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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1902)
p.lHMTIONGi Points Out a Facts Few !AS NOT NEGLECTED COOS BAY INTERESTS Coal Competition Shut Out ugiuccrs Rcsjxnisibie for the Jetty Proposition IIOCSKOf RKrnCSKSTATlVKS, Washington CjiY, D. C Apr 10, 15X)2 To the Editor ot tho Cojut Mail Marsh ikld Ork. A copy of your editorial of tho 20th ult. has just bconeont to me. In that urticle tho claim is undo in substanco thnt I hvo neglected tho intereJts of Coos Bay. That your section of tho Mate "lind been petting tho chilly shoulder" that Portland is jealous of your growth and "that I am too closely in sympathy with Portland." Tho ex pression of theso statements ia certainly n very great surprise to me, It ia to bo regretted that yon did not specify more particularly. Tluit would havo limited the inquiry into tho foundation of these staterncnte. But let ua review the facta briefly and see whether they bear out (his claim. I became n member of Congress March 4, 1S97. Tho year prior to this there had been imported into California, al most wholly into Sau Francisco, about 3 J 0,000 tons ot to-called Anthracite coal. This importation had been mado frco of dnty, as Anthracite coal was then and now is on the free list. It was not gen uine Anthracite coal. Tho importation was fradulent. But tho law did not prescribe any test, o! define Anthracite. This 3ip,0CO tons of coal was a vary seri ous competitor in tho San Francisco market with coal exported from Coos Bay and vicinity. The Ways and Means committee had substantially completed the Dingley bill when Con gress met in special session, and it was impossible to induco tho members to v5MvSSv&ir' Ail: a SSKSSS "CT"" healthy woman wlint she would V V sel1 hcr health , N for and she would tell f I i. v r UU unit niw ""iw" . 4J vdiamonds in the world 3 7f5 could not buy it. hat I? F$a use ur hamond rings ,0 h kr$$Ai emphasize the shrunken fij&a HJers or earrings to light PrtGa up the checks hollowed bj WW disease? nix? Health ia the first rcnuisitc !&?ito wonianlv hannines. General kill-health in women lias its ori (gin in local womanly dibeases. Cure the diseases of the delicate womanlv orcanism and the iren- crnl health is perfectly restored. The remarkable benefits ex perienced from the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription are due to this medicine's per. feet cures of womanly diseases. It establishes regularity, dries weakening drains, heals hifinin. mation and ulceration and curcf female weakness "It afford me gnat pleaiurs to U able to say a few word in rtjjurd tc the nicriti of Dr. lierce J'iwriU Prescription and liU Oolfc:n Medical Diieovery,' wiit Mr. J'lorit Km, ol Dallas. Jackson Co., Mo. "I vrai tempted to try these medicine aftei keciug the effect ujjou my mother At au early ttnice of married life I wai grrativ twthcred with painful t,-ri ods, alto a troublesome drain which rendered me very weak and unfit for work of nuy kind. I became mi thin there was uotbing left of me but kin and bone. My husband became alarmed and tot mc a bottle of ' 1'a vorite Prescription ' After he saw the wonderful effect of that cue he gol me two more, aud after I used thost up there wait no more pain, and I be gan to galu in fleih ery rapidly " " Favorite Prescription " make weak women strong, tick women well. Acccept no substiute foi lilMw. me nicuicnie which ur3 won ders for weak vomeo, mnKoimy cVange, or io amend. "ttb old Uw'm tliaf particular: Wholly thrbigh my efforts with tho Bonato connnlUoo, and with tho Bonnto, tho bill, was amend etl prescribing a test for Anthracite coal and defining what constituted it to on titlo it to bo admitted froo ot duty. As a result, tho total Anthracite coal imported into tho United States during tho last fiscal year amounted to just one ton. A serious comptltor to tho Ore gon conl in tho San Francisco market was removed. My wholo effort In this direction was for tho purpose of assist ing tho