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PORTLAND. TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 1906.
THIS NEWSPAPER
The history of a great and successful
newspaper is the history of an effort of
miner and' epir" -applied to one of the
peculiar'-or special undertakings of
modern life. No successful newspaper
is an accident of time and circum
stances. It is a product of effort and
of growth.
This day, 1 fifty-six years ago, The
Oregonian was first published. From
the first day of its appearance till now
It has been a herald and a prophet
of the greatness of the Pacific North
west, and a continuous history of it..
In both functions it has been unique;
and its own progress, it believes, It
may fairly say, has been not merely
coincident -with, but well also to the
front in the leadership of the progress
of the country.
This newspaper has labored for Port
land, for Oregon, for the Pacific North
west, through ail their vicissitudes of
time and fortune. It has grown with
their growth; it has encouraged their
spirit, it has led the van in all news
paper work; it has shown its faith,
throughout its career, in thecountry
and in the people; it has wrought when
others have grown weary; it hae
pressed upon the public mind year af
ter year during its long history, the
advantages offered by the Northwest,
the opportunities presented here, the
resources of the country, the duties of
the people. It has discussed at large
matters of thought, opinion, literature,
politics, historical events, and their
bearing on present and future times.
Conceiving it io be Its duty to use
every opportunity to present the fullest
and most trustworthy news, it has es
tablished and has maintained the repu
tation of having done so. . It 6ta'nds
upon . the. character it has made
through long performance of .the many
functions of journalism, as it has a
right to do.' Without liability to the
charge of vanity, it may, as It sup
poses, advert to a reputation not
bounded by Oregon or the Pacific
Northwest, nor even by the United
States. It conceives it has a right to
the place and to the character it hag
won and holds; yet of course, since It
has always been an Independent news
paper, it has local enemies and detract
ors, who are hostile to It, in proportion
to its own vigorous character. To
these it may at times be indifferent, or
at times may return to them some of
their own compliments, perhaps -with
added Interest. For in the battles
forced upon this newspaper it con
ceives that it has a right to give blows,
as it expects to take them; but on the
whole these things are trifling and
ephemeral. They come and go and are
forgotten, necessarily and rightly so;
for in the long run of things, as1 that
writer without whom our stumbling
English tongue would be almost dumb,
eald, "Pardon's the word to all."'
It has come about, through necessary
modern conditions, that the newspaper
is of more value to the reader and to
the advertiser, in proportion as Its po
sition is financially stronger. It is a
principle that applies to any newspa
per, irrespective of how good It has been
in the past, or still remains; because
no newspaper in these days can rest on
its laurels. In every emergency, and
at all times, It must be prepared to
take the instant way. The machinery
of gathering news and of publishing it
quickly, is costly, in proportion to its
fullness and extent . It is a principle
with The Oregonian to spend liberally
for news and for writers, not for Im
mediate profit, but for the future
though in this business the future
never is reached. It has been the aim
of The Oregonian therefore to grow
pfong enough to meet the needs of its
position, not to make money for its
proprietors. Most of -what It has made,
therefore, has gone into "plant" and
preparation and service. This still 19
Its policy, and will so continue. News
papers of the scope and fullness of The
Morning Oregonian and Evening Tele
gram, published In so small a city as
Portland, the center of a vast region
having but a sparse population and not
yet supplied with rapid transit, can
T:ct expect to ba very profitable. There
is steady gain in business, indeed, but
expense of publication keeps regular
pace with it.
All editions of The Oregonian, Daily,
Weekly and Sunday, have made during
the last three years the heaviest
growth by' far in the -history of the pa
per. It is a natural result of the prog
ress of the city and the country.' The
two papers heretofore have often out
run the capacity of their machinery
and other equipment.. Some two years
ago, or less than three, machinery of
Immensely greater "capacity "was 'in
stalled, which It was believed then
would be ample for ten years. But the
demands of the two papers already ex
.ceed the capacity of the machinery,
and a new order has Just been placed
for a further strong reinforcement of It.
The two great presses cannot much
longer print the growing issues, and we
must add a third. " No papers are
printed, or ever have been print
ed, in excess of those actually sold.
There is nothing in any "free" or
"faked" circulation,' either for the
newspaper, the reader, the advertiser or
the community in which the paper Is
published. The advertisements, one
year after another, continually grow
in number and volume; for general
business increases, and they who use
The Oregonian "get results." The pa
per, we believe, is more universally
read than any other, printed anywhere,
within reach of an equal population. It
is read by all within its field, who take
an interest in affairs, for it is known
as the one only paper that can give or
does give the public a full and complete
record of events; and beyond its field
it is read largely for the special charac
ter recognized in its work. The whole
body of our intelligent people look to
It, because they find in It fullness, vari
ety and selection, together with original
and independent treatriient of topics
and news.
