The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-11
Bure au OF
A!I7il:71lerilI'can
Republics q. n !,
Forward Step
In the New
World.
etBy Unlte,l Press.)

~ f5i y LjIletl fEeSS.J I-s4af4 Il
WASHINGTON D. c.. May Ii
The greater portion of the Western
Hemisphere was officially represented
today at the laying of the corner.
stone Of the new monument to Sec.
retary Roots Pan American idea. the
future home of the International BIZ
reau of American Republics. Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root
were spokesmen of the United Suites
interest In the enterprise. Ambnss-
ahor Joaquin Nnbuco. OF Brazil. Dean
of the Latin American diplomatic
corps. spoke for the other countries
and Andrew Carnegie. the institutions
benefnctor to the extent of $4,000 de-
.livered an address. Cardinal Gibbons.
of Baltimore. delivered an invocation
and Bishop Granston. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Dean OF the Pro-
testant clergy. of the District OF CO.
lumbia. delivered an invocation. The
stands were hllcI with the striking
gathering OF Washington's official set.
Many state governors were also pres
ent. The exercises began at p. NJ.
with short speech by Bureau Dlrec-
tor. John Barrett who presented Sec
retary Root rs chairman OF the execl-
tive board and the presiding officer.
The long copper box was placed I'M
der a stone slab. Coins, messages.
photographs and souvenirs were In
clude,l in cache. The building. which
with the site. Is / TO- cost one million.
will he erected on ground formerly
occupied by the historic yanness man
sion next to the Hall of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution.
President Roosevelt In his address
spoke as follows:
This is a memornble occasion for
all the peoples OF the Western Hemi-
sphere. This building. the corner
stone OF which we lay today. EN-.
nlnsizes by Its existence the growing
sense Of solidarity of interest and MS.
pration among all the peoples OF the
New World. 1t marks our recogni.
tion OF the need 10 knit ever closer to.
sether all the republics of the West.
ern Hemisphere. through the kindly
bonds Of mutual Justice. good will. and
sympathetic comprehension.
AT the outset. on behalf Of all of lis
wish to thank Mr. Carnegie for his
generous gift-n gift 10 all the nations
of the New World. and therefore pre-.
eminently fitting us coming from one
who has SO sincerely striven for the
cause of peace amouns nations; for
while we have yet a long pnth TO
tread before we can speak with any
certainty of the day when wars shall
cease from the earth. we of this West.
ern Hemisphere. by movements such
rs that symbo!lzed by this building.
hnre taken greut strides toward secur.
permanent peace among ourselves.
! In the next place. as President Of
4, this republic greet the representa-
!, tives of all our sister republics to the
south OF MS. In n sense. you are our
elder sisters and we thH younger
people. for yon represent more an.
cient civilization OH this continent
than We do. Your fathers. the Span
ish and Portuguese explorers. con.
| q,,crors. lnwEivers. and the common.
wealth builders. had founded n flour.
iHhinE civilization in the Tropics and
the South Temperate Zone while ali
Americn north Of the Rio Grande was
still nnmnnned wilderness. You,
people had founded American uni
versities, were building beautiful
cities, were laying deep the foundn
ttnns Of future national life. ut man,
different points in the vast territor,
stretching from the Colorado to The
Plata. before the ships of. the French
man and the Englishmnn. the Swefl,
aud the Hollanlcr, had found per
manent havens on the North Atlantic
seacoast. For centuries our severa
CIVILIZATIONS grew each In its own way
but encl snndcred from the others
Now we are growing together.
More and more in the future W.
shall each give to and get from tn,
others. not merely things of materia
value. but things that are OF wortl
for the intellectual and spiritual wei
! fare OF all Q. .us. In the century tina
has passed the development of Nortl
America has, on the whole. proceede.
faster than the development OF soutl
America; but 10 the century that ha