coal Industry in tho vicinity of Coos Bay. When I entered Congress, thoro was lying in tho treasury, tho sum of 27, 3f0,00, appropriated for tho purposo of drcdglug tho inner harbor of Coos Hay and removing certain obstruction, prin cipally nt what is called tho Hog. Back. Tho appropriation, however, was entire ly useless, because tho terms- of tho act required that it should be first expended in the construction ot n dredge. Tho engineering department alleged that tho construction of cucli a dtedgu would ab sorb tho outiro sum, leaving nothing for ts operation, and therefore had refused to extend n dollar. It is unusual to legislate on such subjects except through the river nud harbor bill. I succeeded, however, in getting the law changed, a year prior tothu passage of thclliverand Harbor bill, authorizing tho money to be expended, under contract, anil tho work was completed. Now in referenco to P.ivcr and Harbor bills. It has been usual to pass onu through each Congress. There has been only one passed since mj firct becoming n member. This certainly is not my fault. It was continued from the long to the short session in tho first Congress of which I was a member owing to the oxponso entailed by the Spanish war. In the Inst Congress, it was killed be causo of the unusual supply of gas goner ntrd by Senator Carter, of Montana. When thoKlvernndHarbor net was past ed during tho Congress preceding my election Mr. Hermann was a member of theRiverandHarbor committee of tho House, ranking noxt tochairmnn. Sena tor McBrldowasa member of tho Com mittee of Commorco in the Senatu which handles thoHivcr and Harbor bill. Sen ator Mitchell was a mombcr of the Son ate, serving a third torm, n gontlcman of long experience, thorough acquaint ance with the members of the Sunatu and themotho.1 of its work. Finely the interests of Oregon a.iJ of Coos county were in good and efficient hands. Thero cau beno controversy upon that subject. That bill carried in nil in round numbers in cash appropriated and contracts nu thorized, 172,000,000. Tho largest Hiver and Harbor hill ever pawed in tho his tory of tho country. It carried for Oro- gon, fncluding the Columbia Hivor be tr.il T,4trtt,,1 tn 4nli nnfl i, . Iia1 ....1 I contracts 91.101.300. The ..ppropria-1 tionu in which Coos Day was intorcstiHl amounted to ?M0,3!0. Tho items were us follows ; Coos Pay nnd Harbor M.OOO 00 , ", ' t I 'rtf.U I'lVOI h I II r.ll Inner Harlwr'orCooRitv.:::: lV.m'oo' CwiullluKivor at its month .. 20,000 00 Coiiuilleliiyorabuvo tho City ,, n' ofCo,lullle Jff!! Total $H0.3W).CO I , ,. ,, . Tho nextltiver and Harbor hill passed. was during the first Congress of which I was a member. I was notn mombcr ot thoRivor andliarbor cemmittee, and Ore gon had hut one member hi tho Somite. The bill was n very fmall one. carrying but little over .'501iXG,000. about forty per cent of the nmount carried by thu bill In lbt)0. This bill carried for Oregon rivers and harbors, including the Colum bia Hivcr below Portland, JIEO.MO, or less than one-four h of the bill of 1800. Yet this bill carried for improvement!) in which Coob Day was interested tlm sum of f2o2,O0O. The respective items were as follows: C003 bay nt the entrance f 1.10.000 Coos river H.OOO Coquillo Hivor, below Coqullle.. 4Qii) Coquillo Hiver, above Coqullle. . li.tOO Total 202.CXX) In other words, in tho only Hiver and Harbor bill paured uhiee I havo been u member of Congress, a bill which, con tained 10 per cent of the bill of WJti, the apnroprlatipnB. for the rivers and bar dpors in which Coot county is intoroited Woro Increased ovor 50 per cent. In tho River 'And Ilnrbor bill ot ISM. tho Coos county Itnprovotnints woro loss than 1 i per cent of tho Oregon appropriations, while in tho Hlvor and Harbor bill of 1800 they wow ovor 10 per cent. Cor tnluly this doen not look Hko the Inter ests of Coos county had been neglected so far. Perhaps thoro is somo claim t thnt your interests nro not properly provided for in the ponding bill. It in rather