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THE MOENING OREGOIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 7, 1900. STRATHGYLE SAILS TODAY BIQ SASfTEJ FE LIXER COMISG TO PORTLAND FOR. FLOUR, lAbergreldie Due From the Orient Shu- daj Don Mara Sails for Japan. With. "Wheat Marine Notes. The big steamship Strathgyle, which In net registered tonnage -will be the larg est steamship that has come to Portland since the days of the Great Republic, will sail from San Diego for this port to day. The Strathgyle Is in the Same Fe lino's Oriental service, and, after tak ing on about 4000 tons of flour at this port, will return to San Diego to nil out her cargo with cotton. The latter com modity is so bulky In proportion to its weight that it Is much safer In loading a steamer to have her lower hold filled with flour or some other freight equally as heavy In proportion to the space it oc cupies. The Strathgyle was built more with a view to carrying big cargoes than making fast time, and accordingly she will not reach Portland much, If any, be fore Sunday. Her Portland cargo will be supplied by T. M. Stevens & Co., who also supplied the cargo for the Thyra, of the same line. The big liner Abergeldle Is due from the Orient about the same day- as the Strath gyle, and It is not improbable that the steamship Columbia, of Dodwell's line, will come up from San Francisco about the same time and load a cargo for the Orient. The year's business is starting in under most favorable circumstances, and, with a continuation of the present big demand for Oregon products in the Far Bast, the Oriental shipments for 1900 will break all previous records. FUEL AND MATERIAL. l&merlcaa Shipbuilders Have Advan tages Over Those of England. The London Shipping World, in an arti cle on the American shipping subsidy bill, 'presents the following facts, which are handled very gingerly or overlooked en tirely by the advocates of the big graft: "As we pointed out last week, it is im posslble to Justify this bill upon economic data. The American workman, we are told by Mr. Carnegie, is worth two Brit ish workmen. We also know that he works nearly 10 hours a week longer than the British artisan. It Is contended by the mlneowners of the United States that Iron and coal can be mined and brought to the furnace cheaper there than in the United Kingdom. And we know, more over, that American-made ship-plates are Imported by Messrs. Harland and Wolff and other shipbuilders for the construc tion of vessels in British yards. More over, every Informed person having to do with shipping matters knows that an American and an English ship at any for eign port pay precisely the same wages to their seamen and firemen, and that the assertion of Mr. Payne, M. C, that a ship sailing under the American flag paid higher wages than British shlp3 Is mere nonsense expressed through ignorance; for, certainly, we do not believe that Mr. Payne would consciously misrepresent facts. In the face of these economic con ditions, the United States Congress will undoubtedly pass this bill In the interest of American shipping. It will not listen to the demand of our contemporary for a modification of the bill; and the measure will be pressed through by the strength and Influence of the American shipbuild ing syndicate." CONTRACT FOR T3TW STEAMER. To Be Built In Portland and Go on the Tillamook Run. ASTORIA, March G The contract was awarded today for the new steamer that Is to take the place of the R, P. Elmore, on the Astoria-Tillamook route.. The to tal -cost of the boat will be about 517.000 Johnson, of East Portland, will build the hull, and the Wlllamet Iron "Works the engines. The contract price for the latter Is 510.000. The steamer El Hurd was fined $500 to day by Collector Fox for carrying 12 pas sengers on her trip from Deep River this morning, when her license permits her to carry only six. Captain Salte, with his steamer O. K., has been successful in picking up the lost anchor of the British bark Samaritan and will place it on board the vessel, when she comes down the river. At a regular monthly meeting of the Oregon Pilot Commission, held today, In structions were issued to place the state pilot schooner San Jcse In commission to take the place of the Joseph Pulitzer, as the latter is in need of some minor re pairs. OX FIRE AT SEA. Norwegian, Ship Abandoned in Mid Ocean. PHILADELPHIA. March 6. The Amer ican Line steamship Rhineland arrived here today from Liverpool and reported having sighted the Norwegian ship Sol helm, lumber laden, from Mobile January 23, for Fleetwood, England, abandoned and on fire. The Rhineland sighted the burn ing snip February 27, in latitude 45.35, long itude, 3S.1L The American Hner went to the vessel to take off any who might be aboard the ship, but found no signs of life. The" fife was burning fierce ly from the stern to amidships. All the sails of tho ship had either been scorched or burned. The Solhelm Is supposed to have carried a crew of from 15 to 20. Her captain's name was Metzen. "WHEAT FOR THE ORIE1VT. Japanese Steamship Dojru Mara Clears for Yokohama. Portland yesterday dispatched the sec ond Oriental wheat cargo that has been shipped from the Pacific Coast. The one clearing yesterday was hardly as large as the first of the fleet, as much of the space aboard was