The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-07


the representatives Of foreign powers
with more consideration. The state de-
partment is now so big that II cannot
get into the space allotted TO it formerly
One by one II has occupied the rooms
left tQ il in the big gray state, war and
navy bnildng after The war and navy
departments took what they wanted
Now there are no more rooms to occupy
and the foreign relations suffer there
By.
II the French ambassador comes to see
Secretary Knox, he has to wait out in
the corridor II Count won VernsdoriI
wishes to say good bye TO Mr.. Adee, he
must drop his hat on a table and walk
up and down the hall, unless he chooses
to sit on the radiator--and the radiator
is high and difficult to climb. And while
Ambassador Bryce Is cooling bis heels
outside the secretary's office, Virginia
tourist with a wife and two children is
as likely as not to happen along and
ask him where they keep the Declaration
Of Independence.
The diplomatists as A rule are remark
ably even tempered They usually ac-
cept their lot gracionsly and do not cori.
plain, but II is q safe bet that II they
ever get the chance they win take a
gentle whack at the system which puts
them on par with Western Union
messenger boy when they come to confer
on matters Of state.
It's nobody's fault. Successive secre-
taries Of state have tried hard enough
TO remedy the condition. They have
asked Congress for new quarters time
and again. But Congress has been so
busy looking after the marble palaces
used as House and Senate office buildings
that they haven't had the time TO looe
into the state department matter
It's curious, too, how differently am
bassadors and members OF Congress look
at things The diplomats wait patient
", some Of them for hours. keeping out
Of the way Of the messengers and tour
lists without a mnrmur But, If a con-
gresham from the middle West doesn't
get in to see the secretary forthwith,
he rares up and condemns the whole d..
partmeut and swears inwardly that he'll
vote against every appropriation for the
department that it put up TO Congress.
question before the House commit
tee on appropriations concerned the repre-
sentation Of the United States at an
exposition TO be held in Brussels, Bef-
GUM, next year Professor J. H. Gore
of George Washington university. who
has had much experience In that line
had been summoned to shed light on
the proposition One Of the problems
called to his attention raised the ques.
ton whether the United States should
have government building at the show.
Gore Feckoned not for two reasons One
was that the conditions did not require
a special building ard that none could
be erected In the time available.
what, a building could not be erected
in a yearfp asked Chairman Tawnsy.
Exactly trus' answered Professor
Gore If We relied upon the Belgian
builders to put up a building, we could
not have one erected for tho exposition, /
because they have TO stop four times
iay for lunch. Ii took IT'S over two /
years at Antwerp, TO put up,a building.
and i was put up by a private corpora
ton"
Another point brought ont by Prot /
sore was that the holding Of eNpositious 1
was well established and profitable /
business in Belgium Such shows were /
provided in Brussels in 1883 and 1897. /
There have been four expositions in tn.
busy little kingdom since 1894. Prof.
core said in explaining the exposition
RABBIT.
THE Belgiums make money out Of
heir expositions. and that Is the reason
hey have them % frequently They
nave never cleared less than Y per cent.
ipou their Investments. They are mon.
y making enterprises, They raise the
apital and put II under the patronage
4 the government, and make whatever
hey can out Of il The profits are IRE.
Iuently divided with charitable institu.
ions.s