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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, 'JUNE 27, 1908. mm N.1 0 LOGGER CONSULTED Direct Primary . Grows; in .Popular. Favor With' the . People Because "' of the Abuse of Power Vested in ;. Politicians. , ' .' SOFT-SHELLED EGG HATCHED AND SENT FORTH FEATHERLESS CHICK Issue in 7 Tennessee Today , Differs in Some Respects From Oregon, Inasmuch as It Invokes More Than One Issue. - ; .By FREDERIC J. HASKIX.,' - (Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J. Haskin. . Washington; p.. C.r June 27. The moBt I conspicuous ; example Nof ' the change of the voters from the atti tude of helping aa aspirant to "get the nomination? tQ a determination to "make the nomination" them' selves, la afforded by the recent suc cess of Ooyernor Chamberlain i of Oregon, a Democrat,' who was select ; ed ' for United States senator at general direct primary. In "a Repub lican state.. , .The .? Oregon general primary for senator Is la effect an extra-constitutional method of choos .Ing: senators by direct; vote, and .Is not a party primary.,; Yet it Is the direct outgrowth of the determtna tlon of the voters to take into their own hands the elective power. They learned how - to do It In party .- prl merles, and they have carried things a step farther 1 toward : matured de mocracy. -'PYi'.:' Oregon and Oklahoma aT both experimenting- with direct legislation by means of the Initiative and referendum.' Other, states are not yet reaay to tax eucn radical departures from the represent- V tlve- form of government, , but the in j creaalns; power of the direct nominating- primary snows tpai me people xenenuiy are inclining- In that direction. United States senators are nominated by party primaries in many states, and each bl- ennium adds etbers to the list. The convention : fbrnominating county of- floers Is almost extinct, so generally has the primary election nominating system been applied to minor offices in rural districts. -' ' - Abuses of the powers of delegated conventions, the opportunity for corrup- tloipand the dangers of dark horses all had to do with the downfall or the convention In counties and cities. Even more potent than these was the con stant danger to party organisations from possible 'bolts.1,1 'A candidate who' is defeated In a convention by intrigue is much more apt to holt and head an other ticket than is the candidate. who has been defeated for the nomination by a majority of the voters of . his party. The latter is a more convincing defeat ;:; y. Demand StroaaVS?: The voters, finding their power -. in nominating minor officers, have grad ually reached out until they now control congressional and state of flees. In a ma jority of the atatea. The demand-for direct primaries is so strong In others that the system bids fair - to become universal within a decade.' The next move of the direct primary advocates win pe roaae on, me national conventions. -, The movement varies In the 4 several tatea, according to local conditions, of course. For sake of an example, take the case or Tennessee, wnicn just now midway between the convention and primary system. Two years ago M. R. Patterson, one of the Democratic aspir ants for governor, demanded that the state committee order a primary." The convention forces won and-no, primary wa held. But the aspirant who de manded the primary was nominated by the convention ana was elected gov ernor. - - ' - '' This year-former Senator Edward W. car mack became a candidate for the Democratic ' nomination against Gov ernor Patterson, and he demanded a di rect primary. Practically all county and city nominations and all congressional nominations In Tennessee are now made by -primaries. Nearly, all of the Demo crats county committees joined in a re quest to the state committee to. leave the contest for governor to a direct primary. But the state committee. friendly to Governor - Patterson, de clined to accede to these demands and, instead, ordered a primary - convention nlan. Under this scheme a seneral pri mary election le being held in Tennes see today. xne two aspirants xor gov ernor wilt be voted for liv'eae'h county, and the delegates to the nominating con ventlon will be instructed to vote as a unit for that candidate receiving a ma jority in the county. , - s ; i Makes It aa Issue., : ' Thus the electoral cones plan Is ractlcallv applied to the race. ' Senator larmack has made the direct primary an ssue in the campaign, and has declared that he will not accept the nomination 'unless he has a popular majority of-the votes cast over the whole state. Gov- ernor Patterson defends the - primary convention plan and says that he will take the nomination If he has a majority of the delegates, even 1f his