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12 THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1904. LOOKS INTO TRUSTS Work Done by Department of Commerce and Labor. METGALF makes his report Federal Control of Insurance Rates, Trade Conditions at Home and Abroad, Immigration and Shipping Treated. WASHINGTON, Dec 1L That Investi gation of-the "trusts" Is being carried on Is shown by the annual report of the Sec retary of Commerce and Labor, which will be made public tomorrow. Referring to the work of the Bureau of Corporations, Secretary Metcalf says: "For the purpose of ascertaining and presenting in available form the legal con ditions under which corporate business Is being carried on in the various states material obtained from 30 states has been compiled and tabulated. In each of these states, with regard io all the more im portant corporations organized in the state and engaged in interstate or for eign commerce, typical either of the etate's industries, or of its laws, every paper or document flled or recorded con corning each corporation was examined separately, and all information relating to each corporation disclosed by the offi cial records has been collected and com- i piled. There have been thus far examined Land abstracted the records of over IsOO corporations, which include the larger part of the more important industrial and commercial corporations, joint-stock com panies, and corporate combinations in the United States. "At the same time there has been col lected the fullest possible Information concerning the various systems of cor porate taxation in use; whenever pos sible, there have been obtained state ments, reports, or returns of the more Im portant corporations; and, in addition, there has been obtained a complete list of the foreign corporations admitted to do business in the particular state, this rec ord showing the name, capital stock, and homo state of each corporation. This rec ord furnishes a convenient clew to cor porations engaged in interstate commerce. "The compilation on a uniform outline of insurance laws has been undertaken and completed in ten states. The bureau has been In communication with the in surance officials of all the states, and its agents have conferred with representa tives of a large number of insurance com panies, officers of boards of underwriters, and Insurance agents, for the purpose of obtaining the best information possible upon both the legal and the business side of insurance. Federal Insurance Regulation. "Federal control or regulation of Insur ance raises at the outset the question whether insurance in any of Its forms Is Interstate commerce. The decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States have established the legal proposition that Are. life and marine insurance, in the forms presented to the court, are not interstate commerce. If this proposition be irrevo cably settled, the powers of the Commis sioner of Corporations in reference to in surance are merely to collect and compile such statistics and information as may be voluntarily furnished to him. It would be useless to simply duplicate the statistics already obtained by various state insur ance officers. "The rapid development of Insurance business, its extent, the enormous amount of money and the diversity of interests in volved, and the present business methods suggest that, under existing conditions, insurance Is commerce, and may be sub jected to Federal regulation through af firmative action by Congress. The whole question is receiving the most careful consideration upon both legal and eco nomic grounds. "For the purpose of laying the founda tion upon which direct investigations of special corporations can be intelligently conducted, the bureau has compiled, from sources other than the corporations them selves, all available information regard ing certain leading combinations. From a careful analysis of this material It has been possible to form preliminary judg ments regarding the economic and finan cial practices and effects of combinations in general, and to determine the lines of further special inquiry- On the basis of this general study preliminary outlines .of inquiries to be addressed directly to the companies are being prepared. "The results of the Investigation of the beef industry, authorized by resolution of Congress, will be made the subject of a special report. Special Investigations. "In the estimates I have included a pro vision for an appropriation to be. expended under the Immediate direction of the Sec retary for the investigation of trade con ditions at home and abroad, with the ob ject of promoting domestic and foreign commerce of the United States, and for other purposesl In addition to the main purpose the appropriation is needed also for other purposes.' It Is of the utmost importance that a fund be available for expenditure under the immediate direction of the Secretary for the employment of special agents for the Inspection and ex amination of the services of the depart ment ' "Money appropriated for contingent ex penses, or for a special or general purpose, cannot be used for