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OFFICIAL PAPER OF-THE CITY OF PORTLAND
Mlt SMITH AND THE PRESIDENT.:
T DOES' XOT-necessarily follow thtrtecjusellfie
; I .Oregon assemblyat '.Salem rejected the resolution
; President; Roosevelt's attitude " on the
"!, T nuestion of conferring more power -. on th., interstate
: ,'commtret! commission, that body iaoppVed to thc-presf-
.."dent's policy, although thit conclusion wouici , justinea
from the vote. -The t esoMi-onJwa's introduced and tham-
i ' owned by R. G. Smith, , a - - Democrat, .. from Josephine
v j v'rather-than to, refuse to approve the president's attkude-.
: v . H so, it was piece of partisan politics that reflects, no
't nalo' of glory' upon ihp large majority ( that, voted -down
"V-"t; the" resolution.: Itmight have been ,tnore tactful and
-.-', tastcfnt for Slr.: Smj'thsiiKsiii belongs Xo a sm.alljrttaoritx.
Vi'-J; paTty. jn the bouse,.-vfo refrain front springing resold
3.tioaTndorsjng..,ihVepttb1kan president: on thelegisla
1 .ture yben jp "tnany, able-bodied -and "otherwise capable
, or tne aamiiMsiration- h ncy nuuE to, u uv)r mu
" - Smlthhis'lthe: flghtsrand privileges iornmon to all, mem-
. bers, and aineef he introduced tne resoiutwmi oejenrea
;: to be acted on' according ,16 its merbs : j, l : f
J - Poaibl: however, the maioritv of the legislature ire
f"; reallyotin sympathyTwith the- tesolutibnr' ind 4do- not
approvJof the: president t efforts to mk the Tailroads
more Subject to legal control, and more strictly account I
able to the pMblic This is the way it looks on tbA-lace
of the incident, 'an'd 'k'the'.nriy' it1 will be regarded at
VVshrogton,and- elsewher i -th-ointry.I f -such- be
the case, we are naite sure that the majority. in this 4a-
! -fstanee, nd' this vote, did-not represent 'truly anjtLiairly
the people of Oregon,' who certainly approve of what the
president his. said and done, and .what he appears to be
trvinr to do': in this matter. It mav not have been rieces-1
, ... saryjio-say anyimng aooui ii, ouvamce n question mus
i ' , - "came up, it should havei received different consideration.
' ..If the legislature doet not approvt the. president . hrjthis
1 -.--""particular, it is not, WMiuhk, fairlj- representative of the
.-Sentiments of .the people of Oregpn on thijs' point' If it
. i i vV-do Approve the presfdent's attitude, it has1 snubbed liim
, .".:.:',! in order to snub Mr. Smith of Josephine, which js peanut
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THE': MAN. BEHIND THE AW i yh.
EVV YORK s a' Vd deaLIarger city than. Port-
land, and has at least an qual jroportioif 'of
men who like to gamble, but New York city and
V-' tounty happen to have a district attorney who not only
believes" that he should do his full duty Jn: repressing
action whkli the laws declare, to be criqtes, but whij also
- vtbelieves thathe.san tk:SOtt least in the case of public
gambling; and -the -report, comes, from, that metropolis
i. ' '; that pisttict Attorney Jerome haa. closed . every gam
.lT"'in game . within his jurisdiction, "a,n -tbey i will re
. ymain :loed.Thedi8tri'ct attornej't himself does jnoi
4-j-r:clainV -quite -so-mjach,- but 'say- that- he. haa forced -the
1", .principal gamblerf of . the -city outof business for tfie
"':--?i.?V'ext- eleven months.' at.'leasC-f-r- -SJl&r" f.-l f:;
.ir". KvetLinis. is, notable, chicvemit.qt. ip ,grfuCpt'.
mopoliUftckykftJNewuYorkjcTome'a success- -is at
u J. tribute partly to ht-. sc-callea Dow'ing. act, passed
-f - by the last legislature at, his instance. '-UntiMately the
'tlilJj constitutionali'tyjof this, act has beep under consideration,
C v ; but it has Jjeentjiustdned by the highest court, and then
1 the big gamblers capitulated, or rather completely aur-"-
Tendered, That act compels witnesses summoned iy 'the
--A'stateV under severe i)enalties, to testify: against them:
-r . selves but' guarantees them immunity from prosecution
; I on the strength of such' testimony; -'jWith this weapon
V; '-t ;Mr. Jerome brought the gamblers to tertps, and several
i-t'-V 'of the rtore noted .proprietors jgf gambling houses have
: .T'P'ome(l to quit business as long as Jerome is in office.
. '' ( They have surrendered their, paraphernalia and fixtures,
( rn entered. Into Written. AgTeementlL and. will naturally as
'; Jit hiro in preventing other from engaging, in the same
"TTiniawful business; Wht tvasTteeded to suppress gam
r -? bling was, first,' a .sufficient' law, an second, a Man to
k enfofee it, without fear or favor. ". ...rr- :' ? -'' .:'. -1 ;., -
Ltl: :'-if At-'- J w ....i. . . . . .
l gambling ia true , of the dance-dive nuisance, the; private
. i 7 bo nuisance, and the pool-Selling ana lottery nuisances
- If the laws are not sufficient make there so. The courts
are evidently morrln a humOMhan ever before to np
- . -hold "such laws. And then, having the necessary laws,
Ji ; V- be sure to. elect3len that will enforce ithem, regardless
. .1.- . of all opposition, intimidation, blandishments W tenrpta
j : 4ions. Thus ', we shall have a better--city, and more of
--V-- .-"I's people wiu nave-oeuer; times. -
BIOAND LITTLE STATES.
