Show MUCH I fUR FOR TIlE PEOPLE Reason Advanced by for Quitting His Job as Lord H High ig h Ca Canal al Builder I MONEY TEMPTED WALLACE RESIGNED TO HELP THE TItE NEW Cit City Ja Shouts who sp p here tonight as the guest of the Knife and Fork club at tits its arrived in Kansas Cit City this from the east To ro the thet t d Press Pres he said saidI I r as nt of the Pa railroad and steamship lines lr Is i Cl auxiliary 1 Y to the first position 1 or of chairman f the o canal corn com ids s the latter My Iy re f the chairmanship of the he canal commission therefore re that of president of the railroad and team hh Ible Mr Il sai said In the course ourse of nn an i irie regarding his r ro i 1 have hav ore exactly what I I should the isthmian commission Th re was no fric ti a bit of frIction President Was Willi Willing ng Referring to the t tal i in Ne New York th that t acted as John F Wallace the former formel chief engineer r had In re resigning resigning signing for a position that meant more monc money Mr Ir Shouts said uN Non w why should men say such I should not have resigned at atall all If the president had not consented lii In advance The presIdent realized that the opportunity was exceptionable and that I mIght do much for New York Yok in assuming charge of the In ugh railway The n canal work has passed the tho creative Is can anti and will go right ahead success successfully successfully fully under the direction or of Mr Ste Steens ens if I had r Jt ned I should not have been in the Isthmus any more than now and for this thia reason I had organized the forces or es so that Mr Ste Stevens veu vens and ana his colleagues could go and take an any action required sUbject t to m my approval I hope Mr Stevens will be left In charge of the work Asked in regard to statements pub published in tan newspapers to the 01 e red tape regulations had in interfered Interfered with his work as g chairman ot of the canal commission Mr said 5 No Red Tape I can stand lio the government must Dem be more r rl l re c or tul ns kii lI th t talk is i fO Even Eyen Eveni i 1 dl not like r red tri e there was vas no friction In the commission or between me and any other department or of the go ii I had no trouble with Mr lIr Stevens I I n never Ver contemplated the construction of the canal I E organized the engineer engineerIng Ing and executive features and brou brought ht order out ot of confusion You inay sn y be added th t this Is one ona government nt job that Is reIgned with every possible feeling ot of s sund und and good will from both sIdes I hope I have made that clear Mr was called to the stat statement ment l last t night at London oy by PhIlIppe B former minis minister ter ler of Panama t to the United States was as saying that the Ideas of the French engineers for tor build buildIng building Ing the Par Panama ma canal are 11 more feasible than those of American engineers Oh Mr Varilla Mr Ir said with a laugh well ell the French Idea had a go good d long trial It that a iott good ansWer |