Show V I V i THE ORIENTAL MENACE I V j Jan a cs to m kij in the tho manu I f of l Iu mills contained V V J spindles and ana and too tho consumption c J ns of raw ma ma- teria was bales baes In InV V 1911 the number of b had bad d. d increased 1 to and the tho eon ump tion of raw xa cotton cottone to bale bal There is 18 no l 1 longer D ner r any n Idi o to und underrate the tho possibilities s of Japan Japanese rivalry Competent observers no now concede conde con con- c cede de that the ambition o of Japan to be the th England of the ig Pacific i iu in fair faIra a way a of realization Sa San Franc Francisco Beo Chronicle V sl sh she not ex exceed c d f. f everything ir t E England hm h has hs s' s jYe yet d done 1 Her r w workers 8 ar are arc more Q automatic and f faithful l than English work workers rs a and id d their wages are what what- Saxons Anglo the 1 d dent dUnt nt of OE them would starve Jve o on oL Then hen the i n nation tm is more ore alert than t an V Englishmen lish en are Her f scientists i are SIC in m every noting land q all fl Imp pv ui tha 1 t are made dc arid and a d utilizing them and in h her fab rat ries Rte are at work seeking to to- open nio e i and d' d more doors to mY mysteries es not yet discovered re But But the tIle main advantage is in the wages she she shep p pays j hr r laborers They hey were always f far those o of generous countries but at the turning ing V point when ah she had determined i ed to adopt western westen methods and and enter into competition with we western s skill ili and progress our country most opportunely I r former f ilir ier by lc legislation gisl tion enabled her to send her hr h r products to to us at a a discount of 00 O per cr c cent nt measured meas meas- tired by iS y our money llO er below what she had ever re received re- re a t th the same e me measurement V dv V t the ie price e eV V of of anything g r we ve had to sell ell 60 per cent I to the V orie orient VV r V VV V And tAnd s 's so sure ur as the Ithe h world s r b is ad- ad rf j i- i j t on n a qi different b. b basis i when h iW Japan pan perfects her cotton on a and d Woolen 11 s o spinning and pi China perfects p per per- r. r her steel works those countries s' s will wil be bo able t to sell in all nIl our ports ports' lh the r p ducts s which n now w give employment n to a a. a majority of 01 our s skilled led laborers la Ia- borers at prices which will close dose Ot O our Or r- r base bas metal mines and mot most of our factories prices which no tariff can protect our workmen against This h 8 is a presidential tj l election year yea but no o candidate can cau dares to lay ly the these e facts fact be before ore the working workingmen D Democratic candidate candi candi- men of this land while every da date dat is o of cour course urr ta a free trader a er V VV V assertion that the There IS is s much shrieking over the plain people h have not a an J equa show in in this this republic b but it no not one word vord about the the menace that threatens every working man the stop stoppage V ge of his wages V The crime was originally planned by the gold ld combine of this country and England That combine combine com coin bine still controls and nd seals the lips of every candidate candidate candidate can can- and and the t e t types pe o 2 every great newspaper from the Atlantic to the Pacific |