Vol. XLm.
Corvaijus, Benton County, Oregon, Fiudw. Apiui 2T 1006.
NO. 36
HIS OPENING REMARKS.
Senator 'Fulton on Railway Rate
Regulation.
Mr. President. In discussing
the pending measure I do not pur
pose entering upon any argument
or attempt to prove either the
necessity or the importance of
additional legislation for the pur
pose of providing for a wider and
stricter regulation and control of
the persons engaged or the in
strumentalities employed in con
ducting commerce among the
states. I assume that it is the
concenses of opinion here, as it
unquestionably is throughout the
country, that legislation of such
character is not onlv desirable,
but necessary, and that we be
lieve, as the people believe, the
time has come when a more strict
and systematic regulation and
control of ' the great transporta
tion lines of this country engaged
in interstate commerce should be
exercised by the Federal Govern
ment. This conviction in the
public mind has been of slow
growth, but it is the result of
profound deliberation, thought,
and study.
It would not be accurate to say
that the suggestion of govern
ment control and regulation of
rates, fares, and charges of trans
portation lines is a suggestion of
a new governmental policy, be
cause in trnth it is a policy thai
has obtained in many of the
states for a considerable period
of time; it is a policy that was
long since adopted by many of
the leading countries ot Europe,
and is still adhered to in one
form or another. That it is a
problem replete with difficulties
and perplexing questions, partic
ulaily in this country, with its
wide area and vast internal com
merce is quite generally conced
ed. Hence it is not surprising
that even among those who are
most earnestly favoring legisla
tion of this character there would
be wide differences of opinion
touching the methods to be em
ployed, nor is it any impeach
ment of one's sincerity or zeal
that his ideas upon a subject so
fraught with difficulties and com
plex questions should not be in
accord with the views or convic
tions of some other person or of
many other persons. Nor should
the public conclude that simply
because the members of a legisla
tive body, confronted with a
great governmental policy or pro
posed policy such as this are dis
posed to move slowly in solving
it, to study it from every possi
ble point of view, that they are
wanting in either earnestness or
patriotism.
It is quite true, Mr. President,
that there is a school of philoso
phers and magazine essayists who
have discovered not the slightest
difficulty in determining just
exactly what should be done in
this matter, and how it should be
done. They do not admit that
there is any excuse whatever for
a moment's delay in the enact
ment of the legislation I am
frank to confess, Mr. President,
that I am not so happily or fortu
nately constituted, nor am I suffi
ciently supplied with the quality
of gray matter that is neces
sary to so ready and easy a solu
tion of the grave governmental
and constitutional questions
which are presented by this in
quiry. I have given during the last
several months such time as I
have been able to spare to the
study and investigation of a few
only ot the numerous questious
involved, and I cannot say that I
have yet reached a perfectly sat
isfactory conclusion concerning
all of them.
I do not expect, Mr. President,
to be able to contribute a single
original thought or suggestion to
this discussion or to change or in
fluence the views of any member
of this body. I only hope to be
able to so express my own views
that I will hare furnished a rea
sonably clear explanation of my
motive for the votes that I have
cast during the progress of this
legislation.
I hear senators referred to on
the one hand as railroad senators
and on the other hand as the foes
or opponents of corporations, cor
porate wealth, corporate power,
and all that sort of thing. I sin
cerely trust that I am neither.
I hope that I am a friend of rail
roads and ot every other legiti
mate commercial and industrial
enterprise. I would not know
ingly cast a vote the effect of
which would be to embarrass or
cripple any legitimate industry
or business. We are called upon,
however, by legislation to regu
late the conduct of individuals,
and in a greater or less degree
every character of business.
That we find it necessary to ex
ercise a higher degree or care
and to provide for a wider degree
of control and regulation of so
called "public service corpora
tions" than of other enterprises is
due entirely to the fact that the
relation of these corporations to
the public is in a large degree
that of governmental agencies,
clothed in a great measure with
governmental powers. But in
enacting legislation ot this char
acter we must take care that we
neither sacrifice the interests of
the public, on the one hand, nor
render it impossible, on the other
hand, for those who have invest
ed their money, their savings,
and their earnings in these cor
porations to earn a just and rea
sonable compensation for the ser
vices that they perform. To do
the one would be to prove false to
the trust with which we are
charged. To do the other would
be at once to discredit ourselves
and our country.
I have not the slightest pa
tience with the cry that simply
because a senator favors this bill
. ' i
or tnat, ne is necessarily tana
ipso facto the tool, the agent, or
the representative mt some pecu
liar or special interest. I am
very confident that every senator
in this body in casting his vote
upon this question, as upon every
other, will so cast it as to repre
sent, according to his best judg
ment and according to his con
science, the people whose duly
it is for him to represent here.
That there should be wide differ
ences of opinion is not surprising,
A man who comes from a purely
commercial center is naturally
imbued with ideas and convic
tions that prevail there: a man
who comes from a manufacturing
center is quite naturally influenc
ed in a large measure in his con
victions by the convictious that
prevail there; and so a man who
comes irom an agricultural sec
tion is influenced largely by the
views that are entertained there j
touching public questions and
matters of legislation. Were this
not true, we would not b repre
senting our constituents, I mike
no pretence that my judgment is
not influenced I know it must
be, though perhaps unknown to
me influenced very largely on
questions ot public policv by
what seems to be the judgment
and the wishes of the people I in
part represent.
I honor the man, Mr. Presi
dent, who has the courage of his
convictions. It may be unpop
ular for the moment for him to
advocate them, but I believe in
the principle of eternal justice,
and I believe that justice will ul
timately prevail and the time
will come when he will be recog
nized and honored because of the
courage he displayed in stand
ing for his convictions.
