The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-12-10
HON. WILLIAM
JENNINGS PRICE
MINISTER TO PANAMA,
HONE ON FURLOUGH
Makes Visit To Lancaster Friends.
Makes Visit To Lancaster Friends.

Hon. William Jennings Price, u. :.
/ Minister to Panama, the Canal Zone, is
home on a two months leave sbsence,
and ON last Saturday afternoon came
over from his home IN Danvile to pay
a short visit 10 his host Of friends in
his old home town. To say that he
met with cordial reception does not
half e2 press it. Lancaster claims Will
Price as her own, and when he was APP
pointed to the present position of honor,
none who knew him doubted for an in
slant but that he would reflect credit
upon himself, his family and his many
friends who expressed so much con-
| fidence in MIN,
! DinlOmats are born, not made, and
the first requisite OF successful and
useful diplomat is an uprightness Of
purpose, due .egard for the rights of
his fellow men and strong belief in
square deal, and if ever man possessed
| these laudable traits it is Will Price.
Gifted with a strong mind, which has
been richly!cultivated, the keenest sense
of honor and above all clean and upright
morally, splendid christian gentle
man, the Record predicted his success
at the time of his appointment, and
the following Brticle taken from the
Courier Journal of last Sunday, shows
| that our prediction has been fulfilled to
the letter; the article is accompanied
by splendid likeness, of Mr.. Price is
from the pen of Mr.. Hamilton Foley,
the Courier Journals correspondent in
Panamr, and is as follows:-
Panama, Nov. 25-The Hon. William
Jennings Price. now back on trip to
Panama has made the American. lega-
ton in this city rs much of a Mecca
for all who feel that they need a
SQUIRE deal on any one OF a hundred or
more different matters, as Col. Goe-
thals' office has long been among canal
employees. GO and see Mr. Price" is
now becoming as common in Panama
as Tell the Colonel on the Canal
Zone.
Like Col. Goethals, Mr.. Price does
not always do what his visitor asks
and wants, but no one leaves the le-
cation without feeling satisfied that
they went.
There is no attempt at social display
at the American legation since MIR.
Price has been here. He is a bachelor
and lives in simple style at the Tivoli
Hotel-but what he saves by modest
living he spepdS on automobile, boating
and other parties to make Panama and
all its many places of interest known
to his guest from the United States
and foreigners who comes to the lega-
ton No American Minister at Pan
anna has done anything like what MIR.
Price has done and is constantly doing
in this respect. His automobile bills
in a single day for this purpose, have
frequently included the charges on
three, four and even five cars.
Mr. Price at the Pacific end and Mr..
Gale. the American Consul at the At
lantic end of the canal, are giving
American business men practical and
profitable lessons how to secure share
of the trade of Latin America now
opening to the United States.
All freight from abroad received ir
Panama is distributed to the loca
merchants by small carts drawn by
one mule. Mr. Price takes bushes:
men away from the ordinary haunts OF
tourists and down among these little
vehicles, so characteristic in size anC
style to the carts used for the same
purpose all over Latin American cities
He points out how difficult it is fol
their drivers to handle much less hole
the large and bulky crates in which
American merchants insist on sending
their goods to Panama.
Mr.. Price also calls specific attention
to the fact that the stevedores doing
this work are all men that do moi
speak word of English and how, not.
. withstanding this fact. there is not one
crate in a dozen that bears the words
Handle with care" in any language
but English.
A more specific and convincing DEM