The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
l-52grisht. 1905. hy Thomas Fitch.

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~ vEN 50 lOng ago as 1850 Chi
caeo. frona lake 10 forest. was q
Ill succession Of Inspirations As
the Attic salt infused. the soul OF
every srue Atheuian, so the spirit q
creative thought seemed 10 possess the
uiud II every mar who entered her
ssres II aot q sermon there seemed
er east a purpose animatiug the very
s-cussof her streets. she IS an epitonle
cf nat Progress which has been spin
mig down The ringing grooves OF
t-r1-' ever since the Genoese set sair
In search q a western passage 70 the
Irdies. and amid desolating Ere and
cou1erciaI panic she has answered
fate Is Columbus answered the faint.
hearted sailor who questioned him:
{aa- shali sas great ca,tain. say
We siz-t uaught but seas dawn
- sou snaii say, st break ~ dawn,
san c1 saI or SAL on and On
There was ever "a unseen. unvoiced
power of growth in Chicago that led
along unexpected ways to achievement,
Ike steps that lead 70 heights Enter
prise burst forth from her soil ard
clasPed the light and sucked the air OF
strength Men planned and their plans
out-an their clutch as with mo-
nlertuIn that could not be stayed Men
died. and yet the thought they planted
multiplied in a hundred fields. As from
the rioge Of the great Northwest the
wiling and impartial waters sever. one
7rru I
through lake and strait, roaring over
csrsract and seething through rzpids
% the surging Atlantic-the other part
Sld-ng westward and southwark to re-
c-L-t the tswuy current thar carries
the wash Of a continent TO the Nexi-
-an gulf, 50 this great city OF saItIess
seas divided her fzvors- Millionaire
and pauper, poet and pork packer. all
were welcome 70 march IN the ranks of
her armies. She bade the stzIwart SOL
der # fortune 10 fall IN and placed her
strong arm about the shy, uurecoz-
rized child of genius dumb and halt
Ing. maybe. with discoura cement and
despair. And 50 steadied him on his
feet IN the procession, imposing no con
t-----lc lLL 20 keep step.
In this mighty city the strong. clear
element Of earnest endeavor, the con-
guering tread Of huge-Iirnbed labor the
restnle get tenacious mentality. the
eager outreachiug spirit OF get on
has ever been manifest and catching
Not that the life is feverish or hvster-
ieal - IN z rev mining camp, or q city
cf climate and boom BY no means
But q handful Of the seed OF empire. feII
Upon this favored acreage, where oulv
grain was meted out 10 other lands.
and II grew because IL could not helm
but grow
The brouzes OF conquest were once
stricken from the column Vendou1e in
Paris because they perpetuated the
memory Of triumDhs won through the
blood and the tears OF the people. 10
gut the vanity Of an Emperor who des-
olated the world that he might fIlumiue
throne. But Chicago's commemora-
tive columns and arches are her iron
laced highways. her marts OF trade. her
palaces OF Industry. her miles OF beau
tiful homes. The record OF her vfcto-
res IS greater than that OF the Greek
who bossted that he never caused an
Athenian 70 put on mourning. for she
can say that her growth was so direct
90 and her industries so controlled by
master minds that the anthem OF her
march 70 greatness has ever been the
CHEEKY music of contented and we'll