The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-20

niae&ured goods-sre to ind free OF favored &C
- % the ports Of many Of these south and
Gi American states. All the states viii
sasse N these benefits We hare had some
.naiyses made of the manifests Of Some Of our
sIeemen now sailing 70 South American ports,
- u nngie steamer IL wAs found that twenty
ase o. our states contributed 70 the cargo
out We shall need something more. We shall
nsed American steamships 70 carry American
5000 TO these portA IGreat cheeringl The
..ss :. consreo passed . bill appropEiating about
s.,o and authorizing tie postmaster gen
exa 70 contract with steamship companies for .
Reflod mot exceeding ten years for Carrying
CnAseo States malta The foreign mail service u
.oe only mail service ont OF which the govern
ment has been making net profit We do NOT
MAKE prOdt out Of land service. There is an
annuai deficiency, which my good friend the
postmaster general has been trying very hard 70
reduce OF wipe out The theory Of
our mail h that il IL for the people, that We ars
not TO make profit out Of 1t, that We are to give
mem . cheap postage as possible. We are
many OF a. looking forward to the time when
Me snail hare l-cert postage in this country.
nave been 90 close and penuriocs in dealing
WIN our ships In carrying foreign mails that
we nave actually made revenues ont Of that
business Not having spent for it what we have
receised from 1t, now We propose to change our
american lines carrying American mails
some one may say We ought not 70 60 into this
business; that II Is . subsidy. But, my friends,
every other great nation OF the world has been
doing It and is doing II todsy. Great Britain
ano france have built up their great steamship
uIes oy government aid and It seems to me onr
with reference to that Is aptly protected
c5 the illustration / mentiohed the other day.
Al tne olden time no wholesale merchant sent
ous travelling men to solicit custom. but he
$1,000 In his own store and waited for his GUS
solaers But presently some enterprising mer-
cnans began TO send out men with their samples
% seek trade to save the cost of Q trip TO New
1ork or Philadelphia, until finally that practice
became universal and these active. intelligent
tfaseliIng men are scurryiDg this country over,
pushing and soliciting in their several lines OF
business. Now imagine some conservative mer-
cnanf In New York saying to himself. .All this
is wrong: trade ought to come to me-" II he
should refuse to adopt these modern methods,
what would be the RESULT He must adopt new
methods or 60 out of business We have been
refusing to adopt the universal method Of our
competitors in comperce to stimulate their
shipping interests and ali have gone out of bnsi-
ness lCheerAl Encouraged by what your
spokesman has said tonight, l venture to de-
clare that l am in favor Of going into business
egein ana, when il IS sseextahiished, hope
Galveston will be In partnership. IGreat chee1xl
II has been the careful study of the postmaster
general. in preparing to execute the law to
which have referred, to see how much increase
IN routes and ships we could secure by It We
hare said to few existing American lines,
~lou must not treat this appropriation n 3
plate OF soup, to be divided and consumed by
your spirit You must give as new lines. new
shlIs, increased trips and new ports of call"
Already steamship lines are looking over routes
TO zee what they can do with q view to increas-
Ing their tonnage and establishing new lines
The postmaster general invited the atten-
ton and suggestion of ali boards Of trade Of
all our cities. Undoubtedly you will receive
such . letter This appropriation is for one
year; what the future Is to Be must depend upon
the deliberate Judgment of the people. II
during my term of ofiice they shall strike down
the law that believe 20 be beneficial, or destroy
Its energy by Withholding appropriations,
shall bow to their viii but shall feel great dis
appointment if Ne dotnot make tins m era for
the revival OF American commerce. 50 much
want that the time shall come when our
citizens living in temporary exile in foreiga
ports ahall now and then zee gteaming into
these distant ports fine, modern man-of-wr
flying the United States Nag with the best
modern gums on deck and brave American
crews on tho forecastle. want, also, that IN
these ports, so long unfamiliar with the Ameri-
can dag, there shall again be found our steam
Ne al love. and carrying from our shores tho
produces that th@e men Of toll have brought =
them 70 exchange for products Of other climex
think we should add 10 ail this, il happily,
1t il likely to be accomplished BY individual ef-
fort, the early completion of the Nicaraugua ca
nal. fCheera1 The Pacific coast should no
longer be found by sea only by the passage of
the Horn. A short route should be opened, aud
IL viii be, and then, with this wondrous sir
ring among the people of all our states, this
awakening to new business plans and more
careful and economical work, there viii cone
great prosperity to all our people. Texas win
spin more cotton than she raises The crest
states Of the South win be ii disconsent
with the old condition that made them highly
agricultural states and viii rouse Themselves to
compete with the older manufacturing states
OF the North and East The vision have, al
the thoughts have Of th.s matter embrace all
states and all my countrymen. do roe think
OF it IS q question of party, think of it a
great American question. tCaeesxl BY the
invitation OF the address which was made TO me
l have freely spoken my mind TO you upon
these topics I hope I have done 50 without
o;sense or impropriery. fcries Of .sNo. no. AID
great cheers.l would not, on an occasion OF
good feeling such as this. obtrude anything that
should induce division or dissenxion. The
views hold are the results of some thought and
investigation and. as they are questions OF pub
lie concern, confidently submit them 20 the
arhit.amen: OF the brave and enlightened Amer
ican suffrage.
The storm of applause that burst out
when the president concluded was tre-
mendous 1t was vocal evidence of the
enthusiasm that pervaded Galvestonians,
who appreciated the distinguished honor
of entertaining the head of the general
government
The president and Mrs. Dimriick at
tended services at Trinity Episcopal
church in the evening With Mayor Fulkin.
Shortly after midnight the presidential
party left for San Antonio.
HE TOOK UNCLE SANS CASH.
A High Land Once Omcial Compelled
to Resign.
wAsHISGroS CITY. April ia.-lspecial Rich
ard ]. Hartman, chief Of the division OF accounts
OF the general land Office, has resigned, and con-
neefed with that event is q story. Last Noyem-
Der he went TO Tucson, Arix., a. . witness for
the government in . case then pending
1, the sa-risoysal courts acxiust A for