The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20

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In his address at the American
Exposition, Sept, 5, President Mckinley
spoke as follows:
President Milburn, Director General
Buchanan, Commissioners, Ladies, and
Gentlemen: I am glad TO be again mi
the city of Buffalo and exchange greet
ings with her people. to whose generous
hospitality am not stranger, and
with whose good will have been rel
peatedly and signally honored. Today
/ have additional satisfaction in meet
ing and giving welcome to the foreign|
representatives assembled here, whosel
presence and participation in this expo
sition have contributed in so marked al
degree to its interest and success. To
the commissioners of the Dominion of
Canada and the British colonies. the
French colonies, the republics of Mex
leo 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 fell
lowship and felicltate with them upon
the triumphs of art, science. education,
and manufactures which the old has be-
queathed to the new century.
Expositions are the timekeepers OF
progress. They record the worlds ad
7ancement. They stimulate the energy,
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 infor-
nation to the student. Every exposi-
ton, great or small, has helped to some
onward step. Comparison of ideas is
always educational, and such instructs
the brain and hand of man. Friendly
rivalry follows, which is the spur to in
dustrial improvement, the inspiration to
useful invention and to high endeavor
in all departments of human activity.
1t exacts study of the wants, comforts,
and even the whims of the people, and
recognizes the efficacy of high quality
and new prices to win their favor. The
quest for trade is an incentive to men OF
business to devise, invent, improve, and
economic in the cost of production.
Business life, whether among ourselves
or with other people, is ever sharp
struggle for success. 1t will be none
the less SO in the future. Without COM
petition we would be clinging to the
clumsy and Anticipated process of farm
ing and manufacture and the methods
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would be no further advanced than the
eighteenth century. But, though com
mercial competitors we are, commercial
enemies we must not be-
The Pan-American Exposition has
done it's work thoroughly, presenting in
its exhibits evidences of the highest
skill, and illustrating the progress of
the human family in the Western Hem
isphere. This portion of the earth has
no cause for humiliation for the part ii
has performed in the march of civiliza-
ton. 1t has not accomplished every
thing; far from it. It has simply done
its best, and without vanity or boast
fulness, and recognizing the manifold
achievements of others, it invites the
friendly rivalry Of all the powers in the
peaceful pursuits of trade and com
merce, 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 fcl
the worlds work. The success of art,
science, industry, and invention is al
international asset and a common glory
After all, how near one to the Other
is every part of the world Modern in
ventors have brought into close relation
widely separated peoples and made then
better acquainted. Geographic and pc
litical divisions will continue to exist
but distances have been effaced. Swift
ships and fast trains are becoming cos
mopolitan. They invade fields which {
few years ago were impenetrable. The
worlds products are exchanged az
never before. and with increasing trans
portation facilities come increasing
knowledge and larger trade. Prices are
fixed with mathematical precision by
supply and demand. The worlds sell
ing prices are regulated by market
and crop reports. we travel great
or distances in a shorter space Of
time and with more ease thar
was ever dreamed of by the fathers
Isolation is no longer possible or desir.
able. The same important news il
read, though in different languages, tht
same day in all Christendom. The tele.
graph keeps us advised of what is occur
ring everywhere, and the press fore
shadows, with more or less accuracy
the plans and purposes of the nations.
Market prices of products and of securi-
ties are hourly known in every CONNER
cial mart, and the investments of the
people extend beyond their own national
boundaries into the remotest lparts OF
the earth. Vast transactions are con.
Quoted and international exchanges are
made by the tick of the cable. Every
event of interest is Immediately bullet
ined. The quick gathering and trans
mission of news, like rapid transit are
of recent origin, and are only made pos
sible by the genius of the inventor
and the courage of the investor. II
took special messenger of the govern
ment, with every facility known at the
time for rapid travel, nineteen days to
go from the city of Washington to New
Orleans with a message to General Jack
son that the war with England had
ceased and treaty of, peace had been
signed. How different now We reach
cd General 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 shot
fired at Santiago, and the subsequent
surrender of the Spanish forces was
known at Washington within less than
an hour of its contamination. The first
ship of Ceveras feet had hardly emerg
ed from that historic harbor when the|
fact was flashed to our capital, and the|
swift destruction that followed was AM
nounced Immediately through the won
derful medium of telegraphy. So ac-
customed are we, to safe and easy com.
munication with distant lands that itsI
temporary information even in ordi