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. THE OREGON. SUNDAY JOURNALS ..PORTLAND,' , SUNDAY . MORNING. SEPTEMBER .,29. 1907..
Thousands of Tons of Coal
Delayed in Transmission
' on Lines in Idaho Rail-
road Commission Makes
Investigation.
John A. Fox at Astoria Pic
tures a Land Redeemed by
Its Water How Boat
Lines 3Iiirdcr Railway
Extortion. ,
TRUSTS NOT TO
BE ABOLISHED
(Continued from Pas On.)
Fuel Famine May Be Averted
If Corporations Will Act
v, Warded to Washington
I and Northern Pacific.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Astoria, Or., Sept. it At th mass
meeting held last evening at th Cham
her of Hommer hulldln an Imminu
crowd wa present to hear an addreaa by The prosperity from
John A. Fox. apodal director of the rlv- which trad combination assure It
It li the tendency of the ace to
combine. Tola tendency will be-
come even more marked aa time
passes. The Industrial combination
has become a fixed feature of our
economic scheme. It has come to
De recognized that business on a
successful scale can only be carried
on ana me interests oi every one
conserved by means of combination,
uniy tnrougn combination and co
operation can an even balance be
maintained.
"There can be no turning back.
We cannot return to the postchals
and tavern days. While the few
were regrettably Injured by the com
ing of the railroads, thousands were
benefited. And so In all other lines.
; .: (Special Dtopatca to ttl Jocraal.)
.Helena, Sept II. As the reault of an
Investigation of condition at Laurel
and Billing, the two point on the
Northern Pacific ' where practically all
. th coal shipment reach the main Una,
It Has been found by th atate board of
railroad commlaUoners that there ia a
decided congestion Th matter la
be In a taken up with both th railroad
official and the interstate commerce
commission. The northern Wyoming
shipment all come to Billing over the
uuriington.
'The commission aent It rate clerk to
the a point a, . and he checked all ship
nenta in to yard at those point for
two months. His report, just submit
ted, now that some coat ha been held
there since July. Not a few complaint
bad been mad to the commission that
th railroad waa discriminating in favor
of eoai originating at comoetlne- points
. and this charge has been borne out, to
a extent at least.
-Ores roar Hundred Car Xeld Up.
'The report of th clerk shows that
bme coal shipments have been In the
Billings yard since July, aome since
August, and other stnoe th early part
Of September. On September 17 there
war SS6 carloada of westbound freight
In the Billing yard. Of thla there
were 280 car of coal billed to Montana
Jelnta, while for Oregon, Washington,
dab and California there were 130
carloada, making a total of 10 carload
of westbound coal at the one point. The
baJano of -the yard content included
coke, cement, machinery, merchandise
and the like.
The report showed that all of the coal
la . Billing originated at Alger, man
arch and Cody, Wyoming. The report
comment on this fact as rmiow:
f '"Proper effort a do not eeem to have
been ' made to get this class of freight
forward with the degree of promptness
that th trarrio aeservea.
; At ZAurel, 800 Oars.
In : the Laurel yards, there were
found lit carloada of commercial ?c.
and 221 carload belonging to the rall-
era and harbors congress. He said there
waa just on way to regulate the rail
roads, secure lower freight rates and
prevent car shortages and freight con
gestlona, and that was by the improve
ment of the great natural waterways in
all Durts of the country.
Mr. Fox ha mad a study of the
transportation question and aroused the
ntbuslaam or his larae audience.
In the opening of his address Mr. Fox
gave a brief 'description of the origin
of the river and harbors congress ana
it objects, which, he said, were to
arouse th American people to uch
pitch that pressure would be brought
upon congress to continue th liver and
harbor work - by liberal appropriations
and uoon a detinue clan until tne worn
had been completed. He aaid th con
gress had a small beginning but it bad
now grown In extent until it member
ship embraced representative people and
commercial organisations irorn every
citT of not in the union.
The next session of th congress will
be held at Washington. D. C. next De-
mawiKav anil vttt 1 u than B H O I)
gates from ail part of th country are
expected.
Xalf BlUloa for WaWrwaye.
"what w want and what we are
olng to ask of congress," said he, "ia
be appropriation of 1600.000.000 for
the Improvement of our waVerwaya, to
be expended within 10 years at th rat
of $60,000,000 or 10,000,000 per year,
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road company. Of tha former.
wer consigned to Montana point and
th remainder to Washington and
. Idaho.
