PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS OF OREGON CITY TELL ALL THE PEOPLE OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY THE TRADE NEWS THROUGH THE COLUMNS OF THE COURIER
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25th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1907
No 18
ORE
ER
CHINESE LABOR
GOOD FOR REID
Fruit Inspector " Says That
Coclies Are Needed.
JAPANESE ARE FAILURE
Milwaukie Fruit Grower Is cf
Opinion That Chinese Ex
ercise Intelligence and
Work Honestly.
That Oregon needs alien laborers to
enable It to compete with the foreign
tilled lands of the Atlantic coast; that
Japanese are unreliable and undesir
able and Hjat this state badly needs
immigration of Chinese, are conten
tions of James H. Reid, of Milwau
kee, successful farmer and member
of the State Board of Horticulture.
Mr. Reid avers in the Oregonian
that Oregons' horticultural products
surpass in excellence those of East
ern states but with difficulty compete
with them because of their cheaper
cost of farm labor. Add to this handi
cap, in favor of the Eastern products,
the expense of transcontinental trans
portation and Oregon is at immense
disadvantage, says Mr. Reed.
"The people of Portland," he re
marked yesterday, "complain of in
creased cost of milk, butter, eggs,
wood, potatoes, and practically all of
the staple articles of food. Do they
know what makes the high prices?
Scarcity and hihg price of labor.
None to Pick Fruit.
"The lack of hands costs the coun
try untold quantities of wealth. Fruit
is dropping from the - trees in 'or
chards all over the state because
there are no hands to pick it. Yes
terday morning, when coming to Port
land from Milwaukee I met Richard
Scott, who though a sick man had to
turn in and work with the two or three
farm hands he managed to obtain.
Every dairyman and horticulturist suf
fers the stifling effect of scant labor.
"Up in Yamhill County an apple
grower, Millard Lownsdalo, shipped
43 carloads of apples last year and
lost 15 cars that fell to the ground.
Nine miles distant those fallen apples
on the hillside was a conspicuous
sight. This year the crop is not so
big, so that the loss will not appear
so tremendous.
"Is any new land being brought in
to cultivation? Little or none. There
is no heavy land-clearing any more;
only a person slashing here and there
to make pasture between the stumps.
Formerly the stumps were grubbed
out. Now they stay, and from the
looks of things hardly any of us will
live to see them gone. Had not Chi
nese cleared .up the lands we now
cultivate we should have little land
to use. I'lj
"In the '80s and early '90s we had
cheap Chinese labor, which farmers
could afford to employ reclaiming
lands from forests. Those Chinese
took no land-clearing jobs from white
men. In fact, few white men would
do the work. Ahd the truth Is that
all of us, including men who claim to
have had bread taken out of their
mouths by Chinese laborers, are sub
sisting on the fruits of land that was
tamed by the hands of Chinese.
"Oregon has no Hungary or Italy
or Greece to draw on for laborers. Its
workers must come from the Orient
If it is to stand on even ground with
Eastern states. Even if it is not to
compete with the Atlantic seaboard,
It must have more "working hands in
order to grow.
"No Oriental laborers can equal
the Chinese. The Japanese are unre
liable. They work only when one
stands over them like a slave-driver.
When the employer leaves them or
even turns his back they shirk. They
are tricky, too. When they get a
farmer into what they consider a tight
place, with a large crop that must be
taKen care of without delay, they do
not hesitate to hold him up. They are
a dissolute lot, wasting their money
In gambling and carousing.
Cashed Checks In Dives.
"In 1903 I employed the last Japan
ese crew on my farm. My time-books
will show that In that season I em
ployed about forty Japanese, eight or
ten at a time. The bank checks I
gave them were all cashed at Erick
son's or Blazier's. My troubles with
Japanese were no different than those
of other farmers.
"The next year I secured a crew ,
of eight Chinese. They have come
back to me every year since. They
are just now due, after having worked
all Summer in salmon canneries. That
crew is entirely trustworthy. I know it
is working just the sSme whether I
am with it or away. I can come to
Portland, sure that the farm work
will go forward just as actively as if
I were there. Its members will work
overtime for the ordinary hour's wage.
