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' THE " OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY"118, 18C3. GRANGERS SUPPORT URGES VOTERS DEGREES - ,y 'S RATE FIGHT TO REl'MRB WORD HEAVEN HUD HELL 11 THREE fllLLfdEN 1 (Fa7TT State Committee Declares Bate Is In Their Own Interest, and that Lumber men Should Be Aided in Every Way Possible, ! At the state convention of toe grange hejd In Eugene recently the question of adequate transportation and cheap rate on railroads waa gone Into at soma length and great thoroughness Dy a committee on tranaporution. The "' report of the committee, which la a weeping and exhaustive one, la aa fol ' Iowa: "One of the most vexing problems be fore our people today is that of trans portation, especially the two phases adequate transportation and cheap rates. "One vear ago there was a shortage .of l.Socafs. Today "0,000 cars r sidetracked, and scores of Pacific Sast sawmills are of the main causes for idle the ; 1 cessation or consirucuun ?a7paclnc coast it is more largely due to high rates lor lumoer. w v. ' Tafhen the interstate commerce com ' mission considered the question of rail . road rites aa affecting the lumbermen ifthe northwest early in ""ber it took up one of the greatest jd "ost vital questions ever coming before the tribunal, and the lumbermen believe Jhat if their view la accepted by the commission eventually the railways will be compelled to give them , enouah to enable them to market orae thing like W5.000.000 worth of timber that la now wasted each year In the foreata and in the mills. This dous loas represents almost 0 Per cent " of the annual timber production of the aUte of Washington, or between a tnira and a aalf of that of Oregon. Battle of Millions. "The contest of the railway" and the , lumbermen is the most gigantic strug- - glT ever waged in the northwestern states, with milliona represented on the side of the lumbermen, and many more milliona on the aide of their oppopenta And yet this great combat has been precipitated by a very small thing an ordinary dime, a 10-cent piece. : -"One might expect cooperation end harmony between these two immense Intereata ao much are they depending upon each other. The lumbermen, de pending entirely upon the raHways to reach the markets of the middle states, would, one would think, do almost any thing to avoid open rupture with the ; men who operate the great transporta tion lines, and as lumber Is the great staple product, can be moved with little - reward to season or weather, may be carried In almoat any kind of cars, ' needs no particular haste in transporta tion, may be aidetracked for perishable . or rush products with all thesa things one would think the railroad would aak to have no closer bosom friends ' than the-lumber manufacturer While they both might wish to be frlenda auch la far from the case. ' Old JUte Very tow. "Th question is aimply this: Teara ago the rallwaya needed the lumber trafflo of Oregon, Washington and Idaho ; and made a low rate of haul eastward. ' Then they got ao much business that . ' they could not take car of much more than half of what the lumbermen of fered and asked for an increase of car rying tolls amounting to 10 cents per 1 hundred pounds or about 25 per cent. Traffic officials say that the ost of ' nnaratlna- the railways has been con stantly increasing and that they have been compelled to haul empty cars westward In order to accommodate the . lumber manufacturers. They say there is a constant tendency toward equalisa tion in rail rates: that high rates are ' being reduced and low rates are ad- vanoing to effect-a Just mean. " 'They declare that lumber tariffs are low and should go up in order that " there be no Injustice to other commodl- ties. They assert that they announced the advanced rates after careful study, and expect a big fight, as a result of the advance, but they Insist there will De no compromise. "When one stops to consider the fig : urea, the lumber business of the north west is startling In Its proportions. . The state of Washington Is the largest lumber producer in the Union. Virtu ally all this timber comes from west I the cascade mountains, so the lnaus- try 1 wonderfully concentrated. - - v1t la estimated that there is $100.- 000,000 Invested In mills, machinery and ' . lumber equipment In this district. More tnaa leo.uov persons are engaged in the Industry when the mills are going . - at run speed, and it is estimated that , .