Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-12
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OPPORTUNITIES
FOR TRADE
Former Minister William !.
Calhoun Sounds Warning
Against Neglect Of Com
merCe In Orient

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New York.. Feb l-is thu punamt
canal Go Dee aH enduring monument eft
American common-scnse and com
mercial capacity as we'll as proof
merely, that Uncle Sum. when ho
takes his coat Oft, ucks up MIS- shirt
sleeves and gets right down Go work
can make the dirt fly as wen or
better than any Pharaoh of Ode on
is the greatest commercial common.
wealth the world has ever seem tho
one nation above all others which
bases IT'S national and Individual lif.
upon common-senso and the Virtue,
f of actual practical progressive ae-
complishment TO ne made the laugh
\ ing stock OF AN the other nations now
or 10 come ia the cut made across IN,
: lsthmus of Panama soon TO De- open
ed 60 am the argosies that sail upon
The Seven Seas9
These associated questions CRYING
insistently for Immediate anWcr
blazed forth in The address delivered
/ by Che Hon William j. calhoun form-
er minister 20 China, at the fifteenth
annual dinner Of tho American Asin-
tie association Mn Culhoun's speech
was uttered ia the presence OF about
aoo OF the most prominent Americans
interested and associated with the
modernimton Of the Orient hui what
he said is of grave importance to oy-
cry American proud of the common
wealth In which he lives and OF the
stupendous task successfully accom-
plished In Panama
Tho former minister to China mem
toned the canal ana the prediction
of a Chicago friend that before five
years have passed after The opening
of the locks to general traffic, the
canal viii have 10 Zee deepcned and
widened flNe-fold g. provide loom Ton
the vast fleets of commerce certain 20
pass through 1t from east and west
Whose commerce is IL going 20
be- asked Mr.. Calhoun Whose
ships viii pass through the ounul
Are we to receive our compensation
lrom the pleasure which IL WIN give
us, sltllns ON the hauhs of te fan-
anna cnnal-ot the canal We nave our
selves dug-and counting The fleets
of the iorclsn ships
We have no ships. And we won
haze ships until Mo have entgoes ANA
we won't have any cnrgoes until We
have foreign markets, and we won't
have iorcien markets until our man
uiaeturers go out hnd markets, es-
tahlish their trade ana develop 10.
"lt we are 90 benetlt from the
Panama cannL If 10 De- to he "a monu-
ment to the capacity and not Go the
short-sightedness of the United states.
rs i not necessary Tor ua 70 nave
new era i'm commerce
Peculiar interest attaches to this
speech of Mr. Calhouns because soat-
ed beside him was charge dAnnires
Yung kwoi representing the Repub-
is vi China. and just little Go the
speakers right was William jennings
Bryan secretary of state. Mr. Bryan
had delivered a very eloquent defense
at the administration attitude lo-
ward foreign commerce. Americans
engaged in foreign commerce. and The
people of Asla Briefly. Mr. Bryans
view WAS that the present democratic
administration is doing All chat DO Is
possible 90 do for the American husi-
ness man at home and abroad iu its
organization Of international banks
and ln its assurance 90 the people of
the orient through its promise off iu-
dependence for the Fnipmos thHt AN
American army would mt follow
American commercial advance ngents
To- gather In at the point Of thc bus-
ouet Whatever profits might accrue
from the Investigation off the promo
ter I'm one az those peculiarly Iry-
anesquc pcromtlons. d. had pointed
i rosy picture If what Nas sure 10
follow the altruistlc id,I of dlploma-
,y. sans the dollar BE had. hc told
them. long since ceased to look upnn
the Pacific ocean ns dividing line
between America and Asia Hc struck
70 parallel as between Tine ModitorrH-
mean of the Romnn empire and the
Pacific ocean of modern Asia and
modern America. Of course. hc did
not say that 1T was the neglect of
practical things that transformed the