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.
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