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THE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, -NOVEMBER 29, 1902. X THE HOG INDUSTRY Corn-Fed Fork Not the Best Pork, SQMEOF OREGON'S ADVANTAGES Serious Allegation as to Condition in. the Portland Market Re Parir on H og Bistery, Breed-and Feed. By a Staff WWtr Ktath-SiettasK CORVALLIS, Or.. Nov. 2S. The bog, Viewed from the standpoint of literary art, is not an inspiring subject; It Is Impossible to work him Into poetry oreven. Into a J Very high order of prose. But the hog, nev ertheless, has his uses, and the Industry of which he forms the basis is a mighty pro moter of community interests. Including Interests high as "well as- commonplace. It there -were space to spare and I -were cure of the patlenoe of my readers I could demonstrate that to the hog primarily be longs the credit of founding and sustaln :ing the greatest art school in America for la not the greatest art school at Chi cago? And would Chicago he Chicago if there were no hog? You see, the thing "Is easy. I mind me, too, that one of the most beautiful and bountifully equipped picture galleries in the'Unlted States is at Milwaukee, "Wis., and that it was the .gift of a citizen who made Ms fortune In the liork business.. "I shall personally make but one selection," said Mr. Laffln, the donor, in making formal tender of his gift, "for I know there are others better; "qualified than I to 3udge of pictures; but I know a hog when I see one, and so I am going to send round a hog picture which I think is worthy of a place in a gallery founded upon pork, and I hope a good light place will be found for it. I don't know whether you will call It art or not; I'm no Judge of that; but the hogs In it are hogs, all right the real thing, and no mistake." And so there hangs in the Milwaukee gallery, in the place of highest honor, a picture selected by a man who combines public spirit, personal generosity, with a knowl edge of the real thins In hogs. The hanging committee certainly did the right thing. I don't know whether it is good art or not; but I do know that the senti- i ment Is all right; and in any sound phil osophy a very little wholesome sentiment outweighs any amount of fine art. .Just where the first hogs in Oregon came from I have not been able to trace., No body whom I have talked with has definite memory of any importation by the early Immigrants, and yet nobody remembers a time when there were no hogs hre: But the first hogs notable for their breeding and first to gain anything approaching ,a commercial reputation, traced directly to the breeding pens of Thomas Cross, a pioneer breeder and butcher of Salem. Cross' hams and hog products in general engrossed so much of a market as there was In the early '60s, and held It until the development which followed the Ladd & Reed importation of hogs in 187L "With respect to hogs, as to other varieties of domestic animals, the Ladd & Reed Im portation was made up of the most ad vanced and meritorious breeds, and the effect was "revolutionary in its relation to the hog industry both of this state and of the then Territory of Washington; for be it remembered that Washington as the daughter of Oregon was always glvln a share of everything going at home, and that her stock interest for the first 20 years of her Independent political life was in the hands of original Oregon lans who kept in close touch with the south side of the Columbia and failed not to make the most of all opportunities of advancement. The selections of Ladd & Reed in the hog line were made In Canada by William Watson, a world-famous English expert, and they Included the very choicest ani mals possible to .be found of the Berk shire and Essex families. The number of animals was not great, but every facility was given to the public: and the hog be ing a rapid breeder it was not long be fore the stock of the country universally exhibited marks of betterment. And from that day until now there has been no lack of good blood in the state. The 'razor-back of an earlier day Is no more to be seen anywhere; and while many breeds have been experimented with and are being experimented with to this day. the "run" of Oregon hogs is decidedly good. The three principal breeds now used In Oregon are the Berkshire, which Is every where a favorite for his eoler, his hustling