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DR. MUNRO IS RECALLED
Man Who Tried To Interfere Is No
tified Vassports Aro Not
Needed.
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Denatured Alcohol Law Shows
No Benefit for Agricultu
rist as Yet.
GOVERNMENT TOO SLOW
Revenue Laws rAo Greek to Farmers
Wilson Not Prepared for
Information.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 8. Official
figures obtained today disclose tho
surprising information that of tho
3000 Japanese who have recently
arrived at Vancouver 1600 havo
gotten across the boundary lino to
Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
These include 1000 who came from
Honolulu and who could not entor
tho United States direct.
The second feature o tho day s
nows on .the Japanese question was
the recalling of Dr. Munro, tho Van
couver immigration inspector, who
directed last week that ho would
recognize no moro Honolulu pass
ports presented by Japanese. Today
the Secretary of State followed up
a dispatch from Sir Wilfred Laurler
declaring that Dr. Munro had made
a grave mistake in tho regulations
and declaring that Canada cannot
refuse admission to ,tho Honolulu
Japanese.
Counsul-General Nosse went a step
farther today In an interview in Ot
tawa, disclaiming altogether tho ex
istence of any agreement with Japan
to limit emigrants to Canada. He
says this agreement was made prior
to the treaty of 1803, and this treaty
superseded the agreement. He In
sisted that there was now In ex
istence no possible reason, from a
diplomatic standpoint, that would
prevent half the population of Japan
coming to Vancouver If the Mikado's
government feft llrcc allowing that.
The Dominion government today
definitely decided to send a special
commissioner to Toklo to present ar
guments against allowing any more
Japanese to come to British Colum
bia. There is nothing In the present
treaty between Japan and Canada
that requires the production of any
passport whatever from a Japanese.
Counsul-General Nosse today pre
sented to tho Dominion of Canada a
claim for $G000 damages for broken
glass In Vancouver. The govern
ment decided to pay this Immediate
ly. The city of Vancouver will bo
asked to make good the amount.
Today the city council refused to
rent the City Hall Auditorium to tho
Asiatic Exclusion League for a public
meeting. Tho mayor declared that
the Orlontals were too fully armed,
and If another meeting were to be
held, trouble might occur. At any
rate many special policemen would
havo to be hired. Tho Exclusion
Leaguo decided to hold Its meeting
In another hall.
THE UTTER COMPANY
LEASES ARAG0 YARD
Mr. D. A. Utter, of the Isthmus
Inlet Brick company, which has had
somo trouble with tho man from
whom they leased tho property says
his company haa leased the brick
yard at Arago and will put In now
machinery and havo thoyard ready
for operation early next year. When
asked respecting tho quality of the
Isthmus Inlet clay Mr. Utter said ho
was satisfied it would not do, as the
brick manufactured from it are not
hard nnd aro not tho sort of brick
which builders desire.
Ho had some specimens of brick
made at tho Arago yards which were
of good quality and compared favora
bly with tho best Imported brick.
Ho has unbounded faith in tho now
proposition and Is certain tho firm
will do well when they get to operat
ing tlio plant. Thero aro 28 acres of
clay on tho tract nt Arago.
Mr. Utter Is nlso Interested In a
rock deal on Coos River which ho Is
thinking of taking up as a commer
cial business. Tho quality which ho
has takon from tho property is of a
very hard naturo and bIiows well for
tho work which ho Intends It for,
concreto and cement work. T)io de
posit which ho Is examining lies with
in a quarter of a mllo of tho river
and can bo quarried nnd transported
at reasonable figures. Ho has sov
cral parties Interested In tho rock
quarry nnd thinks thero will bo a
firm organized. Immediately with the
intention of going ahead with delivery.
ITuntcr Hero for" freight.
Tho Tug Hunter Is down from tho
"Umpqua for freight.
Washington, Oct. 8. Though the
denatured alcohol law has beon
on tho statute books for more
than a year and ft half,
tho American farmer, in who3e
interest it was supposedly
drawn, has yet to derive the first
benefit from Us operation. Up to
tho present time, the law has been
non-effective, so far as the farmer
Is concerned, and has been to but
slight benefit so far as the use of
fuel alcoholls concerned. Part of the
blame rests upon congress, and part
on tho departments charged with
the enforcement of the law.
The original denatured alcohol
law passed at the first session of
the 59 th congress, proved to be sadly
deficient, in that It failed to provide
a means whereby farmers could man
ufacture alcohol from their surplus
or waste products. That law benefit
ed only a few distillers, who were
already engaged in tne manufacture
of alcohol. Then when congress
convened last winter, attention was
called to the rulings of the com
missioner of International revenue
and a second law was passed
specifically providing that farmers
either Individually or collectively,
might engage in tho manufacture of
alcohol and stipulating the general
conditions under which such raanu
tacturo should proceed.
Regulations Not Simple.
The enforcement of this law falls
primarily upon the commissioner of
International revenue. Unfortunate
ly for the farmer, there is no one at
tho head of that bureau who takes
an interest In the denatured alcohol
act. The late commissioner, Mr.
