tttt rnuvTvr. rT?rnnXTA THURSDAY,
DECE3IBER 8, 1910.
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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-
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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. -
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