South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-08
CAPITAL OFFICERS
WILL COME HERE
SeC'y SpauIding of Commerce
Chamber Back from Wash
ingtOn with Promises from
Well Known Speakers.

First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper. Sccy OF Commerce Redheld,
John Barrett OF the Pan-American
Union and +. =. Pratt Of the bureau
OK misunderstanding. are expected TO be
in SOAth Bend within the year. Sec'y
n. q. SpauIding or the Chamber of
Commerce who returned from Wash
inston Sunday night where he at
tended the annual session of the
United States Chamber OF Commerce,
reported that he had the tentative
promises of each of the men To- ap-
pear at some time during the year
10 address South Bend business men.
Assistant Postmaster Roper is almost
certain To be here July s at the Joint
convention OF the three pOstOfiice en-
plOyes' associations of the state.
While in Washington Sec'y Spauld-
ing took occasion 20 visit Sen. Shively
anG Congressman Barnhart relative to
the Michigan canal. Regarding
that subject he said Monday.
The decision OF the congressional
committee 10 which be referred the
matter OF adopting either the south
ern or the northern route for the Erie
Michigan canal VIII depend wholly on
the LdtAo itItl uluE TONNAGE kldL VIII
be submitted 10 them, the advant-
ages of the two routes otherwise
about counterbalancing each other SO
far as 1 can learn ON inquiry.
"A week ago blanks for tonnage
statistics were sent from the Cham
Der of Commerce TO leading manu-
facturers CO this city and Mishawaka
on request of Major T. \. Bond Of
the corps of engineers who stated
"a Ha in is 1e nv
the goth. Thus far a number of
manufacturers have filed i'm the
blanks and returned them, but more
than half have failed 10 do so. Inas-
much as the owns along the south
ern route have been active and have
their statistics ready it viii take the
proper showing of interest on the part
Of this city 90 secure the right sort
OF report in favor of the northern
route. Every manufacturer having
one of these blanks should fiji it out
promptly and return 20 this office.
Shively and Barnhart Busy.
in discussing the matter with Sen.
lively i learned that the foreign ar
fairs committee was kept almost con-
stantly in session and that all sorts
OF protests and suggestions were be-
ing made by American partisans of
the warning countries as we'll as by
representatives of tn foreign nations
themselves Rep. b, Tnhart as chair
man of the important printing com
mittee is a very busy man and has
a world of routine work TO do. but is
never too much occupied to assist his
constituents in getting the attention
of the departments as i found out in
my own case.
The convention or the Chamber
of Commerce OF the United states
was probably the greatest meeting of
any sort that VIII Oe held this year.
both from the standpoint of the
prominence OF those who were upon
the program and also the high char
act2r of those i'm attendance SeC'y
Bryan made "a most excellent address
in which he justified the ship pur-
chase bill. a rejoinder being made
10y samuel McBoberts OF the National
city bank. New York. The president
made one of the most happy speeches
of his life and was given the best at
tention throughout having the entire
sympathy of his audience. Sec'y Nc
Adoo made a long and very strong
address ON the ship purchase BILL
which was responded To 10y Sen. Bur
ton who opposed the plan. SeCy
Redheld made the principal address
al the annual banquet.