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And th IMPROVED PERFECTION TINS (with removable bottom), for cakes, pies or bread. STARK STREET Bet. 7th and Park to your own self-interest to see If It is IT IS SOCIALISTIC Turner's Objection to the Ship Subsidy Bill. SPEECH MADE IN THE SENATE The Measure Is Vicious in Principle, Extravagant in Operation and Absurdly Inefficient to Accom plish the Ends. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Probably the only speech on the ship subsidy bill that will be made by a representative of the Pacific Northwest is that of Senator Tur ner, which was delivered today. The Washington Senator, as a member of the pommerce committee, has had unusual opportunities for studying-the subject, and his attack on the bill is therefore the more interesting. "This Is the most remarkable, extraor dinary measure, I venture to say, that was ever before Congress for considera tion," said he in opening. "It is vicious in principle, extravagant in operation, and it is absurdly inefficient to accomplish the ends for which alone it is attempted to be justified. - "I say first that the measure is vicious in principle. It proposes to take out of the National Treasury and give to a lot of people, without any consideration what ever, a large sum of money.. Still other people, under compulsion of law, will be compelled to contribute this money to the National Treasury In the shape of taxes. The effect of this law is to take from one man and give to another. To exact money for such a purpose is not taxation, but spoliation. "I have been appealed to to support this measure because of the supposed benefit it would be to the coast cities of my state. I think I shall slow that this supposed benefit is largel; Imaginative, but if It were all that it s supposed to be, I am quite sure that the good peopla of my state would not have me become particeps criminis to an act for any pdssl ble advantage which might accrue to them. Such legislation is not Democratic or Republican; it Is socialistic. When one industry receives bounty others will de mand and receive It, and soon we shall descend from the general to the partic ular, and give our aid and bounty not to the class, but to the individual, and thus the dream of our socialistic friends will have come true, with this ship subsidy bill as the entering wedge. "One strong objection to all such legis lation as this is that it sows discord among the people, and saps their confi dence in the Justice and impartiality qf their Government. The pretense that this bounty subserves a useful governmental purpose by building up auxiliary cruisers lot use-in. .time- of war would justify a bounty on any trade, pursuit or occpation whatever. Nothing is more necessary in time of war than food. Therefore, the farmers ought to be paid a bounty on agricultural products. In order that the pursuit of farming nllght not languish and the supply of meats and breadstuffs become insufficient. Let us pay bounties on wheat and corn, hogs and sheep and cattle, because our soldiers may need them. I assert that there is as much reason to pay a bounty of 5 cents a bushel on all the wheat raised under our flag as there Is to pay a bounty on all the vessels now under our flag. The Industry of wheatralsing Is languishing. The farm ers of the Pacific Coast find it hard to make both ends meet, because of the se vere competition which they encounter in Russia and Argentina. It Is more Impor tant that we have wheat than ships. But the farmers do not ask a bounty on wheat." The Senator then discussed at some length the export bounty question, going into considerable detail, after which he continued: "England, Gcrmanyt Norway and other, nations whose 'merchant marine has made the greatest strides and now have the largest tonnage pay no bounties, nor any thing in the nature of bounties. Large sums are paid for carrying the mails, a smaller sum Is paid as an admiralty sub vention, and a still smaller sum is paid to officers and seamen engaged in the mer chant marine as a retainer for their serv ice In time of war, and is called payment to naval reserves. They are all payments justified by the exigencies of government, and involve no idea of gift or bounty. They are for service actually rendered. "I say again that this bill is so vicious in principle, and Involves us so enormous ly for so little In return, that to pass It at all, and particularly in its present shape, would be a grave breach of trust, an utter abandonment of our duty to the American people, whose money it is pro posed to spend so lavishly. "I want to say that I take as lively an Interest in the upbuilding of our merchant marine as any Senator, and will go as far as any along proper Governmental lines. I will go as far as any in