The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-14
Champ Clark and President Taft Deliver Twin
 Speeches
TAFT AND CLARK ARE
 ON SAME PLATFORM
Both Agree That Wider Commercial Relations and Hague Tribunal Will Finally Eliminate
 War Scourge

lty Wlln Canaua, reciproclty Wltn all
 countries of North and South Amer
 lea and reciprocity. in fact, with all
 nations, was advocated by both Pres
 dent Taft and Speaker-to- be Champ
 Clark in stirring addresses at the open
 ing session of the Pan American Com
 mercial conference today.
 i, Speeches favoring a closer commer- cial union of North and South Amer
 lea win frequent reference to the fu-
 ture influence of the Panama canal
 were made by Secretary of State Knox i;
 James A. Farrell president of the Unit
 ed States Steel corpors lion: Senor Call vo. the Costa Rican minister to the United States: Senor Calderoh, the Bo- livian minister to the United States,
 and Senator Casasus. formerly the Mex
 ican ambassador to this country. Near 1 y 500 delegates and almost the entire
 diplomatic corps were present.
 Clark Applauded
 l Champ Clark, who had just left the
 House of Representatives. announced
 In his address. amid applause, that the | test vote for immediate consideration
 of the Canadian reciprocity bill had
 been won by the ,administra ton. I Turning to President Taft, he said 1 laughingly:
 | That's document which the Pres
 ident and myself own in particular.
 But speaking for myself-not for Pres ident Tart or anyone else--I am for
 reciprocity not only with Canada, but with all South and Central American republics; in fact. I am in favor of reciprocity with all nations of the
 earth. My principle Is tha honest trade
 never hurt any nation yet"
 | MT. Clarks concluding statement that the Pan-American union and the Hague tribunal were two influences which would finally put an end to war among civilized nations. was enthusiastically received.
 Taft Speaks
 The last speaker and the next speaker
 and l., said President Taft, who fol- 1 lowed Mir. Clark, have got together on
 one plank of a platform; we're both
 rather heavy men ard l hope 1t will sup
 port us. It's a great pleasure to be with him in the promotion of trade in one part
 Of the world-Canada. He is in favor of
 reciprocity in all parts of the world. and
 so am l. But that does not help much
 toward definite agreement. General
 principles are easy to state. We'll all vote for wise measures, but when 1t comes to determine what measures are wise there is a difference. In anticipa-
 tion of his coming to be head of the
 great popular branch of the legislature, we have already got together on the most | important matter and hope we can carry l it through"
 | The President declared the promotion | of commercial relations necessarily brings
 about closer political and social re- | lationship between nations and makes less likely the hostility and hard feeling that are likely to lead to a war; q have no doubt' added the Pres ident, A'that as commercial relations be-
 come wider and the Hague tribunals pur- pose in preventing war becomes better | understood the union of the countries in | this hemisphere will De an example to | the rest of the world of what can be
 done by an international union for the purpose of maintaining peace"
 Knox Emphasizes Capital | Secretary Knox emphasized the part that American capital should play In de- | yeloping the resources of Pan-America. | Let me CHnululy COnIeSS, ne Sdlu, | 'that in the past we have been too ig- norant of our southern neighbors, their | vast undeveloped resources and the meas | ures they have been taking to open | themselves to the world. The trade cur rents which flow between the United States and it's Latin American. neighbors | should be north and south. Now 1t is along lines of latitude rather than longi- | tude. There is profit for all of us in | fol1putpC fha natural ltpas If 1ea qt pe0- graphical resistance. We have reached | the stage in our national development where our capital, never tmorous when | the opportunities are commensurate with | its effort, looks to the south"
 | Secretary Knox asserted the United States believed in better steamship com munication, railroad construction. the de-
 velopment of the treasures of the Andes
 and in an International bank. which will keep the commercial currents flowing
 in their proper direction"
 | we believe in all these projects" he
 said. land we believe the countries which | have these undeveloped resources shout | be aided by capital from the United States and the United States should reap
 the legitimate fruits of such enterprise | Export Methods Defended President Farrell. of the United States l Steel corporation, defended American ex- port methods as equal and In many cases superior to the methods of European manufacturing countries. He declared
 with reference to the criticism that Amer | jeans do not extend their credit rela- | tions in export trade that "wherever there | is a basis for credit American manufac- turers will be found as ready to grant it | as the Europeans"
 | Senor Calvo, the Costa Rican minister; | Senor Calderon. the Bolivian minister,
 and Senor Casasus, formerly the Mexican | 1~ T n- =: can unity and spoke hopefully of the cora pletion of the Panama canal as hu- manizng as we'll as commercial influence | on the welfare of both continents.
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