taken up by a ship ment of lumber. The vessel which car ries this cargo into a comparatively new field for wheat shipments is the Japa nese steamship Doyu Maru. She was cleared by J. C. Robinson for Yokoha ma, with 51,538 bushels of wheat, valued -at $2S,000, and 1675 barrels of flour, valued at $4150. The steamer also carries 105,131 feet of lumber, valued at $1800. She left down the river yesterday, and will cross out from Astoria today. Lumber Drogher In Trouble. The bark Sebastian Bach, which was reported bound for Portland from Japan, but which is believed to be chartered for the Sound, is in a serious condition at Honolulu. Latest Honolulu papers have the following regarding her: "The bark Sebastian Bach, lying out side, is being fumigated before coming in. She is In a pretty badly damaged condition and leaking at the rate of about three or four Inches per hour. This water is kept down by the -windmill aboard, and is easily controlled while the vessel is at anchor. In a seaway the bark leaks very badly, and she is generally considered by men who have seen her to be in a pretty bad fix. She is nearly 30 years old and has had some hard usage. A board of survey will probably be appointed to In spect the vessel. The captain wants to stay outside until he can communicate with her owners. It Is not yet settled what Is to be done. In anticipation of bringing her in the fumigation is now being done." Overdue "Whaler Safe. SAN FRANCISCO. March 6 The Pa cific "Whaling Steamship Company's steam er "Walcott, which had been considered lost, is reported safe and on her way from Unalaska to Sitka. The company has re ceived a telegram announcing that the "Walcott had left Unalaska. 10'days behind schedule time, caused by unavoidable de lay. The steamer Excelsior, for whose safety some apprehension was also enter tained, is reported safe, and expected to make Seattle within a day or two. Blythxvrood la DintrcMB. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6. The Mer chants' Exchange has received a dispatch from Valparaiso, saying that the British ship Blythswood, from Oregon for Cape Town, has put into the southern port In distress. On the 6th of January the ship encountered a severe gale. Part of her bulwarks xcre destroyed, her lifeboats damaged, her cargo shifted and consider able other damage done to rigging and deckhouses. Two Oriental Ships. TACOMA, March 6. The liner Brecon shire cleared today for China and Japan with freight to the value of J196.0S2. Of this amount, $95,100 is cotton and the bal ance Is made up of flour and leather. The steamship Tacoma arrived today from Yokohama with 1500 tons of silk and matting and three passengers. Drifted Bnclc In the Channel. TILLAMOOK, March 6. The schooner Petrel, which went ashore trying to get out of Nestucca, has drifted back Into the harbor, not much damaged. Marine Jfoieti. The steamship St. Irene finished coal ing at the mouth of the river yesterday, and will sail today, weather permitting. The British bark Donna Francisco, left down the river yesterday morning, draw ing nearly 23 feet. She was In tow of the steamer R. R. Thompson. The steamer State of California, right on time, as usual, arrived in before day light j-esterday morning, and was at her dock In this city shortly after 3 o'clock. The British ship Bothwell, which laid up for the greater part of last year in Portland, bus been sold since reaching England to W. Montgomery, of London, for $63,000. Her gross earnings on a trip from Portland at present rates would be nearly $30,000. Domcifio and Foreign Fort. ASTORIA, March 6. Arrived at 3 1 M. and left up at 7:50 A. M. Steamer State of California, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Rough; wind, south; raining. San Francisco, March 6. Arrived Schooner Gotama and schooner Blsy Rowe, for Coos Bay; steamer Columbia, from Portland; steamer Senator, from Se attle; steamer South Portland, from Oys ter Bay. Sailed Steamer St. Paul, for Unalaska; steamer Mackinaw, for Seattle. Arrived March 5 Steamer Farallon, from Skagway. Sailed March 5 Steamer Grace Dollar, for Gray's Harbor. Port Townsend, March 6. Arrived Bar kentlne "Willie R. Hume, from Manila; steamer Tacoma, from Hong Kong. Cape Town Arrived March E Bark Harvester, from Chemainus. Birkenhead Arrived March 5 German ship Karl, from Portland, Or. Sydney Arrived March 5 British steam er Mlowera, from Vancouver. Yokohama Arrived prior to March 3 Japanese steamer Idzumi Maru, from Se attle. Bcachyhead. March 6. Passed British ship The HahDnemann, from Portland, Or. New York, March 6. Arrived "Western land, from Antwerp. Glasgow. March 6. Arrived Samaritan, from Boston. Shanghai. March 6 Sailed British ship Queen Elizabeth, for Puget Sound. Philadelphia, March 6. Arrived Rhyn land, from Liverpool. New York, March 6 Sailed Saale, for Bremen, via Southampton. Boston, March 6. Arrived Ultonia, from London. Liverpool, March 6. Arrived Bovic, from New York. Bremen. March 6. Arrived Darmstadt, from New York. Antwerp, March 6 Arrived Noordland, from 'New York. Nagasaki Sailed March 4. Victoria, for Seattle. Plymouth. March C Sailed Patricia, from Hamburg, for New York. CHANCE FOR RELATION. German Imports Found to Contain Adulterants. NEW YORK. March 6. A special to the Herald from "Washington says: Though the Administration cannot