The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-22

Il
mine. The price paid for these
lsiands has been given as an objec-
zion. This Is absurd. England.
France, Germany, Russia or Japan
Eoald pay ten times as much To oc-
cupy our position in the Philippine
Islands. Lying as they do along the
a, ,Asfattc coast, they are the gateway
~ the Orient. The people of the
= are vitally interested in the
,. "hina; so far. we have only
~ Of the provinces. Min
he other night in Char
II the teeming millions in
ma. and said the great
fwas to clothe the people
q forced to use silk to make
46thes, but that this was ex-
70 and almost an impossibility.
H 81 told that, for fear of wearing
N I'm out, the Chinese very rarely
ash their clothes. l have heard 1t
swittilys said that the chief difference
between the Chinese and Japanese is.
that the former never wash the
clothes, and the latter never wash
their body. I believe 1t was Mr.. WI
who said the other light to teach
the Chinese to wear cotton shirts
and then get the emperor to issue an
edict to make the tails only one inch
longer, and the cotton crop of the
South would be exhausted by that
one inch. and none left for Europe.
II any argument was needed to show
The Importance of these markets. the
eHect OF recent troubles in China is
sufficient. Cotton goods are stacked
UP In the warehouses unstable, and
when the best Judges thought last
faIi that cotton would be twelve and
onc-half to fifteen cents per pound.
1t has declined more than three cents.
Lam an expansionist-I favor tho
political, commercial and religious
expansion Of our country. This Is
along the line of progress. We can.
got attain a certain growth and then
l stand still. AS in the individual. SO
IN the nation. We either move for
ward towards perfection. or back
ward towards decay. There arc
certain crises in the life Of every
man which seized leads to success.
] let them pass and the chance is lost
y Forever. The capacity to take ad-
vantage Of opportunity constitutes
the difference between the man who
4 succeeds and the one VINO fails. and
go 1t is with nations We have
grandly seized our opportunities. and
for one am in favor Of pushing It
TO the limit. During the past cen
curry we have been absorbed in test
Eng the great question OF constitu-
fional representative government and
Z the development of America. The
: time has now come when we must
have foreign trade. and not merely
subsidiary to our industrial develop.
ment at home but rs necessary to
I our continued prosperity. Our re.
sources and population demand
worldwide avenues Of trade. and VIC
cannot separate the commercial and
political elements involved. What
are we to do with our surplus pro.
4 ducts? This is the question engag-
a ing the attention Of oil the civilized
nations OF the earth. The only field
tunoccupied Is in the Orient l believe
that the time is near at hand when
The cotton trade OF tho South will be
with the Orient. When our COM
Rnerce on the Atlantic will be ins!g-
Mihcant compared with that Of the
Pacific; Minister Wn gave us some
valuable information at Charlotte.
! Our manufacturers are reaching out
1or this trade. and what better can
do as your Senator than help them.
No State will reap q richer reward
than South Carolina. with all the
water power and manufacturing de-
Selopment In the Piedmont region,
and with three such harbors as
Charleston. Georgetown and Port
Royal How can better serve the
farmers Of this State? They will
share In the benefits OF this trade.
Here is the United States midway
between Europe and Asia. Almost
an island when the canal Is cut
with the Gulf Of Mexico on the South
: and the Great Lakes on the North;
the Atlantic ON one side and the Pa
.{cthc on the other. and with the peo-
nie OF two continents bidding for DIR
s products. the possibilities dazzle the
imagination. 1t is no idle dream. I
believe that most Of the people with
IN the sound Of my voice will live to
zee It realized. We have become n
RRcific power with 5000 miles OF
scoast on that ocean; with the IIa-
wattnn Islands and Aleutian Islands
3as resting places. and the Philippines
! as Nikey to the @Open Door," we are
the tnly nation strong enough to COM
! pei russia, with her trans-Siberian
!: the SChinese Empire. AS long as the
limited States end Japan say mo"
thag Chinese Umpire must remain in
tact and the door be left open to our
OroduIts. When think Of how
Rtrangely 1t has all come about.
ID annot but believe that the hand OF
God iis f1iding this government, and
ahat shsA t,Sswatched over and direct
27d us f,.o.3e path where lie great
! hess Ator%. I'D prosperity. I cannot
}dndertpke to discuss the question Of
government for these outlying pos.
sessions; we have settled other prob
2ems df q moro complex nature. and
n cannot but believe that a solution
viii be found just humane end salts
factory TO all concerned. My vote on
1he ARMY Bill has been attacked.