Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-24
SHIP SUBSIDY GIVEN BOOST
Huntington Wilson Of State Depart
ment Purifiers Plea Of President.
ADVOCATES IMMEDIATE STEPS
Believes Next Congress VIII Favor-
. ably Consider Measure-UrEes
ChieaEo Business Men 70 EEert
Efforts on ouestion.

CHICAGO. Oct 1--Hunungton Wilson.
first assistant secretary Of state. seconded
the plea Of President Taft for a ship sub
sidy IN an address tonight before the Chi
cago Association Of Commerce.. az q ban
Quet rendered representatives OF Canada.
Cuba and Mexico to discuss trade relations
In discussing the lack Of trade between
the United States and Latin American
countries. Assistant Secretary Wilson
said;
The lack OF American ships to carry
mails and freight and lack OF American
banking facilities are the trte explanations
Of our commercial backwardness In Latin
America
I am happy to believe that there is
Jrpe Of a ship subsidy at the next session
4 Of congzesA. You know how earnestly the
Npresident and his administration advocate
this measure. am happy also TO remind
you that an American bank Of the highest
power IL now about to be established
throughout south America
No Time for LOafInE.
we must not wait for deep waterways
and the Panama canal. We must not wait
for the ntercontinental railroad, which Is
70 Join North and South America. We must
begin now. The government will do all il
can, but you, the merchants and manu-
lalLlEEESs mAA1A W 4UGA A1h 1 49, =
hope you will each know how the Chicago
oongressmen stand on ship subsidy and on
~rhe question OF holding up the hands Of the
secretary Of state in his unpreceded in
PRODUCTION of modern efficiency and
methods 70 have a business-like admlnistra-
tfBn OF has department as its foreign
service. as a very real engine to the
Fromoton Of Americas greatest interests"
OF the eastern situation Mr.. Wilson said;
BY concord Of All the western and east
ern powers concerned We have the prin-
ciple OF equality. 81 opportunity in China
II Is for you to make good use Of the
OpportESsv. Since the new progressive
regime lathe Turkish empire the present
time is most propitious for founding a trade
susceptible Of enormous development"
y Plea for Industrial Peace.
Raoui Dandurand OF Montreal. speaker Of
the Canadian senate. made a plea for in
dustriAI. as wen as international peace. lie
said in part:
we are at peace yet that wall still
remains along our frontier which Is not re-
garded, II is true. by soldiers or by human
being. II serves only as an imPediment
in The way OF trade. 1t il our joint work.
but. for the reason probably hat you are
the richer. you have made 1t doubly the
height OF ours.
yet we sold to you last year goods
amounting to 5000. 900 only while we bought
Of you s1se.0o.oo worth. Canada is your
third best customer and II you compare our
population with that OF England and Ger
many. we are, man for man. far and away
your best clients"
Speaking Of the Canadian forests and the
4 wood pulp question. Mr.. Dandurand ex-
planned that the policy OF the Canadians
means that the owner wants a more pro
ftable return for his merchandise and
wishes to safeguard the forests which are
still intact
senior Balbino D.. Alvos. Mexican charge
danah&.e Who spoke on behalf Of senior
De La Barra. the Mexican ambassador
said:
within the last few days the world has
witnessed an event which shall endure for
ever on the pages Of history. TIL meeting
Of two presidents. two Of the greatest
statesmen Of our day, as the representa-
lives OF the greatest republics in North
America is q forceful illustration OF the
benefit to be derived from a proper grasp
ing OF the Importance OF concord and
thorough understanding between countries
and understanding Of the word friend
ship"
General Carlos Garcia Velez. representa-
tive Of the Cuban government, who was
expected TO speak was detained at wash