protest against Injurious legislation pending in the German Legislature, it has developed that it has been making a quiet investigation to ascertain the extent of the adulteration of German importations into the United States. This Investigation has extended to the Imports of other European govern ments which Impose restrictions upon American goods. In the case of Germany, the information to be obtained will be of value in determining the course this Gov ernment shall adopt should the meat-inspection bill, reported by the Reichstag committee, be enacted into law. This investigation, which has been going on for some little time, has developed that the objection raised by the German gov ernment against American products also exists in German goods. This discovery is very gratifying to the officials, ao It furnishes them with an excellent weapon to be employed in case of need. German wines are said to contain adulterants, and tho President, should he determine to do 60, can take measures to exclude them. Examination of a statement of the pro visions of the bill reported by the Reichs tag committee shows, the authorities say, that American meats can be entirely ex cluded. The press dispatches indicated that tho conditions relative to Inspection had been modified, but Ambassador White's dispatch announces that the bill contemplates an Imperial Inspection at the port of entry, and a local inspection In the province which is the destination of tho meat. In addition, there is the prohibition of American canned and corned beef and sausage. It Is the contention of this Gov ernment, and Ambassador White has been so advised, that one inspection should be sufficient. With an Imperial and local inspection, the effect would be, it Is stated, to condemn practically all American meats which might be Imported Into the Ger man Empire. In answer to a complaint registered by this Go ernment at the refusal of the local authorities of the German Empire to give Information to American Consuls, the Ger man government has announced that all such Information must come from the for eign office, and communications requesting It should be sent to the Minister of For eign Affairs. In principle this, according to the department, must be accepted, but there is no Intention of permitting such discrimination against American Consuls as Is apparent from the secret Instructions to German officials at Dusseldorf, as pub lished in the Herald this morning. Representations made to Secretary Hay announce the desire of the German govern ment to modify the pending bill, and Its purpose to have It amended when consid ered by the Bundesrath. o Love's Kiss. From "Some Vereetf' by MIes Helen Hay. Copy right by Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. KJre me but once, and In that epace supreme My -whole dark life shall quiver to an end. Sweet Death hall see mr heart and compre hend That Life is cro-wnd, and In an endless gleam Will fix the color of the dying stream. That Life and Death may meet as friend -with friend An endless Immortality to blend; KIeb me but once, and so shall end my dream. And then Love heard mo -nd bestowed his lass. And straight I crld to Death: I will not die! Earth Is so fair when one remembers this; Life is but Just begun! Ah. come.not yet! . The very world rmlles up to kiss the sky And In the grave one may forget forget. a "We buy, each year, 1,000,000 sentimental valentines at an average cost of 10 cents each, and 20,000,000 comic valentines, cost ing 1 cent each Thla In turn means an I .outlay of $300,000. FOSTER ON LAND LEASE OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTROL AXD USE OF RAN'GES. "Wants Protection and Encourage ment for Small Farmers aad All Legitimate Settlers. WASHINGTON, March 2. Tho propo sition to lease public grazing lands under the direction of the Department of Agri culture and with the assistance of tho Interior Department continues to receive much attention among members of Con gress. It appears that the original move in this direction was the sending by the Department of Agriculture to Oregon for facts and data. The investigation was conducted -with much care, and the result was that Secretary Wilson announced himself in favor of the leasing of grazing lands. Ever since there has been much opposition to such leasing of grazing lands and, apparently, by two classes. First, by those who are opposed to leasing pub lic grazing lands under any conditions whatsoever. This contingent does not appear to be very large or well fortified against reasonable arguments. Jsecona, by those who do not approve of the pro visions of such legislation as has been suggested or presented. This class num bers many careful Investigators, educated men and settlers end range occupants, who are taking an active part in an en deavor to shape whatever legislation, If any, may be had in the premises. Senator Foster, of Washington, who has given much attention to the subject, is opposed to any action whatever until the various Interested parties have had ample opportunity to discuss the question. Primarily, he believes that It will be wise to protect public grazing lands from de struction by overgrazing, and that, also, tho small farmer and settler Is certainly entitled to protection from those who use tho public grazing lands for grazing pur poses and