PAGE TWO.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JOLT 21, 1904,
TO BUILD UP
OUR MARINE
Sensible Suggestion Comes From
J. Ernest Laidlaw, a Well
Known Portland Man. :
REGISTRY SHOULD BE OPENED
If Americans Could Purchase
Vessels Where They Wish,
It Would Soon Increase
Our Tonnage.
in for Cherbourg or .some y other
French harbor, and remaining there a
few hours, then continuing on their
way. sailing under the bounty, though
they carried an English cargo from
an English port"
"Give the linera a mall bonus and
permit American firms to purchase
Ttssels where they 'wish, thus allow
ing craft of any build to come under
or registry, and you have a solution
for the rehabilitation of the American
merchant marine," was the substance
of the remarks xtt'Z. Ernest Laidlaw
f the firm of James laidlaw & Co.,
when discussing the approaching hear
ing toy be' held, by the congressional
merchant marine commission in Port
land August 1.
"Why all this discussion relative to
the upbuilding of the country's ship
ping Interests, when a well-tried plan
presents , Itself for adoption? Ger
many and Norway both owe the In
crease in their merchant fleet to just
uch a proposition. Vessels built on
any quarter of the globe are registered
under those flags, and the result has
been all that could be wished. What
Is the sense of taxing a man In Arizo
na, for Instance, who probably never
saw a ship, in order that more car
riers may be built In. this country? It
would prove- a constant drain on the
treasury,, besides it Is doubtful if the
American shipbuilding- plants could
construct steamers and sailing craft
fast enough.
"The United States has compara
tively but few yards, and there would
be plenty of work for all if foreign
built ships were taken under our regis
try. Last year Germany bought 3
per cent of the merchant vessels built
in England, besides commissioning
those launched on her own shores.
This talk about foreign built vessels
being inferior to the American man
wfacture is inconsistent Tou can buy
American steel cheaper in England
than in America for shipbuilding pur
poses, and the product of such yards
as are on the Clyde can certainly be
compared with any hr the worlL At
the present time a foreign built vessel
cannot b- taken, under the stars and
stripes- unless built here or she has
been wrecked and three-quarters of her
full value spent to rebuild her.
"Within six months after the adop
tion of a plan for taking all vessels
under the flag, the merchant marine
fleet would be augmented by the ad
dition) of fully 30,000 tons. The
steamers of the Dollar line are regis
tered in British Columbia, and many
ther owners in San Francisco have
hips flying those colors, because they
are foreign built The laxness of the
Chilean laws Induced a number to take
out registries under that mandana, all
of which would be immediately brought
nder the protection of Uncle Sam.
When the United States obtained the
Hawaiian group a large fleet of craft
constructed In other countries were
given the benefit of an American regis
try, thus increasing the strength of the
Seet
"Of course It would not be Just or
equitable for the government to place
a high fee for a registry, because it
would not be placed at any expense.
There are British and German tramp
steamers now in the Pacific that would
unquestionably fly the stars and stripes
under those conditions. The federal
tews extend the best of protection to
the American trade on the Atlantic,
Pacific and in the Philippines, and the
nly reason more of our vessels are not
peratlng In the deep water trade is
because the coastwise business keeps
them going. If the liners were given
a mail subsidy with the understanding
they were to be included in the aux
iltary fleet, so as to be available in
time of war, that would be all the
bounty necessary.
"The lesson gleaned by France in
the subsidy business appears to me
to have been a costly one. Though
the law has been in force but two
years, the government Is short fully
372,000,000 of the amount required to
meet the obligations to the shipowners.
According to the measure the French
Teasels were compelled to sail from a
French port with cargo. France not
nly wanted to increase her mercan
tile fleet, but saw an opportunity for
bringing in and taking away vast
quantities of imports and exports
That was the undoing of the subsidy,
for vessels loaded in Great Britain for
different parts of the world, first head
WANT LOWER LUMBER RATES
Millmen to Hold Conference at Port
land With Ben Campbell.
Portland Journal: "Ben Campbell
assistant traffic director of the Harrl
man system, will be here in a short
time and the matter of & reduction in
the lumber rates to Missouri river
points will be taken up with him,"
said W. B. Ayer. president of the
Eastern & Western Lumber Company,
yesterday.
Mr. Ayer has returned from the east
having been a delegate to. the national
republican convention at Chicago, and
he was speaking of the efforts made to
secure a reduction on the lumber rates
to the east Mr. Ayer believes there
would be no difficulty in getting a 40-
cent rate to Missouri river points, were
it not for the fact that the officials of
roads running to the south threaten to
meet any rate made by the roads run
ning to the northwest coast, with the
result that southern lumber would still
be able to keep the Oregon product out
if the threat were carried intoi effect
"It is true that a lower rate was made
on hemlock and spruce, but this is of
no benefit to. the staple fir productions
of Oregon." said Mr. Ayer. "What is
needed here is a lower freight rate on
Oregon fir, that Is in great demand.!
