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1Q THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AU g' I9C8, - ;
A. B. Brown, S6S fcast I
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SWAY
'S
VASTLY EXTENDED
Effect of His Alliance With
George J. GouIq Will Be
Far-Reaching.
HIS ROADS TO COVER LAND
twork Will Spread Over Practi
cally Whole lnited State., With
Outlets on All Three
Seacoatts.
roads in the c.ori-n system.
Ttllroiiii In the United Stte con
trolled by Gould are as follow:
Mileage
M "irl pselflr. Iron Moun
tain S.7'1
Denver Bio Grand I.T.'O
Wabash I-M"
Texas 6 raclflr l.RS.'
Cotton Felt l."7S
International A Great North
ern
Western r'ln ipartly con-
atni-td I10
Western Maryland
Wheeling tc Lake Erie 473
Total IK.STS
Cpon completion of his pending alliance
with, Georg? J. Guld. negotiations fr
wtjleh a're now In progress, Edward H.
Harrlman will have a network of rail
road covering almost every section of the
United States, and having outlet on all
throe coasts and on the tireat Iakes.
Tha Erie has a terminus at Now York,
the Baltimore & Ohio and WestTn Mary
land at Baltimore. the Central, of
lieorgla. at Savannah, the Illinois Central,
at New Orl an.. t'.ie Southern Pacific at
Now Orleans and every p-,rt on the Pa
cific Coast, from San Dl -go north to Port
land, th? I'nion Pacific, at Portland. All
the Eastern lines rraeh deep water at
Chicago and other ports of the Great
Iake. Even salt ater does not limit
his dominion, for liis steamship lines ex
tend ' across the oc-ans and along the
coasts to foreign countries.
The Gould system of railroad was
threatening to b.come an even more for
midable rival to the Harrlman system
thin the Hill roads when the panic of
last October b-Aan to squeeze the Wabash
and give Mr. Harrlman an opportunity
to secure a controlling voice in the man
agement by helping the Wabash, -out of
It difficulties.
The two systems compete, in long
atretches of territory throughout their
length from east to west, and their
breadth from north to south. The com
pletion of th- Western Pacific from Silt
Lake to San Francisco and thence to Los
Angelea will bring the Gould system Into
the heart of the Harrlman territory.
The original Uould Yteai consisted
of the Missouri Pacific and the Iron Moun
tain, traversing the prairie and Missouri
Valley country. It ha ieen extended ly
means of the Cotton Rlt and other lines
to cover Arkansas and juliana and by
means of the Texas and Taclflc and the
International and Great Northern through
Texas to the Mexican border. The acqui
sition of control Of The' Inver Rio
Grande and the Denver & Itlo Grande
Western carried It westward from Den
ver to Sal: Lake and Ogden. with a num
ber of branches In the mining country of
Colorado and Utah. The Western Pa
cific, now building, will continue It aTOss
Nevada and California to San Francisco,
and from the latter city southward to
I.os Angeles. Control of the Western
Maryland gave It an outlet to the At
lantic at Baltimore and a share of the
coal traffic of Maryland and West Vir
ginia. Finally Mr. Gould secured con
trol of the Wabash and extended It to
Pittsburg through Iowa. Illinois. Indiana.
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The
Wheeling I.ake Erie, also acquired
about thj same time, gave him a share of
the Iron and coal traffic of the Ohio Val
lev and an outlet on Iake Erie at Toledo.
But with all these extensions. Mr. Gould
assumed a heavy load. The expense of
securing franchises and terminals In
Pittsburg was enormous, far exceedine
estimates. Bonds of the acquired subsi
diary lines had to be guaranteed, adding
to the burdens of the Wabash. Before
he had adjusted his shoulders to carry the
load, the panic of last October caused a
shrinkage In earnings. The Wabash
Pittsburg Terminal Company and West
ern Marvland went Into receivers- hands
and the" Wheeling and Lake Erie must
have shared the same fate unless he se
cured help.
