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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. V TUESDAY, NOBODY KICKS ABOUT HIS Yet It Is One That Every body Pays Figures to "Appall Bad Koads Victims . ' and, Scare Tightwads of Every Name and Order. By FREDERIC J. HASKIX. .Copyright, 1908, by Frederlo J. Haskln.) . Washington. Nov. lO.-g-A. real entry into the giant task of learning what steps - may beat be taken to uplift the farmers of the United States has been mad by Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey and his associates on the president's r . country Ufa commission. At the outset , of their: endeavor they have had it forced upon them that ths crying need of the rural communities is better high , Ways. Following the naming of the commis sion by 'the president came floods of unsolicited letters to Washington. From every section of the United States these communications poured into the offices of the commission. It was found that 80 per cent of the writers mentioned the urgent need it .model highways In the opening paragraphs of their letters. Many complained that poor roads were almost entirely responsible for the lack - of education among the children of far mers; that they bred disease; that they depreciated the value 'of adjacent lands; In fact, that nearly all of the Ills from which Airal communities suffered could be directly traced to the impassable stretches which in- many sections pass for soads. If the farmers had any realization of the vast . sums of money in which they are mulcted because ..boggy stretches, called roads by courtesy, impose' an injust mud tax upon them, the county supervisor, who dared vote against a prospective appropriation for the exten sion and maintenance of model high ways would be no safer at a grange pic Mo than a plump, blonds missionary on a cannibal island. , Saif Billion a Tear for Mud. Incredible as it majr seem to many, the actual road tax burden the farmers are forced to carry upon their already stooping shoulders is riot less than half a billion dollars a year, due solely to the almost criminal condition of . roads. Carefully established statistics prove that each ton hauled over tha country roads of the United States oosts the man who hauls it It cents more than the hauling of a ton' costs the farmers of Europe, whera good roads are ap . predated and sealously maintained by far-seeing governments. Investigations conducted by the office of public roads of the U hi tod States department of agriculture, by the indus trial bureaus of various railroads and by road associations have established the fact that the avers; oet of haul ing per ton faille in America is 2S cents, while the average cost in Europe's three - leading oountries England. France and Germany ranges from the- low cost of 7 cents over the national routes of France, to It cents over the worst -roads of England. In massing statistics, it .is no more than fair to err on the side of conservatism. Therefore, it is gen erous to place the average cost of haul ing in those countries at 12 cents. If that point be granted, the loss to the American farmer must be large. Let us look, therefore, at one of the crop sea sons, the year 1905 being the last for which statistics are obtainable. 4-ures That Provs the Loss. Reports from the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture prove inn bd,sj.vuu.uuv pounas or larm aroa ucts, consisting or barley, oorn, oot ton, flaxseed, hemp, hops, oats, peanuts, rice, tobacco, wheat and wool were hauled from farms to shipping points. That enormous weight did not include products hauled from farms to mills, and from mills back to farms. Neither did It include all of the crops produced; the noticeable Instances being truck products and frulta Nor does it com prise any of the products of forests and mines, nor the commodities which go from city to country. Divide that pound age into tonnage, multiply that tonnage by It cents, and the figures begin to prove to ths farmer that he is not a far sighted business man. It haa been further settled that the ""' tengin or. nam or ail rarm prod ucts is 9.4 miles, so that sum may be again multiplied and the result will be a loaf of 11.17 for every ton hauled over our roads. On--the products above mentioned It totals 158,900,000, but large as is that sum, it is only a trifling per centage of the actual waste. How to Bars 