Yerkes, promulgated a set of regu
lations governing the manufacture
of denatured alcohol on the farm,
but no one short of an expert dis
tiller or a Philadelphia lawyer is
competent to construe those regula
tions. Thoy are scientifically word
ed, and tho average farmer would
have not tho slightest understanding
of their meaning after reading them
through. The first reform, there
fore, must come In the shape of a
translation of the scientific regula
tions! They must bo put In ordinary
English to be of any value. The
new commissioner, only Just sworn
in, is not familiar with the duties
of his ofilce; ho knows nothing of
the denatured alcohol act, and so
far has not Indicated the slightest
wlllngness to aid tne farmers In tho
Installation of alcohol stills that will
meet 'tho requirements of the law.
But perhaps when ho Is more famllar
with hiB work ho wll render this
most essential service.
Wilson Not Ready.
Meantime tho department of ag
riculture, tho farmers' friend, has
been caught napping. Usually Sec
retary Wilson Is foreslghted enough
to pavo tho way for the prompt en
forcement of all legislation drafted
In tho Interest of tho American
farmer, but his department over
looked tho denatured alcohol law.
In consequouce, Mr. Wilson Is not
today prepared to Instruct the farm
ers In tho methods of manufacture of
alcohol; tho most advantageous way
of utilizing Inferior crops and those
that can find no market, and he is
not nblo to recommend to the farm
ers what manner of plants they
shall Install either for making or
utilizing denatured alcohol. This Is
a raro exception to the way things
aro run In tho department of agri
culture, and the failure In this re
spect Is largely duo to tho neglect
of a bureau chief.
Mr. Wilson has investigations
under way which will bo valuable
to farmers who deslro to avail
themsolves of tho provisions of tho
denatured alcohol act, and It Is
probable that reports of tho depart
ment will b0 ready for distribution
by tho time tho regulations of tho
International revenue bureau havo
beon put Into plain English, but
thero will bo no governmental as
sistance In this directum beforo next
season. Nothing can bo don0 this
winter.
Studying Foreign Methods.
A rcprosontativo of tho depart
ment of agcrlltuuro has been spend
ing tho past summer la France, Ger
many and other European countries
.where denatured alcohol la made,
studying methods of manufacture
from surplus or spoiled crops. An
other agent has been making a study
of lamps, stoves nnd other devices
intended for the use of alcohol, and
department chemists aro now experi
menting with denatured alcohol to
determine its relative heating and
lighting qualities as compared with
gasoline and kerosene. In addition,
experiment stations of the depart
ment have been raising special crops
for the manufacture of alcohol, in
order to determino whether it will
be profitable to produce alcohol on
th0 farm from special crops or to
confine manufacture to waste pro
ducts, as originally proposed.
How Farmers Can Work.
But, as pointed out by Mr. Wilson,
there Is still a great deal to bo
learned about denatured alcohol be
fore the now law will bo of much
value to tho American farmer. Dis
cussing the question, the secretary
of agriculture said:
I think It will bo profitable to raise
special crops In this country, espe
cially Ii sections where coal and
wood are scarce, for the production
of fuel alcohol. In Buch communi
ties as the Dakotas It might be made
to furnish heat and light economi
cally. In other communities, possi
bly, it will bo only possible to uso
th0 waste products of the farm. For
this purpose it might be advisable for
the Individual farmer to maintain
a small still for rainy day work. It
might bo practical for a neighbor
hood to distill Its alcohol on a co-operative
basis, or It might be moro
economical for the work to be done
by a portable still, that will move
from town to farm and work as does
the threshing machine in tho west.
These are questions yet to be solved,
and we will havo no information as
to which method Is the best until we
have full reports from the men who
are Investigating.
I think that under the regulations
which have been Issued by the Inter
nal revenue office any of these
methods will be possible, If found
practicable. I believe that a profit
able industry will eventually bo
worked out, but It will take time, be
cause It is unknown and because of
tho absence of machinery for Its use
or manufacture. The development
rests largely on the findings and re
ports of tho department, and tho
matter will be given every attention.
IT PAYS TO RAISE
POULTRY IN OREGON
Mr. W. B. Glafke, a member of
the Board of Governors of the Port
land Commercial Club, has put be
fore tho club Bomo Intensely Inter
esting figures on the poultry and egg
business, for general circulation
throughout the state. One hundred
carloads of eggs alone wero Bhlppod
Into the state of Oregon during tho
past twelve months. Theso Would
average the year 'round, $2600 per
car. Oregon growers supply the
chief demand for turkeys, ducks,
geese and chickens, but four times
the .present production would find
a ready home market, whllo In eggs
we might multiply by ten and still
the prices would pay as weH as any
product grown either on the farm
or in the orchard.
Injury Improve.
Miss Nelllo Llbby got a badly
burned foot a short time ago by step
ping Into a fire hole at Newport.
She Is now able to wear her shoo
again. The fire had been extin
guished some time apparently, but
had eaten Into and under the ground
In places, but left no Indications of
tho warm places.
Going to Ten Mile.
Messrs. R. R. Montgomery, D. Y.
Stafford, Vic WIckman and I. S.
Kaufman depart today for an outing
at Ten Mile lakes.
Claude M. Baker, general manager
of the California and Oregon Coast
Steamship Company, came down on
the Alliance to look over the com
pany's business In Marshfield.
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