carlv to criticiso this bill. It is (not yet completed. A river nnd hnrbor bill is the joint product of tho Homo and Scn nto. A member of tho llouso does the best ho can for htn constituents. Tho members of tho Sonata supplement his efforto and secure what I hoy can, as far as they believo right, of the increases provided for by the Senate. This bill ?o far represents whnt onu member fn a body of li'u has been nbje to accomplish. Oregon has two Senators in n body com posed of IK) num. Senator Perkins U it member of tho Committee ouCuimuurce in tho Senate thnt 1ms charge of this bill, and is personally and vitally inter ested iu n busmen way in Coos buy. Certainly the interests of Coos county n ill not bo neglected thoro. What in creases they will be nb!o to obtain yot remain, to bo seen. But what nro tho complaints made ngninnt the bill as It passed tho House? Certainly none so f tr as 1 have heard except that it does not contidu n pro vision for rettoilng the juttv nt the mouth of Cooi bay to its original i height. Now a few words in referenco, to this aud tho dllllculties that I have1 .... . . ... i uecn compelled to meut. iliu hill as preparod by tho Houeu carries practi cally iiW.noO.OOO. The Kngineerlng De partment has recommended llivor nud Harbor improvements in various nro tlans of tho country us worthy of being undertaken by tho government that will rtr.uk lh i (.VI , f . .....M..1.. rrl... tuc. f.ni'r,ti,, ui iinniue. iiiti) committee was only nblo to take caro o! one-flfth nf theso improvements in the present bill. Had the Knginuorlug De partment recommended further appro priations for this jotty, it would still have been dillicult to procure the full amount. On tho contrury, thoy hnvo not recommended such appropriations, but steadily 'oppotod them. When it was called to my attention thnt tho jetty was deteriorating nt tho soa end. a year ago, I examined the reports ot the Kn- Iiirieermg Department, ihate reports insisted that the money on hand was sulllcieiit to secure all the improvement which the government had undertaken to procure. I corresponded with ofllcers in Orogon directly, and Ilfjl 1 nlso throttgh tho Chief of Ilnglnoees. I en close jou tho correspondence to far un receive', not copies, hut tho original. flip,' n to that, Colonel Mnckerxie, who has charge of therhersnnd harbors I" Orison iu thH olllee of the Chiet of Engineers, enrno before tho committee and positively refused to recommend ' any present appropriation. It In assert-1 . ft ,,,.., lvJI Bttn flint rint f.'tMinliiiHllnf vwi mw i.. "ti .vV, ,m iiw.n.tdi'inimiiii the lowering of ihe end of tho jetty nt the sea end, that thu jotty la still doing the work intoridod that it should do. T't it is securing the depth of waler originally intended to bo secured, that, the lowering of tho jetty wns rnoro or11'?10 U1" ',?0," ol UIU w"010, lesB expected, nnd has been, and is do-, ing, nud will do, no harm. It ie further I insisted that tho jetty han not yet low ir cd aa much as It probably will bo, nud that ut any rate, it would bo prudent to wait until it has fully eottled bofore at tempting to rebuild it. Tho Depart ment further says that it will take, in- .ln.llmr tlwi oncli nn Imiul l.r,'l "'! "1(1 ., U...U...ft ..... w..w.. v. .., !.-.,-... .w , restore the jetty. That ol thi-i Hum only $107,?ol 20iHthoo3tlmatcd atlmatcd cost ol i.lae- in,, ,i. ,,,,, l tl.n ,,,mv .,i n,n. I remaining Eiiin. between fl0,30 niI(i f 1 fD0,0G0 vill bo for expenses, largo proportion of expenses. A vcrj Tho ofllcers further recommended that in vluw of tho expenses involved of ro. pairing tho tramways, etc., it would ho univieo to appropriate any money uuleas tho whole sum amounting to ovor $112, 000 bo appropriated. In view of theso rccommcudatioiiB, it was impossible for me, as It would have been impooBiblu ioT any living man to induco thu com- muteo.to mnko.thts appropriation. After tljomnttor had boon apparently, .lnl,ln.r 1 ,11,1 (lnnllv miprnnit In 'nrnviill' Ing upon tho comiulttoo