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THE MORNING OKEGONTAN. WEDNESDAT, AUGUST 19, 1903. It BUSY MEN ARE MET" Commercial Congress Begins Session at Seattle, NEW SOUTH MEETS NEW WEST Jetta Barrett la There, and Tell All tlie Delegates of the Glories of tbe Levri and Claris , Fair to Be. (Continued from First Pae.) Blons they were served -with an elaborate and excellent lunch. With speeches out of the -way the real business of the convention will take place tomorrrow, and the committee on resolutions will make an early start. E. W. W. GOVERNOR McBUIDE'S SPEECH. Cfclef Executive of State "Welcomes the Members of the Congress. SEATTLE, "Wash.. Aug. IS. (Special.) In giving greeting to the delegates to 'the Trans-Mississippi Congress Governor 'McBride spoke as follows: Gentlemen of the Trans-Mlssissippl Commercial Congress: It affords me sreat pleasure to extend to you a cordial welcome to the state of Washington. As 'guests of the state our doors are open to you. And I know I am hut echoing the sentiments of the people of the entire atate when I express the hope that ,you may enjoy yourselves while here, and may earn away with you the mem ory of days pleasantly and profitably tspent. I feel that the state of "Washing Ion is to be congratulated upon the se lection of its chief city as the place of meeting of this congress of this gather ing of representative men of the great West to take counsel together for the purpose of furthering the commercial In terests of the Trans-Mlsslsslppl region. Increasing knowledge carries with It in- ' creasing capacity for accomplishing re eults. For that reason sessions of this congress must necessarily be of great benefit. Each section becoming better ac quainted, as it does, with the require ments of every other section, all are bet ter enabled to work together lor the many Interests we have in common. The result of its past sessions has demon strated that It Is an efficient force in the upbuilding of that great section of our common country which It represents. Al ready it has come to bo looked upon by many as second in Importance only to our Federal Congress; and there is no reason why its Influence should not con tinue to widen why in the future it should not prove to be even a more effective Instrument than it has been in the past in the advancement of our commercial Interests. Time was and not so very Ions ago at that when vision of our Eastern breth ren did not penetrate beyond the Missis sippi. True, there were exceptions to the rule. The vision of Seward, for Instance, extended to the broad Pacific when the place where wo now stand was given over to the forest primeval. In a speech delivered in the United States Senate in 3852, he predicted that the commerce of the Atlantic would relatively sink in im portance. While' the Pacific Ocean, its chores, its Islands, and the vast regions beyond, would become the chief theater of events in the world's great there after. The great stream of humanity is still flowing Westward? The Trans-Mlsslsslppl region Is being rapidly fllled with an enterprising population, and the devel opment of Its resources is keeping pace with its ever-increasing numbers. Its growth In wealth and population Is rel ative as well as' actual. Upon comparing it with the country as a whole It will be found that It Is dally becoming of greater relative Importance. And this relative Importance of the Trans-Mlssls-slppl region will continue to increase until when it has come into its own when its arid sections are made to feel the quickening Impulse of the llfe-glvlng waters and all Its great resources are fully developed when It has attained unto its full growth, the commercial scepter will fall from the hand of the East to be seized by the vigorous hand of the great West- And when that time comes the term Trans-Mississippi will no longer be applied to the region west of the Mississippi, but will be defined as that less Important portion of the United States lying east of the Missis sippi River. I said a moment ago I felt the State of Washington was to be congratulated upon the selection of Seattle as the place of meeting of this Congress: and Inas much as tho fostering and the develop ment of our commerce with the Orient is one of the great questions Inviting your attention, and Seattle "Is destined to become if not the principal at least one of the principal gateways of that com merce I also feel that the selection of our Queen city for this gathering was pe culiarly appropriate. In the past few rears striking events in the far East have crowded upon each other thick' and fast and the eyes of the civilized world have become focused upon that distant portion of the globe as never before, at least In modern times. As a. result of Dewey's victory In Manila Bay we be came a world-wide power, and our rela tions with the Orient necessarily under went a great change. What the future may have In store no one can accurately foretell, for It Is not given to the Unite mind to read in advance of the unrolling of the scroll what Is written by the finger of an Inscrutable providence. But thl6 much we know this much we see: the world's oldest civilization and the latest product of the new, stand facing each other separated by the broad sweep cf the Pacific Ocean, and we have every reason to believe that this country will be the dominant power upon that ocean. Signs are not wanting that the mystical East Is listening to the voice of the .. 