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both Indict oiis aud H!u), tho la 1 1 or
hoonuso Mr. Taft obtained lilrt own
consent to make it.
Tin- Journal hail fciiircrt'ly Imped
to commend Mr. Tuft's Kpcocb and
congratulate lilm upon II, Iml il is
impossible coiiHclont Ioimly to do so.
II Is difrirult to believe that tin.
laulious, noncommittal pr ul in i ion .
omitting so much and containing so
Utile due to- the time and tin- oc
casion, will lie pat Ist'at tory to the
t;uik und file of thinking and senfi
iiidepeiidiiit Republicans. Like the
Chicago platform. It will serve ex
cellently as a text for Demon -a tic
(atnpaign literature and oratory.
more completely
tlielr ( hitches.
and securely
far
Inti
Party ties are looser than they
have been, und it seems not improb
able that for the reasons we have
oul lined a urent many Republicans
in (he aggregate, especially in the
middle
this it'll
Is likely
Oregon.
west, will cast their voles
r for the Commoner. Such
to be the case, too, here in
tj ma 11 Ch
A re
I lobs "
The
I'ei I'
seme poll.
north lunik
i t hi iid.
ange
it) standing In with
a
a. I Is a big clincher
I'll- people limy revere (he courts, but
ill
'I'm ft
STF.ADY (iltOWTII OK COKV.WXIK.
KKYAX'S C MS IX STKKMVril.
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1 On
Our needful knowledge, like
our needful food,
Unheg'd, lies open In life's
common field,
And bids all welcome to the
vital feast.
Edward Young.
MR. TAUT HAS SPOKEX.
T
give
heat
W
E CONFESS to some disap
pointment at Mr. Taft's
speech of acceptance. For
the most part. it niislit
.have been written by Senator Alli
son, or Burrows. It shows Mr. Taft
j as a thorough conservative, and ev-
hiblts the constitutional contrast he
' 'iween him and President Roosevelt.
One "ponders why Mr. Taft needed
to study for. two weeks or so on this
, speech, unless It 'was on what not
to say. On two subjects he speaks
out quite distinctly, and as we think
reasonably and rightly; these are on
the valuation of railroads and the
rights of workingmen, whether
formed into unions or not. The
opening indorsement of a square
deal for poor as well as rich, as
preached by Roosevelt, is well
; enough, though there is no vigor
--about ft, and the ifst of the spe.erh
. is reactionary in tone. Notwith
standing the exordium, due to Roose
velt, the trusts and their allies will
tye completely satisfied with the ad
dress. It leaves them scarcely any-
thing to be desired, for they ran
11 that was omitted
"The strength of the Republican
cause," Mr. Taft opens up by saying,
-. "Ilea in the fact that we represent
policies essential to the reform of
known abuses, to the continuance
-Of liberty, and to prosperity, and
that we are determined to maintain
them and carry them on." Who are
"we"? The leaders of congress who
rejected the Roosevelt policies?
' What "abuses," and how are "we"
going to "reform" them? There is
no intimation. The continued dom
inance of the Republican party is
' "essential to the continuance of lib
erty and to prosperity." Is that
really so? And if so, why? It
would be interesting to know why.
But if Mr Taft knows he does not
tell, nor give even any hint of the
reason. Nor do we know what the
"policies" of the parfy are. Mr.
Roosevelt is supposed to have some
policies; the leaders in congress
- have diamet ricall v opposite p""
eies; which sort does Mr. Taft ap
prove? Apparently both. He says
that what is now necessary is to
fix up the machinery of law so as
to-carry out these policies that will
preserve liberty and prosperity. And
.he Is willing to leave this law tinker
ing to Aldrich aiul Cannon!
Mr. Taft's remarks on trusts and
corporations are of the most com
monplace order. He criticises what
the Democratic platform proposes,
and seems V) score a point or two,
but he proposes no other remedy or
reHef. He thinks t he Democratic;
plan as to the trusts and the cur- j
rency would be destructive, ruin-i
ous; but he and his party have no
plan. This will scarcely be satis
factory to a great many Republican
voters who are becoming convinced I
that something should and must b " j
done to control and restrain certain j
kinds of corporations and posses
sors of "swollen fortunes." I
The Republican ti'i'-tili:" of pro-j
tection is stated as Mr Taft views,
it, but as stattd it wi'l cause no
alarm whatever among the protected'
Interests. It is airily assumed that '
next year the Republican party wHl '
revise the Ding ley tariff law, but j
the candidate makes no detailed smr- '
irest ions as to how this should be
done, and no promises as tn his at
titude in the matter Ho does, hew
HAT Mr. Bryan is much strong
er, both a f f irmat i ely and neg
atively, than he was in lsiili or
1 Mm, ;.nd t hat he is likely to
Mr. Taft a close race If not to
li 1 in in several large northern
states, is at present a prevalent opin
ion, not only among enthusiastic
Democrats but anions observant and
well-Informed Republicans as r.-ell.
There are several reasons why he
is so. First, the record of the last
Republican congress, which for prac
tical purposes and in effect Is the
latest record of the Republican
party. Without going Into details
here, it may be safely asserted that
literally millions of Republicans are
fairly disgusted with that record,
and this must result in weakening
Mr. Taft more or less, although he
was in no wise responsible for that
record. As to the tariff in partic
ular, hundreds of thousands of west
ern Republicans must have lost all
hope of -proper revision or reform
under their party, until it can effect
a radical change in its leadership.
