The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30
s,sArrnE, SUNDAY. DEcENsER 30.


~. .nrfversary OF mans birth is m
t,,rr,cs,ly no more important than any
ofker day in the calendar. To him u
means more; as the dividing Hnes ON any
INSTRUMENT for measuring distance tell OF
.~,.ussery. proxress and growth. 80 the
bsvthdays OF tine centuries are monuments
rom which we compute arbitrarily but
eNectuallv the achievements OF the race
.ra the trend ana rate OF progress OF
world movements
II IA rare century whose last moments
are passing. Possibly to the inhabitants
of this planet centuries hence II may seem
a. those which we name the dark ages
do to us. But today It is effulgent with
tho slorv of conquest Never. as we read
history. has the evolution of human in
tet,Irence and OF the control OF mind over
matter gone forward at such breuthiess
speed. and traversed with such surety and
success the waste places OF Ignorance and
struggIe To us. sauging by the eompara-
ttve method. II IL the most illustrious
epoch OF al the ages.
TO our literary columns the reader must
be referred for comprehensive and de-
tailed story OF the nineteenth century. II
IL written there with accuracy and com
pleteness. In the series OF articles which
VIII continue Cor three months in the
post Intelligencer. the advance in human
thought and the marvels OF hundred
years OF mental toll are told. In another
series. contained entire IN this issue. win
be found the story Of the mountain tops
Of deed and thought that stand imperish-
atl< shove the shifting currents and whirl-
ing ssas Of bysone years. II is tale OF
the marvellous such a. the most imagina-
tive writer OF fiction has never compass
ca Tor approached.
Politically. the theme Of the century is
the widening circle Of liberty. II was ush-
cred In with a universal passion for the
reaiixation of the rights OF man. Constitu-
tional government now hss fairly overrun
the world. and the rise OF the United
states. the great representative OF abso-
lutte self government by the people is the
worlds portent. Indurtriaily, the correl-
alton of individual liberty with the In
crease OF wealth has been established.
The free worker is the unconauerable COM
petitor and systems OF government and
hitting seaueis IN the reports OF trade.
intellectually we have drawn far apart
from the very standards Of the past In
literature the growth. as In political de
vciopment has been rather In the broad
cnlns at the base than In the number Of
figures ON the apex OF the pyramid. DIS
senting from the view OF one of our con-
tributors. we hold tina, pure literature
the dying century. But IN scientific re-
search. In the investigation OF natural
forces and their laws OF action. In the
application OF these discoveries to aur-
gerry ard the industrial arts ana espe-
ciaity Ia the establishment OF the great
principle OF evolution, the debi OF man
kind To the cycle tina, Is ciosif,s is stu
ucndous immeasursele uneauatcd within
the limits Of recorded time
MS klnsly fgurs, clad IN reyal robes.
Nirh the mightiess implements In his
eeakenlak grasp, thar w arr abeu, TO
place IN the mausobrum ~ departed cen
turtles. And what 81 taas witch comes 20
sFevs Us from The nsa,eplAs hH,-,ops ~
the glowluK east We believe that q win
I've a century 81 asnl larger growth. %
yet nohIes victories The last hundred
years, % speak the sooihseyers. pas dom
mated BY the lonsing for liberty. the asxs
VIII be hllcd Win the strugEle for trade
Larger markets the running to and fro
~ commerce. the susiulpS - tAc
earth and the garnering ~ iss fraNs tor
or pleasure ana cur profit are 10 master
its activities Is that hlsher os q iewer
enae
fne test 20 H. should this prove a ssae
forecast Is ths atd enc; the splris thar Is
in man. Il Is this which dominates and
makes and nnmakes Kingdoms At lis will.
Commerce is essentially civfllner il Is
mesns, aot an end The raising OF the
standard Of comfort, other things bein,
equal tends TO raise the standard OF mo-
rshsy. Industrial triamphs tisroash tbs
lust of wealth. 70 ada 20 luxury and cre-
ate classes ana alternate the human bond