Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-05
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| event of interest is Immediately bull
letined. The quick gathering and
transmission of news, like rapid
transit, are of recent origin, and are
only made possible by the genius of
the inventor and the courage of the
investor.
SIT took a special messenger of the
government with every facility
known at the time for rapid transit
10 days to go from the city of Wash
ington to New Orleans with a mes
sage to Gen. Jackson that the war
with England had ceased and
treaty of peace had been signed.
How different now.
Achievements of the Telegraph.
eve reached Gen. Miles in Porto
Rico by cable and he was able through
the military telegraph-to stop his
army on the firing line with the mes
sage that the United States and Spain
had signed a protocol suspending hos
! tilities. We knew almost instantly of
the first shots fired at Santiago and the
subsequent surrender of the Spanish
forces was known at Washington with
in less than an hour of its consumma-
ton. The first ship of Cervera's fleet
was hardly emerged from that historic
harbor when the fact was flashed to
our capital, and the swift destruction
that followed was announced iRmedi-
ately through the wonderful medium
of telegraphy.
$50 accustomed are we to safe and
easy communication with distant lands
that its temporary interruption even
in ordinary times results in loss and
inconvenience. We shall never forget
the days of anxious waiting and awful
suspense when no information was per-
mitted to be sent from Picking and the
diplomatic representatives. of the ma
tions in China, cut off from all COM
munication inside and outside the
walled capital, were surrounded by an
angry and misguided mob that threat
eHed their lives; nor the joy that
thrilled the world when a single mes
sage from the government of the Unit
ed States brought through our minis
ter the first news of the safety of the
besieged diplomats.
Progress of a Century.
"At the beginning of the nineteenth
century there was not mile of steam
railroad on the globe. Now there are
enough miles to make its circuit many
times. Then there was not line of
electric telegraph; now we have vast
mileage traversing all lands and all
seas. God and man have linked the ma
tions together. No nation can longer
be Indifferent to any other. And as we
are brought more and more in touch
with each other the less occasion is
there for Misunderstanding and the
= stronger the disposition, when we have
differences, to adjust them in the court
: of arbitration, which is the modest
: forum for the settlement of interna-
tional disputes.
Our UnexampIed Prosperity.
''My fellow-citizens, trade statistics
indicate that this country is in a state
of unexampled prosperity. The fig
ures are almost appalling. They show
that we are utilizing our fields and for
, ests and mines and that we are furnish
ing profitable employment to the mil
lions of workingmen throughout the
United States, bringing comfort and
happiness to their homes and making it
possible to lay by savings for old age
and disability.
''That all the people are participating
in this great prosperity is seen in
every American community and shown
by the enormous and unprecedented
deposits in our savings banks. Our
duty is the care and security of these
deposits, and their safe investment de-
mands the highest integrity and the
best business capacity of those in
charge of these repositories of the peo-
ple's earnings.
5 ''We have vast and intricate bust
l ness built up through years of toll and
: struggle, in which every part of the
! country has its stake, which will not
: permit of either neglect or of undue
selfishness. No narrow, sordid policy
will subserve it. The greatest skill and
wisdom on the part of the manufacture
ers and producers will be required to
5 hold and increase it.
"Our industrial enterprises which
| have grown to such proportions affect
the homes and occupations of the peo-
pie and the welfare of the country.
{ Our capacity to produce has developed
? so enormously and our products have
so multiplied that the problem of more
f markets requires our urgent and imme-
, date attention.
"Only broad and enlightened policy
will keep what we have. No other policy
will get more. In these times of mar
! velous business energy and gain we
, ought to be looking into the future,
Strengthening the weak places in our
industrial and commercial systems
that we may be ready for any storm
or strain.
Prosperity Demands Reciprocity.
by sensible trade arrangements
! which viii not interrupt our home
production, we shall extend the outlets
for our increasing surplus.
"a system which provides mutual
exchange of commodities is manifestly
, essential to the continued healthful
growth of our export trade. We must
not repose in fancied security that we
can forever sell everything and buy
little or nothing. If such thing were
possible it would not be best for US or
for those with whom we deal. We
: should take from our customers such
of their products as we can use with
out harm to our industries and labor.