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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1902.
PORTLAND AND
In the course of recent writings I have
found some fault with the people of Port
land because through our stay-at-home
habit yre lack knowledge of our own trib
utary country. I have now to make fur
ther criticism, namely, that through this
came stay-at-home habit we lack knowl
edge of our own town. A lot of things
may he learned about Portland by going
even a short distance from home which
it Is Impossible to learn If one stays for
ever within hearing of the town clock.
2Cot only does a little Jaunt about the
country yield new and 'pertinent knowl
edge, but It gives one xi basis for com
parison which may be extremely useful
In estimating the relative position and the
relative energy of our own town as com.
pared "Kith its rivals at Puget Sound and
elsewhere.
Noth.ng is commoner when a few Port
land men come together than a general
agreement that Portland Is a "slow"
town; that it lacks energy and push, that
our efforts lack coordination and vigor;
that Seattle or some other place has
merits in these respects which we lack;
that unless we get a move on something
"very bad Is going to happen to us. This
song has been sung so often that most of
us have come to believe it. I am not cer
tain but that I, along with the rest, have
now and again contributed to this dis
mal chorus. But in the course of the
past month I have been knocking about
a good deal In places familiar and unfa
miliar, and -with more knowledge I am
rapidly acquiring a more cheerful esti
mate not merely of the possibilities of
Portland, but of its present and immedi
ate status.
c
If there ever was a time when Port
land deserved the name of an old fog
town In respect of her business methods,
that? time is now past; and whoever will
travel about a little In what may be
caJed our home fields, will learn a thing
or two useful for the enlightenment It
not for thr correction of his mind. 1
undertake to say as the result of some
observation of this kind, very diligently
pursued, that no business field In the
country not even that which lies close
about Chicago is worked with more in
telligence or with better results than our
own; and If this statement shall surprise
anybody, I invite him to pack his grip
and go see for himself. I refer particu
larly to the methods by which the Job
bing, merchants of Portland and our local
manufacturers are seeking to maintain
and develop the relationships of Port
land to her business field.
It Is now something less than IS hours
Elnco I left Portland and during this time
I have encountered in their progress from
station to fetation, no less than 14 men
representing Portland commercial houses,
all extremely energetic, all knowing pre
cisely what they are about and all ap
parently, working witn reasonable suc
ce s. And these 14 men form a mere frac
tion of the army of trade whose members
aie steadily on the move in the interest
of Portland business houses and who are
bringing to our town an amount of busi
ness certainly not equaled by any other
town in the country of equal population.
There are two lodges or societies of
commercial travelers In Portland, so I
am told, whose memberships aggregate
approximately COO, and there is probably
cnather hundred men In the same line
of work unaffiliated with these organisa
tions. Four hundred men, therefore,
traveling by rail, by steamboat, by stage
and by private conveyance In regions re
mote from the railroad, are steadily em
ployd In bringing business to Portland.
And everj' one of them Is a man of en
ergy and an enthusiast for Portland.
The drummer is a much abused man. It
used to be the fashion to revile him u&
cne of the nuisances of trade, as .n evil
which, even when tolerated. It was right
to despise as a burden upon business
rather than an aid to It. In the common
view the drummer was a man who would
rather tett an artistic He than the plain
truth, whose business it was to cajole
the country merchant Into buying what
he does not need. There never was a time
when this was the truth; and at this time
nothing can be further from the truth.
It takes a man of good powers to make
a good salesman and no reputable Jinn
would for one moment permit a man want
ing In character or In business candor to
represent it In its dealings with Its cus
tomers. The man on the road has In his
keeping the business reputation of his
firm; he it is who largely determines what
credits It shall allow and what it shall
deny; he It Is under the modern system
who Is the very life and spirit of trade.
Nothing could be more ridiculous than
the presumption that a firm like Allen &
Lewis, or Lang & Co., or Corbett, Palling
& Robertson, Flelschner, Mayer & Co.,
or the hundred other firms who
make up the trade organization of Port
land, would allow themselves to be rep
resented In Immediate dealings with their
customers by men lacking business in
tegrity, or wanting in the knowledge, pru
dence and the personal force essential to
immediate success and to the general
standing of the house. The commercial
traveler therefore is a selected man, al
most always a very well paid man and
in every instance enjoying fully the con
fidence of his employer.
Under modern practice, the Jobbing bus
iness Is done almost wholly through trav
eling salesmen. The country merchant no
longer goes to town at' frequent intervals
to stock up. On the other hand, attends
diligently to his business at home and
maintains his connection with general
houses of supply through the agents of
the latter who constantly visit him. Bus
iness Is done nowadays in the back office
of the buyer rather than over the counter
of the seller, and therefore every sort of
trade, excepting that which Is retail in'
character and therefore purely local. Is
carried on through traveling representa
tives. Portland, for example. Is repre
sented by traveling salesmen In the lines
of groceries, hardware, dry goods, millin
ery, stoves, carpets, furniture, drugs, ag
ricultural implements, wagons and car
riages, crockery and glassware, liquors,
tobacco, fruits, fish, candy, crackers,
tents and awnings, paints and oils, cloth,
firearms, fishermen's supplies, barbers'
supplies, paper, printers' supplies, and a
hundred other lines. Allen & Lewis, for
example, keep something like 20 men on
the road constantly; Lang & Co., upwards
of IS; Mason, Ehrman & Co., approxi
mately jo; waanams & Co., about 12;
"Wadhams &. Kerr Bros., 10; and so on.
