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BARRETT TONS
AGAINST CANAL
OPTIMISM
Declares Excessive Rates Will
Cause Benefits to Fall Far
Short of Expectations.
Continued from Page One.
T. C. Pov.dl of the Southern railway;
R, V. Taylor, Haiden Miller and J. S.
Taylor, of the Mobile and Ohio rail
way, and several representa/iv.-s of the
Seaboard and other lines, were pres
ent. New Orleans sent President J. H.
Porch and Secretary M. B. Trezevant,
of the Progressive union, with several
others. From Eirni’nghnm came Prank
P. Glass, editor of The Birmingham
News and The Montgomery Advertiser,
with several officers of the board of
trade. Representatives of < onim< r-
• cial bodies of Charleston, Mobile, Sa
vannah and a dozen other cities helped
to fill the convention hall of the Pied
mont where the sessions were held.
Vice President Victor H. Kriegsha
ber, of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce, presented Mr. Barret, to the
audience. The speaker began by a
glowing description of the resources of
Isatin-American countries and the pos
sibilities of ’he canal but at 'he close
he sounded a warning.
Urges Nation to Realize Plain Facts.
Mr. Barrett said:
•'lt is necessary that the South and,
In fact, the entire country should real
ize, without delay, certain plain facts
about the Panama canal.
"There is real danger that in our re
joincing over its early completion and
in our pride over the great engineer
ing achievement we shall overlook do
ing the practical things upon which
the successful use of the canal de
pends.
“There is equal danger that wo are
doing impractical things which will se
riously handicap its value to us.
"I am not an alarmist, but telling
the truth when I say that there is going
to be widespread disappointment
throughout the country at our slowness
in realizing large, appreciable and im
mediate benefits from the canal.
"A wail of protest surely will go up
from the country within a year or two
after the canal is opened to trade that
the harbors of the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts are not filled with the shipping
and that the manufacturing plants of
the country are not overwhelmed with
the orders which are expected as a re
sult of its construction.
"There is no use denying these possi
ble canal conditions which the country
may meet. It may not be a popular
thing for me to say this, but 1 am
forced to tell the truth as 1 see it In
order to awaken that attitude of the
people and that action of our govern
ment which can change absolutely this
prospective but unfortunate situation.
Declares Tolls Are Too High.
•In the first place, the canal tolls at
$1.25 a net ton are undoubtedly too
high. They should be placed at the
lowest figure permitted by congress
-76 cents a ton. Only by the use of the
latter figure can we get the greatest use
of the canal in the shortest possible
time after it is opened. One dollar and
twenty-five cents a ton means specula
tion as to possibilities and hesitation as
to large shipping preparations for the
use of the canal. Seventy-five cents a
ton would mean that evert’ possible
utilization would be made of it without
delay.
"While it is perfectly just to charge a
reasonable toll to pay operating ex
penses, it is inconsistent with our na
tional policy, as shown in the operation
of our postoffices and public buildings,
to charge a toll to cover interest on the
investment.
"If we operated our postoffice serv
ice on the principle of making the post
age pay for the interest on the billions
of dollars invested in postoffice build
ings, we would be obliged to charge
five cents for every letter and triple
the present rate for second-class mat
ter.
"In the second place, there is very
little organized or individual prepara
tion for the Panama canal among the
great commercial organizations and
manufacturing interests of the United
States. They are not studying the
markets of the countries reached
through the canal as are the corre
sponding interests of Europe. There
are a score of agents of European
chambers of commerce and of European
manufacturing and importing houses
studying the markets of South America
and the Pacific ocean where there is
one from the corresponding Interests
of the United States.
Say* United States Is Too Selfish.
“In the third place, there is alto
gether too small preparation for the
canal in the form of the building of
vessels to fly the American flag. A few
are being constructed, but even these
. are paltry in number compared to the
'. preparations of the European and Jap
anese ship yards and shipping compa
nies.
“In the fourth place, in discussing
the development of trade through tin.
<-anal, we are considering it too much
from a selfish standpoint. W< are
thinking only of our export trade or of
what we will aell and not enough of our
ini|>vrt trade or what we will buy. Ex
change of products is the life of com
merce. 'We must consider wii.it mm
kets we can provim forth. products ~f
L, the countries reached through the >a .
as well as what «. . , tl sell to
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Railroad Offers Judge $35,000 Property for $4,500
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Wrisley Brown, the govern- Xr
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U. S. to Refuse
Canal Arbitration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—So strong
is sentiment in the senate against the
submission of Panama canal matter in
volving foreign marine reports to The
Hague for arbitration, that the United
States government probably will reply
to the protest of Sir Edward Grey, the
British foreign minister, with a polite
note rejecting the English proposals.
Secretary of State Knox will begin the
preparation of a reply to the British
note within a short time.
