Show OUR TRADE WITH CHINA t We had a fey few days ago a a di atch stating th the that b e value of the United States exports to China in during the ast five years had A. A fallen m off A from A 58 to or a ofa tr fl This from Washing Washing- 75 per per- percent cent was by r ten cn The e explanation is that the decline has been in cotton and oil that i because of the advance ad- ad 4 J 4 i i vance of the price of cotton in the United dS states much cotton yarn arn has been exported from India to Chib China and while more oil lias been sent to India Indi than was was sent fi e five years ears ago ago the price e has been much lower A oj Now v if that proves anything it proves that l o officer er erin in the departments at at Washington i s Willing to wilfully deceive the p people ople of the thed Ul ted d States tates in the interest of the men who handle handleI I I g old of the United States H Had he been an f honest offic officer r he would have frankly stated that tIl cause f the decline was due to the advance in U r of between our m money f and ChI ChI- money due to the awful decline in the price of th that t metal which is a 3 commodity in our country aLa the the- standard of values in hina Neither did ht j. j tell the truth in another respect A strong expert ex ex- pert crt trade had grown up from our country to China in jn wheat flour boots and shoes agricultural in implements and many other articles s all of which been killed But China is sending her rice and coil coal p d' d pig iron and steel billets t this is way and laying them hem down at prices es which American labor not compete against And nd her trade iii hi those i products ha has but just begun and she has more able b bodied died men mell to set to work to produce those articles ar ar- than the United States has m men n women arid children altogether i J Joes cur o government keep e p v these facts fr from m the fhe American people except to 10 oblige i oEs I men meU who are determined that their criminal legis egis- legislation lation of 1873 and 1893 shall never be revoked 1 i I |