Flelschner, Mayer & Co. perhaps have
a greater number than any other
firm. In many Instances one firm
will have half a dozen men in the same
field, each dealing with specialties one
selling cigars, another teas and coffees,
etc. In the line of manufactures, Port
land has a very considerable representa
tion Including cereal specialties, flour,
feed, harness, oysters, beer, undertaking
supplies and many other things.
What may be called the Immediate Port
land field ends at about Chehalls on the
north, hut Portland contrives nevertheless
to do a very considerable business in the
Puget Sound basin, due largely to the
fact that the uget Sound wholesale or
ganization is a limited cne, and largely
again to the enterprise of the Portland
houses. Each large grocery house In
Portland, for example, maintains a resi
dent agent either at Seattle or Tacoma
who operates in competition with the local
bouses, while in many large lines they
meet no competition excepting that of
Eastern houses operating by the same
methods. On the East, the ' Portland
field extends throughout the Upper Colum
bia country as far as the Palouse dis
trict. vwjilch is almost wholly our own.
On the southeast Portland has everything
s far as Huntington and on merchandise
originating on the Pacific Coast as far
as Boise City. South, everything be
longs to Portland as far as Ashland.
Portland's first advantage in her opera
tlonft' within the territory thus outlined
HER TRADE FIELD.
is cue to her very large capital and to the
relative completeness of.her trade organi
zation. Every essential line of the whole
sale trade Is represented "here and by
houses abundantly able to protect them
selves and the Interests of the city.
Nowhere is there a stronger organization
in the grocer' .and hardware lines, and
while the number of dry goods houses
is limited, their strength Js universally
recognized. Again, the railroads serve
the city In many advaritageous ways.
Portland Is not nearer In miles to the
Palouse country than Is Seattle or Ta
coma, but the Oregon Ballroad & Naviga
tion lines give her direct access to that
country, while Puget Sound lines must
work over two lines of road and with the
delays and vexations unavoidable under
this condition. The Southern Pacific
gives Portland the advantage In the ter
ritory north of Siskiyou Mountains, and
her merchants deal with the various
Coast ports north as far as Gray's Har
bor and south as far as Port Oxford by
schooners whose home port is Portland.
In her Jobbing operations Portland has
a great ad..oitage in the mutual Jealous
ies of the? l'iree considerable cities in the
adjoining state of Washington. Who
ever knows .anything about the local sen
timent of Washington will easily under
stand how difficult St Is for a Seattle firm
to do business In Tacoma ora Tacoma
firm to do business In Seattle; and to a
very considerable extent the came prin
ciple operates to limit the trade of Spo
kane. Thus the Jobbers of each of these
two towns are restricted to local trade;
hence the Impossibility of developing a
general trade organization strong enough
to compete with Portland In an effective
way. There Is, for example, no dry goods
house comparable to that of Flelschner,
Mayer & Co. in any of the Wash
ington cities, nor is there likely to be,
since in the nature of things it is im
possible for a house operating in any one
of these cities to command the trade of
the whole state.
Portland has another advantage growing
out of the fixed habit of the Oregon peo
ple. Neither Seattle- nor Tacoma has
ever been able to do anything here In any
large or continuous way. Our people are"
wont to relieve their minds by more or
lesa complaining and mutual criticism,
but when It comes to business to the last
man they stand by Portland with an
amazing persistency. We may not pull
together In the same loud and pretentious
way which characterizes Seattle, but we
do pull together practically, as ever'
business man who has taken the trouble
to look Into things perfectly understands.
The habit of the country Is even more
fixed in support of Portland than that of
her own immediate people. Imagine the
smile that would wreathe the features of
the average Salem or Corvallls merchant
If a Seattle drummer would land In town
with eight sample trunks and undertake
to divert trade from its customary chan
nels In the Interest of Puget Sound. The
old Oregon spirit oftentimes supplies
food for criticism, but it has its value
all the same, for It gives to our country
a kind of stability which cannot be cre
ated In communities where all are new
and where there Is none of the spirit
which comes from long established con
nections of acquaintance1 and credit.
There Is, of course, a vast deal of di
rect buying both from eastern Jobbers
and from manufacturers to the neglect
of the local Jobbing houses, but this sort
or trade Is very largely limited to firms
operating In the cities and upon a very
large basis. Great retail stores like those
of Meier & Frank, Llppman, Wolfe & Co.
and Olds. Wortman & King, In Port
land, and the large stores in Se
attle, Tacoma and Spokane, of course,
buy direct from the same sources as
the Jobbers, but the, rule does not
apply to the multitude of stores
throughout the smaller towns, which have
not the capital to operate directly and
whose business is not upon a scale which
Justifies them in buying In large quantities
and for a long time In advance of the
season of sale. For example, a firm like
Meier & Frank months ago placed their
orders for next winter's heavy underwear
and are probably now making arrange
ments for summer wear for 1903. Of course
the storekeeper at Chehalls or Corvallls
cannot operate upon such long-arm basis.
