The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-23
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LETTER

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lFromS Our Regular Cores ondent)9
Washing ton D. q, Jan. 2i. Y a
The first statue Of a woman at the,
CAPITAL OF the United States will .Ebe,
received r next Friday when the State
tof Illinois viii present; Que Of Frances
/: E; Willard, the distinguished ;reforn,s
err. Appropriate exercises will be. held
In statpary Hall OF the Capitol and
speeches by some distinguished men,
VIII be made. There viii be d large
representation Of the. Women 81 Chris.
stianST mperance Union otSwhlch Miss
Willard was an enthusiastic supporter
and other clubs working In the Inter.
SestEof wsomen's rights 10 enfranchise.i
!ment
Consular, officers abroad were con.
siderably startled Friday BY the tele:
graphic reports of the Presidents
message TO the Senate recommending
favorable action on Assistant Score.
tary LOOMS suggestion :for6 the ap.
pointments OF slxSspecial agents to be
called commercial attaches to visit
the different countries 10 which ySwc
send consuls forithes purpose of study
ling commerclalsand Industrial condi.
tionswith a view TO making necessary,
and 8salutary changes In our foreign;
commerce. This is the substance OF
the message but6those on tho inside
know that the Six commercial agents
arc recommended TO BIO sent abroad
not so much to study conditions or
trade, which Is rcallyf3th the work for
which consuls arc appointed but, as
a matter Of fact, to inspect our con.
sular Offices and 10 report on the
workaof our consular agents. That
tliereswasGtosbesa general stirring up
ofEconsular affairs II Roosevelt should.
be reelected no ono has doubted and
even the most enthusiastic Ropubli.
cans in consular chairs have been
dacking wheneverareforms are mem
toned. President Roosevelt who
spealisS French and German nuently
and who has spent SO much time
abroad realizes betterstllani any Of our
Presidents have the necessity for
more intelligent and better equipped
consuls5 than we have been in tho
habitSof sending out, The State De.
partment Which has kept@5in fairly
close touch with the service by8means
OF theteports has long recognized the
necessity for some sweeping reforms
'butznotfnntll the presents time hast II
been free 10 make recommendations
touching them. By the suggestion 81
Assistant Secretary 5 Loomis the
agents of commercial attaches. i'S5wlll
be selected from among the5constls
known Jas. consular aud commercial
experts, who, 1t IS presumed, VIII be
better toSreport on trade condI.
tionsl as well as the#worls Of the con.
snlates: tits estimated that thee
pense Of TIE ;test(@ills be about $4,000
per annum, and any one who Inns had
businesslwltf an inefficient agent In
a foreign, city, consul for example
who did not speak the Language ofSthe
country TO which lie was senior his
own tongue without murderousS at.
lacks upon his grammar will not think
the sum too much. Your correspond
ent8while In Paris last winter had &C
casion TO visit the consulate and while
waiting his turn became Interested In
the applications that came before the
acting consul. This gentlemen spoke
French and with so much delight that
a French woman married to an Amer:
lean and desiring Information as to
how she could obtain her children
from him could by no apparent means
find a chance toirelate her story. One
CT two words ifrom5her were sufficient
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