EWSfAPERSrmted in'some'of the"bigritates
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smaller' states, particularly Nevada. Because
'v v'V Nevada has the least population of any state, which is
v; '-s i .K)t increasing hiuch, it is Sneered at and complained of
Ci" as a 4Vottenbrough,', a Chicago paper characterizing
", 1"" Itas "the rottenest of"rotten boroughs' Tn the civilized
V world," and it continues: "Compared with the people of
C Niw-York Btata its inliahilant are 111 ttmK mnrr
strongly Represented in the senate. There are iS small
States in' this nation with- senators between-them,
wlikh.have to.be put all together to equal the popula
tion of New York state, with its two senators. ThSt it
a condition of affairs utterly tncompatible with the idea
Mk9 'f.ltUi''viu.rnn1.iil ' .. . " 'v . .'.
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kWUtoliact..aii .to. fomnarative-population . does-
justify the assumption that New York should havetfr
m-ire senators, ana iumnis, rennsyivania' and Unto scni
--af -
( ; v "': i '', ators m likt propprtion. The. .wisdom of the consti
'.V1 !tution makers in giving each state an equal representa-
is apparent, tor if senators were
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t, lion in the senate is apparent, for if
reTecTed on a baaia of pxipntatioitnh niairslafeiwouId
Bet very little recognition from the general-irovern-
P ment, aiid in many cases it ia theywhTch more than the
f older. states need ana aeserve more from the govern
, ntemV-in order to dexelop, not only for their own uotd
k- but for that of the whole country. . V ,
The onslaught on poor arid Nevada is not confined to
r f - the newspapers and the-politicians of the big cities.
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juJ rpiess)r-piirgesis proicsor 01 pomicai scjence jn .the
University of Columbia, has such a grudge against that
'. state that he regards it as a "problem" that will have to
be met some thne, and since-there is n constitutional
. way at getting a state out of the union he advocates
d Of Nevada .ojrunconttiiuTI6nar methods.' He
would "merely ' have a convention for the purpose of
amending the constitution, and then have it act in this
matter as' though It possessed the. power that ii would
not possess." If the little states don't like it. no matter:
they cad do 'ndthmg- Thls-queeirTeachtf "of. political
science, who advocates constitution breaking so glibly,
f considerate enough to say that this recotme will not
be adopted very toon, but will have to be later. '
v But 'where js the line to be drawn? Nevada hat very
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few people for state, it i true,' but they are increasing
considerably how. .; The' Tonopah -and Goldfield mines
promisejto engage the attention of many, thousands for
awhile, and government irrigation : may enable many
other, thousands to live there. Besides, if Nevada is a
"rotten borough,!.. what .'it Delaware? ; : And when it
tomes vto the calibre and representative fitness of sen
Ifors, Heyada his generally sent ablet and better men to
the senile than jireat New York has. '.'And laving aside
the question of populaticfn and considering that , of
morals in .politics, could -Ndvada .possibly .be any more
In point of rpopulation Nevada . is ;; only fit for a
county, and as uch might be Annexed to Utahif there
were a consti'tutknal way to do this, iaod so as long as
it has enough people to constitute a state legislature
and hold the state offices it is likely to remain -a state-
t TOQ 'MANY NORMAL SCHOOLS, v W
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rTpH?R4 JStNO. DIRECTION in iwhkhvthere is
" l 7 greater, need to spend ttfboeyT and no-respect 1n
UV.;!. wJkh the people more irladlygive their .assent
to spending it,' than, on the public sehool sysfem of the
state.' But they shoqld have .the right to demand In re
turn that' the,; money: be "spent Intelligent ryand that the
taxpayers get a fair return for "it : At the- very best the
cost of maintaining the public schools "is a serious-tax,
but it has been made, "very much more so by the system
whlchT surrounds 1t"and which6tr setdsnr Mf-Jertne
restraming'-mfluence-.ol4teUigenlLeriticism;
As, an illustration the state is now maintaining four
nortnalLtchoofs. " They cost last.eat 88,oop and. this
yearthere is asked for thehv 22i,ooo, about .half of which
it is. proposed to put into new buildings. . No reasonable
mart will uphold the ttemenOhardiere as .need :for
orwTsdom in establishing jfour normal schools. .They
were not called fojr by the stage of development which
the state had reached and their establishment' was. an fin
warranted drain upon the taxpayers; But theywere. es
tablished and they are existing facCIt is-now pro
posed to' unite the inTluences back of all these institu
tions and to force the legislature to make of them a
permanent. and constantly increasing drain such as would
not or jusimcq were inc population 01. inc ' twice
what it is today
' Perhaps Missouri la sorry already that
It lected Republican - ltiiatur.
VTh . point of contaat In Colorado Is,
which party cdmmlttsd th most frmdan
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Thsrs nay b men mora unbaoDV than
lbs cr of,Rula.but thsy must b
Tl wtiftlA s4tV ti.,l,t pnm Iwfnra-di rnmmUt
111 TT 1 1 V. ...k ,1 tt ... - .. ; . "V.
nn ways and.mean aind before the legislatureon a busi
ness1 and "practical basis. ; Let -uS acknowledge at once
that tlML'jJonhal prmtiplc. properly considered, as be
come an established part c$ the ducational -system of, the
country and. that it-has juctitied itseit. But let us, re
member that there are Timit.inr the way of present and'
prospective "expenditures" beyond which we" should, not
go. If we are to maintain the normal system then it is
nothing but the best kind of economy tor maintam it at
m" high standard of excellence.. We owe this- much o
onrselyeand;7w owe it to the1 cause of education.