But the Jap demands double pay for
overtime.
"The Chinese don't have to be
bossed all the time; the Japanese do.
The Japanese do Just as little for
their wages as they possibly can. The
Chinese work honestly. The Chinese
exercise intelligence. The Japanese
do not.
"The labor tussle is a hard one for
the farmers. And you can depend on
it they are looking into the causes of
the labor scarcity."
TERRIFIC BLOW
TO CLACKAMAS
County Judge Dimick Is Out In
Defence of County.
RESENTS REID'S "ROAST"
DIXON'S MANY APPOINTMENTS.
Poultry Judge Will Visit Eight Shows
In the Northwest Next Winter.
Elmer Dixon, a well known poultry
fancier of this city, has secured en
gagements to judge the following
poultry shows: Spokane, Wash., Oc
tober 1 to 5; Vancouver, B. C, Decem
ber 2 to C; Tacoma, Wash., December
10 to lo; Ellensburg, Wash., Decem
ber 17 to 21; Dallas, Or., December 21
to 26; South Bend, Wash., January 7
to 11; Victoria, B. C, January 15 to
18; Walla Walla, Wash., January 20
to 25. '
Statements Made in the Public
Press Are Detrimental to
the Interests of Every
.Farmer.
County Judge G. B. Dimick, Thurs
day night, delivered himself of a caus
tic speech on the views of Fruit In
spector J. H. Reid, of Milwaukie, as
set forth in the Oregonian several
weeks ago. In that interview Reid
roasted the Clackamas County farm
ers in general for what he termed
their unprogressive methods and went
out of his way to indulge in harsh
criticisms. Dozens of well known
farmers and business men have since
denounced Reid for his unwarranted
remarks.
Judge Dimick talked at a well at
tended meeting of the Oak Grove Im
provement Association. Reid Is a res
ident of Oak Grove precinct, and
statements will be likely to tend to
destroy the work that the Association
is doing. The speaker defended the
farmers of the county and character
ized Reld's interview as one of the
most detrimental things that had ever
happened to Clackamas, as it had
been printed in the Oregonian and
scattered broadcast.
"It Is a i?Tiflc blow to take our
common interests," said Mr. Dimick,
"for a man of Reid's standing to make
such false and absurd statements in
the public press about one of the best
counties in the State."
Judge Dimick referred to the Logan
territory, which is one of the best
agricultural and dairy sections in
Oregon, and to other parts of the
county as well. He stated that he
was sincerely sorry that Mr. Reid
had gone out of his way to roast his
friends and neighbors.
The meeting was attended by 70
people. B. Lee Paget presided and
reported progress in the effort to
bring about a reduction of fare on the
Oregon Water Power & Railway line
between Oak Grove and Portland and
to secure electric lights for the thriv
ing little suburb. Mr. Paget stated
that the efforts of the committee had
so far met with little success, but the
matter would be put to the Stata
Railway Commission In the hope that
that body would take some action.
Miss Edith Grey sang several num
bers very sweetly and Judge Dimick
talked on the first Clacakamas Coun
ty Fair, urging the people of Oak
Grove, as well as other sections of the
county, to make exhibits. He dwelt
particularly upon the greatness of
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Clackamas County and its varied re
sources and industries of which ex
hibits ought to be shown. Superin
tendent Gary also spoke on the County
Fair, asking the people of Oak Grove
to come to the front and not only
take stock in support of the organi
zation but to exhibit their products.
He emphasized the fact that many
little things go towards making up the
big things, and talked also in rela
tion to an exhibit by the schools of
Clackamas County, saying that the
time was insufficient to make a cred
itable exhibit this year, as most of
the schools will not open until the
latter part of September, but he as
sured his audience that there would
be a good exhibit of school work at
the Fair next year.