'i,A copy of this report has been for
warded to the interstate commerce com
mission and another to th Northern
Pacific officials with a hope of getting
ta matter straigntenea out Derore coia
Weather sets in. The members of the
board ar disposed to believe that with
prompt handling of coal by the railroada
luet lamina may do averiva mis win
TRUNK MURDERERS
(Continued from Page One.)
him. .According to the story told by
W. R. Kemp, proprietor of the Davis
house, Covington appeared very tired
said asked for a room in which to take
Tihort -nap 'during the afternoon of
Thursday.
Xiooked Tired and Thin.
"A man whom I now know was Cov
ington came to the place during Thursday-afternoon
and asked for a room in
whicn to take a nap, said Kemp last
, night "He appeared very tired and
went to sleep on top of the bed clothes
without undressing. After having slept
for aome time he left the house late
in the afternoon and I thought he had
left for good. Thinking that he had
Slept as much as he wished I was sur
prised therefore when he came back in
the evening and said he would stay
there during the night. He went to hia
room and that In the last I saw of him
a h apparently left early Friday morn
lag. "During th early part of Friday
morning two detectives from Seattle
oame to the house and asked If a man
answering the description of the stran
ger had been there. I told them he had
and related the circumstances where
upon the two officers expressed great
regret, stating that the man was Cov
ington and that they had been just
couple of hours behind him on sev
eral occasions."
- Kemp states that he was told of other
details relating to the cade but was
not at liberty to disclose them. He
tated, however, that the two detec
tive bad followed the man about
town from lodging house to lodging
house for a couple of days before trac
ipg him to the Davis hou.se.
, Charles Burllson. the partner of Cov
ington, Is supposed to be In Portland
at this time, in hiding with friends
la South Portland. Officers Howell,
Johnson and Porter have been on Burt
Mon's trail for several dnvs and he
has been Keen on the stroets of the
city by men who know him. At first
the officers were not sure of their man
but later discovered evidence which
convinced them that the murderer was
really In the city and being kept in
hiding by friends or relatives. The
officers have been looking for him lnc
Wednesday night
'From this story it seems evident that
the two men have been together in
Portland for the greater part of the
week and have been able to elude the
officers by keeping continually on the
move.
Left Bloody Handkerchief.
A handkerchief was left by Covington
In his room at the Davis when he left
th place. It wao torn and seemed to be
covered with blood, looking as though 1
I. !in lP1 a truggl of some j
kind. This bit of evidence waa taken
toy the detectives.
- According to Seattle dispatches the
Klic of that city are very confident
that the two men took Dassae-e frnm n
attl on the Santa Clara. Charles Mar
tin m Inwpr'irnm Ka . , .
today that he aw Burllson on a stage
between Florence and Eugene four days
ago He talked with Kurii.on .
mating house on the road, so Martin
upon a derinlt plan, we have o,ouo
mile of available waterway, if prop
erly improved, and they will not only
prove a great factor In developing the
commercial importance of th respective
district but will also solve th lm
purtant question of railway regulation,
rate reduction, car shortag and con
gestion if freights, as no other thing
can.
Aa Alluring Prospect.
Astoria want the bar that blocks
the entrance to this great natural high
way, the Columbia river, removed at
once. The way to get it 1 to unite
with us in the great movement we are
undertaking. With the channel across
the bar deepened, a it can be, with
the Columbia river improved to th
British Columbia line and with the
Snake rlvewmada navigable to its head
waters, Astoria will be th outlet for
the products of the vast region drained
by 4,000 miles of navigable waterways.
Congress Hot BeotlonaL
"This congress is not working for
any particular city or location. It Is
laboring in the interest of the entire
country.
"Few people who have not given the
question of water transportation espe
cial attention realise what th Improve
ment of our natural waterway will
mean to the country. As an instance of
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26,700,000 on the construction of six
lock and dams In tha MonongaheT
river between i'lttenurg and Morgan
town, a distance of 67 miles. The rate
charged bv railroads on coal for that
distance waa 44 cents per ton, but by
in improvement or. tne river tne rate
has been reduced to 4 cents per ton, ef
fecting a saving or 49 cent per ton on
an aggregate of v.eoo.ooo tons which
were transported! along that river last
year.
An Xsoomprehesxlbl Tonnage.
The freight tonnage handled in the
United States last year was 187.000.000.-
000 tons. The average rate charged by
the railroads is 7.66 mills per ton per
mile, while the average ohara-e for
freight on the Improved inland water
ways Is 1 mill per ton per mile. Now
we have 46.000 miles of waterways
that are capable of being Improved to a
aeptn or 3U reet. to make that lm-
rovement will cost abtflit 500.0o0;000.j
low if Dy expending that half-billion
of dollars we can reduce the freight
rates only 1 mill per mile per ton. and
udglng from the experience on the
Atonongahela river the reduction would
be much greater than that, w will ef
fect a saving of 1187.000.000 to the
American people In freight rates every
year.
