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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND," SUNDAY .MORNING, MARCH 19, 1911. III mw envonrnnpr fUIIWHIOUEUntlL Sidelights on Proposed Reme .,, dy for Present Evils Cast by . Eminent Single Taxer in Ad- : dress at Oregon City. Henry George. Jr apostle of single Tax and democracy, amvwrvfir poraanar yesterday anernoon ana aaaressea a very good slied audience at Oregon City last night This afternoon Mr. George will address 9 meeting at the Heillg theatre tinder the direction of the Y. M. C. A., speaking on Tolstoy. Tonight he speaks to an open meeting of the People's Forum and the Henry George association at Women of Woodcraft building. Tenth and Taylor streets. ! The son of the first prophet of single tax, Mr. George, is a firm believer in both the fiscal and mora) efficiency of the doctrine1 that but one tax should be levied for all purposes- and that that tax be placed upon land and not upon . industry. - He - characterizes the' pres ent system of taxation as nothing more than a penalty upon hard work and a protection for monopoly and sees In the political .changes -of -the- times a breaking up of old party lines that WiTl result in a great spread of popular government bringing with it free trade, the single tax, and the general adoption of the main features -of the. "Oregon system.' J .'ii,.:,..-.,-!;.::'. ..i.j.iJ- Mr. George Is a man of about SO, though he looks younger. - He Is rather short, has a. dome-shaped . head, par tially , bald and wears a short mus tache and dresses plainly. He speaks well directly and Intelligently with out the tricks of the professional ora tor, but with the sincerity of the man who understands his - subject and ' be lieve In its righteousness. ; From any point; of lew, he is . an, interesting speaker - and to- judge by- his success witn nis auaience last night, a con vincing one. vr.-.'- areatcit Monopoly' is land. ' Mr. - George called the monopoly of the land the greatest and . most dan gerous of . the monopolies of modern times. -' There can be no monopoly of the air or of the sunshine, be said, but there Is of the land.- Men apeak of it as "their property whether they 'refer to one square foot or one square mile or a county or a state. , ',.; "Here you have this beautiful stats of Oregon upon which you could sup port in luxury by luxury I mean the luxury that does not corrupt but that supplies all necessary comforts one half the people of the republic But imagine m owning the entire state of Oregon. I'd leave you free to make your own laws and to manufacture your own goods and to have your own arts and . schools, but you do what I say in this, my Oregon, or you get out. If I owned the earth that Is the land of ; the earth, you could do as you pleased until I didn't lika it then you could get off the earth. The Berth Xa Indispensable. When God made the world he made earth indispensable to our lives. We spring from it In the first place, from out of it comes our sustenance ahd at the end back to it go our bodies. - "Show me the man wh& can do with out land and I'll show you the man without a body. We do not all have to actually work in the earth. We are not all farmers and miners. But on these primary vocations all of our work de pends. . - ' . "People say to me "Would you have us divide up the landr I do not want anything of the kind. It would not be , possible to give each his fair share. Some land is much more valuable than other land. It would be impossible to strike a-fair division. ' "Every time that a child was born there would have to be a re-dlvlslon . because tharchlld Is just as much en titled tennis share of the land as you are to yours. loud Xents for FnMlo's Treasury. "But: suppose all of Us owned this building In which we are meeting to night We would -not divide M up and . let someone have the plaster and some one else the lath and iosimm i .v.- lumber from the walla. The easy way would be to let somebody use the build ing and: pay ns the rent That Is ex- -vi., m wy we snouia solve the land problem. Let whoever wants to use the land but let the rent go into the public treasury, where It will benefit everyone. "We propose to take the value of the ground into the treasury by the collec tion ... er 4ma T tax the - value of -the ground exclusive of the improvements Tax land on its i market price. Then you get whs the l engtto vetybody it l! ta that nof exists In some forms It Is not a revolutionary; idea. it sim ply meafi. the carrying oat of a system that is already in use la a limited war "The benefit of the plan are many! .Among them are economy of adminis tration, the concentration of attention upon one thing Instead of upon the thousand things that are now regarded as taxable and, the assessment of a tax upon something the value of which la fixed by all. I - A Illustration Trom Manhattan." : -To Ulustrate the last point-Manhattan Island waa bought by some Dutch traders from the Indians for blankets and trlnkete valuea at $14. JTher , woa tnetv no streets, no build