The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-13

prairies Of the great west 1t does no
good to raise wheat and corn unless
there are consumers for these products.
We have found IN Kansas that 1t IS
much better to have the consumers
among. the factories of New England
than among the mill hands of Great
Britain Prosperity among the manu-
factories of New England means better
prices for the farm products of the west,
and so at last q protective tariff policy
finds as firm supporters in the MiSSiS-
sippi valley as in New England.
Our states have been together on an
other proposition. When the war with
Spain was over and a senator from
Maine, with other members of the Paris
commission, brought back a treaty that
gave the United States sovereignty over
Porto Rico and the Philippines and ex-
tended the western confines of the re-
public into the Orient, the treaty was
popular in the west. It suited u.s. The
nation had expanded before. If It had
not we of the west would not be in it
tonight. We thought it should do 50
again Congress has not yet legislated
for the Philippine islands. The supreme
court win soon determine whether the
constitution follows the flag and the
question viii then be taken up be-
lieve that the states Of Maine and kan
sas Will be in as full accord on such
legislation as they were in the recent
contest over the apportionment OF repre-
sentatiYes AT the beginning of this
s esSion Of congress there were those who
thought that the house was large
GItOuB4s Thai 00f members LdQ EcR1E~
scented 62000000 of people, and that they
were a sufficient number to represent
$4,000, 600 Kansas and Maine thought
otherwise, and after a. memorable con-
test we finally won over to our way Of
thinking the states lying geographically
between Maine and Kansas, and the
next house of representatives to be elect
ed will consist Of $50 members and Maine
and Kansas Will retain their present
representation
But have been speaking. of the. past
enty years from Washington to Lincoln,
the great question in dispute was whether
/ our government was a nation or league
of states. Lincoln, who stood for national
uni unity setfied that question IN fa te1 OF
! questions growing out OF that war were
gee we began "a ol5e aI o. .n9
/ to be done in this country or abroad We
/ have decided upon the kind of money
| that we want. 1t is to be the money Of
| civilzation-as good as the best anywhere
| We have settled our tariff policy-in favor
/ of ourselves and our own country. We
have expanded and we will legislate on
| pansion- The great question of the fu-
ture is whether we will stand still or
whether we shall continue to grow.
The nation that has attempted to re-
main stationary in the past has always
ward or backward. It can do nothing
else. Our people have a genius for in
can pro produce enough for $50 '6oo. The
| question of the future IS not one Of pro-
as we find market for our surplus pro-
ducts, just so long will we continue to
| back on our own people the mills will
close, prices of farm products will fall
/ and a busienss depression will surely fol-
low. During the first century of the
| republic our people have been upon the
land. In the second they are going upon
| the sea- Legislation that will help to en-
large our foreign commerce, that will as
to other lands, ought to receive the sup
port Of the interior Of our country as
seaboard.
The shipping bill is now pending in con-
trade Senator Vest, til In "a a recent speech
on this bill, said it was a part Of the
to The RepubIican 1artv T mis- is snjenl
| did endorsement for the bill. There could
be no better. The people of this genera
and they know the difference. If the ship
ping bill IS part of the great protective
| system they will cheerfully favor it, for
free trade and hard times have always
gone hand in hand in this. country. # it
takes the shipping bill to perfect that
4 system, it will be perfected Protection
/ upon the sea? While our foreign trade
4 is constantly increasing: and while our
manufacturers are seeking markets in
| other lands, it is q national disgrace that
| only 9 per cent of our products bound to
own nag. The shipping bill has for its OBJ
! Ject the restoration of our merchant ma
\ legislation If it does not come at this
/ session it will at the next and on that
| Legislation which is for the general good
! of the whole country and for the carrying
out OF a great national policy New Eng
land and the Mississippi valley should be
/ IL hearty accord. You of Maine will be
directly benefited by this legislation. We
or Kansas viii receive our benefit indi-
rectly, as we have from a. protective tar
lift. but receive it we will.
1t is great contest to recover our
ocean-carryfng trade. It is no greater
than was the struggle to do our own
manufacturing in this country. We then
worked in the face of determined foreign
/ opposition that enlisted the aid and sup
/ port of large number of our own Gift
4 ocean trade and commerce will be BIT
| terry and pers1stently opposed by for
! eignerS VINO now control that trade, and
/ will not relinquisb it without q struggle
! one over the tariff question. But it VIII
/ end IN our favor. Such legislation will
/ be enacted. The people of this country
! VIII not continue to pay tribute to for
eign shipbuilders and steamship cornpa-
/ MES They will insist that our products
/ shall go to toher lands under our own
flag in vessels owned by our own citizens
and manned by American crews In this
great contest of the immediate future
the SunfloWer state of Kansas and the
Pine Tree state of Maine Will be together
This great contest for the restoration of
/ our merchant marine could not be sue
cessful until now. It never would have
been possible had Lincoln failed and the
south seeded Then all honor to him for
Born IN poverty, reared amid want and
adversely, he became under God the in
Strumept that delivered slave and master
| from the bhghting institution that was
| SWlftly carrying the nation to its death.
/ He wrought for those who came after
him. If we had contracted under Lin
coin we would never have expanded I'M
| der Mckinley The cry of the oppressed