Morning Oregonian., January 11, 1907, Image 12

THE 3IOR.MXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1907.
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compared with other appropriations and
Insisted that, the people Keep on clamor
ing for funda until all of their rivers and
harbors were improved "to a point where
Tillamook -bay could accommodate the
largest ships afloat. He afterwards sub
stituted Taqulna bay for Tillamook.
i J. N. Teal, of Portland, in handling
1 the topic, "Transportation Conditions"
made one of the best speeches of the
meeting. He said the people had a funda
mental right to know how a railroad is
; operated because the right to operate Is
one granted by the people for the pur
pose or handling their business. He as
serted that there was no such thing as
competition in railroading: that the rail
roads had divided the entire United States
Into certain sections which each partlcu-
lar road regarded as its own property.
"Nothing." said Mr. Teal, "is forclns
public ownership of rs-ilroads so rapidly
as the attitude or the railroads Uiem-
selves."
Mr. Teal flanked his remarks with some
interesting figures. He gave the receipt
of the O. R. & N. Co. -for 1897 as 4.-
728,000 and Tor 1!W6 as H2.C96.000. He said
that all the betterments and much of-the
equipment ureha.sei between those two
years had been charged lap to operating
expenses, but despite tnis fact trie net
earnings had still shown an increase of
16S per cent while the equipment for
handling- the business had increased but
, 13-i per cent.
Teal Talks Commlsrilon.
Mr. Teal was quite insistent that the
railroad commission-which In his mind
was the proper remedy for existing rail
road evils should be an appointive and
not an elective body, although he ad-
mitted that the "bill he favored made it
necessary that the Governor's appoint
ees be satisfactory to the Senate, which
would in effect place the appointing
power to a considerable degree in the
hands of the Senate.
The delayed arrival of the northbound
tra I a preven ted some of the speakers
scheduled for the afternoon session reach
ing here and at the close of Mr. Teal's
remarks Wall is Xash. president of the
Portland Board of Trade, was called on
for a few remarKs. He took issue-with
Mr. Teal on the assertion that there coul3
be no competition between railroads and
expressed the opinion that the Mid-Ore-
gon & Eastern, now projecting a line
across the state, would have a very Im
portant bea-rinf? on the solution of the
problem now troubling the people ot Ore
gon.
The first matter taken up at the even-
mlttee on resolutions. This report ap-
. peared In three sections, touching on the
enactment of railroad legislation, pro
testing against the Harriman land policy
and dealing with the purchase of the
Oregon City locks. The resolutions fol-
w :
Text off the Resolutions.
WMcas, tin tnnyponww cimle' 01
I th State of Oregon have ben proven to be
ry Inadrquatn to nskraa le tnc eommorca
of the utate and trie- rllroan hav Utterly
failed to keep pace with the progress or the
state, and
WhPreas. the lack of trs.nsporte.tion lamii-
tfa haa not only retarded tha development
of the state as a -whole, but In many in-
stances has cawed irreparable injury 10 the
producers and shippers of the state and
more particularly to tnoi in ivo.icrii ure-
on.
Be it resolved that the Shippers- and Pro
ducers' Convention is in favor of the enact-
ment of a law providing for a railroad com-
mlmlon with rett-makliiff powr ana IM
I nrovlillng for l"iniirn- and reciprocal de
murrage rules with proper penalties, the
said law to be of such a general nature as
I will enable the commission to correct tne
buxei which th people or the Mtte ha
j suffered at the hands of the transportation
i companies; that it Is the sense or the con
vention that the bill now belli prepared by
the Chamber- of Commerce of Portland, in
I conjunction with the Or and Washing
I on Lumber Mauufanturera' Aasociatlon. and
the Commercial bodies Of the -tate at iarg,
lis designed to promote the best interests of
I the iihlDpers and manufacturers of the mate.
I and f ot such a character that ir ncted
I into law ft will provide substantial relief
to the peoule .of the state and that we re-
I Quest and demand that -our representatives
the LegiaUtur rot-1c for and wcur rx
actment of this or wo me ea.iaally mrltur
I lous measure.
