The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-20

90 teaas1 cur standard ef value s1o1Sf Tot
b. a~aazsonet a. f~1spen6e6- y thu friends
az & squad and stable reazGrs o F&&ds
are vsz4Lau1 and active. t1s Effort can
rot possfosT saccsed and tn@ question VII
ezon recede from pubic view. But tHs
United States legal tender notes vii r-
rsssn to ccsn5lloase tha currency system
ard enabarrzsS the government Vac 2
ana indefinite declarations ~ me poAucaA
ORGANIZATIONS % the country net on8y IN
crease doubt and distress abroad b1t e.
courage harmful agitation a. home. ana I
bed. therefore, thai b. Is ne daty q al
Wno are or may become - sly 1szree re-
~spongf5is for the welfare o. the countrT
fo inslst that there shall ~ 20 further
eq~alvoeafs0n or evasion IN our treatment
Of this SUBJECT Let Us have no more am
blzu0uk phrases, no mors Inconsistent ana
irfecaucsisa SIC causes ~ party Platforms
or n pubic u~tfaraneea, bus lt IA make
OR meaning clear and cur purpose 80
r.atn that they ear neither be Hllsunfer-
stood nor successfully misrepTesented-"
Secretary Czrisale's speech was fire.
a4afiy a~ppIaudsd. He was followed ny
Senator j. c. Burrows. 81 Michigan, who
SPOKE On Our Domestio Commerce"
Charles Emory fmfth. Of Philadelphia,
e~x-rn.nlsfe- 70 Russia, was the third
speaker. his toast being National De-
veIoprnant and Opportunity"
ours IL a land OF ful!ness and not OF
famine. Providence has lowered US with
niatchIess opportunities. and the worlds
evolution unfoids before us the cr0wning
Destiny Of mankind In a HUNDRED years
= marvellous growth has advanced our
country from almost nothing until 0day
81 p0ssesses more than one-hfth or the
wealth OF all the world. ~ the two de-
oadea from 1870 to 1880 the three mighty
powers OF Great Britain. France and Ger
rlanY. ali combined. with their fZs8s9spo0
people. gained IN wealth NA.aU.eV0.0o.
while the United States alone. with it's co.
foo,0o people. gained Sg8. ~. O9o.0yo. The
United States earns two-thlTts as much
as ali the other three put together. In 1850
the product Of our manufactures was lit
tic more than half that o. highlands. In
$50 II was more than double her output
Our expansion in industries was more
than twice that OF England. France and
8ermany together. Their debts arc plling
up. ours are melting away. Their taxes
are rising our are falling. Their eXpen-
ditures are %frightfnlly swelling our arc
relatively declining. Their productive
forces are stripped for armies and grma-
ments. ours are at the plow, the FORGE
the loom ard the exchange. England's
taxes are 10 per cent. Of her earnings.
Frances Is per cent. Germsny's 1eA per
cent. while ours are only ; per cent. Eng
land spends one-sixth OF her local taxes
and one-twelfth of all her revenues for
poor relief. and only one-seventeenth for
schools. The United States spends one
sixth OF ell her national and local income
for schools. and the demand for poor re-
lief Is only a beggarly item. The contrast
s. the key Of the future. and We are only
at the threshold OF our developments
Most Of the growth ! have briefly por-
traved has come within twenty years.
Who shall grasp the advancement or the
next twenty or thirty years, or picture the
dazzling destiny OF the next century, our
spirit. If not our flag. will rule the hemi-
sphere. The Nicaragua canal, construct
81 BY American capital and owing ale
glance only TO American control, viii open
through the continent the highway OF the
sea. and New York, Wrestling the maj
,cepter from London, will stand, like an
other Venice OF the earth. as the focus
.nA emporium OF the worlds wide com
meree between the Orient aad the occl-
Letters % regret were then read from
President Cleveland and Gov. Morton.