The Oregonian, through all its life,
has existed solely for the purposes, of
journalism. It has no other reason to
be. It is no tag or appendage of capi
talistic Interests. It Is In no schemes
for exploitation of public opportuni
ties, utilities or franchises for its own
profit or that of others. It fights some
times, but always in the open; and its
ownership and responsibility are not
masked under methods of fictitious cor
porate organization. It is in position
now to serve the public better than
ever before, and yeas by year is ren
dering that better and fuller service.
Its business during the year 1905 the
year of the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion by comparison with that of any
preceding year, was phenomenal; this
year it is phenomenal 'compared with
last. It Is necessary that it should
make money enough for support of Its
business1, and if does, else it could not
serve the public. At the same time It
stands for all other things, above and
beyond money, that have made these
Northwest States what they are. It
has not been rocked or dandled into
fortune. Through long years the work
done by it and through it, for Portland,
for Oregon, for the Northwest and
every part of it, has been immense;
and recognition of it Is certified by the
fact that its own name throughout the
Northwest Is a household word, and
stands moreover as a synonym and an
advertisement of Oregon, everywhere.
One year ago The Oregonian reduced
its subscription rate, cutting off, as Vhe
calculation seemed to render probable,
between $30 000 and $40,000 from its in
come for the year. But so great and
steady has been the gain of business
that the total income of the year will,
exceed that of the year before the re
duction. Yet of course with every re
duction the margin becomes closer.
I The advertising rate is as low as can
be made by a newspaper of the scope,
range, extent and circulation of The
Oregonian. With it as with most other,
modern newspapers,' there is little or
nothing in the subscription rate beyond
the cost of white paper and expense of
distribution. At our distance from great
news centers the cost of telegraphing
is especially heavy, and the necessity
of special telegraphing presses con
stantly, with increasing force, A few
years ago the Associated Press supplied
nearly everything. Now The Orego
nian takes much more through special
service than it receives through the As
sociated Press, and ' at much greater
outlay for the former than for the lat
ter. From a weekly paper, often without
news, during long periods, from the
world beyond the limits of the few set
tlements in the Oregon country and
with little news from them so widely
were they scattered and so slow was
communication The Oregonian has
grown to what it is today. Nothing
else in the country so . completely
bridges the long interval between the
origins in that distant past and the
achievements witnessed at the present
time. "All of which I have seen and
part of which I am," can be said of
itself or for Itself, by nothing else in
the Northwest, and scarcely on
the Pacific Coast. But .the news
paper that Is alive at all times to
Its opportunities never can grow old.
for It renews its life constantly in and
through the progressive development ot
the community it serves. The Orego
nian is fain to believe, and it takes the
liberty to assume, that there is nothing
in the Pacific Northwest, or in these
Pacific States, that feels the invigora
tion of the new life now rising with an
abounding energy here, more than it
self. Its proprietors may modestly sup
pose they know something about the
newspaper business and the demands
upon It in this situation, and they will
continue not only to meet both as here
tofore, but as heretofore to keep in ad-
vance of both, anticipating new growth
and progress, and still sending" every
body to The Oregonian who would
know what the country, and the great
world, moreover, are doing and saying
and thinking about; coupled with illus
trations since there has been vast ex
perience before our time of what has
been said and done and thought on, be
fore these generations which we know
came upon the stage of life. Wide as
the field of this newspaper has been,
and wider now, it foresees a still wider
one; and let nobody doubt this news
paper will occupy it, continuously and
progressively, prepared to meet every
demand upon enterprising and legiti
mate journalism.
IDLE TALK OF WAR.
There is no rational ground for sup
position or fear of war between Japan
and the United States. For there is no
cause of war, no ground for it. San
Francisco is under no obligation to ad
mit white, black, yellow and brown
races together into her public schools.
She may separate them if she sees fit;
and she will always see fit. Besides,
there are few Japanese children in San
Francisco. Most of those who wish to
go to school are young men or boys
nearly grown, who wish to learn Eng
lish. It is very well that they should
learn Knglish; and provision should be
made for such as are of school age. A
few might be unnoticed in a crowd of
white children, but where - there are
many Japanese, racial contrasts will be
presented, not conducive to the welfare
of the schools or to the peace of soci
ety. There is a social gulf between - the
Oriental and Occidental races, which
never can be bridged. We esteem the
Japanese as a people and as a nation;
but we wish and we intend to preserve
our own system of civilization, o
which -the public school, peculiarly an
American institution, Is one of the
foundations. - Our -people will not per
mit it to be broken up or impaired by
race antagonisms.