ings, no Improvements of any kind. To day this same land, not taking into con sideration any of the Improvements Just mentioned, Is valued at from $8,000 000 -M0 to 14,000.00.0,000. Now, who made this : immense in6re in the value Of the land itself? The landlords, those men who Bay they own New Tork and that the city Is theirs? Not at All It Is, the population the millions of poor men and women who live on this land work on it, pay rent for It and make it desirable. If. you took all this popula tion away, the value of the'land would be gone. The value, therefore, plainly belongs to everybody. Why not use It for the benefit of everybody and make it pay the taxes? f A Theft la Values. "It (s a precept of the decalogue that Thou , shalt not steal.' But are not the landlords stealing this value that 1 he people of New York have made for Hieir land? This value, made by society, ought t be taken by society In the t iiu of a tax and used for the benefit of society. Don', tM a man . on his In dustry..! A city must have streets and schools and Improvements of one sort or another Where can it get the money to pay for theae necessary, things? Out of it own land..;. The city owns the land. She rests upon it All Improve ments la ; the city itself add to the value of the ground, "it 1 absurd to tax ji man on the Jhtngs helloes to x a man., becausjti. in: inuurn a, ami or UUI1US a JkOUIC Or manufactures food for you and me to at. He should be, rewsrded for his industry, mot fined because of it. We drunk and nulvances. WU and proper, but we see a man who has put iBD a bulldlne- that is a benefit to till i i . - . . . . . i ii .i cny, ana we eay to ninv- xna yu uui tnat butidingr . He says be oia. '-weu, you come right down and be fined for that, you scoundrel.' , .; ' "Over there J etc smoke coming from a taU stack. It lJ the symbol of a man ufactory that employs , hundreds of men and that makes garments that keep yon and me warm. Do you think you are doing a good thins; In maintaining such an Institution? Well. you are wrong. You come and pay a fine this year and again next and again the next We 11 show1 you we don't want anything of that kind, .if you don't tear that place down you have got to pay us for the privilege of running it "That is the effect of our present taxation ; laws. We fine by taxation, which is simply a form of fine. as. a fine is a form of taxation all those who are by their industry, helping the city. Swindle of.th Tariff. "Take our abominable tariff it Is a swindle. It protects -nobody, but priv ilege. It taxes us -for whom? Privi lege says, . If -you'll give me money enough I'll start a factory and pay good wages.' If this la a good thing why not pay privilege the money right out of the treasury? TTbe American people are accustomed to say, 'If you can't run an industry by Itself, let it die.' But the tariff is so arranged that we can't see where we are paying taxes. It has been called 'A device to get the most feathers with the least squawking.' "I think protection of any sort la mistake. Protection protection of whom, and what? I never heard that these highly protected men ever in creased wages when they got rid of competition. Instead they shut down some of their factories and thus lessen the supply. . ; .; Who Uti TJpon Oners Are Hart .r ''This raises the entire question of taxes again. Any tax that falls upon production; is a tiaa. thing- -rhen you tax monopoly, - that s -another - thing. When you tax land values you will tax the unused land into use. Instead of three men looking for one job you will have three" job looking for one man. Wages will ge up, prosperity will come and the monopolists will pay the price they can very well afford to. The monopolist Is like a leech drawing life- blood from production. -If you can get your vacant land opened it will be easi er to get home of your own. to run your little store and it will prove a help to all who produce. It will hurt those who live upon other. That' the single tax Jusr and equal right ror an ana special privilege for none. . Tea: Speculators Out "Bom men say, Tou must get reve nue from somewhere. If not from the tariff, then where? Why not the Income taxr Toe income tax is better than the tariff because it doe not orotect nrlvi lege, but tingle tax i better: dtill, be cause, it does not fall upon men' labor dui upon an alike, m Vancouver, B. C, they have done away with th ta on building and as a result land Is being improves mere marveiously. You can tax the land speculators out of business and that is what we are after. "Y Oregon doesn't adopt the single tajr soon ner sister states wilt beat her to it Canada Is attracting 60.000 Amer icans a year now. You will soon see Washington taking the load off indus try and putting it on the back of mo nopoly, where it ought to be. But I am anxious to see Oregon take the lead in this, a she ha In other advanced legislation for the public good." Mr. George was Introduced to the audience by W. & U'Ren of Oregon City in a five-minute talk. ARE NOT AT ODDS f Special Dhtmtrh to