Jtailroad Favor Movement.
"The Impression appears to prevail
that the railways are opposing this
movement for river and Karbor work,
but that Is not so. The traffic managers
of the big railway lines are among the
most enthusiastic workers for it. They
realize that the improvement of the wa
terways encourages the establishment of
new lines of enterprises and this in
creases transportation lines. It is well
Known that the lines which parallel nav
igable streams pay the best dividends.
Another reason Is the business of the
country nas outgrown the railways.'
Mr. Fox left for Puget sound p6rts
iius morning.
New Brick Block at Dayton.
(Suf1fll Dispatch to The Journal.)
Dayton, Or., Sept. 28. Anderson
tfrolhers nave commenced the erection
or a liz.ouu two-story brick build nr.
76x75. There will be three fine store
rooms below and a laree hall and office
above. The building is being erected
on the lots where the fire occurred a
year ago.
Dayton Pupils Win a Piano.
(Special tHtpateh to Th Journal.)
Dayton, Or.. Sent 28. Davton oa.rrle.1
off first honors at the county fair heifi
at McMlnnville this week,' in the school
exhibit department, thereby winning the
fine piano offered by the Macv Brothers
Furniture company. This school was
awarded 13 other prizes. The exhibits
from all over the county were exception
ally fine.
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much to be preferred to a ahort
period of great prosperity followed
by a marked period of depression,
which was the way In the old days.
"It being so, then, that our eco
nomic Security and progress rest
upon the basis of combination, It
seems to me that the time Is com
lng is here. In fact when the
problems which confront as will be
discussed with fairness and intelli
gence, and settled not on the basis
of a temporary agitation, but In the
spirit and manner of fair-minded
Americans without rancor or bias.
Natural Men Are Honest.
'Confidence Is all that ia needed
onfldence on both sides; what I
call faith in humanity, belief In hu
man nature and in the natural In
clination of every normal man to
be honest.
"'I believe that the laws are suf
ficient at the present time to insure
the conduct of corporations on an
absolutely honest basis, and I believe
also that most corporations are ad
ministered honestly. -Mistakes are
made, of course, but that cannot be
avoided.
But if more laws are needed, let
them be such as are dictated by
actual experience and enacted by
the legislative power aiming at the
best interests of all. Specifically, I
believe In publicity. No honeet cor
poration has any secrets as regards
its management to conceal from the
public. The people have a right to
the facts. To the worklngmen I
would say that his best interests He
In accepting the conditions which
have come about through a natural
process of economic evolution. Real
ly, he will come to learn in time
that the bulwark of his prosperity
is the wisely and honestly admin
istered corporation, which Is here to
stay. . 1
"So firmly am I convinced of this
that I look to see the day when the
worklngmen generally, as Standard
Oil employes have done and grown
rich thereby, will invest their sav
ings in the securities of the indus
trial combinations as they now de
posit them in the savings banK.
"Finally, with honest admiration
assured on the one band and con
fidence thereby compelled on the
other, let those who are charged
with the management of the cor
porations be held to a strict personal
responsibility for their acts and there
will be an end to distressing in
dustrial strife.
Has Faith In America.
"I said to you in France a year
ago that my faith In my country is
strong enough to inspire a belief In
unimaglned glories for her In the
future. I haven't changed my mind
and I am perfectly willing to take
my chances with my fellow country
men and go down with colors flying
If unlooked-for disaster does come."
Coming at a time when the United
States government has the Standard
Oil company by the throat, with a
general advance ordered against
Boveral other giant corporations, the
significance of the words will not
pass unnoticed.
Mr. Rockefeller spoke with un
wonted earnestness. We were on
the golf links on his Cleveland es
tate, and he frequently Jabbed his
club Into the earth to force home
his utterances. He appealed to Dr.
Eaton and Dr. Judson to bear him
out and the discussion as to the fu
ture of the Industrial corporations
became general, with a practically
unanimous agreement on the main
points of Mr. Rockefeller's argu
ment. Particularly with reference to the
good that is to come out of the great
Industrial corporations, was the
creator of the greatest of them all
emphatic. Some surprise was ex
pressed at the doctrine that the trust
will take the place of the savings
banks as the depository of the sav
ings of the poor.
Plan Is Safe.
"Why not?" he Insisted. "The
corporations can afford a fair rate
of Interest; and if yJu will force a
personal responsibility upon those
who manage tne corporations, per
fect safety will be"S,ssured."
