The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-02-25
On Which the Sun Never Sets.
Globe Democrat.

- Globe Democrat. /.
Like the empire of Charles ", the United States
ia now a land on which the sun never sets. Going
westward the difference in longitude between
Passport, Me-, and Manila is about 175 degrees. To
the jewellers on the Atlantic coast Of the United
States Manila is very near the antipodes. Travel
ing westward from the eastern verge of the country
to it's western.boundar in the far Pacific a circuit
of almost half of the globe ia made. Except in
n,idwinter the sun rises i'm PASSPORT before it sets
in Manila. In summer, autumn and spring it is
daylight along the eastern coast of the United
States before it is nigh ON its western boundary.
England, France Germany also have territory SO
widely diffused throughout the globe that the sun
shines on some part of it every hour of the twenty
four. but of course, in contiguous territory United
Sta: t 8 is far ahead of all these. i.
In area, exclusivelof colonies, the Uuited States is
the largest notion except China. It far exceeds in
superficial extent the empire of Alexander the
Great or the rome of Caesar and Trajan. Itsurpass-
ga the domain of Charlemagne or the territory Of
Charles v. exclusive of his colonial possessions in
America, which where Of indefinite extent, and
y HIGH only technically belonged to Spain. for no
Spaniard in Charles time had ever seen any more
than a small fragment of the region that Spain
claimed in the days of Charles and his son Philip
1T. 1t exceeds the empire of Russia in Europe.
In population the United States exceeds every
Christian nation of the globe if colonial pos
sessions are omitted. In the case of the United
States the area and population Of the colonies are
comparatively tr'fling, but IL that OF the other
ed the areaof the colonies largely surpasses that
Of the mother country, and in the case Of all Of
them except Germany the are exceeded by their
colonies in population. In wealth and material
strength the United States is-far better acquipped
than any other country for getting detached terri
tory if it should ever engage in that task to amy
important extent.
Imperial America, which comprises more than
isa:f Of. the inhabited portion Of one continent
.strete hee it's. a,n 9 across to { retfer hemispEere
IAe pcesess1cu cots, the worlds greatest ocean and
txts nd FRI m tho altic circle down to q point close
to- the equator. It's colonies, from the Alaskan is
lands Of the north to. Hawaii, the Caiolines and
The Philippines q ihe southern tier, are distribut-
ed within easy sailing distance Of each sother. They
cover al climates from the frigid to the torrid.
When our new conque.sts are occupied the stars
end stripes will re as familiar sight on the Is
1aads of the Pacific az is the union jack Of Eng
slend, un!ikss. many of TIC colonies of England and
viii al Is productive. They will add largely to
TIE countTyg's wealth aud, general resources;
will how into tnrnn imaaediately after the United
fstates gets them into I'D hand.: Through them
theSconntry acqairesa Hew edit and potency and
tt1sgssadvanta1esSo American INTERCHANGEABLE
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