1 radical West that a great awakening Is near at hand for the teeming millions on the other side that the day foretold by Seward Is rapidly approaching when the FaMc Ocean. Its shores. Its Islands, and the vast regions beyond will become the .hlf theater of human events. In the great changes foreshadowed I believe this country will be the chief beneficiary, and that the Trans-Mlsslsslppl region by rea scn of its closer proximity will profit mora than any other portion of our common country. TOWN IS WIDE OPEX. Mayor Ilaiuc'n Welcome of the Con. Krr to Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. IS. (Special.) Mayor Hume spoke in part as follows: "Although town lots were sold here 60 years ago. and even then we were called Seattle, our real history did no begin until the year 1SS9. At that time Seattle was snuffed out. Not a dock, not a wharf, not a business-house was left. It was then by united effort and th help of a spirit that knew no failing and suffered no discouragement that the city of today was built. "For us it has been sometimes a hard matter to convince those in authority that Seattle people are really part of the Government. But fortunately nature has been so generous that we need ask but little of our authorities at Washington. "Wc asked for a fort on the bluff north of our city to protect our interests. The Government replied that If we would pur chase a suitable site and give Jt to it. PROMINENT MEN AT THE J . :1 V CJSA1BJV1AJV GREGCf V u we should have it. We went to work, bought the land gave it to the Govern ment. We got our fort. In front of us stretches Lake Washing ton, an Immense and beautiful expanse of clear, fresh water. Here Is an Inland lake, with a depth of over 600 feet. Here might all the navies of the world And a fresh-water harbor. We asked the Gov ernment to build us a canal to bring our battleships to this fresh-water haven. From the time the project was first spok en of engineers have recommended It. We went to work, bought the right of way, gave it to the Government, and now will have one of the finest fresh-water harbors in the world for our vessels. "The counties to the east of us ask something. There are immense areas of arid lands lacking only the aid of a little water from their rivers to become a fer tile garden spot. A little aid from the Government will bring this about. Such a condition will be of. general benefit not only to us, but the states east of us. "Let me say to the states west of the Mississippi, if you will help us, we will help you. "You are welcome, gentlemen, to our city. I have no key, symbolical or other wise, to put to you. because It has been charged by certain of my political adver saries since I have been In office that this Is a 'wide open town. "You have found us a pretty busy peo ple here, but we shall find the time to en tertain you, I hope, to the best of our ability, so. that you will carry away with you a memory of Seattle that many years after will cause you to think of us with pleasure." JUDGE BURKE'S ADDRESS. Welcome on lie lml f of Seattle's Com. mcrclnl Interest. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. IS. (Special.) Judge Burke spoke as follows: "In behalf of the commercial interests of Seattle I bid you welcome to the city. We are glad to meet you, to take sweet counsel together, remembering that ln the multitude of counsellors there is safety.' We rejoice to see here 60 many representative men from all parts of the country seeking information at first hands about the far Northwest. It is one of the most hopeful signs of the times that men occupying high official positions In the Government as well as men prominent In private life have come to regard it as a patriotic duty to visit and become ac quainted with tho different sections of our common country. our common country: The inability of our, statesmen to do this in days gone by has' cost the Republic dearly; and but for the daring and enterprise of our pioneers would have lost to us forever some of the fairest and richest portions of our broad domain. "The large territory now comprised within the boundaries of the State of Washington was saved to the United States not by the wisdom or policy of the then officials of the General Government, bitf. by the zeal, the