The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-23
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first half OF the nineteenth wltnesse
u ;he worlds greatest conflicts for IN
:, extenlion OF territory. That the frs
Il half of the twentieth century will wit
{. ness he worlds greatest conflicts 70
l. the extension Of trade Is already ap
pareGt and only the thoughtless fail {,
observe.
To The better understanding of ON
. relation to the worlds commerce. {
brief review Of our achievements and
an Invoice of our commercial posses
sions are necessarily The first seven
y-hve years OF our existence was
largely occupied in determining which
was the proper expression, 'thise
United States or this United States. "
The case was tried and The court Of
last resort rendered its decree al Ap.
pomattox settling for all time the ques.
lion thar the United States is one
ANA inseparable,
! Following the determination of this
all important question came the prob
! lem Of internal improvements and tho
/ development of our natural resources.
! We aow produce more agricultural
| products than any country on the
map our mines yield silver literally
| by the train-load tnd gold by the
carload ships built in American yards
and of American material unload more
iron ore on the shores of single com
lmonwealth than any other country pro.
duCes; we cut from our forests hun
cred million feet of lumber for every
day of the calendar year; our shops
and factories turn out as much in fin
isheG products as those OF England
Of Germany, and OF France combined
ana we pay out in wages nearly and
perhaps quite as much as all the rest
OF the world Our railway system is
The largest, the most complete, and
our freight rates the cheapest; our
coastwise trade the most extensive. |
the most rapid, the most efficient, and !
its rate the lowest of all the nations |
under heaven. Oneseyenth of The |
worlds international trade originates |
with us. and one.tenth finds its way to
our ports for ultimate consumption.
The next step. in my Judgment,
must be the development of new mar
kets Our present customers will not
accept our surplus manufactures when
as they son will be- by five
and perhaps by ten
Where shall these new markets be
found? The answer is easy, for there
arc but few places possible. South
America and South Africa import
sG50000. 900 per annum. to which the
Ltnited States contributes a paltry II
per cent Oriental countries import a
thousand millions. TO which the United
States contributes only 10 per cent.
Dur manufacturing competitors know I
where these countries lie They have c
earned their languages, have studied
heir desires as well as their needs.
and for years have prosecuted well !
planned and wellexecuted campaign |
% riheir Comemreial invasion, and
With aid of large merchant marine
hey have been very successful. We :
carcely know these countries are To- ,
ated on the map We do not under g
tand their languages. their habits !
heir needs. or their desires, and we
end them. all combined. less than .
ne hundred and fifty millions of our
more than thirteen billions OF manu- ?
aciures. and this pittance we send in u
oreign bott ms and beneath alien e
ags. Il
u. S. Unknown in Southands. a
Our ships never enter her ports. q
he never sees our flag. Our consular a
eports are filled with information TO
he effect that no South American
mntry has more than heard of the nj
'nited States as a commercial coun- n
ry.
We buy of tropical and subtropical
rodncts million dollars per day
more han we sell in tropiCSl and
ubtropical countries We sell TO En-
ope a million and a half a day more
han We buy from Europe. These facts
ford complete answer 10 the claim
hat II we win hut import more OF
What we now purchase we viii have n
ifficulty In selling our surplus how
yer large it may become. We sell
early half our present surplus 70 the
'nited Kingdom, but in bnying W.
eject from what is offered that which
,leases us best regardless Of it, ori
IN.
Argentina has just subsidized a line
4 steamers with which la market her
urplus rather than to send it under
oreign flags in competition with her
.eighbors. Where does she send
hese ships? To Europe. Of course. for
+ Europe only has she heard in n
way.
If this country ever develops IT,
merchants IL will accom-
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