If Mr. Harrlman should secure a con
trolling voice In the management of the
Gould roads, he will have more power
than anv Individual railroad man In the
United States. He already ruled over 22.
178 miles of road before he captured the
Erie, and had a strong hold on the Balti
more & Ohio of 4368 miles. The Gould
evstem has 19.378 .miles of road, the ad
dition of which to the Harrlman domin
ion makes a total of 41.654 miles, or about
. one-fifth of the mileage In the United
' States and double that Included In any
other system.
PERSONALJVIENTION.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rosenblatt are at
Clatsop Beach.
Alex Shield returned last week from
Shipperd'a Spririjs.
S. O. LeJblinir has returned from a six
weeks' vacation and business trip East.
Mrs G. Frank Moffet is visiting her
mother. Mrs. Parrish. at Long Beach.
Dr. Sand ford Loeb returned Vedn--day
from a tour of the Pug-Jt Sound cities.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Elliott, with their
baby Susan, are at Long Beach for the
season.
Hermann Claussenius. Sr.. has gone to
Long Beach for a holiday of several
weeks.
Mr. James Bell and Mrs. B-Ul left on
the Rose City Saturday for a visit to San
Francisco.
Mrs. J. C. Stuart and son. Gordon, are
spending the Summer In their cottage at
Ocean Park.
' Bruce Rowan, of Los Angeles. Is vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Davies at their
Summer home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Morris have moved
to Robert E. Chasca new bungalow at
to Halsey street.
Mrs. S. A. Baskowitx and Miss
Miriam Boskowttx are at the Hackney
Cottage. Seavlew.
Miss Verne Bergen Joined her mother
this week at their cottage, Wildwood.
on Clatsop Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Roberts and grand
daughter. Varda Ward, are recent ar
rivals at Long- Beach.
Miss Haxel Daley has gone East for a
yer where she will study music at the
Boston Conservatory.
Mrs. M. Kay. of Alton. Til., formerly
of Mount Tabor, U. vUiting- at the
left yes-
her
the
home of Mrs.
Ash street.
Mr. and Mrs. D. McAllen
terday for Long Beach. .
Mrs. A. N. Gambell Is visiting
daughter. Mrs. Lee M. Clark, at
Clark cottage. Seaside.
Mrs. John Keller, with her two children.
Frieda and Fred, is spending her Summer
vacation at their cottage at Seaside.
Miss Margaret Mann is spending a
very delightful vacation with her sister.
Mrs. Daniel J. McGill at Long Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stanley are com
fortably settled In the E. P. Swetland
cottage at Long Beach for the Summer.
Daniel Lublinir arrived in Portland from
Chicago, and Intends to make a short stay
in this city. He is at Elton Court Annex.
Miss Nita Schultz. of Albany, Is spend
ing the week with Miss Mabel Ford, after
which she will leave for Aberdeen. Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Moire and
their two sons Warren and Howard are
spending a month at their cottage at
Ocean .Park.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Burgard and baby
and Miss Gertrude Smith have returned
from an outing at Welch's Camp, near
Mount Hood. '
Mrs. W. II. Games and daughter. Mss
Dagmar Games, returned yesterday to
San Francisco. Next month Miss
Games will begin a course at the Uni
versity of California.
Mrs. N. Ixeb. accompanied by her
daughter, Rebecca, and son. Dr. San;
ford 1neb. returned Wednesday from
a 10-day visit with Mrs. N. G. Kauf
man at Beillngham. Wash.
Mrs. A. C. Gage, with her young daugh
ters Phebe and Helen, left yesterday on
the steamer Flos City for San Francisco.
Thev will Fpend six weeks visiting rela
tive. and friends in San Francisco,
Jos; and Santa tlara.
San
LODGE OFFICER COMING
Chler Ranger O'tirady Will Speak In
Portland Ausnst 11.
