The San Francisco call., 1906-11-23
BRYAN AND SHAW
ARE TWIN LIONS
Trans-M Mississippi CONNER
cial Congress Listens to
Speeches Made by Them
KINDEL BELLIGERENT

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 22.-Leslie NJ
Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, and
William j. Bryan secured the lions
share of attention here today among
long list of speakers at the three
sessions of the Trans Mississippi COM
mercial Congress. All spoke on sub
jects relating more or less directly to
the increasing of the commercial busi-
ness of the country.
Bryan was appointed to head
committee of ex-presidents of the con-
gress to escort Secretary Shaw to the
platform, and when these two distin-
guished public men led the way to the
rostrum there was great applause.
Secretary Shaw, who spoke partic-
ularly for a wider foreign market for
American goods, made this declaration:
If this country ever develops inter
national merchants it will accomplish
it by granting them encouragement.
not alone by dredging harbors and
deepening channels. but by insuring
them merchant marine in which to
carry under the most favorable terms
the products of our farms, our mines,
our forests and our factories
THE MERCHANT MARINE
Secretary Root has gone a step fur
ther than propose to go in favor of
merchant marine. He committed him
self to the ship subsidy idea. I do not
say that l am in favor of ship sub
sidy, but l Will say that I am in favor
of anything that will secure a mer-
chant marine for the United States"
Bryan, whose subject principally
concerned the commercial interests of
the Mississippi Valley region, was the
sole speaker of the evening session.
Some of the subjects upon which
addresses and discussions were made
at the morning and afternoon sessions
were river and 1eyee betterment, lower
freight rates, especially in the West;
the necessity OF a national department
of mines and mining. the needs of the
livestock interests of the Southwest
the necessity of increased facilities at
the Pacific Coast shipyards, irrigation,
public drainage as it relates to the
reclamation service and the waning
forest resources.
John w. Noble of St Louis, ex-Sec-
retary of the interior, spoke in support
of a resolution which had been intro
duced by Richard c. Kerens of that city
in favor of an intercontfnental rail-
way to bring about closer trade rela-
tions between North and South Amer
ica
George ]. Kindel of Denver enlivened
the morning session by attacking E. H.
Hartman and introducing a resolution
which was referred, calling for the
resignation from mem DerShip on the
Interstate Commerce Commission of
Judson G. Clements.
CATTLE VALUES DECREASE
Other speakers were were V. C. AL
derson, president of the Colorado School
of Mines: Isaac T. Pryor, president of
the Southwest Cattle Raisers' Asso-
citation; F. H Newell. Edward Mead
and w. II. Heron. governmental de-
partment experts. and Representatives
John N. Stevens of Texas, Edgar C.
Ellis of Missouri and Isham Randolph,
consulting engineer of the Chicago
drainage canal.
Pryor said there had been a shrink
age IN the value of cattle in this coun-
try of s9.12 head. or $42e,257, ,012, in
six years and declared that the inter
ests of stock raisers had been neg
lected.
At a session of the resolutions COM
mittee today proposition to indorse
Secretary Roots suggestion for a ship
subsidy, particularly for mail steam
ers to South America. was adopted.
There is strong sentiment in the con-
gress favoring Secretary Roots sug-
gestion.