There are too many normal schools. . Every interested
person will "privately., admit this and, express no op
position .until the point is reached that hi own school is
in danger-of being cut out? -If a rnisfakeTwas made in
establishing, loo: jnany .ormaLschppjshen
should be remedied. One or at Most two good institu
tioas should be' buils-prThennlris one or these two
schools should receive ;adequat ;fopport.2 fllL;f.J;2
j 1hin is. Jlitnatterl oLbusiness aswell as education'and
if should be squarely met by the legislature It ahould
not be" met by (ogrplling or swapping. Business men in
the legislature owe it to themselves and -they .owe it to
the people i)f the state to set thei( faces agaiistjnain-
taining at bigh cost more normal schools than aiVneeded
or wni oc icquirea ror years lacomc.
. Snia.ll Change .
; To many blllaa usual. ' ,
Half thos so days a,re gone, . .'.
Castro Is iavttlng a whack of ths big
suck.. .', . ..r-l."; -
Delaware still holds out bravely against
uasay. - -,, v- ; .X" .-'v,.:
'The Baltic flset la in no hurry, to moat
us rata.' . f -.
Tha railroads, sasrn -teba-oourtlng -a
Th wU laid schemes of politicians
Var ths taxpayers all our bridges ar
bridges of (Slabs. . . , yt ..; t . (j
Washington ktats wUl ba at th fair
with a, big, nn dlaplay. '
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Ths Missouri lecisiatura could 'not do
better than re-elect Senator Cockrell.
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Perhaps Russia will make peace with
Japan now, tn order to ua its . army
at noma. ; --. . ..: t
Now It Is said that napkins Are- nest
ling places for. micro be a. Only hoboes
are. safe.
The nrealdent mlarht brine aona-reaa
to time by threatening to 'call an extra
seeaion In July.. ,
-ThaS Baptist church at '- Monmouth
aeema to need a revival of the fight kind,
OH eblaee if laMsleJ I'lAgl. ' - i ,. - - , - , -, -r V -
we .. U IfltVllinilll '' ' l--i-A " ,
Now the Piiet aound papers wilt say
that the. channel, of the ColublW. is
filled up With rocks." : ' . t ; ; '.;
Lawson does tood deal of talking" -or
writing before vetting to the main points.
Hep- may --bo praetlolna- . to become, -a
aovellat. ? ;-i;;' "" ' :Z' :-; -
When a man. Is to be convicted If be
tells the truth, and Indicted for perjury
If he ehlee at the truth, he Is la hard
row . of stumpa. - X-
Minnesota, haa abolished grand Juries.
A considerable number; of more or less
dlstlnirulehed flitlsens would -Ilk t. to
abolish them In Oregon,'.
Greatest Tit in
tnW5rl3:
A DEMOCRAT AND A: REPUBLICAN MACHINE.
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AST -F A VORS appeal not at all "to a political ma-
r--- chine; it is favors: that als to come which move it
to. sympathetic actirta. 'County Clerk Field is a
Republic"ah but hot a machine man in the sense-that he
hjif-permitted the machine fto name the clerks irt his of
fice. Hi has. made a faithful officer and his office has
been maintained at i high state of efficiency.- He wants
an increase in salary from ,a,soo to $3.500 year and he
wants some smal increases in the itlarier of particularly
competent and specially trained clerks. His requests are
unceremoniously refused. ' '' f--&f- ?f-4r"-. - :':
r District At'o'hey Manning, who v was Telected as -a
Tx .5 : - J J . 1 ,1 . m . ..1 .
uemocrii, wants an aaamonai aepuiy in nis ojiice at
a salary of $1,500 a year.? There is no outward evidence
that Jhdideputies now in liis employ are overworked or
that , the broad back 'of the district attorney himself is
bending to the breaking point under the heavy, load of his
official cares. So far t the docket records show the af
faita of his-office; generally speakingrfhave bCen at a
Standsti!l,-Yet nothing seems in the way of. ajcordial en
dorsement of, his demand by the . Republican machine.
Therp have 'beetU something . more, than- a suspicion of
past favors in the direction of the machine, but these, as
avejybodyknowSjjeTf r rount, .Wha,t is theiutura-iavor
wiiiiii tuc uiii iv ciiiuiiicj iiA7 piuiujscu-10 extend 10 lir
Such things do not come without consideration it is al
ways a case of you tickle me and 111 tickle you. What
is the basis of the swap whereby the Democratic district
attOTneyalsTrnewiaepuTy at theTiands TthTTUpul
lican machine? It would be of more than passing in-J
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leresi locarn. veiv-h nave any relation 10 in' spring
campaign in which the machine is not alonejn thinking
that it will have some pretty, rough, .sledding "with the
chances against 'emerging with a whole hide?
'.The, ndrasl schools an wast mra, ofl
Hiourse.r-v-;-. - :-ii,
Bend'S, new bank has 'ttl.090 tn de
posits.- - - .y ;;-V
battle need no feed over tn-LineolB
New 'ihona line to the top of Chehalem
mountain. ", ' -;-r-
Tjots of coons being captured la Tarn-
hill county, i : ' -i ' : .
