The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-12
COASTWISE SHIPPING
TO Be ENCOURAGED
To Recommend a Measure
Granting Ships Free Pas
sage Thru Canal

Washington. - Congressional reap
portionment, under new census fig
ures, so as to increase the member
ship of the House to 433, is the plan
tentatively favored by the House COM
mittee on census. This figure will
protect each state from diminished
numerical representation, and is ex-
elusive of Arizona and New Mexico.
This represents an increase over the
present membership as follows: Aa-
bama, Colorado, Florida, Georg a,
Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan. Minneso-
ia, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Ore
gon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Utah and West Virginia. one each;
Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey.
Texas and Washington. two each;
california and Oklahoma, three each;
Pennsylvania and New York, six each.
Promote Coastwise Shipping.
Seeking to encourage the building of
coastwise vessels, the senate commit
tee on interoceanic canals has decided
to recommend measure granting
| American ships free passage through
the Panama Canal. The provision is
contained in an amendment by Sena-
| tor Flint of California to the Panama
| bill of Congressman Mann of Illinois.
The bill provides for canal tolls OF
81 to $3.50 per ton net. The amend
ment RENTS this charge, but stipu-
lates that coastwise steamers owned
and controlled directly or indirectly
by railroad companies or directors or
| stockholders acting in the interests
of the railroads, shall not be eX-
empted from these tolls. Other coast
wise steamers are to be allowed free
passage.
National Capital Brevities.
Secretary Ballinger has prepared a
bill providing for the sale by the gov
ernment Of timber on public lande de-
wasted by last years forest fires.
Economies which will approximate
more than $1.9O0OOO year have been
effected in the treasury department.
In order to avoid any possibility of
the intervention of European powers
in the affairs OF Honduras, in contra
vention of the Monroe doctrine, the
United States government is endeav-
Orng to straighten out the tangled
financial affairs of that country.
Secretary Ballinger has authorized
the Reclamation Service to undertake
at once additional surveys and exami-
nations preliminary to the construc-
tion work upon the west extension of
the Umatilla project in Oregon.
A dinner at which the chief execu-
tives and virtually the entire cabinets
OF the United States and the Domin.
ion of Canada will be guests was ar
ranged for Wednesday night in honor
of visiting Canadian officials.
The interstate commerce commits
sion began the hearing Monday of ar
guments in regard to the proposed ad
vance in railroad rates, thus bringing
to close the most important public
investigation of railroad business
methods and conditions that the coun-
try has ever known. The hearing of
the arguments is expected to occupy
the entire week. The case of the
eastern roads will be argued first and
that of the western roads after
Should an emergency arise, the
United States would have to depend
upon native troops to protect the
Philippines, according to the annual
report of Brigadier General John G.
Pershing, commander of the depart
ment of Mindanao. The natives would
respond loyalty, too. the general says.
A determined effort to lay the foun-
dation for a reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and Canada
was initiated when Secretary Knox
welcomed at the state department the
reprss entatives of the Canadian gov
ernment. Indications are the negotia-
tions will consume at least a week.
There is an immense quantity OF de-
tail to be considered and the tariff
schedules of both countries will be
subjected to careful study in the
light of elaborate figures, showing the
extent of the exports and the capital
invested in various lines of industry
likely to be affected by any changes
in the customs.