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Cable Incident and Colby Note
Held Significant.
GREAT POWERS LINING UP
T S.-British Contest for Dominance
in Commerce Developing, De
clares Mark Sullivan.
BY HARK SULLIVAN.
fCopyright by the New Tork Evening Post,
Inc., Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (Special.)
Three incidents in the news developing-
In Washing-ton the past week
are related to one another and are
phases of one of the most important
conditions in contemporary history.
None of the incidents has been made
wholly clear to tne public in all its
bearings, and one of them at least Is
quite imperfectly understaod. The
first that 1 refer to consists of the
various dispatches stating that a
naval cruiser is on g-uard orf the
coast of Florida to prevent a cable,
owned by the Western Union fele
graph company, from being landed on
the American coast.
This spectacle, as pictured by the
bare dispatches, is most extraordin
ary. But I do not use the word "ex
traordinary" in any sense critical of
the navy or of the government. Hav
ing looked into the matter with some
care, 1 think the navy department,
the state department and the presi
dent, who personally refused the per
mit to land the cable, are all quite In
the right
Effect Far-Reaching.
But the incident has a bearins?
which will only appear later and
which it is not too much to say will
affect the world . It appears that thj
cable which the Western Union is
trying to land runs only to one of
the British islands in the West Indies.
At Barbadoes it is intended to con
nect with a British cable line which
runs to South America and which has
a monopoly of the cable business in
Brazil. If the Western Union wers
permitted to land this cable it would
follow that cable messages for South
America originating in Western Union
territory in the United States would
be routed over a British cable and
would benefit a British company,
which aims to maintain a monopoly
in Brazil.
The point can be understood only
when it is further borne in mind that
there is an ail-American cable orig
inating in New York, touching at
Panama, going down the west coast
of South America ,and competing
with the British company in those
countries of South America where the
British company docs not already
have an exclusive monopoly. The ac
tion of our government is intended to
protect the interests of the American
company.
Cables Are International.
This bare outline of the facts does
not purport to be complete and is not
enough to form a just judgment with
out the knowledge of further minute
and technical details. The whole sub
ject of the fair and proper control of
international cables is very big and
extremely complex. Cables are, so to
speak, an international public utility.
But this cable incident does not
stand alone, it is merely one aspect
of a world-wide competitidn between
the United States and Great Britain
in foreign trade and'foreign shipping.
In this field, hitherto. Great Brit
ain's possession of a large proportion
of the world's cable facilities has
given her a great advantage. In the
newly awakened national self-consciousness
of the United States and in
our new ambition to be a larger fac
tor in world shipping and world trade,
America is disposed to regard Great
Britain's possession or control of so
much of the world's cable facilities as
a handicap against us whlcn we can
not afford to let continue.
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Colby Note Considered.
The next incident, superficially, has
no connection with the cable incident,
but. seen in its true bearings is a part
of the same situation. I refer to
Secretary Colby's note protesting
against Great Britain's apparent dis
position to assume an exclusive at
titude in its relation to the oil re
sources of Mesopotamia.
The British empire, in its eco
nomic success, rests upon commercial
shipping. The British islands have
no great resources such as we have
favorably located iron ore, coal and
other raw materials; no fruitful
wheat and corn lands and the like.
Her empire rests on her dominance
in shipping. For generations it has
been her ownership or control of a
very large proportion of the world's
shipping that has been the economic
basis of the empire's existence.
Great Britain has held this shipping
dominance by reason of several fac
tors, including greater experience
and greater skill in the business, a
labor supply that has been. trained
for generations in this trade - and
other advantages, such as the owner
ship of coal bunkers all over the
"world, banking and cable connections
all over the world, and the control of
a large share of the world's marine
insurance and other commercial as
pects of the shipping business.
War Changes Situation.
The United States, up to the time
of the recent war, never seriously
contested, nor thought of contesting.
Great Britain's dominance in shipping
but since, as an incident of the war,
we installed a huge shipping plant
and became the owner of what was
-for us an unprecedented quantity of
tonnage. ' We have come to be am
bitious in this field, and if the ag
gregate mind of our business world
were distilled, it would probably be
found that, consciously or uncon
sciously, we now have a national am
bition to contest Great Britain's
dominance in shipping.
At this point comes the signifi
cance of the Jlesopotamian incident
Coal as a fuel for ships is passing.
and petroleum, because of its vastly
greater economy in labor and other
wise, appears destined to take it:
place. Knowledge of this fact will
enable anyone to see the very great
importance to Great Britain of own
ing or controlling oil supplies ade
Huat to her dominance in shipping. ,
Britain's Concern Clear.
