The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
Talks With Men of
National Prominence
At Washington. d. O.

Mr.. CvtaEio tiuinie. head of the inn
porting firm OF Guinle and company,
OF Rio de Janeiro. is in the United
States looking after the American end
Of his business. MI. Guinle has view
I'D the canal work at Panama. and has
= broader conception of the import
ance Of that great project in fostering
pan-American trade relations than is
commonly possessed even by Ameri-
cans.
Il do not think the possibilities of
commercial expansion TO the south
ward are fully grasped in this coun-
try" said Mr.. Guinle. The United
States can and ought to multiply the
amount of its trade With Brazil. Why
should we carry or business at arms
length With Europe, when everything
We need can be found in the United
States? The indifference of Americans
to the rich commercial fields 10 the
southwark must give way to a now
spirit When the canal is opened. The
great waterway will turn the attention
of men 10 South America, and then
Americans will find that the immense
domestic business they have develop
cd car he duplicated with Latin Amer
lea.
The opening Of the canal will bring
California and Brazil very close to-
gether. 10 their mutual advantage
The development of trade from the
Mississippi valley. through New Or,
leans, will also be very great, in my
which are being developed. and all this
wealth to the Americans who
will establish connections with our
country. l wish Americans would
travel to Latin America. instead of
Europe. for a change, and learn some
thing of the wonderful possibilities
that are awaiting capital and enter
prise in those countries. l think that
within a few years after the opening
of the Panama canal there will be a
new north and south trade movement
that will astonish the people Of the
United States"
Bryan a Poor Man.
civilian Jennings Bryan always
has been more of a populist than a
democrat" said Col. A. V. Haywood Of
Danville. H.. for several years an Of
fetal of the house.
Il remember when Bryan first en-
tered congress. He was a poor man,
which was. Of course, conference.-the.
He wore a corkscrew suit of clothes
throughout his first two years Of SER
vice in congress. But he was a bril-
liant young fellow, a protege of the
late William NJ. Springer. in whose Of
fee Bryan had studied law. In the
contest for the s~peakership there were
several candidates-Crisp, Mills
Springer. Hatch. and others. The two
leading candidates, of course. were
Crisp and Mills. The former in these
days would have been classed as a re-
dictionary. while Mills represented that
faction which now would be looked
upon as progressive. Springer was a
sort Of middle-of-the-roaq man. but
Bryan was for him.
After the democratic caucus had
balloted for a long time. the contest
narrowed down to Crisp and Mills
Springer and Hatch withdrew. But
on the ballot following Springer's
withdrawal. when Bryan's name was
called, he shouted, L vote for William
NJ. Springer. a western man.
That was Bryan's first claim to
recognition in the house. He impress
ed me at that time as a man who was
playing politics, an impression 1 have
never failed to hold. Later in the ses-
sio. when a democrat who had been
given a seat next to the populist group
announced that he would like ia
change seats, Bryan jumped at the
chance and made the exchange. He
wanted to be next to the group of