The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-09-13
PRESIDENT DRAWS A CROWD.
Record. breaking Attendance at the Pan
American E.ps.Itlon.

American Exposition.
BUFFALO, Sept 6.-What Is prob
ably the greatest crowd that ever gath
cred on the Esplanade at the Pan
American exposition grounds greeted
the president as he entered the stand
erected there. The Esplanade was
crowded to suffocation and the vast
assemblage overfowed to the Court OF
Fountains. President Milburn intro
duced the president, who spoke at
some length, saying, among other
things:
President Milburn, Director Gen
eral Buchanan. Commissioners. Ladies
and Gentlemen: I am glad to be again
in the city of Buffalo and exchange
greetings with her people. to whose
| generous hospitality I am not
stranger and with whose good will 1
have been repeatedly and signally
honored. Today have additional sat
isfaction in meeting and giving well
come To the foreign representatives
assembled here, whose presence and
| participation in this exposition have
contributed in so marked a degree to
its interests and success. To the COM
missioners of the Dominion OF Can
ada 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 fel-
lowship and felicitate them upon the
triumphs Of art, science. education and
manufacture which the old world has
bequeathed to the new century.
"Expositions are the timekeepers OF
progress. They record the worlds ad-
vancement. They stimulate the en-
ergy. enterprise and intellect of the
people. They go into the home They
broaden and brighten the daily life Of
the people. They open mighty store
houses of information to the student
Every exposition, great or small has
helped to some onward step. Com
parison of ideas is always educational.
and as such instructs the brain and
hand of man. Friendly rivalry fol-
lows, which is the spur to Industrial
Improvement. the inspiration to useful
invention and to high endeavor in all
departments of human activity. 1t ex-
acts study of the wants, comforts
no Wh nf hn
question of trade is an incentive to
men of business to devise. invent and
economic in the cost of production.
Business life, whether among our
selves or with other people, is ever a
sharp struggle for success. 1t will be
none the less effective in the future.
Without competition we would be
clinging to the clumsy and antiquated
processes of farming and manufacture
and the methods of business of long
ago and the twentieth century would
be no further advanced than the
eighteenth century. But though COM
mercial competitors We are, CONNER
cial enemies we must not be.
The Pan-American exposition has
lone its work thoroughly. presenting
in its exhibits the highest skill and
the progress of the hu-
man family in the western hemi-
sphere. This portion of the earth has
10 cause for humiliation for the part
t has performed in the march of civ
Hzation. 1t has not accomplished
far from it. 1t has simply
lone its best and without vanity or
and recognizing the man
fold achievements of others, it in
lteS the friendly rivalry of all the
lowers in the peaceful pursuits of
rade and commerce and will COOPER
tie with all in advancing the highest
nd best interests of humanity. The
'1sdom and energy of all the nations
re none too great for the worlds
'ork. Tbe success of art, science. in
ustry and invention is an interua-
Ional asset and a common glory"