Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-06-12

1t is one of the parodoxes OF progress
that diffuse and universal intelligence
tends to provincialism and local PRIDE
and the refinement of the intellect to
angles and points There was a time
when tho Weekly Tribune reached
every town in the West, and Horace
Greoley's opinions were the bond OF
but the press associations distribute
with impartial hand the news of the
world 10 the newspapers OF every city
in the land. The result is that
tho journals of every town go
to the public only as far as the train
can carry them during the morning hour
or before the family clock strikes the
noto for retiring. Universal circula-
tion all over the country is no longer
possible to any newspaper, and the eHi-
torials of the local press mold the opin-
ions OF their people Under these con-
ditions the New York editor does not
write for Chicago nor the Chicago edi-
tor for st. Louis. II the Eastern or
Western, or the Southern or Pacific
coast press treat at all the interests Of
other sections it Is too often in an un-
friendly and critical spirit 1t is in
tone which depreciates or
assais their distant countrymen,
and makes them not only rivals, but
enemies. From this cause multitudes
I'm the east believe the West given up
wholly to. the pursuit OF money, and de-
iicfent in the culture aud refinement Of
long organized and intelligent commune
ties. Multitudes In the West regard tho
people of the East as effete and weak
oxcrescences upon the body polite, or
lcechcs In the form OF gold bugs and
coupon cutters The press OF the South
incucates a sectional pride and sem
sltiveness which suspect an enemy In
the mildest critic and hostility in every
other section. But the fierce light OF
universal publicity which will beat upon
this exhibition and the commingling
here OF citizens from every part of the
union will do much to demonstrate that
we are one people, with common in.
tercsts and a common destiny.
With the broad, generous, and cath
olic spirit which will inspire visitors to
this exhibition, the West will discover
that the East, with its conservatism, In
tellectuality, and prosperity, has not
lost its vigor, and the Last will find that
the West, with its stalwart force and
push and drive, is abreast with the East
In intelligence, culture, and refinement.
While the East and the West will meet
the South here with iraternal greetings
and reciprocal respect the representa-
tives from every State will learn anew
the lesson that peace, prosperity, and
power can be strengthened and perpet-
uated only in the federal union.
Let this international fair be held;
let tho four hundredth anniversary OF
the discovery OF America by Columbus
be celebrated; let 1t be commemorated
by an industrial exhibition grander in
extent and volume than any ever seen
before; let the old world know what
thoir children have done in the new; LEI
the stars and stripes float from
every roof and turret and flagstaff; lei
the bands announce the opening
and closing OF the fair each day with
the inspiring strains of our national
anthem, and we will seperate from thi:
grand communion impressed more deep.
ly than ever before with the fact that
the proudest title on earth is that OF
an American citizen"