Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1904, Page 11, Image 11

THE MO&NING OKEGONIAK, WEDNESDAY, 3, 190$.
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SCENE IN PORTLAND HARBOK DtTRING THE ANNUAL VISiT OF G"RA!N FLEET
The accompanying photograph shows a land export trade to foreign countries large measure due to the remarkable in- total quite materially. More Hhan 90 per Ington and Idaho that is trlbu.tai- to cotton, steel, or similar commodities, foreign countries -were shipped 5,509.215
busy scene In Portland harbor during the reached a total of $9,995,796 In 1903, and crease In the Oriental flour trade, -which cent of the exports from Portland to the Portland. It Is this distinctive feature of which pay no tribute to the-Pacific Coast bushels of wheat, 1,032,045 barrels of flour
busy Fall shipping season. The visitors for the first time in the history of the was more than twice as large as that of Far East were made up of flour, wheat Portland's export trade that makes it so ports through which they are cleared. and 1.354.73S bushete of barley, the total
to the National conventions in Port- port the exports to the Far East ex- any previous year. Lumber shipments to and lumber, all of which was produced much more valuable to the city than It In lumber alone Portland exported 65,- value of which is 58,665,619. MIscellane- .
land will be Interested to know that Port- ceeded those to Europe. This was In a the Orient also contributed to the sum in the state or in that portion of "Wash- would be if the exports were principally 514,569 feet valued at $909,837, while to ous exports bring the total t6 $9,995,796.
your freight (which, of course. Is first), and
teed bills, your xhortcaee and the "Intrust"
to either buy a ticket home or to stay where
rou had stranded; hence you felt like the fel
low who found himself between the devil and
the deep blue sea.
All stock shippers should be returned free,
because they go back to feed and breed other
animals, thus preparing a golden harvest for
the sreat transportation lines, which It costs
them no thine to secure but decent treatment.
Another thine a law should be passed by
Congress, compelling railways to make at
least 20 miles an hour with livestock ship
ments destined for market. Tou hare time
freights, fruit llrolteda, coffee specials from
ocean to ocean, and yet the livestock Indus
try In Its various branches pays the railways
more cash per annum than all of the "spe
cials" put together, and we get any old time,
and lay up hours at any old blind siding,
while these favored orange trains and tea spe
cials pass at 40 miles an hour. In my judg
ment, -a good plan to adopt by stockmen at
every shipping point Is to load your animals
and then turn the shipment over to the rail
way management as perishable freight. Just
like they do fruit from California, or car
loads of chickens, and tell them to deliver
the lot at the market in good order, or fiuf
fer the conseauences, as they do with other
perishable stun. If they refuse to haul your
stock, swear out a mandamus, and sec what
effect thousands of law suits would have on
stock shippers' passes.
Ballots as Weapons.
TVe must all go gunning (with our ballots)
Tor the Congressmen In every one of our dis
tricts, and see if. we cannot have the inter
sato commerce bill so' "written that it will
(.mount to something, and be a tribunal whero
we can have some of these interstate Ques
tions settled, and the decrees enforced the
same as a Court of Justice. "We are still
knocking at- the doors of Congress for a five- j
year census of livestock, to bo taken and ,
promptly disseminated, so all the stockralsers
and feeders may know lust what proportion
has been put on feed. In order that we may
2 rat our own conclusions as to the proper
time to ship to market.
The President has recently appointed a Pub
lic Land Commission, In order that compre
hensive reports may be made as to the avail
able public lands remaining, their proper
classification, and the most ecultable way
they could be handled by the officers of the
General Land Ofllce for the children to follow
us. Jvo stockman In this broad domain wants
or expects the Government to give him any
thing, or to run his business, but he does de
sire that no special hlnderances be thrown in
his way. so that It is made Impossible for
mm to make a livelihood In the way his
rather did. and their fathers for 100 years of
our National existence.
Tbere is a right way out of every one of
the difficulties which -beset us at the beginning
Of the 20th Mnlnrr Tt la vriiir h.ln..
and mine to blaze the way for the rlKht to !
fiviiui. ana coming generations will rise up
and call us blessed, even as we render thanks
flown in our every heart for such a princely
heritage as we enjoy. It is or part to build
up. to expand, to grow, to succeed, not to
drag discouraged feet to the dirge of the
pessimist and the chronic howler. We tIo not
belong to that bunch of do-nothings r
Shoddy Measures.
