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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24,
1904.
PORTLAND. OREGON.
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ru streets. Portland. Oregon.
OFFICIAL PAPBR OF THE CITV OF
IT STILL FLOUNDERS.
HAT ALBUM of universal mtalnformatlon, the
I Mornlne Oregonlan, know ao many thin that
Mil bo about the tax law of
tnak of MiumuenHia las Ignereneo seems almost hope
less one. For a week past It has been floundering about
lit a eea of Inaccuracies and mlastatementa concerning the
assessment and levy of taxes In thle city and county.
After experiencing several apasms over the Idea that the
increase In valuations that was propoaed by the county
assessor would entail an Increase of "from $160,000 to
$200,000" In the amount of state taxea which Multnomah
county ia called upon to pay. the Morning Mlalnformant
finally discovered that the bogey It had conjured up waa
a harmless shadow, tha apportionment of state- taxes
among the counties being based upon their respective ex
penditures, not their valuatlona, and in a ratio which will
remain unchanged until 1910. But not until the county
eaaesaor had decided to adhere to the old baale of calcula
tion did the agitation of our contemporary wholly sub
side. A new field for Its Imagination has now been found
In the provisions of the city charter relative to the levy of
elty taxes, and some Interesting contributlona to currerff
fiction are the reault. For example: "If the city levy Is
$ mills this year, which Is the limit, the revenues from
taxation for the city will amount to $400,000. or about
IJ2.000 more than a year ago." This statement Is unre
deemed by accuracy In a single particular. The limit of
the city tax levy, exclusive of the levy for Interest on the
bonded indebtedness and the sinking fund, is 7 mills. The
last levy Included 2Vt mllla for Interest on bonds, making
the total city tax V mllla. Aa the total valuation of city
property amounted to $48,084,534, the total tax, at H mllla,
was $4$7.80S.' The city charter authorises the levy of an
additional one half mill for the purpose of establishing a
sinking fund, but up to the present time the council has
not availed Itself of this permission and no tax has been
levied for this purpose. If the cltywere to realise from
the next levy $400,000 It would have not "$$$,000 more than
a year ago," but $37,80$ less than' then. In dealing with
'matters of such importance H ia an excellent Idea to keep
at leaat within speaking distance of the facta.
LOSSES OF LABOR STRIKES.
ACCORDING to the report of the commissioner of
labor 22,79$ labor strikes occurred in this country
from 18S1 to 1900 Inclusive. The number of men
thrown out of employment was 6,105,694. The loss to
workingmen was estimated at $237,863,478, and through
lockouts as distinguished from strikes $48,S1 9,745 more:
total, $304,683,223. The estimated loss to employers during
that period was $142,(69,104. If we add one fifth to these
figures for the period since 1900, we may have some
where near an approximation of losses through strikes In
84 years to both workingmen and employers, $539,210,792.
It i to be considered, however, that this was not a loss
without considerable resultant gains to workingmen. It
was in the nature of an Investment which brought an un
ascertained amount of subsequent Income, in Increased
wages, and in shorter hours and so easier living. During
the period mentioned approximately 61 per cent of the
strikes succeeded entirely or nearly so, and about one
half of the others partially succeeded. So that when these
great losses for they were really ao unless we balance
against them a possibly needed resting spell are por
trayed, workingmen can point to many cases of higher
wages and improved conditions, gained through strike?
that apparently could have been gained in no other way.
And the employers have also probably recouped some of
their loss's, besides keeping more than even with the
increased cost of labor, In better work on he part of con
tented employers.
Tet after estimating these compensations aa highly as
possible the net result of prolonged strikes la probably a
heavy loss all around. It certainly la ao If we count the
greet losa of the patient, non-combatant public.
Take the present stockyarda strike, for Instance. About
53,'.ioo men in Chicago have been out of work for 35 days.
If their wages averaged but $1.60 per day, the daily loaa to
them has been $$4,500, or a total so far of $1,207,500. The
employers have lost in one way or another perhaps half
ns much. Then how much has the public lost? Nobody
knows, but certainly much.
um u nave industrial peace. MUt
of our spellbinding statesmen leave off
flatulent eulogies of parties and candidates long enough to
tell us that?
AT THE THEATRES
AT THE ARCADE
McKeever and Sandry at the Arcade
gdng songs of the heroes of the prlxe
ring-, and pictures of' the famou ring
generals are at the same time flashed
n the canvaa. Rlows that settled the
gate of champions are Illustrated and
the unique act closes with a lively,
humorous boxing hout.
