The Washington times., 1905-10-20

alike the politician who does not ursder-
stand that the only kind of practical
politics" which a nation can with safe
ty tolerate is that kind which we know
as clean politics, and that we are as
severe In our condemnation OF the bus
mess trickery which succeeds as OF the
business trickery which fails.
Scoundrel Who Succeeds.
The scoundrel 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 country.
the worst citizens are the men who have
achieved great wealth. or any other
form of success. in any save a clean
and straightforward manner
So much for the general subject of H.
dustrialism. Now, just word in ref
erence TO one OF the great staples Of
this country. which Is peculiarly a sta
pie of the Southern States OF course
1 mean cotton. am glad to see diver
si1cations of industry in the South, the
growth of manufactures as well as the
growth Of agriculture, and the growing
growth of diversificetions of crops in
agriculture Nevertheless 1t will always
be true that in certain of the Southern
States cotton will be the basis OF the
wealth, the .mainstay OF prosperity IN
The cotton crop Is of enormous conse-
quence TO the entire country. 1t was
the cotton crop of the South that
brought $40o, 100000 OF foreign gold into
the United States last year, turning the
balance of trade In our favor. The soil
and climate of the South are such that
she enjoys practical monopoly in the
production of raw cotton. No other cloth
Ing material can be accepted as a SUBJ
stitute for cotton.
Welcomes Cotton Association.
I welcome the action of the planters
In forming a cotton association. and ev-
cry assistance shall be given them that
can be given them by the National Gov
ernment. Moreover, we must not forget
that the work of the manufacturers In
the South supplements the work of the
planter. II Is an advantage 10 manu.
facture the raw material here 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 overproduction of cot
ton.
LASt-year's crop was nearly I4O00 600
bales. and yet the price was sufficiently
nign 10 give handsome profit TO the
planter The consumption of cotton in
creases each year, and new uses are
found for It.
AiS lcstOS " Il IndtIer OF our 1Or-
etgn relations. which directly concerns
the cotton planter.
At present our market for cotton Is
largely In China The boycott of our
goods in China during the past year
was especially injurious to the cotton
manufacturers. This Government is
doing. and will continue 10 do, all II
can TO put stop TO the boycott But
there Is one measure TO be taken to-
ward this end In which / shall need the
assistance Of the Congress. We must
Insist firmly on our rights: and China
must beware of persisting in a course
of conduct to which we cannot honor
ably submit But we in turn must
recognize our duties exactly as we in
sist upon our rights. We cannot go
into the international court of equity
unless we go in with clean hands
We cannot expect China to do us jus
tice unless We do China Justice The
chief cause in bringing about the boy
cott of our goods in China was un-
doubtedly our attitude toward the
Chinese who come to this country This
attitude of ours does not justify the