Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-24


about recall, Of, judges" II would result.
he said. In filling the benches with non
descripts. trimmers and towards and
would plunge the country ultimately into
A state Of lawiessness. Il challenge the
statements made at Columbus yesterday"
he began In his attack on the proposed
recall. Supporters Of such proposition
he branded thus: These fellows are
verbal horrors and rhetorical nuisances.
iiksly to explode from spontaneous com
huston Of their verbiage." o.. ..,. ..
Modal for Modern Americans.
Bishop Then devoted himself to the
domestic life Of Washington. whom he
praised g . model for modern Americans.
because Of bis frusslfty. his hardihood.
his loyalty, his sacrifices. his common
ssnss and the simpiscity Of his life in a
time when to DO manual labor and live
kmpsy was . violation OF the gentle
mems code"
After paying tribute 10 Edward Rose
water. A I. Mohlsr. General Enoch
crovder, Thomas Dawson and others who
have or hsd taken prou,inmt part In shap-
ing the destinss Of the vast Mr.. Barrett
recalled his efsorts spd the efforts Of Of
fetal colleagues In spreading the "a
p,omacy of the square DEAF In foreign
nations. He preached protection Of home
interests first and . helpful foreign
policy. next.
Get ready for the Panama canal and
90 after Psp-Amsrtcan commerce." he
said. The vhois country should realize
the vital importance Of getting ready
for the canal. Il should awake to an
appreciation Of the potentisiities Of Pan
American commerce. II should realise
that the Panama canal and Pan-Amer-
lean trade mean more to the country
than any other new commercial oppor-
tunities In its history.
Grave Peril I'm Delay.
'yThere 10 grave peril however, as well
as promise In the situation. Peril, In
that n we do not get ready for the canal
we will see Il proving OF far greater
benefit to the commerce Of Europe. and
even Asia, than To that Of the United
States. Promise. in that II will offer
II We take advantages Of them. greater
foreign commerce. but our home trade
than any other agency OF communica'
ton and transportation upon which the
government has spent millions Of dol
lars.
1T viii be almost criminal lack Of
foresight, II our commercial interests
fail. after the government has ex'
pended ttOo,0ooooo on the canal. to make
an organized and persistent effort t.
take advantage OF all the new conditions
Of demand and supply, which will fol
low the opening Of the canal.
II would have the great business or
CARNATIONS Of Chicago. Omaha, St
Louis Minneapolis and st. Paul, Mem
phis, New Orleans. Kansas City and othei
representative manufacturing. exporting
and importing oenters OF the centra
west, acting either together or independ
entity, send special representatives o.
keen capacity OF observation to study
every phase Of the new commercial field
which will. be reached by the canal
II would have our commercial col
leges and high schools. and even tn,
regular high grammar schools. teach tn,
commercial geology OF the Latin Ameri
can countries. I would have them give
instruction TO our rising young men ant
youth as TO what the Panama cana
really means and what effect II will
have upon the industrial, agriculture
=. and general economic life Of our country
Were II in my power / would start &
nationwide movement Of education Il
be called the Get ready for the Panama
canal movement.
Advocate. Free Toll System.
The Pacific coast Of Latin Americs
will become the scene or extraordinary
activity In all kinds OF progress. i
will want the manufactured and sgri
cultural products Of this country IL
rapidly increasing quantities, and, II
turn, we will want their raw product
for our manufacturing plants.
The question Of tolls Of the Panama
canal Is one Of the highest present i'm
portance. The commercial interests o
the central west should be aware o
this fact and bring pressure upon con
gress that the tolls be kept low.
ut will be a destructive error and
blight upon canal commerce II the toll
on shipping are too high. IL placed q
a figure where they will hamper instea,
of help trade, the whole country vii
be sadly disappointed in the good tina
will come from the canal
II would like TO see a free canal Tha
condition would be ideal and would b
the greatest help TO commerce, becaus
il would be the next thing to an ope
sea between the Atlantic and the Pacific
Must Restrain lingo Talk.
Now permit me TO say an earnest wor
in regard to the critical Mexican situation
The central west must array itself solidl
against any talk Of forced Intervention Q
armed invasion by the United States
Your papers and your people must re
strain lingo talk. Were We TO cross tn
border unasked we would take a ste
that might be fatal to our commerce an
our friendship with all Latin America.
Let US be fair and patient with Mexlc,
We must net expect that II can brin
about permanent. peaceable condition
Immediately following fits late revolution
Such a development requires time.
did not our civil war last five year
with terrific loss of life and property
Was not that civil wsr-a revolution /
fact-foliowed by over ten years of re
construction when all the world feare
we would again be plunged into civil wa
and would we then have tolerated an
intervention by foreign country?
Judge Philips SPOKE of the career Q