The "currency reform" law is a by
word and a mockery throughout the
land, and there is not a particle of
ground to suppose the Republican
party will pass any better law, or
any other law not dictated by
Aldrich and his friends. The Roose
velt policies were nearly all turned
down, and Republicans cannot be
lieve that Taft can have more power
over congress to induce such legisla
tion than Roosevelt had. Taft, it is
admitted, means well; he is the
strongest man the Republicans could
have nominated, except possibly
Hughes; with Cannon or Fairbanks
as a candidate Bryan would have
swept the whole west; but great
numbers of Republican voters are
asking; "Isn't it time to make such
a change as will show that the peo
ple mean to regulate and control the
trusts and railroads, and get more of
a government of, by and for them
selves?" The foregoing states in fact the
second principal reason for Bryan's
strength. The paramount issue is:
Shall the protected and privileged
corporations or the people rule?
Which shall get the greatest benefit
from government? Bryan stands
for the people as against the trusts,
for the many as against the few;
everybody knows that. Taft may
stand in much the same attitude, but
ihe people don't know it so well, nr.'
not so sure of it. He is a splendid
man and a genuine pal riot;, we have
no doubt of that; but if he goes in
lie will bo powerless under the dom
ination, at least so far as congress
is concerned, of the gang that ruled
the last congress Aldrich, Crane,
Hopkins. Burrows, Elkins, Cannon.
Dalzell, Payne and their fellows and;
followers. But Bryan, it will be I
said, would be powerless; this gang!
in congress would do nothing to i
please or support him. True, but at I
least he would not yield to them at j
all, as Taft for policy's sake, and ;
perhaps a second term's sake, might j
do. Brjan would put the whole ad
ministrative department on the peo
ple's side, which would count fo
something, while Taft would be. In
A
QCFffK IMIASE of public
spirit is manifest at Corvallls.
According to the local papers
of that town the commercial
and prominent cttl.ens of that
are engaged in the unusual er
of Irving to provide enough
s for people to live ill. The
.e.
ee.te
l.
I hit t all f.T t lie
I. as was quite fen
I nUetl Stateo, and
HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS STAN
DARD OIL CASE
S:i lonn
lllh- I I.)
men wlin
ii M'inai i
nbev
lei. I.
the law are en
M;ik. tl
..I el, I :
me si of I tie swiftly passing
iuininer time.
body
I own
rand
house
inc rease of population has outgrown
the Increase in dwelling hoiUjes, wi'h
the result that a public movement
litis been inaugurated to supply the
deficiency. The commercial body is
holding public meetings, and a com
mittee of prominent citizens is nl
work in the effort to solve the
dilemma. A part of the plan is to
personally solicit men of means to
build dwellings for rental purposes,
and the success has been such that
a strong movement has set in, with
a promise that the emergency will
be fully met. The estimates of a
committee of the commercial club
is that .Mi to 7." houses m u at be thus
provided in order to meet the short
age, and the present movement, it
is asserted, wlil provide that num
ber of buildings not otherwise pro
vided for. Of 100 buildings now in
process of construction, but 2" of
those vacated as a result of their
construction "ill be available for
rental purposes.
The town added two years ago
13 per cent to its quota of resi
dences. S per cent last year, and
since .January 1 this year, 100
buildings have either been completed
or are now in process of construc
tion. Property in the residence sec
tion is declared to have doubled in
value within the past two or three
years.
An" interesting feature of the sit
uation is that Corvallls and Benton
county was one of the first in going
dry under the local option law.
Whether the faM aided in the pres
ent great growth i. not stated, but
evidently the growth came in
of dry conditions. A probable large,
if not a chief factor in the -steady
growth, is that four years ago the
cit.y installed a system of mountain
water, municipally owned, in which
the water supply Is piped 15 miles
from a mojintain stream far up the
slopes of Mary's Peak, giving the
town one of the best water supplies
in the country. Altogether, the sit
uation is interesting at Corvallls, on
account of the present activity of
the commercial club and prominent
men of that city.
Tuft
The
a let
Hrun Peth went
ki,i,I Will Irs.
to church
men at th
I'. I V
,hl St., I
..M.-Me
; too few
'HoltH.
real nice
l'l elllhltlon
full illtinor
party is not
pall.
'I he t
t'.-.ll .
ople lite
illiest, Il
If women could
onhln't we have u
,i Itoosevelt policies
ii m u pretense.
vote for president,
lively cumpalgn?
lie Independent purty can ahow
slight K'ouml for its existence Just now.
Hryan has till AuKtist 12 In whloh to
make up his mind to accept or decline.
Another pood thliiR about the sfason;
Itohson Is n 1 1 n k Ids tongue a vacation.
The A merle:
panics seem U
men.
n winners n the Olympic
have been mostly Oregon
The sea serpent secniH to have become
eviinet :in,l nothing has come, to take
its place.
Portland is a tine place, for vacation
ers at coast and mountains to slip back
to and i ecu pera t e.
So far
wav Davis
for jicMiiln
is
heard
has not
or Icks
from, llenrv O fl R R a
vet sent tn a check
The New York Republican bosses are
discounted!; Hughes will run again, and
th, v can't beat him.
