The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-06
Once High Priest of Protection Now
Believes in Trading With
Our Neighbors.
In His Speech at the Buffalo EXposi-
tiOn He FaVorS Lowering
the Tariff Bars.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 5.-PreSident'S
day at the an-American exposition ran
its course under auspicious conditions,
and every circumstance was in keeping
with its high import. President McKin-
ley, with Mrs. Mckinley by his side, and
surrounded by eminent persons high in
the service of this and foreign countries,
faced the host of people in the esplanaN y
at noon today, and delivered an address
that brought forth the thunderous ap-
plause of the multitude. Never before mas
such a crowd gathered within the eX-
position grounds. The people were pack
ed in the esp,anade to the point of suf-
location, and overfowed down the court
of fountains and to the vacant spaces
in front of the government buildings at
the right and the horticultural building
to the left The presidents words were
listened to attentively by the audience.
His reference to the name of Blaine as
the man inseperably associated with the
Pan-American movement, the statements
that reciprocity treaties are in harmony
with the spirit of the times; that the
American people must build the isthm gsh
canal and the Pacific cable and en-our-
age our merchant marine service and
that isolation is no longer possible or
desirable were equally well received.
THE PRESIDENT S ADDRESS.
President Mckinley said:
President MiIburn, Director General Bu-
chanan, Commissioners, Ladies ana Gen
tlemen: l am glad to be again IN the
city of Buffalo and exchange greetings
with her people, to whose generous hospl-
tality I am not stranger ana with
whose good will I have been repeatedly
AMI signalIy honOred. Today l nave ad-
ditionaI satisfaction in meeting and Civ
ing welcome to the foreign representa-
tives assembled, whose presence and par
ticipation in this exposition nave con
tributed in so marked degree TO IT'S
interests and success. To the comm1SJ
sioners of the Dominion of Canada and
the British colonies, the French col
onies the Republics of Mexico and of
Central and South America and the COM
missioners of Cuba and Porto Rico, who
share with us in the undertaking, we give
the hand of fellowship and felicitate with
them upon the triumphs of art, science,
education and manufacturing, winch the
old has bequeathed to the new century.
EXpositions are the tlmekeepers OF prog
ress. They record the worlds advance
ment. They stimulate the electricity,
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.
EXPOSITIONS A BENEFIT.
Every exposition. great or small, has
helped to some onward step. Compari-
son of ideas. is always educational, and
as such instructs the brain and hand of
man. Friendly rivalry follows, which is
the spur to industrial Improvement, the
inspiration to useful invention and to
high endeavor in all departments of hu-
man activity. 1t eXacts a study of
wants, comforts, and even the whims
of the people and recognizes the efficacy
of high quality and new prizes to win
their favor The question for trade is an
incentive to men of business to invent,
Improve and economize N the cost of pro-
vTba
ourselves or with other people. is ever a
sharp struggle for success. 1t will be
none the less so in the future With
out competition we would be clinging to
the clumsy and antiquated process Of
farming and manufacture and the meth
eds Of business of long ago, and the
twentieth century would be no further
advanced than the eighteenth century.
But. though commercial competitors
commercial enemies me must not be- The
Pan-American exposition has done its
work thoroughly, presenting in its ex-
nIbIts evidences of the highest skill and
illustrating the progress of the human
FAMILY in the Western hemisphere This
portion OF the earth has not cause for
humiliation for the part it has perform
ed in the march of civilization 1t has
not accomplished everything; far from It.
II mas simply done its best and without
vanity or boastfulness, and recognizes
the manifold achievements OF others: il
invites the friendly rivalry of the MOWERS
on the peaceful pursuits of trade and
Ednclng the highest and best interests of
humanity. m The wisdom and energy Of
AZ the nations are none too great for
the worlds work. The success of art
science, industry and invention is an in
Jernat1onal asset and a common glory.
alter all how near one to the other is
every part OF the world. Modern inven-
tions have brought into close relation
WIDELY separated peoples and made them
peter acquainted. Geographic and po-
ntical divisions will continue to exist hnt
distances
ana last trains are becoming cosmopoIi-
tan. They invade fields which a few
years ago were impenetrable
THE WORLDS TRADE.
The worlds products are exchanged as
never before, and with increasing trans
knowledge and trade. Prices are fixed
with mathematical precision by supply
and oemand The worlds selling prices
are regulated by market and crop re-
ports. We travel greater distances in n
snorter space of time and with more. ca So
Ihan was ever dreamed by our fathers
iI9 itSoIat10n ion Is no longer possible or desira-
ple. Inc same important news is read.
Ihough in different languages, the sa ME
0ay In all Cftristendom. The telegram
eIsep;,z,b Seeps us assured OF what IS occurring
everyWhere and the press foreshadows,
with more or less accuracy the Dlans
ana purposes of the nations Market
prices OF products and of securities are
houry known in every commercial mart
and the investments of the people extend
beyond their own national boundaries
INTO the remotest parts of the earth. Vast
transactions are conducted and Anterna-
tiona4 exchanges are made by the lex of
the cable Every event of interest \ i'm
medately bulleined. The quick "a Aer-
ing and transmission of news, like ND
transit of recent origin are only
made possible by the genius of the IN
ventor and courage of the investor It
TOOK a special messenger of the govern
Inent with every facility. known at the
time for rapid travel nineteen days to
60 from the city of Washington to New
Orleans with a message to Gen. Jackson
tnat the war with England had ceased
and treaty Of peace had been signed.
ft:T Aow 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
the message that the United States and
Spain had signed a protocol suspending
hostlities. We knew almost instantly Of
the first shots fired at Santiago, and the
subsequent surrender of the Spanish
forces was known at Washington within
less than an hour Of it's consumniatlon.
The first ship of Cervera's fleet had hard
ly emerged from that historic harbor