THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1909.
TAFT SEES GREAT
FUTURE FOR WEST
President Predicts Prosperity
for People of Pacific
Coast Cities.
SHIP SUBSIDY ADVOCATED
American Vessels Handicapped by
No Help From Government He
Thinks Alaska Not Ready to
Take Over Her Own Affairs.
Continued From First Face.)
possible, and then, of course, it is the
best government In the world."
Vrges Subsidy of $8,000,000.
In announcing his position with re
irard to a ship subsidy. President Taft
declared that with the 18.000.000 to
$8,000,000 earned by the Government
on foreign mail service each year a
satisfactory system of subsidy could
be Inaugurated. As to the argument
that a ship subsidy would be an ap
propriation mf public moneys to private
companies, the President said that a
subsidy was In principle and effect
much the same as a protective tariff
system, much the same as Government
assistance in the development and im
provement of rivers and harbors, and
the reclamation of arid lands through
Government irrigation projects.
Not Ready for War.
If war should come at this time.
President Taft declared, the United
States would not have any vessels to
carry coal to its fleets. And it would
be doubtful, under the neutrality laws,
he added, if the 1'nlted States would
be able to buy any foreign "vessels In
the emergency.
The President had an interesting and
busy day, which ended tonight with
a banquet in the Washington building
on the Exposition grounds. Early this
morning he motored out to the fair
grounds and his first function of the
day was to review a parade of nations,
in which Americans. Japanese, Fili
pinos. Chinese, Igorrotes and Eskimos
took part. Then he spent two hours
or more In going through the various
buildings and exhibits. This was fol
lowed by a luncheon In the New York
State building.
Initiated by Arctic Brotherhood.
The address in the amphitheater was
made at 3 P. M-. and immediately after
the ceremonies there the President
went to the Arctic Brotherhood build
' ing for the initiation ceremonies. He
returned to the city for a period of
rest and to dress for dinner. Return
ing to the fair grounds tonight, Mr.
Taft viewed for the first time the won
derful illuminations, which are said to
eclipse those of any previous exposi
tion held in the country.
At the amphitheater, the President
witnessed a flag drill by 400 public
school children. who themselves
formed a living flag. He also listened
to the rendition by a glee club of a
new patriotic song, or anthem, "In
God We Trust," written and composed
by Joseph B. Glider, of New York.
Lost in Robe of Office.
At the Arctic Brotherhood the Presi
dent was elected Honorary ' Past
Grand Arctic Chief and was pre
sented with a costly robe of office,
made of purple velvet and trimmed
with furs. The Brotherhood did not
presume to ask the President to don
the robes, but he insisted with the
laughing remark: "I am not afraid
' to put on tho robes of office; I never
have been."
The only opening In the robe was
at the neck, and after it had been put
over the President's head, things
seemed to get Into a tangle and the
President was lost to view for two or
tHree minutes.
' President Taffs Speech.
In his address in the natural amphi
theater, President Taft said:
Exposition His Objective Point.
"This great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex
position was the objective point on my
trip to the West, and I am glad to have
arrived here after two weeks' travel from
the old Bay State. As I look about me
at this wonderful exhibition of the prog
ress of the Northwest, of Alaska, and
the Pacific Coast. I feel a great pride
in having urged upon the proper Con
gressional committee, with all the em
phasis of which I was capable, the im
portance and the utility of the enterprise.
And It is gratifying to know that under
the administration of Seattle men the
Exposition has been a great success, both
in -rousing world-wide Interest In the
growth of the great Northwest and show
ing a profit over the Immense outlay
needed in its construction and mainten
ance. Wants to See Alaska.
"Whn I first planned my visit to Seat
tle. I had included with It a trip to
Alaska in order that I might, by a per
sonal Investigation, make myself better
acquainted with the character of that
great territory and with the best method
of securing its development. I greatly
regret that the time consumed by Con
gress in the fonsidoration of the tariff
bill prevented my carrying out the part
of the plan embraced in a visit to this
most Interesting territory.
"One of Mr. Seward's substantial claims
to tho gratitude of his countrymen and
to a place among the statesmen of his
country was the broad view which he
took of the value of Alaska and his wis
dom in effecting its purchase. The ces
sion of Virginia and the ordinance of 1TS7,
which gave to the Nation the Middle
West: the purchase by Jefferson of
Louisiana territory, which carried our do
main to the Rocky Mountains: the an
nexation of Texas, and the treaty of
Guadaloupe Hidalgo, which extended our
territory to the Pacific Coast. were
properly supplemented by the acquisition
of Alaska, and this Exposition may well
be regarded as a celebration of t fore
sight of Seward In his policy of expan
sion. ' Nation Well Paid for Purchase.
