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10 THE MORNiyQ OREG'ONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900. A VOICE FROM TACOMA IT HAS MORE FEAK OF PORTLAND THAN OF SEATTLE. "WTiat It Han Accomplished and. Hovr It Did It Advice That la of , Genera.! Application. TACOMA, Dec. 12. (To the Editor.) I would not reply to Major Sears' answer to an ancient letter of mine In The Ore gonian, if he had not, to prove his theory, done grave Injustice to Tacoma, showing: by inference an absolute lack of knowl edge of facts In regard to this city. I have no desire to injure Portland, if I could. My pecuniary interests, long and pleasant residence in that city and other reasons forbid it. If the people of Portland had In tho past as much faith in the future of Port land as I have had to the present mo ment, for 40 years past, they -would not have been disturbed, as they have been, by dread of other cities. They -would not waste their time and energy conjuring fear of the future greatness of Tacoma, lAstoria. Seattle or in envying their growth. Underestimating, however, is al most as bad as overestimating. I could -write a chapter regarding Port land's omissions and commissions along this line. En passant, I -will say that if the people of Portland, like a great num ber of our population, until recently, had not Joined in the great hallelujah for Se lattle in the past few years, she -would not bo boomed quite as much as she is, nor would her reaction be quite as great as It -will possibly be. It Is said that, out of SJure admiration for Seattle's advantage over Portland, that a Portland represen tative of the National Press Association 'Offered to distribute Seattle boom printed 'matter at New Orleans. Some ona re marked at the time that it -was not be cause ho liked Seattle more, but Tacoma tless. That is not the spirit -which builds ;dties. Over 40 years ago, -with the first money !l earned as bookkeeper for H. W. Cor BJett, I made the first payment on a block tof lots at Portland. I believed then that tehe had a great future. I have owned (real estate in that city ever since, but 30 lyears ago I bought land at the present ielte of Tacoma, believing that It had a better show for becoming a great metrop olis than Portland had, or, at least, of ftjecoming a great city. He has but little intelligence, or a poor jtoiowledge of the Coast, -with its un lequaled resources, Its remarkable geo (graphlcal position, the changes coming tyapldly to the people of the Orient, -which will, no doubt, affect all portions of the Coast, the enormous -wealth, enterprise, push. Intelligence of the American people, if he cannot see that on the Pacific Coast, ,nnd especially in the Northwest, condi tions similar to those In the Atlantic .States "will speedily come; that places that axe now villages -will be thriving towns; that towns of the present -will be thriving cities; that present trade centers -will be metropolitan cities. If Portland Is not one of these future great trade centers, it will be the fault of her own people. That she -will be the dominating city I do not believe, simply. If for one reason only, that the long-legged ship of tho future cannot reach her. Tacoma is near a -wider range of business, at a point where the largest vessel in the -world can come to her docks, at any time of the day or night, at any season of the year, at any stage of tide. Tacoma has unlimited coal, -which Portland has not. enabling her vessels to economically reduce dis tance. She Is -wonderfully situated as to adjRcent rich mineral and other re sources. She has large -water power at her very door, enabling her to become a large manufacturing city. In very extensive travels, covering near ly all rrtE of the civilized -world, I have found at no other place a combination, only a part of which I have named, which inevitably must build a great city. Oth er Cities In the Northwest possess man; of the same features, but not one or thei all. Freight from all parts of the world by sea for the interior of the continent, and freight from across the continent by rail for the various parts of the World by sea, average less distance and resistance en rout- than by any other port on the Coast. This is on account of harbor, av erage of distance, and cheap coal. How erf. I am not worrying as to which city is to be the largest. I have more than I can attend to in doing all I can to make Tacoma just as large as she Is capable of becoming, and if every one will do hit, duty in that line, all the rival cltlea would grow wonderfully. The same gen eral conditions will Influence the growth of Portlandj Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma. I would call the attention of Major Sears, at this point, to the fact that the Northern Pacific Railroad can shovel coal Into the tender of its locomotives on its main line at a point not 1000 feet distant from the mouth of Its mine, just where the greatest resistance commences on both sides of the mountains. I am perfectly free to acknowledge that I have far more fear of Portland as a formidable rival than I have of Seattle. Space