Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
AN tt TRUST
HYSTER|A DECR|ED
COMMERCE CONVENTION CRIT.
IClSES TARIFF SYSTEM
Popular Dietum That "swolIen For
Tunes Are Stolen Ones" Deplored
by National Commerce
Convention
speclnl 10 The Hernld

conutry has ended its deliberations
mere and adjourned. 1t was the Ma
tional Convention for the Extension of
the Foreign Commerce of the United
states. Thirty-five states were Off
cially represented by delegates ap-
pointed by the governor of each, and
the total number of delegates present
was close to 1900, nearly 200 national
trade organizations being represented
in this body of men,
a great number of topics touching
on methods for the upbuilding of the
country's foreign commerce were dis
cussed and among those embodied in
resolutions asking for legislation at
the hands of congress were the intro
duction of reciprocity program in
the shape of maximum and minimum
tariff, compensation to steamship lines
for carrying the mails, greater cour-
tesy to Chinese admitted to the coun-
try, uniform bills of lading and pres
ervation of forests.
A very strong resolution was adopt
ed urging on the national government
the necessity for the improvement of
the waterways as a means of provid-
ing extended transportation facilities
and of regulating railroad abuses.
Many of the speeches in the con-
vention placed emphasis upon the i'm
portance of maintaining undisturbed
the present economic methods of pro-
duction, and regretted the restrictions
that some states seem anxious to place
upon industrial interests. 1t was
pointed out most especially that it
would be useless for a concern to seek
foreign market which 1t could not
hold in the face of the enactment of
these restraining laws.
A business of the future, such as is
foreign trade, it was contended, de-
mands permanency, and the only way
in which this country can meet the
cheaper labor abroad is by the eXer-
else of economies of production and
distribution, such as can be found only
in large combinations. President
Schurman of Cornell and others among
the speakers decried the present anti
trust hysteria and deplored the pop
ular dictum that Swollen fortunes are
stolen fortunes"
Congress is convinced that there is
no epidemic of the sleeping sickness"
on the coast. Although that section
of the country has it's own troubles
as witness the floods in Washington
and Oregon and the earthquake and
fire in California-neverthele the Pa
cifc slope is willing to help out the
aspiring In other sections of this
mighty country. Senator Perkins of
x
ton signed by citizens of San Diego,
Mountain View, Los Angeles and Glen
dale against Sunday closing in WASH
ington, D. G. The senator did not at
tempt to explain why there should be
such interest 5000 miles away in a
question that is OF purely local import
to the District of Columbia. Almost
at the same time resolutions were pre-
sented by the chamber of commerce
of Spokane, Wash. in favor of increas-
ing the salaries of members of con-
gress to $4,000 year. These resolu-
tions were sent by telegraph and were
referred to committee.
Senator Millards request for copies
of the engineers reports on the borings
in the vicinity of the great dam near
fight again over the old question of
the relative values of a lock or sea
level canal at Panama. The senate
committee on interoceanic canals Will
discuss the matter next week, and II
is said that there is conclusive evil
dence that the foundation on which
this immense pile of masonry is to rest
Is not rock, but common mud, and that
the dam cannot ossibly stand the
great pressure of water that it must
resist. Investigation OF the matter
over the plan to be followed in digging
the big ditch.
Louis B. Roswell of Illinois, secretary
of the Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment association, this week has been
appearing before the house committee
on rivers and harbors in an effort to
secure from congress an annual appro-
priation for the improvement of the
Father of Waters from its mouth to
Minneapolis While primarily Mr.. Ros-
wells efforts are directed toward Sc
curing an appropriation for the Mis-
sissippi, he is an ardent advocate of a
widespread policy of development of
the waterways Of the entire country
He is being lent valuable @upport by
Congressman Rams lell of Louisiana
president of the Nation | RiI ers and
Harbors congress.
why should this great country, with
it's vast area of rich land waiting only
to be titled i'm order to yield great guam
titles of grain and other products. not
dominate the world commercially
said Mr.. Boswell I'VE have the brains
the land and the capital, and yet we
stand by and let Germany make great
inroads into the commerce of the world
which we should control. This coun-
| try can dominate the world CONNER
cially, but we must improve our water
ways just as Germany has done. Al
the natural advantages are with us
we should not waste them"
In the report of the geological sur
vey just issued, and covering the pro
duction of gold and silver in 1906, &
general increase in all of the minera
states is noted. In California the
states production of gold reached
/ $l9 1871, 100 while the production of sill
yer was valued at $66O020-a decided
decrease traceable to the lessened out
| put in Kern and Shasta counties. Colo
RADIO in that year showed a noteworth!
addition of more than $1OOO,O00 to thu
previous years gold production, thu
total output aggregating $25, 7Ol, 100. Th
| increased output is credited to Teller
| Gilpin and Ouray counties. marked
decrease in silver, by ounces, Is traced
to Lake, Mineral, Clear Creek and San
Juan counties. In southeastern Mis-