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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. A STOMA. OREGON. TUKSIHY, NOVKMHKR 10, I'M I: Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DLUNGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mall, per year ,....................- tt ... ....$70 By writ-, per month .60 WEEKLY .ASTOJRIAN. - - . By raan, per year, in advance..., , ..$1-30 Entered a scond-clsa mutter July 30, 1308, a the pontoffict t As KuU, Oregon, under th act of Congress of March 3, 1S79 : ( ' : Order for thl delivering o! The Morning Astorkn to cithor residence or pUce of business my be made by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregvlari'y in delivery khould b iir.n-ediately reported to the office of publication. ,;v. . f , TELEPHONE MAIN fL . - THE WEATHER , Oregon, Washington and Idaho Fair. . " : STOPPED AT WARRENTQN. It has developed that the James J. Hill special, on leaving this city last Thursday night, ostensibly headed for Seaside, went direct to Warren ton and stopped there; that Mr. Hill and his chief engineer, and other officers went over each inch of the terminal holdings there; that War renton and the big terminals were the objectives of the long, straight-away trip from Pasco to the sea. We are not surprised at Mr. Hill's interest in his terminals down this way; but why the secrecy of the atop there, and the non-continuance to Seaside, where, he gave out, on leav ing us, that be was headed? Per haps some of the inspired ones who attended the $3000 Portland banquet cam solve the riddle for us. -That Mr. Hill, with a group of transcontinental associates, on a train made up of half a doien coach- i es from as many separate lines, . should make a 300-mile run direct to his sea-hoard holdings and spend six hours going over them, at night, may be an insignificant matter, and prob ably is; and we will leave it at that ,THE FOOL WHISTLE, There ia a wide crusade afoot all over the East against the useless and senseless whistle, and the un earthly clanging bells, of commerce. It is spreading this way. ' - Astoria, through the Astorian, aome months ago, registered a com plaint about the inveterate and nerve-racking whistles of the A. & C. engines as they ran through the city, whistling at every crossing, and that company at once put a stop to the nuisance, for which act the sick and suffering and nervous of the whole city have thanked them grate fully a thousand times. The waterfront is yet alive with a wild medley of excruciating and ut terly useless whistles, sent out at all hours of the day and night upon one pretext or the other. Many of these calls are essential, being established by the navigation codes and required by the federal statutes; but nearly as many, are mere customs and have no bearing as signals, that cannot be dispensed with. For instance, the time-call from the bay and river " steamers, sounded IS or 20 minutes before departure, and the long agonizing shriek sent resounding , through space, five minutes before departure. These are absolutely non essential. They are no more need ed than the same signals from a de' parting train on the A. & C. railway. The bar and river pilot-calls are similarly needless; there is r.o use blowing three or four howling blasts on the big whistles and cyrens of the deep sea craft for a pilot who is in variably on the lookout for the ves sel be is to take to sea, or up the river, and probably stamping up and down the docks, growling because he has had to' wait so blamed long f for her to heave in sight, -The mat t ter is entitled to thorough overhaul ing and "readjustment in the interests of peace and quietude. Cut out the calls that serve no purpose; elimin ate, every fool whistle that has rro meaning.' People can just as well get to a, waiting steamer without a screaming summons, as to a waiting train at the depot. For the sake of civilized comfort and modern adjustmefit and . des patch, reduce the calls!. DIVERGENT OPINIONS. Governor George Chamberlain said recently, towit, at the Hill banquet in Portland last week, that "within five years Portland will be the great est wheat, shipping port in the world.' . ' James j. Hill, who knows more about wheat in one minute than any Governor on the American roster, said, in this city, the day before that banquet, that "withm five years the people of the Pacific Slope will be shipping their wheat back East, in stead of exporting westward from this coast."' ' ":- " Here is a conflict of opinion that may account, in a measure for Mr. Hill's positive declaration that "Spo kane is to be one of the greatest shipping center of the Northwest" Perhaps the wheat from the North west will End its way east through the Spokane market, with Portland holding an empty wheat sack out here at the head of tide-water. The spectre is a grisly one. Despite the Governor's bright an ticipation and Mr. Hill's reactionary program, we honestly believe that Mr. Hilt is throwing a bit of dust in the Western eyes; that he is clev erly disguising a huge . scheme to make Spokane, Portland, Astoria and the Columbia river, the markets and channels for the vastest system of wheat exportation ever known to man. You never can tell exactly what James J. Hill means by what he saysl .. . COMPETITION. Speaking of wheat, it may be said, m passing, that the wheat crop ol Oregon, Washington and Idaho is but abort 44,000,000 bushels; a small portion of the world's crop. While the crop of the Argentine Republic, according to the latest aad most- re liable statistics, will not be less thaa 200,000,000 bushels. 