John J. O'Grady. supreme chief rang
er of the Foresters of America, who
Is now making his annual visit to the
Pacific, Coast, will be in Oregon on Au
gust l'n. An elaborate demonstration
is .ill In rearHness and the public will
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John J. O'lirady. Head ot the
Foresters of America.
have the opportunity of meeting and
hearing this able speaker at the Arm
orv on the night of August 11.
Mr. O'Grady is from New York City;
and this beinK Ills first trip to the
Coast, he is very much pleased with
the work that is being carried on in
California and Colorado, and It is be
lieved that he will be surprised at the
progress of the work In Oregon. Mr.
O'Grady Is at the present time in
Sacramento.
A. Is Brown, of Salem, grand chief
ranger of OrfRnn, will meet Mr.
O'Grady at the state line and take him
to Salem to meet the state officials
there.
Ocean tJraln Hates Advance.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1. The ocean frejght
rates from New York to the ports of con
tinental Europe have been advanced by
the steamship lines. To Antwerp the rate
has been doubled, and to a number of
other ports nearly doubled.. This advance,
coming at a time when the steamship
lines arc protesting to the railroads
against what they term a discriminating
freight rate that has diverted grain ship
ments from the Norttiwest from New
York to Montreal, tin." caused comment
among railroad n r. The steamship men
sav, however, that the increase has noth
ing to do with the railroad question; that
the reason the cost of transporting corn,
wheat and other cereals from New York
to Continental ports has been put up be
cause large orders for grain have been
placed recently in New York by European
agents, and that this has caused a short
age of freigtit space in the holds of grain
rarrying ocean'steamships.
WILL CAKE ACCEPT?
No
Answer " From Boston to
Fulton's Overtures.
MESSAGE GOES BY . WIRE
Senator's Plan, Approved by Party
Leaders, Is' That Cake Shall Re
main Chairman and Commit
tee Direct Campaign.
Senator Fulton lias offered peace
terms to Chairman Cake, of the Re
publican state central committee, but
Cake has not accepted, and the ques
tion arises, will he accept? Though the
word has gone out that there will be a
truce between Cake and Fulton, all
that has b.-en accomplished is Fulton's
offer and the sending of a' telegraph
message containing It to Cake in Bos
ton. The wires have brought no reply.
Strictly ppeaking, the Fulton plan,
while originating with Fulton, has
other sponsors than himself. It was
approved by J. P. Kennedy, chairman
of the Republican county committee of
Multnomah, and Ralph Williams. Na
tional committeeman. Senator Fulton
was willing to have this or-one of
several other mtthods proposed to
Cake. In the tjiterest of party har
mony anything So secure united sup
port for Taft. He made a special trip
from Astoria to put a stop to the
movement Among liis followers to oust
Cake from the chairmanship.
But how the question arises: Will
Cake accept the proposal? Will he
name an executive committee. as
recommended by National Uommlttee
man Williams and County Chairman
Kennedy? Will he appoint the com
mitter suggested ty them or one of
his own choosing? Will he take his
own time In the matter and let politics
drift until his return In September? If
so. what are the Fulton men going to
do about It. since they admit that they
cannot . force him out of the state
ohn irmanship?
The personnel of the committee as
recommended by Williams and Ken
nedy to Cake is: Ralph K. Williams. J.
P. Kennedy. F. W. I-adhetter, Ben
Riesland. president of the Forty-fifth
Precinct RepublWan Club, and George
II. Williams. This committee would
conta-in friends of Cake and would not
be heavy with Fulton men.
WOMEN GIVE PROGRAMME
Have Complete Charge or Knlertain
mcnt of Kvening Star Grange.
A women's programme wag rendered
yesterday afternoon in the hall of
Evening Star Grange. Patrons of Hus
bandry, on the Section, .Line road. Mrs.
Wllda Buokman was in ctvarge. Men
were present, but th'only' part they
were allowed to take was to applaud
the women who were entertaining. From
start to finish, about tw6 hours, the
men were -permitted to -hear what the
women had to say, but. could say
nothing themselves. It was a little
hard for B. Leo Paget. J. D. T.ee. C. H.
