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IS THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER fi, SOUNDS LIKE THE PSALMS OF DAVID Secretary of Agriculture Wilson's Statement Reviewed by William E. Curtis "WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 5- Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson has just Issued his annual report. The most interesting t view that lias yet appeared is by Wil liam E. Curtis. It follows: Secretary' Wilson's annual report sounds !Ike the Psalms of David. He praises the Lord for His infinite goodness and mani fold mercies to. the children of men, and specifies a billion-dollar crop of corn. $600,000,000 worth of cotton, $217,000,000 worth of mules, billions of dozens of eggs, and various other material blessings, and ten cries. Woe! Woe! Woe! because we ave to import our sugar, coffee, tea, co--oa, s picos, chocolate and rubber. He sings a pong of triumph because of a 14 per cent gain In the value of the crop of this year ever 1P05, and a 42 per cent gain over tne crr-p of the last census year, and bemoans the advent of the boll weevil and the cat te mange. In fervent words he boasts of the achievements of the 2000 enthusiastic bug hunters, plant breeders and cow doctors vtho are working under him in the Depart ment of Agriculture, and in tearful worts reproaches the farmers for not taking bet ter care of their implements and ma chinery. He lifts up his hands to the mountains and exclaims how beautiful and how valuable are the forests, and in the next paragraph laments the lack of Fympathy between the farmer and his corn planters and windmills. Full of Surprises. It is a groat report; it is full of surprises and wonders and enormous figures. Sec retary Wilson has a way of injecting vitality into crop reports and giving inter est to the discussion of swamp drainage. Every pace he has written will have a fasrinatlon for storekeepers and me chanics, as well as farmers, and his com ments on the financial condition of the agricultural classes Is likely to put up the jrico of every plowed field and every pasture In the country. Indeed, after reading his rhapsodies one envies the horny-handed ron of toll and is Inclined to doubt whether the curse of Eden did act fall upon the stock, broker Instead. He says: "While tho farmers have been increas ing their annual products of wealth since 359 from great proportions to still greater ones, the value of their farm property has gono' on Increasing. Ratios of increase from tho last three censuses indicate that since 1900 the farm land, with improve ments, including buildings, has increased in value $1,750,000,000; tho implements and machinery over 5100,000,000, and the prin cipal classes of live stock $240,000,000." The Improved financial condition of the farmer is indicated by the deposits in banks In several states, and the Secretary uses for illustration Iowa, where, since hp has been Secretary of Agicrulturo, the Individual deposits in national banks have increased 137 per cent. In state and pri vate banks 123 per cent, and in savings banks 215 per cent In Kansas, which is 01m o nnroU- airrlcultural state, the growth of tangible wealth has been even greater. The Increase of Individual de posits in national hanks since 1K has "been 212 per cent, in state and private banks 227 per cent, and in savings banks Z1S per cent. And the gain has been still greater In Mississippi, where the Indivi dual deposits In national banks have in creased 2S5 per cent. In stale and private i banks 305 per cent, and in savings banks 301 nor cent, while the increase at large has been 52 per cent in national, 1B3 per cnt in state and SI per cent in savings banks. Increase of Depositors. A similar comparison favorable to the agrlrultral states may he raado in regard to the numoor of depositors." continues t.'e Secretary, "which havtj increased 143 pr cent in Massachusetts, 117 per cent in Now Tork, 25S per cent in Kansas, 263 per rrnt in Mississippi and in a corresponding degree in the other agricultural states. Thr farmers rate of financial progress, as videnced by tho foregoing statement, reod fear no comparison with that of any other class of producers. The farmer may rot become a millionaire, but he is surer than a millionaire to retain his wealth and have Independence in living. "The diffusion of the farmer's well-being throughout all parts of the country ! one of the most conspicuous features of the recent agricultural development. This attracted attention a year ago and Is even now more noticeable, because the great South is more especially enjoying this growth of well-being, owing to the cr.hanced value of tho cotton crop, in addition to her general progress In agri culture. The Eastern farmer, who was Jong on the verge of bankruptcy in com jKOltioh with the virgin soil and rapid expansion of the northern naif of the Mississippi Valley, has survived that competition and now enjoys more normal condtiions. owing to the creation and maistonance of many large, nearby mar kets, by many varied industries. The Pa cific Coast has long been prosperous with its world-famous specialties; the Mountain States are glad with the fruits and promises of Irrigation; in the older prairie states the farmer has seen Ills land go from 23 cents to $100 and $150 an acre; and the 'great American desert,' as it was called when it was nothing but a buffalo range, is now peopled by a pro gressive race of farmers whose banks are filled to overflowing with the pro ceeds of their products. "Doesn't that remind you of the cxvillth. or the exxrvith Psalms? Reasons fop Progress. The Secretary tells us how all this has happened. He