The trial of die Standard Oil company
of Indiana for acceptance of rebate
from the riiionKo & Alton und other
railroads whh the most notable of the
1 1 list prosecutions Inaugurated by (be
government, and the fine attending the
verdict of guilty was the Kreatest ever
ImpoKud In th history of Kpgllsh law.
Ihe Indictments were returned In
August, l'.uiG, the. oil company being
charged with ohtnlnlng concessions In
shipments between Hs plant at Whiting.
Iml.. and western nnt southern point t.
After several of the many Indictments
had been quashed by Judge Kandls the
liial of the coiupuny begun on March
4. 1 !0 7. The Jury wus obtained In less
than a duy. and but two peremptory
challenges were used hy either side.
The hearing continued for six weeks,
and more than 7.000 pieces of docu
mentnrv evidence were Introduced by
Ihe government. In addition to the hun
dreds of witnesses placed on (lie stand.
A putilie i,sunK of all shipping
rales In stations of the Chicago &. Al
ton Hallway company evidently was
deemed the most Important bit of tes
timony by the Jurors. Their verdict of
guilty was reunited wllhln two hours
after their retirement, the amount of
the fine being left to the discretion of
the trial Judge.
The investigation then Inaugurated
by Judge ha ud Is was the most spectac
ular feature of the proceedings. His
efforts to. learn the financial status of
the Standard OU company of Indiana,
with an Idea of imposing a fine ade
quate to Its affairs, were hampered hy
the officials and attorneys of the com
pany. The Jurist then suddenly de-
Idcd to call John I ). KorKcreiier, rounu
r of the Standard Oil company, and
other officials to his courtroom to
throw light upon the affairs of the cor
poration.
Mr. HocKereiier and his associates
in personally questioned by .Judg"
l.andis and few nllempts were mady at
evasion of the searching Inquiries of'
Ihe Jurist. It wnis from the admissions
of (he witnesses that the court learned
that the HtHiidard oil company of New
Jeisey owBcd the Standard Oil company
of I ndlutiiiS und that the total earnings
of the parent body in the three years
preceding the investigation had been
more than -'0o, OOO.llOO, and that divi
dends of 40 per cent had been paid Its
stockholders.
After the testimony of the officials
had been obtained Judge l.andis again
look the case under advisement and af
ter a week announced Ills decision,
which lutsrsHcd the maximum penalty
on the l,4i!:' counts against the oil
company: A fine of 1200 on each count
was imposed.
The uplnlon of .Imlge I,andls was
marked by bitter arraignment of the
oil corporation and Its officials, who
wer-5 declared guilty of wilful violation
of the anll-trusl laws and were asserted
to be menaces to the prosperity of the
eonntrv.
The battle of the oil corporation
BKiilnst the enforcement or the glgan
tic fine was Inaugurated at once. Its
attorneys In the trial, John P Miller,
Morltz Rosenthal and Virgil P. Kline,
representing it. while District Attorn
Wlikerson made preparations for Its
All lir,,,mll t
The government officials began by
flemandlng an Increase of the super
sedeas bonds from Jfi.000,000 to 129,
240,000. the amount of the fine. Tes
tlnionv taken in New York City was
Introduced to show the attempts to dls
solve the corporation under the Sher
man anti-trust law nntt Hie enormous
erofllM of the oil companies.
The attorneys of the oil corporation
emitended that the tangible property
of the Indiana company, If sold on exe
cutlon. would not exceed $2,500,000 or
1.1 000 000 and that the value of the
Uhlttnir plant was less than 15,000.000
The testimony procured In New York
developed the following statistics con
cerning its profits from lS'.i'J to l'.IOT
fae REALM - I
fFEMINIlE
W
puzzled
(rnss assets.
1S99 J15.lfi4.40K.16
1900 16.077.0IS.24
1101 16. 435, 21.1. 71
10'' 19. 704.67:104
1903 .' 21.277,619.79
)4ii4 20,087,700.64
100R ' 20,748,361 97
HlOt, 27.502.0S9.8G
A
Ord-tioui
new society is
r of Hats. I;
ish In dry terril
called the Flenign
probably will not
'ry.
O. that terrible wheat crop failure;
only :t;i to 40 bushels an acre of 75-cent
wheat up around Athena and Weston.
Think of "Fingey" Connors dictating
measures, "principles" and candidates to
millions of people! Hut this Is a f-ample
of -government bv party.
'Ihe I. os Angete
Hrvan were to be
would be the pow
Well, lie might be
man or Aldrich.
Times says that if
li -ted Sam Gompers
r b hind the throne,
preferable to Harrl-
Croker
going to
KtiKl uid
spite majority.
noose veil
says tiiat
vote for
, Old be
That is
were a -,
world was
Kdwani of
leeted bv a great
lot so certain. If
.'idate.
if the
a king
The Oreponian is now almost dally
hinting to Statement No. 1 members of
the legislature that they should repudi
ate their pledge to the people In the
matter of the sena t orship. It must want
to kill the Republican party in Oregon,
sure enough.
On July 1 1906. the gross assets of of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
were shown to have been $27,502,089,
and the profits of the company for
three years to have exceeded $23,000.
