New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-09

horizon which made coincident their physical and
embraces States and cities arts and Industries
Internal commerce They learn that the more intel
nsenty selfish any business may be. the more
] contributes to the general veal The solution of
: .ne century ,vexing problem Of capital and labor
president may he a puolc-splrted citizen with
out betrayns the interests or lessenirg the bust
concentration Of the capital of the many at
Win IL, centres OF financial operations and contact
times Of distrust but s easily drawn TO the benen
tnunity which can give it profitable employment
Those from large cities learn that New-York and
boston Philadelphia and Chicago are marts Of
trade; not places Of power. The country feeds and
recruits rec Them Trey reflect and do not originate
The untraveled city man is the most provincial
obsar~aa,a f,s ica PRIDE psralyzes MS powers OF
oD far M ana me rest OF the universe exists
/ camps and big game. But he finds here the broad
est culture Of the schools and colleges. vigorous
and the ability 70 utilize every invention which will
Increase he productive power and decrease the
factory and the mine Thus the broader education
our Strength Snd and sro asy ~ hf ss
action Is an insurmountable barrier to mental.
tlon are essential to the vitality OF TIE Several
parts Of the country and to the prosperity Of the
artist crenes a Venus Of Milo Or the sculptor the
glory Of perfect manhood In the Apollo Belvedere
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
Whenever and wherever have worked together
as one people. the combination Of almost end
less variety Of production and strength climate and
temperament, has produced marvellous results. In
the twenty from 1875 TO 1895. the average an
nual production of pig-ron in France has increased
from 1.26S0o to 100000 TONS in Germany. from
l.si60o to 10000 TONS in Great Britain. from
/ $4,000 to 7.36tDo TONS while the United States
during the same period has Increased its pig-iron
product from 2zsiO90 to 2C9OOO tons Our share OF
me me worlds product of this great industry. which
III. h1 q of MOI
wealth and prosperity, was twenty years ago about
10 per cent; and In 1888 over 80 per cent and is now
coal. and her output is still about 2te0G0 tons
greater than ours. But while the output Of Great
Britain has increased from 1852 600 tons in 1915 to
IASlsWo In 1888, that OF the United States has
100 $1,000 tons. On the coal product OF the world
Great Britains proportion was twenty years ago Il
United States has increased in that period from II
10 80 per cent The increased consumption Of raw
featuring industries. The average amount OF cot
iSn taken by Great 81 Bran in The ten Years from
1894 TO 1881 900 tons. The average annual consump
o tons, and this had grown in 1894 to 5552c0 tons.
We the greatest producers Of cotton in
the world. and only Great Britain eads US in its
We produce one-ffth of the wheat OF the world
while our railway con true P in W Nv Years
has been eight times more than that OF Germany
Britain There are in the United States 1850
miles Of railroad This exceeds the mileage OF
Our share in the commerce of the world. which
is eIcelled only by that Of Great Britain and
Germany. has increased Is per cent. while that
/ or Great Britain has grown only Oh per cent.
In the last ten years Neither the foreign
country can compare with the volume OF in ter
canals and rivers ' a 9T the Sares Which S
tell Of the Interchange OF the products of our
seventy millions Of people Thy mount higher
than the traffic on all the oceans OF the world
The populous East. the awakened South. the de-
velopng West the growing States the Pa cihc
and the as yet infant mountain Commonwealths
inspired by the new birth Of nationality fraterna
feeling and mutual respect celebrate the last years
Of he nineteenth century and the dawn 81 n ~
twentieth by opening another era Of prosperity Tor
the United States.
WORD TO sENTINENTALIsTs.
Foreign critics say Americans boast OF the big
ness OF their country There is no use denying the
fact: We are big. We not large for des
tiny manifest to-day. Cuba ls under
our protection and certain to come under our flag
by the vote of her people: Porto Rico is ours; our
foothold In the Philippines will never be surren-
dered and the markets OF the Far East are invit-
their trade. Big We are the future is bigger
our citizens The sentlmentalist declares that such
review as has occupied our hour to-day IS the
and observation / nave found that sentiment has
less alloy is purer and attains loftier Ideals under
as well as sunshine and with drenchng clouds
well as stars above. What makes nero IN pat
bloody ded His answer was: Plenty Of good
beef or mutton and hot coffee" The poet and the
fao. They regard the extermination Of the vast
herds OF this picturesque animal which once occupied
apd fed upon these plains as an lhulclnrHs up ~
which stand before cultured juries convicted OF
grossness and brutality. The buffalo and the OK
represent the romantic and the practical views OF
life. Less than twenty years ago tnere wer" one
million buffalo west Of the Mississippi and II re-
quired territory capahe 81 Supporting IN Co,lton'
ten millions OF inhabitants for their pasturage;;
Lowing herds OF cattle waving heds OF gram ana ora
stacks Of and wheat in these new states als
an essential part OF the productive power when
gives TO the nted nJef o ihG ETdne Mo Tl for
the stan OF life from the working millions of our
and OF far-dsant lands hGwS IN wnerT reo
new homesteads and thriving villages tG max" We
wilderness garden and add incalcuaoF 70 '"e
sum OF human happiness.
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.
When Nebraska shall have reached the age OF
Nevyork there will he a population OF over two
hundred millions in the United States. Our domain
will be sufficient for their support and our insttu-
tons elastic enough for their orderly governmen9
SIgb and the state will be very close the daily
NE and industrial activities OF the people C0-ope
maricsi There will always he differences OF condi-
tons as God has endowed his children Win degise
OF gifts. but the much-aoused dqE'Ie 'uar
world owes every man living VIII be IN gener IA
vogue and practice The azy the sr ,beS as now
but there will be place for all according 70 M
talents % upos9 camfo ana of the aged and the
helpless The English language VIII be tne speeSn
human race The United States and Great britain.
having worked harmoniously together FOR lo o
ample will be to- the promotion Of commerce ana
the snread ~ civilization with It's requirements ana
beneft. in Asia and Africa Year by year VIII come
nearer the realization OF the promise which began
and has inspired the Christian Era or Peace on
earth and goodwill among men, wi
The war with Spain has unified our country, Inc
sons ~ the South and the North fighting side by
side and under the old flag have effaced the last
vestlge 81 the passions OF the Civil War The young
men ~ the FUR hest West and It's primitive cond-
lions living with their comrades from the circles OF
the clubs and fashion in the East In the trenches az
Fl Canev and charging up the hill and over the de-
fences OF San Juan have made the men OF tne Wes.
and the East one by the baptism OF blood. Whether
IRON, tho paIns OF Arizona the palaces OF New
Work and whether dressed In hroadcoth or IN
t...ai,.t,t, ~ pouph Rider same American.