The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-02-17
THE SLOGAN NOW
IS RE CIPROClTY
President Taft Advocates IT.
With All The World.
PAN-AMERlcAh CONFERENCE ADDRESS.

Commercial Relations Lessons the
Hostility and Hard Feeling That
Leads to war-Knox ON American
Capital.
Washington. D. C. Reciprocity
with Canada, reciprocity with all
countries Of North and South Amer
lea and reciprocity, in fact, with all
nations, was advocated by both
President Taft and Speaker-to-be
Champ Clark in stirring addresses
at the opening session Of the Pam
American Commercial Conference
Monday
Speeches favoring closer COM
mercial union of North and South
America, with frequent reference
to the future Of the Panama Canal,
were made by the Secretary of State,
Mr.. Knox, James A. Farrell, presi-
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration; Senior Calyo, the Costa
Rican minister to the United States;
Senior Caldero, the Bolivian minis
ter to the United States, and Senior
Casasus, formerly the Mexican am
bassador to this country Nearly
500 delegates and almost the entire
Diplomatic Corps were present.
Champ Clark, who had just left
the House of Representatives, an
nounced in his address, amid loud
applause. that the test vote for inn
! mediate consideration of the Cana
dian reciprocity bill had been won
by the administration Turning to
President Taft he said laughingly:
Partner With Taft.
That's a document which the
President and myself own in part
nership. But speaking for myself
not for President Taft or any one
else-I am for reciprocity, not only
with Canada, but with all South and
Central American republics. In fact,
I'm in favor Of reciprocity with all
nations Of the earth. MY principle
is that honest trade never hurt any
nation, yet.
Mr.. Clark's concluding statement,
that the Pan-Ameriean Union and
The Hague Tribunal were two infiu-
ences which would finally put an end
to war among civilized nations, was
enthusiastically received
The last speaker and the next
speaker and T." said President Taft,
who followed Mr. Clark. have got
ten together on one plank of plat
and | hope it supports us. It's q
great pleasure to be with him in the
promotion of trade in one part OF
the world (Canada). He's in favor
of reciprocity in all parts of the
world and so am I, but that doesn't
help much toward definite agree
ment. General principles are easy
to state. Well all vote for wise
measures, but when 1t comes to de-
ternfine what measures are wise
there's difference. In anticipation
of his coming to be head of the
great popular branch of the legis-
lature, we have already gotten to-
gether on the most important matter
and hope we can carry 1t through"
Makes War Less Likely.
The President declared that the
necessarily brings about closer po-
litical and social relationship be-
tween nations and makes less like
ly the hostility and hard feeling that
are likely to lead to war.
II have no doubt" added the
President, that as commercial rela-
lions becomes wider and the Hague
tribunals purpose in preventing war
becomes better understood, the union
of all three countries In this world
will be an example to the rest of the
world of what can be done by an in
ternational union for the purpose of
maintaining peace
Secretary Knox emphasizes the
part that American capital should
play in developing the resources OF
Pan-America.
'Let me candidly confess he
said, that in the past we have been
too ignorant of our Southern neigh
bors, their vast undeveloped re-
sources and the measures they have
been taking to open themselves to
the world The trade currents which
flow between the United States and
its Latin-American neighbors should
be north and south. The historic
trade routes are along lines of lati-
tude rather than longitude. There
is profit for all of us in following the
natural lines of least geographical
resistance. We have reached the
stage in our national development
where our capital, never timerous
when the opportunities are comnen-
surate with its effort, looks to the
South"
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Increased Pensions Favored.