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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, APRIL1 13, 1914. 11 "One of the nicest things about Charlotte is the porches." So said a Charlotte enthusiast. And it's a ten to one shot" the porches that had come under her observation were Vudorized Porches ' '' ' -'r '' ' V. porches equipped with Vudor Shades and there fore' breezy, shady, private, good to look and live upon. . , Vudo: Porch Shades MAKE PORCH LIFE PERFECT. They are made of thin, flat strips of wood (of the kind that endures exposure) closely bound together with strong seine twine.. . . i11 ?:re VeiT easily and readily put up or down or adjusted to any height. They afford complete shade and privacy yet admit the breezes and do not obstruct the outlook. Your choice of artistic and weather-proof greens and browns at pric es within the reach of all. In 4-foot Width $2.25 In 6-foot Width $3.25 In 8-foot Width $4.25 In 10-foot Width $5.50 In 12-foot Width $7.50 Parker - Gardner Company 10 CURB mm.Bruan- Gives Lengthy GRAIMEXCHANGES Washington, April 13. Chairman Henry, ot the house rules committee, .s rapidly completing a- tentative bill io curb gambling on cotton and grain exchanges, 'he stated Saturday. Abso lute prohibition of "puts" and "calls" in grain is said to be one of the prin cipal .features of the Henry measure, i "prohibitive tax upon "futures" spe culation in cotton is also favored by Henry. He will present his bill with athers before the house agricultural committee. Representative Broussard, of Loui siana, was advised tonight that a del nation of cotton brokers from New 3. leans will attend the hearings on he cotton futures bill before the agri .".iTural committee April 22. E. J. Glenny, president of the New Orleans cotton exchange; W. E. rhonmson. former president of the ex hanse, and John F. Clark, of Hay vara and Clark, will head the delega ion to protest against what is declar ct io be legislation which would put ' New Orleans exchange out of busi- Action will be taken by the house 'ules committee on the resolution .for nv?stigation of the cotton and grain xihanges of the United States. Renresentative Harrison, of Mis- Review Of Panama To lls Q nest ion By Associated Press. Washington, April 13. Secretary Bryan in a statement made public to day" lengthily reviews the Panama tolls question, and in the course of the statement declares that the re peal of the tolls exemption in the Panama canal act "cannot be con strued to be a construction of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty," but is "sim ply a refusal on the part of the United States to raise that question in that way.", Mr. Bryan discusses various fea tures of the subject the limiting of debate in the house of representa tives, the Baltimore platform and the effect of repeal, on the treaty. Claiming that the opponents of the repeal had seized upon the charge that the president was "surrendering to England," Mr. Bryan declared that the opposition to the repeal had at tempted to appeal "to prejudice rath er than to reason." - "What has Great Britain done," he asked "to justify the accusation that issippi, said tonight there is a move trying to distate to this coun- ? i00t to' ?5;5 twT She .hf simply called attention "uuiueiu fcupyuit against. gouiuuus otton and wheat futures. He propos es to press his resolution in the for ign affairs committee, looking toward in international conierence ro wipe -ut future gambling in all countries. This, he believes, will be an aid to .he successful operation of the pro posed United States laws, inasmuch .is there is some danger that the bus iness would he transferred to -other countries if prohibited here. ' -; to the terms of the treaty, and asked for arbitration of the question of construction, in case this government differs from the British government in the construction to be placed upon the language. The very men who are so insistent upon construing the trea ty to permit free tolls, delayed for months the ratification of the -treaty with Great Britain because of their opposition to any arbitration of the subject? In . other . words they con strued the treaty to permit discrimi nation, and then objected to allowing any international court, to express an opinion on the subject. If, as a mat ter of fact, the treaty grants the rights which Great Britainclaims, is it a 'surrender to Great Britain' for our nation torepeal a law that raised that question? The repeal of the law cannot be construed to be a construc tion of the treaty. It is simply ' a refusal on the part of the United States to raise that question in that way. In the controversy;; over the Welland canal, Canada withdrew a discrimination which she had made in... favor of Canadian ships,- 'in r der that no cause for friction with the United States authorities in re gard to the matter should exist!' "Why cannot the United States withdraw, a discrimination for the same reason? When; the ; treaty in volved was before the senate for rat ification an attempt was made to so amend it as to permit a discrimina tion in favor of coastwise vessels but it was voted down by a decided ma-, jority. With this record . to support them, is - it strange that foreign na tions question our right to make an exception in favor of American ves sels?" 1 Discussing the president's right to expect the support of congress when he deals with international questions, Secretary Bryan adds: "The -ehief executive speaks tor the nation in international affairs, and it is only fair to assume that he gpeaks advisedly when, he declare that intercourse with other nations is seriously embarrassed by the free- tolls law which he seeks to repeal. "We occupy today a proud position, among the nations; we are the fore most advocate of peace and arbitra tion; we are becoming more, and more a -moral factor throughout the -world. Can we afford to surrender this posi tion? Can we afford to "belittle; the great enterprise which has reached its consummation at the Isthmus? II our nation desires to be measured by intellectual . , and ethical