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TIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY fg, 1914. i 1 i - L ll DIPLOMAT DEFENDS COLOMBIAN TREATY Ex-Minister Dubois Says Chiv alrous Expression of Re Ll gret Is Not Apology. 5 "EXACT JUSTICE" URGED iWvious Negotiations Said to Have I 'ailed Because of Excessive Ef fort to Avoid Impugning Work, of Koosevelt. " ttai.t -KTEAT. Pa.. July 1. In a state ment issued here tonight dealing with the proposed Colombia treaty, James T. Dubois, who was United States .Minis ter to Colombia under the Taft Admin istration, takes issue with the views re cently expressed by Colonel Roosevelt and explains his own reasons for sup porting the treaty. Regarding his difference with Colonel Roosevelt on this subject, Mr. Dubois expresses regret at opposing a "great leader whose fortunes I devotedly fol lowed for 10 years," and says that "no man will tolerate the thought that any of Colonel Roosevelt's accounts were Inspired by tainted motives, but no man is always right." "Extensive Care" Cause of Defeat. Negotiations for a treaty during the Taft Administration failed, he says, be cause his instructions, out of excessive - care not to impugn the motives of Pres ident Roosevelt "in taking Panama," failed to give Colombia sufficient Jus tice. The pending treaty, he believes, should be heartily approved by the American people. Taking issue with Colonel Roosevelt regarding the character of the public men in Colombia, Mr. Dubois declared that they compared well with the pub lic men of other countries in intelli gence and respectability, instead of be ing "blackmailers and bandits." Quoting Colonel Roosevelt's declara tion that the people of Panama were a unit in demanding the revolution, he says "a handful of men, who were to be the direct beneficiaries of the revo lution, conceived it and not the 100th part of the Inhabitants of the isthmus knew of the revolt until an American officer in the uniform of the United States Army raised the flag of the new republic." Apology Always Refused, The contention of Colonel Roosevelt that the Colombian treaty is a black mailing agreement is dealt with by Mr. Dubois in his interpretation of the docu ment. "While negotiating for a treaty I made the Colombian authorities under stand that under no circumstances would the United States apologize to any nation for a political act that was our unwritten law that never had been or never would be broken. In purely Informal conversations and in my un official memorandum, I suggested that . a chivalrous expression of regret that our friendship had in any way been marred, such as any real gentleman would freely grant to another, might later be embodied in the treaty as a balm for the wounded feelings of a once friendly nation which had been humiliated before the world, whose credit had been destroyed in foreign countries, whose borrowing ability had been annihilated and whose persistent appeals for arbitration had been ig cored. Latins Demand Jut Treatment. "The opposition to this feature, on the ground that it is an apology, is not Just and is not in the true interests of the United States. If the Angio-saxons are to live in harmony with the Latins on this continent they must treat them with absolute Justice. Just as we shall exact justice from ther." Dealing directly with article 3 of the treaty, providing a payment to colom bia. which Colonel Roosevelt attacked as blackmail. Mr. Dubois describes the claims of Colombia for the unpaid an nuities of the cessation of the Trans Isthmian Railroad Company, the revis lonary rights in the Panama Railroad and Panama's portion in the Colombian national debt, all of which, in his opin ion, should be met by the United States. RATE HEARING CONTINUES (Continued From First Page.) the Grays Harbor rates at Astoria be cause that only would be "extending a bad situation Senator Fuljon referred sarcastically to the Interest of the Great Northern ajjd Northern Pacific In the North Bank road and ridiculed the idea that the North Bank is a competitor of its parent lines. Grays Harbor Rate Presented. "If the Northern Pacific really wants to see the North Bank prosper," he asked, "why doesn't It allow an equali zation of the Grays Harbor and the Astoria rates?" Mr. Skinner said that the Northern Pacific tried once to raise the Grays Harbor rates, but was discouraged by the Washington State Commission. "If the Northern Pacific allows that discrimination to stand," insisted Sena tor Fulton, "do you consider your road a competitor of the Northern