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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911 A : ) uin A nlAo fir n - tniin-Tiirif - - i 1 i L n wimh miiiiHr inniii i im n iininniiii i in - r n i imur i n""" ' a! I t I of ne f . ot ha ' a . ' l I - tl t vu.c hs j. Ml i. ii,.lcu;(l a mi i.vei 3.4 u ki t- a. the H iul'-Mi llie.aie N- York, dcclar B Kor voiiiH sei fooil tu be ili iibst r clion s I f.in.e U si U.psslei uiaut) iiniuiH! its men ri-iianin.K liiiri iiiiinbit .in nf iliu i iiny U. ei. and wn- liitan hieu to hu.i ilim "iut.nier an u Hie uitnu at t tie eiicanau bauq.et. of' tliB anoiitut KypiiiiiB uuil B ylo i- aUH in the nuH of the HlmrOHl.B A tnujuuH cook, M bh DrcsslHr, wl.m ott ! uuiv aua eujuj mg tiie ueluiitH i.f i.er Ounutry iilaCH lu Veruinut. ofteu r. galeB her Ruusti with dtjiurv diahos in li ioli tliis trnbtHoean forms the prime ingredient. Of all these "lobstor Ku Coqaille" sediim to be the most pop alar. Hur recipe for this reada ah fullows: "tut the lobster meat i unbea, then add sufflciout corn auri Siveet cream to make a stiff batter neuson to takte ami till this into number of large soallop or clam sit lis. surround uib top with tiny rosettes of mashed potato and bake nutll all is a delioaoe brown. Serve and then serve again." Scene from the Musically "Tillie's Niglitmare" at Heilig Theatre The famous jolly Mary Dressier and.'hor company of 97 people will be the attraction at the Heilig Theatre, Hh Apiil 10. Alatine. s Wednesday and Satarday. Vast Shrinkage In Farm Prof: its From Prices Con sumers Pay. There Is no more vitally Important problem before the public today thau that of a proper tidjustmont of the cost of raising farm produce, shipping It to the market and placing it In the the consumer's possession. Oil these three Items of expense to the con sumer (for he pays thorn nil) depends the present high cost of living very lnrgely. It is not a shortage lu supply, but it ia the expense of getting the products of the farm over the railroads and through the middlemen's hands to the man who buys and consumes them. There Is no more profitable theme for grange discussion thau this, and the grange must help to solve tho problem. This it can do by awakening tho farm ers to ah intelligent conception of the BUbJoct and to tho poslllve necessity of their selling their produce to the lar gest extent possible direct to the con sumer and thus eliminating, so far as may be, the middlemen's profits. The recent meeting of the New York State Agricultural society nt Albany had this subject beforo it for nil entire session, and several prominent grapgo ofhVlnls discussed various f phases, of tho question., , RaiJond ipen were liresenf, ilrioTthe mittdlemeu were ulso heard. Tho Farmers and the Railroads. Briefs for tho railroads were held by Industrial agents of tho Delaware and Hudson and the Krio roads, one of whom declared that "if the State Agricultural Society of New York is seeking tho real culprit and enemy of tiie farmer it must look to the great number and variety of middlemen who reap such greut profits." There was 'a disposition on the part of the railroad men to blame tho middlemen for all the wrongs existing between producer and consumer. They dis claimed any injustice to the fanner and believed that, as a rule, the freight rates on farm produce hail been fair to the farmer und further suld that if railroads carried the products free it would not niter the selling price to the consumer, it Is the middlemen who are crying "Stop thief!" to tho farmer, said they. Some rather interesting facts were given about railroad rates by S. J. Lowell of Fredonla, lecturer of tho stute grunge, and they didn't agree very well with some of the statements made by the railroad gentlemen. Mr. Lowell remarked that he was a grape grower and shipper from the famous Chautauqua grape belt; that in 1009 the grape crop from that A section brought ?2,0S5,4u7, out of which must bo deducted for freight tho sum of $020,000, or 23 ix cent of the gross receipts. The minimum freight rute to nttsliurg was 18 cents per 100 pounds, to Chicago 30 cents and to Seattle $1.87Vi. Thus it cost in freight and refrigeration $53.20 per car load of twelve tons to riltsburg, $87 to Chli;nco . and $I.S0 to Seattle. Tl.m schedule" time of trnnsportullon be tween Chautauqua county and Chicngo was seventy-two hours, but the actual average time was ninoty-slx hours, the longest being- 168 hours. The fastest time made per hour was sven miles, the slowest three miles, and the aver ago was five and one-third miles per hour. Mr. Lowell believed that it would be hard to convince Chautauqua grape growers that an advance In freight rates was Justifiable. Assemblyman Boshart made the fur ther statement that from data recently