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Newspaper Page Text! i , THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,' APRIL. 19, 1&08. 15 PACKERS CANNOT BUILD . UP LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY BY PAYING LOW PRICES mimmmRL world CONDITIONS IN nOPS IN ; EVERY SECTION IS JUST LIKE THAT IN OREGON Latest Market Reviews ! ! ' With the Trade K SMALL HEM! FOR BIG HEY Salmon Catch Shows De crease Each YearPre ent Opening a Failure. Rv'TTvinan H. Cohen. ' As during recant seasons, the opening . of the spring-summer nlmon run In tbe Columbia river nae resulted in raiiure to all concerned, . The catch to date has been Terr Hfht In feet, fishers say It la one of the lightest they have ever known. Thla forcibly brings forth the query, "Whet haa beooroe of all the aalmonT" or "How can we aave the Industry from being; exterminated altogetherr Fishermen . and packers are every where crying to aave the lnduatry from aure ruin by abolishing tha methods which would play havoc with tha aup- Fiiea. riowever, mere la a wiae air erenoe of opinion aa to what oonatl- tutea tna real troume. in any event, the catch la getting smaller and smaller each year. While the decrease In the amount of Tien peaked in recent year a baa been aomewnat ox an ODject lesson, tna real decrease In the supply haa not been ahown In that Una. It la la tha fresh fish marketa that tha big ahortage haa been moat eaxlly noticeable, and for that reason freah flab plicae 'have recently been the highest In yeara. It la more easy to obtain fleh for can ning than for the freeh trade, becauee xne cannero can arrord to pay the beat f rioea. Tben. too, moat of them-own heir own flatting tear and simply em pioy tne men at ao raucn a risn to bring toe supplies to uiem. The freah flah marketa however, moat take the flah that the cannerymen can not use. or elaa pay a higher price, Thla they seldom do, hecause the cannera and eold-atoraga operators Invariably aee to rx toat iney-wemseives get tna duik oi u auppuea caugnt. With all thla money being paid "out tor tha protection of the flah bv Ore 's011 people, tbe people of the state are eToroed to pay tha hlgheat price for aome- 'uisf tne-tneve oaen paying to develop. RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD. Pacific Northwest Shippers Are Join . tna Better Bids for Wheat. Leas than three weeks In existence, the Portland board of trade baa already fceen recognised by shippers throughout rlhe Pacific- northwest Tbe dally calla lof tha board are well attended bv grain tuyere and oommlaalon merchants. During the past week wheat prices fceld firm, with a better demand. Little rwheat la being offered bv the few large producere who at preaent control moat of tha supplies. Mlllfeeds were firmer during the week WOOL UNPOPULAR IN ' SUMMER, OF COURSE s a-"- mmmmm a Are woolens going out of style e e entirely T" That's tbe Idea that d manufacturers are trying to give e) e sheep men who are about to sell . ) e their wooL Practicklly little bua- 4'lneas has , thus far resulted In e tha local wool market because of "a e tha difference of opinion be- 4 w , tween buyers and sellers regard- e a Ing what price should rule. The 4 former, need ,the wool and bava e money to buy It, ' while the let- e ter have ths wool and money e with which to bold It awhile e e If the market does not meet e w their rlear a , From Farm Hand to $3Qp,000 Is Story of Northwest . ; MBajBaia9JBHBMaHBIBJBjap IT- -r yasaissa-isw sy fty gtjwywy "A mm- berry. Ml: dry aranalated. 1.41: XXX granulated, .1S eont. A., 6.41; extra! a., e.vvi goiaen u.. i., yeuow, lt.71: beet granulated, It.ii: bar- rela, lie; half barrela, tOo; boxea, ilo bavance on aack eaalav (Above prloea axe days aat aaab quotarlona) wujnili i aa per erata. frOra-KKWFaokae uranda 111.11 0 IB i - At,T CoareeHalf around, 100a ll.lv per ton: 10s, 114 00: tebla alry 0a,.ll.0: liOa lis 7s, olea 1.I0; imoorxea uverpooi, avs. iiti.aa: ia. na Mrreta, sa Iverpool lumf roca. 111. t: love. Ill 00. (Above Drioea anoly to aalea of leaa than car lota Car Iota at special price mm'. .. .. .,' ' "r . ,y . .