official or clerical com pensation, and executive officers are pro hibited from employing help beyond pro vision made by law. Usually the annual appropriations are barely sufficient to enable the bureaus and offices to dispose of routine work, and provision Is seldom. It ever, made for emergency work. The situation which arose in connection with the General Slocum disaster is-in point. In that Instance the department had no funds which could lawfully be used to provide cither for a relnspectlon of the passenger steamers in the port of New York or for a general Investigation of the service. Yet both the inspection and the Investigation were necessary- "On November 10, 1904. there were In the department 9,210 regular positions. Of these 1.812 were specifically authorized by law. and 7.39S were provided for under general appropriations that do not create specific positions. "Work done by the Bureau of Fisheries Includes one and one-quarter billions of fish distributed in fresh and salt water, an output which has been equaled by that of on.y a single previous sesason (1902). The conditions attending the hatching of euch a largo number of fishes necessitate the planting of most of them In the form of fry, but Increased attention has been given to the rearing of important species, and the output of the adult, yearling, and fingerling fish was nearly 50 per cent larger than in any previous year. "An industry pursued Incidentally with that of sealing on the Prlollof Islands is that of raising the blue fox for its pelt. These animals, under the system in use, are fed and cared for as if domesticated. The foxing industry Is carried on under a lease with the sealing company. Last "Winter 471 skins were taken on St. George Island. The proceeds of the skins are ap plied to the support of the native inhab itants, whose services are availed of in the taking and curing of the pelts. Passing of Sailing Ships. "The Commissioner of Navigation re ports that the documented merchant shipping of the United States at the end of the fiscal year comprised 24,555 vessels of 6.291,535 gross tons, the largest tonnage in our history. Less than one-sixth of this tonnage is registered for foreign trade. During the past four years, how ever, our registered steam tonnage has In creased 212,314 gross tons, while our regis tered sail tonnage has decreased 140,740 gross tons. American shipping in foreign trade has thus become more efficient, and in the past fiscal year American ships car ried 10.3 per cent of our exports and Im ports, compared with 9.3 per cent in the year ended June 30, 1900. "For the first time since 1812 a fiscal year has passed without the completion of a single square-rigged vessel in the United States. The United States shares in the general decline of sailing vessels, and the opportunities for their employment in" the foreign trade grow steadily less. The completion of the Panama Canal will greatly curtail even present opportunities. Statistics of immigration. The important work of the Bureau of Immigration Is fully and ably con sidered by the Commissioner-General of Immigration In his report for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1904. The statements, tables and statistics sub mitted by him show that for the year the total arrivals of aliens at ports of the United States was S12.870, exclusive of 27,844 admitted for the purpose of passing through the United States to foreign territory. Of these arrivals 30,374 entered through ports of Can ada. 10,742 entered ports of the insular possessions of the United States other than thoBe of the Philippine Islands, and 771,754 were admitted at seaports of the United States. More than one half of the entire immigration was composed of the Italian. Hebrew, Pol ish, Slovak and Magyar races. There were decreases in arrivals of 37.326 from Italy, 28,885 from Austria-Hungary and 5704 from Japan. There was an Increase of 18,643 from Great Brit ain, and approximately of 100 per cent from China. Tho records show 3953 as able to read but not to write, and 168,903 as illiterate, leaving a re mainder of 640,014 who, it is asumed. could both read and write. The total amount of money shown by the ar rivals was $20,894,383, or about four and one-half millions more than the aggregate amount brought by the larger number of alien arrivals of the preceding year. There are confined in public and pri vate charitable, penal and reformatory institutions in this country a total of 44,985 aliens; of these, 20,485 are in in sane asylums, 9825 are confined for the commission of crimes, and 14,675 are dependents upward of 25,000 of these aliens will be confined for life. "Signal success has marked the ad ministration of the Chinese exclusion laws during the year. This is especial ly true in relation to the enforcement of the law along the Canadian boun dary. An agreement has been reached whereby the transportation lines de liver directly Into the hands of the United States officers for examination Chinese brought by them through Can ada to the United States. If rejected they are returned to China at the ex pense of the companies. "By authority