obtained It appears that in 1010 the railroads carried into New York 14, 500,000 forty quart cans of liquid milk and 700,000 cans of cream and con densed milk and that the daily aver age was 53,000 cans of fluid milk. He also found that the average price per can for freight was 20 cents (over five of the railroc Is), on which basis It was easy to ctmpute that the freight earnings wore $12,000 per day. Mr. Boshart did not believe that milk is now being sold nt a profit in this state, ull things considered. The rail roads and middlemen are getting the difference between what the farmer receives perhaps 4 cents and the !) cents for which it retails. Farmers and Consumers' Prices, Discussing the same general question, George K. Holmes of the bureau of statistics, department of agriculture, Washington, snld that lie had rcachc the conclusion that many farm prod ucts are sold by farmers at prices which are not far from one-half of the prices paid by consumers. He sold: I have maile Investigations embracing fruits, potatoes und poultry and dairy products, and In the general averaite for all of these commodities the conclusion 1: that, the fj.nvsr .Vn.'ilvr,. .oi'iy 3 tier cen ! Tenth and Main Streets Tenth and Main Streets C C Store WATCH OUR. BUSINESS GROW I ?5c 33c CORSETS Extra long Corsets made of best Batiste or Coutil $ .50, $ 1 .25, $ 1 .00 and By taking the whole lot we were able to buy a good strong summer net Corset, the cool comfortable kind, at much below regular cost. These we offer to you: $ I values, special - 65c 50c values, Special - Lace Curtains Nottingham Lace Curtains will be offered at reduced prices $1.48 values, 3 4 yards long, special $1.25 $1.13 values, 3 yards long, special - 98c 95c values, 3 yards long, special - - 75c Hosiery Ladies' fine lisle hose, double soles and heels 3-inch hem, 25c values Misses fine black cotton Hose, 2 pairs for 35c 15c Neckwear A lot of new neckwear just in.-Fine embroidered Ja bots, Fine Crocheted Jabots, Persian Jabots, with Satin Bows, Dutch Collars, Chiffon Butterfly V)r Bows. Your choice for OC Ladies' fine Lisle gloves, all staple shades, 25c of tehat' -ih 0.01181.-,) pays-oS pel cent of the retailer's price. f;er the prodm-'n are delivered hy tho f-r e- nt the Pins; station they rre t 'em ti'- th r road and carried to their ilesthi.vlon. ascertain what the r-llroads eharrre for this service In the case of the large proups of commodities that I have men tioned and for all distances. Ions and short, Is Impossible with accuracy. I have devoted considerable time to arrive at a conclusion and have had Ihe benefit of the records of the Interstate commerce commission. The result of my endeavors Is that for the great classes of commod ities embraced In the descriptions of pota toes, fruits and poultry and dairy prod ucts trie general average cost for freight transportation from the farmer's shipping point to the consumer's market Is about 7 per cent of the price paid by the con sumer to the retailer. We now stand where we can determine approximately the fraction of the consumer's price that goes to the middlemen in the case of these great groups of products. The farm er receives 53 per cent of the retail price. me railroad gets 7 per cent, and the farm er and railroad together get 00 per cent, so that the remaining to per cont goes to the middlemen. For every dollar that the consumer pays to a retailer In the general average for his potatoes, fruits and poul try and dau-y products: the farmer ,re celves D.1 cents, the railroad 7 cents and the middlemen 40 cents. I know ot no stronger Indictment than tills of the cost liness and of the economic waste of our distributive system under which farm products are (akin from the farm and delivered to the consumer. The railroad, generally speaking,, adds a percentage of Increase to the farmer's prices that Is not large. After delivery by the railroad the products are stored a short time, are measured into various re tall quuntltles more or less small, and the aeaiers ore rid of them as soon as possl ble. Tho dealers have risks that are prac tically small except credit sales and such risks as grow out of tlielr trying to do an amount of business which Is too small for their number. A small business needs to charge high rates of profit. In the iransrer or vegetables from farm to con, sumer It was found impossible to arrive ai a satisfactory railroad charge for transportation, but the fraction of the consumer's price paid for vegetables that is received By the farmer can be deter mined. This about 36 per cent. In oth er words, for every dollar that the con sumer pays ror vegetables that are trans- ported By rail the producer receives about M cents. If vegetables are added to fruits and to poultry and dairy products and a general average is made It Is found that almost goesCtto thTtlrme? consumer'8 Pr'ce FOR SALE One ton of good timothy ny. inquire a uourier omoe. I ha Ksilroads' Case. 