qualities, his propensity for making the most of what he eats and for the ex cellence of his meat; the Poland China, for his docility, combined with other gen eral merits in which he is certainly not far behind the Berkshire; and the Chester White, whose principal merit is his easy habit of taking on weight and his adapta bility for making bacon. It would be hard to say anything against any one of these breeds; all are good for Oregon con ditions; each has points of especial 'fit ness which suit the purpose or the whim of particular breeders. Other well-known breeds have supporters who are eloquent In their praises, but the three breeds specially named make at this time the standard of the Oregon hog industry; and any man who selects his stock from among them can make no serious mis take. They are bred in such numbers and with such care for the purity of the stock that there is never any difficulty In get ting a stock of good blood or In main taining it. Oregon has all the requisites of a hog country, the first among them belhg an abundance of the feeds upon which the hog thrives and keeps in health, and which goto the making of the right kind of pork. The old notion that corn is the only or the best material for hog "finishing" has been exploded. Corn is, to be sure, a great fattener; it beats any other food for loading up a hog with lard-fat, and If the aim in the hog industry were merely to make grease there would be nothing else so effective as corn. But lard is only one of many products to which com merce looks to the hog. The ham, the shoulder, the bacon-side, are more im portant than lard In the general econo my of the hog; and with these alms In view, there are many other better feeds than corn. In writing of cattle a few days back, I called attention to the fa miliar fact that Canadian animal products have and for some years have had first call In the more fastidious markets of the East, and for the reason that Cana dian conditions of breed and, more Im portant still, 'of feed, tend to make mus cle-fibre as well as blubber. And those j conditions apply with special emphasis j to the hog. Pork consumers demand fat. to be sure, but they want a streak o' lean with every streak o fat; and this Is the special merit of the Oregon pork since our feeds contain an unusual proportion of the elements which make muscle In other words, lean meat For nearly 40 years Oregon agriculture suffered under the notion that a first- class article of commercial pork could only be produced by corn-feeding, and there Is no telling how many millions of dollars have been lost to our farmers by this utterly falsa idea. It was based, no doubt, upon the fact that our first farmers came from the great Mississippi corn belt and were so imbued with its conceit of corn-feeding as to be unim pressed by the really better conditions surrounding them, interpreting every va riation from Mississippi "Valley experience as a mark of relative inferiority. But whatever the cause, the fact is beyond question that until very recently Oregon was universally -presumed to be handi capped in relation to the hog Industry REPORT ON BUFFALO FAIR OREGON COMMISSION SaVeD 91111 PROM APPROPRIATION. State Exhibit Received More Prizes Than Any Other,' an Well as Wilder Medal for Fruit. SALEM, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) The Secretary of State has received the final report of the commission which had charge of the Oregon exhibit at the Buf falo and Charleston Expositions. . The commission was created by the last Leg islature, which appropriated $25,000 for Its uses. Of this fund $1111 02 remains In the State Treasury. The report Is submitted by Arthur P., Tlfft, of Portland, president of the com mission. It Is signed by all other mem bers of the commission: E. V. Carter, Ashland; R. Alexander, Pendleton; H. B. Thlelsen, Salem; A. J. Johnson, Astoria; Edyth Tozier Weatherred, Portland; E. L. Smith, Hood River; Albert Gelser, Baker City; C. H. Thompson, Baker silver medals. 34 bronze medals, 5 honor able mention. . I Horticulture and Pomology 34. gold j medals, 14 silver medals. 1 bronze medal. Forestry 10 gold medals, 4 silver, med als, 1 bronze medal. 1 honorable mention. Chemlcals2 gold medals, 1 honorible mention. Furniture, Etc. 