He buys in April for his sales In May
and his orders for Christmas goods are
sent in in November. To serve him a
large stock must be maintained some
where In the Northwest, and Portland la
at once the most central point, the place
where most capital is employed In tho
wholesale business, the place whose larger
trade and whose most perfect organiza
tion enables It to lead and to hold It
It would not be easy to suggest a meth
od by which the Jobbing trade of Portland
could be increased. The homo organiza
tion is everywhere complete, the home
capital is ample and the business energy
of our people Is everything that" could be
desired, but much might be done to In
crease our retail business. Already It is
vastly larger than that of-any other town
In the Northwest, as our several great de
partment stores bear witness. Neither in
Seattle, Tacoma nor Spokane Is there a
store comparable with that of Meier &
Frank In Portland. Portland has not
only the Meier & Frank establishment,
but that of Llpman, Wolfe & Co.,
Olds, Wortman & King, with sever
al smaller establishments ambitions
to get into this leading rank. As
matters now stand only the local
trade of Portland with that of the
Interior towns as far as Eugene on the
south and Pendleton on the east comes
directly to Portland, and the reason Is
that the passenger rates between Portland
and the towns lying farther away make
it all but impossible for purchasers on
domestic account to visit our establish
ments. It would mean much for the Port
land retail trade If during a limited few
days of each month, or even each quarter,
an excursion rate were made by which
the people of the Interior could, at small
expense, spend a day or two In the Port
land general stores. Through co-operation
between the railroad companies and
the local retail establishments of Omaha,
Chicago and other large towns in the mid
dle West this method Is employed with
surprising advantage all round. Even
a city so small as Sacramento, Cal., cheap
excursion rates have been the means of
making a close connection between the
city and its contrlbutary territory, and
has worked with equal profit to the city
storekeeper, to the country buyer and
to the railroads which do the transport
ing. Even more notable results have been
attained in Germany under what is there
called the Zone system, by which under
arrangement with the railroads, pensons
living within a circle of 20 miles may -visit
the city at a fixed cost, the rate increasing
as the distance Increases by sections of
10 or 20 miles. At Vienna, for example,
an arrangement has been made by which
the residents of outlying districts may
visit the city and return to their homes
during the first three days of every month
upon peyment of something less than 1
cent per mile. The passenger traffic upon
the days when the rate Is in force Is
enormous; the practice greatly stimu
lates the traveling habit; the railroads
have found that their general business
is increased rather than diminished by
concession during the first three days of
the month far below their ordinary rates.
Something like this has now and again
been done in the Northwest and certainly
with no disadvantage. Who does not
remember the crowds brought to Portland
two years ago by the street fair and the
resulting benefit to the . transportation
companies and to tho mercantile interests
in Portland? Who has not observed the
tremendous stimulation given to general
business. Including the business of trans
portation, each season by the annual
Mechanics' Fair in Portland? It is not
reasonable to believe that if some such
arrangement could be made by which
the country and the city could be brought
together, say 12 times or six times per
year instead of once as now, very 'great
advantage would follow all around. Under
the existing schedules it costs a domestic
buyer at Pendleton between HZ and J14
for railroad fares alone to visit Portland
and return home; and naturally the trip
is not Very often made.
There is, of course, another view of this
matter that of the local merchant. Natur
ally he would object to It as tending to
diminish his own trade. And, possibly, it
Is better neighborship and better busl
nes to rest content with the wholesale
trade and abandon the retail trade to
the local dealer. The matter Is, at least,
one worth studying. A. H.
On the train, near Granger, Wyo., May 6.
BEFORE DENTAL BOARD.
Forty-Five 3Iakc Application for
License.
About 45 dentists appeared before the
State Dental Board yesterday afternoon
for examination? The examinations are
being held at the North Pacific Dental j
College, and will continue until Thursday.
The following branches will be present- I
ed: Chemistry, by Dr. W. A. Wise, of 1
Portland; prosthetic dentistry, by Dr. A.
L. Beatle, of Oregon CIt ; physiology and
anatomy, by Dr. J. A Logan, of Astoria;
operative dentistry, by Dr. G. S. Wright,
of McMInnvillc; pathology, therapeutics
and materia medlea. hv Dr. J. L. Iteavls.
of Portland. Among those who will take I
the examinations are the following: I
Alice M. McGIlton, Lizzie C. Stewart,
D. F. Pyle, William L. Martin Ralph)
Hutchinson. R- W. Anderson, James t
Drake, Mar- C. Adams, Franklin Boody, i
J. W. Lelghtman, W. G. Amos, Francis
J. Frederick, H. W. Bowlby, P. J. Sharp.
F. W. Hunt. R. S. Strykcr, K. Moryama, .
S. A. Fulton, H. E. Kelty. G. S. Bar
rett. B. R. Stevens, W. G. Shearer, C. B.