'ine railroads' side of the question was presented at this meeting by the Industrial agents of two railroad com panies operating In New York state, the lirie and Delaware and Hudson, The representative of the latter after calling attention to the fact that farm ers received during 1909 the vast sum of $250,000,000 for eggs, meat, pota- toes, milk, etc., sold in New York city alone said that the cost to consumers was about 00 per cent more than the amount received by the farmers and that tho railroad took 14 per cent, while the balance, or 80 per cent, weut to the middlemen. Marie Dressier at the Heilig. 'jEZEaEHEEananras Ihe ohicago ore New and Second Hand CLOTHING Highest Price Paid for Seccnd Hand Clothing WE ALSO DO Cleaning and Repairing Bagged wounds ar painful and cause much annoyance. If not kept claan they fester aud become running sores. DflbLAltU a 8NUW L.1JN1 MlLNf is au autiseutio liealinii rem edy for such cases. Arply it ut uiRl, Deiore going to bed an l eoier w ltu cotton cloth bandage. It beats m few davs. Friee 2bc, 6Jo mil 1.00 per bottle. Mold by Jones Drug Co, 'Unclassified" Ads WANTED Girl to do housework First class wages. Ap py to Mrs iDon Melrdum, Ull Washington street. cwa. oLii!i (jrasonne drag saw lu good condition, aud thirty-five cords or roui root wood. Address O. D. Bly, Oregon Oity, R. F. D. No 8., oox mi. WANTED Cosmopolitan Magazine reqmres tiie servioes of a repreeeuta tive in Oregon City to look after subscription renewals and to extend circulation by special methods whioh nave proved unusnally successful balary and commission. Previous experience desirable bat not essen tial. Whole time or spare time. Address, with references, 11. O. Campbell, Cosmopolitan Magazine 818 Fourth Ave., New York Oity. Soma Recommendations. Summarizing the conclusions of the convention, Us committee on market ing and transportation submitted the following report and recommendations: Tour committee on marketing, transpor tation and grievances offers the following report: We believe the greatest discouragement to farmers today is the fact that they get only between 30 and 60 per cent of the consumer's dollar for their produce. A system has been built up and perfected, backed by large capital, whereby nearly all farm produce must be marketed through commission merchants, who dis pose of the produce to Jobbers, specu lators and cold storage men. They do not to any considerable extent sell direct ly to retail dealers or consumers. The result Is that three or more classes of dealers take a profit out of the farmer before his produce reaches the ultimate consumer. This Bystem is strongly in trenched and will fight hard to defeat any legislation which will permit the pro ducer and consumer to come Into closer relations or which will establish general and effective supervision over their busi ness. We make the following recommenda tions: First That a law be passed amending the general agricultural law. authorizing and directing the state commissioner of agri culture to collect and disseminate to rest dents of this state all information possible relative to agriculture, agricultural labor and the markets for agricultural prod ucts; that the agricultural law be further amended so as to require all persons, firms or corporations in this state receiv lng farm produce of any kind for sale on commission to keep a correct record of the amount and kinds of such produce received and of the sales thereof and the prices received therefor, together with the dates of the receipt and sale and the names and addresses of the shipper and purchaser, and that such record shall be open to the Inspection of the shipper or consignor of such goods and to the com missioner of agriculture or his duly au thorized representative. Second. That a law be passed requiring all persons, firms or corporations receiv lng farm produce within this state for sale on commission to take out a license from the proper state officer or depart ment and to give adequate bonds of sure ty and fidelity. Third. That a law be passed authorls lng and requiring the commissioner of agriculture to have general supervision of all sales of farm produce on commission within this state and to investigate com plaints of shippers or consignors within this state regarding the sale or transpor tatlon of farm produce, with proper pro vision for compelling the attendance of witnesses, taking testimony under oath and for collecting evidence In any matter relating to the transportation or sale of farm produce. Fourth. That a system be organized by which producers and consumers may be