CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-09-29
WHAT IS TO BE WILL BE
Growth of the Asiatic Demand foI
Products of tho United States

Products OF the united States
The Asiactic nations have lived upon
rice--stating things In a general way
nnd the Teutonic races have for some
generations lived upon -four. 1t has
become standard within the last year or
two. that mt least one of the Asiactic
nations has come to live upon -four.
Those desperate little fighters, the Jap
ancse, have taken to hard tack. as did
our own American fighters during the
Civil War, as a part Of their subsistence.
and the same regard as to whatever Is
made from our wheat has already cx-
tended, In a measure. TO the more vast
Asiatic empire OF China. That clever
correspondent. William II. 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 have been much greater
rntions for war. nevertheless there is rrn-
son 70 expect a continued expansion OF the
beginning TO use wheat -four for various
purposes. Nearly every household is now
using 1t to make the little cakes and sweet.
erai i times a day In large auantItie.. 4
still larger amount Of n cheaper quality d.
used for paste by the msnufsctureT OF
OF that kind. Since the war began hard
bread has been Introduced Into the army as
relish the. variety. hard.tack is easy to
handle and carry. the nutritive vniue OF q
pound of flour Is equal to that Of pound
export their best rirc to France, England
and China: where i bring. big Psiees being
vast quantities OF cheaper rice for the con
sumption OF the coolies and the lnboring
class from Korea. Burmnh, China, singn'
cheap brands q aour for this low-srsde
The the soldiers come home with their appe.
titcs for bard-tnck and whcnt bread.
Could there be, under any circum-
stances or conditions, expressed vnstcr
idea of the enormous trade relations that
must hcnceforth exist between America
and the Asiatic countries! Amcrica
produces bread. The Asiatics have learn
cd to eat bread with the rest OF the
world. We are going to supply them
with 1t. We have to ship 1t across the
Pacific Ocean over the commercial path
way which we have made and beneath
which underlies our cable system. There
is nothing in the world that can stop
the Asintic demand for the wheat prod
ucts of the United States. and the wheat
products of the United States have made
this country to great extent, the tire.
mendous power 1t Is.
They talk about "ImpcrialIsmr' There
/, no "Impcrialismv' This continent Is
producing what the rest OF the world
needs, and the inhabitants OF this con-
tinent, under the rule OF Republican ad-
tministration, 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 occnn and has
its intermediate stations. and Its possess
sions close to the Asintic coasts. is but
MI incident OF events which are part
of the Industrial history OF the world.
Docs anyone imagine that the present
majority of the American people are go
Ing to neglect their ostensible duty, not
,aerely to themselves but to another por-
tion Of the human racer They will
hardly do IL.
This II but talking Of the products Of
tho wheat fields that Asia now deman<is.
Il has nothing to do with iron and steel
and the thousand and one other prod
urts Of all our fields and all our facto-
siss which they will otherwise demand.
This Il hut referring to the simple ar
fair of one single product, b1t II u
ensngh 70 afford an iIlustration-
AnA yof ehey tan about sTmuegia1-