Word: trading
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Letting the islands go would result in their acceptance by England or their senizure by Japan, the consequent abrogation of the reciprocity treaty, the loss of our rights to Pearl Harbor, and of our trade with the islands. Some other country, possibly an enemy, would hold the harbor and would command our western coast as well as all our trade routes ot the west. Captain Mahan declares that this would put our Pacific coast entirely at the mercy of the nation holding the islands...
...islands, the growing importance of the Pacific, and the change in the condition of the abutting countries must not be disregarded. The commercial and naval advantages can be secured only by annexation. It would give stability of government to Hawaii and the consequent industrial expansion would increase trade with the United States. A base of supplies is needed to make our navy efficient in the Pacific. For this purpose, Midway Island, 1200 miles west of Honolulu, was annexed in 1867, but owing to poor harbor facilities was abandoned. The right of the United States to maintain a coaling station...
...into a rut and find it difficult to cater to the demands of the college public. Taken as a whole, however, the present issue is eminently successful. There is one drawback. Take-offs on college professors form part of the Lampoon's ordinary stock in trade, are usually harmless, and often true to life. The take-off in the present number is not wholly of this description and might well be suppressed...
Seminary of Economics. Trade-Unions in Australia. Dr. M. A. Aldrich. University...
Seminary of Economics. Trade Unions in Australia. Dr. M. A. Aldrich. University...