The correct answer is A) It's not necessary to own people to trade with them.
The other options of the question were B) the expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing ´problem. C) fate has written our policy for us; the trade of the world must and shall be ours.
Of the following statements, the one that BEST reflects an anti-imperialist attitude of the late 19th century is "It's not necessary to own people to trade with them."
We are referring to the sensationalists' news that was published by two important newspapers of the time about the Revolution in Cuba. Those newspapers were the New York Journal and the New York World. It was the time when Joseph Pulitzer and Hearst -the two owners-competed for readers with the publishing of "yellow" news.