energy and the patri otism of the private citizen. The officials were Ignorant of the true character of the territory and apparently Indifferent to the Interests of the bold and enterpris ing pioneers who, unaided and against great natural obstacles carried the flag, the civilization ana tne commerce of their country to the confines of the Pacific Ocean. The same bold, self-reliant, en terprising spirit has continued to animate their successors with the result that the territory which CO years ago was scorn fully referred to by some of our states men as 'the derelict of nations.' has now become an Important state of the Union, the seat of a foreign and domestic com merce greater than that possessed by any state in the Union excepting New York. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. "What is it that in so short a time, comparatively speaking, has transformed this part of the continent from a forbid ding. saage wilderness to a scene of the highest civilization, with all its accom paniments of industrial, commercial and educational activity? The same land, the same sky. the same mountains and val leys nhd rivers, the same stately forests and the same noble and spacious harbors naa been here for a thousand years, un used by civilized man. But the right kind of men were not here to utilize these great natural advantages When, however. in dustiy. energy and enterprise, guided by a large intelligence, appeared upon the scene, the great change was Inaugurated. But as the treasures of nature or the products of the skill of man are of little juse to us unless we can readily send them J from place to place to be exchanged with ' our fellow-man, for articles which he has and wc have not, so. without, the means ! of quickly and cheaply transporting the products of the soil and of tho shop, our progress would be slow indeed. "Our principal growth here has been in the las years a period coincident with the later development of the railway sys tems that serve this state; and It is quite within the bounds to say that our marvel ous strides forward In population and com merce are chiefly due to our superior transportation facilities. There is no other country in the world, there is no other TRANS - MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS, section of our own country, considering the newness and the nature of the terri tory, where the farmer, the merchant, the lumberman and the manufacturer are so well and so cheaply served with trans portation as In the State of Washington. "Not In Europe, where in many cases the railroads are owned by the state, are the rates proportionally as low or ship ping facilities as good as they are here. For example, to transport a ton of freight 100 miles by rail In England costs $2.25. in France 12.10, In Australia SL00. In Ger many JLS1, and In Russia 51.70, whereas in this country it costs but 73 cents. But in the State of Washington a ton of lum ber is carried by rail 100 miles for 40 cents a rate altogether lower than was ever before given anywhere else under anything like the same conditions. "If we could have for the products of tho farm and the factory correspondingly low rates and adequate shipping facilities across the Pacific Ocean, no man living could say to what proportions our com merce would speedily grow. That Is the problem he problem of cheap and stable ocean rates upon which Mr. Hill Is now engaged, and the great ships which he Is building at New London are expected to solve It.- "The people of the Northwest are watching the progress of this movement with deep interest. If Mr. Hill succeeds In doing upon the sea what he has dono upon the land namely. In revolutioniz ing rates and transportation methods It means the raising at once of the com merce of the Northwest to a position of great international importance. Its bene fits will be felt on every farm and In every workshop from Seattle to St. Paul. We shall find ourselves In the forefront of a struggle, not with our neighbors for this little trade or that, but with the com mercial nations of the earth, for the mas tery of the Pacific The victory will go to those who have the best railways and the best ships, and who manage them the best. So far we have surpassed every other country in our system of transporta tion by land. But on the high seas we are still in the kindergarten class. "It remains to be seen whether the genius of Mr. Hill is equal to the task of giving ua the first place In transportation on sea as well as on land. If so, the prize of Oriental commerce, with its new and growing markets,, is ours." aUESTIOX OF IMMIGRATION. Tom Richardson Present His Vlev on the Subject. