Evening star., 1901-09-05
To Seek New Field. for Trade,

10 seek New Fields for Trade.
BY sensible trade arrangements which
will not interrupt our home production we
shall extend the outlets for our increasing
surplus. A system which provides a mutual
exchange of commodities, a mutual ex-
change Is manifestly essential to the con-
tinued and healthful growth Of our export
trade. We must not repOse In fancied Sc
curity that we can forever sell everything
and buy little or nothing. If such thing
were possible 1t would not be best for US
or for those with whom We deal. We
should take from our customers such of
their products as We can use without harm
to our industries and labor. Reciprocity is
the natural outgrowth of our wonderful in
dustrial development under the domestic
policy now firmly established. What we
produce beyond our domestic consumption
must have a vent abroad. The excess must
be relieved through a foreign outlet and
We should sell everywhere we can, and buy
wherever the buying will enlarge our sales
and productions, and thereby make a great
er demand for home labor
The period Of exclusiveness Is past The
expansion of our trade and commerce is
the pressing problem. Commercial wars
are Improbable. policy of good will and
friendly trade relations will prevent re-
prisals. Reciprocity treaties are in har-
mony with the spirit Of the times; meas
ures of retaliation are not.
Some Of the Things Needed.
longer needed. for revenue or to encourage
and protect our industries at home, why
should they not be employed to extend and
promote our markets abroad? Then, too,
we have inadequate steamship service New
lines of steamers have already been put
In commission between the Pacific coast
ports Of the United States and those on the
western coasts Of Mexico and Central and
South America. These should be followed
hofv ho
eastern coast Of the United States and
South American ports. One of the needs
OF the times is direct commercial lines from
our vast fields of production to the fields of
touched. Next In advantage to having the
thing to sell Is to have the convenience to
carry 1t to the buyer. We must encourage
our merchant marine. We must have more
ships. They must be under the American
nag. built and manned and owned by
Americans. These will not only be profit
able In a commercial sense: they win be
messengers Of peace and amity wherever
they go. We must build the isthmian canal
which will unite the two oceans and give a
straight line Of water communication with
the western coasts Of Central and South
America and Mexico. The construction of a
Pacific cable cannot be longer postponed.
Part Played by the Expedition.
In the furtherance OF these objects of
national interest and concern you are per-
forming an important part. This exposf-
tion would have touched the heart of that
American statesman whose mind was ever
alert and thought ever constant for a
larger commerce and truer fraternity Of
the republics of the new world. His broad
American spirit Is felt and manifesto ed
here. He needs no Identification to an as
semblage Of Americans anywhere. for the
name Of Blaine is inseparably associated
with the Pan-American movement which
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