says that since the indus trial depression of nine and ten years ago, the farming element of the people has laid broader, deeper and more sub stantial foundations of a magnificent ag riculture, and has enjoyed a series of prosperous years. I "As groat as the financial successes of agriculture were in 1903, hitherto without equal, those of 1904 advanced somewhat beyond them," he writes. "While some products have fallen behind in value others have more than filled the deficit and the general result is that In 1904 the farmers have produced in value much more wealth than they ever did before in one year. "One conspicuous item that has con tributed to this is the com crop. With a quantity closely approaching 2,500.000,000 bushels, near the record cron of 1901 the high price of this year gives this crop a. I arm vaiuc mucn greater man it ever "hart hnfore. far exceeding SL000.O00.O00. With this crop the farmers could pay the auonai uuul ouu iuo lui-uru&i. uiereon for one year, and still have money enough left to pay the expense of tho National Government for a large fraction of a year. The cotton crop, including seed, be came the second la value In 1903, and re mains so in 1904. "It is now too early to state even with approximate accuracy what the farm value of this crop is, but the indications are that the farm value of the lint and seed must reach $000,000,000. In this case, jj In tho rRSO nf a nthnr ntnlomimlo herein made concerning crop values for v. iv iuu9i uc Dome in minu mar. me amounts have not been finally deter mined by the department, that the fig ures may bo considerably changed when the annual estimate Is made In the usual way, and that the values are at the farm and are not commercial values at the exchange or anywhere else. Hay and Wheat. ' Hay and wheat are contending for the tuuu jiiucc jii point, oi vaiue, aunough for many years one or the other has held expected that these crops will together be worth on the farm this year almost as much as the corn crop, or nearly $1.0001,000,000. Although the wheat .crop jias a coasiceraDiy lower production than any year since 1900. the farm value per bushel is higher than at any time since 1SS1, so that this Is undoubtedly, by a considerable margin, the most valuable crop of wheat ever raised In this country." Eggs and the National Debt. Secretary Wilson says the same of po tatoes, barley and rice, and the oat crop surpasses all records except for 1902. He estimates the farm value of the principal crops this year at $3,558,339,609, an increase of more than $1,000,000,000 over the last census year. He says that horses and cattle were never so valuable as now, notwithstanding the automobile and the beef trust, and that the value of the eggs laid by the hens of the United States in 1904 would pay a year's interest on the National debt. He calculates that the total reward paid by Nature to the farm ers of the United States for their in dustry and Intelligence during the pres ent year surpasses $5,000,000,000. "All of the gold mines of the entire world have not produced, since Columbus discovered America," he says, "a greater value than the farmers of this country have produced in wealth in two years. This year's product is more than six times the amount of the capital stock oT all National banks; it is twice the sum of our exports and Imports; three times the gross earnings of all our railways, and four times the value of all the min erals produced in this country." Imports of Farm Products. But while his report is ringing with ex altation over this prosperity, the Secre tary deplores tho fact that the Imports of farm products for 1904 were greater than ever, reaching a total of 5452.3S4.570, and leaving the lowest balance of trade in agricultural products that the United States has recorded on her books for sev eral years. This is accounted for, ho says, by our present inability to produce tropical and semi-tropical food products like sugar, coffee, tea and chocolate, and then he describes the efforts which he and his assistants in the department are making to correct this defect In our Na tional economy by developing the natural resources of Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. Our new insular possessions, he con tends, are capable of supplying all wo want of coffee, chocolate, rubber and other tropical staples, while the humble beet, if we give it a chance, will sweeten the life of the entire Nation. Secretary Wilson is very earnest on this point. We have the soli, the climate, the capital, the labor and the Intelligence, and if we utilize them we can save the trade bal ance of $5,002,651,016, which, during the last 15 years, has been charged against us in that particular account. With pride and enthusiasm, but with be coming modesty, the Secretary tells us what his department has done to promote this mighty progress and unprecedented prosperity, and his plans for future use fulness. He relates an Interesting story concerning the Invasion of our cotton fields by a Central American insect which threatened the devastation of the entire cotton belt; but was circumvented by the vigilance and ingenious work of th'c young men of his Entomological Bureau. He tells, also, about the narrow escape of the cattle Industry in the Mountain States from a contagion that required vigorous work on the part of the Bureau of Ani mal Industry- He describes the success of his scientists in breeding new and use ful plants, and in Improving animals for food and labor. New fruits have been produced and researches have resulted In the improvement of old ones. He Is find ing valuable new plants and vegetables for the arid and semi-arid