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Pfll II1V RICfiFB I ULIUI UIUULII III if PROJECT Uivers and Harbors Men In ' : dorse Nothing in Particu ;' lar but Demand a General '. Act to Include AH Possk ; -Me Waterways! ' n FREDEKIC J. HAS KIN, (Copyright, lflOS. by Frederic J. HaMn.) ;whlnton Deo. l-a-i policy, not a. project, th National River and Harbor convention, la WMlon to day In Washington. 1 rviwn wn attraction the great prore it ha made In the pant five year and la look In forward with confidence to the ac complishment of lta purpose within the next five years. mu ' and Harbor congress meets at the "cap ital each year t the beginning of the annual session of congress, and la made up of delegates appointed from all over 'the country by the aiaiee, commercial organisations and other so cieties interested In the development of th waterways of the nation. This body does not indorse or. advoj iV th claim of anv river, or canal, or lakS harbor! The lalie-to-the-gu f protect 'tourteen Xe throug h the val 1W' for. ipstonce. ha the, generaloap 7r? but thaAodV will not take any ftp? toward specific Indorsement of t ht or any other one Improvement. It Standi for policy. It represents no oarticular section, but Is the direct ?erPe"nUtive of all 'Jt m. meritorious claim for ne. Improve- hTrnborf ft VSktitt ig$ United States army engineers and by them recommended to ' worthy of Improvement for -the benefit of the commerce of the country. Both Parties Indorse Broadly. " It hopes In time to cause the govern . ment to adopt a plan by which an an- - rual appropriation for rl vers nd har bors work wlU be provided for. the work will be Pushed with svstem- - atic dispatch, and so that It will : j.'t pen upon the whims, compromise ana wire puUinSjsriiMUuaucceAsive con For'the first time In the history ft the country both great political parties are committed by their platform utter ances to a general program of water-, way Improvements. The Republican plitform declares that it "Is imperative io enter upon a systematic improyer ment upon a large ana comprenrai ? Ian, Just to all' portions of the coun rv of the waterways, harbors and Great Lake." -The-Democratic platform de clare for the "immediate adoption Of m. liberal and comprehensive plan for Im proving every water course in the union which Is Justified by the needs of com merce.'' Taft Committed to Bond Xsaue. President-elect Taft. generally favor able to the entire program looking to the conservation Of natural resources. Is especially Interested in the develop ment of the waterway of the country. In his speech at the Lakes-to-the-Oulf Waterways convention at Chicago, Mr. Taft declared. himself to be In hearty sympathy with the exact program which Is to be urged by the Rivers and Har bors congress. He said: 'Transportation is the question of the hour, and no nation is so favored a this one with a great natural system of ' water transportation. With a proper de velopment of the rivers and construc tion of canals in conjunction with the Great Lakes, I can see no reason why the means of transportation should not keep pace with the production." . Then Mr. Taft declared that the water- , way projects should be financed by the means or bona issues, saying: Mhfianl flf tola Awn nauntrr that the American Is handlcaped and driven Even Russia, a nation which Amer icans' are prone to regard as benighted, has adopted a systematic program of waterwav i improvements. Russia Is -J now constructing a deep canal to con nect the Black sea wun me jsamc which will cost irO,000.000, or three time the amount which it is urged that congress shall set as the annual expenditure upon American water ways. Holland. Belgium, Germany and France have paid great attention to waterway development and their water courses furnish the cheapest transpor tation known to the world, xne cinneo States leads in railroad-transportation, but it has neglected Its waters. - Paris is connected with Antwerp, the ' great seaDort of Belgium, by no less than ueven waterway routes. Berlin, an In terior city, is joined to every pari 01 Germany by a perfect network or ca nals and rivers. The Manchester ship