The production of lumber has increased
and It Is important for the industry
that rates be made so that the product
can be placed in' the eastern market"
Puget sound lumbermen recently heja
a conference with railroad traffic man
agers at Chicago, but it availed them
nothing. The only concession granted
was a reduction on the rate of hemlock
and spruce, used for special purposes
only.
A lower freight rate on fir to Mis
souri river points, that is, a reduc
tion to 40 cents a hundred, would open
a great market for Oregon fir, and all
the mills would have to run on full
time day and night to fill the ordera
There is a little comfort, however, in
the statement of Mr. Ayer that the
matter will be taken up with Mr.
Campbell and It is possible that the
Harriman lines might be induced to
make some concessions In the matter
of shipping Oregon fir.
J. C. Croskey, manager of the Holmes
Lumber Company, with offices in the
Oregonian building, reports a materialj
Increase in the rail shipments of lum
ber to. the east, since the railroads re
duced the rate on spruce from SO to
40 cents per hundred. There are plenty
of inquiries for fir lumber, but on ac
count of the freight rates and the pre
vailing prices that can be secured it
does not pay to handle it except in some
special instances. Spruce, however,
brings a better price, as it is used for
boxes and special work, and with the
reduced freight rate can be handled
and marketed to advantage.
New York Carpenters Will Not Go
to Work Until Agreement
Has Been Interpreted.
WILL STOP ALL THE BUILDING
Unless the Contractors Come to
Terms on Disputed Clause,
400O Mcu Will Keep Vp
I ndefluate Strlkci
New York. July 20. Four thousand
union carpenters who have been locked
out by the Building Trades Employers'
Association have decided to remain
Idle indefinitely, pending a hard and
fast interpretation of the general arbi
tration agreement under which they
have recently labored, with especial
reference to that part binding the em
ployers to use only union men. The
lockout was precipitated by the al
leged employment of non-union men by
one contractor. One of the union lead
ers declares that the struggle will con
tinue all summer and completely check
building operations here unless the
contractors come to terms on the dis
puted clause over non-union help.
.Both sides are firm and it is thought
likely that the struggle will prevent the
completion of many buildings now
nearly finished. It is a disputed point
whether or not any of the other unions
will be dragged into it
Unless the present arbitration plan
under which building operations have
progressed rapidly since the disas
trous experiences of last year is com
pletely abandoned, there can be no
strikes, sympathetic or otherwise.
MILLIONAIRE'S QUEER WILL.
Excludes All Heirs Who Use Liquor,
Tobacco or Drugs.
Franklin, Pa,, July 20. S. P. Mc-
Callmont, an eccentric millionaire, who
died last week, devised a way to pre
vent intemperance among his heirs. He
will, Just filed, excludes as beneficiaries
any child who indulges In the use of
liquor, tobacco, or narcotic drugs. The
entire, estate goes into the hands of
the executor, who shall manage it and
divide annually the proceeds among
only such children as do not use to
bacco, liquor or narcotic drinks In any
form or In any quantity. Any member
of the family who uses any of these
three things may become a beneficiary
in the estate by abstaining from the
use of them for a year. The beneficiary
If he returns to the former habit is
cut off.
Mr. Callmont carried his doctrine to
the extent of advising against the em
ployment of any man or woman on the
estate who smokes, drinks or uses nar
cotic drugs. There are two daughters
and four sons. All the latter are said
to be smokers.
Decrease in Pension Roll I
.Topeka, Kas., July 20. The rolls for
the Topeka pension agency, the largest
in the United States, show a decrease
of nine pensions for the year Just end
ed. The list contains 115,620 perslon
ers who drew 316,294,221 last year.
During the year 4,332 pensioners died.
Most of the veterans who died leave
widows. ,
Wages Reduced in Cotton Mills.
Manchester, N. H., July 20. Notices
have been posted In all three of the
Suncook cotton mills announcing a cut
of 12 per cent in wages of all oper
atives, to take effect July 25. The cut
is due to a surplus in manufactured
product. About 1,500 operatives will
be affected.
STRIKERS TO
REMAIN IDLE
SCHOOL FOR ALL "ISMS."
Half a Million Dollars Set Aside for
Michigan Temple Tower.
Kalamazoo, Mich., July 20. A 3500,-
000 school and sanitarium, surrounded
by beautiful parks, through which
broad avenues will wind, is being built
at Gull Lake by Mrs. May Cecil Lin
coln of Buffalo, who has purchased S2
acres along the lake front. The work
will probably not be completed for
three years. It will be called "Temple
Tower."
The sanitarium will be conducted
along the lines of new thought The
latest improved methods of scientific
treatment will be used instead of medi
cines and drugs. Such discoveries as
color and sound vibrations, osteopathy
and electrical appliances will be used.