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. IS. Mr. Tom Richardson, of New Orleans, spoke in part as follows: "The question of Immigration into the United States Is one which has gradually been becoming more acute during the past decade, and which will continue to augment in importance and significance as the time progresses. "From the time when the Pilgrims were forced from their early abiding places by the tyranny of Illiberal and often despotic oppression, and landed upon the then in hospitable shores of New England, the Old World has been contributing in an ever-increasing ratio to the population of this country. Day by day, month by month, and year by year, the sailing ships and the steamers have been Increasing their accommodations and efficiency in transit to take care of the Incoming throngs of men, women and children seeking prosperity and habitation In the new 'Golconda,' and paving the way in turn for the movement of their relatives, friends and acquaintances. "While, of course, a very large propor tion of the immigration which has yearly been coming Into this country through the Atlantic and. Gulf ports has been of a benign character. It is unfortunately the fact that our possessions have been made the 'dumping ground' of Europe, and the transportation of undesirable adults and their progeny has -been facilitated by pri vate and Governmental aid. not because of a particular desire to assist In the up building of American citizenship, but rather through a desire to rid the coun tries and provinces of the Old World of a class which contributed but to the evil and villainy of the countries out of which they were sent. "Fortunately, the United States, with its magnificent domain and possibilities for amalgamation, has been but little hurt through the causes mentioned. Be the newcomer what he may. his nativity, Kabits, speech and thought were obliter ated forever In the second and third gen eration, and even the traditions of early habitation are absorbed by the free at mosphere of the new home, and thus in less than half a century there is gener ated a purely American type, from which has-been removed the ills and attributes which characterized the Immigrant him self when first landed upon American solL The emancipation of the Russian serf or the peasantry of Italy. Austria-Hungary, and even of Republican France. Is gradual yet permanent when these immi grants, entering the United States, are carried into the agricultural areas wen WHICH OPENED YESTERDAY removed from the great centers of com merce and" acute civilization and are per mitted to enjoy their new freedom in the cultivation of the soli. In these areas even the slave becomes the free man and the wolf becomes the lamb. The peace of a pastoral occupation quiets the disturb ing elements of anarchy and socialism, and the man becomes In time an Ameri can, contributing to his particular com monwealth the fruits of his energy and effort, which Is one of the, elements of state prosperity. I am strongly opposed to an unrestricU'J Immigration, and the force of this propo sition Is borne out by several of the sug gestions which have preceded this remark. The south of Europe must not be dumped into the circulation of our large cities, if It should be received at all. The degener ate may continue the degenerate, even though his children become! fair American citizens. The murderer, the thief, or the social outcast should Jbe given back to the country which gave him "birth, but the Immigrant. In all cases, so long as he or she be In good health, should be given the benefit of the possible doubt. The government, however, should not lose sight of the Immigrants Immediately upon having permitted their entrance Into this country. It should be demanded that they be taken from the large cities, where. In a number of instances, they add to the undesirable portion of their population, creating additional demands for charity and public benefactions, and existing with what energy or brawn they possess, in an atmosphere frequently little better than the one they left. The great West can furnish homes ,for millions of people, and It is into the great trans-Mlsslsslppl country which. Is cry ing with open arms for the agricultural ists, and the artisians, that the immigrant should be taken there to work out his ma terial redemption and become an honest, prosperous member of the body politic. To-day, the native born of the United States are looking in absolute dismay at the enormous Immigration which is com ing into the United States from Southern Europe. Up to June 30. of the present year, for a period of twelve months, we. admitted from Austro-Hungary 203,011 Immigrants, while from Italy, chiefly from the provinces of Sicily and Sardinia, there came 2S0.622. the total from the two sections named approximating fifty per cent of the total immigration for the fis cal year, which reached S57.046. In the figures thus given, there was an Increase of 30.000 from Austro-Hungary and 52, 247 from Italy, Including the two provinces mentioned. I beg to quote herein and to