ranal is a monument to the wisdom of the English government, wwen aia noi fear to spend an enormous sum to con vert inland Mancnesiwr inu u i i leading seaports of the world. Ana yet the making of the Manchester sea port uia not injure jiivcipuu, n mar nnrt hilt rjLt her aided and helped ltty creating new ana irromor wumj In trade ana trtnaponaugn. Railroads Taror the Policy. Then wan time when the powerful influence of the railroads was exerted In congress and In other branches of ha rovtrnnmnt in oonosiuon 10 any systematic project for the Improvement of waterways. There I still more rail road opposition to particular projects, but the great railroad men have found that they were mistaken. There is no more earnest and intelligent advocate of the waterway improvement policy than James J. HIU, tne raitroaa wizara and emDire builder of - the nortnwest. vraeMcnt Finlv of the Southern rail' way never overlooks an opportunity to say or do anything for the advance ment of the waterway cause. There 1 a general opposition, to the ambitious program aavoeaiea oy in Rivers and Harbors congress, oui u is ranidly aisappeanng. xne QUARREL OVER PAUPER'S BODY Medfcal College Will Give Up 'to Late, Appearing Relative for $15. "To leave the fitful an the appropriation rogress in this matter to partisan consideration of propriatlon c Influenced by committees In con- desire to reduce total expenditures Kress. the appearance of each year, as much as nossible. is to Im pair the necessary financial support of very one of these great enterprises , and to drag them along from year to year, and greatly to delay their ultimate completion." v Seasons Under the Policy. The reasons advanced by the Rivers and Harbors congress for its advocacy of a general scheme for improving all , the waterways, even at the expense of many hundred of millions, have been stated In a concise form bv the nresl- dent of the congress, Representative Jo- sepn K. Kansaeu or Louisiana. They are: First Because water transportation Is much cheaper than by rail, and in many cases much quicker for the heavy, : low class commodities. On well im proved lakes and rivers the cost of transportation is about one sixth of the average cost by rail Second- Because the railroads under normal conditions are congested and unable to handle the commerce of ths . country. Experts assert that during inn pasi xv years production nas in 'creased IS, oer cent, and railrnari fn-n . ltles for handling that production show an increase of only 22 per cent Im . proved waterway would relieve this ' congestion very materially, if not en tirely, and would also furnish healthy competition with resultant cheapening - of railroad rates. Third Because our commercial cora- feuiors. uermany ana France, have so . horoughly developed and Improved f their waterways and cheapened freight cusrgui tuai we win ds unaoie to com pete with them in the world's market unless we as iisewise. Fourth Because Canada now has a 14 root canal connecting the Great ; Lakes with the ocean, and is planning i 1001 canu mrougn vieorgian bay and the Ottawa river, we must make as good connections with the sea or the commercial supremacy of our great ports - is liable to pass to a Canadian city. Fifth Because we are spending vast urns at - Panama to connect two I oceans by a canal 35 feet deep, and to i make the greatest artificial waterway en earth, and in order to reap its full benefit our rivers must be so im proved as to get our commerce to the sea quickly at the lowest rates, and our harbors so deepened that any ship passing through that canal may enter any one of the Important harbor on our seaboard. 4 Sixth Because waterway ' improve ment are as Imperishable a the solid rock and Concrete out of which they are constructed. They are permanent Investment, returning to the nation, - every year and Tor all time, a large dividend upon their cost. . Poreiga Batlon Ahead of America, . The meeting- at Washington will en deavor to impress upon the mind of the Pjtonl of the country that tha I nfted state i on of the most back ward of the. nation in taking op the work of Inland waterway transportation Improvements. It Is a fact, even pow, that an American producer cannot com pete with a German producer in the rnarkt of the Argentine Republic. 