"It would aeem that the wealth of
Alaska In minerals. In fish, in furs, and
even in agriculture, was still but Inade
quately known, and yet Its value from a
mere money standpoint to the Nation, as
shown by the wealth which has been ex
tracted from it, exceeds by many fold the
cost of It to the Government of the
United States. A review of the history of
the territory will show that Congress has
been very slow to extend to it a proper
form of government.
"Alaska Is a country of immense ex
panse, and the governmental needs of
the southeastern portion near to- Wash
ington and the Northwest are quite dif
ferent from those of Nome and the
Seward Peninsula and of the Valley of
the Yukon. Such a territory has need of
local legislation and local government,
which can only be understood by those
who are on the ground, and It is utterly
Impossible and impracticable for Con-1
gress, in Its legislation, to govern tne ae
tails by legislation required for the best
development of the territory.
"There has been no authority in the
territory having an adequate jurisdiction
to meet the exigencies of such a young
but potentially prosperous territory.
Doesn't Need local Government.
"It has been proposed that Congress
should give to Alaska the regular form
of territorial government under which a
Legislature might be elected, and a Gov
ernor, and between the two they might
be given the powers ordinarily given to
the Legislature and Executive of regu
larly organized territories. I think this
would be a great mistake, because I
don't think that the territory has a popu
lation of sufficient number or sufficient
stability and permanence of residence to
warrant the delegation to , a locally
elected Legislature of such authority.
Many of the places In Alaska, where
there Is a considerable population, are
nothing but mining camps, with all the
migratory and temporary features of such
settlements. More than that, the r ipula
tlon is so small, as compared with the
vast expanse of the territory, that it
would be unwise to provide that a com
paratively small population in Southeast
ern Alaska should -elect Representatives
and legislate for the enormous territory
reaching from British Columbia clear to
the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
Alaska's Soil Neglected.
"Local self-government or home rule
In a country so large as Alaska, with a
nomadic population, intense local and
sectional feeling, should not be given
serious consideration until the popula
tion and developed resources of the coun
try have increased to such an extent as
to warrant the division of the territory
Into more limited areas, where the in
habitants of each would have an oppor
tunity of becoming acquainted and where
there would be some liegree of similarity
of Interests. Before such an experiment,
an earnest effort should be made to se
cure a larger percentage of permanent
residents and endeavor to attach some of
the population to the sell.
"My own Judgment Is that the only way
properly to develop Alaska for the benefit
of everybody In It Is to bring the terri
tory under the management of one bu
reau and department In Washington, so
that all the officials in the government
shall have to respond to one "head and
so also that the Interests of the entire
territory shall be centered In one re
sponsible bureau chief In Washington,
whose business it shall be through his
department chief to present to Congress
the needs of the territory, to follow leg-,
islatlon. and to attend to everything at
the National capital in which the people
of the territory are interested.
National Bureau Is Urged.
"It Is not necessary the delegate shall
be dispensed with, but an executive of
ficer, with records, with information and
constantly active, can greatly contribute
to the welfare of a territory for which he
Is responsible, when located at the Na
tional capital, and when understood to
have the proper authority and responsi
bility. "Certain general laws, like the mining
laws, the forestry laws, the customs laws
and the land laws should be passed by
Congress and perhaps executed by Na
tional officers, but this would leave a
wide domain for domestic legislation
which it seems to me ought to be In
trusted to some local authority on the
ground and having a knowledge of iocal
needs.
"Of course, Jf the territory were set
tled with a permanent population more
or less equally distributed through its
extent, such legislative power might be
Intrusted to an elected legislature, but
for the reasons I have given. It seems to
me that it would be much wiser to intrust
this local legislative power to a com
mission of five or more members, ap
pointed by the President, to act with the
Governor in the discharge of .such legis
lative functions.
Not to Burden Governor.
"It seems wise not to confer legislative
functions on the Governor alone, but to
assist )jim in its exercise by the addition
of competent persons who will live In the
territory, familiarize themselves with Its
local needs and bring to the attention of
Congress and the Executive such addi
tional legislation as may from tlmo to
time be wise.
