The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-01-14
FUruzs RePUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
POLICIES.

| It , FNNCJbINO POAApAOS VI o"O @O
puhli an and Democratic parties in
thi 4. TRY WITHIN a few years, if
M Charles A Conant reads the
zig. she times Alright. Mr.. Con.
ant. ,r writes frequent magazine
artio = N economic topics, is the
Waralngton correspondents of the
Ne york Journal of Commerce and
thu Springfield Republican, and his
obsery tlun of the currents in the
tr ruDled political waters of this and
other countries leads him TO the be-
lief taat she popular drift of public
opln al is setting towards these two
great 1neas and while Mr. Conant
dos q { consider the two inoOmpat
IDLE lth each other, he thinks the
Repu iIcan party will take advan
pan-r a, md the Dem Dcratio party
of the tide setting toward State
socialism. WriEing in the Septem-
be l--ae of The Atlantic Monthly,
he saws:
"kecent events have created new
issues, whoa seem likely t. shape
the p lioies of the two great parties
in she United States for many years
to come, and give to each = definite
and clear-cut political program. One
of these parties seems destined TO
stand for a strong government, seek
ing national greatness through a
resolute foreign policy and the ex-
panslon of colonial empire; the
other seems destined 10 champion
some of those measures of State
socialism which have already OBJ
tanned Il firm footing in Europee, with
the aim of insuring 80 the masses of
the people equality of economic and
social oppor unity"
The re- 'ognition of the Importance
of colonial expansion, says Mr.. Con-
ant, ''has flashed upon all the great
civilized nations within the past
generation" The imperialistio am
billions of Disraeli and BismArk Rere
realized in spite of hostility and
ridicule at homo. France, Belgium,
Japan, and Russia have developed a
new interest in colonial possessions
in recent years.
"Ehe United States entered the
circle In 1898 with the conquest of
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
Although the appearance of this
country among colonial powers bore
the semblance of an accident, the
eagerness with which the oppOrtun-
lty was seized, and the light hearted
ness with which blood and treasure
have been sacrificed for maintaining
d footing in the Orient, are sufficient
evidence that expansion and the
struggle for free markets must soon
have become, in any event, a part of
American national policy"
In this country the party in power
has taken advantage of this popular
wave of expansionist feeling:
"The Republican party has ceased
TO oncer itself with the liberation
and Acknowledgement of the black
race, aud, while still prOtectionist,
has so far lost sight of this issue
that it was not even mentioned by
President Mckinley, in his last an
nual message to Congress, as one OF
the causes of the Astounding prosper
ity which the country has enjoyed
With the changed conditions of in
ternational competition, the Repub
lican party has risen TO the new re-
quirements of the time, and proved
its kinship with the party of Hamil
ton by adopting a positive national
policy,
'FThe manufacturing and capital
istio nations stand face to face in Il
struggle for commercial power which
may be a struggle of life or death for
their producing masses. As units o.
political power, it is the mission of
each TO obtain outlets for it's national
production, and to prevent the fenc-
ing off of the undeveloped territories
of the earth for the exolusi 20 ex-
ploitation of one or more other pow
ers. Equality of economic oppor-
tunity abroad or exclusive oppor
tunity, therefore, is the mission of
the strong party in each nation-the
party which need not blush under q
true Interpretation of the name I'm
perialist ,"
Some may feel like asking, at this
point, what is TO become of Mr..
Cleveland and his foIlOWing.. who