O11O on these figures the government
officials declared the corporation well
able to present an Indemnity bond for
the amount of the fine and to pay the
fine if affirmed hy the upper courts.
The trial of the Standard Oil case,
while establishing precedents each day
in the prosecution of law-violating cor
porations, was the most important In
mere matter of verbiage and document
ary evidence ever tried in (be federal
courts of Illinois. The transcript of
the case covered mote than 4, "00 page-
Inabilities.
$,"(.004,TI1.II5
2.735.695.09
2,963.4 17.01
3.3011,520.64
4,535.206.12
3.052.497 82
typewritten manuscript, or more
than 1,000.000 words. 1 wenty-rive
extra clerks were employed continuous
ly for several months preceding and
during the trial In the offices of .oe
district attorney.
The trial of the case was equivalent
to the hearing of 1.903 lawsuits in one.
It was necessary for the prosecution
to call scores of witnesses to prove
Infinitesimal details of the shipments
of oil, each point of which was fought
bv the corporation lawyers.
"The government was forced to put
on the stand witnesses who had see?i
each car of oil, either in the railroad
yards, at the point of destination or
at the place where It wmb -unloaded.
Some TKings Judge Lan
tlis Said
Oregon Sidelights
Klamath Indians have been feasting
n crickets.
Common honesty among men ought
not to lie altogether ignored in business
even in this day.
It is the business of the judge to ad
minister the law as In- finds 11, rainei
than to expatiate upon the Inadequacy
of punishment
the
de
TIIK PKI.'SS -WD THE COURTS.
LUTHXC. to the reported ap
peal of the railroads from the
derision of the interstate com
merce commission in the lum
ber rate case, the Seattle Post-ln-teliigenrer
remarks: "fending the
decision by the court on the matter,
the merits of the case are not the
subject of legitimate discussion in
the columns of a newspaper."
cannot agree with
Either the courts
by newspaper tlis
a case or they are
not. If they-are not, such discus
sion can do no harm, and if they
be
The Journal
this sentiment,
are influenced
tisslon of such
If they- are not,
can do no harm,
Sherman county grain
better than expected.
turning" out
The Coy eherrv
One man has 8O.0"O
crop Is
pounds.
Immense.
A Hubbard woman lost a sack con
taiaing $100 ami several checks.
An egg
measured
inches.
laid
six
by
a I.iun county hen
six and one-half
A Culled
Rogue river
tensive one
States ce
cc:ii field
in dreg
dogist
Is the
says
most
the
ex
it.
Sab
f,u-
( '
Twl
e as many h
III as lasi yrvir.
tent a 1 e e r y
uses
Stll!
sea ree.
,uo. :
elng built in
good houses
,.ye
ipa! purpo:
Nothing
an additional
es by ;i VOt'!
mlueky about
holdon to Hoss Cox and to men -of
his sort throughout the country.
And more than all, the election of
Bryan, or even his near-election and
a Democratic house, would be a mil-
aid.
ni'
in-
am ng
as he
1)1 o n, ' -
I. and
o ra.'l-
icy reform
k deposits,
currency if
rnmcnt, and
;li of which
mend t hem
tun p i o nf a 1 '
ever, sp'- i!icai: advocate a sh::i
Buhsidy law. the object or effect of
which wou;l be to create another
great trust. The p. .- currency a .
be Myg, is only lemporary. an!
gain it is assiim-d (hat Aldrich k
Co. will fix it up all right, as t i
how be fca nothing to say. lie is
Opposed to an income tax law, and
while "Inclined" peroraii;. to favor
the elctlon of senators by the people
tie doe not regard that as a nartv
4)aectlon.
Finally, at If ronpcionn of having
tut barely mentioned the Republi
can platform two or three times, and
ro ogres not at all, and deriricf! to
y aomethlnie really utrong. Mr.
Taft declare that "ir ever a party
l.a entitled Itself to approval it is
the. Republican rarty In thl cam
ralgn"; and that the only thing it
htt left undone U the hlp aubsidy
And tits with the record of
the lt roBgretw, which rejected
rlne cut " sf ten of the measure
vrsrd by RoreTelt, yet freh In te
j.;.e euIbJ! fats as taasertioG If
lion-tongued, irumpet-toAed warn
ing to the oppressive and insolent
trusts and (heir allies that their
rule was about over.
"Negatively," wr-
that H : in is not
v as con. Id, red in 1 v '.' '
s'atidatii ,iesMo;i i f
1 lir an proposes no' ;! c
! jt a I in the w ay of mrr
I t ban the cua ra p; of i a
1 Issuance of em : gent j
' i.ocessary by th cm
1 ; n- ta 1 s..v ino 1-a'ik s .
tie a.-i; I e:- shoo Id con
se , s to 'he o ;:: tr on
jUil ties. The 1.. ids Of the "! OUps"
' of interests that n k to run th"
' government, as f-! as monopolize
most of the big in'i'istrial and finan
cial affairs of the country, might
!p for awhile to create a flurry and
a furore if Hryan were elected,
though probably they would think
het'tr of It and wouldn't; hut even
I ant.- ipatinp that, a multitude of
1 Kepi,! liran voters, it wouM s-eotn.
would welcome the bringing f th"
Icontfst to close and detlflve quar
ters If a fpw group? of multimi
llionaires are going to try to injure
j and run " .eoo .0 00 people beo'aim
1 the p-ople choose 0r,i man rather
than ano'her w th"fr president, it j?
quite tine c fo-;nd it out and as
certained where e are at. whether
this can be done or not. whether
ttli U a povprnment of (hp people or
a go Tern meet of miflf-h moneybags
and o'j.!'ef corporation If we are
to have tfcst f.grt and e mutt
e would bftter have jt row rather
trao tinrne yer hence when these
txto; i tlaH Lave fotten the country
are they will In all probability
influenced in the right direction.
