tttt rnuvTvr. rT?rnnXTA THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 8, 1910. fc, I- n. , , - . .1 I N HO PRICES NOT FAULT OF FARMER Secretary Wilson Finds That Middleman Gets Big Share of Consumers' Cash. 1910 CROP MAKES RECORD Cora Far Exceeds Previous Yields and Potatoes Seldom liar Ex celled In Quantity Valuable Discoveries Are Made. WASHINGTON. Dec T. TT. enormous value of th" farm rmdwta of th. I'ntted Ptates in S.3S.3(.00 aix a discus sion of the s.iara of the price paid by t conanwr thai lea received bjr th. farmer sr. features of the annual report of ths eeretary of srlcuHure. James Wilson, marls public today. The report concludes tSat them la no well-trrounded complaint sralnst the. farmer for the hlch com of llvinc Tba report rllscosses eieso the pro blem of reforestation and tl. economic value of the forest reserves, the d!a covartes mail through the laboratories of the department, the enforcement of the pure-food law ar-d other topics. Hlca prices recelre considerable atten tion. In the farmer's aspect be receives various Tw"rcenLTe. of the consumer's prices for farm products. In the case of milk. In "S cities distributed throughout the United States where the subject was lures cated by the department, the farm er receives a scant W per cent, or one liatf of the pries pa!l by the consumer. The railroads let about 7 per cent, so that the remaining" t Per cent of the con wmfri price Is received mostly or the retat'er. The milk waon of the retailer has a Ions; route." the report says. "It stops at a bouse or two In one dtr block, per haps passes several Mocks without exop p nc. and so proceeds to e-rre customers thinly distributed alone a rout, of miles. At tba same time ths milk warons of other retailers are eoverlns; various por tions of the same route, and so there Is s rrejit wssts of effort and of expsnss Is ths distribution." Fanner's Share Estimated. Ths farmer receives hardly more than 2ialf f ths consumer's price In ths easa of poultry: S3 per cent In ths cass of ecam; cabbase S per cent when bousrht by the head and S per cent when bought by ths pound; celery. per cent when bought by ths bunch. The spplearower receives M per cent of ths consumer's price when ths pur chase Is by the bushel and 6S per cent when by ths barrel; the exrawberry arower gets 49 per cent of ths consumer's price In purchases by the quart and 76 per cent when by ths crate. When ths consumer buys a peck of onions at a time, the farmer receives 58 per cent of ths retail price; when he buys a barrel the farmer receives 6 per cent. So, In ths case of orange when ths purchase Is by ths doaan ths grower receives per cent of the consumer's price, whereas, when the purchase Is by ths box ths trrower gets b per cent. Ths rule seema t be. the smaller ths retail quantity the smaller the farmer's shars of ths con sumer's price. Among the many other products rep resented In the list are oats, with 74 per cent of the consumer's price going to the farmer when bought by the bushel: melon. W prr cent when bought hy the pound; parsnips. GO per cent when bought by tlio bunch; potatoes &9 per cent when bought by the bushel; string beana. per 1 nt when bought by. lbs barrel: sweet potatoe. CI per cent when bought by the barrel; turnips. t P'r cent In purchases by the bunch; watermelons, 34 p-r cent when bought singly. TTe report rays that the value of farm products) from 1S to the present year has been progressive without Interrup tion. If the value of the products of 1V.9 Is placed at hX ths value for this year Is l. or almost double the value for the census J ear 11 years ago. Corn Crop Breaks neoorils. The corn crop of 113.S51.rtJ0 bushel exceeds that of the record year lf-5 and Is grev.ter tran the average crop of the preceding five years by H per cent. While the value of this corn crop Is below that of h and ntso of lfet. Its amount belongs to stories of magic. It tan hard'y be reckoned as lews than Jl.aVVO" a sunt sufTiclent to cancel the iMterest-bcarlrc debt of t'.ie Vntted Kiateex buy all of the gold and sliver lutie.1 In all of the countries of the earth in rv. and still leave to the farmers a little f xk't money. A'l of the cereals except corn are to-g-ther worth only tiiree-fourths e much 1 thst crop Tlie great allied Iron and steel Industries had. In ths latest census ear for which results have been pub lished. K-H. a production worth only 0 fer cer.t cf the value of this years corn crop. The value, of the 1jv crop Is about jr.'n .1.1 ,yi an amount which has been ex ceeded but once, and that In 1WT; It Is 1J per cent above the average of the prn-e.llng five years. Fortunately the wheat crop Is iMvldcd Into two soalngs. Autumn snd Spring, so thst the two crops srs subject to il'ITeirnt cltmatl.