Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
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For the United States to be without a
merchant marine is absurd it would
b.. for department store to depend upon
competing store to distribute its goods
said Francis b Thurber. a well-known
New York business man and writer on
economic topics, at the Arlington. Every
ship i a 5Sionary of trade, and steam
ship lines work for their own countries
just as railroad lines work for their termi-
nal points.
An Isrhmian canal. connecting the At
ls.Htir and Pacific waters. would also be
eli great benefit to the extension of Ameri-
can commerce, especially in the countries
bordering on the Pacific. in which three
tifthS NJ the entire population of the world
rr~id.. Ocean cables across the Pacific
are also necessary The establishment of
International banks with American Capi-
1aI l. desirable so that this country may
d, riv,. the benefits in this line which now
largely accrue to foreign bankers.
our consular service should embody the
features of permarency and promotion to
- greater extent than it does at present. In
the system now current. with every change
OF administration many of our most efficient
representatives are retired just at the time
" hen they have acquired knowledge of
In, language and of business i'll their con-
SUl1r districts.
commercial education in our high
s, ho"Is is desirable. especially the more
= neral teaching Of the modern languages
most used in inter- ational commerce. The
United States Export Association is labor
ing Stea1 ily to secure these advantages.
AMI l find that the combined influence of
Large number of the leading houses of the
Country III such association is most USE
full To this end. The press can also do much
t. aid this much deSiTed-to-be Consumma-
ton. Ii Is most important that American
j. Dor and American capital should be per
mInent-y and remuneratively employed.
and II We would avoid the frequent recur-
I~Uce Of periods Of commercial depression
il can b. done by intelligent effort to widen
Cur markets
Judse lie Roy d. Thoman of Chicago is
Spending Il few weeks in Washington and
Is NJ the Arlington Before he was appoint-
81 a member of the first board of interstate
{ mm.rce commits sioncrs, a dozen years
;I,' Judge Thoman was practicing lawyer
il Youngstown, Ohio. when Mahoning
Comfy was a part of the congressional dis
trict 'hen rvpresent by President Nc
IIul..y- rs a young man he served for sey-
ca L. rms as probate judge. being elected
"a democrat in a county normally re-
publican because of his popularity. After
T-tirirS from the interstate commerce COM
mission Judge ThCman moved to the windy
city. where he has been very successful
il the practice of the law. He is Il good
SPEAKER and is usually sought after in pres
lc-ItI'u ana important state campaigns.
Ja''%" -NlcholaS Nlchols CoX. VINO repre-
s-rr~ the Franklin. Tenn. district. is one
r. tra hast-naf1Ired men in Congress For
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- 'Nt .iis u"i Siessioiitl Sessions ne
- -N'd al the Nati"hal, where ne Is re-
,c3-d Is 4 permanent fixture. He fought
ny Years in the confederate -ar,-ica. and
{ rrfes among other rnamentos NJ that
cr-sr struggle. a e,Iushot wound in tht.
r. ubicI at t5r7ss triffr', -, ~, a.
M as Moula pereuro the eqea
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his has been great fall for hunting
along the peninsula" said ex-Representa-
five p 4 Wise Of U-iIrian,sburr va ar
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