At the regular meeting' of the cabinet
today President Taft and his official
family discussed informally the terms
of the English communication which
was transmitted last night through Am
bassador Bryce.
Ambassador Bryce read the note word
for word to Secretary Knox at the lat
ter's home. It is an elaboration of the
points of objection in the note present
ed to the state department last July.
“Violation of Treaty.”
In brief, these objections are:
That while it was clearly in violation
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty either to
remit or to refuse tolls on all American
shipping using the canal, the same ob
jection probably would apply to the
coastwise trade shipping, in view of the
probable impossibility of foreign regu
lations that would not result in a pref
erence to American shipping.
In addition to supporting these points
by long arguments, Sir Edward Grey
indicates clearly that strong resistance
will be offered to any attempt to ex
clude from the canal British ships own
ed by Canadian railroads, or whose
owners may be guilty of violating the
Sherman anti-trust act. He holds that
this section of the act can not apply to
British shipping, but only to United
States vessels.
He also indicates in his note that un
derlying the objection to the exemption
from toll of American coastwise ships
is an apprehension that in the future
the principle might be extended to cover
American ships In foreign trade.
should take up the study of the Pana
ma canal and what it means not only to
our trade, but to our influence among
the nations.
“Only In this way can we inagurate
and develop a real Panama canal move
ment which will enable us to realize
large benefits from the canal in the
shortest possible time.”
Among the railroad officials sched
uled for brief addresses tomorrow are:
President 1* E. Johnson, of the Norfolk
and Western: President A. B. Newell,
of the Tennessee Central; President J.
W. Harahan, of the Seaboard Air Line;
President T. M. Emerson, of the At
lantic Coast Line; President Charles A.
Wickersham, of the Atlanta and West
Point; General Manager T. K. Scott, of
the Georiga railroad; Assistant to Pres
ident George L. Campbell, of the Bal
timore and Ghio; President J. C. Whit
ney, of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company; Vice Presi
dent W. A. Winburn, of the Central of
Georgia; Vice President J. M. Culp, of
the Southern, and many others.
Discuss Iron and Steel Industries.
The iron and steel industries and the
Panama canal will be the second sub
ject for treatment tomorrow, with
President John W. Sibley, of the Bir
mingham Chamber of Commerce, In the
chair.
The merchant marine and the Pana
ma canal will be one of the most im
portant topics of the entire confer
ence, and will be handled with Presi
dent J. W. Porch, of the New Orleans
Progressive union, as chairman. Mr.
Porch is also the representative of one
<>f the leading steamship lines out of
New Orleans to Central and South
I American ports.
The final subject will be the effect of
the Panama canal on agriculture, with
• ’ommlssloner of Agriculture E. J Wat
son, of South Carolina, presiding.
t'le banquet to be given in honor of
tie- visitors at th. Piedmont Driving
■ lub tonight, with the Chamber of Com
mon.. as host, will be one of the most
-labo u. in the history of Atlanta.
‘‘over> hive been :eterved for 210
The club will lx decorated In
fitty- of u;i nations represented in th<
-onfetem. and there will b. addresst -
by .< number of the diplomats, Indus*
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THE ATLANTA GEOKUIAjN AND NEWS.TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1912.
Judge Archbald, of the Com
merce court, under impeachment.
Senate Hears That Court’s
Influence Was Used to Gain
Him Wealth.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—That the
Erie railroad agreed to give an option
to a business partner of Judge Arch
bald on the Katydid culm dump at
Scranton, Pa., the price to be $4,500,
when they could have sold it elsewhere
for $35,000. was testified to at the Arch
bald impeachment trial in the United
States senate by James H. Rittenhouse,
of Scranton, a mining engineeer. The
testimony was brought out by Wrisley
Brown, of the department of justice.
“Leaving out the question of freight,
it would have been worth $35,000 to
the Erie railroad.”
The testimony of the mining engineer
was introduced by the house managers
in the effort, to show that through Judge
Archbald’s influence, E. J. Williams, the
partner, had obtained the option for the
Erie’s share of the dump for much less
than its value.
Evidence designed to refute that pre
viously given by E. J. Williams as to
his knowledge of the cases pending be
fore the commerce court involving the
Erie railroad, was presented through
the medium of George F. Snyder, clerk
of the commerce court. Mr. Williams
had testified that Judge Archbald did
not tell him the so-called “lighterage”
cases," involving the Erie, were pend
ing; but that he had seen papers on
Judge Archbald’s desk, with the word
“lighterage" on them and had asked
about the cases.
Mr. Snyder produced all of the briefs,,
complaints and dockets that might have
been involved, to show that the word
“lighterage” did not appear on any of
them.
