Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-21

the right time Of life and drilled for three
years, might have been made a man Of.
That is conservation.
Defends National Probity.
Mr.. Nagel defended the uprightness of
the national government
1--WE are fed on phrases" he comment
ed There is one phrase that tells us
that public life should be squared with
They are men who would like to provide
us all with their conscience, and we would
then have nothing left.
But the phrase is untrue a criticism
of government officials. I am willing to
have the national government compared
with the government OF any state OF the
Union-and it will not be necessary to
make such comparison with the cities OF
the country. Where are our public scan
da1s?
There is the Panama canal Construct
ed without single breath Of shame d.
rected against those who built 1t, all
agents of the government Don't De
alarmed about public conduct
THE question Is Of squar1ng public
practice to private experience. The ques-
ton is of squaring political promises with
commercial and industrial experience.
That is the situation which confronts us. .
The nation. he said, is politically d.
vided against itself, while commercially
and industrially it is a united country
industrial, commercial and agricultural
interests, he declared, and one political
opinion to back it UP.
Appraising the power of public opinion.
Mr.. Nagel told the business interests OF
the nation that they needed to know their
own minds. to register their opinions and
then have the courage to back them up
They were sure TO get what they wanted
by persistence, If in the right direction
MFR. Nagel defended the administration
of Mr.. Taft. saying that criticisms heaped
upon it had been lin nearly all cases
entirely without warrant. There never
had been more businesslike administra-
ton than the present, he said.
Attitude of Great Britain.
Senator Chamberlain maintained the
right Of the United States to exempt
American shipping from tolls through
the Panama canal He charged that the
attitude of Great Britain was to be at
tributed to the influence of the great
transcontinental railroads He also, took
issue with Secretary Nagel regarding the
desirability of a tariff commission.
Tariff commissions. he asserted, and
there have been many such bodies. have
no greater accomplishment than to delay
action.
The provisions exempting coastwise
vessels from tolls. and forbidding the
use of the waterway to railway-owned
vessels. he said. were the two import
ant issues in the Panama canal act
Little was heard OF the latter pro-
visions, which he considered a sinister
silence. He declared his opinion that
national legislation should be in the
interest of the American people only.
He had no doubt, he declared. Of the
right of CONGRESS to exempt American
shipping from canal tolls The Clayton
Bulwer treaty, he commented, considered
the construction Of a Ncaraguan canal
over foreign territory, over which the
Unit nds %nt~ IN
Hay-Pauncefote treaty had in view the
same possibility of extra territorial con-
struction.
But the United States. he said. has &C.
of Panama. and not a drop of the waters
Of the canal flow over any land that is
not vested IN the United States In prepe-
tuity.
Opposes Going to The Hague.
Reference to The Hague Senator Cham
berlain regarded as an act of suicide.
He would not refer to The Hague a
question involving our own national hon.
or at our own territory; assuredly not
when the question in dispute would al
ready yn be pre5udssd against U.s. He
authorities that reference to The Hague
would inevitably mean a decision against
u.s.
The shadow Of the great transconti-
mental railways Of the country lies over
the whole controversy, in his opinion. The
Canadian-Pacifc had taken the initiative
in its representations to the British gov
eminent, but behind 1t and in the dark,
suggesting the moves In the game, he
said. are the great railroads of this
country, which will suffer by the failure
of tolls on American ships. whose rates
they will have to compete with.
Chosen by National Council.
The National Counct1 yaeta.aov ofx.,
noon selected ten members Of the nomi-
mating committee to represent the nation
al trade organizations. They are as fol-
lows:
Garrett Andrews Of Chattanooga, Tenn,
representing the Cha tanooga Manufac-
tuners Association: Frank Bateman of
Greeniock.. j.. representing. the Ma
of Chicago; w. NJ. Mccormick of Balti-
more. Nd, representing the Flavoring
Extract Manufacturers Association of
Minneapolis: Homer Mechanics of Cleve-
land. Ohio, representing the American
Warehousemen's Association of Pitts
burgh; George A. Post of New York, rep
resenting the Railway Business Associa-
ton: e, II, Prescott res 5E;: OF Cleveland
Dealers Association of New York: Ed
ward Schmidt OF Philadelphia, Pa. rep
resenting the United States Brewers AS
sociation OF New York: j. H. Schwacke
Founders Association of Chicago; Z. C..
Sutton of Buffalo. N v, representing the
National Association of Ice Cream Manu-
facturers of Chicago. and w. f. Wells of
East Liverpool Ohio. representing the
United States Potters' Association
The following delegates. one from each
state, We're selected as the other members
of the nominating committee: Aaron Cove
of Denver. Col; F. II. Johnston of New
Britain, Conn: Howard s. England Of
Wilmington, Del; Charles G. Edwards Of
Savannah. Ga; d. r. Forgan Of Chicago;
Frank McAllister of indianapolis, Ind;
j. NJ. Calendar of Des Moines. Iowa; c.
Wilbur Miller OF Baltimore. Md; E. A.
Filene of Boston, Mass: J. II. Skinner
of Grand Rapids. Mich: D. A. Ffske of
Minneapolis. Mimi; Charles 8. Keith of
Kansas City, Mo-: NJ. F. Quinn of Rah-
way, n j.: e. r. Carhart Of New York;
George r. Leach of Washington N c.: A.
H. Noah of Akron. Ohio: William III.
Stevenson of Pittsburgh, Pa; E. J. w.
Proff1tt of Providence, r. l.: A W. Nc
Keand of Charleston. S. c.; r. NJ. Gates.
of Memphis. Tenn; John w. Phillip Of
Dallas, Tex; b. T. Watts, jr. of Lynch
burg, Va: J. ID. Lowman of Seattle,
Wash: Walter p. Bishop of Milwaukee.
Wis, and Sidney NJ. Ballou Of Honolulu.
Hawaii.