The Sentinel=record., 1911-02-14
n EXTEND
 RECIPROCITY
PRESIDENT TAFT AND CHAMP CLARK FAVOR RECIPROCITY
 WITH ALL AMERICA.
Would See Closer Commercial ReIa- tions With North, South and Cen. tral American countries-Test
 Vote Taken.

Washington, Feb. 13.-Reciproeitv with Canada, reciprocity with all countries of North and South Amer ica and reciprocity, Tn fact, with all nations, was advocated by both Presi- dent Taft and Speaker-to-Be Champ Clark in stirring addresses at the opening session of the Pan American Commercial Conference today.
 Speeches favoring a closer com mercial union of North and South America, with frequent reference to tae future influence of the Panama Canal, were made by Secretary of State Knox; James A. Farrell, presi- dent of the United States Steel Cor poration; Senor Calvo, the Costa Ri can miaister to the United States Se- nor Calderon, the Bolivian minister to the United States, and Senor Casa sus. formerly the Mexican ambassa- dor to this country. Nearly six hun dred delegates and almost the entire diplomatic corps were present
 Champ Clark, who had just left the house of representatives, announced in his address, amid applause, that the test vote for immediate considera- tion of the Canadian reciprocity bill had been won by the administration Turning to President Taft he said laughingly:
 That's a document which the presl- dent and myself own in partnership. But speaking for myself-not for President Taft or anyone else-I am for reciprocity not only with Canada, but with all South and Central Amer icaR-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"
 lMr. Clark's 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 enthusi- astically received.
 The last speaker and the next speaker and l." said President Taft, who followed MT. Clark. have got together On one plank of a platform; we're both rather heavy men and l nope it will support us. It's a great pleasure to be with him in the pro motion of trade in one part of the world--Canada. He is in favor of re- ciproclty in all parts of the world, and so am I. But that doesn't help much toward definite agreement. General principles are easy to state. We'll all vote for wise measures, but when it comes to determine what or the measures are wise there is a diff ference. In anticipation of his com ing to be head of the great popular branch of the Legislature, We have ai- ready got together on the most i'm portant matter and I hope We can carry it through"
 The president declared the promo AAOtiOu Ol COltluttlNidi lNiatAShH hNNC' sarily brings about a closer political and social relationship between na- tions and makes less lskely the hostility and hard feeling that are likely to lead to war
 q have no doubt" added the presl- dent, that as commercial relatlors become wider and The Hague tri bunals purpose in preventing war he- comes better understood, the Union or the countries in this hemisphere VIII be an example to the rest of the world of what can be done by an mterna- tional union for the purpose of nam taining peace"
 Secretary Knox emphasized the part that American capital should play in developing the resources or Pan America,
 Let me candidly confess he said that in tae past we have been too ignorant of our southern nelghDors' their vast undeveloped resources anu the measures they have been taking to open themselves to the world. Tne trade currents which flow between the United States and it's Latin-Americah neighbors should be north and south. Now 1t is along lines of latitnoe rather than longitude. There IS proh. for all of us in following the natural lines Of least geographical resistance We have reached the stage ln our national development where our capital, never timorous when the op-