of the act of April 29, 1902. the Department promulgated reg ulations admitting Chinese to take part In the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, their departure at the close of the ex position being assured under bonds in the penalty of $500 in each case. These regulations of the Department have been improperly charged with exclud ing merchant exhibitors or visitors. At tention is called to the fact that the regulations relate to laborers only, and do not exclude merchant exhibitors or visitors. The law and the treaty se cures to visitors and merchants tho right to enter at all times. Alien Legislation Required. "New legislation is again recommended. Provision should be made for the distri bution of aliens in accordance with views heretofore expressed by this department; for the physical inspection of aliens by officers of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service stationed at the ports of foreign embarkation; for the establishing of a moral and manual standard for ad missible aliens; for the compilation of data In regard to the annual departures of aliens from the United States; for the reg istration of all Chinese lawfully resident in the United States at this time, thus fur nishing them with certificates which will afford them immunity from arrest, and for placing restrictions on the right of judicial officers to release Chinese persons on bail. "It is also recommended that a treaty arrangement be made which will author ize the location In China of department officers to discharge duties now performed by American Consular officers. The effect of this would be to transfer the investi gation, now conducted in part at ports of arrival, to the' homes of Chinese appli cants In China, where it should be possi ble to make such examination as would establish conclusively the status of any applicant This would leave for determi nation upon arrival at a port of the United States only the Identity of any examined Chinaman with the person de scribed in the certificate presented by him." Disasters at Sea. The number of lives lost from various causes during the fiscal year, as shown by the record of the Steamboat Inspection Service, was 1303; but the number of acci dents was fewer; the great loss of life being due principally to six disasters, namely, the stranding of the steamer South Portland, on Cape Blanco. Oregon, on October 19, 1903, by which 19 lives were lost; the foundering of the steamer Dis covery off tbet southeastern coast of Alas ka, about November 1. 1903, with a loss of 30 lives; the foundering of the steamer Clallam in the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, on January 8, 1904, by which 50 lives were lost; the fire on board the steamer Queen, off the coast of Oregon, on Feb ruary 27, 1904, when the lives of 14, who embarked In the lifeboats, were lost by the staving and capsizing of tho boats; the explosion of the boilers in the steamer Fred Wilson, at Louisville, Ky., on May 26, 1904, with a loss of 11 lives; and tho burning of the steamer General Slocum in East River, New York, on June 15, 1904, by which disaster 957 persons perished. The Director of the Census recommends that the Government shall compile and publish the names of the heads of families in the original Thirteen States as returned at the census of 1790, and expresses the opinion that this material would occupy about 2500 printed pages, or two volumes, of which an edition of 5000 copies would not exceed $35,000 in cost. He believes that much of this expenditure would be repaid to the Treasury by the sale of this work, which la much in demand by patriotic organizations and individuals. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Dec. 11. Arrived down at 2 A. it. and sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer P. H. Kllburn. for San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 0 P. M-, rouch; wind southeast; weather cloudy, with rain. San Francisco, Dec. 11. Sailed at noon Steamer Aurella, for Portland. Arrived Steamer Homer, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Shasta, from Belllnsham; steamer Asuncion, from Seattle. Sailed Steamer City of Puebla, for Pupet Sound; schooner Spokane, for Port Gamble: steamer Amelia, for Astoria; schooner David Evans, for Everett. New York, Dec J1- Sailed Minnehaha, for Southampton and London; Germania, for Mar seilles and Naples. Liverpool. Dec. 11. Arrived Ivemla, from Boston, via Queenstown. Glasgow, Dec. 10. Sailed Ethiopia, for New York, via Movllle, and sailed from latter port December II. Queenstown, Dec 11. Sailed Umbria, from Liverpool for New York. Heavy Fire Loss at Rochester. ROCHESTER, N. Y Dec. 11. The Roby building, at Main West and Elizabeth, was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is $210,000. The building was valued at 560.030. The Vanberg Silver Plate Com pany lost $100,000. with an insurance of $150,000. The Hayden Furniture Company lost $50,000, Insured. GRAKDLATttl) EYELIDS. Murine Eye Remedy cures this and other Eyo troubles, makes weak eyes strong. REFORMER IS HERE Jacob Riis Arrives to Lecture In Portland, SAYS HE