THE OltEGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY ETEKKSTG, JANUARY 14, 1904.
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' the water, course8--the only lands. In
fact, upon which the people in arid re
gions dare to try to establish their
, hearthstohes. : The consequence Is al
ready apparent, the result is inevitable
'-that our young -men who chose to fol
low the cultivation of the soil for a
livelihood are compelledTio go elsewhere.
'.The state not only loses the benefit of
. their brawn and industry and good cltl
senship; it also loses the revenue to be
derived . firstly from the sale of lands,
' which the .forest reserve has taken , to
. itself, and; secondly, from the Just taxa
tion which flows from the thrift and ad
vancement . of ; the homeseeker. r,; Cer
tainly the preservation of what remains
of our .forests and the protection of a
jeHnwJth4fleslraW6iJuitJtocciurs.
tone that there Is much' which is futile
, and, frantic in the present governmental
" concern over tracts of land which are
either long since despoiled and are now
much better "suited to other purposes,
or which are now and always will be as
destitute of timber growth as. is the
bald head of the baldest-headed man in
tola convention. ..:, :... '.
1 erasing Industry Threatened.
"It brings us face to face with a di
lemma which causes us great concern,
not only for the grave reasons already
cited, but for the menace confronting
our Important grazing Industry. It in
'true, there are certain conditions and
regulations under which the leasing of
.some of these - reserves - to stockmen
may be effected, for which all honor
end thanks to the Hon. Glfford Plnchot
the present government forester. But
while this modifies the evil It does not
remove it.-'- The actual purchaser or set
tler Is still left out in the cold. He
can neither lease nor buy; and yet he is
of more avail than many steers or sheep,
I resist ' the aspersion that the sheep
Is a besom of destruction to the forests
of our. fair land. Of the mild-eyed,,
rollicking 3-year-old steer I also have
a pretty good opinion. I do not believe
; I A. ALLEN. .
Kansas City,. Mo.
.".. '' ! 4t?Ks''
that lie relishes the gum of the white
balsam, or loves to wallow constantly
' In a running stream like Jhe prehensile
moose. As between the two sides of
the areat cattle and sheep controversy
I am not here to announce a decision.
, Why Mora Popular. V
"In conclusion. I have to say that the
policy of the government in regard to
these reserves is more poular with the
community in which I live than it was
when it started out a few years ago.
JJ'he reason Is that , there is loss of it.
The more the area of the reserves is
cut down, the less objection thesa is to
them In other words, the popularity of
the policy increases in an Inverse ratio
to the slxe of the reserves. Every time
a thousand, acres or so of land that
never had a stick of timber on It and
could not grow one to save its life, is
eliminated from a proposed reserve there
is rejoicing throughout all our borders.
When the reserves of the Rocky moun
tain states are limited as they should
be to actual forest lands on watersheds,
. . .kM HAti.fArHt lunrl pvpn thouzh.
' now reserved, are restored again and
; thrown open for settlement and gras
ing, the morning stars will sing to
gether and all the sona of God, residing
liv the Great Basin at least, will shout
for Joy."
Hon. Glfford Plnchot of Washington,
D, c.," followed on similar lines. There
was alBO an address, on "Conditions
That Affect Prices of Livestock," by
Hon. J. H. Calderhead ef Montana. .The
addresses were followed by a general
discussion of the several topics pre
sented. The election of a new executive com
, mlttee completed the afternoon session.
L This evening the delegates and visitors
will be entertained at the theatres. .
Yesterday's Session.
The afternoon session of the National
Livestock association was called to
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' ' MORNING. - " - - '
Music by the orchestra. v '
' ; :30 a. m. Reports of committees and consideration of resolutions. . .
"10:30 a. m. Address, "Is the Production of Live Stock Keeping; Pace with the Demand?" Chancellor E.
Benjamin. Andrews, Nebraska. ' Discussion by the delegates, ' ; , , " ' -
11:30 a. m. Address, "The Tariff a It Affects the Stockgrowers," Col. A. C. Halllwell, Illinois. Discus
sion by the delegates. i ,' , ' ' ( ,
11:30 a. m. Address, "The Stockmen and Farmers Need of an Elastic Currency," Hon. Benjamin X.
