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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1911)
the capital journal I. HOFER, Editor and ProrrUtor. R. M. HOFER, Munagrr fadandent U'.w xiper Dcrtted to American Principle ami th Pro,-rau and De. 4aent of All Ornron Fubllaaal Ery Evening1 Exopt Snadar. Gain, Or SUBSCRIPTION RATESl (Invariably In Advance) Mr. by Carrier, per rear f.00 Per month laflr, by Mali, per year .. . ... 4.M Per month. Ibeklr. by MjlU, per year IM Six mnolba rUIi LEASED WIRfl TEiCRAPH REPORT THE OPEN FORUM The Capital Journal Invite Tubllc Discussion in This Department Let Both Sldci of All Mai tern He Fully ItrouKht Out It la Not the Purpose of Till Xcnapupcr to do the Thinking for Its Itoaderg. Salem. Or., Aug. 30. To the Editor Capital Journal. Oovernor Wee's remarks at As toria concerning the speech of Mr. Farrar will doubtlens be hailed by the people of Oregon as a good omen However, he seems to do the subject leas than Justice. He Is quoted as aylng, In part: "The Oregon laws re lame In net restricting corpora tions from Issuing watered stock, and In other ways also." While the Issuance of watered stock Is wrong In practice, and should be prohibited, It Is not the source of as much harm as the people usually presume. Water In stock Is not en titled to any Interest or dividend re turns, and, consequent!, no burden to the patron, though a great many people think It Is. In the regulation of our public service companies we need only per mit a reasonable Interest or dividend return on the actual value of the property alono, and we have a per fect right to exclude all water In stock, and make such rates for ser vice on our railway lines, and for all companies serving the public as publlo utilities, as will give these companies a reasonable return on tho actual value, exclualve of water In stock. This being the case, water In stock Is not of very great Import ance. But the people of Oregon are In many Instanced paying ten to twenty times as much as Is reason able to some of these Institutions. One of the most flagrant Instances of this character Is noted In the so called Portland rale case, decided by the Railway Commission of Oregon when Governor West was a member of that commission. Complaint was died lm this case before the commission by Portland's Jobbers, and reasonable rates were asked for on shipments out of Port land on the O. R. ft N. lines from Portland to other points In Oregon. The owners of this line were receiv ing on the main line from Portland to Huntington and for all service per formed In tho transportation of freight between these points about 150 por cent per year on the capital employed In this aerWee. To Illustrate this fully, we will tnkv the rates from Portlnnd to La Grande, Tho lowest carload class rate from Portland to La Grnndo at time complaint was filed, 26c per 100, and was paying Its proportion of 66.24 per cent a yoar to stock holders of tho line. The rommlHHlon reduced this rato throe cents per 100, since which time It hns only returned 54.4 8 per cent a year. The highest railroad rate was 64c per 100, ami was returning Its por tion of 210 per cent a year to the owners of tho property. Thd commission reduced tho rato to 58c, which will r'urn Its propor tion In the future 192.18 per cent a year to stock holders. There was six of these carload clans ratt returning to the owners of the property about an average of 150 per cent a year. When this case was tried, and the Railroad Commission of Oregon re duced them to an extent that the av erage return In future1 will only be 127.26 per cent a yoar. This Is too extreme for credence, but the matter ran be verified by any one who will take the trouble to ex amine Inlto tho fact'. This company Is not entitled to 187 per rent a yvar for their capital employed, but. six per cent Is held to be cample. Consequently they are get ting mre than twenty times as much Interest return as they are entitled to for this service. Hundreds of In. stances of this kind ran be found In many parts of tho ststo, and their prevalence Is not due to r.tock water ing, fautly laws or the need of any now laws, but to the neglect of our officers In not enforcing tho laws we have. It may be of some Importance to prohibit watering stock, but It Is a tlmiiHand times more Important to prevail unon our state administration to properly enforce the laws. It may be good of our governor to advise us as to our lamo laws, and suggest Im provement, but what about the 127 per cent a year pale" by many of the poorest people of the state to among the richest (people of tho world Why have we been sold Into slavery to theso people? Wheeiiever the peo plo of Oregon get wise enough to stop corrupt political deals between corporations and politicians, who are more ambitious than Judicious, such abuses will be stopped. Very truly yours, V. W. GAIN'S. city