Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-02

sweep Of such forces as make TOR
future progress. The nation today
faces forward, not backward. Such
is the genius Of tho ska.Yukon-
Pacific exposition ~ Is expresseo "
it's very name beginning with the
farthest, newest and I least deyeiopeo
district Of our national domain, Gov.
ering coast that reaches from wen
within the Arctic Circle to near tne
tropics, and embracing all the mys-
terry and might that have been sug-
gested by the word Pacific" for near
lv four hundred years. 1t appears III
the design of this beautiful EXPOSE
ton city and its integration WIN
your state university of its future.
Something more inspiring than date:
something of the onward and upward
impulse that is older TINA nations,
institutions, industries, older than man
himself; something active, personal:
achieving, interest in the thought and
labor crowned today in this happy
event. You have learned more OF
your own powers by carrying to sue
cessful completion and enterprise 50
ambitious. The outer world, by which
Alaska and the Pacific coast are still
largely known and unappreciateh:
will carry away from here Information
as well as delight. It is, perhaps, a
small episode in the march Of human
events and the unfolding Of the ma
tons history; but in some ways, al
so, it may mark an epoch
"This occasion marks also a change
In the conscious attitude of the Pa
cific coast toward the rest OF the
country. It would be unjust to say
that this section every failed to real
lie the national integrity. The Pa
cifIc states have not been appealed to
in vain on the chief issues Of the time.
But there was once certain 'alopf-
ness, a certain supremacy Of sepal-
ated Independent interest There
long persisted here q kind of indiffer'
ence about what nigh be happening
beyond the mountain barrier to the
east. ePople born here felt little de-
sire to mross it. Newcomers soon
found the old point Of view lost in a
new local interest. The coming Of
the transcontinental railroad first
shattered this isolation. The acqui-
sitton and development OF Alaska, the
inflow of restless enterprise, the de-
velopment OF your country and the
'upbuilding Of your cities by the men
and capital; Of the outer world
strengthened old bonds and created
new ones. This exposition may be re-
garded a. the laying Of the last rail,
the driving of the ld4t spike, in unity
OF mind, and purpose between the Pa
eifdc; coast and the country east Of
the mountains. It is the witness of
that constantly broadening tie which
is both the price we pay for civiliza-
ton and the boon that It confers upon
us. Never again can the Pacific coast
withdraw into aitself;s never a8atn can
II know any Sslackening of the tide
Of life that sweeps through all the
nations veins when 1t crosses the
great divide"
Mr.. Hill referred to Alaska's re-
markable progress, recalling that
thirty years ago intercourse with it
was limited practically tosihe needs
sof the stealing industry The Sexposi-
ton exhibits, he said, rive eli mere
hint Of the7 contribution, sstill unre-
syealed to our. fancy, which - to make
to the national HE and Sctiyity In the
half century to come. Esz .sss -.
4A0 SVO0hOA E0xAOWCu IACi uSSOAopo
ment on the Pacific coast, and said:
\ hen se1pttM cxns bes enttced back
into railway investments by assur-
ances of proper protection, and a
Reasonable return, the progress of
conservation will do more for the Pa
cihc northwest, than for any; other
part Of the country" - - !~ Nv
Mr.: Hill said the unexhausted re-
sources of this section are the great.
est and most diversified In the Unit
ed States. @.o~ss 1T. isasuDique fin possess
,inessabundantlysmall ofAthe four great
sources of wealth which human life
depends" said he. sss Insgoslra lime,
when human want and the means
of satisfying it cannot long co-exlst
no matter what distances and oh STAG.
les lie between, without presently
coming together, such resources are
caused not merely for local pride, but
for world-congratulation. Those who
employ. them, wisely will play no
small part upon the big stage Of life. fe
Mr.. Hill said the Pacific coast a6s;
participated in foreign; com4efees
more extensively than its popuht'Jh
or its wealth would suggest, and gsvel
statistics concerning the same. Con-
tinping, he said: ri ~ ~ ,.,ss5
Measured by it's linear extent, III;
continental relations, It's sitnpfidn
with reference to the carrying trade,
aud its position Upon the ocean whers:
the worlds future will probably Wit