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PAGE TWO. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1904. Morning! Astpriaii Established m: Application made January 4, 1904, to be entered as soconii-cniss mm mauer at vno post office at Astoria, Oregon. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. j - ' g, isi I a f--' -'.-'J.' I .';'"',-'!!. -rr.w RATES. Seut fey wail, per ywr .. . . $8 0Q Sefiibj nuil, per month . SO Sertoli fey earriofai pe Biontli -i . ... .. ,, 60 THE SEMI-WKKMLLY ASTORIA. Seat fey, Mail, per year, i advance $1 0. ASTOIIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY THE SHIP SUBSIDY MATTER. The Astorian is in rewipt of a letter from the Con memal Club of Topeka, Kan., inclosing a copy of a report rendered by the club '8 committee on state and national legislation with reference to American ship ping interests. The report is in part as follows: "An investigation shows that the merchant marine instead of keeping pace with commercial development has actually declined. Our registered ocean fleet in 1810 was 108,000 tons larger than it is now. comparison of the tonnage of fleet registered for deep sea commerce of several nations shows the inexcus able weakness of our merchant marine. United States. r... I.. 873,000 Italy 1,180,000 France v 1".... 1,430,000 Norway 1,660,000 Germany 2,960,000 British Empire 14,800,000 "The United Statea has dveloped the most marvel ous foreign commerce of any nation in the world. We are sending into other lands nearly $5,000,000 worth of American products and commodities every day, but iti s a significant fact that American ships carry less than 9 per cent of our exports and inmorts. The tribute paid to foreign ships for conveying mer chandise to and from the United States amounted to over $100,000,000 last year. Our county is fore most in all lines of industrial and commercial de velopment, but it is lagging behind even the smaller t foreign nations in its merchant marine. The patii otic pride and the commercial instinct of our people , suggest the improvement of our fleet commensurate with our commercial needs. -. ,u, v ,, , "Without committing ourselves to any definite plan, we urge upon congress the commercial neces sity of prompt and decisive action to, the end that all .American , .commerce , may . Jbe carried, in . A menean Vessels.- A patriotic and self-reliant people will be Satisfied with nothing less than this." , , 41 The showing is certainly not a flattering one so ;far as our merchant marine is concerned. We ought ito have more merchant ts&wls, bty jast why the ton- JW yll5iAsn.au ana just wnat .stcpp snail D taken to Increase it are" problems of great moment. rIt Ls very evident that the American people have not fgonc in for shipbuilding. They 'are-devoting their . attention to other lines of commerce are putting l their money into' manufacturing enterorises .and providing the surplus that is sent away in 'foreign bottoms. 4 The American people are, not slow, but, to the con jtrary, are the best developers in the world. They perhaps have not gone into the shipbuilding business on a more extensive scale because they Jnd better use for their money. We hav ean idea the Topeka club . is sending out its circular in the interests of the ship 8ubdy 'bill,ibuf it Jiiwt plain that the proposed hunsiay would ncip matters to any material extent. fit tbt buium,of building ships jg not profitable- and the poor showing of our country indicates that our investors find better opportunities-subsidies would apt pirt W permanent, 1taCW8xfulba.sii Whatever5 imrkns.'tkmiM Wt Uula lje dne to the , desire of ; speculators to earn the subsidy. There wonld be no genuine commercial activity be hind it. In view of the showing it would seem best to permit the foreigners to continue to carry "our surplus products, as our money will net better re turns m other lines of trade.. When' shipbuilding becomes legitimately profitable, the thrifty Yankee will go into the business. ROOSEVELT'S PROSPECTS. While present indications seem to point to Presi dent Roosevelt as the republican standard-bearer in the approaching campaign, it is to be kept in mind that political nominating conventions in this country often have a way of suddenly crushing the most promising booms. Polk, the democratic , nominee for president in 1844, didn't receive a solitary vote on the first ballot in the democratic national convention of that year, and the same thin j is true of Pierce, the democratic presiuetuiai nominee in isttz. Seymour a mim was not mentioned on the first ballot in the democratic national convention iu 18118. , t ; Hays was near the bottom of the list on the first ballot in the republican convention that nominate him for president in 1876, while Uarfleld, np to the fourth ballot in the republican national, convention in 1880, received only one vote for president. Until the fourth ballot in. the republican convention of 1S88 Harrison received less than 100 votes for piWt dent, while in the democrat io convention that nom inated Bryan in 1896 Bland was far in the lead of all other presidential candidates on the first ballot. " Van Buren in 1844, Cass in 1852, Pendleton in 1868 and Bland in 1896, although they outstripped all rivals ou the first ballot for president in the demo cratic conventions of the years mentioned, were de feated in the end. Blaine lacked only 88 votes of be ing