El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-02
By
Frederic
]. HaSkin

ada for the simple reason that Canada
offered an abundant supply Of raw ma
| terial for agricultural development, no
| longer 10 be found IN the United States
In the past two or three years far
/ sighted men have been preaching the
gospel of conservatism and economic
developments.
! The United States pays for the great
! bulk of the wares it buys from foreign
! countries by the export of grain anG
] other manufactured agricultural pro-
! ducts The population of the country
/ has been increasing more rapidly than
produces AIready the timfl is in sight
! when, if present conditions be main
/ tanned the United States must become
/ an importer instead of an exporter of
| wheat.
Foreign Markets Demanded.
The increase in the cost of living is
| bringing to every man the realization
Of the fact that America no longer can
afford the prodigality of exporting raw
materials 1t must keep its good pro
! ducts al home. and it must pay for
| what it buys abroad by the export OF
manufactured articles in which the
value of the natural and raw products
! is enhanced by the application OF labor
This means. first of ali. that the
Americans must find foreign markets
for their manufactured wares These
! markets must be found in South Amer
lea and in the Orient It is necessary
/ for the future of American prosperity
that the United States should use its
| utmost endeavors TO procure for Amer
lean business a permanent guarantee of
an equal opportunity in China
DeveE 'Dment of the Pacific Coast.
! The " rid wonder of the first half of
the goth century will be the develop
ment of the Pacific coast states of the
United States and the Pacific provinces
( OF Canada So far as the United States
! is concerned. the Pacific coast has been
/ developing in spite Of national political
| disadvantages rather than because of
! direct and effective governmental en-
| enlargement, such as has been given
| TO the province of British Columbia.
transportation rates established by
! the railways and transportation laws
! instituted by congress have conspired
| TO discourage maritime business in the
| American Pacific cities. The great sea-
! ports of California. Oregon and Wash
| ington do not enjoy. nor can they en-
! Joy, under present conditions, their nat
/ ural share OF the growing commerce of
| the Pacific
Yet these Pacific coast communities
will continue to grow in population
and prosperity for the next few de-
! cades and there is nothing to prevent
them reaching the greatness of the
Atlantic cities of America and Europe.
| unless it shall be that the Americans
| will permit Japan 10 seize and hold
the supremacy Of the Pacific for the
development Of its interests as opposed
to those of the United States
Great Western Development Due
Fifty years from now there NAV be
city on the western coast of North
America equal in population and power
to the London or New York of today
Japan in 1860 may occupy the position
which Great Britain holds today If
these things come to pass, they will be
no more wonderful than what has hap
pened on our Pacific coast and in Japan
since 1850 The prophet of today who
foretells the glory of empire in the Pa
cific may seem TO be a fantastic dream
er. but it must be remembered that
the world laughed at William H. Sew
ard when he. a half century ago. pre-
dicted a tenth part of what already
has come to pass on the shores of the
Pacific, where the old and new worlds
meet and where the last and final bat
tie between the East and the West will
be decided.
United States Interested In China.
If China is gObbled up by other
Asiatic or European nations, then the
United States can have no hope OF
sharing in the commercial development
of the Orient, and 1t must resign even
the west coast of South America to
Japan. as it already has resigned east
ern South America to Germany The
interest of the United States in the
preservation Of the Independents OF
ic On1f Of
Chinese people themselves.
The American who looks to the fu-
ture will bear these things in mind and
VIII not permit an ignorant peasant re-
bellion IN China to interfere with his
judgment in the case
If there is a general anti-fOreign out
break, it is to be feared that Ameri-
cans will be victims OF Oriental bar
barrie cruelty, that American property
interests Will suffer, and that Ameri-
cans will be inclined not to protest
against the condign punish ment which
Japan and other narions viii insist
upon melting out - ne Celestial Of
tenders. In spite of these things it will
be necessary for Americans to keep
cool TO remember that the Chinese in
terest is eventually the American IN
terest and that the traditional Ameri-
can policy toward the Chinese must
be maintained
China's Prince Regent n Problem.
The peace Of the world and the com |
mercial future of the American re. |
public may depend upon the solution !
of the problems which today center In /
the person of the young prince regent /
the 2SyearOld vicar of the Son of Heay-. /
en-, the ruler of 4OO.OO0.OO0 people and /
the occupant of the oldest throne on /
Gods fOOtStOol.
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