A HlllaborO fVoutH - has JUUed three
gray foxes. .: )
To eastern Ore son farmers the Snow
IS beautiful. -.,. .. '-i .. .. , . .
Lewteberg soon hello - to Salem
snd 01lverto4u . .a-,:
af any thoroughbred oattle are raised
around icappoose. -' . .--U-.rr
' Rclo niert " have eontraets (or getting
out 7,00 raUroad ties.
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THREATENS TO GET ACTIVE,
"' T'T-T-B-tfOPE i will' mit be tiecfsaiyltTmrnre' w''- Bos, the perslstewrflarwati; is
or- -yythr inediate future"! geou; JnHn- bcKrduc
ni w . junctioriistrainlng Chief, of IVihce Hunt in I , , ... ;-, ; r .
his sudden . determination to drastically enforce the Jaw
at all hazards. According to his latest pronunciamento
bamds must gojs a result of.1 an ordinahce which has
been on tTi e-books for some timeT)t whiclTTt'iippears
has just been. 'accidentally" discovered. - , J V
During the chief's terms of office there has been ample
roomfor the discovery, accidental and otherwise, of
many other ordinances which' somehow escaped his attention-
at a time when .their enforcement was loudly
called for. . Among these were Uie ordinances and stat
utes felating to gambling of which there was never the
slightetpretense of enforcement. On'the contrary' all
the aid and encouragement which -this high functionary
could give-was given to this' thriving industry. As was
frequently pointed out -' saloons were kept open, after
b?TAin? oatmn of ordin aniih aJLhadliuijieed.-td-be
"accidentally'Tdiseovertd; for they were already known.
but we hay not yet noted any particular activity on the
part ot the chiet in this direction.
-But now that he, has accidentally discovered an or
dinance prohibiting barmaids in the saloons we shall
doubtless see the fur flr.'Mhouglr people 'who have
watched the course of things at headquarters. will wait
to be shown before they allow their enthusiasm tp get
away with them in their appreciation of the chief's pres
ent bint that nc proposes to get active.
It John-IhA-Bulltvan should want to
come to Portland to lecture, would there
be a month's preliminary agony over
Securing theatre or hall for blmt ' :
tRusatXn strength Brows with adver-
)ty." eid the car recently In an ad-
drees -to the army: If this be true,
Russia jiiust be growing very, strong. ,
"There Is av'row In police circles over
what detective Shall so to gan Francisco
after a prisoner. . Why mot send both
aspirants? len't'ft customary to send
tw on aaeh tijpT - ,. T-'-'''"
piscdrd-ameng the Demderats-tn the
bouae-of. repreeenU.Uve la reported,, bat
a piece of real news would be a report,
if i true, that they -were harmonious. If
ifltrf were 1 bih-.wl jnouriiis wir
they:,;wotild be Sure to. disagree -
TSrmers plowing ip In Llnn. xount.
Independent telephone "talk ' in ' many
towns. , ',iJ'--X i!:' ; .V.- ' ''
In the free republic of the United
BUteS of America Is a pvwer greater
than the government, greater than the
pourts or Judaea, greater, than letlS
lature, superior to and Independent of
alt authority of state or nation,rsays
unanea mum ell in tne nret or His
series tor articles on .-The Great oat
Timet In the World.'' Everybody's Mas
aslne for February. . , . r '
' Three times a, day' this power comes
to toe table of every Household In Amer
lea, rich or poor, great or small, knows
or unknown; it comes there and' extorts
1U tribute.
: It Axes st Us own. will the price of
every pound of fresh. Baited, smoked or
preserved meat prepared and sold In
the United States. It Uses the price of
every ham. every pound of bacon, every
pound of lard, -svery can -of prepared
soupv It has an absolute monopoly it
our enormous meet exports, dreased and
preserved. '
" It can affect the- cost of . living In
Aberdeen sad Geneva as easily as in
Chlcaso. and 'ew Tork. : : . ;
U - has In. the laat three years In-
ereaaed,. for Its -own benefit, the-expenses
of every household tn America.
It controls or Influences the prices of
one 1 half, ths food eonaumsd by the na
tion. It nas -Its . share la the proceeds
ot more commodities of dally consump
tion than ell -other trusts, combinations
a nd mono pal Iss together, and the prices
or , these It seeks, to, augment ; tor Its
own profit, i' ;, '....v"!v- ' V - '.
It ca. make,- within " certain limits,
ths price- of r' wheat, of corn, of oats,
what it pleases: It will shortly' beable
ontrol .the . price of wvery loat ot
bread.
I ara- tiulte will aware that my words
may seem extravagant to ths generality
of readers to those who 4inow the his
tory and actual operations ot the Amer
ican beef trust they will appear-an un
derstatement, or gainng and Humiliating
truthsT . . . ...
With ths formation of ths American
beef trust a few! years aac the whole-
vast produce trada or tne country sud
denly found Itself confronted by a con
dition under which sn irresponsible and
intanxlble power was .'able to assess
whatever charges It pleased for serv
ice once performed free. ' The ' truat
steadUy adjusted the screw on the rail
roads and squeezed . out an enormous
and wholly fraudulent tribute.- The re
frigerator ear charges oegaavto assume
extraordinary proportions. On a ear-
load of fruit from- .Michigan-. -Chi
cago, for instance, the trust s exactions
were often as great as the total freight
bill : Operations were extended tn all
directions. It compelled the railroads
to do Its bidding In all particulars. : It
blaok-llsted dealers that complained.