Cohen, "president of the Portland Trust company. ,
' ' ' AFTERNOON.
-Music. by the orcVestra.v . ' , ',
; 1:80 p. m. Reports of committees. ;
' 2:00' p. m. Address, ' "Livestock Sanitary Matters,' Dr. Melvln, Washington. Discussion by the dele
i - gates. , . s . , '
2:30 p. m. Address,; "Evils of Cross Breed or Scrub Sires," Hon. J. R. Anderson, deputy minister agri
culture, British Columbia. Discussion by the delegates. -.'(....
DO p. m Address, "The Iwis
"3:30 p. m. Address. "Angora Goat," Hon. J. W. Fulton, Montana. Discussion by the delegates.
, 4:00' p. m.--Unflnl8hed business. ', -. . . ... f .
, 4 : 30 p.' m. Selection of next place of meeting. Adjourn sine die. '
order yesterday by President Springer
at 3 o'clock, . The delegates were rather
slow. In coming . together and It was
clearly Wi be seen, that the president,
who is a business man of prompt habits,
wished them to be on hand to dispatch
the vast amount of routine business be
fore the convention. Indeed, during the
morning session, ; President Springer
most emphatically stated the necessity
for everyone being on time.
' Besolntlons Bead.
At the instance of the president. Sec
retary Martin read a number of reso
lutions prepared by various 'delegates
and by them turned over to the commit
tee on resolutions. The president stated,
for : the edification of the .assemblage,
that every resolution in the secretary's
hands had been favorably reported on
by the committee. With these pre
liminaries the convention settled down
to the business of the afternoon.
rirst Besolntion.
The first resolution related to the in
terstate commerce commission..: It gives
that body . authority to make rates in
place of those which have been found to
be unreasonable and unjust to the ship
per. This was adopted.
Tariff oa Hides.
The next '; resolution, - which was
adopted, Is one . which greatly Interests
all the cattlemen. Its object is to se
cure legislation to retain the tariff on
hides. Its removal the livestock men
consider would proe a serious detri
ment to their Industry, and they seek
to have its removal retricted. The reso
lution also conveyed the thanks of the
convention to Senator, Warren, president
of the National Woolgrowers. associa
tion, for his amendment to the bill re
ferred to. This amendment places
manufactured articles of leather also
on the free list with the proposed re
moval of the tariff on hides.,
:r:...; 'livestock Census. -.,.:
The third resolution " related to a
classified census of stock. It also con
tained a clause touching upon the Gros
venor anti-shoddy bill before congress,
This passed without a single dissenting
voice. - v. . .- i
Important Petition. ,
A petition, was , next presented for
adoption addressed to the traffic mana
gers of the several Chicago railroad
lines. It wad unanimously approved,
and requests that they reconsider their
recent action denying free transporta
tion to men accompanying stock ship
ments. - The president ordered this for
warded to the railroad officials. In his
usual vigorous and emphatic manner he
declared:
Springer's Den.,
"If the traffic officials turn down our
most reasonable request, we shall force
the issue. We shall secure the passage
of the. Missouri law In every state west
of the Missouri river compelling the
railroad companies to accede."
They Smell a Sohenta. '
It appears that a movement is on the
tapis looking, toward the amalgamation
into a national organization of the
humane societies of the several states.
This movement is bitterly opposed by
the New Tork State Humane society.
The -livestock men shrewdly see through
the schemo as a means , of . providing
soft snaps for a lot of hungry, office
seekers. They set themselves on record
by the adoption of a strongly-worded
resolution against the proposed pun.
JPnre-Brod Cattle Bate.
A resolution requesting the railroad
companies - to make lower and more
favorable special rates for pure-bred
cattle was unanimously adopted, v -;
' "Agin Automobiles." " '
At the close of the address by Hon.
