THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. AUGUST 3, 1901. y WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS RAIX IX THE WEST CAUSED MORE CHEERFUL TONE. ron and Steel Trade Fairly Good In Spite of the Strike Brnd- street'a Financial Report. NEW YORK, Augr. 2. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: Copious rains throughout the western half of the country have had the expected effect of Inducing a more cheerful tone and the feeling is decidedly more hopeful than It was a week or two ago. Rains practically insured a large Spring wheat crop, and the damage already done appears to have been serious. Judg ing from the strength of the corn market itself and the advices of heavily reduced yields which are reiterated from the sec tions affected Bradstreet's advices point to the early corn crop as practically a failure In the leading surplus producing states west of the Mississippi, but late corn undoubtedly has been saved, and as time elapses estimates of production are being raised. From the rest of the coun try, trade advices are in the main quite cheerful, and despite the intense heat and drouth of July, an extraordinary large business appears to have beec done, which Is reflected in the bank clearings for that month. Cotton crop conditions improved In the south as a result of the recent rains and trade advices are correspondingly more cheerful. Pacific Coast crop advices are also better, al though shipping activity is interfered with at San Francisco by a strike The Northwest will produce crops largely In excess of last year, and a heavy Fall trade Is anticipated In that section. The poorest advices naturally come from the Central West and South west, but it is significant that points like Kansas City report that cancellations have stopped and that . the outlook is much better. The woolen mills are filled with orders for Fall delivery and the Spring Wheat season has opened encouragingly. Wool is being taken in liberal amounts by the manufacturers, and is firm, as is also London market, at which buying for America Is reported liberal. Sugar is ir regular and rather slower in demand. I.umber is Tather quiet, in sympathy with the advanced stage of the season, but prices for white pine are iirmly held. Prospects for the ending of the steel strike and the better tone of crop advices have made the iron and steel trade ap pear cheerful. For the first time In some weeks special activity is noted in the cruder forms, due to the buying of 70,000 tons of Bessemer and basic pig Iron by the largest single Interests. Finished products axe as active as ever at all lead ing markets. Bar mills are reported filled up with orders to the end of the year. Shoe manufacturing Is active de spite some midsummer dullness in selling directions, and leather Is strong, particu larly for heavy varieties of sole. Hides are steady at the East, and tend up at Philadelphia and Western points. It has been another weather market for the cereals. Following the break of last week, however, wheat and oats appear to have diverged from corn prices. The natural reaction due to liquidation has weakened wheat, aided by good Spring wheat crop reports, record-breaking re ceipts of new Winter wheat, and the turn in the tide of the visible supplies which have begun to increase after steady de creases for six months past. The foreign crops appear no better and reiterated ad vices of damage to the French crop come this week, color being given to this by the continued active export demand. Corn, after the sharp break of last week, has steadied up and near the close of the week was close to the highest point reached, on alleged confirmation of damage caused by the recent hot spell previous to the breaking of the drouth. Conservative Western estimates point to a crop not exceeding 1,600,000 bushels. Oats have weakened with wheat, and flour Is also weak and lower. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the -week aggregate 6,463,391 bushels, against 6,974,526 bushels last -week; 4,327, 003 In the corresponding week of 1900; 4.711,614 In 1S99, and 4,111.312 In 1898. From July 1 to date the shipments ag gregate 26,200,372, as against 13,562,593 last season, and 17,255,914 In 1899-1900. Business failures in the United States for the week were 166, against 199 last week, 180 this week a year ago; 156 in 1899; 189 in 1S98, and 214 in 1S97. Canadian failures for the week number 18, against 32 last week and 29 in the week a year ago. FEEIiIXG IS BETTER- favorable Wcnther Condltons Have Helped the Corn Crop. NEW YORK. Aug. 2, R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Continued favorable weather conditions have resulted in the saving of much late planted corn, and in the Northwest ideal weather for Spring wheat harvest has heen enjoyed. As this Is the point that business in all parts of the country has been most carefully watching, the general feeling Is better than a week ago. The disposition on both sides to settle the steel strike has not yet resulted In any agreement, and the labor situation is thus kept prominent. Official returns of pig-iron production in the first half of the year show a record-breaking aggregate of 7.764,513 tons, exceeding the remarkable output of the previous year hy 32,044 tons. The second half of 1901 has opened with a much greater capacity of active furnaces, and the , full year promises a considerable larger total than the 13.7S9.242 tons pro duced in 1900. During the past