regions; he Is making a chemical survey of the soil of the several states in order to determine what crops can be grown most profitably in each; and ho has agents searching other continents for new grains, vege tables, fruits and forage plants that aro suitable to our soil and climate. wane the Department of Agriculture is not an educational Institution in the strict A BRITISH SLAVE STATION Hong-Kong Is the Center of a Traffic in Coolies Kidnaping and Crimping Freely Carried On. Kobe (Japan) Chronicle. SOME weeks ago we gave an account of the Incident of the Maria Luz, which, arriving In Yokohama on the July 7, 1S72, to repair damages received in a sudden squall at sea, was discovered to have on board a number of Chinese coolies who had been kidnapped for de livery in Peru, whither the vessel was bound. As we pointed out, the action of the Japanese government in that case, which ordered the release of the men when the circumstances were brought to Its attention, did very much to kill the worst features of the coolie traffic at Macao. Thereupon a valued correspond ent. In a letter appearing In our col umns, remarked that, without discount ing the value of the Japanese action in the Maria Luz case, the Macao coolie traffic was really destroyed by judgment of Sir John Smale, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Hong Kong, who de cided, in a charge brought against a coolie accused of murdering the captain and officers of one of these "labor" ships, that the coolies were justified in killing their abductors when this was the only means of regaining their liberty. It Is somewhat curious that just at this time, when attention has been drawn to the question by the experiment in South Africa, the present Chief Justice at Hong Kong should have "a case before him which proves not only that the days of kidnaping are not past, but that the center of the traffic Is Hong Kong itself. Such a statement appears- almost incred ible, but the facts put on record during the hearing of the- case in question are beyond dispute, and they afford an in teresting comment on the assumption of some of our correspondents In the, recent discussion on Chinese indentured labor that the accompaniments of the old slave traffic had disappeared forever. Prosecuting three Chinese for the of fense of detaining by force certain per sons for the purpose of emigration, the Attorney-General of Hong Kong, address ing the Chief Justice at the recent crim inal sessions said that the evidence he would lay before the court showed that in Hong Kong the kidnaping of ignorant Chinese for the purpose of sending them abroad as 'emigrants" was all too rife, and that it was evident a huge conspir acy existed. The prisoners brought be fore the court were the managers of a boarding-house at Hong Kong, licensed for the reception of intending emigrants, and therefore supposed under the emi gration ordinance to be conducted In a proper manner; but the police, said the Attorney-General, had discovered by ac cident that the provisions of the ordi nance were being systematically evaded, and that kidnaping and crimping were quite common in a colony administered under the British government. It ap peared that coolies were inveigled to Hong Kong under promise of employ ment, and on arrival were taken to cer tain boarding-houses, where they were prevented by force from going out into .the street, and then shipped away to the mines and plantations -in the South as soon as possible. The facts of this traffic, which has probably been going on for years, were discovered quite accidentally. Some weeks ago a coolie brought in from the country by these slave dealers, find ing that he was detained as a prisoner, attempted to escape from the house, and in doing so fell from the verandah to the ground, being killed by the fall. Tho police went ' to the house and made In quiries, and Xs their surprise found that sense of the word, the Secretary says "It can do and is doing much to bring home to people in all walks of life the Impor tance and value of the farm and its pro ductions. The Bureau of Plant Industry is making a special effort to encourage the study of plants in the public schools. The future welfare of this country de pends upon Its agricultural development and Ir Is important and vital that a knowl edge of the opportunities in this field should be early brought to the attention of the child. . "Very little effort has been made to overcome the general 'belief that there Is always a great amount of drudgery connected with the farm, and that the opportunities In this sort of occupation are narrow and limited. When we see the rapid advancements that are being made in agriculture along all lines, and note the need for bright young men in this field, the opportunities offered by the cultivation of the soil seem as great as in any other field." This propaganda is not only being car ried on by agents of the department in public schools, but here In Washington and on the experimental farms of the Government are more than 500 young men, graduates of agricultural colleges ibelng trained to teach and preach and demonstrate the profits and pleasures of farm life. Prosperity of the South. - Secretary Wilson seems particularly interested In promoting the prosperity of the South, and devotes more atten tion to that subject than to many others in his annual report. His efforts tp en courage the production of rice, to Intro duce new types of cotton and other plants suitable for the soil and climate are described at length. He tells us of the experimental farms, which are a new feature of his work In the South, to demonstrate the value and Importance of