Evening journal., 1889-12-26

All of the applications Of modern sci
ence, of modern knowledge, and Of mod
ern thought to serve the commercial and
the industrial interests, or to add to the
comfort and luxury of man, have been
either first discovered here or first sue
cessfully applied after their discovery
any where else.
This country furnishes men In the
highest state Of physical, mental and
moral development that he has ever
reached on this planet. There is no other
race or tribe of men anywhere which has
higher abilities, broader capacities, and
freer scope for them than on this globe
In addition TO this we have homoge-
neous people who have tried and proved
the experiment of self government and
who are endowed with an independence
Of thought, an audacity In the execution
Of their untrammeled conceptions and
nervous energy which do not exist any
where else in the world
In addition even to this. the bountiful
hand Of Nature has spread the wealth Of
all soils, all climes, all minerals, the
whole flora and fana Of the universe, the
Heavens, the earth, the sea and all that
in them is out here in exhaustless guam
titles. Scarcely any thing which grows,
exists or accumulates under the burning
sun Of the equator OF at the ice-impris-
oned poles which is not to be found also
within the bounds OF the United States.
Thus, with branch Of the human
race which has made all the achievements
in science, literature and art; with a
government which admits of inimitable
| possibilities OF independent thought and
action; with country supplied with
everything that civilized man could wish
for the conservation and use Of the giant
forces Of Nature; there seoms to be
nothing lacking to make this the great
est, the richest and tho most powerful
nation on the globe
But, men say there is something lack.
ing Some men say that with all Of
these natural and acquired advantages
there is something that makes this
country, though it is acknowledged to
be superior in climate, In rivers, lakes,
mountains, in minerals, in metals, In
woods. plants. flowers and fruits.
acknowledged to be superior Ia race Of
strong, healthy, wise. brave and in
dependent people, unable to contend
with other countries for commerce. Not
in commerce with other nations only,
but in commerce at home, with our own
people
Some men hold that this country, which
produced Fulton, Franklin, Morse. Whit
ney, Howe, Singer, Alvan Clark, Edison,
Colt, DR.. Mcdowell, Bell, Mccormick,
has not the brain and brawn TO compete
with other nations on equal terms.
Some people say that the country
where the Brooklyn Bridge, the sewing
machine, the chilled plow, the steamboat.
the trip hammer the country where the
lightning has been chained to drive
a carriage, light the streets, call the SER
want to the door and carry messages all
over, and under the world. is not able to
compete on equal terms with other coun-
tries which have not these facilities, and
other races Of men which have not the
ability, the energy and the audacty 10
do these feats of modern science, modern
art and modern civilization.
Men point to the wretched and de-
graded fellahs Of Egypt and tell us that
our farmers, with rich and fertile lands,
with chilled plows, wheeled planters,
swift self binders, steam threshers, mag
nifcent elevators, and the cheapest and
best transportation facilities In the world
cannot compete with them in wheat
growing.
Zen point to the women hammering
out nails in Sheffield, and try to tell us
that our splendid genius has not or can
not contrive and construct machine
which win turn out more and better
nails in given time than twenty
wemen.
Men have the hardihood to declare that
the greatest, the best snl the most in
dependent country needs protection
against the meanest, and the men have
the hardihood to say that great popula
tion in great country with the com
bined energy and intelligence Of all the
civilized world, needs protection against
little country inhabited by paupers
and savages.
Such propositions are absurd. They
are the double.distilled quint-essence Of
unreasonable and unsccountable folly.
They would not have moments thought
II it were not the interest of the benef-
Charles Of peculiar system Of taxation TO
hire men to teach such preposterous
folly.
This country is no more indebted to
taxation for its prosperity than locomo.
tive is indebted to the brake for its
speed.
This country does not need protection
any more than a cart wheel needs the
mud which clngs TO 1t in going on an
unmacadamized road.
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A Ruse for Robbery.
A respectable looking man stopped In 8
store on the west side Of town last Friday