"We are still urging in Congress, with all our
power, the passage of the Grosvenor antl
thvddy bill, which seeks to compel every
manufacturer to mark in plain letters and fig
ures Just what percentage of every yard of
cloth woven is wool, cotton, hair, shoddy, etc
e do not aim to cripple the manufacturers
of cloth, but we insist, upon behalf of all
cloth consumers of this land that the selling
tag shall plainly reveal to every purchaser
Just wnai eort of a suit he Is buying in order
that the outrageous frauds against woolen
goods may be stopped. We believe that a
man has a perfect right to go Into the cloth,
ing store and buy a shoddy cotton suit of
clothes for J5. but It should be so marked that
the buyer may know ho is not being defraud
ed with the old saying, "That suit is all wool
and a yard wide." when It ought to be lagged
"All rot and will shrink a yard in 48 hours."
Another bill live stockmen are vitally Inter
ested In is the orders with referenco to forest
reserves. Jfow stockmen have no objections
to "honest reserves, where there are forests to
protect or to foster the growth thereof, hut
where millions of acres are set apart by the
Secretary of the Interior, when you could not
locate a tree with a Lick Observatory tele
scope, which Is done only on account of the
fine manipulation of some great land-grant
railroad syndicate who wish to unload their
worthless holdings on a gullible government,
this Is the point where the American stockman
insists on rising and entering a general and
also a special demurrer. This scheme Is now
being worked in Arizona; in fact. In all tht
"Western States and territories, by some com
bine or other. Land .crabbers are a blot on
the 20th century civilization, and the old cow
boy methods of dealing with horsethleves may
be resorted to In order that the rapidly disap
pearing public lands may be conserved for
the needs of the coming generations.
Question of Prices.
I regret to say that the year last past has
witnessed so many failures arocntr tones t.
hard-working, patient and uncomplaining
stockmen in the United States. -Without ap
parent reason, prices began to drop, and they
have gene from bad to worse until we see
the cattle kings In the Hereford and short
horn world forced Into bankruptcy, and their
hard-earned fortunes dissipated and their ca
reers hlghted. Will some one kindly give us
a. positive reason for this loss of hundreds of
millions of livestock values? it must be con.
ceded that the consumption of meat was never
so great or the retail prices never eo high.
It must be admitted that we still have a
growing foreign demand, rather than a dosing
of markets against our meat products. It is
patent to all that American labor is today
receiving Hit highest average wages ever en
Joyed In this Union. Finally it must be con
ceded that we have a general prosperity
throughout the Union, and only the Wall
street grumblers and the army of sycophantic
suckers hanging on the fringe of respectabil
ity, who coddle their x-we brains that
they can buck the "tiger" oa the stock
market and lose, as they always do it is
only these gamblers who have honestly bit
the dust 'financially speaking, during the past
year. All these are likened to the story of
the Upas tree of the Indian forest. At a dis
tance the trees are brilliant with blossoms
and perfume, the insects see and wonder; they
fly around and around; they become bewli
dered with the -odors; they go nearer and sip;
then drink of the deadly poison; then drop
back, and down, until the ground is covered
with myriads of the Insect world. So to th
poor tempted mortal who reads of "get-rlch-QUlck"
schemes, of the only chance to invest
a hundred and make a thousand in a -week
of a special favor conferred, of permitting a
few gentlemen and ladles to secure stock oa
the ground floor, where a dollar will earn a
hundred in 30 minutes: where wheat, corn,
watered stocks, bonds and industrials will
yield fortunes to those who rush In and buy
while the bait is dangled and, alas! all go
to the bottom mentally, physically and finan
cially, and the old world goes on around. We
can account rationally for all their bad
breaks and Josses. But why the producer of
meat, who feeds the world, should be singled
out for financial destruction, is altogether
another proposition. Here Is where the great
combine classed the "packing kings" comes
In. We all concede they have made colossal
fortunes. We know they have converted the
old neighborhood slaughtering-house, with its
odors and nuisances, to gigantic abattoirs,
where the by-products are all saved, and every
ounce of the animal Is turned to a profit. We
producers have paid for the hundreds of mil
lions now represented by the "Big Four," so
called.