Japan could do us injury in war. She
might be able to cut us off from the
Philippines, and even to capture Ma
nila. We could hardly match her naval
armament in her own" seas at least for
a long time; and she might put our
Pacific ports of Ameriea in terror. But
she could strike us in no vital part. In
the. long .run -we could ruin her.
But It is foolish to think of war on
such pretexts as are . offered. Eng
land's relations -with Japan are well
known, and England's Influence would
be against any belligerent action on the
part of Japan. But It cannot be sup
posed for a moment that there is any
danger. Japan needs rest and recuper
ation at home, and opportunity to
strengthen her position in Corea and
Manchuria. Moreover, should she at
tempt war upon the United States,
other nations surely would be drawn
into it, and there is enough moral force
among the nations to preserve the
peace of the world. The idea of war
on so trivial a matter as that of the
schools at San Francisco is merely lu
dicrous, t .
A BII.LION-UOI.I.AR CONGRESS.
It is predicted that almost the entire
time of the short session of the Fifty
ninth Congress, which convened yester
day, will be given to the consideration
of the large appropriation bills that
will be presented. According to the
forecast these bilrs will carry in aggre
gate $1,000,000,000. With a sum so gi
gantic at its disposal, backed by the
rapidly growing needs and supplied by
the rapidly developing resources of a
great Nation, it is manifest that haste
is incompatible with prudence in this
apportionment. It may be hoped that
the economists of Congress will join
hands with its men of affairs men of
the wider outlook in making up this
great National budget, to the end that
extravagance will not ride in upon ne
cessity and that necessity will not be
made to suffer from niggardliness. To
steer the middle course in the appropri
ation of an amount so vast requires
fine skill in adjustment as well as
fidelity to the Interests of the people
whose resources in wealth and industry
are drawn upon to supply the funds.
The short session of Congress will be
none too long to give to the considera
tion of the National expense account
for the coming year. Upon its -wise
allowance and just distribution depend
in a great measure the growth and
prosperity of the country, not, only in
immediately succeeding years,, but in
stable foundations for future growth.
THE CHURCHES AND SOCIAL REFORM.
With the main trend of Father
Thompson's thought in the'fine sermon
which he preached at the cathedral last
Sunday all dispassionate students of
social problems must agree. It is a
fact, as he states, that the working
class has passed from slavery to free
dom, or partial freedom,' and it is also
a fact that the influence ot Christian
ity has been a factor in accomplishing
this advance. How much of a factor is
another question.
History affords little warrant for the
statement that the churches abolished
slavery. We know quite well that the
abolition of American slavery was ac
complished not only without the active
aid of the churches, but that the move
ment in that direction excited, at the
outset, their hostility. Events were
quite similar in Great Britain. The
English church gave little if any aid to
the propaganda of William Wilber
force and his colaborers. The British
law courts were persistently at enmity
with slavery, but nothing of the kind
can be said of the bishops. The gen
eral transition from the status of slav
ery to that of freedom was not direct
but through the intermediary condition
of serfdom.
Slavery passed into serfdom not at all
through the good offices of the church,
but because of the exigencies of the
feudal system; and the serf became a
free man through the operation of eco
nomic causes rather than religious
ones. Had serfdom continued to be
profitable under the changed conditions
of English life, it would have persisted.
Certainly nobody could think for a mo
ment that the church abolished the ser
vile status of the peasants in France.
It was accomplished by the great revo
lution which in its inception and its
entire career was thoroughly anti-ec-cleslastlcal.
,It is difficult also to admit that social
reformers are bound to fail unless they
work along lines prescribed by the
churches. The churches have, quite
properly, made it their business to look
after the spiritual welfare of the peo
ple. This is something quite different
from their economic welfare, with
which social reformers are concerned.
So long as a man is In a state of grace
the duty of the churches toward him is
fulfilled; but social reformers seek to
perfect his bodily comfort, to secure for
him a hygienic environment and . pro
vide him with healthful amusement.
With these matters the church never
has concerned itself, except incident
ally, and it is not easy to see how it
ever can.
The churches seek to fit men for the
inhabitancy of heaven. The social re
formers seek to make their earthly lives
happy and fruitful. These two motives
are not necessarily in conflict, but they
certainly are different.