week leading mills have placed large contracts for early deliv ery, and inquiry for all forms of finished steel are .abundant. There Is less disposi tion to pay fancy prices for products that were advanced by the strike, which Is an evidence of the general belief in early resumption of work. An" unfavorable showing for the first half year in both exports and output of copper resulted In the first alteration in nominal prices since the advance to 17 cents eight months ago. Wheat Is especially active, Western re ceipts for the week reaching 6,50S,3U bush els, against 5,020,761 last year, and 4,734, 363 two years ago, while Atlantic exports were S.814,996 bushels, against 2,737,789 In 1900, and 3.763.787 In 1S09. Dealers In some drouth-stricken districts have countermanded orders for footwear, and these cancellations are felt mainly by Western makers, but, as a whole, the Industry is in a healthy position. Leather is quiet, shoe factories buying lightly owing to large supplies taken recently. The arrivals in hides tends to depress values. Wool has at last risen slightly above the lowest point in four years. The col ton market awaits the Government report in a dull and weak position. Failures in July were 697 In number, against 793 last year, and $7,035,933 hV amount of liabilities, against $9,771,775 in 1900. Failures for week not stated. THE FIXAA'CIAIi REVIEW. Condition of Money Market Gives No Cause for Anxiety. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Bradstreet's Fi nancial Review will say tomorrow: The drouth in the corn-growing states has been broken and was reflected by a general improvement In quotations for railroad shares. The recoveries failed, however, to Induce much fresh buying of securities. It would seem, in faot, that the covering of shorts by professional in terests, especially the Chicago operators, was mainly responsible for the rise, and when this process exhausted itself there was little to supply either strength or activity. Tho market was cheered at the ISSTSSf.SiSSS.S'. announce- sbeel strike was at hand, and there is little disposi tion to regard the interruption in the negotiations as being more than tempo rary. The condition of the money market gives no ciuse, for anxiety, last Saturday's bank statement having shown another consid erable Increase In the bank reserves, at tended by a further reduction in loans. Money is "beginning to go to the interior for crop-movement purposes, but this is offset by a movement of funds from near by points to New York, and by large re ceipts of Klondike gold, transferred from San Francisco through the Treasury. The European situation Is not particularly fa vorable, there being a continued drain upon the banking arrangements of the German Empire. No gold shipments have occurred, although exchange rates have been fair, and it is feared that Berlin may require further assistance from both New York and Lonaon. XInnIc Clearlngrs. NEW YORK, Aug. 2 The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear ings at the principal cKles for the week ended August 1, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Clearings. New York $1,125,556,000 Boston 120,332,000 Chicago 138.595.000 Philadelphia 80,009.000 St. Louis 38,583,000 Pittsburg 35.270,000 Baltimore 19,558.000 San Francisco 24,489,045 Inc. Dec. 48.S .... 16.6 .... 12.3 1.0 38.8 7.6 G.0 15.0 16.5 44.2 Cincinnati 15.960.000 Kansas City , New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland , Louisville Providence ........ Milwaukee , St Paul Buffalo Omaha Indianapolis Columbus. O. . . Savannah Denver ... Hartford Richmond , Memphis "Washington ....... Peoria , Rochester New Haven "Worcester 10,369,000 6,512,000 0,258.000 10,105.000 12,501.000 7.898.000 5,960,000 5,70S,000 4.444.000 5.289,000 5,844.000 0,005.000 5.535,000 2,869,000 3,714.000 2.287.000 4.675,000 1.931.000 2,133,000 2,044,000 1,801.000 1,291.000 1.316.000 1.280.000 3,120.000 1,402.000 2,083,000 1,131,000 1,816,079 5.682.000 2.277,000 1.328.000 967.000 1.233.000 1,336.000 9S0.OOO 714,000 1,224.000 1,237.000 708.000 502,000 972.000 2,263.862 1.06S.515 879.100 933.000 370,000 545,000 005.000 700.000 495.000 339,000 390,000 303,000 373.000 449.000 355.000 278.000 351.000 259.000 247.000 141.000 278,000 138.000 C80.000 12.4 24.5 17.3 14.5 8.2 3.5 4.5 1.4 65.2 .... 3.1 .... 12.6 .... 12.6 5.C .... 39.5 .... 8.4 .... 3.4 19.5 .... 1.5 0.6 .... 26.1 .... 8.1 .... 57.0 35.0 ..... 5.4 .... 26.0 .... 18.3 .... 55.0 .... 17.7 15.2 .... 3.9 .... Atlanta Salt Lake Springfield. Mass.. Fort Worth Portland, Me Portland, Or St. Joseph Los Angeles Norfolk Syracuse Des Moines Nashville Wilmington, Del... Fall River Scranton Grand Rapids Augusta, Ga Howell Dayton, O Seattle Tacoma Spokane Sioux City New Bedford Knoxvllle, Tenn Topeka Birmingham , Wichita Blnghanrton Lexington. Ky Jacksonville, Fla. . , Kalamazoo Akron Chattanooga Rockford. Ill Canton. O Springfield, O Fargo, N. D Sioux Falls, S. D..., Chester, Pa , Fremont, Neb Davenport Toledo Galveston Houston "Wllkesbarre Evansville Macon Little Rock , Helena , Springfield, 111.. .., Youngstown, O Wheeling , Colorado Springs ... Bloomlngton Jacksonville, 111.... 3.1 '6.0 39.1 46.8 10.7 "i.3 3.7 2.3 5.3 15.3 18.0 .... 1.8 .... 22.1 .... 27.8 .... 24.7 .... 17.6 .... 10.4 1.8 .... .... 26.4 .... 24.8 61.1 4.4 2.3 7.0 23.7 20.0 85.5 2.8 3.4 17.8 4.4 4.8 2.4 2.512.000 5.273.000 6,739,000 40.4 630.000 .... 