The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-12
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OF Antwerp, Belgium, who Is at the
Riggs. Mr. MoFisons is a delegate 10
the superior council Of commerce and
industry OF Antwerp, is a manufacturer
and exporter. and Is in this country on
business. He speaks OF America as
wonderful country with a great future.
Business in Belgium is excellent"
said Mr. Morisons. There is very little
dissatisfaction or poverty among the
people OF my country. but We are feel
/ ing the competition OF Germany keenly
Our goods are. 10 a great extent, barred
from France by the high tariff. bEt in
/ Germany there is absolutely no chance
for Us. They can manufacture goods in
/ Germany not only cheaper. but also
better than We can. No matter where
you so in the world you will find Ger
mans, working day and night and max
| ing gains. They are in England, in
France, in Belgium. in America, in
Africa and everywhere. forging ahead
Germany viii be the first commercial
power in the world" continued Mr..
Morisons; yet, not only commercially,
but also industrially, scientifically, and
every other way. This great and IN
ceasing progress OF the German people
Is due 10 discipline. This virtue is i'm
planted in them while at school, and
they never lose it. They are a great
people and are bound 10 conquer the
world"
! Speaking of his experiences in Ger
/ many. Mr.. MOrisOns said that on a re-
| cent bicycle tour through that country
| he trayersed a city which boosted a
statue Of one of Germany's kaisers in
the public square Il rode around the
monument to look at it, and policeman
tapped me on the shoulder and babe me
dismOunt. saying that | was liable TO a
/ fine. ] wanted 10 know what ! had done
to merit punishment, and he said that il
was hot permitted 10 ride around their
emperor on the bicycle. Only the fact
that ! could prove that | was a stranger
saved me from the fine. Everything is
system. method, and discipline.
Mr.. Morisons said the King OF Belgium
| Is very popular and much beloved by the
people on account OF his plain and demo
cratic life. But we Will never have an
other king like Leopold There NAV
have been faults and SHORTCOMINGS in
his private life. but we did not see them.
| He had many reasons 20 feel disap-
pointed. Members of his own family
contributed to his troubles. King Leo
pold was a great benefactor Of the Bel
papers published al sorts Of scandaious
stories about him. He presented parks
and castles and villas to the nation, and
he gave 10 the Belgian nation the great
empire Of the Congo, which he could
have sold 70 France"
Mr. Morisons said that socialism is
very strong Ia Belgium, but that it would
never be permitted 10 dominate the
Chamber OF Deputies; that the Liberals
and the Catholics would make common
cause TO prevent such possibility Bel
CLANS are very patriotic. and do not want
to be annexed by either France or Ger
many.
Henry Lee Higginson. OF Boston. is at
the New Willard. Mr. Higginson is a
prominent banker OF the Hub. and in
his younger days studied music in
Vienna lie has devoted a considerable
sum TO the organization Of the Boston
symphony Orchestra.
That the United States is Tar behind the
civilized nations of the world in the pro-
lection of its industrial workers is the
opinion OF Robert II. Hamilton. OF Pitts
burg. who was seen at the Riggs last
night
| Americans who visit Europe, and there
see women working in the fields. Of the
lack Of ehivalry of Europeans" said Mr.
Hamilton. we are prone to speak Of
them as unciviliZed and TO treat them with
scorn But look AT those women. at their
strong. sturdy bodies and blooming
| cheeks. and then look at our slim. pale,
anemic shopgirls. The trouble with us
| is that We have too much chivalry out
doors and too little indoors. / would
rather have my daughter plow in the
fields than work in the factories.
The making of the ordinary lucifer
match Is among the most dangerous in
dustrfes The effects OF white phosphorus
on workers are terribly reforming. Civil
Iized countries have given Up It's use,
except our own civilized country. Eu-
rope has abandoned IL through interna-
tional agreement, but the United States
has made no move 10 that end, nor Is
there any indication that such a step
viii be taken. Ii seems probable that
the effects of the industry are as terrible
in this country as in others, but we have
never had any government investigation
| or compiled statistics, as other countries
have, and so do not knew.
Chronic overwork. the hurry-up sys-
TEN is the crowning evil Of American in
dustry. Whether they should be or not.
women are in the industries 10 stay,
sixteen-year-old girl can always get
work. but the work reserved for women
is that which requires long hours OF
continuous standing on the feet Strue-
rr,raIlv and anatomicaily, women are not
adapted to standing, and eight hours OF
this labor is long enough. But every
wear through the Christmas season shop
girls stand behind counters from o'clock
in the morning until nearly midnight,
and work the same hours day after DAY.
z. Clarence Jones. of New York. pres
lident of the American Embassy Asso-
citation. and Frederick Townsend Mar
itin. its vice president. are al the Shore
nam. Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Martin be
llieve that the American government
should own a residence in every coun-
trv 10 which it sends an ambassador.
and that our citizens would point with
bride to a place 10 which they may so
when travelling abroad, feeling that
they have citizens rights therein.
$50 long as our representatives abroad
are compelled 10 expend annually large
sums from their private fortunes, ssio
Mr. ZONES "just so long Will our elti-
zens feel that their rights in such places
are uncertain. and that the expenditure
of his private resources on the part 81
a diplomatic representative tend to give
him too much independence toward his
compatriots, and thereby render him less
useful 20 them.
I'VE believe that no representative of
our government abroad should be called
iupon TO make expenditures from hts pri
vate fortune, or that it should be neces-
sary for him to have one In order to