The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-04

founders of our state were grave and
serious. those left to US are far more
weighty and momentous.
II mistake not we as Texans shall
have important participation in the
solution of all these great and diff
ficult problems. We are In the very
pathway of the nations future com
merce and Industrial progress. Onr
products already reach an annual
| value OF three hundred million dol
lars-and this sum shall be doubled
| before we reach the full measure OF
our growth. This is the raw materi-
al, the unfinished product. If we
add to this the multiplied value which
will come from the magic touch of
| the factory, you will be able to catch
faint glimpse of the marvellous pos
sibilities of our state when she has
accomplished the great task of con-
yerting her raw material into fin
| ished products ready to carry COM
| fort and luxury into the homes of
| the worlds millions. Our hidden
treasures are coming forth from their
hiding places to the enrichment of
our citizens. the delight of commerce
and the advancement of our business
enterprise. The white wings of COM
merce are already spread on the Dos-
ON of our Mediterranean and the
argosies of trade gather in our ports.
The magic influence of our inter-
national traffic is even now shifting
| the traekless thoroughfare of the
high seas to the purposes and trium-
! phant reign of that maritime splen-
dor. which shall begin fits unparallel-
ed course with the completion of the
Panama Canal.
We have our history, splendid and
| inspiring. At Goliad, In the Alamo
and at San Jacinto. our fathers PROV
| ed themselves worthy of enrolment
among the heroes of history, and we,
as their sons and daughters, could III
afford To he satisfied with less dis
| tinction In solving the social. indus
| trial and political problems of the
generation in which we live We
| should be content with nothing less
than q factory in every village and
| hamlet in our great state that we
| may manufacture into cloth the cot
| ton We produce and prepare the
| fruits OF our soil for food and raj
meut not for ourselves alone, but
| for the untold millions Of the orient,
| who are already welcoming these
| harbingers of peace and comfort into
| their simple homes Every Texan
should look forward in yearning
expectation for the day when the
song Of the loom and spinning wheel
| in our abiding places of industry
shall chime in with sweet notes of
the mocking bird and together blend
| in the gentle and sublime minstrelsy
| of peace and prosperity. There shall
be 10 end to the work that is before
us. Our achievement shall but lead
TO another a little above II and the
endless stairway OF progress shall
reach the unborn generations of the
future. Science IS in its infancy.
| learning Is possessed of perpetual
youth and the miracles OF invention
are sleeping all around you. waiting
to be touched 10 life by the hand of
genius The field is yet new: the
world is young and unsubdued, and
the great commission is yet unper-
formed Edison. Tesla and Marconi
have but preached in the wilderness
OF science and | am persuaded that
one greater than any of these shall
yet come in the fullness OF time
| III / mistake not. II hath not entered
| into the imagination of the widest
| dreamer what marvellous wonders
| the present and future wizards of
| invention shall WOO from their hid
| ing places for the comfort. delight
and convenience of man.
Young ladies and young gentle
men. what shall be your share in
meeting these issues and solving