774.000 15.5 078.000 479.000 660.000 434.000 370.000 484.000 717.000 255,000 153.000 4.7 41.7 7.3 3.5 52.S 8.9 1.9 Totals TJ. S $1,773,363,296 33.5 Totals outside N. Y..$ 647,808,444 13.1 DOMINION OF CANADA Montreal $ 15,194,050 20.4 Toronto 10,187,036 15.0 Winnipeg 2,037,006 8.2 Halifax 1,647.099 1.2 Hamilton k 737,804 5.2 St. John. N. B 701.417 8.3 Quebec 1,204,955 .... Victoria 570,765 .... 12.5 Totals $ 31,014.652 13.7 ADVERTISING' THE WEATHER Bulletins From Oregon Posted at the Buffalo Exposition. Weather bulletins are now part of the Oregon exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition. Superintendent Dosch has put up a school blackboard, S0x4S inches, on which has "been painted "this sign: OFFICIAL WEATHER RECORD, United States Department of Agriculture. On the board are posted daily the maxi mum and minimum temperatures at Port land, a.nd comparisons with other large cities. Following are the official fitrures for five days or iast week, when the East was sweltering in the burning sun: 21 22 23 24 25 CITY. g"g gg g"g g g" M ? X ? X ? p ? S ? Portland .. 72 5S 7T 60 76T5274 52 70 " 48 Buffalo .... SO 68 88 6S 84 72 82 62 6S 56 Chicago ... 102 72 76 72 S2 74 94 70 88 72 St Louis... 106 84 103 80 106 80 103 80 93 78 Washingt'nf 90 72 92 78 90 68 92 74 94 70 New York.. I 92 74 90 76 90 74 90 72 74 66 Cincinnati .100 74106 76 94 70100 78 94 76 Omaha ....104 78104 80102 78104 76102 78 Writing from Buffalo on July 26, Mr. Dosch says: "B. S. Pague, formerly of Portland, is stationed here in charge of the Govern ment Weather Bureau exhibit He re ceives the reports daily at 1 o'clock" and kindly furnishes us the figures, which we put on the board. It is marvelous with what incredulity the sweltering Eastern ers look at our weather report, but the figures are a great advertisement for us. It Is not so ,much the high temperature as the humidity which is so unbearable here, and causes the death of so many people. The humidity here ranges from 70 to 90 per cent, even at high noon, while with us in Oregon it ranges from 20 to 30 per cent only." Big: Drive o Logs. CORVALLIS, Aug. 2. Yesterday and the day before the Willamette at Corvallls was full of the logs in the main body of the big drive that Spaulding Bros, are taking down the Willamette. The drive comprises between 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 feet. In moving it, 32 men and a number of horses are employed. The outfit is accompanied by rafts for cooking, lodg ing and stabling the horses. The camp Wednesday night was near Fischer's mill, in the south edge of town, and last night a short distance north of town. Hay at Forest Grove. FOREST GROVE, Aug. 2. J. C. Clark, of this place, sold 50 tons of timothy hay early this morning for $10 a ton. Within two hours after selling, he received a letter from H. Waterholer, of Portland offering him $11 50 a ton, net. ' Austin Buxton, of this place, finished baling 96 tons of timothy hay yesterday. LONG BEACH.- Saturday, August 3, the steamer T J Potter will leave Ash-street dock prompt ly at 10:30 A. M. for Astoria and the Beach. Berth reservations and tickets at O. R. & N. city office. Third and Wash ington. ; BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting: Teeth, Be snre and use that old and well-tried remedy Mrs. Wlnsldw'a Southing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes th$ child, softens the gums allays all pain, cures wind collo and diarrhoea! m Those unhappy persons who suffer from nervousness and dyspepsia should use Carter's Little N6rve Pills, made exnress- ly for this class. AGREES WITH DR. KOCH OPINION OF VETERINARY SURGEON ON INFECTED MEAT. Experiments With Cows Hare Led Him to Believe They Do Spread Tuberculosis. Not PORTLAND, Aug. 2. (To the Editor.) As my duties as State Veterinarian for tho past few years have made the testing of cattle for tuberculosis a part of my work, I have given considerable atten tion and study to the subject. When I first started in making these tests I relied entirely upon popular opin ion of the profession when explaining to the people the probable transmlssibllity of the disease from the lower animals to mankind. After reading up carefully the history of tuberculosis, I must say I be came convinced In my own mind that there surely must be some mistake, for as meat and milk are so universally used, how could anyone escape the disease? I am pleased, to see so eminent an authority as Dr. Koch denouncing the possibility of tuberculosis being trans mitted to man from the lower animals. While I do not feel as sanguine on the subject as Dr. Koch, "yet I think he has been too high an authority on the subject for the past few years to make a blunder at this late date. I believe, however, before Dr. Koch gets through with his investigations he will have como to the conclusion that, al though tuberculosis Is not transmissible from the lower animals to man, the meat and milk from tuberculous animals Is a great medium in aggravating the dis ease in people who already have it, even in its incipient stage. v When we look upon tuberculosis as a disease, we find that throughout the civil-. ized world the death rate from this alone is more than one In every eight deaths, and there is no doubt that If a post-mortem were made of all deaths that the primary cause of many from other diseases would be tuberculosis in the system, weakening the vital forces and thus rendering the system more sus ceptible to whatever form of disease the patient was exposed to. The great death rate "from tuberculosis