The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-15
SENATOR STONE SPEAKS
On the Resolution Requiring Panama
Canal Supplies to be Bought in
America.

lew uuNS ago On Tue AlufltE ftSO-
luton requiring Panama Canal
supplies to he bought in America
except in cases where the Prcsi
dent thought the prices were eX
tortionate. - The Associated Press
makes the following report of his
speech
No one can doubt he said.
that the President will buy practi
cally all canal materials in America
no matter what the difference in
prices here and abroad may be. II
we are to judge the future by the
past there is no room for question.
ing what course the President will
adopt. The men who contributed
the stupendous slush funds, aggre.
eating millions upon millions OF
dollars, to carry the last three
presidential elections for the Re .
publican candidates, almost of ne
cessity have their grip upon those
who accepted their princely do
nations. The beneficiaries of those
enormous corporation funds may
sometimes vince and shrink from
the task imposed upon them, and
to hide the shame of it may now
and then perform some spectacular
stunt IN the limelight aud before
the galleries, but in the end the
forces which operate behiud the
curtain aud hold the strings will
have their way. But there has
been so much of this clustering,
and it has attracted such wide A..
tantion that something must he
done to relieve the situation.
Something must be provided for
public credulity to feed upon. \
door must be opened for escape and
"A soft place must be made for the
President to fall. The scheme for
all this is wrapped up in this rcso-
luton.
Senator Stone sail that about a
year ago the President and the
Secretary of War had announced
that thay would not be held up in
the purchase of materials for the
canal by American manufacturers
Or American ship owners. This
declaration, he said, was approved
by the American people
rs in the interests of the general
welfare. But he declared that the
special interests affected resisted
aud won. Promptly these organ
zed their forces to resist aud dis
cipline him. "Standpatters" came
warming in every available
quarter. The Presidents courage
was put to the test, aud, as usual,
proved uuequa! to the strain.
There was II great laundering by
Jim in the index, with the custom
my RooScvcltian tiasco at the
iulsh The iron man at the
White House again proved him
self to be no iron man NJ all. but
,nly what Bismarck once declared
Merely pine lathe
painted the color of iron.
The President surrendered. and
instead of buying canal materials,
Is he vowed he would and he re-
,eatedly asserted it was his duty to
10, in the cheapest market, he |
bought practically everything he |
)urchased-S0 per cent of the |
whole, at protected trust prices in
america.
In support Of this contention he
.ited the facts in connection with
he purchase from the Ward line |
If two ships for the canal service.
The President, " he said, opened !
regulations for the purchase of
oreign ships, but at the same
ime the batteries of American
hip builders were opened on the
President. For Il short while it
eally looked as if the President
would stand his ground, But alas,
,ur hopes were vain; he was not
'QuNl to the task. lie hauled down
lis flag and surrendered. Instead
If buying the foreign ships of
J 900 tons each for $50, 900, he
bought two American ships of b..
700 tons each for 81, 300, 900.
The vessels" said the Senator,
had cost not to exceed 100000
ach, and as they had been in ser
'ice about eight years were worth
10 per cent less. ." This he pro-
bounced "a shameful instance of
reasury looting." He declared
he Presidents weakness to be a
ostly thing for the country.
And So" Mr. Stone proceeded,
the Macedonian cry comes over
rom the White House to Congress.
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