Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-23

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criminative, "the Hon. Judson C. Clements
Of the Interstate Commerce commission be
requested to resign from the commission
on account Of incompetency, and in the
event of his refusal that the president Of
the United States order an investigation
and on satisfactory proof OF charges he
demand his resignation"
The resolution was referred to committee
without debate.
Paul Thieman. editorial writer Of the
Denver Post, one of the Colorado delegates,
made a rather sensational speech on "Ex-
cessive Political Imagination" Mr.. THE
man said in part:
what is the matter with Colorado?"
asked Mr.. Thieman
Nothing but imagination"
Politics In Colorado.
.erhe world has heard much of the terri
bic trouble Of Colorado, said Mr.. The.
man. "These terrible troubles have re-
suited from excessive political imagination.
For years we have had one continual poll
tical campaign. TO no otheT,yplace on earth
Is there such complete ana unrestrained
license Of free speech and free press as in
Colorado, and this condition has turned loose
political imagination to an extent that,
finally. Colorado has become a hypochon-
driac state causing itself to cure imaginary
evils and grooming over ills produced by eX-
cessive political imagination. Finally
Colorado has realized this truth and is well
again. Il never was very sick. II suffered
from excessive Imagination.
Denver and Colorado are booming now.
They might have doomed long ago except
for imagined evils. We Of Colorado know the
mischief Imagination does. We are now
fully convinced that It is our duty to warn
the nation at large against the folly we
have experienced"
As to Forests.
William L. Hall. chief OF the office of
forest products OF the forest service, speak
ing in the place of clifford Pinchot, chief
of the service, upon the practical relation
Of commerce the forest and the forest
| service, said in part;
ION account of it's cheapness and avail
ability we have used wood lavishly and
wasted it with prodigal activity. Our
forest resources are now waning and for
estry must receive adequate attention or
within a few years we shall be forced 70
reorganze our industries for the use OF
materials with which we are not now we'll
acquainted. The safest method to pursue
I is Immediately to stop our waste of wood
and provide for the protection and use Of
the forest in such a way that it will con-
tinue its maximum yield OF products"
! Victor c. Anderson, president of the
| Colorado School of Mines, declared en-
! phatically for a national department Of
mines and mining,
! A resolution introduced by John G.
{ Brady, former governor OF Alaska, and
which was referred. urged the national
/ congress to pass laws that will prepare
Alaska for tho homesteader.
William J. Bryan entered the hall during
/ the forenoon and was applauded.
Secretary shaw Speaks.
! At the afternoon session, Secretary of
! the Treasury Shaw, speaking on American
Finance" said in part:
/ Our population increases more rapidly
/ than OF any other country in the world. 4
/ million immigrants annually reach our
shores TO share our matchless pay roll. our
| farms and at an early date We will have a
surplus of manufactures expressed In bill
I lions instead Of hundreds OF millions. At
| present nearly 70 per cent Of all our e1-
ports go to Europe and AZ per cent enter
ports protected by a single flag. Does any
one suppose that our trade In these eoun-
| tries VIII Increase as rapidly as the pro-
| ductiVe capacity Of our people?
| Europe will never be In a position TO COM
pete with us in the production OF raw cot
/ ton or In food products, or In lumber, or
! to any great extent in heavy machinery,
/ We now sell all these things IN Europe.
| But, should we undertake TO enter Europe
I with textiles and small articles Of house,
! hold furnishings, utensils and other staple
! articles we will signally fail / reiterate
1 the warning. We must develop new markets
I IN which to sell our manufactures, for we
cannot unload them in the markets we now
I have.
Unequaled prosperity made possible the
{ accumulation OF great wealth and invited
( aggression on the part OF corporate capital.
! This also has been made the subject OF
/ special and affirmative legislation. and the
3 enforcement Of existing laws has attracted.
3 ia an unprecedented maner. the attention
, OF the government. The next step, in my
judgment, must be the development OF new
/ markets. our present customers VIII not
accept our surplus manufactures when null
. tplied, they soon viii be, by tive, aud
l perhaps by ten.
where 60 Find Markets.
Where shall these new markets b. found
I The answer is easy. for there are but few
= places possible. South America and South
! Africa import $3.50, 100000 per annum. 90
which the United States contributes paltry
I 10 per cent Oriental countries import
roc O0O TO which the United States con-
| tributes only 10 per cent Our manufactur-
Z ing competitors know where these Coun-
] tries lie They have learned their lan-
{ gllages have studied their desires as well
as their needg. and for years have prose
I cuted a we'll planned aud well executed
I campaign for their commercial invasion,
4 and. with the aid Of large merchant