The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11

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At the dedication of the new Chamber
| Of Commerce building. Detroit. on the
evening of May 2. Hon. Chaunccy N.
Depew spoke upon the subject Of ma
tional prosperity, saying:
| ave live In an age OF associations. Steam.
electricity and inventions have so accelerated
tho pace OF progress. have 50 reduplicatcd the
| forces OF industry and trade that the indiyid-
uai has lost his place. Capital combines In corr
| porations not only whore IL Is required In vast
sums for railways and telegraphs. but In ium-
bering. mining. manufacturing ana storekeep-
Ing. Labor combines. both In separate In
dustries and IN general federation. The edu-
| Gator and the scientist discover that develop
| ment Is so rapid that they must also form as
eociatlons II thew would keep step with tho
| ruth The unit upon which liberty formerly
| Selied must now be drilled and disciplined
1 soldier, assigned 20 his company. his regiment.
| his brigade and his corps. There Is no more
benencent form OF association Than those
boards OF trade and chambers OF commerce
| which are established all over the country. II
| Il but o few years since they existed only In
the large cities. Now they have been created
| IN every village OF over o thousand inhab-
itants They are something more than boards
| OF trade They concentrate the energy. the
business tact and the progressive spirit which
! develop the village and make the town. They
invite capital. they stimulate enterprise
| they create the conditions which attract
| populations They do more: while In no
sense political. they perform the high
| est public duties. They know that
! extravaganza or corruption increases taxes
that taxes make IL more expensive TO
transact business, and that the town IN which
business can be most cheaply done viii defeat
fts rivals They become good government
clubs and enforce efficiency in the public
/ service aud purity and ability In public ONCE.
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tional union In a republic BY correspondence
| oil these bodies are In touch with one another.
| They are schools, academies and colleges for
the study and the teaching OF sound political
| principles and economic doctrines In time
/ there will be a central chamber OF commerce
| at Washington. In which each OF these bodies
| will have representation The great ma
tional chamber OF commerce viii most bepef-
Gently AFFECT the legislation OF congress
There Is q singular fatality which overtakes
the business man whom he steps out OF BUSH
ness and becomes statesman. do not con-
rne this TO men VINO are in business IL nj
fects equally those that come from. the pro-
| fessious A nan who has won the respect OF
his fellow citizens as lumberman, or mer-
chant manufacturer or farmer, miner or
/ lawyer an artisan or q teachcr, becomes
| member OF congress The EFFORT TO spread
himself over this great country seems 70 50
thin his gray matter as TO make him incapable
of bringing TO the business OF the nation the
same common sense which made him success
fui at nome. The most remarkable iiiustra-
tlon OF this Is the congress which just ad-
lourncd. IL faced need and opportunity such
as no congress has met since the formation OF
the government PROSTATE industries mil.
lions OF men out OF employment and general
paralysis OF trade we're calling for relief re-
lief which could only be had through wise Leg
islation Instead Of relief We had babel Of
propositions which only added TO the general
confusion and made the adjournment OF con-
gress q day OF national thanksgiving and ex-
ultation
''Ihe United States is1nore prosperous than
any other nation; It's people are better on
than the people OF any other country, as evil
denced by the amount OF the tonnage carried
In their borders In their internal commerce.
and that internal commerce Is possible In Its
magnitude and In It's benehcence because the
people OF the United States are one people, OF
one country and one union The whole OF the
tonnage on the oceans OF the world last year
was about 10000 900 OF tons, while tho tonnage
OF the railways OF the world carried 100
miles, was about i,i0).0o0.0)0 OF tons There
are 100000 miles OF railroad In the world
OF which 5000 are In the United States
OF the i.4o0, 100000 OF tons carried 100
miles last year on the railways OK the world,
e000o0,000 OF tons we're carried on the railways
OF tho United States You take tho cOo.0O0OOO
OF tons carried 100 miles on the railways Of
the world outside OF the United States and
ocean In the commerce OF the world upon the
seas. and we still have In the 60o.000,000 OF tons
carried on the railway OF the United states
o0001O00 OF tons more than on oil the rail-
ways OF tho world outside OF the United
States and In all the ocean commerce OF the
world put together This traffic Is carried By
the American railways at an average OF mills
per ton per mile. while the railroads OF Great
Britain charge cents and mills France. 2
cents and ? mills; the government owned
81 NaI4
cents and mills. and Russia 2 cents and
mills This internal commerce OF the United
States makes our country the most wonderful
market this globe has ever known our in
ternnl commerce Is so vast and so Dcnehcent
that the sum OF the traffic OF Rome when
she commanded the world. OF Genoa
when she was queen OF the Mediterranean and
OF Venice when she commanded the seas are,
compared 10 H. but as rtvulets 20 the father
OF waters. This internal commerce "A the
breath OF our national life With IL In pros
porous condition, we can successfully compete
In tho markets OF the world We have adj
vanced beyond the boundaries ixed for US by
Washington IN his farewell address, and have
become q factor In the affairs OF nations. our
white feet carrying the flag into every sea
and protecting the honor OF the natl-n and the
safety OF the citizen In every port and the
American line OF steamers, making II possible
for the American citizen TO go 70 and fro be-
tween the United States and Europe under his
own flag are the illustrations OF our changed
conditions
"Tho necessity OF the continuance OF our
commercial relations with foreign countries
for the disposal OF tho surplus OF our farms
| and factories in a trade which has reached
fabulous figures imposes upon as also the duty
OF keeping inviolate the'iaws by which trads
with other countries OF the world IL possible
and impresses upon Us the lesson that we
cannot disregard those laws without suffering
the most serious consequences We
will always and must always avoid
complications in European OF In Asiatic
politics, bu. no foreign power can ex-
erclse hostile authority IN Hawaii. or Central
America or Mexico or the sister republics OF
the southern hemisphere without receiving
from us protest and resistance.
How are we 20 preserve our prosperity and
continue our progressi The drastic lesson OF
the last two years has taught US thai this
enormous internal commerce OF ours which
includes all the productive elements which 20
90 make IL up can DO destroyed by distrust'
Confidence and credit are the factors OF Amer
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