Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-04

tNfNHi thnA I nave always tnit w we I
FiHter republics 81 Central South
America has been increased by the
cordially ~ the welcome that has
bogn extended
7 can assure you. Mr. Mayor. you
members of the city council. and cli.
ifons of Peru that ! fully reciurocato
iho yvf kindly sentiments that have
bneu expressed aud ! NOT only hope
hut pray thnt iho very friendly rc
lhtious that exist today between the
United States and opw viii not only
continue. bat become more and moro
Intimate as The years go hy
might give many reasons for
ihis one OF the reasons why We
irDl Hu deeply interested in the u-
iufp of these countries d.. that We
are attached to them by the strong
ust bonds that can bind man tO man.
. ] might describe our relation with
the countries OF Europe boy saying
that We are Cusins. but the republics
OF South America stand almost in
the position Of our children. for it
was the example OF the United
States that gave the inspiration and
furnished the stimulus that has Gov
cred Central and South America
with republican forms OF govern
ment
And the fact that our example has
led you TO establish such forms pl
government attaches MS to YOU by
the most tender, the most sacred
ties, and J can agree with the mayor
when he says that the canal will
bring us together and increase our
acquaintance with each other.
Geography is a tyrannical science.
II either holds us together or II sep
arates us by distance which we can
not destroy. and yet man has IL In
his power TO affect even geography,
and the great nation of which | am
citizen Is attempting now to do some
thing to change the conditions that
we found, TO alter the geography of
the western hemisphere. Two great
oceans have been separated by a
narrow strip of land and our coun-
| try is to be the minister, the official,
/ If | may so express 1t, to unite the
| two oceans, and when this waterway
across the isthmus is completed
great ships can come from our coun-
! try to yours and cut the time more
than half in two. When people can
! take a boat at New York or along
! the Atlantic coast and reach Lima
in ten or eleven days, there will be
more people from our country who
will come down here, and more peo-
pie from your country will visit the
United States, and as most of the
differences of opinion arise out OF
misunderstanding the possibility
of misunderstanding will be Temov-
ed by better acquaintance the one
with the other. Our merchants anG
manufacturers will come down here
to learn what you need that they
can supply, and your young men
will, in increasing numbers, visit the
United States that they may learn
there what may be useful to their
country. If l mistake not, these
young men, leaving Peru and visit
ing the United States will be like
bees that issue forth in the morning,
searching for honey wherever it can
be found, and at eventide return
with it to enrich the hive. Let me
hope that your young men will some
in increasing numbers to our col
leges, to the universities of our great
cities, and to our great prairies and
learn there what we are glad to tell
YOU when we come here, namely
that there is not in the heart of the
people of the United States a hostile
thought or sentiment for any other
part of the world. We are not look
ing for lands to conquer; we are not
looking for subjects anywhere; we
have a great territory which God has
abundantly blessed We are indeed,
thankful to all the world for the
contributions that have been made
to our growth and greatness. l as
sure you of the good will of the peo-
pie of the United States, and | assure
you that that good will rests upon
a substantial and permanent founda
ton.
There is more altruism in the
United States than anywhere else in
the world the people of the United
States are doing more in an unselhsh
way for the benefit Of the human
|. race than any other people. If this
tseems boastful, beg you to put the
statement to the test and you Will
find that there is scarcely place III
the world that our people have not
4 already unselfishly invaded, with no
other purpose than to raise the level
of mankind and to carry help and
happiness to those who have been
less fortunate than ourselves.
recognize that this welcome is
extended by the executive of the
council of great city and ! appre-
ciate il the more because | recognize
that the city must play an increas'
ing part in solving the great prob
lens of civilization. There are
many reasons for this. In the city
extremes are likely to be greater
between wealth on the one hand ana
noverrv on The other and therefore
in the city there are to be found the
evils that come from the arrogance
o, the rich and from the destitution
and desperation of the poor. In the
city even more than in the country i
IS necessary that the balance shall
. be held so that exact justice may be
administered to The end that the rich
NAV not forget the poor and that the
J poor may not entertain unkind teel-
, ings TO those who are better on
Then. too, there are greater tempta-
lions i'm the city. things are done on