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THE OREGON - DAILY" JOURNAU PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 27. -10C3.
PUBLIC OPINION MAKES
RAILROADS HESITATE
Higher Freight Kates Deemed 'Inadvisable Under Pres-tf
r v ent Conditions Wall Street Pars 4Now Give
Space to tne Knippers7 Side or Question,
Wall etreet i unmistakably under
' fcolnff a change of - sentiment relatiT
to ihe campaign started br eaatera rail
road ' preeiflenu ' to increase freight
yhargoe. The railroad preaidenta them
eelvea are responsible for tie chanre
ft feeling. They have been confronted
by. ee appallln an uprising of the
plucked' rublio that they are hesitating
o presa their demands for higher
ht rates.
ieir hesitancy la felt among tne
Wall street crowd arenerally. and among
Wail street newspaper writers. The
SVell Street Journal has begun printing
' some things tha.t tend to ahow there
are two aides to the rata Question.
' r'TBlak.sk.'.'Walt Ptafarabla.
. TMfflcultiea In the way of Advance
- In freight rates become more numerous
and more conspicuous aa the work of
"; n th ' aiiMiulea . oroceeda.
' writes a Chicago correspondent of that
paper. -The principal difficulty, public
AnnMiHnti ham m HMiim m1 an even more
, terrifying front than most of the rail
road presidenta had expected to sea'
. A prominent railroad executive offl-
eer quoted in i n journn '
T would prefer to leave rate alone
Until the shipping; public can be shown
: that an advance wouia m irimB
' upon them as compared with the -atimo--
lua It would give to general business
by putting the railroads in the market
for supplies. '.'-. v'- ' -: .' .
"If the ahlpprs cannot see It : that
way, then I think we ahould truat to
the crops and our wonderrui capacity
for rocuDeratton to .pull us -tnrou
If all. iaa faila. then I say to cut
wage unit, let liquidation run its course.
and take chancea on me consequences.
Shippers feel they will have a strong
case if Judge Kohlsaat decides against
eastern , roads In the Injunction suit
by two creamery companies to enjoin
. an advance in freight rates. . Western
junction to v Issue pending a hearing
before the International commerce cora-
hImIam hi, (h Mfltum vniti . htv (111-
elded to settle the question of Jurlsido
tlon Immediately. Both sides will file
briefs within two weeks and a decision
Will follow. 4 . . . . ..
, ; letter from Philip Buefaaer.
In the same paper's issue of May 19
an Interesting : letter appears from a
well-known Pacific coast man, Philip
puehner. president ' of the Oregon ft
Washington Lumber Manufacturers' as
sociation. Mr. Buhners views have
weight wherever they are expressed,
for he is known as a practical and con-
, servative man. ills letter is nere giv
en in full: -BhhU
rHlitt mat Be Advaaeeft.
To tha Eflllor if the Wall ' Btret
Journal: -! have r read from time to
-. time with much Interest your articles
upon the traffic conditions on the vari
ous railroads and the alleged necessity
for advances in freight rates. It Is
rare that the aide of the shipper or
producer la heard In the discussion of
these matters in the New York papers.
So far as ' the ' transcontinental : roads
and those on the Pacific coast are con
cerned, an examination of their, tariffs
will show that their rates are, and
hava been for' Tears, on a high . basis.
both, actually-and relatively. Their
bualnesa approaches In - magnitude that
or any of toe eastern roaas ana exceeas
most or tnem. - .
Notwithstanding; these facts, on No
vember 1 of last year these, roads put
Into effect tariffs on lirmber from Pa
cific coast points to-easterni points, un
der Wnicn rates were wirajiuvu " w
to J5 per cent, and by so doing par
alvsed one of the greatest Industries
. h vcifio eoast. and one that ar
fmftm Hirctlv thouaanda . of DOODle and
luilrc.U all t business. The advance
waa not only Ul advised and arbitrary
hut was totally unwarranted. " Tha re-
eult of tbla advance, which was felt
long before tha financial panic, was
such aa had been loreioia, ana wnicn
was Inevitable. It closed a large num
ber of the mills, diminished lha cut
of others and affected not only freight
movement, but passenger movement as
well in aU directlona. Naturally, the
income of these roads was affected, as
any one should have foreseen It would
be. No ill advised legislation, no act
of the president was responsible for
this. Ths voluntary, act of tha rail
roads threw thousands of men out of
employment on this coast and paralysed
a great business. . ,
I call your attention to this now as
I see -from your paper that there are
to be advances, in , other directions In
freight rates generally, based, I pre
sume, upon the assumption that an
Increase in the coat of production or of
distribution will automatically restore
confidence and Increase business. I
confess that I am unable to aee how
further , advances In the cost of pro
duction or of distribution will start
an Idle mill, load an idle car, or furnish
employment at any wages, high or low,
for railroad employes, or . for anyone
else.