will not permit me to state why, but If you will permit me. I will state some facts In reply to Major Sears' attack on Tacoma's present condition. And. second, the infamous system of fraud practiced by the managers and "Inside" friends of the management of tho Northern Pm-ina Jtallroad Company, whereby confiding portshave been led to make investments in Tacoma property, cannot be too severely repro bated by loudly expressed public opinion. Ka lama was bad enough, but It may have been a mistake, after which Tacoma was a crime; a shameful swindle, originating In grossly sordid stupidity and pursued with persistent deprav ity. The above extract from Major Sears' letter in The Oregonian is in no way Justi- 1 fled by the facts, as he could have easily ascertained. The original managers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company have passed away. They were broad-gauged, brainy men. as are their successors of today. They originated a grand highway to unite the Atlantic to the Pacific, to control by the shortest route the great future trade of the Orient and to develop the re sources of a continent. They were un biased: they sought the point on the Pa cific Ocean, as Its entrepot, which best filled the necessary conditions. Every one conceded, before the selec tion was made, that the point which voukl be selected would be the great city of the Northwest, probably of the Coast. Tacoma was selected, but Portland's in fluence prevented the building across the mountains, but instead the road was built to Kalanta. in the Interest of the O. S. N Co. and Portland. It might as well have been built from Portland to St. Hel ens, as far as any benefit accrued to Ta coma. for years. Then came the financial crash of "73. which destroyed for the time the hopes for Tacoma. Times improved. The prospects of Tacoma looked brighter, when, the baleful influence of Henry Yil lard, the enemy of Tacoma, the friend of Portland, unsettled men's minds as be tween Seattle and Tacoma; but Tacoma afterwards grew with Vlllard's Influence removed, and she was rapidly becoming the chief place on the Sound, when the panic of '93 came, and Tacoma shared the fate of Portland. Seattle. Spokane and all other places where confiding "softs" had been led to speculate on margins on speculative real estate. Tacoma suffered more than her rivals because she was younger, because almost the entire place had been built, from the stumps to a beautiful city. In the short bpace of six years, and foundations nat urally had not been well established. Hundreds of dwellings were vacated: scores of stores were tenantless. Seattle was older, had three railroad; then came the first gold to her wharves. Newspape men flocked to her for news. The Asso ciated Press was worked in her interests, and all the world. Including Portland and Tacoma, shouted for her "enterprise." Tacoma was supposed to be dead. No one helped her; no one shouted her praises, but today she Is as solid and prosperous a city of her size as there Is in tie United States. There is no sea port of the same ppoulation where com bined shipping and manufacturing Is so great. X.ast month one-third of the re ceipts of the Northern Pacific for Its main line were from business done at Tacoma. The outward ocean cargo tonnage of the City of Tacoma for the past year exceed ed 1,000,000 tons. This largely exceeded the outward tonnage of Portland for the same period. Tacoma is the quickest and cheapest ocean port in the United States. She is the coal port of the Coast, and with the coal she ships she can load a vessel of 2000 tons every working day In the year. She Is the lumber city of the state, sending by sea nearly 100,000,000 feet of lumber last year, and nearly the came amount East by rail. She is the wheat port of the state by a very heavy difference. At the present moment, she Is the Importing and exporting city of the state. Her ex ports last month were greater than those of all the 11 ports of the state. Includ ing Seattle. In Oriental trade, she is the third city in the United States. She is the manufacturing city of the Northwest. Tacoma has no vacant stores or dwell ings. Real estate values are increasing, and yet. with these results. Major Sears wants the old managers of the Northern Pacific Railroad hanged, drawn and quar tered. Has not Tacoma proved all that the old managers of the road promised? Is not the foundation of a great city sol idly laid here? The Northern Pacific Railroad Is one of the most Important roads of the United States, and can and does select the best railroad men that money will employ to manage its affairs. Mr. Mellen, the con trolling spirit of the road, is conceded to be a brainy, broad-gauged man, the peer of any man in the business, the only man who has held Jim Hill level. There is no sentiment in Mr. Mellen's administration of the affairs of the road. He is expected to earn money for his stockholders. He figures for results. He cares personally for Portland. Seattle and Tacoma only to the extent that they can help him to ob tain those results. He would centralize his business in Portland