shows that the tubercular bacilli are everywhere, that we all are taking them into our systems at various times. Those of us who are stronir resist their Inlur- : ious effects, but those with a hereditary predisposition or those with an acquired one by being run down through some other disease or overwork, become victims to the disease, as their physical condition is not strong enough to resist the In jurious effect of the tubercular bacilli. The bacilli do no particular harm to the body to 'speak .of, only by the irritation they set up in their more advanced stage. They live and grow at the expense of the body the same as grain grows at the expense of the field It is sown in. The bacilli live on some pabulum in the blood, we don't know what, but they certainly leea, as they could not grow, and It is this excretion thrown off in the blood that does the harm. This is proven very clearly by Dr. Koch's tubercullne, which is a toxine of the tubercular bacilli and is" made by preparing an albuminous medium in a Jar, placing the same In a sterilized room. Kept at the temperature of the body, then opening a tubercular deposit with a sterilized knife, so as to prevent outsido infection, then dipping a sterilized glass rod Into the deposit and dropping It Into the medium and letting it remain for two or three weeks, the meaium win be found by the use of the microscope a living mass of tubercular bacilli. It is then heated to the boiling point for about two hours, and forced through porcelain by pressure, when all the bacilli will be found steamed off, leaving nothing but a pure liquid, the bacilli having caught In the porcelain. Tho liquid is again brought to the boil ing point and evaporated down one-half, when a five per cent solution of carbolic acid and glycerine Is added, when it is bottled for use. Dr. Koch Invented this agent with the hope of counteracting the growth of the tubercular bacilli in the body, but found it a failure in most cases, as it always aggravated the disease. Where the tuber cular deposits were superficial, the irrita tion set up In some cases caused pus to form when the deposit could be lanced or would slough off, thus elimin ating the bacilli from the system. In other cases where the disease was in its incipient stage, the Irritation set up seemed to have caused nature to throw out a great fibrous covering around the tubercular deposit, thus shutting the bacilli off from the circulation, where they will live their life out and die iso lated from the circulation, and the pa tient will recover. Dr. Gutman, an eminent veterinary surgeon of Dorpat, Russia, seeing that the tubercullne also aggravated after In jecting it, got some tubercullne made from the human tubercular bacilli and tried it on the cow, when he found the same result. In every case where the cow had tuberculosis the tubercullne ag gravated, so as to throw the cow Into a fever, since which time the tubercullne has been used as a diagnostic agent in detecting tuberculosis In the cow, which may bo sleek and fat and yet have tuber culosis in Its advanced stage. This being the case, is it not reasonable to suppose that the meat and milk from a tuberculous cow carries toxlnes or waste excrements from the bacilli to aggravate the disease In people who already have tubercular bacilli in their system, and whose . physical condition is run down. This is my belief after carefully studying the history of the disease and finding It to be one of the oldest diseases of the domestic animals known to man. Tuberculosis was known to exist in cattle as far back as Moses time, but by a different name. It has been the cause of great excitement among the peo ple at different times ever since. In the ninth century a Jewish doctor and rabbi made investigations that led him to believe that the disease was transmissible to man from the lower ani mals, since which time the most strict Jews use no meat that has not been in spected and passed as healthy. In the 16th century all Europe took the sub ject up and legislated against the disease, when a German physician, after careful investigation, came to the belief that tho disease was net transmissible to man. So positive was he in his belief that he made a soup from a tubercular deposit and ate It before his class of medical students every time he lectured to them on the disease. After this the scare died down again In all the countries of Europe, with the exception of Italy and Spain, where I believe they yet adhere to their first law. As a reason for my belief that tuber culosis is not transmissible from the cow to man, I will refer to some countries where the percentage of tuberculosis 13 very great among cattle, and yet the people are a strong, healthy people. Denmark and Germany shows tho per centage of tuberculosis among their cattle to be fully 23 per cent, and yet the people as a whole are strong and healthy. Saxony shows fully 30 per cent of affected cattle, and yet the people are strong and healthy Other countries I could mention show a high percentage of tuberculosis in their herds, and yet their people are healthy. In the "United States the death rate from tuberculosis In the human family is Just as high as any other civilized country, and yet I do not suppose the per centage of tuberculosis in cattle would reach two per cent the whole country through, proving in my mind that the disease is not transmissible to man from the lower animals, but that the meat and milk of tubercular