The JemrolLt SeaUle, Wash., March 18 Strong In denial of any discourtesy on his part and firm In the statement that if there was any discourtesy during the recent stay of the United States cruiser Mary land in Seattle harbor It emanated from Captain J. C. Olllmore, commander of the warship, as much a himself, and reiterating that he parted company with the commander on the beet of terms, Mayor George W. Dllling tonight ex plained the affair that has caused con siderable comment the past week. Mayor billing say neither Captain Oilman nor any officer under him called upon him officially while the cruiser was here. , The explanation that the ejection of two sailor from a roller skating rink was because of boisterous conduot and not becaOBe of the uni form of the United States navy was satisfactory to Captain Gillmore, said Mayor Wiling. Captain Gillmore nail the men were kept aboard the warship In anticipation of a hurrv order tn .oil and not because of any alleged dis- OREGON NATIONAL GUARD (Continued from Page One.) national guard on a war footing have comiv at the helgnt of the Mexican Japanese war talk, it waa the inten tion of the department to issue this or der long before any crisis arose at tne Mexican border. w t "The order has nothing to do with talk of war with Japan or any otuer power," said General Finxer. "It has been brewing a long time and simply happened to be issued at tbia tim ..The Oregon WationaL Guard number 21 general and staff officers, 91 regi- ana, iui enueted mea. The reserve militia, unorganised, 1 es timated lit about 1 J 0,000, ' Waat law Provides. The militia law of Januarv si ian provides: "That Jthe militia ah.n elst of every aleTbtWMed male cltl.An or the respectlre statee and every able bodied male of foreign birth who ha declared his Intention to become a cit iien. who is more than 18 and less t..an 4" years of age, and shall be divided into two classes tht n'w4 , tia, to be Known as the national guard; the remainder to be known aa the re serve militia." A meeting of the renera! ataff nr... under General Blnser ha been called to meet at once and discuss' the changes mentioned in the order Issued by Gen eral Wood. It Is said that a af result of the orders for trimming the staff offi cers that a number of those now holding commissions will have to resign. The governor's staff Is not include in th. orders. . . .. Aurora, 111., March 18. Colonel Charles Green of tii tmtA . niiiit Illinois National Guard, tola afternoon received orders to recruit all companies of hi regiment np to fuH war strength or as near war strength as possible. The order came from the adjutant general's at opringrield.. i Similar, orders have been sent to company captains throughout the state. - - . ' ' More of a Sinecure. ' .. . . From the Kansas City Journal. -An.eaay 4 mft mvit me,ewatOT ow aDout winding the clocks every week?" . - vl might make that do. - But what's the matter with tearing the leave off the calendars every month." . - f SEATTLE AND NAVY MAIL CLERKS iu OH W THREATJIADE Postof f ice Department Places . Ban on Proposed Union and Trouble May ; Follow Fed eration of Labor Involved.- Chicago, March !. With 2500 mall cterkr inheicag6vlsTonrrofthe mall service reported pledged to af f ill- ate with the American Federation 6t Labor and a mall service "strike" in fhfPVU,WMfC'ti;,d h,r ,Qn,5ht that any attempt by the poatoffle' de partment to prevent the men organiz- ... ttuuiu inn, Ph.U Blll .1 I 1L. ...-4 " "ill I'D liu T.ll III IIIO UHUtll sense or me wora, ror to strike in the eT.mm.n eVyice unaer tne reguia- tiona is equivalent to treason. But wun inuiviuwi ciera nas tne privilege - i,i..u i . . . . iB . .. or resigning and of demanding rein- statement at any, time : within a year, xiie man eierKi are pianntnr to make their demand for better pay and hort- er hour and a general improvement of condition individually. Then they will - wncmer conai- tion Improve or no, they can i demand reinstatement and obtain E. L. West, suDerlntendent of tlir-rnrt cngo division, admitted tonight that m muiiB are in Dad shape Would Cripple Service. "it i. true." he said, -that mall Is now heavier than it 'ever has been In the Chicago division. Last year our J biggest day was 730,000 ton out of I Chicago. This year it 1 'nothing un common when we handle 480,000 ton a day. The men run a far south aa Memphis and as far west as Pocatello. Idaho. The district includes a strip 1000 miles long. The places of the men cannot be filled by substitutes. as the latter do not know the run and would hopelessly tangle up affairs, but i ao not believe my boy have any In tention of striking."