diversified agriculture over the Tra ditional practice of farming with a sin gle crop. Thirty-two of these sample farms have been established In the Gulf States and two ia South Carolina, where they have already begun to attract the attention of the local farmers, who are studying their possibilities and advan tages. The work of the Bureau of Forestry in saving the forests and restoring them is discussed at length, together with a hundred other topics concerning the practical work of the department. Sev eral pages are devoted to the improve ment of the social and Industrial condi tions of farm life, the construction of proper barns and dairy buildings, the selection of healthful locations, the wa ter supply and drainage, and other do mestic subjects in which too many farm ers show too little interest. The Secretary scolds the farmers of the United States for not taking better care of their "machinery and implements. He says: "There is made and sold each year In this country about $100,000,000 worth of farm machinery. Fully one half of this goes into the hands of men who do not know how to select it wisely or to keep It In proper condition. The waste which results runs into millions of dollars annually. In addition, -implement manufacturers lose large sums In making and attempting to Introduce ma chinery unsuited to the work It is in tended to perform, with a resultant loss both to farmers and manufacturers. "Realizing the need of Improvement In these matters, and partly to meet the requests of implement manufacturers for young men having agricultural and me chanical training which will enable them to .design and construct implements suit ed to the conditions of the American farm, a number of agricultural colleges and experiment stations have inaugurat ed courses of Instruction and begun sys tcmatic experimentation fo the purpose of bringing abot a general diffusion of Intelligence about this feature of farm it was fitted up in such a way as to form a prison. Arresting the people In the house. further investigation was made, when It was discovered that several men and women In the place were under deten tlon, and were prevented by bars and bolts, as well as by threats and menaces from leaving the building. According to tne emigration ordinance. It Is necessary lor an intending emigrant to appear be fore certain officials and make a declnr ation, but this safeguard has Droved of no avail whatever. The actual coolies who were sent abroad were not brought before the officials, the places of the emigrants" being 'taken by long strines of men, accomplices of the boarding masters, who personated the laborers supposed to be seeking work in the South. Altogether, large sums appear to have been realized bv this nefarious traffic. In the case of the man who met nis death by attempting to escape from one of these prisons, he was to be shipped by the Catherine Ancar on the fol lowing day and. hearing probably that it was nis last night ashore, the man ap pears to nave attempted to escaoe. with fatal results. An official from the Har bor Master s Office furthermorp mw v dence before the court that he passed the names of certain emigrants, on what ne understood to be personal application niougn ne now learned that the men were actually detained In a bnarrilnr- house at the time they were to appear before him. As the result or the evidence given, tne tnree accused men were found guilty and sentenced to imnrlson ment with hard labor two for terms of is months and one for six months It cannot be said that the punishment is severe wnen-the nature of the crime 1 considered. The three accused Wr In directly responsible for the death of one man who attempted to get out of their clutches, and they have apparently sent "many of their fellow-men and women to labor In mines and plantations In the aouui, wnere tne death-rate testifies the nature of the conditions. Thirrv years ago Sir John Smale, when Chief justice or Hong Kong, held that a kid naped coolie, forcihlv detained, was iu? titled in killing his abductors; today Sir H. S. Berkeley, the present Chief Jus tice, does not apparently consider the discovery of this conspiracy to be worth any remark or comment, for. judging by inree newspaper reports consulted, he contented himself by simply sentencing the men brought before him. Tnripfri h even appeared to deprecate much being saia regarding tne prevalence of the prac tlce discovered, for when tMi utnm.v General referred to the widespread char acter or tne conspiracy, he was told the Chief Justice that he must confine himself to the particular case before the court. It would almost seem that thn strong antipathy to slavery in any form which prevailed St) and 40 years ago has in tnese latter days become less pro nounced. However that mav be. thi in question shows conclusively that, de spite au sareguards. coolie traffic from China is always likely to be accompanied by kidnaping and to end in slavery. The Hong Kong emigrants' ordinance is a measure which was devised with the object of protecting the coolie and pre venting such scandals as were assool&r. with the traffic in Macao, yet we find tnat in tne colony ltseir, and under very nose of the officials annotated the to guard against the unwllllnc shlnmpnf of coolies to the plantations and mines. kidnaping has apparently been flourish ing for years, the abductors battening on the Ignorance of the coolies. It is not to be expected that any dif ferent result will follow from the system which Is disguised by the name of "in dentured labor." When there Is a large and ignorant populace to be drawn upon for such service, and the law protects contracts made with