Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-27
FINISHES ITS LAB0RS
Adjournment of the National
Board of Trade.
MOST SUCCESSFUL SESSION
Afiliation of the Chamber of Com
MERGE Sought
WHY IT HAS REMAINED ALOOF
Delegates Charged With Neglect of
the Meetings-Resolut Adopt
ed This Morning.
MOST SUCCESSFUL SESSION
WHY IT HAS REMAINED AL00F

After passing a vote of thanks to the
Washington Board of Trade for the hos
pitable invitation to it's reception Tues
day evening, the delegates to the for
tieth annual meeting of the National
Board of Trade adjourned just before
noon today. Before leaving Washington
President La lame will call upon the
officers of the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce and on behalf of the asso
citation request that body to affiliate
with the national body Of commercial
organizations.
During the present session of the ma
tional board the subject of utilization on
the part of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce was informally discussed by
many members of the local body who at
tended the session of the national organ
zation. either as delegates from the
Washington Board of Trade or as guests.
Several members Of the Chamber of Com
merce have expressed their intention of
bringing the matter to the attention OF
that organization at an early date.
Attitude of Chamber of Commerce.
There is at present in force a bylaw
of the chamber which prevents its affili-
alton with other bodies. and it is largely
as yesult of this clause that the cham
Der has not responded to several invita-
tions extended it by the National Board
of Trade to associate itself with that
body. Those who are in favor of the
project point out the fact that in many
cities both boards of trade and chambers
of commerce are affiliated with the ma
tional organization, the scope and i'm
portance of whose deliberations are be-
coming each year greater and greater.
Most Successful Session.
President La lame of the national
board. who today was given an enthu-
siastic vote of thanks for the able serv-
ices rendered the organization, expressed
the opinion that the session just COM
pleted was the most successful in the
history of the board. Many of the reso-
lutions adopted and addresses made will
be printed and distributed among COM
mercial bodies throughout the country,
even among those that are not at present
affiliated with the national association.
The business Of the mornings session
was devoted chiefly to the passage of
several resolutions on which there was a
practical unanimity of opinion among the
delegate.
The federal inspection of grain was
disapproved, the abolition OF the educa-
tionai test for immigrants was urged,
an amendment to the Sherman antitrust
law was advocated, and uniform state
laws on accounting were Endorsed.
Criticism Of Delegates.
Toward the close Of the session there
was an animated discussion, when H. C.
Reynolds of Scranton, Pa, charged upon
the floor that delegates sent by their
home chambers of commerce and boards
OF trade to attend the meetings OF the
national board, came to Washington and
spent their time elsewhere.
President Taft's Address.
4 strong plea for more pay for Ameri-
can ambassadors and ministers, especial
ly those in the orient, was the theme of
President Taft's address at the annual
banquet of the National Board of Trade
at the New Willard last evening Other
speakers, who were presented by Presi-
dent La lame, who acted as toastmas-
ter, were Senior Don Francisco Leon de
Ia Barra, Mexican ambassador; JOnkheer
j. Loudon, minister from the Neither
lands, and John Barrett, director Of the
members Of the diplomatic corps, repre-
sentatives and government officials were
guests of the board
Il am glad to be here" said President
Taft, even though, as a gentleman who
accompanied me said, this is only the next
stop. | am able to say with considerable
certainty that this is the height of the
season in Washington. l am "a to be
here to meet the members OF 4 ational
Board of Trade, who / think ct here
every year and show their :.,,p-g-, iation
Of the capital Of the country by coming
here to express their opinion on various
important subjects.
Il noted one upon which / expected tc
say something tonight. and that was with
reference to the purchase of homes for
ambassadors in foreign countries, and q
subject which approximates the question
OF sufficient salaries for the Offices to be
filled. Now l can speak with entire free.
dom from prejudice on this subject, fol
i am able to say with confidence, from
actual experience, that the President OF
the United States is .amply compensated
for anything he does for the country
Why he should be the only one in the
United States who is properly paid dom,
understand.
Diplomats Poorly Paid.
We boast ourselves a democratic coun
try We say that there is no place within
the gift of the people. or the gift of any
agent of the people. to which we may
not select the most humble inhabitan,
provided he be fit to discharge its duty
ana yet We 90 nave an arrangement,
which makes its absolutely impossible
for anybody but millionaire to occupy
the highest diplomatic post. Now. 1 ash
YOU, my friends, whether that is con.
sistency: whether 1t is not the pures
kind of demagogy. BY demagogy / NEAR
the advancement of an argument which
seems to be in favor Of democracy, ant
which, when it actually works out Is il
favor of plutocracy.
II once went to Hot Springs to address
an association of metal men, and that wa
some years ago. ! was preaching this doc
trine then, and preaching 1t a little NOR,
broadly because at that time we had no
made the advance which we now hav,
pet were paid but $500 instead of S12. 0O
year Members of the Supreme Cour
were paid $4,000 instead of that munif
icent sum which they now get of ST., 500
Members of Congress labored and sweat
ed for the government at 5000 a year in
stead of now laboring at $500 year.
There still remains what was Away
salaries for our diplomatic corps. o
course. If you don't approve of diplomats
corps, IL you think that we ought to d.
all this by telephone or by telegraph
without any personal representatives. wei
and good. II we are to be reduced L
that economy, let US understand 1t: bu
II We are to have gentlemen who are L
represent US In a dignified way in ever,
country I'm Europe, and especially In tn
orient, why not give a little of that o
which we have so much to make a re
spectacle appearance for men who ar
well able to represent us and have not tn
money to go there and spend for the priv
ilege of being there?
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