to nuproprtnto rlvor lo ItnporMlvoly nooiltnl iui.1 noodod ,r-vV hi t.i H iiiio'ii Xnnos, On tho contrnry, not a single $10,X which, with tho tlltfW. on me1,0r of 0 KnuineorliiR Depwl; hntul, can bu used for ninlntunanco, for dredging and otherwise, ami absolutely inoures tho mnlntoimncoof the present channel until nuothor ittvor ami llurlior bill can bo pnpsed, tho Jotty will; have fullv settled, nnd the effect will have been ascertained. In tho inulii tounucoof your clinuuel, with Its present depth o water is what Is needed thnt has boon nlrendy secured, without nuy ameiidhteiits iu the Senate. If tho ex penditure of a largo sum ! money is needed, I hnvo been unnblo to secure that, and I do not believe tlitft any mnn lit my plnru could havu douo no -In the House. TheSeitnto may, and I hope will inorensu tho npproprintloii. l'oisl lily If tho appropriation in' bl)', had bornutho eamo annronrlatiou to tho'..,! bv tho fact thnt tho lotnincrto of nmount provided provided for Oregon as J Coos bay hns not liierenred of Into, 'was tho billot lS.m, mid the lemulmlur c - U'sn last jo.tr than (or tevetal ynnrH pn'it, proprlatcd in this hill, no objections cxco.it one, and li losn than onu-linlf the would have been iiuule. Hut certainly uoniinerco n-vcrnl yens ago. if tho appropriations were so liberal A letter from a frleud itl Coos bay In thou, I hut none now are actually need- ( dlcates that thero in (oiiiedluittlifnutlun ed, there hIioiiUI bu no complaint Hindi. ' bccaiuo provit'on wan not insdn for Iu other words, the pioplo of C00.1 bay i-ttt.ilit' ttnl l iAtitnln!tl ltMi tltlt K'flplf tl'tlM ' provided (or too rapidly under a former bill. Tlili letter Is too long nh-eady. But permit me to hrktly notice another statement in your editorial. I do not btfliavo Portland Is jealous of the growth ol Coob county. Portland, however, mint nuswer this charge for hersrlf. ft 1b not In the First Congressional Dis trict, it does not help to either nomi nate or elect mo to Congtees. 1 owe Portland no political favors, nud no pub lic duty, that I do not owe to nil nt the state of Oregon. My ilrst obligation and tlret duty is to the people who send mi! hero. But tho Columbia river la u ; grott r.nli',iirl highway. It curries the rmnmttrfri hirifolv of tlircft ttntoii. The foreign exiKirtn nud imports ucgrrgato! something 'like fl3iH) annually. The condition ot the mouth ot that great river directly concerns, not only every portion of the First Congressional District of Oregon, but directly every portion ot tho Northwest. Its improve- raont does not concern Portland alone. it does not even tnucarn the statu of Oregon alone, but It is ot vital import - i mice to every part of tho voiigrorsionnl i dNtrict which 1 represent. It ii true, i important In n leal degree to tho south- wetto.n portion of the district. It of. feels the price of tho pr-vluct of every ...v... w.,f, u ..v.. ... ... tkftflf f llia till t.nvrtl llllll. kSII.II ttiltfl 111 ', , ' .............. , tho prop'. 'j of thu statu. Thero nro .mm.,,, uu n nun iuiis o. cunimorcf, nud 9-.-J,i iMfongora J.aising over thu Cohur.bin tivr bnr every year. Thero ;''.; ' W t,' roinmoicu """""""""- c"'u "' , ,.u """"' """, ?"" ""' ui'" """ mt n" tl l'. . ' ?," ,",l1Httl0 ,,u . , r ," , ", " " "' "' LU more water than exists nl tlm to C-oa hay. The old Jutty !h Dllll ill'- , ., '?"" Ml,l .M!" lM" B,,T, " . ""' nud tho ehttiini'l is still This condition U critical. If s,,uo m WfCK. l"u u' orlli. u... i ciiiiuiii uu miiiv iu reiiniiii nuro n single day. Vet while thu upproprla - tion rarrUtl by tho profit hill In hy far Iho InrgoH ever umdofor thnt river, and i.i intended to cover the expenditures for nt least three ynars.it Is. only about ?l portoii rortliufiniiiinl t radio In a bill carryltiK IWJ.MW.OfXJ. While tho appro ...,,.... ,,.....,.. . ,, , !"""' ", r mu orurnnco '" u"" "' " ' io.m ui O.Ukj.OWI wore .! T,0 per ton. Itrge .... il... ..,.,...! .ft. l.:..k 1 . 