The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-01

country. 1t would be unjust to say
that this section ever failed to real
lie the national integrity. The Pacific
states have not been appealed to In
vain on the chief issues of the time.
BUT there was once q certain aloof.
nesS, certain supremacy OF separate
and independent interest There long
/, persisted here kind OF Indifference
about what might be happening be
/ yond the mountain barrier to the east
People born here felt little desire 10
cross it. Newcomers soon found the
old point Of view lost in a new local
interest. The coming of the transcon-
tinental railroad first shattered this
isolation. The acquisition and devel-
onment Of Alaska, the inflow of rest
less enterprise, the development 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 eX-
position may be regarded as the lay
| ing OF the last rail, the driving of the
last spike. in unity of mind and pur-
| pose between the Pacific Coast and
/ the country east of the mountains II
/ Is the witness of that constantly
! broadening tie, which Is both the
Price we pay for civilization. and the
boon that it confers upon us, Never
| again can the Pacific Coast withdraw
! into itself; never again can it know
any slackening of the tide of life that
sweeps through all the nations veins
when IL crosses the great divide"
Mr.. Hill referred to Alaska's re-
markabe progress. recalling that thir-
ty years ago. intercourse with 1t was
limited practically to the needs Of the
sealing industry. The exposition eX-
hibits, he said give a mere hint of
the contribution, still unrevealed TO,
our fancy, which she is to make TO
the national life and activity in the
half century to come.
The speaker reviewed the develop
ment on the Pacific Coast. and said:
when capital can be enticed back in
to railway investments by assurances
OF proper protection and reasonable
return, the progress of construction
Will do more for the Pacific North
west than for any other part OF the
country"
Mr.. Hill said The unexhausted re-
sources of this section are the great
est and most diversified in the Unit
Ell States. 'Jt Is unique In possess
sing abundantly all of the four great
sources of wealth upon which human
life depends" said he. IN our time.
when human want and the means of
satisfying it cannot long co-exist. no
matter what distances and obstacles
lie between, without presently coming
together, such resources are caused
not merely for local pride but for
world-congratulation Those who en-
ploy them wisely will play no small
part upon the big stage OF life"
Mr.. Fill said the Pacific Coast has
participated in foreign commerce
more extensively than It's population
or it's wealth would suggest, and gave
statistics concerning the same. Con
tinuing, he said:
Measured by its linear extent, its
continental relations, its situation
with reference to the carrying trade.
and It's position upon the ocean where
tho worlds future will probably wit
ness stupendous changes, its reso1ir-
ces, its production and its commerce
are substantial elements In national
greatness and national promise No
less mighty should be its contribution
to the formation OF national Ideals,
the shaping of national ambitions the
direction of national policies.
1.-The first and most imperative
word. need hardly say, one which
the country has come to hear with
much respect and not little fear as
10 It's future, is Conservation. From
California northward, to the extreme
of Alaska, there are today probably
more unimpaired natural resources
than in all the rest of the country.
You still possess the principal supply
OF timber in the United States
Mr. Hill emphasized tho necessity
of forest conservation. care of the
soil, preservation of the fisheries, con.
seryation of natural resources, and
said: "The exhibition OF your Intel
ligence and public spirit that We ad-
mIre and celebrate today will have
been made TO little purpose If it find
and leave you Indifferent to the great
est issue presented to the people In
our time. and one that must occupy
them increasingly hereafter.
Following Is the text of the tele-
gram sent by President Taft after he
had been notified that the fair was
ready for his official signal:
"The White House, Washington,
June /, 1909.
"Mr. ] e Chilbcrg, president:
Alaska Y ulSon- Pacific Exposition,
, Seattle, Wash:
II congratulate You and your asso-
ciation on this auspicious opening OF
the Alaska -Yukon-Pacific exposition
and / congratulate the people OF the
Northwest on the courage and enter
prise they have shown in bringing 1t
forth. The exposition. designed. as it
is. TO exploit the natural resources
and marvellous. wealth of Alaska, and
the development Of trade and com
merce on the Pacific slope, should ap-
neal rot only to the people OF the
west but to the people of the country
al large. ] trust 1t will fully meet
The expectations of those 10 whose
untiring energies 1t owes Its birth. and
that II will prove source OF instruc'