Evening star., 1898-12-03

| selves. and 1t may Ibe hailed a negatiy
factor in assisting New York to hold he
sideration. there are positive factors whicl
are decidedly encouraging.
Our agricultural -iHt erests have by n,
! means reached the44mit of their produc
phenomenal crops ef'last year SURPASSED
in the future. More important stilI w,
have only begun to develop our manufac
turing resources. In this field there vii
be a gradual. ccnsfsnt and healthy pro
sression- In the gEowing markets IT tn,
world. the far east. Africa, the Pacifi,
islands, South America and the West In
dies America POSSESSES decided advan
tages over other manufacturing nations
and these countries win afford stead,
outlet for our Incl easing production OF
fms he'd products. Now that the United
States has the lead! everything fs in he,
favcr. and nothing but decline in the
enterprise of her PEOPLE can force hs,
again into second place. OF such a decline
l see no present evidence"
London's Defeat.
Engiishmen, not excepting those we'll in
formed IN trade affairs, express surprise
at New York's rapid growth in commerce
recognized in New York a rival for trade
supremacy, who might prove dangerous
but they had no idea that she would sr
soon wrest the commercial supremacy from
their famous city. Some of them a fleet n
see in the present state of affairs only 8
temporary condition. Others frankly admit
that henCeforth New York must be recos.
nized as the worlds greatest seaport.
Lord Herschel says in regard to the mat.
ter:
II was greatly surprised on the occasion
Of my recent visit to New York at the time
1t said that that city now had a greater
volume of ocean commerce than London. II
this information is correct 1t must be
reckoned great achievement for America
double victory. when one considers that
1t comes in a year when she has been al
war.
Yet when one has learned by actual con.
tact something of the greatness of your
country this matter is not so surprising
after all. When one looks upon your won
derful harbor and sees the lavish provision
which nature has made for civic greatness
he cannot doubt that New York is destined
to be, IL she is not now, the metropolis OF
the worlds commerce.
Share the Domination.
81 can only say that II London Is to be
passed in the race we shall be glad to see
the first prize go to the United States
rather than to any other nation. We ad-
mtre American pluck and enterprise as
qualities kindred to our own, and we salute
your victories whether they be those OF
war or peace. Instead of discussing the
question of supremacy l shall prefer to
think of New York and London sharing be-
tween them the domination of the world s
commerce. Certainly the greatness of one
cannot detract from the glory Of the other
May they both remain great, in spirit as In
achievement, and may the citizens of both
ever feel toward each other the goodwill
and brotherly affection to which they now
hold"
When Chauncey NJ. Depew was Informed
of New York's new claim to greatness he
exclaimed
1T Is a fitting climax to a century of
industrial achievement such as the world
has never before Witnessed and will never
again behold. A nation is reared out of
the primeval wilderness and at a bound
springs to the leadership of the world.
Truly these are days, which make us proud
to count ourselves Americans. Give 1t up?'
Well hardly. America is true child of
Britain in this, that she; never gives UP an
advantage once gained. For the twentieth
century the leadership of the world is
safely hers. w ar
Anglo-SaXon is the germ and Americans
the species of the tHiSntieth century plant.
1t is hardy climber and will continue to
grow and to wax great in the choice spots
of the earth 1T