Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
Expanding Production.

Expanding Production.
The canal is identified with the period of
our most rapid Industrial development. The
ever-increasing procession of ships through
1t tells the story of our expanding produc-
ton, growing trade and increasing indus
trial Importance.
The scepter of commercial power Is
speedily passing into American control. If
we are but true to the vast opportunities
which lie at our hands, the United States
will become the acknowledged leader in the
commerce of the world The conquest viii
be achieved by the men of trade and not
by the men OF war. 1t viii come by
Irresistible law of commercial gravity. 1t
Will come because of our increased produc-
tive capacity; because of our superior abili-
ty to supply the needs of others; because
of the illmita BILE resources of our farms
mines and factories; because of multiplied
methods and enlarged facilities of cheap
tranSp Ortation from the centerS OF pr0duc-
ton down to the seaboard We take pride
in our commerce because 1t tends II lift
the country to a higher and better level. 1t
tends to equaltZe conditions. 1t enlarges
the opportunity of labor and capital, and
gives our people more homes and fills them
with more of the comforts of life 1t
brings communities and trade centers to-
gether in common interest. higher civil
cation follows in its pathway.
While we are commercial people, we
are not SubServient to CommercialiSm. We
seek 10 expand commerce., as Il means, not
as an end. We seek its conquests that we
may minister to those high aspirations
which are brthright of the Anglo-SaXOn
race.
1t is a well-recognized maxim of trade
that commerce will follow the lines of
least resistance. The Great Lakes afford
cheap transportation for the vast COM
merce tributary thereto. The control by
the government of the Saint Marys canal
It's enlargement and improvement, has re-
suited in stimulating traffic. 1t insures
Just and reasonable transportation charges
over vast area, and will become. the
density of our population increases, and
as trade expands, of incaiSulable import
ance in the future.
Uncle Sam Generous.
The United States has been liberal IN
advancing the interests OF commerce. She
has been generous in the Improvement of
rivers and harbors to the end that they
should be adequate to meet our advancing
national needs. She has appropriated liber-
all for canals. The Sault Ste. Marie canal
Is not the only evidence of this fact. Her
most important work is promoting the ex-
pansfon of our commerce is upon the Isthmus
of Panama. The enterprise there is of vast
magnftude-one which has defeated all eff
forts hitherto. 1t is undertaken upon broad
lines. for 1t will welcome impartially the
commerce of the world. What others have
been many years in endeavoring to accom-
plsh, we shall not do in a day Much
money. time and patience will be required
to complete the work. But it will be built
for the United States has put it's powerful
hand to the task.
1t Is gratifying fact that the enormous
commerce of the United States upon the
Great Lakes is carried in American ships
The vessels which pass through this canal
carrying our products, bear the flag of the
United States. They were built in our
shipyards and are manned by American
seamen. When we come to commerce upon
the high seas. we largely give over its car
riage to ships built abroad and sailed by
alien owners. A large part Of the commo-