Introduce as a part of this paper, a brief report from the Honorable F. P. Sargent, Commissioner-General of the Bureau of Irrigation, Department of Commerce and Labor, as these figures will more clearly and concisely demonstrate the manner in which immigration is at present coming into the United States, and tho figures themselves will prove startling object les sons for your consideration and thought. "In our agricultural sections, the Ger mans, Belgians, French and Italians (by these latter I don't mean the Sicilians), are fitted to make splendid agricultural ists, and the German and French partic ularly, are among the most prosperous class of farmers scattered throughout the great regions of the West of thrifty, Industrious and conserving the es tablished Institutions of this country they are desirable immigrants and we can't have too many of this class. Particularly is this the fact when they arrive with at least personal possessions sufficient to establish' them and make them at once contributors to the general prosperity, instead of adding to the de mands which charity to-day Is findlnc al most Insupportable. "With the extension of the Irrigation system and the conservation of the waste waters it the Mississippi Valley, the arid sections of the West will become ana sections oi me ncai wm uecumo as profitable as the lands which make up the beautiful Mohawk Valley of the Empire state. Human necessity will force conditions which today may seem impossible of consummation, and in pro portion to the demands made by an in creasing population, so will nature con spire to human benefit, and unproductive areas will be made to contribute their quota to the assistance of the ever-Increasing, human family. "I state again that in my opinion the Trans-Mlsslsslppl Commercial Congress should adopt some resolution stress upon the necessity for ; Iaylng much more acute restriction in the matter of foreign Immigration- While certain re- domestic and export wealth, who toll in strlctlons at present pre-ail, not 2 per the cotton and grain fields, in the lumber, cent of the aliens for admittance at 4 the iron, the coal, and the oil regions, various seaports arc returned to their and in the silver and lead and copper and home country because of a failure to ' gold mines of the West; to command the come within the standard of the United : aid of the Government In fostering the States Government- These standards are I agricultural possibilities of vast areas that too low and should be altered or amended i with Irrigation will give richer reward to so' as to take into consideration ele- J the husbandman's patient labor than any ments not now included in the Custom- I other upon the earth's surface; to effect House examination. I believe the evils j the development of harbors on the Gulf of unrestricted immigration have become j and Pacific coasts and to conserve the so apparent to the people of the United tremendous energies of the Mississippi States that there will shortly be a com- I River. These problems are all in process bined movement on the part of American of solution, and the duty of the Govcrn citizenshlp to close the doors which are mcnt is become so obvious that no one AT LESCHI PARK, SEATTLE now admitting everybody who knocks without. "The Influence of the Immigrant upon the political conditions in this country are such as to seriously endanger the right of purely American citizenship and are rapidly engendering socialistic doc trines and practices as is evidenced from time to time In the greater cities of the East and Middle West. Anarch Ism, Communism and Socialism. In their present day meaning and Intent, should have no place for harbor In the free states, nor should the,teachlngs nor prac tices of their advocates be considered nor tolerated. "Yet. combination and control makes It possible to subvert this general pros perity and make It a means of Increas ing merely Individual wealth held In the hands of the few. The extension of agri culture Into the great plains and valleys of the est must so increase tne pro t ductlon3 a8 to make lndlvIduai control Impossible, even when the magnificent fortunes of the Individual or corporation be taken into consideration. We need these great acres tilled; we need energy and brawn to-work out the final destiny of this great country. The human ele ments which have made the East a teem ing hive of Industry and of wealth must And their way Into tho great West and put Into movement the things which at present He dormant, awaiting the period when human necessity" must needs real ize upon. "I believe the time Is ripe when tho United States Government should be forced by Its representatives into estab lishing a rigid Investigation Into the character and possessions of every Im migrant who comes into this country, and unless this be done we can expect to witness an accumulation of trouble and our great centers of population the scene of turmoil and strife. In which America will, of necessity, be made to suffer." PRESIDENT KIRBY'S MESSAGE; Evokes 3Iucli Applaune From the Delegates. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) In the unavoidable absence of President Klrby the following message was read by Mr. Tom Richardson, and was greeted with great applause: "Gentlemen of the Congress: When Se attle was selected as the place at which to convene the 14th Trans-MisslssIppl Commercial Congress, there were not a few who shook their heads and declared that Seattle, looking out upon the far Pacific, was too distant from the populous region to the Trans-Mlsslsslppl area to command a large attendance. Delegates from Louisiana and Texas who have re sponded to the roll refute that prophecy. This is sufficient in that it demonstrates that the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress has become a fixed entity among those great institutions that make for the progress of the American Republic "It is true that railroads eliminate time and distance, but these have been super ceded by that stanch American sentiment and oneness of commercial aim which has wiped out all but geographical divisions of the Republlccompelled the disappear ance of sectional line's, and brought every citizen of the country without respect to what may be the state of his residence to stand for the symmetrical development of a superb social unity, ordained in the great primal law of evolution to construct on the Western hemisphere the grandest and most lasting civilization this old world has ever known. "TheTrans-MIssIssIppI Commercial Con gress was conceived In the fact that the states on ihe Atlantic seaboard were re ceiving a greater share of benefactions from th General Government than those contributory to the Gulf and the Pacific, and that an unofficial body, representing in concrete form the hopes and ambitions of a mighty people, populating an area that embraced two-thirds of the then ter- . .. Tti.j ei.... j , . j jLLt' Pl"d5 approximately 70 per cent of It3 exports. could be made a potential factor in direct ing the American Congress to an Impar tial distribution of the favors of govern ment. Then the Trans-MlsslssippI Com mercial Congress was sectional. It was so In obedience to the law of economic ne cessity. But it is not so now. for whoso ever participates In the life of the Trans Mlsslsslppl Commercial Congress is an evangel of American industry called to preach the doctrine of American pre-eml- j nence. The congress was organized to , bring- transportation taciiiues to tne pro- ducers of the larger part of the Nation's need 'doubt the perfection of these vast enterprises. As tardy as the Government sometimes is in the execution of its ob ligations to the citizen, it baa not been known to fall when once it seta its hand to the discharge of a great public duty. In deed, that which Is now the mission of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress is as broad, as deep and as eternal as the "The roar of Dewey's guns at Manila was I the strident voice of evolution. Destiny directed that voice, and when It spoke It : declared anew the doctrine of the sur vival of the Attest and blazed the way for American supremacy over the world. Since that portentous hour, with the economics for the promotion of which it was organized disposed of in a large measure, the mission of the Trans-Mls slsslppl Commercial Congress Is become to Insist on opening up the routes to the markets of the Orient and to the Pacific , Coast states of Latin America that tha surplus products of the country may find J profitable sale, for by no other policy Is ' it possible to Insure and maintain the I prosperity and the commercial supremacy ' of the United States. "Already 'the rapid commercial growth of ! the United States has aroused a jealousy i and apprehension oa the part of European powers which with all their infinite dip lomacy can not conceal. This Is gratifying to American pride, but it likewise is a challenge to American genius. Whatever diplomatists may tell you. we stand alone without an ally in this Titanic struggle for supremacy among the giant nations of the world. If we win, we will win upon American initiative and sustained industry- If we fall, we will fall through the decadence of American statesmanship. That Is not possible. "Behold how our commerce has grown and multiplied by leaps and bounds. The excess of our exports over Imports is greater than that of all other countries ; combined. And it is the trade balance ' that determines commercial primacy. The ' total exports of tne United States for the , year 1902 amounted to the dizzy aggre gate of 51.355.000.000. As recently as 1S70 ' the total exports were but $376,000,000, or 160,000.000 less than the aggregate 1m- . ports for that year; and yet, ai gratify- 1 lng as is the vast balance bevween ex- ports and imports, it is but small when ' kompared to that which will obtain when 1 we shall take from Germany and Great Britain the Import trade cf the Pacific Coast states of Latin America; our geo graphical heritage, and crowd upon the Asiatic the products of our flour and cotton mills and looms and foundries and machine shops. I "The international commerce of the world in manufactures amounted last year to J4.000.000.COO. and the United! osfatth3sfSnsdhe?ore " loper centj "Whenweconslder that the exports from the factories of the United States amounted to but J1.24S.547 In 1790. and ! that in 1SS0. after a lapse of 100 years. 