Resolve! That It In the MMe of the
I Shippers' and Producers' Convention at Al
I tan-. that the attitude oC the Harriman
I sy.trai In refusing; to sell the timber a
aBricultural lands which were placed m the
I hands of the Oregon A California Railroad
order to use thorn aa collateral tor loans to
be u?d In the construction of the road and
In-hic-h were, by the terms of the ;rant, evl
Sently Intended to he held In trust by the
railroad company and later sold to the settler-
ot Oregon, -has worked and Is working
great !iafm to the 'people and interests of
Orejjon; and we emphatically protest against
this policy and respectfully request the
members of the Orejron Legislature to bring
forcibly to the attention or the National
I Con r rest this condition of affairs and
-memorialize Congress to the end that there
I lands may be put on the market at an
Ittarly date and at the price and under the
I terms and conditions contemplated by the
original grant.
favors Purchase of Locks.
Whereaa the operation of the locks at
Oregon City by corporate Interests Imposes
la tax of 50 cents per ton on all freight
passing that point; and
whereas the Shippers and Producers" Con
vention unanimously favors the condemna-
lion and purchase of said locks either
h rough National or state legislation. There
fore be it
Resolved, that we respectfully request the
corning Legislature to take such steps ax
will lrsd to aa early abolition of this un
neo.ry and' unjust tax.
Siand. c. HI. HO X,
THOUAa K - CAMPBELL,
( FRANK J. MILLER,
' GEORGE M. CORNWALL,
jr. a. GRAHAM,
Committee on RMOIutlnna.
The reading of the resolution regarding
the enactment of a railroad commission
law hrotiB-ht forth a Tiroies-i- from HanM.
LjAntatlve Jones, of Polk, who has a bill of
his own to Introduce, but when It was
pointed out to him that the Indorsement
of the convention did not cover any partic
ular bin, so ions; as It was "equally meri
torious" with the one. mentioned In the
resolution, he withdrew his objections
and tha resolutions were all unanimously
adopted.
1 E. Yoran. of TSuffene, president of the
Merchants Protective Union, under the
topic of "Observations on tha Eugene
Convention," gave a resume of his speech
before the Gux-ene meeting:, ela-borating;
somewhat on the subject of commodity
rates, which he claimed were excessively
high to all Valley points.
Talks on Open River.
"An Open River. Its Relation to Trans
portation," was dismayed by Colonel B.
Hofer. president of the Willamette Valley
IJevelopraent lea-rue. He apologized for
his appearance on the programme while
there were so many members of the leg
islature present. Mr. Hofer said the car
shortage was not confined to OreRoo. but
was rully as bad elsewhere, ana in some
places worse. He cited the cases of Pitts-
burs; and Kansas -City, both of which
sent representatives to the recent Stivers
and Harbors Congrees at "Aashlngton to
secure funds lor improving the rivers tie
cause the car shortage was ruining: their
business.
He advocated the acquisition of the Ore
gon City locKe toy the state. If the Gov-
eminent refused to do anything, He con-
tended that the precedent established by
the state In appropriating more than 30O,-
OOO for the portage road at Oelllo war
ranted the people of the Willamette Val
ley in demanding an appropriation of at
least $300,000 for the purchase of the Ore
gon Olty looks. Me el ted the -case of a
shipment of salt, the freight on which by
water from Portland to Albany, & dis
tance of 90 miles, was less than the
charge for a 12-mile rati haul from Albany
to Lebanon.
Hot Shot for Railroad?.
R Smith of Grant's Pass, a vigorous and
consistent foe of the railroads, handled
the subject "Railroad Lends in Oregon"
and pointed oul the impossibility of de
velopment in either mining or agriculture
In Southern Oregon so long as the exist
ing railroad land system remained in
force. He recommended that the land be
taxed sufficiently high to raise the funds
necessary to buy the locks and alt other
Improvements needed. By this means he
thought the railroad company would in
time become tired of withholding from
Industrious settlers and miners the land
which should be developed.
Mr. Smith made a savage arraignment
of the past -State Legislatures and said
that the state had got but little outrof
them, but had received all It was entitled
to for electing such people.
I blame those unspeakable men who
are sent down to misrepresent the peo-
pie," said Smith, as he related the oppo-
sltion he had encountered with the anti-
rallroad legislation he sought to get
through at the last; session of the Legis-
lature. He gave an extended account of
his unfortunate experience, which he
hoped would serve as a warning to the
new members of wliat they would en
counter from the forces of evil. He
pledged the support of the Southern Ore-
gon members of the Legislature to a bill
lor the purchase of the Oregon Olty locks.
