| Show JAMES AMES H. H BRADY MAY HEAD I i k CONGRESS Jt f Former Governor of Idaho to Guide Destinies Destinie's of Important J Commercial Body Wichita Body Wichita Practically Decided Upon as Next Meeting Place Session Place Session Will Close Today THAT HAT James II Brady former governor of Idaho will be ho the next I L t dent of the Commercial congress was practically dewed de de' IC- IC sided wed A j upon by br the directors last evening ening Their decision will be formally an- an flounced at this mornings morning's session of the congress L For POl the purpose of selecting new officers and choosing the next m meeting ct ug place the directors held a door closed-door session yesterday afternoon which tasted pasted several cral hours Wichita Kan it is understood will be favored for the I 93 3 session of the congress I 4 I k In nt addition to their lc 0 choice of ot ent the thc ot of the directors are arc jid Id to favor John L L. L Powell owell one ono of ot e candidates for tor the presidency for tor Vice president Richard Saxo Saxe ones onea ot of Seattle Wash second vice esl ent W We F F. Jensen ol of Salt Lake hird 1 vice P president nt Governor vernor John jonn urke f I VE or of North Dakota fourth vice retiring President A. A C. C cc rumbo for tor chairman of ot the congre- congre I Ional committee and Barr Harry G. G Moore of Kansas City for chairman of the 4 t PC committee iThe iu With the come to a close 32 n this afternoon of the he n new officers The Tho next ext meeting place will be announced at this ses- ses ion alon Th will n v be taken on an nu- nu around the city at 9 I clock I morning Thi The morning acson sea acs- on n wm will be bc called to or order er it t 10 lc k with Major Richard W. W I YOUng Oung t presiding Tomorrow the tho dele dele- tates ates free from co convention trials will Jell ham onn Former nr f Robert Hobert A IL w V. V. V o or Colorado In discussing dl rIC Reform or of Our Banking and Curney Cur Cur- ney Laws laws' before the con congress nl at ni ast nl ht's session that the p people 8 soon n WOUld voul insist In Ion removing t the he e stigma lna of ot being a Continued on ln Page e 7 7 Column 1 11 RADY MAY HEAD 4 I V t e of Im Important p orient Bod Body y t Closes loses Today With I Installation Installation tion of Officers b 1 Continued from Pa Page c One nuisance amon among the tho world t veers and would demand a compre- compre t banking system I Urge Ih enc 4 Plan PIon o Ir Bon Bonynge urged the plan of ot tho the Rational Reserve association as a amed amedy it Ills of ot the medy med for tho the present 7 7 banking system His address q part follows The Tho Reserve association would not 1 if tany tan any wn way compete with existing t. t inks It would be bo organized to per- per irni nn duties which the local banks snot innot perform It would in fact be ben Ei n extension of or the clearing house tk principle fe In In a general way war the plan p provides lor Gt r a a combination of the tho independent t nits of our banking system into what t V r known as local associations These Ill cal al associations In turn to be bc formed district associations and tho those e BO to strict associations combined to make malee j the Ule National Reserve association Fifteen n District Association q The district associations would be fifteen In number The entire coun- coun ry would be divided into fifteen dis- dis lets around fifteen commercial cents confers cen- cen and in each district there would fers ts rl the National Reserve of be a branch e. e The stock would be absolutely ab ab- I so o that tint it could not be acquired by any an ambitious financial In interests p The Reserve e association would act acts r s the fiscal agent of the national gov- gov as s All 11 moneys received ed b by It be deposited with the Reserve Reser Reserves l s through Its branches and disbursements made by the government would be through checks drawn on the theAll association g- g gAll All AU profits over and above aboe five percent per percent cent eat after the accumulation of a a. prop- prop I f t surplus would be paid Into the States for the of or the United benefit of all the people I Make Answer r. r i n w. w ro G u r Geor n. n g e T W VW Mi iI MiC Former C U UJ l uva overdo v o ot Mf t f Call California CornIa followed with an aner an- an In the tho afternoon after arter- rier er to tho the attack made d r noon oon b by u Mr i. i Ir Call w. breath upon the conI con- con I He repudiated the tho com- com with an Indian who cannot arlson v j rose fuse se the re resources himself himsel and wants I no one else ehle to use them Governor The conservationist said t ardee wants the resources used but doesn't want them wasted and above 41 all does not want them grabbed up and put into cold storage so thc they can- can cant t not be used of resources givena given Iven As an Instance re 4 way way and held in cold stora storage e by private a cited 11 ate vate Interests Governor Pardee the coal of Utah W Wyoming California and md Alaska Various potential water powers that were held In private bands hands unused were referred toJ to do k J If there Is any cold Ing to t let det It be done b by the great reat masses of the the- people who own the resources now not the chosen few 1 Coni