We commend their success, but we protest
against their gigantic monopoly they have
forced on the people of the whole country,
both the producer and the consumer. We pro
test against the withdrawal of open competi
tion in each and all of the great markets of
this country. In the agreement made every
day between the buyers of these houses.
We demand laws which will prevent dally
meetings of packers and their agents to arbi
trarily fix the prices to be paid on the hoof,
and also on the block. Every stockman In
this country is generous and willing to give
and take, but he certainly objects to giving
up the whole profit of the raising and feed,
ing of livestock to a merciless aggregation of
packing-house capitalists who by their ac
tions want the earth. It was these reasons
which- forced a large number of the biggest
producers to meet in Kansas City and or
ganize "the Independent Packing Company"
with a capital of $5,000,000. This stock is now
being sold all over the West. It will be man
aged by the producers for the purpose of kill
ing and marketing their own animals. They
have decided that they had better divide the
herd In the middle and raise half, and put the
other halt into a packing-house plant to kill
and market what they grow. In this or
ganization SI per cent of the stock Is to be
placed In escrow with the Continental Trust
Company of Denver, to prevent the control
ever passing from the men who subscribe and
own the stock. It is not intended to fight
anybody. It is to build additional packing
houses from the Pacific on east to aid the In
dustry, and create a wider buying market
for the livestock produced.
We advocate more markets and more packing-houses.
We insist on open and fair com
petition, we oppose combines and trusts as
being against good, healthy public policy, and
we commend the efforts of men who risk th'elr
fortunes in bettering the general condition of
labor throughout this broad land. We believe
there is room for all. and we hall all efforts
to build up both labor arid capital.
At the Kansas City convention I announced
that the National Historical Publication As
sociation bad been organized with a large
capital to, bring out the only authoritative
livestock encyclopedia and biographical work
of this country. A corps of trained writers
are scouring the country and the libraries for
all the historical data, while others are so
liciting leaders of the present to permit their
lives to be written and their likenesses hand
ed down in the great work. It has taken all
of 1003 and it will take all of 1904 to bring
out the first volume. The second will appear
in 1005 or sooner, and the prices have been
made reasonable considering tho labor and
expense involved. Let all do what they can
to make a conspicuous success of this big un.
dertaklng.
The Coming Tear.
Nineteen hundred and four will be mem
orable for the superb exhibitions to taks place
in St. Louis the World's Fair to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Pur
chaseand 1905 the Lewis and Clark exposition
at Portland, the anniversary of the discovery
and settlement of the Pacific Northwest by the
pioneers, Lewis and Clark. It -will pay any
one to take the time and spena the money to
witness these gigantic undertakings; the world
will look, on with unspeakable amazement at
the progress made In every department of hu
man endeavor by the descendants of the Pil
grim Fathers. You will never see anything
in your lifetime which will approach these
great fairs, and I urge every American stock
man to not only go yourselr. but to toko
your family and stay long enough to get a
complete education along every line, not least
of which will be the great livestock exhibits,
which will "bring together the cream of the
breeding from the confines of this domain.
Doubly, trebly fortunate, will bo the breeder
who leaves those grounds with a gold medal
won for excellency In breeding. Such a trophy
you can proudly hand down to your children
as a reward of patient, skillful effort to pro
duce the best. You can finally, my livestock
friends, do nothing better than to breed for
the first rank in every class, and then let
the world know by every sort of advertisement
In book, pamphlet, picture, cartoon, press and
bulletin board that it pays to own and' sell
the very highest Quality in horses, cattle,
sheep, hogs and goats.
I cannot step down from this exalted place
la which you have unanimously re-elected me
for seven years without saying that we all
owe a great debt of gratitude to the old pio
neers who have gone before. Where they
tolled and planted, we have succeeded to the
harvest, ilay we ever need tneir good aecas.
and point to their unselfish devotion to build,
lnc the pioneer homes of America.
