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.pon tnese centers OF INDUSTRY the rest

upon these centers OF Industry the rest
of the people of that great commonwealth
are and to know why she is indeed and in
truth the Keystone State. second in pop
ulation and wealth among all the states
of the Union and when think that these
distinguished gentlemen who represent
Pennsylvania upon this floor would tell
us that all this industrial activity, this
world of wealth, this great home market
has been made possible because a kindly
government has gtven n fostering care to
her manufacturing Industries and know
that her products find their chief outlet
not to tho east. but to the south and
west, the thought comes to me that 1t i'll
beseemeth Pennsylvania representative
to protest against legislative encourage
ment to western enterprise and develops
ment.
And, Mr. Chairman, what the manufac-
turing cities along tho water courses OF
Pennsylvania and the east are to that
country SO will the irrigated valleys and
plateaus be to the mountain and plain re-
gions of the great west and southwest.
They will be the centers of commercial
activity and development, both in mate
rial wealth and In higher civilization,
which will ultimately make for the adj
vancemcnt of that great region and the
whole nation as well.
/ wish l had room for all of his
speech, which Is a good one ''from A
to lizard" but have only space for
his peroration, which Is MS follows and
contains a great amount of truth:
Mr.. Chairman. this question is greater
than the Philippine question, greater than
the Cuban question. greater than the 18TH
mian canal question. because of its great
benefits and the magnificent opportunities
that shall flow from It, 1t means the best
markets and the best homes for the best
nation on earth. and all the happiness
and the prosperity which shall follow in
its train shall be the common heritage Of
the American people, and nothing can
take 1t from them.
This legislation appeals to me especial-
ly because 1t Ia in the interest of our
great agricultural population-a class of
people who receive little enough consid-
GRAFTON from the American congress. No
matter how much we may boast of our
manufacturing and mining wealth, the
growth of our cities and our financial
greatness. yet, in the f1nality, the farmer
Is the foundation Of us all.
Like Atlas of old. he bears tie very
business fabric of the nation upon his
back, and. though at times bowed down
by weight of woe because of panics or
disasters which others bring upon the
country, yet after the storms have rolled
by If we will but let the farmer get his
broad shoulders underneath our commer-
cial structure once more and give him
but moiety of profit. in his business, a
little of the legislative justice to which he
is entitled. he will stand again erect, and
in his rising he will lift us all.
In Danger.
The Washington Post had better look
a little out or it will involve itself in
serious trouble, perhaps great danger.
even the danger Of being kicked by
ambassador In Ordinary Joseph II.
Choate, Whitelaw Reid. ambassador
extraordinary, and Don NJ. Dickinson,
tooter in general for all 1unkydom.
The Post, oblivious to the secret UNDER
standing between Uncle Sam and John
Bull, has the temerity to denounce Jo-
seph Chamberlain and his gang as
ruthless pirates" In glowing eu-
logy OH General Lord Kitchener the
Post has the hardihood to say:
Kitehener, who did the real work Of the
war. is the antithosis of Chamberlain and
Miner, who provoked 1t. In all probabil
fly no had no liking for tho task assigned
| him. We can well believe that he detect
ed and accordingly loathed the mean and
sorild purpose behind the movement. I'm.
OOuptSuiy ~ SkACSGQ tAllA uIlSCiS0 1IllIis uS
1t did SO many OF England's noblest men
and women. TO SEQ thousands of brave
fellows sacrificed to the ayarice of a gang
Of ruthless pirates That there was con-
slant friction between him on the one
hand and Chamberlain and Miner on the
other everybody knew and almost every
body could explain They stood in the
way OF peace last year when Kitchener
had secured for England much better
! terms than 1t was finally compelled to
accept. They added both difficulty and
| distaste TO tho performance of the duty he
! had undertaken, and 1t liz easy to UNDER
stand that he held them in unqualified
contempt.
After reading that scold what will
our anglomaniacs do, poor things? If
some unfrilled Democrat said that,
every Republican organ grinder in the
land would jump on him and abuse
him as demagogue seeking to dis
turb the entente cordiale now existing
between England and Alse United
| States; but the Washington Post says
1.-THE Post, which about two-thirds Of
the time indorses what our pro- British
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