The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-08-05
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1.-THE French Ambassador comes TO
see Secretary Knox he mas to wait
out In the corridor IL Count Won
Bernsdorff wishes to say goodbye to
M-.EAdee. he must drop his hat ON 2
table and walk up and down the hall.
unless he chooses to sit on the radia-
to--and the radiator is high and diff
cult to climb. And while Ambassador
rryce is cooling his neels outside the
|Secretary's Office, Virginia tourist
will n wife and two children Is az
likely rs not to happen along and ask
rim where they keep the Declaration
EoI Independence.
The dlplomatists rs rule are re-
markably even tempered. They usual
Ily accept their lot srnttonsiy md do
Dot complain but 1t Is Il safe bet that
IL they ever get tine chance they VIII
tako a gentle wnack at the system,
which puts them on par with II
Western Union messenger boy when
they come to confer on matters oil
state.
It's nobody's FAINT. Successive Sec
returies OF State have tried har.t
enough to remedy the condition They
have asked Congress for new quarters
rime and again. But Congress has
been so busy looking after the marble
palaces used rs House and Senate Of
flee buildings that they haven't mad
the time 10 look Into the State Depart
ment matter.
It's curious. too. how differently AM
bassndors and members OF Congress
look Mt things. The diplomats walt pa
tiently. some OF them for hours. keep
ing out of The way OF the messengers
and tourists, without murmnr; But
r. Congressman from the mihule
west doesn't get In to see the secretary
forthwith, ne rears up and condemns
the whole department and swears In.
vardly he'll vote against every appro.
nriatlon for the Department that 1t put
up to Congress.
A question before the House Com
mittec on Appropriations concerned
the representation OF the Gnite:l
States as m exposition to be held In
Brussels, Belgium. n.Et year. Profes-
sor ]. III. Gore. OF George Washington
University. who has had much eNpe'
rience In that line. mad been sum-
.norel to siled light on the proposition
One OF the problems called TO his at-
tention raised the question whether
the United States should have n gov
eminent building ut the show. Gore
rcckonetl not for two reasons. One
was that the conditions did not re-
1uire a special building and That none
could be erected in the time araila'
BILE.
"Whaf. 4 building could not be erect
81 In n year?" asked Chairman Ta"-
ney,
EXACTLY true" answered Professor
Gore. "If we relied upon the Belgian
builders to put up building. We could
not have one erected for the EXPOSE
ton, because they have to stop four
times q day for lunch. 1t took up oyer
two years. at Antwerp, to put up n
building, and 1t was put up by pri-
waite corporation"
Another point brought out by Prof.
Gore was that the building OF EXPOSE
lions was we'll established and profit
able business in Belgium. Such shows
were provided In Brussels In 1883 and
1897. There nave been four EXPOSE
tions in the busy little kingdom since
1891. Professor Gore said in explaining
tho exposition habit:
''fhc Belgians make money out OF
their cxpositlons. and that Is the re1-
son they have them so frequently.
They have never cleared less than IL
per cent. upon their Investments. They
arc money-making enterprises. They
rnisr the capital and put 1t under the
patronage OF the government. and
make whatever they can out OF II. The
profits are frequently divided with
charitable institutions"
a striking object lesson Of the
wealth accumulated In New England
was given by Congressman Hill. OF Con-
ncrlicut, while the income tax constl'
tutional amendment was up In the
House. To show where the burden
would fall II I'M income tax should be
enacted. he told what happened
through the enforcemnt Of the Inherit
ance tax that was In force from 1900
to 1902.
"The last full year OF that tax" he
said, Showed us follows: The State
OF New York pail $1.C0S.000 OF 1t; the
collection district OF Connecticut and
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