Poster, E. C Rossman, E. E. Bailey, K i
H. Walsermott. H.. E. Barrett N. R. Nor- j
rls. W. N. Plntler. N. L. Smith. D. B.
Stewart and George Larkln, all of the
North Pacific Dentai College; C A. Tuck- i
er. Northwestern Dental College; J. "Nv. !
Inglls, University of Michigan; W. O. J
Ogle and J. H. Tuttle, Chicago 'College; j
R. H. Walter. University of Pcnnsylva-1
nla; Robert F. Wendling, Philadelphia
Dental College.
At a meeting of the Dental Board held
yesterday morning at the Dental Qollege 5
building. It was decided to reorganize !
and elect new officers. No exception was
taken to past action of the officers, but
a desire was expresred to pass the hon
ors around.
Dr. G. S. Wright resigned as secretary'
and Dr. J. L. Reavls as president stated
that he had no objection to a change and ;
would entertain nominations.
Dr. J. A. Logan, of Astoria, was elected
president and Dr. A. L. Beatle, of Ore
gon City, secretary. Members of the
board say that they have prepared their
questions with a view of making them a
fair and practical test. The majority of
those taking the examinations are hold
ers of D. D. S. degrees, and little doubt
Is entertained as to their ability to pass.
In the last examination given by the
present dental board there were 12 appli
cants out of which one was successful. J
The general opinion is, however, that the
present examinations will be of a less
severe kind and that those who have
sufficient preparation to make good den
tists need not be alarmed. At the last
examination the greatest number of fail
ures was In chemistry. The chemistry
examination was given yesterday after
noon, and those who took It are well
pleased, and say it was a fair and prac
tical test.
Folding-Box Trust.
CHICAGO, May 12. The Daily News
says today that It Is announced that an
amalgamation of folding-box concerns
has been practically completed. The cap
ital of the combination will be $9,000,000.
This is in naiway connected with the
box board combination recently Introduc
ed to the public.
STATE POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
"Why Eastern Oreson People Should
Vote for "Willlnmnon.
v Pendleton Tribune.
J. N. Williamson, nominee for Con
gressman from this district. Is making
able speeches for the Republican party.
Senator Williamson Is a clear, forceful
speaker.la good thinker and sound In his
principles. He Is opposed to the scuttle
policy of the Democrats, favors the open
river question, and Is strongly against the
leasing of public lands. What more should
the voters of Eastern Oregon want?
The river question is now taking on a
very hopeful appearance, and Eastern
Oregon needs a strong man In Congress
to help It along. It needs a man In har
mony with the administration, with the
majority in Congress, and with his col
leagues In the Senate and House. J. N.
Williamson is all of these, and his sincer
ity cannot be doubted. He will faithfully
do his best to carry out the promises he
is making to the voters and to uphold the
principles he advocates.
For several months the leasing question
has seemed to be fading away, but re
cent action, in Congress shows that the
big cattlemen have not given up hopes.
They are forming new plans and attack
ing the opposition somewhat unawares.
The indications are that they will con
tinue the fight as long as there Is any
hope of passing some kind of a leasing
bill. It, therefore, behooves the people of
Eastern Oregon to see to it that their
representative In Congress Is opposed to
any such measures. The setback that
Oregon would sustain 11 its grazing lands
were permitted to pass under the control
of the big livestock corporations would be
serious, and the declarations of Senator
Williamson should bo upheld by an enori
mous majority.
Sugar of Chamberlain.
Corvallls Gazette.
Deny It as they may, dodge It as per
sistently as they are able. Democratic
campaign orators and anti-organs cannot
alter the fact that the Issue In the pres
ent state campaign Is the retention or
abandonment of the Philippine islands,
and not the personality of candidates. The
only effect their policy of denial and eva
sion can possibly have will be to convict
them of being ashamed of their platform
and its principles.
It is fortunate that both parties have
placed before the people candidates of
good character and more than ordinary
ability, for this eliminates tho question of
personality and forestalls the bitterness
that too often Intrudes Itself Into a cam
paign where men and not measures are
being considered. So far as their person
ality Is concerned, Mr. Chamberlain and
Mr. Furnish stand on common ground.
In fitness tor discharging the duties of
the office to which each aspires, Mr. Fur
nish is easily Mr. Chamberlain's superior.
While this should go far in determining
the votes of those who are wavering be
tween a choice of the two candidates,
the vital question is this, "Will the vot
ers of Oregon, by their ballots next June,
Indorse the policy of the Republican Ad
ministration in the Philippines, or will
they declare against it" Should Mr.
Chamberlain be elected the Democratic
press of the entire country would declare
that the State of Oregon had Indorsed the
scuttle plank in tlje Democratic platform.
No one outside of this state will know or
care what Is the name of tHfe man elected.
The country at large will be) Interested in
knowing only whether Oregon has .gone
Republican or Democratic.
And the Democracy of Oregon realizes
this. They are endeavoring to coat the
scuttle pill with sugar of Chamberlain.
No better evidence of this fact is neces
sary than that furnished by the recent
Democratic convention. The greater part
of its time and attention was taken up
with consideration of the Philippine plank.
