Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
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FRENCHMAN WARNS. COUNTRY
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Future and Power Of tho United States
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In a. review of new book lust issued
among the Annales Polftiques ct Iitteraires
Of the Academic Franchise NJ Hanotaux.
member of the academy. has a rema rka BILE
article on 1.-THE Future and the Power of
the United States" The article was pub
lished recently in the st. Petersburg Jour-
nal, an influential Russian paper
THE publication OF the present volume
and Of the work of which 1t is a part" says
NJ. Hanotaux. us one of the signs of the
times It is a veritable and practical ency-
clopedia Of commerce. Who would have
dreamed. twenty years ago. of work of
such proportions? And yet pubictsts as
well as men Of affairs have known, for
long time, in what points works of this
kind are weak and how very hard it is to
combine the most rudimentsry notions in
volved In international relations To whom
shall we turn? Where's shall we knock?
"On this point have, my own opinion.
have given expression to 1t as often and as
loudly as could. The great evil in France
is the desire to stay at home, OF, perhaps bet
ter expressed, the Indifference to travel
The French do not travel. hence everything
surprises them. The only cure for insular-
fty and narrowness Is travel Travel! Go
outsider I say again and again to my fell
low-citizens. The reward you will reap will
be rich indeed This is my way of imf-
tating the elder Catos cry, Carthage de-
lenda est Go outside travelr. Now the
book under review would dispense with
travel. were that possible. It puts facts be-
fore us Just as they are. In reading it one
lives among realities 1t is not only COM
pilation of statistics, facts and figures to
be carefully considered. it is life itself
Each branch of commerce, each In
dustry is reviewed. The origin. cause
for existence. progress, methods. strength
Is recorded One IS made to understand
why one nation or man succeeds and the
other fails. Here are the names Of sellers
buyers. banking houses and commission
houses, and even in certain cases the meth
DDS of procedure. TO know is not all that
Is needed; 1t is necessary to act and to
know how to act. Such ought to be the
motto OF the authors Of this work. They
have created an authority. living book
one that speaks to the man of business In
q businesslfke way, 1t teaches two nations
that which above all things it IS important
for both Of them to know: not only what
they are, but what they may be- Having
to discuss their interests, they engage In a
carefully worded and concise dialogue hav-
ing facts and figures we'll In hand. In 1t
each participant puts forth hts best efforts.
shows what the situation actually is, and
makes his offers. In the first volume Of
this work France and Italy are coupled to-
gether. In the last 1t! Is France and the
United States which appear hand In hand
Is there a more important or a nobler SUBJ
ject? -
Attitude Menacing.
'The great American republic Is already
high above the herizonaof the commercial
world. Its attftude"is menacing All eyes
are turned toward it.. One word will ex-
press It's position. power and one word
VIII justify it., 'orgaptzafion,' Power is
shown nowhere so much as In q. mere enu-
meration of the elements which make UP
the present and future greatness OF the
United States: Its territory is as large as
that Of Europe. 1t has SA0OOO3O inhabf-
tants. 1t touches the worlds two great
oceans. Its climatic conditions range from
tropical to arctic. All kinds of minerals.
from gold to coal. are found in its Mines
along it's rivers. and in atluvial deposits.
All kinds of plants. from the cedar to the
animal wealth. from the whale to the bird
of paradise. The articles of primary impor-
lance. iron. coal, cotton. cereals, all kinds
of machines. from those harnessed to Mag
ara falls to those which dress a hog In five
minutes are there.
above and over all, permeating the life
of the people, is an active and fertile ge-
MUS. spirit of enterprise. an aSsiduity or
labor, perfect liberty and equality of all
the citizens. If these are not the elements
Of a peoples progress and prosperity, what
are? Here there Is vast army armed TO
the teeth for the arts of peace. and even
for the arts of war; lifting itself beyond
the oceans not month from the ports
of the old world. but week II one con,
siders the question of freight, the oniteo
States is nearer to the Mediterranean than
Liverpool Is to Marseille. Tomorrow this
colossal empire. master of the Panama
canal will interfere in some way between
Europe and Asia 1t viii controi tne :. co. OH,
merce of the west and the east, for 1t Will
hold the principal way. Such, then' Is us
power
! I'm the matter of Organization the re-
public rules by means of voluntary dls-
c;nIine which watches over all the larger
industries which subord1nateS tneu 10
very careful calculation ana 10 ripe renee
ton 1t follows the materials OF n. 81 &c
from their origin up to the very iast step
in their manipulation or preparation LoI tle
worlds markets. 1t combines the enotts OF OF
all and 1t concentrates all the FORCES ..
domestic production for the purpose OF
nnshine its products with an irresistible
impulse upon the markets or the WORN"
American Progress.
"rbis Is the discipline that organized the
trusts that created the enormous ior
always associated with the labor whence
they are derived. that is only one weapon
more In the hands of the men Of genius VINO
tnou how to create them This discipline
has created a still more intelligentiy Weld
ed and terrible weapon the graduated tar
if continually changed to meet cndhSsu
conditions, and medihed to coinciae WIN
the progress of the country. S nelteteo pc
hind this for fifteen years the American re-
! nmhiic has been -orging ahead with aston
ishing rapidity and success Inc repupi, :,
knows what 1t wants and "hltner 10
marching. 1t is we'll posted as 10 ils re
sources and as to the resources OF lts au-
yersaries. 1t opens and closes IT'S gates as
the stranger is considered uSe1ul OF naIu-
full: In other words. treaties OF feflpfoeity
must really be ti.1e g., means cans OF reciprocal
trade. -, ,s,.a -
"The admission of, Immigrants, or. IN
other words. the importation OF lapol. -
as carefully watched as is the lnpoI "a .loh
of goods. On the battlehelds Oh INTERIM
tional trade clever sstFaSegistsg nave organ
lied trust vasters, than any heIe.oIole
conceived. which binds athe dinerent statss
and the different ihduseries therein. re
fer to the great nati9nal trust the larii
Thus at the beginning of the twentiein
century the United States faces the -"osiu
as a most desirable market on the one
hand, and as an awful menace 10 manu-
featuring nations on the other Inc ma
ton or the Individual Fiat will make any
effort to estahiish.sEast commercial seia =.
| lions in the future must be prepared 70
measure forces with the two great eieulenls
of the Unions powef-lts strength. pas s.u
on it's resources. and its organization; 10
what conclusion will a carerui stuoy ol
those two factors Lead us2 Is EUROPE IN
general. and each particular power ooo..i >
ed to Inevitable and irredeemaDie oeiea.
| Is the battle that Is to be fought nope,ess !:
Will the prosperity and progress tnat nave
| marked. the American repupnc nios ,s