The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-12
DUE JANUARY !. tss6
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Montgomery, Ala.

ivlontgoiI1ery, Ala.
 can easily raise in the States south ot
 sippi,. including Texas and n srEansas ssas- | all the cotton that the trans-Pacific I peopie can possibly need. Then King
 win w9tboh h,s w,la & sit on his white throne and
 price of the commodity will never
 tsnge below 20 cents a pound, and
 reer ree sousn mnrs will , have entered upon ca IL IS in the power of man to describe. Inis seems. know. an extravagant srsn rrew or the situation. and yet, my
 Thfinds, This IS sns picture Is not oyerdrawn
 less fabric of vision" It is more Inan possibility. It IS reality. can
 no no more avoid the conviction I have by. writhing I could escape the ana guish in nay bones
 progressive leaders and aggressive ing hksrs tSn m Shina are already advocat- sne adoption of our Western dress rms custom stands as a bar to the Chi-
 ana aese nat, m the way of material progress step is taken in the near future the
 celestial Empire will die of it's own
 senttitity. and her vast domain will be
 Think of 1t, my friends; when six hun
 dred millions of people in Asia and
 tAirica A, begin to wear shoes and dress
 m cotton clothes, did 1t ever occur to
 ySu Wnat that will mean in the creation
 of wealth in this country? The East VIII get busy" making shoes and -the
 south south will have her hands full raising
 But, to be effective in our endeavors
 along these lines, we must cease to nav
 sn snd much s,sa attention to political .vagaries
 ana give more thought to foreign mar
 kets In my honest Judgment. Ala.
 ma pama IS the garden spot of Gods uni
 verse. Nov is the accepted time, now
 at,on ss tne "a gay or our salvation" The situ- auon is Tn your hands. Stand together
 ana demand that Congress shall remove the Chinese wall" which has been for
 so long time erected along our bor- uSrs ana around our own country
 This is no new departure Under s Dem ocratic administration. Florida and Lou
 isiana were annexed to the Union: and that
 Imense domain west of the Mississippi pass
 ga iorever under the folds of old glory And
 m discussing this question, let us not for
 Eet that under the advice of the '.peerless.,
 bryan. acting from a patriotic impulse a reauisite majority of Democrats Senators
 was was secured to ratify the Paris treaty of peace between the United States and inc kfngdom of Spain, under the terms of which me philippines became a part of our terri- torial possessions
 Agriculturs and Commerce.
 Agriculture. pure and simple alone ana unaided by commerce has never wei anr,chN cd a nation. Commerce, which after ali IS put trade either by land or on sea. an intercnange and exchange of goods wares ana products of one community with an otner. either by barter or by purchase and sale, Including gold and silver Jewels and gems purple and fine linen oil and wine the spices and perfumes of all lands inc sruits of the teeming earth-commeroe as tnus expiained, whenever properly extended and vigorously prosecuted, will not fail rom her horn of plenty to pour wealth and prosperity, with lavish hand into tha Tap Of people not slow to take advantage of favoring conditions
 The term New South' does not renra
 sent country of ideas and methods d,tsaS ent from those which prevailed in ante hal ium days: put is only another expression for the same old South. with her pristine viz tue patriotism and integrity; a South which rom suffering has evolved new strength and courage: from evil has brought forth good rom prostration has risen in her might to throw off overwhelming disasters. and has faced and settled the hardest ouestions which were ever presented for solution to "a war-stricken people In all the annals of tbe worlds history ~
 Whiie the people of Alabama still fondly cling to the proud traditions of the "old south and to the glorious memories which VIII ever cluster around her lustrous past snsS nave nevertheless ceased to spend use | 1ui time In discussing dead issues" They stand out bravely in the eyes of tha l,yht ana Tn the face of the sun under the hIua skies of the Living Present With eharsc- .erlsuc energy looking to the future, they have gone to work to rebuild their shat lereu fortunes. With stout hearts and Wlling hands. they have turned away frorn commentaries to the stern realities of fife rom speculation to experimental knowIedre | rom theory to practice, and in the chosen | sphere of strenuous industrialisn. thev are striving. by the application oY skiiisd | laoor 10 the best and most approved me chanical appliances which science and er perienee have invented to win a transcend- | sns .l victory. more fruitful and resplendent | than any of the successes they have vet | atiatrs4 in ice fsid af iadsvtviaI aah,eye. Msnt. 0Ii stkts Las aUAe (AraxaL ihat period in her history when sentiment might | DC lhuulged at the expense of common sense. Prejudices which debase, supersti- I tions which enslave, have passed away .orbe sods from Olympus have departed" ana a new era in agricultural. educational and commercial enterprises having been inau- kuLatea' n oehooVes us to continue to go | forth to tilt upon the arena with more than life upon the issue.-to finish q naraer n,ora brilliant than it has ever entered into The brain of man to conceive. and more dag Fling than 1t has ever been given to the | tongue of man to describe
 In this generous rivalry for tha attain ment Of desirable ends. beg VOL my friends to "halt not in the race you are | running. Set up a standard of excellence m the land The world about us is Elow- ing with beauty. re2lete with energy. and crowned with the glory of endless progress. The winds and the waves. harnessed by power divine. are toilinR in their holy mis- sion to catch the glad tidings sung by anger bands. Peace on earth, good will to men. Nature bears no impressions of incidence or lawlesness in all her boundless operations for good, She Is eminently be- neNolent. She Is liberal to mans wants, II sne turns none away empty handed. Obe- dlent to the voice of her Maker, wherever there is pain. want or suffering, there Ma ture' in imitation of her God, unIocks the vast storehouses of her woudrons treasures ana lays them down reverently at the feet f or sorrowing man. From her we learn | that our most important duty on earth, in it's subiimest sense, is to realize and recog- nize the fatherhood of God and the brother hood of man.
 Tour association, by whatever name call | ed' that seeks to live up to these lofty tru- isms and to carry out these heavenly ap- pointed obligations. furnishes evidence. in oft-repeated lessons, of the splendid work you have In hand to do, and of the abund- ant harVests you will reap in the peace, l security happiness and prosperity which must come to communities from faithful and honest labor. well performed. as we'll as in he moral uplifting and general welfare of 'our felloWmen-a preciouz rea1IzafIon l