For the better part of two days the plat
iorm committee argued and quarreled over
the language of this plank, and every
spell-binding delegate who was permitted
to enter the commlttee-ropm fumed and
vapored over its provisions. And all for
what? If the Philippine question Is not
an issue in this campaign, why 'did the
late Democratic convention expend so
FORMOSA'S FLYING RUN
SHIP FROM PORTLAND REACHES
Q,UEENSTOWN 10S DAYS OUT.
Local Row Between Sailor Boarding
Hoase Men Han Been Settled
HoHtaoRthskire at St. Pierre.
Half a dozen grain ships arrived out at
Qucenstown or Falmouth from this port
within the past three days, and among
the number was the little bark Formosa,
which made a rattling passage of 108 days,
the best of the season. The Formosa
carried a cargo 6f .flour shipped by the
Portland Flouring Mills Company, and
as she has never been noted for fast pass
ages, her performance Is somewhat sur
prising. Two of the French ships, which
left here together January 10, arrived
at Queenstown within a day of each
other, the Duguesclin making the run in
120 days, and the Fautril in 121 days. The
Flfeshlre arrived out Sunday after a
passage of 132 days. The Thornllebank
passed Browhcad yesterday 156 days out,
and the Barfillan, which loaded alongside
of her In Portland, reported at Queens
town Sunday after a slow passage of
151 days from Portland.
The Thornllebank, Barfillan and Eu
genia Fautril were dispatched by Kerr,
Glffcrd & Co., the Flfeshlre and Dugue
sclin by Balfour, Guthrie &. Co. The For
mosa carried a cargo of 27,493 barrels of
flour. The cargoes of the other vessels
were as follows:
Wheat,
Vessels bushels.
Barfillan 135.517
Thomlicb4nk 126,560,
Eugenie Fautril Ul,v01
Flfeshlre 74.457
Dugut-scUn - 75,878
Total 623,413
RIVALRY IS ENDED.
Another Sailor Bonrtlingrlionse Com
bination Effected.
The white winged. dove of peace having
no other engagements to meet until after
the termination of the present political
contest has settled for a time in the
camp of the erstwhile rival rallor board
lnghouse men. Just what the effect of
this latest combination will be. Is dif
ficult to learn, as the Interested parties
decline to discuss the matter. In fact
some of them deny that there has been
a combination. With two or three more
men to be supported out of the business
It Is hardly probable, however, that rates,
will be lowered. This business seems
to differ from the water front Industries,
Inasmuch as the more competition there
Is, the worse It Is for the shipowners.
When Sullivan, Grant & Co. emerged
from the expensive argument with
tho Howard D. Troop, they put the
price down to ?50 per man, and fpr a
time controlled the business of supply
ing ships. Then at an expense of 15000
to $10,000, Messrs. Kinney & Lynch pried
a way intp the combination, and tho
rates were advanced to $55 with an occas
sional perquisite tacked on to keep the
wolf from the door, where there was an
Increased number to feed and clothe.
As previously stated the effect of the
latest combination is uncertain, but fol
lowing out the 6xperlence of former
periods of competition and absorbtlon. It
Is probable that an advance will be or
dered, to take care of the Increased num
ber of men engaged. Dick McCarron, for
many years associated with Sullivan and
the Grants, has 'retired from the firm,
and will go east to live. In the en
couragement of opposition in the sailor
much time and talent In defining its po
sition on this question? For ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain, the
present Democratic campaign is peculiar.
A Hard Job on'Their Hands.
Ashland Tidings.
Mr. Chamberlain as Its candidate for
Governor, and the Democratic party of
Oregon, have undertaken a huge Job in
endeaoring to have the electorate of Ore
gon Indorse their scuttle policy In the
Philippine. In demanding that the Amer
ican Jlag be lowered in the Islands, and
that the American Army slink away like
whipped curs, these Oregon Democrats
barter the honor of their party for less
than the mess of pottage for which Esau
sold his birthright. The old-tlmo honor
of the Democracy, now faded and gone,
rested hargcly on the splendid National
expansion achievements of Jefferson.
Jackson and Polk. But for the sake of a
political issue, and to get away, if pos
sible, from the disastrous free silver and
fusion record under Bryan, the resralvan
Ized Democracy, under Chamberlain, has
formulated a political Issue based on a
demand that the United States shall haul
down its flag in the islands and abandon
them forever. To what a level Democratic
patriotism has fallen when It turns from
the precedents marking the careers of
Jefferson, Jackson and Polk, and demands
that the American flag shall be hauled
down in American territory bought and
-paid for. It Is claimed by the Democratic
issue constructors that the United States
has no right to fly its flag over an unwill
ing people. But Jefferson did not consult
the people resident in the province of
Louisiana when he purchased that vast
territory from France. The French In
habitants of that province were bitterly
opposed" to the transfer, and their an
tipathy to the United States lasted many
years. General Jackson did not have the
basis of a purchase to Justify his ar
bitrary act of "annexing" the Spanish pos
resslons extending from Florida wrstward
to the Sabine River, and later when the
United States paid Spain a fair "equiv
alent" for the territory, the Spanish set
tlers were furious at being forced to
come under the American flag. The expe
rience was the same when Polk brought
under the flag the unwilling Mexicans res
ident in the Gadsden purchase territory,
for which 510,000,000 was paid. No Demo
crat ever allowed his sympathy to bubble
and boll over because the Americtn flag
went up In the" Louisiana provlrce derplte
the protest of ita Inhabitants. No Demo
crat ever cared a bean how much the
Spaniards in Florida deplored their en
forced annexation, and no Democrat ever
worried himself tbout the feelings of Mex
icans who were given no choice about a
change of flags. The Philippine situation
is substantially similar to the annexation
methods of Jefferson, Jackson and Polk.