The positive statement that he had
been offered an option to purchase an
interest in the Katydid culm dump by
Williams in the office of Judge Arch
bald several days after Judge Arch
bald had informed him that WiUiamfe
had no authority to sell, was made by
Thomas ,T. Jones, of Scranton. The
statement was brought out during the
cross-examination by Representative
Webb, of North Carolina, on the part
of the house managers.
The witness declared that Williams
had offered to sell his interest in the
dump for $25,000, and accompanied him
to the office of Judge Archbald. There,
said Mr. Jones, Judge Archbald told
him that Williams had no right to sell
any part of the dump.
"Several days later.” said Mr. Jones,
"I went to Judge Archbald’s office and
there an option was given for $25,000.55.
“Did you think Judge Archbald drew
that option?" asked Representative
Webb.
"I did,” replied Jones.
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Thousands Could Be Saved
Yearly, Fulton Commission
ers All Admit.
That Fulton county could save thou
sands of dollars annually if the head of
the commission was a high-salaried of
ficial, bending al! his energies in the
county’s behalf, was admitted unani
mously by members of the Fulton board
today.
Without exception, the commissioners
asserted that the county’s affairs could
be greatly systematized and vast sums
of money could be. saved if the chair
man of the commission was the real
head and front of the county's affairs
and the other members of the board
constituted an advisory body.
“We should have a paymaster .and
purchasing agent at any rate,” said
Ctnnmissioner Turman. “A great'deal
of money could be saved if the county’s
buying was more uniform. Buying in
piece meal as we do and at odd times
costs us thousands annually.
The discussion came up at the special
meeting today, when the commission
was apprised of the fact that under the
salary act it would have to assume di
rect control of the county jail, and
handle the feeding of prisoners.
Commissioner Waters- favored a
hoard of three salaried officers, but
Commissioners Andejvon. Turman and
Smith liked the idea of .Cook county,
Illinois, where one commissioner runs
the county with a boa,rd of ten or twelve
membeis as art advisory-council.
200 ORPHANS SAFELY
QUIT BURNING ASYLUM
BAL 1 IMOly;, Dec.' swept the
fourth floor 'of the • St. Francis orphan
asylum here this afternoon and 200 chil
dren inmates were Hurriedly taken out
safely. por a time it. was -feared several
had been lost, but .all were accounted for.
Sisters risked their -lives to save their
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BE HEAD OF GREAT BANK
CINCINNATI. Dec. 10.—Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, who was recently
defeated for re-election, is to become the
head of a great banking and trust com
pany in Cincinnati it was learned this
afternoon.
DROPS DEAD FROM APOPLEXY.
ANNISTON, ALA.. Dec. 10.—MrS. An
nie y ßrien dropped dead at her home in
Blue Mountain City from apoplexy. She
was the mother of Father Hugh O'Brien,
formerly in charge of Sacred Heart
ehurch, this city, who died two years ago
in a Memphis hospital incognito.
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Militia of Various States Also
Attacked in Labor Congress
Resolutions.
Continued from Page One.
threatening the lives of honest men.
simply because they are'members
rtf a labor organization: and.
Wheras. we, the members of la
bor organizations, representing
thousands of honest, loyal working
men. consider the conduct of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company to be incompatible with
the rights of man. and not in keep
ing with the attitude of other rail
roads toward their employees;
Therefore, be it Resolved, That
the Southeastern Labor congress,
in convention assembled, condemn
the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company for its unjust treat
ment and attitude toward its em
•ployees, and we invite the lovers of
liberty and justice to co-operate in
an endeavor to make this soulless
corporation respect the laws of
God and man; and.
Be it further Resolved, That a
copy of this resolution be furnished
our United States senator and the
congressman from this district,
with the request that they make it
a matter of record, for the purpose
"of having the recently created in
dustrial commission investigate the
attitude of the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad Company toward its
employees; also that a copy of this
resolution be furnished the Atlan
ta press.
L. & N. Attack
Is Aimed at Smith.
The resolutions committee started
the “fireworks” today and after Sam
uel H. Brady, chairman, took the floor
there was hardly'a dull moment. The
Louisville and Nashville resolution was
largely aimed at Milton H. Smith, pres
ident of the road, whom the labor men
long have regarded as one of the fore
most opponents of unionism in this
part of the country.
A resolution somewhat milder in
tone was directed at the Florida East
Coast railway. This recited that the
road was accustomed to send printed
blanks to prospective employees telling
them that "agitators” and “trouble
makers” were not wanted. This,, the
resolution declared, was discrimination
againfet union labor, and the delegates
wanted it stopped. There were refer
ences to “capitalistic tyrants,” and the
resolution provides that a copy be sent
to -the officers of the road.
Free text books for school children
were taken up next. A resolution re
cited that the children of many union
men were too poor to buy books and
thus were handicapped in obtaining an
education, and it was recommended
that compulsory education laws be cre
ated where none had been made, and
be made more stringent where they al
ready existed.