-.more than 200,000 people are dependent j upon ii inairecuy. Kins' Bar Payroll. v. , "'The annual payroll in the mllla and logging camps when in full operation ' - reaches 1(0,000.000. More than 4,000, 000,000 feet of lumber can be manufac- -tured In 11 months, worth 166,000,000, "while the shingle production amount a to 117,000,000. Twenty-five million dollars - In good years is paid annually to the - j railways lor we transportation or a " ; string of cars 1.015 miles in lenrth. ' About seven tenths of this long train I is filled with lumber and the remainder with shingles. . ! "Here are a few figures showing how :; ue iumnr inaustry compares with ; ' others In the northwest: The annua output of timber la estimated at $82, ' 000,000: grain. $42,000,000: coaL 110- 000,000. Perhaps half the lumber out put Is shipped by water to California, : Hawaii. China. New Zealand and South , America. Rates are based on 100 pounds' shipments with a minimum load to a ear. " The railways are now paid 40 cents NOW INSTEAD OF LATER Startling Reductions on Made-to- Order Clothe, and the Reason for this Extraordinary Sale , - and Offer. ' .l2n$K.our prln lens for this eaaons business we took last sprina'a results as a basis as far a q u antlt Se -.are concerned. You ell know h 7k!! . financial atringency affected TtheIntir1 MlUlltrV anil nsaw 4 dlliltj retail 'ttide. " Busing thl, . therefore, did net cSm, p to oJr pectattons. Our stock hT heavy-some of it, will have to ba sac? rificed eyantually-for we nevei over pattern from one season toinZ other." Instead of reducing our priced , at tha end of the season, WE tin it NOW We take our loss and tak H quickly; costs and values are entlrew disregarded. This is Indeed an excltJ tional Opportunity come and take AdI vantage of prica concessions such m you rarely expect to find at the end of the season, never, as in this ln..n.- at Its very beginning.. ln addition to our usual low prices we will a-iVe lcial discount of ti per cent, also an xtra pair "f trousers or a fancy silk . ' 1 lnB pnc out not the . quality.. We can refer you to overoo watlsfied customers as to our ability In ' i? .u r' hulldlng- made-to-order .... -...-.r -u cm t unaer personal , . miun mi mr. Aiaxweil. All Clothl marked In pial figures. Quality, work rnnnip al fit guaranteed. -Garments . in in.. ax weu Tailoring mm lny. HI .S.vorvd street, near Aider, fciure opn eveniugs. . . . Demand for Lower Lumber for transporting lumbar per 100 pounds irom me .racino cqast to su faui. 60 cents to Omaha and 40 cents to enver. while cedar and shingles take a 10 cent mguer rate 10 eacn place. ine new rate Is 10 cents higher on lumber to St. Paul and 6 cents higher into the Missouri territory. 7H cents higher to " 'Most of the northwest's rouarh product goes into the Dakotas, Mon tana and Colorado, while the finished grades of lumber are shipped into Kan sas, Nebraska, Missouri and the other middle states, where they come into competition with the white pine of the south and the woods of Michigan and Wisconsin forests. Kaon Competition. "'Those competitive districts are much nearer the market, and ao are called upon to pay much less freight charges, than the lumbermen of this coast pay. "This new rate spells noth ing but ruin for us, declared the lum bermen In the beginning, when they were called upon to pay the advance demanded by the Hill and Harrlman lines, and their dire prophecy has not been far from fulfillment. There is no question but what the lumbermen have the more popular argument to set be fore the people, for It Is the railroads that have made the advance. " 'Rough lumber at the mill Is worth from $13.60 to $16 per thousand. The lumber manufacturers assert positively that their profits ordinarily are about $1.60 per thousand at present cost of operating and after paying old freight rates. They figure out that this rate of Increase means a further differential against them of from $2 to $2.80. "And then where do we get off?" they ask.' "The foregoing statement applies with equal force to Oregon and in but a little less degree. Oregon and Washington h'inber and other interests are Identical. We have but to reach across the Co lumbia, a, large part of our northern border, to shake hands, and the Oregon state grange ran make no mistake In throwing its influence with that of Washington In helping the lumbermen and thus make friends with these pow erful Industries and, in their winning the battle, strike a telling blow for self interest. ' Bow About Bates T "It Is now announced that the Great Northern railroad has ordered con structed 600 fruit cars and 600 stock cars to accommodate these great and ? rowing Industries. But how about reight rates? We imperatively need also lower rates for our fruit, for it would enable us to ship thousands of tons where we now ship -only hundreds. "Our waterways can be made to cut a large figure in the matter Of trans portation. An open Columbia from Its mouth to far up