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Gov. Pknkoyfii hns appointed ox-Son-ntor
J. H. Sontor ns tbo domocratic mem
ber of tlio Slalo Railroad commission.
Tho otlior tnombcr is to bo n republican
nnd a, farmer from this valloy, and will
bo nppointed on Friday, ho tbo Govern
or tells us. Tbo two commissioners will
appoint tbo Secretary of tho board.
OATTLKon tbo Montana rangcH Ich
Honed ono lmlf in numbor, on nn av
orago, ovor tbo wbolo Territory, during
tbo past winter. In Homo districts tbo
loss was 75 por cent. It baa proved to
bo tho most uovcro winter known in tbo
biutory of tbat region. IIorscH and nbccp
did eomo bettor than cattle, but sbcop
woro still dying and somo bantln of bor
ecs bud lost ono-lmlf.
Much bns Iwon mado of tbo iwsump
tion tbat buttordid not at onco odvanco
in price whou tbo olcomargarino law
wont into oiled, as an argument tbat
tbo law 1h a failure Tho truth is, how
over, that dairy Interest, both in butter
nud obeeso, nro on a llrmor basiH than
thoy bavo been for several years. Hut
tho cavillorrt said tbo olcomargarino
law would striko a blow at tbo bcof and
pork producors by decreasing tho do
main! for tallow and laid to bo mado
into bogim butter. What bavo thoy to
nay now, when both bcof and pork bavo
been protty steadily advancing over
vsneo tbo olcomargarino law went into
effect.
Whkat growers in England aro so
thoroughly discouraged by low priccH
that tbo production of this grain is
likoly to decreaso ovon more than it has
in tbo past. Uvea yet, however, Eng
land, for so Hrnall a territory, produces
moro wheat than any equal aroa in this
country. Tho largo yiolds per aero
como vory near making tho crop pay,
or bo much would not bo grown as there
is. ItbaH been norioiwly proposed in
England lo give a bounty on wheat pro
duction of bo much per bualicl, which
would bring up tbo prico to tbo fiirmor
without increasing tho cost to tho eon
manor. Not only tho laboring poor,
but the wealthy manufacturcm of Eng
land, aro interested in keeping bread
cheap. On tlio cheapness of broad de
pends England'a ability to undersell her
manufactured products in tbo markoU
of tho world.
Javak is attempting tbo culturo of
wheat. This ontcrprUiug pooplo bu'o
discovered that tbo Huh and rice diet
has tho cIVect of deteriorating tho phy
sical Btamina of its citizens. Tho gov
ernment is undertaking tho introduc
tion of wheat, and this only with tbo
purpose of growing enough for homo
uho. Thoy begin with sowing 250
bushels of spring and the samo amount
of winter wheat. Only ono of tho is
lands is adspted to wheat growing, and
uveu if tbo experiment is successful,
Japan to moro likoly to import wheat
than to export It. Tbo Japanesso men
average only ubout 120 pounds, and. tho
women Hoventj-tlvo pounds. It requires
four'mon to do as much work as ono
American, ami tho Jupauceso attribute
this dlubrenee in strength to their diet.
1'ossibly tbo 500,000,000 of rico-oatitig
Asiatics may learn this fact, in which
enso tho domttud tor wheat as food will
far outgrow tbo supply.
EijiKWiiKKt; we show tho change in
freight rates made by tho overland
roads under tho operation of tho inter
.tato commerce bill. Wo read iu East
orn exebaugoi that all tbo great routes
aro increasing their rates on tbo same
pretense, and ono exchange iutimntos
that they are doing this systamatically
for tbo purposo of making tbo law
odiousi Now, wo do not believe any
such rate of charges as wo quote else
whoro is nocossary, increasing charges
many times over what thoy bavo been.
Wo lose faith in tho good intentions of
those corporations whon wo bco them
adopting this vicious course. Tbo Inter
Slain finrnmnreo Law is a eood one. It
may need amendment to mako it per
feet, but tbeso corporations aro wasting
their Bmartncss on tho desert oir if thoy
think thoy can make tho business
world foreoo Donular claims to control
commorco by bucIj such subterfuge.
Tho Intcr-Stato Commorco Law has
como to stay nnd tho newly appointed
commission will mako it work.
Thk wheat situations in this country
is much stronger than it was a year ago.
Of tho total available supply lost July,
including tbo now crop and tho romains
of tho provious one, wo bavo exported
up to Fob. 1 ninety millions of busbols,
againHt 45,000,000 in tbo samo months
of tbo provious your. Our availablo sup
ply now is 170,000,000 bushel, as against
198,000,000 bushels last yoar at this
timo. Of our present supply wo shall
require 120,000,000 busbols for homo
consumption until next harvest, leaving
barely 00,000,000 to export. Last year,
during tbo fivo montliB from Fob. 1 to
July 1, wo exported in wheat, and flour
52,000,000 bushclB, and tbo foreign do
mand is likely to bo at least as groat now
as it was then.
