Speech #500054151

It is because every wind that blows. every sight that strikes their eyes. every sound that resounds in their ears. shows the folly of their theories. the absurdity of their logic. What use is it to tell the people of this empire that they have been robbed and plundered one thousand millions of dollars every year. during the very time when over 3.500 miles of distance cities have been springing up like magic. richer in a decade than the old world cities have grown in centuries. when 120.000 miles of railroad have been built. which compress the broad expanse of a continent into a week of time. When the commerce of !ts inland lakes has grown to rival the commerce between the two worlds. when from every lamd under the sun the emigrants have been flocking to its happy shores. drawn