This matter of freight rates Is a
public matter. It affects all the
people. It is their business. They
have a right to be heard on it
through the newspapers constantly,
whether a case is "pending" in stime
court or not Probably some case
of this sort will always be "pend
ing"; must the newspapers therefore
forever keep mum, and never dare
to express an opinion, lest It should
be regarded as an infringement upon
I the sacred prerogative of a court?
j The courts in our opinion ought
j to know what the people think
j about such matters as this, and they
tan only karn this through the
I press. The newspapers should be
j temperate, and reasonable, and fair,
j but that they mutt not express any
! opinion on the merits of such a case
1 until the courts have got through I
w"h It is absurd.
As it happened, the report that
'e railroads would appeal this case
1 oi-hi; t,i have been wrong, but if
tl.f.y I ad the newspapers had a "right
to discuss its merits. And they have
ever, a clearer right to discuss the
pending" Injunction case of the
Southern Pacific against the Inter
state commerce commission.
Lot us duly respect the court, of
; course, but let us not con fees that
ttage
tax l"i in,
of 113 to
that.
The Grand Iboide ailey must have a
fruit cannot Y and packing plant ready
for Ihe next season s fruit, and If pos
sible for the caie of the fall's apple
(iiiys Ihe l.a 1. 1 anno woserver.
ct.'p.
A l.a 'Grande man who was unloading
cherries into a car when a passenger
train came along soio a 101 in 101:1.1
at 10 cents a hatful, more for an ad
vertisement than for profit, as many
of the hats, especially the merry wid
ows, held about cents' worth.
A two-acre orchard in I.ane county
yielded 1 0 tons of fruit tills season.
At tlie low price of three cents per
pound the cannery price- -the little
plot returned a neat sum to Its owner.
The largest tree produced C75 pounds of
fruit.
Six new brick blocks are being
phi lined for construction this fall at
Cottage Greve. Ail i Kc-pt on" of them
will be two stories and most of them
will have double stores on the lower
floor The one-story building will he
about 90 by lu feet on the ground.
In the Klamath basin There is no:
the hustle and bustle that character
ized it a few ea 1 s ngo. but there Is.
In all parts of the county, a steady
Increase in popn 1 a 1 1, n and an Influx of
a desirable class ,,f settlers, says the
Herald.
I The Willqmetie river
I says the Review. Is po
i i- hardly enotit'h watei
,,.vs t swim Pi -that Is.
t.-e' i: 1 Pi t ,'Sf warm
at Marrlshnrg.
low that there
' left for the
when they all
afterrrooii the
li so f.itl of bovs that It
a southern alligator pond.
re-
: 1 er
Peni!-
Klan
f-T nr.
man -r
Ir, the
ers his f-d from the cabins tn that
ictnlty H" hrv heen peen to iipeak to
hut onf pinr June, and has a cahln
in dense I rush.
authorized for its
frfli-t ion
This court is unable to Indulge
nrMiimntlnn that ill this CISC the
fenilant (the Standard Gil company of
New Jersey; was convicted of Its virgin
We -', i rr )i t as well look upon this sit
nation souiirelv. The men who thus de
liberately violate the law wound so
ciety more deeply than does he who
counterfeits t lie coin or steals letters
from Me mail
It is 1 'he defendant's position that its
offense was wholly technical; that no
body has been injured and that there
fore iiu minishtiieiit. If any. should be
a modest fine. It ia novel, indeed, fo
a convict defendant to urge the com
rdete triumph of a dishonest course a:
a. reason why such course should go
iinniml chnl
VA" li e 11 ihe only possible motive for
a crime is the enhancement of divl
.lends and the only puntsment author
ire I ;s 1 fine ereat caution must be ex
ercised bv Ihe court lest the fixing of
.1 small amount encourage the defend
ant to future violations by esteeming
the ren:i Itv to be in the nature of a
i i, en se
For the law to take from one of. its
eon, orate creatures, as a penalty for
the commission of a dividend-produc
ri-iioe !e than one third of Ihe net
i-eeei ales jieeriie.l duriiic the period of
violation falls far short of the impo
Kitio.i of hi. excessive fine, and surely
to a,, this would not be the exercise of
tiu nun ii real tiower as is employed
when a sentence Is ItnpoS'd taking from
n hnioHii beinir one day of his liberty
Cmler the doctrine insisted upon by
the defendant, the railway company
might give the Standard, oil company
a low transportation rate and by con
tract obligate Itself to withhold the
same rate from the very man the taking
of iv hose riroriertv bv condemnation
rendered possible the construction of
the road. A more abhorrent heresy
could not he conceived.
Tho court Is not impressed by the
dnleiul predictions of counsel for the
defendants as to the hardships upon
The honest shipping public to he an
(ieipaied from the enforcement of this
rule. 'The honest man who tenders a
commodity for transportation to a rail
way company will not be fraudulently
misled by the company Into allowing
it to ha ul his pi opei ty for less than
the law authorizes it to collect.