persons who cannot understand that they are signing away tnelr liberty for a certain term of years, such abuses are certain to creep In. The men who trade In coolies will find some way or other of circumventing the law and adding to the profits they derive from the traffic. It has been so with the coolie labor for Assam, and it will be so with the Indentured labor for the Transvaal. GAIN m EXPORTS TO CANADA United States Trade This Year Is Likely to Establish Record. WASHINGTON. Dec 4. Exnorts from the United States to Canada during the year about to terminate seem lllCely to exceea m total value those of any earlier year. The Department of Commerce and .uioor, through Its Bureau of Statistics, has Just prepared a table showing the total commerce of the United States with Canada during the ten months emlng with October, also the total imports Into mo unuea biates irom, and exports irom the United States to. Canada in each fiscal year frnm 1R.V tn nnH Innlnrltnc- 1904. The former statement nhown that the total exports from the United States to Canada in the ten months ending with October, 1904. wore $116,775,656. arainst $111,884,763 in the corresponding months of 1903, and $93,792,394 in the correspond ing months of 1902. The fiscal-year statement shows that our Imports from Canada rew from $33, 264.403 In 1865 to $51,406,265 in 1904. and that' our exports to Canada grew from $28,529,402 in 1865 to $131,274,346 In 1904. The more rapid growth In our exports to Canada nas occurred during recent yeare. This Is illustrated by the fact that our total exports to Canada In 1890 were $40,282,108. as against $28,829,402 In 1S65, the growth" in the 25 years from 1865 to 1890 having thus been less than $12,000, 000; while the growth during the 14 years since 1S90 has been $91,000,000. The most rapid growth, however, has occurred dur ing the period from 1894 to 1904. our total exports to Canada In 1894 having been $56,664,094. as against $131,274,346 in 1904, an Increase of $74,000,000 in the decade. Thus during the last decade our total ex ports to Canada have Increased 131 per cent. This growth in our exports to Canada has been the more remarkable In view of the fact that Its natural products are In most cases similar to those of the United States, which suggests that the growth in exports occurs chiefly In manufactured articles, and this assumption Is justified by an examination of the figures of the Bureau of Statistics relating to the ex ports of manufactures to the various countries of the world. This statement shows that the exports of manufactures from the United States to Canada In 1S93 were $13,440,029, and In 1903 (the latest year for which this information is available) $61,103,842. forming, in 1S93. 32.4 per cent and In 1903, 53.4 per cent of the total exports of domestic products to Canada. This growth in our exports of manufac tures to Canada and in the oorcentaire nuicu Liivy mrm oi our loiai exports xo that country Is the more remarkable in view of the fact that the Canadian tariff gives to products from tho United King dom a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent in the rates of duty charged upon similar prod ucts of the United States and other for eign countries, the reduced rates of duty applying only to the United Kingdom and certain British colonies. The Canadian reduction of duty on imports from the United Kingdom and certain of. Its col onies began In April, 1897. with a reduc tion of 12 per cent. In 1898 this reduc tion was Increased to 25 per cent, and in 1900 to 33 1-3 pr cent, and has so con tinued ud to the nresent time. Tet It nas oeen during that very period of the operation of the preferential duty in favor of the '-.nlted Kingdom that the exports from the United States to Canada have grown with the greatest rapidity. It is also especially interesting to note that the share which the United 8tates sup plies of the total imports Into Canada has grown more rapidly than that of tho United Kingdom during the operations of thus preferential tariff In favor of the United Kingdom. The table which follows shows the trade between tho United States and Canada In each year from 1850 to 1904: Export from V. S. to Canada. ..$ 0.515.991 .. 11.771,092 .. 10.229.608 12.432.507 .. 24.073,408 .. 27.741.SCS .. 29.023349 . . 24.13S.482 .. 23.CO4.620 .. 28.109.494 .. 22.685.928 . . 22.076.513 .. 20.573.070 27.619.814 .. 20.574.G24 28.829.402 . . 24.82S.8SO .. 21.020.302 . . 24.OS0.777 .. 23.381.471 .. 23.339.254 .. 32.270.170 .. 29.411.454 . . 32.534.984 .. 41.S27.904 .. 34.547.219 .. 33.375.719 37.418.315 .. 37.140.6S2 . . 29.004.3S5 .. 29.400.257 .. 37.903,322 .. 30,500.403 .. 44.417.110 .. 44.300.196 .. 38.245.634 .. 33.462.800 .. 34.988.110 .. 35.882.383 .. 40.607.561 .. 40.282.1 OS .. 38.147.778 .. 43.299.787 . . 40.794.332 .. 50,004.094 .. 52.854.709 .. 59.eS7.921 .. 04.928.821 .. lS.714.OS6 .. S7.974.Bfll .. 95.319.970 .. 105.789.21 4 .. 109.642.993 .. 123.2nfl.7SS .. 131.274.S46 Imports Into Tear. 1S50 1S51 1852 .... isk: ... 1854 ... 1S55 ... 1850 ... 1R57 ... 165S ... 1859 ... 1800 ... 1801 ... 1862 ... 18C3 ... 1864" ... 1865" ... 18CC ... 1867 1S6S 1S60 .... 1S70 1871 1872 1873 1874 .... 1875 .... 1870 1877 1878 ... 1879 1SSO 18S1 .... 1882 1853 .... 1884 .... 1855 .... 1880 18S7 .... 18R8 1863 .... 1890 1891 .... 1S92 1893 1894 1S95 1S9C 1697 189S 1S99 .... 1900 1001 .... 1902 1&03 .... 