--.am f e- R-COXEn NATIONAL XANKr WALLA WALLA, i in aim i i it ni t JO N E S - S COTT COM PAN Y.? Story of Henry Vincent by Check. imponea uverpoot, eva, 111.00: 4a 11 to; extra fin ta and 10a. 14.60 tfl.10; lJ ooa, 111 pvr to; 1Mb subject to flurtuetloaa.) RJCK Imoerial JaDaa. No. t. So: Na . aHtto; new uneana naaa. t: AJax. Ic; Creole, IKo. ... UJKAJXSj BE Hla name Henry Vincent Home Walla Walla. Occupation wbeatgrower. wealth About 1100.000. Formerly Farmhand, 110 month. By Hyman 1L Cohan. From the poattlon of a poorly paid farm laborer with hla total capital II yeara ago hla hand a, Henry Vincent of Walla Walla haa ruthleasly broken the old saving that there are no more oo-portonltk-a for wealth-making In tha Pacific north wee t Hrnry Vincent today one af tha mall hlta 14.11: lerrelwhaat Vlnn nt th nnmii PountrV w i I . n Mtr IK R w. t t . I . - J a I i. rtui i-9.mwt wium, rf.o.1. ivn, ttii ooum noi Riwayi wnii cun:K "i Umaa. ll.tl; Mexican reds. 4 He. bank fo- an amount equal to six Ilg- rjim reanuia, -lumoa, c per tm; Vlralnia. (at per lb: roasted. e see lb; Japaneae. flJiOIHc; reacted. I He p4 lb; walnut a Caltforala, la -er In; pine auta, lao per id: nicaory lOo per lb: bra all nuta. lie per 1 berta. lie per lb; fancy pacaoa. HQ per lb: almonds, lao. Steele, na aafl rrorlatoae. DKKHHED laXATB front street- Hogs, fancy, lo lb; ordinary, 7 7 He; large, id to; vau, axua, ta per lb; ordinary, I Ho per lb: heavy, 7lo per lb: mutton, fancy, lie per lb.; urea and have It duly honored. About II yeara ago he was employed on a farm In the foothllla of Walla Walla at hard labor with wagea paid ovary 30 days at ths rate of about II a week and found. Today he haa one of the largeat wheat ranchea In tha country and hla farm la Ukewlae one of tha beat paying onaa that can be found. All told thla avaeon Mr. Vlnoent'a ranch produced nearly' 1190,000 worth of wheat In fact, he sold about that amount. In a single tranaactlon be dlspoeed of 11.741 buahala of wheat to a Walla Walla firm and that day caahed a check for llt.ltl.7l in payment for hla grain. At another time ha eold wheat to the value of 141,000. . Hla ranch Is located at Lee, Wash ington, Inalde Walla Walla county. However, hla wealth la accumulating ao faat that be no longer can epend the In terse t on it while realdlng on tha place, so haa moved his family to Walla walla, where hla funda can be more -thoroughly enjoyed. Arter oeing employed on tna rootnma ranoh for aeveral yeara tha financier to come, saved sufficient money from bis small salary to purchase a black ami th ehop at Walla Walla That waa is yeara ago. eigmng tor tne rancu again he purchased a email place by peylng a email sum down. His ortg nal place haa been added to many times until now he la one of tha dom inating Interests of the Paclfio coaat wheat inauatry. STUPID TRADE TRY TO SAVE STIM M1PT Fllfil ISH HOP? in viwun imiiiii kllULIUII. IIUI If Business at a Minimum Dur- Growers Abroad Hare Same ing: the Four Days of the Troubles aa HereIn- - WeekLittle Change. (Vetted Frees Leeied Wire.) dustry Does Not Pay. , Hop growera are still badly muddled 1 SHEEP PRICES II i ouni dllUt s ry Pnsnb, lOOUHo. . I Tll. J Tv nAMo, BALUiv, a. it;. t-oriian.i p lnihFia U11U AIUVIUUCIB Ui Not View Conditions the (local) name, 10 to 11 lba.. 14 He per lb.; 4 to it iDa. io per id.; it to it iDa, 14c: breakfaat bacon. .4ttf2Io per lb; picnlca 10o per lb; cottage roll, lie lb; regular uhort cleare amoked,JlH per lb; unamoked, 10Ho per lb; 'clear backa, unemoked, lOHc, a molted, 11 He; union Dutua, is to uo to; unamoaed, llo par lb: amoked. lto per lb: clear bellies, unamoked, ISo per lb; amokeU, 14o per lb; ahouldera, llo per lb; pickled long U.S. VOo -acb, LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10a UVe per id; a, lltao er id; w-id tina, is Ho Same Way at Present. and hlsher nrlcea are In effect hncsuaa of the larrer demand than buddIv. 1 1 per ID; ateam rendered, 10s, 114ic per id: e. POKTLANb LIVESTOCK RUN. Hoga. Cattle. Sheep. Paat week 101 1807 SSI 106 121 1905 I0 481 170 4IS 465 111! 1317 11tA.it near 1 1 rmmnnunH Ilia I Rw Tfvm o n TJT CrkYtn ia erase ?fj w arB vvuifvuMW VSB, j J iuimi sa IliO per lb. Portlsnd Union Btockvsrda. Atirll II. Oata and barlv remain firm at ore-1 J'laH Kock cod. 12He lb; flounders,!,. ... . ' ... vtnti. m.x.rivn.' ' I da ner lb: halibut. 8c Der lb: striked 11 muiu!., i " ' i ii.- - ... 'it. : r. I uroducre wnv tne Deckers sre not int. ueM, 1 vu ur iv, i l in i j , iiu ijbi , u . mi- i r . , - . . , . 7 i.ir.i. n- iv.. .rn i.llnim ta huv their sheen this vesr in FROHT STREET REVIEWS. , "herrlna. Be i Tn, .C Pii of the fact thit supplies have PT ".-hrlmpi,. 10c per the "Port woum M duly scarcely oe niaaen no on the wane, uauai- t weeka before thla 1. U. I . u.n f."" !.. com'n tx a"y.- i;.,".UT?r T wW'0p,r,.'";,,,.-DJ e v.s"out n o the counl.; and af e, a :n nsrasnsi sarin nrnep nnn itfv v m a in avaJtavat . . waeavss vvu. i-nu a as tisus. i . - imrwm ..in.w thl- w..ic f.t hlvnnt Il.e O1.50 doaen; ahad. 10c. handing out a Hayajia or two. procbeo anowino or auuneaa tne marxet modi, w . . ., .T , .'.. .k-m lion. 11.10: par 100-lb aack. ta 00. Olvm j-reseea veai ana nogs are rirm m;.: !t Vli. .' V :," . vV With BUDDllea rather llrht durln the ls.OOnfs.6; fc-ajle. canned, 0o can: 17 week, the market looka.llke It could .?n; " in abeu. !.. per bun- bhat Mmtiim nr th WMvir'- rinins-a is: Dercn. ao per id: lomcoo. 