Tile nominal defendant Is the Stand
ard Gil company of Indiana, a million
dollar corporation. The Standard oil
company of New Jersey, whose capital
is JloO.oOo.oOO. is the ial defendant.
Tariff Bred a Trust, of
Course
From t lie Astoria Herald.
The fishermen of Astoria do not real
ize why It is they are compelled to pay
il.". cents ifcound" more for salmon twine
than It c T11 be bought for In any other
country. This extra money comes out
of the pockets of the flHhermen. On
the Columbia river alone, the extra
charge amounts to $10,000 a year. In
other words, $10,000 every year Is sent
out of Astoria for twine in excess of
the price paid in British Columbia. Ail
kinds of standard twines used by fish
ermen se II for So cents Per pound In
Vancouver. Victoria and all British fol
umbia points. In Astoria it sella for
$1.15 per pound. The cannerymen know
this, but have never taken any steps
tn remedy the extortion. The cause of
this is due to two propositions.
One is, the United States levies a tar
iff of 2." ;x r cent ad valorem on all
twines shipped to the United States.
The duty does not come out of the
merchants who handle It. nor the can
nerymen who supply the fishermen. It
conies out of the pockets of the poor
fishermen on the Columbia river. The
second reason is, that by virtue of this
tariff, enacted to "protect Infant in
dustries.'' it has built up gigantic
trust who are filching .'15 cents per
pound ul of th" fishermen. The head
quarters of this trust Is the lnen
Thread company. Oakland. 'al. The
company makes thousands of dollars
eyerv year, and now controls the entire
twine output of the I'nited States. They
dictate prices and if you don't pay the
exorbitant prices, you get no twine.
The msrehanls who sell the twine are
not to blame. They must conform to
the rules anil regulations of the trust.
or they can puronase no iwine.. 1 ne
cannerymen who sell twine are not to
blame in one sense, as rney. too, must
pay the trust price for twine, but they
certainly have Influence enough to
bring the matter to the proper authori
ties and put the grafting trust out of
business, or compel them to sell as
cheaply to American fishermen as to
British Columbia fishermen. By mak
ing a difference of 35 cents per pound.
It gives the British Columbia fishermen
an advantage over the 1 oiumtna river
fishermen. The representatives In con
gress from Oregon. Washington and
Idaho ought to have sufficient influ
ence to reduce the tarnr on twine. 1110
Pacific Coast Fishermen s union and
the Columbia River Fishermen's Protec
tive union ought to petition Ihe repre
sentatives in congress to secure a modi
fication or an absolute repeal of this
unjust burden. They can do It, If they
will make on effort They should ha
supported by every canneryman and
every dealer In twine.
Tlie Value of Flali.
HilJC the warm weather per
sists there Is Hide demand on
the part of (he family for
meat In the dietary, and yet
(ho housewife. Is sometimes
to know how to supplant It und
yet give the members of the family
sufficiently nutritious food.
The vacationists meet this question
very nicely by changing In the summer
to a diet that is largely composed of
fresh fish, clams and crabs. The cltv
housewife may we(J Imitate their ex
ample, und though there are some erro
neous notions about fish as a food
there remains the fact dial It Is an
economlcul source of food value, and
t he illflerent ways In which It can hi
serred make II particularly udaplahln
to a hot weather diet.
A bulletin of the depurtment of agri
culture has this pertinent Information
in regard to fish as food.
The chief uses of fish as food are,
to furnish an economical source of
nitrojr'nous nutrients and to supply the
demand for variety In the diet, which
increases with the advance of clvlllia
(lon. There is a widespread notion that
fish contains large quantities of phos
phorus, and on that account Is partic
ularly valuable as brain food. The per
centages of phosphorus In specimens
thus far analyzed are not larger than
are found In the flesh of other animals
used for food. Hut. even If the flesh
be richer In phosphorus, there Is no
experimental evidence to warrant the
assertion that fish Is more valuable
than meats or other food mnterlul for
the nourishment of the brain.
The opinion of eminent physiloglsts
ll th-it nhtiuiiltriniu lu m titnru uuunnlliil
fronts. to the bra n than nltroiren notassimn
4.1!5,i50.r4 I or any other element which occurs In
4.9S1 ,5 I 1.04 llto liBum.e Tl... ,t,,o ,. ,C, , I ,..
r,r;7i.!48.5ri phosphorus Is based 011 11 nooiillir mls-
,615, 906.BO conception of statements, bv one of th
X. ia3,4 10. -8 ear! v writers on Kiieh tonics
79t.0;l9 J4 I II ju well nil, lerul, 10.I tlitit nrrvnna In
6.62 1 ,(i7t).BH Vanilla eoiidtllons ,,f Ufa an. I r,. .
10, 516, OK::. 75 lion reoulre different kinds and ouanti-
ties of food. For the laboring man lin
ing heavy work the diet must contain a
comparatively large amount of fuel
ingredients and enough of the flesh-
forming substances to make good tha
wear and tear of the bod v.