We remember lovingly P. D. and Kirk Ar
mour. We miss Sterling Morton. We look
back to George and James Loving, of Texas,
who helped to make the "National" what it is.
Then Alexander Majors, over So years of age.
and F. A. Keener, and B. Frank Hunter, all
of Denver, who crossed the "Great Divide."
the latter two who stood as "Godfathers"
at the birth of the National Livestock Asso
ciation. I could mention these American
stockmen who have fallen by the score. I
would not forget the prince of entertainers,
Granville II. Walden. whom you will all re
member as the "chief" at our last congress,
although in the prime of life he was suddenly
called hence. Then there is another hero who
passed over December 3. 1803. while In the
midst of a great fight for your interests and
mine before the American Congress. I refer
to the beloved general counsel of the National
Livestock Association. Judge WlUam M.
Springer. You all learned to love him. and
his place will not easily be filled by any man
Uvlng.
With these general suggestions and words
of advice and admonition. I declare convened
the seventh annual convention of the National
Livestock Association of the United States.
GREET THE GUESTS
V - - -
Reception to Visitors at Com
mercial Club.
LARGE THRONG MAKES MERRY
Governor Chamberlain, Mayor Wil
liams and President Cake Re
ceive the Delegates of
Three Conventions'.
TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT.
8 to 5 P. M. Reception to visiting
ladies at the Portland Hotel.
8:00 P. M. "A Trip to Chinatown."
Guides will escort parties from the
various hotels. The Chinese fireworks
celebration will start at 8:30 P. il.
11:00 P. M. Smoker to visiting news
paper men by City Press Club.
A host of visitors, together with a host
of prominent residents of Portland, In
vaded the sometimes quiet precincts of
the Commercial Club a thousand strong
last night, -when the most brilliant pub
lic reception ever given in this city -was
accorded the delegates to the three con
ventions now In session. The visitors
began to arrive at 8 o'clock, and before
9 the large rooms -were crowded to their
utmost capacity. Every one seemed in
a particularly happy frame of mind, and
the visitors were received with such cor
diality by the ladles and gentlemen re
ceiving that they felt perfectly at ease
and enjoyed themselves most thoroughly.
Governor George E. Chamberlain,
Mayor George H. Williams and Mr. H.
M. Cake, president of the Commercial
Club, received the guests as they en
tered the mala salon. Groups of mem
bers and their wives were scattered
througflbut the room and to these, the
visitors were Introduced as they wended
their way through the spacious club
rooms. An orchestra of string music
played bright airs from the late operas,
and the bright glow of myriads of elec
tric lights and the shimmer of dainty
evening gowns worn by the receiving
ladies made the scene one long to be
remembered.
The new banquet hall of the club, which
was finished but Monday, was christened
at this reception, and never will It look
handsomer than. It did last night. The
walls and celling were decorated with
ropes of incandescent lights, while the
tables had trailing sprays of Southern
smllax with tiny little red, white and
blue electric lights gleaming among It
Rose pink carnations were the flowers
used, and great banks of these beautiful
blossoms were also Illuminated by the
colored lights. The menu served was
most sumptuous, and greatest praise is
due the committee on programme which
arranged the details of this successful
event. This committee is composed of
Mr. A. H. Devers, H. W. Goode, A. L.
Craig, Colonel James Jackson, George
Taylor, Jr. and C H. Mclsaac. A com
mittee of 23 club members extended the
hospitality of the club, and was busy In
troducing strangers all evening.
Mnnv nmmlnent out-of-town Tvonli
! were present, and representative Port
land society was out in force. In addi
tion to the wives of many prominent
club members, there were committees of
ladles from the various clubs of the city.
Mrs. Rose Hoyt, as chairman of the
general reception committee, was promi
nent among those receiving.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock, the visiting
ladles will bo accorded a reception at
the Portland Hotel, which Is expected
to be equally as brilliant as- the event
of last evening. The gentlemen will be
most welcome and the reception commit
tee extend them a cordial invitation to
be present Mrs. Walter Reed, Mrs.