110 oer id: . ... . . " lodalera He Der lb.: fresh mackerel ta . .Jne racl can in Various Unes or TratlO. I n.r lb: crflh. &a ner das.n: -lu-,. p01Uly is It written Enre held firm all week but the trade feon. " Ho per ib; black baaa. lOo per i5a .mon,.h.. L "J3 at kat. With aeareely any arrlvala In tha varaa to apeaa or, cruring the paat week, packera talked of an overaupply. To tell the truth tbey did have a aome what better aupply In their pena tban uauai dui tnia waa contract aiurr; Tur chaaed aoma time ago and brought In during the week, solely to affect con dltlona here. - Tha east la atlll ahort of cattle and It may be barely possible mat tnia scneme cannot do puiiaa through to success. A year ago for the past week hore were. weak, with a loaa 60c, but cattle and aheep wm firm at unchanged valuea. Official yard prices: Hose Beat atuff. 16 .5. 4.11: etock- era and China fata, $1.75 1.00; block. D.r .uo. Cattle Select eaatern Ore ton steers. 15.16; fancy, 15.00; medium, $4.50(94.71; best cows. M.eOAS.JI; bulls. 11.60 O 1.00; stage. IS. 1004.00. Sheep Beat wethers, ift.7ips.oo; aprlng lambs weighing 71 pounds. $1.60 J) g.oo; ewea, ie.oot..oo: mixed, ll..o .60: yearilnga. If fat. 15.76 01.00: ahearllngs, $5.(70 6.60. 5, 0 POUNDS LESS WOOL CLIPPED eaaed veal and hogi are firm PxrPr.?,llf": lxlS il J" la0' supplies rather light during the M-00w.&j fs;le, canned 0o -f-h. m.-ir-i. --.. iiv I doaen; eaatern In abelL 11.71 i iund .0 .nrt ll7i -,,n Per bo i. $1.40; and they are wondering what It la all IET,$Z -03 .uIiearthrnd,1 TU to talk buslneaa In the aheep line. Gon erallv sneaKtna;. the handier oz tne tiav anas hna a contract for the aheep In hla pocket when he- departs. This year practically no contracting haa been reported among aheep men these flrures. Annie market Is holding ppflee of medium grade small plenty of cheap stock and a f or extra fancy that . rulea around ,. ... onpsu-Pnr. i-n . mtm-A.rA are very light becaune of tha continued Trlth' n2??5o sa? i r -fi 52- scarcity during the past aeaaon. Wool lall. There Ufcc i esai. ic, L B. slaal, 8 He. was 80' hl h fhftt tiep men csrcj r'Hr '"P; OUBirD, Rhi.. wi rk,. cared to part, with any of their band-. fiy v- win incy mat rules around I rvn auim. wm, R..dntl v thtt nurkorit an nlavlnir J ka nn ix Iwii.r Whit. . idui iiii., Jii ldentiy tno pacKers sre piayinK ...1 . . I waiting game and tney reel it wu, gallon for tha week. Head Light .. J 2 Ho Piatv in general la ecaroe and high n-ocene orlcea are atlll tha rule. I Special W. W.. 14 Oregon aeparag ua la coming In small c.lalne Z8 o lots but good supllea are expected tbe Kxtra Star . 21 o eomlnir weelr. OutaMe stuff rinnnl I Qasollne compare with It. I Iron Bbla 18 o lSHo 21 o It 0 Local rhuharh has alreadv unatohl 1 V. M. and P. Naohtha ...12Ho tne market away rrom the wan a Walla I ea crown uaaoune. .l&Ho and California product beoauaa of lta Motor Gaaollne l6Ho superior oualitr. M par cent Gasoline ... o Locn.1 caullffnwar continues n Iaa I No. 1 Endue Distillate.. So 11 liberal a supply and prices range from . "K.N2LN II deg., cases, llo per gal 25c to II a doaen. .VJ",L.f.Pr taj, helD their side of the market aulte ma terinlly If they do' not get in too much of a hurry to piirchaae. In any event sheep owners aro iot losing their peace or mind, for they have offered out few sheep thus far. although the shear Ing season is well i on everywhere. Kit embs . a Bad Blow. Evidently the packers are now going to force things a wee Dlt luat to aee 7 Ho how the aheep men are going to aot. Caasa 19Vc 22HO 22H0 They have therefore sent out word that Front street sells at the following lambs are not quite up to the proper en odis sac per gat. quality and tnererore the price nas oeen i.iuan iiiuiu ow in ir iu,icui i per iuu nounas ior ine ween. frteea. Thoae paid shippers are lees woM.by 9 Per There was Just a sprinkling of sheep sgular commissions: I LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls 49c; cases In the yards during the week the move- I ft., . l . .S .v.i .. - DnhL Tlon aiid Kiv. .aes big u. goi I nri or 1MI ,H I Inn. 1 . a FLOTJK Eastern Ore r on natenta. I WhlTir I mi) Tn i.n. m, it. whole wheat. $4.40; rye, COs, $5.50; bales I 10 lb lots. c per Ib; leaa lots. IHe. S. , . W1RJ NAILS Preaent basis at 12 II. nai mwunn once nmotny, I r Willamette vail . fane II I r nnlln. I n-r-.- . . .---, . ery. SILitOil: eastern Oregon. Ill TilJli JArAINJlbli WAl. i, mu.u. iivi.i; ciwver, iivoii; ment being but rractlonally increased over the handful bf arrivals this time a year afro. In all the past week 77 head came In the yards, compared with 617 a year ago, 1.118 two yeara ago, and 3,3-7 ror tne same period in ivud. Hogs Getting Close to Limit. The hog market la getting very close 'rain, ( ); cheat. 