C E. Btubba.on "The Horse and the
Horse Industry," a summary of which
appeared in The journal yesterday, Pres
ident Springer said:
"If, after this excellent, talk on the
horse, any of you fellows want to raise
automobiles you can do so. I don't be
lieve you can find such things down
where Jerry Simpson lives. Their abodes
GOVERNOR
GEO. E. CHAMBERfcMJt
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM
and Clar-k-Expoal tionAJZoaJudga -
there are still within the virgin vale of
rural simplicity." '
Col. W. E. Skinner of the Chicago
Union stockyards, who was to deliver his
address on "Livestock Expositions" to
day, was called to Chicago last tilght.
In view of this fact he was asked to
speak yesterday afternoon. ' He accred
ited the southwest with having produced
the very best of certain classes of cat
tle.' He exhibited photos of Herefords
and other breeds in Texas and other
states. He desired to see the dawn of
the day when the United States should
become the greatest producer of beef of
any nation on earth. ;
Col. C. E. Wantland of Missouri made
an address on "Winter Feeding on the
Range." . .; . -. .
. Independent Packing Plant.
Secretary Martin read a resolution
providing for the establishment of a
packing plant, entirely Independent of
the packers' combine at some convenient
center. The president called for dls
cusions of this resolution.
' Mr. Harris Idea.
' The first response came from E. S.
Harris of Kansas City. He considered
the question a vital one, and one in
which livestock men are all interested.
He deplored the unholy alliances which
are' crushlng out his interests. He cited
Instances of unjust and high-handed ma
nipulations of prices which he bad seen
in the Kansas City stockyards. In clos
ing he said: "I believe unwatered stock
in an Independent national packing house
'JON .TOHMW PRIMGEI?
wtsieitii ur m ati on At
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would sell as well as watered stock
elsewhere." . Mr. Harris naturally con
sidered Kansas City as a desirable lo
cation for an independent plant.
reared a Preezeont
Mr. Ferguson inquired "invase an inde
pendent packing house should be estab
lished would not the combine freeze out
the independent plant by paying more
money. This was in sequence to his
question, "What Is moral support?"
which clause occurred In the resolution
preceding the discussion.
President Springer said that the way
to do would be to accept the higher price
till the packers' wearied of it, because
the Independent plant would be under no
expense meanwhile. ', v
. Jerry's Begular Stan t.
. Then Jerry Simpson shied his castor
into the ring. "I'm interested in this,"
said he. Then he read an editorial clip
ping .from a Portland paper. "It occurs
to me this thing can be considered as
a business proposition," he continued.
"Whether the cattlemen can defy the
beef trust remains to be seen. . Upon
what foundation does this combine ex
ist? It dates back to the railroads fixing
the rates. If the independent plant can
secure railroad competition it would
tend, in my opinion, to a solution of the
problem."
Money Bequired.
J. D. Wood said It would take money
to act If the members with money can
and will put up the capital they may es
tablish a plant He would secure the
men and the money who could secure
subscriptions to stock in such a plant
as was desired. He made many, prac
tical suggestions.' .
, A Misunderstanding.
Mr. Springer of Oregon said if he were
to invest he would like to have a voice
In the control of the Independent packing
plant, and would want the manager to
report to the board of directors.
Mr. McKenzie of Tex4s said he under
stood the independent plant was a corpo
ration outside of the livestock associa
tion. In this he was' seconded by the
president, who said that, the prices for
beef were arbitrarily fixed by six men
every morning. . . ,
- Already Incorporated.
The Independent plant, is already In
corporated in Arizona for tS.OOO.OOOj
$200,000 of which has been paid in,
said President Springer.
In answer to the inquiry of Mr. Mo
Kinney of Oregon as to how a cornering
of the stock In this plant was to be pre
vented. President Springer , answered.
He referrel the speaker to his address
delivered Tuesday fully covering the
question. --. ..
The resolution received a unanimous
vote of adoption, and the convention ad
journed at 4:30 to 4:30 this morning.
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BRIGHT PROSPECTS
mawaoeb xswiar or st. sosxvn
STOCKY ABSft SATS SHXEPMXH
MADB MOKB &AST TZAB7 THAW
CATTXEBAISEBS AXTD THAT 1904
Z.00K8 GOOD POB THEM.