1 they had grown to but 5151.102,376, while in the last 12 years they have reached sum in excess of J250.000.0CO, the extraor dinary expansion of our commerce Is realized. In the contemplation of so marvelous an exhibit Is not the most ua lndulgent American prompted to com miserate the noisy croakers of calamity who predict disaster lor this giant of the New World that is laying commercial tribute on every land In which clvlllza 'tion has pushed its triumphs? "But talk about our commerce and the prosperity of the country until, trans ported by the magic of figures we experi ence the sensation of personal riches, and after all the basis of our trade balance and the foundation of all our wealth Is the American farm. We have cotton and lumber and rice mills, blast furnaces and packeries and sugar and oil refineries and coal Iron, suver and gold mines In the wonderful region of the West, where nat ural resources have covenanted 'with des- I tiny to make ours the richest and strong- est country on the habitable globe. The i factory and the blast furnace and the I packery must eventually come to the raw material. They have come to many, they will come to all of the states of this pro- ductlve region. -That Is inevitable. To save transportation of raw material and to put the finished products closest to points, whence they can clear to Trans Oceanic markets Is a law of economics as immutable as any law of nature. Still the farm is the hope of the West and will continue to constitute the basic sill of American commerce and civilization. "It Is out of the ground that the wealth ot tne surviving auon musi come. it. is the farm that supports the fabric, society, The silver and gold mine will pinch out. oil sands cease to yield their treasure. and lumber forests be devoured by hungry mills, but the American farm will stand as long as the earth shall endure. The cities may become congested and anarchy find In them its place of refuge, but not so the agricultural districts. Where plenty rewards contented and honest toil and nature sings Its eternal harmonies In the ears of men there Is no rebellion against constituted authority, no riot against the law, no tempest of commun ism. Agriculture paints the glow of health upon the cheeks of Its daughters, and weaves the steel of Hercules into the arms of its sons. These form the basis of American stability and peace and con stitute the rock upon which the waves of Imported Ignorance and anarchy will break. "It has been said that the population of the United States doubles every 30 years. If su, where 30 years from today will we care for an added TS.C'OO.OOO of people? This suggests no new problem. It is as old as the colonial policy of Great Britain and Continental Europe. It Indeed runs back like an ill-omened shadow through the history of nations that were older when they fell than any that now stand forth in the vast struggle for primal place among the great powers. What will the Republic of America do with this strenu ous brood growing up about our knees. With the heritage Of freedom in their blood and the Instinct of conquest In their thought, put there by the men of Valley Forge and Trenton and by those match less pioneers who surveyed the course of empire to the West, over mountain ranges and through primeval forests? You say we will put them In the mighty West and your answer has in it the Inspiring tatlve discussion of those great questions suggestion ot a. splendid prophecy rush- upon tne adjustment of which now de Ing on to fulfillment. And why not? It J pends the wealth and perpetuity of a civ ls estimated that the Government can re- j motion greater today than any that has claim 100.000,000 acres of land from the arid cone before It." tutu ucci wuaiea ui liic v est, iu Texas alone. If It were as densely popu lated as Massachusetts, we could take care of SO.OOO.OOO of the earth's population. "Let me say to you that Irrigation IS as old as the pyramids and that wherever Intensive agriculture Is practiced today you find the wealthiest and most content ed people in the world. But after this, then what? 