While tho legislation on agricultural
matters by Congress may not bavo been
cntiroly successful, it has demonstrated
that tho farmor is no longor to bo a zoro
in tbo body politic. Tbo "Bumpkins,"
tho "Coldhoppora" and tho"RuBticnsscs"
of litoraturo bavo como to tbo front, and
demonstrated that thoy not only know
their rlgbtB, but that knowing, thoy
daro maintain them. Tbcro has been
no end of Barcnstio admiration over tbo
legend of Cincinnatus, who was called
from hiB plow to bo mado Dictator of
Homo, but nowodayH wo sco senators,
generals and morchantsconvortcdovory
year into farmers, exhibiting horses,
cattle and pumpkins at cattlo-shows, de
livering addresses on tho cxcollonco of
meal and cnBilogo as Winter food for
stock, and somotimos writing for an ag
ricultural nowflpapcr. All this hIiowb
tbat progrcHsivo agriculturo is beginning
to bavo its day. It must bo confessed
that some of tho okl-timo farmers wjro
of tho earth, earthy, and that thoy passed
their lives in tho mechanical mediocrity
of plowing, booing, mowing and raking.
Thoy wero thrifty old codgors, who know
not tbo moaning of tho world pleasure,
and it was not to bo wondered at that
tho boys and girls ran away to tbo city,
to bocomo broken), bankors, lawyora, or
tbo wives of brokers, bankers and law
yors, and thus escape tho weary drudg
ery of tho Hold and of tho dairy. A fow
moro discussions in Congress on oleo
margarine, plouro-pnoumonia and tho
proposed Dopartmcnt of Agriculturo
will do much to olovato tho social con
dition of tbo farmor, and to lighten tho
cares of tho farmers' wives and daugh
ters. At lust, tho importnnco of the
farnior's calling is beginning to bo rec
ognized and its dignity respectod. "So
moto it be."
W0RK1N0S OF THE LONO HAUL RULE.
Tbo lately enacted Intcr-Stato Com
morco Law goes into operation to-day,
and wo wero surprised on visiting Port
land this wook and going among tbo
groat wholesale dealers, to learn what a
dlfforonoo this law and its workings will
mako in tho business of this coast. Wo
oxpected that somo increase of froight
rates would occur temporarily, and con
tinue until tho commission now ap
pointed can oxorcisoits discretion iu tlio
matter of long hauls. Tho law provides
that no greittor charge nlmll bo made
for a Hhort haul than for a longor dis
taneo. For instance, froight for interior
points has paid a higher rato than tbo
samo shipped through to Portland.
Freight for Spokane or Walla Walla
and other points has equaled tho charge
through to Portland, and thou back to
those points. This was done in tho in
terest of Portland. Now tho freight to
all those points is tbo sumo as to Port
land, and to avoid tho heavy freight
back to those points, Portland dealers
have many of them established branch
houses at these intorior points, and now
ship through from tho East direct to
those places.
Knowing that tbo immediate working
of tho law will bo disastrous to their
trade, most of those merchants have
hurried their spring shipments beforv it
could tako effect. Ono gentleman tells
us ho went East tbo day ho heard this
bill passod tbo Senate, in great basto ;
tbat bo went to tbo great manufacturing
concerns for agricultural implements,
and finding their head mon absent in
Florida or somo other favorito winter
resort, tolcgraphed them to como homo.
They all did bo, and in a week's timo ono
bouse that bad only 200 men at work
on half timo, had 3.000 employed on full
timo. Thoy saw tho emergency, and et
to work to meet it. All tbo implement
houses in Portland hurried up their
shipments, nnd tbroo vessel aro on their
woy around Capo Horn loaded for Port
land. Tbo Northern Pacific Railway Co. has
published tho following scalo of prices
for different classes of froight. When
wo know that all these goods bavo been
brought through from Chicago to Port
land for 05 eta. a hundred pounds, with
out regard to classification, wo una
charges increased enormously :
Chicago to St, tioult to
St. Paul to
Portland.
t 00
3 60
S 09
2 50
2 25
2 10
1 78
1 10
1 00
1 00
Clui. Portland. Portland,
Drat ft 70 It 60
Second I 00 8 85
Third ., ! K 3 20
Fourth 8 75 S 05
Fifth I 45 2 26
A 2 SO 2 SO
II I OS 1 85
0 1 55 1 50
I) I 25 1 20
K, 1 15 1 10
It will bo hccu at a glance that tbeso
ratos rango from tbreo to six times what
has borctoforo bcon paid.
