New-York tribune., 1901-12-03
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION
SENATOR DEPEW MAKES THE ADDRESS
AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TOUCHES
KEY AT WHITE HOUSE.

KEY At WHITE HOUSE.
Charleston s. c.. Dec. with imposing cere
monies embracing parade of Federal forces.
State Militia and Confederate veterans. beaut-
full women and cheering collegians. a programme
of exercises graced by distinguished speakers
and with words of greeting from the President
of the United States, the South Carolina, Inter
state and West Indian Exposition was opened
officially this afternoon The day was set aside
as a holiday and all places of business were
closed
In the auditorium at the exposition grounds
where to-day's exercises were held an audience
of four thousand persons cheered the name oi
the President of the United States. gave hearty
applause to Chauucey NJ. Depew. the orator Oh
the dav. listened attentively to the afternoons
exercises and then Joined he crowds inspecting
the grounds and marvelled at the audacity OF
Charleston in undertaking an exposition of such
magnitude About three hundred persons, IN
Guiding the Governor of South Carolina ana
staff the officers of the exposition. the Boaro
of Lady Managers, and the City Counch oi
Charleston were on the stage OF the DeautiIuIiy
decorated auditorium when the exercises pesai
Senator Depew on entering had nearly
reception by the audience. the cheering Gun
tinuing for several minutes After weicomihs
addresses by F. W. Wagner, president Oh the
Sweeney, Senator Depew. was INTRODUCED ~
J. Adger Smyth. Mayor of Charleston
Mr. Depew was never in letter voice he
said:
This exhibition is the triumph Of revoluu0n non fnI anu
evolution There has been no period since ine but
Gny OF south nTenared by the great phlos
opher. John Locke. in 1874 down & 10 'he hnnii< con-
ceived enterprise possible until now It is an an
fvN orIac thoTr he
time had come they entered upon this 6enencent
reared W'h neary Century and half of strugge
and before there existed an and
Spanish islands in the Caribbean Sea free ana m
dependent to meet 0nota sP0n the he0ats e0mmoh
Before the Civil War the South was purely agai, g
b, 10 & we sb IS rapidlv developing her
and success the field of domestic and foreign com n
constitution the O4
principles of government ana leIt Ior
existence. Until these questions were settled the
United States had no peace ~itnlm famE of nations
Environment and industries created the nostlIe
h after sevsntVtnree Years of high debate
submitted their differences to the arotrameh' VI
While the growth of such country y,a as o3 ours S
with so enterprisng population. could not De
stopped Yet it's healthy and proportonate develop.
ment always dependent upon the seLItneie @ %
nation or a compact between sovereign States. Not
only progress our position among sr oI In
peril but the hopes of humanity all over tne wo1a
was carried on by two of the most remarkable IN
telligences and ablest statesmen OF TINS or u any
ster. Hamilton could never have brought to ya the
support 9t f ns ue 'fe ned not have defended and
expounded his opinion with the logical acumen @ ana
sands gave their lives on bloody battleelds on one
side and the other for the principles for which
out prejudice and without passion. PhiiosophMcaily nc
present devoutiy thank God that we one peo-
pie. under government and following one nag;
of disasters and calamities unparalleled in mod mod
@ f5p afa nsr os tHr farms their
and villages in ruins and they were "1fhoGi
TO their political. social and economic conditions
suddenly emancipated slave population OF OF nea[iH I1
right. Including suffrage. demanded immediate at
bnc Of the the Americans spendy
illustrated. Orderly government mas oeen estaD f3
roads constructed mines opened new INDUSTRIES
buded and the riches and resources OF the rIa Iana
nominal to a real value of three thousand millions
Of T n 6de Millions 81 Of dollars have built and
equipped mills, factories and furnaces whose s,a1 an
nIial output is one thousand five hundred millions
and rapidly increasing. The new South regenerated
and dsenhEaed contributed IN ls M @ TO m ne ,Wns wea9 o
iron. 4OOoOOo tons of coal 6 coo Oo bushels od Of
and StTST bns nhn the ocean and inspired the
"0mmonpIaces of commerce compared with the
present reality and future possibilities OF this an
treasures in fields mines and waterp6Wer, " whiSh f
plaved the genius and energy. the initiative and
wise working. which have produced these marVei-
louS results.
But this fair is than a memorial Of the glo-
ries of the which recently closed brilliantly
1t confidently and hopefully enters the twentieth
century with the high and mission 91
with neighboring countries and communities The
visitors from the West islands and the South
American States to their homes. will enforce the
lessons of reciprocity and open here and there new
and growing markets. -
have assumed grave responsibilities In Cuba
soon to be independent State Americans with
American capital and American enterprise, VIII IN
and develop her wonderful agricultural and mineral
resources. We must give her the help and encour-
products. The wealth we thus create will be spent
here for the railway and electrical supplies, the
cultural implements required for her increasing
population and wants. With Cuba this Southern
country is to open relations of incalculable ben
Reciprocity has been t popular but gndened
idea in American poiitlcs Its possloihtles nave
captured our imagination Its practical and bene-
fetal limits have never been revealed Where 1t
brings the highly organized industries and cheap
labor of other countries in competition in our mar
kets with own. the scheme viii not be adopted
Bargains never one sided among shrewd deal
gain But with the West India islands and most. IL
not all the South and Central American repub-
lies and Mexico it is our plain duty to offer such
mutual advantages by tariff concessions will
draw them and give us in return the better
cannot expect that the British colonies in the
Western Hemisphere will forever purchase 50
States with little corresponding buying
part from them. We must keep and foster this
America bought from us in 1900 sir 10. .s02 as
against SIS 1870 from Mexico and all the Central
and South American republics, and s2s 524 from
Cuba or more than all North and South America