if he thought that the company's interests would bs best served by-doing so. In view of this fact, what will Major Sears say when 1 tell him how Mr. Mellen and his asso ciates are deluding Tacoma "softs" at the present time. Prior to one year ago, the Northern Pa cific Railroad has Invested in terminal properties and Improvements at Tacoma over 510.000,000. The facilities for handling a large trade in coal, wheat and Oriental goods was superior to anything in the Northwest. The constantly Increasing trade warranted the building of additional facilities. Consequently, during the past year, it has added half a mile of wheat and Oriental warehouses. They are Just being completed", and it is found that the trade has grown so rapidly that new warehouses must be built, new coal bunk ers erected, and the timber Is being placed on the ground for very large additions to the wheat and coal facilities. In addi tion to the large amount of terminal grounds and water front the company owned. Its purchases of additional land, made In the past 00 days and now being closed, amounts to nearly $500,000. Mr. Mellen recently said to the public: "The harbor of Tacoma is, without question, the best on Puget Sound, and, with tho plans we have In course of preparation, we will be able to care for all business that may be offered at the present or In the future." He said some other things quite as Important, which space will not permit me to quote. I have not the theoretical knowledge that Major Sears claims, but for many years I have been a student of cities in the United States and the world at large, traveling for business or pleasure, and I believe that Portland and Astoria will be Important cities, but I also think that in the period of five years following the time the census was taken, last June, that Tacoma will make more material prog ress, have a more solid growth than ever was made bv any city of the same size In the United States in the same period. a P. FERRY. Still Tacoma is asking Congress for an appropriation of nearly $500,000 to improve its harbor. The Northern Pacific's pur chase of additional land In Tacoma comes through an adjustment by which that cor poration "cashes In" Its holding of stock in the Tacoma Land Company, and the two become divorced. PLIGHT OF DEMOCRACY. Affords Striking Parallel to Thnt of Job in Olden Times. PORTLAND, Dec 13. (To the Editor.) Much has been said, since the late Na tional election, concerning the reorgan ization of the Democratic party. It Is not likely that that party would take very kindly to any suggestion emanating from a Republican source; hence, it is not my purpose to offer any. I should like, however, to suggest a parallel that. In its application, may not prove wholly uninstructlve to an unbiased adherent or that political faith. Some thousands of years ago. we arc credibly Informed, there flourished a man of great wealth and power whose name was Job. So upright a citizen was he that Satan coveted him for his own,, and challenged the Almighty to give him over Into his hands. This was done upon the express stipulation that his life should not be touched. Then his humiliation be gan. First, his property was taken from him, then his children, and by reason ot great bodily affliction, his life was a bur den, and he fain would give It up also. Now the parallel begins. Many years ago the Democratic party was great in power and In Influence, and directed the policies of this country. In the moment of pride It was delivered (probably by some dispensation of Provi dence) Into the hands of the devil. Then its humiliation began, and after beins shorn of power and influence It was af flicted with a chronic cutaneous disease, which manifested In an itch for office, and for the spoils of ofllce. When Job was In such sore straits because of his physical torture, he was visited by some of his "friends," who essayed to comfort him. But thee comforters adopted such an exasperating style, and so greatly did they Irritate him, that he was moved to exclaim with fine sarcasm: "No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you." (Job xll:2.) The Popu lists of the present day derive their name from the latln "populus," meaning "peo ple." From th above quotation, we are convinced that Job's comforters were Populists JJote the parallel again. The Democratic party, in Its political humiliation and helplessness, has been listening to the erratic counsels of Its friends, the Populists, and It is at this writing so exasperated by the tenacity of their persistence, or the persistence of their tenacity, that It is crying aloud for deliverance and reorganization. Now note the sequel. We- read (Job xlil:10): "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job. when he prayed for his friends." and after his cap tivity (to the devil) was turned he was restored to great power and influence, and his possessions were doubled, as com pared with his former prosperity. Theo logians teach us that prayer, to be effect ive, must be accompanied by penitence, confession of sin and a forsaking of sin. Before Job prayed for his