It compelled - the shipment in Its 'own
cars snd. at' its own .rates of products
that might have easily gone in ordinary
ears. It compelled the rauroaoa 10 pay
sntieaga rates for hauling Its cars,
whether the ears -were full or empty.
It multiplied Its cars, its Irnes and Its
operations. It went into poultry, live
an dressed, and absorbed that, market
It began to tampvvwlth ths trade in
dairy products. .Wherever Its operations
extended, the consumer began at -once
to feel the baleful Influence of, its pres
ence: the producer became the" victim
of an elaborate and perfect system, by.
whtch, ha was alternately, enoouraged to
extensive 'production and confronted
with ruin by an arbitrary and a forced
reduction f prices. . ,t - . " :
V Under-- th Is 1 system, which " of course
took advantage of and shaped' Itself by
the aid of natural conditions. aarlcul
tural - Industries greatly I changed. A
large 'part of the middle weet ceased to
be a corn-selling and became a. corn-
1 feeding region. Cattls-fattenfng- be
came me ipniKip( - inipmi... Aijuu
every" farmer became a borrower at his
local bank to, carry on these operations.
For a few years ths business thrived,
the profits were- good.- Then-ths trust
arbitrarily forced down the price of cat
tle: thousands of stockmen were ruined,
banks failed, farm' mortgages multiplied
and a blight fell upon ths whole cattle-
raising rptumJ;;rrirr
- ' Tl
J eopT away; uf on the'slde of-Mount
Hood want teiepnones. .. .
The output of the Beaver Hill coal
mine is.soe tons. per day, l-
Monument : has decided to become ' a
city and will elect officers on- February I.
A tl4, raortrage on mining prop
erty wss filed in Josephine county last
week..v,,, ..- -1-:,L -
Thi fists csda'postofflcs Is ina" barber
shop. All ths news fresh while you. get
a shave. - - ., . - -
North Tsmhin. the first slopping place
In Yamhill ; county-out of Portland; Is
planning te spruce up. .V , ...
ntndente of the O. A. . C have sub
scribed $4,700 for a students' building,
shewing liberality and "enterprise, ,
A thifur mule kicked a porcupine and
got his leg so full of quills that hs had
to be operated on, and hereafter hs (or
she) will take' a sharp squint at other
animals before kicking them. . . .
Kent Recorder: Meesles seem in have
this community. Ths young, old. tall,
email, rich and poor are having them
and those that have not "got them 'are
liable; to have them. So you don't need
to be! surprised at ths condition of the
Recorder this week. .. .-- - ..
Ths population of Westers Wasco
county that It Is proposed to form Into
Cascade county. Is S, 409. estimates the
Hood River Glacier, which gives the
following figures: ' Mood River. 1.I0S:
Hood, River valley,1 t.teo; the Mooter
country. 800: Cascade Locks, V lento
Snd Wyeth. too; and other diatrlcts
enough te make the total named. - The
assesfwd valuation Is tl.t7l.ili, and
Thrfundatlens of ths American .beef
trust that now ramifies In so many di
rections and affects so many millions in
so many wsys rest solely and squarely
upon the railroad' rebate, - and upon
nothing else. . .... . . -
- Discriminating rates and advantages
for the big bouse against the llttls. that
was the source of this truat. It was so
with the Standard Oil. company;' the
Story : of ' that great! monopoly is Only
repeated with mors .disastrous results.
The - utterly illegal, utterly lndefenstT
ble, ; utterly Unjust and anarchistic -rebate
la It not strange that having seen
one Old Man' of ths Sea rise from this
source and be saddled, upon us, we allow
the asms cause to produce ,anotherT
True, all rebates, all special advsn
tages, all concessions, '. reductions and
variations from published tariff rates,
all preferences of on shipper over an
other, are condemned and forbidden in
the Interstate commerce aet-of-that
United Btstes; no prohibition was aver
written into . law : mors expressly - and
positively than this. In spile" Of all,
ths American beef trust from its initial
stage, as a .'-gentlemen's agreement,"
received rebates on all the railroads of
the tJnited States, ' Is receiving ' them
today, and will continue to receive them
for many days to come,' law or no law.
Doea .this suggest any reflections to
your mlndt Hera is the law as clear,
as emphatlo as 'any law aver written,
and here la the plain fact of Its Inces
sant violation, . and from "that violation
has come the . most .oppressive and most
exacting tyranny of. -, ouf. 1 commerce.
Probably In this year of grace the rall
roade of 'this country WHLpay W tha
American' beef trust 121,000,000 Jn the
rebates that are prohibited ,by lawi
everybody that knows anything .of the
subject .will know that they are paid;
t- will appear on the books Of ths va
rious railroad companies that they are
paid; and there will not be raised one
hsnd 'anywhsre to Jenforce the, law snd
Stop, ths paymentsl-i y. ? , -
' The: few Cbicagoi packing houses that
were not bopght outright by the four
great heada - of packing houaes who
formed an alliance a few years ago
Swift, rArmour, i Hammond, Morris
passed Secretly under their control.