animals carries tox lnes that aggravate the disease in people that already have the disease, even though only In the incipient stage. The case in which Dr. Rockey speaks of, where 17 young girls attending a con vent school in France all contracted tuberculosis, and it was found that the cow that supplied the milk they used had f MEN'S SUMMER SUITS Greens, oxfords, fancy striped cheyiots, regular $20 and $22.50 values, $17.85 ". - i WELCOME W.O.W. MEN'S NEGLIGEE SHIRTS Plaited madras fronts, regular one dollar values, 65c tuberculosis, I think is not proof that they contracted the disease from the cow. One girl having the disease might give It to all the rest, especially when so closely confined as Is usually the case in convents or other private schools. I read in one of my Journals that 12 clerks working In a store all contracted tuberculosis from one clerk having the disease and spitting around on the floor the sputum drying up and the bacilli rising with the dust, which the other clerks constantly Inhaled. They all con tracted the disease and died. I could quote many cases in support of the dis ease being transmitted in that way, which I believe Is one of the great sources of spreading it. I think if it were true that tuberculosis is contracted by the human family from the drinking of milk and eating of meat, that the race would have been wiped out before this, as milk particularly has from all time been the feed for the invalid and the delicate babe, thus entering the system when it is at a low ebb, when the physical condition'if the system has not the vitality to ret, 4 the growth of the bacilli. I cannot see how any child could resist the disease unless It has a good strong constitution to begin with, lor statistics show that experiment after ex periment has been made where guinea pigs have been fed the milk from a tuber culous cow and all contracted thci disease and died. Still again, where the milk has ljeen mixed with that of a healthy cow and fed to a like number of guinea pigs, only a few contracted the disease, show ing that healthy milk offers some resist ance to the propagation of the tubercular bacilli, even when consumed by so sus ceptible an animal as the guinea pig is to tuberculosis. However, these experiments prove nothing when It comes to children, as mixed cow's milk generally makes a poor food for delicate children. Dr. Harry Lane speaks of the Jersey cow being more susceptible to tuberculosis than any other. That also I believe to be a mistake, if he will class her with other breeds that are large butter-fat pro ducers. Of course any cow giving a large amount of milk does so at the expense of her physical system, and naturally would not possess the vitality to resist disease that a cow giving less quantity would. 1 have tested quite a number of herds where most of the cows were y&rseys, and had no reaction in the JerseyEawhen probably one or two common cowlPwould react. In conclusion I will say I do not want to appear as one assuming to know more about tuberculosis than the .medical pro fession, still I have devoted considerable study to the subject and like to read the opinions of different medical men as to how tho disease can be best suppressed. WILLIAM M'LEAN, V. S. OFFERS NO RELIEF. Government Ownership Does Sot Solve Labor Problem. CROY, Or., July 29. (To the Editor.) Combinations of capital and greed of trusts are carrying a constant stream of reinforcements into, the ranks of state socalllsm. Such growth as socialism is making: and it is alarmingly rapid is due chiefly to the Carne gles, Rockefellers, Morgans and others of their description. Oregontan. This is doubtless true, for the tyranny of these combinations In attempting to exact a 10 per cent assessment on what is practically a judicious valuation of their stocks common and preferred must re sult In prices to consumers which are ruinous, as well as a reduction in laborers' wages, directly and indirectly, by in creased rentals on their homes, which will end in a panic of such magnitude that past ones will be pigmies compared to a giant. Spencer says: "All socialism Involves slavery. What is essential to the idea of a slave? We primarily think him as one who is owned by another." The socialist points to these workmen as slaves, and to the consumers as but lit tle removed from the slavery of their em ployes, and under the stress of another panic and it surely will come with such enormous exactions socialism will re ceive a great Increase in followers. If this occurs, is it not well to pause and consider how much less slaves will men be, "if, without option, they have to labor for society or state, and receive such portion as society or state awards them"? When Joseph in Egypt, according to the sacred historian, compelled the people to give up all their money, cattle, horses and lands for something to eat, which he had stored away in the years of plenty by a usurious and unjust tax, was their condi tion improved by government ownership of everything? This is the only Instance I. can find where all save the priests' portion was controlled by a central government, in either sacred or profane history of man kind. It may be objected by our socialist friends that this government was auto cratic. Would an elective political boss be bet ter? Would not his friends have all the easy places while his opponents would do the menial drudgery? Would that drudgery be less slavery be cause of government ownership? Was not Aristotle