ADORES THE WEST One-Time Police Reporter on New York Paper Says There Is Plenty of Room to Live and Good Air to Breathe In Oregon. There is a name written on the register of the Hotel Portland today which zig zags up and down In funny fashion, but which, deciphered, reads "Jacob A. RHs, New York." The author of "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen," and of "The Making of an American?" and half a jacob dozen other books Is here, and this even ing will deliver a lecture oh "The Battle With the Slum." Mr. Riis is a gray-headed man, rapid of voice and with keen blue eyes which peer out at you through his glasses shrewdly. In conversation he Is enthu siastic and gesticulates with all the free dom of the Spaniard, though In fact he Is a native of Denmark and by habit a resident of New York. Last night he sat studying a time table while an unopened telegram lay unheeded in his lap. At last he opened the envelope and a half worrled, half-amused smile came Into the eyes of the author. "There." he said, extending the tele gram, which proved to be an urgent in vitation from a woman's club In Oak land asking Mr. Riis to set a date when he would be entertained by the California organization. "There Is something that I run from, but something that I cannot get away from. I don't like them, though they are tendered in all kind ness. I have escaped up to this time all but three, and I guess I cannot get away from those," and the man of letters smiled a sad, tired smile. It was ventured that such things fig ured prominently. In the time of the lec turer. "My correspondence has taken half of my time for years," was the response. "When President Roosevelt was re-elected I was flooded with congratulatory let ters and telegrams from those who knew that I thought so much of the President, It is the same in all things. I am deluged with letters asking advice and treating on all sorts of subjects." Mr. Riis was for 23 years the police reporter on the New York Sun, and it' was while In this position that he came to have that Insight into the conditions of New York City which made him so successful In his fight against the evils of the slum district and which enabled him to effect such a great change in the lowly life of the great city. The visitor is of the opinion that Portland will have the slum question to deal with more and more as the city grows, for the reason that there are miners and sailors con tinually coming Into the city, while it is at the gates of the Klondike. The gam bling fever has been left by the passing of the frontiersmen, and It will take time to regulate all the conditions. But it is the climate, the country, the opportunities and the mountains, particu larly the mountains, that appeal to the mind of the visitor. "I never saw a mountain higher than 000 feet until last February, when I came as far as the Rockies," he said. "I always had heard of the Jealousy of Ta coma and Seattle over Mount Rainier, or Tacoma. and wondered at It, but since seeing the mountain I do not blame the people for being Jealous. And I want to say that I think Tacoma has the best of the argument." Unlike most people, Mr. RHs thinks that the people of the East should come to see the Lewis and Clark Fair, not for the good It would do Portland, but for the education It would be to the East. "The people of the East have a vague idea about the. wildness of the West," said the visitor. "Several years ago the people of Fargo, N. D., wrote me. ask ing that I come to the city to deliver a lecture. I had an Idea that the town was a wild one, where the people lived in queer houses, and I was Indignant and wrote back that I would do nothing of the kind. Somebody sent me a picture of he university they have there," and the author laughed heartily at the recol lection. "Don't you go East," he continued. "This is the place for a young man, and I wish that I had the chance to grow up here with the country. I have one boy now In San Francisco, and another one In Salt Lake, and if I can have any thing to do with it I think they will be up here In a very short time." "Tho expanse of the country, the op portunity and the room for growth are wonderful. I had no Idea that the coun try was sc big. If I had my say. instead of passing a law making the ability to read and write "a test of franchise, I would pass a law making It obligatory on every man. before he could hold a Congressional 6fHce, to make a trip over the United States North. South', East and West The people In one part of the country have no idea what is to be found in the other." ' Mr. Riis will leave in the morning for Seattle, where he will deliver a lecture. He will then return to Portland and go from here to San Francisco, where he has some dates to fill. He hopes to be able to visit Portland during the Fair, as he is not satisfied with the length of time spent In Oregon. THE EEW DEM0CEACY. Its Tendency to Be More Towards Socialism. Springfield (Mass.) Union. It is not imagined, even by most enthusiastic Republicans, that the extraordinary power they have evinced In the recent contest will remain uncontested. The human mind