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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1905)
Uhe farmers and TJraders Tfaiionai fiank NO. 44(33 Capital Su'plus Liability of Shareholders Total . $ -60,000.00 14.000 00 60,000.00 $134000.00 For the protection of ite depositors! Depositor of this Bank art ac corded uch liberal treatment at thall be in keeping with the character and value of their accounts. We would be pleased to have your account. JOSEPH PALMER, President. 1. E. McCULLY. . . Asst. Cashier. J. W. SCRIBER. Cashier. J. SCROQOIN. Asst. Cashier 5 FARMS FOR SALE , IN THE GRANDE ROMDE VALLEY I D"' 40 per acre Price $38 per acre Price $36 per acre Price $35 per acre J 200 Acret with gcod improvements, all tillable land. J " mil from railroad station and 14 miles from La Grande. Oregon -. - 400 acret with good improvements, nearly all tillable land, about three miles from the railroad and 1 4 J mi'et from La Grande. 160 Acres about 8 milet from the railroad and 14 J milet from La Grande, No buildings . 200 Acret, one mile from the town of Summerville, 18 J' milet nort.i of La Grande and 3 milet from the - railroad. A!! tillable land. No buildings J 60 Acres, same class land as the above and adjoining Price $35 per acre J 480 Acres. 2 miles from the railroad and 16 miles - J 'from La Grande. Good barn and small house, well watered, All good land ' ' , 66 Acres, three and half miles from , La Grande, all under cultivation. No buildings- - 160 Acres. 6 miles from La Grande.' Oood grain land. No buildings . . 160 Acres 12 miles faom La Grande, 2 miles from the railroad, firstclass improvements S 1000 Acres 9 miles from La Grande, nearly all In cult ivation, all good land I Price $42 per acre Price $76 per acre Price $28 per acre Price $66 per acre Price $35,000.00 X Ca Srande Sn vestment Co, 2 " FO'LEY ' HOTEL BUILDING . LA' GRANDE OR "- ' 2 Union Woolen Mills Indian Robes We have received a consignment of Union Fleece Wool , Indian Robes w.nch we have nn sale. These robes are snitable for couan covers, steamer robers and orna ment?! for Indian corners. Tne price range it from , $5.60 up .... HENRY &, OAIJR HOUSE FURNISHERS AND UNDERTAKERS Phone No. 621. J. C Henry, residence 664 J. J. Carr. residence 886 O V 1 VrJ V 1 r- All Colors Rejuvenates all thing about the house From cellar to garret. Wears like lror. W. H. BOHNENKAMP, Agent I A PAL A C ROMADKA READY ACCESS TRUNK T AISING the cotct brings every corner within reach without re moving treys. Saves X the time of an ordinary trunk to' peck or un pack. Easy to operate. Nothing to Set oat oi order. Will stand all the nocks and hard Mags of traveling. Coat ao mora than a common trunk. ,55.00 14 AyiM ... SPECIALS Supported bed springs $2.40 Unsupported bed springs 1.65 Mattresses, good ones 2.60 2 taddlet, choice 8.00 Remmington typewriter 40.00 16 cross cut saws 60c to 3.60 Hall rack 5.50 2 office chairs 8.60-5.00 Kitchen Treasure 5.25 Linealeum A fine line of crockery at half price F, D. Haisten, PHONE RED 1161 Highest pricee paid for Second Hand Goods, Proi cent's Aessage met last year, and it is anticipated that the President will discuss the to-called insular question with that frankness which he applies to all questions. In his last two messages to Congress he asked that the Philippines bs knit closer to the United States by tariff arrangements, and it ie probable that he will renew that plea. Congress will be asked to take vigorous steps to enable the United States to par ticipate in the new markets to be opened up in the far east President Roosevelt believes that a special commission should be authorized to study the entire subject or Oriental trade. Congress has repsated ly ignored recommendations of this char acter, but it is believed that recent de- ve'.opements have aroused the whole world to the situation to such an extent t '.at the matter-tanot longer be ignored The President ie oratTlS!.- at th uh. stantial increases which have basif-m-.de m the navy, and believes the work should not stop. He refers to the lessons of the Russo-Japanese war as vindicating the battleship and concurs in the recommend ation or tne general board, of the navy that three new battleshiDS be authorized The President believes that the United States should not be behind other nations which are now building 18,000 ton battle ships in the belief that the larger type is to dominate in future naval actions. Other subjects to receive more or less attsntion in the President e message are the Hague peace conference. Venezuela. service pensions for Grand Army veter- ant, public land preservations, economy n ;:rvh?, 'imHipor national in debtedness and expanding th currency, a delegate for Alaska, territorial admiss ion, and various matters in regard to this country t foreign relations. I urge upon the Congress the need of providing for expeditious action by the Interstate Commerce Commission in al these matters, whether in regulating rates for tranaportation or for ttoring or for handling property or commodities in tran sit The history of the cases litigated under the commerce act shows that its efficacy has been to a irreat daara des troyed by the weapon of delay, almost the most rormidable weapons in the hands of those whose purpose is to violate the law. Let m most earnestly say that these recommendations are not made in any spirit of hostility to the railroads. On ethical grounds, on grounds of right such hostility would be intolerable: and on grounds of mere national self- interest we must remember that such hostility would tell against the welfare not mlu some few rich men, but of a multitude of small investors, a multitude of railway employees, - waga-workars; - and most severely againat the public as a whole. 