brought Into closer business relations. This work could well be undertaken by the granite, so that every community through its local grange could sell the farm produce of that community directly to the retail dealers. This would require selling agents In every market town or city to canvass the retail trade and take orders every day to be transmitted at once directly or In the large cities through general office to the various localities where the orders could be filled and ship ped direct to the retail dealers. Each sell ing agent would act as collector for all produce he sold. In large cities each sell ing agent would cover a specified district and would be governed by Instructions from a general office and report thereto. The local granges or other organizations would receive orders and see that thev were properly filled and would keet the selling agents or general offices In the owns and cities advised of the kind and quantity of produce to be shipped and ould exercise general supervision over grading and packing. Fifth. -That the New York State Agri cultural society should urge the enact ment of a law establishing a general oar- ceis post, to the end that the farmers of this state might transport quickly and cheaply much of their produce directly to the consumers, thereby greatly lessening me cost or living In cities and towns and the same time giving more adequate returns to me producers. J. VT. DABKOW, FOR SALE Choice seed. Took prize Best keeper known. Lewis & Clark fair Clackamas, Oregon. Denver onion at state fair. Gold medal at J. Baekmau, FOR SALE OHEAP-Two small work horses. One pony. J. O. Staats, sheriff's office. FOR BALE Good 7-room house with fine well, pump, cellar, wood shed, barn, Six lots, fruit, nice garden; everything lin good shariR. Price only f 1600.00. John Menke. 214 itn street, near Main. 505 Main St. Oregon City, Or. Land and City Property Wanted! f Oiegon City We want 15 acres ui land without buildings in tho vicinilv of Mt.. Pleasant. We want 15 acres within two or three miles that will grow good truit. We want 15 to 3U acres on Willamette or Clackamas rivers. We want a good ranch, price not more than $4001) to trade tor cash and property near car line. - We want a house and lot in Oregon City, that can be pur chased on the installment. Our Portland agents are calling for all sorts of ClackamaVCounty Farms. we nave money to loan on good security. CROSS & HAMMOND Attorneys at Law We make a specialty of Land Titles and Abstracts. Beaver Bldg, Oregon Cibv Phont 112) H3. t, IS33 Office In favorltt Cigar Store Qpposltt masonic Building Williams Bros, transfer Co. Safes, Pianos and Turniture Moving a Specialty Vrtlabtani.Parcth Delivered Prices litaaanabh and Satisfaction 6uarantttd nave no taste for fruit crowing, but who would prefer dairying, poultry or the growing of alfalfa and the raising or borses. Owing to the .almost ex clusive use of the hind in these valleys for .orchard purposes the products mentioned are not only nt a high price now, but bid fair to go still higher. Land lying several miles from market centers could be got nt a reasonable figure, and, while the haul for some of the products might be long, there would not be injury In transit, as in the case of tender and soft skinned fruits. BOYS! GIRLS! FREE COLUMBIA BIO YLOES for a little easy spare ' I i i,l Q wnrlr frit H ,i 111 nl 1111 ' u M n i n j(Seud postal for wonderful tree bi- ;uycle otter. Address "Bicycle Ulub," Kooin 638, 66 West 35tu St., New York. RHODE ISLAND RED Setting Eggs for sale at $1.50 per dozen. Inquire at Courier office. BIG MONEY We want an agent in every town ; salary and commission ; refereuoeB required; for fall partic ulars address subscription depart ment, National Sportsman, Inc., 75 Federal St., Boston, Mass. NOTICE Whereas my wife, Nellie Stroliaker. has left my home without cause or provocation, notice is herebv given that I will not pay any dbts contract ed by her without an order from the undersigned. Signed, JACOB STROHAKER. First publication April 7. 1911. If you eat something which dis agrees with you. don't let it work its own way through. It's a slow pro cess and makes yon feel bad. Get rid of it quickly by taking a dose of I1ERBINE. It drives out impurities , iu the st'imach and bowels and vou feel bttter immediately. Price 50o. Sold by Jones Drag (Jo. EGGS FOR SETTING. Anyone de siring setting of eggs of following breed chickens, White Minorcas, White Leghorns, Whit Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Hou dans, fall blooded fowls, can secure same by leaving order at the Cour ier office. Price $1.50 per setting. FOR SALE-Pekin duck eggs, $.75 a dozen. .Toues and Imel, Oregon Oity, R. F. D. No. 2. Leave orders at A. B. Buckles' grocery store. FOR SALE 1W