standards, how unworthy to brag of our strength and to threaten to use , that strength. We are ready to fight does not arouse the enthusiasm now that it did a few centuries ago. Brute force is not the level upon which this nation settles its controversies todav. The question is not what we can do but what we ought to dp. The path oE history is strewn with the wreck of nations that boasted that they were all powerful. This question must be decided on moral principles and not by the counting of our regiments and battleships. What shall it profit a na tion if it conquers the whole world and loses its faith in the doctrine that righteousness exalteth a "na tion?" Mr. Bryan was a member of the resolutions committee of the Balti more convention and his observations on the platform constitute his first utterance on the subject. Mr. Bryan argues that there are two planks in the Baltimore . platform, pertiment to the discussion, one which declares the belief of the democratic party in the encouragement of the merchant ma rine but states that it should be de veloped "without imposing addition al, burdens upon the people and with out bounty or subsidies from the public treasuries," and a second plank declaring in favor of the exemption from tolls of American coastwise ship. Mr. Bryan declares that the op position to bounties is a doctrine "for which the democratic party has stood from time immemorial." He refers to the exemption plank as a "little plank", and to the pronouncement on bounties and subsidies as the "larger plank" and says: "What opiate does the little plank contain that it can make those who accept it oblivious of the larger plank? By what rule of construction can the small plank he made binding and the large one ignored? The se cret of the strange power exerted by the little plank is to be found in the fact "that it carefully conceals the means by which it is to be carried out. Had the word 'subsidy' or 'bounty' been inserted In this plank, it could not have secured the en dorsement of the convention because the contradiction between this plank and . the , larger plank would have been immediately apparent. If the same care, had been used in the . draw mg ot this plank that was used in the drawing . of the plank on the merchant marine it would have read as ..follows: "We favor the ex emption from toll of American ships engaged m coastwise trade passing' through the canal but without impos ing additional burdens upon the peo ple and without bounties or subsi dies from the public treasury.' . , "But even if the platform had not contained within itself a complete re futation of the position taken by the advocates of free tolls, the. , presi dent would have ' been justified in the position that he took by the changed conditions which confronted him. A platform is a pledge and is as bind ing upon an official as the command of a military officer is upon a subor dinatedthe statement; Cannot be made stronger. But the subordinate officer is sometimes compelled to act upon his judgment where a change of which the commanding officer -" is., not aware has taken place in conditions. It is not only -the right of the subor dinate to judge the situation for himself where conditions have changed since the order was given; but it ; is his duty to do so. In the case under- consideration thep resi dent takes responsibility for 'an offi cial act which he regards as neces sary for his country's welfare, and the .people must decide whether or not he i3 justified; and those who re fuse to act with him also assume re sponsibility and they, too, must abide the judgment of the public. Such a change has taken place since the Bal timore platform was adopted. Had the democrats in convention assembled been confronted by "the condition whic hnow exists and had they known what those now know who vote dfor repeal, no such plank would ever have been placed in the ! platform. . The convention's attention was not even brought to the fact that majority of the democrats in the house had voted against the free tolls measure and that it had in fact been passed by a combination of a minor ity of the democrats and a majority the republicans." '. Mr. Bryan says that platform planks dealing with international questions, must be accepted with, the understanding "that we act jointly with other nations in international affairs' that even if the plank had not been contradicted by another plank in the platform and even if it "had not concealed a subsidy policy repug nant to democratic principle and his tory," that even if conditions had not changed, a platform plank should be taken on international questions a the expression of a wish rather than as the expression of a determination, for no nation can afford to purchase a small advantage in the face of a universal protest NEW YORK OFFICIAL' WANTS PLACE ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SEND US YOUR .N !T5)M Y ... : f'vfL'", " J J lift rW$d- -. THE CHARLOTTE LAUNDRY ; ' ?yg Wl-M 444?: .v Phones - ': ' ... 445 l;!pMn53ii FOR jab phiwtimgI mSLis. m jmm&m t.. ... , 1 , ....... . iwmmmmmm 1 wmwm-m Refri II sdr-' " - . " I Kf ..... :i New York, Apri 13.-E. D. 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EZELMIYERS CO. f ....... ... 1 ; If a nation," continued the secreta- 12 & 14 W. 5th. St., Charlotte The Old Keliable ramts ana . Glass Dealers. ry, - desire . to array itseii against! the world, it should be sure that the thing which it is to gain, is worth what it costs. The president, knowing that every commercial nation except our own construes the treaty as a pledge of equal treatment, would have been recreant to his trust had be failed to -point out to the American people that our diplomatic relations would be seriously disturbed by -.the carrying out of the free tolls policy." Considering the repeaj measure upon its merits, Mr. Bryan said there were just two quetions .to' be decid ed: First I tis desirable for the demo cratic party to abandon its historic position and become the advocate ot subsidies and bounties? 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