Harvey G. Starkweather talked on
roads and placed on foot a movement
to secure a division of the road district
in which Oak Grove is located. It
seems that the district hooks around
Milwaukie In a manner that is not
giving universal satisfaction.
REID EXPLAINS HIS OBJECT.
Wants to Get Farmers Angry to Bring
About Improved Methods.
Discouraged in his efforts to Induce
some of the farmers of Clackamas
County to adopt methods urged by
leading agriculturists, horticulturists
and dairymen of this city, Fruit Com
missioner J. H. Reid, of Milwaukie,
has hit upon the expedient of mak
ing them angry with the hope that
such action will arouse them to more
progressive action. Mr. Reid, in an
Interview Saturday admitted that he
had not been correctly quoted in a
newspaper interview, in which he se
verely criticized the farmers of this
county, stating that in a drive of 250
miles he had seen only one good or
chard, that of J. S. Byers, of Clacka
mas, and but one herd of good dairy
cattle. He did not, however, leave
the county roads during his trip, in
order to make close inspections.
I did not say more than twenty-five
words to the reporter," said Mr. Reid,
"and, with newspaper vigor, he ex
tended these words into half a col
umn, quoting me as making several
statements that I did not make. I
never saw the article until today, but
since it has appeared I em very will
ing to back it up, as I believe it to be
generally true that eventually it will
be productive or a great deal or good.
Of course, I realize that I have made
many enemies, but I can stand that
so long as the desired result is attained.
For four years I have been trying,
with the co-operation of Dr. James
Withycombe and other members of
the faculty of the Oregon Agricultural
College, to bring about better condi
tions in the farming districts of Clack
amas, but with little success. The
farmers seem to be deaf to practical
advice. More institutes have been
held here in this county than in any
other two counties of the whole state,
and as I am discouraged and my re
cent trip over the county that I am
required to make opened my eyes and
was the last straw. Finding that work
along the line of education had not
been successful, I gave the proposi
tion earnest consideration and came
to the conclusion that if I could make
segue of these behlnd-the-times farm
ers good and mad, that they would
awake to the situation and discover
for themselves that what I stated is
true. Once convinced that their ruin
ous lack of method Is retarding their
own fortunes, there wquld be come
prospect of a change In the slipshod
way that the soil of Clackamas Coun
ty has been farmed for many years.
Clackamas County is really a garden
spot, that is It has all the natural ad
vantages required for raising-fruit,
fruit, and there are sections that are
especially adapted to dairying. In the
last year the dairy Industry has gone
backwards, Instead of progressing. No
attention is paid to breeding cattle,
and when one sees the stock on the
ranches they no longer wonder why
more cream is not shipped into the
markets, where there Is a fine growing
demand. The natural advantages of
Clackamas County for the dairying
industry are far and away better than
those of the country west of the Wil
lamette River, yet here we have
Washington County outstripping
Clackamas at every turn. The soil of
Washington County is not to be com
pared with that of Clackamas, and
neither are the conditions, but in
Washington there are hundreds of
real farmers that have adopted pro
gressive methods, who are always
looking for something better and find
ing it.
'Clackamas County should raise the
finest fruit In the world and when we
investigate, what do we find? Why,
for the most part, scaly, wormy ap
ples, for which there is no sale, and
some of the grocers of Oregon City
are compelled to go to Portland to
purchase apples that people will buy.
There is no reason In the world why
such conditions should exist, but we
cannot deny that they are here and
must be met."
Fruit Commissioner Reid's strictures
on the methods employed by the
farmers of Clackamas County have
aroused no little resentment here
and in other sections of the county.
While there may be some truth in
some of his statements, It Is general
ly believed that his published utter
ances have done more to retard the
growth of the county than anything
that could have been done. Home
seekers are not likely to settle in a
locality that has been given such an
unsavory reputation. Richard Scott,
of Milwaukie, president of the Clack
amas County Fair Association, and a
well known sheep and cattle raiser,
J. A. Zlmmermann, of Clackamas,
a successful dairy and creamery man;
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
S. M. Ramsby, who owns fine farm
land in the Moialla country; County
Judge Grant B. Dimick, who has a
fine band of registered sheep, and
dozens of other men, Including County
Fruit Inspector A. J. Lewis, of Maple
Lane, are Incensed at the tack that
Mr. Reid has taken and they believe
his usefulness as an officer of the
State Board of Horticulture has been
seriously impaired, and that future
farmers' institutes where he appear
will be very sparsely attended.