4); alfalfa, tilt I n . to the price limit for the seaaon, ac tio. v I Rule for a Mass Meeting to Protest cording to present Indications. During CHITTIM BARK 44Un I iti-i irf I the week the price made a further ad i ainuiii jjLinuci- xnjLfrs. i . . ,a. ... . , Bnw, mitts anlfv I w i vsiur l jvc, puiiiiia "ic top uvuro SlSTga man SOtUHy. I Th T--.n-,a ,M,nln- IAm k.l. -c ..IX. v.. SSwTP ?nXa cy' C8JldI'1. 17 He I sometimes a directness of application than last week and compared quite CHEESE Full cream flats ic.. h nh n.i. k i i-.ii-i.. l 1.1.. - T - ?5i i-?" l-13i?.0 ib:.70u,n" Amert-f fh me eplrU which prompta a which is nov putting in appearance iR California, loung Japaneaa cltlsen to build the front door seems to be the regular spring affair Americas, 16c; flats, 140 lb. I of hla house so low thut a noSRlhla Ac.a n-f inrii-o thof -,.-u- n .Y Mixed nhlnV.n. ii w..r-ia. A..1H v. n.',,ii. . TL-..f- . , .! ; v. ' b, .":"" " """" I nogs in ini ierriiury are sny utmr Aii5cM undl 0f PiS", 0,1 hls back leaa" th9 than they have been in recent sea- ciy in an sons. For the week. 1,091 hogs arrived, constitute a compared with 638 in 1907, 12J in 10, Kuv-r and sub in jauo. At tne ciose or tne week the market was firm. per lb. higher. "v .utnttoB l a?, was" daVreed in 'Japan, "P"-- ope. Wool sad mass. (with the Idea that the common people There la scarcely room for denial at UUUiU au UUUB fcvaoitor lu Bum. I Liiia uui, iuai iwu bvicib unva vuilis almost tneir own way in tne catue mar-, POULTRY Mixed chlcVen.. ito id; iancy nena, tv jidhb, i((fioc ounaie oi piunaar on nia oacK leaas roosters, old, 10c; fryers, $4.80 8. doe; Japanese offioial to .pacify in proiiera. 1443)6: creeae. old. netn ih. I Am,rn.nn- h viii n.tit.i ; VSx tBi.",.iwr 10 araaaed, crime, ao tnat tna unruly may IB 20c lb; equabs, $2.60 doaen; pigeons, when he transgresses. LJ6 dozen; dressed poultry, llHo A short time ago a new holiday. tinpa laor cmn ir. ,-i ... could sad along all together to some Ml-neT 4Hc- med?um to SrlmS' JSl Park hold wwrctoes 'n glorlncatlon ,K li4h- 1JM r?nJ? f& JZ. ot th wh,cn Japan noml- eontr'actl 1908 8IU ?t H10 lDi nally a free government. But the reat- WOOILi!o-il.t?; h. hi- Politicians of Toklo. ever on the wool isou Willamette valley, 1214 alert to atir up trouble, planned a mon- W I .... . I. ll,l., -1. . Hf!00: ;rote.t agaln'ar tfe .la?min7 fr asp- ?r.n ic Tim. T--BiJLi, taxation, instead of to giv. 85?? i?.reen'-l0.I.e8;! calves, green. f0P . 00natit uti on. ' New. Tork. April 18. There haa been a little Increase in activity In the wool market, recently, and some authorities estimate that as much as 5,000,000 pounds nave Changed in the past week. The new clip now gives every indics tlon of falling slightly ahort of last year. Western wool raisers have, gen erally speaking, ' felt panic conditions but slightly, and when aaked to aell at I and cents per poundj under a year ago It la a question If eastern dealers will not meet a flat refusal. There has been some discussion of an effort to make Philadelphia ths wool center of tne country, put wool leadership nas al ways oeen in Boston. HOGS MOVE FIVE HIGHER. Chicago. April 18. Hogs. 8.000: cat tie, 100; sheep,. 4,000. Hogs are strong, K r hlrh.i. than .-H w T ..- 4,900. Mixed. 15.60 5. 6;' heavy, $5.6. 05.10; rough, 1 6.40 6.6b; light, $5.60 6.90: oattle ami sheep steady. Kansas City. April' ll.vrHoa-B. I.E0O: cattle, 00; sheep, 10,000, ; Omaha, Apt.ll 18. Hogi, 8,000; eattlt, tOO: sheen, nothlnfer. : . " MAY WHEAT HAS VERYGOOD DAY Option Develops Great Strength During Day and Forces Others Up. i Item Tork RsvpK, Statement. New Tork. April llBank statement Increase. Reserve ...,...$ .7J1,760 Reserve, leaa TT. 8 4.712.126 Loans 8.817.100 Specie . 62.100 Legal tenders 2,197.900 Deposlta 10,089.000 Circulation 19,600 Decrease. Whea the Huckster Is Zealous. From the f?t. Louis Globe-Democrat. "I never Buy anything from a huck ster who makes a great outcry about his stuff or seems very anxious to sell," says a South End housekeeper, 'for the chances are 10 to one that there s something the matter with whatever he has to sell. "when two mes with one wagon come tin the street roarina, 'annoola' ho thev can b heard for four or five blocks, I know that some cold storage man baa a blar stock on hand lust about to snoll snd that the hucksters know that con dition of the apples as well aa the eold storage man, hence tneir seal sad en ergy to get na or tneir stook.7 CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Open. Close April II. Gain. May ....!. IH 12 H July ....I4 llti ISH (United Press Leased Wire.) Chicago, April II. Generally It waa conceded that over moat of the dry winter wheat territory' there had been rain enouah to allay the fear of croo failure In the threatened dlatrtcta, and If the rain alnce Thuraday ahould be re peated at moderate Intervale tbe crop had an excellent chance of coming out In