New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-17
MIR. DEPEW AT SYRACUSE.
THOUSANDS STAND IN THE MUD AND
LISTEN 10 HIM.

LlS1E N ~ HAM
OpEAxING AT THE STATE FAIR-RAILRoAbS,
FARMS, RECIPROCITY AND AGRICULTURAL
PROSPERITY THE ORATORS THEMES
tsr TELEGRAPH TO TIE IRUUSAl
Syracuse Sept. l8.-The grounds OF the STATE
Fair Association here could almost he navlgat"a
with boat to-day, owing to the late Ee"NS
rains, but despite this fact over 10000 persons
were present at the fair. This was 'he mfg's'
attendance Of any day since the fair WAS op'ne'
Il wos brought about by the announcement tha'
Chauncey NJ. Depew would address the poop"
upon the grounds at p. IL friday. Hir. DePc"
arrived here from New.York in hts private car
on q train Of the New-York Central last night
He WIS visited this morning at the Leland hotc
by the leading people Of Syracuse. lie was
WARMLY congratulated upon the good health he had
evidently gained during his vacation in Europe
Promptly at p. N. he appeared upon the pie'-
form at the State Fair grounds and addressed tne
thousands who had assembled to hear his speech
Mr.. Depewe address was received w'h grew
favor and was frequently interrupted BY applause
lie spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gcntlemen 1t viii not be e1pectsd ;hat
In tie BRET and busy interval since ry return from
Europe few DAYS have hsd the opportunity y"
vitstion Of the York State Agricultural society 10
he present at tho dedc OF its home and
the celebration Of Its scnicentennis was TOO ATTRACTIVE
to resist II docs not need any profound STUDY 70 ds'
cover subjects Of the greatest interest connected "'t
the agriculture OF the United statos. Admitting our
marvellous progress In manufactures ana the arH' Tile
prosperity. prominence aud power OF the Republic rest
upon the farm. OF the seventeen millions OF bread
winners In the land including the professions and those
engaged in commercial pursuits ton million SIX nun
drod thousand farmers. and OF the thirteen nuOs
whose labor creates productive wealth all may be
assigned TO agriculture except two million and max
The progress Of the United States during the nity
years by your existence IN the inventions, the
improved conditions aud opportunities Of Its people,
the emancipation Of labor and the universally ana tine
Nberaty Of its culture including our phenomenal ma
terisl growth. we'll make every American repeat
for himself the remark Of Mr.. Gladstone that II he bad
Lecu presented tho opportunity to select any half cent
ury recorded time which to live and work he would
have chosen tho last nifty years u his own life. Cheers
1t Is not long ago when il would have boon i'm
possible for the annual address before the Ncw-fork
state Agricultural Society to be delivered BY the pres
dent Of ths Newlork Central RailTosd. He would
even have been o most unwelo ONE visitor upon the
ground. But il Is Of the sources OF the progress
and power Of the American people that they are bur
dened neither By traditions nor Inherited pre)rdces
In older communities tho vendetta OF blood Spd opinions
passes down through succeeding generations. The
enmities the politics and the religion OF the father ae
those OF tho sou. Daniel Webster. when rcp'oachh
for advocating policy diem1tricaly opposed to thai
which he had favored twenty years before. remarked
that IL was the privilege Of great minds 10 change their
opinions In this respect all Americans possess Web
ster1an ultcllects. We have learned tho important les
son Of development. which IS adaptation 10 the rondi
tcns Of the hour Tho neccssitte, and cnnpct!ihns OF
to-day arr too cXactne 10 give us the opportunity T.,
waste t:Uo back numbers. ard The rapidty VI
our pace aud tho rllrncnt Of onr whole dntS do not
permit 10 build bridge over dry streams II has
been oar experience az people Ia every crisis II our
history, whether It Va, ecor3a'ir OF hnaBclU "
patriotic. whether aaccjcd Our commerce. Con
suDn Of tire Ecc OF our NLtiou. 20 10 able 70 meet
Ito emergency aid successfully overcome al obstacles
TILE RAILROAD AND THE FARM
Tho railroad nrst developed the agricultural re-
sources country t.cn Threatened their paralysis
vud Low under wiser administration on the Quo hand
and n.ore LIBERAL understanding on the other the
farm and the rllroad seen TO be iusoparably
united o. allies and partners. Tic blight Of tho
Oh, 1, the Bankruptcy Of the ether. AZ thc time Of
tic Organization of your society," City year. gso. there
wer, three thousand miles Of railway In the United
States. and to-day there ono hundred and scvcty
thOu:a5d.
Every mile OF ucw .oad brings into cultivation
one hundred thousand fresh acres. BY kcoping tbs
fact Ia mind We shall clearly comprehend the
Tremendous Potentially of this vast expansion Of our
railway system. a half century ago thcrc were foul
thousand moos Of dollars Invested in aSrcnltd7r
and now there eleven tlousatd millions. There
were then one million farms and tcrc IT,
tween four aud five millions Within the last thirty
years acreage devoted to corn has increased frJu
fourteen millions " scv,nty-cght millions. ana the
amount produced from Ave hundIed millions 10 two
thousand millions OF bushels while wheat In the same
period has expanded Its from eleven millions TO
tMrty-eIght millions OF acros. ad the amount pro-
duced from one hundred millions 70 Ave hundred
millions OF bushels since 1910 the land improved
and under cultivation has grown from one hundred
and thirteen millions TO three hundred millions 81
acres. Our population si1cc 1910 hns Increased
from II 100000 20 G5.oOo.o00.
It WIS after 1910 that enterprise. capital and credit
discovered the enormous profits drcct aud ncdent1L
which could be derived from railroad construction
THIS led constant ovcr1u11iHg and largely Ia excess
OF present needs. but the confidence Of the Investing
public Ia the growth ana future CT TIE country was SO
great that there limit to the absorption Of stocks
and bonds In markets OF both the Old World and the
New. Railroads extended through the wilderness
and across the prairie for thousands OF miles where
there was neither ton Of freight ncr q CARLOAD OF
passengers but energy and business capacity pccu-
Uary American were equal 10 the emergency a can
vass original In Its inception and unciuallod LII the III
telngent activity Of It's execution MAS ipauguIated
among the populations of Europe fpr settlers along
these ghOstly lines.
POPULATION AND PROSPERITY.
The railway managers rightly a.gued that with popu
laou upon the rich lands Of the West would speedily
come largo and profitable business and the rapid
growth Of toNSns, Villages and ctes. The eloquent
agent OF tho railroad armed with maps and pictures
entered the Irishmans cot, the German village and
penetrated the mountains and the valleys OF Scand
navia. He presented to cown-;rOddcn and hopeless
people, who had no,opporunties for knowing anything
Of tie continent beyond the glowing descriptions
Of the promised land. There the farms were free
there was Independence liberty and citizenship Thcrt
wero fortunes and tho highest honors OF the state fo
their children. He facilitated with chcap transport
ton spd instruction as to travel their progress r
new homes. OF the fourteen million three huL.drcd
thousand Of Immigrants who 70 this country aftc
1920. thirteen million hvo hundred thousand were
brought here after the commencement Of this rslroa<
development. Cheers.) But the northwestern line