New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

ed. Yet comfort is near. which with your readers
our pessimstic friend one step is hldiispensable;
realize that there is use in these days dwelling
upon the past and especially IN 9Sr we countre
| of the American Union, f pluribus unum IT Is
upon two islands 127 900 square miles in with
800 people square m mile 6h!gana i ana WaiHsl;
in natural resources, with only thirty people a
square mile.
# is pitable to see so many lives lost and so
much money squandered in pursuit of shadowy
dominion over barren territory in far off sparsey
populated lands ostensibly to secure new markets
lands amount to little and Britain has ad-
vantages from her nominal sway under under the policy
of free trade for trade does not follow the hag-tt
follows the lowest price current Loyal Canada
buys three times much from the United States
as from Britain. Even her Union Jack she buys
in NewY If Is Cd year We're added to the
products. the market would he enlarged to the
tent of all its exports to China less than Cd, per
head would equal the profit. One pound per head
would give Britain more trade than her total
exports to India and south and East East Atrlca urea COM
Japan combined; Germany Italy and France
combined. or to the United States Brazil, Argen.
of the total export trade to all British possessions,
which is fSo000ocO year. If the f2So0o0oo of in;
creased government expenditure year incurred
during the last five years We're stopped and spent
by the people at home upon HrltlSh pTodectS, TINS
would give new market equalng that OF Canada.
south and east and the West Indies, Ceylon and
Hong-Kong Conquering new territory Tor mar
kelS abTpdu Is uTupDlnS tIlc SuiStHilNt i'i
shadow-chasng rainbows. The case against this
policy is closed. Trade has not increased. The
true statesman will soon turn his attention to the
lettering of conditions home for Il is here that
the greatest increase of British trade can most
easily effected. A profitable home market is the
strongest weapon that can be used to conquer mar
kets abroad.
The industrial situation somhre it is, and
dangerous it might readily become, is not the
chief source of danger 10 Britain to-day, because.
after a awakening more or less rude, and in all
respects salutary Il well be left to work out
its salvation by adopting the changes required
both by employer and workman. and which are
quite within their to enable the country 10
maintain its trade in competition with others II
is the financial and political situation which is
alarming. for il needs no prophet to foretell that
q continuance of the aggressive temper which
alienates other governments ard peoples and which
has mistaken territorial acquisition for genuine
empre making, must soon strain the nations
power and lay upon its productive capacity such
present volume of trade. which is essential to the
preservation of Rritains position : foremost in
the world. financially. commercially and indus
triallY american Union. horS concours).
If nation had clear and unmiStakablc
warnings. the writer thinks that the time has
spOnsbilities and ambitions throughout the world
with its resources and cut its according
to its cloth. ii is the dear old Motherland the
race. with its trade stationary. of thirty
thousand men more TO be provided for in South
Africa after peace comes; its expenditures
already such a discount as TO attract capital
from across the Atlantic. Rocks ahead. sure
enough; but this docs not mean that the officers OF
the Ship of State to drive II full steam upon
them. On the contrary. 1t should mean that the
rocks. being now in sight. will be avoided