1 Which goes to show that we are not in it, as yet I As m other years, the - returns show that the percentage of liars amongst the voter is great. There was not a candidate who had not re ceived enough pledges to elect him if they had all been carried out No man who obeys the law need fear; no corporation whfth follows the statutes need hesitate. This is the assurance which comes from Mr. Taft and it inspires confidence. Having settled the presidential and gubernatorial contests, New York wakes up with a lively senatorial fight on hef hands. Just to show that there is no hard feeling, the man who voted for Bryan will have a share in our prosperity. The Sultan of Turkey may have his troubles, but he doesn't have to go through a national election every four years. The successful candidate now be gins to wonder how he can keep all the promises he made last month. . The defeated , candidate looks bright and chipper, , compard with the jaded election judges and clerks. Eugene V. Debs ts the prize opti mist; out of a decreased vote he ob tains encouragement, -' Seven Year of Proof. "I have had seven years of proof that Dr. King's New Discovery is the best medicine "to take for cough and' colds and for every diseased con dition of throat, chest or lungs," says W. V. Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world has" had 38 years of proof that Dr: King" New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and colds, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, bronchitis, hemorrhage of the lungs, and the early stages of consumption Its timely use always prevents the development of pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at Charles Rogers & Son's drug store. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free. Hexamethylenetetramine : The above is the name of a Ger man chemical, which is one of the many valuable ingredients of Foley's Kidney Remedy. Hexamethylenete tramine is recognized by medical text books and authorities as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice any irregular! tics, and avoid a serious malady. T, F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. ; The steamer Lurline got down at 0 o clock last evening, and left up an hour later with plenty of business on both decks, for Portland and way landings. NEW YORK LETTER ' NEW YORK. Nov. 3. OiTuiula of the Department of Health of this city, and also those ortkials of the United States Department of Agri culture who are charged with the en forcement of the Pure Food law, have been conducting a thorough ex amination into the charges recently mad by oflicials of the Voman' Christian Temperance Union to the effect,. that, "whiskey drops in the form of chocolate and other canJics filled with alcholic liquors, have been openly on sate here at places patronised by women and children. The charge in question first brought to the attention of the W. C. T. U. by Mrs. Helen J. Andruss, Fre&ident of the New York County branch of the organisation, Mrs, An druss, it seems, had been told by an acquaintance that such candies had been purchased by some young girts at a well-known New York confec tionery shop. Then, without further investigation, the charge was spread broadcast Naturally, the Agricultu ral Department and health officials were intensely interested because the Fure Food law specifically prohibits the sale of confectionery if, among other things, it conufns "any vinous, malt ,or sp'ritous liquor or compound or narcotic drug," and serious pen alties are imposed for violations of this provision, which is found In Section 7 of the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1908. The sanitary code of the local Board of Health con tains, word for word, the same pro vision, in Section 63, subdivision g " Inspectors of both the Federal and city departments have been untiring in their activities in searching for vi olations of these provisions, for many months, and the sale of alcholic-filled candles, it was believed, had been ab solutely stamped out. However, they took to the trail once more and as certained that the "whiskey drops" against which complaint was made did contain some sort of a liquid fil ling' which, when analyaed, showed slightly less than 1-3 of one per cent, of alcohol According to the officials, while this was a technical violation of the law and hence a case for rep rimand, it was clearly not an inten tional -case of selling improper can dies as the percentage of alcohol was almost infinitesimal and the fil ling' absolutely harmless to consu mer. Bayard C Fuller, Supervising In spector of Foods of the local De partment of Health,' and Russell Raynor, Chief Sanitary In spector of the same department, both declare a a result of their investigations that at the present time there