The remedies which have been suggested. are either the throwIng open of our ports free to the shipping of the world or the adoption of the La Follette seamens bill. whiqh will relieve us from the wretched duty which we have heretofore assumed of pursuing. capturing. and returning deserting se.imen to foreign vessels. If we refuse to do this unclean work for them. their sailors would desert at every port. and foreign vessels would be compelled to pay the same rate of wages which are 1lid by our own ships in order to secure crews to continue their voyage. in addition. citizens of this country would have to be allowed to buy their ships where they could secure them cheapest. Any attempt to change cur navigation laws so that our vessels would be enabled to employ Asiatic crews will not and should not be tolerated in this country. and that remedy is not to be considered. In connection with this subject I deem it wo -th while to state that in many of the ports on the Pacific coast the most valuable water front and dock property is either owned hnd controlled by the railways or private corporations. and the people are excluded from them except on the payment of charges for their use. In the city of Portland.