The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-23
BRYAN TAKES UP THE ISSUE Disagrees With Root in Subsidy Plea.
 -s----S HE INTRODUCES RESOLUTIONS Secretary Shaw Addresses Congress on Foreign Trade.
 ---e-- Urges Merchants To Develop Trade in Countries of south Amerien--Isham Randolph Talk. on Chicago
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HE INTRODUCES RESOLUTIONS

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 22--Leslie M' Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, and William J Bryan. had the Hons share of attention here today among long list of speakers at the three sessions of the Trans MissisippI Congress.
 Secretary Shaw, who spoke particu- larIy for wider foreign market for American goods, made this declaration: If this country ever develops into in- ternationaI merchants, 1t win achieve 1t by granting them encouragement, not only dredging habors and deepen ing channels, but by insuring them a merchant marine in which to carry, un- der the favorable terms, the products of our farms, our mines, our forests and our factories"
 Secretary Shaw continued: Secretary Root has gone step further than I propose to go, in favor of merchant marine. He commits himself to the ship subsidy idea do not say am in favor of ship subsidy, but will say am in favor uf anything that will secure a merchant marine for the United States
 The crowd that greeted MT. Bryan was the lergest of the Congress, num- herring 5000 persons.
 MT. Bryan presented the following resolutions which he asked be consid- cred by the Resolutions Committee of the Congress at tomorrow session.:
 Resolved, that this congress heart fly endorses the resolution unanimously adopted by the Interparliamentary Un- ion at its London session last July, in favor of the submission of all interna- tional questions to an impartial court or commission for investigation before any declaration of war or commence ment of hostilities."
 He pleaded earnestly for the adopt ion of the resolution.
 Mir. Bryan congratulated the Com merciaI Congress for having had as ~ their guests two member of the Presi- dents cabinet, Secretary Root and Sec retary Shaw, ''the two foremost mem- bers of the Presidents official family he said.
 Takes Issue With 1aot.
 Speaking of the South American trade expansion possibilities as SC; forth by Secretary Root he said he did not agree with Mir Root as to the methods suggested. He did not, he said, believe in subsidies,
 MT. Bryan then read second reso- lution affecting trusts. which also he said. he wished might be adopted by the Commercial Congress at It's busi- ness session tomorrow, This resolu' tion, which Mir Bryan said covered in a general way his hopes regarding tht trust legislation. follows:
 Resolved, That this Congress Is unalterabIy opposed to private monop- olies and believing them indefensiblt and intolerable. favors the enforce ment of existing laws and the enact ment of such new laws as nay be nec' essary to protect industry from the menace offered by the trusts"
 Mir. Bryan said he was glad that al last all the people finally had come te he opposed to the giving and receiv' ing of rebates He spoke of the re- cent conviction of the sugar trust fol receiving rebates and attacked the standard oil Company, which ne oe' ciared had built up much or US Dusi' ness by operating in rebates
 Al the afternoon session Secretary ol tbe Treasury Shaw, speaking or "American finance" said in part: sLaSv on international Trade.
 "The eirhteenth century and the hrs half of the nineteenth W.ngsse@ . tts s,,ten si,' tton af territory That the first hal of the twentieth century VIII wIthss' The worlds greatest conflicts Ior .. oi. extension oe trade IS alrea1y Fl pp1t 7, ~ {, and only the thoughtiess haii " OD
 ITO the better understanding of oui relation to the worlds commerce. brief review of our achieVelnents @ ail' tnWn1CH
 sions- are necessarily. The first seven fy-five years of our existence Wa WaI largely occupied in determining WntSi s. was the proper expression, these nie n.,t cd States or this United states m case WAS tried and the court of last re sort rendered its. decree at Appon.iiaI iu, fox settling for all time the questioi that the United States is one ana Ill
 hFoiiowing the determination of thi alI-important question came the prop lem of internal improvements ana th development of our natural resources products than any country on the map our mines yield silver literally by tn train-load and gold by the carload ships built in American yards ana American material unload more iron or on the shores of single common wealth than any other country pro duces; we cut from our forests hun dred million feet of lumber for ever day of the calendar year; our shops an factories turn out as much in fnishe products as those of England, of Ger many, and of France combined, and W nav out in wages nearly and perhap rrjtn as much as all the rest of tn world Our railway system is the larg est. the most complete, and our freigh rates the cheapest; our coastwlse trad fine most extensive, the most rapiC inc most efficient, and It's rate the low est of all nations under Heaven. One seyenth of the worlds internationa trade originates Wltn us, ana One-tent finds it's way to our ports for ultimat consumption. While the people of eight nations sell internationally twelv hiilion dollars worth of merchandis per annum, the people of the Unite States sell the one to the other nor 1ban twice that much. We hold in ou SIaults 22 per cent. of the worlds sup niv of gold, and have in actual us InSre than one-fifth of the worlds cir nuiating medium These achievement make us dizzy-these possessions dag zle. ,.. ,,.....-.
 "Our imports quite promptly respon 4o ana therefore quite accurately meas UTe our prosperity. When our facto r,es are in operation, when labor endowed, and farm produce therefor hiEh. when our people are oecupie and therefore prosperous, our import increase. They now exceed In amour mar capita any previous period in ou bistory We therefore have only ~msTd our prosperity to make sure ( S1r share of the import trade of th world. To the extent that our peopl are able 10 consume, the world bring us it's luxuries. We do not need to g after them. ,.,--- ---,--- =
 ',Fruitful lands, productive mines, an multiplied factories have thus far fat ed to develop among us tnternations isasrchants. It does not require inte'