St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-10-19

On the Pan-American exposition
grounds at Buffalo, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 5, transported an event the
memory of which will linger ever
in the minds of men. The day pre-
ceding that on which President Nc
Kinley received the fatal wound at
the hands of an anarchist assassin,
the nations foremost citizen and
statesman spoke to the people in
words that will leave their impress
upon the pages of American history.
In them the world will read the
promptings of a great heart and the
logic of master mind. The words
of the lamented president would
seem to have been uttered under the
dawning consciousness of his COM
ing end, so full of inspiration were
they. President Mckinley was intro
duced by President Milburn, of the
exposition, and was received by the
vast audience with tumultuous en-
thusiasm, upon the subsistence OF
which be spoke as follows:
President McKinley's Address.
II am glad to be again in the city
of Buffalo and exchange greetings
with her people. to whose generous
hospitality I am not stranger, and
with whose good will have been re-
peatedly and signally honored. To-
day / have additional satisfaction in
meeting and giving welcome to the
foreign representatives assembled
kere, whose presence and participa-
ton in this exposition have contrib
uted in so marked degree to its in
terests and success.
ITO the commissioners of the Do
minion of Canada and the British
colonies, the French colonies, the re-
publics of Mexico and of Central and
South America, and the commits SION
ers of Cuba and Porto Rico, who
share with us in this undertaking, we
give the hand of fellowship and felici-
tate with them upon the triumphs OF
art, science, education and manufac-
ture which the old has bequeathed to
the new century.
T1mekeSpeF0
"Expositions are the timekeepers
of progress. They record the world s
advancement. They stimulate the
energy, enterprise and intellect of
the people and quicken human
genius. They go into the home.
They broaden and brighten the daily
life Of the people. 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 educa-
tional and as such instructs the
brain and hand of man. Friendly
rivalry follows, which is the spur to
industrial improvement, the inspira-
ton to useful invention and to high
cndeavor in all departments of hui
man activity. It exacts a study OF the
wants, comforts, and even the whims
of the people and recognizes the
efficacy of high quality and ne"
prices to win their favor.
"The quest for trade is an incen'
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
80 in the future. Without COMPETE
ton we would be clinging to the
clumsy and antiquated process OF
farming and manufacture and the
methods of business of long ago, and
the twentieth would be no further
advanced than the eighteenth cen
fury. But though commercial com
petitors we are, commercial enemies
we must not be.
Mission of the Exposition.
"The Pan-American exposition hat
done it's work thoroughly, presenting
in its exhibits evidences of the high
est 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. It has not &C
complished everything; far from it
IL mas S1mply uOAS A1s Ooso, Gnu "Ao0
out vanity or boastfulness, and, rec
ognizing the manifold achievement:
of others, it invites the friendly rival
~ of all the powers in the peaceful
pursuits of trade and commerce, ant
will cooperate with all in advancing
the highest and best interests o:
humanity. The wisdom and energ.
of all the nations are none too grea'
for the worlds work. The success O.
art, science, industry and invention
il an international asset and a com
mon glory.
"After all, how near one to tn
other is every part of the world
Modern inventions have brought int
close relation widely separated PEG
pies and made them better acquaint
ed. Geographic and political di
visions will continue to exist, bu
distances have been effaced. Swift
ships and fast trains are becoming
cosmopolitan. They invade field
which few years ago were impene
trable. The worlds products ar
changed as never before, and will