The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-30
lows for the national house of repre-,

lows for the national house Of repre-
sentadves:
The extent to which this friendly meet
ing Of all nations upon these grounds, in
gOod-natured rivalry, will contribute
more to universal peace and happiness
turnout the world than any previous in
ternational event
Out Of the womb Of the worlds mill
tary and civil commissions have been
born many great events. Under their
ennobling influences and actuated by a
lofty patriotism, nations, In the past
have assembled to appropriately COM
memorate them and honor the memory
Of those by whom they were achieved
but never before In the. history Of the
world have all the nations Of the earth
assembled, as they are here congregated,
to celebrate the achievement and honor
the memory Of civil or military hero.
Men stand here to-day in the presence
Of spectacle, the like of which has
never been conceived by the mind or
| wrought by the hand Of man. In design,
in execution, in the beauty and grandeur
Of its full completion it surpasses any
thing Of the kind the human eye has ever
! looked upon. In word, it Is the worlds
| exhibit Of nineteen centuries Of human
| progress.
| II. III. Hartman Speaks.
For the domestic exhibitors e. II.
Hartman, president of the New York
| state commission, delivered the fol-
| lowing address,:
Mr.. Hartman called attention to
contributed to the great work, and
said:
| The chief factor is the cooperation Of
all our people. To supply the needs Of
our commerce 1t became necessary to
| bring the lines under uniform methods Of
| management all Of which were possible
only by the combination and unif1cation
Of original short lines of railway into
systems each under one management or
control, and this in turn was possible
only by a combination Of capital.
| The combination Of different railways
should be regulated by law, but insofar
as the law obstructs such combinations
without public benefit, 1t Is unwise and
prejudicial to the public interest.
Thus far labor organization has a law
full purpose, but it should not 60 to the
| extent Of infringing on the personal and
inalienable rights Of it's members as in
dividuals. ...se =,
Should capital demand more than its
due, by that demand it limits its oppor-
tuntties and. correspondingly, the laborer
who demands more than his due thereby
takes away from himself the opportunity
to labor No one can escape this law Of
| cooperation .... -
The speaker for the foreign ex-
hibitors was Michael La Grave, COM
missioner general for France, who was
| the first commissioner general Of a
foreign country to erect a pavilion on
the exposition grounds.
! Senior Nuncto gracefully expressed
the thanks of the foreign exhibitors
for the treatment which had been &C
corded them and prophesied eloquent
sition. 49,. --- -a 0.s
Taft for the President.
7 The chorus of America was then
sung and William H. Taft, secretary
Of war, acting as the representative
of the president OF the United States,
delivered the last address Of the day.
i He spoke as follows:
i When one sees the expense and the
effort and the energy necessary to make
the exposition, the opening Of which we
celebrate to-day, it is natural to- doubt
whether the good Is commensurate with
the cost. ~
In less than year this city Of mag
nifcent structures, this collection OF
everything from everywhere, will have
been dissipated and nothing will remain
but the site. The doubt is only evidence
that we do not feel as we should the
meaning Of this exposition. This is the
) measuring rod Of that for which myriads
of hands and myriads Of brains have
been striving-an increase in the con-
troll which mind and muscle have over
. the inanimate resources that nature
furnishes. 1t reduces the size Of our
world in that it brings all nations into
one small locality for a time, and in
creases enormously the efficiency OF
: those engaged in carrying on the world S
progress.
woke attention to the fact that we have
: at this the centenary Of the purchase
Of Louisiana, entered upon another and
different kind of expansion, which in
wolves the solution of other and different
problems from those presented in the
Louisiana purchase. They may not and
probably will not be solved by comforting
statehood upon the new territory.
This centennial of the Louisiana pur-
3 chase marks the beginning Of the great
: Philippine problem, and the government
Of the Philippine Islands has expended a
very large sum Of money to make the
| people who came here to commemorate
the vindication Of one great effort OF
American enterprise and expansion un-
derstand the conditions which surround
the beginning Of another. Without being
blind to the difficulties or the dangers, ii
gives me the greatest happiness to say
that the president Of the United States
whom I unworthily represent to-day, is
glad to take his stand among those who
believe in the capacity Of the American
people, to solve any problem of govern.
ment which depends solely on the clear
heads, the honesty and the courage, the
generosity and the self-restraint Of the
American people.
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