W. A. T. Bushong. and Mr. Lauren
Pease will be the vocalists, and Miss
Cornelia Barker will give a number on
the violin.
Croup.
A reliable medicine and one that should
always be kept in the home for Imme
diate us is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It will prevent the attack if given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the crtupy cough appears. There
Is no danger la giving It to children for
it contains so opium or other harmful
drag. For sal bv all druggists.
TO VISIT CHINATOWN TONIGHT
Visitors Will Be Escorted by Guards
-Celestials to Explode Fireworks.
The trip through Chinatown tonight
promises to be one of the most interest
ing events of the week planned for the
entertainment of the visiting delegates.
All Chinatown is making great prepara
tion for the visit, and will be In gala
dress. Over $1000 has been expended In
fireworks, which will begin business
promptly at 8:30. Restaurants and stores
are to be Illuminated, and the children
are, to be dressed In the very choicest
of Oriental modes.
Sixteen members of Seld Back's com
pany of American-born Chinese will act
as guides for the visitors and will be at
the various hotels at 8 o'clock to start
with such parties as wish to go. Six will
bo at the Portland, and two each at the
Imperial, the Perkins, St. Charles, Bel
vedere and Esmond. People who live
where there Is no large Chinese element
will find this trip vrey Interesting and
should not fail to take advantage of It.
Portland's Chinese residents are much In
terested In tho event and are going to
great trouble and expense to" make a
good appearance before the strangers.
The Joss-houso will also be lighted up
and be open for inspection.
City Press Club Smoker Tonight.
The City Press Club will entertain the
visiting newspaper men at the Livestock
Convention by giving them a smoker In
the Old English dining-room at the Quelle
restaurant tonight. There will be music
and a vaudeville show and refreshments
will be served. In order to accommodate
those who are busy during the evening It
will not begin till li P. M. and will con
tinue for several hours. All visiting
newspaper men are invited. All of the
vaudeville theaters in the city, Including
Frits', Blaster's, Maze, "Winter Gardens,
the. Arcade and others have kindly do
nated talent, and a show of great ex
cellence will be given. Edward Shields,
who Is a member of the Press Club, will
arrange the programme. Graves & Co.
have donated the use of a piano.
THE SEA OR THE RIVER?
Question Astoria and Columbia River
Railroad Would Like Decided.
Whether the committee In charge of
the entertainment of the visiting live
stock men intends to send them for a
trip in a steamboat up the Columbia
River or In a train down to the sea
Is a matter, that the Astoria & Colum
bia River Railroad would like to see
decided.
"Naturally we would like to see the
delegates travel over our road to the
beach at Seaside," said. J. .C Mayo, gen
eral freight and passenger agent of the
road. "While we are anxious for the
success of the convention and that a
favorable Impression of Portland and
Oregon shall be oreatcd la the minds ot
the delegates, we stIU are forced to re
alize that we do not directly benefit
from the gathering as other roads do.
Therefore wo thought wo were doing
all that should be asked of us when
we made a half rate for the special
train of ten cars to carry the visitors.
"The regular charge would be $1000
for such an excursion, but I offered to
provide the tr.aln for $500, which seems
reasonable enough.
"From the delegates' standpoint I
think the trip to the sea is far the bet
ter of the two. Many of the visitors
are from the interior states and havo
never seen the ocean. Many more have
never seen the Pacific, and It sems a
pity that they should visit Portland
and be so close to the coast and still
not reach it."
GOODWORK OF C. J. MILLIS.
Active la Getting tho Convention and
Arranging Entertainment.
On6 of the men who Is doing- most to
make the meetings a success Is C. J.
Mlllis, general livestock agent of the O. R.
& N., and upon him has fallen a large por
tion of the work, of the executive commit
tee. Mr. Mlllis enjoys a wide acquain
tance among the visitors by reason of his
activity at meetings In urging Portland's
advantages as a. convention city. When,
the National Livestock Association met in
Chicago he made a fight for the next cont
ventlon single-handed and alone and lost
only by a narrow margin. Last year at
Kansas City he had charge of Portland's
successful campaign and made a national
reputation among livestock men as a man
ager. In the preliminary work of prepar
ing for the present convention Mr. Mlllis
has served as secretary of the local exe
cutive committee and has worked night
and day In that capacity.
