New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-20

sprrcu or Ey-MINISTER SMITH.

SPEECH OE En- NJ Mo j I'm '-"'
Charles Emory Smith. who next responded u
the invitation of the president. spoke upo" Wv
subject Of National Development ana opP''
tunity" He said In part: ., and
This Chamber Of Commerce has wltnes arye,ious
has Itself been a potent part IN tie mo sncod
growth which in a hundred years mas aS a. {,
country from almost f6 OF an the wealth OF
the world The merchant; princes e oun bnsiness
lives seen our young Republic pass ana ouths op,nd
The old nations hoary with the moss % a 500 the
Years In the two decades from 80 70 ~ ard ,
ybrae mighty powers of Great Britain France na h siu
Germany all combined with their I7GV% ne tinted
States alone with it's 6O00,eo people sa'"eu ''''
The examination OF National earnings 'e' Great
enkindllnr story is triumphant acvance e ooo odo
Britain is estimated 70 earn apou bout the
same while the United States earns over si1iSV 49,
oOOo or two-thirds as much as an she m1agnifcent
mi together II were not sucn mo ia -, ot,,-
pnendo1s how we should astonish ourselves III 1,n-
pendous savInss But sp9nd" ggrddStion and as
we are the greatest consumers so we are tne wo
producers in the word hree Great commercial
power; Of Europe com s1e $3.50 sSUG reat Britain in
beyond tn the a. rnings s. cc Oo year and FRANCE
the same but our Republic eNpa"ue' "''' "
J o5n Randolph said that England has for for G Sa
tares been eeeock Of EaF9R1 beehive shf no Of
br Void In 1850 the product of our
was little more than half Of hers In lS~ - a 200
than doubled ne' limit Il oo cooO0o our expansion
in industries was more than twlce '"e TbTon@h this
amazing Development we manufacturing one,'nird 90, oe
all that is mangfaftured IN ,b NE cSossal proportion
am5ng our own people VINO are the best PAID eo oe
housed best fed best ,b are'se anp IsSf sr'''
"a win this unrvalled market among ourselves we
have thus far sd Ike ie ASHSnder sigh for other
worlds to conquer Even IN tne ia h increased a.
France
many 70 cent TIA; of the WHAT vnte Splendid
merciaI expansion lies before us with our opening
th great race Of nations the Powers OF the
Old Word are heavily Handicapped while the Htneii
supple sinewy. young giant OF me The,r debts
sre Ming no. ours are melting away. Their taxes
are rising ours falling Their eXpen I Herne
Tber productive forces are stripped for armies and
loom and the exch>nge-at the tools Of wealth ana
not OF waste Englands taxes are 10 per cent ,o 81
her ear, e oaps are Only per cent England
snends ono-sxth of her local taxes and one-tweIth
OF AL 1f or Schools The United states spends
Of al her national f 1n odr 1 Seef is only
beggarly Item. The contrast Is the Key OF the
Ana we are only at the threshold Of our develop;
ment Most of the growth have briefly por,,ay ySa
has within twenty years VINO sha yn,y 'r r
picture the dazzling destiny OF the next centr W.,
Perhaps half the men witn 1ne oyertowering nation
Of hundred millions Of the most enlightened' me
most energetic and the progressive peop:e tiod
ever created You will the Greater New ork
aplendid metropolis Of five to six millions WlnIn d
radius Of half days journey twenty-five mi ON
vf1 pusate to tbs heart throb or the centre Dul
snir If NOT our flag will rule the hemisphere me
Nicaragua Cana, constructed by American captaii
and ewing allegiance only to American control VIII
omen through the Continent the highway OF the SEA
and New York wrestling the financial sceptre from
London viii stand like another Venice OF me earlier
and ma rrower days as the focus and emporium OF
the worlds wide commerce between '"e '''c"' anu
the Occdent loud applause
Here are the ripe conditions bouncless eNptnHe,
urdi ruted supremacy. the flower OF hun any picHei
ou bv God for the GROWING achievement OF human
progress and the federative principe OF governinet
which combines imperia. authority in national AZ
fairs with home rue in home affairs and under wnlcn
alone a great integral nation Of continental DOMAIN
and power can be blended with local freedom anu
development. I'm the theatre Of man Ire, sags
Lord Bacon. God and His angels should only Dr.
lookers-on" There have been scenes In the drama
OF our national life when IT seemed as II for mo-
ment God were only a looker-on But beneath the
evanescent currents of the hour He has MADE ana
marked the destiny of our Republic; He mas stamped
IL on our race place. time. our opportunity
and IL IL for country 10 move Forward ateauIy
and consciously to its magnificent fulhment oireat
APPLAUSE.
THE MAVORS ANNOUNCEMENTS.