Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-13

stint or limit" are phrases which those
ignorant of what is here, tell us are the
hyperbole of the real estate boomer.
Falling from the lips Of such man as
Mr.. Reed, they will be taken for their
face, as stirling coin of thought, current
among all thoughtful readers.
Hear the eloquent speaker:
did you ever think how the map of
"America two hundred years ago, if he \
"could have had it, would have deceived
<'the wisest observer as to our future his.
"tory? He would have seen on the
"Atlantic coast narrow strip shut off
"from all the rest of the continent by
"chain Of mountains stretching from the
"White Hills almost to Florida. He
"would have seen the great valley open
"to access only from the Gulf of Mexico
''and the Gulf OF st. Lawrence. Know
''ing that Spain held the one and France
"the other, not even the boldness of
patriotism or of prophecy would have
"ever dared to people the banks of that
"riches-bearing river and its. richer
tributaries with an English-speaking
Grace. The West was settled in defiance
"of the map, across the rugged mount
"ains and across the mighty rivers.
"The Spaniards wasted their energies
Gin vain pursuit of tabled fountains OF
"youth and still more fabulous cities of
"gold. In their vain search for the
"riches which cost nothing they lost
''the riches which to-day astonish the
"world. That wealth was reserved for
"the descendants of those who had
'learned on the tough soil of the Atlantic
"Coast that great lesson that man must
"pay just price for what he has. Ap-
"plause.l That the French had the
"nobler motive of glory for their native
Gland and the still loftier hope of bring
''ing to the Christian fold the roaming
"savages, did not preserve for them the
"empire of the great valley. They left
''their names and their whitening bones
ION the banks of many a western river,
"but the land and its riches were for a
"people who had few notions of glory
"and still fewer designs for the conver-
'sion of Indians. Applause and
"laughter.] All history shows that it
'sneeds certain coarseness of fibre to
"conquer the world. The Pilgrims and
''tke Puritans both had it, and gild their
memories however we may, they had
"as firm grasp on this world as they
Thought they had on the next.
"ILaughter.] We cannot spare so many
'sfine words on them as on the others.
"Success is always prosaic. Poetry
"clusters thickest over failures as ivy
''over ruins. The losers have the gar
Glands, for it is not always the saints
"who possess the earth. Loftiest
'motives often bring smallest re-
"turns. It is hard thing to
"say, but it is the truth, that an
"honest and persistent desire for per
"cent interest, with willingness to take
''1O, has done more to civillze the world
ethan all the courage OF the Crusaders.
"(Great applause and laughter And
con this continent what world it has
"won. Did you ever look at the map of a
hundred and twenty years ago? There
lilies the narrow strip close by the mar
"gin of the inhospitable ocean which is
"the germ Of the great Republic of to-
"day. The Province boundaries 60 back
"a few miles aud then lose themselves
Sin vast unknown. To-day few spots
"unexplored lie under the daily pathway
"of the sun from ocean to ocean. What
"a vast empire it is! I say it with no
Thought of boasting, but in simple
"wonder. Most of it lies beyond the
Mississippi. The Mississippi is West
mo longer. Ohio has ceased to be a
"Western State except at political con-
ventions. [Laughter.] The great plains
(which stretch towards the sunset, we
"have carved into States and Territories
$50 immense that we have utterly
disguised their greatness even from
yourselves. How many men who
'.listen to me here know that
California alone has hundred million
"of acres Of the richest soil the sun ever
"shone on and under a sun the most
"benignant that ever shone, capable of
"flling the world with grain and oil
"and wine and fruit and rearing stalwart
millions. How many know that the
great Empire State OF New York could
'be three times embroidered on the
''single State of California, and leave
"pienty of room for New Jersey and
Delaware? Spread upon California
"New York and every New England
Estate, and if you add Pennsylvania
''only the ragged edge would hang over
''the Pacific. Kentucky, Louisiana,
mississippi and Massachusetts. if fash
''ioned into convenient shapes, could be
"stowed away in Montana and never in
"the least jostle one another. Dakota,
(which we refuse to admit into the
"Union (shame) can admit within her
"borders nine out of the 13 original
States"
Mr.. Reed knows better than many of
our own people what future lies before
California. Some slow-minded people
stand croaking on the street corners, not
possessing sufficient intelligence to lead
them into channels of wealth-getting
which are simply marvellous. This wise
man from Maine knows the meaning of
"a hundred million acres of the richest
soil the sun ever shone on, and under a