The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-03
MAYNARD BELIEVES
 IN ADVERTISING
Discusses Importance of Pan-
 anna Exposition
PORK BARREL MEASURES
Members Are Allowed Political Lubri- cant When They Make Good With Presidents Pet
 Legislation
By RoDERICK CLIFFORD

| successful man Is the one who under stands the art of advertising, anc as ad- vertising pays the business man it must be evident to the people who have at heart the advancement of the country that international expositions are just l what we want to attract the best class l of immigrants said Representative Harry L. Maynard of Virginia, in dis cussing the proposed Panama exposi.'a m to be held either at San Francisco or New Orleans, in 1915, in comemoral on | of the opening of the Panama canal.
 Mir. Maynard Is a member of the House committee on industrial arts and exposl- tions, and If the next House is demo- cratic he may become chairman of this important committee, as he is now the ranking minority member
 Next winter.' he said "our committee will be called on to recommend to the House the city to be selected, and judg- ing from the fight San Francisco and New Orleans are putting up to capture the prize, l have no hesitancy in saying that the vote will be close Both cities have the energy and moneyt to make the exposition a grand success, and both cities have claims for recognition that
 
 have already heard the suggestion that the opening of the Panama canal will be such a worldwide affair that the interest in the event might well warrant the holding of two expositions The advertising has already commenced, and as the time slips by there will be an increase in the amount of printers ink used, thus setting afire the desire of mil- lions to attend the exposition. The link ing together of the two greatest oceans Atlantic and Pacific-is an event, the like of which may never occur again
 Every state in the union will be moro or less benefited, and in more ways than one. l am confident 1t will help the south, especially in the matter of at- tracting a class of immigrants who will make their homes with Us after seeing the fertile fields, valleys and rich lands to be had in the south. It is not extrave gance nor a waste of the peoples money to promote international expositions such as the proposed Panama exposition, which in this case will be recognized by the governments of the world, and at tended by the people from all parts of the globe.'
 There is just one bill of national inn nortance that can generally command the support of nearly every member in the House. It is called the omnibus public building bill, but spoken of as the pork barrel" because every con gressional district in the House is mora oi less interested, It Is the passage of this bill that means so much to the mem- Der who has a fight on hand for renoml | nation, especially if several good sized towns in his district are clamoring for | a new postoffice or court house Many | a member has attributed his defeat to the failure to get an appropriation for a fed | h,,i1 tG was because so many political lives are at stake in the House that there was T practically unanimous vote for the bill. |
 When Congress assembled last Decem- ber the cry of the House lead CTS was "economy.'' The warning came from the White House, and from the l speakers room orders were to the ef- feet that a new legislation involving charges on the treasury must be omitted Then the word was passed along the line "No omnibus public building bill this session..
 For weeks the members were down hearted Some said that unless they got a building two for their district they would be left at home. Efforts were made by many of the prominent republi- cans in the House to get a word of en- couragement and hope from the Presi- dent. but with slight success. It was only after the Presidents measures had been introduced in the House and signs ap peared upon the White House wall that the House would give the President what he wanted that the clouds lifted Then came the glad tidings that an omnibus bill would not be objectionable to the President. Then the committee on pub lie buildings and grounds got busy with the 900 public building bills that were introduced during the first few months of the session. These measures called for something like s225.000.000. These fg- ures were cut to s20.0O0ooo, giving every member "slice of the pork" Then the President got his legislative programme | through the House.
 I Nothing greases like pork
 | If the laws dealing with trusts and combinations in restraint of trade were as rigidly enforced by the department O. justice as is the pure food and drug act l by the department of agriculture, there would be less cause for the introduction of resolutions calling on the attorney | general for information relative to this l or that trust" said Representative John A. Martin of Colorado. today. Hardly a day goes by that We do not read in the papers of some act on the part of a corporation in restraint of trade. but we have nothing to show that the officers of the department of justice are after the rascals. When 1t comes to the food and l drug manufacturers, who falsely label l ther products and put on the market short weight packages. however, the of- fcera of the agricultural department are | there on the spot ready to enforce the law Judging from the number of re- ports I receive from the department I should say that hardly day ends but that somewhere in the country. dealers In food and drug products are haled in to court for violating this law. which was passed in the interest of the people.
 "These decisions sent out by the agri- cultural department are not only inter estng but instructive, and put Us on our guard against interruptions mer- | chants and manufacturers who rob the innocent purchaser by giving him goods that are not what they are represented to be I was surprised to learn that han dreds of articles of food are sold unde : false brands. I recall a case where so- called lake herring was sold for white fish. and while fruit extracts were shown
 not to contain Q drop of fruit syrup
 Even in coffee frauds have been ex-
 posed by the officers of the department
 "If the agents of the department ot
 justice were as active as are the special agents under 'Tama Jim 1t would not hc necessary to enact additional laws to
 handle the violetors of the laws In rs.
 straint of trade
 Fireworks East Lake, Fourth of July.
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