Pacific?" "That's what it was built for." "Yes, and they Btarve It to death," suggested, the Senator. Senator Fulton charged that the Great Northern and Northern Pacific really built the North Bank to "guard the situation" at the mouth of the Co lumbia and prevent real competition with their main lines serving Puget Sound. "Competition Governs Rates." Mr. Skinner argued that if Astoria were granted terminal rates, the Com mission might Just as well continue its application of these rates to Tillamook, which is not a great distance farther. "Where is Tillamook?" fnterrupted the examiner. After Mr. Skinner had explained that competition frequently governs rates, placing points far apart on a parity. Senator Fulton wanted to know ' why Wenatchee and Blaine, "dead local" points on the Great Northern. S3 miles apart, take the same rates. Mr. Skinner suggested that a Great Northern man answer. Portland-Sound . Parity Urged. R. M. Calkins, of Seattle, traffic man ager for the Milwaukee, testified that the Portland and Puget Sound rates should be on a parity. He said that it Portland, In the event of Astoria be coming a common point with Seattle, should get a lower rate, the Sound rates doubtless would be lowered to the Portland basis. "A market at the mouth of the Co-, lu.-nbia River would be hazardous to ruget Sound's commercial interests." he replied to a question by Senator Fulton. W. J. Burns, manager for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., under direct examina tion by C. J. Donnelly, counsel for the Northern Pacific, said that charters on vessels are the same at both Portland and Puget Sound. Portland haa a lower rate to California. He did not think a terminal rate at Astoria would pre vent vessels from coming to Portland. Portland Gains Outlined. E. W. Wright, manager of the Mer cantile Exchange, presented tables showing that Portland, as a shipping port, has made gradual gains over Puget Sound for wheat and flour ex ports. Five years ago Portland ex ported 22.1 per cent of flour from the Northwest Last year the percentage was 29.5. The wheat exports at Fort land five years ago were 65 per cent; last year they were S8.5 per cent Mr. Wright explained how tne lor- mer differential that shipowners charged against Portland in favor of Puget Sound was overcome several years ago when Mr. Wright went to Europe and interviewed the shipping Interests. The Port of Portland agreed to absorb the pilotage and towage of vessels coming up the Columbia, and to take care of their ballast, be said. The business of the world seems to be conducted on the theory," said Mr. Wright, "that all ships go as far in land as possible. However, I am not positive on this point Portland Holds Share of Trade. He said that all ships that can go to Astoria also can reach Portland. Th depth of water on the Columbia River bar alone governs the movement of vessels to either port and the bar now is being made to accommodate ves sels of even the deepest draft Mr. Wright presented further statistics to show that points intermediate between Portland and Astoria ship as much lumber as does Astoria. This line of testimony was Intro duced by the railroads to show that the Columbia River ports are not suf fering by reason of the differentioal against Astoria, that Portland Is hold ing its share of wheat and lumber exports. Rate-Making History Told. O. D. Fishes', manager of the Fishe flouring mills, at Seattle, and L. P. Baumann. assistant manager of th Centennial mills at Seattle, testified that terminal rates at Astoria might injure business at the Sound because of the proximity of Astoria to the ocean. O. O. Calderhead. statistician for the Washington Public Service Commis slon, presented a history of ratemaking In the Northwest and declared that It is economically Impossible to grant a lower rate to Portland than to Puget Sound. Mr. Donnelly at this point again brought in Portland's possible appli cation for reduced rates and Mr. Cal derhead declared that if Sound rates are given Astoria on the theory that it costs leas to haul to that port than to Puget Sound, the carriers could not defend Portland's applica tion for a reduction. Experts' Testimony Denied. Mr. Calderhead repudiated the testl mony of experts that it costs less to operate over the water grade between the Inland Empire and Astoria than between the Inland Empire and Puget Sound, declaring that the greater vol ume of traffic enjoyed by the North ern Pacific to the Sound tends to re duce the cost J. W. Morrow, tax agent for the O.