Is turn ing Incessantly from one object of Interest to another. "Whether anything caa be done with the Democratic party or through it la matter of uncertainty: but It Is certain that the So cialists believe they are to have the next turn at the leadership of the opposition to the now powerful Republican party. Between Socialists and Populists there is much in common; and the radical element of the Democratic party has much In common with both. Able leader ship may bring all these forces together; and a. nns. It might attract, moreover, a' considerable body of those who recently have acted with the Republicans. Portland Oregonian. In New York City Tuesday evening President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton University, at the annual dinner of the Virginians, called upon the Democratic party of the South to demand a rehabili tation of the party on the old lines the lines that can restore it to dignity and power. He declared emphatically for the casting out of the Bryan elemant, the Populists, the Socialists and the radicals. He demanded a return of the leaders who honored the party before the upheaval of ISSfi. But President Wilson to the contrary. The Oregonian has outlined the make-up of the party that most likely will be found in opposition to the Republican party in 190S. As the Union has fre quently pointed out, It was the radicals who were virtually In control at St. Louis. They showed their power when they killed the gold plank in the platform. They permitted the nomination of Parker, a conservative, because with Bryan as leader the radicals--hud twice tried and failed. Now the conservatives have tried and have made the most monumental failure in the country's history. The con servatives were given full sway. Tho radicals even permitted Parker's gold tele gram to become practically the party's platform. Bryan stumped the country for Parker almost as vigorously as he had stumped It for himself. We look for a radical Democratic party, and we expsct a third party. President Wilson, Cleveland. Shepard. Olney and Charles Sumner Hamlin, of Massachusetts; the Belmonts and thou sands of others who have been leaders In the past fsel that they cannot agree with the principles of the Republican party, and they will not bow to the radicals any more than they would In 1S96. They will, we believe, have a party that stands for tariff revision and anti-imperialism and civil service reform. And If they conduct a vigorous campaign they will split the solid South. Meanwhile, we expect to see all the elements referred to in The Ore gonian united in the Democratic party. Weppner Remains as Cashier. BUFFALO. N. Y., Dec 11. The follow ing statement was issued by S. M. Clem ent, chairman of the Buffalo .banks clear ing committee, on the affairs of the German-American Bank: "At a meeting this evening of the German-American Bank, Edward Weppner was elected cashier, to resume hl3 duties in the capacity at once, and Michael Delaney was elected a director in place of John G. Wlckser, resigned. "This action on the part of the board has been taken at the suggestion of the Buffalo clearing-house committee, and has its unanimous approval as a part of the committee's plan for the reorganiza tion of the bank." There had been some opposition to the return of Cashier Weppner, but the men behind it acquiesced finally in his selec tion. Keg of Nails on Track. Police Officer Adams, who has a beat six miles square, found a keg of spikes on the track of the St. Johns car at Arbor Lodge at 7:30 last evening. There was no Indication as to how the keg came thore. The St. Johns cars travel fast through this portion of the country, and a serious accident would probably have resulted If a car had struck It. Canal Season Is Ended. OGDENSBURG. N. Y., Dec. 11. Naviga tion throughout ths St. Lawrence canal closed yesterday; The vessels this year averaged larger, and brought the total tonnage up to about last year's figures. Rube Says He Was Touched. Kattie Gray, an Inmate of a house of ill fame at 260 Flanders street, was ar rested last evening, accused of robbing Rube Johnson of $20. THE DEFICIT IS GREAT (Continued from First Page.) fiscal year, ending June 30, 1906, Is $76, 923,500, or 3.43 per cent more than the ap propriations for the current fiscal year. "The net cost of the foreign mall service last year was $2,516,053.06. "There were no extensions of the ocean mall contract service during the year. The contracts previously executed con tinued In force, there being seven routes with an annual expenditure of Jl,4io,13S. "It Is obviously to the interest both of the public and the Department to have as few rates as possible, and these so simplified as to be readily understood. To that end It Is recommended that the third and fourth classes of mall matter should be consolidated at the rate now proscribed by law for matter of the third class, namely, 1 cent for each -two ounces, the present rate for fourth-class mall matter being 1 cent per ounce. "Such a consolidation would have little effect upon the revenues, because fourth class matter is estimated" to be only about 4 per cent of all the mall matter handled, and a certain part of it is al ready accepted at the third-class rate under the act of July 24, 1SS8. Cheapen ing the rate will undoubtedly Increase the amount of fourth-class mall trans mitted, and It Is estimated that double the present amount of fourth-class mall matter can be handled without any ap preciable additional expense to the serv ice In the way of clerical force, trans portation, etc. Rural Free Delivery. "During the fiscal year there were es tablished 9447 routes, making a total of 24,566 routes In operation on June 30, 1S04. The growth of the service- is, in a meas ure, shown by the following table: Appro- Routes prlation. In operation. 