"We would be pleased to have one of
the Livestock association's annual meet
ings in St Joseph in the near future,"
said Manager M. B. Irwin of the St
Joseph stock yards. ' "
The yeaf 1904 opens before us full
of bright promises, notwithstanding the
fact that for- the year Just closed,
market conditions have not been all that
the seller could wish for, but that very
faet will cause us all to put our
shoulders to the wheel, and push the
We have handled 600,000 sheep at St f
Joseph Stock yards - during the year
1903, 60,000 of which were shipped back
to the country for feeding purposes, and
the balance being killed In St Joseph. ,
rederal Inspection Severe.
"During the past year our federal in
spection has been very severe, which has
had the effect of keeping away a good
many good shippers Who otherwise
would have patronized our market Un
der present ruling by the department, it
will afford us the same facilities as
those in effect at other yards.
- stock and readers In Demand,
The demand , f or . stock and feeder
sheep the past year haa been the
heaviest in the history of the yards, and
all our patrons can now find a ready
market for that; class of sheep as well
as for thelf fat ones, and every facility
for handling them in accordance with
government regulations.
Sheep Prices Higher.
'The past year has shown thab the
sheepmen realized more on their invest
ment than either the cattlemen or bog
men, prices beiag relatively higher for
sheep than any other class of stock, our
market paying as high as $7.70 for Mex
ican fed. Colorado lambs weighing 78 to
80 pounds. This was more than was
realized at any other market Present
prospect for the new year is that neither
lambs nor sheep will sell as high as last
year, but X consider sheep and lambs a
good Investment as long as wool con
tinues as It la and cannot see any cause
why wool should go any lower for a year
or two to come, at least
The Corporations Sid It
The question may be asked right
here, what has brought about these fa
vorable changes? Our reply might cite
several reasons, one of which has been
cheaper money for the stockman to do
business with; another, that our stock
men today carry' on their business on
business principles more, than they did
In the years gone by, but one of the chief
reasons why your stock today nets you
more money is from the fact that Just
such corporations as the St Joseph
stock yards- have sprung Into existence
at your very door, giving you the benefit
of another market thus avoiding the
over-stocking of any one market on any
one day, which, In tha past you haVe
all found to cost the stockman fabulous
amounts. This is evidenced by the fact
that prices on the Missouri river most
of the time are and have been ruling
higher than the actual figures paid In
Chicago." .
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"" CUZJABTTT ' Or THE " BACTEBIA
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-- XJSTEir WITH ntTEBEST. v
Dr. W. E. N. Hutchinson of the
United : States bureau : of - animal r in
dustry, in a discussion on bacteria that
is helpful to mankind, had this to say:
Some tr&appreolated Prtends.
' Too many stockraisers look upon the
men whose labor and researches reveal
the real factors In .the cause . of dis
eases as heralds of fresh devastations
to come upon their herds, and each an
nouncement from - them of some newly
discovered germ Is associated .- In the
mind with a . fear of fresh Issues of
quarantine regulations. Such a situa
tion, is the . result of hearing too-much
upon, the alarmist nlria sn( pot givlPff
enough consideration to the almost al
ways, successful effort that has been
made, after announcing their existence,
to find methods -of controlling these or
ganisms and making them agents of
their own destruction. . . : , ,
Before the causes of anthrax, black
leg or cholera were discovered and a
specific name given to-these diseases,
they existed, - although perhaps known
under almost as many names aa they had
symptoms. - This - very ' generality of
their classification and their great stm
llarity in so many features to certain
benign and curable affections xurmsnea
instances In every neighborhood of
cures by local herd owners, which gave
ground later for distrust of the veter
inarian who would pronounce them in
curable. '- " . ..'
; There Are Oood Bacteria. ' L
But bacteria are no longer' considered
as exclusively menacing, , we cannot look
upon ,all bacteria or germs with dis
favor, nor 'ought any unfavorable com
ment be heard when the announcement
is made that new ones have been discov
ered, .for the more of them, we find and
recognize, the more we become assured
that the most of them are working for
our good.