In tbo mattor of wool, transport is
oven higher. Last yoar wool was taken
as low as 20 cts. per 100, and tho present
rato is 45.40 nor 100 lbs., an incrcaso of
over ton timoa.
Tho railroads bavo boon doing us good
sorvico at roasonablo rates ; Go cents por
100 lbs. was only $13 por ton, and all
things considerod, our freights woro
much lower than whon wo had to de
pend on ocean navigation around Capo
Horn. No doubt tho locnl freights bavo
boon much higher in proiwrtion, but wo
who havo had tho benefit of tlio. long
haul ratoa bavo had nothing to compluin
of.
Tbo law creates a commission, recent
ly appointed by tho Prosidont, that has
power to onforco its provisions, and is
authorized to sot asldo its requirements
as to tho long haul matter when satis
fied that tbo law workB a hardship on
tbo public. Tho enormous advanco in
freights noted ubovo shows that it docs
so work with respect to our coast, and
no doubt this commission will restoro
tho old rato which was satisfactory to
tho companies, and adopted by them
willingly. Tho association of railroads
did not allow competition, but adopted
a scalo ot prices for all to follow, and
tbat was based on their oxporienco of
sovcral yoars' transportation. Certainly
this rato was reasonable, and tho com
mission cannot holp but rostorn it.
Tbo Intcr-Stato Commerce Law no
doubt has many defects, but a liboral
construction of its tornm will ovorcomo
somo dofects, and whon experience
makes it manifest what amondmont is
nccdod, wo shall havo such amondmont
by act of Congress to perfect tbo law.
Tho gonoral intuition of tho law ia ex
cellent, but tho question was a difllcult
ono to deal with, and perfection could
not Im oxpoctod at tho beginning. It is
a law based on groat principles of right
and asserts tbo control of tbo govern
ment over tho corporations tho pooplo
create If tbo law works somo hard
ship, nnd eecms to bo oppressive, wo
nood not bo discouraged, but must lmvo
faith that tho wisdom of our lawmakers
will ovorcomo its defects, and furnish
us in good timo admirable legislation.
Two barns. Bald to bavo been filled
with unthreshed wheat, wero recently
burned in Germany. They woro in
sured, but it was impossible to collect
because tho claim was made that the
contents of tbo barns wero simply straw.
When tho affair got into tbo courts,
chemical experts wero called to analyze
tho ashes. Wheat contains a larsrt
quantity of phospborio acid, almont ten
times as imioh m doos straw. Natur
ally, in tho burning of tbeso bams, wood
ashes, cement and other mineral snl
stances wero mixed with tho ashes buIi
mittod to tho chemists, but nono of
these admixtures contain phosphoric
acid. Tho experts found that of two
samples place! iu their hands ono con
tained 10.2 por cent., and tho other
uiuvtoon per cent, of the acid, thus
proving conclusively that the farmers
woro in tho right, and tho insurance
companies, as is genoraiiv mo caso ac
cording to public sentiment, iu tho
wrong, I'iremans Hernia.
Tho seven wonders of the world aro
or wero tho Colossus of Rhodes, now
destroyed ; tho Mausoloum erected by
Artemisia iu memory of her luubund,
of which tho ruins remain ; tho Pyra
mid cf Cheops at Ghizoth; the Temple
ot Diana at Ephesus ; tho Pharos at
Alexandria; tho Hanging Gardens at
Babylon, and tho Olympian IXus, a
statute by Phidias.
CUNilMITIUM 1'1'KKU.
An old pbjtlclui, retired from practice, hiring had
placed In hie hand by an Eat India mUelonarr th
formula of a iloiple Trcetable remedy for the itj
and permanent care ol I'ontumiition, l!rochul, Cat'
arrh, Aithma. and all throat and Lunj AHectlcne, alo
a poelttTe and radical cure for Nerroue Detuht) aud a. I
Kerroue Complaint, alter tmtnff teetcd IU ouJtrful
curaUre power In thoutaadt of caace, hat fell It hie
duty to make It knon to Ml euBerlac fellove. Actu
ated by thle moUre and a dealro to relieve human ul .
ferine- 1 lu d fro ot cbanre, to all who dcalre It,
thU recipe In Oerman, EUth or French, with full
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STALLION SHOW.
Tho sovoiitb annual stallion show of
Marion county was hold in Salom on
Saturday, March 20. Wo append tbo
following list of horses :
Ladd & Reed, Portland, showed
Young Brutus, an imported Clydcscalo ;
dark bay ; sire, imported Brutusi dam,
Fisher Maid ; also lJnko of Wonlock, a
Cleveland bay; brown; sire, Young
Domino; dam, by Early Bird; Goo.
Gammy, Amity, manager.