A dispatch from Dakota City, Neb.,
tells of the alleged shanghaing from
Portland about nine months ago of a
young man named Edward Ayres. The
dispatch states that his letters to his
father "tell a tale as terrible as Jack
London's story, "Sea Wolf." There are
other features of the young man's story
that resemble the yarn of the "Sea
Wolf," for Jack London's thriller was
all fiction and the most of the story
told by Ayres seems to be of a similar
nature. The man who Jumps overboard
from a tramp steamer "while opposite
Valdivla, Chile," wherever Valdivla
may be. only to be "captured by the
crew of a Spanish ship" after "walking
a greater part of the way across the
southern part of the continent," is
much more at home in a sea 6tory of
the Jack London or W. Clarke Russell
type than he is in real life. From ap
pearances Mr. Ayres has been reading
one of Frank T. Bullen's stories on
Portland Shanghaiens. Bullen writes
from conditions which existed twenty
five years ago, and Ayres" story, if well
told, might have been appropriate then.
It is not at this time.
One-third of all the wealth of the
United States is said to have been rep
resented at the funeral of Samuel Spen
cer, late president of the Southern Rail
road. Around his bier gathered rail-:
road and financial kings, possessing
wealth and power greater than the
wildest dreams of the old-time mon
archy of the earth could conjure. For
five minutes after the beginning of the
funeral service not a wheel turned on
the vast railway system of which Spen
der had been the head. The traffic of
cities, counties and states came to a
standstill for these few minutes, -while
thousands of railroad employes thus
paid a last silent tribute to the dead.
It was an almost theatrical tribute,
but in the presence of the great leveler
of all ranks, alike in the mind of the
grimy fireman in the engine cab and
the railroad king at the bier, there
must have come thoughts like those
which inspired Gray to write:
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power
And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave.
Await alike the Inevitable hour: .
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey officiated
last Sunday for the last time in the
pulpit of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. It is to his credit that he
maintained throughout the trying ec
clesiastical ordeal through which he
has just passed the courage of his con
victions and that he withdrew with
dignity from the church and ministry
in which his conscience was not al
lowed to dictate his speech. His ser
mon Sunday was not a "farewell ser
mon" in the emotional sense of that
term. It was simply his last "sermon
from an Episcopalian pulpit, and was
delivered without pose for sympathy or
the whimperings of emotional farewell.
The periodical report of the fatal ill
ness of King Menelik, of Abyssinia, is
now followed by the periodical denial.
Menelik seems to have about as many
fatal attacks of sickness as the Mad
Mullah has deaths. The dispatch an
nouncing the recovery of Menelik also
mentions , that the British syndicate
has acquired the only known oaI fields
In Abyssinia. There may be something
In common between the two announce
ments. Under unrestricted private control of
railroads, we have car famine, rebates,
extortionate rates, discriminations,
coal famines and daily slaughters. The
chief opponent of government regula
tion has fallen a victim to the chaotic
misrule which he so often praised.
Among the 11,000 victims to corporation
greed and incapacity for 1906 will be
numbered President Spencer of the
Southern Railroad.
"Class legislation;" exclaims the attor
ney for one On Hing,' who has been
arrested for conducting a Chinese gin
joint. The prosecution will probably
endeavor to prove that the intoxication
produced at the joint was also ."class."
It Is evident that only one peculiar
class or kind of internal mechanism
can absorb China gin without falling
into the hands of the Coroner.
The evident remedy for the car short
age is more cars. The ideal remedy
would be cars owned in Oregon and
subject to local control, though this is
perhaps impracticable. As long as a
man in New York absolutely dictates
what shall be done in Oregon it is diffi
cult to see how Oregon industries can
help themselves. In commerce as in
politics, home rule is best.
It is chronicled as surprising that two
mail clerks escaped with their lives
from the wreck of a fast train on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad last Sunday
night. The escape of these men is con
sidered miraculous, for the reason that
the mail clerk generally, and indeed al
most universally, shares the fate of the
engineer and fireman in a head-end col
lision. A millionaire has just been released
from the penitentiary at San Quentin,
Cal. Reports from some of the states
where land-frauds are just being dis
covered would indicate that if justice
discards its leaden boots it will not be
long before some other penitentiaries
will number a few millionaires "among
those present."
There is a little lees glitter in an
Alaska gold mini! after one has read of
three men making $410,000 out of a
Washington sawmill in a very few
years. And nearly all sawmill proper
ties have made big money while a ma
jority of the miners have gone broke.
The reports that Consul Miller has
predicted a war between America and
Japan sound absurd to those who know
Mr. Miller's genuine opinions. War, he
is known to have said, is contrary to
the interests and wishes of both na
tions. How, then, could it occur?
Negro slavery in the South has been
replaced by child slavery. Dixie land
cannot get along without a servile race.
If men cannot be exploited, children are
accepted as the next best thing. So
says Mrs. Frederic Nathan, of the
Consumers' League.
The friends of John Alexander Dowia
have made official denial that his mind
has become weakened since his removal
from power. No one has yet entered
denial that the minds of his followers
were weak while he remained in power.
