The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-29

desire to better our condition. and to this
as 10 the arss, all men save heed In some
men desire hstsermen,' somehow. saaa~-
where And even tho rAilanthrupsss who
spends his life in the effort - oesriend -
dissen lie has q tender heart. If he does
not assist the needy Re Will Su1er. His
ecn3isto; then would be worse he desires
condition which he sees may he ais Add
"a these Two tassinesx one Eaore--Shs desire
30 propAxA1e our kind. said by nataraiisfs
action. and we have summed ap three nat
aras saws-or laws III Gsss-Waica control
ali the acts Of men, Indeed. j believe IL
impossible for man or woman TO perform
ANY rational acs which il not the product
% Gre or more Of these common animal
instincts
This sinplities matters. We have but
two factors 10 cunssder-aussan and extsr-
nal aatare--eotA controlled BY certain east
y aisSoseraaie laws. Il follows. tnen that
are brought iosetaer in the same way as
In the past. like results viii follow. The
past Is a guide for The future.
Among the Romans the fsrsf great ma
ton whose history is fully known 20 us.
We find one great cause contributing To tho
growth and building ap OF world power.
and this il the fact that Ia that esfsSsrc
there was q wonderful nsingslnE ~ differ
ens natioaalities. All were made welcome.
ae.s ss. spent ~ aa In In all aas the
those famous Gallo legions with which he
crossed the kahAcon and invaded Italy
There vas crossing OF stocks. which has
never failed In all the history OF she world.
20 produce Immense results
and the same results. Al the presen. time
NE are prone TO forget thai the SpaniArd
has a history and a proud descent. Al ono
time. however. Spain vas chief among the
powers And her greatness and power
came in the same way. by mingiinx ot
blood. We cannos forget that for time
world. and thas the Spanssrd is half =
Moor. When the commingling came 70
an end she also fell. Now Spain, Ike italy,
having become Homogeneous. has ceased
TO be great. Next the British isles come
upon the stage. aud here the minEisng OF
peoples, OF Angles, saxons, Danes ana
Brttons OF Kettle stock, with Roman In
fusion. makes a wonderful and most
foresfnl race OF men, the most masterfM
seen. But here. In America. race more
wonderful stiii il being prepared. Can We
doubt the Inevitable result Never has
there been such rningsinE Of peoples as
Is now going on In the United States And
here in OAR own state. holding the proudess
and the creates, Amerisan name peopled
GUS and the strong. of many lands. what
may We not expects Indeed. arc we not
already sure OF the RESULT
I'm our modern world. exchange between
man and man OF services and products IL
the be all and end all of material life.
ns as equal 0" which has the ' sreasess trade
and. other things being equal again. that
nation has greatest trade which is pcssess-
ed Of the greatest facilities fer the con-
duct OF exchange Great cities are always
found upon navigable waters for the res
son that there may be found facilities for
the conduct OF great exchanges. Profit
able commerce Is conducted. too. between
countries producing unlike products. Keep
ing these things ia mind, cast your minds
eye for a moment upon the map OF the
great Pacific. The western shores Of North
and South America the longest coast line
running in enc general direction IN all tho
world has nowhere In all its AuQ miles
anything approaching In maritime value
the spacious. land-locked. deep blue wat
ers Of Puget sound Here lie, almost un-
that grea; ocean which George Dewey and
| the American people will yet make ap
American lake. on the ether side. and
| OF Ind The strongest and most forceful
people OF all time have been given con-
trei OF the xrandess natural opporsunisiss e
| the result DO we not know that the very
| laws OF nature must be changed befe
o a ss se ans nEsp II .ny a.
the portion Of this people. can fall or come
20 nanght?
our condition, and this il true. We are
given power, however, TO say how we shall
be affected by this unacceptable natural
Instinct and npon wn sa plan. "a We shall
tention and greed, or tho higher %
emulation and rivalry i'm that which 10
good. And this choice Wha;com seems TO
have made. She desires now 10 be 1asio
an educational center. Win all her get
ting she desires wisdom. IL the strongest
and most enterry,s!ng people. having tho
grandes; natural opportunities, see& aiso
20 add wisdom 20 their possessions. moth.
ing shall be refused them either In this
world or any that may follow
The banquet wound up by all the guests
rising and drinking To tho toast. The
Whatcom Normal School"