1 I. .. I. ; ' i '--"' i'' " " ..,u,wu,u l of thu Columbia river, it iIoch not de tract one dollar from the expenditure at Coos hay, further than thu expenditure of a like nmount of money for the im provement ot tho mouth of tho harbor nt Jlobtnu. Kueh project stands upon its moritp, nud tho appropriation 1b detei mined by thu amount of commerce, by tho actual present needa of commerce, and the benefits to bo derived froln the oxpomllturo. Thu entire ICiigineoring Popattmont, nud every mombcr of the Hiver aud Harbor Coanaittoo thorough- u,' wnuitioii is cm cai. 1 Army, for lhW, part I, pp. Dim Iti), pro. " ""t eMleor loimnwlyll, I ehonld vldes for obtaining a ehannol through 'o recreant to my duty, not only to tl.0 Ul bar at tho ontraueo to tho bav hav- I),:0,,,?n ll' 'lTai C(.",rBHl:",nI 01,!l Iho depth of 20 feet nt low tidetor iy bollovo tlint Ibo oxpomllturo of, tho IllOlinv nt lllO IllOlltll ol tllO Colllinlllft' nieiit. or n sltmlo other member ol tho Klvor nnd Harbor Coinmlttco cnultl lit Induced tosbelivn by nnythliig 1 could do or say Hint tho appropriation for ro storing tho height of tho julty nt Coos bay In a present presulug need. Iho bust that unit be raid Is that the result In doubtful. That conditions may innkn it necessary, but lhr,t In Iho meantime, ample provision has linen made to pro tect the nnvigntlon of Coos bay. Theso conilltlouiioxplnln why lUwnti compara tively vMy to sccuro an appropriation for tho mouth ot tho Columbia rhur, but Impossible to secure i luritu appro priation for residing tho jetty nt Coos bay. 11 might Just o well bo liankly ndmlttud tliut thodllllculty was Incrons- , tome Improvement! within tho lmf It any such impibvomoiiifl nro muiuu, none have rivr been cnllnd to my atten tion, i-ltlinr by tlm people, or by report of nuv englmierliig oltlcor. I am not writing thin ns an poh;y, or In order to solicit votes. 1 write it iu tlm lull coiiM-Iousneiin that 1 have done my full duty towards Coos county, and submit the facts to the camlU! judgment of your iHJople. Ittttncclfiilly yours, TllOH. II. To.N'flUK. CORIiliSI'ONDIiiVCI: AND REPORTS OF IliiGliNEliRS llOW They Sal Down on Turllicr Appropriations For Hie Coos Day Jelly. Poirrtaxn, Oni:, Jan. -'1. 1001. Ho. Tnos. II. Tonoui:, M. C, iloiisoof Iteprownttitlvw, I'.S,, Washington, D 0, ' Sins I havu the plranro (o acknawledgt th rcCelpt of your letter of the 1U Itistant, wliichyoti m,iet Inforrnallon alul the Coos Bav iiiiprovoment. Tho print- Ld rowrli of th War Dtparluunt up- j,oar , coy(ir tiw J.roU( M) ,VU tJ,nl t . uoes noinpiKinrnicessary to nttil nny- " . tlttntr mifipliill i ti.u' I H "I- - 1 " " T, ,B,orV .jondltloil, etc., of ll.o Co08 ,Jnv jlll((.vi.nimit mny uo Mimm,j HMf0ion.. it-f,,,,. i,ni,rov-i,,i i!, )lupl, ,,, lll0 0,in,IIIU, ,, , lmr nl the entr.tnco lolholuy was about lOf.-et at low tide (or about 15 feet at liljth l!.l Tl.o preient project f-r improvement (report of Hoard (.f Knglneerh dated Ocl- nllHr "7. IKH'1. Iilllillul II tl.i. i.tinnl "'Prl ot tlm CUM at KuglneerH. t;. -. ! --- I - ... ..... nh'mt i'5 feet at high tide). Tho Hoard , of OIHcOm ontiiwtt.d that n north Jotty u,00 leet long ami it south Jetty 1,200 : (,.t long would both cost LM'W.II' 20. (Operations iimhrthii- prrj.otlmvu Huh fftr been oonfliied to thu construction of tho north Jutty. nnd havo resulted in practically coinpMing that jstty ihrouuhoiil itti onliro lenglh of about I two inlk'H. ah to how eucceSHful Iho ,,ror,B obtain tlm projected depth nt pj feet ul low tlilu have lieen, ntleiillou In Ih uvitod to thofollowliigoxtnu'tHfiom the niiuiinl reports of Iliu War Department for the past five or fix yearn: A vast amount of sand hud boon Im pounded and a miulmitn depth of 20 feet nt low water muiiitnini'd over tho bar (pngellll, AiiiiiihI ltoport, Chief of Kn gineeru, 1615. Dnr!"" t'm winter, us tho eiirockmeut slowly grow, it marked change look placo in tho bar channel, and a depth of 28 foot at ordinary hlfch water was attained. A bar depth of 21 to 28 foot has boon Concluded on miventh jiago M' ' ,iv l ,. J-