voting admiralty subventions to swift vessels, built so as to be turned into cruisers In time of war: I will vote for ample service retainers to officers and seamen engaged in the mer chant marine, so that it may become hon orable and profitable for our citizens to enter on a seafaring life; I will vote am ple compensation for mall service to all ports of the globe where our commercial Intrests may require communication. That is what England does: it is more than Germany does, and both are great com mercial powers of the sea, the greatest in the world. The only other thing remain ing necessary to put us in line with them and completely on a par with them, is to permit our people to buy ships wherever they can purchase them most cheaply. The last privilege will not be of moment very long, unless we build up a ship building trust by bounties on top of ex clusion, because if the shlp-bulldlng in dustry be left to natural courses, we ourselves. In less than five years, will be building ships for all the world. Today we could build them more cheaply than any other nation if we had the.shipvard capacity. We produce iron and steel" and all their products. Including ship plates and marine boilers and engines more cheaply than any other people. We are shipping these productions abroad every day. We have the wood and -Uie coal m greater abundance, and. therefore, at less cost than any other nation, and we have the most skillful mechanics and the best sailors the world has ever seen, and If we pay them better wages than other nations, we get an equivalent return in better service performed. It is idle to say. In the face of these facts, that capital in this country will not engage in ship building and ship-owning. It is already beginning to do so, even with our limited yard capacity." Following, the Senator entered Into a somewhat extensive discussion of the tes timony taken before the Senate" commit tee last year and in commenting upon prtcedlng speeches, touched upon the ccst of crews, and the comparison .of Amer ican crews with those of foreign lines. "The country has been led to under stand that the payment of subsidies un der the provisions of this bill was confined to a period of 20 years, and that the sum total which might be paid out under It was $180,000,000. I was surprised, there fore, when I examined the bill, to learn that the subsidies which It provides for run over a period of 30 years, and that the amount required to be paid under Its, provisions Is $270,000,000." With an elaborate set of tables, the Sen ator showed a tonnage "sufficient at the present time, or at least within a com paratively short time, to earn subsidies to the amount of $li,75o,349, making It certain that the entire sum of $9,000,000 to which the annual subsidy is limited, will be absorbed each year from the begin ning, and making It certain that the bill will take out of the treasury, first and last, $270.000,000.,' Referring to the American Line, Sena tor Turner showed that its four fast pas senger vessels would receive annually $1;245,304: on its 15 vessels now run under foreign ftegs. it will receive $712,264, and two new ships now building will receive $230,941, aggregating a total of $2,1SS,509. or within a fraction of one-quarter of the annual sum contributed' as subsidy. He then took up the vessels of other lines, and reviewed the benefits that would ac crue to them in like manner. He then continued: "If anything more be needed to show the extravagance of the bill, it is found in the fact that the. entire world, accord ing to the report of the Commissioner of Navigation, pays for ocean mail service and other incidental service, excluding the sums we ourselves pay for like serv ice, the sum of $19,720,196 per annum. This bill, professedly, is to compensate our merchant marine for the same class and kind of service, and it mdkes us pay $9,000,000, or nearly one-half of what all the world besides us pay. It will make us pay that sum now, when our foreign tonnage Is not one-hundredth' part of that of the balance of the world. If it suc ceeded In giving us the toftnaga which its most sanguine friends predict for it, our foreign shipping will still remain an inconsiderable part of that of the balance of the wor'd. ."I will cite an instance. Whereas we now pay the American Line $485,674 per annum for carrying our mails, ih s bill will give them for the same service $1,245,304. The British Government pays the Cunard and White Star Lines for mail service be tween England and the United States, $796,029. They have 10 fine steamers en gaged In tht service, and they sail twice a week from each coast. This bill pro-H poses to give the American Line $1,245,304 for a weekly mall service between the same countries, with only four steamers engaged In