The Portland daily press., 1899-10-11

extended to Senator Hoar. He declared
that he accepted the greeting not as
PERSONAL one but as intended for the
members of the state ticket He paid a
touoning eulogy to senator Hoar, say ing: (:
II am glad to extend to you a hearty
welcome home. We all honor and respect
you. who have stood, as yoo have stated,
the tower of liberty In days much older
than these and whether you or we differ
in some small details of some one prin-
oiple, the people of the commonwealth
OF Massachusetts can never cease to love
and Will never cease to honor George
FIR isbee Hear" (Great applause
Containing Mr.. Guild spoke entirely on
the Philippine question.
Senator Frye of Maine was next intro
Guced and said In part:
"Don't you think, on the whole, that
had better pronounce q benedictiou and
let you go home? The fact IL, feel en- tirely
out Of place on this platform, surrounded
as am by tho distinguished orators and
statesmen of this grand common wealth
fesl like very snail coal carried to
Newcastle and the Awkwardness of my
position is immensely increased by the
fact that speeon has been assigned to me
and one which cannot be intelligently
discussed by any possibility within prop
er limits at this time OF nj Rht, nor with
any such limits as these distinguished
speakers have placsd upon themselves,
maintenance and its expansion.
"God WAS sery gDod to us. He scat
| tered his gifts here with q wonderfully
prodiaal hand. len thousand miles of
sea coast equipped with spacious harbors
%, COO miles of navigable rivers; great
lakes planted right here whers commerce
| seemed to require them; mountains of
iron; coal enough to supply the world I;
| gold, silver, copper, indead every metal
and mineial which man needs. Bound
less forests. climate, SO friendly, so
varied, that We can produce every man
| ner of fruit and grain man requires. We
made fairly good use of them all. Since
the close Of the civil war the progress of
| this republic has been the marvel of the
| whole world. We have gone forward
with leaps and bounds. We have out
stripped every nation on earth In manu-
| features. ginning and agriculture. Why.
Gladstone not great many years ago In
leaflet published by him said: 'Our
daughter beyond the seas may some time
overtake her mother Suppose the blessed
old man were alive Today and should
| write the fact, what woufd he sayf Our
daughter beyond the saas mas overtaken
| tire mother. has distanced her In the race
and can only see her now looking back
/ ward through the dust raised by the
wheels of her own magnificent pr ,gress. >
And more than that. We had the best
mar ket that was known on earth; d
market which consumed nearly our enuire
| product. Now nc is rather refreshing for
us Republicans here tonight to remem-
ber that while this magnificent progress
home market may not be traceable TO
1 Republican Legislation, 10 has been all
| secured un der Republican legislation
| alone. The home market worked badly in
| one respect. 1t led our manufacturers, our
| business men, on tn a contentinent which
/ IahIa To ha D..
| ment with its own to the neglect of for
eign markets, their necessities and their
| conditions. But we had bitter expert.
ence-a terrible teacher. hut y faithful
ona--snd from 1898 forward for ths next
| five or six years we learned that we must
| have foreign market: we learned that
| our product was One-quarter greater than
| We could consume. We knew that the
product must be sold abroad, or, orab
ike. this republic must progress back
war. Ita deoadence had started without
foreign market. How could 1t be
foundY 1t was not an easy problem. onr
/ competitors the world over were strongly
tntrenched In svsry great commercial
port. They had subsidized steamship
lines reaching everywhere; they had long
established business agencies; they had
banking facilities; they had a familiar
knowledge and acquaintance with all
conditions of foreign trade, and yet we
started into the solution of the problem
with courage and hope. II yod remember
the manufacturers Of the United States
formed AN association embracing In It's
mem bership every state In the nnion.
That association was formed for one pur-
pose and thab was to solve this problem
OF how to obtain foreign markets for our
manufactured goods. They sent agents
into every nation of tho world. Then,
shortly after that, the Philadelphia
Museum was formed whose only purpose
| was 60 give information 60 manufactur-
era and business men OF this country as
TO how and where exports can be SAINT and
In what manner. That is holding now
In Phnadaiphia. 1t has done splendid
| work. Then an American -Asiatic asso-
citation was formed TO investigate trade In
the Orient. Then an American China
association was formed to investigate our
4 trans,oontinental Chinese trade, They
/ sent their agents abroad. The result was
that last year We Imported In round mum
Il bars e7v7. .0aD, 900 worth OF goods. We ex-
1 ported In round num bera 81, $40. 900, OOt