Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-28

CITY of Buffalo ana exchange Ste0'tA7'
with her people, to whose generous nos
pitality l am not stranger ana Win
whose good will / have been repeatedly
and signally honored. To-day nave ao-
ditional satisfaction in meeting ana CIV
ING welcome to the foreign representa-
+ives assembled here, whose presence anu
narticipation in this exposition have CON
tribnted in so marked degree to It's IN
tarast and success. To the commission
ers of the Dominion of Canada ana lhe
British colonies, the French colonies ana
South America and the commissioners Oh
Cuha and Porto Rico, who share with us
in this undertaking, we give the hahu ol
fellowship and felicitate with them upon
the triumphs Of art, science, euucatloh
and manufacture which the old mas be-
oueathed to the new century.
Expositions are the timekeepers OF pro-
gress. They record the world s advance
ment They stimulate the energy enter
prise and intellect Of the people ana
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 stu
dent. Every exposition, great or SMALL
has helped to some onward STEP Colh-
parison of ideas is always educational
and as such instructs the brain and mana
of man. Friendly rivalry follows, when
is the spur to industrial improvement,
the inspiration to useful invention and to
high endeavor in all departments OF hu-
man activity.
It exacts a study of the wants, com
forts and even the whims of the people
and recognizes the efficacy Of high quail
ity and new prices to win their favor.
The quest for trade is an incentive TO
men of business to devise, invent, I'M
proye and economic in cost of produc-
ton. Business life whether among our
selves or with other peoples, is ever
sharp struggle for success. 1t Will De
none the less so in the future. Without
competition we would be clinging to the
clumsy and antiquated processes of farm
ing and manufacture and the methods
of business of long ago, and the tWenu-
eth would be no further advanced than
the eighteenth century. But though com
mercial competitors are commercial enc
mics, we must not be.
Progress in the Fast.
The Pan-American Exposition has done
It's work thoroughly, presenting in it's eN-
Q1DlLS eN1uCuccS UL the LIShSSI toH>iAA t'AAN
| illustrating the progress of the human
| family in the western hemisphere. Inns
portion Of the earth has no cause for hui
initiation for the part it has performed
| in the march of civilization. 1t has not
accomplished everything; far from it. 1t
| has simply done it's BEST and without
vanity or boastfulness and recognizing
| the manifest achievements of others it in
vites the friendly rivalry Of all the pow
| efs in the peaceful pursuits Of trade and
| commerce and will cooperate with all in
advancing the highest and best interests
| of humanity. The wisdom and energy of
all the nations are none too great for the
worlds work. The success of art, sci
ence, industry and invention is an inter
national asset and common glory.
After all, how near one to the other
| is every part Of the world! Modern in
ventions have brought into close rela-
| ton widely separated peoples and made
Them better acquainted. Geographic and
| political divisions will continue to exist,
but distances have been effaced. Swift
ships and fast trains are becoming CO.'S
nopolitan. They invade fields which q
| lew years ago were impenetrable. The
| worlds products are exchanged as never
| before, and with increasing transporta-
| zion facilities come increasing knowledge
and larger trade. Prices are fixed with
mathematic precision by supply and de-
mand. The worlds selling prices are reg
| ulated by market and crop reports.
We travel greater distances in a short
er space Of time and with more ease than
was ever dreamed of by the fathers. Iso-
| lation is no longer possible or desirable
| The same important news is read, though
in different languages, the same day in
all Christendom. The telegraph keeps
us advised of what is occurring every
where, and the press foreshadows with
| more or less accuracy the plans and pur-
poses Of the nations. Market prices of
products and Of securities are hourly
known in every commercial mart, and
the investments of the people extend be-
| yond their own national boundaries into
the remotest parts of the earth. Vast
| transactions are conducted and interna-
uonal 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 are only made possible by the
genius of the inventor and the courage of
the investor. 1t took special messenger
| of the government, with every facility
known at the time for rapid travel nine
teen days to go from the city of Wash
ington to New Orleans with message to
Gen. jackson that the war with Eng
land had ceased and treaty of peace
had been signed. How different now,
We 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 message that the
United States and Spain had signed a
protocol suspending hostilities.
We knew almost instantly of the first
shots fired at Santiago, and the subse
quent surrender of the Spanish forces
was known at Washington within less
than an hour of its contamination. The
first ship of Cervera's fleet had hardly
emerged from that historic harbor when
the fact was flashed to our capital. and
the swift destruction that followed was
announced Immediately through the won
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