opponent has the majority -of the popular vote. The newspapers tomorrow will tell the ' result of the contest, but as prohibition is the chief issue the question of how V Tennessee stands on the direct primary nuestlon may not be settled. The de feat of Governor Hoke 8mith of Georgia by "Little Joe" Brown was reactionary In more ways than one, as it involved a protest against a direct primary wlrch took away the balance of the power from the smaller counties. Kentucky has been one Of the most conservative of States in Its election laws, all voting having been done by the open viva voce method until 1891. . The 1.., r. V stataa to artnnt the i-r,l ballot. Kentucky now bowa to the reign of the direct primary. ! it has been the cause of many party reuns ana ractionai A' spring chicken with a fair com plexlon and -the appearance of having just come from the barber, where it might have been shaved,' and massaged and manicured and all that, was hatched on the Oak farm near Vancouver, Wash. a. I. Gheen of Portland has the feather less chicken now. ' ' The chick, with the, exception of one oV twoJJnv pin feathers on its wings, is absolutely void of any covering what ever. The chick seems to feel humlli sted. when -displayed to the gaze of the inquisitive public, and only by expres sions of sadness can it apologize for the nude condition in which it appears. 'The chick is three weeks, four days old, and ia larrairfor Ita age. ' It his nn excellent appetite, sleeps well, hasn't had the colic as yet, does not cry at night, - but is particularly f ond . of Scratching. .- - - - ' With the exception of the fact that the ''peep" is naked, it le-very much like any other chicken. It was hatched from an ordinary egg. ; The egg's geneology, as far as is known, is to the effect that a Plymouth Rock hen had the honor of lay In the essr which has brought about this strange phenomenon In the poultry line.' - ; . , ": -;' ' - - - . - ; When winter comes Mr Gheen Is pre- rarinar to have a cute little suit with rousers and Jacket to match, so that j the chicken can spend the pleasant days i v:- A Chicken So Said It Really Looks - Naked. out In the open with the other chickens that nave neen more xoriunaie. - HOUSEWIVES CAN BUY NO MORE ' PIANOS IN OATMEAL PACKAGES i Good-bye to all lottery, schemes and premium lists which have been distrib uted -by flouring .manufacturers and others selling packages to the public. - The last of the millers and wholesale houses of the northwest that have had goods on' the market and offered prem iums and prises as an inducement to the housewfe to buy their goods, have met the requirements of the government re garding the lottery laws and the task begun by United States District Attor ney John' McCourt and his assistant, Walter H. Evans, several : weeks ago, has been finished. . , j -. Plans of. this .character are held by the government to be lotteries, for the reason that the articles are not of equal value; but of necessity are of varying values, and because It la purely a matter of chance Whether the purchaser of a Package of candy, peanuts or popcorn, or example, will receilve one article or another. - - ' It. would bo practically impossirjie ror the wholesalers to nreoare articles of different kinds of precisely tha- same values. Thst the differences In value are slight and that the articles approx imate each other In value does not re lieve the scheme ef Its unlawful char acter, according to old uncle earn, ana he holds that any variation In the value of the premiums given renders, the plan a lottery. - ' The attorney general of the-United States has prepared a circular which has been sent to the Portland oirice. The objections raised to the plan which hun rilannntinUAA hv the . COVem- ment. and which are set - forth in the circular are held to do overcome) uy placing In every package of the com modity a premium Identical In character and value with tWat placed in every pack age, and by stamping or printing upon each package of the commodity the name and an accurate deacrlptlon of the article which It contains. This la done so-that each purchaser will not be tak ing any chances, and wlll know exactly what he is buying In connection with the oats or flour, or candy, or whstever happens to be the contents of the pack age. W. ... , i,: v. - So according to the new ruling you Just can't ramble for prises wlfen la reality yon are buying something to eat. fls-hts. but it Is now accepted as an In stitution. -'vl.'