"It will be observed that this isprac
tlcally the government which was given
to the Philippine Islands, although the
commission there had more legislative
authority than it would be wise or neci-a-sary
to give to the Alaska Commissio.i.
t'hjwlton will be made on the ground
that this is treating the people of Alaska,
who are generally free born American
citizens, as if the territory were a de
pendency of persons unfit to exercise the
power of self-government. I cannot deny
that the conditions in Alaska are such
as in my Judgment to prevent the exten
sion of local self-government safuly to
that territory
Conditions Not Satisfactory.
"It Is not because of the character of
the people, if they were permanent resi
dents and sufficient in number and suf
ficiently distributed to warrant the es
tablishment of a representative govern
ment, but the conditions that exist are
such as to put them, for the time .being.
In a position Justifying a similar treat
ment to that of the Philippines. Indeed,
it would be a great deal better govern
ment than at present, because it would
be vesting power in a local authority fa
miliar with local needs, and today no
such power exists. In other words. It
would be a great advance over the pres
ent conditions.
"I don't know that Congress will agree
with ma In this view, but a personal ex
perience in the practical operation of
such a system of government for the
benefit of the territory governed leads
me to feel Justified In making such a
recommendation. The territory will de
velop much more rapidly and the boon
of self-government will come much more
quickly under such a system than as
government is being carried on at pres
ent Great Future for North.
"The future of Alaska is big with prjos
perity and great productiveness, but it
needs Intelligent legislation to develop it
quickly and in the right way. and I know
no better method of securing such a re
sult than by a properly constituted com
mission: There is an opportunity for
Congress to aid in the construct ipn of
certain railroads that will largely develop
the territory and which private enter
prise is not able or willing to undertake,
unless it receives some sort of guaranty
from the government. That I would un
hesitatingly recommend, because Alaska
is a territory in which private capital
cannot be expected to build the first
railroads.
"I am especially Interested in Alaska
because her development has been de
layed by a lack of appropriate legisla-.
tion and becaus? I know something of
the needs of a land so far distant. Of
course, the law-making power of the com
mission should be subject to the approval
of the head of the department at Wash
ington responsible for the government of
Alaska, just as Is provided now by the
law governing the Philippines.
Justice to Islands.
"Since I visited the Coast, I am glad to
say that the Philippines have had ex
tended to them in the matter of a tariff
law a measure of Justice, which ought to
have been adopted nine years ago. If
it had been adopted the city of Seattle,
the city of San Francisco and the whole
Paritic Coast would have profited by its
enactment.
"Free trade with the Philippines as j
now established between the islands and j
this country will develop an exchange of ,
business between tne two coun.nes w.iicn
will be greatly to the advantage of both.
Trade In the Philippines long has had
one trend and It will take some time,
j-erhaps two or three years, to effect a
change, even now that the Uw is passed:
but a familiarity with th situation in the
Islands makes me confident that the Pa
cific Coast will come to value more and
more highly the trade from the Philip
pines, which will fall to it.
Philippine Possibilities Rich.
"There are many industries in the Phil
ippines, "the products of which will sell
well In the United States, now that the
tariff Is lifted from them, and with simi
lar relief from burden in entering the
Philippines, American manufacturers will
have a far wider sale in thoss distant
islands on the Pacific.
T)n..mn I'anol will OIIITI lltted
on or before the first of January, "1915. j
ana with its completion the trade between ,
. . i .. i
the eastern ana western iwj.o v. v.i.o
country will be revolutionized, for tho
carriage of heavy hulk merchandise be
tween the Pacific and the Atlantic Coasts
is almost certain to be by water. This
will reduce the transcontinental business
to the carriage of the more valuable
classes of merchandise, .which can profit
ably pay a higher rate of transportation.
Change Avenue to Trade.
"More than this. It will 1 change the
avenues of international trade, will bring
the eastern coast of America closely In
touch with the western coast of South
America, and will greatly facilitate the
direct transportation from the west coast
of America to European ports.
"China is waking up. She is approach
ing a period of development that cannot
but increase her, trade and augment her
importance as customer and as a trader
with this country, while Japan and all
the other Oriental countries are moving
onward, with giant steps In the commer
cial competition of the world.
