New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
tNALYZES AMERICANS.
ISLITIVE DANGERS.
H. Schmman Discusses Barth',
Criticisms at Tennessee Dinner.

f
.,,o third annual dinner Of the Tennessee So
a - rho Waldorf-Astoria last night Jacob
,s eeE Scburman, president of Cornell, spoke on
0ouIr 0ot and the recent financial crisis. He
= ,,at legislation could never be a panacea
t" .1o Ills Of tine civic body. He then denounced
- tendency 10 cure economic Ills by legislation
20 dangerous and pernicious.' and said that man
Wood was IN danger VI oeinS Su"liel seu pH SoN-
rr,enral pateTnalisn.
r,rss;deut Schurnlan spoke at length about Theo-
- Fsarth's .'Amarikanische Eindrucke'' and the
-, - ia be drawn from a foreign view of this
,rv A land of contrasts he says Herr
80 called il. In explaining the popularity of
1rosident Roosevelt, he said the contrasts in diff
<art naces Of the Presidents character was what
e1deared him 10 the country President Schurnan
said in part;
Herr Barth's first impression of us is that of a
marked national prediction for the superlative
The axeiy & el tb bhast b,ildn io5 in tb, oriG %
r the fastest horse. the dearest picture. the
enoS- "a uabe diamond, the largest library,
i,e reioces in counting among his fellow citizens
!e o 'Tficheet man in the world our sense of the
s,,nerlative. he says is Srauied by participation
s1a ss n Witnessed the most devastating fire ~ the
,nast terrible earthquake And Herr Darth goes on'
~ oralsfe that an American pointed out 10 him
9 vast ugly public building which had no positive
Intrinsic merits ana no cohIaIauNe eAceIItn,les,
Sat o. II had been the biggest steal the world
1snd OF conJrasts-contrasts physical social and
.oitical President Roosevelt. he says, would not
fniny so great popularity did he not unite in his
own peLs0ig aienei - a regiment of Rorrl Ri5ers
30 supporter imperialism he is also recipient
1T The Nobel peace prize; enemy OF the trusts. lie
re ~ system which fosters them. and he treats the
i1nriev tariff soTnethi.- inVioable; ardently de
DEMONSTRATION are unsystematc and disjointed.
Bnt saws Herr Barth, il is precisely this inlpul-
snefFer which makes President Roosevelt SO dear
70 his fellow citizens But this is not the sole
Herr BaTth tells US he has had personal acquant-
years he Is also aeqpal.eG Win @ r: NJ Pr ~! an: i
obserzinE the Presidential campaign OF 1925 Ana
SO one IS curious 70 know What What Herr Barth thinks
90 ,Tsd bv the personality of the and between
the man and his role appear TO hln quite as great
IS in the case Of President Roosevelt Nr. Bryan,
says Herr Barth is an orator who makes a deep
extraordiaTy agiJator 70 whonl Ireedon' aastice 81
and equality are 7eritable religion; ray, ne =
fIerr Parth declares, is gar klein StGGtSmdHn,
,rob-scheinIch kGunl elm Politiker-'no statesman
and PT0O45ey 5 yaSs SeaTSfs s exss s Hed and con-
irned by personal conversatlo ION ,, ,3;
-s1ing the notion that II only had a lot OF new
AVS such as legislators Of their respective stripes
~nnjd enact We should all enjoy vastly greater
prosperity and felicity 1t seems that we are an
"a be made healthy. wealthy and wise by the
agents ne send 70 represent us at the seat oI gov
na,aa eI..e- In5a- The rising tide of paternalism
and over-government
When Senator Taylor rose TO sing the praises OF
Tennessee in poetical prose and told Of her gloTies
IN
.he Sweet Singer OF Michigan, he first drank 10 MS
friends The toast was in cold water, though, he
WAS careful 10 explain. No cocktail for him lilen
came gracefully flowing compliments to New 1orh
and its atmosphere, which was so potent that ne
declared himself all ready to steal a railrcao or
buy silver mine in Mexico. This city, he SAID IS
The Mace where are conceived all the dreams oI
frenzjea finance and frenzied politics. The two
great ovcrbearing passions OF American lie. ne
eald. were the lust for gold and the lust for
power. which override mercy, decency ana holloI-
The finele OF gold he said. was heard in society
the Church vas 5aundccd with il: it was the all IN
all Of politics until this country had become d ia
1ion of gold worshippers So great had become TINS
gold lust thai ne believed. were the country uaIlS
ferred TO heaven. the Americans would have me
golden streets uprooted and a protective tarlh o4
( The angels harps So great this gold lust ne
said that Il was time 10 return before 1t became
soo late n oldtime conditions which he thought
much preferable 10 these material full dinner pan
and steam heated days Speaking OF the Simple
life Re said.
want TO sec this country go back TO the put
and simple Iif.. OF our fathers want TO sec
Constitution OF this country restored TO the ptt Pr
] the coordinate e|,,4t - -,
government kept apart. each Morhils ~ ~ liners
sphere without infringing on that OF the 2'tlS- ~
the states retain thelr ON" s, go
their oHn domestic aifalrs HllIloul ls.aa .l ;,ter
ference. want 70 see the huge CO.. flia
S;Ia95 1 %peg ' Tbe e~ca+ Thing when threatens
future is ths concentration Of wealth AIIe1dy lI.
IN revolt becauSe Of the ignorance or thc coiiul-
lions which brought about and allow TINS conceii-
1raton Of wealth. but because Wealth is InlsUsto
and converted a serpent which IS tlGtle44l.t,
around the life and prosperity Of the nation An
that the majority Of the American people ~ISf Is
that these great interests shall De forced 70 oOes
the law
This IS the advice which / would give to the rail,
rOsds: Discharge OF sell all your newspapers ana
obey laws, and then there viii never be any
hndrance Of The work OF development and your
service 10 the public
Other speakers were Rufus u. Rhodes, editor
Of The Birmingham News"; William F. Nc
Combs. jr and Bruce l. Rice, president Of the
Telnessee Society. Some of the guests were VIII
tan A. Barber president of the South Carolina So
cety; DR. George Tucker Harrison. Vice-goVern"r
Of the Society of Virginians; the Rev j NeHett
Steele, president OF the Maryland Society, John g
Breckenridge, secretary of the Kentucky Society;
Charles F Moore, Captain j. L. Pearcy, John -
Crosby, president OF the Missouri Society; ]. j.
AcIuire, president OF the Georgia Society; Walter
IL Page. president Of the North Carolina Society,
and Major Edward. commander Of the Confederate
veteran Camp OF New York.