-' - .; . j. Toters ana primaries. - Whether or not - the voters In a pri mary are wiser in their selection or candidates than delegates In. convention Is an open question. - But the effect of the primary on party erovernment is un doubtedly for the better. Important as political organizations are to tne dusi ness of government under our system. It was not until the primary asserted Its power that the parties were given legal resognltion. ,, - The necessity of enacting laws to pro tect the primary elections and to pro vent -fraud has caused the legislatures of many states to enaot laws which govern parties snd methods of making nominations. . This, has prevented the snap" nominations which were fre quent in the old days when the only arty laws were taose promuigatea cy he party committee, and which could be changed at the will of that body. - If the , present disposition of both arties to yield more and more to the irect primary- continues, many great changes in American politics may be looked for. Suppose that in 191 J. there Is a demand upon the national com mittee of one or both of the great par ties for a presidential primary. It. will be s refused, if precedent is followed. Then It may , become an Issue ' In the campaign, the defeat of a party candidate- may be traced to his attitude on the. question. Thus It Is entirely , pos sible that by 1916 there will be a gen eral' .presidential .primary. ypy-H'"X'.''Tb i Situation. Vvrv '''-'v It : Would ' be held: of course, on the plan of that being held today In Ten nessee the convention delegates from each state be In a- bound by the ma jority of the votes cast in their several atatea From - this step It : Is not . far to a direct primary of all the atatea There Is already sentiment to aid this development The Republicans of the northern states - object to delegations from southern states which never cast Republican electoral votes . controlling Republican nominations. In the Demo cratic convention. Texas, with- its solid majority, is always outvoted by Penn sylvania, wmcii win never cast a uem ocratio electoral, vote. The proposition to cut the southern representation in the Republican convention was defeated the other day or a very cioee marrin and ; by the- force . of political - neces- NOTED PASTOR TO BE HEARD AT GLADSTONE Bishop Eobert Mclntyrg Will Give Two Addresses at Chautauqua. Robert Mclntyre la .of -Scotch - birth. He came to America when but seven years old. -. From childhood he baa been schooled in tha "University ' of Advert Domestio .afflictions caused . him. when hut a mere lad, to become bread winner for a large family. Ate 11 he HIKER SCORES CURRENCY PLMI Arthur Eejuolds Denounces the Aldrich-Treeland BiU ; in Strong Terms. ; Salem. -Or., June 27-In his address before the bankers yesterday afternoon Arthur Reynolds, of me national cur rency commission, characterised the Aldrlch-Vreeland bill as a "oombina-tlon-compromlsing emergency currency bill, an unsclentiflo makeshift a patch upon the coat of Joseph and a legisla tive bastard." Reynolds' scathing de nunciation of Aldrich and the entire senate . finance committee was the sen sation 01 the seaslon yesterday. M Senator Aldrich and his colleagues re fused absolutely, said Mr. Reynolds, 10 receive the currency commission and would only agree to a five-minute in terview with one or two of its mem. bers. He saM Aldrich lpc-tBlat Antlra. ly for the benefit of Wall atreet and the money barons of the country. According to Mr. Reynolds, Aldrlch's original idea to base a credit system on railroad and other corporation bonds was made for no other purpose than to bolster up those securities and make them- sell again at somewhere near tne rigure they did before the panic. Mr. Reynolds also made the statement mat Aiaricn was assisted by the man agers of those national banks who had in their possession larger amounts of railroad bonds than government bonds. A.i me time or the crisis last win ter, said Mr. Reynolds, the national banks held more than $626,000,000. of mi roaa and corporation bonds while they held less than $50,000,000 worth of municipal and public Improvement oonaa. 11 was tnis illegitimate inter est according to the learned banker. toai was ieaaing Aiaricn and nls col leagues to base a currency system, on corporation bonds. - 'Credit Currency," was ths subject 01 me aoaress.. e said tne umteu States was the only nation that had ever- used the bond currency system and said it was absolutely useless. The paramount feature of our system Is Inelasticity and the speaker attributed numerous panics directly to that cause. The last panio was caused by many things, he said, but the Inelasticity of prime causa a credit cur- the credit system was the prime causa ' Scotland has emnlored a credit cur rency for 200 years, said the speaker, -ttw A-'i knock the direct presidential primary would proi that the unfted States Is a federated ops from under the notion system of semi-soverign states, perhaps. But it would be no more unconstitu tional or extra-constitutional than