"The many prophesies that have been
made that In the next half century the
commercial progress of the world is to
be seen more decidedly In the Pacific
than anywhere else are certainly well
founded: and under those conditions it
behooves us Amerfc-ans interested in
pushing our trade into every quarter of
the globe, to take steps to repair a con
dition that exists fh respect to our mer
chant marine that is humiliating to our
National pride and most burdensome to
us in competition with other nations in
obtaining international trade.
American Ships Handicapped.
"We maintain a protective tariff to
encourage our manufacturing, farming
and mining industries at home and
within our jurisdiction, but when we
assume to enter into competition upon
the high seas in trade between interna
tional ports, our Jurisdiction to control
that trade as far as the vessels of other
nations are concerned, of course, ceases,
and the question which we have to
meet. Is how, with tho greater wages
that we pay, with the more stringent
laws that we enact for the protection
of our sailors, and with the protective
system making a difference in the price
between the necessaries to be -used in
the maintenance of a merchant marine,
we shall enable that merchant marine
to compete with the marine of the rest
of tho world.
Driven Out of Business.
"This is not the only question either,
for it wil be found on examination of
the methods pursued In other countries
with respect to their merchant marine,
that there is now extended by way of
subsidies by the various governments
to tt.elr respective ships upwards of
$35,000,000, and this offers another
meanS by which, in the competition,
the American merchant ship is driven
out of business and finds itself utterly
impossible to bid against its foreign
competitors. Not only this, but so in
adeouate is the American merchant
marine today that in seeking auxiliary I
ships with which to make our JNavy
an instrument of offense., or defense,
or indeed in .sending it around the
world as a fleet, we have to call on
vessels sailing under a foreign flag to
carry the coal and to supply the other
needs of such a journey. Were we com
pelled to go into a war today our mer
chant marine lacks altogether a suffi
cient tonnage of auxiliary unarmed
ships, absolutely necessary to the
proper operation of the Navy, and were
a war to come on we should have to
purchase such vessels from foreign
countris, and this might, under the
laws governing neutrals, be most diffi
cult. Kurope Seeking Trade.
"The trade between the Eastern ports of
the United States and South America is
a most valuable trade, and now equals
something like J250.000.000; but European
nations, appreciating the growing char
acter of this trade, have by subsidies and
other means of encouragement so in
creased the sailings of large and well
equipped vessels from Europs to the
ports of South America as visibly to
affect the proportion of trade which is
coming to the United States by the very
limited service of a direct character be
tween New York and South American
ports.
'I need not tell you of the inadequacy
of the American shipping marine on the
Pacific Coast and the growing power for
commercial purposes m this regard of
the Empire of Japan. Japan is one of
the most active and generous countries
in the matter of subsidies to its merchant
marine that we have and the effect i3
only too visible In an examination of
the statistics.
Encourage Merchant Marine.
"For this reason, it seems to me that
there is no subject to which Congress
can better devote its attention in the
coming session than the passage of a
bill which shall encourage our merchant
marine in euch a way as to establish
American lines directly between New
York and other Eastern ports and South
American porls and between our Pacific
Coast porU and the Orient and the
Philippines. We earn a profit from our
foreign mails of from J6.000.000 to JS.CO0.000
a vpar.
"The application of that amount would
be quite sufficient to put on a satisfac
tory basis two or ithree Oriental lines and
several lines from' the East to South
America. Of course, we are familiar
with the argument that this, would be
contributing to private companies out
of the Tieasury of the United States:;
but we are thus contributing In various
ways on similar principles In effect, both
by our protective tariff law. by our river
and harbor bll!H. and by our reclamation
service. We are not putting money In
the pockets of such owners, but we are
giving them money with which they can
compete for a reasonabls profit only
with the merchant marine of the world.
Ready to Try Law.
."From my observation I think the
country Is ready now to try such a law
and to witness its effect in a compara
tively small way upon the foreign trade
of the United States. If it Is successful
experience will liow how the policy
can best be expanded . and enlarged
and the American commercial flag be
made to wave upon the seas as It did
before our Civil War. It is true that
our foreign trade is great and Increas
ing, and this without the merchant
marine, but It is 'also true that the
ownership of n merchant marine
greatly enhances the opportunities
for extending trade for the merchants
of the country having such a mer
chant marine.
Opportunity Beyond Belief.
"There is no part of the country
more Interested In the development of
this policy than Seattle, Wash., and
the- whole Pacific Coast. With the
enormous energy and potential force
that you have developed in your com-
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SPEECH ON" CALHOCX TRIAL.