So long as coal was the fuel, she
owned abundant supplies on her home
island: but if oil is to be the fuel,
she must have her supplies wherever
she can acquire them. This, it may
be taken for granted, explains her
concern about the Mesopotamian
fields, and, to a degree, our new am
bition to compete with her in ship
ping explains our concern that Meso
potamian oil shall be open to all
owners equally.
The third incident bearing on fhe
came general situation is the emer
gence of discussion of the Panama
tolls act.
If we are to be a shipping nation.
It is felt that we should give our
coastwise ships the benefit of the.
fact that -we built and own the Pan
ama canal.
If we are to achieve a position tn
shipping and foreign trade compatible
to that which Great Britain has had
for many generations, we can only
do so through time, patience and the
building up of the reputation for
commercial skill and integrity that
makes Great Britain's prestige In
every part of Asia and Africa.
We shall have to work hard and
compete- fairly; but probably we will
not continue in our easy-going ac
ceptance of advantages which Great
Britain was permitted to hold by
default so long as shipping was no
great cnocern of ours.
Great Events Developing-.
There is not space here to cover
further Incidents that have lately
emerged bearing on this subject.
Neither, let it be said, is there space
here for adequate treatment either of
the whole situation or of any one of
these incidents. But, it may be taken
for granted, with much confidence,
that what is here touched upon is one
of the most important things hap
pening in the contemporary world.
If the assumption is correct, it will
be a subject for poets and historians
for generations to come. If the as
sumption is correct, we ate witness
ing and participating in one of those
great incidents of world history
which occur only once in several cen
turies. Great Britain won her dominance
from Holland. Holland in turn won
it from Spain, which had it at the
time she provided the ships that dis
covered America and began the colo
nization of the American continent.
Spain took it from Portugal, Portu
gal from the Hanseatic league, and
so on back to Carthage and Tyre.
WHEAT BULGES 11 CENTS
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stock quotations, a packing house of
ficial said:
"There are two features cf the com
parative price situation that should
be borne in mind. One is the price of
by-products; the other the cost of la
bor. The average consumer naturally
thinks of meat animals only as they
affect his table. He sees that the price
of hogs has dropped and he thinks, of
course, that meat should follow at
once. "
"Only about 76 per cent of the. live
hog is meat. The other 24 per cent
consfsts of waste and by-products,
which just now have little value.
Also In the carcass tlicre are parts
that must be sold for low prices. The
entire carcass does not bring pork
loir: prices, for example.
"Labor is now receiving much
greater awards than it did in 1913.
Ths total increase of plant wages has
beon more than 170 per cent.
''Thus, though there have been sub
stantial decreases in wholesale pork
prices, these price drops cannot quite
equal the fall in live animal prices."
STOCK PRIZES ARE AWARDED
All Sections or V. S. Kepresented
at International Show.
CHICAGO, Dec 2. All sections of
the country were represented in the
prize list of the international live
stock show today. The Wendover
farm of Vernardsville, N. J., won the
awards for senior and grand cham
pion bow, junior boar, and five addi
tional blue ribbons in the Berkshire
swine clans.
In the Chester White swine divi
sion, H. A. Derenthal of Wykoff.
M:nn., won the titles for junior, senior
and grand champion sow and senior
and grand champion boar. He won
12 blue ribbons, five red, three white.
one pink and one yellow.
J. H. Patrick of Ilderton, Ont..
swept away the prize for champion
breeding Lincoln ram. J. C. Mitchell
of Dahinda, Sask., captured the spe
cial award for the best sample of
wheat. John W. Lucas, Calgary, has
won the special prize for oats.
J. E. Mummert, Astoria, 111., won
the sweepstakes for a single ear of
corn with a sample of yellow corn.
In the regional - 10-ear class, J. J.
Shambaugh, Miles City, Mont., won
in region 1.
Black Ruler, grand champion steer
of the international livestock show,
lias only a few days to live. He was
sold at auction today by Purdue uni
versity to Wilson & Co., who paid
$1.75 a pound for the big Angus. He
weighed 1360 pounds on the hoof,
which will net Purdue S2380 for its
experimental farm.
Major-General Leonard Wood and
aides and Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith were among the distin
guished visitors.
SAX FRANCISCO HAM DROPS
Two Companies Announce 2 and
1 Cent Cuts.
wholesale price of dressed pork was
cut nere loaay uy wits v iruen raciv
company. The Virden packers dropped
tne price ol nam tenifl a. puunu auu
offered bacon at from 1 to 2 cents a
pound less.