the work. These figures speak for themselves. "The greatest objetlon to this bill out side of its vicious principles, is that it will retard rather than advance the objects Intended to be accomplished by it. Our laws exclude from registry, except by spe cial act. ships built in foreign countries. The Idea was to protect and foster do mestic shipbuilding: but the result has been to drive the shipping industry under foreign flags. This bill, while intended to remedy the deficiency, wlil not do so. "Shipbuilders under the' act, will exact higher prices for building ships for Ameri can owners thanythey will for foreign nur- anaserc bouse they ace "able to5 tO-fltJP". press competition. The shipowners, un der the bill, will build no more ships than they are compelled to in self-defense. It Is true that the allurements of large profits might tempt new capital into, the business, but the certainty of diminished bounty, If the tonnage be increased, will operate against such ventures. Besides, the growth of shipping must be expected, rather from development of existing or ganizations than from the establishment of new Tiec. "I see two overruling conditions which this bill creates to operate against any appreciable and valuable Increase in our foreign tonnage, and they are: First, a favorable condition which disinclines ph'ip owners to reach out or to permit others to do so, and, second, an unfavorable con ...uon which makes It onerous and burden some for them to do so. It Is not well to force things too fast in commercial de velopment. That development which Is thn result of natural, healthy conditions, is the host and safest. What we want and need is cheap ships. We were masters of the sea w.Vn we had them. We are going to have them again In a short time, unless artificial conditions prevent, and then we shall be masters of the sea again. In that day there need be ;io fear that the shipping irtercsi of this country, standing squarely on its own legs, and bravely facing the comnetition of the entire world, will not restore the American flag to Its old-time supremacy on ,the ocean. For one, I have no fear on that score. "If the bill does not Increase American tonnage, wnich li will not, then manifest ly It will have no influence to cheapen the rates of ocp'ir. trhi.sportation. If the ton Pflge remains as u is. will the farmers of the country get any of the benefits of this bounty? Manifestly not. "What Is the objection to returning to the policy of our fathers, under which the American flag dominated every sea of the globe? That policy involved differential duties in favor of goods Imported in Amer ican bottoms, and differential ports, light and Inspection charges, in favor of Ameri can vessels. Such a policy would give us such an advantage In the carrying of ex ports that foreign vessels could not long remain In the trade. This policy would build up. In the shortest possible space of time, an American steam tonnage of cv-n 3,000,000 tons for the accommoda tion of American trade alone, to say noth ing of th foreign trade which we would commence to look after when fully pre pared to take care of our domestic trade. Some timid souls say that foreign nations would retaliate, that we would be no bet ter off than we are now. But they did not retaliate before, and they will not re taliate now. We are not seeking foreign trade any way until we are able to take care of our own. What, then Is the ob jection to this approved policy, which takes no money out of the Treasury, and, more certainly than any other, gives us an adequate merchant marine? The only objection advanced was that of Senator Edmunds, who says that such a course would involve the abrogation of some 17 conventions with foreign governments on the subject of discriminating duties, and that Congress and the President will not consent to their abrogation. Tet ft was only four vears ago that the Republican party In the St. Louis platform declared In favor of this very policy, and Mr. Mc Klnley, in nls letter of acceptance, gave his adhesion to that policy." In clo.ilng. Senator Turner said: "Mr. Pi w 'cent I have never lived ov the sea, and know but little about ships. One does not need much knowledge, how ever, to do a sum in arithmetic, or to reason an elementary proposition. Since it was not nc tssary to do more, to show the Infirmities and u: cultier of this bill, I have felt justified 'n undertaking the task, My Mens are cruce, no doubt, and crudely cj.presse.1. ft such as they are I give them to .the Senate believing that there is truth in tuem and they- have srmo aptness to d'rec the minds of Sen ators Into chaiiiK'l f tbvur-ht and Investi gator, which will Ivj "valuable to them In coiKidctius this rict?mc PITCH LAKE DISPUTE Minister Loomis Delays Pre sentation of His Ultimatum. VENEZUELA GIVEN MORE TIME Situation at the Asphalt Property Becomes Critical Progress of the ""insurrectionists Cludad, Boli var, Is Threatened. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Jan. 29. Advices from Barcelona say that the government troops in that neighborhood are pursuing the Insurgents very active ly. The dispute between the Bermudez t PILOT CARRIED AWAY ON CAPTAIN PETER C. CORDIXER. ASTORIA, Jan. 20. Captain Peter C. Cordlner. the pilot on the mlsslnff bark Andrada, was one of the most popular, as well as one of the most competent and careful pilots on the Columbia River bar. He was born at Cape Breton, In 1S50, and has followed the sea since he was 17 years of age. In 1883 he came to Puget Sound in the ship Ivy. with which he sailed in the Coast lumber trade for about six years, coming to Astoria as master of that ship In 1S80. He left the Ivy to Join the pilot schooner Governor Moody as boatkeeper, and when she was lost ho entered the tugboat service. Captain Cordlner was appointed bar pilot about eight years ago, and has served in that capacity since that time. He went on board the bark Andrada oft the mouth of the Columbia on the morning of De cember 11, and there have come no tldtnc3 of him or the vessel since then. He has a wife and four children living in this city. ' & New York Asphalt Company and the Venezuelan Government is still unsettled. United States Minister Loomis, not wish ing to cause further difficulties for the Venezuelan Government at this time, has postponed the presentation of an ulti matum on the subject. United States war vessels are expected. The Lancaster Is on her way to Gulrla, and the Scor pion Is at La Guayra. The Venezuelan Government has advised the Bermudez company to appeal to the Venezuelan courts, but tho company refused to do so, alleging that the courts are under the Influence of President Castro. On the other hand, it Is said that the United States Minister is making an inquiry Into the dispute, and that as soon as it U ended .attempts to cancel the concessions of the Bermudez company will no longer bo tolerated. SITUATION IS CRITICAL. Only a Few Americans Left to Pro tect Property at Pitch Lake. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 29. According to a dispatch received today from Caracas, a trustworthy engineer who has arrived there from Pltoh Lake reports that the situation is critical. He says that 150 English negroes who were employed to do police duty fled when the Insurgents began firing into the jungles, only 25 Americans being left to protect the property and lives of American fami lies. The manager of the lake implored the United States Legation at Caracas to afford protection, saying that the lives and property of Americans were exposed to guerrilla attacks, firing around the lake was going on nightly, and the Americans are too few to hold out long. United States Minister Loomis. according to the same advices, replied that these reports were possibly exaggerated, but that they could not be Ignored, and that he would wire the facts to Washington. Mr, Olcott, the Orinoco manager, has returned from Caracas, where he went to try to arrange for the release of the steamers and schooners captured by the Venezuelan gunboat near Trinidad. The British owner flew the Venezuelan flag and the crew were not shot. The revolution in Eastern Veriezuela near the asphalt deposits is Increasing, but the disturbances are remote from Caracas, which remains tranquil. Infor mation has reached Port of Spain saying that he Insurgents have retaken Cura pano and will attack Cumanos soon. Steamers are not allowed to land passen gers or malls at Curapano. The com mander of the French cruiser Suchet, which lies there, confirms this intelligence and the reported activity of the insur gents. It appears that an attempt to cap ture Cludad, Bolivar, capital of the State of Bolivar, about 375 miles up the Orinoco, is likely to be made as soon as the insur gents have received a large supply of arms expected. Cables to the Trinidad papers from Caracas are severely censored. (The Vene zuelan Government threatens three Amer ican reporters with forcible expulsion, and Is rigorously suppressing press dispatches to the United States. Even diplomatic messages are tampered with. -President Igleslas TIL . NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The Herald's cor- respondent in San Jose. Costa Rica, re ports that President Igleslas has been se riously ill, but Is now Improving. ARRANGEMENTS AT COWES. Programme for tbe First Part of the Fnnernl Ceremony. COWES, Isle of Wight. Jan. 29. Kins Edward left Cowes for London this morn ing. The Duke of York is suffering irom the strain of recent events, and has been con fined to his home since Thursday. It la feared