The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-11-30
AMERICAN RAILWAYS
A. Relatsd to Commercial, Indus
trial and Agricultural Interesta
Present Pesisa styled the Ase Of
Transpertation - Foreign Cosn-
tries DuyisG Oar Locemotivss-
DsveiOpmeut Of the West.

Tfanep0rtaIon - FOreigm CO0n.
tries DuyisG Oar Locemotivss-
Development Of the wesL
"One Of our great writer's hns said OF
this closing period Of the nineteenth
century that Il is IN age OF transportu-
tion. Transportation underlies mate.
rial prosperity In every department Of
commerce. without transportation
commerce would be impossible. Those
states and nations are rich, powerful
and enlightened whose transportation
facilities are best and most extended.
The dying nations are those with little
or no transportation facilities"
These were a part OF the opening
words Of m address delivered before
the international Commercial congress,
recently held In Philadelphia, by
George II. Daniels. General Passenger
Agent OF the New York Central g. Ilud-
son River railroad. and president OF the
American Association Of General Pas
senger Agents.
lie then went on to quote Mr.. MulhnlI.
the British s,atistician, who In his work
on "Tbc Wealth OF Nations" said Of the
United States In 1895: "If we take n
survey of mankind In ancient or mod
ern times. rs regards the ply steal, me-
chanical and intellectual force OF ma
tions. we find nothing to compare with
the United States"
Mr.. Mulhall proved by his statistics
that the working power OF single per-
son In the United States was twice that
OF q German or Frenchman. more than
three times that Of an Austrian and five
times that OF an Italian. lie said the
United States was then the richest
country In the world, its wealth exceed
Ing that OF Great Britain by IS per
cent, and added that In the history OF
the human race no nation ever before
possessed 4i,O0o,OOo Of instructed citi-
zens. Should Mr.. Mulhall revise his fig
urcs to-day, the differences would all
be in favor of the United States, for In
the past IS months we have demon
stratcd the superiority Of our mnnufac-
lures In every direction. and on, ability
20 cope successfully with questions
which have heretofore been handled ex-
clusivc,y by the older nations Is now
recognized by all the world.
Mr.. Daniels told OF letter he had re-
ceived from n friend in Toxic, written
only short time ago, In which wns ,bi.
significant sentence: "You will be in
teresied In knowing that have hang.
ing on the wall OF my Office framed pic.
ture OF your Empire State Exprcss.' ;
n T.. 4. f... 4
hauling n japanese Empire Express $
with nn American locomotive" They
have now In Japan mere than 100 To-
comotives that were built In the United
States. In Russia they have. nearly
loco American locomotives, and prac-
tically every railway in Great Eiitain
has ordered locomotives from this coun.
try since the beginning Of the war with
6paia.
But Il Is not alone our locomotives
that have attracted the attention of for.
eigncrs who have visited our shores:
our railway cauipment generally has
commanded admiration aud js now re-
ceiying the highest compliment, name
Is, imitation by many sister nations.
The demand for American locomo-
tiyes from all parts of the world Mr..
Daniels attributed, In the first place,
TO the superior quality Of our ma.
clinery, and, In the second, to the fact
that the general passenger agents of
the American railways have, through
their advertising, made the marvellous
results accomplished by our locomo-
tiycs household words in every country
on the globe.
The emperor of Germany In his
speech TO the Prussian diet In January
last, said Mr.. Daniels, did not lay the
greatest stress upon the necessity for
Increasing the army or for the con-
struction OF additional ships for the
navy, but he did impress upon his hear
ers the great importance Of extending
the railroads and the nayigabie canals.
In order that the German nation nigh,
have knowledge Of the most advanced
theories and practice In the coustruc-
tion and operation OF railways an i'm
perial German commission was sent to
the United States n short time ago for
the purpose OF examining American
rfuways ana making sueh recommen.
cations as 'heir in'es'iga,ion should
Suggest. an tue report Oh 'his cominis'
sion. whieh was recently pupiished' one
OF 'ne hrst sentences Is us ioiio"s'
Lack OF speed iaek OF comfort inck
OF eheap rates are 'he eharges prou8h'
aga'hA' 'he herman empires railways,
as compared win 'hose OF ,he tinted
states. ihey recommended 'he naop-
.ioh OF many OF our me'hoas' expinih'
ing IN their report 'hnt 'hey were far
superior NOT only 10 'hose IN vogue IN
Oermnny, nut also superior 10 those OF