- W. R. & N. Company, testified under direction of A. C. Spencer, attorney, on the reproduction cost of the O.-W. R. & N. properties, which he placed at $102,000,000 In the three Northwestern states. A. C. Squires, engineer, presented figures on the original cost of these same properties, which, exclusive of the Deschutes line, approximated $92, 000.000. . Net Kami ami Reported. Ralph Blaisdell. auditor of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, told that the net earnings in the .fiscal yea which end ed June 30, 1912, were only $184,586.32. In 1913 the net was $334,009.79. The fiscal year Just ended, he said, prob ably will show no net earnings at all. Senator Fulton Insisted that one reason for the low net earnings is the heavy operating loss on the Deschutes line. Mr. Blaisdell admitted that this is true to a certain extent. Marcus Talbot, manager for the Port of Portland, told of the work being done to improve the channel between Portland and the mouth of the river. He said the channel is intended at all times to be as deep as the river bar, Portland Exports Greatest. Henry Blakely, general freight agent for the Northern Pacific, presented fig- ures that the wheat and other grain exports through Portland for the fis cal year which ended on Tuesday are comparatively greater, when considered with the exports of Puget Sound, than they were the previous fiscal year. He testified that after the North Bank road was built the Northern Pacific took out its merchandise rates tr Portland from Interior points allowing this bust ness to go to the new road. Mr. Blakely threw an interesting sidelight onto the rate situation in exDlaininar how the former rate of 19 cents was cut to 17 cents. He' said that the farmers at one time threat ened to go out of the wheat-raising business and that James J. Hill, who then was head of the Great Northern; A. L. Mohler, then president of the O. R. & N. Company, and C. S. Mellen, then president of the Northern Facific, met with the farmers and agreed to cut the rate where it stands today. Various Tables Presented, Senator Fulton concluded his case yesterday morning. He introduced H. L. Mitchell, of Wauna, a lumberman, who said that the rate arbitrarily made It impossible for him to compete with Wlllapa Harbor in the Inland Empire trade. G. B. McLeod, manager for the A. B. Hammond Lumber Company at Astoria, presented a photograph of harbor con ditions at Astoria and improvements planned. 'Clyde Evans presented a ta ble of imports and exports, and L. B. Seeley presented maps of the river. H. A. Brandon, an expert on engineer ing problems, showed how It costs more to operate to the Sound by explaining that the Great Northern's - curvature between Spokane and Seattle Is equiv alent to 52 complete circles, that of the Northern Pacific to 58 circles and that of the North Bank to 24 circles. C. H. George, statistician for the North Bank, explained the r.nnual re ports'of that road and showed that the property is not paying interest on its debts. It borrows the money from Its parent roads. Class Rates Lower Than Ordered. H. E. Lounsbury, general freight agent for the O.-W. R. & N. Company, was the principal witness at last night's session. He testified that his company's class and commodity rates between Interior points and Portland are substantially lower than those or dered by the commissions. He pre sented figures on the wheat movement from the grain belt into Portland and said that it is cheaper for the O.-W. R. & N. Company to handle this traffic at Portland than at Astoria. If Astoria becomes a port, he said, It will be necessary for the O.-W. R. & N. Company to deliver its traffic to the North Bank road at Portland or haul It by water. He vouchsafed the opinion that the O.-W. R. &. N. Company would be forced to reduce the Portland' rate In order to continue handling the busi ness at Portland. M. J. Buckley, general superintend ent of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, tes tified to the engine ratings in use on (Conciudsd on fas 4vJt -n- -rr-h tt- rny TT TT TTTv A nniT? tTT Eleventh and (Ur 1L, W -O JtL 1 J-lLJt JL JCLJTV Washingto n TODAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Fourth Episode of the Wonder Stories Tnhie of In Two Parts "The Exploded Yacht" Humorous, Sensational, Dramatic 'Jr PJlf Akl 'i oil Ti' - . H .... k .... 