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ASTORIA, ''ORE(.6N,' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903.
VOLUME LVI.
NUMBER fi.
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NOTED DAY
IN SENATE
Great Speech on How to Regulate
Trusts Delivered by Sen
ator Hoar.
SOCIALISM IS NO REMEDY
Faiuoim Hen it I or Dock Mot Ita
Here In Ciiwrpmiieiit 0it
rmhlp, but Proper
LeirlNliitloii.
WASHINGTON, Juii. 8. -The dy In
the 'tmte wua eventful Ix-iaune of h
notunt peeh by Henutor H'wr on hi
bill regulating the tium. and un at
tack by Senator Vent on ime of the
rulta of the Dlngley bill. Keiuttor
lloar'a utluTRnea were listened to with
narked attention.
Senator Veat ued an n text for hi
rernaika hla reaulutlon liitrtxluced yea
terdity Inatrurtlng the totmnlttee on
finance to prepare nnd reiort a bill re
moving the duty on coal. Feeble In the
extreme and aupportliig hittmelf on hi
ih-k. he railed attention to the con
dltlon of the dltie which had nrlen
a a reult of the ehortnge In the eoul
uply. There a breuthleaa alienee
In th-j chamber h he nk. Ho alc
the (Uetlon w no lotiKer a partlKiin
one, but one of humanity; thut we are
not on the verjre of n rrll. but actuii!
ly In It. and that women nnd children
have 1een frojsen to death. He chair
ed republican enutor with being Ki
le lit and dumb to Ihla lae of nffalr.
having only In mind the patty cry.
"Stand pat,"
Aldrich timk exception to omc of
Vet'a atatement and the revolution
went over until tomorrow w hen Aldrich
Vill make reply.
The ieh that followed by Senator
Hoar w devoted entirely to
tho queetlon of trudt and partly to an
explanation ut hla recently Introduced
bill. HVVjrun hit addrena wtlh the
aumptlon thot all thoughtful men are
nsreed n' to th neeeselty of IckIhIh
tTo'h7TitinTThliTrot)tiirWThr'6rt of tiuxt. He "li that a yet there
ha i been only appr?hnl.n and a large
but not t-rlM Injury, execept In the
caie of the recent coal Blrlkc, on he
count of truxj. (n the contrary, the
pioRr'-'Hi of our proerlty had been
greitter In th paat few year than
ever befor had be,-n known nnd our
workmen vre Ixytter off. Still, there
I. he ald, .ictu il peril, and It la none
the least real beciume It Involve only
th1? future und not the prvaent.
The aiuitor then took up the dlaeua
lon of the effect at the control of vast
wealth by Individual, saying that In
ueh a ayatem there was muHi to
threaten republican lllwrty. Mont of
the vaat fortune of 'the present day
had been accumulated wl;thln 30 days.
"la there anything to render ll un
likely," he nked. "that If one of these
vnet fortune has grown from a hun
dred thousand to a hundred million
oi a thousand million In 30 year that
In the hand of the next potweor in
another 30 or 50 year, the hundred mil
Hon may become a hundred thouaand
trillion or the thousand million a thou
sand thouaand million? It there any
thing to atop the accumulation of these
snowball. Can the mine power and
bualne, ability and capital that eon
trol all the petroleum in the country
by and by control nil tho coal? Can
It control the railroad and ocean carry
ing trade? Can It not buy up and hold
In one maaa grap the agricultural and
grazing landa of new and great Mates?
and the coal mines and the sliver
mine and copper mine?" But great
aa were the poaaiblllties of the accumu
lation of great wealth by Individuals,
he did not find In such accumulation
th eaine peril that la found In corpor
ate control of such wealth.
Mr. Hoar then took up the question
of trust aa they now exist, pointing
out what he concelvel to be their
chances, aa follow:
1 Destruction of competition.
2. The management of local Indus
trie by absentee In the Interest of ab.
aentee capital.
3. Destruction of local public spirit.
4. Fraudulent capltsllxatlon.
5. Secrecy.
, Agreement for the private benefit
of the officials.
7. The power to corrupt election
and In some case to corrupt the court.
8. The want of personal reponlbll
Ity to public entlment.