Bo far ss the roads In the west
sr concerned, and of which I have
Dersonal knowledge, they have enjoyed
an era of unexampled prosperity . for
Patriotism rvlng her audience t.v. " . "I JTO:Tn
glimpse , of ths anarchistic ; props-1 , .. K, Z. ""
ida in a ramblln. speech composed of Si! ?. P
viaiiu Bviiuvvr wuuiu om a Die 10 oO out
little. for Oregon. In a letter, to Tha
journal Senator : Miller, writes
Mr. cake's plea for votes to elect
film a , TT.U.i c... ....
ua-hts on wh ch anarchy Is i " vmoa uues senaia is
based. At times Miss Ooldm&n almost I nothlnr else but nartiaanshln. mnA that
aiuiirc iMir cunosiiy, mil M f M should be eleoted beoaUs he is
Quotation from Carlvle or some other R6pupIlcan becauss the v United
great writer, quoting enough from the (States senate Is Republican. Ha does
writer 10 snow tnat si utaram it m hn hi. ni.in t kiA.i.. ...
real and ultimate thought of tha pas- .tnln 5 wnlch tands, but simply
ears from which she quoted. I because he belongs to tha g. o. p what
There wera a few anarchists "present I assurance has Mr. Cake to offer to the
wno wouia nave oetrayea tneir identity i pwpn mm.i xne senate is going to re-
y tneir appearance even uiougn tney i iwbudhcmi xne vregonian . in-
ld not applaud. But they did applaud I tlmated that the election In November
on occasions and that at times when I nugm revolutionise tne political com
the speaker referred in disparaging I piexion or tne united states, which, if
ii uo i rue, ana many
according to Mr. Ci
dlera and sailors whom Miss Goldman will be entirely out of place should ha
referred to as butoners and hired raur- I oe eiectea.
derere.
Qencrai ftrnston was referred to as
"a good, upright, honest American cit
more than 10 years, and by an arbitrary
and unwarranted advance precipitated a
condition here that they are largely re
sponsible for.
The cases Involving the rates en lum
ber are now pending before the Inter
state commerce commission. There are
two sides to the .rate question, and so
far as the Pacific coast state are con
cerned, the railroads have not boon
barrassed with. irate reductions or ad
verse legislation, nor has any act of
the presfdent had anything to do with
the conditions as they exist with us.
When you find ' an entire community
a unit on any question of publio policy,
as they are In the west on the rail
road question, you may be sure there
Is some underlying cause which pro
duces such a result.
PHILIP BUEHNER,
President Oregon & Washington Lum
ber Manufacturers association.
Portland, May 9, 1808. .
MONTAVILLA IS UP IN ARMS ,
; AGAINST TOO-SPEEDY AUTOS
STAMPEDE WHEN .UBS f,jy FIGHTS :
mi nrim nTiiiTii i , ..,...-:
b'ULUiiIA(SlflKI5HAi; 111110 If A I lit
' IIULLII I tfILUL
Anarchist's :: Audience Not
.-; Sufficiently Sympathetic
With Soldier..
Milt Miller Declares Oregon
Kepublican Senators Have
Been of Little Benefit
Emma Goldman talked to a- fair alaed
audience at Merrill's hall last night
.on
ganda In a rambling speech composed
disconnected ' and ' Inflammatory sen
tences.
Nearly the) entire audience was com
posed of tersons who attended out oi
curiosity In the expectation of finding
raw tnoua-nta on which anarchy is
The Dlea that we ahould ani1 a R.
publican to the United States senate for
the reason that he can do more for
wen who goes to church on Sunday to I Oregon than a Democrat can do Is car
study out new plans for killing people ta,'"'y not based upon the past history
on Jkionaay, ruesaay ana weanesuay. v vsregvu. :
xew Oragxm ApproprlaUons.
