Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-06

railroads on the globe. Nov thara IA
enough to make its circuit many times
There was not a line of electric tele.
graph; now we have "a vast n;,earc
traversing all lands and ali cons GA
and man have linked the nations to
gether. No nation can longer no in
different, and as we are brm,gbt moro
IN touch with each other the less cause
there is for misunderstanding. and
VIXEN we have differences adjust them
in the court of arbitration which is the
nohlest form of settlement of interna-
tional disputes.
MY fellow citizens. trade statistics
indicate that this country is in a state
Of unexampled prosperity. The figures
are almost appalling. They show that
we are utilizing our fields and forests
and mines and that We are furnishing
profitable employment to the millions
of workingmen throughout the United
States, bringing comfort and happi-
ness to their homes and making it pos
aible 10 lay by savings for old age and
disability. That all the people are par
ticipating in this great prosperity is
seen in every American community
and shown by the enormous and I'M
precedented deposits in our savings
banks Our duty is the care and secu-
Iity of these deposits and their safe in
Nestments demands the highest integ-
rity on the part of those at the deposit
tories of the peoples earnings.
We have a vast and intricate bust
ness. built up through years of toll and
struggle in which every part of the
country has its stake which will not
permit OF either neglect or of undue
seliishness. No narrow. sordid policy
will subserve it. The greatest skill and
wisdom on the part of the manufactur-
erS and producers will be required to
hold and increase it. Our industrial
Enterprises which have grown to such
great proportions effect the homes and
occupations of the people and the well
fare of the people.
our capacity to produce has de-
Veloped so enormously and our pro-
ducts have so multiplied that the prob
! lem of more markets requires our ur-
gent and immediate attention. Only n
broad and enlightened policy will keep
what we have. No other policy will do
( more. In these times of marvellous
business energy and gain we ought to
be locking to the future, strengthening
the weak places in our industrial 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 the outlets for our in
creasing surplus.
"A system which provides mutual
4 exchange of commodities is manlfestly
/ essential to the continued and health
full growth of our export trade. We
/ must not repose in fancied security
! that We can forever sell everything
! and buy little or nothing. If such "A
/ thing We're possible il would not be
/ best for us or those with whom we deal.
I We should take from the customers
! such OF their products as we can use
/ without harm to our industries and
4 labor. Reciprocity is the natural out
growth Of our wonderful Industrial de
Nciopment under the domestic policy
now firmly established. What we pro
. ,iuce beyond our domestic consumption
+ must have a vent abroad. The excess
must he relieved through a foreign
outlet and We should sell everywhere
we can and buy wherever the buying
/ will enlarge our sales and productions
and thereby make a greater demand
! for home labor"
( Next in advantage to having the
thing to soil is to have The convenience
to carry it to the buyer. We must en-
courage our merchant marine. We
must have more ships. They must ID"
under the American flag, built ana
ht- America
These will not only be profitable in a
commercial sense; they will be mes
sengcrs of peace and amity wherever
they GO We must build thc Isthmian
canal, which will unite the two oceans
and give a straight line OF water com
r1,,nication with the Western coasts o!
central and South America and Mex
90. TT" construction of Pacific cable
cannot be longer postponed.
In the fun thcrancc of these objects OF
national interest and concern you arc
performing an important part. THIS
EXPRESSION would have touched the
heart of that American statesman
whose mind was ever alert and thought
ever constant for a larger commerce
and a truer fraternity of the republics
Of the New World His broad American
shirt is feltand manifested here.
He needs no identification to an as
s,mblage of Americans anywhere. for
ire name of Blaine is inseparably as
scciated with the Pan American move
I;,ent which finds this practical ana
substantial expression and which we all
hone will be firmly advanced by the
Pan-American Congress that Will as
semble this autumn in the capital of
Mexico.
The good work will go on. 1t cannot
he stopped These buildings will dlsap-
near. this creation of art and beauty