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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1905)
THE 3I0RXING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1005. .11 MIGHTY OVATION GREETS J. J. IL (Continued From Page 1.) railways two cities, not twins, but they are at the head of Lake Superior, and .together they do not contain the population that Port land contains; but let roe say to you that In seven months they handle mora tonnage by water than any port in th" world; London comes second, New York third or fourth. Duluth and Superior stand In the very front as a seaport In the matter of tons shipped, and yet they have not together over 100.000 people. Tou have somewhere shall I say that you mean to have 150.000? (Voices. Yes, yes!). All right. You, with 150,000. would snow them under; they are modert. Their business, every ton of It, Is brought In by rail. If we come to Portland It Is because we believe it Is a wlcc thing to do (applause), and I think you have today done a great deal toward helping me out- The deluded gentle men who have for years furnished money to build railroads In th United States havo not all realized their expectations. Early History of Some Roads. You know the early history of some of the railways; you know that at one time with lots of hope the .big end of the Northern Pacific was nailed down here In Portland. It did you a great deal of rood. Possibly It might have been too ambitious, maybe It was a little PORTLAND OWES DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO RAILROAD MEN OF UNITED STATES Personal Tvork done hy railroad men in advertising: the Lewis - and Clark Exposition. has had wide Influence In attracting the heavy passenger travel of the year to the Pacific-Coast, practically all of which has been "brought to the Exposition, either directly or as a side-trip even for tho large number coming to the Coast as delegates to conventions held at Cali fornia points. Last January the Northern Pacific traffic department brought to Portland a delegation of general agents and representatives from all of the principal centers of the East and Mlddlo West. About the opening of the Exposition traffic representatives of the Harrlman lines were brought from California and from Eastern general agencies. Among the early conventions of the Fair season was the gathering of the Order of Railway Conductors, with Its representative delegation of knights of the punch from every state of tho Union, Canada and Mexico. Simulta neously, the Ladles' Auxiliary met, manifest throughout the remainder of sounded on passenger trains throughout Classiflcation Committee of Freight Department Representatives was an other Important railroad gathering. In the convention of th(? American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents, the princes of American boost ers were attracted to the Fair, and when they returned home It was with .good Impressions of the Exposition, of Portland and of the Pacific Coast States in general. Realizing the great Interest felt In everything pertaining to Portland and the Pacific Coast by the railroad men of the country through this personal attachment formed by visiting representatives during the Expo sition period, copies of The Oregonlan of this morning will bo mailed to passenger representatives and officials throughout the country by the Portland Commercial Club. Interest In what Is transpiring in the North west In construction of the new Tailroad to Portland, and the visit of Pres ident James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, and President Howard Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, is not confined to the Northwest, and the edition of this morning will be read throughout the United States with deep In terest, for, complete as the press dispatches may be, railroad men gen erally will appreciate a more extended report. ahead of time, but time evens a .great many thine, and the growth of every city that contains enterprising people, doing something, depends upon the growth of the country, and as your Governor said, the resources of the field, the forest and the xnlnea. He might have added the sea, for you have a great seacoast bordering your state; but the field, forest and mine will clvo you all the wealth you will ever see. The development of your natural resources will build your city, will maintain all of your population, your schools, your churches, your banks, your lawyers -and doctors; and we come here simply to help you to develop thooe natural resources of the country. (Grat applause.) If there was anythlrig In the world that we needed to give us the encouragement, surely today, in your exhibition of the products of your 'own state, there le shown abundant reason why we should come to Oregon. (Great applause.) Point out to me, if you can, anywhere in the world such fruit and flowers, everything that stows out of the soli (applause), and in that your Mayor was onto the came. Coming to Portland. You have helped me to get It without any Insurance money (laughter): no tainted money for us. (Laughter and applause.) When we want money we go to the same people wio have mourned with us for the last 23 years. (Laughter.) Sometimes I have thought I got near the bottom of their bags, but the lamp holds out to burn (laughter), and we are coming down to Portland, com ing with a railroad that neither you nor our selves will be ashamed of or ever have any cause to be ashamed of. (Applause and Cheers.) If that railroad can serve you it will simply be helping the man who goes on to the land, gets his roots in the soil, in the