Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-20

paid by this or that government, tha'
1t is merely pay for carrying the mails
that subsidies and bounties where paiG
have proved failures. The remedy pro-
posed Is free trade, especially in ships
There has been the freest trade al
between American and foreign ship.
ping in the carrying Of American com.
merce for more than half a century
aye for three quarters Of century.
Upon the Atlantic our foreign carry.
ing trade Is monopolized by enormous
steamship lines, that are now circline
the globe with their ships. that have
emperors and kings, mobiles and com.
moners, as their patrons, stockholders
advocates and friends. Let US remem.
ber that less than three per cent. Of
our entire trade with Europe Is car.
ried in American ships. Let US remem-
Der that but one line Of American ships
regularly plies across the Atlantic, and
that were it wiped out Of existence
it is the aim Of It's foreign rivals to ac-
complexities than one per cent. OF
our trade with Europe would be under
the American flag. When you are told
this and appreciate its sinister signi-
flcance, you can readily understand
why 1t Is that all the venom. vituper-
alton and Misrepresentation Of which
rival trade, malignity and fear is cap
able, is heaped upon the owners and
managers Of that sole carrier Of the
American flag across the Atlantic.
Why, England alone during the past
go years has paid out $3.50, 900, 900 in sub
sidies, and today az consequence she
is mistress of the seas. Free trade In
shipping has no potency with the Brit
ish except as a means by which to de-
lude their possible foreign rivals.
And what of the Orient? There IS at
present on the other side Of the Pacific
a trade of $1,000, 900, but about 10
per cent. of it is with the United States.
With Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the
Philippines we have huge stepping
stones to the Orient, friendly ports
under our own flag.
Our newly discovered oil deposits
promises to furnish a cheap fuel that
will transform the south into a great
manufacturing centre, and we shall be
obliged to find newer and larger mar
kets for our surplus. Let us begin
now. Let us drop theories that havs
bound us hand and foot for generations
and support those governmental poll
cies essential to our fuller and more
prosperous development.
In China with its four million square
miles and its vast population, there is
but four hundred miles Of railroad.
The markets of the future for iron and
steel products and cotton goods In Chi
ma is almost incalculable.
The business of raising and manu-
featuring cotton should be no longer
dependent upon British prices and con-
troll. The next decade should bring
about a period Of growth which will far
surpass any like period In the history
of the United States. In this conven-
ton are gathered men with ample abil-
ity to solve the problem.
What we need in this country today
Is a non-sectional patriotism and
craftsmanship more devoted to the
building up Of our country than the
achievement of party success. Great
national or business questions involv-
Ing the glory of our republic. and the
prosperity Of our people. should not be
dwarfed into mere party questions.
I have faith in my country and !
have faith in it's people. I believe that
II there is even a possibility Of good In
any race, 1t will be developed under
our system Of government. That sys-
tenn is one OF equality under the laws
and Of individual sovereignty. II II
remains unchanged, no danger turks In
the extension Of trade or OF territory
But II we lose sight of the high Ideals
of our forefathers, then the republic is
In danger. We can so utilize the pow
er and wealth which our prosperity is
rapidly bringing us as to substitute
for an aristocracy of intellect one OF
dollars; and If we do, we will destroy
ourselves. If we retain our present
ideals and use our wealth as an instru-
ment for good, cultivate the intellect
and the graces Of life, our prosperity
will be to us an unmixed blessing. II
we create the dollars as the master
and the man as the servant, we Will
bring upon ourselves the disaster which
befell the ancient republics.
Wherever the nobler qualities of
manhood are subordinated to the sell
fishness of human nature; whereve:
some men arrogate to themselves tae
control of their fellowmen; wherever
a nation departs from tine principles OF
Justice and liberty, the avengers hand
will wipe out the injustice and drive
the oppressors from the earth. 1t Is
only a lesson we learn from the history
Of the world, but 1t Is taught us In that
greatest of all books, the Bible, that
the government of the universe and
the governments Of the earth, the gov
ernment Of families and the govern
ment Of each individual are all based
upon the principle Of equality and
brotherhood.
Our American republic was founded
by men who were bound together by
the ties of love, and not by men who
sought these shores in the spirit Of
speculative adventure. 1t is the equal
ity of man, guaranteed to him by the
declaration Of independence and the
constitution of the United States, which
has attracted to us the most desira-
BILE elements Of all countries. In the
extension of our foreign commerce and
in dealing with distant peoples, II we
hold fast and true to. the underlying
nrinninlas which have made this repub-