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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1900)
L D TER L EXPA 111 IBB u of distribution IB the most densely populated Mnnlln ns a point nronnd Grouped of population form tin- thitn 800,000,000 people world. More * the of lated pnrt China Slain , Hrltlxh India , Aus Cochin , Kronen IlusHla , China , Japan , Asiatic Manila UK a all of which an- nearer to IndicH etc. , tin- Dutch Kant , tralasia , eom'merelnl center , while Hiich cities other grunt point of diNtrlbntion than to any Manila OH Havana in to the city us Shanghai , Canton and othero arc aH near to of New York. of the United "What will bo the effect upon the commerce The qnoHtlon , " follows : ? IH aimwered OH Philippines of the States hy our possession law proportion of the ! ? ; tr > 0,000,000 worth of tropical First They can supply a annunlly. The sum can and sub-tropical product * which thin corn-try HUB and Imports for the benefit both of the people thus be expended under the American Investments in the islands. of the Islands and UIOKP of our immediate own citizens market bavins for from .fltO.OOO.OtiO to $ .r 0- will supply an Second They annually , and twice this sum manufactures and 000,000 of American proilnutH later. these lilnnil acquisitions In the later.Third feature of Third Hy far the most Important trade with the countries commercially our 1'nclfic Is their prospective effect upon Philippines. The imports of the countries to the adjacent to them , nml especially the Philippines amount to about $1,200.000,000 annually to commercially adjacent all of the e Importations me month. Nearly ally , or practically $100,000,000 for which per the people of the United States are now attempting - of the classes of articles tempting to find a market. be ' of which Manila may of this half of the world's population , The commerce center now amounts to more than $2,000,000,000 per made the great commercial , annum , or , as above $1,200,000,000 per Its annual purchahcs to about $ , , annum , and month. Practically all of tills vast sum Indicated , practically $100,000,000 of the per world than the United States is expended for which is bent to other parts seeking a market. which the people of this country are now the class of goods for manufactures of products , dairy provisions , hrcadstnffs , cotton goods , and Cotton demanded by of the farm and factory , are the products Iron and steel ami wood , the people of that pnrt of the world. Iteferrlng to the need of supplying our tropical products It may be well to own call attention to the value of such Im ports in the years 1805 and 11)00. They were : Value. Year. 1605 ' $3ir.,707n 8 ariiarw.MO moo Included In this are Indigo , rice , sugar , Etplccs , hemp , coffee , tea , rubber , fruits , certain woods and such products which can only come from the tropics. They the Philippines in cnn be produced in all American fiufllclent quantities to supply ican requirement ! * . has Within the lust fifty years there been an awakening in the Orient. Japan has become modernized and China is certain in large degree to west- tain to be opened em enterprise. The total trade of the the Ulnndn Tar Kast , Australasia and of the Pacific last year was as follows : . Imports. Exports. Count rr. ' f30ri.217.000 UrltUli Kant Indies SUiil.firt'J.aon llrltlth Australasia 277,870,000 278,708,000 China . IIKWOH.OOO U2t)23,000 ) npnn . 110,200,000 107 50,000 RtralU Settlement ! ! 10ltir ! f > ,000 07,822,000 Dutch Kant Inillrs. tUMliK.OOO 80,081.000 IlitSRln , Anlntlc . 21r,7t,000 ) 20.4ri ,000 BlnmJK . I , : i84,000 2S.280.OW Philippine iHlnmlB. SO.UOO.OOO 10,270,000 Unwallnn Inlands. . 15,200.000 23,000,000 Mauritius . ir.,010.000 IB.GM.OOO 25,470.000 15,054,000 - > rt , < H\.i no Hongkong . . , . 20,000,000 10,000,000 H.OBB.OW ) Vr nck Knut Indies 101,000 Korea .IT. . 8,088,000 2,482,000 Asia ami Total 1 Ocoanlcn . . . . $ llir > , SGQ,000 $ lMO,12t,000 Most of the American export trade with Asia Is with countries bordering on the Pacific. The shipments of American merchandise to these countries has In creased enormously. How much the bub- joined figures show : EXPORTS TO ASIA . isnn. inoo. Japan ? 