friends he re pented In sackcloth and ashes. The par allel In the above sequel Is not yet ap parent: but the foregoing Is recommended to the consideration of true Democrats who art yet in captivity, but who place principle above party, and to them the hint may be suggestive. T. If you wake In the morning with a bit ter taste In the muth, roated tongup. perhaps readachp. your liver 1 torpid. You need Carter's Little Liver Pills. SUBSIDY BILL TO DATE HOW IT STANDS WITH THE SENATE AMENDMENTS. Framed for Big: Liners, and No Ves sel Need Carry a Cargo to Drnvr Money. "Washington special to Chicago Tribune. Dec 9. One of the significant things about the progress of the ship subsidy bill Is the fact that It has been patched and amend ed so that the measure of today would be scarcely recognizable by its authors if they were not the same persons also who did the amending. The bill was first drafted by a committee of interested shipbuilders In 1837, three years ago, and since that time it has been amended so often that all the earlier reports upon it are practically useless. ' Whenever a criticism has been offered an amendment has been made promptly, and the sponsors of the subsidy scheme have pointed to these repeated change: as an evidence of their fairness and will ingness to meet all proper criticism. Inasmuch as the bill has been so often changed it is manifestly impossible for its opponents to meet it, for amendments are made readily, but are not always cal culated to cure the evils complained of. The bill, it should be remembered, was drafted by a shipbuilders' committee, the president of which was C. A. Griscom, of Philadelphia, president of the Interna tional Navigation Company, commonly known as the American line. Tet now, three years later, the subsidy bill has been amended deftly in such a remarka ble manner as to change Its provisions se riously, and this change was made for the express benefit of the mall steam ships on the Atlantic, and particularly for the personal benefit of the American line. Senator Frye made this announcement himself on the floor of the Senate, but It was not until yesterday, when the latest draft with the new committee amend ments was laid on the desks of the mem birs, that the actual enormity of the proposed change was appreciated. The changes in the bill In the last two years have been so frequent as to furnish an excellent reason for not passing the bill a1 this session, but the actual change that has just been made openly for the benefit of Mr. Griscom Is alone important enough to kill the bill. To explain the meaning of the change now made It Is necessary to go Into the construction and purpose of the bill a lit tle. The subsidy bill was proposed to build up the American marine, and par ticularly to have American exports and imports carried in American ships, The committee which framed the bill set Its face sternly against any scheme of dis criminating duties which would" help freight but not passenger traffic. The committee wrote a bill which, as it stood a week ago, divided the subsidies Into two parts. One subsidy under sched ule A provided for a payment of a cent and a half per gross ton for each 100 miles traveled up to 1500 miles, for each trip up to 16 in one year. This payment was clearly and wholly a subsidy for freight. The paragraph required that no payment should be made to a vessel un less It cleared from the United States with a cargo of at least 50 per cent of Its gross tonnage. There Is another subsidy known as clause B, especially Intended for mall steamers, by which steamers alone are paid per gross ton for each 100 miles saiieo, sums ranging from .5 of one cent to 2.3 cents, according to speed alone. In estimating the percentage of cargo reauired for passenger steamers it was provided that the space permanently de voted to passengers and malls should first be taken from the gross tonnage, and then the cargo must be 50 per cent ot the remainder. When the International Navigation Company, through its president, C. A. Griscom, drew up the subsidy bill It sup posed It would catch the money from the Treasury both coming and going. Sen ator Frye admitted that the St. Louis would receive $10S,44S annually from the tonnage subsidy under clause A and $173. 040 under the speed subsidy, or a total of $2SL4SS per annum for this single ship of a single line. It seems, however, that the American line people were caught In their own trap. The oargo capacity of the St, Louis really is only at the most about 1400 tons. Its gross tonnage is enormous, the ship being rated at ll,t29 gross tons. Subtracting the space iised for passengers and malls, there will still remain so large a net tonnage that the ship could not possibly carry enough freight to earn any subsidy at all under clause A, A meeting was held a week ago yester day between Mr. Griscom and other ship owners and Senator Frye, at which this mistake was pointed out and a scheme was devised to permit the American line o grab off both subsidies, as had been originally Intended. Nothing could be imagined more con vincing of the often repeated charge