the nresent method or elsctinv rtrentriAnra It would add vastly to the trouble of cting campaigns ror tne nomma- the- chief expense -would be conducting campaigns for the nomina tion, dui tne- cnier expense wouia b borne n by - the . various . state , organisa tions. J i ' - ' - J- What' Ita effects would be upon men and ' lasues - Is a matter of pure con- lecture. But It la altogether likely that if a primary naa oeen neid tnis year, Foraker would have - had t more votes at Chicago than -he did. An ultimate effect, would De a renewal or the de mand for election ot the president by popular vote, and a revival of all the old questions of states' rights In a form which would sppeal to J.he popular ap- peute for conirovorsy. . .- ; . Vower of the People. in tne Beginning, tne ratners gave as little power to the voters as pos sible. The only function the people can exercise under the constitution In directing the affairs of the federal gov ernment - lm iu eiwi - memoers 01 me house of representatives. - That Is - a body -which is wholly renewed every two year. -me-constitution -holds as a . check against that popular, . and therefore ' dangerous ' element the aen. ate. which la elected by the legislatures of the states and which Is a perpetual and self-continuing body. In the execu tive branch, tne constitution veats all power in srates. Th removed from popular control, as the judges sre appointed by the president for life. That was the theory by which the- federal government was to be con ducted r- As a matter of fact, the people have elected the president from ; the first choosing between nominees. In the first few elections some states chose electors by tne legislatures, but . the popular vote had become general in all tne states, except oouin uaroima, by lsjz. Bouin Carolina legislature ap pointed its electors until after the Civil waf. The election of senators is be ing taken from the hands of the leg ion, xne constitution veats all a president and vlce-preaidept y electore "appointed by the The Judicial branch is totally lslaturea by the spread of the nrimarv election system. in reaerai judiciary is still neyona popular control, which lire.- Home Office t .CORBETT BUILDING, Center rtfth and Morrlaoa Streets, rOBTLASTD. O&EOOX. ' U M ILLS....... President U BAMTJKL,. . ....Oaneral UanafM CLARKNCB f. BAUWU Asst. Kga In Best for Orenohicmb The Policyholders Company J Bishop Robert Mclntyre.' worked In a Philadelphia mill. : Later he followed tha trade of bricklaying. His education . was received at' public schools . and - Vanderbllt .university, Kashvme, Tenn. in l fa he entered tne ministry.. Ten years later he became pastor of the largest Methodist church In' 'Chicago, from which he went to the famed Trin ity church, Denver, and then was pastor at at. jamer cnurcn, Chicago. - For the lasf four or five years he has been a very popular pastor of Los An geles. His eloquence, humor and pathos are ' most captivating. - He presents at the Chautauqua two lecturea, "The Bst tle of Lire? and the - "Evolution of Abraham Lincoln." .-, in Chehalls Rock-Crusher a Success. . (Special Dispatch to The JmirniH Chehalis, " Wash.. ; June 17. -In addi tion to . having , turned out many car loads of rock for the eztensivs road Im provements In ' Lewis county the past several months, the big rock crushing Plant at Meek lit near this city, has proved a profitable Investment for the county. fhe total sales of rock aggre gate almost 111,000, and the expense of re total of 497 car loads operating the less. During t plant was about $1,000 -erlod referred to a fit rnrk was sold. Much of this has been nsed on the ex tensive .system of street Improvements under way In thin city. , and all have been delighted with the evenness with which the system of our neighbor to the north, Canada, works. Japan is the -only country outside the United States that ever attempted a currency system . based on bonds, and that country had enough of it aftar one year's trial. - -- , Over-expansion was the greatest cause of last winter's panic; that with the fight waged between several New Tork banks against each other. Slnoe that time 160,000,000 ia gold have been ex ported, said the Des Moines . banker, without any disastrous results. The suspension of payment for several weeks during the last winter wss char. acterlsed by the speaker as a crime, forced upon the banks by the inelastic currency system, but a crime Just the same;, one that shattered the confi dence of the, American people in Ameri can banking. --1 After Mr. Reynolds came W. O. Jonea. assistant cashier of the National Park Dan. Mew yora city. He discussed a great many varied phases of banking and especially problems that face the country banker. Mr. Jones said that he himself was a