IX THE OREGON COUNTRY.
Making; a Date.
Lewiston Teller.
Here's wishing the turkey many
happy returns but not as hash.
Knocked Out by the Moonlight.
Seattle Republican (Colored).
Thanks for the glorious "Thanksgiv
ing yesterday. We may not be able
to gobble, but true to our nationality,
we can crow like the very, old Sam
Harry.
The Tronble With Mr. Fallilove.
Portland Advocate (Colored).
James N. Fullilove was recalcitrant
and repugnant at the mass meeting
the other evening. The trouble with
the gentleman is that he can and does
say some good things sometimes, but
he don't know when to stop any time.
The Jawsmlth.
Aurora Borealis.
We heard a man the other day kick
ing for a chance to work. That man
was a false alarm. No man who -wants
work these days need be without em
ployment ten hours. There Is all kinds
of work in this district, and good
wages can be secured by good men.
"Conquering the West."
Irrigon Irrigator.
Four trains in Irrigon at one time
last Friday two freights and two
passengers and a boat at the landing,
gave things a different appearance
from two or three years ago, when
we did not even have a depot,
and when the "limited" scarcely took
time to toot her whistle as she sped
by.
Down on the Policeman.
Rainier Review.
Give some men a policeman's star
and they seem to think they have had
conferred upon them the power of life
or death. They are no longer amen
able to the laws that govern the
rest of mankind. Tou must halt
promptly when he calls upon you or
expect a bullet without further notice.
Of course, this does not apply to all
policemen. ,
When the I.urline Sank.
Cathlamet Sun.
During the height of excitement,
before the lights were entirely out,
as a means of allaying the fears of the
passengers. Captain Ingram stood be
fore the mirror near the piano and
cooly adjusted his tie. This went a
long way toward restoring quiet, and
proved to be an old dodge of the cap
tain's which he used to work on- tiie
deep sea during a storm.
KInjg of Malheur.
Ontario Argus.
We noticed Representative-elect
King purchased 25 pounds of salt-pork
at the M. M. Company last Saturday,
and when we asked him what he was
going to do with so much pig, he told
us that on account of the coal famine
he had locked his office and was going
to hibernate the rest of the winter,
but as soon as the coal famine was
raised he emerged from his hole and
will be on duty at his office until the
Legislature meets.
IIiitv Mother Necessity Worked It.
Walla Walla Argus.
The editor's family used to burn hay
for fuel in their Dakota pioneer days,
and they 'low they can do It again
on a pinch. All there Is to it is to
procure a sheet-iron drum about twice
as deep as a wash-boiler, tramp it full
of hay or straw, take the griddles off
the front of the kitchen stove, turn the
drum bottom-side up over the opening
in the stove, touch a match to the
hay and let 'er go, Susan. "Some peo
ple in Dakota used to claim that they
could keep a fire all night with one
bollerful of flax straw.
SHANGHAIED BOY RETCRNS.
Nebraska Youth Says He Was
Druggefd in Portland, Or.
DAKOTA CITY, Neb., Dec. 3. Shang
haied nine months ago at Portland, Or.,
by the crew' of an English tramp steam
er; escaping by jumping overboard oppo
site Valdivia, Chile: walking a greater
part of the way across the southern part
of the continent, only to be captured by
the crew of a Spanish ship and again car
ried to sea, Edward Ayres, son of M. O.
Ayres, president of the Bank of Dakota
City, has written to his father of his ar
rival at Somerset, Australia, almost
starved, after a cruise of 103 days. Young
Ayres declares he was at sea more than
two months on the English steamer be
fore he had an opportunity to escape. One
night he jumped overboard with two com
panions and reached shore.
His letter, telling of the distress of the
crew of the Spanish ship, tells a tale as
terrible as Jack London's story, "Sea
Wolf."
At the time Ayres was shanghaied from
Portland and was- carried on an English
steamer, he claims he was drugged and
woke up two days Inter with two passen
gers of a circus band. Ayres claims that
the hotel in Portland in which he stayed
allowed several English sailors to drug
members of the band for $10 each and car
ried them out of the house to the ships.
The father spent nearly a fortune try
ing to locate his missing boy and is crit
ically ill from worry.
STUART LOSES MIXING CASE
Seven Devils Claim, Worth $1,000,
000, Lost to Montanian.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The Supreme
Court of the United States today dis
missed the case of Granville Stuart vs.
Samuel T. Hauser and others, all of
Montana, Involving the ownership of the
Peacock, White Monument and Helena
mining claims, in the Seven Devils min
ing district in Idaho estimated to be
worth l,0u0,000.