Yet, with Chamberlain as its candidate
for Governor, the Oregon Democracy pro
claims itself In favor of a scuttle policy
in the Philippine Islands.
It Wh Different Tfaen.
Shanlko Leader.
It Is rather amusing to a person who
listened to George E. Chamberlain's
speeches in 1880 when he stumped Linn
County as a candidate for Representative
on the Democratic ticket, and to com
pare those speeches with the ones he is
now making. In 1SS0 Linn County was
Democratic by some 500. and a nomination
was .considered almost equivalent to an
election, although there had been occa
sional sporadic exceptions In prior years.
That particular year the Republicans were
making a determined fight against an al
most hitherto Impregnable stone wall, and
were making Inroads all along the line.
Mr. Chamberlain, among other things, said
to the voters in these words: "Gentlemen,
I am a Democrat and was nominated by a
Democratic county convention. Linn
County is a" "Democratic county, 'and if I
am elected I want to be elected by Demo
cratic -votes," Probably Mr. Chamberlain
would like to use the same-kind of argu
ment today if the state was overwhelm
ingly. Democratic, but under the circum
stances 'he don't, as he. now needs Repub
lican votes," -which in 1S90 he did not care
for... y 5 "
boardlnghouse business, the shlpovrnerr
have never profited In this port, and the
matter of securing sailors on a fair and
equitable basis will never be satisfactory
until It Is turned over to the local rep
resentatives of the ships.
YUKON STEAMBOATING.
Portland Navigators Have Started
North and Tariffs Have Beta Issaed
Captains George Shaver, James Lee,
George Raabe, James T. Gray and a num
ber of well-known vsteamboatmen,
have left Portland within the past few
days for their summer tours on the Yu
kon. The Canadian owners of the steam
boats are not particularly fond of Ameri
cans, but they find their best navigators
come from Portland and for that reason
a great many Willamette and Columbia
River men go up every season on salaries
greater than they could secure for an
entire season here.
In anticipation of the early opening
of navigation on the lakes and the Yu
kon River, the Alaska Steamship Asso
ciation and the White Pass & Yukon
route have Issued their through Joint
passenger tariffs for the season. Rates
are given between British Columbia
and Puget Sound ports and Alaskan
points, and show material reductions
from the transportation charges of last
season.
The Alaska Steamship Association
ecomprlses the Alaska, Humboldt and Pa
cific Coast Steamship Companies and the
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company.
The rates In effect last season from
Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Tacoma
and Port Townsend to Dawson ,were
?105 for first-class and $S4 for second
class tickets; to Atlin, B. C, $55 for
first-class and $43 for second-class tick
ets. According to the Joint tariff for
this season first-class tickets to Dawson
from points named will cost 5100 and second-class,
?0; first-class tickets .to Atlln,
$50 and second-class $36.
Owing to the extra meals on the river
the rates coming out of Dawson will be
higher than going in. A fir3t-class ticket
irom the Yukon metropolis, to any of
the British Columbian or Sound points'
named will cost $110 and second-class ?S5.
These rates are against $125 and $95
charged for the previous season. No
change is made In the rates from Atlln
to lower British Columbia or Puget
Sound points.
Local rates' between Skagway and
Dawson and Atlln have been materlally
reduced. Rates are also given Into the
Big Salmon country.
THE PILOT'S SIDE.
3Ien On the Bar Clnlin That the Vent
npr Passed Them.
ASTORIA," May 12. The bar pUots aro
not taking kindly the remarks of Captain
Ferry, ;of the steamship Ventnor about
his being delayed off the mouth of the
river on account of not being able ' to
secure a pilot.
Port Captain Boelllng, who manages the
business of the pilots. In speaking of the
matter today said: "The agents of the
steamer gave us no knowledge of tfie
coming of the steamer, as Is customary,
but the pilot boat was on her station a
short distance south of tho lightship, and
the steamer passed It at full speed and
anchored near the whistling buoy at
about 8 o'clock P. M., not 6:30, as Is
stated. 'The evening was clear and
bright, bar smooth, but no wind. The
pilot schooner was unable to reich the
steamer until early the next morning
when Pilot Matthews brought her in. If
the steamer had approached the schooner
a pilot could have been put on board
and been brought In that night. The tug
Wallula was outside, .with a pilot on
board, until nearly C o'clock that evening,
and seeing no sail or smoke on the hori
zon, came inside for the night."
ALASKA CUT-RATE WAR ON.