he will be unable to take part in the ceremonies Friday. The only American wreath which has arrived at Osborne House so far is one from Mrs. Sydney Everett, of Boston, who Is staying on the Isle of Wight. It Is in scribed: "In taken of life-long venera tion." The coffin arrived last night. The non commissioned officers detailed to carry the coffin rehearsed today with a dummy coffin filled with sand, and weighing over half a ton. The main wing of Osborne House is ex pected to become the residence of Princess Beatrice In her capacity as Governor ot the Isle of Wight. The other part of tho house will be reserved for the King. Gen eral Sir Dighton Probyn, Controller and MISSING BARK ANDRADA. J --&-- J, Treasurer of the Household of the Prince irof Wales since 1S77, is mentioned as likely jfto succeed Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton as Master of the Household. This office is in the personal gift of the King. Crown Prince Frederick, of Denmark, Is expected to arrive in London tomorrow. 'Prince Henry of Prussia sailed from Kiel yesterday on board the German battleship Baden, accompanied by the coast-defense ship Hagen. Prince George of Saxony is prevented by Influenza from coming to the funeral. Prince John George will take his place. Duke Albrecht will represent the King of Wurtemburg. The Crown Prince Ferdinand of Roumanla is expect ed Thursday night in London. The Or leans ramily will be represented by the Duke of Chartres, younger brother of the late Count of Paris: the Duke of Alen oon and the Count of Eu, sons of the late Duke of Nemours, between whom and the late Queen, In 1838, Louis Philippe tried to arrange a marriage. , The King's order directing that the drapery of buildings be purple has created no little consternation. Many buildings here In London and In other places are al ready covered with black. It will cause no end of expense to make the necessary alterations. In addition, the supply of purple is already getting short. The coffin will be borne from Osborne House by the Queen's Highlanders, Fri day, at 1:45 P. M., to a gun carriage. The household of the late Queen, the royal servants and tenantry will be drawn upon the carriage drive. The Queen's pipers will lead the procession through the King's gate to Trinity Pier. There will be an lmnoslnc mllltarv dlsnlnv siinnc tn route, massed bands and drummers play ing funeral marches. Behind the coffin will walk Admiral Seymour, first and ! principal aid-de-camp to Queen Victoria j since 1899; the King, Emperor William, the Duke of Connaught, Crown Prince j Frederick William of Germany, the Duke ! of York. Prince Henry of Prussia. Prince i Christian of Schleswig-Holsteln and oth er Princes. Then will rnmp Onun ai. andra, the Duchess of York anJ other Princesses. Blue Jackets will bear the coffin from the pier to the royal yacht Al berta, where Admiral Seymour, four na val aids-de-camp and two ladles in wait ing will accompany the remains. The King, the Queen, Emperor William and other members of thf rnv.il famiiv t,,iii I embark on board the royal yacht Victoria ana AiDert. Russla's Secret Terms. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the Herald from Shanghai says: Russia Is secretly offering the follow ing terms to Manchuria: No money com pensation to be demanded for losses In Manchuria; Manchuria to be restored to China, and the official power" to be Chi nese. Russian officers to administer Man churia, with power to receive all war material, forts, etc.; no arms, forces or arsenals to be allowed In Manchuria; China to allow sufficient Russian-rorces to remain for the protection of "Russian railways. These terms are refused by the Tartar General, Tseng Chi. LI Hung Chang Is urging the appointment of a pro-Russian commissioner, who will ac cept the proffered terms, and he has re quested the execution of General Tseng Chi, who wa3 the instigator of the at tack on the Russian frontier ORDERED TO MANILA Generals Wade and Ludlow Will Go to Philippines. RELIEVING WHEAT0N AND BATES This Is in Accordance With the Pol icy of the Department to Limit the Detail of Offlcers in the Tropics to Two Years. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. By direction, of the President, Brigadier-Generals James F. Wade and William F. Ludlow will be relieved of their present duties and ordered to San Francisco in time to sail on the first transport from that port after March 1, for Manila, where they will report to the Commanding General, Division of the Philippines, for assign ment to duty. General Wade is now in command of the Department of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul. General Ludlow Is a member of the board to consider regulations pertaining to tho establishment of a war college for tho Army, with station at Washington. Ma jor General F. S. Otis, commanding tho Department of the Lakes at Chicago, will, upon the departure of General Wade, as sume command temporarily of the De partment of Dakota, in addition to his present duties. The detail of Generals Wade and Lud low to duty in tho Philippines will en able the Department to relieve two gen eral officers on duty there and give them assignments in the United States. Th.s is In accordance with the policy of tho War Department to limit the detail of offlcers In the Philippines to two years whenever possible, in order not to over tax their health and strength by pro longed service In a tropical climate. It Is probable that Major Generals Lloyd Wheaton, who commands tho Department of Northern Luzon, and J. C. Bates, w'io commands the Department of Southern Luzon, will be among the first high of ficers relieved and granted permission to return to the United States. Wade "Will Relieve MacArthur. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. A special to tho Herald from Washington says: Major-General Arthur MacArthur will be relieved from duty as the command ing General of the division of the Philip pines In April next, and will bo succeed ed by Brigadier-General James F. Wade. HIGH CHURCH EPISCOPALIANS Will Publish nn American Edition of the Church Revlevr. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The Tribune to morrow will say: "At a meeting ot the Catholic Club, of New York, an organization of high church Episcopalians, yesterday, at which Rev. Harry Wilson, of London, and Clifford Kelway, of the Church Review, tho organ of the Catholic party in the Church of England, wtsre present. It was decided to publih an American edition of the English Catholic organ In Philadelphia, with an of fice In New York, and to Join the Catholic parties In England and America for a war on Protestantism, and especially on the Jow church Episcopalians. It was decided that tho Catholic movement in England would be much helre! it the Lord Bishop of I'ochester should 1-3 made Bishop of London. PORTO RICAN FR0TECTI0N, Ask That Coffee Imports From. Other Countries Be Taxed. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Jan. 29. A Joint resolution wa3 introduced In tho House today and adopted, praying the United States Congress to pass legislation levy ing taxes on coffee entering the United States from all countries expect Porto Rico, thus protecting the product of tho island. Jt is understood that Governor Allen Is in sympathy with the resolution. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWSL Congress. Senator Turner made an argument against the subsidy bill in the Senate. Page L Frye gave notice that he would keep tha shipping bill to the front. Page 2. The Senate passed the Indian appropria tion bill. Page 2. The House considered the agricultural bill. Page 2. The President recommends that additional copies of the Consul reports be printed. Page 2. Foreign. Preparations for the Queen's funeral aro nearly completed. Page 3. The Duke of York is sick. Page 3. A revolutionary plot has been discovered in Prussian Poland. Page 3. Bethuen will try to drive the Boers out of Cape Colony. Page 3. ' General. Minister Loomis has postponed the pre sentation of his ultimatum to Venez uela. Page L Generals Wade and Ludlow have been or dered to the Philippines. Page 1. Delegates of the Muskogees in Washing ton advised the Indians to keep quiet. Page 2. Suit was brought in a Cincinnati court to prevent Jeffries-Ruhlin fight. Page 3. Northwest Ireelslatnres. The Oregon Senatorial situation shows no change. The McBrlde forces are not for caucus unless Corbett is withdrawn. Page 4. The Oregon Senate voted to amend con stitution by making State Printer a statutory office. Page 4. Bill for 1-mlll levy to pay scalp bounty warrants passed Oregon Senate. Page 4. A bill for the removal of the capltol from Olympla to Tacoma came up In both houses of the Washington Legislature. Page 5. Bill to divide Washington Into three Con gressional districts was introduced in the House. Page 5. A memorial to ask Congress for money to build The Dalles-Celilo canal has been Introduced In the Idaho' House. Page 5. Pacific Const. A prisoner escaped from the Grant's Pass jail, and Is still at liberty. Page 4. The Baker City Park Commission has been named. Page 4, A change in the plans of the new Salem Postoffice, so as to have it face tha west, is contemplated. Page 4. Portland and Vicinity. President McKInley may visit Portland this Spring. Page 7. Old Mechanics' Pavilion will be torn down. Page 10. New York men sue A. B. Hammond for part of Astoria railroad bonus. Page 8. Columbia Southern suit gets into United States court. Page 8l Miss Van Vleet. of Holladay School, to bo tried for Insubordination. Page 12.