"THE DmDl TRACK "
The members of the Weldemann Stnek
rompany which will open Its season at
try Empire next Sunday afteiroon In
Oliver Dowd Byron's Intensely interest
ing melodrama, "The Inside Track."
have all arrived in th3 cltv and lire
Working hard at rehearsals. The eom
Beny consists of Frank Fanning, James
Fulton. Charles CIsreyCTom 1. Loftus,
Russell Reed, Alien Frisbte, O Q Jen
nine. Nellie Weldemann, Mt Mars
hy. Georgia Francis. Bessie Beal and
Agnes Oaks. The sale of seats opened
jreeterday at the Empire box office and
promises to be large.
TXX BIJOU'S BAST OV$M.
The pretty auburn-haired Klrls who
Sance In the pony hallet at the BIJou
have made a big hit with the crowd.
They are well trained and dance grace
fully. There are Ave of thein. and each
Is an expert. For any ona who likes
the. latest In dances, the Blou Is pre
eminently the place thla Week. Tralnor
end Button, the comedy sketch people,
are also dancers of high degree. The
Kelleys do some funny character acting.
Dnllle Castle's illustrated songs are de
lightful. cycbobt at t$b
The world Is full -if thrills, but hy
far the moat thrilling net In vaudeville
la Cyclone's ride up the Devil's chimney
at the star theatre. Picture a man rid
ing up the perpendicular latticed walls
of a cylinder at the peril of his life,
end you have Cyclone's art It see ma
like an impossible rent, bat the daring
esrcliei does it and whirls about the steep
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
T
HE CARET
of land In
Oregon that the
prlrntft pf -
expired by limitation.
drawn. There are Instances, notably one In the Deachutea
valley in Crook county, where the companies have gone
ahead In good fulth and at great expenditure to comply
with the Carey law and irrigate the withdrawn lands.
There are other cases In which lands so withdrawn have
not been irrigated, nor sufficient work done, it is alleged,
to comply with the- law. It is very important that if irri
gation of these lands la practicable. It should be done,
either by the persons on whose application it was with
drawn for that purpose, or by the government If irrigation
thereof be found feasible. The government will pay no
attention to lands .thus segregated under the. Carey act.
but if, as la asserted, there are of soon wlW be, such tracts
on which the work required by the Carey law has not
been done, then, at least after giving the Interested parties
due notice and a fair chance to go to work, these lands
should revert to government control, so that If irrigation
thereof be practicable It may be prosecuted.
The Lake County Examiner says that a tract of several
thousand acres near Paisley was in a fair way to get gov
ernment aid for irrigation, but their hopes were shattered
by the existence- of a Carey act company, which applied
for the segregation of 12,000 acres there two years ago,
but which company "has done nothing with the project and
it is not likely that it will. Several months have elapsed
since' their application was approved by the government,
and there is nothing for them to do now but to put up the
money and go to work,' still nothing la being done."
The Carey law allows such a company six months after
the application is approved in which to go to work, and re
quires a certain amount of work to be done thereafter,
within specified times, so that If the "several" months are
not six, this company may yet hold its lands; but It cer
tainly ahould be required to comply with the law or aban
don the project, so that government Irrigation engineers
may examine into its feasibility.
Irrigation is a very vital question in that part of "Ore
gon, and the people up there are not out of order In de
manding a strict compliance with the Carey law, especially
when segregation of lands under Its provisions prevents
government action with a view to irrigation.
THE NEW
THE DETERMINATION, sincerity and spirit back of
those who favor the building of the portage road
between the Big Eddy and Celllo can no longer be
questioned. When the ("pen River association comes for
ward and expresses a willingness to give a bond to build
the road for the amount which the state has appropriated
and pledges Itself to make up whatever deficiency may be
found to exist when the work has been completed It Is
quite evident that the people are determined to finish the
enterprise at the earliest possible moment without regard
to obstacles that may be Interposed.
It la the awakening ot this aplrit of self reliance which
will count more for the future of Oregon than ail other
Influences combined. In this particular movement It has
the- profound advantage of bringing the divergent sections
of the state into close relations and making apparent to
them that the Interest of one Is the. interest of alt, that if It
means much for the Inland Empire It means something too
for Portland and all other parts of the state. Indeed the
lesson will be an invaluable one In enforcing the Idea that
those are best helped who help themselves. There are
before Oregon a number of very Important questions
which have long been held in abeyance to the state's det
riment. We have waited for people other than ourselves to
take the initiative and if not in vain we have waited long,
sometimes until the opportunity had actually escaped.