nominated on the first ballot for president in the republican convention of, 1876, but Hayes got away with the ' coveted prixe. Only 72 votes were needed in the republican convention of 1880 to nominate Grant on the first ballot for president for a thin! term; and Sherman hi the republican eonvention-of 1888, had over twice aa many votes on the first bal lot for president as either of his closest competitors,' Greshant and Depew. , , j It is to be noted, however, that whenever leading candidates for the presidential nomination have been thus defeated they have ben confrontd with a stub born opposition, with usually several "dark horses" in the background. Whether this is likely to be the situation that President Roosevelt will have to face next June remains for time to develop. Such a ait- nation does not, the New York Commercial thinks, now appear to be probable. J ' ' can be saldiS4P. . ta.'lkc jif, ... . jW Smoked " ' tec Crcao t IAHCZST SELLER IN Ilk WGZU THE SNOWBALLING PASTIME. With the coming of the snow, even in limited quantities, there, will be a general recurrence of snowballing. Men and boys will throw snowball at each other," and, as is the case every year, some one will be badly injured. Discussion of the subject, then, ia not untimely. As is the case of every other question of public import, there are two aides to this snowballing prop osition. Tha men and boys who delight in the pas time cling to the opinion that it is only a little recre ation. They believe there is no harm in it and mar vel "at the complaint offered by others. They enter enthusiastically into the play, and quite naturally believe that every one else should feel the same way about it. Those who are opposed to promiscuous snowballing do not fancy being struck with the hard ened balls of ice and snow. When they go upon the street they are nervous, fearful always that a well- uirecieu juiowuHu may spena us iorce on mc neca or perhaps the eye. Some men do not like to have guns pointed at them, even if the guns arcnt loaded and for a similar reason some men do not like to be made targets for snowballs hurled by reckless en thusiasts. ' ' v Generally speaking promiscuous snowballing is bad business.. .If is all right for those who enjoy it, but aaf,ortunaty, for the rest of us, they do not confine their attention to those who seem to entertain a lik ing for the sport. All is fish that conies to their nets. and all are pelted alike. Last winter several Astor- ians were quite severely, injured by snowballs. ' One gentleman was struck by a missle and injured so severely that be was compelled to remain at his home for a week or 10 days; another young man was struck on the5 head and knocked down. Both gen tlemen were walking along the streets, attending to their own affairs, when the enthusiastically inclined commenced the fusilade. For a time snowballing became so general that one actually took a chance when passing the moirt frequented corner in the city. Women and children were likewise subjected to the marksmanship of the fun-lovers, and in one instance a child was struck with a water-soaked snowball and rendered unconscious. The matter' was not. made public "on account of the prominence of the parents of the lad" who hurled the snowball Those who do not go in far the sport ought to be protected from the antics of those who nave a liking for ifc"rThe one class is entitled to equally as much consideration as the other. Above all. snowballinar should not e permitted on the crowded streets, not alone on account of the danger 'thereby created for passcrsby, but also because of the likelyhood 'of trouble following the injury of some one who might resent it in forcible manner. To strike a person with a snowball constitutes the crime of assault, the pen alty for which is fixed by the civil law, and not in frequently imposed under the moral law. rices Tali I have but few expenses and can sell lower than the lowest. t & While it js interesting to note that the total vol ume of money in circulation in this country on Janu ary 1 was $117,000,000 more than it was on the corre sponding date of last year, the gratifying thing about the matter is that $75,000,000 of this increase consists of gol(i ;: Wlmt is more, almost half of the amount of mcaiey now in circulation in the United States con sists of the yellow metal. There is nearly double the amount of gold in circulation than there are silver dollars, and the volume of gold to that of greenbacks is as three to one. The monery system of this re public today i in spite of some minor defects, is as solid, financially, says the New York Commercial, as Gibraltar.'" ' . $1500 $10.00 &15.50 $12.50 $10.00 $ 7.50 $ 5.00 $ 2.00 See These Prices Overcoats now only ISuits mm l m loung men's 1 Suits $ Boy's Suits for $3 to $ $10.90 $ 6.90 $10.90 $ 8.90 7.25 5.50 3.75 1.45 Shoes Hats, Underwear and all Furnishing Goods marked down to the last notch. ? ? & Charlesiyrsori CORNER FIFTEENTH AND COMMERCIAL sTrEETS Dr. T. L. Ball DKNTf T (24 Comm.rcUl trett. Aitorla Or. C; J. Trenchard ) Iitsurnce, Commtuion nd Shipping. Agent Wells, Fargo and Pacific J ExpreM Companies. Cualoma j Hoiim Broker. M f m iuniE, 11. d. PJIISICUN AND SUKOEON Acting Aatiataat Surgeon 17. 8. Marine . Uoapital Bervlce. . Otto hmn: 10 to 12 A. M., 1 to 430 P. M , 4n.Ow)mroial Street. Sod Foor. lioxopus, Trayel ! v. 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