1 believe that on the whole our railroads have done well and not, ill; but the rail road men who wish to do well should not be exposed to comDetition with those who have no such desire, and the only way to secure this end is to give to some Govern ment tribunal the power to see that justice is done by the unwilling exactly as it is gladly done by the willing. Moreover, if some Government body is given increased power the effect will be to furnish author itative answer on behalf of the r!lmH whenever irrational clamor against it is raised, or whenever charges made again st it are disprove! I ask this legislation not only in the interest of the public but in tne interest of the honest railroad man and the honest shipper alike, for it is they who are chiefly jeoparded by the practices of their dishonest eompetitore. This leg islation should be enacted in a spirit as remote as possible from hysteria and rancor, if we of the American bnrfv politic are true to the traditions we have innenteo. we shall always scorn any effort to make us hate any man because he is rich, just as much as we should sen any effott to make us look down unon r treat contemptuously any man because ne is poor, we juage a man by hie con ductthat ie, by his character and not by his wealth and intellect If he makes his fortune honestly, there is no just cause of quarrel with him. Indaurf w have nothing but the kindliest feelings of uiiuiauuu lur in a SUICSSSTUI DUSineSS man who behavet decently, whether he has made his success by bui'ding or man aging a railroad or by shipping goods over that railroad. The big railroad men and big shiDDers are simply Americans of the ordinarv type who have developed to an extraor- ainary degree certain great business qualities. They are neither better nor nor worse than their fellow-citizens of smaller means. They are merely more able in certain lines and therefore posed to certain peculiarly strong terno- tations. These temptations have not eprung newly into being; the exception ally successful among mankind have been exposed to thtm: but thev have grown amazingly in power as a result of tne extraodinary development of indust rialism along new lines, and under these new conditions, which the lawmakers of old could-not forsee and therefore could not provide against they have become so serious and menacing at to demand entirely new rsmediet. It it in the Inter est of the best type of railroad man and the best type of shipper no lest than of the public that there should be govern mental supervision and regulation cnese great business operations, for same reason that it it in tht interest the corporation which wishes to treat employees aright that there thou'd an effective myloyer'i liability act, or of the of its be an effective tystem of factory lawt to pre vent the abuse of women and children. All such legislation frees the corporation that wishes to do well from being driven into doing ill. We desire to est up a moral standard. There can be no de lusion more fatal to the Nation than the delusion that the standard of profits, of business prosperity, ie sufficient in judging any business or political question from rate legislation to municipal government Business success, whether for the in dividual or for the Nation, ie a good thing only so far as it is 'accompanied by and develops a high standard of conduct honor, integrity, civic courage. Tne kind of business prosperity that blunts the standard of honor, that puts an inordi nate value on mere wealth, that mikes a man ruthless and conscienceless in trade a id cowardly in citizedship, is not a good thing at all. but a very bad thing for the Nation. This Government stands for manhood first and business only as an adjunct of manhood. The question of transportation lies at the root of all industrial success, and - the revolution in transportation which has taken place during the last half century has been the most important factor in the growth of the new industrial conditions. Most emphatically we do not wish to see the man of great talents refused the re ward of his talents. Still less do we wish to see him penalized; but we do de sire to see the system of railrord trans portation so handled that the etrong man shall be given no advantage over the weak man. We wish to insure as fair treatment for the small town as for the big city; for the small shipper as for the big shipper. In the old days the highway ;f zzt.