Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
Build Up Foreign Trade.

The Secretary also :dvancedS important
suggestions for the upbuiiding OF the
country's fore gn trade. He would have
| the federal government profit by the ex-
perience of other countries and mai tain
| a corps of expert agents for the coiiec. on
of information for American manutac-
turers wherever trade Is possible. sur
! thel mo- e. he would have federal inco. po-
| ration to insure a central controi over
| the companies enjoying foreign business
privileges through treaty agreements, and
| he would also have the ieGeral g-ve4 n
ment establish a merchant marie.
! Here is what the Secretary of Conn
nerce and Labor had to say about the
recent elections:
within less than two weeks we have
| had a national election. While 1t ap-
pears that business has remained unaf-
| fected, 1t must be admitted that In many
parts of the country the election was
| had under ,ress OF very great excite
nent; in fact, as the result IS surveyed
we probably all agree that there is no
| one ground for the decision. That there
is and has been widespread dissatisfac-
| far that dissatisfaction bears lie It'll
| mate relation to politics and government.
There is reason to believe that by de-
grees the demands upon the government
have outgrown legitimate bounds. We
| Ger ainly look to the government for the
accomplishment of things that have here
| tofore been regarded as foreis n to it.
There is an undoubted disposition to
| blame the other man or to leeislate for
| his regulation and his well being.
Conditions Become Intolerable.
AT the same time it must not be over
| looked that a condition had arisen in this
country which called for decisive inter-
ference by the government. The last fif-
ho CT fod 10 that
conditions had become intolerable. Con-
| fessedly. measures had to be resorted to
of character that had heretofore been
unknown. We are now engaged In an at
tempt to find our balance between the
old reactiOnary spirit and the modern.
often radical spirit We are cropping our
way. and 1t is needless to say that in that
| attempt our safest guide will be now, as
it has always been, the Constitution of
| the United States"
Secretary Nagel referred indirectly to
the so-caled new nationalism issue in
the last campaign. Said he:
There Is one phase Of the last cam
paign which / do think calls for serious
and rational consideration. and that is
the general subject of national authority.
I want to address myself to it particu ar
ly with reference to domes ic and foreign
commerce. or course, this subject will
always be new. but it appears to me that
during the last campaign very little was
done 10 dlu a clearer UNDERSTANDING. Dis
cussion was directed to drawing the line
between the old doctrine of states rights
and the most modern claims for ma ional
authority. In my judgment nothing is to
be gained by such an approach to the
question"
Deplorab1e Waste Of Energy.
1t was well along toward the close Of
his speech that Secretary Nagel made
the reference which was interpreted by
some as a dig at Col. Roosevelt. Said he:
ITO refer once more to the campaign
that has just been closed, it appears to
me to be deplorable that SO much of the
time and energy of those who partici-
pated In it was wasted upon questions Of
personal controversy: upon the heralding
Of extravagant ideas that can accomplish
little beyond retarding actual progress;
upon mere party controversy, which is in
conflict with individual convictions, when
we have questions Of such gravity imme-
diately confronting Us that so far have
scarcely been given serious public con-
sideration.''