Sanitary School Rooms
Also Called For.
Properly heated and more Sanitary
school rooms and the co-operation of
executives and school superintendents
were called for. The resolution was
adopted as read. One delegate wanted
school books to bear the union label,
since he declared that union men were
forced to buy non-union books, nine
tenths of which, he said, were made by
non-union concerns.
Resolution No. 11 opposed the eleva
tion of all politicians to office who were
not in sympathy with the union move
ment, and Acting Chairman O’Connell
declared: “This is a matter of killing
our enemies and rewarding our
friends.”
The “fellow servant doctrine" was
touched in resolution 12. The purpose
of this resolution was to secure im-
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Governor Threatens
To Call Out Militia
Tg Stop Cock Fight
Affair Will Be Pulled Off in
Mississippi River to Escape
Louisiana Interference.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Dec. 10.—
With $150,000 already bet and 150
“sports” from twenty states petition
ing him to permit the cock tight in
Monroe, La., to go on tonight, Governor
Hall today “stood pat.”
“They can’t hold a chicken scrap in
Louisiana as long as I’m governor,
said the executive in New Orleans. "If
necessary, I’ll call out the entire state
militia."
The scheduled cock fight has attract
ed sports from about a score of states
and cities, including Chicago, Atlanta,
Pittsburg, Houston,' Memphis and even
New York.
Residents of Monroe heard of toe
fight plans several days ago and wired
the givernor. He ordered the sheriff to
get busy. He was “out” and the dis
trict attorney and the deputy sheriffs
wore told to stop the tight on the peril
of losing their jobs.
The "sports” already had on deposit
more than $150,000 in the Monroe
banks. Letters of credit from the
banks were sent with a petition that
was received by the executive yester
day and signed by the “sports.”
The cock fight now is to be held on
DeSoto island, in the Mississipip river,
near Vicksburg. Louisiana and Mis
sissippi are without authority in the
matter now, as the jurisdiction has not
been determined in the courts,
SHIP AND CREW OF 20
GIVEN UP FOR LOST
LOUISBURG. CAPE BRETON. Dee.
10.—Hope for the British steamer Morien,
with a crew of 20 on board, which has
not been heard from since she sailed
from here 30 days ago, was given up to
day when the Canadian government
steamer Lady Lurier. which had been
searching for the Morien, returned to
port.
The Morien carried a heavy cargo ot
coal for Placentia, N. F., and she is be
lieved to have foundered during the
storms along the coast.
munity for employees in damages re
sulting from the carelessness of co
workers.
H. O. Teat, representing the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and En
ginemen, proposed a resolution which
opposed the new employers’ liability
bill, which would create the office of
"adjuster of claims." The new bi",
the resolution declared, would pay dam
ages in pittance, and it was con
demned strongly. The resolution was
referred to the committee on legisla
tion.
Resolution to Abolish
Poll Tax Withdrawn.
Another resolution called on union
men to patronize barrooms where union
labor was employed. A similar resolu
tion called for patronage of union bar
ber shops, but Chairman O’Connor
characterized as “foolish” a resolution
for union men to buy union-made goods
and this resolution was dropped. A
resolution, in which It was sought to
have the poll tax abolished in certain
states in order that all working people
might vote, was also withdrawn.
One resolution calls for the abolition
of piece work, the bonus system, the
sweat shop, the Taylor system of shop
management, etc. Mr. Brady, chair
man of the resolutions committee, de
clared sweat shop conditions in Atlan
ta are “awful.” He has been working
with a Men and Religion committee and
soon will make some “interesting dis
closures,” he declares.
Another resolution had for its pur
pose closer organization of street car
workers. Still another indorsed J. J.
Hall, secretary of the American Peace
society for the Southeastern states,
who declared during the morning ses
sion that the labor men were the lead
ing exponents of peace.
P. J. Conlon, of the International As
sociation of Machinists, addressed the
delegates on "Accomplishments of Agi
tation.”
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WOMAN’S Ell
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dignities on a PulinJ
Sleeper at Night.
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the stares of the passer, g. -r«
for 30 minutes before I could
Employe Jested
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asked the Pullman conductor to
and wrap it in a bundle and bri , ■
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didn’t get you were in such a
Mrs. Barnhill’s voice tremblwi B
told the eleven whites and the
negro of her plight, and how she to®
rs" one to help her while she wasbZß
subjected to such indignities. B
For a time as she mounted the■
ness stand she hesitated as ; , h e etofl
the negro juror, but'through the
lug of her story she maintai.-ad a «,■
degree of calm that was only br 2®
when she left the witness sta nJ
was followed by the conductor '■
The trial will probably come 'o
end this afternoon or tomorrow nwn®
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$3,000 ON A HORSE RICf
VIENNA. Dec. 10.—Informed that be
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man Friedsberg. a clerk, fell dead f™
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