J. R. Willard, Salom, showed a Perch-
eron stallion, 3 yoars old : dark bay; siro
Urigham ; dam by Rob Roy.
F. II. Mclntyre, Salom, showed Major
Lyon, a Clydculalo ; roan ; sire, Marquis
dam, by Wideawake
Wm. Townscnd, Salom, showed Han
cock, a Norman Perchoron ; gray ; sire,
Wideawake ; dam by Loviathan ; alo,
Wm. Groonwood, a Norman ; gray ; siro,
Wideawake: dam by Whito Prince.
J. T. Bcckwith, Salom, showed Bell
founder King, a Bcllfoundcr ; buy ; siro,
Milliman's Beilfoundor; dam, by Gener
al Taylor; also, Ben Roy Jr., on Fnglish
draft borso ; dapplo brown ; siro, Old
lion itoy; uin by Mcckrlratn.
David Gricrson, Salem, showed
ward Mason ; a Clydesdale ; buy ;
For
sire, Merry Mason.
S. B. Shaw, Salem, showed Dom IV
tiro, an imported Bolgian ; dapple bay ;
pedigree lost by owner.
James Francis, Salom, showed Joo Pe
dro; dapplo bay; sire, Dom Pedro; dam,
by Lionhcart
David Grogoiro, St. Louis, showed
Henry, a roadster ; bay ; Biro, Henry and
Gcorgo ; dam by Old Boston.
Ghas. Stewart. Waldo Hills, showed
Dutchman, a Hamblotonian ; chestnut
sorrel ;eire, Bacons Hambletonin;dam,
by Emigrant.
J. A. Mclntiro, Qorvais, showed
Young Wideawake, a Norman; gray;
sire, Wideawake, dam by Mackclwrath.
Fletcher it Savage showed Sir Staf
ford, an imported Clydcsdalo; dapplo
bay; sire, Baron Renfrew; dam by Mary
bf BogBidc.
A. B. Gibson, Salem, showed Turbine,
an all purposo horeci brown ; sire, Spot
ted Buck, by Doo Lindsey; dam by
Whin nnd Morgan.
Silas Fletcher, Salom, showed Sir
Stafford, Jr., a Clydesdale; siro, Sir
Stafford; dam by Rob Roy.
J. A. Tanner, Salem, showed Clyde, a
half Clydoxdalo; sorrel; siro, Marquis;
dam by Lionhoart.
Robrrt Archibald, Wbitakcr, showed
Fred Pearl, an English draft horso; dark
brown ; sire, Fred Pearl ; dam by Veto.
G. Gibson, Turner, showed Rough and
Roady, it Norman; roan; siro, Widea
wake; dam, nn English draft maro.
Also ltocky Enrhart; roan; siro, Widea
wake G. G. Glenn, Salem, showed Glrn
brook, a thoroughbred racing stallion;
bay; sire, Old Delawaro; dam, Naplha,
by Napa.
John Pender, Salem, showed Young
Kisber, a trotter; chestnut sorrel; sire,
Kisber; dam by Milliman's Bollfoundor.
J. R. Dickcrson, Salem, showed Mason
Chiof, u Kentucky trottiiiir horse; dark
drown; sire, Membrino Patchen; dam
by Stockholder.
Millard it Elkins, Albany, showed
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Lovcrsham, a Cloveland bay ; mahogony
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F. LoBrun, Fairfield, showed Coaly, a
Ganadian; black; sire, Norman; dam,
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Jos. Higgins, Salem, showed Spotted
Bnck, an all purposo borso; whito; siro
Doo Lindsey; dam, an Arabian mare.
Robort Glow, Salem, ehowod Mcsson
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F. H. Hunsaker, Turner, showed Su
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dam, a Clydo marc. Also, Majo, a Per
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A. C. Brey, Salom, showed Rockwood,
a trotter: bay ; siro, Fleetwood ; dam by
Alexander Abdallah.
A. W. Howitt, Dayton, showed Don
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dam by Emporor.
W. E. Clark, Dixie, showed Rankin,
an English coach; bay; siro, Doo Ran
kin ; dam by Morgan and George.
E. Patton, Waldo Hills, showod Billy
Pock, n 1-year old trotter ; brown ; sire,
Mason Chief ; dam by Sir Walter.
L. J. Yoder, Salem, showed Roy John
Bon, a Morgan.
B. F. Wvodo, Turner, showed Silver
Seal, a trotter ; roan ; sire, Mason Chiof ;
dam, n Hamblotonian.
C. Iscnhart, Sit verton, showed Pcd, an
nil purposo horso; black; siro, Dom Pe
dro ; dam, a Morgan and Georgo marc.
E. J. Thurman, Silvorton, showed
Wobfoot Chiof, a Pcrchcon ; sire, Wide
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W. M. Davidson, Salem, showed Rob
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