Attempt to Suspend Action Till Ex
citement of Election Is
, Past Fails.
SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 30.-(Special.V-John
J. Barrett, of counsel for Patn?k
Calhoun, denounced the conduct of As
sistant District Attorney Heney, in Judge
Lawlors court, upon the resumption ot
the second trial of the United Railroads
president. He asked for a postponement
until a week from Monday, on account of
the absence of Stanley Moore, and sug
gested, as a matter of fairness to the
defendant, that the trial should be post
poned until after the election. Mr. Bar
rett said:
"I don't see how the trial can go on in
the heat and stress of a political cam
paign. The Assistant District Attorney
is a candidate for office and it would be
impossible to keep the heat of the cam
paign out of this courtroom. , Last night
at a political meeting at which Mr. Heney
was present the condition of this case
was the subject. The intent of the law
is that a trial of this character should
be conducted in tranquillity, in peace and
in an atmosphere becoming the solemn ty
of the law. It is an utter impossibility
to dissever this proceeding from what is
going on on the outside in connection
with politics. It would not b2 consonant
with the theory of the law as to the
sacredness of a judicial trial to launch
this case on such turbulent waters.
"Heney said last night to several thou
sand peocle that he wanted to be D.etnct
Attorney' In order to take down this i de
fendant from the pedestal upon which he
had been placed by men who went into
this jury box during the present trial and
who had expressed their belief in his in
nocence, and that he would" send him to
the penitentiary.
"It is a shame and an outrage that an
American court and a judicial proceed
ing should be the auxiliaries of a politi
cal campaign and the political ambitions
of any man."
The judge here cut Mr. Barrett short
and ordered the examination of talesmen
to proceed.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 ."Percentage of
legal reserve to deposits. 21.67; percentage
to deposits of cash on hand, redemption
fund and due from reserve agents, 26.05."
is the way the 6977 National banks of the
country averaged in the reports made
to the Controller of the Currency under
the call for their condition at the close of
business. September 1.
The' loans and discounts for the whole
United States reached J5.128.SS2.351;
United States bonds to secure circulation,
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J66X. 660,1 70: bonds, securities, etc., JS98,
3SS,143; due from National hanks, state
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356 of National bank notes outstanding
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Q To sell the very best pianos at the lowest possible
cost, and on more generous terms than purchasable else
where, has ever been the purpose and aim of Kilers Tiano
Elouse since its inception.
J Less than ten years ago there was but a single Eilers
store, and that in Portland ; now there is
A Mighty Chain of Forty Stores
Covering all the territory from California to Alaska, and
extending throughout all the great Inland Empire.
9 Such a tremendous growth so vast a business
could only be attained through fair dealing and liberal
treatment. The Eilers policy has been such as to inspire
absolute confidence, and the development of this great
piano organization is the best evidence that
Eilers Methods Are Safest and
Fairest for All Buyers
0 Eilers Piano House has brought the price of a stand
ard high-grade piano within the reach of any one of ordi
nary means. The Eilers way of piano selling is known as
The Money -Saving, Easy
Paying Plan
It means purchasing dependable, warranted instru
ments at one:fourth to one-third less than is possible in
other stores. It means that the retail buyer can secure a
single instrument for actually less than the average dealer
pays at wholesale. It means the taking advantage of
every dollar of saving in first cost, shipping, handling and
distributing, which becomes possible through the
strength of
The Largest, Greatest and Most Progress
ive Piano Selling Organization in America
Q - The Eilers Piano House Way means obtaining the
highest possible quality, because we show side by side
more than forty of the world's foremost and finest makes
of pianos and organs. These makes of instruments are
represented exclusively by the House of Eilers through
out the Pacific Northwest. The Eilers Piano House Way
'means buying upon terms arranged to meet the entire
convenience of the purchaser, and it means a definite war
ranty. It means, in a word, SATISFACTION TO THE
BUYER, from every standpoint.
Th&House
of Highest
Quality
pianoreliebility
353 Washington St.,
99
Corsets
Are the latest original crea
tions of the corset-builders'
art. Irrespective of the par
ticular figure, whether tall or
short, of light build or of
stout, full bust, and small
hips or full hips and small
bust, there is a specific mod
el which will mold a sym
metrical contour, overcome
every disproportion, produce
graceful and modish lines, all
with the utmost comfort. '
Biggest,
Busiest
and Best
Cor. Park (8th) St
66
Oak9
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