The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-24
FOUR AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.

the four thoughts which were upper
most In the mind of President McNin-
ley while at Buffalo when he met me
assassin's bullet, and 1t is only fd.i -
presume that since they were the Key
notes upon which his great public utter
ance of the year was based, they VIII
be the basis of the message 20 Congress.
Upon these four points may be bui.d'
ed policy which is truly American.
They represent in themselves. the pr'n-
ciples for which the Republican rI"ts
in Congress has made is fight f"~ .'.'
past four years, and at no time has
there been wavering from this bear
ing All combine TO make a policy OF
commercial expansion. what the Suez
canal has done for the commcrc" ui
the Eastern ocean will be done. and
more by the cutting through OF the
Isthmus This is recognized by all. and
! only the Vaccinations of men Wao."
4 patriotism was second to their love ~
a few dollars have prevailed to prevent
I the carrying out of at least two of the'"
details For instance eliminate the
Panama canal people from the calcul'-
ton and the Nicaragua canal VIII b"
authorized within a few months. Take
away hope of a privately owned cable
and the Pacific will have electric COM
munication soon.
There must be and will be a Pacific
cable, and that within a few years.
The growth of the transatlantic husi-
ness of our country has been enormous
within the past few years. The posses
sion of the Philippines and the great
interests which have come with that
holding. have added to the national oh
legation to provide communication be-
| tween the parts Of the country which
are so widely separated. In this ma
tional scheme OF development Hawaii
plays an important part, in that there
would be no cable laid which did not
touch here.
Plans for the building up Of the Nor
chant marine have aroused more com
ment since the war than before, but
the plans which have been discussed re
Gently are not entirely new ones. The
system Of encourag cement which has re-
suited in the thronging Of the high
ways of the seas with ships under the
flags of all the powers except the United
states, is now before the people as il
, was last year, and az it was before Con
| gress during the past session. What
is called a subsidy IL In reality pay
ment for better service, ana this has
been at all times a recognized priH-
ciple of political economy, despite the
democratic howls over the new policy
which was supposed to Turk within the
| plan. 1t is not the fast liner which
| will derive the benefit from such
scheme of encouragement but the lit
! tie cargo ship which. of slow speed.
/ will carry so great proportion OF the
products Of the country. If the mlliqps
paid to foreign countries fTr the trans
portation of American products from
our own doors to the consumer could
be added to the wealth of the nation.
there would be only a few years claps"
until our commercial strength would be-
,UIiassailable,
In commercial reciprocity there may
Turk n danger, though there arc be-
, hind that plan some OF the best minds
the nation has produced. For instance
+ IL must be remembered that the plan j.
the child of the brain of Blaine, The
4 greatest statesman of his day. Vt has
had the endorsement of almost every
t other truly great American and though
there are now some ten reciprocity
. treatics, made with foreign powers, helc
= up in the senate, this is no indication
p that the principle is wrong. t. pI1r
' as Mr. Mckinley understands it is t.
I send our goods free to a country thai
Y has something we want, and get thai
0 something into our markets free al
: well. so that the people will not have
/, which are not produced here and "
d are in demand,
f The fear is entertained that Their
IS would be free sugar under this plan
I. which would react upon the lndustrie
n of this territory. That is not the mean
t. ing of reciprocity. There is recognid
II ed number of tariff bearing articles
+ and sugar is one of them. There Nj
IN be pressure to have the Cuban sugar
Is come in free, but the fact seems 20 h
A. recognized that IL is not the time ye
in for this to be granted and there wi
Is be hard fight made before there Is
a. settlement.
Commercial greatness is necessary
the future OF the nation. The scratc
of the pencil in the order book of II
advance agent of civilization "
49, American Drummer, is heard all ov'
na the world. There must be no backwa'
- step or the march will never be take
~, up again. While going forward the PEE
NO pie must be kept ahead. The Presidei
=. of the United states spoke with Il
-, tongue of prophecy when he said 7
- four great tasks were those whlC
would make for the nations continu,
prosperity and greatness. And that
81 may be spared to continue the wol
:. he has so nobly started, is the wish
IN. every true American.