-'-- GOOD SERVICE AND A UNION INCOMPATIBLE, SAYS .P.O. OFFICIAL (United Vrrnt teri wire. Washington, March 18. The noatnf- flce' department and the American Fed eration of Labor are on the verse of a bitter war tonight as the result of a declaration of Second Assistant Post- master General Stewart that rallwav mail clerks who have planned to or- ganlxe "must choose between the union and their Jobs." '"This department considers a secret organization of its employe absolutely incompatible with aood servi.." aid Stewart -"We, therefore, intend to pre- vent, if possible,, any such Organization by railway mail clerks. "The department will use moral dls- mission to cause those clerk who have already formed union to leave the American rKierauon oi tabor and dls. I Dana, it will also try to show the old j employe that it i not to their inter) ooio ,u join a union, ir tnis rails, l GO IS other and more drastlo methods may bejadob wall of the Jail and shot Their eonaiderad,'!'... l ' v- .. ' ' I bodies were rolled Into holea Dlsmissau Considered. ; The "other methods" tn wblh stw. art refers, according to the declaration of several railway service employes, are dismissals. These employes today In formed . Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor that while nothing had been put Into writ ing they had been given to understand by their superiors that if they insisted upon joining a union . "they might as well hand ln their resignations." tne unwritten instructions, it was Bitter Invective against the potof-K. flee department waa made at the fed- eratlon headquarters here tonight f ol-1 lnwtno- Rtvwart'a atatatnant aA It waa I declared that the. matter would prob- ably be taken to President - Taft FAMILY CALLED TO 'Doited Press Laaied Wire.) ,' Cleveland. Ohio,- Marclrl S.Tb cOH- dttfcm of former Mayor Tom I Johnson waa jeportedto beunchanged-tonlght He na been ill for month and on Wed nesday suffered a relapse. Member of his -family summoned from New York arrived this afternoon. YOUTH WHO SWAPPED FOR HORSE ARRESTED Mike MartelH, a 17-year-old boy, who drive a wagon for hi father, John Martellt. a grocer, at 814 Second Street met (he 11-year-old son of M. B. Gib son, a manufacturer, of 184 Mill street, yesterday morning, who wa driving a team for hi father, Yoong Gibson, being endowed with some of the David Harum spirit ' of horse trading, offered to "swap" horse with Martelll., Martelli agreed If young Gibson would put up $10 "to boot." Martelli agreed to try the horse out, but when he returned, after finding himself worsted In the deal, he found that young- Gibson had departed with his horse'. Martelli went to Gibson's barn, took his own horse out and start ed home. Soon after his arrival there Patrolman .McMlchael arrived with a warrant charging Martelli with horse stealing. He was locked up pending arraignment for $1000 bail. CARNEGIE MEN BEING . CUT OUT OF STEEL TRUST r ' (Publlikert' Ptcm Liwd wire. New York, March 18.-The steady elimination of the Carnegie r element from th steer trust the most recent step In-which is the dropping of, W. B. Dickson as first vice president of the corporation, will result ln the organi sation of a great Independent, steel com pany under the direction of the great est steel makers in the world, accord ing to a circumstantial and persistent report In the financial district oday. The report calls attention to the fact that the elimination first , of Mr. Schwap, then of Mr. Corey, now of Mr. Dickson, and the fact that in selecting a successor to President Corey,- both WckSon-and-TTSSldenrTJrhkei'; oFthe Carnegie Steel company: were over looked, clearly indicates the Intention ui ow in coniroi or tne corpo ration to eliminate the entire Carnegie element, , v " said, had been circulated with the gen- !'!S1I hffl. u Mht when intelli eral understanding that they come from TT , rlved that the Insurgent are Postmaster General Hitchcock. , lnXorce along the Mexican Central JOHNSON'S BEDSIDE DfinnDiinnsnLMTnr lUumuHiiun nil BEGUN: -FEDERALS STR0I1G Besieged Rebels Drinking and Their Wild Shots Strike Near; American Posts on This Side of Line (By tbe tateraaUmal News erlee.V' : ' CalexTco,CaI., March , 1 J.Bombafd I ment of Mexlcall with field suns started I at 19 o'clock tonlgUt The Mexican I fderai aM k. . ti.. tne trenche occupied by the insur. .nM.tiM..V rh" -Mnnwt and hugging the border line in ;eir J advance. - Two ahvlla fmm flM I ' . " J"" ..- D" ! WfrA iMM tn BOrlaK AIM Uuu I .nil I the reverberating boom of the hota were reported by American who came from tb dimxtinn ih rnt.mi. . .i. i : - .w l vancing ; The federal ' forces ara nmhmMv ha same which took Teoarte and killed the wotinaedTTheyrare: believed to Tiave been Joined by an additional force from Ensenada and tn two column ' are bunching for an Onslaught on Mexl- can at tne oreak or day Sunday, aebela MbMb ... -feverish - exdte- ment The rebels have partaken gener ously of liquor and are , shooting ; at anyining mat tney imagine ! alive and advancing from the west They kicked up the dust around tne lantern at post No. 1, occupied by a United 8tts sentry tonight with rifle shot and a courier at once rushed to th "hnntw onage with the Information that no more warnings would be Issued against such carelessness. Post No. 1 is near the line and some sharp shooter Imag ined It waa a federal regiment ad vancing. e and- pistol-shots -are' anatantl v heard. Considerable apprehension 1 felt on this aide of