Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
OFFENDS ENGLISHMEN.

thing nor did a wise one." Oar
British cousins are almost per
suaded to reverse this assertion
and apply it to Andrew Carnegie.
To have been so successful in life
they are quite prepared to believe
that he never did foolish thing;
but they are sorely tempted to
believe he does not often speak
wisely. His recent address at
St. Andrews On the occasion OF
his reinstatement as rector OF the
university there has given great
ofense to Englishmen. 1t has
been sneered at, ridiculed and
derided by the English press.
The head and front of his Of
Tending seems to have been that
he appealed to the German EN-
peror to use his influence in FORM
ing a political and industrial
union, a sort of European United
States which should insure both
the peace and the industrial SUI
premacy of Europe. This was
enough to disturb British equani-
nifty, but when he declared that
''it is physical impossibility for
Great Britain to produce material
things rivaling in amount those
OF countries the size of America,
Germany and Russia" he "twist-
ed the tail of the British lion''
in very tender spot, tor Eng
lishmen begin to realize that
England's industrial supremacy
is rapidly passing away. The
United States is destined to be,
at no distant day, the supreme
industrial factor of the world.
Mr.. Carnegie's theories may be
crude and impracticable; his
prophesies may be altogether Wis
ionary, but he evidently sees the
facts which all thoughtful men
on either side of the Atlantic
ocean clearly recognize.
They see that many of Eng
lands natural resources are we'll
nigh exhausted; that jealousy and
distrust among the nations of
Europe maintain a militarism,
particularly in Germany and
Russia, which is a terrible incu-
bus upon the development of
their industrial energies. They
see the immense territorial area
of the United States, and her
vast and various resources almost
untouched; they see the skill,
courage, Intelligence and tireless
energy of our people impelliug
US swiftly along every line of
national development.
With no jealous and distrustful
neighbors; mighty enough in
men and resources to meet any
emergency, we put all our ener-
gies into our industrial life.
1t is questionable if Europe,
even if united as Carnegie sug-
gests, could prevent our world
wide industrial supremacy.
"The most powerful weapon
in conauoring foreign markets is
a profitable home market" he
declared. This is good Ameri-
can doctrine. Our home market
is worth more to us than the ag-
gregate OF all possible foreign
markets. Thanks to the Ameri-
can doctrine of protection and
the wise policies of the republi-
can party, our home market has
been preserved unto ourselves.
Our people will pursue the even
tenor of their way. They will
not abandon those policies which
are rapidly carrying US to the
fore front of nations and the in
dustrial supremacy of the world.
Europe may follow whatever
plans she chooses, it is utterly
impossible for her to stay our in
dustrial march by any itinerary
she may attempt.
Englishmen should rather
curse their policy of free trade
and ungenerous, selfish colonial
conduct than grow choleric be-
cause of the blunt speech of a
hard-headed Scot who sees the
superiority of things American.