Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-14
BOOM TRADE UNION
Speakers Urge Closer ReIa-
tons With Latin America.
TAFT AND CLARK AGREE
Both Declare for Reciprocity With
Ali the World.
"A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
President Sees Time When We Must
Go Elsewhere for Our
Food Supplies.


President Taft and Champ Clark
aroused the enthusiasm of the Pan-Amer-
lean commercial conference delegates at
the opening session yesterday afternoon
by declaring i'm favor of reciprocity agree
ments between the United States and the
nations Of the world.
Mr. Clark sounded the keynote of his
address when he said II am in favor of
reciprocity not only with Canada, but
with all the South and Central American
republics. In fact. / am in favor of reel
procity with all the nations of the earth
Agrees With Champ Clark.
\ few minutes later the President as
serted: Mr. Clark is i'm favor of reel
procity agreements with all parts of the
world. and SO am L..
These utterances and the speeches of
Secretary of State Knox and James \.
Farrell. president of the United States
Steel Corporation, stirred the audience,
composed of 500 delegates representing
the largest commercial institutions and
organizations in this country.
Other speakers were Senior Calvo, min
ister from Costa Rica: Senior Calderon
minister from Bolivia, and Senior Joquin
ID. Casasus, special ambassador from
Mexico.
Together for Reciprocity.
The President address was in part as
follows:
Mr.. Clark is in favor of reciprocity
agreements with all parts of the world
and SO am j. But that does not help
very much to a definite agreement of rec
iprocity in the case of any one nation
upon which we can agree. We will all
vote for honesty and bravery and cour-
age and all the other virtues with unan-
unity, and we will vote for wise meas
ures as characterized in favor of com
merce, but when it comes to determine
what those wise measures are or what
measures are wise, then is the difficulty
But Mr.. Clark and /, in anticipat iOn OF
his coming to be the head of the great
popular branch of the legislature, have
at least got together on one very impor-
tant matter, and l hope we can carry il
through.
ton OF commercial relations necessarily
brings about closer political and closer
social relations between nations and
makes much less likely the hostility AND
the hard feelings that are likely to lead
to war.
Public Sentiment for Peace.
THE union of the Latin American re-
publics has in recent years shown the
possibility of bringing to bear upon coun-
tries that were disposed to resort to war
the effect Of public NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
public opinion of twenty-cne countries
| united for the purpose of keeping the
peace. And / have no doubt that as our
commercial relations become closer, as
the method through The Hague tribunal
and by direct negotiation for the proven
ton of war becomes better understood,
the union in this hemisphere Of all these
countries will be an example to the entire
| world of what can be done by interna-
tional union for the purpose of promoting
peace.
We are changing from a country that
raises agricultural products and exports
them to the world to a country that in
the near future, unless our production
of agriculture increases. will become a
food consuming country, and will depend
upon our manufacturers for our export
trade When we reach that point l
hope that the American ingenuity and the
American desire to succeed in trade Will
fit our products so that they will attract
those to whom we wish to sell more than
attract those same people.
How to Get Trade.
Il have enough confidence in our bust
hess ingenuity and business enterprise
and business industry to believe that
when we are face to face with the facts
we can meet them: and l think it would
be wise for us to anticipate that time and
learn, as such meeting as this will
teach of the things that those desire who
live in the other countries with whom we
foster commercial relations, because it Is
the purchaser that has the option to say
what he wishes to buy: it is not for the
manufacturer to say what he wishes to
sell-that is. if the manufacturer desires
to go into the selling business at all.
I'VE ought to have banks in South
America. and we ought to have lines of
steamships carrying our freight. Just
how we are going to get those two things
some of us differ. The last speaker-and
the next Speaker-and l have gotten to-
gether on one plank of platform. We
are both rather heavs men. and l hope 1t
will support us.
Joint Ownership of Treaty.
SpeaSer-to-be Clark said:
You came very near being deprived
of my society on account of the great de-
bate that is now raging in the House
of Representatives on the Canadian reci-
procity bill That is a document that
President Taft and myself sort of own in
partnership. We. in the House. went into
committee on the whole on the state Of
the Union to discuss it by vote of 100
to 13l. which l suppose is really about a
test vote.
Il am going to speak for myelf now.
and not for President Taft or for any
body else. ! am in favor of reciprocity,
not only with Canada, but with all the
South and Central America republics In
fact, I am in favor of reciprocity with all
the nations of the earth. When | am
making a stump speech. which l am not
doing this afternoon, | define reciprocity
this way: You tickle me and III tickle
you. You trade with ME and Will trade
with you And l don't believe honest
trade ever hurt anybody or any nation.
eff the population of the western hem-
sphere and the fetal wealth OF the west
ern hemisphere increase in the next III
years at the rate they have in the last
10 years. in the year 900 one-haf OF
he poonle IN the aarth'S surface Will