- scchknts. as wse ths case thts yesr. The production of rpring and Winter wheat If aT'l.T.O! bushel, or substsntla'.ly the avrrags of tlie pre cetllrg nve rs, whereas ths value In about K.'5.'V1 or 7 per cent abovs ti-e flve-vear average. Kaenlr the fifth crop Jn point of value l oats, ti e value of which this year Is S,;s,vavi 'VA. or 13 per cent above the aver age of the fls preceding years. rntato Crop Above Average. Next In order of value Is the potato crop, which has been exceeded only In two or three former yesrs. With the exception of ths crop of K-. which was In a degree an overproduction, the crop of thai yesr Is the largest ever groan In 1)1 country, ths preliminary estimate of the department Is ja.;s".'X bushels, or S per cent above the average of the preced ing five years. The fsrm value of the cereal crops de clined fck.&v.ft. In 1?:0 from 1S and the value of atl crops declined r I9.0XX A gain waa made, however, tn the value of animal products amounting to $134. CivX It has been a year of high prices for meat and animals, for poultry ar.d rgrs. and for milk and butter, and for threw reasons the total value of all farm products Increased In 1510 J04.O.0 abovs the est mate for t. The Secretary concludes that there ta no giod ground for complaint against ths farmer. The report says: The farmer supplies the capital for pro duction sod takes the risk of his losses: his crops are at the mercy of drouth, and riood. and heat, and fme-t. to ssy nothing of aoxlotzs Inserts and blighting diseases. H suprhee hard, vactlnc. unremitting labor. A desre aot raps W information sact In ttlsence are demanded br agriculture hi. h are hardly equaled In any other oc rur4tirt. Then thers Is the rik of over rroductlen and dlsattnntsly low prices. Krora istnnlng to end the farmer must fer dest-ous'r to escape perils to his profits, sad Indeed, to his capital, ea every hand. At last ths products are started ea their was to the consumer. The rsllrosd. gessraliy speaking, adds a percentage of Increase to the farmer's prices that Is not larse. After delivery by tb rsllrosd ths producta are stored a short time, sre meas ured tnto the various retail quantities, more or less small, and the dealers srs rhl of them as soon aa possible. The dealers hsve naif that are practically small, escspt credit Bales, and such risks aa grow out of their trying to de aa amount of business which Is small aa compared with their number. Production per acre Is beginning to overtake increase of people, declares the Secretary of Agriculture, tn discussing ons of ths features of his report. 'The evidence la very plain that the yields per acre of our cropa are now Increasing, and if ths facts were assembled In detail for the states It would be found that ths percentage of Increase In yield of many of them la greater than the percentage of normal Increase of population that Is, ths Increase of births ovsr deaths In the old native element." Ths Secretary while In hearty accord with the general proposition to provide belter facilities for work in ths Interest of ths public health, expresses himself as opposed to any plan which will re move from ths Department of Agricul ture the Inspection work Involved In the enforcement of ths food and drugs act and ths meat-Inspection law. to rwy nothing of certain plans which would take away ths biological and entomological work of ths department. "To remove from ths Department of Agriculture ths meat Inspection -and veterinary work." say the Secretary, "would. I believe, be a great detriment to the work of this department and to the agricultural and livestock interests, without any corre sponding gain In efficiency or advantage to ths public and would result In In creased expenditure rather than In economy." With reference to Ms Investigations of fruitgrowing, the report says: g The tavestlgstlon snd study of fruit dis eases hara been vigorously pushed and have ehowa a healthy protrress. Tbe new methods of spralng with sulphur compound worked out be tbe pathologists of the de partment has been widely adopted by apple srvwers. The Inveetlsatlon shoes thst tine fruit can be produced snd protection se cured against fungus diseases without ths Injurious