The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-12-18
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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tipnal existence a. Tree ana independent
people 1t affords me great pleasure To rerur |"
The advancement that has been niaie from the
time ut the colony, one hundred years h;;"
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80, III .ncoura.inE oar thirteen
States have become thirty. eight, including
Colorado which has taken TIE. initial steps To
b.,nun, =, State and ,.ight Trrritnri,.s includ-
iuv the Indian Territory and Alaska and py-
Guiding Colorado making a territory extend
ing from the Atlantic TO the Pacific. On the
south we have extended To the Gulf of Mex
leo. and on the west from the Mississippi Ia
the paclir ON, hundred years ae, the. cot
for Gin the steamship tho railroad In. t,le-
graph, the reaping, sew ny aud modern PRINT
M machines ana numerous "'i"f INVENTION
u. S'"'0'll ''s N'',i' ~ our business "'i" ""P-
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INCREASE or M\NrFNcrraES
In 1916 manufactures scarcely existed even
in name in all thi. vast territory In lS7o
more than GOO olO ut l,.r.nn. wen. ,u,,l,v.
cd in manuf,ctnri,s rr,du,ius more than
So nm unn non ,f ,r,In.. /, amount an,
nli,IIv nearly eui,,l to our N,tion.l dL,
Fran, nearly Tho wI,Ia of III. ,,nnul,ti,,n nf
l57i heinz rno,oeJ in tho ono ,,r,,n,,i,n If
.,.r;,,.turo in Is-n 90, uu,,.r,,,. .',J Gv.r
s;t.d h,J L.cnnn tho nc,n,,.,,,,, nr nur ,,,n-
All, that loss tL.u Il; mn ou, ,,, If ,,o,.
iLun 40 U1D 600 were q, ,nrn,rrI che py-
,raordinary effects produced III our country
10y resort to such occupations, has bnlit
market i'r 'hc pf"ui''S Oh our ier'iie iii'us,
uis'ah' from .le Seapoarn ana the inarkes Oh
the world. ne American system oi working
various ana extensive manufactures next 10
III" pow ana thc pasture, ana auuins con-
in our distant country results not ,on,lled Inv
the intelligent parts of other nations. The
ingenuity and skill of American mechanics
nave pech demonstrated at nome ana ahroad'
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"h'"ih or "' Il NlN'N" INTERESTS
The progress of the miner has also been
great. OF coal, our production was once
small now many millions of tons are mined
annually. So with iron, while it formed
scarcely AN appreciate part OF orr products
halfa century ago, we now produce more
than the world consumed at the beginning Of
"'ir national existence i",d me and cop
per, rom nelhS articles ot imports we hiay
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In the last hundred years have had success,
and have established a reputation for enter
prise sagacity, progress and integrity, unsur-
passed by the people of Older nalionalites.
This good name is not confined To their homes,
but goes ont upon every sea, and into every
port where commerce enters.
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With equal pride, we can point Ia orr prog
ress IN all OF the learned professions.
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serve serve ai'r o'.' ,i'"'c sIea'ncss'
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~ w. li' H. va! ~, h''o'' IA, e'e' pee'
ircs rom ."I''oH ,,, u,"ktr 10 us prosperity
anu napl'i.ier: we s"ou'.' n''h 10 '''' "an-
se'N '''' u, a'." ',WI,.e": mem, so ,al
wherein o,e lt y 'S scou ~ ;''lo'.er before
thc 'iw' o.u,r s"c', ,oI'i' ~ s"VE'hhneht
IL ~ vi .l,e u'''o'' Importance '''"' All shou'o
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mo of lis meaning A lnryr ,sso,.;,,inn If H.,
nnr,nt men ronnnl far any rnn.iicr,Iln no.
roj onnosr a successful r,,i,i.ucr f., nr,,,;ns.
c,mre ,n no viii If int,lli,rmrn ,,,.,Ifr III.
rcrtc1 bv the demarnrur or nv nr;cs,rrni,
Hence thc education IF Tho masses h,r,,,es ~
mo first necessity for the nrrscrv,,,inn If mr.
institutions They are worth nr.scrvinn h..