TTIE MORXIXO OREG ONT AX, FRIDAY. AUGUST 8, 1919.
BUSINESS LEADERS
OF NATION GUESTS
27 Officers and Directors Hear
Portland's Claim.
NATIONAL ISSUES TOUCHED
.President II. I-. Ferguson, Formerly
of Portland, Pleads for Sane
Marine Policy.
CContinupfl From Kirst Papc.)
cessibility, ecenic attractiveness and
climatic advantage for holding large
meetings. Western hospitality was
promised with a spirit that would leave
nothing to be desired in the cordial
welcome that awaits the visitors at the
1920 annual session.
F T. Griffith Speaks.
Franklin T. Griffith, president of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power com
pany, was then introduced, and speaking-
on behalf of the Chamber of Com
merce, eaid in part:
"We believe a national question is
involved in our plea for an annual con
vention on this coast, because here on
the Pacific coast we are confronted
with one of the most important situa
tions ever presented to the nation. The
American people here on this western
frontier, confident and unafraid, face
the orient with all its problems, all its
p-olden promises and all its menace.
What has happened in Japan may rea
sonably be expected to be repeated in
China, and, in that event, because of
the far greater population and the vast
undeveloped resources of China, it is
inevitable that China will forge ahead
in productivity and in commercial and
political importance in world affairs.
Oriental Problem Important.
"I conceive it to be the duty as well
as the privilege of American business
men to interest themselves intensively
in the development of this oriental
problem. It is of vital interest to
American business and it would be the
courss of wisdom if American influ
ence, American money and American
about them that when we print our .
money we put on it the picture of a
German ship. It is on our $20 federal !
reserve bank note. On the left side is
an American engine. On the right side
is a four-stack merchant ship, the
Kaiser Wilhelm de Grosse, I think.
There never has been an American four
stack built that sailed the seas as a
merchant ship.
"The people know that, not only for
their benefit, but for the benefit of
this country, every manufacturer and
every farmer who is selling his goods
all over the world depends on our con
tinuing in the operation of our own
foreign trade, and I believe that rea
sonable men must expect that as our j
1 1 1U K UCUUIIICA Iliui c ana niui c Liiai
exporting manufactured products and
spreading civilization, our own mer
chant marine is indispensable."
Members of Party.
Other members of the party are:
Joseph H. Lefrees of Chicago, vice
president of the United States chamber
for the southern central states and
chairman of the executive committee
and a member of the law firm of De
frees, Buckingham & Eaton; A. B.
Farquhar of York, Pa., honorary vice
president; John J. Edson of Washing
ton, L. C, treasurer; L. A. Skinner of
Washington, D. C, assistant secretary;
A. W. Smith of Atlanta, Ga., member of
the United States chamber of commerce
committee on railroads; Fred N. Shep-
herd, manager field division; Hobart H.
Kamsdell of Newport News, secretary
to President Ferguson and the follow
ing directors: Max H. Babb, Milwau
kee, Wis.; George H. Barbour, Detroit,
Mich.; William Butterworth, Moline,
III.; A. E. Carlton, Colorado Springs,
Colo. ; J. E. Chilberg, Seattle, Waeh. ;
Charles C. George, Omaha, Neb.; L. S.
Gillette, Minneapolis, Minn.; Granger
A- Hollister, Rochester, N. Y. ; Clarence
H. Howard, St. Louis, Mo.; Frank J.
Johnston, New Britain, Conn.; Fred
erick J. Koster, San Francisco; R. A,
McCormick, Baltimore, Md; Lewis E.
Pierson, New York; John L. Powell,
Wichita, Kan. Other members of the
party are S. B. Early, Associated Press
representative and publicity man of
the national body; Pomeroy Burton,
manager of the London Daily Mail and
associated newspapers, and J. L. Mc
Lean of Seattle.
MENAGE TO SALMON SEEN
WHOLESALE SKIXIXG OF YOO'G
FISH REPORTED.
Deputy Game Warden Tells of Oper
ations Outside Three-Mile Limit
and Beyond law.
