The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-09-12

communication G1tn GlStlUt A6NuS- lHdt
its temporary interruption even in Or
binary times results In loss and incon-
yenience. We shall never forget the
days OF anxious waiting and awful sus-
psnse when no information vas per-
,nittsd TO be sent from Peking, and the
diplomatic representatives Of the ma
tons in China were cut off from al!
communication outside. surrounded by
an angry. misguided mob. that threat
eEe6 their lives: nor the JOY that
thrilled the world when single mes
sage from the government OF the
United States brought through our
minister the first news of the safety OF
the besieged diplomats.
censury's Achievements.
AT the beginning of the nineteenth
century there was not mile of steam
railroad on the globe. Now there are
enougk miles to make its circuit many
times. Then there was not line OF
electric telegraph: now we have vast
mileage. trayersing all lands and all
seas. God and man have linked the ma
tons together. No nation can longer
be indifferent to any other. And as
we arc brought more and more In touch
with each other less occasion is there
for misunderstanding and q stronger
disposition when we have differences,
to adjust them in court of arbitra-
ton, which is the noblest form OF set
tienent of international disputes.
Ny fellow citizens, trade statistics
indicate this country is in a state of
une1ampled prosperity. The figures arc
almost appalling. They show we are
utilizing our fields forests and mines.
and we are furnishing profitable EN-
ployment to millions of workingmen
throughout the United States, bringing
comfort and happiness to their homes.
making ii possible to lay by savings for
old age or disability. That all the peo-
PIE are participating in this great pros
perlty Is seen in every American com
nunity and shown by the enormous and
unprecedented deposits in our savings
banks Our duty is the care and Sc
curtty OF these deposits and their safe
investment demands the highest integ-
rity and best business capacity or
those in charge of these repositories of
the peoples earnings. We have a vast
intricate business built up through
years OF toll and struggle, in which
every part of the country has its stake
which will not permit either neglect
or undue selfishness. No narrow
sordid policy will subserye IT. Tho
greatest skill and wisdom On the part
OF manufacturers and producers VIII be
required to hold and increase il.
Our industrial enterprises which
have grown TO such great proportions
affect the homes and occupations of
the people and the welfare Of the coun-
try Our capacity to produce has de-
Teloped SO enormously and our prod
ucts nave SO multiplied that the prob
lem OF more markets requires our urg-
eflt and immediate attention Only a
broad and enlightened policy will keep
what we have. No other policy will
get more in these times of marvellous
business energy, and We ought to be
looking to the future. Strengthening the
weak places in our industrial and
commercial systems. that we may be
read, for any storm or strain. BY SEN
sible trade arrangements which will
not interrupt our home production. we
Shall extend the outlets for our In
creasing surplus.
Must buy Well as Sell
"A system which provides mutual
exchange of commodities is EiansfestIy
essential to the continued -healthfa.
growth OF our export trade. We must
rot repose in the fancieG security that
we can forever sell everything and buy
little or nothing. If such thing were
possible it would not be hes. for US or
for those with whom we now deal. We
should take from our customers such
OF their products as we can use With
out harm to our industries and la bor
Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth Of
our wonderful industrial development
under the domestic policy now firmly
established.
What we produce beyond our de-
mestic consumption must have vent
abroad. The excess must be relieved
through foreign outlet. We should sen
everywhere we can and buy wherever
buying Will enlarge our sales and pro-
auctions and thereby make a greater
demand for home labor
The period Of exclusiyeness is pa
Expansion of our.trade and commerce
Is the pressing problem. Commercial
wars are Improbable. A policy of good
viii and friendly trade relations will
prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties
are in harmony with the spirit of the
times: measures OF retaliation are not.
IL perchance some OF our tariffs are no
longer needed for revenue or to en-
courage and protect our industries at
home. why should they not be en-
ployed to extend and promote our mar
kets abroad
Better stesms1ip Service.
Then. too. We have an made
quate steamship service. New lines
of steamers have already been
put in commission between the
Pacific coast ports of the United
States and those on the western coasts
OF Mexico and Central and Southern
America. These should be followed m
with direct steamship lines between
Aisc EASTERN COdEI Oh Inc United States
and South American ports One OF the
needs OF the times is direct commercial
lines from our vast fields OF production
to the fields OF consumption that we
have but barely touched Next In adj
vantage to having thing to sell is
The convenience 10 carry 1t to the buy
er We must encourage our merchant
marine. We must build the isthn,ian
canal and the construction OF the Pa
cffia cable cannot be longer postponed.
In furtherance of these objects OF M n
tional interest and concern you arc
performing an important part. This ex-
position would have touched the heart
OF that American statesman whose
mind was ever alert and thought ever
constant for larger commerce and truer
fraternity between the republics of the
new world His broad American spirit
Is felt and manifested here. He needs
no Identification to an assamblage OF
Americans anywhere for the name OF
Blaine ig inseparabiy associated with
the Pan-Amsrican movement which
finds this practical and substantial ex
precision and which we all hope viii be
firmly advanced by the Pan-Aneriean
Congress- that assemblies this autumn
IN the csiI)fta1 ar a AeYien sTsI,x; ey.,1,,,