1 he freight rate on the ocean may b the m. it may cost exactly as much Jo move the product from Hamburg to Jiiipm Ayres us .It c6i in mnv it ft I'm vw York to Buenos Ay res. But lv4 irrirn bo nturn more than t ety r,...-....-m Jo p.-t his product principal overnment has undertaken a work in nama. which will be of as much bene. fit to other nations as to the Onlted States, and In that. work is Douna to the expenditure of. approximately 1500, 000.000 before it is completed. The TTnitod State has spent more than 500,000,000 on its navy in tne past five year, and the outlay will proceed at the rate of 100,000,000 or more each year. Compared With Kaval Outlay. Since the foundation of the govern ment the total amount spent on the rivers and harbor has been but $560, (inn ooo. about as much as has been spent on the navy since 1903. If con gress would appropriate half as much each year for the stimulation of in ternal commerce, by affording the peo ple cheap water transportation, as it appropriates to protect our commerce from foreign foes, the Rivers and Harbor congress would be satisfied. That la what is asked tor the annual appropriation of $50,000,000 for water way improvement, irt mis organisa tion and its policy, Mr. Taft said: 'PerhaDS the greatest mnuenc to ward the framing of a. broad. cornpre- sensive and progressive policy of riv ers and harbor improvements is being exercised by the National Rivera and Harbors congress." JUr, Tart wm he in next president of the United States, and the men In the Rivers, and Ilarbors congress be lieve that they win se merr poncy. htch has met with his approval, be come the nxea policy or tne govern. ment before the expiration of the first Taft administration, . CATIILAMET GIKL DIES, DB. PEACOCK ACCUSED (BdccIi! Disoatek to Tbs JoaraaL) Astoria, Or., Pec 11. Madeline Long taine, the Cathlamet girl who has been under treatment at a local hospital' for an alleged unlawful operation, died late tnnterht. Dr. Peacock of Cathlamet is ac cused of being responsible for the girl's trouble. (DilM Pm Leasee'. Wire. 1 T.n Anrelea. Cal.. Dec 11. After re fuslne- to rav the Pacific -Collese of O teopatny fib cor in remains i jonn Ahlln, nla cousin Oscar Anderson, a OUUllini A OU11IU V HI C II Id.lt. nuv s w at 1782 Ninth street. West Oakland, 1 trying to 'Induce the authorities to force tne institution to surrenaer tne corpse, Anderson has prepared to give hi cou sin's body decent burial. When Ahlln, who was also known as August Allen, died at' the county hos pital September 23 the county author ities waited the prescribed three days end men, no relatives naving sppearea to claim It, the body was given to the college of osteopathy. Anderson came to Los Angeles and asked that he be allowed to tnke the remains. Dr. C. A. Whiting, head of the college, informed the fireman that he couia nave tne Doay Dut must pay $1$ to cover the expense of embalming it. . Appealing to tha district attorney' office. Anderson was advised to sign an affidavit showing his relationship to Ahlln. . This document, - nowever, failed to alter Dr. Whiting's view o; the case. Anderson says he has already expended $66 in arranging for 'the fun eral and that he will not pay the college a cent. HOT SPRINGS HOTEL TOTALLY DESTROYED Seattle,! Dec 11. Fire that started shortly after 7 o'clock Wednesda niKht totally destroyed the magnifl cent scenic Hot Springs hotel on the Great Northern- line in the Cascade mountains. How the blaze started is a mystery but the flames spread with sue rapiaity tnat iittie was savea.- w. Whlttsett of Anacorte. Jumped from a second story window and his shoulder was dislocated. Manager grosser was sliirhtly burned while trying to save some of nls valuables. The hotel was built four years a so at a cost or ou,umi ana its rurnlsning were vaiuea at 3b,uuu. Never Falls to Restore Gray Hair to Its Natural Color and Beauty. - No matter bow lone ithai heen m or faded. Promotes a luxuriant s-rowtb. of healthy hair.. Stop, its falling out. mi positively removes Dan draff. Keep hair soft and glossy. Re fuse all substitutes. 