afreet resulting from copper com pound. JKordaeux mixture Is still being used, but In the spraying of spplea It has tsken second place. Speclsl sttentlnn hsa been Riven to experiments! work In perfecting te method of ualng the new eulphur sprss for the fruit spot and leaf dlaaaae. Aa a result, frultgroners who bars used the new aprais hsve secured fine croys of ths beat spples they have ever grown. The peach growers of Virginia. West Virginia and Georgia have been prompt to adopt the dis covery of spraying wltb self-boiled Ilme sulphur for brown rot and scab, which has resulted In the removal of soms of the fsctors which rendered the gronlng of this fruit uncertain. Tbe pear Mlrht eradication methods hsvs beea la extensive use on tbe I'aclXle Coast Hay I Cnred Artificially. The department has tested, for ths benefit of regions whers the rainfall Is untimely, a process of coring hay artifi cially. It has designed a drier that cures green alfalfa In S minutes at nominal cost. Its researches have resulted in discovering. among other things, a variety of alfalfa from Krlvan. which Is aald to be longer lived than the Turke stan; a species? of Medicego from an altitude of over 4000 feet, which is already being utilized In the work of creating new hybrid alfalfa for the Northwest: ths Afghasian appla snd special varieties of pears for trial In the Gulf States; some remarkable olives, which have with stood gero temperatures) and still borne good crops of fruit; seeds collected In the Caucasus from wild plants of ths true raradlse apple, which Is used as a dwarf stock for the purpose of ob taining seedlngs not Infected with crown gall and aclona of a newly produced crabapple. reported to be a better keeper than American crabapples. Curing the year forest fires burned over an area of 3.000.000 acres, at a rough estimate at a loss of ii.000.o00 snd the destruction of over 6.0W.00O, feet of tim ber. During 10 the burned srea was S2.014 acres as compared with 11aJ acres -In rSOi It la charged that a con siderable 'number of the fires were caused by Incendiarism, which has led the de partment to offer a reward for the con viction of the incendiaries. Precautionary meana are being employed by the de partment to reduce ths flrcei to a mini mum, such as the construction of roads and trails and the establishment of tire lines. Curing the year MHO miles of road and K.OuO miles of trail were completed. It Is estimated that there are about 13.0C0.onO horsepower of water that Is capable of being harnessed on the Na tional forests, only an insignificant frac tion of which has been controlled. The total of livestock of all kinds which sued the National forest ranges during the year under pay permits fell off 175 per cent In comparison with the previous year. This Is the first year since regu lated grazing began that there has not been an Increase. The cause of the drop Is to bs found tn the reduction of the available range through eliminations of land found to be better suited to other uses than to force purposes. THURSTON HALL ENGAGED New IaTlnfr Man at Baker W ill Be Seen In "Tlie Dollar Mark." As the Christmas holiday attraction at ths Baker Theater Manager George L. Baker will present both the new leading man and the new second woman. In Ueorge Broadhurst's powerful play, "The Dollar Stark." Thurston Tlall. lately of Belasco A layer's well-known Alcazar Stock Com pany. In San Kranclsco, has been secured for Portland through Mr. Bakers af filiation with that orx-anliatlon. Mr. Hall la one of the best-known lead ing men In the country. Two seasons ago he was wl;h Ulllan Russell In "Wild fire" and last season was with George .-awcett In "The Great John Ganton." lis has been leading man In stock com panies In New York. Minneapolis. St. l,ou!s. Toledo, Rochester, Providence and New Orlesns and was In Klaw & Er langer's original production of "Ben llur." MISSING MAN SENDS WORD McCorqucKlale Sajs AH Moneys Due Farmers In Mall. McKlnlcy Mitchell received a telegram yesterday from W. H. McCorquodale. a former commission man of this city, who left rather suddenly about two weeks ago. McCorquodale telegraphed from Chi cago that he had Just learned, of the charges made against him In Portland, which lie declared to be spite work on the part of his enemies. He says that all remittances due farmers are now In the mall. McCorquodale will go to New York today, where he will permanently reside, and gives his New York address as tbs Cadillac Hotel. Wright Chosen Mayor. UNION. Or.. Dec. ".Special.) Ths rlty election Monday resulted In ths election of the following officials: Mayor, U A. Wright: Recorder. I. D. Wright; Treasurer. Osburn Richins; Councllmen. C. J. Forsstrom. W. H. Vogel: Marshal. H. M. Shannon: Street Commissioner. W. a 1 1 am. liIflSHOTiSENT TO HOOF IN LIFT Partner Waits for Her in Ho tel Elevator, With Revolver. He Tries Suicide. ACTORS IN TRAGEDY DYING Jealous of Divorced Wife of Rich Grocer, Man Stops Cage of Their Hostelry to Beg Goodbye Kiss; Refused, He Fires. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7. Stopping the slevator mldwsy between two floors of the hotel which they conducted as partners, James Whitley fired four bul I lets Into ths body of Mrs. Julia Bartlsy today and then cut his throat and Im mersed himself In a filled bath tub. Both will die. Mrs. Bartley. who Is 35 years of age, la the divorced wife of Benjamin & Bartley, a wealthy grocer of Oakland. Shortly after her divorce, she met Whit ley in this city. According to the story told the police by Whitley, ho had deaerted a wlfs and daughter in Grand JtinctlonColo.. Just before he met Mrs. Bartley. From this city the two went to Salt Lake City with a stable of race horses. Pair Bays Hotel. Returning here last August, they pur chased the hotel where the shooting took place, and conducted it under ths firm name of Whitley 4 Webb. Mrs. Bartley resuming her maiden name of Webb. Complaining that she was annoyed by the attentions of certain male guests of ths hotel. Mrs. Bartley brought J. W. Hudson to the hotel snd Introduced him as her brother. "J. W. Webb." Hud son wss employed as a clerk In the hotel until yesterday, when, through the gossip of a woman guest. Whitley learned of the deception. Hudson was discharged and did not return to ths hotel until the moment of ths shooting. Man Lies In Walt for Woman. According to the story of the police. Mrs. Bartley was out today and Whitley awaited her return in the elevator after relieving the operator. Without notic ing that her partner was operating It Mrs. Bartley entered the elevator, which wss brought to a stop between the first snd second floors. Telling her to kiss him good-bye, Whitley drew a revolver, end on her refusal to comply, fired five times, three bullets striking her In ths abdomen and the fourth lodging In her chest. The fifth shot went wild. Leaving the elevator. Whitley sent It. with its bleeuing burden, to the top of the shaft, and rushed to Mrs. Bart ley's room, where he cut his throat with a paper knife. Hotel employes and a patrolman forced open the door of Mrs. Bartley's room and found Whitley try ing to drown himself In a bath tub. WHITLEY RICH FRUITGROWER Man Who Shoots Woman Partner Well Known In Colorado. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Dec. 7. James Whitley was prominent In West ern Colorado as a fruitgrower and still owns valuable fruit farms near here. He slso headed a syndicate of local men to take over the properties of the Ama dor Mines Company, of Amador, Cal., and was president of the company until last year, when he sold out his holdings and retired from the management. Whitley visited Grand Junction last July. Since' leaving for the Pacific Coast. Mrs. W.hitley has received letters from him nfintervals, but she knew nothing of his relations with Mrs. Bart ley. Mrs. Whitley and her daughter are prostrated over the tragedy. Bay City Has Xevr Lighting Plant. BAY CITY. Or.. Dec 7. (Special.) The opening of the new. electric light ing plant marks another era in the up building of Bay City. The Cnlted Rail ways has purchased large holdings at Bay City for terminals and warehouses. SENATORS FILE PROTEST OBJECTION- TO COLWELL IS OX POLITICAL GROUNDS. Opposition to Statement One Given as Reason Ellis to See' Tart, Upholding Appointment. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec ".Senators Bourne and Chamberlain today filed with the chair man of the Senate judiciary committee a brief Joint letter protesting against the conlirmatlon of Elmer Colwell as United States Marshal for Oregon. How far they Intend to go to prevent Colwell' confirmation they sill not say. They have not made any protest to the President, nor Is It their present Inten tion to do so. evidently they are pro ceeding upon the assumption that their Joint protest will least prevent Col well's confirmation, but. as pointed out yes:erday, ths mere prevention of con tinuation will not keep Colwell out of of fice so long as the Presidest stands be hind him. His nomination must be re jected) In order to remove him. Scnstor Chamberlain said todsy thst the protest against Colwell was based upon the general ground that In the Judg ment of the Senators he Is incompetent, pressed for specitlcatlons, he said thst Colwell had been around the legislature at 8alem endeavoring to Induce State ment 1 legislatora to go back, on their pledge" ar.d personally felt that "any man who would urge another to violate his oath was not fit to be a United States Marshal. Bourne's objection to Colwell Is reported to be on similar grounder, due primarily to Col well's opposition to State ment 1. Representative Ellis will call upon President Taft tomorrow and advise htm that Colwell is In every way competent and worthy and wili recommend thnt this nomination be kept before tho 8cnate. where he will explain that opposition to Colwell Is largely. If not entirely, based SpoD political grounds. MERCHANTS WILL AID ELKS Plan to Raise IO3,00p Entertain ment Fond In lorscd. Ths PortlRnd Retail Merchants As sociation last night Indorsed the plan of the local lodge of the Elks to raise S125.O00 as a fund with which to en tertain the delegates of the order, should they see fit to select Portland as their 1811 convention city. A resolution was unanimously passed after C A. Whltemore, a prominent Elk and a member of the apecial commit tee appointed to gather the fund, had addressed the meeting. The Elks are Jubilant, as ths Portland Retail Mer- DO YOUR CMISTMAS in a MAN'S SHOP, and do it now , 1 c&! - . a i$ . t f. M - ; , - 1 c e.- 'iKsV' W . C IOTR ifPW ' Your gentlemen friends will appreciate your gifts if purchased at a store that makes a specialty of MEN'S WEAR Our stock is selected specially for men's needs No bargainized articles in our entire stock.1 We are Showing complete lines of . HOUSE COATS : . LOUNGING ROBES GLOVES ....... TRAVELING DAGS SUSPENDERS .... BATH ROBES NECKWEAR . UMBRELLAS HANDKERCHIEFS . PAJAMAS . $5.00 to $18.00 . $3.50 to $25.00 . $1.50 to $3.00 . $5.00 to $35.00 50c to $4.00 . $5.00 to $12.50 . . . 50c to $2.50 . $1.50 to $12.50 . . . 25c to $1.00 . . $3.50 to $6.00 Plenty of Courteous Salesmen who will give you all the time you require to make your selections You avoid the crush of department stores by shopping here, GREAT REDUCTIONS IN LADIES' MAN-TAILORED SUITS AND DRESSES LEADING CLOTHIER chants' Association Is composed of 4? of the largest mercantile firms and in dividual merchants In the city. C. M. Fassett Will Circle Globe. On his way to encircle tho globe, Charles M. Fassett, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, Wash., accompanied by his wife and daughter. Kate, will arrive In this city this moaning, having departed from his home city last night. Mr. Fassett will remain here for a few days visit ing friends, and then will leave for San Francisco, where he will leave on next Wednesday to visit Manila, Hongkong, Singapore, Slam, Calcutta, Bombay, Del hi. Alexandria. Naples. Rome. Paris. Berlin and London, and returning home after nine months of traveling. SCHOOL ENLARGES SCOPE Agriculture and Horticulture to Be Taught at Pearson's Academy. WALTA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) Radical changes will be made in Pearson's Academy, beginning with tha Fall term of 1811, It having been decided to add courses In agriculture and horti culture, and to extend the scope of the school to take In pupils eligible to any grade above and Including the sixth. Action to this effect was taken at a meeting of the academy committee to whom the matter was referred by the Board of Overseers at their last meet ing, and was made public today. Pear son's will be the third preparatory school in the state to add agricultural and hor ticultural courses to their curricula. To study conditions In the Northwest so as to work out the details of this course to suit the needs of the students. Head Master De Forest left the city last night for a three weeks' trip through the Pa cific Northwest. SANDY, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) Ar rangements have been completed for the erection of a brick bank building. The Italian and American Bank of Port- land will establish it, with Mrs. Meyers, of that place, as cashier. - ecem 1 . ber WILL BE YOUR LUCKY DAY North Coast Limited The "Song of the Rail U a charm ing one as sung by this luxurious home on wheels. 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