The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-11

little more than wilderness were 1t not for
capital conserved through banks to clear its
forests. open its mines. span its rivers and
float It's ships. When capital furnished by
we see factory after factory built. Industry
after industry evolved, labor In full employ
ment, the furnace In full blast, the spindle
humming. the miner at work. the farmer
happy Over valleys and under mountains
is stretched the rail of steel upon which has
tens the horse of steam. Across the vast and
| with her thousand souls, freighted with the
skill and labor of two continents.
| When the inventor brings to life some great
blessing to mankind, to whom does he turn for
| aid to float his enterprise on the markets Of
| the world? It Is to the banker, who as an
enormous factor, has conserved vast idle
| of commerce and trade. He it is who floats
| the bonds, and we have realized the blessings
OF the telephone, the telegraph the cables, the
| railways and thousand other great inven-
| tions which have done SO much to make our
| world one vast family, and by close communf-
cations to institute the true brotherhood Of
man. The banker is a powerful factor in our
moral life. He stimulates his patrons to
| thrift, industry, punctuality, and to thorough
| business habits. Through the deposits of
| small savings, he has struck the keynote of
| prosperity among our people. Over two billion
| collars OF saving deposits in the United States
| alone! Do we fully realize what this means
to the moral tone and aspirations Of our So
| clal structure? 1t means the decrease of the
| evils or extravaganza dissipation, idleness and
| slothfu.ness among our working classes, the
backbone OF our country's stability, and the
establishment of habits Of industry and econ
| omy, spirit Of patriotism and loyalty, as we'll
as fostering universal desire for education
and art. We cannot denounce the dishonest
| banker in too strong and telling terms. He
| who has wifully broken his great trust and
given way tc dishonest motives deserves the
| seVerest pubic censure. Let him who has
! betrayed his high trust suffer the penalty.
| Make the laws exacting and the penalty Sc
| we're. Such laws will delight the true banker
NO one looks with more sincere sadness on
a bank failure than the bankers of our coun-
| try. when the funds placed in trust have been
embezzled, or reckless4y loaned and ruin and
disaster visits not only the immediate COM
munlty, but often the entire nation.
| Legitimate banking is not pawnbroking
! usury, gambling speculation. 1t is a part
OF the every day business Of whoever buys
| and SELLS and in spite of the assertions to
the contrary, the bank cannot live on the
misfortunes of it's patrons, for their prosper
| 1ty. and welfare is the source of the banks
! existence.
While we build monuments and wear mem
! or:als to the honor of great military and
| naval heroes, we too often neglect even a
| mere mention of the great heroes Of the in
dustrial world. Our own history bears on
many pages the imrrints of the patriotic
deeds of loyal bankers. Recall the great
| commerce was ruined our currency worth
| less, our credit gone, our forests and cities
| devastated by a foreign foe and a cloud of
| gloom hanging heavy over the land At that
| time no one sacrificed more for his country
i than the great revolutionary banker, Robert
Morris. His millions freely given to
the starving, bleeding and respondent soldiers
| at valley Forge, and to send a ray of hope
through the darkened land. No one in the
darkest days of our rebellion stood more
| periodically by our government than the
bankers. Without arsenais, without a navy
without money to prosecute the war, to whom
| did our government turn for financial aid p?
| To the American bankers and her appeal
! to their patriotism was not in vain. Like a
| financial army they came to the rescue of
their country, bought her bonds, foated her
! currency, filled her treasury, which in turn
| equipped her armies and navies whose
! glorious deeds fill the most critical period Of
our nations history. The bankers lent more
than their financial aid. Their broad patriot
| ism extended to the future Of our union, and
had Secretary Chase needed the wise coun-
| sci of the American bankers, would have
| escaped largely the ills of our present fnan-
cial system.
The fourth orator was Miss Jennie
Maxwell, who presented a paper on
John Brown and said:
England is extolled. Garabaldi in Italy
is applauded. Washington is called the ia
| Their of his country" john Brown called
Had he succeeded his name would be re-
vered in every humble home and stately pal
| ace in the land.
! Civil war. There is another who will ever
! loom above the plains of time like the pyra-
mids above the lonely desert, ''the grim, gray
herald OF this conflict
! John Brown is the most picturesque fig
| ure that has moved across the sage Of
American history" Before his deep, peculiar
he traitor or patriot; murderer or martyr.
AS iannibal swore eternal hatred to Rome,
! so he in early life swore eternal hatred to
slavery. He clung to that purpose through
out life. Neither ambition fame wealth,
| friends nor home could swerve him from his
! course.
wish Puritan starnnesS ha bod r,oro +b,n
a Puritan gentleness. She said said further:
Could We not imagine that his soul how
! ered around the boys in blue, and as they
marched. inspired them with courage and led
them on to victory?"
! John Brown needs no statue or inscription
| to reveal his greatness The venera ion with
i which We, tread the ground that holds his
hallowed bones; the love IN the hearts that
! cnerlsn MS memory; the peace that re:gns
over the nation he lived fer and the freedom
that smiles on the people he died for; these.
though silent are monuments more lasting
than the flames reared to the kings ard
| Star newborn that drops into its nJaoa
| And which once circ1;ng in its placid round
Net all the tumult of the earth can shake.
Edward A. Rich followed with a
| splendid Grafton Cgl "The Modern
Greek" and held the rapt attention of
| his audience when he said:
! America loves patro ism. According to
! our IDEAS the man who loves his country loves
/ the grandest thing in the world. excent If no
his religion. America admres the modern
! Greek because he is the noblest of patriots.
The darkest reflection that could be cast upon
| him would be to say that he is a coward.
Two months Ia er, see those untried
| volunteers under the shadow of Mount Olym-
! Pus. They are about TO enter the M:louna
| pass The battle RACES. Down the valley they
| rush. Turks to the right Of them; Turks to
! the left of them. Turkish demons in front
! OF them; but and on they 60
The oppos.ng guns hurl terrible
| canEonade Can they reach the enc
mys fortress? The Turks suddenly advance
In eve emf numbers AMI diiye the Greeks
| back to their only Defense block-house on
| the southern HILL All night long the cannons
thunder. but the little band of Helenes could
! stand no firmer if Dol ed to the solid rock
| IN the early dawn. Edhem PaSha, the Turk
! ism commander. advances; he gives the final
| order, and the united force of the Turkish
| battalions surge around the Creek head
! quarters. Within the pass over 90 600 men are
engaged in the deadly struggle. Five hours
! pass by, still the ever-diminhing band of
Hellenic soldiery keep 20 their guns. The de-
! tenders of the block house Increase their fire
! the hosts of hell could scarcely move them
| but, at times, numbers count for more than
bravery. Four Turkish battaIions unexpected-
! ly arrive from the west. Up the mountain
gorge, like ride on the shore Of the ocean
| SWEEPS myriad of maddened Ottomans The
| DOCK mouse falls, and the exhausted defenders
are theirs On and UP the ascent to the sum
! NIT of the hill they go. Shot follows shot and
! voley- answers yolley. They meet the main
| division Of the Grecian army. A clash Quick
| as thought the advance is checked; not a
! step further can they proceed. AS solid as
stone wall stand their opponents. The Turk
ish army falters, it wavers, great burrows are
plOwed through its ranks. Death awaits them.
| here. They must re- reat. About. Retreat
| is the order, and down the gorge the. panic
| stricken remnant fees. The Greeks win the
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