The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
EXPANSION, CUBA, SHI?PING-THREE
GREAT QUESTIONS.

of the Manufacturers Record
deals with the expansion Of our
commercial interests, now the
dominating question of the world,
and the relation thereto of Cuba
as the key to the situation. Gov
ernor MacCorkle in a very
graphic survey of the situation
points out that the business con-
ditions Of the world are rapidly
changing, and that under the
wonderful development Of COM
mercial life a crucial condition
confronts this nation. THE
opening Of new fields Of COM
merce by the world movement of
today has," he says, swept
away the mighty conditions of
the past and has placed before
the American people new and
trying economic and political re-
lations." :'ThiS country" he
adds, s:has entered upon a new
epoch of it's commercial life, and
assuredly must it be prepared
for the exigencies, mispnder-
standings and complications in
evicably resulting from this new
er and broader contact with the
world. We have departed from
the olden days. With whatever
regret we may look back upon
that time of peace and quiet, it
can no longer be concealed that
we have passed away from 1t.
We are today in the midst Of the
turmoil of the world, and must
face the world conditions Of the
period. The present condition
was inevitable, for progress is
inexorable and admits of no delay
in settleing its policy"
This is pre-eminently true.
We must face the problems Of
broader commerce and more com
plicated relations with the world.
In May, 1898, in forecasting this
condition. the Manufacturers
Record, under the heading "a
Nation Born in a Day." said:
''Willingly or unwillingly, for
good or for evil, but we hope for
eood-our own and the worlds
this country has entered upon a
new period in it's history. We
have laid aside old things and
suddenly steppedinto the worlds
arena, no longer a country unto
itself, but a country of infinite
wealth, infinite possibilities, hes
itating for a moment in accepting
the new responsibilities placed
upon US by divine Providence,
and yet ready to meet the emer-
gency. AS in the life of an in
dividual there sometimes comes
Il great crisis, when he would
fain shirk new responsibilities
and new duties, but which des-
tiny forces upon him, and which
if he has true manhood in him,
develop and strengthen his char
acter and fix his future, so our
country faces new duties and new
RESPONSIBILITIES from which it
would gladly be relieved, if it
could be done with honor. But
the Providence that has led Us
through the past, that has saved
US from internal destruction and
for many years from external
: troubles until we have attained
our present commanding posi-
ton, has, we bebieve, destined
the United States to be the dom
mating power in the world, and
this war is but the means to the
end.
Civilization advances on the
wreck and ruin Of the past: life
developes through death itself,
and the history Of the world,
secular and religious, teaches
that ofttimes war, with all it's
horrors, all it's destruction Of
life, is but the foundation for ad-
vancement. From the Revolu-
tionary War to 1865 our own
history emphasizes this. This
war means a broader and deeper
patriotism: it means the death of
the clamor Of masses against
classes, the end of sectional
strife, a vast expansion and
broadening of every phase of
national life and the development
Of higher individual character.
AS man broadens with new re-
sponsibilities, so does Il nation,
if it has inherent strength, and
so our entry into the worlds
affairs widens our horizon, ena-
bles Us to see that we have new
duties to perform and nerves Us
for the work of civilization that
is before Us.
what this change means in
trade expansion at home and
abroad can scarcely be compre-
hended now. First, it means a
great navy and . great mercan-
tile marine, taxing for years to