Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-16
THE EXTENT OF THE NEW
AMERICA.


extent of the new America after
the war with Spain. The matter
is we'll set forth by the St. Louis
Globc-D Democrat which calls at
tention to the fact that the United
States is now a land on which the
sun never sets. Going westward
the difference in longitude be-
tween PASSPORT, Me-, and Manila
is about us degrees. To the
jewellers on the Atlantic coast of
the United States Manila is very
near the Antipodes. Travelling
westward from the eastern verge
of the country to it's western
boundary in the far Pacific a cir
cult of almost half of the globe is
made. Except in midwinter the
sun rises in PASSPORT before it sets
in Manila. In summer, autumn
and spring it is daylight along
the eastern coast of the United
States before it is night on it's
western boundary. England, Ger
many and France also have terri
tory so widely diffused through
out the globe that the sur shines
on some part of it every hour of
the twenty-four, but, of course, in
contiguous territory the United
States is far ahead of these. In
area, exclusive of colonies, the U.
S. is the largest nation in the
world except China. 1t far en-
ceeds in superficial extent the
empire of Alexander the Great or
the Rome of Caesar and Trajan.
It surpasses the domain of Charlie
magne or the territory of Charles
V. exclusive of his colonial pos.
sessions in America, which were
of indefinite extent, and which
only technically belonged to
Spain, for no Spaniard in Char
les time had ever seen any more
than a small fragment of the re-
gion that Spain claimed in the
days of Charles and of his son
Phillip II. It exceeds the empire
of Russia in Europe. In popula-
ton the United States exceeds
every Christian nation of the
globe if colonial possessions are
omitted. In the case Of the
United States the r and popu-
lation of the colonies are compar-
atively trihing, but in that of the
other great Christian countries
which have been mentioned the
area of the colonies largely sur
passes that of the mother country,
and in the case of all of them ex-
cept Germany they are exceeded
by their colonies in population.
In wealth and material strength
the United States is far better
equipped than any other country
for getting detached territory if
it should ever engage in that task
to any important extent.
Imperial America, which COM
prlses more than half of the in
habited portion of one continent,
stretches its arms across to an
other hemisphere. Its colonies,
from the Alaskan islands of the
north to Hawaii, the Carolincs
and the Philippines On the south
ern tier, are distributed within
easy sailing distance of each other.
They cover all climates from tho
frigid to the torrid. When ou1
new c%onquests are occupied tn,
stars and stripes will be as famil
lar a sight on the islands of tn,
Pacific as is the Union Jack O
England. Unlike many of tn,
colonies Of England and other ma
tions, the United States new DOS
sessions will all be productive
They will add largely to tn
country's wealth and general re
sources. Settlers and capital from
all parts Of the world will FLOW
into them Immediately after tn
United States gets them into it
hands. Through them the coun
try acquires a new ere lit and pc
tency. and the adyantares n