Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05

worlds product is exchanged as never
before, and with increasing transporta-
tion facilities will come Increasing
knowledge and trade. Prices are fixed
with mathematical precision by supply
and demand. The worlds selling prices
are regulated by the market and crop
reports. We travel a greater distance
In a shorter space of time and with
more ease than was ever dreamed of by
the fathers. Isolation is no longer pos
sible or desirable. The same import
ant news is read, tho in different lang
uages, the same day in all the world.
The telegraph keeps us advised of what
is occurring everywhere and the press
foreshadowss with more or less accur-
acy. the plans and purposes of nations.
The market prices Of products and se-
curities are hourly known in every COM
mercial market and the investments Of
people extend beyond their own national
boundaries into the remotest parts Of
the earth. Vast transactions are con-
Quoted and International exchanges are
made by the tick of a key. Every event
of interest is Immediately bulletined.
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 cour-
age of the investor. 1t took special
messenger of the government, with
every facility known at the time, for
rapid transit in nineteen days to go to
and from the city OF Washington to-
New Orleans with the message to Gen.
Jackson that the war with England had
ceased and a treaty of peace been
c;gned. How different now! We reached
Gen. Miles in Porto Rico by cable and
he was able. thru the military telegraph,
tc stop his army on the firing line with
a message that the United States and
| Spain had signed a protocol suspending
hostilities. We knew almost instantly
when the first shots were fired at San
tiago, and the subsequent surrender Of
| the Spanish forces was known at Wash.
| ington within less than hour after its
consummation.. The first ship of Ger
veras fleet had hardly emerged from the
4 historic harbor when the fact was
| flashed to our capital and the swift de-
| struction that followed was announced
| Immediately thru the wonderful medium
| of telegraphy. So accustomed are we to
| safe and easy communication with dis
tant lands that its temporary Interrupt
| tion. even in ordinary times, results in
loss and Inconvenience. We shall never
forget the days of anxious waiting and
awful suspense when no Information
was permitted to be sent from Pekin.
and the diplomatic representatives of
| the nations in China, cut off from all
communication inside and outside the
walled capital. We're surrounded by an
angry and misguided mob that threat
ened their lives; nor the joy that thrilled
the world when the single message from
the government of the United States
/ brought. thru our minister. the first
news OF the safety Of the besieged diplo-
mats.
'.At the beginning of the nineteenth
century there was not d mile Of steam
4 railroad on the globe. Now there are
enough miles to make It's circuit many
times. Then there was not lire Of
electric telegraph; now we have vast
mileage. traversing all lands and all
ssas. God and man have linked the ma
| tions together No nation can longer
be Indifferent to any other. And as we
are brought more and more in touch
with each other less occasion is there
for misunderstanding and stronger
disposition, when we have differences to
| adjust them in the court of arbitration,
which is the noblest forum for settle-
ment of International disputes.
My fellow citizens, trade statistics
indicate this county is in state of un-
exampled pros oer;ty. The figures are
almost appalling. They show We are
utilizing our fields and forests and mines
and we are furnishing profitable em-
ployment to millions of workingmen
thruout the United States, bringing
comfort and happiness to their homes
ard making it possible to lay by saw
irgs for an old age OF disability
That all the people are participating
in this great prosperity is seen in every
American community and shown by the
enormous and unprecedented deposits in
our savings banks. Our duty is to care
for the safety and security of those de-
posts, and their safe investment de-
mands the highest integrity and best
4 business capacity of those in charge of
these repositories of the peoples earn
| ings. We have a vast and intricate
business built up thru years Of toll and
struggle, in which every part of the
country has its stake, which will not
/ permit either of neglect or of undue
L A>o AeAtOWt SOlolO POilSy
will subserve 1t. The greatest skill and
wisdom on the part Of manufacturers
and producers will be required to hold
and Increase it. Our Industrial enter
prises which have grown to such great
| proportions affect the homes and occu-
pations of the people and welfare of
the country. Our capacity to produce
has developed so enormously and our
lrroducts have SO multiplied that the
problem of more markets requires our
/ urgent and immediate attention. Only
the broad and enlightened policy will
keep what we have. No other policy
i will get more. In these times OF mar
velous business energy and gain we
ought to be looking to the future,
strengthening the weak places in our in
4 Gustrial and commercial system, that we
may be ready for any storm or strain.
BY sensible trade arrangements. which
will not interrupt our home production,
we shall extend outlets for the increas-
Ing surplus. A system which provides
mutual exchange of commodities is
fIGanifestly essential. to the continued
heaithful growth of our export trade.
We must not repose In fancied security
that we can forever sell everything and
nuy little or nothing. II such thing
We're possible. 1t would not be best for
A us or for those with whom we deal. We