These were organised In the National
Packing company of th hsppy state of
New Jersey, with office boys for direc
tors snd a tnlcroscoplo capital. When
the lima was ripe, by ths famlllaMeg
erdemain of high finance, this office-boy
corporation suddenly - appeared as tne
"holding company" for . the sgreeing
gentlemen. - In other -words, ths beef
trust was - regularly , - and , formally
launched. - - .r - . '
' Being now the only buyer of cattle
and the only seller of meat; the trust
began a-series of thoughtful operations
that have reached from every farmer to
every dinner table,' and taken tribute all
the way. It put down the average price
Kof medium cattle from IS a hundred
weight In September, lilt, to I4.se In
March, lS04;,and In the asms period
it put up the retail prices of dressed
meat about ! per ceaU It raked off
to
. mfl . , AVMv all. it th rfAcllflA
the price of cattle-and at every sUge
Of the ascent f the price of meat. It
advanced the prices of its fertiliser and.
offal products. - It racked the producer
and It rarkeit tha-consumes an stood
resolutely between them, gathering toll
from esch. It advsnced dsy by day
further Into the field of production ant
dav1 hv rfatf . IttM linM ' liMll new Vic
tims.' It disclosed gradually a gigantlu
plan to control re price, ot every eoi
Die tntng grown in mis country, snu
control it for Its own dividends
. n the beginning refrigerator ,. cars
wars transported without charge. : But
after a, few years the railroads grad
ually 'and Insidiously , introduced - tha
practice . of-, making small - charges, for
tne ics a sea, ana private ear ouraism
nnmlnf . ink .atvlutakncal .thaas. beinC
many esses the personal "graft" of rail
road offlqers and directers' easily ef
fected an arrangement by which,' the
railroads paid an Insignificant charge
I or ins usa or Tne cars, uca "
four' grat packers, Swift, Armour,
UammnnH . lUnrrim '. hn imA enrtnad SO
alliance, owned thoussnds of refriger
ator cara.iney went to ne runu
companies and dsmanded a heavy tn I le
ers - comnenaatlsn - oa these, oars. ..The
rail ma Ha Samurrid. The DaCkerS tn-
stantly produced what may ba called
the big, pistol. .. That ' Is - to. say, they
h.i . u full -of nerll to any
reluctant railroad that no- manager or
president could , eontempiata u wimoui
ki..t . t.nM .Th, . nature, of . thla
weapon la too complicated to - be ex
plained tn detail nere; a neeu wi -r
that " Its first shot 'would-- mean cam-
nlli,, mIm a ths frslvht buSlneSs of
any road .It happened . to hit. At the
mere eigm- or - it - tne , rnnw -mt
rfiaOrattnn. . Tha reoulred
...inH Mariiv nhtalned and the
agreeing .gentlemen were paid by the
rauread companies inree-quarwe -cent
for every mile the agreeing ewls
men's cars were haulsd. - --
,'Of the competing pr ungentlemanly
houses soma naa.no TOnii
some, had a few, some bad contracts
i iw -.j'linM -inmi used -the
refrigerator ears or tne jauroaas.
.;n ihn tunaaM. mat no. rebate: tist-
-urally'Lalao. they began "to. llnd It Im-
..(r.1a -. ils ltSSalnaTlaia Illllll lUfal tiUIUi
petition of tha agreeing gentlemen who
were provided wttn ! "' w
slon, and , tn longsr,or shorter tlmea
one after another gava up tbe ilght, got
the best terms It aould. , and sold Its
business to one or anoiner tn. utm mm,ww-
Ing gentlemen.--, r- ; J -.. f'-'-r-.
mii,. cAnl smblUOUt. r-
sourceful. , probably tha ablest, -certainly
the, taBst daring v manipulator
- .11 aahtalna Of finance. IS
nowx steering the American beef Uuet
atratght toward ,woria-wiaa -His
name Js J. Ogden Armour of -Chi-
OagO. I a ... Ill"" fmnr-Z-.-
has ever appeared In ths world r cm.
. . . mm 1 a n tut Mrn M r.
msrOIBI latin, mi-u". 1 7,
iwifellsr, has conceived a commercial
empire bo dassllng. ' '
-;He holds now in the hollow of one
hand-the araln. market of Jhf UnHad
Statea He osn tnaka pr affect th prioe
of nr cereal, of any provisions dealt
In by the. .Chicago board - ofr.trads.
Through tha' beet .truaU the private car,
the-blg platol. ha and hie associates are
factors tn ths market for meats of, all
kinds, and for most. kinds f f"0
His posslbla- profits seems limited for
the futurs chtefly by bis wttL No rea
' " " u.. k. .kmiM not amass
son ,-appew - ,
in- a.few.year. th. msst Mmt for-
tune n ths worm, wn r, .,
gtherblmt
ever controlled tha food supp" ns
hundred willhm-poop'e ri?f-
I - v '
isasaissSHt
nf I a . " .:
'i.'-''.'. itw- . ni-'la hest crowd
i.j.w. i.. r timt tt ts in service.
Few comedies nowadays stand tha wear
and tear or seasons in- an
stlU are played before, more than one
n.. th Rlvala. R. B.
i"nvTMUuu. - .m - - -Sheridan's
delightful onoelt depending
even more on cnaracnir-rwi.
it. intsraatina bnt moralless tsxt, bids
fair' to otMM.wrraiidans' sons, and
still escape tas staieness 01.
Th '-Jaffersoa, boys are at present
. i .k. Lm, jiw iiva They Inher
ited the play from; en Illustrious sir.