good ahape. The only matter likely to anect may wneat Deananiy waa some Inoreaae In northweatern receipts, and thsse were still sufficiently Insignifi cant to impress tbe trade tha other way. May wheat developed great etreneth as the seaaion progressed, and It com municated Its spirit to the othess. July and September at ths close were He nigner tnan on Thursday, Mir and 14c higher. There were no foreign ex changee open, but Budapest, which re ported April wheat up 4c a buahel and October 2 He higher. Broomhall re ported a firm feeling at Liverpool on tne euro, ano sd advance aaked for car goea. Very little change occurred In early rrlcea of corn compared with what hey were at the close Thursday. Lead ing longs were buyers In a moderate way at tne immediate opening. Trading was rather moderate, with a firm un dertone on sccount of small acceptances by the countrv offera sent last Thurs day. The market during the last half nour developed some weakness, more particularly ror July and September. Sample market waa easier, at from xnuradaya prices to. Ho lower. Rain that would bring along In good shape the recently sown oats had a weakening Influence on tha market for that commodity at the start, while May no JUiy soon recovered it was dirierent with September with many aellere. Ar gentina nas Degun snipping Its oats sur plus, the quantity put afloat this week for Europe and the United States amounting to 616,000 bushels. Firmness was imparted to ths trade In provisions by the smallness of the nog movement in tne west and strength In the market at the yards, where pigs were brlnglnr 16c over nrlces n-lrl Thursday. Cash sales: Wheat Na 2 winter red. 924 No 2 hard, 91Hcll.00; No. 8 hard, 89S99c; No. 2 spring. 94CM1.0J. Corn NO. 8. 41fi6n: Vn nrhlta, !6f2H6?HcS ye"0W' "Hc; No! r2,ct?N?- 8Jwn'te. W-e: No. 4 white, 6053c; standard. 4752c. Range by Downlng-Hopklns Co.: Open. High. Low. Close. WHEAT. New Tork, April 18. Four very atu- as to what's what In their Industry, and pid days, with business at a minimum I wmie some additional acreage has beee, and price changes narrow and tndeel-1 plowed up In the state dating the pest oh the slock exchange. Prospect of the growera baa been to wait and aee what Easter holiday protracted thla year over 7omn:?" i" EES. 23 an.unuaually long interval, haa no recent date regarding the plight of the doubt had something to do with re- f-ngiiah grower la therefore of aaaoH .-., .. . Interest: ... - - .- - --, . ins MiMi Mmninu am in, hat, in. s l.!-.mn. inn fi?rt uS? S.t. M""1 1b l house of oom very new and deep-aeated perplexity I mnn -., i . .u over ths financial outlook. Develop-1 t irow.r. In'V.A. .hn.i In .n ments id ths business situation during ne,t, convincing manner how everybody . the week, while conflicting, have concerned In tbe business has beea los dded to rather than diminished the un- I in. r. -. t n . ... , certainty regarding the future. . . Thev said that this waa almaa. an. ' On that avia h n .i riwirla Af f n, Imn I tl.1 jk - . - ... 7 - - -. - 7.1. w . I ""'r - i nm iioouuig oi uie noma , trade are a little better, although fewer market with American surplus supplies, rlants are workina now than in tha best I ami thev aaa .mnh.n-.fi-, !-. daya of the March recovery, more are imoualy that the only remedy waa a ' In preparation than a fortnight ago. I duty on foreirn lmnnrtntlnn. A atlll more striking sign of depres- Ths hard facts and figures given by alon is shown hi the persiatent fall In Colonel J. r Hannvb.ll &n - irant cotton pricea. which have touched dur- hop grower, conatltuted an overwhelm ing tne week a new low record ror tne I ing argument for tariff reform. aeaaon. I colonel Honeyball gave evidence tin - With all due allowance for the alow- I behalf of the Eaat Kent chamber of ag only 42,000 neaa with which trade recovery ia wont I rlculture. to follow a panle, the question often I "While there are now asked nowadaya ia: What la It that la I acres under bops, against 71,781 In really holding business in cneckT All 1171." he said, "there la no corresnond- are anxicua to know If further weak-1 Ing diminution in the Importation of " neaa Is to be axperlenoed In the eom- I foreign grown hope . They averaged for ' fnerrlsl anil flnsniMsl struotura I the 10 yeara 117)1 to HIT I04.t nwta. In the oourae of events, however, a year, and for the 10 years 1891 to 1907 - since November there Is abundant proof 192,171 owta., or only 4 per cent leaa that our banking system and our trade "What alarms the planters Is that conditions were, even previous to the while the English crops for 1901 and panic, essentially sound. Bank sua- 107 were two of the smallest ever, pensions In number were considerable, flown In succession 248,000 cwta. and put tne most oonspiouous raiiea insu-i ". rwi;iiT-x me pnwe tution resumed ao quickly mat it e mwi nave Deen aa-. were comfortably In exceaa of lUblll- "I put the causes for the low prloea .! 