The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-12-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
] The Past and
the Coming Year
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

trade and commerce will pass from
the Atlantic to the Pacific shores.
Having n mind the vast strides
taken by our country in comparatively
a few receat years, what the volume
of cur commerce will be in another
quarter of a century it would be fool
fish to predict, but 1t will be enormous,
That the influence of America and the
American people throughout the world
will have increased. so that they will
have become net OILY the great com
mercial nation of lie world, but the
greatest in political rank and power
and influence and responsibility can
scarcely be doubted by those who
have an abiding faith in the energy
and wisdom and integrity OF the
American citizen.
The producing powers of the United
States are still in their infancy Com
pare our producing area with that OF
the well-developed and well-tiiled
countries of Europe and it will be ap-
parent at a glance that il the matter
of agriculture We may and shall in
crease enormously the products Of the
soil, not only in increasing the actual
product per acre but by bringing I'M
der cultivation many millions OF acres
which are now productive.
In the matter of mines and minerals
our production and productive powers
have scarcely begun to show their
possibilities. In all the great articles
which enter into manufaeture-the
products of the mine, the forest and
the field-we are the worlds greatest
producer and likely to continue SO in
definitely we have more of coal,
more of iron. more of copper, more of
timber, more of cotton, more of all the
requirements which enter into the
processes of the manufacture of arti-
Giles required by the world at large
civilized or uncivilized, than any other
nation. We have the skill and energy
with Aich to turn these into manu-.
features, by far the greatest railway
system Of the world to carry them tC
the waters edge and great 0
either side to float them to tn d.,
ing millions of the world.
This is a review of what we have
done in the past. and only by it can
we measure or attempt TO measure
what We shall 90 in the future. What
wonders in the way Of inventions and
discoveries the next few years may
have in store can only dimly be
guessed at. A great thinker and in
ventor has said of the future news
paper: I'VE may. and ! believe shall,
have news transmission By air waves
into photographic instruments which
will repeat the news of the day and
record it at the same time, so that
people may listen or may read as they
prefer. The great force of the future
is electricity, and it is in its infancy
as yet 1t will be used to obviate all
unnecessary waste of nervous tissue,
and the phono-air-waye newspapers of
which l speak will certainly be trans
mltted some day direct from the
brains Of their producers without any
such manual labor as writing and
without even the need OF speaking
them aloud
During its varied experience of the
last few years on NEST extended fields
of operation the United States army
has maintained its reputation for 10y.
atty, intelligence and valor. There
have been a few instances Of surprise
and ambuscade of small detachments,
but whenever 1t has met the enemy
under ordinary circumstances it has
achieved an unbroken record OF sue
cess. What its future may be II Is i'm
possible to prophesy. but 1t is fair to
predict that 1t viii be as commendable
as its past has been glorious.
So far as money is concerned. 1t Is
reasonable TO suppose that the rates
of interest will vary but little in the
absence of Unforeseen circumstances,
such as war. etc. While We continue
10 sell our products to Europe and get
large returns, we will be compelled to
seek a market for cur money The
result will be the enormous develop.
ment of our own resources, mineral,
agricultural. including WOOL cattle and
cotton. and the reaching out for mar
kets in Japan and China, South Amer
lea, and in fact all of the markets that
have been monopolized by England,
Germany and France. Having great
natural advantages over our European
competitors; We will eventually win.
The rapid growth OF the great
schools of applied science in the uni
versities OF America has been one OF
the most notable features in the edu-
cational history of the past thirty
years. To this more than to any 9TH
er cause is due the overshadowing
success of American manufactures
and commerce. Higher education is
coming more and more to mean deYel-
opment of the highest practical effect
iyeness. Without abundant and thor
ough technical training good articles
cannot be produced in competition
with the world. Navies, tariffs, trusts
and other devices cannot take the
place of expert knowledge.
The past year has been remarkable
for a sudden and practical advance
in the marvellous history of the wire
less telegraph. The scientific achieve
ment which had been dreamed of for
nearly half century and only with
in late years had shown itself some
thing better than a dream, has given
the most definite and the most en-
couraging evidences of its claim to be
regarded as one of the worlds great
est accomplishments in the domain OF
practical science. Something IF the
same kind, although in a lesser de-
gree, may be said OF the att apt to
construct flying machine. that prof.
apf which had ito hpofnn5Ho n far