4W4,717 ( $2,087 ! , < 542 Chinese Empire. . : ti03,8lO ir > ,2r > 8,7-lS Hongkong ( Ur ) . . . 4,2r > U,040 8,485,088 B. East Indies. . . 2,8r > ; UMl 4 , ) im ! : Dutch Kant 1ml. . 1,147U5 ! l.KM.VII ) French East 1ml. ( Wl 0 207,587 Asiatic iiuRHin. . , soi.im aor , > oio'.j llusslan China S : 7.UO : 12ll(5r ( > Corea German China 29,202 But it is not alone to Asia that our ex ports arc expanding. The same Is equal ly true us to Oceanlca.- Our esports to Australasia are nearly three times as large as they were. In 1805 ; to Havana , four times us large ; to the Philippines , The details of twenty times as large. these exports follow : EXPORTS TO OCBANICA. Brit. Australasia.$0,014,2(18 ( ? 2 < ) ,72r ,702 Hawaiian Islands 3,72:5,0. : > 7 13ri01),148 Philippines 110,255 2 , < ! 40,44 French Oceanlca. 2r > 2U51 , 2iit8 : Tonga , Samoa , etc 1411,2117 Figl , etc 22,281 Ounm 13,247 Germ. Oceanlca 10tU)5 ) Total $18,109.2:11 : SJW.MO.VW" We are using more and more of the products of our Island possessions every year. Hawaii , which was developed by American capital , shows an amazing in crease In exports to the United States , When quiet Is fully restored in the Phil ippines and when Porto Uico is fully re covered from the linnl times incident to Spanish rule , there will certainly be a corresponding growth in what those Isl ands buy from Americans , the products both of our farms and factories. Our Imports from these three possessions In 1805 and 1000 were : Imports from 1805. 1000. Porto Rico $1,510,511 ! f 3,078,4111 Hawaii 7,888.1)111 20,707,00:1 Philippines 4,731,300 5,1)71,201 ! Total $14.iiO,8iO $20,757,5211 The Philippines have never been developed - oped and not only can they produce any thing and everything in abundance whlcl grows in the tropics , but they are Icnowi : to hare deposits of coal , Iron ore , copper , gold , silver and other minerals. The acquisition of the islands In a fact accomplished. Wo have not to ask whether we shall expand we have only to expand the possibilities of the islands. THE RECORD IH 6 NUTSHELL Here Is the record of the three years under the Dingley law , compared with the three preceding yeara under the Wil son law : Decrease In Importation of manufactures $120,880,700 Increase In importation of manufacturers' materials. . 113,410,200 Increase In exportation of manufactures 373,201,000 WHERE WE LEAD. The United Htnten In now the world's greatest producer of Iron , stool and conl , as well us of copper , cotton , brcadstufFs , provisions and many other articles entering Into the dally requirement * of mail. U VALUE ' OF EXPORTS IIXDE11 TWO TARIFFS Protection Assures Manufacturers Their Home Market and Exports Follow. The avowed purpose of the free raw material clause of the Wilson-Gorman tariff law was to "stimulate manufactur ing. " Instead of "stimulating" it , the law nil but strangled it. Millions of wage earn ers were driven out of employment. Boup houses were opened. Free Bread oud Kree Clothett were the Democratic watch word. word.With our Industries revived by a pro tective tariff , manufacturing both for home markets and for export has attain ed a degree of prosperity never before known in the United States , In proof of this the following statement has been prepared showing the exports of principal manufactured articles under three yearn of low tariff and protection , respectively : Our exports linvo nonrly Uou- . ' tiled clnco IHDK. ' tii- have slightly , Our Imports oroaHtxl In the naiuo time. Htioh In the record of com- | tnorulnl expansion under the . liMturliif ; onro of the present | itdministrntlon. ' Tlio Treasury Department I ImH lust iNstied a Htntomoiit of the Imports nnd nxporis of the , ' United Htnten Tor the month of ' Keptomhor , together \vltli n . Htntemcnt of the iniportn and 1 cxportH for the period of nlno , tiiiHithd ondinv : September < IO , ' for n ncrlcH ot'years. No stronger nr-umo t In favor of holding our own [ markets hy the application of the principle oTprotcctlon , niul then BcokliiK