New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
PROSPERITY AND EXPANSION OF TRADE
AND COMMERCE HIS THEME.


Buffalo. Sept BIN his address at the Pan
American Exposition to-day. President Mckinley
spoke follows:
President Milburn, Director-General Buchan-
an. Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen:
am glad 10 be again in the city Of Buffalo
and exchange greetings with her people, to
whose generous hospitality am not stranger
and with whose goodwill have been repeatedly
and signally hOnored. To-day I have addi-
uOnal satisfaction in meeting and giving well
come To the foreign representatives assembled
here, whose presence and participation in this
exposition have contributed in so marked de-
gree TO its interest and success. To the Com
missoners Of the Dominion of Canada and the
British colonies. the French colonies. the re-
publics Of Mexico and of Central and South
America, and the commissioners of Cuba and
Porto Rico who share with US in this under
taking, We give the hand of fellowship and
feicitate with them upon the triumphs OF art,
science, education and manufactures which the
old has bequeathed TO the new century
ExpOsitions are the timekeepers of progress.
They record the worlds advancement They
stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect Of
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
educational and such instructS the brain and
hand Of man. Friendly rivalry follows. which
is the spur to industrial Improvement. the in
spNauon TO useful invention ana 10 hlgh en-
oeaYor In all departments Of human activity.
II exacts a study OF the wants. comforts, and
even the whims Of the people, and recognizes the
ehcacy Of high quality and new prices TO
win their favor. The quest for trade is an in
centive TO men Of business to devise, invent,
Improve and econouize in the cost Of produc-
uoh Business life whether among ourselves
OF with other people, is ever a sharp struggle
tor success. 1t VIII be none the less so in the
future. Without competition We would be cling
ing to the clumsy and antiquated processes OF
farming and manufacture and the methods of
business Of long ago. and the twentieth would
De no further advanced than the eighteenth
century. But, though commercial competitors
We are, commercial enemies we must not be.
INTERNATIONAL ASSETS.
The Pan-American Exposition has done its
work thoroughly, presenting in its exhibits evil
oences 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 ii has per-
formed in the march, OF civilization. 1t has not
accomplished everything; far from 1t. II has
SIMPLY done its best. and without vanity or
Doastfulness, and recognizing the manifold
achievements OF Others IL invites the friendly
rivalry OF all the powers in the peaceful pursuits
% tfaoe and commerce, and Will cooperate win
al IN advancing the highest and best interests
Ol humanity. The wisdom and energy or all
me nations are none too great for the world s
work The success OF art. science. Industry and
invention is an International asset and COM
mon glory
After all, how near one to the other is every
part OF the world Modern inventors have
-
pies ane made them better acquainted Geo.
graphic and political divisions will continue 70
exist, but distances have been effaced- Swift
snips and fast trains are becoming cosmopolitan
Ihey invade fields which few years ago were
lmpenetrable- The worlds products are eX-
changed as never before. and with increasing
transportation facilities come increasing knowl-
eoge and larger trade. Prices are hKed with
llathematical precision by supply and demand.
me worlds selling prices are regulated by mar
ket and crop reports. We travel greater dls-
tances IN a shorter space Of time and with more
ease than was ever dreamed OF by the fathers
Isolation is no longer possible or desirable. The
same important news is read, though in difer-
ent languages. the same day in all Chrstendom
Ihe telegraph keeps Us advised of what is oc-
curing everywhere and the press foreshadoWs.
with more or less accuracy, the plans and pur-
poses OF the nations Market prices OF products
ano 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