The Dickinson press., 1898-12-10
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Like the empire of Charles w., the
United States is now land on which the
sun never sets. Going westward the diff
ference in longitude between Eastport,
Me-, and Manila is about l75 degrees.
To the dwellers on the Atlantic coast of
the United States Manila is very near the
antipodes. Travelling westward from the
eastern verge of the country to its west
ern boundary in the far Pacific circuit
of almost half of the globe is made. Ex-
cept in midwinter the sun rises in East
port before it sets in Manila. In summer,
autum and spring it is daylight along the
eastern coast of the United States before
it is night on its western boundary. Eng
land, France and Germany also have ter
ritory SO widely diffused throughout the
globe that the sun shines on some part of
it every hour of the 24 but, of course, in
contiguous territory the United States is
far ahead of all of these.
In area, exclusive of colonies, the Unit
ed States is the largest nation in the world
except China. 1t far exceeds in superb
cial extent the empire of Alexander the
Great or the Rome of Caesar and Trajan.
1t surpasses the domain of Charlemagne
or the territory of Charles V. exclusive
of his colonial possessions in America,
which were of indefinite extent and
which only technically belonged to Spain,
for no Spaniard in Charles time had ever
seen any more than small fragment of
the region that Spain claimed in the days
of Charles and of his son Philip II. 1t
exceeds the empire of Russia in Europe
In population the United States exceeds
every Christian nation of the globe if COL
onial possessions are omitted. In lthe
case of the United States the area and
population of the colonies are compara-
lively triaing, but in that of the other
great Christian countries which have
been mentioned the area of the colonies
largely surpasses that of the mother
country, and in 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 import
ant extent.
Imperial America. which comprises
more than half of the inhabited portion
OF one continent, stretches its arms
across to another hemisphere. Its pos
sessions dot the worlds greatest ocean
and extend from the arctic circle down to
point close to the equator. Its colonies,
from the Alaskan islands of the north to
Hawaii, the Carolines andthe Philippines
on the southern tier, are distributed with
in easy sailing distance of each other.
They cover all climates from the frigid
to the torid. When our new conquests
are occupied the stars and stripes will be
as familiar sight on the islands of the
Pacific as is the union jack of England.
Unlike many of the colonies of England
and other nations, the United States new
possessions will all be productive. They
will add largely to the country's wealth
and general resources. Settlers and
capital from all parts of the world will
flow into them Immediately after the
United States gets them into its hands.
Through them the country acquires a
new credit and potency, and the advanta-
ges of American civilization will be ex-
tended half way around the globe
Globe Democrat. 10