Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
HOEE SMITH SAYS
CANAL MEASURE
IS EQUITABLE
Georgia Senator Defends Bill
as UNFOLDING Our Honor.
Hits Roosevelt.

Senator Hoke Smith declared TO-DAY
that the Panama canal bill reorir,no
all vessels in foreign trade to nav. ,.I,7
Tor passing through the canal does 49,.
conflict with the treaty with Great D.,
ain, and he does not see how ar,, ~.
rious complications with other co,u
tries can arise from the recent nas..a
of the bill. The senator uavs his.
praise to Congressman Adamson -
Georgia, who was one of the writers of
! the canal bill.
senator Smith gave special attar+io,
to the Panama bill when if was 49,.
the senate. as he had been re0ueste7 -.
| Congressman Adamson, chairman oftba
! commerce committee of the bouse ..
take charge of the bill in the sonata
and protect the valuable measure
winch the house had placed in the bin
from the effort made by the senate
committee to defeat the Dcmoc~att,
| bill by senate amendments
Senator Smith leaves today for t5o
West where he will engage in a sne,L
ing tour for Woodrow Wilson. In dis
cussing the Panama canal measure ha
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 faaI.
| ly passed. The original bill as il cam.
from the house was largely the cra9-
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 pas ing
through the canal l consider that the
bill meets the requirements of our
treaties.
The coastwise trade Of the United
States is limited to vessels made in he
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 a domestic proposition
from which citizens of foreign coua-
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 par
ty is thoroughly tired of a 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 tariff
taxation, approved the Payne-AldricN
bill, which was worse than the Dingley
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 Of the
people
Il don't believe President Taft can
poll over one-half Of the norma, he
publican vote.
Sees Failure For Teddy.
Colonel Roosevelt, on the othe
hand has not only sought to appeal 10
dissatisfied Republicans, but to eau
astray those Democrats he could reac"
In this last effort he is doomed
failure. The people of this country are
still devoted to American institutions
They believe in the government or Ia"
They know that Colonel Roosevelt LOOKS
upon a constitutional form Of govern
ment as so much red tape to be st.
aside whenever he desires II.
"A study of Colonel RooSeVe"E
speeches shows that he is in favor oil
unlimited consolidation of industries
and unlimited monopoly. George W
Perkins has been leading spirit j"
the formation of trusts and no" lie j.
chairman of Roosevelt's executive COM
mittee.
1T has been plainly shown by sena,
tor LaFOlette that under the adNI..
istration of Colonel Roosevelt ,s
growth of illegal trusts was greater "
far than during any other period.