New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-26
WHAT RAILROADS DO.
THEIR RELATIONS TO COMMERCE. SET
FORTH BY GEORGE II. DANIELS.
ADDRESS BEFORE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS Is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TAKEN UP ON
EXPANSION DAY


PHILADELPHIA Oct. 2.--To-days session OF the In
ternational Commercial Congress. at the National
Export Exposition. officially designated as
"Exnanslon Day" and number OF speakers ad-
dressed the delegates expansion as related
to the development OF the commerce Of all the coun-
tries of the world. Congressman Robert ADAMS j.
of this city former United States Minister TO bra
zil presided In presenting the scope or me DELHI
eratlons Mr. Adams referred to the weakness OF
tho consular service Of this country, laying the
blame on tho system itself and not on the admins
traton Of IT,
John A. Kasson OF Iowa. Special Commissioner
Plenipoteniary for Treaties OF Reciprocity OF the
United States. spoke on the subject or Connerci"l
and Territorial Expansion"
Mr. Kasson said this country within the last TWO
years has sprung from condition OF apathy and
discoIra cement to one q Astounding hope and pros
perity Ho commended the administration or Pres
ident Mckinley. and reviewed briefly the acquisi-
ton OF territory by the United States from Louisi
ana to the Hawaiian Islands and the conquest Of
Porto Rico. Referring to the Philippine acquis
ton he declared It promised greater Immediate ad-
vantage than any other. lie said
We already know something ~ the enormous ca
pacity Of the PHILIPPINES for agriculture pr9dnc NC
know less but the Indications are OF the highest
Significance, not only Of the baser metals, but also
Of the most valuable.
Mr. Kasson concluded with a defence OF the right
ippnes.
ADDRESS OF GEORGE IL DANIELS
The achievement OF American railroads and their
relation to commercial industrial and agricultural
interests were comprehensiyey set forth in an ad-
dress by George H. Daniels general passenger
agent Of the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad and president OF the American Associat ton
Of Passenger Agents. In part he said:
Transportation underies material prosperity in
.
portation commerce would be impossible. Those
States and nations rich. powerful and en-
ana most extended. The dying nations are those
with little or no TansportSauo1 Iacl,iss pre.s A.
of our export trade as follows, one 81 the IN
China Will be the opening 10 the commerce or me
world of fields heretofore unknown perhaps, the
richest on the globe" At that time We had no
! idea that a war between one Of the old nations
fought at that time we had idea that Ameri-
to the English railroads as well a. 70 those OF
nearly every other country on the globe No one
thought four years ago that American bridse
w Sompet E for the building Of great steel
bridge in Egypt nor that in so brief time AMER
can engneers would be building railroads into me
interior Of China from her most important seaport
| At that time no supposed that the Irans-si,
in Ponnsvvania upon crossties from the forests OF
| Oregon and that its trains would be hauled oy
AmeTca a. -, srech from St Petersburg Vadi
vostock and Port Arthur distance OF more nmI. ~
| in advance of the original expectation. as re-
| suit Of tho OF American construction 'oo's
al" But this is all true. and It is further true tina,
the tools and machinery for the constFuGtlYn %
the western portion OF the Trans SIBERIAN ran"
were supplied by American manufacturers al huU ,
one-half the price that Russia had oeen pay ,Ie
Dreviously and with this American macninery 1ns
Russians are able TO do neary uou ptr mo mn
that they could perform with the machinery manu-
featured in other countries.
CHANGE OF SENTIMENT TOWARD RAIL
ROADS.
striking illustration Of the change IN I rnps
which has taken place in the public nina IN ItsdI'
w. ,railroads is the recent election by the Leglsla
! ture Of New-York 10 the United States senate .
t'hauncey NJ Depew. man whose Whoie t,tS - -
transporfation interests OF the country rms ever
is ESPECIALLY significant, and marks new era u
the history OF our country-an era 81 uSt.e' ~ va
| dersto ndtng and closer and more ainlcaole Ie,a
lions between the commercial, agricultural ana IN
dUsfrial interests and the transportation interest,"
| OF the United states 49,, ,o.i.or roiIroad
today furnish the best service I'm the Worln a. "a
lowest rates Of fare at the same time paying tiet
! ernnlov.s very much higher wages IMAM are pa
| for similar service in any other counlI q" ~
| aiohe In tho United States the hrst-class pas
oog.r fares asst year averaged 2l4 cents per nlle
although on some large railways the aXeIase w " q
several mills less than two cents per III ~
| land the hrst-cass fare is four cents pei mr.
ibird-ciass fare for vastly Inferior service is ."
cents per mile but only on certain IArhalueiI =
trains In Prussia the fare Is 20 GEMS p PEI
in Austria, 3U1 cents per Hl'o "''N 49, -'' 49,
our passenger cars excel those o. foreign coun
tries in all that goes to make up the comfort az
convenience Of Journey our sleeping ana pd ba
car system Is vastly superior to theirs; our Dag
rsee system is infinitely better than theirs, an
arranged upon a much more liberal basis Amer