acres of land on the Uoncord road on electric car line. near Brownell residence. A large stone house, full stone basement and stone story. Well water. Barn, story and half, 13x30, place fenced with chicken wire. 25 fruit trees, two rows of blank raspberries 150 feet long, one row of red raspberries 150 loot long, one row of loganber ries, 150 feet long, one row of black berries 150 feet long, six rows grapes 150 feet long, also a row of Perfection ourrauts and one low of gooseberries. Prioe t3,600. Ten cent fare from Portland, 8 cent fare from Oiegon Oity. Address Courier oitioo, Oregon City, Ore. Notice of Final Settlement In the County Court of the State of uregou for the County of Clackamas. SB. In the Matter of the Estate of Hen ry M. Boggesa, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned Administrator of the estate of Henry M. Boggess, deceased, has tiled his final report in the above named estate, and asked for his dis charge as each administrator and the said County Conrt has set Monday, April 24th, A. D. , 1911, at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day for the hearing of objections, if any there be to said final report and for the settlement of said estate. Any aud all persons hav ing objections thereto are hereby noti fied to file the same in said court ou or before said date. Dated, Maroh 17th, A. D., Ml. W. W. JESSE, Administrator of Aforssaid Estate. U. H. DYE, Attorney for Estate. Fresh, Reliable, Purs Guaranteed to Please Every Gardener and Planter Bhou ul test the aunerlor merits of Onr Northern drown Seeds. SPECIAL OFFER FOR 10 CENTS we will send postpaid our PAiuinne r-.m i rr.TiniM t p(. CO Dar Tomito .... SIM 1 pkr. PrlnMM Kadl.h , , , , 10 1 pfag. SftlMJrowlnv Celerv . , , 2 I pk. Krly Arrtw-brad Csbbaa . .16a 1 pkr. Pultarloi Market Uttnaa . . loa llaa IS Variallaa Chalae Flow.r Saada . In ' $1.00 Wrlta today! Sand 10 eanla to help pay ptaa and packing and recalra tha abova "Famotia Collsctiun," to (alher with our New and In.tmctlva Harden Guide. GRKAT NORTliEKN SKK1 CO. 1458 Hose St. Kockford, Illinois C. Schuebel w. S. U'Ren U'REN & SCHUEBEL Attorneys-at-Law . Will practice in all courts, make col lections and settlements of estates, furnish abstracts of title, lend you mcney and lend your money on first mortgage. Office in Enter prise Build ing, Oregon City. Ore. Summons In the Circuit Conrt of the State of Oregou for the County of Claokauias. Mary B. Skirvin, Plaintiff vs. Harvey E. Skirvin, Defendant. To Mary E. Skirvin, said defendant: In the name of the State of Oregon : You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against yon in the above entitled suit on or before May 5th, 1911, and if you fail to answer, for want thereof the plain tiff will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in said complaint. This summons is published by order of the Hon. J. U. Campbell, Jndge of 'he said Circuit Court, by order made and dated Maroh 17th, 1911, the first publication being March 24th, 1011. C. D. & D. O. LATOTJRETTE, Attorneys for Plaintiff. W A&i JJfii dir:ci: T 'X'Var fffrom our milt J Vlk"4'' 'i:49rJtla at 01,8 thlrd &&JpJf ie88 than 'roin W'li- ffrT y0Ur '0Ca' e' l 'Vi5fiv sir er nly 0116 JV ' mmflft ajK pr,ce the 'oweBt 'v A 4iii.--' ' Jr High-grade qual- j. y nmtOiHtm' lty. lafe delivery, fif PRICES REDUCED r? e. very rani ly that hai omldren is I liable to have croup; invariably at. night. If BALLARD'S IIORE- HOUND SYRUP is kept in the honse. it saves going after the medi cine at an inconvenient time and ohecks the attack promptly. Prioe 35o, fiOo and 11.00 per bottle. Sold bv S EN.T When tha bones ache and the Joints are Inflamed, with much tenderness U the affected parts, you need a powerful penetrating agent to overcome CD Attack. BALLARD'S NOW LINIM IS A PAIN RELIEF OF GREAT EFFICACY. It wonderful penetrating; power affords a most gratifying; sense of relief to the afflicted. It eases Win qu lekl,. subdue, all Inflammatory condition, and rapidly restore, strength and comfort In the achlntr joints. It Is equally effective In relieving; neuralgia and sciatica. Rub It In well gently bul thoroughly; Its healing and strengthening Influence Is manifest as soon as it reaches the nerves at the seat of the disturbance. A few applications controls the disorder and restore, normal conditions As a household remedy for curing; cuts, wounds, burns, gores or the hundred and one accidents that are always occurring to the flesh, It has no superior. -ccmenis mat Put Up in Three Sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per Bottle. JAMES F. BALLARD PROPRIETOR ST. LOUIS, MO. re Mr Bye, Grusjateal Lids, Redac. of tke Eyeball, Weak Slskt, Srtla, Semsatlon. " Stephen, Eye gsjye. 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