The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-03

ton in tho United States. at nine pounds per
capita, while tho truth is that, excluding the
foesl ,Ss s sone q o sonsn%S;,o OF Of %i sou Asi SnS c SS,.
trail Americas qualities increases the capitatton
tWo.thirds. Your commissioners have surely
taken care Of. They must have asked the mean
ing of such a tax. and explained, that, II the i'm.
porters can store this year's surplus OF 3,OOO,OOO
bags of Brazilian coffee and make a nice job. OF
II by. selling the coffee after 1t Ia taxed. the
Sra sSO @nr ppsso az Ger c who % Sr Ing o1 e inc ,n mnrS9 bS
the low prices. will be compelled to abandon the
culture of coffee and try cotton and other mr..
successful speculation OF. two years and a half
the importers of coffee and, worse than that, the
consumers Of coffee, will find the price of IL moro
than doubled on the LIST Of january, 1900, due to
the fact that the importers will have killed the
goose OF the golden egg.
added that, without free raw materials stipu..
lated in treaties of commerce for a number Of
ciprocity arrangements can be made, as coercion
will not coerce Independent nations. All this
your manufacturer and merchants must have
said. and l thank them in behalf Of my. col
leagues for their hypotheuc sympathy. IL my
s sur ,hs is not right, then your plan Is 81 T IIS1s.
try will DO equivalent tothe opening Of tho tenn
pie of Janus; the Roman god Of two faces, the
%,lBut there viii, be no war; prudent. eounscls
will prevail. We have no kings to decide for us
and oppose the will of tho nations. We have
passed beyond that on this continent OF ours;
rso sieYSs assT tSn Sei hsss. in It t Is not peGiP p shi sp pow seS
of a single man. and not even in the power OF a
generation of men, to distort the logic OF history
and the manifest destiny of democracy: Fair.
ness of dealing. consciousness OF its rights and
respect Of the rights Of others are the principal
traits Of the nation which, in little. moro than q
century, has come to the front rank OF the pow
ers Of the world. not by brutal force, but by the
culture of the arts of peace.
THE inauguration of the Philadelphia mu-
seums is another step in the right direction.
When in course of time the New .Xealander or
Macaulay shall visit the vast solitude OF the
ruins Of London. when the Brazilian of the I'M
stones Of the monastery of .Batalha for the an
nails of past greatness, and the citizen OF Cuba
shall unearth in the foundations OF the Escur1a!
the symbol Of a past martyrdom, from the Bay OF
Hudson to the Straits of Magellan n mighty ma
chinery Of freedom shall he in action, driven by
allied In your Language, the Saxon and the Latin,
and the motive power shall be merely and sim
ply tho good will among American republics:
Friends, we are building better than we know,
EX-Secretary Olney could scarcely be heard
when he rose. The i.4o0 guests had reached a
sic of the Marine Band. He spoke on behalf of
American shipping. In his address Gov. Has
tings said:
"This occasion we confidently hope will mark
the beginning OF a system of trade relations
which will shortly grow into national and
the points of true commercial reciprocity,
which will bind together as one family the
pan-American republics. which injuring
none will benefit all. and which l hope and be-
lieve will eventually unite and cement tho ma,
tions OF the Western Hemisphere together in
which will constitute a perpetual congress Of
peace"