infringe upon the lands adJa- cent to farms and small range occupants. He favors preferred rights for settlers, bona fide settlers, and he would oppose any measure that does not offer every opportunity for entering upon leased lands for mineral and other purposes un der the land laws of the United States. Tho public grazing lands should, in his opinion, be utilized primarily for the en couragement of settlers, who should be be given preference rights in the leasing of grazing lands, to tho end that the lands may be protected from destruction, and that settlers may "bo encouraged. As between tho use of grazing lands by a few as against many persons, he would favor the many, because of the resulting benefits to the State and tho general development of the country, and the creation of a per manent source of Income for the State In the way of taxes. From many of the Western States a largo number of letters, both for and against the leasing of public grazing lands, have been forwarded to members of Congress during the past month. From those received by Senator Foster, and from his own Investigations In the prem ises, he has offered the following sugges tions as a basis for further discussion of tho subject, and the formulation of a per fect bill. In case it Is finally deemed de sirable by those directly Interested to favor the leasing plan under proper re strictions: Senator Foster's Suggestions. First That the rate of rental shall not be less than 1 cent per acre per annum, and the maximum and minimum areas leased shall. In all cases, -De calculated to encourage and facilitate agricultural de velopment, and no lease nor any right acquired shall be assignable, nor shall leases be sublet, and no lease shall be made for a longer period than 10 years, and only one lease shall be made to any one person In any state or territory, un less. In some cases, where the use of a summer and winter range is deemed necessary. Second Subject to the preferred rights of settlers, leases may be renewed for one or more periods, not exceeding 10 years. Third All leases shall be for the small est area compatible with the best utiliza tion of land for grazing purpos, and tho needs and conveniences of settlers. Fourth All settlers actually occu pying and farming agricultural land shall have a preferred right to lease grazing land adjacent or convenient thereto, and, subject to such right, the occupant of a range actually engaged In grazing stock thereon, shall have a preferred right to lease such range. Fifth All lands leased for graz ing purposes shall be open to entry as mineral lands and otherwise under the land laws of the United States, and shall be subject to recla mation by the actual construction of irrigation works, and any area leased as grazing land, but afterward found to be more valuable as the result of Irrigation or other development, to be more valuable for the uses of settlers or for townslte purposes together with sufficient grazing land convenient or adjacent thereto for the use of bona fide settlers shall be cancelled from the lease and proper ad justment made of the rental with the lessee. None of the foregoing provisions shall deprive the lessee of means of water ing stock pastured on his leasehold, nor shall those entering upon such land for the purposes stated above be deprived of ordinary easement, conveniences, nor shall the lessee be hampered In the grazing of Ms stock by means of willful obstructions. Sixth Willful entry or trespass, for graz ing stock upon lands leased for grazing purposes, regardless of indicated or es tablished limits of such leased lands, either by posts, monuments, fences, nat ural boundaries or other Indicated or es tablished and recognized boundaries shall bo deemed a misdemeanor. Seventh Leases shall be made to per sons who are citizens of the United States or have declared their Intention to become such, and who are residents of the State or Territory in -which the land is located. Eighth At State and Territorial boun daries provision shall be made for tho leasing of ranges or grazing areas that will meet the requirements of the settlers or range occupants. Ninth Grazing areas necessary for the transit of stock between their summer and winter Tange or for the transit of stock for other purposes, or areas which, from the nature of the water supply, are not suitable for subdivision into ranges, may be withheld lor common uses, and suitable permits may be Issued for the occupancy, In common, of such areas for transit, watering or grazing purposes. Tenth Where the value of the forest areas as sources of water supply so far overbalance any possible value they may have for grazing purposes, no grazing -whatever shall be allowed, and nothing contained in proposed legislation on this subject shall be construed as providing for or permitting the leasing of established forest reserves for grazing purposes. Eleventh Due notice shall be given by advertising once a week for eight con secutive weeks in the newspapers pub lished in or that circulate throughout the grazing districts before any leases are actually made, nor for 30 days after the final publication of said notices. In said publication and notice of Intention to lease lands, the time and place, conveni ent to lessees, when leases will be made shall be designated, together