country banker-once in eastern Kansas whers one vicissi tude after the other visited him. In the aiBguiae 01 grasanoppere ana crop fail ures. Hs was called uuon to face everv emergency and consequently Is In a po sition to give advice. Secretary J. L Eartman's report snowea mat mere are now tt mem bers In the state association of bank- era mis number represents, however, only about 60 per cent of the banks in Oregon. The treasury of the associa tion contains jss.zo. S. P. SIIEAKED 111 fl'ML LAUDS Suit Against S. P. in TOiich Bonaparte Is Personally to Be Very Busy. (United Ptms Leased Wire.) Carson City, Nev., June 27. A. suit will be tried in tha federal courts on August ' 28 that may result In the Southern Pacific losing 6,000 acres of rich lands In Washoe and - Humboldt counties. The government contends that when the titles to the land were pro cured by the. Central Pacific company, the Southern Pacifies and the United States Trust company, it waa with tha understanding - that there were no known minerals In tha land. In bringing suit to have tha patents revoked United State District Attorney Sam Piatt maintains that ths companies knew of the existence of minerals In the land when the titles were secured. It Is understood that Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte will have the case un der his personal supervision. - , '- , ' In China the salt tax is a government monopoly, : ' It is on of the principal revenues of the empire, yielding about $9,000,000 a year.- ELECTRIC LINE IS ' PROMISED ALBANY f HlweUl Dispatch to The JoorsaL) Albany, Or., June 17. After a long period of suspense, due to a three cornered controversy, Albany Is prom ised an electric railroad. It Is reported on good authority that A, Welch of th Willamette Valley company, has pur chased the First-street railway fran chise ield by A. Hlrschberg. The trans action removes all possibility of In junction proceedings by th latter firm and construction work Is expected to be started Immediately by the Welch concern. The old electric railway com pany, whose franchise acted as a check on both the Weloh and Hlrschberg in terests, has been declared obaoleta bv common vote of the cltlsens. Sheriff Returns With Prisoner. Chehalis, Wash., June 17. Sheriff Ed ward Deggeller arrived her Thuradav from Elklns. W. Va. where ha want after George Wyatt, who was on of a number of prisoners who broke Jail here several weeks ago. He hoboed his way from here to his old home, where he wss nicked up by the officials in side of half an hour after he arrived In town. Wyatt will be prosecuted on either of two charges here, the burg lary of Tapelt's Jewelry store at Doty, Wash., or on a statutory charge. TAKING STEPS to further your best Interest is to further our own m weU. We accomplish this object by giving you full value for your money,- No, mat ter where you may direct your footsteps for Coffee, we doubt U yoult be able to get tuiytbing near as good as ours. Ofir Pino Multnomah Coffee Is used in thousands of fami lies. Perhaps this is all the argu ment required ia its favor, for it is used in families where, , al though eaomy must be prac ticed, the best coffee sold at this average price is carefully sought for. Per lb. 25c; 5 lbs $1.18. .. : Juno Java and Mocha , Coffee ; A true mixture of "Java" and Mocha Coffee, and has a perfect, fine, true flaror with an uiviting aroma ; mixed ; 2-3 Java to 1-3 Mocha. Per lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.65, . D. C B. Coffe A blend of the finest old East Indian private plantation coffees. D. C B. Coffee is roasted to an exactness of even condition. Per lb 40c; S Ibs $1.90. D. C. BURNS CO. Coffee, Tea and Spices, , 208-210 Third Street, Between Taylor and Salmon. TEA The English serve tea and a few little cakes at four in the afternoon; it has no thing to do with hunger or thirst. Tour grocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling's Best: we pay htm. TTTTff ff If f TSfl fact. It must he sdmlt ted, does not add greauy to (its popularity. .... The tendencv of the nation from the beginninar has baen - toward a more directly democratic form of government Whether this tendency will carry the eople forward until the federal repub lo of semi-soverelm units la dlsolaced by a democratic state, the future alone can ten. thus rar many changes have been male In that direction, yet the letter of the constitution still standa These changes have been accomcllshed. and other change will be accomplished, by the methods which the voters ft the political parties choose to decide upon for "making th nomination." Excursion to th Beach. . For the convenience of holldav trav elers, the O. R & N, excursion ateamer T. J. Potter will leave Portland Satur day morning, July . 