NOW WEARS SOCKS
Jerry Simpson Says He Is
Out of Politics,
"Are You a Mason?" Next.
"Are Tou a MasonJ" will be seen in
thli cltyi at the Marquam Grand Thea-
January 1S-19. The play contains more
involved situations, bright lines and
witty retorts than most comedies of our
times, and has played to excellent busi
ness In all the large cities. The advance
sale of seats will open next Friday morning-
at 10 o'clock.
Florence' Roberts at the Marquam.
Tonight, at the Marquam Grand The
ater, Florence Roberts and her clever
company will be seen for the last time
In "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson," Tomor
row aight, "Sapho-"
"ONLY A GRAFT," HE SIGHS
Erstwhile - Kansas Statesman Raises
Cattle In New Mexico-He Favors
Leasing Public Range and
Fighting Beef Trust.
"Where is Jerry Simpson?" is the ques
tion which at least a dozen people were
asking as they sought the crowded lobby
of the Portland for the once sockless
statesman. It was reported that he might
be found in the vicinity of President John
W. Springer, for the two are bosom
friends and are generally found together.
But when that gentleman was asked the
question, he answered with a laugh:
"Oh, I could not tell you. He has gone
off with the wild bunch."
But ho had not On the contrary, he
was found In quiet, peaceful converse
with another cattleman. He has- for
saken politics and socklessness for cattle
growing at Roswell In the Pecos Valley
In New Mexico, and shuns politics like the
plague. One would never suspect the tall,
slim, gray-haired man with a merry
twinkle In his shrewd gray eyes was the
boisterous Populist politician and orator
who convulsed Kansas and Congress with
his wild flights. Time and the gradual ac
quisition of property have sobered him,
and though he has not abandoned some of
hla radical opinion?, he conflnes his talk
to the "shop" of the stock business.
"Most of the cattlemen in New Mexico
are holding over this Winter because the
price is low and they are in a position
financially to do so," said he to an Ore
gonian reporter. "The sheep industry is
growing and is now the principal one of
the territory, which stands third In tho
Union in the number of sheep. There are
no differences there regarding the range.
Cattle and sheepmen respect each other's
rights and generally each man owns a
water supply, for there are a great many
Spanish grants from which a man can
buy water. The forest reserves are on
the high ridges of the Rockies and the
only interest affected is the goats. They
are too high for water, so the sheepmen
do not care to range their flocks there.,r
"How do you think, the Government
should dispose of the range?"
"I have been m favor of the 'lease sys
tem, or. Government supervision of the
range In some way, in order to divide it.
The Idea of leaving the disposition of it
to the fellow that can shoot the straght
est and quickest won't do-"
"How about selling, it?"
Opposed to Selling Range.
"T am opposed to that plan, because it
would favor monopoly. No matter if you
gave the owners of adjoining property the
preference and limit the size of the tracts
sold to any one man, the range would
sson get Into the hands of a few men.
Homesteads were limited to 160 acres, but
that has not prevented the formation of
large ranches. Much of the land now In
cluded In the open range will be re
claimed under the Irrigation act, and, if
the Government were to sell the range
wholesale, this might be included and
thus Irrigation would be hindered. Where
ever you can make a home for the people,
I would be opposed to turning the land
over to cattle and sheep. Men come first.
But there are many million acres which
aro not fit for anything else, and some
not even for that."
"What should be Ion9 to get relief from
the beef trust?" '
Favors Fighting Beef Trust.
T am very much in favor of an Inde
pendent packing house, for I think It is
an opportunity to get relief. I have been
raising and selling: cattle for 3Q years
and I do not remember the time when
there was competition among the pack
ers. From the first tho packers wereso
few In number that they had the oppor
tunity to dictate the price. The fact 13
that live cattle are lower than they were
and dead cattle are higher and In be
tween the producer and the consumer
stands the packer, who takes the differ
ence. He dictates the price at both ends.
I do not think competition would hurt
the trust any, but all the cattlemen who
have stock In the independent packing
house will get back in dividends what
they have lost on the sale of their cattle,
while those who are on the outside will
be no better off. If the railroads give a
fair show In shipping the product we can.
buy as cheap and sell as dear as others.
