Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-04
SECOND DAY OF The FETL
Vice President Fairbanks Delivers Address
at Canals Semi Centennial Celebration,
TALKS ARE MADE BY MANY OTHER PEOPLE
History of Development OF Upper
Peninsula OF Michigan Told
By Man who Helped
the work.

sACLT STE MARIE. Micn, Aug. s-The
celebration OF the fifth anniversary of the
opening of the Saut Ste Marie ship canal
and locks ended this afternoon, with adj
dresses by large number of speakers,
prominent among whom was Vice President
Fairbanks, who arrived Tuesday night and
took part In the events. Rodolphe Lem
ieux, solicitor general Of Canada; Raoul
Dandurand. speaker OF the Canadian SEN
ate; Senator Burrows and Governor War
ner Of Michigan and Congressman Burton
Of Ohio also spoke. The speeches were de-
livered from a stand in the government
park, which was tastefully decorated. Vice
President Fairbanks spoke as followsi
=, Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
we cordially welcome our friends from
Canada to share in this celebration. The
event we commemorate is Of mutual inter
Here side by side, are the great locks, one
constructed by the United STAGES and the
other by the Dominion Of Canada, Through
them passes INTERCHANGEABLE the commerce
or the two countries Here they will stand
In close fellowship for centuries to come,
dischargtng their important functions. We
trust that they will always be symbollcal
OF the cordial relations and neighborly re-
gard Of the two people through whose veins
| now the blood OF a common ancestry.
We owe allegiance to different institu-
| lions. Above US are different flags, emblems
Of the mightlest powers, upon this earth.
| We have no sense Of rivalry except in those
ways which make for higher and better
| civilization.
There are no fortihcations along our COM
! mon frontier; no battleships upon the
waters which divide us. These are not
| needed now, and we trust that In God 5
| We are the respecters of each others in
| situtions, of each others laws, of each
| by strong social ties and sentiments of
| mutual respect.
Competition in trade is a vitalizing factor
| II is not born of unfriendliness. 1t has its
| inspiration in that just sef-interest which
| has been the life of trade from the begin
ming until now: one of our wisest Amer
| leans William Mckinley, whose good name
| is the precious heritage of the human race
| said at the Pan-American exposition al
| Buffalo: Though commercial com
| must not be-" The national policies of the
| United States and Canada may not be In
| unfriendliness of purpose but to that sense
Of duty which each primarily owes 20 Its
We look upon our commercial develop.
ment since this canal was dedicated tc
commerce with the utmost satisfaction. AL
sections Of the country have gone forward
| expanding in commercial strength but no.
where is there to be found more remark'i
BILE growth than we witness in the territory
which Is tributary to the St. Mary's canal
The tonnage passing through this canal ha!
| risen from an average of 1900 tons per an
| mum in the first decade to Is, 000O 900 tons pei
annum in the ten years ending in 1904. Las
year more than 5000 vessels passed through
these locks. carrying more than p 800 90
| tons Of freight valued at over 340OOO,O00.
Commerce VIII Increase.
The maximum has not yet been reached
| Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, Detroit, Tol
edo, Cleveland, Buffalo and other citci
| which sit in majesty and power upon tht
shores of the Great Lakes are rapidly in
creasng in population and in commercial
| Importance. The great mines are pouring
their wealth of cheap material into III
channels of trade in rapidly increasing de
gree. The fertile agricultural regions ar
sending their vast surplus to feed million
in the east and beyond the Atlantic.
| The commerce of the United States ha
| increased beyond the dreams of the mos
optimistic of a half century ago. Our for
| eign commerce has, with rapidly, attaina
vast volume. II is insignificant, however
in amount and value when compared witt
to their utmost capacity and our ships upo
inland water routes are loaded to the lmi
| of their carrying power, bearing the prod
ucts of a progressive and great people. oil
quate to meet the current needs. They ar
constantly improved and enlarged. ,Ney
instruments of INSTRUMENTATION ar
created The capacity Of all these is quickl
taxed New transportation facilities Great
new traffic. The wants Of the peopl
| quickly expand to meet them.
| The canal is identified with the perio
of our most rapid Industrial development
The ever-inCreasing procession of ship
through il tells the story of our eNpandin
production, growing trade and increasin
Industrial Importance.
| The scepter of commercial power
! speedily passing into American contro
, II we are but true TO the vast oppoI
tunities which lie at our hands, the Unite
States WILL become the acknowledge
leader I'm the commerce of the world. TIL
conquest will be achieved by the men {
trade and not by the men Of war. 1t wi