The controversy is of many years'
standing and grew out of the Intimate
personal relationship between Stuart and
Hauser. They were partnership owners
in the mines at a time when Hauser was
president of a now insolvent bank in
Helena. Stuart was indebted to the bank
and made a deed of his interest to Hau
ser. and, while he claimed that the trans
action was intended merely to secure
his debt to the bank, the deed was
shown to be without such condition. Hau
ser in turn conveyed the property to
another party.
Stuart's suit was Instituted to compel
the purchasers from Hauser to return the
property to be held as In trust for Stnart.
The Court's action was favorable to
Hauser.
SNEAKTH1EF ROBS TRAIN.
Shoots rassenger Who Resists, Re
enters Train and Steals Again.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 3. While Santa
Fe passenger train No. 17, which left
Kansas City at 10:30 P. M., was stand
ing on a siding at Holliday, Kan., at 11
o'clock tonight, a sneakthief attempted
to leave the train with an overcoat and
suit case belonging to K. C. Ward, of
Purcell. I. T. Ward grappled with the
thief, who shot Ward in the leg. break
ing it, but Ward recovered his prop
erty. The thief apparently made his escape
in the darkness, but instead he made
a short detour and entered the smok
ing car in front, where he stole a hat
belonging to one of the passengers.
The intruder then escaped.
BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY FOR A YEAR
Interesting Compilation of Statistics by Bradstreet Showing the Results of Twelve
Months in Agriculture, Manufacture and General Trade.
BRADSTREET'S has prepared an interesting table showing the status of the lead
ing lines of American agriculture, manufacture, and general trade for the year.
The figures are given below, although many are estimates and subject to final
revision: Per cent,
1906. 1905. gain or loss.
Corn, bushels 2,881,096,000 2,707,993,540 Increase 6.4
Wheat, bushels 739.883,000 692.979,489 Increase 6.4
Oats, bushels 863,352,000 953,216.197 Decrease 9.4
Barley, bushels 144,528,000 136,651,020 Increase 5.7
Rye, bushels 30,000,000 28,485,952 Increase 6.3
Buckwheat, bushels 13,688.000 14,585,082 Decrease 6.1
Total, six leading cereals 4,672.547,000 4,533,911.230 Increase 3.1
Potatoes, bushels ., 303,267,500 250,741,294 Increase 16.5
Sugar (Louisiana)), pounds 593,600,000 739,200,000 Decrease 19.6
Sugar (Porto Rico), pounds 571,200,000 477,120,000 Increase 19.7
Sugar (Hawaii), pounds 834,800,000 862,400.000 Increase 2.6
Sugar, beet (Unted States), pounds.... 772,800,000 636.1t0.000 Increase 21.4
Sugar, total pounds 2,822.400.000 2,714,880,000 Increase 3.9
Apples, barrels 36,000,000 24,000,000 Increase 50.0
Cranberries, barrels ' 250.000 136,800 Increase 82.7
Cotton, bales 12,500,000 11,345,988 Increase 10.2
Tobacco, pounds 628.814,800 633.033,719 Decrease .6
Shoe shlpm'ts, eastern (10 months), cs. 4,361.569 -, 4,248.057 Increase 2.6
Iron ore shipments (lake), tons .37.000,000 34,100,000 Increase 8.5
Pig Iron production, tons 25,000,000 23,000,000 Increase 8.6
Coal, Ant. shipments (10 months), tons. 45,680,414 50.593,504 Decrease 9.7
Bldg. expenditure (10 months), 32 cities 400,934.988 $380,516,192 Increase 5.2
Bank clearings (10 months) $131,097,795,346 $115,678,335,231 increase 13.3
Railway earnings, gross (9 months)... $1,439,457,962 $1,267,297,075 Increase 13.5
Exports of merchandise (10 months)... $1,425,172,707 $1,256,924,354 Increase 13.4
Imports of merchandise (10 months)... $1,046,392,809 $979,717,437 Increase 6.7
Total foreign trade (10 months) $2,471,565,516 $2,236,641,791 Increase 10.5
Business failures, number (10 months). 7,669 8,233 Decrease 6.8
Business failures, liabilities (10 months) ... $101,276,480 $100,742,103 Increase .4
Money in circulation Nov. 1 $2,866,882,786 $2,653,131,578 Increase 8.0
Money in circulation per capita $33.63 $31.69 Increase 6.2
Explanatory of the above figures, it might be said that the large bailey, corn, and
wheat crops more than made up for smaller yield of oats, the net result being an ag
gregate yield of all cereals combined 3 per cent larger than in 1905. and larger even
than the combined record yield of past years. A next to record yield of potatoes, a
record sugar crop, a fair sized apple crop, and a next to record cotton crop are among
the features indicated. The yield of tobacco will, however, be light. Larger yields
of most crops indicate a heavier total money value to the farmer than a year ago.