It la a question f railroad discrimination,"
"What Is your opinion or tho anti
shoddy bill?"
"It seems a fair proposition to require
the shoddy men to sell their goods for
what they are."
"Do you ever talk politics now?"
Out of Politics-Wears Socks.
"No, I have reformed now. I am out
of politics and am wearing socks."
There were so many people around that
the reporter refrained from asking for a
view of those wonderful garments which
mark Mr. Simpson's transformation from
a wildly voluble Populist orator" to a
quiet, unassuming cattleman.
"Are you still a Populist?"
"I don't know what I am. I am a single
taxer, but I am not meddling with poli
tics. There is no money in it and not
much glory. Politics has come to be a.
graft now."
These last words were said in that
weary tone which intimates that the
speaker does not care a rap about tho
subject anyhow, and they wero a fit
ending.
FIGHT FOR EL PASO
GOVERNMENT PLAYS FAVORITES
Allows Cattle in Forest Reserves, but
Not Sheep. '
"The Government allows cattle on the
reserves in Colorado, but not sheep," said
M. K. Parsons, of Salt Lake, who has
extensive cattle Interests in both Colo
rado and Oregon. "The basis of the policy
is wrong for the officials of the reserves
play favorites. If the reserves are go
ing to be open, one man has as good a
right on them as another. The men.
whose holdings border on the reserves
havethe preference right, though they'
have not cattle or sheep, and the people
from outside cannot get in unless they
do It on another man's permit and pay
him for It. They are trading on the
Government, that's all.
"The head lorester should be allowed
to issue permits to the first comers up
to a certain limit. The cattlemen cannot
use them, unless they are near. There is
a good deal of land in the reserves which
has no timber, but It is high and brushy
and has been cut off. I suppose the tim
ber would grow again If protected. The
Government has been unfortunate In the
selection of the reserves, or there are
better forest areas than have been se
lected. An official has been In Colorado
the last year inspecting the land outside
the reserves and will report whether It
should be set aside.
"The range conditions In Colorado are
very good this year and we have never
had any trouble with the sheepmen for
years. Our holdings are In Rbutt, Rio
Blanco, Mesa and Delta Counties. The
sheepmen take a large section of country,
the cattlemen the rest and they keep
off one another's ranges.
"The sooner the Government gets out
of the land business the better. It should
grade the land and sell It for what It is
worth, giving the actual settlers in the
country the first right of purchase. A
settler on unsurveyed land has that right
in filing a homestead and stockmen
should have the same right in buying
grazing land.
"The livestock men of the United States
are chumps if they do not take hold of
the packing-house question and help
themselves. As It Is, we simply take
what we can get. When beef on the
hoof was worth S cents a pound, we bad
an investigation by the Government of the
beef packing monopoly, but now that the
price on the hoof has been almost cut
in two and there has been no decline in
the retail price, It Is pretty easy to see
who is getting the worst of It and we
need an investigation still more."
SENATOR WARREN DEPARTS.
President of Woolgrowers' Associa
tion Leaves for Washington.
Senator Francis E. Warren, who was
re-elected president of the National
Woolgrowers yesterday, left last even
ing for Washington. He was much dis
appointed that he was unable to remain
through the week, but press of Congres
sional business made his return to the
Capital imperative.
"We had a great meeting. A most
successful and satisfactory meeting, and
one which will be productive of much
good," said the Senator, just before tak
ing the train.
"Tour city lias entertained us nicely,
and I think we are all glad that we
came here for our sessions. The attend
ance was not quite what we expected,
but the Interest manifested by those who
came and the high character of the ad
dresses and papers which the convention
listened to make It one of the most not
able ones in the organization's history.
I feel deeply grateful for the honor done
me in unanimously re-electing me to the
presidency of the association and will
devote myself to its interests In the .fu
ture, as I have endeavored to do here
tofore. There's a busy session of Con
gress on, and I am Jburdened with work
In Washington, otherwise I should enjoy
remaining through the week."
Belated Texan Delegation
Arrives.