Held In Storage r For every een ton of coal that has been s mined said Governor Go Pardee a a tonS ton r has been wasted b by allowing It to be he beI S left Idt in the thc twine mine not because It could I not be mined and sold at profit but I because I there was more mone money In goi got goIng go- go I i t r Ing after fresh coal I One On of the most eloquent addresses I t to which the con congress ress has listened was that delivered by Governor ex-Governor Jared Y Sanders of Louisiana in malt making mal mak ing a n plea for the regulation and con ron control t of oC ther the tho b by the national government r r I a flood waters of or tho the Mississippi river Saying that It was TI right ht for the goT government gov gov- to to store thes thea the furnish T 1 emment to mone money s a waters waters of the west for tor or Irrigation pure purposes purposes pur pur- e poses l poses he declared it was equally equall a government function to to keep your our water ater off the fertile lands of the tho Mississippi Mis Mis- valle valley two Thirty states dump their water down upon Ira us This makes the government regulation and control of these waters aters a national question It is not a question of charIt charity char har- It ity not a question of aid aid only only a question question question ques ques- tion of money No Xo cn engineering problem problem problem lem Is Involved fn Put Colonel Goethals at the Mississippi with the money at athis athis his 1118 disposal after he has finished the Panama canal and he will have thet the banks of or the river protected without t knowing knowIn he has done an any work The final address adress of the evening was J an nn address addres by Senator Chester I. I Long of at Kansas who explained the In Influence Influence In- In fluence of the ConJ Congress Con- Con Egress J gress on le legislation h by the fact that It trul truly representative ir k none Done D Discusses euf Fire Waste 6 An address on Fire Waste delivered vered ered by Willard Done Utah state Insurance in- in commissioner was waR the feature feature feature fea fea- ture ture of the afternoon session of the Commercial con- con gress R H H R Faxon of ot Wichita Kan Ian presided and introduced Mr Done jit Mr MI Done said In part 3 Fire FIra Is becoming our red master and plague uc When Prometheus whose name nameS S means forethought stole fire from t heaven en or when man with his wont won't wonderful won won- t mind and hands the hands the two elements ele- ele t ments ments of power which distinguish him hima a from other living things first things s first prot pro- pro t b by rudo rude and simple means the 4 mystic silt flame which has done done so 80 much for tor us and n against us It was Intended and designed that this marvelous creation creation creation cre cre- should be a n servant ser and a bent ben- ben t Yet during all the ages that have passed passed since Ince then tho the history of man or-man- mankind kind kind Is marked b by devastation produced b by this Instrument of mans man's use f turned into a tyrant for mans man's des true tion J 1 Against this raging demon there thero seems in this land of ours to be no protection On the contrary wo must i let it run rampant and uncontrolled through h all tho wonderful works that we sa have bu built destroying where It should be building setting back where it should make progress killing where it should hould give life liCe There Thero are two classes of fire tire which destroy destro mans man's property Ono One is Is' tho the fire tire which Is purely an act of providence providence provi provi- dence and anel beyond mans man's control as to its origin the other the fire produced b by mans man's act either Intentional or un Un- un- un intentional Of or the latter class I believe believe be be- lieve lIe fully ninety per cent could be prevented As s every preventable fire tire ISa laa crime therefore ninety per cent of all the fires which come b by mans man's voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- or Involuntary In act are criminal The Th cost o of fires In the United States each year Including the actual fire tire lo loss s. s the cost of maintaining maintaining- fire de departments departments departments de- de and the tho premiums paid for fire tire Insurance Is vcr very nearly five hUndred hundred hundred hun hUn- dred million dollars This means a tax on each Individual In this country countr of approximately approximated five dollars a year ear on the average family of six people thirty dollars a n. year The actual amount of ot property destroyed annually Is about l two hundred and fifty million millon-d dollars which represents a per capita loss of two dollars and ono fifty cent cents The loss of life liCe through fire runs close to two thousand a year rear and serious i injury Is Inflicted Inflicted on six Ix thousand other other other oth oth- othI I er persons Following Mr Done Mr Call breath spoke In opposition to what he termed conservation faddists ts His subject was Right of ot Way Yay Over Ocr PublIc Domain Domain Do Do- main Should Not n Patience ne I 1 do not think wo we should bear with patience a policy which works to the Injury of the west said Mr Ir Call- Call breath In SIn this real west unusual