9. The absence of personal liability
for contract or wrong doing.
10. The holding of vast properties In
mortmain In the dead hand, If we may
use the ancient phrase of the English
language. But it has life enough to
serve the will that wield It. It I
dead only to the influence of any nerve
which cornea from the brain or heart
of the poplo.
Mr. Hour eaid that many a were
the evil fit great combination of capi
tal, torn of them would fce counter
balanced by corresponding advantage,
and added: - '
"1 tonfett I like to see I'ljrimt Mor.
Ban buying up great llrjf of wean
te:itiitili. I like to hoaif of foreign
potentate and prlm lpttll'.lea and pow
er bowing down when ha vlult the
continent of Euroo. Wefneed great
strength. We need greuti Individual
power If we ar to rival jforclgtr na
tion In the great matter which they
also control by Individual "power. We
muat. If we can, look out -In protect
ing ourselves, not to Jetror them, nor
to cramp them. We can 1ve them a
law which will not Impair their
strength and not thefk their natural
nnd rightful growth, and tlat, I hope,
I all w mean to do,
"But great wealth vhould hp controlled
M the servant of man ani of govern
ment, and hould not be glvj-n the rein
of control. We must keep eontrol over
fttreni l which can make "title grow
r wither.'' ' ' ' -
Mr. Hoar 'mid that he dlfi not agree
with thoe who think thyliid nn ftde
quute remedy for the evllf the trust
In the removal of the tariff from all
trust-male article. He oppoiw-d the
government owneahlp of ;J!reat labor
employing Industrie. Iiwiidinii cral
mine and railroad. Hoointfmn, he wild,
furnlHhed no remedy? but would be
quite a bad a the truUrtlheniHelve.
Hpeaklng of corporation; Mr. Hoar
wild no power If than thai of the em
pire nation I capable of failing with
them. The question was lie most Im
portant that had come ui for a long
time, 'for," he wild, "we We to deal
not only with foreign commerce, but
with that compared with wilih the fpr
elgn comment of the world I but a
drop In the bucket the dojnestlc com
merce df the United State. Thl com
merce," he continued, "I the hand
of the great corporations aal It I prop
erly In their hand. Thelrjwork might
be beneflcient a well a oftierw lne and
for thl reason, :ongre should go
slowly and carefully In dev?nlng a iem
cly for the Ills lest It should brlug
on other which might btvore."
iJistusHlng the accomplishments un
der th Sherman nntl-triit law, Mr.
Hour aa.il that :he attorney-general
had gone fur under It already to break
up a monopoly which affectid the whole
freight Hnd passenger, trfcfflc of the
northwest, another affecting the. cot
ton trade of Jhe .tjgjjth and another the
"pile "of beef, lie believed that con
gress had power to go further on the
Hue lndlcatd by Atta-ny-Oeneral
Knox In hi Pittsburg speech and the
enactment of a law on the general line
of his bill, he thought, would be only
another step In the direction of the
nml-'.ru"!. His bill, he onuij M-"d ten
tative nnd 1 xperiinental. But it was
mfo anl could be modified. We should
procecil safely, step by step.
He th?n presented the folowmg out
lines of the restrictions Imposed by his
bill on corporations:
Firt Publicity in the conduct of
their business und the constitution of
their organisation; second, the power
to stop their business altogether If they
violate the laws enacted by congress;
third, strict penalties on them und their
officer for such violation; fourth, per
sonal liability for all debts, obligations
anil wrong-doliiK of the directors, of
ficers and agent unless the law be
fully complied with. This liability I
secured by requiring the personal con-sent-of
the provisions. of this bill and
ncceptaaee of all Its obligation by
such officers, director and pgents be
fore they enter upon office.
A to the effect of the measure In
cuse II become a law, he said:
"If this bill shnll become a law und
prove effective no corporation engag
ing In the commerce which I within
the jurisdiction of congress can keep
Its condition a secret. No such cor
poration can do business on a fictl
tious capital or watered stock. No cor'
poratlon can oppress any rival, wheth
er corporate or Individual, by ar.y un
lawful practices. If It doe it will be
on the condition that every one of Its
managers become personally liable for
It debts or Its torts, and will be liable
also to heavy criminal liability. This
bill depends for Its validity on the con
stitutional power of congress to Kgu
late International and Interstate com
merce." -
ABMY STAFF CHEATED-.
