New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-07
TAFT FINDS WARNING
IN BENEDICT ARNOLD.
seIfish Interests Should Be Re.
pressed, He Tells Deeper
Waterways Delegates.
HIS LAMENESS NOTICEABLE
Convention Ends After Praising
Certain Provisions of Panama
Canal Bill, Which Pres
ident Defends.

lQeDt peIe0QS.
IN London. Conn. Sept. 6.-From
-,b,n the grass grown ramparts of old
80, Gri,wold. on Groton Heights, Presl-
~, Taft this afternoon told the dele
49,, 20 the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Sorysntion that no individual should per-
-, his own selfish interests, or his per-
"a ambition. TO lead him to climb into
.r.r over some one else. we should
-, forget our true relation TO our fellow
.~.," ne said, nor the obligations We
20 10 those who. as individuals. make
an the body polite"
The President had been telling the story
-, m. defence Of Fort Griswold 13l years
.,o and OF the courage OF those farmers
nho had defended the walls around about
.gsin.t the British under Benedict Arnold.
Ne had spoken of Arnold. saying that no
an, who had studied the brilliant parts of
,bs man and his ambition. could help feel
ina resretful that love of self, self-absorp-
ZION and ambition for power had led him
into that path which made him the
greatest traitor OF all times" Said the
p-ssldent: Benedict Arnold gives us a
warning not TO follow a selfish ambition
and have a desire 10 crawl into power
over some one else
Presidents Lsmsness Noticeable.
President Taft was noticeably lame
when he walked from an auto to the
rrsll platform, but his ailment did not
spoear 10 affect his speech. He touched
UPON the 'anama, Cape Cod and Chesa-
p.ske and Delaware canals in general.
When the President had finished his
ak. J. Hampton Moore, president Of the
Deeper Waterways Association, called
upon every one Of the several hundred
within the Notifications 10 honor Mrs.
Taft, "the first lady Of the land by
waving their handkerchiefs when he gave
the signal. Mrs. Taft smilingly ascende1
the little platform. escorted by her hus-
band and when President Moore waved
the large assenblage followed suit.
The yacht Mayfower. with the Presi-
Dental party. started out of the harbo.
al s o'clock i'm a heavy haze. The craft
made its course out through the race
and turned into the Atlantic Ocean just
south Of Fishers Island.
A grand ball at the Griswold this even
ing winds up the three-day convention
Of the deeper waterway delegates, who
have enjoyed their outing immensely.
Jackson lie, Fla. was selected as the
place for next years convention. with
the recommendation that Troy or Albany,
Il they combine. receive consideration for
the 1914 convention. Congressman :.
Hampton Moore, Of Philadelphia, was
unanimously reelected president, and
Wilbur II. schoff, of Philadelphia. was
elected secretary and treasurer.
Declaration Of Principles.
The declaration of principles sets forth
that within the coastal states comprising
dwelling one-third of the total population
II the country; that therein are the most
asnsely populated Industrial communities,
with rapidly increasing population. Con-
ssstion Of population, industry and COM
nerce require as their first remedy bet
ter and cheaper facilities Of transporta-
ton The remedy is the development of
additional means OF transportation over
coastal bays and sounds.
The association congratulates the At
hntic states upon the favorable report Of
the army engineers on an intercoastal
waterways project and demands that this
'e made a national project, with con-
unued appropriation OF funds for its
sary completion; that a demand be made
'n the next Congress for the purchase OF
tae Chesapeake and Delaware canal, or
Is condemnation, IL negotiations are not
aunactory. or the building Of a canal
N an alternative route: that a demand
% made on Congress for the adoption Of
ae N5w Jersey sea level canal project.
100 the adoption Of a policy OF water
Ways improvements which shall gauge
ne amount Of the appropriation accord
hs to the commerce existing at the places
affected.
Those provisions of the Panama Canal
act are approved which forbid ownership
u or control by railroad corporations OF
eonpeting water carriers, and provide
10Y Joint rates and through bills Of lading
ana system Of pro-ratins between the
'siroads and water carriers. and forbid
'siroads to discriminate in favor Of and
'a'sno special privileges to favored ship
Hns lines or ports.
signed the Panama Canal bill, as
wv Know" the President said I'm his Fort
"nwold speech. III you were to read
''ne OF the structures on that act of mine
you would think that the Executive and
tonsress went around looking for
nance to violate a treaty. and then vio-
s"o treaty just for the fun Of IT.
'One people lean back so far that they
'Vuid rather be I'm an international con-
'VFsfsy than side with their own coun-
Wy On the matter whether there has
ven any violation Of treaty rights think
lar to examine the question up one
'''s and down the other and hear argu-
"lehis on each side before calling names.
sven before siding against ones own
country"