The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-27

might become, 1t would In the full
ness OF the time, be dwarfed la
comparison with the Inevitable
devs.opment across the Pacific.
l believe that Mr.. Seward wa,
right and that In China there ia a
market waiting, which will enable us
to sell 20, 600, 900 instead of 10 ,OOO, 600
bales above ten cents the pound.
II we could with so little effort de.
velop market In a locality in North
China, 1t seems to me that 1t could
be done in al accessible portions of
the Empire.
1t ought not to be difIlcult to teach
thrifty peopis the superiority of cot.
ton over silk as an article of general
wear. 1t Is chesp per, and the fact that
1t will wash commends it to people
so cleanly in their habits. Then the
old saying, "Chinamen never wash
their clothes and Japs never wash
their bodies," would be more honored
In the breach than the observance.
All business is done in China under
system Of guilds conducted on simi-
lar lines to the Federation OF Labor In
6his country, and this fact properly
banded has proven q help rather than
q hindrance to the introduction of
American goods In China. You deal
with an organization instead OF indi.
Viduals. II the cotton burned during
the past weeks had been made into
cloth and sent into portions of China,
where American goods are unknown,
IL would be far more sensible plan of
reducing the surplus and making Gus
toners Of these silk clad millions iu
the Orient.
But 1000 miles OF ocean roll be.
tween us and these markets, it must
be traversed by ships and each day
the difii1ulties In that respect multi
ply.
Our carrying trade'.is In the hands,
not only OF our commercial rivals, but
OF the natiors who consume our raw
cotton and are therefore bitterly op.
posed to assisting any movement
where the ultimate effect must be tc
advance the price OF cotton. II the
market for goods is to be extended
they will sec to Is that it is done
under their auspices and then not or
such an extensive scale as to make
the staple scarce and high. The
American merchant flag Is stranger
on the high seas, and will be unit
Congress takes some action which
will enable the American built anc
| operated ship to compete with its sub
sidlz ID foreign rival. For years meas
ures to that end have been before
Congress, but the demand has neve!
come up from the people, because tn,
development OF this continent ha
heretofore afforded ample scope, bu
the days OF our national infancy ar,
gone aud 1n must 80 out into TIL;
markets OF the world up. foNt.n,
of equality with the other LIZ. o.a.
Upon the Atlantic our ourryin,
trade Is monopolizsd by cnormou
foreign steamship lines that ar, nov
circling the globe with their ship
that Lave f nperurS, X inrs and n1be
for their advocates and SIT ckhoidcIs
The nations OF Europe rojoico IN tn
concentration OF the wealth OF thei
people In their ST amsh'p lines, the,
are sustained ny subsidies from thei
Government and through IL cir con
troll OF transportation they levy trib
ute upon all the peoples Of the earth
and upon none does it rest moro heav
lily than the cotton grower.
Less than three Per cent OF on
carrying trade with Eutope Is IL
American ships, trade totally bill
lion and a half annually, two thild
OF our trade with the entire world.
The first step In extending and en-
larging cur cotton market must b,
transportation facilities. II It's askin,
too much OF human nature to expec
these nations which are looking 70
cheap cotton to develop rev markets
Cotton manufacturing las been intro
duced into Japan, but has not flourish
ed, SO ! am informed, because Of th,
lmpos. ility Of getting theraw cot
ton. But for this have no doubt tha
by this time Japan's cotton factories
| would be important purchasers C
tfsIp57ot cotton. :
The New Orleans convention con
slider no question in which the South
Is more vitality interested than ship
ping. About 80 per cent Of the tota
exports of the nation are shipped from
Southern ports, while only about ST,
per cent OF the imports enter al
Southern ports. The great bulk o
our exports originate In the South OF
IN the Mississippi Valley that drain.
into the gulf, New Orleans and the
gulf ports are the natural exit, bul
the great lines of railways run cas-,
and west and do net suppose an,
one doubts that there Is community
OF interest between these trauscon
tinental lines and the Subsidized
foreign steamship companies. That 1.
tho combination which has always de
feated every effort In Congress to pas.
bill for the development of ar
American mercl an marine.
The same interests postponed for a
quarter Of century the construction
OF the Isthnian Canal, but under the
present vigorous Federal administra
tion this Is II sight, and then natura
laws can no 'onger tie defied. God has
SO fashioned this country that the
natural direction for its export pro,
ducts to move Is Lorth and south, not
east and west. New Orleans should be
and some day will be one Of the great.
est. If not the greatest distributing
point In the world.
at present about 20 per cent of the
ships entering North Atlantic ports
come In ballast, while over go per cen.
entering Southern ports come In bal
iast. This is a serious handicap to the