Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-29

Shat is the opinion of a friend. Of
mine. The price paid for these
ISLANDS has been given as an objec.
ton. This Is absurd. England
would pay ten times as much to oc.
Gupy our position in the Philippine
Islands. Lying as they do along the
Asiatic coast. they are the gateway
TO the Orient. Tho people of the
Bouth arc vitally interested in tho
trade OF China; SO far. we have only
touched one of tho provinces Min
lister WI, the other night In Char.
Eotte. told Of the teeming millions in
South China. and said the great
problem was to clothe the people.
Ihey are forced to use silk to make
ehelr clothes, but that this was ex-
pensivc and almost an impossibility.
am told that, for fear Of wearing
them out, the Chinese very rarely
wash their clothes. I have heard 1t
wittily said that the chief difference
between the Chinese and Japanese Is,
that tho former never wash the
clothes. and the latter never wash
Sheir body. l believe it was Mr.. WI
who said the other night. to teach
tho Chinese to wear cotton shirts
and theu get the emperor to 'ssuc an
eadict to make the tails only one inch
South would he exhausted by that
one inch and none left for Europe.
II any argument was needed to show
the Importance Of these markets, the
effect Of recent troubles in China Is
sufficient. Cotton goods are stacked
up in the warehouses unsalable and
when The best Judges thought last
fall that cotton would be twelve ami
<nc-half to fifteen cents per pound.
1t has declined more than three cents.
am an expansionist--T favor the
political, commercial and religious
expansion OF our country. This is
along 'he line of progress. We can
got attain q certain growth and then
Stand s!ill. AS III the individual. 50
IN the Natinn. We cithcr move cor
ward towar0s perfection. o" lack
ward towards decay. There are
certain crises in tho life OF ever
man which seized leads to success,
let them pass anu the chance is los
forcvor. The capacity to take al
NantnEc Of oDportunity constitutes
tho difference between the man whc
sncceo0s and the ono VINO fails. ana
1rai1ly seized our opportunities. IN
for one am in favor Of pushing i;
TO the limit. During TIC past cen
dniy wo have been absorbed in .cst.
inS the great question of cOnstitu
uonal roscntativc government ana
Che development Of America. The
cine has now come when we must
Aarc foreign trade. and not merely
subsidiary to our industrial develop.
ncnt at home but as necessary tc
'onr continued prosperity Our re
sources anl population dcmanh
1wor!d'wilc avenues OF trade. and we
to 1,o ~,
political clements involved What
are We TO do with our surplus pro
auc'&" This is the question engag
ing the attention Of all the civilized
Dntions Of the earth. The only field
unoccupicd is in the Orient. believe
chat the time is near at hand when
The cotton trade Of the South will be
with the Orient. When our com
mercc on the Atlantic will be nsie-
niacant compared with that Of the
Pacific. Minister WI gave us some
valuable Information at Charlotte.
Our manufacturers arc reaching oil.
gor this trade. an what better can
DO as your Senator than help them
No Stat" will reap q richer reward
than South Carolina. With all thc
water power and manufacturing dc
Velopmont in tho Piedmont region.
and with three such harbors as
Charleston Georgetown and Por
Royal. How can I better serve the
Farmers Of this State? They will
share IN the benetits OF this trade.
Aere is the United States midway
Between Europe and Asia. Almost
an island when the canal is cut
with the CUf Of Mexico on the South
and the Great Lakes on the North:
the Atlantic on one side ana the Pa
cific on tho othcr. and with tho pcl.
pic Of two continents bidding for Our
products. the possibilities dazzle the
imagination 1t Is no idle dream
believe that most Of tho people with
in the sound of nv voice will live to
gee it realized. We have become
Pacific power with 5000 miles OF
coast on that ocean; with the IIa
waian Islands and Aleutian islands
as resting places. and the Philippines
as a key to the "Open Door," we arc
the only nation strong enough to com
pei Russia. with her trans.Sibcrian
railroad. to respect tho integrity Of
the Chinese Empire. AS long as the
United States ana Japan say NO"
&ho Chinese Empire must remain in
tact and tho door be left open to our
products. When | think OF how
strangely 1t has ell como about,
cannot but believe that tho hand #
God is gUil;Ng this government ani
that he has watcho over and direct.
ed US along the patll where lie great.
ness. pencc ana prosperity. | cannot
undertake. to discuGS tho question Of
q government for these outlying pos.
sessions; We have settled other prob
toms OF moro complex nature ami
, cannot hut believe that a solution
will be found just, humane and satis
T1CtOry tn Sill cOpparr0I Nv ynto o,