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Even the most obstinate of .constitutional hu mours, such as bad blood, scrofula, in herited and contagious humours, with loss of hair, grandular swellings, ulcer ous patches in the throat and mouth, sore eyes, copper-coloured blotches, ajs well as boils, carbuncles, scurvy, sties, ulcers and sores arising from an Im pure or impoverished condition of the blood, yield to the Cnticprri Treatment, when all other remedies fall, And greater still, if possible, is the wonderful record of cures of torturing, disfigurlug humours among Infants and child ren. The sufferln g which Cuticura Remedies have alleviated among the young, and the comfort they have af forded worn-out and worried parents, have led to their adoption in countless homes as priceless curatives for the kln nnd blood. Infantile and birth hn- monrStinilbcrust,scalledhead,ec2ema, r,?ira,shsv& pimply skin and scalp humours . with loss of hair, of infancy and .childhood, ate speedily, permanently and economi- caEy cured when all other remedies snltable for children, and even the best physicians, fail. Soldt&roaehonttfetwoTta- t-atleur IViotreat. 60c. (la fcna or ChoeoUU CoUed Fills, lie. per TtI of 0U), Oiat rsent, 30c, Soap, 15c DepoU I London. V Charterhouso 8q. i Ftrit, 5 Boo ds la Paixs Baton. 137 Columbiu At. Potter Drc- fcChtm. Corp., Solo Propt. a3-E end for "Tho Omt Humour Cure. what? This is a question for statesmen to deal with, not for those puny creatures j who tax their energies to meet the mere requirements and exigencies of partisan politics, but for men of affairs who hold In their hands the destinies of the great est Nation that ever rose and' the fortunes of the most commanding race of men and women the history of this world has ever known. "Time was when the Mississippi River marked the stopping place of the Ameri- can Republic, nor did It go beyond Into i the wilderness of the West until a Presi- dent of the United States confessedly without the warrant of the Constitution, consummated the Louisiana purchase. That spirit of adventure and demand for elbow-room that has characterized every progressive people since the Phoenicians looked out upon the sea and dominated j the commerce of the world, swept Ameri cans on to me possession ox me Trans- Mississippi regions. It was that same en ergy and foresight that bore Americans on to the embracements of Florida, Texas and California into the territory and Union of tne states. "Obeying still the same spirit, and yield ing to the same great l&w, the American has begun the commercial invasion of tha Orient in anticipation of 'that hastening ! day when the surplus foodstuffs and i manufactures of our developing country must find a purchaser, not alone In the Asiatic, but in the spheres of colonial and commercial influence now occupied by Great Britain and Continental Europe. And in this thought I am reminded that from this audacious city of Seattle was shipped under the directing genius ot the greatest railroader In the West, the first cargo of American cotton that ever cleared out of an American port for the Orient. "When I consider the geographical posi tion of the United States with respect to Mexico, with respect to the Pacific Coast States of Latin America, with reference to the Pacific Coast provinces of China with their teeming millions of population now dependent on Europe to provide them with the necessities, and that Europe to gain the trade of the Orient must cross two oceans while the United States will cross but one, I am convinced that the Great Master of the Universe has designed the American Republic to eventually be come the one transcendant civilization of the world. But the Great Master will not solve for us the problems In transporta tion and statesmanship that these condi tions make obligatory upon a chosen, peo ple. Not the least of these Is a consular service in the hands of men of business training and acumen rather than in those of men. who hold their positions by the grace of partisan favor. It Is the peculiar province of this Congress to consider this as well as other problems to which I have ! oivpn hut mint nttpntfnn In nn AAtpi i demanded rather than as a matter of form than as an exhaustive treatise on econ- omcis. I will therefore no longer encroach upon your prerogative, but will leave to the gentlemen selected by your executive committee and whose names appear on the programme the expert and authorl- CLOSE TO WARSHIPS. Sea Fighters Seen to Advantage From Potter Low Rates. Uncle Sam's sea fighters, assembled In the mouth of the Columbia for the Astoria Tegatta will be seen to splendid advan tage this week from the deck of the Pot ter, this popular boat having arranged to run close to the visiting vessels. ' For par ticulars about low rate to Astoria during regatta, ask at O. R. & N. city ticket office. Third and Washington. 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