The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-07
lNDusTRtAL wAR


sncreaHe the navy and want few
more millions thrown Into vessels for
the purpose Of protecting our coasts
from an invasion from Japan, q real
and q serious war Is now on with the
AIlppon kingdom
Plenty OF evidence ID al hand Co
demonstrate that japan has become
conscious Of the fact the controlling
power Of the world at this time Is
commerce and the little sons Of the
yellow race are manufacturing and
shipping whatever Is within the pow.
er OF their artisans 60 fashion.
Japanese merchantmen patrol the
high seas and their merchant princes
know well the lesson ol application
60 business. The trade wilh Japan
has Increased with al the great pow.
ers and the Japanese seek ever more
and more n the field Of commerce
until af lhiB moment they are man.
ufaciuring The farm machinery which
completes With that made ln the
United States, ana make The only line
Of implements worthy 0g being called
competitive 20 our llnea
Last year me bureau of American
republics, with headquarters al Wash
inglon. sent ont the abatement that
suenos Ayree had purchased 1880
reapers from Japan
And this, TOO when weO Understand
there Is nothing grown IN Japan
which would Justify lhe expense oi
an hundred dollars to install man.
ufaciurng plant on the islands SucA
institutions require tremendously cx.
penslVe plants. aud the lllllo yellow
men, realizing sueh expenditures were
of profit 70 Americana for foreign
trade, al once entered into competl
tion. and they have also taken from
German manufacturers their mono.
poly on many OF the toys and novel.
sles which for 200 years has been a
source ol mighty profit to the reu.
tong
Japan has more merchant traders
II the Nome harbuF each season Than
aHny other country RaYe our own. and
II some lines exceeds trade between
lhe states and the frozen territory
50 the north
This mighty island nation Is iorg
lng forward her people ambitious to
achieve and 80 Intensely patriotic re
q be martyrs # sueh need be f0f
the iurlherance b The aucce8s oi lhe
newly awakened Kingdom
And 700 energies. The anbillana ans
patriotism of the Nippon people SIN
beer fruitful reward II lhe comnlrr
eial conquest Commerce in lbe most
exactlng power the world has known.
IL return Il PAYS the aurest. quick
esi aud greatest rewards. AS lae
chain Of profit e0mes toward The orig
lna bane dag after day and week NJ
ier week. the wealth stacks higher an
highers aifluence and even onulence
follow, and the mighty roar 0f can.
non aud me shrill rasp of musketr,
are less and less heard. until com
merce, holding tbs health. peace and
c0ntentment ol mankind III her grasn.
begins OF ENDS vars hy mere allow
aFce 1or refusal ol she requisite cash
to carry Into execution her llana.
Japan has seen the lleht Just as
America the power which forced Ja
pan 10 become q Hart and parces I'll
the making Of history. saw Il wears
AEo. And the iwo nations both IN
the full Yigof of youth and strength.
can snd wllls play Che role * dcspot
90 The high seas u finance.
iH MOI warahiDs We need 10 com.
neie With Japan but a Thoroughly
equipped and veil entfenched com
merciel power which shall otier ior
sale American products IN All guar
ters BY lhe glnbeand each return
will bring Back - us that which We
can not produce nt home.
War with guns nud for the blood
OF men between this Republic and Mn
non y. allowing 4 little prophecy. far
uif the hattie 10 control the com
mefce Of lhe greal Pacific iA on nnd
will he centuries In ending.