1 M 1 1.. - I- . V. - I MS TOllOWS! ' li r m. ha ri v-pii in. iBtiui mm .1. iu uiw - . , .... . . gate have, of oourae, been large, but "American competition. In sending telatlve to the trade volume they are . nre. or havlne- In readiness to . - very much smaller than for the period "?a,"uri"" iun"s ar, any iavpr- 0f igtj able time, thus crushing out the English Tha preaent altuatlon In the country 'ndiJ"tr'r- , . . . . v trade may be beat deacribed as a state Xen,ral depreaslon of the home trade of stable equilibrium, lha underpin- of Jl5L".COiUntry v . v v ' 1. .- nei.n 1. "Moat brewery bnalneaaes bava been where felt .fiat tha worst of the de- eonverted Into limited, companies, which. oresalon la behind us. T J 1 1 U -. ... I A i in I'unwvnii mil 11 1. iiu ,uuu 1111 - 1 , . . nulse will be found until the ereslden- .Jff1"" rMe- tlal nominations In June and July are -.i-V 7L VTrA wi?h-it over with. The root of the uncertainty USSSJ LJKJ?, tow4 wlll,owt have not the capital to buy hops for a year's consumption In advance. Hence dragging trade. "Cold atorage, which enables bops In In every presidential year la that busi ness lntereata are fearful of radical changea and innovations In policies of much deterioration." Waa 2abor Has beet, Colonel Honeyball quoted statistics government. They must be assured In showing what an enormous proportion the first place that one at least of the of the cost of producing hops goes to la- ' two principal candidates will bs a man bor. who understands this sentiment and "T grew 101 acres of hops In 1901 will respect: secondly, that the candl-1 and 91 acrea of hooa In 1907. Tha coat . date of this type will In all probability I in 1905 waa about 180 per acre, and In be tne one elected. rnere ia no naai-iisoT naany t.i. These are tbe sums tatlon In saving, after careful lnaulry. I a pent In labor: ' 1906. that the financial community aa a Pay to pickers 11,786 whole Is much more cheerful on these Pay to pole pullers.... 167 matters than It was three months ago. Pay to driers..., 98 In other words, aa to the final result Pay to owners of vans. 222 year next November, our leadlnr bankers are! Manual labor during the not seriously afraid. What tney do apprehend from the experience of the past is ths characteristic chills of the pi-e-eiection campaign, witn tne' un 1907. I 108 IT 7. 1.05T 11,141 ark to ncrease e bengals f i ... . , iur vuuaiiiuiiun. aipa, eo b. Buus, green sail, The poUce authorities remembered the .1 - 5 . T. . . ., . , , I varee nays oi sireei ngnung mm iui- 4 a7 IHA-He lb. BKl-EPBKINS Bhrtng, iJffl tool lowed the announcement of the Ports ISS5f u.Tti Wt. 'L.melUIS' I mouth peace treaty In the fall of 1905. 1 rf-i.WT - "w on that occasion all the uproar was ' TirTnw Tiiim -ii... ftarted by.the barring of the gates to w eTj iiiiii. " ' nioiya para oy ponce oroer, ana witnin Is.0., ,??,"s..r.l,-,, , I three hours the house of the home mln- !; SS; " if' 8.".T V0":.c;po",,--i?? Meter, across the street, was burned, an $8.60; valley. $4.45; graham, u. $4.11; people were being aut down In the iron Trults and Tegetablea. I avenue facing the park by the aworda POTATOES -Select, 75c selling; buy m?,unaa genaarmes. Ing. Willamette valley, 45o; eastern 4 With all these ctroumstsnees In mind Multnomah and Clackamas. M"U6o per Jhe, Police authorities posted the fol cwt; sweets, 84c; seed stock, !?wln? notice In prominent places about t o. b Portland, American Wonders! the city on the day timt the mass meet- it F-arlv Rnu. 11:' new damuim Kn I Ing was to be neid. . . . . . w- " " 1 I.XT MM. 1. 1 ' ONIONS Jobbing price, beat Ore gon, $4.25(8)4.50; seconds. $4; Texas, IX.YB per dv ID cram; gaxiic, so 10. APPLESSelect, $3; fancy, 12.2. 0 t.60; , choice, $2.00; ordinary. $1.25) 1.60. - - . FRESH FRUITS Orane-es. I2.2E(9 2.76; bananas 6Ho per lb crated, n; lemons, ixoa-ae pox; grspevruit, si.ego 1:60- pineapples, $40 dos; tangcrtnea $1.25 a box; strawberries, $22.26 per IE box crate, - . - - VJ.GETABLES Turnips, ntw, COO 10c sack; carrots, lOo per- sack; beeta - C6t76o per aack; paranlpa, Ocll ; cab bage. $1.601.60: tomatoes. California, $2.26; Florida. $3.754.00; beans. 1$H 16c; cauliflower, Oregon, 40c $1 dos; ' peas. I7e; horseradish, 7H 8o lb; artichokes, 75c dos; green folons, 40a - dos; peppers, bell, 25c; Chile, lie lb: Jiothouae lettuce, :$LOO1.50 box; head ettuce, 66o 6H; cucumbers, hothouse, California, 11.75 dox; radishes 16c doa bunches; rhubarb,' Oregon,. 46o lb; celery. $4.503i:76 crate; cranberriee, eastern, v $9.00 10.80; sprouts, IHo lb; asparagus,. Oregon, i $0 9900 per dos bunches- California. I 7c lb; aplnaoh. I00o box i ,.',t..'