Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-24
AGAINST
SALE Of CAST
OFF ARMS
Pennsylvania Declares That
We Are Greatest Enemies to
Peace Among the South
American Republics.

washington Letter 60 the Evening
Hcrald.)
Washington Aprli representa-
tive j, Hampton Miour' OF Fonnsyl-
Nania belongs To the rather exclusive
order of the "pocr of Things rather
than to the more numerous society.
the "Drcamcrs of Things. In short
Moore Hampton is u live siz-
zling wire ia tn. haliS ~ congress.
and aS consequence Is rarely lost
from tho public gaze, albeit IN many
a piias orrditahlc 10 him.
The other dnN Mr. Moor" ,utrnduc-
I'd - bill ana Joint resolution design
"a to stop the sale OF obsolete armT
on the part -. the government. aud
calling upon the constituted authori-
ties To- set the bah rolling for world
conference looking to an intcrnation-
al agreement to put a stop 10 the
sale of antiUlatrd guns, rifles and
other firearms.
Explaining his measure. Mr. Moor"
said we are the greatest Offenders
against the peac. and order Of some
of the Central and Latin American
countries. because we have put u IN
disturbing persons to make trouble
AT any time W. ar, not the only
offenders because the great nations
are constantly selling their old arms
as Ne do. when they find they hay r.
contriycd something better. U'n sew
oral occasions I have sought Ia learn
why We sell old arms. and the only
answer has been that "" get some
money ont OF them. hat n sc did not
sell them we'd neglect to do what
other nations did. What does II profit
a nation II Il obtains a Few thousand
dollars from the sale ot discardad
guns and then has Ia send battlcships
and armies to Keep peace along tao
border That seems Ia be our pusi
ton along the Mexican border today.
We have been selling our old guns "a
merchants and Junk dealers and they
have been selling them 10 agents FOR
the insurrcctionists. with the result
that we are now spending what may
approach milliong of dollars TO keen
the peace. We ought 10 stop u,
practice of selling old guns. whcth "a
other nations de- II or not. and ther
We should try to get IN. other ma
could make no grcatcr contribution
to the cause of public peace Bnt
breaking up these old arms, We won't
also prevent II great many murders
suicides and other acts of doncsti
violence
Representative stephen VI, spark
man of Florida. chairman ot the nv
crs and harbors committee who u
committed To the policy of annua
waterway bills. as advocated by tn
National Rivers and Harbors con
grcss. has announced that there wil
be no river and harbOr bill durlpl
IN, present session of congress Thcr
Will be- hearings. however. during tn
session. IN order that the new mem
beers of the committee ma! pcconi
familiar with the objects which VII
engross their attention when the
como Ia prepare the bill next winter
and the committee. or at least a pal
OF II. win visit some OF the project
now under way or contemplated !
order that intelligent legislation ma
result.
In speaking of the propaganda in
tnhu t'ii NthIh an
/ by the National Rivers ana Harbor
congress, FOR liberal annual water
way Improvement bills, Mr.. Sparkma
/ said
7 "rhc campaign of education, whic
this great national organization la
been carving on, has been of vas
, benefit In creating "a public sentiiner
, looking to the needs az the Who'll
/ country along the lines OF making on
irlycrs work. thereby assisting in a ~
luton Of the great problem of trans
! rortaiion.
|, There have been lively pcrfoi "a
! lnnces In men politics of recent moon
hut women politics II going Ia thrn'
, 1.-THE mere masculine into the far back
ground very shortly II h always =
when the Daughters of the America
Revolution meet In Washington. a
this week they viii converge AN