the world's mar kets , IIUH over boon made. According to the statement Indued the ImportB and exports dnrin | { September wcro an fol lows : September , 1000. KxportB $ lint4,21O Imports r 0,5U ( > , ( > OU Kxcess of KxporU $ 5lO71Ht : For the nlno months ending September 310 , 1OOO , the allow ing in equally gratifying. Thnu : Nine months ending Septem ber HO , 11XH ) . KzporU' $1,0U,080,401 ; ( t'Jt.tU,5 ( ) ( ( ItntiortH . _ . _ , - _ _ - _ . . J Kxceti ) ExnortH107 , -1,81)5 Compare this with the record of the first nlno months of 1805 , whan Dqinocratlo theo ries ot foreign trade were ptit Into prnutico ; when a low tariff stimulated importH , and when the lllono H ot American fac tories wan a damper to our ex ports. Tills record Is as fol lows : DKMOCKATIC.- Nina months cinline Fcptcui- bcr . ' 10,1805 : Import $001,043,130 KxporU 557,027.400 Kxcess Imports . . . . $ 43,115,073 That , In a nutshell , IB the dif ference between Democratic theory and Republican prac tice. While our exports have NKAHLjY DOUBLED , our im ports are but slightly more than they were in Democratic days , and the increase is en tirely duo to the greater de mand for manufacturers' ma terials which are used la our busy mills' where American labor is actively employed at good wages. Srjr s.\ > ( Area 521,652,000 acres } > , , Without rtg3rd to CotiS nt ofqortrnc : > AMERICAN EXPORTS. FUcnl years Klucnl years 1S05 , 1800 IbOS. 1800 and 1807. niul 1000. ( Under WIIUiuler Ding- Articles. sou law. ) ley law. ) Total manufac tures $ GSO,252U2 ! ? 1,002,573,8GO Iron niul steel manufactures. . . 1150,059,7:18 285,075,200 Mlnt-rul olla , re- fulfil 154,223,124 170,502,008 Copper and manu factures of 05,800,032 127,025,300 Leathernnd manu factures of 03,018,000 71,809,433 Cotton and maim- fneturen of . . . . 01.004,834 01,511.007 Agricultural Im plements 15,830,530 80,130,815 I'beuilcals and drugs 24,001,008 31,805,032 Wood manufac tures 22.203.008 30.044.482 I'arunm 12,033,551 21,437,091) 1'nper and manu factures of 8,232,203 17,188,007 Which Is best for American labor ? Commercial expansion or commercial stagnation ? To protect our home markets and give manufacturers a chance to go into the markets of the world , or to throw every thing wide open by a free trade tariff and have the manufacturers of the world flooding our markets with their cheap la bor goods ? . . . AS TO ISLAND ABANDONHENT What American Would Give Up the Fruits of Our Former Expansion Which Gave Us Such Big Returns from So Small an Investment ? Carried to their logical conclusion , Mr. Urynn'n ideas about abandonment would involve the retrocession of Florida and our ment of the Philippines domain west of the Mississippi river to the original owners , and presum ably by them back to the Indians. Let iw auk a fair , straight question : American would give up one foot of that territory ? A * an you The question scarcely needs the asking , and jet every stage of natural have opposed the the Hryanites growth wan opposed as strenuously as retention of the Philippine * . The eost of these additions to the country and the value of property now in the land so acquired are below : Cost. Property Value. $15,000,000 $3,737,010,701 Louisiana Florida cesodon purchase 5,000,000 182,553,238 recognized by various Oregon country as , 817,310,088 treaties ' ' ' " 3'Jn',724i507 1 Me.\'lcan'ce'sVion"Gadsden purchase. 41,000,000 , ( , , Texas , \ - . . 7,200,000 liOO,000,000 ; Alaska ' 5G8.liOO.000 $10,100,5-11,204 pioduced by. | Property Investment of sixty-eight > There Is ten billion dollars and more from an | million dollars. American enterprise has full sway In the | A few years from now when restored and property is safe , n similar when is wholly , Philippines peace will be and the idea of abandonment era of development will follow there , ridiculed even by the Hrynnites. "NOT IMPERIftLISM. " SAYS A DEMOCRAT. "Men who use their brains to think with are not to be bullied by phrases. 