The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-19

faction in meeting and giving welcome
to the foreign representatives assembled
here, whose presence and participation
in this exposition have contributed III SO
marked a degree to its interest ana sue
cess.
ITO the commissioners OF the DOMINION
of Canada and the British colonies, the
French colonies, the republics OF MEXICO
and of Central and South America, and
the commissioners of Cuba ana PORTO
Rico, who share with us in this under
taking. we give the hand of fellow
ship and felicitate with them upon the
triumphs of art science. education and
manufacture which the Old has be-
uueathed to the new century.
Timekeepers of Progress.
'Expositions are the timekeepers OF
progress They record the worlds ad-
yancement. 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. Compare
son of ideas is always educational; and
as such instructs the brain andaland or
man. Friendly rivalry follows, which Is
the spur to industrial improvement, the
inspiration to useful invention and tol
high endeavor in all departments or hu>
man activity. 1t eXacts study OF the
wants, comforts and even the Whfms OF
the PEOPLE and recognizes the efficacy OF
high quality and new prices to win their
gavor
The quest for trade is an incentive to
men OF business to devise, Invent, i'm
prove and economic in the cost Of pro-
duction Business life, whether among
ourselves or With other people, is ever a
sharp struggle for success. 1t VIII De
none The less SO in the fuAlre. without
competition we would be cInginS to the
clumsy and antiquated process OF farm
ing and manufacture and the methods
of business of long ago, and the twen-
tieth would be no further advanced than
the eighteenth century. But though
commercial competitors we are, COM
mercial enemies we must not be.
Mission Of the Exposition.
"The Pan-American Exposition has
done it's work thoroughly, presenting IN
it's exhibits evidences OF the highest skill
and illustrating the progress or the hu-
man family in the western hemisphere.
This portion Of the earth has no cause
for humiliation for the part it has per-
formed in the march of civilization. 1t
has not accomplished everything; far
from it. 1t has simply done its best, and
without vanity or boastfulness and, rec
ogn;zing the manifold achievements of
others, It invites the friendly rivalry OF
all the powers of the peaceful pursuits OF |
trade and commerce, and will cooperate |
with all in advancing the highest and
best interests of humanity. The wisdom
ard energy of all the nations are none
too great for the worlds work. The sue
cess of art science, industry and 1nVen-
ton is an international asset and a COM
mon glory.
after all, how near one to the other is
every part of the world! Modern inven-
tons have brought into close relation
widely separated people and made them
letter acquainted. Geographic and pol
itica divisions will continue to exist, but
distances have been affaced. Swift ships
and fast trains are becoming cosmopoli-
tan. They invade fields which few
years ago We're impenetable. The worlds
products are changed as never before,
and with increasing transportation faci-
li,ities come increasing knowledge and
trade Prices are fixed with mathemati-
worlds selling prices are regulated by
market and crop reports. We travel
greater distances in shorter space of
time and with more ease than ever
dreamed of by the fathers.
Isolation No Longer Possible.
Isolation is no longer possible or de-
slrab!c. The same important news is
read, though in different languages, the
same day in all Christendom. The tele-
graph keeps us advisd Of what is occur
ring everywhere nd the press foreshad-
Cws. with more or less accuracy, the
plans and purposes Of the nations. Mar
ket prices of products and of securities
are hourly known in every commercial
mart and the investments of the people
extend beyond their own national bound
aries into the remotest parts of the
earth.
Vast transactions are conducted and
International exchanges are made by the
tick Of the cable. Every event of interest
Is Immediately bulletined. The quick
gathering and transmission Of news, like
rapid transit, are of recent origin, and
arc only made possible by the genius of
the inventor and the courage of the in
VestO:.
1T took a special messenger of the
COVE nment with every facility known
at the time for rapid transit nineteen
days to go from the city of Washington
to New Orleans With a message to Cen
eral Jackson that the war with England
had ceased and a treaty of peace had
been aigncd. How different now.
Achievements of the Telegraph.
I'VE reached General Miles in Porto
Ric" by cable and he was able through
the military telegraph to stop his army
on the firing line with the message that
the United States and Spain had signed
a protocol suspending hostilities. We
knew almost instantly of the first shot
fired at Santiago, and the subsequent
surrender of the Spanish forces was
known at Washington within less than