-" whether by water or by a road on land, wat open to all; it belonged to the public and the traffic along it wat free. At present the railway is this high way, and we must do our best to see that it it kept open to all on equal terms. Unliks tie old h;ghway it is very difficult and complex thing to manage, and it is far better that it should be managed by private individuale than by the Govern ment But it can only be so managed on condition that justice is done the public, It it because, in my judgment, public ownership of railroads it highly undesira ble and would probably in this country entail far-reaching disaster, that' I wish to se such tupirvision and regulation of them in the interest of the public as will make It evident that there is no need for public ownership. The opponents of Gov ernment regulation dwetl upon the diffi culties to be encountered and the intricate and involved nature of the problem. Their contention it true. It is a complicated and delicate problem, and all kinds of difficulties are eure to arise in connection with any plan of solution, while no plan will bring all the benefits hoped for by its more optimistic adherents. Moreover, under any healthy plan, the ben fits will develop gradually and not rapidly. Fin ally, we must clearly understand that the public servants who are to do this pecu liarly responsible and delicate work must themselves be of the highest type both as regards integrity and efficiency. They must be well paid, for otherwise able men cannot in the long run. be secured; and they must possess a lofty probity which will revolt as quickly at the thought of pandering to any gust of popular pre judice against rich men as at the thought of anything even remotely resembling subserviency to rich men. But while I fully admit the difficulties in the way. I do not for a moment admit that these difficulties warrant us in stopping in our effort to secure a wite and just tystem. They thould have no other effect than to spur us on to the exercise of the resolu tion, the even-handed justice, and the fer tility of resource, which we like to think of as typically American, and which will in the end achieve good results in this as in other fields of activity. The task is a great one and underlies the task of deal ing with the whole industrial problem. But the fact that it is a great problem does not warrant us in shrinking from the at tempt to solve it At present we face such utter lack of supervision, such free dom from the restraints of law, that ex cellent men have often been literally rorced into doing what they deplored be cause otherwise they were left at the mercy of unscrupulous competitors. To rail at and assail the men who have done as they best could under such conditions accomplishes little. What we need to do is to develop an orderly system; and such a system can only come through the grad ually increased exercise of the right of effie'ent Government control. COPRORATIONS. Yet while not merely admittina. but insisting upon this, it is also that where there is no governmental restraint or eu pervision, some of the exceDtional man use their energies not in ways that are for the common good, but in wave w.nrs tell against the common good. The for tunes amassed through corporate organ ization are now so targe, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter or necessity; to give to the toverign that is, to the srovernm.nL which "represents the people as a whole some errectivt power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be heid respon sible by. and be accountable to, some tov erign strong enough to control its con duct 1 am in no eenee hostile to cor porations. This is an age of combine. ton, and any effort to prevent all corn- Continued on page 6 WANTED I Potatoes, Hay, Oats, Apples We pay liilhest Market Prices for all Produce A car of strictly fresh eggs to arrive Saturday. Nov. 26. We quote these to the trade at $8 per case of 80 dot A fresh cans:gnment of fancy white clover honey from Cali fornia which we sell to the trade at $3.25 per case. We have a lot of No. 2 apples which can be bought here at a very low price. 1 . ' i Oregon Produce Company -..-...AAAAA A A A A A A. A A A A A AAA A A AAA A a1mBjmawwMt.t .mm ttm in 11 I t a it n a Ttvr A TTT" lTTTCT I 1 11AI, liRAUV'illiw x wx--r Are our epecialties. Our feed roller is working steadily to supply the demand for good feed. We have on hand a lot of fine wild and timothy hay which we can sell you either by the bale or carload. The quality of our fuel it too well known to need description. We have two wagons and all they have to do is to deliver your order at soon at it it received at tht office. . I ..Grande Ronde Cash Company, jeuesavu Suction EyeGlass f It does not wrinkle your nose and make you took older than you are. ' 1 Holiday goods are beginning to ' arrive. Best liue ordered ever - ' T - brought to the city. ; i( J. 11. PEARE. Jswelry and Optician bTEWsflR&y "Of EM . i1 D. H. STEWARD. Manager and Proprietor - SIX NIGHTS and SAT. MATINEE H. L LCAVITT, Presents STARTING MONDAY " DECEMBER 4 FOR SIX NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINEE . COMMENCING MONDAY, DEC. 4. , THE GREAT M c E WE N AND COMPANY OF PERFORMERS ASSISTED BY FLORENCE McEWEN. Queen of Illusionists. The Great McEwan I will cure the sick. ' 2 make the blind see. the deaf hear, tne lame walk and cure 2 any obnoxious habit by hypnotism. 10c, 20c, 30c Better and brighter than ever. Every thing new. Magic, Hypnotism, Mind reading, continuous performance. Some thing doing every minute EAGLES' NluriT FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 SEATS ON SALE AT VAN B'JREN'S " ees e ee ee e eeeee eee eeeea A SPLENDID INVESTMENT Is a m'r: which ulfl build up your ountowitW and country. r The Aurelia Minir.g Co. Now offers the first block of stock of 100000 shares at 5c per share. The company has 400.000 shares of stock available for the de velopement of the Standard Mines, which will be done conservatively, and as fast as posible. For further Information call on J. A. THR0NS0N. ev s ,