The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-09
PROTECTIVE BASES.


Expansion inevitable to the United States lust as the original
thirteen expanded first the Mississippi to the Rocky
mountains ocean, had also gone south to the
it had to break its bonds OF staying the shore
the Pacific Hawaii Guam and the Philippines
Gull of Mexico to Porto Rico and now its further stretch TO the
Isthmu Panama strip land on
either side of will become United States territory may be taken
as certain
The Of expansion be traced source growth
commerce and the necessity for its protection AS long the United
States simply produced material for export she could have remain
ed inexpensive but the she became mighty
acturer she could remain inexpensive power History
shown this over and over again On small scale occurred when the
manufacturing world clustered about the shores of the Mediterranean
1t for the Ponecan trading scattered from the
OF Tyre to the city OF Gade now Ca Later when the world spread
accounted for the reaching out OF the Spanish the Dutch the French
and the British Now for probably the mighty of all
oustretchng, the movement of the Great Republic.
If only take trade with the Orient the extension OF that
trade and the necessity OF two things oothod within striking reach
OF our great markets. and more ready means OF eapy reaching those
markets apparent The have by Of
the Philippine Islands The other shall have when have assured
American possession. .":.,.
Great Britain judge OF the growth little
twenty In the first six months OF the the imports
yen from the United Kingdom This the first time that the imports
of the United States into Japan have exceeded those of Britain
In 1881 the imports the United States Japan
than 100000 from the United King
dom in 1891 they were seven against twenty millions in 1901 they were
So Millions and for the first six months the imports
from the United States have overopPed those OF Great Britain TAX
the imports into Japan while Great Britain furnished
So per In 1902 the United furnished 79 per
Great Britain 1876 cent and the first six months of the United
States and the United Kingdom 1913 per Is it
any wonder that Mr. Chamberlain alarmed about British trade and is
further wonder that traders need the naval protection OF their
country?
Take slight the increase of export trade to China In
1880 the United States imports China amounted $o
In 1890 they S29462o9 they stood S5259I67 while
for the fiscal ending June they $I86o69 In 1890
the United had Chinese
had OF the import trade while the United King
dom had fallen from per of that trade per In
1890 the value OF the British trade imports into China six times
that of the United States considerable less than
much These figures tell wonderful tale OF the expansion Of the
export Orient Ali exports
nearly all of them manufactured goods whose
labor of skilled and mill
We ourselves what the trade has done for the
vessels like the Korea and Siberia pungng
the Pacific filled
When Panama canal constructed for
the Orient shall have Our trade that direction
ticaly m And this trade be watched protected from
sudden attack and that why Manila valuable We
have naval base there Great Britain has Hongkong and
Russia Port Arthur No commercial nation leave its
take ITSELF and the United States and
features there be expansion in acquiring protective
and the OF the Panama shortening of the
from side OF the continent the other Nothing will
stand against this pressure