.".: . Owetauvm,'-a.i.v ',.? ' STJQAR-eCallfornta A Hawailm Re Unery -Cube, $6.80; powdered, $5.65; 'No arms shall be 'oarrled bv those who attend the mcntlng. "No kerosene oil or n,tches shall be carried. "No electrlo car shall oe burnt. "The diet buildings shall not be de stroyed oy nre. "No members of the diet who sup ported the tax Increase bills shall be assaulted." Happily the police prohibitions speci fying whet should, constitute something more than a nuisance had their effect There was no riot. II ' - ''V Flowers or Rico. '. .From the Cleveland Leader. In the neighborhood - of Shanghai an Knrllsh sailor on his way. to tha for- elgnere' burial ground to lay a wreath en the grave or a former comrade met an Intelligent-looking native carrying a pot of rice. . . .' a . "Hello. John!" he hallel "where are jrou goin with that 'ere V , - , : "I takse put on glave glave of my flien'," said the Chinaman.. , "Hoi hoi" laughed the' sailor, "and when do you expect your friend to come up and eat it?"' . - John was silent a moment and then replied. "All time saroee your f Ilea' come up ana iroeuee your uowers,- , ' .' "SAVING r THE ' ERIC" ---rrom the New Tork Tf orld, May July May July May July May July $4 93' )H 86 CORN. 67H 63 OATS. 62 43 MESS PORtC Hll I11 "OS .1342 1347 1387 in it 48 I6H HH 3 63 2 48 43 1310 1345 BEST BUTTER DROPS IN FRISCO MARKET (Hearst Nwa by Longest Leased wire.) va1rranc,"eo' AD,rfI 18 The receipts ?i-,U.tti'Ler2 fTy lar"e and extras and firsts declined .Ho per pound. Creamer ies closed steady and packing stock iriu. y cnange i0 cases of extra 18.461 Thns In 1901 fI4 6a ner aera waa pleasant reflection they are likely to spent locally, and In 1907 28 lis. - ! . . i (j iua vi,..ii wi uc ur-u ii, growing hops give employment In some I part of the empire Thua: "Soft soap, Chlswlck: coal. Wales and Notts: wire, iron districts: tuts, rrown . In India, manufactured In Dundee; yarn, ' tjeyioni quaaaia, grown in Jamaica, i. chipped In England: many machines and engines, all made In England; dry IngplAnt, Belfast. -"We cannot maintain our present aere- ; age of 42,000 unless tbe Industry, le pro tected. . i, . ' ' - . ' ! "Every 1,000 acres lost means 129,009 have upon the security market TRADE REGULATIONS DISCUSSED BOARD fVlTilTTlissinTl MfTl WOIlld I e"" wages to British work people, tVUIUliaaiUU OUCU TTUU1,U .-j ,uMt the following remedies: AfAvr Xattr TJiilao. in Hvinnf I i1) A Interests Together. '(it X dutv of 40s per hundredweight on foreign hops with a preference of 15 per cent ius a nunoreaweignt to me ' colonies. . . -1 "(2) The marking of bales of forelgw and eolontal hops, as English growers h are compelled to do under the bop pre- ' There was a well attended meeting of I ventlon of frauds act. 1868. Front street commission men and the .. til A, pure beer aot, and tne proniw- dairy lntereata on the floor, of the board Of trade yesterday afternoon at S I who also spoke on behalf of the Eaat o'clock for the purpose of dUcussvng MV.fSw n. vi,,. f,.. rules and regulations governing theLThA5,du.,trJ' VFl'.h dairy and produce business. The dis- ?" or-u oh - iv 10, ... . va?uabl. ."tlo'nT and F 'wssTo It 'is the fear of foreign hops coming , ideed bv evervbodv resent t"t the to England that keeps prTcee down more ' IpWot'oSSSS whlcf the dsil W ths actual importations." meetings on the floor of the board of . Xnoorate Tax X-oesee. trade has brought about, will result In ".George Arnold, an East Peckham rv much better understanding among grower, gave evidence on behalf of the ' the Front street merchants. Every- Tnnbrldge Wells Farmers club: body d resent at the meeting conceded "Hon rrowara are aDolvina- for relief. the fact that present conditions weeJ from Income tax under schedule B. - The -not satisfactory, but on the other band I national exchequer will lose In this way everv one also realised that a thorough I about 600 from two villages alone. and free discussion of the present draw- f "Our crop last year cost 4 9s Id per backs through ther board or trade was hundredweight to produee and place on bound to readjust matters along proper the London market. The average price . llnee. for hops thla year-does not exceed it The meeting resolved that each Indl- 16s. so that It Is easy to understand our ., vldual member In attendance should loss." ' discuss during the coming week, the Mr. Arnold then put In s- leble show- , various suggestions made during this Ing the loss to the hop growers ot the meeting, with hie business friends In country durinap the laet three years. The , the different lines and then report back figures show the cost of producing and on Monday, April IT. at I p. m.. when the average selling price of that crop another meeting of the produce and yielded: dairy interests will be held to further 1907. discuss the rulee submitted, with a 44.988 aeree at 141. ..........11,982,000 view of final adoption. 