The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-12
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THE CAMPAIGN
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uIar confidence. have begun TO publish
statements of their business, as witness
the voluntary publication Of its condition
| by the Steel trust, yet the administration
proposes that he people shall be Informed
o. the condition of corporations doing
business throughout the nation II they
90 not follow the example OF the Steel
trust and publish their condition volun-
tarily
The other evils of trusts are the un-
Just raising Of prices and the unjust low
ering Of wages. And although prices are
seldom arbitrarily raised by trusts. be-
| cause the higher the prices. the smaller
! the sales, and therefore the smaller their
Profits, yet the administration is deter
mind that the folly and the crime OF un-
| just prices shall be made impossible. And
although unjust reduction of wages is less
and less frequent, as is proved by the
voluntary advancement of the wages Of
the employees Of the Steel trust and hun
dreds of other great employers Of labor.
the possibility of such a wrong must be
prevented. But the only method 10 pre-
vent these wrongs is the gradual devel-
! opment OF national control of corpora
tons doing business throughout the na-
ton, and the department OF commerce.
which President Roosevelt urged con-
gress TO create. is the seed from which
Will grow perfect national control Of na-
tional industry.
No Ironclad Trade Central.
But effective national supervision
must grow. Ironclad control of business
methods which themselves are perpetual
" changing and improving cannot be
created on the instant and would not be
effective If il could National control
which accomplishes anything must de-
velop as the changing methods OF organ
lied industry themselves develop. Mod
Grafton is the word of wisdom in an hu-
man legislation. and moderation is the
word Of necessity in all legislation that
attempts to regulate the business activi-
ties of a nation of so00O.0O0 OF people. No
rashness, no violence no revolutionary
methods Reform means progress, not
destruction Rpm never Vet rernedied an
evil, yet annihilation is the only method
the opposition proposes. The adrninistra-
ten and contruc1ion-the opposition and
destruction-this is the situation
Turns to other Questions.
But trusts are not the real question Of
this campaign. How shall the prosperity
of the last five years be continued that
is the real question OF this campaign
New markets for American. products
that is the only answer to this great
question. All American statesmanship
for the next decade Is summed up in these
five words-"new markets for American
products How does the opposition pro-
pose TO get a single new market for a
single pound of American meat. a single
barrel of American -four. a single car
lead Of American machinery?
Practical methods for getting new
markets are Americas need. And prac-
tieal methods the administration pro-
poses. The administration proposes a
monopoly of the markets OF Cuba which
will buy from the first year reciprocity
IS established $4,000 000 worth OF Ameri-
can products. And this market Will in
crease in proportion as we give her the
opportunity for development The presi-
dents Cuban policy is inspired by na-
tional honor; but national honor ard na-
uonal necessity walk hand I'm hand we
are responsible for Cuba 70 the world and
TO history That great statesman. Sena-
tor Platt, Of Connecticut. framed law
which congress adopted. which forever
binds that island to the fortunes Of the
United Statsee. Cuba can contract no
foreign debt without our consent. no
treaty without our approval; and the
moment her government fails to protect
property and life. American power NAV
enter the island to restore and maintain
a government that can. The prayers Of
the American people are that Cuba. un-
der the protection Of the United states.
nay care for herself: but whether she
walks erect with growing strength OF
whether she totters in weakness AMI
turns TO us asking again government
by American administrators. our destiny
Is her destiny and our aid is her right
And relief for Cuba is relief for our
selves. because she will take scores of
millions of dollars worth of the surplus
products Of our factories and farms
Reciprocity with Cuba.
Yet the opposition resis;s reciprocity
with Cuba. It demands free trade with
Cuba and the world But will free trade
give US markets in foreign countri,sg
No, 1t gives foreign countries our mar
kets; it surrenders all 10 our rivals and
secures nothing in return. Free trade
does not make the markets of other ma
tons free 70 Us: it only makes our mar
kets free to them. The statesmanship ~
Blaine OF Mckinley. Of Roosevelt, is
merely this: DO not lower the American
tariff an inch 70 foreign countries tnl
you have secured from them a new mar
ket for American markets IN return
Where else shah new markets for
American products be secured our new
answer that question. the
Orient answers thst Question: the
geography Of the world answers that
question"
Markets Of the Orient
Senator Beveridge then ezhausfiveiy
discussed the question of markets in
our possessions and a. the ORIENT
From total purchase of Jess than g.
-090o0 before Hawaii Porto Rico and The
became American. they have
their purchase OF American pro
dacts 70 nearly 81 o. 80 every year. And
the increase mounts upward as the gears