1807 .. $ 40,000 44 100 450.000 1.276 103 8.054,400 15.110 1004 12,021.700 24.566 "On July 1, 1903, the number of petitions for rural service pending was 11,700. Of thl3 number 2397 were reported on, but had not been established at the close of the fiscal year. There were 7.S42 cases made up for Investlgtion during the past fiscal year, making 17,145 cases In all. During the year 11,630 cases were reported on 67S0 favorably and 45S0 adversely, leaving 5516 petitions pending on June 30, 1904. Of this number there were 764 cases reported on and awaiting action on that date." Prior to July 1; 1904. says the Postmaster-General, tho maximum salaries paid to rural carriers was $600 per annum. Congress, in making the approplatlon for the current fiscal year, restricted the express package privilege and fixed the maximum salary at $720. "In view of the necessary inequality of routes and of the great complaints of carriers having routes 25 to 30 miles In length that they were given no greater compensation than those on routes of 20 and 21 miles. It was deemed advisable to readjust the schedule of salaries. Thl3 was also necessary In connection with the increased maximum salary- Inas much as about one-half of the routes Iir operation June 30, 190-1, were 24 miles and more in length, and as 24 miles Is about the avernge length of routes, It was thought equitable that the standard route be fixed at 24, instead of 20 miles, as heretofore, the maximum salary to be paid to carriers on routes of that length or over. With this basis the rate per mile per annum would be $30, but giving due consideration to the cost of the car riers equipment, it was thought a lib eral allowance should be made, and only $18 per mile was deducted for each mile less than 24. "All carriers who were appointed prior to July 1. 1904, and who were entitled to the maximum pay under the schedule that was- in operation at the time of their appointment, were allowed the maximum pay under the new schedule. But the compensation of all carriers ap pointed after July 1. 1904. has been fixed according to the schedule which became effective on that date. "Complaint Is made that to fix the com pensation on a mileage basis is not equitable. Inasmuch as the condition of the roads varies in different parts of the country, according to the soil and topography of the locality. But these conditions also vary In given localities. To attempt to consider these conditions In fixing the salary of the carrier wouM preclude any general system and neces sitate not only a separate schedule for different localities but variations In the same localities, which Is wholly Imprac ticable with so large a force of carrlere coveting so vast an area. It Is also urged that the quantity of mall handled should be considered, but It Is generally tho case that the carrier who has a large quantity of mail to handle travels In a thickly populated locality where the roads are usually good. So that, consid ering the service as a whole, the mileage basis Is by far the most equitable that can be established. "The carriers In the North must con tend with the cold and snow, while those In the South must struggle with the sand and Summer heat, and In the West and Southwest with the black mud during the rainy seasons. This service Is of such a character that exact equality of com pensation for service rendered is not practicable. Rural Business Transacted. "From the reports of rural carriers, who are required to keep a count of the mall of all classes handled and the amount of cancellations on mall collected by them, statistics showing the amount of busi ness transacted on rural routes have been compiled. The number of pieces of mall delivered on rural routes throughout tho United States during the past fiscal year aggregated 906,424.121. "The average number of pieces of mail delivered per carrier monthly on routes throughout tho United States was as fol lows: Registered letters and packages, 1.8; letters and postal cards. 