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal. Educational 1 gold medal, 2 silver meals. Engineering, Etc. 1 honorable mention. Oil Paintings 1 bronze medal. Installatiohr-1 diploma of merit (high est award.) Total 1 diploma (highest award), bl gold medals, 43 silver medals, 55 bronze medals, 90 honorable mention. Total med als, 162; Total awards. 253. At Buffalo Mr. Dosch's assistants were: Agriculture Henry Blackman, of Hepp ner. Horticulture Charles Burgard, of Port land: G. L Slocum, of Hood River. , Mining Fred R. Mellls. of Baker iClty; A. W. Miller, of Portland. Forestry A. J. Johnson, of Astoria; William Mcintosh, of Astoria. Educational Clara Parsons, of Port land. Press Edyth Tozier Weatherred, of Portland. Manufactures Frank Motter, of Port land; George R. Carter, of Ashland. At Charleston Mr. Dosch was assisted by Commissioners A. J. Johnson, of As toria; Commissioner Edyth Tozier 'EASANTS BADLY MAIMED THE PORTE BEHAVES CRUELLY TOWARD MACEDONIANS. Advice to Women, Troops Apply the Bastinado, and Some Victims Are Hanged by the Heels. LONDON, Nov. 23. Mail advices re ceived here from Constantinople under date of November 24 say: "In spite of all the denials, the Porte is adopting barbarous methods of crushing the Macedonian peasants. The Winter has set In, and the danger of revolution ary band3 is over, yet the Turkish author ities seem to think the time has come to act. In the face of promises of free par don to" those who returned to their homes, Christian, villagers have been shdcklngly tortured to make them betray alleged con cealed depots of arms or give informa tion regarding the working of the Mace donian Committee. The bastinado has been frequently employed, until the vic tims were crippled for life, their feet be- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE OREGON PAN-AMERICAN COMMISION. A. P. TIFFT, OF PORTLAND. H. B. THIELSEN, OF SALEM. E. L. SMITH, OF HOOD RIVER. . . c o e a ..... ........... . . . . . . . by its lack of corn. It is, so to speak, just now that we have come to unaer otand that where the quality of hog meat is the first consideration we can give the Middle West cards and spades In any contest; and this fact is bound to be of very great Importance In relation to the future of animal Industry in Ore gon. Canadian pone is largely puiu up upon the' basis of barley and pease, and in the production of these and other foods bearing the same general elements, we need not be Becond to Canada or to any other country on the face of the earth. We have, too, an advantage In the rela tive freedom pf our hogs from the various distempers to which the hog is especially susceptible. We are not, to be sure, wholly exempt from the ordinary hog. diseases, but they are less severe here and less fatal than In the countries where corn Is the almost exclusive diet. It must bo confessed, however, that the science of hog-keeping for there is a science of hog-keeping, as of most other things Is as yet largely to be ac quired by our farmers. We must learn to grow the field crops which make the best pork, and how most economically to employ the grains in finishing animals for slaughter. Most of our people have yet to study out the methods necessary' to meet the special conditions here whether to feed whole grain or ground, whether a cooked ration or a raw one, how to carry breeding stock cheaply through the Win ter season, how to make the most of the "soiling" practice. Many of our people have to learn, too, that the hog diseases are the effect of filthy conditions, which many believe to be the normal environ ment of the hog; that lncestuoua breeding in hogs, as in animals higher In the scale, brings certain and terrible penalties. The only real- problem of our situation is that of markets, for unless many hog producers with whom I have talked with in the past few days are greatly mistak en, the hog market is in very bad shape I hear it asserted that the market in Portland Is not as good as the Seattle market. In that the latter takes every thing offered at some price, and that the prices for standard qualities of stock are higher than those of Portland. I have been told that sales to Puget Sound since the beginning of the present season have been as large as to our own packing concerns at Portland. I have been told. too, that within the past 15 days 10 dou ble-decks of prime hogs have been of fered to Portland packers from points within 125 miles from the city, only