that the whole subsidy bill was arranged for Mr. Griscom's benefit to offset the tide of f-avel which had turned toward the larger and faster North German Lloyd ships. There was nothing underhanded about the way in which the amendment was slipped Into the bill, but it is now there with several pages of other new changes. The paragraph which provided that no vessel should be entitled to com pensation unless It cleared with a cargo of 50 per cent of Its gross tonnage was deftly changed so that It now reads "50 per centum of the capacity for carrying commercial cargo." This makes a change of sch vast 'mportance as almost to de stroy the original intent of the bill. The subsidy Is based on the gross ton nage just the same. In the case of the St. Louis It will be given a cargo subsidy on 11,000 tons every trip It makes, the year round, provided It carries a cargo of dressed beef, or something of that sort, of a little over 700 tons. Senator Frye has said the cargo capacity of the St. Louis is only 140C tons. Under tho amendment. If the St. Louis or any other ship, either sail or steam, desires to cut down Its cargo capacity to 10 tons. It would only have to carry five tons and yet still collect subsidy on 11,000 tons. Every mail steamer will collect not only Its speed subsidy, but Its freight subsidy as well, and It will not be obliged to bother Itself with any cargo at all to speak of. for under the terms of the bill. If .t had no -'capacity for carrying com mercial cargo." of course it would be easy to crry 50 per cent of nothing without lessening, the subsidy. One of the funny things about the sub sidy bill, of which this latest change Is an example. Is the fact that the amendments overlap each other in significant fashion. As originally drawn, the paragraph known as clause A merely provided a subsidy based on tonnage, regardless of speed, but paid on each trip, not exceeding 16 per year. Then the objection was made In the Tribune and other papers that this would permit ships to sail out with empty holds, doing no possible good to American commerce, and yet receive thje subsidy on their gross tonnage. The sponsors of the bill met this ob jection with one of their amendments. It made the requirement that the cargo must be 50 per cent of the. tonnage, and this amendment was offered as a complete an swer to the objections made. Now the whole amendment Is wiped out. and the new print of the bill shows that 23 lines have been eliminated out of 2J. while the Insertion "capacity for carrying commer cial cargo" entirely destroys the whole section ks originally intended. Under the new amendment, which was submitted by Mr. Griscom himself at the conference one week ago yesterday and offered In the Senate on Thursday, it would be possible for Black Jack Tat- taw's bumboat to go Into the foreign trad. devote about all of the boat to a dancehaU and bar, and draw a subsidy on the whole ship, without regard to car go, the only test being "capacity for car rying commercial cargo." The opinion la expressed generally 'by the few people who have studied the lat est draft of the bill, that this new Gris com amendment, properly understood, will either kill the bill or be withdrawn. Senator Frye's speech in the Senate has given the opponents of subsidy some fig ures they were looking for. It shows that the St. Louis, for example, would get J2S1.4SS. The ship, according to Senator Frye himself, could be built here fos 52.500,000. It would therefore be paid con siderably over 10 per cent of its gross value every year. People could borrow the money to build an ocean greyhound at 5 per cent, which the subsidy would pay for them and have 5 per cent more toward -deterioration and toward general expenses, which the .subsidy would also Pay, and then could taketheir chances for profits out of the ordinary business. UNRESTRICTED APPEALS. Let AH Have an Eqaal Opportunity in the Co arts. PORTLAND, Dec 13. (To the. Editor.) In The Oregonian of the 11th Inst, you print a communication from Linn County, signed "Retrench," and put over the same this heading: "What the Lawyers Want Effort to Relieve Supreme Court Said to Have a Selfish Motive." In the communi cation occurs this question and state ment: "If tie purpose Is but to relieve the Supreme Court, why is the legal pro fession so averse to cutting off the ap peal of minor cases to that court? The Oregonian has frequently pointed out that easy remedy." The legal profession Is averse to cut ting oft the appeal of minor or any cases to the Supreme Court because the legal protesslon believes that our form of government was constituted and is maintained to furnish justice and pro tection fo all Its citizens, and they fur ther believe that the right of appeal to a Supreme Court which has written pub lic records and delivers written opinions, which opinions are published in a public and permanent form, Is the most perfect method yet discovered to carry out the purpose of our government. There Is also difficulty In correctly and justly deciding what are "minor cases." What is a case Involving $500 or $5000 but a "minor case" to a