with an out line description of the tracts to be leased. Twelfth Tho rental fixed per acre at which lands shall be leased must be plain ly set forth In the published notice of in tention to lease, and no other rental shall be accepted when lands are leased, and for the protection of settlers and small farmers no competitive bidding for leases shall be permitted. Thirteenth As a matter of convenience, grazing areas known to be unfit for other purposes may be consolidated under prop- ier reemcuons, and. supervision by the Government, and public grazing lands may bo exchanged with States or private own ers for other grazing lands of equal value. Fourteenth As far as possible provision shall be made for regulating and limiting the areas to be leased. o WORLD'S GREAT MISSIONS. What Money They Spend and Where They Work. There are 350 organizations, big and lit tle, doing some form of work in foreign mission fields, but there are seven great societies, four American and three Brit ish, that do vastly more than all the rest put together. By great is meant tho amount of funds which they annually ex pend, and the number and size of the missionary enterprises which they main tain. These seven arc. In order: Tho Church Missionary Society, Lon don: tho Missionary Society of the Meth odist Church in America; the American Presbyterian Board; the London Mission ary Society; the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; the American Board. Boaton. and the American Baptist Missionary Union, Boston. But while our of these seven are American, the three British, societies have larger annual resources than have the four American ones. Not only so, but two of tho British societies are organizations In the Church of England, while all of the four Ameri can represent different religious bodies. The largest single missionary organiza tion in the world, tho Church Missionary Society, of London, was a fruit of the evangelical movement In the Church of England. A part of Its work Is tho main tenance of a vast training school for mis sionary workers. One of its largest fields is West -Africa, where its missionaries gave tho first impulse to the exploration of that vast continent. It Is now follow ing up these explorations with gospel sta tions, so that whole pages of Its reports read like a chapter out of Henry M. Stan ley's book. Its other great field Is India. Hare it stand" for British nle and pres tige. But It has gone to other fields, not ably to China, and) its $2,000,000 a year, spent In the cause of the gospel, circles the globe -with its Influence. The second largest of the world's great missionary organizations is the Ameri can Methodist, which spends about $1,000, 000 a year. Its fields are China and India, although it has work in many other lands. Methodiets of Canada outstrip all other religious bodies of the Dominion In missionary contributions and activity, so that If there bo added together the con tributions of Methodist North America the total reaches $1,450,000 a year. Presbyterians North stand third of tho seven organizations, and spend $375,000 a year. Its largest field Is India, If num ber of missions be the test, but in num ber of communicants China sur passes all. It has Important work in Corea, Japan and Persia, and in the far East it has, in educational and political ways, exerted marked Influence, often at critical, times. It leads all other boards in the number of Its medical missionaries, both men and women. Two of the remaining four societies are British and two American. The London missionary had in "its early days, as did tho American board, its counterpart on this side of the Atlantic, supporters In many religious bodies, and had and still has a constitution strictly undenomina tional In its working. But it has In practice come to represent the British Congregatlonallsts. While China and India are its great fields, its peculiar field is Madagascar, -where the work of its mis sionaries was far-reaching and wonder ful. The South seas, and also South Af rica have seen many of its workers. It spends $G57,0GO a year, or about the same sum as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the American board. The "S. P. G.," as everybody calls this famous society for short, is the oldest of Protestant bodies for strictly missionary work, and grew out of the need for the planting of missions in. North America. It planted, for example, famous Trinity Parish. New York City, and through Its influence gavo that now vast corporation its financial start. For many years its labors were confined to British territory. The American Board, now Congregation al, grew out of the haystack conference, as everybody knows, and dates from 1810, the oldest of American missionary organi zations. So early did it get started and so wisely has it administered its trusts that it now makes the largest showing on its $650,000 a year of any missionary body. Its work in India and in China makes those countries its main fields, but more famous Is Its history In Turkey, where It fought for humanity as well as for re ligion, and in the Sandwich Islands, where the story of Its deeds since about 1835 reads like some missionary air castle. The way in which the first party of mis sionaries came to go to Hawaii, and what came of their trip, these are tales in themselves. The