to find that there was no sale for them have also been told that practically no hogs have come to Portland this season from points east of La Grande, and that there is on foot among Willamette Val ley shippers a movement to dispose of their product at San Francisco, because the Portland market has railed tnem. am not able personally to vouch for these stories, but they come to me from sources apparently reliable, and I pass them, up for investigation. The statements are serious, for If there is no market at Port landno arrangements for caring for the hog product of the country something in our. industrial and commercial organ ization is badly out of Joint. We have been preaching the gospel of the hog to the producers of the state for several years, and now. If there is no market, somebody Is very much at fault. A lit tle investigation, I doubt not, will help to clear up the situation, and so will do good all around. There Is almost no limit to the possibil ities of the hog industry In Oregon with general Intelligence and care' in the breeding districts, and with an enterpris ing attention to the packing end of the business at Portland. But .one can do nothing without . the help of the other. There is little use for the producer to breed up and make good pork if there is no certain market at Portland. And there is no use to create facilities at Portland if there is not to be a steady supply of first-class raw material. It Is a case where one hand' must wash the other. But with an established and co-operating system. Oregon can do amazing things in the hog line, for the natural conditions of a great productive business are here. It is ono of the lines of original production In which Oregon can easily match, if, in truth, it cannot beat the world. A. H. City; J. H. Burgard, Portland. The report Includes another report of H. E. Dosch, who was superintendent of the exhibits. Expenses of exhibit at Pan-American Exposition "were as follows: Weatherred. of Portland; Joseph E. Reed, of Sumpter, and Frank Slocum, of Hood River. At the close of the exposition the large timbers and heavy portion of the forestry exhibit were donated to the City of DEPARTMENTS. Advertising Agriculture Educational , Forestry Horticultural Manufactures Mining Commissioners Executive Committee. Superintendence Totals $ 8 25 172 Si 1.345 33 555 90 i,S3! 23 : 51 91 3S7 62 81 00 1.48S.85 114 56 42S 95 110 50 342 30 102 45 ($3,921 54(13,719 97$G,10G14 a 5 510 1.124 5S0 84 1,043 33 1,120 33 421 07 5S0 84 20 00 $1,090 00 849 60 20 62 803 41 717 38 3 SG 490 69 79 15 307 45 41 25 $ 1,660 1G 2,514 78 682 46 4.6S5 92 3,027 44 539 49 3.339 71 189 65 649 75 863 70 ing beaten to a pulp by TurkisH soldiers. Peasants were also hinged by their heck? to the ceiling and boiling hot eggs were put in their arm pits. Even priests were not spared, and the troops openly plun der the peasants, who are being driven to despair." 4 $4,403 41($16,151 03 Expenses of exhibit at Charleston Exposition were: DEPARTMENTS. Advertising I. Agricultural Educational Forestry Horticultural Manufactures Mining Commissioners Executive Committee Superintendence Totals $ 5 00 127 10 80 00 127 50 419 50 $759 10 184 44 181 74 59 32 311 70 416 9S 621 S3 49G 99 18G 871 23 55 74 63 $710 55! 200 00 810 CO $2,S57 50 21 78 499 04 451 32 226 21 244 02 36 10 94 36 $1,572 86! ! 33S 43 1,227 5G 1.334 89 910 05 1,050 39 59 65 978 S9 $5,900 01 TO SHUT OUT NATIONALISTS. French Chamber Adopts Measures to. Dinrinallfy Them. . PARIS, Nov. 2S. After a heated debate the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon adopted, by a show of hands, h. proposal to modify the law governing membership of the Chamber, which proposal declares that Deputies and Senators shall not be competent to hold office as Municipal Councillors in Paris. Two months are allowed to the present members to re sign their seats on the City Council. The government remains neutral on the ques tion, but its supporters voted for the measures, which are directed .against the Nationalist Deputies, a number of whoih are also members of the Municipal Council. STUDENTS STONE POLICE. Barcelona Af?nln Scene of Riots ty Catalan Party. BARCELONA. Nov. 29. The riots which took place here yesterday as the outcome of the publication of decrees re stricting the use of the Catalan language were resumed today. The gendarmes, in