These materials are all present in
the flesh of animals, but not in the
requisite proportions. Fish and the
leaner kinds of meat are deficient in
materials which yield heat and mus
cular power. When, however, fish and
meat are supplemented by bread, pota
toes, etc. a diet is provided which will
supply all the needs of the body.
Where tisli can be obtained at low
cost it may advantageously furnish a
considerable, portion nf tin: protein re-.
Iiiired. and under most conditions Its
use may lie profitably extended sob'v
on the ole.i of variety. It should be
stated that most ph siologlsls regard
fish as a particularly desirable food for
ersons of .sedentary habits. be,-ause
t seems to be less "hearty." While.
so tar as can be learned, such state
ments do not depend upon rxner I in 111 1 1 !
videnei. they :,-.. ilioucht to embody
me result or nxperiet" e.
W. . If.
Itellef for Tired Feef.
TIRKI) feet cause an almost unen
durable pain, yet many suffer
from such merely through care
lessness in not having Uje heels of
shoes straightened. You know what It
is to put on an old p air of shoes that
have been cast aside for months and If
the heels are crooked It Is almost an
impossibility to stop In them, yet one
will no on for weeks wearing hlgli
heeled shoes that throw the ankles out
of place. It Is necessary to have two
pairs of house shoes, 'especially for
summej- wear, and they should be low
and have low heels. There Is not a
more comfortable shoe made than
gymnasium shoes, and even the open
work sandals are useful while one is
doing the morning work. Burning feet
are caused by poor circulation. This
can be cured in a short time by plung
ing the feet Into modeiadly hoi water,
thenicold, and applying witch haze! or
bay rum. Powder the shoes with tal
cum powder and wear seamless stn,-k-ings.
White-fooled ones are preferable
to colored ones for. warm weather.
To Remove Grass Stains.
OW that summer frocks and coun
try life are at thelrlieinht.it will
take the gicat-st care lo keep
grilse stains from one's clothes. If such
a stain is soaked in alcohol it will come
out. If this is not successful try
soaking It in kerosene or molasses.
Kecipes.
SPRING pun,-!, of ginger ale. Make
a rich lemonade by boiling one
quart of water and one cupful of
sugar together for five minutes and
adding the juice or five lemons, the
grated rind of one, when the syrup is
cool. Put Into the pinch bowl with a
lump oT lee In. the center and add one
quart of ginger ale Bruise the leaves
and stems of half a dozen sprigs of
mint and add to the punch a cpiarler
of an hour before tervnig.
FT
ath e.cinty officers are hunttng
unknown, armed, wild or rrazy
f jgltlve from Justice, who lives
woods rear Spencer's and gath-
we dare n"t
pending rase
The MrMir.r.vilie News-Reporter !
While sitting
I r a id Mavor
-aw en animal
!1atf"noe,i it to
on Ids porch at home
Plamondon of Athena
rllmhlrig a tree and
be a badger. Now thei
pay a ord about a 1
f this character.
(debtors wife is western bred, and
knowing that bangers are not Ire
, hjr;bpm. her enlnlon nf hl nrnwun
says that The Journal "was never 1 n a hunter fell off a few points and
and 1)1? poll- s r4n r a wal"n ,ub' Ba s ,n' Press.
coupio 01
Mary Anderson Navarro's Birthday.
Mary Anderson de Navarro, tlie Amer
ican actress who retired from the stage
whin at the zenith of her popularity and
fame, was horn July 28, 1869. at Sacra
mento. Cnl. Her father was an Kngltsh
man and her mother of German di scent.
Her girlhood was passed In Louisville,
where" she was educated In t,he Ursultne
convent and In the Presentation acad
emy. In her slxte-'ntb year she met
Charlotte Cushman In Cincinnati and to
her onthb'd her ambition to go on the
stage From the celebrated actress she
r,eetrrt encouragement and after less
tl,-., o veur of st nd v she made her de
but nt SlcAnlev's theatre in Uouisvllle. 1 that
Th date was November 27, 1875. Her
Juliet was enthusiastically received by
a large audience A year later she went
to New York, where she won Immediate
popir.aritv In "The Lady of Lyons'' In
bfdh the United 8tates and England she
continued to tour successfully In legiti
mate role, until IfckS. In that year
she married Antonio de Navarro and re
tired permanently from the stage Since
her marriage she has made her home In
Kr.gland
" I Wi
1 tie
in favor of Roosevelt and 1)1?
rlrs " ThU Is said because
Journal is quite friendly to Rryan.
The N R. is mistaken, or rather it
misrepresent p The Journal has
been and is in favor of what la uo
derftoor! by the Roofevelt policies,
and It U friendly to Bryan because
he ("and fir thoiw policies, and
dombtt more of the nam son
and hat don w for the last; 12
year, Thre i no iDeonf latency
whateTer In a newspaper favoring
both the Roosevelt pcllclea and
Bryu.
the &KSlM&nre
of
friends sh succeeded In cnnturlnr the
M-.orrihle freature. and for the first time
tn M life the divmr viewed a badger
wearing an overcoat ,,f tooth ftcka
Ia Grande Ohservr Talk ts rhap.
but the more we tik Irrigation In
t Is i alley. the sconr It will ha
brought to pass Wren the water ta
brought tnto the valley, then we will
ee the N holdings cot tip Into small
farms The r-eople talkel railroad a
good many years before the Iron horse
roeeed our beautiful alley We talked
stscar factory eereral seaeona before we
enured one We talked machine worka
many years before the nrht person was
found It I talk after all that makes
the b-,s go around. Iet ua all talk
Irricatkoa.