9950,000,000. The, report of the international cam mere: commission for the fiscal year which ended June to, 1906, shows that ths railroads handled 820,164.627 tons of freight originating on their respeo tire roads. Of that, the products of the mines constituted 3.09 per cent, and manufactures 14.81 per cent. Ex clude these from any consideration, on the theory that mine products and man ufactures travel by rail' and not by wagon, and there Is left 12 per cent of agricultural, forest and miscellaneous t produce; a maximum Of JfiB.Ofin nnn tons passing annually over country roads in wagons. To simplify mathematics, figure the average haul at nine miles. . With nine-mile haul at 26 cents a ton, the total cost of hauling would be 2696,500, 000. Wiping out the 166,600,000 for about 16 per cent of the produots which may ba delivered direct to railroads from point of origin, and giving no consideration to the vaat tonnage of ca nals, barges and steamers first hauled to wharves in wagons, and there is left a total of half a pillion dollars as the annual cost of hauling on country roads. Were the roads as good as those of Europe, the saving on that tonnage would be 22SO.O00.00O. Every body Fays the Koad Tax. It is not only the farmer who Is forced to carry that burden. Everybody . has to share lt--the city man and the city woman, as well as the country man and the country woman. The cost of the soft-boiled egg that Mrs. De Bullion has for breakfast at the Bt. Reckless hotel has its price established prlncl- ?ally because of cost of transporting it rom hen to hostelry. The cost of the cream in the breakfast of fee rests not ' uDon the labor of the cow. but ueon the cost of transporting that cream from dairy farm to city. The cost of the I roll rests not upon the baker, but unon ' the charge made for hauling the wheat rrom western news, nrst to snipping ' point, thence to elevator, thence to mill. and thence to baker. . So the cltv man, as well as the coun- try man, is forced to bear a ahare off xna unjust ouraen piacea upon mt com munity, because the roads over which ail products move art In such shameful condition that, four horses on an Amerl : can highway are unable to do one half the work that one horse will do on a French highway. . During the year 1908 tt cost S.8 cents Ter bushel to carry wheat rrom New . York to -Liverpool, a distance of 1,100 jjulles. 'It cost the American farmer 1.6 ' tmiii more to carrv a bushol of wheat "i from h's barn nine miles to .the neaj : eet place by wagon, necause in many m . stances (he spent a generous portion of . Ilia iibt; Lcaiing ftdit-v ,ci.a tivm jwdi V- neighbor s grounds with which to pry his wagon out of the sloughs and ruts I with which miles of highways are cut up. ' . - ' 1 It doesn't take a scientist . with a buldglng forehead to appreciate the fact that all - commodities may be hauled more economically, over- hard, smooth roads that oVer soft, bad roads, "but it may Interest many who do haul to learn the reason why. Tests by eminent engi neers prove that if a horse can barely draw a load, on a level road, of iron rails. It will require li horses to draw that same load on asphalt; SV4 horses on the best Belgian block pavement; 7 on good cobblestone pavement: 13 on bad cob blestone; 20 on ordinary earth road, and 40 on a sandy road.- The resistance In pounds per ton can be stated as follows;- On an earth road, 224 pounds; on a hard-relied, gravel road, 76 pounds, and on a hard, smooth macadam road. 46 pounds, the velocity being the ordinary pace. V, ' .' !.,. . - Would Save Beasts gad Barness. ; It will thus be seen that- were the roads improved, much larger loads could be hauled with much less power, and that would Involve an enormous reduc tion In the number of draft animals, or a large Increase in the number of mar ketable commodities. Inasmuch as the draft animals now In use on American farms comprise 23,509,000 horses and mules, worth $4,423,697,000. there is no need for heavy mathematics to prove that the fanners might save a round billion in money if they were forced to buy but one quarter ss many draft ani mals. The wear and tear on wagons and harness is also -worthy of considera tion, for heavy rata and bad roads make the building of 600.000 farm wagons necessary each IS months, and the cost spent on Harness -is so large mat u would make a yawning chasm even . in the bank roll of