The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-29

suiar reports and to insure their spsedier
publication. Az the very outset OF the
present administration the Importance OF
this service was recognized and steps
taken 20 gtill further facilitate tho COM
meroihl publications OF this department OF
state and to print ana distribute them
more promptly for this benefit Of ths busi-
ness community. Instead OF their issu-
amos once n month they are now printed
and distributed daily so thGt the manu-.
faoturer and exporter, the press the
chambers OF commerce and boards OF
trade have continuous trade Information
from every part OF the globe, sometimes
by cable, with this least possible delay.
1hs director OF the bureau
OF foreign commerce who tells
me this, tails me also that they are all
the time In correspondence with every
part OF the country answering inquiries
as 20 trade conditions, customs, duties,
the demands for particular kinds OF goods
and the whole range OF Information per-
tanning to this export trade.
And now may l, with ell modesty, say
that the navy fs not without Its title 20
credit. IL has led the way, az In japan.
1t has made the flag respected. IL Is
rapidly developing into proportions which
VIII enable it 20 be the safeguard ana
help of this mighty International COM
merce that IL coming. As our prouucts
go abroad all over the globe. rs our
ships carrying them sail every water, as
we are gradually drawn into closer nom-
merciai activity with the world, thsre
will be increased necessity for the re-
sources OF diplomacy and with these the
back ing and moral prestige OF corfes-
ponding naval strength 1 trust IL 10 not
10 be anticipates that in the tsttsr oon-
ditions OF thu future great foreign
trade once built mp will bs st the risk OF
any power incline1 TO obftru or impair
1t, but II 50 there will be no danger so
long as the American navy 10 animated
by this spirit of the American sailor ana
backed by the heart OF the American
people.
cannot take my seat without again
expressing the pleasure It Is to sit &c this
table, ana to be in company with you,
the commercial men, the merchants, tine
manufacturers, the enterprising leaders
of this d BAR old town. How familiar are
your names IN every line OF public I'm.
provement and in every litt OF public SER
Woe and benefsctlonl How quick you
are In RESPONSE to every appeal for help
from wheresDever 1t comes. IL ts the
hard, perhaps unjust, imperfection In
the records Of history that only rev
names stand out upon Its pages, and those
often the names OF the orators who tsil
the story. or of the statesmen who put
into law the convictions nj the men who,
behin1 them, do the works seeine- the
need ana shaping the means to the end OF
tue world 8 prog ress. You and tae men
like you all over our commonwealth, all
over New England, ali over the country,
are the men who turn great volumes OF
capital into industry, which turns them
again into capital, who enable the great
forces OF labor to produce wealth and to
share and enjoy It; who furnish the en-
dowments for our colleges and technical
schools; whoiequlpltne armies and naviss
of our country, who send our goods into
every harbor and market place OF the
world; and who have made commerce.
not the mean, selfish bartsr ana sale OF
vulgar money making for Its own sake,
but synon ymous with civilization, The
true ideal OF the chamber OF commerce
8 not n den of thieves from which the
mastsr shall cast out all them that sell
and buy but temple OF God ana house
OF prayer.