greatest Baptist foreign organiza tion is the Missionary Union, of Boston. In one Important respect It beats every other missionary body in the world, name ly, the number of so-called "heathen" that It has Induced to turn Christian. The Union came into existence in a curi ous manner. Two young men, who had gone out under tho American Board, changed their -views, on baptism, while on the long sea voyage. To support them, being in the field and now Baptists, an organization was formed in 1814, and it has since grown as stated, to be one of the seven great missionary forces of the world. These vast missionary Interests, vast in operation and expenditure, and far reaching In their influence upon affairs both in the United States and In foreign lands, are to hold an ecumenical confer ence on the general subject of foreign mis sions. The date is the 10 days following April 2L and tho place New York. All of these great missionary Interests will be represented, of course. e Mr. Bloomer and His Fame. Chicago Times-Herald. D. C. Bloomer, who died at Council Bluffs, la., Saturday night, at the age of 84, was for years a Republican of influ ence In his state; before that he had been for a good many years the husband of Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, who tried to intro duce a reformed costume for women, which sho did not Invent, but to which her name became attached. Tho "bloom ers" of 50 years ago were not comely. but In our day we havo seen their im proved successors In the b'cycle costumes. 4 Republican Bnnger. Providence Journal, Rep. The free silver Issue upon which the campaign of 1S96 was fought came Into prominence within a year of the election. Is the Issue upon which this year's elec tion Is to be fought coming into shape now? If It is, and If the constitutional and moral right of the inhabitants of our islands to fair play and free trade Is that Issue, the Democrats have virtually the entire press of tho United States and per haps the Supreme Court on their side of tho issue. The Republicans are playing with fire. Sacrificing- Duty to Sordldness. Chicago Tlmes-Kerald. President McKInloy cannot afford to mistake the clamor of the sugar and to bacco lobby for the voice of the American people. If the committee bill comes to him In its present shape, nothing short of an absolute and uncompromising veto will save him from the ugly charge of sacri ficing "plain duty" to the sordid demands of two protected Industries, already in bad odor with the American people. B An Unpopular Victory. St. Paul Pioneer Press, Rep. The passage In the House of the Puerto Rican tariff bill as amended to carry rates of 15 per cent and to remain in force only two years may be accounted a Republican victory, but it Is not one that will strengthen the Dirty throughout the I country- DENOUNCED FROM PULPIT PUERTO RICAX TARIFF BILL IN VOLVES GREAT MORAL ISSUE. Remarkable Consensus of Opinion That Puerto Rico Shonld Havo Free Access to Onr Markets. WASHINGTON, March 2. One of the ablest denunciations of the Puerto Rican tariff bill that has been made In Wash ington was that of Rev. R. H. McKlm, of the Church of the Epiphany, who took occasion from the pulpit to point out the wrongs that would bo done the people of Puerto Rico if the bill -were passed. In the course of his denunciation, Dr. Mc Klm said: "The Puerto Rico tariff bill involves a great moral Issue, which affects the char acter and the good name of the whole American people. With its moral aspect the Church of God has a right, and It Is its bounden duty, to deal. High above the petty Intrigues of party politicians or the debate upon the constitutional Inter polation rises the Inevitable moral Issue, which Is hanging In the balance with the passage or defeat of the bill. If it passes. then, in my Judgment, the Congress of the United States will have committed Itself to a policy of Injustice and inhumanity injustice because It Involves a violation of the plighted faith of the Nation, and In human because It Involves a violation of tho plainest dictates of charity and pity. Great Legislative "Wronjy. "If the Hebrew prophets felt within them the inspiration of the Almighty to rebuke in His name those who oppressed the poor, surely the ministers of Jesus Christ need not Incur tho charge of fanaticism If they feel deeply moved by the Spirit of God to rebuke such legislation as this, which proposes to lay heavy burdens upon an impoverished and half-starving people, who, only IS months ago. welcomed us with acclamations as deliverers from the yoke of Spanish oppression, and to whom the Commander-in-Chief of our armies Issued a proclamation, saying: 'We have come to bestow upon you me blessing and immunities of the liberal institutions of our Government.' "I cannot keep silent while a great leg islative wrong Is being perpetrated. The pulpit is not too sacred a place in which to preach righteousness and justice. Here Is a definite, concrete wrong on the eve of being committed. Shall the pulpit be 6llent1 God forbid! "Puerto Rico became American territory by conquest. The President of the United States, the Secretary of War, and the Governor-General of the Island, after care ful study of the situation, were of one mind, that we should abolish all custom tariffs between the United States and Puerto Rico and