The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-09-26
NATIONAL POtICIES.
McKinley's Cpl dii Speech at
Buffalo -. yoSir on.
SETS THE PACE FOB THE PARTY.

The speech delivered by President
at Buffalo on Thursday,
Sept s, the day before the lamented
is regarded as one of
the best public addresses which he
ever made. He was introduced to the
vast crowd OF auditors which packed
the esplanade of the exposition
grounds, by President Milburn, who
said simply:
Ladies and gentlemen. the presi-
dent"
When the cheering had subsidized,
President Mckinley spoke as follows:
President Milburn, Director General
Commissioners, Ladies and
am glad to be again In
the city of Buffalo and exchange greet
ings with her people, to whose gener-
Gus hospitality I am not q stranger
and with whose good will | have been
and signally honored. To-
day l have additional satisfaction in
meeting and giving welcome to the
foreign representatives assembled
here, whose presence and participation
in this exposition have contributed In
SO marked degree to Its interest and
success. To the commissioners 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 undertaking, we give
the hand OF fellowship and felicitate
with them upon the triumphs Of art.
science, education and manufacture
which the old has beQueathed to the
new century.
Expositions are the timekeepers OF
progress. They record the worlds ad-
vancement. They stimulate the ener-
gy, enterprise and intellect OF the peo-
pie and quicken human genius. They
60 into the home. They broaden and
brighten the daily life OF the people.
They open mighty storehouses Of in
formation to the student. Every expo
sition, great or small. has helped to
some onward step. Comparison 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
human activity.
1t exacts study Of the wants, COM
forts and even the whims OF the peo-
pie, and recognizes the efficacy 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 economize in cost
Of production. Business life, whether
among ourselves or with other peoples,
is ever a sharp struggle for success. II
will be none the less SO in the future
without cor petition we would be
clinging to the clumsy and antiquated
processes of farming and manufacture
and the methods of business OF lone
ago, and the twentieth would be nc
further advanced than the eighteenth
century. But though commercial com
petitors are Commercial enemies, W.
must not be.
| Progress In the Past.
| TLh-<hL.Cl i'lh NNpoohSioA hess
done its work thoroughly, presenting
in its exhibits evidences of the highes
skill and illustrating the progress O.
the human family in the western hem
lsphsre. This portion of the earth ha!
no cause for humiliation for the part I
has performed in the march OF civil
zation. 1t has not accomplished every
thing; far from 1t. 1t has simply done
its best, and without vanity or boast
fulness and recognizing the manifes
achievements OF others, it invites thu
friendly rivalry OF all the powers In thu
peaceful pursuits of trade and com
merce and will cooperate with all II
advancing the highest and best inter
ests of humanity. The wisdom and en-
ergy OF all the nations are none tot
great for the worlds work. The sue
cess OF art, science, industry and In
vention Is an international asset and ;
common glory.
After all, how near one to the othe
Is every part of the world. Mo.ern in
venlions have brought into close rela
ton widely separated peoples ant
made them better acquainted. Geo
graphic and political divisions will
continue to exist, but distances hav,
been effaced. Swift ships and fas
trains are becoming cosmopolitan
They invade fields which few year.
ago were impenetrable. The world
products are exchanged as never be
lore, and with increasing transporta
ton facilities come increasing knowl
edge and lager trade. Prices are fiXet
with mathematic precision by suppl.
and demand. The worlds sellin,
prices are regulated by market AM
srop reports.
We travel greater distances in [
shorter space OF time and with NOR
lase than was ever dreamed of by tn
fathers. Isolation is no longer possible
; Dr. desirable. The same importan
lews is read, though in different Ian
} guages, the same day in all Christen
dom. The telegraph keeps us advised
of what is occurring everywhere, ant
The press foreshadows with more o
less accuracy the plans and purpose
of the nations. Market prices of prod
acts and OF securities are hourly know
n every commercial mart, and the in
vestments OF the people extend beyon'
their own national boundaries into tn
remotest parts of ule earth. Vas
transactions are conducted and inter
aational exchanges are made by tn
lick oil the cable. Every event of In
Isreat Is Immediately bulletined.
The quick gathering and transmits
sisn Of news. like rapid transit. are
recent origin and are only made pc
sible by the genius OF the inventor al