Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-05-14

the bureau, and outlined
the plan to make a world recognized
institution for the promotion of both
commerce and comfy. The new home
of the bureau will be completed some
mex year. It's cost will be ap--
proximately 81. 200 900, of which An
drew Carnegie contributed $75O,OOO
and the several American republics
Park, which was acquired some time
ago tor the purpose, will afford almost
five acres of ground for the building
and its surroundings, and it will have
a frontage of about a square on the
White lot on one side and an equal
trontageon Potomac Park on the other.
The building will be entirely of Geor-
gia marble, from the Marble Hill
quarries, one of the richest in the
State.
President Roosevelt spoke as fol-
lows:
This is a memorable occasion for all
tAO CopGC Vi tEO
sphere. The building, the cornerstone
of which we lay today, emphasizes by
its existence the growing sense OF
solidarity of interest n aspiration
among all the peoples OF the New
World. It marks our recognition of
the need to knit ever closer together
all the republics of the Western Henri
sphere through the kindly bonds OF
mutual Justice, good will, and sympa-
thetic comprehension.
At the outset, on behalf of all of US I
wish to thank Mr.. Carnegie for his
generous gitt-a gift to all the nations
of the New World, and therefore pre-
eminently fitting as coming from enc
who has so sincerely striven for the
cause of peace among nations; fol-
whilevw have yet a long path to tread
before we can speak with any certainty
of the day when wars shall cease from
Ethe 9 we of this Western Henri
sphere, by movements such as thai
symbolized by this building. have tax
ZEN great strides toward securing per
manent peace among ourselves
In the next place, as President %
this Republic I greet the representa-
ii ives of all our sister Republics to thu
south Of US. In a ense, you are GU,
elder sisters and we the younger peo
pie, for you represent q more ancien
civilization on this continent taan w,
do. Your fathers, the Spanish ;ane
Portuguese explorers, conquers, law
givers, and commonwealth builders
had founded a dourishing civilization
in the Tropics and the SoE tn Uem
perate Zone while all America morth O
the Rio Grande was still unmappe.
wilderness. Your people had eounde'
American universities, were build
ing beautiful cities, were layisg dee
the foundations of ia Ire national life
at many different points ia the vas
territory stretching from the Colorad
to the Plata, before ships of the French
man and the Englishman, b eSwed
and the Hoilander, had foumd perman
ent Ravens on the North Atlantic sea
SO1SG AoA ooA R6 tStN
ilizations grew Zach in it's own way
but each sundered frosm the. eahers
Now we are growing together.
More and more in the future w
shall each give to and get from til
others, not merely things of matenis
value, but things that are OF worth sfo
the intellectual and spiritual welfal
OF all of US. In the century that be
passed the development of Mont
America has, ON the whole, pnoceede
faster thar the developm emit OF Sout
America; but in the century that he
now opened I believe that no othe
t part OF the world will see such extra
, ordinary development in wealth,
all that makes tor progress, as will /
4 seen from the northern boundry