Grave danger confronts the Columbia
brains were used honestly and legiti- " river salmon industry, according to
mately to direct the groping mind and
fumbling fingers of this untutored gi- 1
ant into those channels of industry
that would result in the greatest mu
tual advantage to the orient and to
America, bearing in mind at all times
that for many years to come labor
costs in China will be very much lower
than in America and that the greatest
advantage would accrue to America if
the labor of China were used in devel
opment of Chinese industries that
would not compete with American pro
duction. "Ct&i side ring the vast importance of
this Oriental problem I submit to you
that it would be entirely fitting and
proper to have an annual convention
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States held here upon the Pa
cific coast where careful study could
be given to and plans and policies de
veloped and recommended for adequate
ly meeting the issue presented.
Portland Mee Requirements.
"We know that the federal trade
council wiil meet at San Francisco in
19:20. We know that it has been the
policy of the national chamber to meet
annually in some city other than that ,
in which the foreign trade council con
venes but in close proximity thereto.
We submit that Portland meets the re
quirements of the situation. We are
the first considerable seaport to the
north of San Francisco. We are pre
pared to enter into any logical plan for
development of Oriental trade. Port
land is a real seaport.
'"We have the facilities in docks and
railroads to handle Oriental commerce
of magnitude. We have in charge of
our port and city development men of
energy, of immagination and of initia
tive. We are forging ahead. We are
determined to achieve success and all
of these things we could demonstrate
to the members of the national cham
ber if favored with a convention in this
city."
President Former Portland Man. . .
It truly seems to me like coming
back home to come to Portland," said
Homer L. Ferguson, president of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
and president of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock company. 'lt
was in 1S'J6 that 1 came out here first,
a youth of 23, with my wife, who was
considerably younger than I. We were
both just children, and the enjoyment
we found in our life in Portland was
such that we never think of this city
in anything but a friendly way. Port
land does occupy an advantageous
position. It is a benefit to have a port
on a river. j or one tlung it is an
absolutely protected harbor, and for
another it brings ships to where they
meet the railroads
"It is a matter for the directors of
the chamber to decide as to where the
next annual convention shall meet. You
will have the opportunity to present
further reasons to them during the diiy.
hTere is a quorum of the board present
here today, and personally I f t-el that
if the next annual convention does not
come to Portland, a later annual meet
ing should come to the Pacific coast.
Merchant Marine Crippled.
"When the Panama canal was opened
great things were expected. Great
things have happened. other great
things have not. The Paci t'ic Mail,
which still exists in the main and has
some vessels, wanted to build, and it
actually awarded the contract, for two
improved George Wash ingtons not
George Washingtons in name only, but
George Washington from keel to truck
in that they were all American. These
chips could not be built because con
gress in its wisdom decided that no
vessel could use the canal if owned in
whole or in part by a railroad. If they
had been built perhaps when the presi
, dent of the United States and his asso
ciates went abroad to settle the peace
of th eworid. they might have traveled
in a home-made vehicle instead of a
German chip.
"You are familiar with the working
of the seamen's law. The seaman's
law, in fact, was put across by a west
ern representative, not representing
you gentlemen, but this is where ha
grew and waxed strong.
I'neitic Becoming; Japanese Lake.
"This law was the La Follette or
Furuseth law. It required larger crews
and placed restriction upon our ship
operators which made it difficult to
compete with foreien ship operators
without help from the government. You
know what happened to the Pacific Mail
under this law. although many people
said they were going out of business
any way. Two ships built by my com
pany are now flying the Japanese flag,
and things have come to such a pass,
with the loss of these vessels, that in
the east it is sometimes said that the
Pacific is in danger of becoming a
Japanese lake.
"We have built a merchant marine.
It is owned by the govern men t, and it
Is the hone and expectation that the
government will ell it to private indi
viduals and companies.
"We think little about marine mat
trrft uy -Lius. -countxy. We Uunk. ao liuie
Deputy Game Warden Larsen, who was
here from Astoria yesterday to report
to the state game commission. Purse
seiners fishing beyond the three-mile
limit are taking out thousands of small
salmon feeding in the dead water be
yond the bar, he asserts. These can
not be reached by law because they
are out of the state.
"I have seen those fellows come back
with loads of 250 small salmon weigh
ing in all 730 pounds that normally
should have weighed 22 pounds apiece,"
said Mr. Larsen. More than 40 boats
go out over the bar every day and
take up the small salmon feeding there
when they weigh about two pounds.