the line, for the ac curacy of the fire with field gun 1iad by no means .been demonstrated, and fear that Bhells will alight and explode with deadly effect in Calexlco is felt here. The rebels are not unprepared for conflict They have beenat work dailv atrens-thnntnv thai. ,..v.. 3 WVl--WJ! ----- -" -" un.nn, , wmun IS Oil feet high and absolutely perpendicular. One trail leads up the bank by which federals can advance to enter the town, an that Is underlaid with dynamite -American soldiers, who have seen the , . v fu ' ."ay t.hat 400 lmn coul'J n0.1 .tBe. town ln assault If the , Btoo tne,r 8"rPnd In any kind or"""- With field pieces, however, it mfly "6 a different story. There are Plenty protected gullies in the river bnk from tt mlIe to two mile from Mexican where field auna enuM h.i Placed d the town rased In a few1 8lj0t8 without an open advance, - General Leyva and Berthold are with thir men and an all night vigil is being kept up, The Insurgent executed two captured federal enlea last mht nn waa eiipe . Kio, formerly a saloon Keeper in Mexican. They were allowed no hearing, no trial, nor a chance for meir jives, put were stood r in. v, by . and covered -with a few hovelfula eartn. FEARED REBELS MAY CAPTURE LIMANT0UR. MINISTER OF FINANCE San Antonio, Texas, March 18. Fears for the rafety of Joseph Yves Llman tour, Mexican minister of fi iv "r lon wn,ch Llmantour , Is nlenl"ff wwara the caplUL v "fne" arving on the Mexican Central tOdaV Raid that rebel niltnnat. "y rode Into . Saltlllo in the state of tins is tne furthest eaat that the northern border lnsurreotos have pene trated and is on the line of the Mexican Central. The lnsurreotos ordered the railroad official to handle no more trains, threatening to dynamite trains ana tracx lr the order waa dlaobeved Railroad officials ordered pilot engine to precede every train sent out t - lilmantour la said to be the most hated man in the Diaz administration and the lnsurrecto would be delighted If they cduhL capture-liinw HI train was due ln Saltlllo at B o'clock thi afternoon and since then no word has come from there. WAR WITH JAPAN" IS AN ABSURD IDEA IN r V OPINION OF CARNEGIE New Tork, March H.'The man who fear war .with Japan might a well wear lightning rods, down- his back' to save mmaeir rrom a stroke." - This was the tatement made by An- arew tirnegie, m aft interview today in which he decried the alarmist report of Japanese design against the United -State, i ,v "Flrt" aald Mr. Carnegie, Wt would be impoibl-oT-Japaii-i;o tfahfer an army to our shores so great a to be formidable. Before her ghip could pos sibly have reached here we would have filled our harbor with deadly explo sives and defy them to land.. That fall ing, if some should land, we would 'wel come them with bloody hand to hos pitable graves.' Let me make one remark about Japan. Of all the apparitions that disturb men like Hobson, the idea of war . with Japan Is most absurd. ? It should , be remembered that Japan was not altogether victorious ln the war with Russia and when she asked for an In demnity of $600,000,000 Russia stmpfy smiled and did not give a cent" DEMONSTRATION F0a GOMEZ IN CAPITAL Havana, Cuba, March 18. On the eve of the day of his patron saint President Gomes was tendered a huge demonstra tion of respect by the residents of the capilal tonight. Several thousand per sons paraded and in many parts of the city Jthe - were special Illuminations The executive received hundreds of gifts during the day.; .. Greek, Slugged, -Aska Warrant, : A fight between two Greeks at the Portland "hotel last night ended in the painful Injury of. one of the men, who was struck pver the head with a gas plpe,. Others workmen,. separated-aUk two and" the victim of the assault came to: the police station, asking for the arrest of his assailant On explaining the details of the affair he was advised that it would be necessary to secure a warrant No names were taken. icmur GRANGE FAVORS RECIPROCITY Multnomah District Pomona Grange Favor Legislation Which Will . Make Wider Market for Product of the Farm and ; Tend to Equalize Value. ' j The Multnomah district Pomona grange Is In favor of , reciprocity with Canada as proposed In the tentative agreement between' the department of tale and ffieCanaaTSh gSverninen acting on tho v matter at the -regular meeting vveonesoay toe grange aaio u waa "in accord with the agreement reached, and favors the enactment of such legislation a is necessary to put it Into speedy and effectlveoperatlon." A committee having the matter In charge of which J. J. Johnson was chairman, had made exhaustive study of the proposed tariff chtnges. Tbe re port covered- many details of revenue collection a well as , discussing the problem lar It effect upon the public in general anc the farmer ln partlo ular. In part the report follow:. RMiprocity Committee' Keporf. "In favoring the proposed agreement we are not unmindful of the fact that some of the most earnest member and high official of our order are opposed to the aame. Nor have we failed to ap preciate