forest or In the mine, helping htm to find a market somewhere for what he produces, or else our Investment will not be worth a cent. (Great applause.) And while we have pur sued that policy in the past, and with a great deal of success, all things considered, it would be very hard to make us reverse It. It is a selfish policy, we plead guilty to that, because no railroad can ever prosper unless the people served by its lines have the first prosperity. Your people must earn the dollar before we can get It. (Great applause.) And depend upon it, if the peo ple along our line are not prosperous, our road will be poor. The individual man may cell his land, or he may give it away; he may pull up his stakes and go West If he does not get drowned or he may go back where Brother Wilcox came from; I saw the place a few weeks ago, and I think if I was near the end of my days and wanted to live in peace and quiet, I would go back to the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts (laugh ter and applause): but the strenuous life has hold of us to such an extent that we do not seem quite ready to let go. At least, we want to hold a directing hand until we' get down here to the west coast, below the Sound. Callpered the Rockies. Now, I might have come to Portland: we callpered the Rocky Mountains, and we had very serious intentions of coming down the Clearwater and thence this way. to Port land; but somehow or other we did not go up 1 to Governor Mead'e town, and all but broke the hearts of several people who had pros- ! pect-holes In the mountains that they ex pected to sell to tenderfeet from the Kast. They knew people In Colorado and some other states who had prospect-holes worth $50,000 to $100,000, and they thought theirs ought to be worth as much. I scolded them one night coming In from a long ride (I think they called It the Meridian ride the Willamette Meridian runs right straight through there), and I was wet and they wanted me to make a speech. I was hungry, hadn't had anything to cat since morning, and I told them rather than sit around and expect somebody to come and buy those prospect-holes, they ought to go to work. Now, they did go to work, and that country with a soli that is Just as good as anything on the Coast, is producing crops that are so creat I was afraid to tell the whole truth to my friends -from the East, among whom there are some excellent farm ers, lest they should say I was trying to work my game on them with too much vigor. (Laughter.) The entire strip of country west of the Cascades la. of that kind. I do not know how far south it goes, but I do know how far north It goes, and some day I hooe I will have a chance to see how far south it goes. (Applause and cheers.) Going to Be Greater City. But if you are going to build a greater city, where now you have a greatclty, and I have een marked evidence of your greatness dur ing this trip, far beyond what I expected, you have something yet to do. The improve ments In Portland are to me almost entirely of a character which indicate that the man Is at heme, and that he means to use the place he has built. (Applause and a voice, "What about the Columbia River bank the north bank?") We are going to turn the jiorth bank so that It will come to the south bank. (Renewed applause and cheers.) We will try to build a railroad for you that will do you some good, and if it does not do you some good It will be a bad Investment for us. The only way in the world, as I said be fore, that we are going to get anything out of It is by helping you to get the dollar, and then helping you to give us a slice of It. My friend Wilcox in an undertone tried to put in my mouth, to say that we would take half of it; we won't do anything of the kind. We will take less than half; but we will be eat isfied with enough to leave us a margin, and that much we must have. We have been In the habit of having a margin (laughter), though that may be a little new to you. Rap at Southern Pacific. Some of our trantcontlnental lines south of ub. I don't know what we would do if we bad the .revenue they get from the people who use their transportation. I don't know what I would do with It. Mr. Wilcox: Build more railroads. Mr. HU1: No. no; we have a better thin p. "We take the money of our friends with which to build railroads. "We get It irom them and we can get it from them Just as long as the road we build is a good Invest ment. Just as long as the road will pay them for the use of the money we can get it. and not a minute longer. (Applause.) I have been in the business for 23 years, and I know. We do not profess to come down here for your exclusive benefit. Our benefit must be mutual, because you individually can pull up and go away, somebody else can come and run these railroads besides Mr. Elliott and myself; but the railroads will remain and the country will remain, and they will prosper together or they will bo poor t6 gether. Nothing is more certain than that; you cannot separate the Interests of the country from the interees of the railways that serve them any more than you could dissolve the partnership between a man and his wife. (Applause.) United States Has Lowest Rates. The United States has today the lowest rail transportation in the world by a great ex tent. Russia has the next lowest to" the United States, and they pay for hauling' a ton of freight 100 miles an average of $1.70. Great Britain pays an average of $2.35 and the United States pays an Average of 70 cents. Notwithstanding that the average rate paid by the people of the United States Is only about 40 per cent of that of