Welch. J J. Johnson. A. F. Miller, B. J.
Spooner and some others to remain
quiet, but they had to do It.
It waj a splendid programme, and
was full of gcod things. Music , was
the first number. It consisted of a
Grange song, sung by the women
standing. Then the triple, "What I En
Joy Best at Grange Meetings." was dis
cussed by Mrs. Elizabeth Dunning and
Mrs. K. J. Spooner. who said they en
Joyed the social and educational fea
tures. A well written and thoughtful
paper on "How to Spend Vacation."
was read by Mrs. S. Taylor, which re
ceived merited applause. Mrs. C. H.
Welch told how she made salad, and
described such a lllcious' dish that
the men asked when she made it. Mrs.
Minnie Buckley, a local author of some
repute, read a fine sketch on domestic
life. Mrs. H. L. Vail closed the talks
with remarks on "Method." Several
solos were given.
More than 100 members were present.
The next meeting will be held Septem
ber 6. when the anniversary of the
Kvening Star Grange will be celebrated
Willi an appropriate programme.
In memory of the late John F. Caples
the .flog was placed at half-mast over
the hall, the charter was draped and a
committee on resolutions was appointed.
Mrs. Cox Wants Divorce.
Mrs. Flora Cox yesterday filed a suit
for divorce. She and Arthur Cox were
married In this city May 3, 1902, and In
the following November were located on
a farm in Lincoln County. One day. Airs.
Cox alleges, her husband became warlike
and proceeded to bump her head against
the wall until she bled from her nose
and mouth. She also declares that hia
love-taps grew very strong on April 18,
1908. when he beat her about the head and
face until she bore black and blue spots.
Mrs. Cox says she Is still suffering from
the effects of her brutal treatment. Cox
"Is alleged to own $2300 worth of real es
tate. He Is a teamster.
ENGLISH .H0P INDUSTRY
While Acreage Declines, Increased
Yield Balances Product.
Kentish Observer.
The report Issued of tne select com
mittee on the hop Industry' contains an
exhaustive statement In regard to the
Industry in various countries, the cost
of production, and a variety of cognate
matters, such as drying, marking, rail
way rates, cold storage, prices and land
tenure. The committee reviews at length
the evidence submitted by the 42 wit
nesses examined, but on only one or two
points do it commit itself to a
definite recommendation. Perhaps the
most, notable suggestion is that the use
of hop substitutes should be prohibited
by law. Their main findings may be
thus summarised:
While the arreaae under hops in England
baa declined In tho last 20 yeara by about
a third, the produce, owing to tho Increased
yield per aero uhlch has characterised the
last 15 veara, remains nearly the same.
If 40 he taken as tho average annual
coat of raiding and placing on tho market
the product of an aero of hopa. and 10 cwt.
per acre be taken as an average yield. It la
clear that a price exceeding 80a a hundred
weight muat he obtained In order to Insure
a profit to the grower.
The committee la led to conclude that
tho amount of foreign Importation has. dur
ing tho last 30 yearn, shown no tendency to
increase, but on the other hand, has ex
hibited some .reduction, and that the pro
portion of home-grown hopa ued by brewers
In the t'nlted Kingdom, amounta to more
than 70 per cent of the total quantity they
employ.
Thev are not satisfied that any special
meaaurea directed against the. Importation
of foreign hops are called for.
Neither do they consider that foreign
competition la so potent a factor in tha
causation of the depression during recent
yeara as to demand auch exceptional treat
ment of thia particular Industry.
Hop substitutes cannot in any true aeno
aupply tho peculiar properties of the hop;
they "introduce an unnecessary and foreign
element In tha process ot brewing; they
may be the source of dangerous contamina
tion: and. In the opinion of tho committee,
their employment ahouid ba prohibited by
the legislature.
