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"TAE. MarRINE. REVIEW 25 about these results. In the consummation of great en- terprises and in the enjoyment of the benefits resulting from them, the difficulties overcome and the courage and energy of the men who champion them are too often forgotten. This is especially true as to the construction of this canal. How seldom do we now think of the dis- couragements with which its promoters were well nigh overcome, and the splendid faith and untiring perse- verance of the men who, under most unfavorable circum- stances, could still see hope of success and promise of achievement. "It is bécawse: of this. that the setting apart of\-an occasional day for the purpose of perpetuating in our memories the great events in the state's development may are located the greatest copper producing mines of the world, Here are to be found well-nigh exhaustless depos- its of iron ore. Here, notwithstanding the carrying on of extensive lumbering operations for many years, still exist vast forests of valuable timber. And now this pe- ninsula is astonishing the people below the straits by the rapid advancement of its not inconsiderable agricul- tural interests. "In the development of these great and still unmeas- ured resources the St. Mary's,ship canal has borne the leading part. It has been and is 'the gateway through which have poured the products not only of this penin- sula, but of the entire northwest--iron from the. Mesabi range, wheat from the fertile plains of the Dakotas and ANOTHER VIEW OF THE NAVAL, PARADE SHOWING THE WEITZEL LOCK EMPTY. wisely be encouraged, and it is to the credit of the last legislature that it made an appropriation for the proper participation by the state in this celebration. The act of the legislature in making the appropriation' was a fitting recognition of the importance of the canal in the devel- opment of the great material and industrial interests of Michigan. When, in the settlement' of the difficulty be- tween the states of Michigan and Ohio, that part of the state now embraced in what is known as the upper penin- sula was practically forced on the state, the country was believed to be of little value, and it was with' great reluctance that Michigan accepted the territory 'in lieu of the valuable tract ceded to'Ohio. What a revelation there has been since that time to the people of: Michigan and of the country as to the marvelous resources and un- told wealth of the then despised upper peninsula! Here Manitoba--constituting a commerce greater than that which passes through the Suez canal. We of the lower peninsula, priding ourselves on the rapid development of all our resources, congratulate you of the upper penin- sula that, largely through the building of this canal, you have been able to make equal progress in the develop- ment of your resources. We are interested in all things that pertain to your welfare as we know that you are interested in' everything that pertains to ours. Let us not forget that this feeling of mutual interest is making of these two peninsulas one commonwealth, not only in name but in fact--a" state, one of the greatest in the sis- terhood of states. Sir es "Tt is surely not expected of me that I speak at length of the history of this great enterprise, or in detail of its e.cect upon the industries of the state, the nation, and