Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-01
TRADEMUSEUMH HERE
National Capital Favored by
Representative Moore.
BOARD Of TRADE ADDRESS
Advocates Plan for Advancing Com
merce With Other Countries.
MEMORIAL OF PANAMA CANAL
proposition Endorsed by Other Speak
ers-Washington Trade Body to
Aid the Project.
MEMORIAL OF PANAMA CANAL

A great trade Museum I'm Washington
ia foster the commerce OF the United
States with all the other nations of the
world is tho plan which Representative
| j. Hampton Moore OF Pennsylvania laid
before the BOARD Of Trade at the New
Willard Hotel last night. This museum he
would make a memorial to America
great achievement. the Panama canal.
Mr. Moore declared. too, that he be-
lieved Washington. the nations capital,
was the proper place to hold the celc-
bration of the opening Of the Panama
canal. When the vote was taken In the
House yesterday the site for the ccle-
bration Mr.. Moore, alone, voted for
Washington.
Board to Assist.
The Board of Trade will do ALL in its
power to further the plan outlined by
Mr.. Moore for the trade museum. A
motion by Arthur {. Moses approving the
plan and referring it to the committee
on industrial interests was unanimously
adopted.
Albert Hale, representing the Pan
American Union, and DIR. William T. Will
adelphia Commercial Museum, in adj
dresses before the board urged that Mr..
Moore's plan be given a hearty support.
Just before adjournment Mr.. Moore
announced that he had bill in prepa-
ration for the erection of a trade mu-
scum here, and that he would intro
duce it in the House at an early date.
Gen. George IL Harries. president of
the Board of Trade. introduced Repre-
sentative Moore 'of Pennsylvania and
Washington" and the latter referred
to the vote taken in the House yester-
day on the Panama. canal exposition
and celebration. Mr.. Moore then said:
Mr.. Moore's Address.
"Of course, it was not to be expect
ed, in view of the great contest be-
tween San Francisco and New Orleans,
that Washington stood any chance of
receiving the sanction of the House
today. The rival cities had put up
such a lively contest and had offered
so much money for the privilege OF
holding the exposition that Washing
ton could not expect to compete upon
these lines. I voted for the National
Capital, however, for the deliberate
purpose of calling attention to the
great commercial interests that ought
Panama canal. for / am thoroughly
convinced that the day will come when
agriculture and commerce will insist
that opportunity shall be given In
Washington for the exploitation OF
American products and for the prac-
teal extension Of our trade relations.
Mr.. Moore quoted the act of June y,
1902, authorizing the construction OF the
Panama canal
! This act, he said. provided that such
canal shall be of sufficient capacity and
depth as shall offer convenient passage
for vessels of the largest tonnage and
greatest draft now in use. and such as
may be reasonably anticipated. 1t was
not to be supposed, he said. that we were
to spend approximately $4OO. 100000 build
ses of the greatest tonnage unless We
intended to encourage commerce. We
surely did not construct the canal for Of
fensive or defensive purposes.
Another Step Taken.
Eight months after the Panama canal
act, February "A. 1907 said Mr.. Moore,
Congress passed another law establish
ing the Department Of Commerce and
Labor, but declaring its purpose to be
to foster. promote and develop the for
eign and domestic commerce, the min
ing, manufacture, shipping and fishing
industries, the labor interests and the
transportation facilities of the United
States Such commission, intended to
improve American trade relations abroad,
taken in conjunction with the vast ex-
penditures upon the Panama canal. would
seem to justify the celebration OF the
greatest engineering feat Of the age in
such manner as to leave useful and last
ing memorial to commerce and indus
try
Mr.. Moore said he did not oppose an
exposition at San Francisco. or New Or
leans, or elsewhere. but believed the gov
eminent itself should take official cog
nizancc Of the completion of the canal
by putting 1t In the power 1t the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. or Of
that department in conjunction with Agri-
culture and the Interior. to establish in
the Capital city one or more buildings
that would stand as object lessons and
information agencies for merchants. man
ufacturers and producers in the United
States who seek to know more about the
home product, or to deal with foreign
countries, and at the same time to enable
business men of foreign countries wish
ing TO trade with us to have the oppor-
tunity to do so.
Purpose Of the Department.
while serving as chief of the bureau
Of manufactures" said Mr.. Moore. Il was
impressed with the splendid purposes Of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
as defined by law and Of the scant au-
thority that has been given by the law
making body to carry those great pur-
poses into effect. The bureau Of manu-
features is charged with one Of the most
important functions Of the government,
TO wit: to foster. promote and develop
American manufactures and products at
home and abroad. So far as have been
able to observe. the bureau has gradually
settled Itself into an editorial sanctum
| for blue-penciling and publishing consular
reports. The able Secretary OF the great
department of Commerce and Labor, in
| stead of having at hand in WashinRton,
| through the bureau of manufactures or
any other of his bureaus. the means to