Russia, we have a great many people who ar preachinn a new doctrine, and that Is the regulation of railway rates by Federal au thority. Now. let me say to yon that -If the Federal laws or the state laws are what they ought to be, they ought to protect every man in the enjoyment of his own prop er rights, and nothing beyond. (Applause.) Take the case of our own Great Northern and the result of this convention the Summer in the commenda the country- The coming of Railway. It has been announced In an offi cial manner that there has been no reduc tion of rates in the United States for 23 years; that tariffs have been reduced at times, but that whenever a tariff was re duced, the classification was given another turn of the wheel and advanced so as at least to ofTset the reduction in the tariff. Constant Reduction of Rates. The man who made that statement did not tolL-tbe truth. For 25 years, our Great Northern Railway rates have been reduced until today they are from 12 to 10 per cent lower than the rates of any other trans continental railroad but one, and that one lies alongside of us. (Applauve.) Now, I have Just as much satisfaction In knowing the truth of that as any one who has to pay for the transportation. The reduction in the average rate per ton per mile in 23 years on the Great Northern Railway aggre gates $007,000,000. (Great applause.) That Is enough to build the Northern Pacific and tho Great Northern and the line down the north shore of the Columbia River, equip them and everything connected with them. That has been the reduction that the people have got on one railroad. And It Is difficult for a railroad to make a reduction that does not reach some other railroad. I remember when we came to the Coast it looked rather lonesome to build a railroad across all the mountains and find nothing on all the face of the earth that was dealt in but lumber in a moderate way and town lots by whole sale. (Laughter ) We could not make a cent carrying town lots, so there was noth ing except lumber. In Desperation 3 lade Lumber Rate. We made a rate on lumber In desperation, which remains the lowest rate today that has ever been made on lumber; but what did it do for you people In Oregon and Washington? At that time stumpage was going begging any where from 10 to 20 cents a thousand. Today you cannot buy stumpage that is at all ac cessible for less than fl a thousand, and the advance In that one Interest has been at least In the two states, $600,000,000. Now, I am glad to have had something, however little, to do with making that advance, and I hope we shall be able to make some advantages, to lay some foundations of advantages that will heln you here In Portland to work out com commercial advantages for yourselves, some commercial results. If we can, then we cer tainly have not come here in vain, and If we cannot we shall have come In vain. Lines Have Fought It Out. These lines .have fought it out. I find a great many of our Great Northern stockholders deeply interested in the other lines, and a great many of their stockholders are deeply Interested In ours, and that happens not to be against the law. (Laughter.) It is against the law to carry a certificate in your pocket that represents two railroads, but if you carry two certificates, and one has a blue back and the other a creen bock, you are entirely witmn tne law. That is tho way we are placed at present, so that by getting the two we can Join hands and ' make an equal and Joint affair of building down the north shore. And let me say to you, it cannot fail, because we have 22,000 miles of good, pros perous railroad behind ue. (Great applause.) We have 22,000 miles, which Is about 10 per cent of the total mileage of .the United States, and it is going to have one end down here on the Columbia. (Applause. Good! Good I Good!) Follows Lines of Leat Resistance. We are talking out In meeting tonight There are some questions I hare not been able to solve, and I do not know how deeo His Worship, the Mayor, Is going to make the river. I wish I did! If he can ret H down to about 32 or 33 feet (Numerous voices. Forty, forty, forty). When you get it to 40 feet, we will turn a big fleet up here. (Applause and cheere, "We will get itl") When you get It to 40 feet, depend upon it, all the cities on the Pacific Coast Will bavo to take off their hats to you (great applause), because you have one advantage: Nature made the pas?; water follows the line of least resistance, and so does commerce. (Precisely. Good. Good" Great applause.) With water It Is some physical obstruction, but with commerce It is dollars and cents. A thousand tons of freight can roll down the bank of your, river cheaDer than we can titk it over -the tops of the mountain. (Renewed applause.) But let me second the Mayor1 motion: you must get to work and dig, (Laughter and applause.) Take the Dakota or the Minnesota, and they come pretty near getting the ground coming up the river with less than a load. From the top of the hull to the keel is Just T feet. They take a lot or water. On Federal Regulation. Now, before I close, I want to call your attention in all earnestness to something that you are -most deeply Interested in, and that Is Federal regulations of railroad rates. Every lawyer will tell you that there U a clause called the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States, which nro- vldea that the Federal Government shall not in any regulation of commerce under that clause, discriminate for or against any lo cality at the expense of other?. ' and so on. You could not live if the railroads did pot discriminate