THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. A STOMA. OREGON.
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THE WEATHER
, Oregon, Washington and Idaho
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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
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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.
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