The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-10-12
S[CRETA SHAW
TO THE BANKERS
lt'oullnuea frum iat pnnu !

n0u,VV0 IL duihestiu tainmufce. and
then, ~ a IDRio which | 90 not I'M
defaland, We viii aet go much lafn
81 share ~ the worlds $4,000, 600.
600 export srade M 90 fully compen.
safe ourselves, and that Ia addition
we viii make the world happy. 4
quite agree with tnem that II would
make our competitors happy nut 4
viii not discuss that question. DC.
sire 10 conflne my remarks 20 the Inn
portanco of merchant marine
The United states imports mil.
lion dollars worth per day Of tropl
cal and somi.troplcai products. II
sends 20 Europe, IN excess OF every.
thing we receive from Europe. mil
lion dollars day In raw materials
and food products Bucn ms have des-
cribed; and Europe IN turn sends a
million a day 10 the ports of South
America, South Africa and the islands
adjacent. do not need 10 tell you
OF the great number Of ships that sail
the triangle. They start from home
with a cargo OF finished products
which they leave I'm those southern
ports, then load with coffee, rubber,
hemp, slsal, mahogany, dye woods
and fruits for the United States, and
then take load OF our raw materials
cotton, copper, petroleum and food
products back TO Europe.
have been many times taken TO
task for remarks like these. have
received letters, for instance, from
certain commercial associations, the
principal officers OF which are inter
ested In foreign steamship lines, cali
ing my attention to the fact that
means are at hand for carrying to
these southern ports all tho merchan-
disc that America sends thither. Gen
tlemen, / have never taken the posi-
tion that what goods we ship to South
America do not ultimately reach those
ports. have sometimes called atten.
ton, however 20 tho fact that the
quickest way 10 80 10 south America
or 10 send mail 10 South America,
or 10 ship freight TO South America,
and the most usual way, M 20 send
first TO Europe ana thence to the
ports OF destination. A large share
of our paltry commerce with those
countries does actually 30 by way or
Europe, rather than In these old
scows, owned by the men who take
the position that because there are
ways In which goods can pc sent
thence, therefore no occasion exists
for improving the means Of commu.
nlcation.
Iowa was dotted with settlements
long before railroads tapped the Ter.
rItory. In those days some grain
was sown, and the little that was
grown was hauled in wagons, fire..
quently hundred miles and some
times more. A few cattle were fat.
tened and they were driven some
times four hundred miles 20 market.
There were trails, even then, and
sometimes roads. Some hogs were
fattened. These we're killed, their
carcasseg frozen and hEuled TO mark.
eta process which consumed some.
times weeks and frequently entailed
an expense exceeding the value Of the
freight carried. But in those days
Iowa did not contribute very mucn
either 10 Interstate or 10 information.
nj commerce. Not until railroads,
encouraged by government aid, were
built, did her commerce multiply, and
not until these became OF the best did
she rank anu contribute abundantIy.
Possible someone viii say, Who
cares particularly for the American
manufacturer? II Is HIS business, not
ours" Yes, but IL rs my business
also. own my farms In Iowa and 1
want my tenants TO fced tho men VINO
manufacture for these markets. am
selfish In fact, y am 30 selfish that 1
desire every industry under our flag
TO prosper and hope am wise
enough 70 know that no one class Of
American people ever did prosper OK.
cept when all our people prospcred.
hope that am wise enough 70
know that the prosperity OF any one
class means the prosperity of all.
The United States Is the owner o.
the Philippine Iglands, and these pos
sessions, plus tho Panama canal, plus
a merchant marine. would insure 10
tho American people somewhat more
than their present 10 per cent OF the
one thougan. millions OF trade wash.
Cd by the shores o. the Pacific
We occupy the best position on the
map. We have the safest and tho
most convenient form OF money in
the world We speak tho language On
commerce. Our arms produce more
than the farms OF any other country
Our mines yield gold literally by the
carload, silver BY the train load, and
there IN unioadcd on the shores OF a.
single COMMONWEALTH more iron ore
than any other country produces. Our
forests yield hundred million rect OF
lumber for every day OF the calendar
year Our factories turn OUT more
finished products than all the factor
les OF Great Britain and Germany com
bined by moro than three thousand
millions every twelve months. We