REAL WORK
UNDER WAY
Preparations For County Fair
Advanced by Directors.
MONEY IS APPROPRIATED
Cash Premiums May Amount
to $500 and Directors Will
Spend $200 on the
Grounds.
The real preparation for the first
Clackamas County Fair may now be
said to be fairly under way and Fri
day the board of directors held a
meeting in the office of Judge Thomas
F. Ryan and authorized the expendi
ture of $700 for the purpose of promot
ing the good work. Secretary C. E.
Spence will remain in this city until
the opening day of the Fair on Thurs
day, October 10, receiving $2.50 per
day, which will hardly pay for his
time. Mr. Spence, however, like
other public spirited citizens, has a
strict sense of duty and is devoting
his best efforts towards making a suc
cess of the Fair in the short time that
remains.
The premium list committee was
authorized to expend $500 for premi
ums and will commence work on the
list at once. In addition to the cash
prizes, there will be premiums of
fered for the various exhibits by busi
ness men of the towns of Clackamas
County. Just as soon as the premium
list is compiled it will be published
and circulated and exhibits will be re
ceived. Several displays of fruit are
now in cold storage in this city, and
others are expected this week.
The committee on grounds will be
permitted to expend not to exceed
$200 in the work of preparing the
grounds ,at Gladstone Park for the
Fair. Harvey E. Cross is chairman of
this committee, and a better selection
could not have been made, as Mr.
Cross is familiar with nearly every
foot of ground in the Park. George
Lazelle, of Mount Pleasaut, was Fri
day appointed to act in conjunc
tion with the committee in laying out
the stock yards and other necessary
adjuncts.
Secretary Snence Is now enpneeri
in writing certificates of stock, In
sending out notices to stockholders
to remit to him for the amount of their
shares.
Eleventh streets from Main street to
jthe water front, connecting with the
(proposed public wharf, this year, and
tne discussion over the whole propo
sition has taken a sharp turn. Frank
Busch, who has been the main pro
moter of the public dock, and Council
man William Andresen, chairman of
the finance committee, talked over the
matter Sunday, and it is evident that
the city will not commence active Im
provement of the streets leading to the
wharf site until assurance is given
that the dock will not only be sub
stantially built, but will be large
enough for the needs of the public. Mr.
Andreson stated Monday that he was
not opposed to the construction of the
wharf or the improvement of the street
but that the interests of the city must
be safeguarded and before actual work
would be commenced on the streets he
would insist that plans and specifica
tions for the dock be prepared and
submitted to the council for its ap
proval. The regular method of procedure
relative to street improvement must
be followed, and the first step, that of
giving notice for the establishment of
a grade, has already been taken. The
actual establishment of the grade fol
lows and then the notice of the Im
provement must be given and bids for
the improvement asked for. This will
probably take three months in the
usual course of events, and will bring
proceedings into the middle of the
Winter, which is certainly not a desir
able time for street improvements.
It is possible, however, that the city
council can rush the matter along by
holding extra meetings, in order that
no time be lost., Mr. Busch proposes
to have a good, substantial wharf con
structed that will be satisfactory in
every detail and it is unfortunate that
the negotiations have assumed their
present, shape, as the council stands
committed to the improvement. The
large number of people interested in
the improvement are desirous of see
ing the wharf built and the street im
proved within the shortest possible
time. .
GETS NEARER
TO SOLUTION
U'Ren Plans to Make State
ment No. 1 More Effective.
ELECT BY DIRECT VOTE
Initiative Bill Is Proposed Giv
ing People Full Power to
Select Their Senators
In Congress.