1904 u. a. irom Canada. $ 5.170.500 15.270.718 5.469,445 fl.n27.559 8.784.412 15.118.289 21.27fi.ftl4 22.108.918 lb.784.S3S 19287.5C5 2372.790 22.724.4S9 18.511.025 17.4S4.7S6 29.C0S.730 33.2C4.403 48.B2.1 .H2R 25.044.005 :M.Z61,3 29.203.7i 36,265.328 32.542.137 30.340.930 37,175.254 34.173.580 27.S07.G15 28JS05.9S4 24.164.755 25.044.811 T5.710.771 32.9S3.564 37.fS4.101 50.775.581 44.294.158 38.3S9.83S 3a.0fl5.fiSS 37.3M.036 37.847,277 42.924.554 42.738.074 39.042.977 39.CS7.7S2 34.954.203 37.777.463 3O.7D0.91fi 3G. 574.327 40.887.565 40.3T9.3 31.870.4; 81.220,907 39.369. ,074 42.482. 4S.070. 163 124 413 54.781. 51.406,265 Period during which reciprocity treaty was In operation between the united States and Canada. The following table, from the official reports of the Canadian government. shows the total imports of Canada and the percentage thereof supplied by the united states and tne united Kingdom respectively. In each year from 1890 to 1904: Total imports for consumption into Tears. Canada. 1690 $112.7G3,5S4 1881 113.345.124 1892 116.978,943 1893 121 .705.030 1894 113.OS3.9S3 1895 105.252.511 1S0O 110.5S7.4SO 1897 111.294.021 1S9S 130.608.000 1890 154.051.593 1900 .. 180.804.316 1901 1S1.237.9SS 1902 202.791.595 1903 233.790.516 1904 251.404.332 Share supplied by U. S; U. K. P. C. P. a 40.4 as.5 47.4 37.1 45.5 35.4 47.8 35.4 47.0 34.2 51.S 2.c 53.0 29.8 55.4 28.4 60.2 -JA.9 0.4 "4.1 .7 "4.7 0.9 23.7 59.5 24 1 58.9 25 2 00.0 24.0 It Is proper to add that the above state ment, which Is from the official figures of the Canadian government, shows on comparison with the official figures of the other countries of the world that the United States is supplying a larger share of the present imports of Canada than It supplies of the Imports of. any other country In the world. The Denver & Rio Grande scenery Is even more beautiful la Winter than Sum mer. Travel East via that line and spend . any in eait J-axe iiy, Those unhappy persons who suffer from nervousness and dyspepsia should use Carters Little .Nerve -Fills, made express iv tor uns ciass. WORK ON CHINOOK Repairs to Bar Dredge May Cost $20,000, EXPENSES TO BE KEPT DOWN Harriman Line to Have Large Bonded Warehouse on Water Front Marshfield S'nows Hostility, to Steamer Kllburn. Specifications- are being prepared at the office of Major W. C. Langfltt, United States Engineers, for the repairs to the bar dredge Chinook, and will be In the hands of prospective bidders In a few days If it Is concluded to give the work out for contract. It Is generally under stood that no more work will be done on the dredge than Is absolutely necessary to keep her In condition, but well-posted machinists say that not' less than $20,000 will have to be expended1 on her. It Is Intended thoroughly to overhaul tho boilers, engines and pumping machin ery, and a new anchor windlass will be put In position forward in place of the one now In use. The most Important and expensive repairs will be to the boilers, which have been patched several times and have given considerable trouble. As the work Is now outlined, there will be no alteration of the upper structure, though some time ago there was much talk of cutting the house lower. The War Department is not disposed to spend any moro money on the steamer than is necessary, as her achievements at the mouth of the Columbia have not ful filled expectations and Government funds can be expended to better purpose in carrying on the jetty Improvement. The Chinook was put on the bar to demon strate whether or not a sea dredge would be efficient In deepening the channel, and. according to the outside pilots, she has proved a failure. T.he steamer Is moored at the Victoria dock site, where the repairs to her will probably be made. She is a conspicuous object on the water front, and many per sons have Journeyed down there to see her. Captain Dunbar and his officers keep her in excellent appearance, and her cabins, decks and engine-rooms present a striking contrast to those of most steam ers that come to this port. Outwardly she is not handsome, as she was built for utility being originally a cattle steamer adn plying between New York and Eng land. She was launched at Belfast 11 years ago, and was then known as the Mohawk. The Government bought her in 1S9S and used her as a transport between ban Francisco and tho Philippines, giving her the name of Grant. After the close of the Spanish War she was transferred to the Engineers Department, converted into a sea dredge at Mare Island for the Columbia River, and renamed Chinook. GREAT BONDED WAREHOUSE. Harriman System Will Make Use of Montgomery Dock No. 1. Negotiations are under way between the O. R. & N. Co. and the J. B. Mont gomerj estate for the leasing for a long term of years of Montgomery dock No. 1. Owing to the absence of Mrs. Montgom ery from the city, the deal has progressed slowly, but Is expected to be concluded In a few days. The company Intends to use the dock as a bonded warehouse, where the Oriental steamer may discharge their cast-bound freight. At the present time a portion of their old dock Is being used for that pur pose, but the Increase in the movement of freight from across the Pacific has made It necessary to provide more room Montgomery dock No. 1 is excellently sit uated for the purpose, as it adjoins the O. R. & N. track and has plenty of water, tho soundings along a great portion of Its frontage showing more than the other docks have In that vicinity. The place was formerly used by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. as a wheat wharf, but since the com pletion of Oceanic dock by this company It has been Idle. MENACE TO NAVIGATION. Lumber Wreckage Off Coast Endan gers Shipping. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5. Wreckage in quantity sufficient to endanger the ship ping of this Coast is afloat on the seas oft the northern part of this state, and oft tho Oregon coast, and every vessel reaching port reports having passed through large areas of lumber. The schooner Joseph Russ arrived- here today from the Columbia River, reports that on November 27, 50 miles west of Cape Blan co, it passed through a- lot of lumber. Several vessels report having passed through an area of lumber covering the sea, three miles in length. Heavy timbers and scantlings are in eluded in tho wreckage, and shipping men state that, the heavy lumber is a menace to the coasting vessels. The heavy south eastern gales that have been running oft the northern coast are responsible. Sev eral lumber schooners In fighting the ele ments, have lost their deckloads, and a number of others have been compelled to jetison cargo in order to save them selves from destruction. REFUSED A LANDING. Marshfield Wharf own ersXaive Steam er Kllburn Hostile Reception. MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 5. (Special.) The -new steamer F. A. Kllburn. on her second trip in here, with Mr. and Mrs Russell and Dr. Tower on board, was re fused a landing at the Marshfield wharves today and had to anchor out In the bay, where small boats met her and took off her passengers. The city's water front is all owned by private persons The Kllburn, If she Is unable to get a wharf here, will have to cut out Marsh field and touch exclusively at. North Bend, which has a public wharf 1000 feet long. It Is thought this hostile demonstration toward the Kllburn on the part of other shipowners may lead to a rate war. The Kllburn sailed this afternoon with the following passengers for Portland: J. W Esten. D. W. Cade, A. Farrls. J. White, C. Tlmmons, Miss Earle, Mis3 Walters Miss Alexander and 20 Chinamen. DO NOT PRODUCE SPEED. Turbines of Allen Liner Victorian Apparently a Failure. GLASGOW, Dec 5. The trial of the Allan Line steamer Victorian, the largest turbine vessel yet built, which was launched at Belfast August 25. has been so disappointing as to raise serious daubts among the Clyde shipbuilders as to the value of turbines In the case of large ships. AH the efforts made to get the Victorian near contract speed were futile, and It Is understood that the construction of the turbine engines intended for the new Cun ard Line steamers has been stopped pend ing developments. Spoken by Ville de Mulhouse. The French bark Ville de Mulhouse. just arrived In port from- Hamburg, reports having spoken the following vessels: July 7, Italian steamer, Tinnamare; July 19, French bark Adolphe. In 21:17 -north. 16:13 west: August 7, British steamer showing signal letters "L. Q. C. W.," 9:10 north, 25:43 west; September 23, British four-masted vessel running to southeast and coming from Tocopllla, 32 south. S5:oo west:. September 20. British bark Guemis. of Dundee, from Talkahuano. for Swan sea, 52:30 south, SS west; October 1. Ger man bark varchln, 52 south. 57 west; ...No vember 31, three-masted French bark, hove-to. In north-northeast, ship's posi tion, 34:23 north, 135 west. .Pay of Dead Sailors. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 5. (Special.) The 1 local agents of the dismantled schooner Webfcot today deposited at the Custom- House the amount of wages due the three men who are supposed to have been lost while attempting to reach the shore from the schooner In a small boat. The names of the men and the sum due each are as follows: Joseph O'Nell, seaman, $ls.33; Otto Gunther, seaman, $48.33; M. Bromo, mate $15S.S3. The money will be sent by the customs department to the Cleric of the Federal Court In Portland. The Web- foot was taken to Knappton yesterday and the work of discharging her cargo was commenced this morning. Bella Reaches Si us! aw Harbor. EUGENE, Or.. Dec. a. (Special.) It is reported from Florence that the schooner Bella, from San Francisco, which Is long overdue, and for the safety of which there has been considerable anxiety, has arrived at Sluslaw harbor. Marine Notes. The Port of Portland tender Wenona was lifted on the drydock yesterday for an examination of her hull. The French ship Amlral Cecllle is still lying at anchor at Tacoma under libel by the owners of the steamship Multnomah, the expenses of her delay amounting to about $120 a day. A bond of $16,000 Is re quired for the vessel's release, but It has not yet been given. The libel suit is for $S00O damages alleged to have been sus tained, by the Multnomah in a collision. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Dec. 5. Arrived at 7:45 and left up at 9:45 Steamer Columbia, from San Fran cisco. Arlvcd at 7:45 ad left up at 11 A. M. Steamer Alliance, from Eureka. Arrived at 7:45 A. M. Steamer W. H. Harrison, from SiuslaTr. Sailed at C A. II. Steamer Aurella. Arrived at 10 A. M. and left up at 3 i. 1L Schooner S. T. Alexander, from San Pedro. Arrived down at 11:45 British ship Lancdale. Arrived yesterday Schooner W. P. Jewett. from San Pedro. Sailed yesterday Steamer Acme, for San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; icind east; weather cloudy. San Francisco, Dec. 5. Arrived at 7 A. II. Steamer Geo. "W. Elder, from Portland; achoon r Virginia, from. Portland. Arrived Steamer Charles Nelson, from Seattle; steamer Enter prise, from HHo; steamer Santa Monica, from Gray'9 Harbor. Sailed German ship Stelnbek, for Newcastle; steamer Olympla, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Santa Barbara, for Gray's Harbor. Eon Pedro, Dec. 5. Arrived Dec. 4 Schooner Robert H. Hind, from Columbia River. New Tork, Dec. 5. Arrived Ultonla, from Trieste, Flum. etc. Hoqulam, "Wash., Dec. 5. (Special.) Sailed Schooner F. J. Wood, from Hoqulam for San Francisco: pchooner E. R. "West, from Aber deen for South Africa: steamer Norwood, from Aberdeen for San Francisco; steamer Santa. Monica, from Aberdeen for San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Coronado, from San Fran cisco for Aberdeen; schooner A. M. Campbell, from San Francisco for Aberdeen; Charles Wll son, from San Francisco for Aberdeen. CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses.' Grant Clear. 