Tickets From Seattle to Lrna Canal
Points Dotvn-to 7 OO.
SEATTLE, May i2. An Alaska transpor
tation cut-rate war, which probably will
be bitterly fought, with disastrous results
to the lines engaging In It, and a corre
sponding benefit to the traveling public,
was Inaugurated this morning. Before the
day had closed, tickets to Lynn Canal
points were selling at $7 50 and $5, first
and second-class, respectively. The pre
vailing tariff has been $30 and $2Q. The
entry of the Pacific Clipper Lines steamer
Santa Ana on the Lynn 'Canal run pre
cipitated the fight. When the manage
ment brought her North, the Pacific Clip
per Line sought to Join the Alaska Steam
ship Association but its application for
membership was promptly turned down.
Its further request for the White Pass &
Yukon Railroad to be allowed to sell
through tickets via that line to the Klon
dike and other Interior points was likewise
refused. It was then that the Santa Ana,
so to speak, decided to go It alone. She
did so by cutting rates.
MORGAN'S MERGER.
Americans Will Have the Ships, Bat
England Retains the Flttg.
LONDON, May 12. In the House of
Commons today the president of the
Board of Trade, Gerald Balfour, Informed
a questioner that, after considering the
agreement of February 4. between the
Morgans and the White Star and Domin
ion lines. It has been concluded that the
vessels concerned were not precluded
from retaining their British register.
The financial Secretary of the Admiralty,
Mr. Arnold-Forster, added the Informa
tion that the agreement of tho Admiralty
with the White Star Line was about to
be renewed, with an additional provision,
as follows:
"The company shall not, without the
previous written consent of the Ad
miralty, transfer to a foreign flag any
vessel subject to this agreement."
This provision, the Secretary added, al
ready had been agreed to and an install
ment of the subsidy, on the terms of the
new agreement, had been paid.
Manchester Canal Next.
LONDON, May 12. The Westminster
Gazette says it understands that while
there Is no question of J. Pierpont Mor
gan buying . the Manchester ship canal,
there Is a possibility of an agreement by
which the vessels of the fleet controlled
by Mr. Morgan's syndicate will proceed
to Manchester, Instead of discharging
their cargoes at Livcroool. Ships' dues
and port charges are considerably lower
HOSTmEirs
Excessive eating will cause
Bloating, Heartburn, Belch
ing, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
Constipation and Bilious
ness. The best way to pre
vent these is to take a dose of
the Bitters , after each meal.
It will aid the stomach in its
work of digestion. Try It,
Tnr cj1 hv alt Hrnao-lctc
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at Manchester, and the latter city give?
greater facilities for the distribution of
beef and steel through the Midlands and
the North of Great Britain. The Morgans
Informed the Associated Press that they
did not know of any negotiations on the
subject of the Manchester hlp canal un
til they saw the report In the newspapers.
The China. Mutual's Offer.
LONDON, May 12. The shareholders of
the China Mutual Steam Navigation Com
pany have received a circular to the effect
that the directors of the concern had an
offer to buy out the business of the com
pany for 530,000. The secretary denies
that J. P. Morgan Is concerned in the
proposition.
Missouri River Steamer Burned.
YANKTON. S. D May 12. The steam
boat South Dakota burned yesterday near
Greenwood. Neb., while on a trip up the
Missouri. Loss $32,000; no Insurance. The
passengers and crew escaped.
Marine Totes.
The tall masts of the French bark Asle
are again reaching skyward, and all are
In place except the mlazen, the broken
stump of which was removed yesterday
afternoon; the main-mast was stepped Into
place Sunday evening, and the most diffi
cult part of the task Is practically com
pleted. The mlzzen was lifted out with
out difficulty In a very few minutes.
The 'British ship Riverside, which left
Portland In January, has been chartered
to load general cargo at Hamburg for
Portland. She made a very fast outward
run from this port, and If she has good
luck coming out, can make a fine round
trip record.
The British ship Angerone was char
tered yesterday for September loading at
30 shillings. It is reported that a larger
vessel was fixed for new crop at 29 shill
ings, but .the report could not be con
firmed. Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. May 12. Condition of the bar at 4
P. M., smooth; wind southeast; weather rainy.
Brown Head, May 11. Passed British ship
Thornllebank, from Portland.
Queenstown Arrlved--French bark Dugues
cljn. from Portland: May 11. French bark
Eugenie Fautrel. British barks Formosa and
Flfeshlre. from Portland.
Falmouth. May 12. Arrived British ship
Barfillan. from Portland.
New York. May 12. Arrived Saxonia, from
Liverpool; Vadcrland, from Antwerp: Messaba,
from London.
London, May 12. Arrived Grosser Kurfurst,
from New York.
Plymouth, May 12. Arrived Kronprlnz Wll
helm, from New York.
San Francisco, May 12. Arrived Steamer
G. C. Llndauer, from Gray's Harbor; steam
er Queen, from Victoria. Sailed Steamer Co
lumbia, for Portland; steamer Aberdeen, for
Portland, schooner, Bessie K., for Nome.
Moville, May -12. Arrived Parisian, from
Montreal for Liverpool.