GALLOGLY FIRST LIEUTENANT.
Quick Promotion of Oregon City Boy
Who Goes to Florida.
PROSPECT NOT BRIGHT.
Improvement of Moss and Eleventh
Streets May Be Deferred.
ProSDects do not seem to he hri?M
for the improvement of Moss and
First Lieutenant Arthur Gallogly, of
the Coast Artillery, United States
Army, has been ordered to Fort Bar
rancas, Florida, to join his company.
Mr. Gallogly was in town Saturday
night and went to Eugene to attend
the wedding of his sister, which was
held Sunday, and left Monday for his
station. He was appointed to West
Point four years ago from Oregon City
and was graduated No. 19 In a class of
170 that entered and of whom 111 fin
ished the prescribed course. Imme
diately after leaving the Military
Academy last Spring, Mr. Gallogly
was commissioned second lieutenant
and went abroad for the Summer. His
promotion to the grade of first lieuten
ant before he has fairly entered into
active service Is unusual and gratify
ing to himself and his many friends
in Oregon. Mr. Gallogly attended the
Oregon Agricultural College at Corval
lis, and the University of Oregon at
Eugene.
W. S. U'Ren, the father of the ini
tiative and referendum, has a plan to
make Statement No. 1 nearly iron
clad and to make the people of Oregon
dominant over the Legislature and any
political party as well. He proposes
to have a bill enacted next June
through the initiative by which candi
dates for the Legislature will be in
structed to sign Statement No. 1 ex
actly as It is written in the law. The
members of the Legislature are fur
ther commanded to vote for the cand
idate for Senator who is the choice of
the greatest number of people.
Mr. U'Ren has been working on such
a bill for several weeks and now has
it drafted and all ready to spring. He
believes that if the bill becomes a law
there will be no question of the mem
bers of the Legislature obeying the
provisions it contains, and he says:
"When the people of Oregon instruct '
a member of the legislative assembly
to vote for one candidate for United
States Senator, and his own lnclina-.
tion, or his political party, demands
that he vote for another, shall he obey"
the people, or vote as he pleases, or
obey his party? Who is to be master
in Oregon, the people, the member of
the Legislature or the political party?
That Is the fundamental issue In the
Statement No. 1 contest. Many of the
Statement No. 1 men have suggested '
that the people themselves answer this
question at the election next June,
through the submission of substantial-
ly the following bill by initiative petition;
Be it enacted by the People of the-.
State of Oregon;
Section 1 That we, the. people of
the State of Oregon, hereby instruct'
our Representatives- and' Sefiators in
our Legislative. Assembly that it-Is.
our Intention, now and hereafter, at'
our general elections, to select our'
United States Senators in Congress as
absolutely as we do our Governors:
that we allow political, parties and
other associations to offer candidates,'
but' we name the Senators. That we;
the people of the State of Oregon,
hereby instruct every candidate for
the office of Representative or Senator
In our Legislative Assembly to sign '
Continued on page 8.
Your new Fall clothes ate ready for yot
how in out store and we ate going to
hold a special opening reception to introduce
you to them. You're invited: and when
you come you'll meet a lot of the - finest
clothes you ever saw. We feel that our
good friends and our good clothes ought .
to know each other better,
These are Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothes: and you can put it down aa a
fact that better clothes, more stylish,
more perfectly tailored, never came from
the hand of a tailor. .
The new suits are in a number of very,
smart models, and the patterns are varied
enough to suit every taste grays, browns .
tans, in stripes, plaids and checks.
The new Fall over-coats are certainly -very
snappy; you'll find your kind here.
It is hardly necessary to say that Hart
Schaffner & Marx clothes are always all
wool; you get no cotton mixture stuff
under that name.
Other departments are full also of fine
seasonable goods; hats on the latest
block?; shirts and neckwear like a reg
ular flower garden of color and rich
design.
L.ADAMS
Successor to Adams Bros.
Woodmen Bldg. Main St.
OREGON CITY, ORE.