174,1291 cwt at 12 lis.......... 1.047.561 As one of the leading Front street . . : , , , . merchants expressed It at the meeting. Net loss.............. 1 884,439 "What we produce merchants moatly , leoa. i - ' -' n..lH, unify ani4 entinAVAtinn tKara la WV9m no better medium through which we I acres at I4S. ;.. ...... ..1.009,04$ , egga sola at I M iur iinun an dosen at 22o. The only change in cheese was a decline of He per pound for New Tork storage. On 'change 60 new Young Americas sold at 13 Ho per pound. Hew steady , ; Young American Los Angeles strawberries arrived In fine condition, and readily eold at ad "C!.P,ref" hve been the most attractive feature of the market, and buyera yeaterday increased their or-S-t J t -nPlLt.h' two daya' requlrempnts. JiS ISauI n,d M11nJa varieties fi". "2liinep- APPi8 now sell only Ki-,i.p-M1i,tr way- Th,!, market was fairly active for seasonable fruits v.?S '"l'e about out of first hands. Bermuda seed iin.. Texas were reduced in price. Austral Ian were firmly held. Lompoc pota- w.r- .T-fT.rr5r rne ut other kinds k.!. 1-. Asparagus did better tra. local and shipping demand. There i;iT.pori!lof 92 urates of Mexican tomatoes. Tna s-nrtoral pea. was $L25eL75 per Sk.r' ' - The Stump Market, ' ; " From the" Atlanta Conalltutlon. ' "Whats that feller'tveiitn' an thar In the field?" - ' , " ' "7 "He's cornered the market In stumps an' ben tryin' . to rent 'em to candl dates." . i 1 can obtain It than through the boasj of i.8 cwU. at 14 16s UT.01I The rules discussed covered rearula-1 Net loss. f 142.02 Hons to govern the purchase and eale'of ; 1908. , , butter, c1m.. eggs PfJtnf. rlt and 48 a87 acW(B t 143. ........... lf,10B,5l vegetablea. The "ajflcatlon of but- 696.941 cwta, at 1 4s 1.831,074 ter. of cheese and of eggs, the provision for the Inspection Of eggs, cheese and -.-. i... t T.cn :.... ,i, i-ih . l " i'.i "u . " ', T. ., . i . . 7" . . Total toss in tnree years tj,soo,74. An Invitation wlU - Be extended to The -committee then adjourned , until all the commission and dairy Interests Tuesday. At the rate of three witnesses , to attend the meeting on Monday. week it muat le many months before Arnj . F; juusm irom j tna committee pubiisnea its report, . . . ...' .,(. ,k . ... , S ,n.ifv".v.w f irro1 1." WEEEX South Cttroltaa Cork Two, In view of the erroneous Impression From the Torkville Enquirer, that the board of trade of PqrtlanoV There is a cork tree in Fairfield coun- Oregon, was to occupy quarters in the tv. The Enquirer had never Jeard of Board of Trade building on Fourth and such a thing In this state before, but Oak streets, the office of the board of the tree is certainly there and it is a trade wish It to tie known, that the whopper, three feet through, permanent quarters' for the next five W; W. Blair of Blalrvllle brought Into years at least, by lease, will be on the the Enquirer office a epecmen from the around floor of the new Commercial cork tree, a section -of. bark severs riub building. Rooms 7 and 8 with en- Inches long and an Inch and a ha if trance-j on Fifth'etreet. have been fitted through. It looks like good commercials up with blackboards and all other on- cork. Mr. Blair said that from the bt venlences for the transaction of busi- Information he could get toe-tree was ness on the floor of the exchange. set out shout 1850 or a-few rears be- 'n,, hV mil M"1 finiMjTlii", he organisation has neither of ftrli. Iy or unofficially any interest in or connecilor. with the building on Fourth ad Oak streets. Aa an association. the board of trace "was organised 1894 ss the Portland board of trade and has been incorporated on February- 28 of this year as the board of trade of Port. ano, uregonv.:--. v,i':-.-v-v-. . ! HI. I ni M l I- ) 1 . l',' Fashtohs in "Balloons, -'y Pear-shaped balloons are .the fashion in Belgium, the point Is upward. - the base oi tne paiioon is spnencat. it is claimed that balloons of thla ahape pierce the air vertlcally vrith far great er speed than-i the ordinary . spherical balloon. Conaequently they are stead ier. ' Also the upper pointed end pre vents the accumulation of moisture nr snow, on the surface, which frequently weighs a baloon down and destroys its power to rise. . .. v. man The bark has been stripped from the tree from time to time for quite a rlU tance up. The tree is an, evergreen and very beautiful. ; . M -- ' - - of FREE! Blrdaeye Map and Photo Arbum RAWHIUK the" city; dtsirlct and Its great mirf Also toposruphlcal- map rf Kva I i freat mm'r?n -mt ii n- pn.q i - i 1.6o,0tio.ouu. 'l' he l,''"t srxl mt -curat flteratur. of Nv l ever r liahi-.l. AV full IllfO I HHit.i'1,1 f.-.r : the t'ns"li ""l": of -Vf!j ik :.. and Ore IM.sti lct tuhx s, i 1 TUB SiWKISB St OU.3T CO., Tts i"- 2-r r .