The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

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United States, and is not unlikely II
move into the vast fertile plains AM
rich regions of our South American
neighbors.
1t has been said that the popula
ton of the ear-h one hundred years
ago was, in round numbers 100000. 00t
whereas in 1900 it was 1900, 00O. 900
In other words during the last nun
dred years the population of the worlt
has grown as much as in all previou:
thousands of years of history. This
has been due in a measure to the de
velopment of the science of proven
ting disease and to the near approach
of Tenayson's dream, when the WAL
drum throbs no longer, and the battle
flags are furled." In other words
science has made such strides and
the idea of the brotherhood of mar
has made such progress that the de
vastating wars and plaques of ancient
times, with their attendant slaughter
of men, women and children, are
things of the past, making the depop
Ilation of the earth from those caus
es 40 longer possible.
AS we know from contemporaneous
history of European countries are al
ready establishing colonies in South
America and are seeking to cement
so strongly their hold on these PEG.
pie as to control their commerce.
Hence it is our duty, if we expect to
get our share, to set forth Immediately
and Systematically to develop mean
to acquaint ourselves with their needs
so that when the canal is opened and
ships can go from our home ports to
the ports of the west coast of South
America without breaking bulk we
may be able to take advantage to its
maximum possibility of this physical
transformation of the earth.
The United States has in the last
few years made such giant strides in
industrial development as to become
one of the great export nations of the
world. Notwithstanding our phenomi-
nal growth in population, our capaci,
ty to produce in both field and factory
has more than kept pace with our
growth in numbers. If our prosperity
is to continue, we must have wider
markets for IL goods-what better
fields for exploitation exist thar the
territory of IL next-door neighbors
in Central and South America? But
while j. is necessary to have the mar
kets in which to sell our goods, it is
nannSCorv tn have tho ia oili.
ties with which to transport them.
mean by this that the volume of our
trade to-day is seriously ham
pered by the overtaxed condition of
our railways, especially at terminal
points; in fact, it is a serious question
it mas not reached its limit
under present conditions. Many of
the important railway systems in
their desire to provide more adequate
accommodations are going so far in
efforts to raise money for this
purpose as to well nigh imperil their
The arrangements of these
realize fully the serious
nature of the steps they are taking.
but because of heir extreme ankle
ty to perform properly their duties
the traffic interests of the
country they have assumed the res
possibility.
Port terminals are already so scarce
and valuable as to render adequate
relief in that direction improbable, in
fact, impossible, at any reasonable
cost. 1t is therefore suggested that
there be created a vast interior har-
reaching from Chicago to the Gulf
The idea is not new to you, but pres
snt conditions should bring it home
than eve before.
The beneficial effects of such a a
Dor are many n obvious. in the
first place it would furnish oppor-
for the creation of terminal
facilities along it's entire length. These
would be utilized to relieve the con
at and take are of the over
flow from our present port terminals.
In the second place it would build up
and develop the entire Mississippi
by giving it the advantages of
criminal ports brought close to its
1oOrs. Ia h third place, n this
a most direct bearing OF our ca
nal proposition, it would give the peo-
pie of our great Middle West, with
heir geographical proximity and
heir superior transportation faciii-
lies, a distinct advantage over the
est of the country in commanding the
South American trade.
Where are the American ships, you
may ask, in which to hoat this com
That opens a subject quite too
for more than cursory treatment
1t this time, but have no hesitation
saying that. with Secretary Root,
think we should recognize the fact
nat I'VE are living in a world not of
natural, but of subsidized competition
should overcome the artificial
imposed upon Ameri-
IAN shipping through the action of
,ur own and foreign governments by
IN equivalent advantage in the form
If a subsidy of subvention." That
S not merely the surest, but is the
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