right when he said: "Wherefore It Is the greatest happiness to possess a moderate and competent for r WELCOME W. 0. W. We extend you a cordial invitation while in Portland to make this store your headquarters. Leave your wraps and bundles in our care and make your self at home. While here you may ex amine our stock, whether you wish to purchase or not. Plenty of salesmen in attendance to answer any information desired. BEN SELLING, Reliable Clothier. S. E. Cor. Fourth and Morrison. V. WELCOME W. O. W. tune; since, where some posses too much, and others nothing at all, the government must be either an extreme democracy or else a pure oligarchy, or, from the ex cesses of both, a tyranny, but far more seldom when the members of the com munity are nearly an equality with each other." From a socialist's standpoint, it is prob ably to conceive of an equality of owner ship of property by state control of all things, but would the most ardent social ist consider himself properly equalized by making him section hand and his neigh bor President of the government, though they both received the same wages? To use the expression of a Swedish philosopher, I know from experience that the condition of us "underdoergs" of human society is not extremely com fortable, yet, I fail to see relief in gov ernment ownership of all property; but I see more happiness for the human race to increase the number- who own homes, where none save the owner dare enter "to molest or make afraid." To prevent the erection of tenement houses in which human beings are compelled to live, of more than one story, and with a yard at least 20 feet square, would add comfort to many people and In my opinion would decrease the number of very rich and very poor, even if we were compelled by law to limit the price of the rent In these .homes. It certainly would make crime less pos sible in the cities If there could not be so many Astor landlords. In conclusion. I will again quote from Aristotle: "It is universally acknowl edged that the mean is best; it is evident that even In respect to fortune a middle state is to be preferred, for that state is most likely to submit to reason. For those who are very handsome or very strong or very noble, or, on tho other hand, those who are very poor or very weak or very mean, are with difficulty Induced to try reason." J. E. DAVID. AT THE HOTELS, THE PORTLAND. I Monheimer. Milwk Mrs F Trlbon, Mass Miss E Robinson, do G L Walker, Boston W T Smith, Boston Chas Dawson, Tacom& W H Powers, San Fr TV S Rudolph. Tacoma A A Harwood, Mt Ta coma S C Thompson, St Paul B B Rich, city Mrs Bauman & dr.Kan Jeannle G Davis, Kan G F Wentworth, Ta coma W W Little, Boston H C Alvord, Mass E S Harris, Boston W T Tribune Mrs L Bloom, Chicago E S Newhall. Lynn, Mass J H Brown, Chicago E H Thomas, Fall Rlv W J Darling, do G W Lloyd, wf & chd. W B A Child. Englnd E.H Child, England A R Katz, N T G E Black, San Fr Thos L LlllU J Macnaught. N Y M Lafel, SanFtanclsco DrCA O'Leary & wf, N Y M Brandensteln. S F I K Landsberger, S F David Boyd & w, Bal timore Dr & Mrs T W Skaife, San Francisco R S Morris, Phlla Wm Ebbing & w. N Y P Ebblnjr, N Y T P Beade. San Fr Mrs A L Black, Santa Cruz F A Ramsey, N Y Chas E Peyser, N Y R V Webster. Ceylon Miss Ida E Turner, Cleveland Miss H M Newhofs, do O Humphrey & wife R Forsyth H S Markey. Jr N L Brlnker, San Fr D S Ralston, St Louis W G Preston & wife, I Cottage Grove E Mauter. Mass R J Houston & wf. Pa Mrs W H Conklln. Hubbell. Neb J E Conklln, do J M Arbutknot, Belle ville. Kan The Misses Elliott, Phil Seattle TV A Magee, PlttsburglMIss Delbert. Phlla W C Maxwell, do J C Glenn. Tampa A F Knudsen. Oaklnd C A Gilbert. Warsaw H K Wagner, St Louis C H Callender, Knapp- ton L Schwabacher, S F H E Coleman, Toledo O Humphrey & wife Fred Lettel & wife, Brooklyn Mrs C B Webster, do E P Crocker & wife, Seattle J H Little & wf. Ind E H Falcon & w. Con Harry Alvord Mrs H C Alvord C D Hunt, Mass A Russ, Jr. Mass Columbia River Mrs F B Porter, N Y Miss Porter. N Y F B Porter, N Y A C Hand & wf, Du buque A J Minard & w, Chgo C H J Bliss, San Fran Gua Goldsmith, Kan C Miss McCartney, Ala meda J A C Goodban, Tacma G W Tackaberry, Lou isville H Phillips, Seattle W H Somers, Seattle G E Chandler & fmy. Salt Lake W F fcwlck. Seattle Scenery Regulator Line steamers, Oak-SL dock. The Dalles, Hood River, cascade Locks ana return. THE PERKINS. E B Sealnook. city C A Heaton. McCutch- envllle, O S J Heaton, Kan City Mildred Wiggins, Olympla G M Brown, Spokane E L Hanger, Dayton Dr C A O'Leary, N Y Mrs C A O'Leary. N Y IW C Yeoman. Pe-Ell Miss E Merrill. San Fr C E Hart, Corvallls Jack Klrke. do Vm Kyle. Florence Maria Thatcher, For est Grove Mrs W J Snugaree, Omaha (Miss Snugaree, do J C Lamered, Garfield Dr Chas Hlnes, Forest Grove L F RIcholt. Centralla J H Longmlre, do Mrs J A Ash, Wallulal Mrs A J .Ash. do Miss Ash. Wallula Jacob Gensmann. Wis TV C Gilbert, Wis Mrs M J Hulse. Moro J K Upson. St PI, MIn Mrs w B HawKins, Ilwaco Miss J G Hulse, Moro u a Hulse, Moro Mrs Hulse. Moro Byron D Bent, San Fr E D Dake, San Fran J C Gray, Bakersfleld E M Swift, Jewett Cy, Conn fJ H TVeigal, Dalles (Mrs weigai, Dalles a t Merrltt, Seattle F A Douty. IndD. Or Mrs Swift, do E A TValkam. Seattle Herman A Durst, Lit- L D Holder, Moro, Or tie kock. Ant .airs u O Holder, do Jennie G Davis, Leav- W J Martin, Moro, Or enworin, js.an Airs Martin, Moro, Or Mrs Banman. do H Hinman. Ill Mrs Hinman. Ill C H Zurcher, Enter prise. Or Chas H