It has come-about that the microecoplo
organisms which cause anthrax., black
leg, tuberculosis, cholera, etc., are made
to themselves furnish the substances
that prevent these very diseases. This
is an aspect of the question of bacter
iology, in which all stockraisers of what
ever sphere or position are deeply con
cerned, and there Is hardly any branch
of science In which greater or more
beneflclent progress has been made.
Bacteria Aid Man.
But It Is not simply in the domain
of disease prevention that bacteria show
themselves the benefactors and good ser
vants of man, for, not only will we
find when we look into the subject
more deeply, that Industrial processes
of the must diverse nature depend for
their operation upon bacterial activity,
but that there are caused by germ life
also certain processes in nature of such
Importance that the" very continuance
of animal and vegetable life may be said
to be dependent upon them. Such are
the processes Involved in soil forma
tion, of decomposition and putrefaction
of organic animal and vegetable mat
ter, and the disintegration and decay of
inorganic rocks and mineral substances,
In the tillage of the soil and the
growth of crops the action of baoteria
is chiefly if not wholly beneficial, the
more abundant crops enjoyea Dy one
farmer over another are the result of his
having a more abundant and better
adapted supply of bacteria in his soil.
Oerms Add to PertlUty.
Each group of bacteria performing its
one special function, devoting its own
brief life in an effort to contribute to a
broader life. To the combined and co
operative . efforts of these different
groups of bacteria tne xeriuiiy or me
soil was originally due, and upon their
continued action the maintenance of
this fertility depends.
riavor a necessity.
But bacteria go even further than
this. Not only have they aided in the
production -of certain foods, but they
also impart to others special commer
cial values and Important dietetio prop
erties. Physiology teaches that flavor
Is an essential as nutriment, and that
the body could not subsist upon the
fats were they entirely devoid of flavor,
for unon thle. property depends the nat
ural stimulus, both to consumption of
sufficient quantities of them to sustain
life and the glandular action upon which
depends the-aecretlon of the digesting
juices in the stomach and Intestines.
In very many of the foods most ex
tensively used, flavor Is produced en
tirely by bacteria, and the dairy prod
ucts in dally use upon our tables are
the most conspicuous examples of these
bacterlally Imparted flavors. In cheese
nd butter-making, bacteria are now ad
mitted to be Indispensable. They are
the only agencies whereby the essential
flavor may be produced.
Such common flavoring substances as
vanilla and chocolate depend for their
nrrmur elaboration upon bacteria, and
the flavor and aroma of our after-dinner
cigar is also derived from the labor of
these much maugnea inue woraors.
Bacteria !Labo for TJs.
Another Important Industry that de
pends feu; the proper finishing of its pro
ducts upon bacteria, is the growing of
such fiber plants as flax, hemp ana jute,
in all these plants the valuable fiber is
po closely interwoven With the coarser
woody parts aa to make its mechanical
separation Impossible, so again man
calls to his aid bacteria, ana surrouna
lng them with all the conditions of
warmth and moisture, waits for them to
accomplish what he with all his skill
In chemistry, physics and mechanics is
unable to do, ,
In these day of sanitary precautions
and defenses against the Invasions of
the ubiquitous microbe, we would look
with horror upon" the man who would
propose to fix things up so bacteria
might grow more luxuriantly in our
water sources, yet knowledge has come
to us whereby we can use the bacteria
of the scavenger variety, those which
attack and make over the refuse animal
and vegetable matter into harmless and
useful substances, in the destruction of
sewage and the purification of con
taminated water.
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We have always supposed that the
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fireflies for lighting their houses or to
light their flight in the darkness. Ndw
we see used in some coal mines, to pro
tect the lives of the miners from explo
sions of the dangerous gsses, a won-
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the plant dies in ; from one uto . three
weeks. In animal life experiments have
been made with chickens raised under
absolutely sterile conditions and kept
so until death occurred, eating only
sterilised food and breathing only ster
ilised air, none of them lived longer
than 30 days and many of them died
much earlier.
t- The cry for universal sterilization
must, and indeed has already given
placo to the more reasonable demand for
universal cleanliness.