give her products free ac cess to our markets. Here was a re markable concensus of opinion among the men who were in the best position to judge what was due to ourselves, to our good faith and to our sense of justice. It was hailed by the Puerto Rican inhabi tants with delight as the measure of re lief and help -which they ardently desired and sorely needed. Finally, the ways and means committee gave their adhesion to the propositions of the President and his advisers and brought In a bill for free trade accordingly. Committee's Chan pre of Opinion. "But, alas! That committee underwent a remarkable change of opinion I will not say through what means or under whose potent advice. Enough to say, that bill was withdrawn and the present one Intro duced, which puti the people of Puerto Rico in the position of. foreigners toward the great republic under whose aegis they were so eager to take refuge. It taxes the principal food of the poor, rice, up to 25 per cent of its value. I arraign the proposed legislation as an unrighteous exercise of power, supposing the power to bo constitutional, because it lays upon an already poor and Impoverished people a burden too heavy to be borne. Wo have closed the markets of Cuba against her. Those of Spain are also closed to her by the results of the war, and now this bill proposes to close her only remaining mar ket, that of the United States, against the unhappy island. "Is this the beneficent rule we promised her under the Stars and Stripes? Is this the prosperity we lield out as a relief from Spanish oppression? Are these export and Import burdens of the 'immunities of o,ur liberal Institutions' which was proclaimed to the happy islanders while they strewed flowers In the pathway of our soldiers i Many indignant Americans call It a very different name tho plunder of a defense less people." Dr. McKlm quoted the letter given to the press by six of Puerto Rico's citizens, recently sent to Washington to represent the interests of the Island. These men stated that It was an intolerable Indignity to leave men in the position of vassals who have enjojed the largest representa tive rights and suffrage and liberal auton omy. - . Means Bllffbt and Rnln. "Is It possible," continued Dr. McKlm, "that an appeal such as these men made can go unheeded? It comes from the suf fering, half-starved people of that little Island over which we have so lately plant ed our flag as the symbol of liberty, jus tice, and humanity. Now these unhappy people in their poverty and distress, look ing across the sea to this mighty repub lic, in place of the rainbows of prosperity and freedom which they confidently ex pected to see spanning the horizon under our beautiful rule, behold a dark storm cloud gathering In the West, having its Genesis in tho legislative halls of Con gress, charged, not with a blessing, but with blight and ruin. They Implore us not to treat them as vassals, having neith er political nor commercial freedom. They point to the wretchedness, and implore us to strike the fetters from their commerce as their only salvation from utter ruin. "If this cry for Justice and humanity awakens no response; if the American people do not heed it; it this cruel legis lation sh'all Indeed be consummated, then, I ask, will the Stars and Stripes be to the people of Puerto Rico any longer the sym bol of liberty and justice and humanity! Will not the enactment of this bill be a stain upon our escutcheon, a blot upon our flag as long as It stands In the statute, book? This: Is a critical moment in our history. Right upon the threshold of a new career of expansion we are on trial before the conscience of the world, wheth er or not we will exercise our power right eously and In harmony with tho spirit of our institutions. I would disclaim the im putation of any Intentional wrong, of any conscious Injustice or Inhumanity. All the same, they remain, for they arc In corporated in tho bill and are inseparable from It. Rescue Cuba, Starve Pnerto Rico. "The world will recognize them, and we shall be open to the Just reproach of hav ing gone to war with Spain In 1S93 to res cue the starving Inhabitants of Cuba, and then In 1S00 of having turned a deaf ear to the cry of another starving people, starving under our own flag and by rea sion of our unrighteous legislation. We could make no reply, but -would be obliged to hang our heads In shame. "The American people have a quick senso of wrong, and I do not believe the appeal from the people of Puerto Rico will be In vain. A policy of Injustice will never command the sympathy of the American people. We say to the advocates of this bill. 'It is not wise; It Is not safe for a man to de anything against the conscience of the people.' More aid more It becomes apparent that the provisions of the bill are repugnant to the consciences of the plain people of the United States, and that If It is forced through Congress its authors may expect that the Nemesis of popular displeasure will overtake thom. "We who are residents of the District of Columbia have no representation on Jtho floor of Congress to voice our senti- 1 WONDERFUL NEW I DISCOVERIES &S tea Tuberculosis, Grip, Lung Weakness and AH Pul monary Diseases No Longer Dangerous. 