The state herald., 1904-09-30
WHAT IS TO Be WILL BE
Growth of the Asiatic Demand FOR
Products of the United States.

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The Asiactic nations have lived upon
ricc-Stating things in a general way
and the Teutonic races have for some
generations lived upon flour. 1t has
become standard within the last year or
two, that at least one Of the Asiactic
nations has come to live upon flour.
Those desperate little fighters, the Jap
anese, have taken TO hard tack. as did
our own American fighters during the
Civil War, as part of their subsistence,
and the sane regard as to whatever Is
made from our wheat has already cx-
tended, In a measure. to the more vast
Asiatic empire u China. That clever
correspondent. William T.. 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 80 have been much greater
than ever before on account ~ the prcpn
rntlons Tor war. nevertheless there Is rcn-
son TO expect continued expansion Of the
market, Jnpaneso families generally ARE
beginning TO use wheat Hour for various
purposes. Nearly every household IL now
using 1t TO make The little cakes and sweet
meats which they use with their tea sew
ernl times n day lu large quantities. A
stlll larger amount " cheaper quality Is
used for paste by the manufacturers of
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Of that Kind. slucr the war began hard
bread has been Introduced Into the army as
an alternate ratiou with rice, The soldiers
relish the. variety; hardtack is easy TO
pound Of flour Is equal 10 that Of pound
of rice, and Il costs less. The japanese
export their best rlcc 20 France, England
and chlRa When S,s I Og9Gs big Erss" 6si@s
vast quantities Of cheaper rice for the con
sumption OF the cn0llrs aud the lahorln.
class from Korea, Burmnh, China, singa'
pore and other part, of the East Indies.
II is entirely practicable 10 substitute
cheap brands of dUur FOR this low grade
rice, aud II VIII be easy 20 do so when
the soldiers CONF home with their appc.
tltes for hard tack and wheat bread.
Could there be- under any circum-
stances or conditions. expressed vnster
idea OF the enormous trade relations that
must hcnceforth exist between America
and the Asiatlc 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 II. We have to ship II across the
Pacific Ocean over the commercial path
way which we have made aud beneath
which undcrlies our cable system. There
IL nothing In the world that can stop
the Aslntic demand for the wheat prod
ucis OF the United States, and the wheat
products OF the United States have made
this country. 10 great extent. the tire.
mcndous power Il is.
They talk about "lmperiallsml There
Is no imperialism" This continent Il
producing what the rrst OF the world
needs. and the Inhabitants Of this con.
tincn,. under tho rule Of Republican nd.
mlnistration, associated with other intel
| ligcnt governments On either side. pro-
pose 20 supply Asia with these prod
nCtS that Asia needs. The fact thar
the United States has completed It.
! pathway across the vast ocean aud has
| IT, intermediate stations. nni Its posses
sions close 81 the Asin,ic coasts, II hut
/ an Incident ~ events which are part
Of the industrial history of the world
Does anyone Imagine that the present
majority NJ the American people nrr 60
inr 10 neglect their o.ton-ihlc duty, nni
merely TO thrnsolyrs hut 10 another poie
tlon OF the human rnc"f They vii
hardly do H.
This i hut ialklns ~ the pruluria oi
the wheat hrlis that Asli nav demands
II hna nothing ~ do with Iron rpi ster
aud the thousand aud one other prod
urts NJ nll our fields nnd NIL our fnctn
rlcs which they will otherwise demand
This l. hut referring to tho simple ~
fair nf one single product, hut II h
enough 10 afford an Illustration.
Nni yet they talk nhoh, Imperial