Is a dead letter, so far as Its ob servance by the company operating under it is concerned that is, all except the P. R. U ii P. Co. The latter company has a franchise so worded that the only way It can vio late it Is by not runnings cars once every half hour on Its lines except the Yew Park line which must main tain a 12-mlnnte schedule. Outside of that everything else Is so ar-. ranged that If the company does not , do Its duty, the city Is permitted to , do It for it. Besides this, tho com- i pany Is also given the right to build Driugeg ror the city in spite of the council and make the city pay for them, too, which is nice for the com pany. Besides this, the city council has seen fit to make it a misdemeanor to talk In an unlady-liko ninnner to ! any of the companies' employes, or I to speak disrespectfully of the com-1 pany or Its business or management i within hearing distance of Its mod-1 est and dlllldent cars. i Tho Salem Water company la wo fully derelict In the performance of the things required of It by it's fran chise, but It Is, In a measure at least, excusable for It hns hpon ho hi up by a hot air deal the city has I given it in relation to the purchann of Its plant, and so kept from mak ing needed and necessary Improve ments. The telephone rompnny Is another that Is not Injuring its eyesight watching Its franchise. And in fact. iipa,tl..illu ,.. ........ c.rij l-liilllUliy IHIIIlK i l.l.uln... t ,U -I... 1.. .1 . 1 uuniiii-nn i ii uih rny ih uoing n as best suits Its own convenience re gardless of franchises. I am nit kicking at them, but mention the fact, Just to show thnt peculiar ac tion of the council In Jumping onto Welch. It's none of my pie. Welch Is a promoter, an exploiter of public utilities, from the nature of his busi ness somewhat of a gambler and he should therefore be n good loser and not squeal. Besides there seems to be little doubt but that he has not played fair and kept his contract. OBSERVER. Salem. Or.. Sent. 2. 1911. to tne Editor: Referring to the article which ap peased In Friday night's Salem Capi tal Journal, wherein It Is Inferred that the city, administration Is lend ing Its support to the Oregon Electrlc Hlll Interests against the Southern Paciflc-Welch-Harrlman Interests, I desire to go on record In the strong est possible manner possible by say ing that there Is absolutely no truth, directly or Indirectly, In the state ment. The Issue between the city of Sa lom and the Portland, Eugene & East em-Welch Interests Is limited exclu sively to theso lines and Involves what the city deems a direct violation and breach of franchise, the reasons therefor being set out in the com plaint now on file In the records of tho circuit court. The time has censed when any corporation! enjoying fran chise rlghtB, carrying with It obliga tions to bo performed on Its part, can porslstently violate the plain terms of its obligation to the city, refuso to carry out an expressed agreement and generally hold the administration in contempt. This franchise was a most Iniquitous one, and discredits the offi cials who lent their assistance which resulted In its passage, and the soon er thnt Welch and his entire outfit Is cleaned out of town the better It will bo for Sntem. The streets of Salem are a most valuable asB.t, and It Is right and proper that railroads and more railroads should" come Into our midst to build up the community and add wealth to Its people, but all ef forts directed towards granting fran chise rights to "paper railroads" or "promotion outfits" should, and will, be frowned upon so lonR as I am at the head of the administration. The present administration hns, so far as I am aware, undertaken o perform its duty, having In mind the best Interests of tho whole city, and It is pure nonsense and buncombe for any one, whether It be a citizen or a newspaper, to Intimate that It Is behind any railroad to drive the oth er out. The administration has un dertaken to treat every Interest fair ly and squarely, and I would not be a party to any other course. The council welcomes new lines of trans portation, the more the better, but they must come with the distinct un derstanding that the provisions of Its franchise must be rigidly adhered to. The Interests or Salem are, and always should be, paramount to all others, and the administration Is un dertaking to forcibly Impress this fact on the community. I deem the above explanation is necessary to counteract the possible effect which The Journal's article may have on any who may not be fa miliar with the attitude of the city's government. LOUIS LACHMUND, Mayor. o X-RAYS AND SMILES. InlOOdi Sarsaparilla Eradicates scrofula and all ether humor?, cr.res all their effects. m-!;es the blood rich and abundant, strengthens all the vital organs Take it. G-t It tci'-i" in u'U-i! form or chocolnei r ! :iii-l Sarsatabs. THEY GOT TOO