In your favor. How can Congreaa pass a law, or any commission on the face of the earth make a law that does not discrim inate, unless they make a distance tariff that is equal for the same distance for a hundred miles here or a hundred miles there. Ajply that eame rule to you. and see what your rates will be. I will undertake to say that your rates in one nour irora tne time such a law was enacted or snch a tariff was Duhllshed. would be double or twice and a half what they are; and I am. more than surprised that a gentleman can listen to ruch rotten trash. If there is any place that could stand It, I sup- posflt would be somewhere between Albany and New York, and they might get as far west as Syracuse, but by the time they get to Buffalo they would want to get off- By tho time they would get to the Mississippi River the rate would be prohibitive. Clscusres Distance Tariff. Take a distance tariff, I care not how small you make It for the first hundred miles. Suppose you made it two cents a hundred; what would you do with 3500 miles? You could cot live, there Isn't a man doing busi ness west of the Missouri River who would not have to stop: your fields would cease to LFC CUIL11K17U. 4. Mill . Federal regulation will ever get down deep J enough to touch us wnere we live, necauro long before they do, the country will be strewn with railroad corpses. They would bankrupt two-thirds of the mileage In the United States. That may seem a little like talking through a megaphone, but I put ll right to you &e our aesoclates and partners in the business, because you have 'got to find a market and we have got to transport it for you at a price that will enable you to find the market. Let me ask you In all earnet ness to look that question up fairly and see whether I am not right. No Heads on SIeeples Pillows. f Now, I want to thank you, not only for myself, but most heartily on behalf of the gentlemen who are with me. Most of them hav been with us for many years, and I am glad to say tonight that after a day spent about Portland and In your Exposi tion, they do not want to sell out; they won't go to bed tonight holding their heads on sleepless pillows, wondering whether the Investment is good or not; I know they are better than when they came yesterday, and I know that the Investment is one that will last and one that I was going to say we would be proud of. but I will go a little farther and say that It I was ten or 15 years younger I would come here to live with you (great applause): because I never come to this country that it does not give me an inspiration, (Applause.) If I was a young man you could not keep me away from here. J (Renewed applause.) I thank you In behalf of myself and those who are with me, be caueo you have given us a most hearty wel--come, more hearty no one could imagine: but let it be our part to see that your good wishes and confidence are not misplaced. (Great applause.) W. D. Wheelwright's Tribute. William D. Wheelwright, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was the next speaker, and paid a tribute to the splen did achievements In Unking together tho Pacific Coast and prairie states that aro to the credit of James J. Hill and In which he gave credit to the Harrlman system for that which it has done for the bene fit of Oregon and compared the distinc tive policies that have characterized the two great systems. "There arc two methods of building and operating railroads," said Mr. Wheel wright, "one that begins with land grants and ends In receiverships, and one that adopts practical business methods in construction and is operated on the same lines, returning to the investors in its bonds steady If not large dividends, strives to develop the country In extend ing lines to create new traffic I need not say here to which class Mr. Hill belongs, but there are no receiverships to the credit of Mr. Hill and no failures. (Ap plause.) Contrasts the Methods. "People of Oregon believe they have a right to demand .that railroads to which they contribute large traffic should .sup ply their transportation needs, yet during the past ten years slight mileage has been added to the railroads of this state, whilo the mileage in Washington has grown In much greater proportion. The larger part of the O. R- & N. mileage is In Oregon, but the greater portion of that road was built prior to 1S94 and before it became a part of that great system that seems to have devoted Its constructive energies to the country south of us. It Is true that the line from Arlington to Condon has been built; that the promise Is made that the Columbia Southern will be extended how far I do not know, and there Is tre mendous activity Just now In the move to build the Wallula Pacific" (Laughter.) In closing Mr. Wheelwright drew a lan guage picture of the reward that awaits the transcendent genius of the man who does things unselfishly and through sense of duty to fellow-man. In which tho guests of honor were his Ideals. Most Important Event for Portland. Theodore B. Wilcox spoke briefly, owing to a severe throat trouble "Building of a railroad down the.north bank of the Co lumbia is the most Important event to Portland that has happened since a raif road was built on the south bank." said he. "The occasion we celebrate Is the most important since the coming of that other white man which we perpetuate In imperishable bronze In City Park. (Ap- CHIEF EVENTS IN THE James J. Hill was born at Guclph, Ontario, September 15, 1S3S, of Scotch-Irish parentage His education was completed at Bockwood Acad emy. Leaving his father's farm for business life in