Tha fact Is this: Oreson hit r.
t fl..Mt.. harbrs1'
S.-.2Ki'?V1L'i'V most any stato in the unlon7 ...... ,
dlsr who was sentenced to three year- L urnbla ver which form. th.
imprisonment ipr approv ng or hisi w;.'hrB-;t- -kh ,f. .
Uilman snpectt wnen thA rnllectlnn I . - .-" .wu
Ooldman's speech. When the collection
was started the crowd arose almost
unanimously and left the hall. From
expressions heard from the crowd
greatest waterway In the United States.
na
as received but verv little recnenitlnn
at the hands of congress, and that waa
the people were leaving the hall the 'JST S?? li2n! iTl?:0'
opinion was gained that the crowd feU K2?d,,?,.ttm toaV " ha" counted for
ivww wem uiiwaM. . . . -1.. 11-. I -
been harshly treated, but the sympa-
ery HtOa.
We knocked at the doors of congress
thy was not for his imnrisonment
much aa for the fact that he could
sit through one of Emma Ooldman's
lectures ana approve it at the end.
KOt any recoarol
the Cascades and
DIPLOMAS FOR HOLMES
for years before wa
tlon for the locks at
what is true of this appropriation is
also true of any other appropriation
that Oreson has ever obtained. Now. if
it be. true that Republican senators are
the only ones that can obtain anything
for Oregon why is It she has always
fared BO badlv in the oast when ah
has ' had a Republican in the senate
ever since "tne days of rifty-nlne?"
The facts are just these and none
other, the Remiblican Dartv has' been
so divided Into factions that the whole
tlmo has been devoted to fighting one
another Instead of pulling for the
Exercises ment 1 how th 'uw fats:
WHS) WWW mV 1STV
1st. At the legislative session of
Eooms for First Time. fV.SL Jr"!st
nee. H. W. Corbett of Portland was
finally elected. In 1872 Corbett was
For the first time In the history f defeated and John H. MMchell - was
tha Holme Business collsee. mm. n 18.' ooiomon Mirscn was
me ttoimea Business college, com- tll, caucus nominee but failed of eleo
mencement exercises will 'be held in I tlon and left the state with but mm
COLLEGE GRADUATES
Commencement
Will Be Held in Mege
they deadlocked until ' the
T Montavllla residents are so aroused
by the many harrow escapes through
encounters with automobiles running at
. high speed ' that ; the Montavllla board
of trade has appointed a committee to
Investigate conditions and see If Base
Line road can be made a, safe place
' for horse vehicles. :
Dr. William Devenv and VS. Tt Ma.
lock; are on the Investigating commit
tee, and Dr. Deveny says that for the
past month It has been dangerous for
a person driving; a corse to go upon
the Base Llae road. Said Dr. Deveny:
"Since the announcement of the au-
. torn o Due races - to be held during the
carnival On the 14 miles of road lead
ing irora Montavllla, the number of
motor cars which have appeared on this
thoroughfare has increased so that one
can hardly cross the street In safety.
Mr. Morelock was driving up the road
? esterday when he saw a machine com
ng about a mile awav. - Aa he had Just
uiition wnn anotner ma-
a
no
chine a few minutes before by only
Tew tnehea. he rnsnlVMl tn , lib.
chances on this one and so decided to
pull his horse . out on the curb. He
had barely done this when the auto
, streaked past This shows you how
fastthev KO out there.
The committee Is now arranging to
have a number of plain-clothes men
patrol the boulevards In the Suburbs In
order to arrest any reckless speeder
wumn tne city limits. Mms much the
Montavllla board can do and If there
la no state or county law protecting
pedestrians from these whizzing men
aces we may be able to get a Tew of
tnem coming and going."
The Montavllla board of trade also
appointed a special committee to con
fer with President Josselyn of the
Portland itauway, latent & power com
pany on his return from the east to
see lr tne company win not take stem
at once to light Montavllla with elec
triciiv.
The board voted to recommend that
tne assessment limits of the Villa ave
nue improvement district be widened
to 1,000 feet on both sides of the track
in order to leasen the exnensa nor
vpiuk .
united tirotnernooa or leainer work
ers on Horse uoods. and now mavor
of the city of Rockford. Illinois, hs
attracted much favorable attention of
late by nls actlvltv In ferretinr out
dishonest aldermen and bringing them
to puouo view.
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THOMAS O'DAY .