But If the new lesson has been learned, thla lesson of help
ing ourselves. It will mean a tremendous Impetus to our
growth and development and a tremendous accession' to
that spirit of state pride which has done so much to ad
vance Washington and California and make of them the
great states that they are. t
There is such a spirit of determination back of the
portage road building movement that we expect to see the
hope realized that it will be ready for bualnesa next
fall. Whatever its immediate effect may be the work will
he done In response to a public demand which can no longer
be realated and we are inclined to think, notwithstanding
pessimistic talk to the contrary, that many of the benefits
anticipated for it will ,be realised to the great advantage
of the public.
now 7 Will some
their fulsome- and
sides. at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
It is such a nervoua strain that Cyclone
can make the ride only three times a
day, at 3:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p. m.
FARCE AT COMB-BAT'S.
"A Runaway Hatch" Is still going at
Cordray's theatre to undiminished audi
ences that laugh throughout the entire
show. Not only the comedy itself but
the apeclaltles are clever and amusing.
The performances will be repeated every
night tills week with Saturday matinee.
On Saturday night the prlae of $26 In
gold will be awarded for fne best critl
clam on thla week'a bill. Many are try
ing to win thla puree and criticisms are
pouring In by the hundreds.
LYRIC'S GOOD BIBB.
The Lyric has an exceptionally good
bill this week and every act Is making
a hit Managers Keating and Flood tol
erate nothing but the best, aa was shown
Monday when the two Fataa were can
celed after their flrat performance. The
work of the four Mortons is easily the
star attraction. Walton, the Chlneae, la
all the goods. J. Murray Smith sings
'The Colorado Strike," a sympathetic
song In favor of the Colorado miners.
The singing, danctng and acrobatic
work of Whitehead and Dlamon Is catchy
and pleasing. The singing of Tom Ray
is, aa always, good, and the vltascope
shows the landing of "Christopher Co
lumbus." Friday night $16 In gold Is
given away. $6 at each of the three
performancea
The Country Operator.
From the Argonuat
While Secretary Ray waa iii the
country one summer an Important piece
of official business waa pending, and
he arranged with Waahlngton that any
newa that might arrive concerning the
matter ahould be telegraphed to hint
In cipher. Day after day "he waited,
hut no telegram came. One morning,
happening to go to the lonely little tel
egraph office, he said to the operator:
"I auppoee you have received no dis
patch for me?"
"Why, yea. air," the operator replied:
"there waa a dtapatch for you 'the
other day, but It was all twisted and
confused, and I couldn't main hmd or
tall of It, so I didn't think it waa any
use to send it up to you."
JNO. P. CAkKCMLL
Journal Building. Fifth and TamblH
PORTLAND
GOVERNMENT AND CAREY ACT IRRIGATION.
ACT. under which several large tracts
eastern Oregon have been withdrawn by
' or rnrpornllnni ,nr tifigtmn naa
:nd BO more land can be so with
SPIRIT IN OREGON.
MORE
BAVOKTBBBB.
From the Wheeler County News.
Again the little leaden messengers of
death have done their work to sheep In
this country. Just over the line known
as the Mountain creek deadline about
one-half mile southeast of the ranch of
W. B. Chllders at a large spring which
Is known to moet all sheepmen.
uan t-rotntt of Proffltt Urns cam.
town early Tuesday morning and In-
lurmea ub mat Detween 10 and 15 men
approached his camp early Tuesdav
morning about 3:30 o'clock and began
uttering a aeries Of veils imtt-itin.
otea, which flfghtened the sheep off their
wooing ground and ihe dogs weie sent
around and the sheep brought back.
Thinking no more 'of the matter he and
his herder went to alaen onin ,.,... ....
sheep were again molested and frightened
-" "J ""in camp aoout a quarter of u
mile, when rifle shots ransr out on thn
still morning air. Bight aheep were
cnppieo. rne parties who
did the ahooting flred about 60 shots and
men passed over the divide between
Mountalh and Indian creeks and followed
down the latter to the county road, leav
ing a plain trail which waa easily fol
lowed to the homes of the parties who
doubtless did the shooting.
We are Informed that before the aheep
were moved to the camp mentioned an
understanding waa had between the
owners and cattlemen In regard to this
particular ramp and that the sheep would
not be molested, aa they were not to re
main there but a abort time. But auch
l the ending to whatever agreement waa
made by the atockmen.
Big Yerdiot Against a Union.
London Dispatch to the N. TC. Sun.
The courts have decided that tha
South Walea Minora' Federation must
pay Into court $287,110 damages,
awarded thfc colliery proprietors for
causing the men to break their contracts
with their employers by declaring atop
daya or repeated holidays.