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By special arrangement with medical societies and hospitals. Dr. S ocum has prepared In his great laboratories full treatments for Immediate FREE distribution to the afflicted. Four separate preparations are used In killing the bacilli, healing the diseased mucous surfaces, toning the general sjstem and building bealthy flesh. Each specific works In harmony with the other, and failure is practically Impossible. If you or your inends suffer from any form of pulmonary trouble grip, or Its deadly after effects, chronic cough3 or colds, bronchitis, catarrh or wasting away, the new Slocum treat ment may be had FREE by merely sending your postoffice and express address to DR.T. A. SLOCUM. 93 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, and stating that you read this announcement in The Portland Oregonlan. Don't delay, when It may tZJZ-ttS-ifrCZ&srSiri S5pgg4 VI . r X f t vr :,-: fcj r!SF4aIR f rs-wTv. -3 sft 53 " a u a Tr. sjs SSI 13 kS. rti fv?l T2 fcf3 5 t-S a 3r4 LI 'l m ?. WtA ik S iKg ? JJAfc" s-SSiStiS-Wv. g --vSSJf&'Jiiy: ments on this grave and momentous is sue, but wo are citizens of the United States, vitally Interested In all that per tains to the welfare and honor and good name of our country, proud of our herit age as Americans, sensitive to any possi ble stain upon the nation's escutoheon. In a crisis like this, therefore, we have a right to speak our sentiments, and to ask that they be considered as one of the constituent elements in the public opinion of the country. It is both as a citizen of tho United States and as a preacher of righteousness that I have ventured to ex press mself tonight upon this subject, be lieving that I echo the general sentimenl of the people of this community." CONDEMNED BY MEXICO. Xative and Forelsrn Press on the Pnerto Rican Policy. CITY OF MEXICO. March 6. The press here, both native and foreign, condemn the policy of the United States Congress toward Puerto Rico. The papers printed in English aro severe In their criticisms on the treatment of the annexed island, and predict trouble ahead. Tho Spanish Colonies organ, Corerro Espanola, says: "McKlnley, halng taken pity on Puerto Rico, has asked Congress to authorize him to devote to the relief of the Island which has been converted by famine into a new British India a sum equivalent to the Custom-House duties paid by the mer chants of Puerto Rico on its Introduction Into the United States. It Is said that half a loaf Is better than no bread, but we are of tho opinion that this measure Is worse than nothing. Instead of converting the Inhabitants of tho Island Into mendicants, they ought to be left free to develop their natural'resources and sell their products, to which end exportation, now in a state of stagnation, should be facilitated by means of free trade. "What Puerto Rico needs rather than degradation, almost, which U Insulting to human dignity. Is to be able to sell Its su gar and tobacco. But this would not suit the American producers of sugar and to 0 I With Ifcuthpleee 1 M lO oz2.ts jTcxr 3L 1 gtaps! ?&!m3 Works a Trial Treatment, Free of Charge, of the most remariable remedy ever discovered. Con tains Great Vital Principle heretofore unknown. Refractory Cases solicited. Confiden tial correspondence invited from, all, especially Physicians. ST. JAMES SOCIETY, 1181 &BOAIWAX, UtaXt XUttiSu. - - ,, , mmsammamm pa-rnj mean a loss of life. Act now. ?3! Sk eV -5H, - sOTSSSSSS -Af '-E5 JsAjSKW iS-sgsi&Sl bacco; It would run counter to the pro tected interests, which hae great Intluencfip 111 fcliu rcuciui vuu&icD-, uuu -uvxih-iuitjr.. In order not to offend those interested, has found a way out of It by offering char- ity." Barnacles. -tSIdrvey Lanier. My soul Is sailing through the eea. But the past la heavy and hlndereth roe. The past hnth crusted, cumbrous shells That hold the flesh of cold eea mells About my soul. The huge- -waves -nosh, the high waves roll Each barnacle cllnreth and worketh dol And hlndereth. me from, sailing! Old Fast, let so. and drop 1' the sea. Till fathomless waters coer thee! For I am lltlng, but thou art dead; Thou drawest back, I strive ahead The day to find. "7 Thy rfiells unbind' Night comes behind, I needs must hurry with the wind And trim me best for falling. a A Plain. Obligation. Boston Journal. Months ago President McKlnley ani5 Secretary Root pointed out tho courso which ought to have been taken. It was direct. Intelligible, fair to the Puerto Rl cans, just to all concerned. It was tho unqualified admission of the Island witnln our tariff system, with absolute freedom of commercial intercourse. The Journal considered this proposition at length at the time, and heartily approved It as tho proper fulfilment of our plain obligation to the Puerto Rican people whom we had brought beneath our flag. Starving: People for the Treats. Philadelphia Ledger. The bill is a purely selfish one. It la directly in tho Interest of two of the most notorious trusts In the country. If tho Sugar Trust ard the New England To bacco Association were out of the way there would be no effort to starve tho people of Puerto Rico, under tho plea of giving them a government. Easy Homo Cawa Painless. Permanent & We will send anyone addicted to Opium, Morphine, Landan- nm, or other drusr habit fj5 ct'ES"".?-- i c 3 H sm $M S S &? S? ill bsi g -egg g 1 1 gsga g I 1 i I , , , , , , ,