Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-24
HOkE SMITH SAYS
CANAL MEASURE
IS EQUITABLE
Georgia Senator Defends Bill
as UNFOLDING Our Honor
Hits Roosevelt.

Senator Hoke Smith declared TODAY
that the Panama canal bill. reou;r;r,
all vessels in foreign trade to nav ,o,,,
for passing through the canal dose 49,.
conflict with the treaty with Great Rri,
ain, and he does not see how anv ca
rious complications with other com,
tries can arise from the recent rass.-
Of the bill FThe senator pays HIN
praise 10 Congressman Adamsor ~,
Georgia, who was one of the writer's Of
the canal bill.
Senator Smith gave special attention
to the Panama bill when it was btfor.
the senate as he had been requested h..
Congressman Adamson. chairman ortbs
commerce committee of the house to
take charge of the bill in the senate
and protect the valuable meas 1rss
which the house had placed in the hin
from the effort made by the sena.a
committee TO defeat the Democratic
bill by senate amendments
Senator Smith leaves TODAY for fine
West, where he will engage in a sneak
ing tour for Woodrow Wilson. In dis.
cussing the Panama canal measure h.
said:
Can't See Serious Clash.
Il do not see how any serious COM
plications with Great Britain can grow.
out of the Panama canal bill as it final,
ly passed. The original bill as it cam.
from the house was largely the crea-
ton of Congressman Adamson of our
own state, and he is entitled to great
credit for his admirable work upon this
measure.
The bill requires all vessels engaged
in foreign trade. whether American
owned or owned by citizens Of other
countries, to pay tolls for passing
through the canal. 1t only permits
United States coastwise vessels to pass
through the canal free. Conceding that
our treaty with Great Britain and with
other countries required the same treat
ment to citizens of other countries
which is accorded to citizens OF the
United States owning vessels passing
through the canal | consider that the
bill meets the requirements Of our
treaties
The coastwise trade Of the United
States Is limited to vessels made in the
United States and owned by citizens Of
the United States. In this respect the
policy of the United States does not
differ from that of nearly all other
countries Coastwise trade is usually
regarded as domestic. proposition
from which citizens Of foreign coun-
tries owning vessels are excluded
Scores Taft and T. R,
In discussing the national campaign
Senator Smith scored both Taft and
Roosevelt for what he termed their
alignment with the special interests He
said:
My confidence in the election Of
Wilson is due to the strength Of his
cause One-half of the Republican PAL
~ is thoroughly tired of rule which
combination Of machine politicians and
the agents of special interests nave
been giving the country.
president Taft. after promising re-
lief against the present excessive tarIH
taxation. approved the Payne-Ald1cn
bill. which was worse than the DlnsleF
bill that preceded it, He put above the
Interstate commerce commission
court whose action has been one con-
tinuous effort to suppress work by the
interstate commission in behalf ot the
people.
81 don't believe President Taft can
poll over one-half OF the normal he
publican vote.
Sees Failure For Teddy,
Colonel Roosevelt. on the other
hand has not only sought to appeal ~
dissatisfied Republicans, but TO teal
astray those Democrats he could reach
In this last effort ne is doomed u
failure. The people of this country ar
still devoted to American institutions
They believe in the government OF Jaw.
They know that Colonel Roosevelt '"oNS
upon a constitutional form Of govern
ment as so much red tape, 10 oe S'
aside whenever he desires 1t.
"a study of Colonel RooseVe's
speeches shows that he is in favor o.
unlimited consolidation of lndustI-T,S
and unlimited monopoly. George w.
Perkins has been a leading spl,I io
the formation of trusts and no" NJ
chairman of Roosevelts executive COM
mittee
1T has been plainly shown by Sens
tor LaFollette that under the aulil.ns
istration of Colonel Roosevelt ,s
growth Of illegal trusts was sredlel 0'
ro,, than during anV other period.