The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-07

| From a Speech Delivered Last Evening
| by Senator Beveridge Before the New
York Bankers Association.
my THEME shall DO union and
| " unity. the oneness of the Amerf-
W can people the solidarity ,i Of 'f,sr all
q - dependence of all honest inter-
| prise, and therefore, the brother
| hood of all who compose our Industrial
| civilizations; the brotherhood of business
| as we'll as of sections the brotherhood
| Of manufacturer and miner of merchant
and carrier. of banker and farmer, of all
who by hand or brain, are building up
the prosperity of the American people
| and the extending the commercial en-
pre of the great republic. The great
truth of the hour is this--the real in
| terest of every American citizen Is the
| true interest of every other American
citizen; the ultimate good of any class
| Is the final good of all. Unless W.
| abolish civilization and reverse the bal
| ancng principles of property and cooper
| alton on which 1t is founded, all legiti-
| mate occupations are necessary; and, II
necessary, then the prosperity of one In.
| wolves the prosperity Of all And SO
nothing Is so vital today as for all Amer
leans to know that fellowship Is their
| highest duty. If farmer, manufacturer.
artisan. carrier banker and all the Gle.
ments with which God has woven the
| American nation. can understand that
| their interests are indentical and not
antagonistic. the sovereignty of the re-
public over the markets. mints and
mines of all the world Is no longer a
| prophecy. but in the very realization of
that great truth, becomes an accom-
| plished fact.
And so the word on the lips OF patriot
ism today should be fraternity. Hatred,
| snsno,p and tiSpOrl words for tho
lips of treason; for there is a treason Of
| peace no less than of war. And itc vo-
| cabulary the American people must learn
| to forget ana never again acquire. We
| want today the gospel of affection
preached throughout the land. The coun-
try wearies of the prophets of dissensioit
and waits and listens for the Voice speak
ing peace and good will among all the
people of our nation. This text must be
| upon the tongue and in the heart Of
every citizen of the republic. "All Amer
leans are brothers and the world is our
| duty and our field" That Is, TO" us.
the motto of the hour and of the cen
tury to come. For world opportunities
are ours today. and If we grasp them
they will increase with the increasing
years. Lock around the horizon. On
cur east. the greatest empire in history
is involved in q war which Is but the
fuse to the mighty struggle soon TO come.
shall we not so unite, conserve and build
our power that hereafter we shall finally
become the arbite" without whose con-
sent. no nation may open the doors OF
Janus? on our south, the great canal
awaits the diggers; the diggers are at
hand and Manila. by the scoop of q
spade is to be brought thousands Of
miles nearer to New York and the COM
merce of the world be made to pass be-
meath our guns To our north. on an
extension of cur soil, is a people of our
blood. our tongue, our faith, and of kim
dred institutions. separated by an imag-
mary line, through which we can al
ready begir to read the words of Eng
lands prophetic statesman, the all hut
inspired Bright. On our west. the Orient
waits ripe and ready for development.
Tens of thousands of miles of railroads
are to be built throughout the countries
OF the aroused and awakening east. CIV
ilizations enlightenment is to be carried
to the multitudinOus millions of China.
E.nliehtel ment means new desires. desire 3
moan new demands, new demands mean
new supply. and so the syllogism of
Orie stai development ends at our farms,
our shops, cur factories and our banks
In its material phase. while, in it's spir-
itua. aspect it sweeps or, in its blessed
| benefits for them and for us. beyond the
! sight of finite eyes. Yes lcok round the
horizon. We are circled about with op-
portunities. AS nation Of brothers, un-
divided by imaginary and needless diff
| ferenceS, We can master these opportu-
mites, and so being that period of Amer
lean supremacy which means prolonged
| prosperity for tho American people and
the betterment of all with whom we
come in cOntact-and we will come in
contact with all the world But If we are
divided among ourselves; If we war on
each other: if We waste and scatter our
forces which, united are irresistible, we
will. instead of achieving the mastery of
the world, lose the mastery Of ourselves.
| --.o.--
And so, if the speech utter to you to-
night might not as appropriately be
spoken to the farmers of America, l
should refuse to speak to you. And any
message given to the le boring men OF the
nation should be equally applicable ia
| you. because your interests are the same.
There is no class in the republic who de-
serve exclusive speech. No messaSe
should be heard that has not universal
meaning and az equal application to all
men and all classes within the nation
l will fellowship with no man, faction
class. or party whose interests are apart
from the common interests of the Amer
ican people The occupation of dema-
!, | gogues today is TO divide the American
people and to set brothers laboring In
one calling against brothers laboring In
; another OF all of these the banks and
bankers are the favorite objects of per.
petual attack. The reason of this Ii
that the banking interests of the nation
are the natural objects Of the people
suspicion, because the banks dre the
holders of the peoples accumulated
wealth, and each depositor forgetting
his individual deposit, looks at the vast
aggregation of deposits and thinks OF
that massed and mighty bulk of wealth
, as the property of the banks thmsolves
And so the ear is credulous to the charge
of the Jack Cades of politics. that tho
5 bonks are unnaturally rich; that thi.
|, enormous wealth is dishonest wealth
by mysterious and wizard hands, won b,
grinding down the people, Won by
/, squeezing the juices out of prosperCu.
times until only the husk of hard time.
: is left for the masses. The cry of polit
cal Catalines today and always Is, tina
: the prosperity Of the banker means tn,
poverty of the producer; and on ever,
. incendiary stump and in every sheet O
hatred in the land 1t Is proclaimed tina
the bankers of America are the natura
) enemies Of the ;aboring, the producin.
4 and the business elements of the nation
, -:o:---
All patriotic mon should denounce tha
slander. For there Is no business so ut
= terly dependent on the welfare of thei