Hong Kong, May 10. Sailed Duke of Fife,
for Tacoma.
Glasgow, May 10. Sailed Mongolian, for
New York; Ponveranlan. tor Montreal.
Gibraltar, May 12. Sailed Aller, from Genoa
lor New York.
Plymouth, May 12. Sailed Pennsylvania,
from Hamburg for New York.
Seattle. May 12. Sailed May 11 Steamer
City of Seattle, for Skagway. Salted May 12
Steamer Dlrigo. for Skagway. Arrived May 11
Steamer Bertha, from Valdes; steamer Cot
tage City, from Sitka. Arrived May 12 Steam
er Humboldt, from Skagway.
NEWT ROUTE TO YELLOWSTONE NA
TIONAL PARK.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pang. In connection with the Oregon Short
Line, have opened a new gateway to Yel
lowstone Park, known as the "Monlda
Route." This new route will undoubtedly
become the favorite one from this section;
it takes in the famous Columbia River
scenic attractions, the beautiful valleys
and hills of the Blue Mountains, with
privilege of a side trip from Pocatello to
Salt Lake at small expense.
Get execurslon rates and folders de
scriptive of tho trip at city ticket office,
Third and Washington.
MAN'S MISSION ON '
EARTH.
Medical Boole Free.
"Know Thyself." a. book for men only; reg
ular price, 50 cents, will be sent free (eealed
postpaid) to any male reader of this paper, 6
cents for postage. Address the I'eabody
Medical Institute, 4 Bullfinch street. Bos
ton, Mass., established in 1800. the oldest and
best in America. Write today for free book.
"Th Key to Health and Haplnesa."
PHtma Nnt For 40 tho Peabody
rjjUllUr SHUIU Medical Institute has ben
a fixed fact, and it will remain so. It is as
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The Peabody Medical Institute has many
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State.
FOR GOVERNOR.
William J. Furnish.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
Robert S. Bean.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
Frank L Dunbar.
FOR STATE TREASURER, .
Charles S. Moore.
FOR SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
J. H. Ackerman.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
A. M. Crawford.
FOR STATE PRINTER,
J. R. Whitney. .
Congressional.
SECOND DISTRICT,
J. N. Williamson.
County.
FOR STATE SENATOR,
Henry E. ilcGInru
JOINT WITH CLACKAMAS COUNTT,
Herbert Holman.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
W. N. Jones.
Sanderson Reed.
William W. Banks.
John Gill.
"W. R. Hudson.
T. J. Malarkey.
George M. Ortoru.
S. B. Cobb.
H. J. Fisher,
A A. Bailey.
J. S. Hutchinson.
C. "W. Hodson,
JOINT WITH CLACKAMAS COUNTTa
C. W. Nottingham.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE,
Lionel R. Webster.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
Frank C. Barnes.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
H. B. Chapman,
FOR SHERIFF.
W. A. Storey,
FOR ASSESSOR,
George E. Watklns. ,
FOR COUNTY CLERK,
Frank S. Fields.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
John M. Lewis.
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
Carl A. Brandes,
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
John A. Hurlburt.
FOR CORONER,
J. P. Flnley.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Portland Precinct,
William Reid.
FOR CONSTABLE,
Portland Precinct, .
Walter E. Jackson.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
East Portland Precinct,
Waldemar Seton.
FOR CONSTABLE,
East Portland Precinct,
Douglass Keenan.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Mt, Tabor Precinct,
Thomas Graham.
FOR CONSTABLE.
.Mt. Tabor Precinct,
Edward Wise.
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Multnomah Precinct,
Peter Williams.
FOR CONSTABLE.
Multnomah Precinct,
William H. Powell.
FOR ROAD SUPERVISORS,
District No. 1 J. L. Reeder.
District No. 2 S. A. Saybrook.
District No. 3 William G. Wallace.
District No. 4 John Hoffman.
District No. 5 S. W. Simmons.
District No. 6 .W. H. Dougherty.
District No. 7 George Lewis.
District No. 8 J. F. Gilbert.
District No. 9 D. W. Metzger.
District No. 10 Robert Robertson.
District No. 11 J. C. Branham.
District No. 12 Thos. L. Evans.
District No. 13 Alex. Barr.
District No. 14 D. V. Hart.
citr.
FOR MAYOR,
George H. Williams.
FOR CITY AUDITOR,
' T. C. Devlin.
FOR CITY ATTORNEY,
L. A McNary.
FOR CITY TREASURER.
, i J. C. Jameson.
FOR CITY ENGINEER.'
W. C. Elliott.
FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
H. W. Hogue.
FOR COUNCILMEN.
For 1st Ward Charles E. Rumelln.
For 2d Ward Frank Klernan.
For 3d Ward Fred T. Merrill.
For 4th Ward Arthur K. Bentley.
For 5th Ward B. P. Cardwell.
For 6th Ward B. D. SIgler.
For 7th Ward L. Zimmerman.
For 8th Ward .C. W. Kern.
For 9th Ward John P. Sharkey.
For 10th Ward H. R. Albee.
For 11th Ward Charles E. York.
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