Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-07
pirit of the twentieth century.

comparable as it is was in the discov-
cry and the invention and the appll-
cation of forces and methods in the
physical world, and remarkable as It
was for advancement in every line Of
thought and research, will be sur
passed and distanced by the new GEN.
fury upon which we have entered If
the material potentialities and the in
tellectual faculties of mankind can be
utilized and trained toward a common
end and that end the uplifting of the
human race and the promotion of its
happiness.
"Concomitant with industrial prog
ress is social development. The policy
of engaging in foreign wars in order
TO prevent or to pacify domestic I'M
rest may have been wise, if not hui
name, but the time for such a policy
has passed. That government is
strongest whose subjects are intelli-
sent and contentej. Contentment fol-
lows the employment of intellectual
faculties in the development of ma
tural resources and in the production
of those activities that result in great
er comforts of living and higher
planes of thought. The bringing to-
gether in universal exposition of the
best that all civilized countries have
produced opens to all who participate
new lines of thought, better methods
and better appliances, and therefore
conduces to the material benefits as
well as to the culture of every country
participating. 1t promotes in an in
comparable way universal economy
of human. endeavor by enabling the
countries taking part to determine
through comparison of their exhibits
the lines in which they can produce
the best results. The economy of the
world for saving time and energy by
the adaptation of physical and intel
Electual forces to pursuits in which
they are most effective, is a profitable
study for nations as it is for individ-
uals. Hand in hand, however, with
such occupation should go the cult
walton of the taste for the beautiful
and an Astounding conviction that man
is his brothers keeper, and has an
unalienable obligation to better the
condition of his fellows.
THE international exposition whose
dedication you honor by your pres
ence was conceived in an effort TO
commemorate a great achievement
which has proven a potent factor in
increasing our wealth and sustaining
our institutions and perpetuating our
independence. The interest manifest
ed by the governments and the people
whom you represent, in pledges OF
participation has been encouragin2
and helpful in the highest degree, and
we are glad of this opportunity to ex-
press our deep gratitude. Your COM
ing enables us to show you the char
acter and scope of the undertaking we
have launched. Our plans are ambi-
tious and our hopes high, but we are
energetic and untiring and with your
recognition and assistance we expect
to carry to a successful consummation
an enterprise which will not only as
semble the natural resources of the
earth and bring together the best
products of human SKILL but will be
the occasion Tor eliciting the express
sion of the best thought and for class,
flying and systemizing all human
knowledge. We hope this exposition
/ will be an epitome of the progress of
The world from the beginning of his
tory.
THE nineteenth century was char
acterized by unprecedented and al
most incomprehensible industrial ad-
vancement. The earth was made to
reveal its hidden treasures. The I'M
known forces of nature were har-
messed and utilized Lines of com
merce were established which encircle
the earth. Sections Of the globe re.
mot and almost unknown to each
other were brought into close COM
munication and friendly relation. 1t
would seem that there is little left to
be done in the field of scientific effort
But every discovery and every adj
vance opens broader plane for the
exercise of human ingenuity. The
problems, however, that seem to con.
front us most prominently today and
that require for their solution not
only experience and intelligence, but
fraternal sentiment as well, are those
of social character. The aggrega-
ton that we call society is Lound to-
gether by ties of sympathy, strength
ened, it may be, by culture, but often
strained by selfishness and pride. The
relation of man to nature and her
ply steal forces commands the highest
functions of the mind, but the relation
! f man to his fellows not only enlists
the highest intellectual effort, but re-
quires that it be tempered by i'm
pulses of human kindness. Those
who have as the handspring of their
actions the elevation of their fellows,
live and move upon higher plane
and are better members of society
than those who subordinate sentiment
and sympathy to gain and power.
''The earth in its fertility and re-
sourcefulness furnishes material suf-
fcient to maintain in comfort all of
its sons. If their genius and energy
could be devoted to the utilization of