The Western Meat company dropped
the price of hams 1 cent a pound.
LODGE, NEW SHUN POSTS
(Continued From First Page.)
state department officials that the
secretary oT state would have a large
part in the negotiations with Mexico
looking 1 - recognition, and as he does
not return from South America until
some time in January, immediate
recognition is considered unlikely.
Men close to the president admit
that he has little choice in deferring
to the wishes of the president-elect
in foreign matters. In view of the
fact that the verdict of the polls was
so overwhelmingly a repudiation of
the Wilson policies. They confess that
the character of the "solemn referen
dum" has penetrated the White House
regardless of the silence which has
been maintained there.
, While the constitution gives the
president four months of office fol
lowing the verdict of the elections.
there is nothing to indicate that the
present executive is lacking in reali
zation of the mandate contained in the
result.
President-elect Harding has 'nat
urally refrained from giving any ex
pression of a desire to call on Presi
dent Wilson without first knowing
whether such a call would be ac
ceptable, i
At the same time there is no rea
son to suspect that he would be un
willing to call at the White House if
assured the visit is desired. Mr. Hard
ing has been extremely careful since
election not to do anything which
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This is a permanent move to con
form with changed conditions and to
give my patrons the benefit of to
day's wholesale cost:
$125.00 Greenland Suits, new price $110.00
1 115.00 Greenland Suits, new price 100.00 1
1 100.00 Greenland Suits, new price 85.00 1
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might seem to embarrass the presi
dent in the last few months of office.
The mere announcement of the
president's secretary to newspaper
men that the president is willing to
see President-elect Harding will prob
ably not be regarded as sufficient
warrant for Senator Harding to call
at the White House. If the sugges
tion of a desire to see Senator Hard
ing is sincere, it is confidently ex
pected a more personal and direct in
vitation will be extended the president-elect
upon his arrival here De
cember 8. A report that an invita
tion from the president to his suc
cessor had already been conveyed and
that his successor had shown an in
clination to accept could not be con
firmed. No particular significance is at
tached to the president-elect's re
fusal of the invitation to accept the
use of the presidential yacht May
flower in Journeying from Norfolk to
Washington. The offer of the presi
dent's yacht is looked upon as a na
tural courtesy and its declination is
in keeping with the simple habits of
Senator Harding, who would not anti
cipate the privileges or prerequisites
of the office which he does not as
sume until March 4.
In answer to the invitation to ac
cept the use of the president's yacht
extended by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, Senator Harding sent a wire
less to Mr. Daniels today from the
steamship Pastores as follows:
"Please thank the president for
Mayflower tender. Am obliged to
travel to Washington by rail. My
gratitude to you. Warren G. Harding."
Nothing - definite is known here
concerning the plans of Senator Hard
ing when he reaches Washington. It
is understood he will be the guest of
Edward B. McLean and will attend
to certain personal matters prepara
tory to closing his Washington home
According to well-informed people,
the senator is contemplating taking
his place in the senate for a few days
where he may deliver a carefully pre
pared speech from the floor of that
body. It would be the first time that
a president-elect has ever made a
speech from the floor of the senate,
but Senator Harding may be willing
to break the precedent or establish
one. Appearance on the senate floor,
if he carries out his plan, will be tha
signal for a rush for admission cards
seldom equalled here.
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Bend Schools Xeed $50,000.
BEND, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) That
$50,000 will be needed by the Bend
school district before the next school
money is available, late in the spring,
was the report given last night at
the directors' meeting by L. M. Foss,
chairman of the finance committee.
The question of how this 150,000 is
to be obtained was referred back to
the committee.
S. & H. green stamps ror cash.
Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 560-21.
Adv.
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FLEE T'S COMMANDER - IX -CHIEF
BEACHES AGE LIMIT.
Officer Who Held Many Important
Commands to Conclude Career
on December 8. .
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (Specal.)
Rear-Admiral Mayo, commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet? throughout
the world war. will be placed on the
retired list December 8, on account
of the age limit. - His retirement will
result in the promotion of Rear-Admiral
Ashley H. Robertson to a per
manent rear-admiralcy; Captain Earl
P. Jesson to permanent captain and
Commander Daniel T. Ghent to per
manent commander.
Rear-Admiral Mayo has seen 40
years' service since he was graduated
from the United States Naval acad
emy in 1876. He has been a rear
admiral since June 15, 1913, having
reached that rank by steady advance
ment through all the intervening
grades. He has served on a number
of ships of the navy and. has been on
both naval and coast survey.