Oreat advantage would accrue to bop
farmers in thle country If bulletins dealing
with improved modea of cultivation and tha
lateet atattictlcfl of the foreign trade and In
dustry were placed at their aervlce by tho
Foard of Agriculture, and for the supplying
of thla Information the committee atrongly
recommends the appointment of apeclal
agenta abroad.
Production and Consumption.
The average annual consumption of
hops In this country has In recent years
been about SOO.OOO cwt. Roughly speak
ing, the committee finds that of this
quantity rather more than two-thirds
Is supplied by this country, and one
third from abroad. While the average
annual acreage under hops has been re
duced In the last decade by 13 per cent,
the average annual yield per acre has
increased 14 per cent. The decreased
acreage has. in fact, been balanced by
the increased yield.
Generally, the committee finds that
apart from any question of foreign Im
ports, many Influences have been at work
some extending over a considerable per
iod of time, others which have been es
pecially operative during recent years,
but all tending to exert depressing In
fluences on the prices obtainable by
English growers. The reduced con
sumption of .beer, the diminishing propor
tion of hops used in the production of
beer as now brewed, coupled with the
maintenance of the home produce de
spite extensive grubhings of hop lands,
have caused the supply to exceed the
demand. To a small extent the use of
hop substitutes and supplements; In 1B04
and 105 -'the arsenic scare": but last
and most Important, the levelling In
fluence of cold storage, have all co
operated to the detriment .fit the English
Industry.
In addition to these relatively recent
Influences, there are more permanent
factors of the unequal treatment of the
home and foreign grower of hops In the
matter of "marking" and possibly also
In the matter of railway charges, the
burden of the extraordinary -tithe, the
rise In rates, and. according to some wit
nesses, the system of tenure of hop
lands.
Foreign Competition.
Dealing with the position of hdV
growlng abroad, the committee states
that their attention was specially di
rected to large consignments of Pacific
Coast hops In the Sprlnp of this year,
and in particular to a cargo of hops
of 1906 growth, which reached these
shores on a vessel named the Adriatic.
"The importations of hops from abroad
during the current year for the six
months ending February, 1908. were
142.541 cwts.. compaied with 166.991
cwts. during the corresponding period
in the preceding year. During the
months oftlarch and April, however.
Big Carpet
Hu$ Specials
A big special purchase of Carpets and Rugs just
arrived enables us to quote sensational prices this
. wpftk in our Carnet Deoartment. Look
at these:
$15 Brussels Rugs, Only $11.50
These are reversible Rugs use. either side. Colors are tans,
reds, greens, fast colors. Room size.
$1.50 Roxbury Carpet,
$1.00
bv the vard cut off not laid. No carpet wears so well as the
Roxbury. There are ,12 patterns in the lot, among them tan,
green, blue, red, floral and Oriental effects very beautiful. All
the newest and best. Per yard, only. . $1.01)
$50 Brass
Beds
We recently made a fortunate
purchase of 40 of these solid'
brass beds and can afford to
quote a remarkably low price
on the lot. These' are solid
brass beds, with 2V-inch con
tinuous 'posts and 1-inch fills,
nearly like the cut in appear
ance. They are beautiful beds
for the low price (3
Large $45.00
Colonial Dresser
In four different woods, quarter-sawed
oak, birdseye ma
ple, mahogany and Tuna ma
hogany. Size of Frerch bevel
plate mirror 32x26 inches; top
22x44 inches. Highly pol
ished, perfect in every detail;
a special purchase and sold
at a special low
price; only
I in
llLJfj
Stain's
INLAID
ENGLISH
I Linoleum
Best
Made
Regular $2.00
grade, special price,
laid, per yard
SI 35
YOUR
CREDIT
IS
GOOD ,
First and Yamhill
A LITTLE
DOWN
A LITTLE
WEEKLY
Second and Yamhill
owing to phenomenal shipments ' from
America of some 84.000 cwts:. chiefly
old hops, the Imports for the current
year have been exceptionally Inflated.