'Imperialism , ' for Instance. The Philippines are In point. A splendid naval which means tug victory has made us masters there. That Imperialism is not bapplness , human spreading of American power , free Institutions , faith In the vitality of this Imperialism to be feared by anybody who has ' principle's on which It Is found- republic , and confidence In the Democratic 2 od. " Hearst's New York Journal , Democratic , July 1 , 1808. to the people of Kntlsfnntlon full to Rlvn " bnlanccn can not tratlo "Our than noltl abroad $015-1J2O7O of producta more . In 1808 wo the country. and In 10OO $5-14,471,701 , nUOH74,81 , abroad In 181M > $ , bouRht ; wo total balance i our faror of $1,08 , - the three years a making during whole the for favor in of trade our times the balanc * five 7JO,1HO nearly Inclusive. " William 110 1807 , Juno from 170O to , period of 108 years McUUley. of the United. the foreign commerce Four proat facts characterize States in the year 100O : of that U 17,7UO.UGO by $ , the HurpasBea of year 1. The total commerce $2OOO- exceeds , any preceding year , and for the llrst time in our history OOO.OOO. and have been of preceding year , 2. The exports exceed those any distributed throughout the world thn" ever before. more widely before - than over Manufacturcra' materials wcro moru freely Imported 23. share of the total imports than on any former fore , and formed a larger occasion. than ever before , freely exported 1. Manufactured articles wnro more and formed a much larger Him re of the total exports than on any former occasion. with that of 1HO-1 as follows : Our trade in 10OO compares Vuliic lOOt ) . Value 1804. $ l"U,18im ( : $05-1WH,022 Kxports Hll > ,7Mno 802,140,372 ImportH Total trade . $ 'J,2-l ! > , t > tI.H-U " $ lB-t7,135lUt " In 1000 $514,471,701 of Export * KXCCBS $237,145,050 KXCCSB of Imports lit 1801 Right in these two tables IN the story of the commercial expansion of benefit of protecting our own industries. the United States and of the decreased and our exports have As compared with 18O4 , our Imports have doublet ! . affected all clauses of producers farmers , The increase in export * has manufacturers , lumbermen and miners have all had n share in building trade of the United States. The increase by up th.s marvelous export classes Is shown in the following table : ' 1804. 100O. 1 xporta. i028Hiaa : S $835,012,052 Acricnlture 183,728,808 432,284,300 Manufactures 20,440,508 38,007,530 MlnluK 28,000,020 52,300,484 Forest 4,2(51,020 0,280,004 FUhcrlei 4,400,044 4,082,142 MlBCcUancoiiH has with every largo and small The trade of the United States grown ot the world. Europe la still our heaviest buyer , but Asia and country of trade expansion. South American the greatest percentage Oceania show can business has developed the least of all. The exports to the grand di visions in 1804 and 10OO wore : 1804 1000 Export * . $700,870,822 $1,04O,1O7,312 Europe 110,003,212 187,200,310 North America 33,212,310 38,045,721 South America 20,872,701 04,013,084 Aala 11,014,182 43,300,027 Oceania 4,023,830 10,400,1UO Africa grand divisions in the two years named compare Imports from these same as follows : pare 1804. 1000 Imports. $205,077,385 $44O,500,48O Europe 100,0(12,550 ' 120,030,875 . - . North America ' , 1OO,147,1O7 03,035,134 . . . B utu America. ' 00,180,307 130,817,023 Asia 21,457,023 34,500,042 Oceania 3,407,338 11,217,110 Africa of American foreign trade during the past throe yearn The expansion . American goods , the of all other nations. rlso mid envy num > the has been onotijy , American enterprise are usable in every part of the American food to Europe , locomotive * world. Whether It be in supplying civilized electrical goods and machinery to Australia , mining machinery to Liberia , American genius and push or bridging the Nile at Atbara , to South Africa , to bo seen. Is everywhere policies. Commercial expansion was begun under Republican encouragement. under Republican It thrives manufacturers and cmyloyerd generally to give opportunities It enables homo hundreds of thousands of men. tunities to classes to llnd better and wider markets. It enables the producing Do you want it to continue ? develop still more ? want it to Do you and Roosevelt next month will be