Candidate for Reelection
u CIRCUIT JUDGE,, Department No. 2
No. 33 ort Official Ballot ; -'"-.
the college building i
x ttii lu Buvcii. J.110 yrugriuD win tiQ I Jn. they
given rnoay evening;, ijiass day exer- ust hour and the last minute and then
cises, an Innovation at Holmes college, elected George W. McBrlde. In 1897
w. .Ci evewn m, assembly they capped the,, climax. The house
ihi Si!L5S fS. uvn. never organised. It was Mitchell and
The pro ar am for Friday evenine will I ..h.uua.ii u. -
address by Rev. Harry. H. Pratt, and thera was no nator icti n
n TmT- i "ZIZTaJZI a Sn yna left again with one senator.
a'5.1,ne JwJ5,nch, Pr?"i?enir,,. A Governor i,rd appointed H. W. Corbett.
'STnSSSd wAwt-SVi. United State. gensM ntoged. to
Mis." RoslM Mcintosh -.1000: K'SoX y T.11-? ftU-d
tralto solo. I An 1.-1.1- .
Following- is a list of this year's wa, 'mim i TiiiV tt .llZ
Driver $1,000,000 and eleoted Joseph Slmonto
president: Lilly B. Peterson, vica-presi: J1"01?8'
Sent: Edward L? Barette. secritAryT ln ,r", ?.. hvtn had but
Floyd H. pownder. treasurer. I ii.T Z"1 JVira:
entitled, to dipiomas-oiivcr a. Ad- :"rr cii-vrr: ? r
OUR STORES
will be dosed MEMORIAL DAY
. . D...1. ir --- Tnn-- tt, mil t aim
il LBlt Ml0'9 VnitA 8tate" enat- mother new
Emily Bransoiwm'ianT- ftS -. her faction
Walter S. Creech, Percy E. Day. Her. ? lne "ePu""can party, certainly
bert il Driver, Beulah M. Dm m,m,JitVl'mi Hr'
ces E.
Ueor
Jennie
wavli I .A Allan WAV v A ana.
W. Miller. Nettie J. Miller, William E. "Kl",1 n,Blorr v.lnen
Murphy. Laura L. McDonald. M. Maud 1 10: Mr'. Chamberlain is perhaps better
uurien. ijeone u r. Kicney, Kay ,
!. Duncan. Carleton H. TSckies, ltT. rwt ne
la L Fawoett. Manit n nihh? fact that he is a Democrat when we
, oSldstefn? 'laita "ft. HftreMd: know tbat Oregon fared better when
. Lewellen, , Henry .A. MengesfSohjl ?herln ".V
en.
Rowe, Geneva B. Rhoades, . Howard R
equipped to represent Oregon In the
United States senate than anv other
Smith, Ethel Ia Snyder. Annie K. Stan Sa.nK2T?.,fJ ?UJ "hiec 1 tV .I.8 tlm.e' ani
ford. Docla V. Wlfllts. May I. WoodJJ?112fci.-H.5i
Oregon will take this view of it and
overwhelming mi-
EntlUed to Certificates Agnes Bald-J ??L hlm by n
win, im niason uaiawin. Alice M. uaver. I
Emma D. Bonadurer, Bertha B. Bun
ford, Dorothy Buchanan, Grace 8. Bur
ton, Herbert J. Baughman, Dorothy C
Bartb, Lottie Callwell, Charles E. Cat-
low, Alice uavis, Mert E. Dimlck Jr.,
Harold F. Entrlken. Clara B. Everson.
Clarence M. Eubank s, Edward A. Fe-
Goutermont, Nellie' G. Graham, Olara Cj!he big Chamberlain rally to be held at
BIG CHAMBERLAIN
KALLY THURSDAY
-ssaswateewssa
Great Interest Is being manifested In
e biff Chamberlain rallv tn h hM n t
Hawkness. Maud S. Hatfield. J. Ertwfn the Umpire theatre Thursday night. At
Hlnes, W. Robert Hlnes. Ester S. John- M" meeting;, which, will close the cam-
son. Frank H. Keen. William H. Ken. PS on west siae, uoyernor Uham-
John J. Kennedy. Ida M. King. Bertha ?1flaln tWI" ,P. we rn.c,I)al .,?Pfaker
B. Koonts, Charies Et Larson, Emily AU f h oth" candidates will be on
E. Ledraln, Florence J. Llndeli. Hlldi "P however, and will be given a
C. Marks, Julia P. Mickelson. Echo k P ? n tne program, a nand will fur
Moak. Lorena MeCov. Id- l. 'Vnn.ni nlsn musio Between acts. .