is absolute ly no sale of any such candies is those complained against any they furthermore declare that if any al coholic candies were manufactured or offered for sale, the manufactur ers and sellers would be arrested im mediately and subjected to severe penalties. Time was, up to the enactment of the Pure Food law, that some very expensive candies were manufactur ed containing cognac, burgundy 5- 1 i i i .; y K ' ;. ft ' '' " MISS LUELLA MOREY claret, white wines, and whUkey. These largely were used for dinners as a combination of liquet and com fection. The idea was imparted from Europe where candies of this charac ter have a decided vogue. Immediate ly on the enactment of the Pure Food law, however, according to Depart ment officials and confectioners, the manufacture of candies of this sort came absolutely to a standstill as no manufacturer would risk the penal ties involved." f " ?)t .'V', Except in the case of filled candies, which are no longer made, it is ab solutely impossible for" any confec tionery to contain alcohol, j as the Lboiling process ud in the manufac ture absolutely eliminates by evap oration any trace ' of alcohol that might form a constituent part of the ingredient tt$e4."'T'"" An example of the enormous sums which he American people spend an-. mia!ly on luxuries is shown by the statement in the current number of the Confectioners and Bakers' Ga aette to the effect that the wholesale tatue of the candy output in the Uni ted State for the current year will exceed $100,000,000. The cost to th consumers will run fully $30,000,000, in excess of this sum this represent ing the profits of jobbers and retail er. The manufacture of candies hat been increasing by leaps and bounds for the last three decades until the total capital invested in this business and value of the finished product have reached tremendous . proporti ons. And as candy must be classed as a luxury pure and simple, without anybeneficial effect to the commun ity at large, this increase is charac teristic of the latter day spirit of th American people. t , Accroding to the United States census figure the capital invested in the manufacture of confectionery was $8,486,874 in 1880. Thi had in creased in 1890 to $23,326,799 in 1900 and as $37,087,253 in 1905. Thui in 1903 the estimate of the organ of the trade in planning the wholesale value of the product at $100,000,000 is con servative. At the present time there are approximately 1,500 factories en gaged in this work- ; According to Henry W. Hoops, President of the National Confection ers' Association, people in the trade figure the average value of the fin ished product, at the factorw, at 15 cent a pound, so that the estimate of $100,000,000 for the product this year would mean an output of ap- proixmately (567000,000 pounds of candy, or nearly 8 1-2 pounds per an num for every man, women nd child in the United States. The amount of glucose, paraffine, cheap flavoring extract and various deleterious substances used in pro ducing this output can scarcely be guessed at According to chemists and health officials paraffine is used even in the most expensive of cho colates. This it true to such an ex tent that the purchasers of chocolate candies annually treat their digestive organs to several tons of candles in this way. 9 1 :---"4VXi't1 I i: 4 J ..:- :;; v - - i 3 ." V 1 ' - 'i J , i . -' '-' " -V ' hsh- . - -?: t, r 9 i , , if- v ; v- V- ' -' t u. 2, r . h IN "THE HOLY CITY." FOR GQUOIIS r THROAT I FOR ,, ..I,.., i ... ..in i ,-, ,,. -mi i n Him MumiiiiMi t-Trmtmrrmni-ir iiii iianiniMwiTinMnrrrnrrisgiiiiWHi in in ai'iil i iiUilii'iiiM' m iilllliliiwi i'"i r P" : I had th most debilitating coueh a mortal waa mt afflicted with, and taj frienda expected that when I left ray bed It wonld aurely b for my grara. Our doctor pronounced ray cw iwuitlt, hot thanka U to God, four botUea of Dr. Klng'a New DIacovery cured ma ao completely that I am all aound and well. MRS. EVA UMCAPBER, Crorertown, Ind. xrrxl r ! Pries SQo "ini $1,00 ABSOLUTELY GUARAflTEEP! Trial Botlfi hi - rrrrrrrrrrs ITS A GOOD THING TO REFER to the reputation of a store before making any important purchases therein. Before you buy is the time to look up the matter. Ask question. Find out if the (tore you intend 'pa tronizing keeps tt pledge. B sure that you learn if it tells the qualities it claims; if itlreats ts customer honestly and fairly, then, if satisfied, buy there. Do all the asking yon wish about us among your friends, and that you will result in your com- fng her regularly. Come in and see our $125 Kitchen Rang. ;-. FlluSiSHliCO -THE BIO 8TORS." EHLLiNERY SALE Our Entire Line of Millinery at Cost. La Mode C82 Commercial St. ' Astoria, Oregon. ...ASTORIA... THEATRE ONE NIGHT K . ONLY A Sumptuous Production of "THE HOLY CITY" ... " :, ' WITH- ' Luella Merer AS SALOME Direction Le Comte and Flesher A pure, Instructive, Illustrative Story of the days of , , Our Saviour, Superbly Mounted Strong Supporting Co. Costumed Correctly Prices for this engagement 25, 50, 75, .$1.00 SEATS NOW ON SALE. HOT O IT COLD Soldefi West Just Right CLOSSET & DEVERS, PORTLAND, ORE. 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