Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-28
SPEAKS OF THE WEST


limited States, operating 100. 900 miles, trans
porting more than 100000 900 passengers
and moving a half billion tons of freight
and capitalized at S,5OO,0OoO0.
Commerce and Banking.
While 1t is true, as L nave stated. that
tory l represent has not increased as rap
idly as it's population, 1t is an encouraging
and its banking facilities AVE increased
more rapidly than In the nation at large.
The United States increased its manufaco
tured products 20 per cent between 1889
and 1890, but the states for which ] speak
Increased theirs 112 per cent during the
s sares R $685. 1000. 11I' an GUG amount aO in exeess Of
the output from all the factories and all
the shops of Great Britain and Germany
This enormous showing records an in
crease of 40 per cent in the last decade,
increase in the same period of As per cent.
Considers Country Too Small.
The territory I represent imports,
through customs districts located within
its limits, merchandise valued at Ss5, 200, 900
and exports $120, 10000 worth. But who
shall say how much is consumed within
these limits, or what is received at other
ports, or how much It contributes to swell
from tho Atlantic seaboard. The banks
within the same territory hold $3.50 900, 900
10000. In 1892, for the first time in our
history, individual deposits In the national
banks within the gratn-growing states ex-
from the farm. Now. Individual deposits
In the same class of banks exceed by Joe
per cent the value Of these cereals dis
Manifestiy the banks OF the eastern
metropolis hold more western money than
but It is equally true that the east has
contributed generally to western industries
and enterprises Another evidence Mt
our people too few and have too much In
common to permit even imaginary lines Ia
divide our commercial and Industrial inter
ests.
Increased AmericAn Activities.
It is easy 10 predict great things. II
would be indeed pleasant pastime to pic
ture the states that now produce the iron
| manufacturing the same; the states thal
cut lumber, consuming It, and the states
that grow the wool. having as they do the
%SSundance and power in literal torrents
weaving the finest cloth, as well as nan
own people and for the comfort of many
But am not so much interested in tn,
particular location where this work shall
be done as 1 am in the inauguration o.
such means and policies as shalt open tn,
way for yet increased American activities
ours. Let these join hands, not across, no
over. but through the isthmus and the At
lantic shall be ours. Discover means fol
OF the World require and It viii 6e PRO
With the same fostering that other ma
lions AFFORD American ships will carry tn
product OF our mines. and of our farms
our fields, our folds and our factories be
meath all skes and into all parts, an,
America will become the workshop OF tn
world, where he who seeks to sell his labo
shall And abundant employment, and h
who employs labor shall find abundan
market, thereby contributing to the com
fort and the contentment Of all.
ReOrGaniEinE Consular Service.
Harry A. GARFIELD OF Ohio spoke upoI
Reorganization Of the United States Con
sular Service" He reported;
Three bills providing for the reorganiza
ton OF the consular service have been IN
troduceo, one in the senate and two in tn
house. The bill introduced I'm the senate b
Senator Lodge and In the house by M
Burton are Identical. They were Introduce