Mr. Rockefeller., ' v Good Xoads Add to rarm Values. One more argument In favor of better roads which the farmer must directly appreciate:' That Is In the Increased assessed, valuation of his land. Good roads Inevitably and Immediately give greater value to the farming country which ther traverse. That statement Is based upon solid figures gained after moat careful research by the bureau of the census, by the office of public roads, by the land and industrial bureaus of 12 trunk line railroads, and by the bu reau of statlstica of the United States department of agriculture. This increase has been variously esti mated at from $2 to $9 an acre, and In 1600 , there were 838,691,774 " acres of farm lands. Of that number 414,498, 487 were considered Improved. - Again, to be conservative, consider merely that half of all farming coun try; give to it the very lowest possible Increase In valuation, 12 per acre, and the total gain In farm value throurh better highways would be 8828,996,000. Add that sum to the $500,000,000 to be gained through hauling, and the aggre gate benefit directly to the farmers would approach a billion and a half. These are facts, and were the farm ers far-seeing enough to take their 10, 000.000 ballots in hand and storm the voting places of the country In the inter est of better highways, the giving of mortgages on farm property would In a short time become an Incident In rural life; rather than a habit, as It Is today. PIWE0 CUBED IS TO It DATS, PAZO OINTMENT ia eiurantMd to ears inr cm of Itching, Blind.' Bleeding or Protradlng rum in o id oar or money munaea. ouc. Wrestling Thursday SCHOOLS CAN SEPARATE RACES v -a"sssssissBBBsBSissasjpaiMwa . United States Supreme Court Holds Negroes Can Be Barred. (Catted Press Ieased Wlra.l Washington; Nov. 10 In deciding ths ease' of Berea College versus the Stats of Kentucky favorable to ths state, the supreme court of the United States yes terday held that the states of the union may constitutionally legislate to prevent the coeducation of the white and black races. The case was instituted to test the validity of the state law of 1904 prohibiting white and black children 'from attending the same school. - xne nigner state court toon ins posi tion that the white and black races are naturally antagonistic, and that the foroed separation of the children of the two is In ths line of preservation of peace. The opinion of the Supreme court was handed down by Justice) Brewer and sf flrraed the finding of both the Ken tucky circuit court and the court of appeals. Justices Harlan and Day dis sented. Justice Brewer's opinion dealt entire ly with corporations as affected by' the Kentucky state law and did not consider the question of its applicability to indi viduals. Proceeding upon the theory that a state has complete control over corporations as Its own creations, he construed ths law of 1904 as in .effect an amendment to tha charter of Berea College. Contestants, Get Anxious. ; The anxiety of contestants in the Ellcrs Counting Contest to learn wheth er they had been successful In winning one of the valuable prises, has reached an acute stage. All day long telephone Inquiries are pouring into Eilers Piano House, and every mall brings requests for definite information. Everything Is being done to hurry the work as much as possible and from present indications the winners will be announce. by Thursday or Friday., of this week. fltranerler Smith vs. Ed O'Connell. for coast championship, at Merrill's hall, Seventh said Oak streets. Admission 81. Ringside seats 11.60. Ferryboat Grounds. (United Press Leased Wtre.l San Francisco, Nov. 10. The ferry boat Bay City, of tha Southern Pacific railway, had a narrow escape from de struction on the shore of Verba Buena Island last night. Tha vessel .has a broken propeller shaft and will not be in service for several days. The Bay City left her slip last night to tie up on the. Oakland side of the bay. She reached the vicinity of Terba Buena Island, when the shaft snapped and she became helpless and began to drift with the tide. Fortunately there were no passengers aboard and the bay was smooth. A deckhand put off In a row boat for tue Southern Pacific plets and the ferryboat Piedmont, was sent to ths rescue. . . . . j . . WILD GIRL FLEES WITH SERPEHTS Oakland Theatre Loses At traction Through Thrifty Couple's Marriage. Watted Press Leased Wlre. Oak I an 