New Military Body Proposed In Bill
Passed by House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .-The house,
today passed a bill for the creation of
a general staff for the army by a vote
of 153 to 52. By.4he term of the bill
It become the duty of the general
staff to prepare plans tor national de
fense In time of war, tq Investigate all
questions affecting the efficiency of the
service to render professional aid to the
secretary of war, to the general oflc
er and other superior commander.
The general staff will consist of a chief
and two general officer, all to be de
tailed by the president from officer of
the army at large not below the grade
of brigadier generials, four colonels, six
lieutenant-colonels, 13 major and 80
captain.
ALLIES ARE
NOT SO BAD
Story of Bombardment Given Out
Officially by Command
x in$ Officer.
N0NEKILLED, NONE WOUNDED
Two Tiilgli ItoiiCH Were Broken
In Dexpcrate Attempt to
It 11 11 Away ami That
Wan All.
I.A GIT.YYKA. Dec. 23. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Pre.) The
British Commodore Montgomerle, who
directed the Anglo-German bombard
ment of the fortification at Puerto Ca
bello on December 14. give the follow
ing amount of the operations. After
declaring that not a snlgle person was
killed or wounded in the-bombardment,
the commodore says:
.. "Considerable misapprehension ex
ists as to the action of the Ctiarybdl.
of the royal navy, and the Vlnlta of
th Imperila German navy, at Puerto
Cabtllo. A British merchant ship, the
Topaz, which was peacefully lying at
an.-hor In the harbor, was boarded at
night by Vemxuelans and the crew In
the ir night shirts, were hurried ashore,
marched through the street and east
Into a filthy prison, where they remain
ed without food or water. Under a
strong guard they were marched back
to their ship the next day and compell
ed to lower the colors flying at her
stern.
"When they arrived at Puerto Ca
bellol at once demanded an apology and
assurance that the act would not be re
peated and that British subject and
their Interest would not be maltreat
ed or Injured. In case the demands
were not complied with, I announced
that I would bombard the fort, a thick
walled structure within easy range of
our gun, and another battery mount
ing a few Krupp guns, some distance
away. In reply I was informed that
a, juob was responsible, for the .outrage
and that the matter would have to be
referred to higher authority. I replied
that If a dog I owned bit another man
I would certainly be morally obligated
to give satisfaction. Through the
American consul I arranged to receive
the reply to my communication, which
had been telegraphed to. Caracas. If
he hoisted the American ensi&.i I
should know the demand had been
compiled with. When the hour of the
ultimatum expired I saw the ensign
hoisted, but it was hauled down again.
I w;ied seven minutes and then open
ed fire on the battery nnd fort Be
fore opeing fire I gave ample notice to
the military authorities to remove the
political prisoners, and insured the In
habitants of the town that no Injury
would be done them. There was a feeble
response to our fire from the battery,
bu,t none from the fort, the soldiers In
which fled like rats. They left behind
a general. 12 officers and 20 soldiers
and a number of criminal prisoners.
After bombarding 19 minute and mak
ing very good practice, we ceased fir
ing and a guard was landed and took
possession of the fort, receiving the
surrender of the general and his men.
The occupation lasted but a short time
and the party returned to the ship.
Tho Vineia participated in the bom
bardment. Instead of a number vf par
son being killed, only two men were
Injured, and they broke their thigh
bonea in attemptnlg to escape from
the fort." (
CASTRO ELATED.
Hla Troops Capture Amunltlon Destln
od for the Enemy.
CARACAS, Jan. 6. President Castro
1 elated today over the capture by his
troops of all amunltlon destined for the
Matoa revolutionist which, It ! alleged
the allied power permitted to reach
the. Venezuelan const at Coro.
The allies have declared that the
blockade of Coro will betrin tomorrow.
A a result of the government's victory
over the --evolutionists at Guatio last
Sunday, General Fernandei, one of the
revolutionary leaders, has offered to
Jreat with President Castro.
' ENGLISH COAL IN DEMAND.