Minnesota, he became an employe of steamboat offices in St. Paul in 1SSG, remaining in that work for nine years, and in 1S55 became agent of the Northwestern Packet Com pany. Later he established a general fuel and transportation business on his own account, and became head of the firm of HIU, Griggs & Co., en gaged in the same line of business from 1SC3 to 1S7S. In 1ST0 he established the Red River Transportation Company, which was first to open communi cation between St. Paul and Winnipeg. In 1S73 he organized the syndicate which secured control of the St. Paul & Winnipeg Railroad from the Dutch owners of the securities, reorganizing the system as the St. Paul, Minne apolis & Manitoba Railroad, and was Its general manager from 1S79 to 1SS3; became vice-president in the latter year, and has been president of the company since 1SS3, and in ISO it became a- part of the Great Northern. From 1SS3 to 1SS3 Mr. Hill interested himself in building the Great North ern. Railway from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, with branch lines and direct steamship connection with the Orient- The Idea of the Northern Securities Company was promoted by Mr. Hill, and the great holding cor poration formed in conformity with his views, and he became Its presi dent. September IS, 1505. Mr. HIU authorized definite announcement of plans for building the Portland & Seattle Railroad from Kennewick, Wash., to Portland, crossing the Columbia and Willamette by bridges to be erected, which announcement was fully confirmed by Mr. Hill in person upon his arrival in Portland Sunday. James JHill Is celebrated for his kindly Interest In educational and philanthropic institutions quite as much as for his remarkable business sagacity and Industrial success. He contributed $500,000 toward the estab lishment of a theological seminary at St. Paul, and his benevolence has relieved much suffering, but publicity is rarely given his acts of charity. plause.) In all the years I have labored In trying to build up Oriental tcade I have found only one other man to whom I take off my hat and that Is James J. HIU. (Ap plause.) "If we are to thrive and prosper we must have railroads not only down the north and south bank of the Columbia, but we must have railroads radiate to every section and corner of the state. But it devolves upon us people of Portland to have the Columbia River open to the sea, with, a 40-foot .depth at the bar and 35 feet in the channel. What benefit will it be to us to have the line down, the north bank if we do not have the water way open? (Cries of "We'U-do It," "Forty feet deep.") We do not Intend that the trains shall run down the north bank and thence to Puget Sound. If they do then it is possible that -Mr. Harri man's roads will also build on over to the Sound and their traffic go there also. "The chief of engineers tells me that less than 51.000,000 will complete the south jetty and that Its completion will mean 40 feet of water on the bar for years to come. Then we must get to work and deepen the channel of the river so that when Mr. HIU completes his northbank road we can show him that the Columbia offers an outlet to the sea, to the mar kets of the Orient and islands of the Pa cific.' President Howard Elliott, of the- North- crn Pacific, was Introduced by President Goodc in felicitous manner, and was re ceived with an oration only second to that tendered President Hill. As In the Instance of the other guest of honor the throng rose to their feet In greeting the distinguished railroad official, who said: j President Elliott Introduced. j President Howard Elliott spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, and I hope I 1 may say, friends. (Applause.) I am very proud and happy to stand In this place tonight, proud because the Northern Pacific Railway Company has a Portland on Its main line, and very happy because, la my offfflcial ca pacity, I have had something to do with ar ranging to build another main line into Port land for the Northern Pacific. (Great ap plause. Portland has been celebrating this S)ummer a great historical event. One hun dred years ago Lewis and Clar kcame down this great Columbia River, and you prog ressive citizens of Portland, by your Exposi tion, by your progress and by the efficient management, aided by your worthy chairman, have done much to explolnt the entire North Pacific Coast. The Northern Pacific has done what it could to help you out. and In iolnz co It has helped itself and been glad to do so. We have brought Into Portland, during the life of the Exposition, about 200,000, many of whom came from eaet of the Rocky Moun tains, and all of whom go back to. their homes east of that great range to tell of the wonders of the Pacific Coast. Tribute to HIU. You are fortunate tonight In having with you not only the Immediate representatives of the executive managements of the railroads, but -of a great many men who have had faith in the past, have faith today, but have greater faith ia the future to keep their money In these railroads and to put more In. (Great applause.) There have been many benefactors of the human race, great statesmen, great heads of churches, artists and writers; but it is a question whether the greatest benefactors are not those who by their genius, .ability and Industry have cheapened the cost of living and of transportation and thereby made lite easier. The steam engine, the cotton gin. the use of India rubber, the harvester and the rail road have all helped to make life better and to develop the country. You have with you tonight a man who has done more than anr other