9, CaL, Nov. 10. The police of the bay cities are looking for the "Aus tralian Wild Girl" and a trunk full of snakes, both of which belonged to the Gem ' theatre until yesterday. Despite the fact that this unusual combination would seem easy to find, no trace of the missing attractions has been round. ?The wild girl" decided several days ago to try matrimony. She confided this to Leo' Osborne, an attache of the place, and the pair decided to try it together and were married by a Justice of the peace. The manager of the show was pleased witn tne news or the mar riage. After the- marriage "the wild girl" did not show up at the theatre and then the loss of the snakes was discovered. The police believe that the "wild girl" haa been turned into a snake charmer under the management of her husband. CLIPS MILLIONS . OFF EXPENSES Japanese Budget Shows Min istry's Determination to Get Off the Toboggan. (United Press Leased Wire.) Toklo, Nov., 10. The financial depart ment today announced the budget for tha next year, aggregating ,8258,560,000. This means that the curtailment of funds for military, naval and civil en terprises is $84,090,000. The reduction Is In line with the general policy of the new cabinet, which la making every en deavor to save money and carry the nation over the period of financial de pression. There Is still some objection to this policy but the conservative ele. ment strongly supports the govern ment.. L m c us a o m n r. a.vteet A KAZB'S 8KBABTH XSOAPB. Do you know that every time you have a cough or cold and let it run on thinking it wlli just cure itself you are inviting ' pneumonia, consumption or some other pulmonary trouble? Don't risk it Put your lungs back in perfect health and stop that oougli with Bal lard's Horehound syrup. -Frioe 26e. 60o and 81,00 per bottle. rAMOua floleproofflosieru eBwreieni4eysit MESSRS. A. B. STEINBACH & CO., Portland, Oregon. GENTLEMEN: --We take pleasure In Informing you that, ve have, appointed you our sole agents for the distribution of men's, women's, misses and boys' Holeproof Hosiery in Portland Orv We have taken this step, feeling that through means of your spendid opportunities and f aoilitles, you will be In a position to do the line full Justioe and we feel confident that we shall be splendidly represented in your city. Hoping that you will avail yourselves of all the means at your disposal to acquaint the residents of Portland with the faot that you have been appointed our authorized agents, we remain with best wishes for your continued success, Yours very truly, 7 HOLEPROOF HOSIERY COMPANY. 25cJIosiery, 3 pairs for 50c Your unrestricted choice of any 25cLadies' Stockings in the: bouse,,: for 19c, 3 pair for 50c. This sale includes, Lisle, Gauze, Ribbed and Mercerized Hose, in embroidered, lace, polka dot, white foot, etc., Hernis dorf, black, new blue, latest tans, pinks, red and fancy stripe. Exceptional bargains. 19e a pair Crt. or 3 pairs for OUC Tii.il BUS XXTB Children's Reg. 15c Hose SB 3C Off 3 Pairs 25c Children's Sanitary Black Stockings for boys and girls, fine and medium ribbed, full seamless, every size from 5i to 9y3. Stockings that always sell for 15c. Offered during this sale at OP 9t 3 pairs for )C 1 .. . V 11 Ladles' 35c Gloves for 19c A. special purchase of- 200 pairs of Ladies' Cashmere and Cashraerette Gloves, enables us to 6ffer you a full 35c value at the special price of 19c. In all sizes, blacks or tans, the very glove for cold weather. 1 Q Regular 35c gloves during this sale at, pair. li7C Ladies' Turn-over Collars .''- a. . Values U 25c IJU1E Mul P4 LABOWITCn BROS. OWE 1 69-1 7 1 -1 73 Third St., fitaf Yamhill 4 for 25c 1000 Ladies' Turn-Over Col lars, plain and scalloped edges, made of fine lawns and . Swisses, heavily em broidered in scroll, floral and open work designs; full 25c values at, special, or iJl 4 for i TKJB BSB XZTB Ladies' Waisls at 79c Regular $1.2516 $1.75 Here's a waisf bargain. We offer 50 dozen La dies' newest Waists, Flan nelettes, Mercervted Gin ghams and Poplins, in stripes, plaids, checks and polka dots; the very latest styles and tastefully trim med, in light, dark-.and, piedium . colors; Regular lvalues up-to $175, ' special at A s OUR PRE-HOLIDAY SALE opened last week. We are simply of fering special bargains to move goods quickly. WE MUST HAVE ROOM for our holiday display. To get it, we are pushing forward the GREATEST VALUES