For thus delaying work the mine
owners brought suit against the Federa
tion in December. 101. The money
swarded Is to remake In court pending
an appeal of the case to the House of
Lorda
Campaign openers are preparing to get
busy.
All Oregon should take a pride in the
atate fair.
The fairest thing at a fair is always
the fair- sex. '
It has been explained to the president
that money talks.
The weather bureau officials have had
an eaay Job thla summer.
Skew w4H asublUaa point
with pride to dollar wheat.
All workers should help to make the
Labor day celebration a success.
Have you $1 ready to buy a Lewis and
Clark souvenir dollar next month? '
"Oh. how glad I am fe get back home
again to dear, comfortable old Osegon."
The Black Hand society of New Tork
la In need of a lot of properly placed
cuff a
General Btoessel would make a good
Republican politician; he la auch a stand
patter. All weddings are very pretty, but oc
casionally we read of one that was very
beautiful.
Ocean rates across the Atlantic are ao
low that It la cheaper to rfde than to
swim acroaa.
"JLn
t
Scarcely amy man (fan always have
everything exactly his own way. Even
some women can't.
Professor Shaw Is expected to explain
that' beef is good for workingmen in
email quantities only.
If Port Arthur has to fall, it will do ao
only at a coat ot life that will make it
memorable In history.
There waa no urgent demand in Oregon
for a campaign opener. Tet Secretary
Shaw will be welcome.
Tf the water la calm. Secretary Morton
likes the cabin of the Dolphin as well aa
a special Pullman car.
Has anyone notified Debs yet? Or Is
he so much wiser than the other candi
dates that he knows already yet?
Vl op growers of Oregon do not seem to
be worrying about a boycott of their
product. That was another roorback
Mr. Parker exercises good Judgment in
declining to make a speech-making tour.
Mr. Bryan did enough of yhat for awhile.
President Roosevelt has taken to swim
ming. Couldn't a swimming match be
arranged between him and ex-Judge
Parke??
It te perfectly safe for Fairbanks to
stump-speak In Maine. It la ao strongly
Republican that nobody can tell how
many votea he froae out.
Of course you. will have to take the
children to the circus. And If you have
no children you must go to see others'
children enjoy themselves.
Portland hopes the mining men will
come again, singly If not en masae, and
stay longer in Oregon ana oecome Get
ter acquainted with her. She's all right.
It waa owing to circumstances over
which the steel trust temporarily had no
control that the price of steel dropped so
far. But thla mishap will be remembered
later.
It seems to be generally agreed that
the trusts are all for Booaevelt. The
terma of hla surrender can only be sur
mised, but In a general way may be
guessed at pretty closely.
If the secretaries can go campaigning
for months, probably on double pay, why
ahould not the lesser federal officials be
permitted to take a little hand in the
campaign openly, besides making their
liberal campaign contributions?
Secretary Morton has been on a tour
of Inspection of navyyards. Being secre
tary of the navy, of course thla as a
matter of form Is proper, but that he
should be secretary of the navy Is what
makes the country grin and with not an
altogether pleasant grin either.
MORTGAGED 1ST ADVANCE.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The Republican campaign has been
underwritten by the Arm of J. P. Morgan
Co., which floated the steel trust and
the North Atlantic shipping combine, be
sides several smaller trusts: which ar
ranged the transfer of the Pennsylvania
Coal company to the Erie railroad In
order to prevent the Independent pro
ducers from acquiring a railroad of their
own to tidewater, and which negotiated
the absorption of the Bethlehem Steel
company by tbe shipbuilding trust of un
savory memoty. In sccordance with
which tbe Morgan shares were to be mar
keted before the others. It Is unneces
sary to say that the firm has been the
most powerful financial combination In
the country, but Its prestige has been Im
paired a little by the decline In steel
stocka and International Mercantile Ma
rine aecurltles and the collapse of the
shipyard combination, with which its
connection waa only Incidental.
The financial Intereats of the Republi
can national committee Will be cared for
here and In New Tork by the partners of
the greatest of all the trust promoters.
Mr. .Morgan's reputed dislike for the
president appears to have been a thor
oughly bualneaallke emotion deatgned to
bring Mr. Roosevelt to terma. and, that
hating been achieved, the great flnnn
cler'a IntereBt in the election of th
president for another term Is so keen that
Ms New York and Philadelphia houses
undertake to provide the necessary
funda.