Expected Wage Decline Prevented by
American Trade.
NEW YORK, Jan. . The year ha
opened with excellent prospects for the
north of England coal trade, says the
Tribune' London correspondent The
conditions which applied at the close
of 1903 still obtain, and ai even ac
centuated, as it I abundantly evident
thut the American demand 1 destined
to continue for ome time yet.
The West Indies are now under the
necessity of obtaining coal from this
country and ponltlve orders are In the
mirket for Havana and Gicnfuegos,
in addition to thoe for New York, Bos
ton and Providence, for which tfam
er4 are being regularly fixed to loud
in thff Tyne. The American demand
for English coal ha had an unlocked
for effect In preventing the expected
decline In the Northumberland miner'
wage, the average selling price dur
ing the last three month having been
so well maintained that a conciliation
board ha agreed that wage shall re
main unttanged for the succeeding
th'ee month.
COMMISSION RESUMES SESSION
Arbitrator Are At It Again
Holiday Reces. '
After
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. .-Twenty-two
men, all but one of whom were
employed in and about the coal mines,
api-eared before the anthracite coal
strike commission at its session In this
city today, and recited oft told tale of
persecution suffered during the late
coal strike because they chose to work
rather than "join the strikers'. The
single exception was Charle S. Schadt
of Scranton, sheriff of Lackawanna
county. ,
In answer to the questions of John
Mitch?ll, the sheriff said be had em
ployed 40 or 50 deputy sheriffs and ad
mitted that they were paid by the coal
companies. He admitted that the sec
ond contingent of troop sent into hi
county was ordered there without hi
request. This appeared to satisfy
President Mitchell.
GAS KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY.
Four Lives Lost as the Result of a
, Broken Jet.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6. An entire family
was wined out by asphyxiation last
night and the bodies were found thl
afternoon. The victims are Albert
FInkelstein, his wife, daughter and
grandson.
The top of the gas jet was found on
the Poor and the gas was turned orr.
WILL COMPROMISE MATTERS.
Demand of Trainmen Met Half Way
By Company.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 6.-The Northern
Pacific today' returned an answer to
the demands of Its trainmen for a 20
percent increase In' wages. The com
pany sent an offer of 10 percent.
Our Annual Sale
Commences on
Friday Morning, January 2
Every Article in the House Reduced
C. H. COOPER
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We? wish allloJour customers,
prosperityfor the coming year.
In order to insure that, patro- -nixe
the & & & . J?
ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO,
V Plumbers: end Steamf liters
"THE LIGHT' .
THAT FAILED"
Captain of a Bark Lost His Bear
ings and Sailed Into the
Breakers.
ONLY TWO MEN WERE SAVED
The Priuce Arthur Enroute for
BritiNh Columbia U Total
Wreck ou the Wash
ington Coast.
SEATTLE, Jan. .-A special to the
Pot-Intel!lgeneer from Port Townsend
says: ' -t
. News of the wreck of the Norwegian
bark Prince Arthur on the Washington
coast and the drowning of 18 of her
crew was received today. The Prince
Arthur was bound from Valparaiso for
British Columbia, to load lumber.'
. January 2 the vessel got Into the
breaker and was soon fast on the
rocky shore. The scene of the disas
ter Is about two mile south of Oxette
on the Washington coast, and 15 miles
from Cape Flattery. This Is practical
ly the position in which the German
bark Flotbeck was rescued by tug Ja
the winter of 1900. Aa .the Umatilla,
light vessel lies about three miles off
shore from Ozette It Is believed that
the master mistook the lightship tor
Tatoosh Island and sailed eastward,
believing he was entering the strait In
stead of running blindly to her fate.
Out of the 20 members of the Prince
Arthur's crew only two were saved and
they were nearly exhausted when
washed ashore. Bodies of the drowned
seamen are being buried by ranchers
and Indians living near the scene of
the dsaater as they come ashore. ,
Although Ozette Is but 13 miles from
Neah bay news of the wreck was re
ceived by way of East Callam, bavins;
been brought out by a mall carrier over
a 25 mile trail. Owing to the Inac
cessible location of Oxette only meager
details are obtainable. ,
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NEW YORK, Jan. e.-SUver, 48.
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