Ifawlcy Talks Land Grant.
Representative C. W. Hawley made an
Impromptu talk on the Southern Pacific
land grant. He held that the lands were
still the patrimony of the people and
that the railroads had no right 'to with
hold them from sale or to retain any
mineral or other rights when they were
sold. He gave a detailed account ot the
land grant, which he stated contained no
provision which permitted the railroad
company to charge more than 92.50 per
acre.
The convention adjourned shortly after
10 o'clock tonight.
There was a goodly sprinkling of
Legislators at the convention today.
among them being; Vawter, of Jackson,
and Davey. of Marlon; Representatives
Reynolds and Rodgers, and Senator
Kay, of Marion; Representative Carter
and Senator Johnson, of Benton ; Rep
resentatives Eaton, of Lane; Jewell, of
Josephine; Jones, or Polk and Lincoln;
Steen and Barrett, of Umatilla: Pike.
of Gilliam. Sherman and Wheeler; ITp
meyer. Brown and Holt, of Linn, and
Senator r. J. Miller, of Linn and Ma
rion.
Most of the Legislators left for Port
land on the late evening train. Those
remaining: will head for the metropolis.
Babe of Four Sent Out
to Sell Papers
Moan Itr-Vl . Sifkl-v-rartna: Cl-tld, Its
round on Strrctn Or Juvenile Of-
fleerMother Warned to Keep Boy
Home
I0UQM0N; LEVINSOya 4-year-old
ell. he urned ! cen&s lasd efenin.
I link dot va doing p rooty good."
I THE SUNDAY OREGOIANi
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a-3 baby Moses was sent out on the -streets
in the chilly hours of yesterday morning
to sell newspapers. The tliin little fellow,
barely out of dresse9 and lacking some
laches of measuring: to the length of an
unfolded now-spapcr, attracted no end of
attention as he went -shiverina- about the
sidewalk, calling: his wares in a childjsh
treble.
The presence of the tot on the streets
presently nune to the notice of Detective
Hawley, of tne Juvenile Court, and the
baby was taken to the Courthouse, where
Circuit Judge Prazer ifued an orden for
the appearance ot the parents. The baby
was taken home and told to -stay there.
Mrs, Lcvlnsan appeared tefore Judge
Prazer late in the afternoon. She said
she was sickly, and that the baby was
selling papers to helf out the family
fun-ds. Her husband, was an expressman,
she -said, and did not earn much. When
asked if she did not think more of the
little TetloW welfare than to send him
out almost before he was weaned, M i-s.
Lievinson said;
und I tink dot ya-s doinjr orootv srood.
Seelnir that arBru men tL wa m nwloa.
Judge JiYazer told her at once that if she
permitted the little fellow to sell papers
again she would lose hlrh and his care
wouia devolve upon the court.
Detectives search ror Colien-
Louie Cohen, of "Ben Hur" ticket-sell
lnsr fame, t wanted by the oolloe. Y-r
terday morning he appeared 'before Judge
Cameron ana pleaded not guilty to a
charge of threatening: to kill Mrs. Jessie
McOanxu and the ca.se was put over until
January 14. Shortly after the court hart
adjourned the woman again appeared toe
fore the magistrate and swore out an
other complaint charging; Cohen with the
same offense. Ho is enjoying; his Hoerty
on $20 ball furnished Wednesday evening;,
but on the warrant now out for him the
bail e fixed at 1600, and detectives are
looking- for the belligerent party.
Can't Xarn of Castro's Condition.
CARACAS, Jan. lO.-Nothlnir definite re-
&-ardinsr the Illness of President Castro
has developed here. The usual rumors
that he is in a desperate condition are
current, but no one Jn an official capacity
will confirm them. The country is quiet.
Friends of "Vice-"President Gomez state
"that. In case he is called to accept the
Presidency by command of Castro on ac
count of the latter' death, he will ful-
fill all foreign obligations to the letter.
First 'Rule
of Health
Ask your doctor, "What is the
first great rule of health?"
Nine doctors out of ten will
quickly reply, "Keep the
bowels regular." "While you
are about it, ask him another
question, "What do you think
of Ayer's Pills for constipa
tion?"
We -publish th fonns'sa
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