The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-12
A GREAT EXPOSITION
PAN-AMERlCAN WILL usHERIN a NEW
AND GREAT FRA.

show WIN He the First Important
Public Event of the Twentieth Cen
tury Progress In the Western
Hemisphere During a Century to
BE Illustrated.
The achievements of the past century
have been magnificent The march of
progress has been swift, and the tri-
umphs of civilization have been mani
fold. The age of enlightenment is In
deed here. Mankind has progressed In
the culture Of the finer side Of exist
ence and has turned to It's uses the
mysterious forces Of the elements in a
manner undreamed of but few centu-
ries ago.
Yet who can foretell what the Twen-
tieth century has to unfold? Who
would dare to predict what the
achievements of another hundred years
may be? Standing on the threshold of
this era, we look into the past, and In
the grand picture Of progress to be pre-
sented in the beautiful buildings and
comprehensive exhibits OF the Pan.
American Exposition we see a record
In graphic form Of what mankind has
accomplished upon this hemisphere
during the 100 years now completed.
With vision sharpeDed we look for
ward with prophetic eye into the mys-
tories Of the future and get, in imagl-
nation at least. glimpse of what the
next century is to bring forth.
Can it be possible that the Twentieth
century viii see an advance in material
and intellectual things as great rela-
lively to that of other centuries as the
Nineteenth century has witnessed2 1t
scarcely seems within the bounds Of
possibility, and yet who can say wheth-
er even more wonderful discoveries
aud even more valuable applications Of
our present knowledge than the past
century has given us do not await US in
the one now just begun2 The Nine
teenth century saw the revolution in
methods Of travel on land and sea
caused by the invention OF the steam
engine; IT saw the invention Of the tele-
graph and telephone and electric light:
1t witnessed the application Of electric
power to urban transportation methods
and to the operation Of the wheels OF
industry generally; It produced great
improvements in the fields Of medicine
and surgery and Of education; It gave
us Inventions In the way Of machinery
which have completely reyolutlonized
industry and shortened the hours OF
labor for the manual workers Of the
civilized world and particularly Of this
hemisphere. To go on and enumerate
In detail the features of Nineteenth
century progress would require more
space than Is at my command. But It
will not do to forget that great as this
progress has been and proud as we
have right TO be Of 1t there are tre-
mendous problems Of q social and po-
lltical character vet to be solved. Their
settlement during the next century Will
do much to alleviate the misery yet ex-
listing in the world and render happier |
the millions who will be born, live and !
die during the next hundred years 1t |
should not be forgotten that many I
branches Of science are yet in their In
fancy. We have only begun to under
stand the mysterious force Of electrici-
ty, and we have not yet succeeded in
navigating the air. There are yet many |
worlds to be conquered by the daring, |
the inventive and the pioneers Of hui
man progress In the forthcoming cen
tury.
That the pulse of mankind win be
quiekened by the great Exposition Of
all the Americas so soon to be held /
there is no room for doubt.
No more appropriate time could be
chosen for such an Exposition upon the
American continent. No more appro-
pirate place than Bug1so and the Nj
aRara frontier could,NI selected, for
It is at this spot, wher ehe cataract Of
has been harii&sed and sci.
ence and industry have comblned to
all the enerJ and actiyl.
ties characteristic of the: -e. that the
most fitting assemblage % be made
OF the things which porf 4nost ef-
fectively this progress. M
Never before in the history OF expo.