The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-12
The Presidents Speech.

and Gentlemen: l am glad to be again
in the city Of Buffalo, and exchange
greetings with her people, to whose
generous hospitality l am not "a
stranger and with whose good will l
have been repeatedly and signally hon
ored. Today 1 have additional salts
faction in meeting and giving well
assembled here, whose presence and
participation in this exposition have
contributed in so marked a degree to
its interests and success.
Praise for Pan-American.
"The commissioners of Canada, the
French colonies, the republics of
Mexico and of Central and South
America, and the commissioners of
Cuba and Porto Rico, who share with
us in the undertaking, we give the
hand of fellowship and felicitate with
them upon the triumphs of art, sci
ence, education and manufacture
which the old has bequeathed to the
new century.
"Expositions are the timekeepers of
progress. They record the worlds ad
vancement. They stimulate the en-
ergy, enterprise and intellect of the
people and quicken human genius
They go into the home. They broaden
and brighten the daily life of the peo-
pie. They open mighty storehouses
OF information to the student. Every
exposition, great or small, has helped
to some onward step. Comparison of
ideas is always educational, and as
such instructs the brain and hand of
man. Friendly rivalry follows, which
is the spur to industrial Improvement
the inspiration to useful invention and
to higher endeayor in all -sgaa SShpts
of human activity 60
" ap the T 81 IL ps55i and rsTssn,-ss
the efficacy of high guilty to win their
favor.
Struggle for Success. RI
"The question of trade is an inceH-
tive to men Of business to devise, in
vent, improve and economic in the
cost of production. Business life,
whether among ourselves or with
other people is ever sharp struggle
for success. 1t will be none the less so
in the future. Without competition
we would be clinging to the clumsy
and antiquated processes of farming
and manufacture and the methods of
business of long ago, and the twentieth
would be no farther advanced than the
eighteenth century. But, though, COM
mercial competitors we are, CONNER
cial enemies we must not be.
"The Pan-American exposition has
done it's work thoroughly, presenting
in it's exhibits evidences of the highest
skill and illustrating the progress of
the human family in the western
hemisphere. This portion of the earth
has no cause for humiliation for the
| part it has performed in the march OF
civilization. 1t has not accomplished
everything; far from it. 1t has sim
| ply done its best, and without vanity
or boastfulness, and, recognizing the
manifold achievements of others, il
invites the friendly rivalry of all thu
| powers in the peaceful pursuits O
trade and commerce, and will CO
operate with all in advancing thu
highest and best interests of human
ity. The wisdom and energy of all tn,
nations are none too great for tn,
the worlds work. The success of art
science, industry and invention is al
international asset and a common
glory"
1--WE must build the isthmian cax,l
which will unite the two oceans an
give straight line of water communi
cation with the western coasts of Cen
trail and South America and Mexico
The construction of Pacific cable cal
not longer be postponed. In further
ance Of these objects of national inter
est and concern, you are performin;
an important pare, This exposition
would have touched the heart OF tina
American statesman whose mind wa
ever alert and thought ever constan
for a larger commerce and a truer fra
ternity of the republics OF the ney
world. His broad American spirit j
felt and manifested here. He needs n
Identification to an assembly Of Amer
leans anywhere, for the name d
Blaine is inseparably associated wit,
the Pan-American movement whic
finds this practical and substantial
expression. and which we all hope vii
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