an answer that A vote for BlcKinley you do. ADMIRAL WATSON DENOUNCES BRYAN. Filipinos Would Be Quiet but for This Election. AH that Remain Under Arms Arc but Guerillas and Bandits and Only a Fraction of the Whole. Rear Admiral Watson , late commander naval squadron in oriental of the American this conn- ban returned to ental waters , from bis last cruise. He probably try , thinks the time has come for blm to citizen than as a naval sneak more as a olllcer , and his opinion of the conditions in the Philippines is well worth reading. He says : "I am looking forward to the result of the presidential contest with anxiety r.iul deep Interest , for I know what it menus , not only to the future of our country ns > among the nations of the world , but a power to hundreds of thousands of people who wonder Philippines , In the far-away if we are going to step aside and watch their throats being cut by the Tagalog tribes now in arms against us. "The grent majority of the people of those islands look upon Aguinaldo and his party as enemies. The cry only serves to give them the thought of what will happen if American protection of Iheit homes and lives Is withdrawn. "I would like to correct a misconcep tion that exists in the minds of some people ple concerning the otllcers and men ti ( our army and navy. Can anybody be lieve that citizens who serve under our ilag , and who are generally known here and big-hearted at borne as peaceable men , are going to change their whole na ture as soon ns they get out of sight of the United States ? "Wherever In those islands an army post has been established for any length of time the neighboring populations have taken to heart the attitude of our men toward them , and have been swift tc show their gratitude. "Look nt our own country. Has the American Indian ever had any truer friend than the soldier of Uncle Sam ? Times innumerable the army ofllcer has stepped in to stive the red man from the ' rapacity of the civilian , and'if in the hearts of our Indians there has ever and gratitude grown up a feeling of loyalty tude to the United States , that feeling has been planted there by the American soldier , once his bitterest and most re lentless foe. "The vast majority of the people are beginning to realize what American rule means. Once they were suspicious of us , naturally enough , for the Spaniards had lied to them for centuries. But they now know that the word of an American otll- ecr and of the American President , from whose authority that word first comes , is as good as his bond. " 1 have followed my flag In many coun tries and on many sens. I have never yet seen it stand for oppression or bad faith with any people , weak or strong. And I know that it does not fatand for bud faith now. " PORTO RICO IS SATISFIED. Dr. T. H. Ilollender , treasurer of the Island of Porto Hico , and formerly nsso- . into professor of economics of the Johns Hopkins University , delivered an address to graduate students' of the university i few evenings ago , on the condition of the island. After describing the manner if government and the conditions of lo- i-al self-government , he said : "The condition of affairs is hopeful , ind everywhere the best element of the island is rallying to the support of Mr. McKinley's administration. The feeling is growing among the people that the administration - ministration is doing its best to benefit the island. What Porto Rico needs is : ui intelligent appreciation of the real conditions of Americans. I do not now think that an intelligent man could feel that the Porto Hico tariff wan anything but a necessary fiscal device. We need $ -,000,000 for the island If we are to accomplish anything. The alternatives of the tariff law were either a subsidy from the United States , or elw > the pau- I > crl7.ation of the island. At the present time If the alternatives were presented of deriving the necessary money from di rect taxation or from the tariff , the de cision would be overwhelmingly in favor af the tariff. The discontent that once existed was caused by the delay that oc curred In taking any action at all. "