fill AND ALSO TOO WET Rev. Dr. Hlnson, of Portland, has served notice on Mayor Rushlight that he must clean up the city, or the recall will be Invoked on him. But suppose the mayor does not clean up the city, that the recall Is Invoked, and the mayor wins out? What would the condition of. the city be then? Notices have been posted In Chica go ordering the employes of the Illi nois Central to strike at 10 o'clock Tuesday, unless otherwise ordered. The horse editor puts the news un der the head of "Smiles" because, so far In the dispute, there has been such an everlasting quantity of laugh Ing gas or laughable gas or some other -kind. The old Idea that a man who left a cup at tho spring for public use was a benefactor, has gone Into the dis card. It seems, In the light of more recent knowledge, that he was a good hearted old meddler, whose offlcloua ness led to dissemination of all kinds of diseases. When the modern ideas of sani tary conditions are considered, It soems wonderful, in view of the care lessness of our ancestors, thntanvof them ever reached an age where they could get Into the ancestor class. It being Labor Day, no one will work today, except printers and oth ers In the class out side the pale of civilization and law. The robbers who held up the S. P. train near Redding last week seemed to have made good their escape. The sheriff and posses have abandoned pursuit. The hold-up business in that section seems to have arrived at the dignity of an established Industry. o 1 Foley Kidney Pills Will reach your Individual case If you have any form of kidney or blad der trouble, any backache, nervous ness, rheumatism, uric acid poisoning or lrregulnr and painful kidney ac tion. Before you reach the limit of physical endurance, and while your condition Is still curable, take Foley Kidney Pills. Their quick action and positive results will delight you. Try them. Red Cross Pharmacy, H.Jernian. o Some peoplo accounted rich are poor, many regarded as poor are rich o Chlldrsn Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A Oregon City, Or., Sept. 3. "Oh, I hope this never gets Into the paper," gasped a half-drowned woman this morning after recovering conscious ness from being tossed by the rush ing Willamette for 300 yards below Clackamas Rapids. The woman, with two others and two men, came up from Portland in the launch Olympic this morning. They were boisterous with their Sun day holiday, and passing fishermen anticipated disaster. The boat left the channel below the rapids and grounded, anil, after retrrning to deep water, a pilot was obtained from a fishboat. One woman, who was called "Frankii:", and cn of the men got Into the boat, which was towed upstream behind the launch. They were riding over the crest of the rapids when the woman, who welgh3 probably 17 pounds, fell out of the boat and was carried bobbing along down stream. The boat was cut loose and the launch started after the drowning woman, who did not recover con sciousness until 30 minutes after she was pulled Into the craft. She was hurriedly wrapped In bathrobes and the launch departed for Portland. The members of the party refused to give their names to the fishermen who assisted in the rescue. o Pompadour ('up. Vancouver llarracks. Wash., Sept. 2. The new style military cap, which must be worn by all officers after July 1, 1912, has already put in an appearance. It resembles a huge pompadour. o State of Ohio, City of Toledo Lucas County, as. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior member of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOI LARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of De cember, 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarr Cure Is taken Inter nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. . f TIT i: j . ' i ! i bant-, ..- .w j Salem, Ore., Sept. 4. Ed. Journal: 1 noticed In Sunday's Statesman a communication from Mayor Lsohmund in reply to an ar ticle In the Journal, suggesting that the council was taking a hand In the game between llarrlman and Hill and that the forfeiture of the Welch franchise was part of the game. 1 want to express confidence In the mayor, for 1 believe he Is honestly trying to give the city the best ad ministration possible. At the same time, the Journal's suggestion looks good to mo. If It U not a game, why the sud den Interest In forfeiting that par ticular franchise and no other? It Is known to everybody that practically every franchise In th All patent medicines or medicines ad vertised In this paper are (or sale at DR. STONE'S Drug Store Also Dr. Stone's rOlSOX OAK ItEMEDT A snow white medicine, contains no sugar of lead, opium, nor other poi sonous drugs. Applied every hour It at once relieves, and soon cures In flammation of tha skin generally known as Poison Oak. 25c and 60c bottles. 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