The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
epEAKER# CANNON TALKINGsWITf1 MR. sCARPENTER.s 81
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time. I look for an emo mo,ls emil ton.
there from the Lji1iteH States:sTtj IS a.
land Of vast undevelo ped resources, which
are to be opened up by on our peopllte
The United States Abr Dad.
81 suppose that the future of the United
States will be confined to this ntinent NJ
said I.
..,.Y es, q a great extent, said Mr.. Can
on, sg:' but we are now W orld ma ton and
We are ching out in every direction
and across every sea. Z he earth IS IS 5
but is IS hardly touched as fartas od lelr1
development is g concern ned ass5 4 here are
vast areas o e new country. In South Amer
lea Africa Is still n unkno own cont tn 4.
;ent, and SO is aim ost The whole sof north
erl, AS a: n 'ile world is said to have q e.
teen hundred mil lion peoplc There Is
room upon 1t for double that number and
many parts Of will su pport ten hich;
now support one. ''' .S
~ hen you do not believe In the Nal
thusian theory? a Ss58
IN 8, t will be a long time before wars
or pestilences will be neede ed to restrict
the. worlds popula or. M RI
The Greatest Factory on Earth.
& II suppose you look upon The United
States as pretty we'll filled mo y, 2',5
s OF at all. nave only 81 ghtys MILL
lions and BY intensive cul tivatlon We
should support ten times that number.
IT Is said that Texas alone would 4 feed
the United States. 81 And then our mineral
resources. The country ha ~ not WA been
scratched and we do not know w hat We
have under the soil. We ire ALREADY the
world producing more than Germany,
France and England, @ ur three create
competitors. We send on ", q per cent, Of
what we make abroad, but that 3 per
cent forms 80 per cent. ,of our EXPORTS
and we, are now the greatest exporting 3
nation on earth Indeed, Fl We ma ke3 one,
fourth of all the "a story goods made by
the world. - N ttsBzs.
1.-THE basis OF our manufa cturcs Is our
home market" s con- lnued the Sneaker. 81
want to- see this protected In every pos
sible wax, for 1T is the foundation of our
prosperity and OF OUT enormous posi- u IL
ties. There Is no mark Is u Ike this. ~ 81
have more wants than any Other people.
and spend moro money to salts sly them
we consume three times as much per
;capitnfasthe people Of Europe. a our eigh-g
;ty Millions u In that respect are equal to,
any other two hundred millions. We are
equal as consumers 10 two-thlds OF all
the people Of Europe. Y his market we
must keep to ourselves. and q he tariff
must be so adjusted that there Will DO
no danger Of losing IT, f5s{ X n
Great fortunes dIlu 4 IlclI
Dangers.
IT know we arc rich MI Speak er. BIZ
are We not growing too rich re you
not alarmed mt the GROWTH Of the great
American fortunes r d d 3s Vi
N o. j$ Most OF our grea 81 ortunes have
come from small heginnings BY hey are
the result Of the brains and Industry of
the men who own them, and when their
owners die they will soon dlsapp ear, seSs
know many OF u e multi mill sonaires 8of
to-day. 34.l /, si6 {iS .4jji IN SJ3S
Marshall Field, When i first
saw him bes was q boy clerklng In al
store, He Isl worth many mi II Ions noW..
John r ockef Her, who started lie poor,
isaHald to be worth hundreds OF NIL ions
and the same Is true of Al rev Carnegie
and others. When those men dle hey,
cannot carry a. dollar ava y; M It'll HEM
Naked came they In to the world and nak-S
ed shall they depart from ~ ~ nt q fact
oxists to-day as it, did In he time az he
Scriptures.g "a 81 "A Il n 1lS Il II III 5s
S8..Yes.s said but the fortune still Ne
main In the gfanli les, s & BY l
Not long replied Mr. l'anllon, As
an old saying 4 hat II is dust hTae ~ ne lf-S
lions from shirt sleeves TO = lllrt sleeves,
Ut As Impossible to tie up fortunes 80 that
they will remain long In the hands OF
sOne,s descendants You ma y d ren,embe n
the case of old ,lhul ieson, WHO died a bou y
two hundred years ago That ma H. was
rich for his day and he Hlll-S
lees, his fortuna3Aso tflGt ii should be kept