1 ,,.s... i....lliat.w,.v,.i., , A '58. " The Perils of Pauline " be comes more and more interest ing as the story goes on. We would urge you to come to this theater to see them. They are wholesome, clean, and yet in 1 tensely thrilling. The players should alone guarantee the pro ductions. They are pictures you can safely bring your wife, your sweetheart or your chil-, dren to see. There is no vul garity nothing to put foolish ideas into anyone's head. But , the action is fast and spectacu lar,, with a streak of villainy which makes the love of Pauline and Harry stand out in strong contrast. We urge you to come to see " The Perils' of Pauline." 6" k 11 (jsW iff TWO OTHER FEATURES ON SAME PROGRAMME ALICE JOYCE In the Two-Part Drama ' The Show Girl's Glove Bobby Connoly, "Sonny Boy" In Vitagraph Comedy THE BEAR FACTS 10c Always 10c . i MAIL. RATE ABSURD Mr. Bourne Criticises Depart mental Proposal. MARGIN HELD TOO. SMALL Ex-Senator Says MJoon Bill's Provl sions Are Confiscatory, and Il lustrate Danger From Med dling In legislation. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 1. The constant attempt of the executive departments of the Government to dictate to Congress the form in which legislation shall be enacted is scathingly denounced in a statement issued by ex-Senator Bourne, of Oregon, who is chairman of a joint committee representing tne two branches of Congress and appointed to formulate a plan of readjusting rail way mail pay. Mr. Bourne, in so many words, charges that the Postoffice Depart mont in undertaking -to advise Con gress how to readjust the pay of the railroads lor tne nanauns oi mo tiia.ua, diittliv. errass Ignorance, and if al lowed to have its way will work an unjustifiable wrong againsi me car riarn For more than a year Mr. Bourne haa been devoting himself closely to the study of this intricate nrnhlem and has arrived at conclusions far different from those reached by the Department. Proposed Rates Confiscatory. The statement which he has isBUed follows: In its insistent efforts to reduce railway mail tray the Postoffice De partment haa attempted to dictate to Congress rates wnicn, il auupieu. would be confiscatory. "House bill No. 17U4Z, introduced oy Mr. Moon, chairman of the House com mittee on postoffice ana post roaas. was. I am informed, prepared by of ficials of the Postoffice Department anfl introduced by Mr. Moon at the re quest of the Postmaster-General. Under that bill the average revenue to the railroads would be less than 21.8 centa for hauling a 60-foot mall car one mile. I assert that this rate is con fiscatory. I realize the responsiomty of making such an assertion, but its justification lies in the Postoffice De partment's own figures. "The department epent several years in an attempted elaborate investigation of railroad expenses and car space. . It propounded over 140 interrogatories to the 79S railroads carrying mail. The railroads spent more than J250.000 In securing the information asked for. and it cost the Government $19,500 to compile, tabulate and present such In formation in what is known as House document No. 105. Sixty-second Con gress, first session. Rate Would Mean Bankruptcy. According to table 1 of that docu ment the operating expenses and tastes alone amounted to 3.08 mills per mail car-foot mile, or 18.48 cents for hauling 60-foot mall car one miie. xms ex cludes the advetrislng and other traf fic expenses with which the depart ment claimed the mail should not be urdened. The margin Detween tnis 18.48 cents " and the less than 21.48 cents allowed in the departmental bfll is so small that .11 similarly unpront- able rates were made on all railroad traffic the roads must necessarily go Into bankruptcy, because there must be jiuilicient allowance lor capital charges. According to the statistics of railways in. the United States for 1911, published by the Interstate Commerce Commission, operating expenses ana taxes were 72.53 per cent of the oper ating revenues. At the same ratio 7 cents instead of the 3.32 cents allowed under the department rates would have to be added to the 18.48 cents to allow for capital charges, as the 18.48 cents covers only operating expenses and taxes. In other words, 25.48 cents would have to be paid the railroads for hauling a 60-foot car one mile to yield the railroads from the mail business the average rate of profit now realized on all railroad traffic, both freight and passenger taken together. "This Incident shows the danger of accepting and acting upon the recom mendations of the departments. It also illustrates the necessity for checking the present trend toward the Initiation and control of legislation by officers of the administrative branch of Government." SENATE T0FINISH WORK (Continued From