toward its sources would mightily help the great inland empire. For central western Oregon an open Willamette to Eugene a large part of the year, including free locks at Oregon City, would save the farmers thousands at dollars annually. A line of steamers from Taqulna bay to San Francisco and way ports again would be of incalculable benefit "Why should be delve and toil and with the sweat of our browa raise prod ucts that cannot be excelled anywhere and then let so much perish because transportation rates are too high for profitable shipments? "This is a 'booster year for Oregon as never before. Let us catch the spirit of enthusiasm surging all around us, and join hands with the magnetic forces that will speed us forward to a grander destiny. The dream or the grange for years, a parcels post, is near fulfillment Every noble principle for which the grange has stood all these weary years Is growing to be the war crv of the masses for equal right and equal laws. More and more the grange influence is permeating every nooK ana corner of our vast domain, and some dav there wil go up the mighty shout: 'Hail to the grange!"" L. C STRATTON. 1. A. MERRIMAN, C. L. MORSE. MRS. E. W. STAATS. MRS. ELLA A. TOMPSON, Committee. EARLY EDITION Headers All Through Wil lamette Valle.v Enjoy It at Breakfast. With the enterprise that has charac terised The Journal since it haa been established ln the good graces of the Oregon people, an early edition of the great Sunday Journal was sent out on the early Southern Pacific train yester day morning that carried the news of the state and world to the people of southern Oregon on the day of publica tion. Readers as far south a a Cottage Orove received yesterday's Journal be fore breakfast time and at Ashland The Journal arrived ln the afternoon. All the newa of the world up to nearly 1 o'clock Sunday morning was contained in tne Dig edition. io set out the early edition meant extra work for the Journal forces, but this was cheerfully given ln" order that the residents of the valley might have the news of the day on the day it was published. The great presses were all ready, waiting for the last plates as mey went through tne stcreotypers' hands and were at last delivered to the pressmen, when they were quickly buckled on and the machinery started. With great rapidity the edition was printed and tied in bundles ready for the expreaa wagons waiting to carry the papers to the depot where they were put on wie train ready to rusU southward through the valley. At Medford. Ashland, Roseburg, Salem. Cottage Grove. Albany. Eugene, Grants Pass and Corvallis the train stopped, while the huge bundles of the early edition were thrown off to be gathered up by The Journal carriers and, distributed to the homes of the read era The early edition was rrt f. tn- The Journal and much appreciated by its readera SUNDAY JOURNAL EMU CL0SSET JR i DIES AT HOOD RIVER Emll Cosset Jr.. secretary and treas. ?!L0iCU"et.., vera. dlad at his Hood River residence at t o'clock last night following an Illness of several months. He was born In Portland. 10 years tgo and for the past 10 years had been connected with Closset i Devers. v?Z, y-ar" Ukng an interest In the uf. H1 wa". popular member of Multnomah Athletic club. He was married in St. Louis last fall to Miss Hcheydeeker. who. with his father, Jo eph Closset. mother, twe brothers and a sister, survive him. ,, .. . Funeral arrangements have' not been maae. . - ,- . - . -. . . , ,.,Tnmrro.w -nd Wednesday 111 posl- ... yiM- tb dayt 'or l-unt on aat side gaa bills. . . Portland oaf go, iv-ron'':'-' Eev. ErXelsoOllen Calif to Mind What Ex-Sheriff Accomplished. LIQU0B MEN ALWAYS REWAED SERVANTS Pastor Points Out That, Strong Ef forts Are Again Being Made to Nullify Local Option Law, and Therefore Indorses Tom Word. Rev. E. Nelson Allen, pastor of the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian church delivered a prelude to his sermon last evening on the question, "Shall we vote with the liquor men?" He said in part: A few years ago Portland was notor iously a wide-open town. The liquor men, gamblers and boss politicians had everything their own way." Their first set-back came with the adoption of. the Initiative and referendum. Then to their utter amazement came the adop tion of the state local option law. Their next defeat was In the rejection of the Jayna amendment in the legislature, Then after the most vigorous campaign the hey could inaugurate in oenair or an nltiatlve amendment to the local option I law, sfeated h than 10.000 majority. Then they ques- tinned the constitutionality Of the law with the result that the law was upheld by the supreme court and declared valid in every particular. ' "Now