
WILL NOT ACCEPT DEMANDS
continued from page One,)

per capita output Ia perhaps. less thar
that OF any clvlllHed nation In ths
world, Hut the American, the English
the French and Gcrmans-all national
ities--havc been pressing upon them
FOR trade, The poor people themselves
have not known what was the matter.
why they were In this distressed con.
ditIon, why things seemed To be- 81 bad
With them. why they were so poor
and, knowing that they were poor,
they have not appreciated why foreign
crs Were so eager to establish CONNER
cial and close relations with them.
II viii not undertake to dwcll upon
the causes OF that poverty or OF the
changes that have been brought about
IN China, but | s,y to you. comprehcn-
sIvcly, that the cause VI the difficulty
In China is the d,strcssful condition
which has surrounded the people and,
! In their anxiety to ind SOME cause
or the explanation OF t. they have taxi
en- to the first thing that presented
| Itself"
Speaking OF the present difficulties IN
China General Wilson continued;
There is going to b. u settlement of
these difficulties and that settlement Ia
going TO be exactly what the foreign
powers agree among themselves they
are going TO demand; for there h no
organization, no power. no government.
no means OF resisting the foreign de-
mands and the Chinese are going 20
yield exactly what Is asked OF them and
II all hands agree they will gct exactly
what viii be asked
They have pretty well made ap their
minds and the demands have teen
published to the world and they viii
De yielded 10. not only because the Chi.
uaman mus, yield but because the
next step which would be taken II he
did not yield Is so full or danger In
The direction which MIR. Hewitt ind
mated a while ago oG universal war.
that the foreigners themselves will bc
slow to undertake to lnillct any o,h,r
terms upon the Chinese tnan those
which have already been demanded
In my judgment the who.e or Cnina
is now open aud VIII be open Tor COM
merce because the first proposition that
the nations W,ll lay down. after they
have settled the Indemnity Tor the pas,
trouble, wiu be Il demand uf ASSURANCE
49,. 81 H.. .k.I
the future and perfect freedom OF trade.
and everybody who has got a conces-
sion or who thinks that he would like
10 have a concession had better get
out for 1t just as soon ns he can"
General Wilson then spoke somewhat |
at length on Chna's payment OF In |
IDENTITIES Continuing he said.
Il do not take the slightest stock In |
any effort TO acquire territory on the |
continent ot Asia. II IL not necessary. |
We nave never got any business out |
there on any other principle than the |
plain, simple principle on which you |
gentlemen do business with each other. |
II you cannot furnish goods OF bet
ter quality or at an earlier delivery OF |
at lower price you do not sell them. |
We being the closest OF all nations |
to China. with u straight route over,
there Is no reason In the world why |
with the open door for which our ad- |
mlnstratlon Is standing 80 strenuously |
and nobody viii dare to close Il IN |
our faces-thefe is not the slightest |
reason In the world why the United |
States should not have greater al. .
vantage than any other nation will get |
by the changes that viii take place In
China.
The Nicaragua canal will help. but
II will not cut any figure In the case
because you viii not have
the canal Immediately and you have
got To use the boats sailing from San
Francisco. / have no doubt that the
United States will have Il continuing
and growing trade. We can rest per-
fectly assured that while our admin
istration viii probably not get us into
war and while II will maintain the d s.
nifty and force OF our position. We Will
get our share of the growing business,
You nlust remember the Chinc8e em-
pre Is beginning to consume immense
quantities Of wheat and the finest
wheat area In the world circles around
Puget sound and the shortest and best
line Of steamboats, IN the world con-
Meeting with China goes from there and
we will get more than our share Of that.
for nobody else will get anything else
out Of that line Of business.
In timber Puget sound has the finest
In the world and there won't be
hundred feet II lumber sold by others
where we will sell millions Of feet In
iron and steamships. and In the various
things that float | think we will get
our full share. or course we have got
to cheaper the product as much as We
can. We have got 10 do as enterpris-
Ing and spirited merchants do 10 meet
Do not trust open doors
giving you anything. for there Is no
body out there who IL going TO give
away cent. Every fellow thinks he
Is getting something In the bargain he
makes. ara no European nation II GO
Ing 70 help US 10 one dollars worth >Of
trade that they can furnish them
selveG."