endeavoring to preserve order, received volleys of stones, and at first were com pelled to retire, but eventually they forced their way into the "university and ar rested a number of students who were the leading spirits in the disorder. Every sick and ailing woman, Every young girl who suffers monthly, Every woman who is approaching maternity, Every woman who feels that life is a burden, Every woman who has tried all other means to regain health without success Every woman who is going through that critical time the change of life Is invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., in regard to her trouble, and the most expert advice telling exactly how to obtain a CURE will be seat abso lutcly free oi cost. The ono thing that qualifies a person to give advice on any subject is experience experience creates knowledge. "0 other person has so wide an experience with female ills nor such a record of success as Mrs. Pinkham has had. Over a hundred thousand cases come before her each year. Somo personally, others by mail.. And this has been going on for twenty years, day after, day, and day after day. " ' , Twenty years of constant success think of tlc knowledge thus gained! Surely women are wise in seeking advice from a woman with snnh an fixnerifiiice. esTjeciallv when it is free. Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, wrote to Mrs. Pinkliam when she was in gvcat trouMo. Her letter shows the result. There nre actually thousands of such, letters in Mrs. Pinkhani's possession. " Deab Mrs. Pixkjiam : I have been under doctors' treatment for female troubles for some time, but without any relief. They now tell me I have a fibroid, tumor. I cannot sit down, without great pain, and the soreness extends up my spine. I have bearing down "pains both back and front. M3' abdomen is swollen, I cannot wear my clothes with any comfort- Womb is dreadfully swollen, aod I have had flowing spells for three years. My appetite is not good. I cannot walk or be on my feet for any length of time. "The symptoms of Fibroid "Tumor, given in your little book, accurately dencribe my case, so I write to you for advice." Mas. E. P. Hates, 253 Dudley St. (Boston), Roxbury, Mass. t "Dear Mns. Pinkham: I wrote to you describing my symptoms, and asked your advice. You .replied, and I followed all your directions carefully for several months, and to-day I am a well woman. " The use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, together with your advice, carefully followed, entirely expelled the tiunor, and strength ened the whole sj'stem. I can walk miles now. "Your Vegetable Compound is worth five dollars a drop. I advise all women who are afflicted with tumors, or anv female trouble, to write you. for advice, and give it a faithful trial." Mes. E. F. Hayes, 252 Dudley St (Boston), Roxbury, Mass. ' Mrs. Hayes will gladly answer any and all letters that may ho addressed to her asking about her illness, and how Mrs. Pinkhain. helped her. FORFE?T If we c.-xnnot forthwith prcxlnco tho original lotter ami signatrrro of aoovo tcauinum.w, wuieii win prove us anM)iiuo genuineness. I.yilin 22. I'iukham Zltorilcino Co., Lynn, Hats. principally because It will not meet the j midnight last night by a number of stu Nationaikst members of Parliament, and dents caused some alarm to residents of as It does not regard the recent poll of ; the neighborhood, but Investigation the Irish landlords which resulted In a showed that the university building was vote In favor of holding the conference ! In no danger. The bonfire was the clos- The fact that Oregon received more prizes than any other state Is cited. The report concludes: Probably the highest recognition of the Landlords Will Not Meet XntioiinltatN DUBLIN, Nov. 23. The committee, com posed of the Earl of Mayo, Lord Dun- as being sufficiently representative of the views of the Irish landlords. Charleston for a permanent exhibit, and I raven, and others Interested in the Irish will be a permanent advertisement for P agrarian question, which proposed to call our state. The balance of the exhibits were returned to Oregon, and distributed. exhibit of Orecon fruit was the award 1 Medals. diniomas and "certificates" of the Wilder medal by the Pomological ' awarded to "State of Oregon" have been Society of America, which in 1S01 held its . turned over to the Secretary of