The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-20

three great powers Of Europe combined.
Soon we shall leap beyond them. From
1870 to 1890 Great BHtain increased her
earnings 81 900, 600, COS year, and France
che same, but our republic expanded hers
by s5, 900, ,o0e, 600 year.
"England has certainly in the past been
tho industrial beehive of the world. In
1850 the product OF our manufactures was
but little more than half of hers. In 1890
1t more than doubled her output. Her in
crease was 81 800 00o, 900, while ours was
about 81, 600 600, 900. Our expansion In In
dustries was more than twice that Of Eng
land, France and Germany put together.
Through this amazing development we
manufacture over one-third of oil that Is
manufactured In the world, and we use
md consume the bulk Of this colossal pro-
portion among our own people, who arc
tho best paid, best housed, best fed, best
dressed, best schoolcd people on the face of
the globe.
HIn the great race OF nations the powers
of the Old World arc heavily handicapped,
while tho 1.-the, supple, sinewy young
giant Of the New World strides forward
free and sihampered. Their debts are
piling up; ours are melting away. Their
taxes arc rising; ours arc falling. Their
expenditures are frightfully swelling:
ours arc relatively declining. Their pro-
duotive forces arc stripped for arms and
armaments; ours are at the plough, the
forge, the loom and tho exchange-the
tools of wealth and not of waste.
"England's taxes are 10 per cent. of her
earnings, Frances 10 per cent, and Ger
manys 1917 per cent, while ours arc only
8 per cent England 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 all her national
and local income for schools, and the de-
mand for poor relief is only beggarly
Item. The contrast is the key Of the future.
"And we are only at the threshold of our
development. Most of the growth have
briefly portrayed has come within twenty
years. Who shall grasp the advancement
of the next twenty or thirty years, or pic
ture the dazzling destiny of the next CEN
turyS Perhaps half tho men Within the
sound Of my voice will live to SEQ our re-
public an overtowerlng nation Of hun
ared millions Of the most enlightened the
most energetic, and tho most progressive
people God ever created Ourspirit. II not
our flag, will rule Tho hemisphere. The
Nicaragua canal, constructed by Ameri-
can capital and owing allegiance to Amer
lean control, will open through the con-
tinent the highway of tho sea, and New
York, wrestling the financial scepter from
London, will stand like another Venice OF
the earlier and narrower days, as tho focus
and emporium of the worlds wide com
merce between the Orient and the Occi-
dent"
Letters of regret were then read from
President Cleveland and Governor Nor
ton.
Ethics in Politics" was the toast re-
sponded to by the Rov. Wooley Striker,
LII. d., president Of Hamilton college.
In the course of toast to 'Tho City Of
New York." Mayor Strong said: II am
going to say Just word about politics. l
have been told by some people that I am
not good politician. I realize that the
statement is true one, but shall go on
to tho end of my term acting as 1 think
best for the people of this magnificent mu-
nicipality."