The underwriter doee not put up any
money unless the public falls to take the
stock offered to It. The Morgan firm
will, of course, offer shares In the Roose
velt administration to moneyed men.
especially the benefloinrles of legislation
here and In New Tork, and what It does
not dispose of in that way It will keep
and pay for. By so doing the greatest
trust manufacturing eetabliehraent In the
country would have a (list mortgage on
the Roosevelt administration n case the
Republicans should carry the election.
boob oranow.
Worn the Fossil Journal.
Tom Kay of Salem, who Is making an
energetic fight for the speakership of the
house of representatives, would be a
very good man but for two reasons: Ha
lives In sf city that would be greatly
benefited by Increased appropriations for
state inatltutiona. and in a community
that la opposed to the building of the
atate portage railroad around the dali
of tha Columbia river. For the latter
reason no eastern Oregon member should
1 support Mr. Kay for speaker.
V
Auguat 34 It begun to rain laat night
and continued thla morning. We pro
ceeded, however, fi, mtlea to the com
mencement of a bluff of blue clay about
180 or 100 feet on the south aide. It
seems to have h-"" i"talar nn fine ill
even now the ground la so warm that
we cannot keep our handa in it at any
depth. There are strong appearances
of coal, and also grerit quantltlea of co
balt Or a cryatalllaed substance resem
bling it. There Is fruit now ripe which
looks like a red currant, except that It
Is double the stse and grows an a buak
EXPOSE OF THE
In the fourth chapter of his "Fren
xled Finance: The Story of Amalga
mated." in the September number of
Everybody's Magaslne, Thomas W.
Lawson describee 'in detail the manner
in -which he says the Amalgamated Cop
per company came Into being through
ihe agency of Henry H. Rogera Wil
liam Rockefeller, the National City bauk
and "various lawyers, office boys and
clerks.".
Mr. Lawson says that when the op
tions on' the properties propoaed to be
acquired had been obtained from Messrs.
Daly. Tevis, Haggln and others, calling
for a purchase price of $3, ooo.ooo,
Henry H. Rogers and William Rockefel
ler borrowed $10,000,000 from the Na
tional City bank, which was re-depoalted
In the bank to the account of the orig
inal vendors under an agreement that it
would be allowed to remain there, for a
stipulated time at a rate of interest
Just equaling that paid by the borrow
ers. At thla point, continues Mr. Lawson.
the "lawyers, office boys and clerka"
met and certified that, whereaa, we (the
office boys and. clerks) are desirous of
taking advantage of the corporation
laws of tbe state of New Jersey, we (the
said office boys and clerks) do take ad
vantage of said laws and form ourselves
Into the Amalgamated Copper company,
which will have a capital of $76,000,000.
In the form of a similar resolution
Mr. Lawson states that when the com
pany had been duly organised, one of
the "office boye and clerks" produced
from his person a check for $76,000,000,
which he paid into the treasury of the
Amalgamated Copper company in return
for Its 760,000 sharea of stock.
"The clerk," having become the owner
of the entire stock of tbe company, Mr.
Lawson says, it was next voted (and at
the same meeting) that the company
purchase from Henry H. Rogera and
William Rockefeller certain atocks
which they then owned, being the same
stocks which had been purchaaed from
the Tevla-Daly-Haggtn. original vendors,
for the $39,000,000 borrowed from the
City bank for the $76,000,000 In Amalga
mated'8 treasury. Payment was made,
says Mr. Lawson, with the same check
r. .... - - 1 . . iil.rb."
mac one oi hib uw uwj
had produced for the purchase of the
entire capital stock of the company.
RICH TRADE LOST TO AMERICA
(By John H. Rafaery )
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Aug. $1. Special correapondenoe of the
Chicago Tribune and The Journal.
Prince Edward Isle, the amalleat and
youngest of the federated provincea of
tha Domlnlan of Canada, la the moat
densely populated and the richeat in pro
portion to lta area, lit naa i.iat square
mllea of the moat productive land In the
world, and upon its alngularly beautiful
surface live 105,000 Industrious, thrifty,
and contented people. The achool sys
tem of the Island ia aald to be tbe moat
perfect In the dominion, and the per
capita riches In money greater than In
any other member of the federation.
Latest of the provinces to merge Its
destinies with Canada, Prlnoe Edward
Island derived most benefit from tha
free trade with the United States, which
it enjoyed previous to 1874. Merchants,
farmers, fishermen, and shippers have
lively and happy recollections of the
prosperity which free commercial traffic
with the atatea once gave tnem. in me
liberal campaign fought here until IRS"
"unlimited reciprocity" and "continental
free trade" were the battle crlea of the
electorate, but the party Which made
that the paramount Issue in the general
election of that year was defeated.
