New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-20
WHAT MIR. PHELPS SAID.

Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister TO England, was
rext introduced This is in part what Mr. Phelps
said: ,...,o,
which have ielt to be an honor s case There are
very few institutions of any sort IN ts ~ their
TA ana twenty first wear such length of days
in any organization proves the existence vi qualio
srS G' thai has come down to from the colonial
perod-that las British power hou1sh upon LIZ
Unabated 1cor, the vicssitudes that attended the
origin and the childhood well as the maturer Eea
something more than the flight of time ApplaHhssil
II has memories and traditions worthy 10 pe d bs
II has had It's struggles and won its VICTORIES anu ma
left It's mark on is time for good applause oe
congratulate YOU sir: a 1t S m0t dc re in its
quality nor diminished In It's influence Inc present.
tss with the past in xs ssurgs Is haye gomez viii
SIN remain What IS todaS End fhe se e 9eaf Interests Of
the great American city. CApplauseJ . -. ...,
Commerce sir, has been referred TO in the sent,
ment that has just been announced as tho hsi anS
Of National prosperity. (AppanseD I Is taao am ii
more than that II IS the combined harvest OF an an
. tnv NJ honest human employment. All their re,
slts~au that renders them beneficial TO thos' elSac
Nv The Interchange and transfer of products ana conf
modit es and the operations OF hhahce pu,
There are higher interests than those OF trade. bu'
,bSTn are no CHER interests than those of industry
What Is H. sir speaking only In the hgh Oh In III
xual ncnd ali larger considerations what IS y
that YOU principally desyei what gin Would you an an
aeS,Sgy Is not tbs ready and spontaneous answer
lie General rrOsperity OF the country maj Stu i
ana haaos, and slI the wheels of industry revolye
With accelerated speed that the midpght sa DO
to sparkle with the light OF the %ie ,hat not CO
rlansel Have you any interest," lhat - INV W.
Incident with that Renewed appiause)
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ALLIED
IN exactly the proportion that industry Is SUCCESS
ful commerce aud finance must be prosperous. ""'.
one suffers the other languishes Inc mui"pn0' az,
complicated affairs you are concerned WIN az W. :.
ing hut the fruit ami representative OF 'ho s"o -
The brow whereby humanity earns and ears ~ poa
And there is not 10 be heard on earth, IN my ~
suggestion more erroneous or more misohoVoas ts
that labor and capital are ser s Senefted zap
plause) A.. orr,erce Is the
ally Of good government: and it might have pesn
added has been Of the principal aotso tS % Com
1t is to the earnest ana efficient 'nhae o. M doubt
had its share, that the initial steps that "elo
taken toward the formation Of the consnIn Oh b b
interest the first 10 appreciate the practical tai
of the CONFEDERATION and the first to SET On
a. their instance and by their exertons that the con
venon was Saea tho onS WAS eomped and
hone struggled with doubt In respect to It's final sue
was Largely BY nas 10 81 ae Of
The American people, and planted where IT stands to
THE GOVERNMENT OF ALL.
p,t sir the alliance between the business interests
., Tho country and the cause OF good government is
NJ, merely a matter of past history. 1t is not an
.n.nce in which that great power can anord to be
s,a.r,nr mariner merely What is the object OF good
-nya,nment and wherein does it diner nom paa gov
snmsntY Has It any other end or aim than the pro
.ao,,on Of the general prosperity Are we not al
s,oeEbo,ders alike In the various eo tsss
seoSh Under which hvei are sne c
go1sS anything after an pu, s' ca
cove concernsl And what Is IL that IN
Dus ss of the concern principally requires U.s.
30 ne an appauded political maxim, WIN ~enhT
W -. IN ~ words Measures, not men, ssneo
- %erv The soundness Of this MAXIM anu " P''ps
a. az nIsce rs converse, Men, not meas .n
i.msay think the first need OF eoou soNor I'm
tie ne first need OF large business orsc,sr
h rinb, men 10 administer IL. Right IN chaap 80
sbtty IN patriotism, IN dsnterestenness; hl;c noj,o
mnderya lue the important questions OF pun ract
which must zine TO time arise ana ~ i up ,res
demon strator will settle them all for US " n n
Sy The ushf OF experience whatever mistakes Inay y
made meanwhile Eut while they are SUI pS,n,
better hundred times an honest ard capaoie n a.
trstion Of an policy than coT1p a,u ~
capable administration Of good one lhtpiaa,,ss
Sir. Is there reproach In this mater una, t'
business men and the best inie geDce OF the e0uhu,
should take TO themselvesi They whose power sns
ynAuence ere invincible whom they choose 20 sxer
tAeni speak in no party sense. These consider