The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-06

ward step. Comparison Of ideas Is always
educating. and as such instructs the brain
and hand OF man. Friendly rivalry follows
which IS the spur To Industrial improve
ment. the inspiration 10 useful invention
and TO high endeayor IN all departments OF
human activity. IL eXacts a 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
favors. The quest Of trade is an incentive
10 men Of business To devise, invent. i'm
prove and ecOnomize in the cost OF produc-
Business life. whether among ourselves
or with other people, Is ever a sharp strug-
gle for success. II VIII be none the less
so in the future. Without competition We
would be clinging TO the clumsy and anti
quated processes OF farming and manu-
facture and the methods Of business Of
long ago. and the twentieth would be no
further advanced than the eighteenth cen
fury. But. though commercial competitors
We are. commercial enemies we must not
he.
ITS WORK THOROUGH.
The Pan-American exposition has done
fits work thoroughly. presenting in its ex-
hibits evidences OF the highest skill and
illustrating the progress Of the human
family i'm the western hemisphere. This
portion Of the earth has no cause for hu-
initiation for the part it has performed IN
the march OF civilization. 1t has not &C
complished everything. Far from it,. 1t has
simply done its best and without vanity
or boastfulness. and, recognizing the mani
fold achievements Of others, it invites the
friendly rivalry Of all the powers in the
peaceful pursuits OF trade and commerce.,
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 for the worlds work;
The success of art, science, industry and
Invention is an International asset and a
common glory
every part Of the world. Modern inventions
have brought into close relation widely
separated peoples and made them better
acquainted. Geographic and political d.
visions will continue to exist, but distances
have been effaced. Swift ships and fast
trains are becoming cosmopolitan. They
invade neldS Whlch a lew years ago were
impenetrable. The worlds PRODUCTS are
exchanged as never before. and with in
creasing transportation facilities come in
creasing knowledge and trade. Prices are
fixed with mathematical precision by sup
ply and demand. The worlds 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. IsOla-
tiOn is no longer possible or desirable. The
same Important news Is read, though IN
different languages, the same day in all
ChristendOm. The telegraph keeps us al
vised of what is occurring everywhere and
the press fOreshadOws, with more or less
accuracy, the plans and purposes Of the
nations. Market prices of products and
securities are HQuIlY kHONH III every COil-
mercial mart. and the investments of the
people extend beyond their own national
boundaries into the remOtest parts of the
earth. vast transactions are conducted
and international exchanges are made by
the tick of the cable. Every event of in
terest Is Immediately bulletined.
QUICK TRANSMISSION OF NEWS.
The quick gathering and transmission OF
news, like rapid transit, are of recent
origin. and are only made possible by the
genius of the inventor. and the courage. of
the investor. 1t took a special messenger
of the government, 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
Jackson that the war with England had
ceased and a treaty of peace had been
signed. How different now. We reached
General Miles in Porto Rico by cable, and
ne was able through the military telegraph
TO stop his army on the firing line with
the message that the United States had
signed "A protocol ~suspending hOstihties.
We knew almost instantly of the first
shots fired at Santiago and the subsequent
surrender of the Spanish forces was known
at Washington within less than an hour
OF its cOnsummatiOn. The first ship of
Cervera's fleet had hardly emerged from
that historic harbOr when the fact was
flashed TO our capital and the swift destruc-
ton that followed was announced immedi-
ately through the wonderful medium of
the telegraph.
$ accustomed are we to safe and easy
communication with distant lands that its
interruption. even temporarily in ordinary
times, results in loss and inconvenience.
We shall never forget the days of waiting
and awful suspense when no Information
was permitted To be sent from Picking,
and the diplomatic representatives OF the
nations in China cut of from all
cation inside and outside of the walled
capital, were surrounded by an angry and
misguided mob that threatened their lives;
nor the JOY that thrilled the world when
n single MESSAGE from the government OF
the United States brought from our minis
ter the news of the safety of the besieged
diplomats.
AT the beginning Of the nineteenth GEN.
tury there was not a mile OF steam rail-
road on the globe: now there are enough
miles TO make its circuit many times.
Then there was not a line of electric tele-
graph. now we have a vast mileage travers-
ing all lands and all seas. God and man
have linked the nations together. No ma
riOn can no longer be Indifferent to any
other. And as we are brought more and
more in touch with each other the less
occasion is there for misunderstanding and
the stronger the disposition. when we have