874.3: news papers, circulars and packages, 2830, a to tal of 3706.1. "The average number of pieces of mail collected monthly per route In the United States was: Registered letters and pack ages, 1.8; letters and postal cards, 513; newspapers, circulars and packages, 29.2, a total of 544. "The number of pieces of mall collected during the fiscal year was 133,OS3,35L The value of stamps canceled on mall col lected by rural carriers amounted to $2,601,815.28. and the pay of the carriers lor that period aggregated $12,122,725.25. "The average monthly cancellations per route throughout the United States were GROWING UP There's something the mat-j ter with the child that fails to grow up. A child that grows up too much, however, without proper filling out of flesh, is almost as badly off. Nothing will help these pale, thin "weedy" children like Scott's Emulsion. It supplies the rounding out of flesh and the rich inward nourishment of blood and vital organs which insures.- rapid growth a healthy and uniform development $10.64, and the average pay of the carriers was $49.54. New Postage Rate Needed. "With the establishment of rural mail delivery, and the Increasing extension of rural telephone service by private inter ests, there has grown up a demand by the patrons of the rural service for the delivery of small packages of merchan dise such n foodstuffs, tobacco, dry goods, drugs, etc., on an order to the local merchant by postal cam, teiepnone or otherwise. The value of these pack ages of merchandise is usually small and the present rate of postage of 1 cent per ounce Is practically prohibitive. The patron or merchant cannot afford to pay 16 cents for the delivery of a pound of coffee or tobacco, or similar article, but If a special rate were established on such matter from the distributing office for delivery to any patron on the rural routes from that office it would be a great con venience to the patrons and become a source of revenue to the department. "It is therefore recommended for the consideration of Congress that a rate of 3 cents per pound, or any fractional part thereof, be authorized for packages of books or merchandise, not exceeding five pounds, mailed at the distributing post office of any rural free-delivery- route for deliver" to a patron on said route. This rate should apply only to packages de posited at the local postoffice for delivery to patrons on routes emanating from that office and not to mall transmitted from one office to another." In recommending a penalty for sending destructive matter through the malls, the Postmaster-General says that live taran tulas, snakes and scorpions, loaded re volvers, and other explosives are con tinually Intercepted In the malls and con signed to the Dead-Letter Office Museum. "Since the last annual report pneumatic tube mail service has been Installed In Chicago and St. Louis. Prior thereto It had been begun In Boston. New Tork. Brooklyn and Philadelphia. The full serv ice contemplated by the contract Is now In operation in Boston, but not In the other cities named. No extensions were made last year In New York or Philadel phia. The service which was in opera tion on June 30 last covered 15.125 miles of double tubes, at an annual rate of ex penditure qf $218v470.21.'' Catholic Order at La Grande. LA GRANDE. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) La Grande entertained nearly 200 men today, gathered from different part3 of Oregon, Walla Walla and other points, members of the Catholic Order Knights of Columbus, for the purpose of organiz ing a lodge in La Grande. Territorial Deputy Ben L. Norden. of Portland, Is here and the degree work of the new council was carried out by the Baker City council, which order has recently been equipped with paraphernalia, cost ing, nearly $500. Forty were initiated into the order in La Grande today, and it was one of the biggest events of tho kind ever In the city and all Eastern Oregon. A grand banquet Is being served for all members of the order tonight. All visiting Knights will leave for their respective homes Monday. Racing Careers Ended. The great trotting mare Fereno. 2:054. and the only performer, aside from Grace Bond, that ever won the 2 and 3-year-old renewal of the Kentucky Futurity, and Ozanam, 2:07. the Transylvania winner of 1902, when she defeated the now champion trotting gelding, Major Delmar, will both end their racing careers at the end of this reason and be retired to the stud at Wal nut Hill farm. Fereno will be bred to Walnut Hall. 2:07. and It will be the first time on record that a colt and filly win ner of the 2-year-old Futurity were ever mated together. Ozanam will bo bred to Moko, the sire of Fereno. When these two mares are retired. Walnut Hill farm will have the distinction of having in the stud the two fastest race record mares at one time in the breeding ranks of any trotting establishment In Kentucky. Newberg Orator Is Chosen. RICHMOND. Ind.. Dec. 11. (Special.) A. J. Kramlen. of Newberg, Or., has been chosen to represent Earlham College In the state oratorical contest. Pears' Don't simply "get a cake of soap' Get good soap. Ask for Pears' and you have pure soap. Then bathing will mean more than mere cleanliness; it will he luxury at trifling cost Sales increasing since 1789. Humors Cured with fiarSna Soap, SlclnHealth (oint ment) and SkJnllenlth. Tablets. A poil tlTc and speedy core for every ltchln?, bnmlnr, scaly, bleeding, crusted, pimply and blotchy humor, with loss of hair. Produces clear, bril liant, healthy skin and pore, rich, red blood. GKINHEALTMJ Treatment 75o consists of Harflna Soap, 25c.,medlcated,antl septic; SlcinHealtb.