There are two nnisneo riw
compani which appeared, at the Mar
1--. ,M.in sirat and foremost
lj joa tie s easy v '''
Is Ffolllett rHget, whosa Mrs. Mslsprop
la, among ana most nmw v-t-sented
on the Americas sUre la. a ds
cede. "Thers Is a lthgoring doubt In my
mind If John Drew's distinguished mater
possessed a clearer conception or pret
tier execution of that celebrated role.
After the Malaprop, Sir- Anthony won
most of the laurels. Tha blustering.
tempestuous Old man JS presenieo vj
Verner Clargea with ; a ..rare apprecla
tion of tha DOssiblUtlee. Blanche Ben
der's Lydla wss anothsfj., (thoroughly
charming impersoBauon. . -
William W. Jeffereon appears In ble
. . . . - - .-4 v nob Acres It . can
hardly be charged ths ha overdoes ths
country -louti. on " ","""""
ths snd Of each exxUmatlon Is lrrltaV-t-J'
. ui. nimarn ware ths funniest
festure of bis InterpreUtlon of ,hia
fsther's'-famouB rola-Joeeph, Jr., Is the
Sir Loelue O'Trlgger.- Hs la ta be com-,
mended for a very happy Irish brogue.
Ths rest ot ths. support is Mediocre. ,
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Feeurose's Ratraaae Zato FoUtto.
From tb lioulevllle Courier-Journal:
a . n--a fainnsvlvanla eala-
ownaiur . c i. . vm -v. - .- ------ ----
i. .- hi. hirula MMMitlv tn Philadel
phia A Fhtladelphlan. during' a con
gratulatory call, said of him: ,r 1
... 1 B..Ma.'a anteancs Into
politics, when. he was a boy of 14. . Hs
won the liking of . Senator Quay by a
quaint little speech thkt he made to ths
Republican lender-during tha presenU.
tlon of a petition. "- .'. '
Th!a pstttlon was laid twforsr Mr.
Quay by a-dslegation whose spokesman
waa Insufferably long winded and tedi
Tha man talked to the senator
nearly an hour. Every one stood during
the speech, ana it seemed mat 11 wvuio
na."-..- a.a "a w. ....-
aeked wearily If there were any further
reasons rc-r tns srnimua
that tha delegstea had to offer. - - .
..r- u t.iv and atralsht and boyish.
smllsd and' said tn a low voles: '
"If you don t gran it. sir, w n
that speech repeated )l.-vrw again to
you. " ' 1 -' "
Fsfkataa's njeas of fastisa.'. -
"T-.-- - From St. Nicholas. "
. a-ii a avannla ParknasB .walk
ing along the atreet holding two aUeet
boys by their coat collars. In reply to
his friend's request for an explsnatlon
parhmsa tsM' "' fnund this boy caa
.ten sn appls witnous oivioing wnn
little brother, now j m going w
Letters;:
Frpo : tKePeople
Ovata Iisetes ta On Xrlalatare-
"IJnlverslty Park,.PortUnd. Or., Jah. .",'
I, the undersigned, am no politician or 1
lawmaker I am only a plain American, i
but an American through and through,"!
and therefore r cannot refrain from of- ,
faring a public protest against 'engraft'..
ing un-American ay stems nto our. )n- ,'
stltutlona as proponed by soms of our ,
gun clubs... When I recur temyehild -hood
days and reflect with what delight 1
I .read of our forsfalhera' outrveloua.
deeds repelling the fierce attacks of su--,
pertor , numbers of . Welr-dutcipllnSd '
troop through, their well-directed. f ire,
which skill hey acquired through the
free use of free guns, thesafety-valve
of our republic, I cannot help protesting
moat emphatically, against 'the licensing
of guns and the privilege of Using them
in any shape or (manner so long as they
are not used to infringe' on the rights of '.
others. , The taxing of 'guns and hunting-,
privileges will only deprive our young
men from gettrhg accustomed to handle I
guna and learning bow fo shoot for the ,
benefit of our country tn case they 1
should be called upon to-protect our in
terests, as were jhe heroes of Bunkers
ttiii ana .ivew urieans. - - i . , - r j
A license would -only benefit a' few -loaf
era and professional hunters, and
would in no way whatever preteot the -game,
-the scavengers and assistants of
our agriculturists. We shouldi have ho -such
useless and expensive ornaments s ,
game wardens, who would generally ba "
at ths otbsr snd of tha county when sny
shooting was going on. -' . . '' i
. I would suggest ths following as pro- -posed
by soma of our gun clubs:- , .
- First Each farmer- or hia tenant J
ahould have the power of ii game war-
den to arrest transgressors of the lsw ,
on his farm or on the highway contigu
ous Such farmer arreatlng a lawbreak- -er
should have half of the fine' upon -conviction,
the other halt to go to- the
court and state, .-. .
Second The - prhlbltlon--f -feeding -game
to .allure It - to be trapped, or
slaughtered by tha Wholesale -
Third No one should ba allowed to t
shoot mors than' three deer in one jrear,
"Fourth No dha should be allowed to
km mora tha 11 10 ducks in one day. . -.
. Fifth No one ahould" ba allowed to- '
kill more than firs pheasants tn one dsy.
. Sixth No game should be'soldt..
Such a law would, protect tha gam -
and'.tha farmers, the stay of the coun--.
try.' , Young men would not be deprived
of a little outdoor exercise and shooting,' '
not. would our constitution be violated
by- infringing the rights of th people to -keep
and beer arm. ..Very respectfully,,
, . I I C tHOMAS HOLLI8TER. -
t -vv 11... ii,-.:.-iT-....