Philip Neu Jr., Elsie F. Otterstedt. Or- Th following, evening, Friday, the
mand B. Painter. Nellie C. Perkins, spvernor win close nis campaign on
Lilly E. Peterson. W. Minnie Petcrann east side. The .hall and location
Grace D. Powell. Floyd H. Pownder r.or meeting will be selected to.
Rose E. Ratelle. Delia O. Rum Mvm; I oay.
bj. oiiiibji, va.ri rt. oiewan, j. ieater
Btoxes. xouis r. Stengel, Jennie M.
Wright, Olive L. WUcox, Mary Wing,
lciivrv ux. inuugcr. liass color
urimson.
rose.
J. D.
Building Permits.
Frater. erect dwelllne-. East
Class flower JHrnli-m m Washington between East Thlrty-sev
v-iass iiower jacqueminot enth ana Eagt Thirty-elghth. .000
unaries vv. juastman, erect dwelling,
Wauna near Sandy road, (1,600; J. A.
Hollingsworth, erect dwelling. East
Grant between -Marguerite and East
n n j c ,i,tvv, u. xi. urnHiuuKii,
erect dwelling, uast xweniy-second be
tween Thompson and Tillamook, 3,100;
uasi ciay Deiween iiui eixtn and least
Seventh. 13.000: Thomss Vlears. -eraet
aweuing, ljocusi cetween Hemlock and
mast -I wenuetn, $3,000; ueorge Tuttle,
erect dwelling, . Northrup between
Twenty-second and Twenty-third, $8,-
owu; r. v. j-e mrai, erect dwelling,
$1 BOO vciwnu xvvruy ana vongress,
Work on Klamath Race Track.
8M1al DlMMtefi to Th lmmul.1
Klamath Falls. Or.. May 27. B5. w
B. L. Kline of Corvallis, president of Smlt.lV th. ontfactor who has done
the Retail OrocerW association of r,r- Sy"BJ""?0'? " ur ln ia. Has
on, has returned from Bos
e went as a delearate from
to the annual convention of (
al Retail Grocers' association. Mr. Kline
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GROCERS WILL BE
WELCOMED HEX, YEAR
Oregon Delegation Jubilant
Over Successful Conven
tion Contest.
1 nil Tnrnn nnw nn rn nflw tais -.
thlsstStS Jnd J!?. ettln ,6 racetrack. Into shape
th v?i5S; ?t .th, "" rao"' A soon as he
1 nmsnes. ne will taice annthnr
is Jubilant over the successful rio-hf
waged by the Oregon and Pacific coast
ueieKaies 10 Dnnsr tne next convention
bi me rsationai
Portland
Denver waa the nnlv nthi mnHliiai,
for the honor, and the Colorado nnntin.
cent put up a hard right- to capture
we prise. However, when the final
vui was lajcen rartiann won out h a.
wniomy 01 neany two to one.
xne success 01 tne uregon delegation
was una id na iiurii ir.utnr,. m iua
Kline's work with the Ohio delegation.
Ke is a native son of the Buckeye state,
and soon after reaching Boston he went
to work on the delegation from that
wnn toe result that the solid
oeieratlon or k vntai i.,,
a ui iiuuu. - .-v.
"The convention was a snlendld .
cess," said Mr. Kline today, "There
' "meininir like soo delegates pres
ent, representing all parts of thF coun
try. I was forced to return Some tn
advance of the rest of the Oregon dele
gation. On Siccoiint rtt kn?.m.nl.
home. - - , . , .
The date of ttaa wu,,,..-
will be fixed by the executive commit
tee and announced latere It will prob-
uiw wa in june. . . . f
The o t h a r m atyi Kr. th.
delegation are Dan' Kellaher. C B. Mer
rick, Ben Dresser. J. J. Kaaderly, J. C
W8"" J- W. Breeding of Portland,
and C. A. ,parker of Newberg; H. 1
Truax of frant r. n l! n ZTi
Hood River. . " v" vi
wixn tne atuornia rronneastern Rail
way company between this .city and
Dorr! a.
After Once Tasting;
the entire day-
OPEN FRIDAY
EVENING
Better
ptpvideifoiour
DECORATION DAY
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