The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-27
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
OF NONPARTISAN ORIGIN
Secretary Shaw Tells Syracuse
Business Men What Has Been
and Is Being Done.
"A PRESENT OPPORTUNITY

SYRACUSE, ". Y, April 26-Secretary
of the Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw was the
guest of honor and chief speaker at the
annual banquet OF the Syracuse Chamber
of Commerce tonight. More than 300 mer
chants and business men from this and
neighboring. cities were at the table. Cen
eral Horatio G. King. of New York, also
was one OF the speakers. secretary ShdW
was given hearty reception when he
arose to speak on 'Nonpartisan States
manship." In part he said:
Some of the best work of the Republic
has been accomn lished nonpartisanlv Dur
ing the administration OF James Madison
law was passed giving the American
shipbuilder and the American shipowner
monopoly of our coastwise trade. While
this law has been many times assailed no
party has ever dared repeal 1t, and its
presence on the statute books IS. therefore,
with nonpartisan approval. What is the
result? We have the largest and most
prosperous. the cheapest and best coast
wise trade in the world
About forty years ago there was inau-
gurated a policy of internal Improvement.
By nonpartisan votes large grants of lands
and large appropriations or money were Of
fered an inducement TO the construction
OF Translate and tranScontnental rail-
roads. Note the result. Five trunk lines,
all but assisted by the government,
cross the Rocky mountains, and result
of these roads and their tributaries the en-
tire West has become the most profitable
market for the manufactured products OF
the Eastern States and in turn the greatest
producers or food products, which comprise
over 90 per cent of our exports Nor is this
all. We have the most efficient, the cheap
est and best railway service in the world.
For more than a hundred years states
men have dreamed and talked and planned
Tor an iSthmian canal, and now the hope
or century bids fair TO be realized. The
government OF the United States willingly
pays nrty MILLIONS for the right-of-way.
then promises TO spend probably two hun
dred millions in the construction ard other
millions IN the maintenance, and perhaps
other millions still in defense of the canal
and has pledged itself TO permit the COM
merce of the world to enjoy this short
cut between the oceans on equal terms.
Fortunately the parties vie with each
other in enthusiasm over the prospect of
making this the greatest of all contribu-
tions TO the worlds commerce.
IT wish nonpartisanly the parties would
be as enthusiastic in their efforts TO create
q merchant marine, TO the end that Amer
ican material producers and American ship
builders and American sailors might get
their fair proportion of the worlds carry
ing trade. The Spanish war. with its un-
expected results. placed the Pacific ocean
logically, il not actually, where she has
always been naturally. under the sover-
portunity is before and sooner later
the American people will appreciate II and
future generations win not be slow in rem
dering their praise TO the craftsmanship,
partisan or nonpartisan, which secures to
America the legitimate fruits of this
enormous expenditure"
General King devoted twenty minutes TO
a discussion-of the labor situation, CEN
surfing the labor unions for their policy
and blaming state and government officials
Tor their leniency In dealing with the
unions.