V the fact V that the proposed agreement in many respects apparently, If not in fact' tend to invite keener competition In farm products by placing the aam upon tho free list Thi will no doubt ln time at least tend to cheapen oertaln article i of ,rproductlon, i Thl fact we think; is rnponsible foi Ithe opinion of those who have only caaually examined theHmattets-and-yet-wlth all due respect to their opinion and Judg ment, In our opinion ; the great ; bulk of the people of our government and the majority of the farmer would be benefited by such reduction and uch competition, although, certain special J phases of farm industries and produc tion would be directly affeoted. -' Vak Broad "View. ,v; ': ' "In view of the Importance of this question, an of the -further.: fact that we feel due consideration should be given both sides of a question of this character, and . that It should .be dealt with from a broad-minded business at titude, keeping well ln mind, also, the future needs and welfare of our coun try as well as - the present, we have examined at some length the tables A and B, together with schedules A. b. C and Ii thereunder. 1b order to arrive at reasonably correct conclusion as to the relative trade exlstinf between the two" countries, and the effect upon th production resources and duties of the enactment Into law and the enforce ment of such proposed agreement we rind by - table A livestook shipped by the United States to Can ada for the fiscal year ending March 81, 1910, amounted to $701,768. and from Canada to the United States $1,245,165, tnus malting an excess of imports over our exports of $547,697. Duties paid by the United ; States to Canada on stock shipped there amounted to 9274,- and Dy uanada to the United States the duty was $171,493.65: the United States paying to Canada on account of such .stock $10L846.45 more than we received from Canada as duties. In this : Instance, therefore, we feel that by placing such products upon the free list would tend to reduce th nrices of stock and consequently cheapen the pro- uucis ana save to tne united State the dutle now paid to the Canadian gov ernment Grain oa Zree List. "We also find grains and araasas and '' veReiameB, unaet tne new sched ule, placed upon the free list .We also find that for the year endlna March 31, 1910, produce sent from the united b tates to Canada was valued at $5,907, 351 and that sent from Canada to the United States Was worth $3,368,820. In other words, the United States sent to Canada vegetable, grain and grasses worth $3,543,681 more than was received from Canada. The dutle paid by the people of the United State to Canada waa $299,438.48, and by Canadian to th United State $849,911. In thl case the government of the United 8tatea would lose ln revenue $550,477. "From these last figures It la very evident that the rates of duty charged by the Canadian government are far less than the rates of duties charged by the United State government and that the Canadian government from a business point of view, would gain by the proposed change, while it Is also true that-our farmers would gain by having a free market and would a) bo save the duty now paid by them In order to ship their produce to the Canadian country, and in our Judgment this would be a benefit to the farming community ni general, and the great mass of people, although a loss, to a certain 'extent ln revenue to the United States govern ment ' OanaCa Xmpttts rrnlt. We also find that fruits, fresh and dried, under the proposed agreement are to be placed on the free list We note that fruits sent from the United States to Canada during the period above mentioned were valued at $1,618,-3ir,aarTrom-xranada to " the " United States, $321,128. In other words, the United States shipped to Canada 11.102, 197 more than Canada shipped to the United States. The duties also tfald by th United States to Canada prove t3 be $343,042, and by Canada " to the United States' $76,084, making an ex cess in duties paid by the United States to Canada of $246,958. In this Instance It is apparent that the fruit Washington, March H That the present military force in the Philippine is inadequate i Abe positive convic tion" of Major General -Wood, chief of staff U. S. Alt was learned today,, i Exclusive of the ; men to man , the coast defense, there fire 16,000 men in the island. General Wood "believes 21, 000 men the minimum force which should be permanently on duty there. This figure is' based oh the possibili ties of an attack from the outside and Is "without reference to the force neces sary to keep the Filipinos in order. It also does not include the companies of Philippine scout and constabulary. As an Indication of the source of possible attack" from which Wood believe the Philippine should be actively defended, It is known he has repeatedly urged American officers to study the Japan ese language. Wood spent several years In command of , the army In tnr Phil ippines . and he yields to none In his knowledge of conditions thera General; Wood believes the minimum force in the Philippines should consist ot bine regiments of Infantry, four reg iments Of cavalry, three battalion of field artillery, six battalion of mounted artillery with the necessary signal and hospital corps men.' That such a1 force will be sent to the Philippines If Gen eralWppdjcao.J)xUglJt,.AhoutJlaA not questioned here., . , Freshly ground coffee and camphor. burned together, make a cheap, effec tive and refreshing disinfectant for the -nin air of sick rooms. .