"a Ml. taiaaa
Portland.; Jan. IS. To the ltditor of
Ths Journal These two headings, taken '
from The Journal of Sanday laat, -fur-.'
nlsh tha theme of themes the one over-, "
topping story "The- Sioksne 'Flysr -Held
Up Within th - Clt, Umtts-jf
"Railroad Combine Mulcted - Shippers.?-
The detalla of tha one.: brought out In.
relief. furnish 4he hypnotising interest. -The
feat-paltry dollars secured-bythe:-
"hungry" bandrte ara inslgninoant. But -lven
tha details of -the other and you
wUl not confine th story to a secluded-'
gulch In- a single westeTirelty. '.Tou
will enter with your "bandits" the very ;
house and homes of not a few But thou
sand mnitomwnotJU'- .th, ,lark Dat;
"Tfcd" gtrvarnor'riff i
man says "bang tnem. 1 ' ir iney are-vrorthy-of
the noose,- and Tint' not gain
saying It, what". " pray, ; -sire1 their tl
lumlned. If trot Illustrious, tUfortveHhy
of -Hanging, -1 -admit, --ts-w-aafa dls-
nosal of th bandits,' -lout tn nopetees-
nesa Of a thinking woria is augmenie ...
to tha very vera of despair. When rep
resentative of human government. ap
pease their consciences - with v sxprea-:
slons like thl-jver minor results, and .
venture nothing evetr timidly approach
ing summarjr-Justlce for thoss Infinitely
more guilty who compiles the : major,
oourse. ) - - "' , -, J' '-" v "-".'. ' "
Tou can" drown the story in 4 tscttal
of ; the legality f -details, but yod. can t
alter ths fact, ag such corrobdratlvs in
cidents as theia wUloubtlesa continue
to Impress. ., -'- ' R A. HARRIS.
ie FtoaWaVoasa 'dpttom XUX ,
Halsev. or.. Jan. Il-To tha Editor, of
Th Journa The liquor lnflueni la try-r
lng to ruin tha local option law. -That
is iiiat hn thsv-wlll do If they paas ths.
Jynt"Btll." But -ir wUl--py ba-
BUI, Just a iiitu wtuie. -.t --v-- ,
If this amendment ' is passeo, -liquor
men wlU hav Juat what ..they
uil' But every man -that show bis
approval of the. bill, will have a black
mark tor the next election,-' ." ' '-"
. I -hav known several caaes where the
druggist sells liquor without license, ;.
and, without 'a perscrlptlon. And tt Is .
the substitute' (or ths saloon In cities
snd, towns without a saloon, and It Is
harder te deal "with than ths open sa
loon. - Now If thla Jayns bill Is passed,
most towns that are now dry but . have
a drug stcrs will be worse off than, thoss
that havs a sal son. ' Th saloon pays
oense and tha drug atora won't... .- -t - '
And ns for ths local part, if ths people 1
as a oountjr -want -a ,dry county. : thay
ha ve-lt-f - dnou ghof-the precincts -drv..
Bv the Jsvne bill it Is each district
for Itself.' As the law stands If a certain
number of the counuss go ary ins state:
goes dry. "i- - ; '"f .; - ' '
-Ifr for axaanpla, the county seat goes
wet snd all ths precincts dry, the county
seat gets the revenue. In. most esse-,:
liquor la the onus of icrtme. So when -a
case com up the ease-Is at the expense
of the county, and the County seat only
helos share ths expettse and . receives -
sll ths profit. Then again If one pre
cinct Is dry and an adjoining troa-weVx
t' is not much trouois tor tne dry coun
ty to procure liquor from the 'wet pre-'
cinct. This, Jsyno bjU .Will, hake)t:
btterrforthe liquor element than It
waa. before the locsl option- law was. .
..t - i STANLBT' STEVENS. . '
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gTANtJBT-STEVENS.-
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1
Lewis ..and Clark
his
, . tha llttls bov and maks the
a,uy vmw . " .
big one look on whll hs eats tt." -
. Sharp. -,.
" From ths Fort Worth Record. -IT'ought
to b able to get a position
In a museum." said Gladys, stepping
back and tenderly stroking her cheek.
"How SoT" asked Oeorge smacking his
. ... " - ........:.-'.
I might pass as a oesraea isaj-. .
In' winter quarters- aesr Mandan,
North Dakota. ; - , ' v ,;
January 34. The day waa colder than
any we hav had lately, th thermometer
being -at It degree below sera The'
hunters whom we sent oat returned vn- "
successful, and the rest .were occupied '
in cutting wooo. to max charcoal.- - ,'
.;.'.. .:z.'Tb Oo'ldea atean, j..
Ernest N. Lyon In Everybody's Magasin.
Tbe motto of tha Greeks wss "Nothing
too much." -. , . .
an-exceea ot courage Is fcratsHtrrr
An excess of economy la penurious
nsea, ,'.-.'..' .?---, -
- An sxceas of taste is preciosity.
. An excess of gentleness la timidity. :
An excess of confidence Is egotism.'
' Who wilb show us Where td draw tb '.
UnsT ' .'T .-.'; .- -,. j
v. 1 : ' ut mtM r ,. ,
'. .V " . From pock
It won Id be a much more progressive
world tf we economised the lira i
give W other people's buslnesa,
there are SI schooia . 1
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