The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
BARRETT'S TALK.
CONTINUED from Page one,
Mr.. Barrett's Address.

1 T.
.sIt is a pleasure to come all the way
from Washington to be the guest of the
Commercial club of Topeka 1t is a
privilege to visit this great state and
| lis progressive capital One gains in
spiration for better work in Washing
| ton from coming in contact with your
IpeopIe and seeing the growth and en-
/ terprise Of this vigorous section OF the
west.
| "If it were possible and practicable.
! T would have it a government regulation
] that every responsible official at the
head of an important department or
| bureau would annually make tour
| of the central west and transmississip-
| nj states for the purpose of knowing
better the needs and possibilities OF
| the whole land and of being truly
| r ational or, as in my case. interna-
| tional, officer rather than mere rou-
| tine or local official with narrow ana
| limited views.
| .tWhat a blessing it would be If Uni
| ted States senators and the leading
representatives could become actually
and personally acquainted with the peo-
pie and problems Of Kansas as well
| as of their own home states. President
Taft will return from his great journey
to make even a better chief executive
| than he now is of all the people and OF
| the west and south as we'll as of the
| east and Eorth.
The Fame of Kansas.
without the slightest intention of
INDUCING in 1attery, let me, as one
who during the last 16 years has served
as your minister in many foreign lands
and who has in that time made three
complete circuits OF the world, tell you
that the state of Kansas has a unique
fame and reputation as one of the
great productive commonwealth OF this
wonderful nation. Its record as an
AGRICULTURAL and corn and live stock
raising state is recognized the world
,nS
Kings in Asia, princes in India, states
men in Europe, and presidents in South
America ask me if I had ever visited
Kansas and personally seen growing
the crops of which they had read.
answered that I had frequently trav-
eied through Kansas. that the stories
they had heard were not in the slight
est measure exaggerated, and that
there was also growing up out In Kan
sas a crop Of men who were helping to
make our nation just as strong and
great as it's agricultural products were
making 1t rich and populous. From
looking about me tonight, and from
what know of your senators and con-
gressmen in Washington, 1 am conf
dent that I told the truth.
Our Twenty-Five Sister Republics.
Tonight I appeal to you to be in
terested in the great opportunities ana
responsibilities that face the United
States in its relations with foreign coun-
tries, especially our twenty lusuy. am
bilious sister republics lying just TO
the south of US. Let us always give
first aud due attention to home affairs,
but let us not neglect our foreign at
fairs which either directly or indirectly
affect every citizen of this fair land OF
ours. Whatever builds up our trade
with our neighboring countries-What-
ever makes our relations with them
peaceful and happy, makes the whole
of the United States more prosperous,
more peace loving and more happy. Re-
Guced to the last analysis, the CONNER
cal and political relations OF the UNI
ted States with, for instance. Mexico,
Japan and England are nothing more
than an enlargement of the relations
of one family to another. OF TopeKa 10
Kansas City, and Of Kansas to Nepras-
ka and Missouri
I'm this connection. I wish to COM |
mend the present day diplomacy of thu |
United States-the diplomacy of VIII |
liam H. Taft and Philandcr c. Knox
the diplomacy of their predecessors,
Theodore Roosevelt and Elihu Root. 1t
is the diplomacy of truth, of the square
deal. and of the golden rule. And. as a
result the United States is being loved
and respected abroad as never before
The standard of our diplomatic anc
consular service has been raised so
notably during the last ten years that
now it is not surpassed in quality OF
personnel taken either individually or
as whole, bv the service of any other
nation on the face Of the earth. And
Kansas has a part in this just as mucn
as New York and California.
''In view of the importance now at
tached to our relations with Japan and
China permit me to say few words
concerning the Orient before take up
the countries of Latin America
Possibilities of the Orient.
Across the Pacific, which will soon
er be made closer than now to you by
the completion of the Panama canal, is
a population of six hundred millions OF
people in tie very beginning of their
Industrial development. Along the coast
line of Japan. Corea, China. the Philip
pines. and the Malay states there is
growing up a commercial activity that
can only be appreciated by those
familiar with it. When the American
crowded with shipping of Yokohama,
Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai. Hong Kons,
Manila and Singapore, he is amazed at
the life displayed and the value and
quantity of cargoes handled. Only
when he is told that the exports and
commerce of eastern Asia, exceeds two
billions of dollars does he comprehend
what these mercantile navies are
handling. China's foreign trade now
amounts to less than 81 per head. While
it would be illogical because of different
conditions, to compare this with the
average of the United States, approx
mately $40 per head, we can justly
make an estimate of SIS per capita in
another fifteen years. This on a basis ;
of only three hundred million people
would give annual foreign COM
merce of $500. 900. 0o0
Certainly the United States should
strive to gain her legitimate share of
this.
Believes in China
II am a sincere believer in the latent
possibilities of China and the Chinese
race. 1t has been my privilege to
travel through many parts of China
and to come into close contact with :ts
high officials and its common people.
The more I saw of the country, tbs
more I became impressed with its vast
Industrial and agricultural potentiali-
ties and with the Unborn good sterling
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