man on this continent or elsewhere to develop the art of transportation (great ap plauoc), and what he hoar done to point out the way to cheapen transportation and to make new kinds of business possible will be re membered long after all of us are forgotten, and that gentleman Is your honored guest to night, Mr. James J. Hill. (Great applause.) You are fortunate In having him Join hands with the Northern Pacific to build a railroad down tho north bank ct the Columbia River and over, two great bridges into this beau tiful city. (Great applause.) The railroads are coming here, as Mr. HIU has said pri marily, because commerce demands It, and Incidentally, we hope to- help build up Port land. Day before yesterday I was told by one of our superintendents that within 24 hours they had had 33 trains pass over the Cascade Mountains on the Northern Pacific, or a train In every 40 minutes. We hope within a year after we build this north bank line we will find no decrease In the number of trains that are panned over the Cascade Mountains, but that we shall also have a train over the north bank line into Portland every 80 minutes. (Great applause.) Commerce of the Orient. A great war has recently ceased in the Orient, brought to a conclusion very largely by the Influence of American public opinion, utilized with vigor by an American Presi dent. (Applause.) Now that that work is over one of the most populous countries la the world will begin to devote itself to the development of Its own Internal commerce and later on its foreign commerce. Stop and think what that means. The foreign commerce of the world, outside of what Is called the Orient, amounts to $27 per person per year. The foreign commerce of China Is S5 cents per person per year; of India, $2.23: of Japan. $5.S8; the foreign commerce of the whole Orient is 33.50- per person per year. It is only a question of a few years before they double and treble that foreign commerce. What will that mean to the United States, and especially to the Pacific Coast? It will mean a greater activity In your manufactures. In your wheat fields, in your employment of labor, a greater com mercial activity in every direction. If you gentlemen who represent the brains and in telligence of the Pacific Coast use the force of your public opinion so that reasonable laws are enacted permitting the railroads to expand, rather than restricting their trade: permitting American ships to sail under the American flag? permitting the free export and import of products to this country. That Is your part of the work, and you can do much to influence your Legislators along these lines, and to prevent them from hasty and Ill-advised legislation on thees three great subjects. Word for Northern Pacific Now. gentlemen. I want to say a word as representing Northern Pacific In appreciation of the greeting you have given us tonight and to thank you on behalf of some of our stockholders who have a certificate of Great Northern in their right hand pocket and a certificate of Northern Pacific in their left hand pocket, f Applause.) We hope that when we get this north-bank line built into Portland that the -certificate in ' the left hand pocket representing the Northern Pa cific will be quoted in the marts of exchange at the same price that the Great Northern stock is quoted. (Applause.) I am not much on making promises, nor Is the Northern Pacific inclined to make prom ises, but we 'hope that our action will show that while we may be short on promise, we CAREER OF JAMES J. HILL shall be long on performance. (Applauie and cheers.) C. E. S. Woods Address C E. S. Wood was the last speaker of tho toastmaster's programme for tho occasion, and took occasion to appeal to the humor of his audience with humor ous sidelights on railroading-, in which he made President Wheelwright, ofthe Chamber of Commerce, the victim of satire in forensic thrusts. Taking some liberties with the guest of honor, he said; "Mr. Hill it has been written that a cley set on a hill cannot be lost and Portland is stuck on you. (Laughter.) When the whistle of the first Portland & Seattle locomotive is heard in Port land we Intend to placo a tableau in our hall of famo depicting you with Seattle i none hand and Portland in the other, your coattails fluttering in the breeze of prosperity, that beatific grin upon your face, and below we will inscribe: A man of force, our sunny Jim.' " Speaking upon the remark of Mr. HH1 regurdlng legislative interference with rates, Mr. Wood declared that he de sired, "to clasp hands with Mr. Hill on that, and would add that there should be les legislative meddling with all lines of industrial pursuit." Jamestown Exposition Official. President Goode introduced General Counsel Bachelor, of the Jam&stonw Ex- position, to be held near the historic spot where the first permanent settlement of English speaking people was planted on American soil. In 1S07. Mr. Bachelor proved a most pleasing speaker, and, al though it was then almost 1 o'clock sev eral hundred persons remained through out his remarks and heartily applauded his praise of the Portland spirit, and an imitation to attend the next World's Fair. With a final toast to President Hill and President Elliott, the most Impressive and enthusiastic demonstration in honor of any individuals during the Exposition or that has ever taken place in Portland was concluded. An hour later the visit ing railroad officials were aboard their special train and had departed for the East. WILL DEFY YELLOW FEVER President Going to New Orleans in Spite of Danger. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. President Roosevelt will go to New Orleans, despite the yellow fever epidemic This official announcement was made today at the White House by Secretary Loeb. In order o avoid complications over the quaran ino regulations, the President has de- ded to make Now Orleans the final stop CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS OF JAMES J. HILL James J. HIU has thriftily managed to accumulate thirty or forty mil lions. But after he had enough to be sure his family would want for noth ing, it is to be doubted If the thought of making more money for himself has been his principal object. Think of what the man has done the Incar nation of the genius of railroading, developing a rich wilderness because he would develop a great railroad. The Great Northern was the child of his brain, his dream; Its prosperity was as the breath of his nostrils. There were. obstacles, physical, financial, sentimental. To overcome them took brains. It took work. It took courage. He had all these in marvelous abund ance. Let us say that he himself has made even $30,000,000. But what was a wilderness when he began produces today enough grain to feed a king dom of Europe. It sends forth In ore. In lumber, as much In a month or two as HIU has saved up for himself in a lifetime: and ten million people prosper and as likely as not, for they are free, vilify Hill, and joyfully vote against the Great Northern's candidates where the buffalo onca roamed and the redskin lived the simple life of slaughter. And unsatisfied, unwearied, restless, moved by the spirit which has always made great men do great things, he has dreamed of the conquest of the Orient feed ing the yellow races with American wheat, clothing them with American cotton, uplifting them with American machinery building the greatest freight steamers In the world because his railway cars were taking lumber from the Pacific to the Great Lakes, and he wished to take back wheat and manufactures to the Pacific to ship to the teeming millions of the Far East. And all this because perhaps it is his only reason; his enemies cannot say more because it would mean traffic to the Great Northern; and traffic means life, and life means work, and work means money. If in stead of one HIU there were 20 Hills, each 33 years old, and each worth flCO.OOO.OOO, would that strengthen tho plutocracy, emphasize the dangerous tendency of tho times? Perhaps. It would, we mustf admit, give us better railroads, which would Increase the wealth of the country and the com forts of the population. What else is civilization but comforts? Edwin lfevre, In Saturday Evening Post, on his trip. He will be in New Orleans on October 23, returning after the cere monies by water on a cruiser. He Is ex pected to return here by the last of the month. The President will leave Wash ington on' October IS. WARS! WELCOME AWAITS HIM Xew Orleans Delights In Roosevelt's Dcfinnce of Fever. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 2. Yellow fever report to 6 P. M.: New cases. 13; total to date. 3042; deaths. 2; total. 2M; new foci, 6; under treatment, 204; discharged. 2444. The announcement through the Asso ciated Press of President Roosevelt's de cision to visit New Orleans on his forth coming trip to the South caused profound gratification today and It is regarded as certain to give fresh stimulus to the fight now in progress to drive out the fever be fore the end of the present month. The President's refusal to bo swayed by the fear of personal risk which so many in fluences have pressed upon him has rec ommended him to the people of Louisiana, and there Is on every side a disposition to make Sils reception markedly cordial, in appreciation of the sympathy he has shown for and the active assistance ho has given to the 'city and state In the pressing crisis. FEVER SPREADS AT NATCHEZ Cases Exist In Every Ward in the City, Increasing' Danger. NATCHEZ. Miss.. Oct. 2. Today's rec ord shows a rapid spread of yellow fever in the last 24 hours, as six new foci are listed on the local map. One case I3 in Factory Row, which is In the First Ward, thus infecting every one of tho other wards in the city. As the houses In Fac tory Row aro close together. It Is. feared the fever will spread rapidly there. To day's record: New cases, 11; new foci, 6; total cases to date, 11S; total foci, 23; deaths, 2, both negroes; total deaths, 7; under treatment, 30; discharged, S. Totals for MIssisIppi. JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 2. The Missis sippi yellow fever summary tonight Is as follows: Natchez. 12 new cases, 2 deaths; Vlcks burg, S new cases. 1 death. 8 new cases In county; Port Gllson, 3 new cases, 1 death. Pensacola Has 'More Cases. PENSACOLA, Fla., Oct. 2. Eight new cases of yellow fever were reported up to 6 o'clock tonight, with one death. The death was that of a nine-days-old Infant, whose mother was taken with the fever two days before the child was born. IF YOU WANT The Woodard-Clarke Drug Company PORTLAND, OREGON WILL IICI IN AMERICA AND FRANCE UNITE OX VENEZUELAN' AFFAIR. French Naval Demonstration Would Bo Approved, but Roosevelt Awaits Calhoun's Report. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Venezuela and her troubles are now the subject of ear nest consideration by the Washington and Paris governments. Just from Paris, with full Instructions. M. Jusserand, the French Ambassador, called at the State Department today and was In conference with Secretary Root for half an hour. Venezuela was the main subject under discussion, special attention being given to President Castro. Today's conference Is the first of a series which may be ex pected on this subject, and was of a pre liminary nature. At its conclusion the announcement was made that the Venezuelan situation had not entered on "an imminently critical" stage. No course of action was agreed upon- today, and none was proposed. What the relative attitude of the two aggrieved nations is toward Venezuela was Infor mally discussed, but, pending the lnvestl- gatlon there which the American Special Commissioner, Judge Calhoun. Is now making. It Is not possible for the Secre tary of State to outline to the Ambassa dor the definite course of this country. In diplomatic circles today's conference Is considered significant for Its direct re sults, as evidencing the firm purpose of the American and French governments. Individually perhaps but none the less effectively, to protect the rights of their citizens In Venezuela. It Is understood that France Is not primarily seeking as surances from Washington that a French naval demonstration against Venezuela wquld be approved here, though such as surance. It Is stated on high authority, would bo vouchsafed. What France de sires to find, and this desire is thoroughly shared by the Washington Government, Is an effective means of Insuring Justice to foreigners In Venezuela. M. Jusserand will continue his policy of discussing quite frankly with tho Washington Government the grievances his country has against Venezuela, that there may be no misunderstanding of the motives of the two powers. Cable Company Awaits Action. CARACAS, Oct. 2. The Venezuelan au thorities today received Information from the officials of the French cable company that, pending the arrival hero of its com missioner, the company consents to tho closing of its Caracas and coast offices and to the other arrangements made by the government. DAILY C1TY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. DOSCH-COLEMAN Theo, Doach. 24, 234 Madison street: Anna A. Coleman. 21. PARKS MURTIN Andrew W. Parks, 35, 547 Washington street; Marie N. Murtin, 25. BIOELOW-MURPHY Roy D. Btgelow, 24, Hastings, Neb.; Lulu Murphy. 25. WADLEY-FARNSWORTH P. L. Wadley, 40, Wells, Fargo & Co.; Ruby Grace Farns worth. 27. .CLIFF-CONGER William M. Cliff, 40. 167H First street; Rom Conger. 24. CHRISTBNSEN-CHRISTENSEN Peter W. Christ ensen. 33. Astoria; Anna Christensen, 24. LBJEUNE-PERLOT Joseph Lejeune, 31, 8214 Gllsan; Leontln Perlot. 25. BAYB-MORGAN John S. Bays. 30, 451 East Ankeny street; Maud Morgan. 26. CUENI-SHILLER John Cuenl. 38, Goble; Katie Shiller. 32. Births. 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STRAUSS At C04Vi Lovejoy Krcet. Septem ber 2. to the wife of Lehman Straws, a daughter. LONG At 603 North rap street. September 16, to the wife of George W. Long, a won. GRABF At Portland Maternity Hphal. September 23. to the wife of J. A. Graef. of 804 East Eleventh street, a eon. MARACCI At 307 Mill street. September 22, to the wife of Pletro Maraecl. a son. FARCHI At Col South Fifth street. Septem ber 23, to the wife of Lnusle Farehi. a son. LEEKLEY At 401 Tillamook Mreet. Sep tember 18. to the wife of Fred P. Leekley, a daughter. AOSTED At 773 Minnesota avenue. Septem ber 12. to the wife of George Aosted. a daugh ter. KRAMER At Sixteenth street, near Up shur, September 5. to the wife of Jacob Kra mer, a daughter. TOLLISON At 423 Staklyou street. Septem ber S. to the wife of Ole Toll In on, a daughter. GATELY At 624 Pettygrove street. Septem ber 16, to the wife of Josoph Gately, a daugh ter. ALLEN At 1001 East Thirteenth street. September 18. to the wife of Andrew Allen, a son. JOHNSON At 515 Vancouver avenue. Sep tember 19, to the wife of Albert Johason. a daughter. M'CAItTNBY At M7 Pettygrove street. Sep tember 15. to the wlf of John C McCartney, a daughter. STEPHENSON At 76S York street. Septem ber 22. to the wife of John Stephenson, a daughter. Death. NOONAN Al McMlnnvIlle. Or.. Septmt-er 20, Miss Hattie C. Neenan. aged 17 years. 5 months and 2 dayw Remains brought tJ Portland Crematorium. . OBER At 502 Clay street, September 29. Ralph Ober. a native of Maine, aged 3S years. GRAEF At Maternity Hospital. September 22. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Oraef. TWOHERN At 105 North Twenty-third street, September 20. Mrs. Addle B. Twohm. a native of New Hampshire, aged 53 years. 8 months and 13 days. Remains removed ta Muscatine, la., for Interment. JACKSON At 000 Rodney avenue, Septem ber 2S, William H. Jackeon. a native of New York, aged 20 yearn. 11 months and. 2tf days. HALL At St. Vincent's Hospital. Septem ber 23, J. W. Hall, aged 73 years. Remains removed to Jullaetta. Idaho, for interment. HANSEN At Carson Heights. September 2S. J. C. Hunsen. a native of Denmark, aged 50 years, 2 months and S daye. FOSTER At St. Vincent Hoepital. Septem ber 20. Squire Foetor, a native of New York, aged 5S years. 0 months and 11 days. Remains removed to The Dalles, Or., for Interment. ADAMS At 466 Leo street, September 27. Mrs. Phoebe Jane Adams, a native of New York, aged 60 years, 2 months and S day. Remains removed to Moravia, N. Y., for In terment. ANDERSON At Open-Alr Sanltortum. Sep tember 2S, Henry Anderson, a native et Ire land, aged 50 years. WAITE At 334 Vancouver avenue, October 2. Walter Henry. Infant son of Mr. and Mra. Fred Walte. a native of Washington, aged. 1 year, 10 months and 17 days. Remains re moved to Colfax, Wash., for Interment. Building rernilts. DAVID MUIR Repair of dwelling". North Fifth street, between Buraslde and Couoh; $550. I. GEVURTZ Store, Glbbs and Front street; J7000. 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