In Industry, it Is to be noted that nearly all lines of endeavor show larger outputs
than a year ago. Shoe shipments show a gain of 2.6 per cent on last year; Iron ore
shipments and pig iron production break all records, gaining 8.5 per cent in each case
over the hitherto record year 1905. Building construction was never so active. An
thracite coal shipments, however, are a conspicuous exception, showing a decrease of
9.7 per cent from 1905.
Prices of all staples have shown great strength, and the general level of all values,
as indicated by Bradstreet's approximate index number, is 6 per cent above a year
ago and 53 per cent above the low water mark set in July, 1896.
Large crops, high prices, and active Industry naturally find reflection in large
financial and trade totals. Foreign and domestic trade has reached unprecedented
heights, as Indicated by gains of 6." per cent in imports and of 13.4 per cent in ex
ports, and in a total foreign trade 10.6 per cent ahead of 1905. Railway earnings and
bank clearings show nearly similar gains over a year ago, 13.5 and 13.3 per cent re
spectively. Business failures are 6.8 per cent fewer, while liabilities are only four
tenths of 1 per cent larger than in 1905. The volume of money in circulation is the
largest ever recorded.
CITIZENS KEEP THE ORPHANS
Arizona Whites Win Legal Battle
Against Foundling Hospital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The Supreme
Court of the United States dismissed to
day for want of jurisdiction the case of
the New York Foundling Hospital vs.
John C. Ghattl. This decision revived the
story of about 40 orphan children sent
from New York to Arizona In 1904, which
at the time received much attention at
the hands of the public. The effect of
the decision, which was delivered by
Justice Day, Is to leave In effect the de
cision of the Arizona Supreme Court,
which was favorable to Ghatti.
The case brought out the fact that in
October, 1904, a special car containing 40
foundlings from the hospital Intended for
the neighboring towns of Clifton and
Morenci, Arizona, arrived at the former
place. The children were in the charge
of three Sisters of Charity, but were turn
ed over to the local priest In pursuance
of a request that he made to have the
children sent out. In that request he had
said that respectable educated Spanish
families desired them for adoption. They
were Immediately distributed throughout
the towns but. Instead of being given to
reputable people, as the priest had prom
ised, the American residents of the place
charged that the recipients were of the
lowest class of half-breed Mexicans and
wholly unfit to care for the children of
whom they were to become the foster
parents. They accordingly organized a mass meet
ing and appointed committees to devise
ways and means, with the result that the
children were one and all taken bodily
from their guardians after remaining with
them for only one night, and adopted by
the Americans. The Arizona courts found
much difficulty in dealing with the case,
but they sustained the course of the citi
zens and indorsed their retention of the
children. The Sisters of Charity, who con
trol the hospital, sought to have the little
ones restored to their custody In order
that they might take them back to New
York.
The case acted on today Involved the
custody of only one child, but it has been
agreed that the decision in this case
should control in all the others; conse
quently all the children will he left in
Arizona, The decision of the case turned
entirely on the fact as to whether the per
sonal freedom of the children had been
violated and the court held that such was
not the case. Speaking on that point in
the case of William Norton, one of the
children, Justice Day said:
There was no attempt Illegally to wrest
the custody of the child from its lawful
guardian while In Arizona. The society vol
untarily took the child there with the In
tention that It should remain. Through im
position the child was placed In custody of
those unlit to maintain control over it. It
was within the Jurisdiction of the court
under the circumstances that rival claimants
to the right of custody might invoke the
Jurisdiction of a court of competent juris
diction of the territory to determine, not
the right of freedom, but to which custody
a child of tender years should be committed.
CAMERON WILL NOT PEACH
Accused Pittsburg Grafter to Be
Tried for Refusal to Answer.
PITTSBURG. Dec. 3. C. S. Cameron,
president of the Tube City Railroad,
was held tinder $2000 bail by Magis
trate F. J. Brady today for refusing to
answer questions in the hearing of
Common Councilman William A. Mar
tin, who, with Cameron, is charged
with conspiracy to defraud the rail
road out of $70,000 in connection with
the passage of several ordinances. Bail
was immediately furnished and the
case continued until December 12.
Cameron and Martin have been ar
rested twice before on charges of con
spiracy, bail being given in each case
in the sum of $10,000. In court today
Cameron refused to answer any of the
questions as to his part in the alleged
distribution among 69 councilmen of
$70,000, on the ground that he might
incriminate himself.
Must r ledge Fair Trial.
DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 3. The hearing
on the application for requisition for
George Jenkins, colored, wanted on the
charge of murder committed in Tunica
County. Miss., was had before Governor
McDonald today. The Governor was told
that Jenkins might be lynched If taken
back to Mississippi for trial and he sent
a telegram to Governor Verdaman of
Mispissippl asking if he would guarantee
Jenkins protection and a fair trial if the
requisition were granted. Governor Mc
Donald intimated that his action In the
matter would depend upon the character
of Governor Vardaman's reply.
Wealthy Bachelor a Suicide.
niTTcm-nn n 3 T. Tjt Dillwnrth
52 years of age and a bachelor, 6- member
of one ot tne most weanny unuura oi
Pittsburg, committed suicide today by
shooting. No cause can be assigned for
the deed.
DOLKHOBORS TO GO BACK
Russia will Exchange Labor for
Fanatics With Canada.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 3. Peter Vere
gin, the liead of the Doukhobor commun
ity in Canada, who is known as "John the
Baptist," has arrived in St. Petersburg,
charged with the double mission of ascer
taining the attitude of the Russian gov
ernment on the question of the repatria
tion of the Dukhobors and recruiting a
force of 10,000 Russian peasants, wanted
on two contracts to work on the construe,
tion of new roads in the Canadian North
west. The answer of the government to these
questions was given by Premier Stolypln
in the course of an address. The Premier
said the government would be glad to
welcome the Dukhobors back whenever
they were ready to come. They are con
sidered, he said, as pilgrims who left the
country during a time of religious intol
erance. Assuring him that lie would not
be hampered by the government, the Pre
mier advised Veregin to secure his con
tract laborers In the famine-stricken provinces.
TWENTY MILLIONS NEED FOOD
Awful Extent of Russian Famine
Duo to Crop Failure.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 3. Princes
Lvoff and Orbellan I, the representa
tives of the Moscow Zcmstvo famine
relief organization, who have Just re
turned from the stricken districts,
have furnished the Associated Press
with the following facts regarding con
ditions in the famine provinces:
"The crops in the seven provinces ol
Samara, Saratov, Simbirsk. Kazan,
Penza, Tairtbov and Ufa were practical
ly total failures. In 20 provinces t It
harvests were very poor. About 20.ono.
000 people will need assistance for
from four to ten months to stave oft
starvation until the new crops ate
available. In some regions the in
habitants have been suffering from
starvation for ten years, possible crops
having been gathered in only two of
the ten years. The Moscow Zemstvo
relief organization calculates that
$75,000,000, and possibly more, will be
necessary.
"Though the conditions In the famine
regions are now distressing, far worse
may bo expected in January. The
Zemstvo organization's $300,000 will
then be exhausted and the relief or
ganizations will be compelled to cease
their efforts for the starving peasants.
Prince Lvoff complained that the local
officials, for political reasons, are In
terfering with the establishment of
soup kitchens and the rendering ot
medical assistance.
BRYAN ON DIGNITY OF LABOR
Says World Will Regard Idleness as
Disgrace.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 3. William J.
Bryan made an address at the opening of
the Union Labor Fair today. In which he
said In part:
There is a great gulf existing between
the toiling classes and those rho live with
out tolling, but at the present time brsin
and muscle are- working In closer harmony
than they have been for many years. Today
the world does not care for the nonprodur
er. and the laborer ranks much higher than
the idle man who lives on the Income left
him.
The dignity of labor has been so pro
claimed over the land and Impressed on
the minds of the people that it will not be
long until the world will point the finger of
disgrace at the man who lives in idleness.
The moral question al-so is Involved In this.
A man who refuses to work cannot attain a
high moral standard. The real pauper Is not
the man living in poverty, but the one that
docs not produce anything. The pauper
may be found among the rich classes, where
idleness takes the place of work.
If all the laboring men should quit work
now. the world would starve In six months,
because the country is only that far ahead
in supplies. No man can be better trusted
than the laboring man and no one is more
interested in good government that be wno
tolls.
. CRAIG NAMES ASSISTANT.
Ex-Portlandcr Makes Changes in
Great Northern Service.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Dec. 3. (Special.)
Passenger Traffic Manager A. L. Craig,
of tho Great Northern Railroad, today
appointed A. J. Ellison assistant general
passenger agent, a position abandoned in
when .C. E. Stone was made general
passenger agent. Mr. Ellison is now gen
eral agent of the company at Chicago. C.
V. Pitts, traveling passenger agent of
the Great Northern Steamship Company,
will succeed him. W. J. Craig, now with
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany at Portland, is made assistant chief
clerk in the passenger department of the
Great Northern.