that have ever been offered in Portland. Make a visit to the BEE HIVE and you will see values waiting FOR YOU that are not found anywhere in the city. The BEE HIVE stands for GOOD VALUES always, and during this PRE-HOLIDAY SALE is giving you the BIGGEST VALUES YOU EVER RE CEIVED. A Tremendous Value in Ladies' Silk Costumes , -Values 'to $30.00 Now 86L85 This feature of our sale should crowd our store. We offer a special lot of 100 beautifully tailored Princess costumes, made of fine heavy silks, some plain colors, others stripes; yokes are square, round and V-shape; many with lace trimmings out lined with Persian satin; some are jumper effects, others with long and medium . sleeves to correspond. The skirts cling gracefully, pleated, gored effects, ideTal styles for street wear. One look at this splendid lot of dresses will convince you of their extra fine value, and at such a tremendously low price of $8.85 they will sell very quickly. TAB BEB KZTB Here Are Three Splendid Skirt Bargains We Slake All Alterations FREE n These Skirts 'Be on hand early tomorrow morning to avail yourself of this splendid skirt-buying opportu nity. You cannot afford to miss these attractive garments at the prices we offer them. $7.00 I 58.50 Pan-?Q AO ama Skirls lor.-. .vd.sfO rincly Tailored, shapely, skirts of good, quality H-wqo,I pannrpaj. gored, pleated, ornamental flouniHs' ,trImmeJ with Skinner's natln ani .self-materials. 1 Every garment fcut full -and thoroughly finish 1. In blacks, blues and browns; all . slses; sold during this-only . at . .. . f , , v$3.98 $10 to $15 French $7 rA Voile Skirts for. vl3U Bssl rrsnoi Tolls Skirts, tnaV 'n plaited., gored and sheath model effects. In deep, fsstv black, strict ly man-tailored; some trimmed lth wjds and narrow Skinner satin bands,, others taffeta silk, ornamented with lurgs satin but tons; every' skirt cut largo and full; all sizes;' worth 110 to $15, $1150 Cbilfoa Panama Q 7C Skirls for Only . .vv.l Jl Strictly Tailor-Mads Bktrts, of fines I all-wool chiffon Psnams, tn latest navy blue, golden- brown and deep blacks, : newest designs of gored, sheath and plaited effects, trimmed artistically with silk bands and self-materials; some' with ,newes buttons-down-front effect; every garment cut large and full and never sold for less than f 13.60: during this sals at ..-..$6.75 Clark's O.NJ.Spool Cotton 7 Spools for 25c Clark's famous O. N. T. Spool Cotton that sells everywhere for- 5c per spool, we offer as a special feature at 7 spools for 25c. You can have black or white, for hand or machine, an unheard-of OC bargain during this sale at 7 spools for......iC tmm m Genuine Dealberbloom Petticoats $2.5t Valnes Now $1.19 1 r t B845I Every woman knows Heather- bloom, its excel lent Quality, can not be told from black taffeta in rustle and ap pearance, but wears infinitely lonarer. We of fer HEATH EKBLOOM petticoats, with label on each, band large and full, with 12-inch shirred flounce and dust ruffle; a value that has never been ex- 1 Q celled, full $2.50 values, during the sale at 1. 17 Genuine Dy degrade Petticoats Value to $2,00 Now 979 When HYDEGRADE label is sewed on a garment, it's a certainty that for material it has no equal. HYDEGRADE looks like silk but wears better and longer. We offer HYDEGRADE Petticoats, with label on each band, every garment made full, some shirred, others with 12-inch ruffle, embroidered with deep scalloped edge; also wide dust ruffle. .i A Q7f good value at $2, during this sale at .......... V I C i I TIB BBS gmT" i Another Shipment Just Arrived $30 and $35 ' Ladies' Suits Special Price of 16.85 These . handsome suits srs mads of Fancy All-Wool Mixture Cloths, ths coats 19 inches long, new dtrec tolre collar, embroidered with satin tie, nsw patch pockets and slesvaa trlm'd with satin buttons and silk braid, lined throughout with Bsldlng's guaranteed satin; the new gored skirt trlm'd with fancy satin buttons and braid to match. A ISO suit for ..... 016.85 Ws also offer a regular $S5 Ladles Bnlt mad of !, esllsnt quality hard twisted, fancy worsted, latest fall shades ojf blue and grs". lined throughout with Beld lngs satin, guaranteed for two seasons; coat. JJ-lnch latest mannish effect col lar., trimmed with Skinner's satin, self-buttons on back, sleeves and pockets: skirt extra wlds. full flaring. -with, fold and pleat down front, button trimmed; rn ,ular SSI suit at ..$16.fe5