they are marshaling their forces In another effort to nullify the local option law. Mayor Reddy of Medford. with the. support of the liquor men of Portland and throughout the etate, has proposed an amendment to the constitu tion which if adopted would have the effect, as stated in the Morning Orego nian of January 28, of 'Olvestlng sher iffs and district attorneys of the power to suppress poolrooms and Sunday sa loons and give municipal authorities power to run a town as wide open as they desire.' It Is a law backed by the most vicious element of the state and for the purpose of entrenching all man ner of vices ami Immoralities. It tn an effort to make the legislation of corrupt city councils superior to the criminal laws of the state. .Jt will provide a means by which a "liquor town may force its behests upon the taxpayers of a county, without proviaing mat ine enormous expense of prosecuting crim inals, maintaining Jails and almshouses and extra police forcb shall be borne by the towns alone who are responsible for these conditions. Sow Liquor Kan Work. "This iniquitous piece or proposed legislation certainly deaerves over whelming defeat and will receive it un less we vote with the liquor men. One fact is to be constantly Dome In mind, in the ceaseless warfare with liquor men. they never fail to reward their servants, nor to punish their enemies. Witness the defeat of Judge George be cause he upheld the anti-gambling laws. Witness the defeat of Sheriff Word In the last election by the use of fraudu lent affidavits and the colonisation of voters in Sellwood precinct. Witness the attempted defeat of Judge Bro naugh in the primaries for no other reason than the fact that he favors the local option law. "The question arises, shall we stand by the men who favor law enforcement or shall we vote with the liquor men for those who favor non-enforcement? "We have now an excellent opportu nity of showing our colors. What shall we say of the office of sheriff? Two years ago Sheriff Stevens was the liquor men's candidate. Sheriff Word had alienated all that element by his rigor ous nollcv or law enrorcemeni. ine Irhiia was clear cut then and continues to be. What has Sheriff Stevens done to merit his re-election? He has waged no war in the interest of a better en forcement of law. He has fought no battles for the public good. He has not taken a single step forward. Wnat Word Accomplished. "Lest we forget, let us call to mind some of the things that belong to the credit of Sheriff Word. When he came Into office Portland was a wide-open city. Gambling was everywhere. A conservative estimate at the time placed the number of habitual poker players In the city alone at 1,000. Including tnoae who played occasionally, the number was augmented to 8,600. In the regular rambling houaea there were employed 72 men. There were 200 men employed In poker rooms located ln saloons, cigar stores and other places. Over 1600,000 was paid annually to the employes of these gambling houses. No . estimate can be placed on the amount of money lost In these places. "The first big raid -was made by Sher iff Word and his deputies on the Maze cafe, August Erlckson's concert hall, Ed and Eugene Blasters' concert hall, and several score of players were placed under arrest At one time there were 87 gambling cases pending in court to be tried on separata charges. Their fines ranged from $60 to $500. Every effort was made to Induce the sheriff to de sist ln his anti-gambling crusade. Fail ing In the attempt at bribery, they threatened his life. He was compelled to spend a large portion of hia salary ln the enforcement of the law. "The heroic example of Sheriff Tom Word in closing gambling in the city of Portland haa been the means of sup pressing the iniquitous business In nearly all the cities and towns of the northwest. It is up to the qualified voters of Multnomah county to say whether he shall be rewarded for the tremendous work which he has accom plished in the Interest of morals and good citlsenshlp. If men shall receive no reward for such heroic services: what Incentive snau mey nave ior serving the public good?" DARK INDUSTRIAL CLOUDS. Rev. G. R, Varney Thinks Self -Preservation Is Being Asserted. Gloomy views of the labor problem were expressed by Rev. George R. Var ney of Baker City, who filled the pulpit at the White Temple yesterday at both services in the absence of Rev. J. Whit- comb Brourher. He declared that was-ea are falline ln comparison with the cost of living, and said there is no wonder that an uprising or tne laoonng classes Is imminent, because the right of self preservation will assert Itself. He pointed to the slums of the great cities as an Illustration of his