Dirt and filth retard the growth of
certain of the more beneficial forms of
bacteria. As a class these little organ
isms are the Implacable foes of all un
cleanliness. Allow dead animals or ac
cumulations of sewage and excrement
to remain about uncovered and bacteria
will attack it with such vigor that their
efforts to incorporate it with the soil
and .transform lt.into . useful material
will create such a disturbance in the at
mosphere as will force man to hasten to
their aid with pick and shovel. '
If there Is anything In the doctrine or
theory of modification by descent, that
Is in special purpose breeding, let us
hope to see such changes brought about
in the breeds of domestic bacteria as
make them minister to comforts In ways
hitherto undreamed of.
Clergymen Take Notice!
Application blanks for 1904 permits
are now in the hands of Northern Pa
cific agents. Clergymen who have not
received proper blanks can now do so on
application in person or by letter to A.
D. Charlton, assistant general passen
ger agent, 256 Morrison street, corner
Third. Portland, On, or to any atatlon
agent of this . company.
LITTLE BABY BOY
IN CRUEL HANDS
(Journal Special 8er?lce.)
Spokane, Jan. 14. Beaten black and
blue and locked in a woodshed for four
hours, are a part of a story of extreme
cruel treatment to a 2-year-old baby
which J. W. Williams, secretary of the
Home Finding society, has to tell. The
Home Finding society has just taken
charge of Joe SUverton, alias Joe Berg
man, and in a suit started in. court asks
that the custody of the child be given to
the publlo care.
Mr. Williams announces that It was
hla Intention to prosecute the parents of
the child criminally, as well as bring
ing the civil action, but that now they
have "skipped out." The complaint is
signed by J. B. Rudersdorf of the Hu
mane society, for(,fhe reason that the
Home Finding society cannot sign the
complaints, but the action was in
reality brought by the Home Finding
society. 'T"-' ''
The complaint alleges that the child
is a male child about the age of 1 year"!
that he is the child of Maud Be5 niaftj
7 I t " . ''""'rtw-the charge, but Harris and Dan Jack
prior to her marriage with Han Berg- ItJtaid A, th, evldenc.
man, and that the name ana resilience or
the father of the child is unknown, and
that the welfare of the child haa been
grossly neglected.
"The Bergmans lived 1n Peaceful Val
ley," said Mr. Williams. "It was my
intention to start criminal proceedings
against them, but they have skipped out,
so that I cannot . In this case we have
a witness who will testify to the child
being beaten badly and the back being
swollen and black and blue; that It had
been whipped by Harry Bergman, and
that the child had been locked, in a
woodshed for four hours at a time.
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RECEPTION TO THE
BISHOP AND PASTOR
In honor of the return , of Bishop
Earl Cranston, the resident bishop ol
the Northwest, who lately returned from
his eastern pilgrimage, the Methodist
ministers of the district and their wive
banqueted in the . Centenary Methodist
church last night' Rev. H. J. Talbott,
the late pastor of the First. Methodist
church, who Is about to take charge ol
the mission field of Utah, was also S
guest of honor.- .
: Rev; W. B. .Holllngshead was toast
master. V He referred pleasantly to th
occasion' of welcoming one brother and
the bidding farewell ; to another. . Rev,
C - A. cLewhi of r Sellwood spoke oa
"Methodist Brotherhood" and-Rev. Wl
IL Sellick of Sunnyside responded.
Bishop Cranston replied and feeling!!
expressed his appreciation. He was fol
lowed by Dr. Talbott, who thanked hit
brethren for their sympathy and love.
"Gee! That judge - did hand me a
bunch." was the ejaculation of William
Harris when Circuit - Judge . Bears
sentenced him to lCft years in the peni
tentiary Tuesday afternoon. Harris was
one of the two negroes who were arrested
for the robbery of William Willis, sn
owner of a cabin north of the North Pa-,
ciflo mills. 'Harris, Dan Jackson and
Raymond Jackson called at the cabin In
search of food and then beat and robherl
Willis. 4 Raymond Jackson pleaded guilty
son stood trial. As the evidence against
Jackson was not so convincing as that
against Harris, he was recommended to
the mercy of the court. Jackson may be'
sentenced today.
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