conditions In law and Industry pre pre- vail ail He referred to the Te reclamation project project project near Denver held up by b difficulty In obtaining right of way for a tunnel through a mountain He also spoke of Alaska and the policy In force which keeps the public domain awa away from Crom prIvate private Pr- Pr vate rate ownership lie Ire urged the con congress s re to oppose the passage of the law now pending pending- which would place definitely in the hands handsor of or the secretary of ot the Interior power to disapprove e all applications for right of or wa way across public domain Talks lolk on P. P E. E Quinn government commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- N N. S. S W Australia spoke on Problems of ot Anti Antipodean pod can Settlement Our problems are very cry much tho the same as your own said Mr Quinn Australia has great resources and few I people Ho He said that the government of ot AUBi Australia Australia Aus Aus- i has established an office in San Francisco in anticipation of or the development development devel devel- p of trade trade in In t. t the e P Pacific c lc that Will win follow me completion 01 of the Panama Pan Pan- Manama yanama Man yan- ama canal He lie described Sydney the metropolis of Australia An economic submergence of Australia Austra Austra- lia b by orientals I Is feared by Mr Quinne Quinn Wo We e Intend to hold Australia for the white people ho he declared White hUe Australia Is our Monroe doctrine We e Wedo Wedo edo do not Intend to admit orientals or colored colored colored col col- ored people Wo We 0 would bo be glad to get some of ot the Am Americans who ho are going to Canada however John A. A Fox of the Panama-California Panama exposition was the final speaker sf the afternoon Railroad It LotA Lost Lot A resolution urging tho the congress to togo togo go 0 on record as favoring the enactment enactment enact enact- ment of a law lass prohibiting railroad companies companies companies com com- from owning operating leasing controlling or having an any Interest in vessels engaged in coastwise traffic was voted down at yesterday mornings morning's s 's session after having been warmly con con- tested The re resolution was presented by Judge JulIse A. A E. E Helm Holm of Wichita Kan ICan Leading tho the opposition was N N. C. C Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards of North orth Yakima Wash rash who declared declare that if such a law la was enacted enacted enact enact- ed the railroads o of tho the United States would be b placed at a disadvantage In competing with railroads railroad of Canada Judge Helm was on the tho program to deliver dellyer a twenty minute address on Transportation He prefaced the address address address ad ad- dress with the explanation that he did not believe the railroads as a a. whole were collecting more for tor transportation of frol freight ht than the they were entitled to lIe He declared however that the people plo of the southwest were required to pa pay too much that the they were being robbed of or orthe the natural advantages that should go so goto goto soto to them b by reason retson of ot their proximity to the deep water ports of the Gulf of ot Mexico and were deprived of the use of oC the Calves Galveston ton gateway This ho he said Is because tho the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road companies own the tho steamship lines engaged In coastwise traffic between between be between be- be tween New ew York and Galveston and It is to their Interest to maintain as ashl hl high h a level of rates r as possible What the steamships lose In Is more than made good tood b by the Tates Tales the they aro are able to charge on the long haul from New York by ral rail Introduces t Other n Resolutions Resolution In addition to the resolution described de described de- de I de-I scribed above Judge Helm Introduced twp supplementary resolutions one to extend the Jurisdiction of or the interstate commerce commission over oer rates and practices of water carriers and aad another to let Jet the bod body fix minimum as well as an maximum railroad rates John Brisbane Walker the second speaker of or the morning explained the tho reaching far-reaching effects of the Panama Pa exposition Eleven routes ho said were offered to visitors to the exposition exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion and nine of these la lay through the states Mr Ir Walker spoke In part as 18 follows s The world is 18 Just jut beginning to awal awaken en to the tho significance of oC the event that will transpire on the shores of the Pacific In 1915 Not ot merely merel will the opening of the Panama canal be he the climax of human energy and of ot capacity for organization tion not mere merely 1 will the passage orthe of or the first great ship through h the Isthmus Isthmus isthmus mus alter the relative importance of or navies change the current of ot commerce and fix anew ane tho the relations of races and nations hUl will be written In now new characters acro across s the tho face tace orthe of or the earth Federation of The reaching fir intentions of ot the tho exposition may 1030 bo be jud judged ed from th the plans for Its most Important congresses T 1 I I n t t the hI be ln |