The fish should be left in the water a
year or two longer.
"In my judgment, if some remedy is
not found the fishing industry of the
Columbia river is doomed, despite the
work of the state hatcheries. Since 1914
the industry has improved, but now
cannery men and others interested fear
permanent harm will be done."
State Game Warden Shoemaker said
yesterday there were two remedies for
the situation. "The first," he explained,
'would be a treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, which would
prohibit taking fish outside the three
mile limit. This, of course, would be
a long and tedious process and the in
dustry probably would be ruined before
the treaty could be completed.
"The second would be to prohibit the
sale of salmon taken in purse seines
or trolls outside the three-mile limit."
A! r. Larsen told the commission the
little salmon being caught are of very
poor quality for canning purposes, as
the meat turns white and mushy.
Thousands of salmon are being killed
in the nets out in the. ocean. Every haul
made covers from 10 to 15 acres of
water and five or six hauls are taken
in daily.
"This means," said the deputy war
den, "that not a living thing can come
into the river while these men are at
work."
Mr. Larsen says the present Oregon
laws governing purse seining at the
mouth of the Columbia do no good, as
W ashington has no similar regulations.
The commission is planning: to consult
with that of Washington with a view
to establishing similar regulations.
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State Fish and Game Commission
Practically Decides to Divide
Herd Now in Pasture.
City parks of the state that are able
to pay traveling expenses for elk will
each be entitled to a pair if the cities
desire them. This was the decision
reached yesterday at the regular
monthly meeting of the state fish and
game commission, when the disposal of
140 head now in pasture near Joseph,
Or., was discussed.
W. S. Burleigh of Joseph appeared
before the commission with the request
that some of the elk be sent to the
reserve around Wallowa lake. Efforts
also are being made by Enterprise and
Wallowa to keep the animals in the
eastern part of the state. The board
has practically decided to divide the
herd in three parts, one to go to the
Bear-creek watershed, another to the
lake and the remainder to remain in
their present park. In addition 12
pairs may be sent out to towns in the
state requesting them.
All of the new hatchery sites for the
state have been selected, three having
been approved yesterday. One for trout
and salmon is to be located on Cather
ine creek in Union county, another will
be in the upper Willamette valley at
Oakridge and the third on the upper
San tiam.
The commissioners closed Canyon
creek in Grant county to hook and line
fishing, as well as all tributaries of the
McKenzie river with the exception of
Blue river.
William Alba of Helix was appointed
district game warden for Umatilla in
place of George Tonkin, who has been
called to the Portland office. Mr. Ton
kin will take up his duties here today.
OUTING SET FOR SUNDAY
Knights of Columbus to Enjoy Day
at Estacada Park.
The annual outing of the Knights of
Columbus will take pi are at Est a cad a
Park next Sunday Eleven events are
included in the programme of sports
and races, with two prizes for each
event. Music for dancing will be pro
vided by Darby's orchestra, and lunch
and refreshments will be served on the
grounds. A special train will carry
Knights, their ladies and friends to the
picnic grounds, starting from East First
and Morrison streets at 9:15 A. M. The
committee in charge of the affair is
composed of J. E. Kenefick, L. W.
O'Kourke. A. B. Cain. Dr. L. L. Mc
Kenna, Charles Bauman, C. B. King,
John J- Kenny, J. J. Burke.
The athletic programme will consist
of the following events: 50-yard race,
boys under 16; 60-yard race, girls un
der 16; 100-yard race, men, free-for-all;
50-yard race, married women; 50
yard race, girls under 12; 50-yard race,
boys under 12; fat men's race; egg race.
women, free-for-all; world war vet
erans 100 -yard dash, young women's
60-yard dash; tug-of-war, between the
married men and single men.
ARMY COST $900,000,000
Estimate Given Senate Committee of
Expense of Proposed System.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. An army of
510,000 regulars and a system of com
pulsory military training as proposed
in the war departments bill establish
ing a permanent peace time military
policy would cost the nation $900,000,000
a year.
This estimate was given to the sen
ate military committee today by Gen
eral March, chief of staff.
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