OUT FOR NEXT CONVENTION
Oreg-oa Kidney Tea U prepared without
alcohol, which is Injurious la kidney and blad
der diseases.
Chapter of Accidents Sets Plans Awry
but the Boomers of the Western
Texas Metropolis Are De
termined to Win.
Fifteen Texans as mad as a, Texas steet
arrived in the city about 6 o'clock last
night. They compose the El Paso dele
gation, which has come to boom the me
tropolis of Western Texas for the next
pnnvontlnn Vm f o rinnt-fT- nf nnir?fnt
"has set their .plans all awry.
They are: H. P. Noake, a leading man-
ufacturer, who Is the representative of tha
Chamber of Commerce and chairman of
the delegation; T. R." Jones, vice-president
and secretary of the El Paso Union
Stock Yards Company, known to hla
friends as "Dory" Jones; W. B. Latta, a
real estate man, who represents the El
Paso Evening News; C. M. Newman, E.
M. Bray, J. W. Fisher, A. Courchesne,
J. F. Williams. R. C. Loomls, B. F. Ham
in ett, J. H. Nations, J. H. Russell, T. J.
Klmberlln, C. H. Bean and G. P. Robin
son. C. B. Irwin and E. C. Hauten, who
are also booming El Paso, came ahead
of them.
"We started from El Paso on Friday
night and expected to get here last night,"
said Mr, Latta, "coming over the Santa
Fe to Denver and thence oyer the Union
Pacific, Oregon Short Line and O. R. Ss
N. We ran through deep snow nearly
all the way, and that threw us behind,
so that we arrived in Denver two or three
hours late, and missed connections withi
the Union Pacific train. Wo had to stay
there 12 hours, from Sunday morning till
Sunday night, and have been in trouble
ever since. We had a difficulty about oun
berths on the sleeper and lost all our
souvenir badges, which consisted of Mex-
icon coins, as weu as a lot ox rauuib'
matter. These things must have been
left in the depot at Denver, and we havo
telegraphed back for them.
In the Fight to Win.
"But we are going to win, just tha
same. We shall have new badges made
tomorrow and go right to work. Our
motto is 'Sunshine in January,' tor wo
shall have sunshine 366 days this year.
All roads lead to El Paso,. and It is tho
chief gateway to Mexico. Eight trunk;
lines of railroad lead there and two
new ones are being built, one from Du
rango, Colo., and the Burlington from.
St. Louis. We Just completed a census
last week and have 40,000 people, a
gain of 10,000 in the last three years,
while across the Rio Grande in Mexico
is Ciudad Juarez with about 15.000 in
habitants. That city has Just complet
ed the finest bull ring in Mexico. Wo
have ono of the largest smelters In tha
United States probably the largest, for
it has just been rebuilt after a fire and
enlarged and have great undeveloped
mining resources in the surrounding
country. We have a fine streetcar sys
tem, owned by Stone & Webster, who
owns the Seattle system. El Paso means
'the pass, and Is so called because it
is just at the head of the old wagon
road before It enters the mountains.
"El Paso Is the center of the only
breeding range left on the American
continent. Mexico being the best mar
ket for thoroughbred and high-grade
stock. Land In Mexico can be bought
In large or small tracts and is worth
the money. v31 Paso is the chief point
of entry into ' Northern Mexico and is
the railroad center of Texas, only 11
cities In the United States having mora
railroads. It is tho commercial center
of Western Texas. -
"If tho convention comes, we shall
endeavor to give'it an excursion over
the Mexican Central Railroad to ChJ
huahua and beyond, that the delegates
may seo the center of the state of Chi
huahua as a cattle range. We will also
give an excursion over the Rio Grando
& Sierra Madre Railroad to Western
Chihuahua, that they may see tho peo
ple and the range. The largest cattle
company on the continent is In that
state. Don Luis Terrazas, Governor of
the state, owns 6.000.000 acres and
brands over 150,000 calves and marks
about 200,000 lambs a year. Next is the
Corralltos Cattle Company, organized
by Americans, which owns atout 100,
000 cattle. You scan travel all day on
the railroad without going off Governor
Terrazas' land."