Note that he laid stre upon the
point of "personal responsibility."
This is an extremity to which the
laws governing corporations have
j not yet gone. But it was in no
i sense criticising his associates in the
management of corporations that he
spoke, for he instantly reasserted his
belief that corporations are now
: managed honestly.
"Why should they not be man-
' aged honestly," asked Mr. Rocke
feller. "Who Is there tn this coun
try who should be more desirous of
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RESTORE GRAY HAIR
fO llS NATURAL COLOR havInS corporations managed hoh-
-V .iv than mvuftlf? ThA nowannnoro
No matter how long it has been cred,t1mfvwl4tll1 having money to Jn
r,r fAA d, t i vest aH th time and I can only ln
gray or faded. Promotes a luxur- voo ,- ,nn., In th- .,.nL
JosancoMnuT" Stops banks, railroads and the like. It
while eating hia meal The Seattle do- ' ,ts falling Out, and positively re- follows that I have a direct personal
link ka h . kIuk JM 1L. . I . j , . ,.,.
moves Dandruff. Keeps hair soft "merest m navmg sucn institutions
Sn,1 n ntcu Pofnca oil e.,t,oit,. iwuuuviw uvuconj.
conduct of any business. Man la not
nauirany prone to evlldolng. I nav a
natural faith m human nature and al
ways have had. It was the foundation
of what success I have had. I had
faith in men and I tried to inspire the
same laitn in myseir. it serves no good
purpose to attack men's characters and
their motives to call them thieves and
pickpockets. Trust them; If they prove
faithful and they will In the main
well and good. If they don't, get others.
But only let them see that they are
trusted and the general results are
oound to be good.
Ho Reorganisation of Standard.
At th offstart he put at rest those
oommon rumors as to a reorganization
oi me oianaara uii company.
"All that I know about that," he said,
"is what I have read in the newspaper,
I think I would be informed if any-
iiniiK ui me una were contemplated,
"As a matter of fact," Mr. Rockefeller
safd, "the Standard Oil company ha
Deen undergoing reorganization ever
since us lounaation.
"Why, then," said he, "of the 60 of
us wno participated in the organisation
they have
mighty task.
"What I have said about the Stand
ard," continued Mr. Rockefeller. "I
think applies equally to all trust, so
called. They have come to stay."
rnt Law Adequate.
trust ar adequate to correot
"Do you think that the present laws
governing ti
these evils T'
lice ha vw wired the police at Florence
an Kugvn to watch for Burllson.
thourh they -do not believe that h la
in that vicinity at this tlme It im b.
In positively asserted by men who ay
they know Burliaon that fa has been
eept In Pen land during th past few
Jys, thouah h has , now apparently
Sma into Aiding-. ,
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Puts Trust In Men.
"How about this task of insuring
such an honest administration of
corporations," he was asked,
"By trusting men," waa the prompt
reply. "I should say that that wa the
wIomW tairt wajf to ' insurer proper I place
of the company but four remain my
brother William, Mr. Flagler, Colonel
Palno and myself. Mvl Mvl'' ha n.
emimea wun a reminiscent smile, "that
seems dui yesteraay. we had trylni
times. It was hard work ami T p.o.i
the months that I lav abed thinking nA
planning. It wa not an easy task that
wo jibu, oui iney were an noble fel
l2W8i: ,hpd . workers, and I frequently
"'"' iimt i navo not given just public
01 iiib aouiiies or my as
sociates who fought with me through
those trying times. They are all gone
UUL i. VU I i
ipu tain about reorganization; It has
uecn suing on aii tne time. Their places
have been taken bv their son mif th.ir
grandsons, me substitutions have
gone on gradually. I recall that In the
early days I used to ask myself tha
same question you are asking rno now
about the railroads. "
' eonilenoe, I would say to my
"'.what terring undertakings. What
uiiu7iiui nivil, wno Will tlka hal.
M wiU ' carry ea r th "work
I cannot see that any additional laws
ar needed. Experience from time to
tin) may aua-ttest lmnrovementa. But
such laws a we have, I believe, should
be enforced. No one can complain of
that, least of all th Standard Oil com
pany."
Aa I wa leaving Forest Grove, he
stood propped against his bicycle at th
ena oi-m goir gam ana wun deep
earnestness, said:
"I wish I could mak you se these
things a I do. I believe that you do
half see Just as the world la beginning
to see that what I say la true. Tha
industrial corporations or combination
la a thing that has come to stay. Let
u all realize that. Then let th cor
poration be ao managed that it will com
pel tha subbort of the doodI and tha
problem win De solved.
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