Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-07-27
SAID BY A RAILROAD Man.

must be o. superior quality. 81; ne
demand for American manufacturer
tesan 10 Increase and is increasing
with each day. until hundreds OF our
factories are now running night asI
day. aHt business IN :ee UnIIed States
Was never in a more prosperous eon-
dItion than IL Is on the sIst day OF
June. 1893.
Il has been said by a great Ameri-
can writer that .trads follows the
HAS" Our war with Spain has placed
our ras upon the Islands OF the Pa
ellie. directly in tho natural track be-
tween the Pacific coast OF the United
States ant Japan aud China. and as We
contemplate our growing commerce
with these old nations Nc are remind
ed OF the prophetic statement made a.
the completion OF the iiFst continuous
line OF railroad between the Atlantic
asd Pacific oceans. by the Joining OF
the union and Central Pacific rail-
roads. more than thirty years aso. BY
that pFophe, os his time. Thomas IL.
Benton. who. standing on the SUNNI,
OF the Rocky Mountains and pointing
toward the Pacific ocean. said: There
Is the East: there Is India" Mr..
President, since the meeting a, Lake
George. four years ago. the fortunes
of war have placed the United States
In tho from; rank among the powers
Of the world. and We can no more sh!,k
the responsibility which these eyea,a
have brought on us as a nation, than
we can shirk our responsibility as pri-
waite citizens.
There arc some who seem TO think
;ha; VIC might get along without trade
with China. and that u Is a new fan
sied notion ,ha; Chinese trade can es-
peelaiiy benefit the UaI;ei States.
Commerce with China IL much older
than many suppose. for. IL began ii5
years ago. the frat vessel sailing from
New York on washIns;on's birthday.
In tho year iT1i. This vessel returned
TO New York May II. i7'5. The sue
ccSr OF the venture was such rs to war
rant Its repetition. and from that day
TO this. trade between the United
States and China has continued with.
out material Interruption. until Il IL
now greater In Importance and value
than that OF any other nation trading
with China. with the single exception
OF Great Britain. II We are to continue
as one OF the great nations OF the
world. We can hardly afford 20 ignore
country ,ha; comprises onc-,wel.;h
OF the land area and nearly one-four,h
OF the population OF the globe.
The Influence OF the press. partIcu-
la-ly In this country. Is immense. and
Il Is growing year by year. and with
reasonable cooperation and rcc!proc-
Ity between the press. the transporta-
t!on companies and the commercial
and Industrial interests OF the country.
there can be no doubt about our su-
premacy.
At times there have been periods OF
Legislation adverse to the great trans
portatIoa Interests OF the country. al-
most invariably the result o: mlsun-
Gerstandlrg OF the real s''"-tion. and
the hagty legislation OF such times has
usually been repealed upon the sober
second thought of the people. for in the
language u Our great Lincoln: "fou
can fool all the people some OF the
time. some OF the people all the time,
but you can't fool all the people all
the time" There are still some people
who fear that consultations. especial
ly OF transportation companies. will
result disastrousiy to the general in
tercsts OF the country. There Is one
example to which / wish to call your
attention. and which. think. each OF
you will appreciate. Forty-seyen years
age, there was issued an annual pa,s
over the Central Line Of Railroads, be-
teen Buffalo and Boston. and by the
Peoples Line Of Steamboats, to New
York: this pass bearing tho following
signatures on the back thereof: Eze-
kicl c. Mcintosh. President. Albany
and Schenectady Il. Il. Co.; Erastus
Corning prgsideut. Utica and Schenec-
tady Z. n. Co; John Wilkinson. Presl-
dent. Syracuse aud Utica R. Il. Co.;
Henry 3. Gibson. President. Rochester
and Syracuse n. r. Co; Joseph Field.
President. Buffalo AID Rochester r. II.
Co; William II. Swift President. WsB-
tern r. II. Co; Isaac Newton. Peoples
Line Steamboats,. Job CoIlamer. Wa
tcs;own 6 Rome r. r. Co.
Mr E. D. Worcester. Secretary Of the
New York Central. says he rode on n
ticket OF this kind from Albany to Bos-
ton in the summer OF 1852. and he re-
members distinctly the signature OF
each OF these Presidents What wouId
you think II in preparing to attend
your annual meeting you had to write
to eight different persons to secure
transportation from New York to Nj
aEara Fails? .am sure you appreciate
| ihn tnnt thrt Il doe. m. rrn.rl-n ni-l,.