The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-20

trickery which fails.
ScoundFels Compared
The scoundze1 who fails can never by
any possibility be as dangerous to the
community as the scoundrel who sue
ceeds; and of all the men in the c0ul-
uy, The worst citizens. those who
should excite in our minds the most
contemptuous adherence, are the men
who have achieved great wealth, or
any ether form of success, in any save
a clean and straightforward manner.
So much for the general subject of
industrialism. Now, just a word in
reference to one Of the great staples
of this country. which is peculiarly a
staple of the southern states. OF course
1 mean cotton. / am glad to see diver
sifications of industry IN the south. the
growth of manufactures as well as the
growth OF agriculture, and the growing
growth of diversif1cation of crops in
agriculture. Nevertheless it viii al
ways be true that in certain of the
southern states cotton viii be the basis
OF the wealth, the TnainStay of prosper
lty in the future as in the past. The
cotton crop is of enormous conse-
quence to the entire country. 1t was
the cotton crop of the south that
brought four hundred million dollars
OF foreign gold into the United States
last year, turning the balance of trade
an our favor. The soil and climate of
the south are such that she enjoys q
practical monopoly an the production
va NJ NylNDtAs NJ glAEI EIO4H4nR ma
tcrial can be accepted as a substitute
for cotton I welcome the action of
the planters in forming a cotton asso-
cldtlon- and every assistance shall be
given them that can be given them by
lhe national government Moreover,
we must not forget that the work OF
the manufacturers in the south supple
mentS the work of the planter It is
an advantage to manufacture the raw
material mere and sell to the world the
finished goods. Under proper methods
OF distribution it may well be doubted
whether there can be such thing as
oNer-production of cotton. Last years
crop was nearly fourteen million bales.
and yet the price was suf6cfentlv high
10 give handsome profit to the plant
er. The consumption of cotton in
cfeases each year, and new uses are
found for it.
Chinese Boycott.
This leads me to a matter of o,,r
foreign relations which directly CON
Germs the cotton painter Al present
our market for cotton IS largely il,
China The boyco-t of aur goods in
China during the past year was 20, =
cially injurious to The cotton mann
Iaclurers. This g }, ernra- ut is j re
ana viii c0n1lIe To do, al it can n,
put stop 20 the boycott 3ut fhrre
IS one measure to Be taken toward fFfs
end IN which ! shall need the assist
ance OF the e1rIrcss. Ne must insist
firmly on our rig llt3. and China n14;ef
beware OF Eerstseing in a cuurs. Of
conduct to when we can not honor
ably submit. But we IN our turn 7191,st
recognize cur duties exactly as We
insist upon our rights. We can not
sc INTO the International court of
equity unless We go in with clean
40hds We can not expect China to
40 us Justice unless we do China
Justlce- The chief cause in bringing
ABOUT the boycott of our goods i'm
emma was undoubtedly our attitude
toward the Chinese who come to This
country. This attitude of ours does
nor justify the action of the Chinese
IN me boycott, and especially some Of
me forms which that action has
taken- But the fact remains that IL
Inc past we have come short of ON.
GUY toward the people of China IT
IS our clear duty, IN the interest az
Oel own wage workers, to forbid ali
CAlheSe OF the coolie cIass-that is
AaDofers, skilled or unskiiled-fror77
Go4lhg mere The greatest of an
u4Ies is national preservation
ana the most important stem in ma
tional self-preservation is to n-esa,.t-s
AZ every way the Well-beins OF the
Wage-Worker am convinced 4hst
Lae Weil-belng of our wage workers
demands Ihe exclusion of the Chfrasa
coolies, and it is therefore o4fr fi7lTx-
10 exclude them, just as il wa1f1a he
me duty OF China to exclude 4r,,s,.
lean laboring men if they becan3a =,
any way menace to China nv ef,ta--
ing into her country. The right is
reciprocal, and in our last trearV with
emma II was explicitly recognized -
aniaeElng IN both nations. But Ne
aooola not only operate the law with