(oint.).20c..tolcM germs, heal the akin, and SUlnllealth. Tablets, 25c, to expel hmnor terms. All druggists. Harflna. Soap for the Complexion, for pimples, blackheads, redness, roughness, chat lntr. chapping-, rough bands. Nothing trill glr such a speedy cure. 25c; 3 cakes, 05c. Bond 5c postage for Free Samples an4 booklets to PHILO HAY CO.. NEWAH.K. N. J. . WOODAKD, CLARICE fc CO., Fourth and Washlastoa. ECZEMA The Terrible Sklrr Scourge 1 Itching. Burning Bleeding, Wesp!n& Crusting, Selling. Uttle babies most afflicted. No sleep, no mtfro-fl burning. Itching. Hopeless mothers worn out wlta weary watching. There Is a. quiet, posltlTO cure la SKIN HEALTH "JFC TREATMENT DC. Consists of Harfin Soap, medicated, antisep tic: SUlnliealth, (olnt.), to kill humor -Terms, fccal the skin and atop-ltchlng. and Sklnhealttt Tablets, to expel humor germs. MULTI TUDES OFMOTHERSrelyonSIrfnbeaHIs. treatment -with Harflna Soap for Immediately relieving and quickly curfnr all kinds of distress ing humors from Infancy to old age. for beauti fying tho akla and hair, soothing all irritations gad for many antiseptic uses. Druggists. WOODARD, CLARKE &. CO., Fourth and Wnshlasrton. PREE LAND IN OREGON in the richest grain, fruit and stock section in the world. ThoTisands of acres of land at actual cote of irrigation. Deed direct from State of Oregon. WRITE TO-DAY. BOOKLET and MAP FREE. Deschutes Irrigation and Power Com ftnjt6i 0-1 1-1 xMcKajBuMn, Portland, Orcgoa. THE OLD AND NEW WAY Some Important Facts Which May Prove Helpful. Thirty years ago old-fashioned cod liver oil had . to be forced down a pa tient's throat. Invalids couldn't take It. and children wouldn't. But the doctors prescribed it, and it had to be taken by force. Yet it cured people where enough could be taken into the system, for it has ever been the greatest of all tissue build ers and general reconstructors known to medicine. "We are now anxious to have every one know that Vlnol is a new form of this very old and valuable remedy, cod liver oil. It contains In a concentrated form all the medicinal elements of cod liver oil, actually taken from fresh cods livers, but by a new process It is made without oil or grease, and It is a deli cious to the taste as a fresh orange. Vinol does not upset the stomach like old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsions: Its strengthening and healing properties are" remarkable, and both doctors and patients are delighted with Its action. Many wonderful cures right here in Portland have been effected by Its use, and we ask all of our customers to try Vlnol on our guarantee to return money every time It falls to make rich, red blood, increase the appetite, cure stom ach troubles, give strength and renewed vitality to the aged, run down, tired, and debilitated, or cure chronic colds, hack ing coughs or bronchitis. "Woodard Clarke & Co.. Druggists. "All roads lead to Fame said Golden Gate, "but I shall meet queer people as I o. "'Not everyone cares for hifh-rade coffee; some prefer the cheap, rank kinds. Some dealers prefer to handle bulk goods instead of coffee packed in aroma tight tins. "I'm uniform in quality; I was aged in my native country; I'm smooth drinking rich-aromatic; I'm full weight (honest).. With all this in my favor I cannot fail io please. "I'm sold on merit, merit will win!!" NeftLa fees with GOLDEN GATS COFFEE bat satiaf actios. No prises no cohbobs as crockery. 1 aad 8 lb. aresa-tlrfbt Has. Never said ia bulb. J. A Folger , Co. Eatablisld Half a Cex&twrar Sax Francisco Dr. W. Norton Davis IN A "WEEK Wa treat succeasfully all private nervous and chronic diseases ot man, also blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney and throat troubles. Vt curs SYPHILIS (without mercury) to stay cured forever. In SO to GO days. Wo remove STRICTURE, without operation or pain, la 10 day. We stop drains, the result of self-abuse, lra medlately. "We can restore the sexual vigor of, any man under CO, by means of local treauneax peculiar to ourselves. WE CURE GONORRHOEA It A WEEK The doctors of this institute are all rcgula graduate, have had many ytars experience have been known In Portland for 15 years, have a reputation to maintain, and will undertake bo case unless certain cure can bo effected. We guarantee a cure In vrar case we under take or charge no fee. consultation free. Iet ters confidential. Instructive BOOK FOS HEX mailed free In plain wrapper. If you cannot call at office, write for questloa blank. Home treatment successful. Office hour-, 0 to 6 and 7 to 8. Sundays aaJ holidays. 10 to 12. Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. Office in Van-Nby Hotel. 024 Third st. cor. Fine. Portland, Or. HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH jFtrnfrm rtraghcBod by acedlewsfk citdi every stain and look hopelessly dirty. Hand Sapoll removes Dot only the dirt, but also ths loosened, Injured catkle, and reitores the fingers tm iktlr natural beauty. iAUr GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS Alwayt ,R.m .NtM 1 asanvg CoraCoWaCneX5y,CfJjH2 Days 1