text, and exclaimed, "If I were to dip my paint brush in the seething caldron whose stifling fumes ascend from the pit of hell. I could not paint the black side of the picture." The speaker said that the conscience of every man upholds the president in Keep on hand for a quick lunch Post Toasties The most delicious toasted food yet produced. ,' - "ThTsitw UnserV . - -v Mad by ' JPoetum Cereal Company. Limited, - : i Battle Creek, Mich. --. Christtaff-llianrepeaiker Explains "Paradise," "Hades," "Gehenna," The annual convention of the Chris tian and Missionary Alliance closed last night. Rev. Milton ,M. Bayles D. D., and Rev. Isaac Hess spoke at each of the ihree services yesterday. The annual of ferlDg for home and foreign Dila tions was taken at tha afturnnAn r services and . amounted tof .' ima izjea la for foreign missions and is the largest amount ever taken by the alliance for that purpose. Dr. RflVlAa mnA Umr T.bma U. .III . " OOKV 11W Will epeak Tuesday evening at the chapeL East Ninth and Clav atreota. Th( will do meir inat appearance at this time. At the evening x service Dr. Bayles took for his subject, "Is There a Heaven and Where Is It, and la There a Hell and Where Is It?" Dr. Bayles said: "There are three stages of heaven and three stages of hell. The first stage of heaven is here on earth in men's hearts and lives. To the extent that we sub mit to the Lord and he lives ln us we have a heaven, and we will never have It anywhere else until we first have it there. And according to the measure of it here will be the measure of our heaven elsewhere. "The second stage of heaven Is para dise, the intermediate state for th saved. The word paradise means Dleaa-! ure garden. "At his rlaht hand are treasures forevermore.' Paul was caugit uv iu ine mira neaven. -in rimt heaven is the clouds, the second h starry heavens. Above the stars some where is paradise. There our loved ones are now safely garnered. The third itage of heaven will be this earth. At the close of the mlllenium there will be ushered ln the new heavens and the new e&rth in which dwelleth righteous ness, im meex snail mnent the earth.' ine rignteous snail inherit all things.' 'Where sin has abounded, arrana ahull much more abound.' lhere are also three stares of hll The first stare of hell is a man'a haarf and life. To the extent that he sur renders to the 'devil he ban a hall nn earth to go to hell ln. But all un converted DeODle of necesaltv tra hell hound because they have rejected Jesus Christ, the only name given whereby we uiubi ua s&vea. The- second stare of hell fhartaa In the revision and in the Greek) will be hades, the intermediate state for the lost. There are 80 passages of scrip ture that declare hades to be some where ln the heart of the earjh. 'Hades from boreath Is moved to receive thee at thy coming.' There is one word translated hades which is mora nrnn. erly rendered cavern. The lost ln hades have no liberties and are reserved unto the Judgment of the great day. The third stage of hell is Gehenna, the lake of f'.re. At the close of the mll lenium the unsaved dead are brought out of hades to appear beforarthe white throne of Judgment. Thejr are con demned and cast Into the lake of flra This la the third and last stage of hell and It is eternal punishment" ut. Bayles Is the author of several works, and has two more in prepara tion! This account of heaven and hell is the closing chapter in one of them. demanding the "square deal." Draw ing his phraseology still further from the gaming table, the preacher said: "But step up to the financial table, where the game between capitalist and laborer is belnr nlaved. I think tan minutes' observation will convince you that ln this game the winning cards have been dealt to capital every time, while the laborer la lucky In he gets out with a coat on his back." Mr. Varney referred to flaniraa ahnw- ing the material wealth of the coun try, and said that between 78 and sn per cent of It is ln the hands of the capitalist. In 1870 the percentage ln the hands of the few was only &3 jer cent. He asserted his belief that tho nation will yet solve the labor prob lem, and that it Avlll come throuch some sort of cooperative commonwealth wnere ine ruie prescriDed Dy Chrlut will be observed. "Bear ye one anoth er s burdens." Selfishness must be weeded out, the speaker declared. FAVORS O. N. G. BILL. Dr. Wilson Urges Hearers to Vote For Appropriation, Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D. 15., spoke in favor of the -state armory bill before large audiences in the Centenary Methodiat Episcopal church yesterday. The bill came ud in the legislature and was favorably acted on, but at the last moment was killed by the State