25; Gladys Mitchell. 21. Ellis Ewlntr. 25; Delia Voho, 20. Frank O. LInd. 22; Hilda A. Johnson. 24. Births. November SO, to the wife of Carl' Ztzelman. 38S Stark, a boy. November 80. to,, the wife of John A. Pal mer, 41S San Rafael, a girl. November 20, to the. wife of Walter F. Ed wards, 748 Pettysrove, aglr!. November 10. to the wife of Edgrar B. Hyatt, 6G3 Halsey. & girl. November 20. to the wife of Benjamin Trenk- raan. B67 Spring, a. girl. November 27. to the wife of William A. Pasley. St. Vincent's Hospital, a. boy. November 28, to the wife of Hllbert J. Foa ter. East Thirty-ffltxth and East Salmon, a boy. November 24. to the wife of Silas E. Moeser, 782 East Salmon, a boy. November 22. to- the wife of B. D. Joeheln- sen. 294 Jefferson, a girl. November 28. to the wife of H. S. Hellen dorn. 240 Halsey, a girl. November 4, to the wife . of Charles C. Woodcock", Woodlawn. a boy. November 30, to the wife of Clarence. E Skinner. 050 "Upshur, a boy. November 23. to the wife of David Thomas, 492 Glisan, & boy. Deaths. December 4, T. Totsuka, St. Vincent's Hos pital, 50 years: cancer of liver. Building Permits. U. Haugff, Stanton and Union avenue, shop. W." C. Knighton, Thirty-flrst, between Thur raan and Vaughan. dwelling. $3500. Mrs. Mary J Colllnson. Eaat Fourteenth, between xoompaoa uuu imouiuuii, .ltr-olllnc" S15GO. M. Chambers. Macadam, near Arnold Tract, mill- s.vxw E. G. Peterson. East Seventh, between East Lincoln and East Grant, dwelling: tou. J. R. GlUIhan. Hawthorne avenue, between East Thirty-eighth and East Thirty-ninth, two- story dwelllnc: $1500. Jamea Baker, East Nineteenth and Weidier, dwMUnc? S1CO0. W. M. Conklln. East Thirty-seventh and Ste phens, cottage; ?1000. B. R. Galbraith, Morris, between Xtrby and Pfwramprcfnl. rnttatret 3700. Bethel M. E. Church, Tenth, between Everett and Davis, repairs; S150. Real Estate Transfers. Martha A. Rea to W. A. Wheeler, lot 2. block 22, Wheeler's Addition S James McBride and wife to E. M. Toung, 33 1-3x70 feet In fractional -lots 4. 5, block 1. North Portland.. Harry Smith and wife to A. LaJng. lot 0, block. 1. Mount Scott Park Scottish American Inv. Co. to J. E. Bronauh, lot 24. block 20, Willam ette Heights Addition Chris Olhus and wife to M. It. Hol brook, SE. lot 4. block 40, James Johns Addition to St. Johns Louis G. Clarke, trustee, et al., to H. B McEwen, lot 2, block 2, Ravens wood Llnzey S. Johnson and wife to "William Hunter and wife. 10 acres SW. U section 22, T. 1 S., R. 2 E John Arnold et al. to M. K. Arnold, lota 7, 8. block 53, Carnthers Addi tion to Caruthers Addition and oth er property J. B. Bridges. Jr., and wife to J. P. McAdams, lot 3. tjlock 4. Rosedale. . Harrison G. Piatt and wife to lu B. McKItrlck. E. lots 3 4 lot C. blk. 21. East Portland John B. Zeigler and wife to A. Lipp man. lot 21. Rohrs Subdivision block F, Caruthers Addition W. M. Kllllngsworth et al. to L. M. Stegner, lots 10, 11. block 22, "Wal nut Park A. J. Smlthson to E. Kroner, plec land beginning G feet S. of NW. cor. block 2. Abend's Addition Francis D. Chamberlain, trustee, and wife to A. H. Harms, lot 10. block 41. Alblna Thomas FUzlnger to J. Rumbaugh. lots 1 to 4 Inclusive, block 4, North Vale Joseph D. Leonard and wife to Port land Academy, lot 7 In N. double block A, city 10 4.000 S30 2.000 1.000 1.000 500 1.500 13 1 Lawson's Place Is Attached. BOSTON, Dec. u. The suit against Thomas W. Lawson tor $350,000 brought by Paul Fuller and F. R. Cou dert, of New Tork, was entered today in the Massachusetts Supreme Court. The action Is said to have been taken in connection with stock transactions. Papers filed in the case state that Sir. Lawson's place at Scltuate, Mass.. has been attached for $350,000. In a bill of complaint the plaintiffs declare Mr. Lawson failed to respond to several calls for payment on stock for which he had subscribed. aoriu a cured to Stay Cured, jnw " pared foryousendfnlldescrip- uon of your case and names ot two astntnanc sufferers. FRANK WHETZEL. M.D., D9t. 1 . Amtrlean ExprM lirfg., Chlcag 750 1 Dr. W. Norton Davis IN A WEEK VCa treat successfully all private nervous and chronic diseases of men. also blood, stomach. heart. liver, kidney and throat troubles. v cure SYPHILIS (without mercury) to stay cured forwver. In 30 to tiO day. V remuv. STR1CTUKK. "without operation or pain. 4a IS days. W. stOD dralni. the result of self-abuse, lta- raedlately. Wo can restore tho sexual vigor of any xsan under SO. by means of local treatmen peculiar to ourselves. WE CURE GONORRHOEA H A WEEK The doctors of this Institute are all rssular graduates, have had many years' experience. have been known in Portland for 15 years, bar a reputation to maintain, and will undertaxt so case unless certain cure can be effected. We guarantee a cur In evry case we under take or charge no fe. consultation free. Lt ter confidential. Instructive BOOK; FOB MEN mailed free In plain wrapper. If you cannot call at office, write for Quastlas blank. Horn treatment successful. Office bourn, 8 to 5 and 7 to 8. Sundays and holidays. 10 to 12. Dr. Ws Norton Davis & Co. Offices la Van-Noy Hotel, 5J Third it-, cor. i-ina, jrorua-io. ur. TEETH SPECIAL ' CUT RATES Boston Painless Dentists Are now giving their annual CV3 KATE PIUCCS on all dental work. 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