2 times as much in $1.00 as 50c. size. Is Not a Dye. $1 and 60c. bottles, at drngglsta Beau c ivr ireo doom - -rnt tare ot the Hair. PhUo Hay Spec. Co., Newark, W. J. Hay's Ilarflna Soanm. pi red, rough aad chapped hands, and all skin dis ease. Keep akin fine and soft. JSc. drurcista, sBdc tot tree book "The Care of ths bUnT WOODARD, CLARKE A CO. Corner First & Morrison OUTLET' CLOTHING 'CO. Corner First & Morrison Todteiy aumdl TomniFF0w We will oiler you Special Inducements to buy In this store. You will llnd no price so low that good quality doesn't go with it Men's Suits Fabric the latest, cut and tailor ing absolutely correct. Fifty va rieties to select" from, $20 values, Now Men's Overcoats In blues and blacks, extra good value at $12, Now Men's Raincoats Absolutely rainproof and an over coat for good dressers, regular price $15, Now Men's Hats All the new shades and shapes, regular price $3.50, yow Men's Shoes Here we have made a deep cut. We are offering extra good values Boys' Suits This is interesting to all mothers of boys.. Special $5 values in Boys' Suits and Overcoats, Now Men's Underwear A large variety to select from. We name two lines, all wool, elas-' tic rib, regular price $1.50, ' Now 79c Wool Fleeced, extra good value ; at 75c, Now Be 200 Sweaters Spaulding and other celebrated makesjust the thing if you want to go hunting or fishing. Regular price $4 to $6, Now mm There is no use in your payingfancy prices when you can buy of us for one half and less. Corner First & Morrison OUTLET CLOTHING CO. Corner First & Morrison 'liousandls of Gift Hints Fill This Store Christmas Fountain Pens Are immensely popular as Christmas gifts. But be sure you give a good one the kind we carry are all good. If the pen you give or receive as a present is not what you want, it can be exchanged at any time, and until you are thoroughly satisfied. We have fountain pens in holly design boxes for gift purposes. Parker Fountain Pens $2.00 and up Conklin'g Self-filling Pens $3.50 and up Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens $2.50 and up Woodlark Popular Fountain Pens $1.50 Boat rU to Talk With Oar Toantaln Tan Kan. Bridge Sets 1 " "" " Superb showing of Bridge Sets fitted complete and in handsome leather cases. At tha Stationery Sapartmant Cut Glass for Christmas Perhaps the most delightful gift of all is an exquisite piece of sparkling Cut Glass a gift which is long treasured as re membrance of the giver. Our beautiful cut glass section is fairly overflowing with all that is novel and givable a verit able treasure mine of suggestions. Without Good Sight Even Christmas grows less bright. In such a case nothing is more appropriate than a pair of our best spectacles or eye glasses. When bought for a present they are fitted after the holidays. Taka XQarato to Optical Sapartmtat $4.00 Framed Pictures For $1.69 This is without a doubt the best picture values ever offered, of all new and clear pictures- large variety ol subjects '.chjng "fruit, landscape, marine and animal pictures all framed in the latest mouldings, THESE ARE NOT SAMPLE PICTURES, BUT ALL NEW. These pictures usually sell for. $4.00, but this store makes a Christmas sale at $1.69. i W,e Do Artistic Picture Framing Workmanship Unsurpassed Prices are Moderate As-" - " sortment of Mouldings the Best ,. : ALT.' GOODS AX SLAlT rr rs BIST TO BHOP XAKX.T A Christmas Preseet AMERICAN GENTLEMAN TAILORS Bought out for spot cash, and in order to introduce our great hit, the famous concave shoulder, close-fitting collar and never-break front system, which is all the rage in the east, we are going to make each purchaser-a CHRISTMAS PRESENT. We will sell Fifty of Our $40 Suits at SSS.OO Each Fifty of Our $30 Suits at ; $20.00 Each Fifty of Our $45 O'cbats $30.00 Each Only Today and Saturday The concave shoulder, close-fitting collar and never-break front are the vital essentials of a properly made, stylish and long-wearing coat. , These suits will include our. new importa- ; tions of Scotch Tweeds, Fancy Worsteds, , Blue and Black Serges, Thibets and Broad cloths. 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