The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-01-02
REVIEW OF THE PAST
AMI FORECAST OF
TIE COMING YEAp
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While the implements of war hays
been vastly changed by modern in.
ventions, and modern can h..
used at much greater distances and
with more destructive effect, yet the
principles of war have not changed
although skill, science and strategy r.
some extent take the place of valiant
leadership and physical strength and
courage in successfully using the ia.
structive weapons of war of the nres-
ent day.
During its varied experience Of tba
last few years on most extended field.
of operation the United States arm
has maintained its reputation for Low
atty, intelligence and valor, Thor.
have been a few instances of s,,rnr;c.
and ambuscade of small detachman+s
but whenever it has met the enerr
under ordinary circumstances Il no.
achleVed an unbrOken record of suc.
cess. What it's future may be It ia
impossible to p~rophesy, but it is fair
to predict that it will be as
able as It's past has been glorious,
So far as money Is concerned y
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
TO sell our products to Europe and get
large returns, we will be compelled to
seek a market for our money. Tho
result will"b the enormous develon.
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 rout
them from these fields of trade.
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 manufacturers
and commerce. Higher education is
coming more and more to mean devel-
opment of the highest practical effect
iveness. 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 a practical! advance
in the mrvelous history of the wire
less telegraph. The scientific achieve
ment which had been dreamed of for
nearly half a 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 it's claim to be
regarded as one of the worlds great.
est accomplishments in the domain
Of practical science. Something OF
the same kind, although in a lesser
degree, may be said Of the attempt to
construct a flying machine, that prof.
ect which had it's beginning, so far
as we know, in the realms OF CLASSIC
fable, and may have had it's begin
ming for aught we know in days long
before the gods of Greece had ever
come to be classified and worshipped.
1t is not too much to say that what
ever may come of this ~ever-reneWing
enterprise, the year saw the most
practical evidence of it's possibility
yet given to the world. The year cam
not boast of any great triumphs en-
tirely it's own in the realms OF liter
allure and art. It's literary and ar
tistic armament has not indeed been
clouded but no new star Of the first
magnitude, no blazing comet even,
has arisen on the field OF mortar
vision.