First Page.) ported as soon it becomes apparent that the commission bill is on the verge of passage. River and Harbor Bill Uncertain. Only the sundry civil, the general de ficiency and the river and harbor ap propriations bill remain of the supply measures to reoelve Senate approval. The river and harbor bill is the sub ject of Republican "attack, and its pas sage may take several weeks, but In the end Democratic leaders are conn dent it will be put through. The two others will be subject to some discus sion, but so far as is now known will not cause prolonged debate. The only indication that there was any marked division of sentiment came when the clause explaining that the resolution refers to adjournment was adopted, 17 to 16, its friends declaring it was offered to make plain the Inten tion to act on trust legislation and without binding anyone to a particular form. There was a general discussion as to whether the resolution should in clude language declaring the bills to be party measures, but it was finally decided to leave this question for fur ther conferences. "Passage" Changed to "Disposal.' Originally It was intended that the resolution declare that Congress stay until the "passage" of the bills, but this was changed to read until the "dis posal" of them. The argument for this change was that passage might be taken to mean that the three House bills must be the ones to receive Senate approval, and disposal" would leave Senators free to do aa they pleased. 15 OFFICERS PLUCKED (Continued From Firat Psge.) to "plucking board." with their present stations and home addresses, are: Captain John H. Gibbons, commandlns lattlaship Utah. 'Washington. D. C. Captain Frank W Kellogg, commanding battleship North Carolina. Waterbury. Conn. Captain John C Leonard, commanding battleship Virginia, Brooklyn, N. Y.. . Captain Frank K. Hill. Army War College, Washington, Cincinnati. O. l.auiiin ' ... i tj xv. i ...... -, Commander George N. Hayward. collier Commander John B. Patton. command! battleship Tennessee and receiving ship commanaer rrovoei siauin, .uw United states rrom Asiatic station, jjrouij. Commander William S. Whitted, inspector LrBiiij) .niyj a, u, a iud,j,i, -- X. c. Lieutenant-Commander Walter M. Fal coner. commander Leonidas, Springfield, O Lieutejiant-Commauder Uli"sses S. Macy in charge of Navy recruiting station, Phlla Lieutenant-Commander Carlton R. Kear. gunooai va.no. w is. v ijieuieiiant-voiiiiiitviiucr .ivu.i , . t,v.... feld, battleship Minnesota, Westfield, X. Y. , ... C.nnl.Tln TU f-hi n .Ti tflin. liicuieimiu i l .iiiiiiii ... w Kak I n l. i , ,r r, rtr Lieutenant William J. Moses, cruiser Raleigh, Seattle. Wash. Six Retire at Own Request. , list, Secretary Daniels announced that the following six. officers had been placed on the retired list at tneir ow Captain Harrison A. Blspham, Navy yard, .fnuaaeipnia. Commander Emmett R. Pollock, bat tleship Vermont, Bloomington, Ills. Commander Irvin V. G. Glllis, bat tleship Michigan. Washington, D. C. rnmmnriAv Tvftvmnn Sthnfi. battle ship New Jersey. Mobile. Ala. Commander Simon P. Fullenwlder, battleship Connecticut, Raton, N. M. Commander Edwin H. Pe Laney, waiting orders, Washington, D. C, Cleveland, Tenn. . - Klectrlclan Prostrated by Heat. WHITE SALMON, Wash., July 1. (Special.) Ray Hamilton, of this city, while working on the wiring of Ins White Salmon Valley Cannrtry today, was overcome by the heal, and (rave doubts are held as to his recovery. The temperature was In the bulldifrg at the time. This Is the first record of a hnt prowlrntlon In Whit Palmon. there was absolutely nothing on the records of any of these officers to show that thev were not fitted for any naval service in the matter of habit, temperament and professional amnty. u-- nnfnt.j ntif tVtat rhiv "nluckin?" law ,,n JU1U wu u - had some time ago resulted in the elim ination for the Navy of officers who were palpably disqualified, but now the naval lists were In such shape that tha hnoH wnn p.onfrnnted with the task of determining, not who was unfit to be retained In tne service, out rainer who could best be spared out of the list of thoroughly competent officers. New Personnel Bill Desired. The Secretary added that he hoped that with the aid of the board, headed by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, a bill could be prepared before the meet-ins- of the next Congress for the re adjustment of the personnel of the Navy which would eliminate odjbc tionable features of the present law. 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