- raisers of tbe United States- would gain ln duties paid $342,042, while the gov ernment would lost $76,084 in duties paid by Canada. At the same time, we alao find -that- the market f or-f rait eta, would be greatly extended, and that the proposed ajfreement will work a great benefit to the farm communities and producers, of fruit in the United States. . Dairy Products oo lree, ' , 'W also find that , dairy products are. to be placed, on the free list In this Instance the - balance will be in favor Jf Canada, as is shown, by the following figure: Export from the United State, to Canada Were valued at $61,449, while import from' Canada to the United State were $809,690. . Can ada, therefore, sent to us' dairy prod ucts worth $748,141 more than eve sent to her. The duties paid by Canada for thl privilege was $105,425, while the dutle paid by the United ; States -,to Canada was $82,813.70. , ' ' "In the opinion of the committee, the proposed agreement will stimulate In dustrles in both countries. At the same time It will apparently . favor the Canadian producer, ; while our govern ment would lose the $105,425 now paid aa revenue, and our producers would be relieved or paying $83,913 which they must now pay for the privilege of send lng products to Canada. , ' , it "In the matter of eaaa.' which are to be placed othe-free itst. we; find that the., United States shipped to Canada such product valued at $177,577, while Canada sent to the United States In value $12,696; that the duties paid by the United States wet;e $22,614.28, While Canadapal luuuajiuiuuuau the benefits to be derived would be very greatly In favor of. the , United States producer. - At the same time the loss on the part of our government in reve nue would be comparatively small. ; " oath - Oet a ' Slice. We also find that cotton seed oil under the present tariff rates,. IrTiuty ire ironi vanaaav .into mw - unitea State, while Canada levies a duty of 17 H per cent for United' States pro ducts shipped within her borders. We also find that the United States ex ported to Canada $3,092,732 gallons dur ing the time above mentioned, while Canada Sent hone 6 us. The duty paid by the United States producers- was $179,188.60. By the crooosed schedule these producers, will save to themselves this entire revenue, while the govern ment of th United States will lose nothing. . - -- - "With reference to garden seeds. It it is very evident, that , the producers of garden seeds 6t the ' United States will be very greatly benefited by hav ing a free market In Canada, and save unto themselves the very large revenue how Imposed by Canada on them, while at tne same time our government would lose but a small sum in revenue. mah Imports Are laurge. ' "We might add that Canada send to the United State over eight times as much fish a the United States sends to Canada, and yet pays but $14,686 more tn duties. Placing this article, therefore, upon the free list will not materially ' change the revenue of our government as compared with our outlay;- , - "We further find that .timber manu factured (many classes) are to be upon the free list and that within a certain time the United States exported to Can ada products valued at $4,707,218, while Canada, during the same time, exported' Into the United States products valued at $18,976,558, ,:The duty paid by the United States' to Canada was nothing, the revenue paid by the Canadian pro ducers to th United States being $t 823,630. The effect . Of the proposed agreement therefore, will be to reduoe the revenues of our government and at the aame time bring into our midst a greater quantity of manufactured tlm ber. This will tend to reduce the price of lumber, etc.. and in our judgment will be a benefit, not onty to the farming communities, but to the great mass of our people. .:. - -.w. Will Bafit Vaited sTtates. "The committee therefore, after this careful consideration, has considered that upon the whole the proposed agree ment will be of material benefit to the United States. We feel that the mar kets for our various products will be enlarged; that the prices of foodstuffs, lumber and other products Will be re duced gradually; that the pleasant re lations existing heretofore and now be tween the - people of the two govern ments will be strengthened. .We fully appreciate that" both countries must necessarily compete with the same Eu ropean labor, and practically th same European, conditions, y 'We also recognise the fact that, the reduction o duty from manufactured goods has not been aa great ln many In stances as on farm and other products, and this w feel is not strictly in accord with correct and Jut principles, At th same time the proposed agreement Is upon the whole not objectionable to the farmer, and no doubt willjn timajyhan placed in operation cauae the people to realize the necessity and the benefit to be derived from material reduction ln the now existing tariff rates, by which very largely at least the great manufao turlhg Interests of our country have In creased o rapidly.", , - , i The report was Unanimously adopted Augusta, "Oa.; March rt.