It is alleged that these hops have-been
"dumped- here with the hope of secur
ing such advantages as might accrue
to the vendor in the event of a duty of
40s. per cwt. being Imposed."
It is added that many witnesses at
tributed the present atate of the in
dustry and the low prices in recent
GOULD ROADS, FOR ACQUIREMENT OF WHICH HARRIMAN IS NEGOTIATING
BLACK LIXES SHOW GOULD ROADS IX OPERATION. DOTTED tlXB SHOWS PROPOSED EXTEXSIOX OF WESTERS PACIFIC.
years to foreign competition, and there
was practical unanimity that the chief
element in this dangerous competition
was the great development In hop cul
ture which had taken place in the Pa
cific Coast States of America. Official
statistics show that while the total,
amount of hops imported varies less
than does the total home produce, yet
the impoits from various foreign coun
tries show great fluctuations from year
to year. During the three decades from
1857 to 1886 there was a rise In the
annual average Importations, but dur
ing the last two decades there has
been a reduction.
In regard to American competition,
the committee thinks due weight must
be given to the condition of things in
the Pacific Coast states disclosed by
the consular reports from Oregon and
San Francisco. "It appears that the
'ruinous condition- of the hop Industry
there has resulted in reducing the
acreage in Oregon by between 5000 and
6000 acres. In Washington by about
2500 acres, or some 30 or 40 per cent,
and the rooting up of plantations in
some districts of California. Such re
ductions, together with the increased
home demand, by reason of the increas
ing production of beer in the States,
can hardly be without effect on the
possible future imports fron America
Into this country. The exceptional im
portation during the present year ap
pears to be not unrelated to forebod
ings and anticipations in respect of
thejiop trade in this country, which
the 'report of the committee may serve
to dispel and discourage."
It declares against special meas
ures In the shape of an import duty,
"in view of the fact that the importa
tion of foreign hops during the last
30 years has shown a tendency to de
cline rather than to increase, and in
view of the need there appears to be
on the part of many English brewers
to use foreign hops because of their
special properties as an admixture with
English hops."'
As to the last question, it suggests
that the fact that, and the extent to
which, foreign hops are used in the
brewing of beer, should be indicated
on the cask or bottle in which the beer
is sold. Consumers would then be in
a position to answer the question,
which at present is left in doubt by the
evidence, as to how far the present
taste requires that foreign hops should
be used in the brewing of beer or how
far the use of such hops can be safely
dispensed with.
Finally, the committee recommends
that aucli provisions of the Marking
Act of 1866 as can be made applicable
to foreign hops should be so applied.
Grain Firm Sues Railroad.
Alleging that they were kept from sell
ing four carloads of wheat because the
train service Into the city of Cludad
Juarez, Mexico, was slow, Kerr, Gifford
& Co. of this city have sued the Southern
Pacific Railway for JW. It is set forth
In the complaint, which was filed yester
day In the State Circuit Court, that on
May 24. 190i. the railway company asreed
to deliver the grain to the Mexican city
by June 30 of the same year, but that
the four carloads were so slow In milk
ing the trip that the local grain firm lost
the sale.
Record Heat at Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE. Or., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) On July 30 the temperature
reached 106 degrees, the highest ever
registered at Jacksonville.
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DENTAL PARLORS
303V4 Washington St.. Cor. Fifth.
NO PAIN NO PAIN
No More Fear of the Dental Chair
Nor a High Dental Bill
SPECIAL RATES
ALL THIS MONTH
Full set, that fit $5.00
Gold down, 22-Karat S3.50
Bridge Teeth, 22-K $3.50
Gold Fillings $1.00
Silver Fillings 50
WHY PAY MORE?
If son are neirou or have heart trouble
he Kleetro Palnlens Sjntem will do the
work when others fall. All work war
ranted ten years.
Bank Reference. Open Evenings and
Sundajn. Lady Attendant.
ELECTRO DENTAL PARLORS
Corner
Fifth ami Washington,
from Terklns Hotel.
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