Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-16


nsss paaEe. oar oOsseuraeuf will b. lee CON-
pssz sssd so forward yesssSrsr year with
laD ffsrstna aud bssser re6alt4 -i.ks q i'm
prvvsd naaxAAneL We Will cut OF the for
segn voss. The iSnorAns vote sad tbs YER
dAns vUeA ~ - grow bstser In body sna
mind venerable n.sn wsll have thsls place
a honor. - q saA II . good man By tenn
perHncs sni Lsalthfll toll and. xeise care
p<~ssvss kk ardy and mind. IKE Glad
some. for saarnpls. As 80 ssvsesAe iifs Of
- lssss oas cssissa, . brave thing ~ do Of
ola
And 10 10 Dot Dc that such Q man should
b put In . s2sss ring TO fight with iusty
Young advcfssurers for his place Ia the ssn-
- Il y already Ais BY right Let 1000
entirely qualified voserA, representing At
ls~st 10000 people. send mp To the state
eApisa1 thsiS oldest man. and 10 Is all <r tho
register. Lss the state thsn sod 10 Wash
nxsoo ~ NO olfr~s Cla1zson-s a. sena-
tors. and 90 On up ~ the president, aud 50
q down 20 tbs jussic~ OF the peace. What
. saving II tirps. ten, er, manhood, money.
When We have grown a generation oe two
Of ThuYmAns. klAAnez, G,sdstones, We will
bsavs elsSsions In the hands II God where
Ne found them. This Is my plan. my
rrophscy.
As for cities, we will build new ones, on
Pheasant, beautiful sites, men now build
hoteiA Even now millions arc waiting for
those who will build new city, complete
sewers. pipes, payements. AL things CON-
pletc. and empty the unclean and rotten
old into the heal,hfui and pleasant new
We are going To have great cities, such Is
have not bssn- Whereabouts don't know.
but all the world Is going to town Ma
ehinsry has enAncipatSd man from the
zelda
What about big fortunesi Well, think
~e will some day require the bulk Of tho
rich mans ,noney. when he Is done with IL,
u course. To build national parks with and
In other ways help the nation which helped
him 10 get bold Off,
Is for literature. our writers will surely
soon turn back To the oriental or ideal, a.
AZ sinSt the realistic school. and remain
there. They cannot very we'll improve on
the Bible, Arabian tales or ShAkespearV.
Msanwh lille the sensational add pasoaal
newspapers Of today will disappear down
the sluice Add sewer OF inaictable nuisanecs
DisoovsrsSss Truly IL seems 70 me that very
so@u some rsw Columbus will come from
among us to launch his Eirships On tho
great high seas and gulf streams that
surge And roll above us Yet maybe this
faith Is founded on what has been rather
than on any s.sp OF what Is IL be
Who will &c best r~Inenbered, WHY.
Edison. of course Yes. most certainly
We will be hand>orner. healthier. happier,
too, and ssgo better. for man IL ns& Bad
animal II all If be only has half chance
To he good And he certainly has such Q
chance 60 be god now. and TO do good, toe,
- never WAS known before And he will
do his bsst with L. Let US believe In him
and tyust him entirely. for in that way Is
shs good God. JOAQUIN MILLER
Warner Millss % the Nisssaguas CaaaI.
fFrom Our New York Corrsspoodsntl
Ex-senator Warner Miller. IN Speaking
Of tbs Nicasasuan canal project, sAsi: In
the carly years of the hex; century 1t u go
ing 10 be possible ~ go from New York by
steamer to San Francisco or the South
American countries without making the
trp through the Straits Of Magellan. The
NicarAguan canal u - sure to be- built A
tides are TO ebb and dow and the seasons to
change. II the United States does not bald
IL, other By private subscription or through
the encouragement q The government, it
will b built by those who live In other
iaAsSAo Nc SaIbaA - tAcVStAose. 0klO the eI-
feet OF its construction upon the destiny u
the United States IL something almost in
eopcsivable.
rs Is "a he ~ conspicuous IN engineer
ing triumph of the next CENTURY a. the Sues
canal Wa IL this. The tonnaes which will
b. carried through II win within five yeass
after openina exceed she tonnage that
Iasses through Sasz- Its effect upon the
railway problsms of the United osasss no
man can accurately forecast, but v will b
eaormOua Il 10 going to furnish means
fos shs development Of the magnificent
wealth Of the South American countries,
and II the United STATES controls the canal, 1
or United Ststes capital does. thin develop. |
rncns viii b enormously 10 our own "a /
vantage.
II cannot speak with enthusiasm enough 4
Of The vast undertaking which u 70 see its 1
triumph In the Twsutiseh century. don't
believe any man. however vivid his imas-
nation. can fallr suggest the enormoss In
Huenos which tais artificial water highway
viii have upon the commercial destiny Of
- United ~,.f~s "a sbosaiA suszzsa oae-