"If Prince Edward ale knew that It
could have free trade with the United
States It would throw up both handa ror
it .right now!"
Thla la the way Oeorge E. Hughes, a
member of the provincial government
and a leading merchant of Charlotte
town, describes the tendency of the peo
ple In this matter. But careful inquiry
develope the fact that it Is only a ten
dency, a wish that la seldom expressed,
a hope so long deferred that it seems
best forgotten. It Would require a posi
tive, sustained, and generous Initiative
on the pert of the United States to re
awaken and revivify In this island the
demand for a treaty of the same kind
for which It clamored patiently and In
vain.
Enactment of a prohibitive tariff by
the United Statea proved a ataggerlng
blow to thla fair province. Ite people
believed that they could not survive the
loss of the American market. The
Tutted States was the natural outlet
for their produce. To Boston. New
York, Portland, and lesser New England
wharves went their butter, cheese, eggs,
poultry, oyatera, lobsters and other pro
ducts, and the coaaters which carried
them aouthward brought back bananas,
ootton, Irrapes, fabrics, hardwoods, and
manufactured things that are not to be
had elsewhere. Losing this adjacent
market, the islanders strove for a new
treaty, but repulsed both at home and
at Washington, they were finally forced
to look abroad for new markets.
The horses raised In Frlnee Edward
Island are famous about the world for
thflr quality and beauty. The breeding
and ralslng of hackneys, Percherona.
French coachera and other draft horses
I Is one of the chief lnduatrtee of the
Island. Time was when moat of theec
fine animals were sold in ine states
Now there la a duty of $$0 per head on
ail horses, regardless of the animal's
value, and the market Is closed.
Looking for new' eisetamere for thetr
wsres, the farmers, fishermen and -factors
of Prince Edward island send theli
cargoea to England. France, to the Weat
Indtea, to South America and to the Her
mtidaa.
From the first they fared beVer In
these adventures than they anticipated.
Commerce In the Island took new heart.
The new markets were not perhaps as
lucrative, as convenient, as vnrnclnup
as the t'nltcd States had been, hut they
suetalned the producers and Improved
from month to month.
England now takes nine-tenths of tbe
about 10 feet high like a privy (privet,
LUruatrum vulgare, the alee of a dam
aon and of a delicious flavor; lta Indian
name means rabbit berries. We then
passed, at the distance of about seven
,1 . , u f a. nn the north
wiliii inn llir1 " ' -
side, called bydhTfidian lUtme meaning 1
wmteaione nver. im
rle of yesterday has changed Into one
ot greater height, very smooth and ex
tensive. We camped on1 the south s)de
Tin Dixon county, Nebraska. at 10
miles, and found ourselves much an
noyed by the mosqultoea
COPPER DEAL
The meeting then certified, according
to the author of 'Frenated Flnanoe, '
that the clerk who had purchaaed the
atock of the Amalgamated Copper com
pany for $76,000,000 had aold the aame
to Henry H. Rogera and William Rocke
feller for a like amount, receiving back
the aame -check. Which had now tra
versed lta intended circle. -
The third part of the tranaaction cam
when the "office boy a and cierke" re
signed their poaltlona as directors and
oflicera of the Amalgamated in favor of
"more responsible and better known"
Standard oil votaries:
"Tken." the writer goee on. "Mr. Rog
ere and William Rockefeller had the Na
tional City bank offer for sale to the
publlo the $76,000,000 of stock In auch
a way that, although It was then the
private property of Mr. Rogers and Wil
liam Rockefeller, the public waa led to
believe that It was the property of the
Amalgamated Copper company.
Simultaneously the National City bank
of New Tork offered to loan the public
Its deposits at the rate of 90 cents on
the dollar, on any amount of Amalga
mated stock it. the public, purchased;
whereupon the public purchased from
the National City bank of New Tork
the $76,000,000 of stock for $76,000,000,
thereby enabling it to certify on lta
hooka the $$9,000,000 it had loaned to
Messrs. Rogers and William Rockefeller,
after paying said debts to the National
City bank, and to become absolute own
ers of $$(,000,000 of money, none of
which they had owned before, as abso
lutely aa though they had coined it'
by permit from the government and
from the people who parted with It."
