The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-10

GOr tlC year tnllO. May ~, lFN, luN OnllFt
States produced - tons - pounds ~ayoirdupois
of gold md 1000 tons 3S pounds Of silver,
"Thcsc huge figures may he bettcr grasrcd.
perhaps, 10y considering that the gold repre-
sents five ordinary carloads, while q train Of
100 freight cars of the usual capacity would 10
required to transport the silver.
THE NEW MAsTER or AMERICA.
What can limit the future of this
young nation, with its coming imperial
manhood, with its exhaustless
Of mountain and plain?
The precious metals are but one item
in the catalosueo of the mineral treasures
Of n vast empire. It's agricultural power
liz beyond competition. Who can set a
limit to its achievement?
The conclusion is simple. The west is
to dominate this continent.
II Is time that we recognized this fact
and faced it squarely. 1t should be rec
ognized with the broadcast patriotism and
fraternal hclpfulncss.
1t is Gods country. It Is Il our
try. 1t Is our nation. These are our
people, Il kindred and friends. our
brothers aud sisters. II is not a subject
for pickering and jealousy. 1t is a trum-
pet call to Christian citizenship. Ii Is
the trumpet call Of God to his church to
possess the land and saw it in his name.
1t is time for the Christian citizen to
sing with q now and broader meaning:
My country, It's OF thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee I sing.
It Is an hour when we must guard
against the curse of sectionalism by the
cultivation Of the broadcast and most
helpful ~nationalism. And there is dan
| ger just now Of narrow jealousy and
petty hatreds based on sectional lines
o~bscuring our political horizon. Such
issues cannot live. We are one. We
arc onc, and the union was sealed with
the blood of a half million heros. The
glories Of the west should be the pride
of the east. And with western patriots
we must join our hands and hearts and
money to stamp out all provincialism,
all foreign t~raditionalism, that would
seek through foreign tongue or broad OK
panse TO separate us. We are one. 1t Is
the decree of nature. 1t is the voice Of
God. 1t is the hope of humanity.
TIE DANGER OF MONEY MAKING.
Let us pour our men and our money
into this looming western empire. Let
us build here the greatest institutions Of
learning. Let us build here our strong
est churches. We must stem the tide of
materialism that, through the very chal-
lenge Of the abundance Of natures re-
sources, would obscure the spirit Of ma
ture back Of what we see.
There is danger that the people Of the
west shall go mad with money making.
This is the tendency. AS they 80, the
nation of the future goes. 1t is the
trumpet call for the second man, whom
Carlyle said he called great:
A second man I honor, and still more highly
him who is seen toiling for the spiritually ia.
dispensable, not for daily bread, but the breed
of life. L. not he, too, in his duty cndeayorinp
toward inward harmony, revealing this by act
or by word through all his outward cndcaNors
be they high or low-highest of all, when hi.
| outward and his inward cndeayor arc one
when we can name him artist, not earthly
craf;mcn only, but inspired thinker, who with
heaven made implement cOnqucrs heaven fol-
US? II the poor and humble toll that we have
food, must not the high and glorious toll fol
him In return that he have light, have guild.
ance, freedom, Immortality? These two In al
their degrees | honor. All else is chafr and
dust, which let the wind blow whittier It list.
eth.
Shall we not strive with the solemnest
sense of responsibility to answer this
call?
Else we in turn must be crushed by
the vastness of the empire We have al
lowed to grow without sympathy and
help and guidance.
TIE ELEPHANTS DEADLY FOOT.
In India they used to have q curious
form of execution, especially used for
those who had committed the crime of
treason. The condemned was executed
by an elephant. One of these ponderous
beasts was trained to place his giant foot
upon the head of the victim, and spring
ing forward crush his skull like an egg
shell.
We can take ourchoice. With giant de-
velopment grow giant vices. We must
develop giant forces for good or be
crushed in the end.
DR.. Strong's prophecy Of western gu.
premacy in 1885 seemed to us then rath.
or farfetched. He said:
Beyond a peradventure the west Is to domi.
nate the east. When Texas is as densely peo.
pied rs New England, IL is hardly to be sup.
posed her millions will be content to SEQ tho
5000 square miles east Of the Hudson send |.
senators to the seat Of government, while hei
territory Of 212, 900 sends only two. The Yves,
will direct the policy of the government, and
by virtue OF her prcponderating population and
influence will determine our national charac.
ter and, therefore,, destiny.
The worlds sceptcr passed from Persia Il
Greece, from Greece to Italy, from Italy u
Great Britain, and from Great Britain Tho
scepter is today departing. 1t Is passing on L
'Greater Britain" 10 our mighty west, there
TO remain, for there Is no further west; beyond
is the orient. Like the star in the east which
guided the three kings with their treasure,
westward until at length it stood still over III,
cradle Of the young Christ, SO the star Of EN-
pirc, rising In the east, has ever beckoned til,
wealth and power of the nations WESTWARD
until today IL stands still over tho cradle o.
tho young empire of the west, to which Tia,
nations are bringing their offerings.
The west today Is an infant, but shall on,
day DO n giant, IN each Of whose limbs shall
unto the strength Of many nations.
These seemed very strong words In
deed then.
But, standing before the Triumphant
o,.,I, 90 tho ,r.ant oyppcitinn ne (l,;o,.n