The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-19

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enty-one times as much worf <,
ployes. The ratio differs rss.a
ferent industries. Mr.. wrss.
the total horse power useS 4.
States In 1890 was about tMs
lent to the work Of 3s.0oo ~
only 4,476,SS4 persons war;
two kinds of power hsyirs
to 1. A force OF &c. OO6 a.
population OF 10000. 900, Z. N
products of the manufactu1.s
ments were all made BY busis
quire population of thai ~
with none left for agriculturs n
portation, mining, forestry. x.
or any other occupations.
A still more striking ilIust,.o.
in our transportation system W.
were over 10000 locomotive 4 y
try I. would take $3.50. Ia ~.
their work, or Si7 ,i25, $40 r., \
tries like China nearly N X.
transportation Is actually All.
power, and no further explsn..,
difference between America ~
required. BY the use Of ~
evoking the aid from the siorc; \.
our coal beds equivalent Ia t6s !.
of the whole earth, while ~
lets his coal lie underground v
load on his back and does hh *.
ing largely by hand.
Mr.. Mulhall, the British ~.
calculated in 1895 that the M :
power had increased fivciold Il n
States in thirty five years, thu. u
trebling the collective works, /,
the population. He also remsfHs
working energy OF one Amer,s,,1
than double that OF one Eurcu1',
the civilized world, with the tlnus
leading, is yearly doing a gresir
OF useful work. while ASA az !,
than it did 1000 years ago. ThIsE
will explain the demand for n
door" and the increasing worla
ton of the machine using n,tlu,s
This exhibit furnishes ne n
the inquiry of one OF our ~
What do we care for abruad.'
There are LAO, 009,o0a peopa
earth, of which We aave i69NN
they are the most ingenious, en0s<
progressive people on he face d i.
We make literally thousands q III
much more useful aud conyeni,,.
purposes of mankind than III
they have been using that al V.
do is to show our goods and The Nd
buy them.
AS a rule, the same methods NJ
successful in developing a. acme
will be successful ABROAD. Hs
goods and advertise them. Fin!
the eye, then appeal to the Rila
course, this must be done BY saI
representative in the langusss
country. Ever since the ccnfusIn
CUES at the Tower Of Babel dkn
languages has been a barrier tos.i
We must teach modern Languages
|, schools and educate our youny
our competitors for the worlds ID
" educating theirs. We mus! hsst
nency and promotion In our cau5t
vice, international banks, ocean ut
y all that makes for wider mafteti4
|. On land our unequaled Islvat
has given us great advantage o.
. ways carry our products 1909 nla
= seaboard for less than forelsa \
carry them two hundred miles inlr
y their seabcard; and, as a whole q
y in this country are only spoE
those of other countries, while \
speed and comfort we are inss
. superior; and yet IN Legislative n
~ in the jury box we find conSldrs
ment Of hostility to our railroad
;. They are looked upon by some y
= inal trusts. but they have done ~
velop the United States than AZ q
: gle agenc and the great nsE
: sections of country Is more railz
- our foreign commerce the lase
items of capital known as "trusu
u ing a work in extending Americn
u that il would be impossible ~
~. ~ units of capital to accomplish "
20 the lack of appreciation Oh tlsa'f.
" service has been even more p'o'-
We have subsidized our tFansp1
:. service on land by grants OF lana .
20 erwise. We have paid for the c''.|
e. the mails what the SERVES "
- without regard to the amour! y
~ collected. We have protected el
Z wise trade by ruling out iaNS.
- but our foreign shipping n@ XVI
u like Topsy. Gust to grow, Fuss|
:. cultivation. The result Is otsu'',
u, recent address by the sects-s;u NJ
"a treasury, in which was gToupa N
~ remarkable array Of statlsils Y.
~ has ever seen. Progress, prce's MI
al where except in our foreisn sllPs'
VI Secretary Gage, in alludins w
o ou hihit, says: 1.-THE only daik sys
=. record OF the Nations prog
al failure In the carrying traos w s,u I
i. seas. This record must, an W 4
q. proved. Political conslderalioa,s. w, Y
70 solution OF the shipping quss ~
AZ people, our lawmakers. our PIE. ~
ro prec,ate that our industrial 'n~,
,sI will not be established, our W.
~, possibilities will not be reaii1ss, M Y
M ural aspirations will not Dc go
-er we can record as signai SUI /, "a
,lc most highly organized line =. NJ
he tivity. international pavigauon, =
60 culture. manufactures, ana u''-'
.r. within our own confines. n,
ma With a coast line greater asr
any other nation: with sa. !,
time instincts; with traaiuOu, 4
Jones to George Dewey y rss
record of intelligence and !us 4,
=. have tolerated policy towa.s 4
" shipuing which has handicapp,.s i,
;, discouraged investment uns' Z
n short OF a National disgrace
ay In an address recently m
Of Charles Emory Smith. pos'nMas,,'u,,i
pa before the Merchants ana "a
~ association of Baltimore, ~
the part of prudence 10 ae Il N
EAR and lasting conditions anu !,
we day for the requirements I.
:, What, then, are we to do 20 ,su
" strict production? Are We IN h
IN factory on reduced time, W.. ss.s
err sary sequences OF lower b
M. profits and wide dlscontsns al
" TO provide for this enormo. .sr
ing output by supplementary uup
ties but unequal, measure OF s'
ost new outlets and markets ,o,lc
ted I'm the prosecution oil tne nj
la mercial expansion. the nexI M
inc the development OF our med rs n
II we would successfully w" d
rIy which we have entered. ~ s,o
ties our products in our own ss ssuc
In- achieved Industrial indepenssss,rsu
.ule muet, In like manner, gam s a.
,nd denendence. we are payins
- nnn noo = ,,aor 10 foreigners ~ Z