Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06


quaiity and new prices 10 win their
favor.
The quest FOR trade is an incentive
10 men or business to devise invent.
Improve and economize in the cost Of
pioouot ton. Business life. whether
among ourselves or with other peonlc
is ever a sharp struggle fer success. It
viii be none the less so in the future.
Without competition we would be
chnSinE to the clumsy and antigua te d
processes OF farming and manufacture
ard the methods of business of long
ago and the 10th would he no further
advanced than the 18th century. But
though commercial competitors we are,
commercial enemies we must not be.
The Pan America Exposition has
done its work thoroughly. presenting
iii its exhibits evidences of the highest
Sri ; nd Illustrating the progress of the
hCinan family in the Western hemis-
phcre. This portion Of the earth has no
cause for humiliation for the part it
has performed in the march of Civili-
eaton. 1t has not accomplished every
thing: far from it. II has simply done
its best and without vanity CT boastful-
Ecss and recognizing the manifold
achievements OF otherS il invites the
friendly rivalry of all the powers in
the peaceful pursuits of trade and COM
uaeroo and will cooperate with all in
'advancin the highest interests of hui
manity. The wisdom and energy of all
ttho nations ale none too great for the
worlds work. The success of art, sci
ence. industry and invention is an in
tCrnational asset and a common glory.
.--is.\f ter all, how near one to the other
f&-Cyery part of the world. Modern in
ventions have brought into close rela-
tons widely separated people and they
are daily becoming better acquainted.
Political discussions will continue to
exist but distances have been etfaCed.
Swift ships and fast trains are becom-
ing cosmopolitan. They invade fields
which a few years ago were impenetra-
BILE.
+ The worlds products are exchanged
as never before, and with increasing
transportation facilities come increas-
ing knowledge and larger trade. Prices
are fixed with mathematical precision
by supply and demand. The world :
selling prices are regulated by market
and crop reports. We travel greater
distances 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 impor-
tant news is read. though in different
| languages, the same day in all chris
| tendon.
The telegraph keeps US advised o!
what is occurring everywhere and the
! press foreshadOwS with more or !, S
accuracy the plans and purposes of the
rations Market prices of products anG
i of securities are hourly known in every
| commercial market and the invest
ments OF the people extend beyond
! their own national boundaries into
| the remotest parts of the earth. VAS
| ira nSac tionS are conducted and inter
| nal exchanges are made by the tick ot
I the cable. Every event of interest is
! immediately bulletined.
'''rhc quick gathering and transmits
! sion a. news. like rapid transit. are q,
recent origin and are only made posi-
be by the genius of the inventor ant
tEc courage OF the investor. It took .
| spctia! messenger OF the government
! with every facility known AZ the tins
i for rapid travel. + days to so from the
/ city of Washington to New Orleans
/ with message to Gen. Jackson ina
the war with England had ceased an'
that 4 treaty of peace had been signed
How different now.
News reached Gen. Miles in pnrt'
Rico 10y cab and he WAS ahl" through
the military code to stop his army oI
the firing line with the message tina
the United States and Spain had sign
ed protocol suspending hostilities.
So accustomed are we to SAT" an,
easy communication from distant land
that it's temporary interruption eVel
in ordinary times results in loss am
Inconvenience"
We shall never forget the days q
anxious waiting and awful Suspeni
when no word was permitted to be sen
from Pekin and the diplomatic rep
resentatives of the nations in china
cut off from all communications. insid
and outside of the walled capital, Wer
surrounded by an angry and misguide
mob that threatened their destruction
nor the joy that thrilled the worl
when a single message from the gov
eminent of the United States brough
through our lines news of safety Of tn
besieged diplomats.
We knew almost instantly OF IN
first shots fired at Santiago ana TN
subsequent surrender of the SPANS
forces was known at Washington with
! in less than an hour of its consumma
ton. The first ship of CerveraS lice
had hardly emerged from that histori
harbor when the fact was flashed t
our capital and the swift destructlo
that followed was announced lmme
! diately through the wonderful med!ur
of biography.
AT the beginning of the 10th Ger