The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-13
HEAVY EXPORTS PAST YEAR
OF VICE CHAIR
MAN NEW TO THE CONTROL OF
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COM
MITTEE DISCUSSED.

mood so far as the nomination wa.
concerned. 1t is now openly declare
that this public statement was made
for lie sGse er tcrciug the Gao
of Senator Foraker and others whe
are said to be attempting to effect {
combine against the administration
control of the next convention. Mr.
Taft, according to well-defined reports
has his eye on the Supreme bench and
entertains an ambition to succeed
Chief Justice Fuller, whose resigna
ton is expected at an early day. Al
the time Secretary Taft refused ,hc
offer of the ermine, which later went
10 Attorney General Moody. it was
openly reported that all OF his ambi
lions lay in that direction, bat that he
vas determined to remain at his post
until the Cuban embroglio was settled
| the Philippine matter straiShtened
out and the Panama Canal, which
comes under the jurisdiction of bis
! Department, was well under way. The
fact that Mr.. Taft is preserving a
| Sphinx-like silence in the fact of this
| report, is taken to indicate that there
| is considerable truth in it,
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Senator Alger of Michigan, and
Representative Lacey of Iowa, have
come to be known as the "legislative
twins" The resemblance between
the two members of congress is str:k-
ing. Both of the same height, each
keeps his iron-gray whiskers trimmed
in precisely the same style, while The
likeness extends almost to the num-
Of hai 1,air irh
carefully brushed in order to conceal
the bald spots on their respective
domes of thought Their, dress is pre-
cisely alike, and each affects the
stateman's black frock coat. Senator
Alger is five years older than Mr.
Lacey, however, having been born in
1886. He was born in Ohio, while Mr.
Lacey is a native of Virginia.
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Even the most conservative gov
eminent officials have evinced sur
prise at the statement just issued by
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of Commerce and Labor con-
corning the value of manufactures ex-
ported from this country in the last
year. This trade has aggregated
more than $70O,OO0,OOO-a figure
hitherto never approached by this
country, and the United States now
ranks third in the value of manufac
lures entering the worlds commerce
That this condition should prevail in
the face of such congestion of trans
portation facilities as the country has
is little short of remarkable. Adyo-
Of
are asking what this report would
have presented had the great rivers
of the country been improved SO as to
admit of Their use as carriers Of the
products of factories and mills. They
G declared that once the II .tnraI cha,l-
nels of the nation are bettered SO as
to permit of their carving trade, the
United States will jump from third
place and may possibly lead the
the world. The National Rivers and
congress, which has preach
ed in scssion and odt the necessity
for a widespread deve o,nert of the
rivers and harbors of the country ny
the Federal government IS redoubling
its efforts to increase the commercial /
prestige of the country. The organize /
ton is especially anxious that this i
development work be accomplished |
before the opening of the Panama Ca I
nal, so that the great benefits that
will follow the opening Of the big
ditch across the Isthmus will be felt
on both coasts. In an I
official call sent out to cities and I
towns, waterway development organi-
cations and commercial bodies, firms
Nd ir6 ixvi6 lie thro ,rJ,
-ary, j. F. Ellison, of Cincinnati, o.,
he congress is appealing f'.r a greater
At the present time it
counts members in nearly forty states,
out it is seeking TO take i'll the en-
ire country and include every organ
cation and firm of any consequence
n the nation. The Admins ration is
the growth of this organi-
.ation with much interest. The ma
ional congress, once it is appealed 10
~ a body having widespread illfiu-
,nce, will be glad to join hands in the
prosecution of the necessary develop
nent work. The individual congress
nen will have at their backs 81. or
,anization to which they can po;nt in
explanation of their votes and of
heir work.
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The withdrawal OF Secretarv Cortel- +;
ou from the craftsmanship of the Re- !
,ublican National Committee has
aused considerable speculation here !
mong the politicians, because OF his ]
of viee-chairman Harry /
J. New to take the head of the organ
zation- The party leaders are at a i;
oss to determine just what clever OIL
teal move this may indicate, and
heir utterances are at wide variance. /
[ is contended that Mr.. New Is not !
y any means favorable TO the Fair |
anks boom and that his appointment {
Tas made with view to frostir.y' ,
be vice presidents aspirations. On ]
he other hand it is contended that If i
well-defined sentiment arose in IA
or of Mr.. Fairbanks for the nominal /