Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-02-09
ATTY. l.. ID. MAH0NE
SPEAKS To STUDENTS.

branch of the American Mining Con-
gress, and who was in attendance ON
the sessions of the Southern Ore
gon and Northern California Mining
Congress at Medford, yesterday ad-
dressed the students of the Grants
Pass schools, his remarks arousing in
tense interest. Mr.. Malone looks
with broad vision on this western
country and its present and future
relations to the Orient. He spoke In
part as follows:
Il came TO your part of the state
for the purpose of assisting In the
development of one of our great in
dustries and, as the secretary of the
American Mining congress and State
Miners Association of Oregon, We are
greatly interested in the development
OF our mineral wealth. Our success
in building up this industry would
fall TAR short Of what it should be
unless We were interested in the de-
yelopment of stronger citizenship;
thus, We may pile up our pyramids
of wealth but without the proper
strength of manhood and womanhood
back of it, our success would be a
failure. Hence shall talk for a
few moments pertaining to good citi-
zenship.
During the past years it has been
my privilege and pleasure to travel
through great many of the foreign
countries. Sometimes, 1t is good
idea to find out what other people
think of us so that We can get pro-
per appreciation of the work to be
done. have noted that in the diplo-
matte councils of the world that the
foremost question to consider was al
ways what is the position of the Unit
ed States? When our policy was Civ
en-, other countries usually coincided
with our views. This has been more
than demonstrated in our relations
with the Chinese people; and might
say that this is the most important
question the Pacific coast people will
have to face in the future. Almost
one half of the population of the
globe is in this great empire.
1--WE sometimes refer to the Chimes,
people as being ignorant and of mt
strength either as to their CONNER
cial or political life. This view us
, ually comes from those who are mis-
informed. Some of the greatest uni
versities in the world are In the ia
east; in fact, the greatest in mum
bers are located in Toxic, Japan
There have been brought together II
this one institution more than 400,
e students from Korea, Siberia, China
the Philippine Islands and even a
: far down as India. Their curriculum
Is equal to that of Harvard or Yale
I hence you can see that II We are t,
9 compete with these people in the fu
ture we must have trained men an,
women Of strong minds as well a
|, physically to meet the responsible
Q tiles placed upon us.
r Some few centuries ago the CON
: merce of the world was carried on 1
n the Mediterranean sea. 1t after
: wards passed out onto the Atlanti
d ocean, Now the greatest vessel
: carrying the greatest amount of tor
A mage are plying the waters of tn
Pacific ocean. We are located
Il the front yard of the great CONNER
. cial, diplomatic and political que'
p tlons of the future. To those Of u
!, who are young we will have par
i in solving some Of the great ques
Il tions which are now appearing aboy
y the horizon and which must be me
J. II | view the situation correctly, th'
y conflict for the supremacy of trad
: will be between Great Britain, Rus
:. sia and the United States. Thes
: three nations control the three leaC
n ing ports Of the far east. Aroun
IT these ports have been gathered tn
y mlghtiest fleet Of battleships that tn
world has ever known. II is to b
hoped that the policy OF our cour
try will be pursued, that Of keeDin
China intact, educating and Chri
= tianizing the Chinese people so tht
j. when they break asunder their gret
10 wall, they can appreciate the benz
n fits of our western civilization.
n simply refer to this to show you thu
? all Of the great questions are not Sc
! tiled and that 1t will be up to tn
d, and the coming generation to sol'
le these problems.
!, Then we should be interested
h the development OF the great r.
D. sources OF our own state and as
p stated in the beginning, to develo
n etafa materially. and laavfnp Ot