The fourth chapter, aaya Mr. Lawson,
came months afterward, when the pub
lic, who had borrowed their money from
the City bank and from other- banka and
trust and lnejirance companlea to buy
Amalgamated atock at 100 centa on the
dollar, were compelled to. repay It, and
to do eo were obliged to resell their
Amalgamated, which they had bought
at $100 per share, for the best price they
could get, which was $21 a Bhare. Then
he oontlnuee, if the Standard Oil, hav
lng purchased the stock at around $32
a share, were to resell they would
"make" an additional number of dollare
equal to the difference between the pur
chase price and that of the resale
e.m. ann ilnlrv nroduee of this Island.
and the demand for poultry, eggs, cheese
and Dutter irom ureal omwo is
greater than the farmers and dairymen
of these maritime provincea can aupply.
But agricultural methods are advanc
ing. Creameries, orchard, gardens and
farms are increasing in numbers and
capacity all over the main land of thla
eastern region of Canada Prince Ed
ward laland la atlll the garden spot of
them all and prosperity la coming each
...p mora ranldlv. so that the old fear
of "no market" hae been effectually dis
pelled. The United States continues to Duy a
modicum of the exports of Prince Ed
ward island, but the sum total la meager
and diminishing in comparlaon with the
Island's Imports from the same source.
The sales of the United State to thla
province are Increaalng. but England s
sales here are Increasing at a more
rapid rate.
The British preferential tariff ia, of
course, largely responsible for this dis
crimination in favor of England. The
duty on American hata coming Into this
lBland la 30 per cent; England, with
M . 1 h..f,nnHii nlacotint
A i ' kll .
nova but 30 Der cent. The Canadian
tariff on woolen clothing la 36 per cent,
and there la a resultant trend towards
.i. . vni!n market on these and on all
lines In which the preferential tariff
operatea in ravor oi nrmsn jmpuna
against American Imports. he mer
chants of Charlottetown and the. ex
porters of the island generally will not
admit that thla preferential clauae la
retaliatory, but It la.
Tha aurtu aaalnst German Impor
tations adds one third to the Import
duty, which means tnai imponnuuni
from Germany muet carry two thirds
more of a duty embargo than those from
England.
The United Statea, standing on the
middle, basic rate, la therefore auhject
to a tariff one third greater than Britain
and. one third less than Germany.
Taken as a world customer, thla, like
other provinces of Canada, would, there
fore, buy some of Germany, more from
the United States, and most from Eng
land or from Imperial Brltlah markets.
In thla aense it must oh piain inn m
n.iiiak nt-eferentlal discount la aa much
aurtax against tne unsrea otaies as
the enhanced German rate la an od
atacle against trade' with Teutonic
marketa. So that tne tenaency, nunr
.!. kalnir aoiisl. WOUld be towards
commercial unity and exchange within
the British empire to tne partial or
,t..i ...,.i,i of other countries dti-
erattng a prohibitive tariff.
Hut other h nn are not equal, mnnv
nrnducta that cannot be
bought In other marketa are admitted
dutv free to Prince Edward laland and
nthae nnrta of Canada Unmanu
factured lumber, Darnea wire, gaivannea
Iron fencing, unmanufactured tobacco,
r-,.i horral staves anthracite coal, fish
nets and a doaen. other commodities pay
no duty coming from umtoa mates pons
Into thla Island.
Hurtax and preferential tariff cannot
ef op Canadk from buying some lines
from tha United Statea nut a realisation
a,ih nartlv unavoidable arenernalty
1b not reciprocated la having Its effect
here.
Local dealera are commencing to puah
English and Canadian gooda where
American artlclea have held the prefer
ence. It ia In thla feature of tjre eKua
tieei that sentiment and eelflshneea oome
together and work hand In hsnd. The
feeling agalnat the United States la
growing, and the Brltlah aentlment ot
Imperial unity la keeping step with It.
As a here bualnesa proposition. Prince
Edward laland would, apparently, prefer
unlimited reciprocity, with the United
Ion Is talking of waterworks.
The Long Creek Light has gone out
All ready for that hon-Dlcklng expedi
tion? v
Deer are numerous In southern Ore
gon, but foxy.
Bead and Prlnevllle ara now bellowing
at each other.
A new Cathollo church haa been dedi
cated at Stayton.
The cattle "va sheep war In eaatern
Oregon la on again.
A Prairie City man picked 600 pounds
ot peach plume from one tree.
With respect to the forest fires, the
wonder Is that they were not much
woraa
After the regatta the state fair.
Something doing In happy old Oregon all
the time.
Th Gardiner mHl la cutting from
$0,000 to '100,000 feet a day, and keepe
quite a fleet of schooners busy.
Willamette valley to eaatern Oregon:
O yes, you have, oodles of wheat, but
don't you wish you had our hope?
Large quantttiee of lumber are being
shipped from Rainier, notwithstanding
the demoralised condition of the lumbar,
market.
