The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-19
ABOUT EASTERN TRADE.
xVtley,M Interview in The New Ycrh
 world on Subject.


 World on Subject.
 ConRressman Wiley, in an interview requested by The New 4ork Wor!o, gives his views as to trade relations In the orient ana in approSs' eest U. 'nS oS Presidents policy of senoihs d hee' VI battle ships to the Pacific.
 Colonel Wiley states his position TOT cibly from the standpoint or tne Soutn interests in Oriental u aae, psl .a.a st,, xvith the object in view of increasthS the marked price of cotton, the South s great staple. 4
 Montgomery, Ala. Sept. j. Isot' The Editor of The World, New HorK' z
 | am in receipt of your telegram ot recent date asking me to aovlse you 's, fully what is the sentiment oL my constituents, as well as myself eoen ao to the Philippine Islands and tue Faeino fleet project. o-osaa movement of these battleships mas n9t been discussed here to any cohsloeraOle extent am unabls to info rm Yon ac- curately Ms to sthS sen ssa,e ,he sron. @ osttion; but as 1 myself have some oe- cided convictions upon these subjects l beg to submit my views Tor your con sideration and in answer to your ques- tioh, in the event you shoutu caEe A"
 Dewey;s guns and the Paris treaty put the Philippine Islands under tn" Sovereignty of this Republic. By pur- chase and the law of conquest they came under our flag. Public opinion and the conscience of mankind approved our action and applauded our purpose We made no coniduest to eXplolt our co- lonial fellow-c citizens. ana ms Weltnre demands he be protected from iorelsn and domestic plunder and official greet. As a stronger nation we are bound 10 assist a weaker one, even without AS surance of material reward; ana tnis
 t~,v fro RlnAF0nA race Is worthy of the profoundest in- terest and consideration
 China occupies one-tenth of the worlds territory. and contains about one-fifth of the worlds population. To all the leading nations. therefore. th" Celestial Empire has come to be coun- try of intenRest commercial concern
 As the bulk of all our cotton goes to Asia. the agricultural interests or the South in the matter of the establish ment of Eastern markets are vital ana special.
 The question of more. markets and better traffic facilities should De con sidered in a non-partisan spirit and ii businesslike way by every patritoic clt- izen, who hopes to see North America enthroned a queen among Ine coHlIheE cial powers of the earth Through tho Golden Gate, which bars out the Mon" goilan, a new light-the light of Asia ia hreaking Our economic cry ought to be, "On to the Troptcs! under prop CT conditions a rare chance IS now afforded us to caPsSre WSSr tSs fee Panama cnnaI is completed connecting the two great oceans, the Southern route to the East will Do shortened on an average or about 5000 miles, , .,. England. france and Germany. A cer- IaIn and fixed volume or business OT tween this country and Europe IS pounu to continue. with slight huctuatl99ntSs, nc- trade cOnQlLtOnA Most of the things we buy from or sen fo these continental nations' Wpetnet coming in under tariff schedules or go ing out through free gates oIIn,arcs nomSaau.e which the whole world must ultlmateN use or enjoy; and that too, Tn such n ,,reasing quantities as the same snal. he needed from time to time in me wav of food. fuel, shelter. ratment and inc every-day necessities of lire.
 Much of our so-called pollticai economy" has been more political than economic. We have been content In & soN bean countries, selling them our raw material ut such small prices as to en- able them to monopolize the OFIehtas markets to our own detrlment. lhstea1 of boldly entering the drowning lisfs. In the first instance, and seizinS, hola- ing and controlling this tremendous ana valuable trade for our own oeneht' All that ia necessary to attain this end' te
 
 ttent, courageous and intelligent con cert of action on the part of oar pro gressive cotton growers and manuiact, nrers-our aggressive shippers anu business men.
 The scheme or securing foreign mar kets and the means of extending our trade relations beyond the Pacific are questions, therefore, worthy or serious Gonsid eration.
 When the immense natural resources of China begin to be developed ana the habits and wants of her people become more numerous and complex, as they always do in proportion to the growth of industrial life, a trade will De ere ated across the Pacific analogous io that which now goes back and forth across the Atlantic. There Is no doubt that Japan will prove equal 10 her mighty industrial opportunity, and the whole world, to some extent, will profit by the development which she will set in motion.
 England, always alive to the advant~ age of foreign markets, and already possessing T 57 per cent of the trade Of the East. by her recent alliance with Japan. win occupy in the near future antiaYey the same vantage ground which Russia, with such far-reaching sagacity, endeavered to acquire; and. but for the construction of the Panama Canal and our possession of the Phil- ippine islands, she would thereby be enabled virtually to cut-oG all commer- cial relations between tho United States