Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01
WHAT Is TO BE WILL BE
Growth Of the Asissic Dem and for
Products OF the United statea

Products of the United stateA
The Asiactie nations have lived upon
rice-stating things in a general way
and the Teutonic races have for some
generations lived upon -four. IL has
become standard within the last year or
two. that At least one OF the Asiactie
nations has come to live upon -four.
Those desperate little fighters. the Jap
anese, have taken TO hard tack. as did
onr own American fighters during the
civil War, as q part of their subsistence.
and the same regard as to whatever Is
made from our wheat has already ex-
tended. In a measure. to the more vast
Asiatic empire OF China. That clever
correspondent. William f. Curtis. speak
ing of the extent to which our four Is
already used by Japan. says;
While the imports Of four within the
last year or so have been mnch greater
than ever before on account Of the prepa-
rations for war. nevertheless there L r.a-
son to expect a continued expansion Of the
market Japanese families generally are
purposes Nearly every household Is now
using II TO make the little cakes and sweet
meats which they use with their tea sew
stu larger amount Of a cheaper quality is
used for paste by the manufacturers Of
screens. umbrellas. fans and other articles
bread has been introduced into the army as
an alternate ration with rice. The soldiers
relish the variety: hard.taek is easy to
pound OF -four Is equal to that Of pound
Of rice. and II costs less The japanese
export their beet rice to France, England
and china. where II brings big prices. being
Of the very highest grade. They Import
vast quantities of cheaper rice for the con
sumption Of the coolies and the laboring
class from Korea. Bsrinah. China. singa-
pore and ether parts Of the East Indies
II Is entirely practicable TO substitute
rice, aud 1t VIII be easy TO do so when
the soldiers come home with their sppe-
tites for bareback and wheat bread.
Could there be. under any eircum-
stances or conditions. expressed q vaster
idea of the enormous trade relations that
must henceforth exist between America
and the Asiatic countries. America
produces bread. The Asiatics have learn
ed to eat bread with the rest of the
world. We are going to supply them
with IL. We have to ship IL across the
Pacific Ocean over the commercial path
way which we have made and beneath
which underlies our cable system. There
10 nothing In the world that can stop
the Asiatic demand for the wheat prod
ucts OF the United States. and the wheat
products Of the United States have made
this country, to a great extent. the tre-
mendous power it is.
They talk about -Imperiaiismr' There
IL no "Imperialism" This continent il
producing what the rest Of the world
needs, and the inhabitants Of this con-
tinent. uader the rule Of Republican ad-
ministration. associated with other intel
ligent governments ON either side, pro-
pose to supply Asia with these prod
ucts that Asia needS The fact that
the United States has completed its
pathway across the vast ocean and has
its intermediate stations. and its possess
sions close to the Asiatic coasts. Is but
an incident Of events which are part
of the industrial history Of the world.
Does anyone ina sine that the present
ma ajority Of the American people are 60
ing to neglect their ostensible duty. NOT
merely to themselves but to another por-
tion Of the human racs7 They will
hardly do It.
This h but talking Of the products Of
tho wheat fields that Asia now demands
II has nothing to do with iron and steel
and the thousand and one other prod
acts Of all our fields and all our facto-
ries which they will otherwise demand.
This 10 brt referring to the simple AZ
fair Of one single product, but It is
eaouRh to AFFORD an illustration.
And ~ tAey talk abouf -Imperial-