In the school, oriental teaching deal
ing with the far eastern philosophies
will be taught. Mrs. Lincoln says:
"Palmistry and all the mental and
Christian sciences will find a home in
our school."
Mrs. Lincoln Is well known in Michi
gan, where she has taught her beliefs
for several years. For the past two
years she has conducted classes in
nearly all the large cities of the State.
She is supprted in the enterprise by
the adherents of her belief in Buffalo
and other cities.
Meat Supply Very Low.
MIddletown, N. Y., July 20. Fifty
western steers and 300 sheep have been
butchered at the state hospital abba
tolr to supply MIddletown and vicinity
with fresh meat. The livestock was
sent to this city on the hoof on ac
count of the strike.
The scarcity of fresh meat has led
many farmers to fatten cattle and the
old-fashioned killing Is now becom
ing common.
No Pity 8hown.
"For years fate was after me con
tinuously," writes F. A. Gulledge, Ver
bena, Ala. "I had a terrible case of
Plies, causing 24 tumors. When all
failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me." Equally good for Burns and all
aches and pains. Only 25c, at Cba
Rogers drug store.
JAY TUTTLE, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND 8UKOEON
. Aottng AwUUut, Burgiwa
U.S. Marine Hospital tkrvl,
Office hours: 10 to 11 am. 1 to 4:30 p.m.
41? Commercial Street, Ind Floor.
Dr. RHODA O. HICKS
OSTEQPATIIIST s
MansellBldg. 871 Commercial St
FHONB BLACK 3005,
First National Bank of Astoria
ESTABLISHED 1886
Capital and Surplus $100,000
0. W. BARR, DENTIST
Mansoll Building
573 Commercial Street, Astoria, Ore
. TELEPHONE BED 2W1.
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Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon.
. Dr. T. L. CALL
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DENTISTS
S24 Commercial street. Astoria Ore.
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DENTIST f
578 Commercial St., Sbanahan DailJing
C. J. TRENCIIARD
Insurance, Commission and Shipping.
CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER.
Agent Wells-Fargo and Northern
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Cor. ELEVENTH and BOND STB.
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pera uonse
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WeeK Commencing
MONDAY, JULY 18
The Well-Known Actor,
Mr. James Keane
And His New York Company.
In 8uperb Scenlo Productions of thf
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Thursday Evening
"Th Highwayman."
Friday Evening
"Heart and 8word."
Saturday Evening
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Sunday Evening
"Queen of Chinatown."
POPULAR PRICES.
Reserved Seats, BOcj Gallery, 25c
The beer that made Milwaukee fam
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Wash., July 6, 1904. Sealed proposals,
In triplicate, will be received here un
til 11 o'clock, a. m., August 4, 1904, for
furnishing forage and bedding at posts
in this department, for year ending
June SO. 1905. Information furnished
here or by quartermasters at posts.
U.' S. reserves the right to reject or
accept any or all proposals or any part
thereof. Envelopes containing propo
sals should be marked: "Proposals for
Forage and Bedding at " addressed
F. G. Hodgson, C. Q. M.
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
Capital Iald to S 100,000. Surplui and Undivided Profit! $25,000'
Transacts a general banking business. Iutertet paid on time deposits.
J. Q. A. BOW LB Y, O. I. PETEUSON, FRANK PATTON, J. W. GARNER,
. President . Vkx President Cashier. Asst. Cashier
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ASTORIA, OREGON.
DIRECTORS
GEO. II. GEORGE, GEO. W. WARREN, ' W .II. BARKER,
AUG. aCHERSECOAU. L. MAN3UR,
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W. C. MORRIS, Cashier
Oregon Saving's Bank
321 MORRISON Street, Portland, Ore.
Wells-Fargo Company Express, Agents, Astoria, Ore.,
Is the depositoty for us Take your banks often to the Company and get
your money to drawing interest. They have tin key.
AN ASTORIA PRODUCT
Pale Bohemian Beer
Best In The Northwest
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HATiS TRIMMED FREE
Mrs. 11 Inglcton has just received a tine line
of ladies' and children's trimmed hats, and
street hats.
MRS. R. ENGLETON,
WELCH BLOCK.
Mace
In All Brands and Sizes
We have them in stock. Tho Trade
supplied at absolutely bottom prices.
We have added a Pipe Repairing
Department. Best work in this line.
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530 Commercial Street 114 Eleventh Street
Or OTil II.
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From prime ripe fruit only are what
make our aoda ao highly prized by
all drlnkera. No harmful comequencea
lurk in the foaming fluid flowing from
our fountain. The atream carries Its
welcome freight of coolness and mois
ture wherever It goes. Results and
medical science mark our pure aoda
as the best antidote for thirst and
dryness yet devised.
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