Woman Tougher Than Man.
From the New York Globe.
Although mn aa thev run are perhaps
mucularlv atronger tban women, their
Inability to withstand tha alementa and
their rellanre upon clothe place them
considerably below the so-called weaker
ex In the matter of unclothed tough
ness Women war clothes for orna
ment, men use them aa a protective
coverlrg A group of men marooned
clothealesa on an Island In the tem
perate ion might be expected to (lie
off In a month from draughta and colda
and rheumatism. The health of women
similarly placed would auffer little from
the enforced exposure. Ihe fact ap
pears to be. therefore, that In everr
thlng but muacl In vitality, rugged
neea. rharactr. disposition, brain ower,
tc woman la the tougher, not the
weaker eex.
Crop Itotation Needed.
From the Medford Tribune.
Soils of the Rogue River valley are
famous for their fertility. Almost any
thing can be grown with the proper
attention, and because this Is the case.
farmers do not farm scientifically and
are fast robbing the land of its strength
Year after year, for 20 and even 30
years, the same crop has been grown on
the same ground. There has been no at
tempt at rotation of crops, no effort
made to keep the soil from exhaustion,
and season after season the earth grows
poorer, robbed of the elements that
make it a profit producer.
There are fields that have grown corn
for 10 consecutive years There Is land
for still longer has never ianeu to
yield a good return in wheat. 'there
Tha combined area of
five of them svomerr-arho
boro waa 47J yeara.
ala - pioneers,
met at Hills-
wheat.
are thousands of acres that for a score
of years have produced from three to
five cuttings of alfalfa, though the
yield per acre la yearly lessening per
ceptibly. Because of Its wonderful fertility,
farmers seem to think Rogue River val
ley land cannot be Irajured by this crop
exhaustion. It can be. and Is being,
and If kept up. the land will eventually
become as barren as the abandoned
farms in the east, which have been al
lowed to go back to brush and forest
because farming waa no longer profit
able upon an exhausted land.
In horticulture, this section leads the
world. No region can show such com
mercial orchards so aclenllficnlljr cared
for But In agriculture. It Is way In the
rear asd unskilled farming will aoon
make all farming unprofitable.
To conserve the strength of the soli,
so that each year it grows a more
profitable crop than (he year before. Is
the lesson farmers roust learn and prac
tice If they would keep their farms
In an up-to-date war, so that they will
yearly lncreaae In value as well as In
profits.
The -Hamburg expedition to the
Magellan stralte haa Issued a volume
in which particular attention la given
to blpolarlt." that la to say. the
occurrence- of similar tvpea of animal
Hfs at the two poles and their abwence
from almost ths whole ef the Inter
vening area-
Llttle cottage puddings. Two
thirds cup sugar. nt iiiarlff cup
butter, one-half cup milk, one egg,
one-half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon
cream nf tartar. Mix In order given,
and beat well. Steam one-half hour In
Small cups, Into which have first been
dropped a spoonful of preserved straw
berries. Serve with whipped cream.
Any kind of rich preserves may be
used. Fine for dinner pall.
a
The Daily Menu.
IlltK A KKAMT.
Raspberries on Toasted Shredded Wheat
niscnii.
Tarsley Omejet Julienne Potatoes.
Hot Ro'ls Coffee.
Ll'NCHF.ON
Salmon Croquettes with Parsley Sauce.
S.italoKa Chips.
Cinnamon Roll. Creamed Rice.
Fresh Peaches. Red Tea.
MNNKIt
Roulllon. rhoese Crisps.
Sirloin Steak with l.ui Gravy.
Baked Potatoes Gtocn Peas.
Fruit Salad. Cheese Straws
Green Apple pie with Cheese t offee.
This Dale in Hi.-tory.
1767 James Ash. ti n Maysr'. n note )
Federalist leader, born In Philadelphia,
filed in Wilmington. Del.. August ,
1815
1 778 Admiral Charles I. Stcwai:.
who was connected with the 1'nl'ed
States naval serv i, e for 78 years born
In Philadelphia. Died at Rord.-ntnwn.
N. J . November K. 1"69
1806 Buenos A) u s taken bv the
British.
1821 San Martin proclaimed the Inde
pendence of Peru.
1 823 Manasseh Cutler, author of ih
ordinance of 1 787 excluding slavtrv
from the Northwest Territory, d ed i i
Hamilton. M Born In Ktlilng'v.
Conn , May , Hit
fe 4 4 Joseph Bonaparte died Born
178.
1862 Hudson river steamer Hrrv
Clav burned near Yonkers. with Tors o'
52 lives.
1 4 Battle of Four-Mil Cre- k.
north of the James rlvr Virginia
1148 Military government oe.i in
Arkansas. North Carolina. South Car,
Una. Alabama. Louisiana, Georgia an:
Florida.
1818 Cltr of Ponce. Torto Rico, sur
rendered to the Americans'
Consul -General Richard Ouerth'r rf
Frankfort reports that Germany im
portation of rubber (caoutchouc i dur
ing, J07 amounted to 1S,0 lir,g tons.
About 1 tons of this rame from
the empire's African roionlea.