Grange. Under the referendum it comes before the people direct in the June election. "By all means vote 'Yea' on measure number 312," said Dr. Wilson. "It means only $25,000 per year for four years for the national guard of thle state. In all Oreaon we have onlv H.20Q men in tho national guard and they are housed In rented buildings, some of them only old barns. A nation must have an army, and the way to have peace is to be prepared for war If necessarry. But when war comes it la then too late to train your young men without a terrible and wholly un necessary loss of life. "If we want to keep young men full of animal life out of the saloon and away from the race track and gambling hell we must give them some place to go. something to do, something manly, not 'ladylike? Many church people fancy that by training men to be sol diers we would be encouraging them :o violence. Now no nation never lived unless its men not only would fight but could fight And no body of men oan fight without training. "The time is past, when America carf go blundering along in the old blind way of the past century ln rearard to other nations and to war. To be as helpless as we are today, especially on this coast, is to invite war. It is the peaceful man with the gun who keeps the peace. No matter how peaceful he may be himself, if he has no gun then no one pays any attention to him. "Labor must take a serious and act ive interest ln the national guard. Too many laboring meh wrongly look on the national guard only as a weapon of the state lent to the corporations in times or strikes to suppress laoor. But thet Is no longer true. The laboring- man should Join the guard himself. The guard is tne training school of our ra tional defense. Let everybody vote Tes' by all means, that we may have a national guard. ASTORIA ON RECORD FOR THK UNIVERSITY (Special Dtapatca to The Journal) Astoria, Or., May 18. At a recent meeting of the chamber of commerce of this city the following resolutions wera adopted by a unanimous vote: "Resolved, That the chamber Of com merce of Astoria heretv nuts itself nn ! record as being heartily ln favor of as sisting the University of Oregon in. every way possible to become the great est educational Institution in tha west; that under no consideration does the Astoria chamber of commerce be lieve that the appropriations for the stats university made by the legislature should be reduced. We believe that the state university IS In every sense jot tha word the school of tha Deonla anri thi any state can only become great as its- Beupie auvance in ine cause OI educa ton." ' The Peopls of Oat son rnnnt aa friendly to the university and wlu sua- mmii xiim Hyvruiiriaiiua OUfc oy a ISTSe majority. The of fort to restrict the state's leading educational institution meets with no sympathy here. - v 1 ; Building Permits, : : A, Oleblsch, erect dwelling, Hftlsey between Eaat Nineteenth and East Twenty-firnt, 13,000; Jennings A Co.. erect store, Js Washington, 110,000; u : V V HJf- VJ U U ILal U WHEN YOU H. H. NorthniD. erect dwelling. Eliza- Detn, ena ox xwenuein. xy.duv. . Democratic Itinerary. . (9ped( Dispatch to Th, Journal.) Pendleton, Or May IS. A speech making itinerary for the Democratic candidates of the county haa been ar ranged by Chairman Will M. Peterson of tha Democratic central committee, and beginning tomorrow the entire list of candidates will tour Umatilla coun ty until the close of the campaign, the last speechmaklng date being May 80, In this city,A , s - - Tomorrow and Wednesday will bal threly be the laat days for discount on aat side gas, bills. Portland Qas Co, C Metifer' sells' watchs 'for less.' " r MOYER VI - ML We are offering EVERY DAY in the year the two greatest lines of cloth ing in the United States At We show hundreds of suitsthe equal of any suit, sold elsewhere in the city at $15 Guaranteed in every way Yoiir money refunded if not satisfactory At We show suits that are marked in uptown windows at $20 and $25 Come in and make us prove it. SEE IT IN OUR Now it's Different It hasn't made so much difference in winter your shoes. So long as you've had a correct pair for formal functions, you could wear over-shoes or rubbers with shoes that weren't strictly proper. But now that Spring is here you'D have to be more careful about the appearance of your feet A prince of shoes is the ti and Here "Prince" See this, as other 1 1 models, in our store in a wide variety of shapes, patterns, and styks. All Around N. W. Cor. ThJrd and Washington F. - 'B. JONES & CO. COAL and WOOD PEC TON s$600 cRcoin . LA?GE COAL WASHED AND SCREENED . ; NO SOOT NO DIRT Home tV 1 77 1 Phones - Cast 7 AD IT'S SO 3rd and Oak 1st and Yamhill about good s as well w7
