The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-05
Time KEEPERS
OF PROGRESS
President M'Kinley's Definition
of Expositions.
Delivers an Address at the Buff
falo Pan American.
MAKES COMPARISON.
Contrasts Present Condition as
Illustrated by the Fair
With Those Existing Hundred
Years Ago.
Makes a Plea For the Grant Of
Ship Subsidy.
Makes a Plea For the Grant of
a Ship Subsidy.
WAS PRESIDENTS DAY.
Mrs. Mckinley Was Able to
Walk Without Assistance.

Buffalo, n. r., Sept. 5.-what was
probably the greatest crowd that ever
| assembled on the esplanade at the
Pan-American grounds greeted the
president with ringing cheers as he en-
| tered the stand erected there this morn
| ing. The esplanade was crowded to
suffocation, and the vast assemblage
overfiowed to the court of fountains.
President Nilburn introduced the presl-
| dent, who spoke as follows:
President Milburn, Director General
Buchanan, Com missioners. Ladies and
Gentlemen: 1 am glad to be again in
the city of Buffalo and exchange greet
ings with her people, to whose gener-
GUS hospitality 1 not a stranger,
and with whose good Will / have been
repeatedly and slgnally honOred. To-
day I have additional satisfaction in
meeting and giving welcome to the for
e1gn representatives assembled here,
whose presence and participation in
this exposition nave contributed in so
marked a degree to its interest and
success. The commissioners of the
Dominion Of Canada ana the British
colonies, the French colonies the re-
publics of Mexico and Central and
South America and the commissioners
of Cuba and Porto Rico, who share
With us in this undertaking, we give
Tie mana Oh IellOMSnlD ana Tei1ClIaCe
with them upon the triumphs of art,
science, education and manufacture
which the old has bequeathed to the
new century.
Expositions are the timeleepers of
progress They record the worlds ad-
vancement. 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 In
fOrma ton to the student. Every ex-
position, great or small. has helped to
some onward step. Comparison OF
ideas is always educational: and as
such instructs the brain and hand of
man. Friendly rivalry follows, which
IS tne spur TO Industrial Improvement,
the inspiration 10 useful invention and
to high endeavor in all departments Of
human activity. 1t exacts a study of
the wants, comforts and even the
Wh1mS 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 bust
ness to devise. invent, improve and
economic in the cost of production
Business whether among ourselves or
with other peoples. is ever a sharp
struggle for success. It will be none
the less SO in the future. Without COM
petition we would be clinging to the
clumsy and antiquated processes Of
farming and manufacture. and the
methods of business of long ago. and
ther advanced than the eighteenth cen
tury- But though commercial COM
petitOrS we are, commercial enemies we
must not be The Pan-Amerfcan expo
sition has done its work thoroughly
presenting in its exhibits evidence of
the highest skill and illustrating the
progress of the human family in the
western hemisphere. This portion of
the earth has no cause for humiliation
for the part it has performed in the
march Of civilization 1t has not ac-
complished everything-far from it. It
has simply done its best, and without
vanity or boastfu1ness. and recogniz-
ing the manifold achieven ents of 9th
ers, IL invites tire friendly rivalry of all
the powers in the peaceful pursuits Of
trade and commerce and win cooper
ate 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, in
dustry and invention is an interna-
tional asset, and common glory.
After all how near one to the other is
every part of the world. Modern inVen-
tions have brought into close relations
widely separated peoples and made
them better acquainted. Geography and
political divisions win continue to ex-
ist, bat distances have been effaced.
Swift ships and fast trains are becOn-
ing cosmopolitan. They invade fields,
which few years ago. were impenetra-
BILE. The worlds products are exchang-
ed as never before and with increasing
transportation facilities come increasing
knowledge and trade. Prices are fixed
with mathematical precision by supply
and demand. The worlds selling prices
are regulated by market and crop re-
ports. We travel greater distances in
a shorter space of time, and with more
ease than was ever dreamed Of by the
fathers. Isolation 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 advised of what IS
occurring everywhere and the press
foresha doves with more or less accur-
acy the plans and purposes Of the ma
tions. Market prices Of products and Of
securities are hourly known in every
commercial 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 ex-
changes are made by the tick of the
ca bic Every event of interest is frnma-
diately bulletined- The quick gathering
and transmission Of news. like rapid
transit, are only made possible by the
genius of the inventor and the courage