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SECTION TV0 PAG23 17 TO 22 itt-V -it PORTLAND, .. OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1906. 1 SWIGERT ELECTED Thomas' Formally Resigns His ' - Position on the Port of '- ;: PortlanQ,. Stev- ift iJftUn )Nh 1 :A3 ;x VMS i . tl .SSIOlj . - m" M S X X X V ill. o IJV : Rev. Hiram Vrooman, Who la Organlgtnf a League to Fight Railroad ",'." ' x. ."' :' .'"'!''..' Diacrimination. . .. ,: ' . ' ' v s ","v-:r: ' WILL FORHl LEAGUE TO FIGHT ALL RAILROAD RATE r Rv; Hiram Vrooman Returns From Trip to East Determined to r 'Organize 'Association to Carry On Active , Campaign ; Against Transportation Companies.' r v ' -ttsv,- lnram vwoffiaarwho" haa , just . returned from the east, la planning an active campaign againatthe railroada He calla tor the formation of a league ta fight, unjuat lacrJnlnttoBB.rv-"r Mr, Vfooman says that be agree with both Roosevelt and Bryant with.. the former that publlo control pf, railroads ia at present feasible and advisable, and with the latter that public ownership la ' ultimate and Inevitable v . ' , The purpose of the new league la. to. teach the people to capture Doth parties ; Instead of being 'captured by both. Io J other .words, the .league will . be non partisan. Public ownership of railroad i ' will not be secured until the peopiTi mand (t. and Mr. Vrooman's object la to , give the people auf flclent reasons for demanding. It. In lhla cause Mr.-Vroo- . nan purposes to atump the entire atate between times aa Ma ministerial-dutlea give him opportunity, -, ,, Is Two-added Maa. " , Mr. Vrooman la both a clergyman and " a man of bualnesa, . lie has made rep utation In reform work and In bualnesa. lie is now vice-president and director ef the Washburn Realty company, which controls as landlord t4.000.aoo worth of the most centrally located business - properly -in Boston....-Ue la also a dl ; rector In the .Boston Envelope company, and president of the company ibat oper- ats the largest , cooperative store In the United States, which la also the . largest department store in the state of Maine. : . ' ' ' .. "I era ofen asked said Mr. Vrooman. "how It Is that I am able' to engage In .these outside matters and still carry en my ministerial duties, but the fact of the matter Is that the religion which I represent does not so much concern Itself with questions of card playing, : dancing e-od the like or whether a man ;. occasionally drinks a glass of beer. --' smoke a cigar or .says 'damn.' It Is rather question of the underlying pur. pose of a man's life, bis standpoint on questions, ef public and private - mos. ether .lives there religion is to be ap plied. In reform movements and la business are two great fields ef thle . kind. - In thin great question of the dis crimination of the railroada against the business Interests of Oregon. am vU v tally Interested, as every cltlsen of the atate ought to be. ; The excuses given by the railroads to buslnees men for the lac'k of. cars la absolutely absurd. . The fart la that tbe railroads bavs al ways been able to do the buslnees that they wanted to do. - When left Port land two months ago for the east, this same lack waa being discussed, and I ' hereby srv notice on the railroads through The- Journal that every act of Injustice on their' part by way of dis crimination against Portland bustnee ' men will be fuel for our flame. Parpoee ef OrgaaiaaUos. ""Our organisation purposes not osly a thorough Investigation of the railroad discrimination against Oregon through the past years, but Is going to give the facts to the people tn an effective way. - Tbe fact Is that the railroads have been and are dlarrlmlnatlng against Port land buslnees men la a high-handed and, unwarrantable way. The only way to deal witn mess compenuo tn matters el this kind le net -to- guppllcnteV but te fight. This organisation now forming Is going to dght for stats legislation that will prlng the. railroads to their kn,. a Benator Le rollett, while governor' stVrltirrm, -beeMght-.chesjt. . I wmild like to havo alt the people In tbe stale of Or gon who believe In Ibe A V V DISCRIMINATION f publlo ownership of railroads send their name and address' to me on a- poktal card.;' ! wan to correspond with then). They' can address me P. O. box 454. . "These" are tBe facta, .. The railroada are building up tn.UHs country a busi ness empire.' . There are between 46 and BOO trnala in the United States wltb sa aggregats capital of I10.e00.000.009, and' the railroads by means of their in numerable forms of discrimination auch aa is conspicuous In Portland today are very largely responsible for these trusts and-, their -evil - consequences. A-fact which shows that publlo ownership is the- only solution may be seen In thia LSeveral of the beef trust officials were recently fined 124.000 each for receive lug rebates, whereas ' it ia estimated by high authorities that the annual In- ATTHIS SEASbN WHEN A SPIRIT OF GOOD CHEER AND GOOD . WILL ! i ; : TUNITY- OF THE OUTLET UNION MADE $10SUIT ; 1 NEW MEMBER WAS ONCE V ' - PRESIDENT OF BODY Reaignatioa of Thomas la Accepted " by Commlsgioners .Without Com. . roent, Thomas Being Absent From the Meeting Tax Levy Ia Fixed. Commissioner O. B. Thomas waa not present yesterday afternoon when the regular monthly meeting of the Port of Portland commission convened but he was represented there by a brief letter stating his desire to resign from the body. The members had seen the ar ticle In The Journal announcing Thomas' intention to retire and for that reason the resignation waa ated upon without comment. Charlea S Swlgert waa ap pointed to fill tbe vacaaoy and a special meeting wljl soon be held when the new member, who was , formerly president of the body, will be sworn in. Upon -motion -of Commissioner- Adama the board fixed Its annual tax .levy at eight-tenths of one mill The assessed valuation of the property In the limits of the Port of Portland Is about 1170.. 00,000, and therefore the levy will raise about I1X.000. Five-Tenths of a mill is for the general fund, two-tenths for the refunding bond fund and one tenth for the drydock fund. Last year the levy was eights-tenths -of a mill on an assessed valuation, of about 110, 000,004. . - t ,' , come of 4he beef trust exceeds ISS.OOO- 000 a year. . n Pan Easily Pay IMaea, "These officials can easily pay t-S.- 00 every time they are caught receiv ing 126,000,000. . From my trip east I sta In personal touch with leaders of this cause and with the best literature on the subject as well as tbs best pub llo speakers. - "Among the men I have consulted are Professor Frank Parsons, the author of the two latest and most Important books on vthe - subJectrB. O. Flower, founder apd editor of the Arena; Or. C F. Taylor, editor and publisher of sev eral Important books on the railroad question, 'and my brother, Hon. Carl 8. Vrooman. who has returned from, a two years trip- abroad, made for the pur pose of -studying the railroad situation in Europe. He bas with him aa the re sult of his Investigation much matter Of a authentic and detailed nature, from which ha purposes to publish sev eral magasine articles. This material wilt be at our disposal in this cam paign. At the present time my brother Is in Madison. Wisconsin, studying the results of the. La Follette administra tion.. '. - v ; . "It is well known that Wisconsin under Governor La Follette has won. tremendous victories over the railroada The Wisconsin - state treasury at the present time has more money on hand than it knows what to do with and tho state -. Is decreasing the tax on real estate because) of tbe income received from the Tail roads la the form of taxa tion which it never received before. Wbat has been don in Wisconsin can be dona in Oregon, and auch action on the part of Oregon will make it to the interests of the railroads to cease their discriminations - against Foroed tr - r - (Joaraat gneeta! 8Vprrle. 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