A Sclo man,. Intent on destroying
chicken Ilea succeeded completely; In
cidentally he burned ip his chicken
house end all his chlckena
The boast is made that four Salem
boys camping at Newport recently ete
300 pancakes for breakfast The "Salem
hog' has frequently been heard of.
While digging In the runway of a
mole to set a trap, a man near Stayton
unearthed $$0 potatoes, some of them
large onea that the thrifty little animal
had already put away for next winter's
food,
After two years of comparative In
activity the Sclo Roller Mllla will again
resume operatlona. The property has
been In litigation, but will soon be
bought and operated by a Selo Joint
stock company.
An Albany man some years ago bor
rowed $600 of a building and loan asso
ciation. He has paid over $1,000. and
still owes over $600, according to the
company's figuring. Hasn't he reed re
cent supreme court decisions?
The Kalamath Falls Express, whose
editor attended the recent meeting of
the Development league, orltlclaea lta
neighbor county. Lake, for not being rep
resented, and the Lakeview Herald re
sponds with the explanation that in that
remote region .of magnificent distance
delegatea did ndt receive notice of their
appointment aa auch In time. It takes
several daya to get mail from Portland
Into Lake bounty and aeveral daya more
to get It distributed throughout thst
county, but Its people are aa much In
favor of development as any others, and
need It aa much.
Statea to even Chamberlaln'a Imperial
preferential tariff and the resultant
commercial unity of the empire. It hae
decided that It cannot get the former
and therefore it halls the latter as the
lesser of two good thlnga but also with
tha added seat of patriotic sentiment.
The Hon. Horace Has sard, who repre
sents thla district in the Canadian houae
of parliament, told me that the need of
reciprocity with the United Statea la not
forgotten at Ottawa.
'There la never a aeaalon in which if
Is not brought forward by one or more
of the members,' he said. 'There are
many who insist that it is an ines
capable necessity that will come to pass
in due tlma It Is still the argument
with which the high tariff conserva
tives are silenced.
"I believe It would be best both for
the United States and Canada to have
reciprocity, but as sn issue In this
country it is inert and becoming more
so. Our people feel that they have done
enough to bring about a commercial
exchange with the atatea. The party
now in power, the government, cannot
gracefully address a subject upon which
the United States seems determined
and hostile. Soffnr as reciprocity or
free trade Is concerned. It does not matter-
what the masts of our people want.
The quaatlon, if -there la any, la, what
do th people of the United Statea
want?"
W. B. Robertaon, collector of customs
at tha port of Charlottetown. told me
that the drift of trade towards England
and away from the United Statea la no
ticeable from month to month. He be
lieves in and openly declares for reci
procity with the United States, but points
to the fsct that the unresponsive or
wholly antagonistic attitude of our sen
ate has Invited, and. perhaps, compelled,
a gradual advance In the Canadian tariff
agalnat American gooda.
The rate haa advanced generally from
an average of 17 per cent to an average
of 37 per cent, being as low as $0 per
cent on agricultural Implements and aa.
high aa $6 per cent on woolen clothing
end silk. On all auch dutiable articles
England has the advantage of one-third
off and the effect la palpably favorable
to the latter.
The self-defenatve duties emplaced
have had the twofold result of aiding
and enlarging Canadian manufactures
and of prompting American manufac
turers to open branch factories in the
dominion. The International Harvester
company of the United Statea Is repre
sented by the Deering faosery in Canada
and ntimeroua . other American makera
have branch eatabllshmeots in the do
minion, built and operated in avoidance
of the tariff duties.
The effect haa been largely to estop
emigration of Canadians to the United
States, and to open the eyes of the na
tive to the possibilities of their own
country. Prince Edward laland no long
er buys boots and ahoea from the
atatea. preferring for both economical
and aentlmental reasons to urge the use
and consumption of footwear made In
Montreal. Quebec and Halifax
It should be said and understood in
the United Statea that the people of
thla laland and of all Ihe maritime prov
Incee are lnceneed at the United Statea
and that their recent access of British
patriotism Is almost as positive an Influ
ence towards their estrangement from
the United Statea sS their actual or fan
cied grievance at the hands of the Amer
ican congress.
"Our people are dying for reciprocity
with th United Statea, but even the
most ultra liberal who propoaed any fur
ther effort for It st Ottawa would be
politically damned."
A member of parliament who waa once
an outspoken champion of continental
commercial unity thua aummarlrid the
eituatlon with rerard to Prince Edward
Island, and It Is th pith of tho whole
situation.