Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-05-20

knowledge and utilization ylof nature
resources. poptfatbnI could mot grow
shhao,f shhof Industries multi nor theshMl u
den, wealth, Of TIA II iesEf Be- davelepsaF
For the benefit Of; mankindi ib.srsEri8
,nnE Erom the sftst1beginnings.eef civil
,zationa nacondHe banks ogf; ;thes Nafe5sanq
thetEuphrate 1.-THE! itidastAah progress
-gf the 9sor1H has 1RSone, On slowly; with
1octasii6nal SetBaeks sIabnts tie Whds
stesdily,: through tens; 81, ifelfSSies. tp
the. present day.zt But Of late the rap
sidtN ofsthe process. has jneTeassa ZAP
,such arTats That fzuore space has: been
aGtaallstbeoYered during rthe eeffafy
and "a 2qusrser 6ccGpIed BY our SHf afidn
aIrHfel thar. during the PRECEDING si4
::ss9sansands years that: take, us back
::tttIreseaIli Lest mon numents Of 1Eg5yna
:Ibe. .asElasFHsSt aitiesa0f,n ntae vRsbHleplah +
phiRsu1b boos :s ID 5i,s els ee-is .!sitDs
A Difference of Degree.
BdWhen the: founders zof this nation
met 7at Independence Hall i'm ePhilaE
:delphiat,the conditionSl Of Commerce
had not fundamentally iGbanged from
what they were when the, ,Phoenicia1
keels first furrowed the lonely waters
he-Mediterranean.r-~cFhe~ differ
eng !encea were those Of degree, .not9 Of
kind, and they were not in all cases
even those, of degree. Mining was
carried on fundamentally as it had
been carried on BY the Phar id
the eNdantr5eMs: M aaiaceak t0'RhG Red
fsfhe fS s,saas xsfasss of fbtfSfs4@asie 4@asiehantssS tsS 5f
Boston, Of feGhaTlestoh;;l like iEhes wares
Of the merchants ooF Nineveh and 81 !
dfa9p, if they went by water Meressicar-
ried by boats propelled bYs7sailsItor
oars; if they...went- by land sweregcar-
fied ii1 wagons drawn sbpohehsts Of
draft e OF nm packsnon the, ,i7backs7 Of
beasts Of burdenfIif THE: ships that
I crossed the ehIgh seas were better: than
the. e. ships that; had ;oneeI crossed the
Aegean, but they weresof:: the, J same
type; afterI al--they ,eweraI wooden
lshipss propelled by sails; and doni land,
ehe -roads were not 9!fas good as the
roads Of the z r 3oinath n Empire, willie
r 'hs s,,ly ,slefyS 1S ee3tigs pests vas probably
Vt I5nter1a9T. BPS s;!.ic. yerbiA a'GsgI 7c
T;Ing Washington s.ntime 2nanthracite te
...oal lhwass known onlyt as asDaa9i,pseles Is
black stone; and thesgreat aRelds of
titumia6us .sS0al were landiscoo cooYsrei.
As @steam Was :uRkp6tWsnr, p. =. tie ii Use, :of
goal for ipo#er a8Sse pEoqanet vas uri-
ireamed Of. ~ Water Yastpraetieally
.5 ;he 9nly Iyy-,s source ef geysr, , gays II the
power was FUSED only in the5most
primitive fashion. Z -GBut d fekgssmal
ron deposits had, d,been foundSin this
country, andlthe nlse Of f'iron5by our
,ountrymen was very SMALL q Wood,
vas practically the. i6nly fael, and
what lumber was sawed was Seonsum-
ID locally, While the forests were re-
yarded chiefly las obstruetionSto set
Ilement and ,cultfvationAl .seEsaY oa- 2,
1.-The merefiacrsase in our eonsump-
Jon effo coal during 1907 oyer 900, .ek.
.eeded the total, consumption in ,1s7t,
HE Centennial year: iFhe snofmoaiss
itores q fmih hefai i6H Ind GAS g. =, !,
Ilasssssl5s ,s:r aa waterways:
lrs-not gone, but they II are,been.so
injured BY neglect end end by stbeI diyir
ISI li0n Of responsibility and utter lack
5ff system in dealing with them, that
here Is less Navigation On On llan them now
than there, was. fifty years ago. FIJI D.
My wei begandwith soils of unexam-j
,fertjlitEcapd. ,haxs--~sa~~irh
poverished them, by ,injudiciops use,
and by failing to check erosion that!
their crop producing power is dimin-
ishihg instead of i1cfeasing. :.
oSuch was the degree of progress
70 which civilized mankind had at
tainea. Observation-Disclosures oitsoca.
rreero IT. is. almost impossible For us
IN this day to- realize how little, our
revolutionary. ANCESTORS knew of the
great store Of natural resources whose
discovery and use have been such
vital factors in1the growth and great
Observation-Disclosures eand how little they
take)lfrom! this store, in
0pder to,satisfy their needs.suoiI
After speaking upon 4thelu various
points, wherein Spur natural resources
s should be conserved the President
coIsed as follows: :
Finally aetT Us remember that the
aoaservatipn, of uhr natural resdurc es,
the eIgrayests spuebleng of ,to=da ay,
isiHet but part Of. another and greater
problem ooyhich, this nation ris not
yet: awake, but. tp WHICH it will awake
in time, and with which, i must here
Sfts5 sraPP|s + f HTSths
itriottc 'ddty Of inlsdiirring The; Safety
ana continuance of the nation When
trhfag5 trhfg psopfe Of the United States con
Iciodsly Undertake to raise themselves
as citizens, 7aia the nation and 1.-THE
States in their several spheres 2 to ithe
highest pitch Of excellence 'ihzprEate,
State and national slifeJ ando to do
this because st is; the frsthd allbt he
duties Uef true patriotism, then'sa hd
eaat It'll then the future of this ;natid IN,
iige quality and. in time, IwiB be assqt-
aSsssfaoff Glenn Great Speech.
Goyss5gnoEs' ,sgleo R. iB, Glenn, sH5, hof Nor th
Carolina, covered himself with, glory
before the President and the Cover,
nafs "Hedniade a'ctrerF deligHtf full
speech: taking ais his subject the APP
:palachian- White Mountain, park pro-
lleet4 ,tThel Times, calls at the, 10 ne
startling feature iof,. .the session.
tmeng, other things GeNernprb, ,G{leh.l
faidaii ids l.siWhen the ;CiYilb war efl'os ed
yon Of the North told, ,ps that, &e
were IySur: brothers. Yop said that
if we wanted anything to Come to YOU
X ~ IL "a! :l-5 NNi ,,ocl,,,yl q H.