man or corporation worth $50,000 or more? The loss of such a case to such a person will make no real differ ence In his or Its worldly prosperity. A case that Involves $300 or less to a man who has but little property is an im portant matter to such a person, and materially affects his worldly prosperity. j-ne important consideration Is not we amount of money Involved in a given case, but whether or nol a citizen of the country has the right and the op portunity to look to his Government for Justice and the law that governs all citi zens alike. What Is a government good for that cannot afford to furnish Justice to its citizens? Why should our Govern ment exist for the protection of the rich and not for the protection of the mod erately poor as well? Why should the rich, who can afford to lose a considera ble portion of their property be pro tected In their large holdings by the Government and the poor be not pro tected by the Government In their small property? If appeals are to be cut oft by the Legislature, cut off the appeal of the rich. Each case that is litigated in the courts establishes the law and forms a precedent to decide many other cases without litigation. This is of value to the public. The right of appeal to the Supreme Court is very valuable to the public, because It tends to make the lower courts muoh more careful when consider ing and deciding cases, and thus does tend to do more exact justice In the lower courts without an appeal being taken, and many cases are never appealed to the higher courts on this account. It is im plied all through the letter of your cor respondent that lawyers want appeals of minor cases for the profit there Is In It to the lawyers. As a usual thing a civil case must involve a considerable amount of money or property In order for the lawyers to be paid a fee that Is any where near a living wage for the actual time put in on the case. When a lawyer appeals a "minor case" he Is generally working hard for a poor client and gets very little or no pay. He Is trying to get what he believes and what his client believes will be justice. The only ex ception to this that I think of Is where a lawyer appeals a "minor" case for a rich client then It pays the lawyer. Such appeals are only taken by the rich when in litigation, against the popr. Most "minor cases" are cases of poor men. The courts afford the only relief the poor have against the Illegal exactions of the rich. Why should It be cut off? What will become of this Government when one must be rich to, be considered In the courts? Is not the poor man entitled to have his cause considered by as good a court as (he rich man has? If retrenchment Is to be the order of the day upon the courts, the Legislature could repeal all statutes passed to per mit litigants to appeal cases to the Su preme Court; also do away with the state law library, and all other accessories of the Supreme. Court, and let the Supreme Court exist without any particular busi ness. Thus some -money might be saved. The Legislature might also cut off ap peal from Justices Courts to the Circuit Courtr and thus It also might save more money. The Constitution does not re quire an appeal from a Justice Court to the Circuit Court any more than It does from the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court. Then the Legislature could repeal many laws providing fOr other parts of our state government and save more money. The courts arc not the only source of expense In the state and county govern ments. They are among the smallest Items of expense. The courts are the essential part ot the state and county government. The courts alone could carry on the state and county government and protect life and property. What sort of a state and county government would we have without the courts? RALPH R. DUNIWAY. FOREIGN.FRUIT DISINFECTION Instructions Issued to Portland Importers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Dr. Hill Has tings, assistant eurgeon in charge of the Columbia River quarantine station at As toria, has Issued the following instruc tions to T. M. Stevens & Co., Importers and shippers, of Portland, and to the Northern Pacific Steamship Company, rel ative" to the disinfection of fresh fruit products from China and Japan. The latter company has been running a line of steamers from Hong Kong, and, after the disinfection of Illy bulbs, yams, and salt eggs, packed in loam, last January, has not been shipping these articles as a rule: "The following articles require disinfec tion before they can be admitted, viz., water chestnuts, salt eggs packed in loam, yams, lily bulbs, and similar fresh fruit products from China and Japan, unless the same are accompanied by a certificate from the Marine Hospital Service officer at the port of departure, "stating that these articles do not come from a district where plague Is epidemic, and are free from infection. If the certificate can not be obtained it will be necessary to disin fect here, and I would; suggest that such articles be so placed In the loading of the ship that they can be got at without delay." Train Wreck on Burlington. BURLINGTON, la., Dec 13. The Chi cago, Burlington & Qulncy Railway's fast mall, No. IS, wrlch left Chicago at 9:15 last evening, was wrecked two miles west of Kirkwood early today. Fireman Shan non was killed and Engineer Samuel Dove was badly hurt. The engine Jumped the track and was demolished. Two mall cars with their contents were burned. The mail clerks were not injured severely. IN A PECULIAR LIGHT TACOMA HARBOR. "WORK SO PLACED BY CAPTAIN TAYLOR. Main Objection 1b His Report "Will, However, Be Easily Met Wash ington Rivers and Harbors. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The Tacoma harbor improvement is placed In a pe culiar light before Congress by the re port of Captain Harry Taylor, Corps of Enginees, United States Army, who, un til a few weeks ago maintained head quarters at Seattle. In Captain Taylor's report to tho Chief of Engineers of the Army, he admits that Tacoma's growing commerco warrants the desired Improve ment but he raises doubts 'at the outset by referring to a contract which has been secured for the filling in of tide lands under the state laws and which pur ports to open up the same waterway that the people of Tacoma are anxious to have the Government improve. Should the Government do the work which the state has already let a con tract for it Is feared, according to Cap tain Taylor's report, that the contrac tor and the state may seek damages. It Is presumed that the contract to ex cavate and fill tide-lands Is worth some thing, otherwise it would not have been sought. Therefore, if tho Government steps in and does the work it is Inferred that the interested parties may demand Tieavy damages. As a matter of fact, nevertheless, it has been understood among those Interested in securing the Improvement to the Ta coma harbor, that one of the objects sought, as a rule, by those entering Into a contract with the state to excavate and fill tide-lands is to utilize the earth thrown up by the Government contractor and not to actually make the Improve ment which Is apparently contemplated on the face of the agreement between the state and the would-be-tlde-land Im prover. In this case It Is presumed the contractor would gladly surrender his rights to the Government contractor. Another point raised by Captain Tay lor Is that a great portion of the water front land In Tacoma along the pro posed waterway which the Government Is asked to create belongs to the Tacoma Land & Improvement Company or tho Northern Pacific Railroad. For this rea son, and the fact that the state had' entered Into a contract to have a por tion of the harbor improved, the ques tion Is raised as to who should make the Improvement, the Government, the con tractor who desires to fill In tide-lands and secure 8 per cent from the state on the Investment, or the private or cor porate landowners. In raising this .ques tion the necesltles for harbor Improve ment In order to accommodate Increas ing commerce Is for the time over looked. Regardless of ownership o. adja cent lands Captain Taylor admits that the commerce of the port of Tacoma warrants additional Improvements. Some members of the House river and harbor committee approve harbor Improvements within city limlts, as Is the case .at iTacoma. If the Government Is to make the Im provement Captain Taylor holds that the state as well as the contractor should release the Government from any dam ages that might be claimed. Under the circumstances the desired release is prom ised. The estimated cost of improving the west waterway, at Tacoma, which is alongside the Northern Pacifl6'a new wheat warehouses, Is $444,000, the cost per yard for excavating being placed at 15 cents. The depth at low water would be 25 feet up to the Eleventh-street bridge and 13 to 15 at low water at points nearer the head of the bay. Other Rivers and Harbors. An effort Is being made by the 'Wash ington state delegation to secure an ap propriation of $SO,000 for the Tew What com harbor, $1500) for the Okanogan River, $20,000 for the Pen d'Orellle River, $125,000 for the Lake Washington Canal, $25,000 for Puget Sound and tributary waterways, $30,000 for the Swlnomlsh slough. $5000 for the Cowlitz River, JSOOO for the Lewis River, and $5000 for the north branch of the Lewis River at Etna, $25,000 for the Oiympia harbor Improve ment, $3000 for the Chehalis River, $1S00 for Neah Bay, and various other minor Items, In addition to large sums for con tinuous contracts at Everett and Gray's Harbor. Representative Cushman has not yet ar rived having been detained by illness in Iowa. The other members of the Re publican members of Congress from Washington, Senator Foster and Repre sentative Jones, have presented the va rious Items referred to to the House committee on rivers and harbors. They prefer an appropriation of $600,000 at The Dalles for a portage road with a view to utilizing the same In connection with the construction of a canal. Another proposition In this connection Is the ex penditure of $400,000 without reference to utilizing the road In the construction of the proposed canal. There Is an addi tional $200,000 which could be diverted for this project, and if the work is to be un dertaken In accordance with the plans ot the chief engineers. It is thought best that an additional $600,000 be asked, as above, to which the $200,000 referred to could be added, making a total of $800,000. INCORRECTLY ADVISED. A Georgia Paper's Fusillade at Long; Range Across the Country. Under the heading, "The Youngster In Oregon." the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph thus discourses: The Oregonian, of Portland, Or., be comes quite hysterical over certain post election utterances of the Telegraph. Since the days of the war period we have seen no such bitter vindlctlveness mani fested against the South. If thjs fellow could bite as viciously as he barks, 13 states In the Union would be thrown Into deadly hydrophobia on the change of the moon. Old Colonel Scott, the editor of the pa per, was In New York attending the meet ing of the Associated Press when this diatribe found the light of day in tho columns of his newspaper. We may fairly presume that some prentice hand turned out this work some Vicious youngster, unlearned, untraveled, unhung, who im agines that Portland Is the center of the universe because the apex of the blue dome Is directly above him, and because he can see with his ,awn natural eyes, without the use of opera glasses, that it is equidistant to all points of the compass where earth and sky meat. Probably he got his Impressions of the South and the Southern people from his nurse, who, on occasion, would frighten the youngster Into being a good boy by warming over Wayback ante-election tales about the danger of the "rebel horde" rising again, and invading even to Portland, Or. If this youngster would learn truth, he should take ten days off and journey across to Chicago and Interview Dr. Frank Gunsaulus, who, after a short visit to the South recently, said to the Tele graph that the trip had knocked out of him a wagon-load of dogmatic Informa tion, for which he was very thankful. As a sort of rare specimen, we print elsewhere the remarks of this young man. Our readers will recognize the tissue of false statements throughout. It Is wholly unnecessary to attempt a serious answer. It Is not worth the lather to shave this ass. If we had known that he was In the woods up In Oregon we might have delivered over to the office cat the article which so stirred the very bowels of his head, and spared the!' country this in fliction. The Telegraph Is conscious of some ot the shortcomings of the Southern people (which are no greater than the shortcom ings of the Northern people), and It has Invariably held tp the Idea and promul gated the thought that self-examinations and candid confessions were helpful to any people as well as any Individual. In j the article criticised- by The" Oregonian uc icisjiaiiu uuub il uair iuai uio Southern people were a "peculiar people," not because they were any better or any worse than any other people, but be cause of "peculiar" environments be cause of local conditions utterly unknown to shallow pates In the woods of Oregon. The article criticised was addressed to the people of the South to those who had been led away from the faith ot the fathers of the Republic, as the Tele graph had taught and believed during two Presidential campaigns. Its purpose was to bid them come back to a better and ruer Democracy, and to stimulate a de sire to develop a sounder and" stronger leadership. We had no thought or desire to stir up the cranks and spitfires of sectionalism. The Telegraph Is National, in spirit and in its alms and objects. It believes In Great America and in Greater America. It would pour' no irritating lo tion upon the wounds of the past. On the contrary, it would heal them all, and forever. But no sane man who knows anything of the conditions in the South can shut his. eyes to the fact that there are "peculiar" conditions here, unlike those In any other part ot the civilized world. These conditions make our politics "peculiar," and this is the spot that touches the raw, but we cannot help it. We of the South did not make those con ditions. We are trying in the light of reason and with the help of God to cor rect them. We have made some mistakes for one, the mistake of following blind ly the lead of Northern men who have carried us through devious paths, even to the cave of Adullam. It Is against this craven abjection that the Telegraph has rebelled. It Is weary of following political masters who are trained in the school of ultra-Populism, and anarchy. The Southern people do not fit the Joint. Nothing but the hope of greater relief from negrolsm could have Induced them to follow It at all. But the temporary bond Is broken and we are casting about for the best course to pursue. If the 13 Southern States are not lynched by the young man from Oregon, we will go on working out our destiny, trusting In God and praying, for le'aders. The article of which the Telegraph com plains was written by a veteran of the Civil War, who is no stranger to the South. 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