At one time he was commandant at
the Mare Island navy-yard, and later
aid for personnel at the navy depart
ment. On December 18, 1913, he was
made commander of the 4th division
of the Atlantic fleet, and on June 10,
1915. he was placed in command of
the "battleship squadrons of the At
lantic fleet with the rank of vice
admiral. In 1916 he was promoted
to admiral and placed in command
of the Atlantic fleet as commander-in-chief
on board the Pennsylvania.
Alleged Embezzler Acquitted.
STILLWATER. Minn., Dec. 2. Dis
trict Judge J. N. Searles. yesterday
directed a verdict of not guilty in the
trial of Fritz Ziegler. former nation
al treasurer of the Sons of Hermann,
accused of embezzling $5000 from the
funds of the society. As the society
is not incorporated. Judge Searles
contends Zeigler cannot be convicted.
Bay Patroled for Whisky.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. Thomas
Kennedy, deputy prohibition enforce
ment officer, was assigned today to
a "rowboat detail" to row about San
Francisco bay in the hope of picking
up nets full of Scotch whisky that
are reported to have been lowered
over the sides of incoming ships from
the Far East.
Portland's largest stock of wrist
watches is at Friedlander's, 310
Washington? street, between Fifth and
Sixth. Adv.
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a Boy Wants!
One ' of our buyers
knows boys. He knows
what the average boy likes
and dislikes and he also
knows that around Christ
mas time the average par
ent expends much thought
and time trying to decide
what to give the boy with
out accomplishing very
much. Therefore, this
knowing buyer has assem
bled in the Boys' Store
A Boys' Christmas
Gift Center
where everything in the
line of clothing may be
had, so arranged as to
make selection easy. Any
one of the following will
make an ideal gift:
Bath Robes, best
quality, special . . . $5.95
Cowboy Suits
at $3.50 to $6.00
Indian Suits
- at $2.25 and $2.50
Neckwear in fancy
boxes. 50c, 65c and 85c
Suspenders in fancy
boxes 50c
Shirts in fancy
boxes $1.50-$ 10.00
Blouses in fancy
boxes. $1.25-$5.00
Slip-Over Sweaters
in school colors. . .$8.95
Gauntlet Gloves 98c
All-Wool Knitted
Toques. ... $ 1 .25-$ 1.50
Flannelette Pajamas $1.95
Jersey Sweaters. . . $3.45
Tom Sawyer Suits...$3.95
Fifth Floor.
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Fine Showing of the Well Known
Beacon Bath Robes
for Women
at $7.95
Comfort supreme! Every Beacon Bath Robe is not
only the essence of snugness and warmth, but is attract
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gift to your list.
A most wonderful assortment of Beacon Bath Robes
in beautiful patterns and colorings, on both light or dark
grounds. Made full length with long sleeves and fancy
collar. Some are edged with cord bindings ; others trimmed
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Fourth, Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Flannelette Gowns
Unusually Well Made
and Unusually Special
at $1.95
Made of a splendid quality flannelette in plain white
or fancy stripes. Open-front and slip-over styles, long
sleeves, round and V-necks, trimmed with hemstitching and
fancy braids; some with ribbon bindings. Full lengths.
Sample Gowns
Extra Specially Priced
$2.35 $2.65 $3.45
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Fourth Floor Lipman, W olfe & Co.
Delicate Luxurious
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Perfumes and Toilet
Waters, Face Powders
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Soaps blended with the
sweetest fragrance keyed
to fit the costume or mood
of the giver or the recipi
ent all the finest toiletries
redolent of the orient, or
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ers, have been selected to
please both the feminine
and masculine fancy.
Imported Perfumes are
very scarce. Some estab
lishments have none at all,
but here is a fine stock at
our usual moderate prices.
In Paris the following"
perfumes are notably pre
ferred: Gab-ilia's
Perfumes, $9.50 an ounce:,
or $6 and $ 1 0 for orig
inals in distinctive odors f
Tango Petite Folie
Chyprc Santal
Muse Toute la France
Toilet Waters, $4 to $6
a bottle. Odors:
Toule la France
La Violette
Pour Changer
Petite Folie
Soap, $2 a cake blended
with the same delightful
essences.
Other Imported and
Popular Perfumes
and Toilet Waters
Djerkiss Vivaudou
Arly ' Roget & Callef
Violet Alary Garden
Coly Houbigant
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Children love Cascarets, too. No f?rlp-inp-
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