Collins, N Y Thomas W Hill. N Y J TV Caven. Fossil aen uissinger, Phlla C Hudson, N Y Mrs C Hudson. N Y W H Baber. June City A J PIckard, Eugene J Hampton. Eugene A B TVIlmot, Shedds J T Thompson, Shedds P M Heyman, Eugene E R PIckard, Eugene R TV Davis. Shedds J M Wyatt. West Pnt. Miss Mrs Wyatt. do Mra S F Clark, Shan on. Miss "" Miss Dixie Williams. Winona. Miss MUs Ida Mone, Miss Mra J H Townsend. Dallas W W Kulner, Ashland T O Mancke. Gr Pass George Morris, Eugene" C TV Smith, Roseburg Mrs" Smith. Roseburg Mrs Mellen, Roseburg Mrs Sacrey. Roseburg Mrs Shambrook. do Mrs S J Richmond, do Mrs O E Williams, do T Wigraan, Portland C A Young. Gold Hill Mrs Young, Gold Hill vm-1'MI.'1.J ' "- '-"" - 3J A HInckey. Nampa, Id Mrs J C Hall, do J A Byerly, Ostrander J R O'Nell. Qold Hill Miss L. U Harding, Omaha Mrs E Harding, do H C Peculell, do Lawrence Perry, The Dalles Mrs S K Sykes. Rosebg Miss McAndy, do Mrs Stratter. Rosebursr TV C McWlllIams. do Lillian Gregory, do Jessie Gregory. do H G TVortman, do Mrs TVortman, do H B Nye. do SAD Gurley, Arling ton, Or Chas Porter, Grass Vy Louis Heydt, Moro Mrs M Deveney. Aaier Falls, Idaho J H McDonough, Star buck. Wash TV E Mallory. Gr Pass Mrs Jennie Evans, Cin cinnati. O Elsie Lennan, Chicago H F Clough. Seattle Mrs H F Clough. do J E Snap. Erie. Pa Mrs R Bolker. Dawson F TV Magan. Lyle.TVn F C Williams, Mlnnplsj Chas T Gegnac, Mon treal J S Williams, Dayton, Wash Mrs Williams, do A B Little. Houlton J W O'Neil, Milwaukee Emu TValdman. Oreg C Mrs Lillian T Webb, J J Budd. Ottumwa, IaJ Los Angeles Mrs Budd, do Master Budd. do Mrs W H McTVhinney S Chapman, Westport H B Humphrey. Jollet Mrs Humnhrev. Jollet & chdn, ADeraeen Uas TVrlght. N yakm Mrs Cliff Shaw. Ho- If TV McCullah, Cripple qulam 1 Creek, Colo Miss Shaw, Hoqulam THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles, Manager. M C Shields. Seattle E Kibert, Seattle Mrs Kibert. Seattle K Weisenberger, To ledo G L Walker, Boston Walter N Smith, Bos F F Berry, Baker City Mrs Berry. do ton. Mass J B Lockwood, Seattle Mrs Spencer, Scranton Mrs Morton, do J O Storey, Cased Lki Mrs Storey, do E B Hoornlng, Corval lls, Or Emll Hoornlng, do Miss I Koenlg, Bakr C Georgian Koenlg, do A M Somerfleld. Chgo F D McLauth.Corvallls E E Williams, do E E Patterson, do F F Plowden, San Fr M P Burnett, Corvallls H H Haves. Corvallls Mrs Lockwood, do Robt Mcintosh, city Mrs Mcintosh, city G- TV Brown, Spokane E S Clark. Chemawa Mrs Clark Chemawa J H Cobb, Juneau F F Hamlin. Durand, Mich F C Reed, Astoria C S Hudson, N Y Mrs Hudson, N Y TV S Spencer, Los An Jas V Castello. S F J C Murphy, S F E E Patten, Denver Mrs Patten, Den-er John W Perley, Char lotte Mrs Perley, do Earl Blrttner. St Paul A G Folger, Sacmto Mrs Folger, Sacmto Miss Folger, Sacmto E A Nelson, city J B Conkfleld, N Y R H Cosgrove, Minn R C Judson. city & L Jones, San Fran A E GrlBlth, San Fr Geo Hartman. Pendltn J J Mulvev. Corvallls John Waterman, Bak C M J Haas, Salem M P Watson, Seattle S M Young, Eugene Horace Mann. Medford C H Van Denbury. Cot tage Grove H H Veatch, do TV TV Masterson, do TV A Ingalls, Seattle C D Gabrlelson. Salem E J Frazler. Eugene Mra Frazler. Eugene Miss Frazler, Eugene Mrs M G Lee, Wood C G Carpary, JohnDayj land, Cal J P Hayden, PendletonW J Royse, Eugene L H Mills. Chicago Mrs C M Coury, Rock Dr McClymonds & fy, Pittsburg Dr N J Taylor, Vancv Mrs Taylor, Vancvr land Miss Coury. Rockland Mrs Tharbrah, Rosebrg THE ST. CHARLES. Fred Fisher. Dalles Uas Miller. Duluth Patrick Lynch, Greshml Mrs Winkler & dtr, TV H Bell. Grass Vy Cathlamet J M Archibald. Goble TV H Hobson, Stayton Mrs G H Lake, Lewis- G TV Welch. Marshlnd F H Crlm, city Mrs Mary Welst, city TV J Muckle & son. ton, Idaho Mrs J'S Vincent, Ken drick Rainier Thos McNIsh, Dayton Robt Crawford, Ne halem S J Smith, Tacoma E L Clark. Kelso F W Scott. Kelso Lou Haddle. Kelso Riley Smith, Roseburg Mrs S P Walters. Ka- lama C Fanning, La Center G Gllbreath, Dayton, Wash TV B Daggett, Dundee Mrs J B Sullivan, Che- Dr E K Shipp & dtrs N P Young. Clatskanl J Fuller. Clatskanle A Jackson, city TV Gray. Monmouth R R Boothby, do A Anderson, Ilwaco A J Nelson, Ilwaco Jas Bloyd. Kelso halls. Wash H A Taylor & wf, Ka- lama . Geo Evans, Brownsville G M Debs, Eufaula A N Leisure & wife, Woodland H N Keys, Tacoma J C Robin & wf, city C M Watson, Kelso E M Watson, Kelso Mrs Frances Johnson, T J Fanning, La Cntr J Wrare. Corvallls A M Gray, Philomath V P Moses, corvallls Robt Yates, Monroe Mr & Mrs Bethers, Corvallls Oscar Dodge. ' Monroo G E Lilly. Corvallls J H Wartham. do P E Richard, do V A Carter. Wells Ivan Hlnton, Dusty Fred Hlnton. Dusty L A Young, Castle Rk W J Stater, Newberg B Smith, Salem C E Eanton. Dusty E N SUre. Dusty John Brumfleld I, TV Hill, Philomath J P Huffman, do A Zimmerman, Ne- halem S S Corell, Nehalem C Norley, wf & child, Seattle W 8 Myers, Condon Robt London. Duluth Kelso Jas Kenney, Pioneer, TV ash F Lengacher, Goble E Cushman. Goble T C Watts, Reuben. Or R H Guthrie, uaues John Hogan. city Peter Llnser, city B G Grayson, Gray's Harbor James Ogle, Hugo D E Brewer. Chemawa W W Chrlsman. Eu- ffene D B Yek. Eugene R B Jameson. Rosebrg D M Collier. Roseburg T Brewr. Roseburg 8 B Crous & wf, Oak land V Dixon, Oakland J W Crouch. Oakland Grant Taylor, Oakland D E Vernon, Oakland J J Rhude. Eugene F S Johnson. Duium G James, Brownsville Hotel Brunswick, Seattle. European; ftrst-class. Rates, 75c and up One block from depot. Restaurant next door. Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma. American plan. Rates, $3 and up. Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma. European plan. Kates. 50c and up. Canadian. Characteristics. Geographically, socially, and commer cially, Canada Is but an extension of the United States, says F. D. Whelpley In the August Atlantic. Politically a deep gulf separates the two countries, across which International Intercourse finds Its way only by the bridge of necessity. Regard less of artificial restrictions, the people of Canada find in the United States the best place in which to buy or sell, . and the people of the United States find in Canada the third largest market in all the world for the products of American labor. The dividing line between the two countries Is imaginary. On land there is no break at the boundary in the rails of the north and south roads. Where water Intervenes, intercourse is even facilitated thereby. There Is no marked change of climate in going from one country to another. The language, customs, and habits of the two MEN'S WORSTED PANTS Regular $4.50 and $5 values, , $3.50 WELCOME .O.W. BOYS' YESTEE SUITS Regular $5 and $6 values, $3.85 peoples are generally the same. One mil lion Canadian-born have left their native country to add to the population and en ergy of the United States. Thousands of people have gone from the United States to Canada, especially In recent years, moved by circumstances or to take ad vantage of peculiar opportunities. As a nation the peoplo of the United States are composite to a greater degree than are those of Canada, though the latter are sufficiently so to induce the American habit of broad cosmopolitan thought Canadians are of much closer kin to the people of the United States than thoso of any other country. If there Is any possible application of tho principle of community of interests to two peoples, It should be found in this case. Quotations of ailnlnf? Stock. SPOKANE, Aug. 2. The closing quotations of mining stocks today were: Bid. Ask. Bid." Ask. Amer. Boy .. 0 SV.Morrlson 3 3"5i Blacktail .... i)V lOftiPrln. Maud ... 1 1 Butte & Bos.. UiQullP 2tt Conjecture .. 3Vj 6 Ramb. Car ...45 4S Deer Trail .. 2i 2 Republic 3 5 Dewey 2Ja 4 iRcservation .. 3 3VI Gold Ledge .. 1 lVaiTom Thumb ..134 13 L. P. Surp... 4 5Vs,pullIvan &h, Tn Mtn. Lion ...2016 30 Vonderful ... ZV, 6 . Morn. Glory.. 3 3!fo SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2.-Offlcial closing quotations of mining stocks today were: Alta $0 04IMexlcan ?0 14 Andes Occidental Con ... 4 Belcher Best & Belcher... Bullion Caledonia Challenge Con ... Chollar Ophlr 71 Overman IS Potosl a Savage U Sierra Nevada .... 13 Sliver Hill 31 Confidence 1 20 Con. Cal. & Va... 2 05 Standard .' 3 37 Union Con ....... 4 Crown Point .. iUtah Con 2 Gould &. Curry... 14 Justice 7 Yellow Jacket ..... 24 NEW YORK. Aug. 1 closed as follows: Adams Con $0 25 Alice 45 Breece 1 40 Brunswick Con .. 11 Mining stocks today Little Chief $0 12 Ontario 8 75 Onhlr 10 Phoenix 8 a Comstock Tunnel. 5 Potosl Con. Cal. &. Va... 2 00Savage Dadivood Terra. Horn Silver ..... Iron Sliver Leadville Con ... 551 Sierra Nevada 15 1 75!Small Hopes 50 saigtandara 3 uu 61 s BOSTON, Aug. 2. Closing quotations: Adventure 24 50Osceola $ 00 75 Bing. Mln. Co.. 21 OOlQuIncy 170 00 Atlantic 36 00i Santa Fe Cop... 6 00 Cal. & Hecla... 745 OOlTamarack 345 00 Centennial 28 00'Utah Mining ... 20 50 Franklin 17 50iWlnona 2 50 Humboldt 25 00, Wolverines .... 63 50 Parrott 60 00 GRAIX-O! GRAIN-Ot Remember that name when you want a dell clous, appetizing, nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it. Graln-O is made of pure grain. It aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It Is not a stimulant but a health builder, and the children as well as the adults can drink it with great benefit. Costs about Yi. as much as coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Ask your grocer for Graln-O. Tone up your whole syetem for the Sum mer season by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. THE i. R. BREMER CO.'S Friends Offer Absolute Proof of the Merits of Coke Dandruff Cure. What People Say for the Ben efit of Others Who May Need This Great Remedy. The verdict of the people must at all times be considered final, and whatever the popular verdict may be In the test now being made of the A. R. Bremer Company's great discovery for the euro of Dandruff and all Scalp and Hair Troubles must necessarily be considered final. There are in Portland and vicinity thousands of people who say that COKD DANDRUFF CURE? is a grand remedy. They have good reasons for saying this, having themselves been either greatly benefited or cured by its use since the free distribution at Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s Drug Store, Fourth and Washing ton. Read what some people'say about Coke Dandruff Cure: Cured of Dnntlrnff With. Less Than Ttfo Bottles. Dandruff has annoyed me since child hood. My case was very severe, causing a continual Itching of the scalp. I havo used less than two bottles of Coke Dan 'druff Cure and am entirely cured. I am very grateful to the proprietors of this" wonderful reiriedy. and advise all my friends so troubled to use Coke Dandruff Cure before It is too late. Admiral George Dewey writes: "I lhave used COKE DANDRUFF CURE for the past year and found it an excellent prep aration." Coke Shampoo and Toilet Soap mado expressly for cleaning the hair and scalp and beautifying the complexion.