--President Taft will, It Is stated tonight, appoint President Abbott ' Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard university, a member, of the commission J to Investigate the second class mall rates and recommend a rat at which magazines shall be hauled. The members of this commission al ready appointed, are Justice Hughes of 1 New York, and , former , Solicitor Gen-; erar Maxwell of Qncinnatl. While the ' president has hot, definitely decided to' name Mfc'Loweli, It is practically cer tain that he will do so, soon .as he re I turns o Washington. -..- ;,, ,-- The" president's vacation comes to an , end tomorrow,, He will v leave at. $ ' o'clock in the afternoon . over the Southern railway for Washington," ex pecting to arrive there at 9 o'clock. He look better? than ha, Has for months. ! He has aoqulred a respecUble tan and . has lost the worried look that marked his countenance during tne closing days of congress. - i . This morning he played the last game Of golf and won. He drove to a fishing club near here. " 1 Professor Charles Edward Merriam, the Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago, was born ln Iowa in 1874. Af tee eeiving-degre-t the state ttnf a verslty of Iowa and Columbia univers ity ha spent two years In Berlin and Paris. In 1900 ha-eolned the faculty of , me. university or Chicago and has been there ever since In tne deDartment nt political science. - . .GEflERAL LUQUE'S FORCE P0CKE1 by inn Sanches With 800 Men Has 350 Regulars at His Mercy : at Ojinaga Theory of.LI mantour's Mission. - - ' f Coiled Preas Lejud WIre.V -, Paso. - Texas, March 18. A dls. 'El patch receiyed here tonight from Pre. ldloi'Texa, state that th lnsurrecto under, Sanches have General Xuque and ' his 3o0 federal soldiers ' completely, pocketed at OJIndga, where, , the di. ' patch says, fight , has been raging I since dayliRht'thls morning. , . . j Colonel Dorantes, a federal subordin- L ate, with 80-men,' was lured out of town and then cut'off from the garflson and ' forced to take refuge In-a house a mile from Luiue's headquarters. 8anch, with 800 men, - has the garrison com-i pletelyv surrounded and cut off from supplies and every time- the federal ' have attempted a sortie they have ben beaten tjMKfet.Viv,W.rV: ; The acUon ; of the United Slates in t statlonlnr.a comnanv (if lh.Tw.ni.L tftirfl tinttecr- Btatet inrant at tho American end of each of the interna- tlonal bridge here "and. also; massing - the Fourth cavertry on thej-lver bank, remains unexplained.. It was stated to day that a report that Juares wa ex peotlng an attack from the lnsurrecto wa responsible r f or , , the". - American ; trwipr-acurity.'": ;' -';"17i'5 The hasty trip of Jose Llmantour to ' Mexico Is alto causing considerable ex-v cltement here and in Juarea An army officer expressed the -opinion tonight that Llmantour was hurrying to Mex- ; " ico City id try to persuade his govern- 'ment tojjwlthd Japanese alliance, t - -1 Sao Franoisco, Maroh 18.- Following BARRETT IS TAKETi AT COURT'S DOOR the dismissal of the case charging him with bringing: stolen property into the -state, Charles A. Barrett, arrested ln Salt Lake City in oonneetion with the theft of $6000 worth of cold bullion from the steamer Humboldt, wa taken into . custody by a deteotlve from Portland, Or. The new arrest was mad as Bar rett stepped from the courtroom of Act- , lng Police Judge TreadwelL He will be taken "to Portland tomorrow where he will he charged with the same offense. JAPAN GOING INTO 5- '.. INSURANCE BUSINESS (United PnH t.eased Wire.) Toklo, March 18.- That Japan, In ad dition to conserving national resources, Is doing everything ln her power to In- : orease her financial resources was shown today ln the discussion of the government's plans for insuring private concerns against loss. The question was I J1" whether the government had the right to . enter the insurance business. Criticism of the government's, course is being made ln several of the leading pa per, notably the llochl Shimbun. Incidentally, T. Takestomi, editor of the Kokumln Shimbun, is quoted as say ing that although the government claimed to have done everything to lighten the burden of the taxes on the people, in reality the war taxes remain ln force, as. heavily as ever. NORTH NO INTEREST-NOJAXES WHAT YOU GET 50x100 feet, all cleared, -7 Leaving .Nice .Trees.,. , Good Car Service. Cement. Sidewalks. Cement Curbs: Graded Streets. Water -Mains. Electric Lights. . 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