4,, at 1:30 o'clock, for North Beach. ; Thla will enable passengers to arrive Otl the beach nrlv , In th ft,rnnnn Saturday to Monday round trip excur sion tickets -13.00. On sale at Third Buy. CeMra! East iorteiid Property Uet us show you what we have on GRAND and BUNION AVENUES. See the lots we are seUing In YORK ADDITION for S850 v each. ' ; See the lots we are'selHng in SULLIVAN'S ADDITION for $300 each. .. s See the lots we are selling in BROADWAY ADDITION for ?G50 each.' Mall (Q, Von Borstel PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Bulletin Ho. 6 : - ' ' TAXATION. v Wa have heretofore discussed problems in which the interest of the public and that of the company are mutual; we propose now to discuss the question of taxation in which these interests may seem to conflict. There is always more or less agitation over corporate taxation, and this will probably continue until, by a clear presenta tion of the facts, we can rally public opinion to a fair point of view. FIRST OF ALL WE STATE: ; ' V . (a) 'Street railway companies in the United States pay a higher tax per dollar of income than any other extensive industry known, except liquor and tobacco manufacturers. ' (b) That the Portland Railway,! Light ft Power Company of Portland PAID BY WAY OF TAXES (and charges in the nature of taxes) about $300,000 in the year 1907. ; V (c) THAT THE PORTLAND RAILWAY. LIGHT & POWER COMPANY PAYS PROPORTIONALLY AS LARGE TAXES. AND MUCH LARGER THAN MOST, AS ANY STREET RAILWAY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES.. ' (d) That the figures will show that the city and state receive from the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company the equiva lent of ALL FARES COLLECTED FROM ONE CAR IN SIX, after deducting- the actual cost of running such car. Figures prepared in this office show that the company pays an average of about 13 per cent of its gross and 35 per cent of its net, . compared with &3 per cent gross and 13.9 per cent net average for cities of 500,000 population or over; that is to say the Portland Rail way, Light 'ft Power Company pays In taxes about $120,000 MORE PER ANNUM than the average of cities of the same or greater population. A writer In the Yale Law Review (August, 1899, page 173), in summing up the situation, said: r" " "IN PRACTICE THE TAXATION IN DIFFERENT LO CALITIES VARIES GREATLY, AS WE HAVE SEEN, AND REACHES ALL ALONG FROM THE ENTIRE TAX EX EMPTION, ON; THE ONE HAND, TO OPPRESSIVE TAX ATION (WELL-NIGH CONFISCATION) ON THE OTHER, It Is a fact that the Portland Railway, Light ft Power Company pays taxes and ; charges in the following amongst other forms: (1) privilege of crossing bridges; (2) taxes upon its power houses, carbarns and other' valuable real estate at the same rate as a citi zen; (3) taxes on. its tracks," which are assessed as real estate; (4) city ordinance payments; (5) taxes on its franchises; (6) cost of street pacing and bridge assessments, and for, the repair of streets between and beside its tracks, notwithstanding the fact THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS SIMPLY A SURVIVOR OF HORSE CAR DAYS, WHEN THB COMPANY'S HORSES HAMMERED THE TRACKS. Today, with electricity, no injury la done to the streets by the cars, and yet the company continues to pay for the repairs made necessary by carts and wagons which wear out its tracks and adjacent street surface. We do not ask for unreasonable reductions, but do ask to be let alone until wa "catch up," and want to impress you with this thought The STREET, CAR IS THE POOR MAN'S CAR RIAGE and the means of relieving him of the necessity of dwelling m the congested portion of the city near his place of work. Tax the carriage too heavily and you impair its efficiency. Further." more, it should be remembered that there Is hardly a savings bank ia the city, where the man of modest means keeps his money, which Is not largely interested in the securities of our company. What difference does a fraction of a cent a year make to you when com pared with your daily convenience in regularity and efficiency of service? And is it not true that every dollar of tax beyond a living .rate is a tax on-efficiency and good service? To any man who thinks accurately, it must.be dear that an unfair burden impairs the company's ability to meet the various problems, such as the rush-hour difficulty. It is also clear that if you cripple the com- iany's financial power, you seriously interfere with its ability to ead in the development of the city and its suburbs. FDMALLY: It Is to1 the interest of every citizen to see that he gets good serivce at reasonable rates, and that money which should . be devoted to this purpose is not diverted to excessive taxation. 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