State's meeting at Buffalo, and awarded Oregon I otflce this much-craved medal for Its horticul- At buffalo and Charleston., placards an 'KIP1 e,??,,blt &t, the Pan-American Expo- j nouncinff thc "Lewis and Clark Centen sitlon (this society being entirely sepa- nla, positn," to be held In Oregon-In rated from the Pan-American Exposition , 1S05 were iven promJnent Siace. The Company). In consequence of this recog- j "Lewis Qml Clark Centennial Exposition" nitlon by the highest authority on, fruit , alfi0 reCelved special attention in the ex ln the country. Oregon fruit has now tak- . ercise on -Oregon day" at both exposi en its proper rank, and for the first time tlon is being sold In the markets of the prln- ) , , clpal cities of the East as Oregon fruit. ; Many instances of the actual and prac- ; tical benefits derived from our exhibits at the Pan-American and Interstate and j West Indian Expositions have come to j the notice of the members of this com- mission. It will not require the actual profits upon nearly all of these known transactions to much more than equal the entire cost of conducting the exhibits at Buffalo and at Charleston. Thc actual L profits upon the known lumber transac- ' uons aione win mere man equal trie en- . tire cost of conducting our exhibits at both Buffalo and Charlestonr not to men- , tion business arising from our other ex h'Mtc Treasurer H. B. Thiclscn's report Is as follows: Appropriated by State of Oregon . Expenses at Pan-American Exposition $18,151 00 Expenses at Interstate and West Indian Ex position 5,900 01 $25,000 00 . I Total Less sales of dried fruit and canned goods. ..524,061 07 and Dainty Dishes ARE MADE FROM 16S 03 Net cost of both expo- sitlons $23.SS9 9S Ealance In .State Treas ury $ 1.111 02 Total $23,000 00 $25,000 00 Awards received by Oregon at Buffalo ' were: 1 Agriculture 6 gold medals, 2 silver med als, 2 bronze medals, 66 honorable men- J tlcn. ' 1 Foods and Their AccessorlesT-1 gold medal, C silver medals. 4 bronze medals, 2 honorable mention, Horticulture. Pomology and Viticulture IS gold medals. IS silver medals, 52 bronze medals, 23 honorable mention. Forestry and Forest Products 2 gold I medals, 4 sliver medals, 5 bronze medals, 6 honorable mention. Fish and Fisheries 1 bronze medal, 1 honorable mention. Mines and Metallurgy 2 silver medals, 5 bronze medals. 3 honorable mention. Liberal Arts, Education, Etc. 1 silver medal, 3 bronze medals, 3 honorable men tion. Total 27 gold medals. 33 silver medals, 72 bronze medals. Total medals. 132; honorable mentions, 102; total awards, 235. Awards received by Oregon at Charles ton were: Agriculture 16 gold medals,' 1 silver medal, 62 honorable mention. Birds, Etc. 1 silver' medal. Foods and Accessories 2 sliver medals, 17 bronze medals. Mines and Metallurgy 1 gold medal, 10 BAKER'S BREAKFAST a conference of Jrlsh landlords and ten ants with a view to the sale of the land to the latter,- met today and sent an in vitation to the convention of Irish land lords to join the movement. The conven tion Jias explicitly declined the invitation. "Wlsiton for City Attorney, ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 2S. (Special.) The Republican City Central Committee held a meeting this evening and named F. D. Wlnton as candidate for City Attorney to StmlentN Bonfire Cause Alarm. Ing event in Willamette's celebration of the victory in yesterday's football game. Hunter Not Under Protection. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S- Minister Hunter, at Guatemala City, hasi cabled that his ton; Godfrey, who shot Fltzger- ! old, is 21 yoari of age. is in business on fill the vacancy on the ticket caused by vn account, and therefore is not un- the withdrawal of C. J. Curtis. dcr th "V""0" f c, egatn that t he nsks Is that Mr. Bailey, the secretary of the legation, be allowed to testify be fore the Guatemalan courts. This per- SALEM, Or.. Nov. 2S. (Special.) A bon- ! misnSon has already been granted by tho fire built on the university campus about Stata Department. nmnimnnjnrjBiiOTiHrawiimininiMnniinm I piimiiM!HiimuiuU!!iiniimiiinnnitiiiiMmi!iiMiijiii!umimminuu ; Hrmnnnr ABSOLUTELY PURE Unequalcd f or Srnoothness,Delicacy,amiI?lavor Examine tiie package you receire and make sere tint it bears our trade-mark. Under thc decisions of theU. S. 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