New-York tribune., 1898-12-18

them there. and duty required them TO remain
there. II was their clear duty to annihilate the
fleet. take the city OF Manila and destroy the
Spanish sovereignty in the archipelago.
Having done all that in the lie OF duty is
there any less duty to remain there and give 10
the inhabitants protection and also guild
ance to better government. which will secure
to them peace and order and security in their
/ life and property. and in the pursuit OF happi-
ness? Are unable 10 do this? Are we 70 sit
down in our isolation and recognize no obllga-
tion to struggling people. whose present condi.
tons we have contributed TO make? | would
rather have the confidence Of the poet Bryant
when he exclams:
Thou. my country. thou shalt never fall.
Seas and stormy air
Are the wide barrier OF thy borders. where
Among thy gallant sons that guard thee WELL
Thou laughest at enemies Who shall then de-
clare
The date Of thy deep founded strength or tell
How happy in thy lap the Of shall
dwell?"
Ny feow-citzens. whatever covenants duty
has made for US In the year 1898 we must keep.
Previous TO the Presidents speech. cordial
welcome had been extended to him by D. G.
Purse president of the Reception Committee
and by the Mayor Of Savannah, p. ". Moldrim
SECRETARY GAGE ON COMMERCE.
The Secretary Of the Treasury. Lyman J.
Gage. responded to the toast Commerce" He
said:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Now that the
storm Of war is over. we may look back In cheer
full retrospect gallant deeds accomplished, on
glorious victories achieved 1t is right to do
this II is right TO remember the heroic living.
and II would be base ngratitude to forget the
heroic dead We may rejoice together that
common cause has united all hearts and made
us conscious once more that we are all members
OF one common country. The past however.
forms in history only the hase-line from which
the future is 10 be measured. The National nfe
so profoundly stirred by recent events. has been
inevitably enlarged. New duties-new response
bties-face US. They can neither be evaded
nor ignored. II with a comprehension OF
this l believe that my subject Commerce"
has an honored place on your programme
1t is evident that if yesterday we were nsu-
lar tomorrow must be International and
commerce is the agency through which our
destiny is to be accomplished.
| shall not take your time by eulogizng the
triumphs Of commerce. either as a brnger-in Of
profit or as a pioneer of civilization. The thought
is too familiar and the story has been too often
told. want 10 speak, II can OF an underly-
ing law. or natural order. which compels ma
tions advanced in art. science, INDUSTRY and
general knowledge to carry the blessings these
bring TO people helpless through ignorance and
wretohed through oppression.
A wealthy LOndOner. whose heart was moved
by the misery of the tenement-hOuse class. herd
ed in the vilest slums. built al a great cost
series Of buildings. models in sanitation with
economical arrangements for heating. cooking
and other household needs. These apartments
ne leased at low rates to the former denizens Of
garrets and cellars Some one complimented
him upon his philanthropy. He replied. DO
not praise me too much. ! went in for philan-
thropy but have discovered that philanthropy
and 8 per cent may be made to go together"
A careful writer has declared:
1T may almost be held that the hope Of COM
mercial gain has done nearly much for the
cause of truth even the love Of truth"
,.,.t .hn civ
increased energy derived through machn
cry and invention. the production Of a
highly civilized State. in many. If not most,
of It's articles Of manufacture will ulu-
mately exceed the needs, II not the power
to consume. of its people. Capital, tend
ing to increase through economies In distri-
button and exchange. II confined 10 geograph-
ica limits will aggravate the tendency toward
local overproduction. New agencies. like fac
tories mills and railroads, will be created and
these will 1ercely strive 10 get foothold in a
market already oversupplied. Under such con-
gested conditions profits must diminish. wages
fall, and capital go without reward. The only
relief is a widening out Of what In another sense
has been called the sphere Of influence.
WIDER MARKETS NEEDED.
When our factories shall turn out twice or
thrice the quantity Of things our people can use,
the shops where these made will have TO
close up or other markets will have TO be found
where they may be exchanged for things that
can he used by us. II eight millions Of people
in Southern seas so rude not to use bed
steads or so poor as not to be able to buy them,
can nv the stimulating influence Of civilization
be brought TO desire and acquire them. by so
much is our problem solved. 1t is the function
NJ commerce to aid in bringing these things
about: but commerce alone cannot do H.
A commerce which exploits the poverty OF me
moor soon ends. Good government. the es'aO-
lishment Of peace, the dissemination OF educa-
,,or, tho announcement Of industry. the pro
-, % the weak-in a word the elevation or
raoas lower in the scale of civilization until
.ha, fool new wants and find the ability 10 sup
NV them in fair exchange for the fruits OF l ue'
P.s ~ ,'on,,Iiar soil climate or racial characters
t,cs-these are the foundations upon when d
lasting growing commerce can ne 80 ,ia
We see on all sides the adVahTeu s'.,o,t
Nations struggling with each other loi u's'aii
arIAs Tbev apprehend by intuition at least
half the truth. 49, - - 1,ro,-ida,ce
Nv the orderings Of fate or froVlusnoe t'
u,tie susnected by US we Of this land have been
f,rhad forward as II were. against all our IRA
dt,ions TO face new responsibilities ne" duties
end new opportunities. Shall we restrain our
selves and remain insular. or shal we aV0eP'
the challenge that destiny brings " 1900 ..
John Addison truly said. Nature scenIS ~
have taken particular care 70 ulsseii'Ii'a,e -, ~
rIeseings among the different regions OF the
fa r,,b on eve to their mutual intercourse
and trafrc among mankind that the hatons Oh
30 sa,aral narts Of the globe might nave khG
Of dependence upon one dHo'"'I "
together by their common interest sua go,
II with due humility. we shaiI try , 10 iiiIu o.d
uav TO the larger life events ha.e otouen. ~
We II with an honest regard for the duties
which the great and strong owe 10 'ne meah IN
srd beinless we take up what may seer" al
a-u , ~ 20 ,,rnroNta bic burden. we shall be-
ieve in the fulness OF time. find out that IN our
larger relations and in our extended commerce
philanthropy and per cent may De '''s'e u
go together
SECRETARY ALGER ON THE AfMi'
Secretary Alger. in responding to the Army
said -. -
One hundred and tWenty-hve thousaho VI ND'