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Whitelaw Reid: Is it the part of statesmanship--is it even the part of every-day, matter-of-fact common sense--to reject or despise…

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Is it the part of statesmanship--is it even the part of every-day, matter-of-fact common sense--to reject or despise these Oriental openings for the products of this people of three hundred million souls the Twentieth Century would need to nourish within our borders?
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Whitelaw Reid

Editor's note · Context

Reid questions the wisdom of ignoring trade opportunities with Asia in the context of national growth.

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