Emery County Progress | 1901-06-22 | Page 3 | An American Customs Vnion

an american customs anlon abarton barker recent candidate tor the presidency on the ticket ot the middle of the road populists has written an open letter to frederick fraley president of the national board of trade advocating trade ex mansion in the amentas rather than in asia he combats the idea of territorial expansion and thinka that posses sion of the philippines will not give us a great trade in china because achl na is going to do its own manufacture ing more cheaply than any western nation can do it he says both china and the philippines are too nearly in the same latitude with the united states to make their trade profitable for us that the commerce of the fu ture will be between countries of op climates and diverse products and will move along north and south aa rather tl n baat ind a eat lines 4 ail