The Chinook wind, which plays
capers many and varied east of
the Cascade Range, has stolen
within range of Bert Huffman's
pen, which poetically discourses:
And then on the western sea afar,
The Gate of the Winds is left ajar,
And gently stealing on timid wing.
A soft wind comes from the Garden of
, Spring!
Fine early Dent eeed corn at Zie-
rolfs. 35tf
MOSQUITO BRIEF.
The Attention of Scientists is Be
ing Turned to the-Pest.
Many a fellow who has batted
at an elusive mosquito has been
guilty of expressions not proper
in polite society. For all the
vengeance declared in the cen
turies passed the pest still endures
and is as great a nuisance as ever.
In spite of all efforts he, or it,
has flourished.
Of late years we have, heard
much of the mosquito as a breed
er disseminator of disease. Var
ious medical authorities " agree,
so we are told, in holding the in
sect responsible for the spread of
disease. In order to show that
serious thought is centered on the
mosquito we reprint the following
from one of the greatest period
icals in the world, the Scientific
(American:
This is another name for the
prevention of mosquito breeding
by obliterating the primary con
ditions requisite for their whole
some production. On the nth
inst., the Third Annual Conven
tion of the American Mosquito
Extermination Society was held
in this city, at the New York
Aquarium, and supplemented in
the evening by a dinner given at
the Union League Club by the
President, Mr. William J. Math-
eson, in honor of several guests
and Health Board officials.
At cue convention it was
shown that much progress had
been made toward the abatement
of the mosquito nuisance by a
greater enlightenment of public
sentiment in its favor, as evidenc
ed through recent legislative
enactments.
In the state of New Jersey, for
example, where only a few years
ago the suggestion of eliminating
the mosquito met with ridicule,
now, as a result of a more uni
versal education and extension oi
information on the subject, it is
reported that the state legislature
has passed almost unanimously
an appropriation of $350,000 to
be expended at the rate of $50,
000 per year for the diking and
ditching of the great salt marshes
Iving adjacent to the city ot
Newark and about . the Hacken
sack River. Legislation is also
in progress in the New York leg
islature to the same end for the
benefit of New York City.
The convention adopted what
is termed, "Mosquito Brief,"
stating in simple language the
nunber of species of mosquitoes
that inhabit marsh lands and
cesspools of the United States
that they can only be breed in
water; that one mosquite can lay
on the average three hundred
eggs a day ; that the life of one
mosquito is about a mouth. The
most dangerous of Southern mos
quitoes is the Stegomyia fasciata,
the natural carrier of yellow fever
germs.
At the evening dinner, Gen.
Fred D. Grant, of Governor's Is
land, U. S. army post, gave some
interesting reminiscences on mos
quitoes and their effect on the
health of the army. He related
how he had protected a division
of the army located on oae side
of the Rio Grande River, in a
southern section ot the county,
from the spread of yellow fever,
which had broken out in a town
situated on the opposite bank.
He secured funds from Washing
ton to carry out an effective!
system ot screening, and said as
a result that not one of his men
was taken with the fever. On
liovernors island, numerous
relics in the shape of 15-inch-
gun shells were inverted, so as
to shed water instead of holding
it, which had the effect of reliev
ing locally the generation of the
insects. Even upright rifle
barrels were filled with sand to
avoid the collection of water.
Mr. Paul D. Cravath related
an interesting record concerning
the relation of the mosquito to
malaria. On the north side of
Long Island, about thirty miles
from New York, there were cer
tain valleys and bays where tb
mosquito was notoriously evi
dent. The areas were located
on a map. Another record wa
made as to the extent of malaris
over this section, from physician?
aed others, and these areas were
placed upon a second duplicaU
map. This medical map was
superimposed over the first map,
and it was found that the ares
in both cases pretty evenly
matched each other.
This record is of special inter
est to all boards of health, and
proves most graphically how
possible to improve the public
health by the prevention of nv -
quito breeding. '
Other interesting remarks were
made, - showing how mars
places by being reclaimed and
converted into public parks couh
easily improve land valuations
and at the same time become a
public benefit.
The Relief Fund.
The committees appointed to
secure funds and supplies for the
cietKute ot San Francisco an
ceitainly doing a great work.
Another car was dispatched tr
the stricken city Wednesday eve
ning. It contained ladies', Miss
es', and children's apparel, also
men's clothing, boots, shoes,
hats, caps, etc. Six cases of tht
above were contributed by tht
merchants of the city and the re
mainder was collected by the
ladies' committee to whom much
credit is due for their unceasing
efforts. All clothing collected
by the ladies was thorough!
cleaned, mended and so packed
that it will arrive at its destina
tion in first-class condition.
The car which started south
from this point Wednesday eve
ning contained the following in
addition to the above-mentioned
clothing, etc: 1,000 pounds ot
sulphur, 4 tons mill feed and 5
tons of bied hay.
Tomorrow is "Farmers Contri
bution Day" and there is an ap
peal lor eggs, bacon, potatoes,
baled hay and oats ill to be de
livered at the J. H. Simpon
warehouse not later than noon.
Following is a list of recent con
tributions: Geo. Coote.. 5 00
Mrs. Rose Selling 5 00
Helen V. Crawford 5 00
D. E. Mathews 5 00
E. R Lake IP 00
Lillian Lake 5 0-
Eininafjrawford 5 00
Vutor P. Moses 5 00
Graham & Worthani 20 00
Mary H. Whitby 5 00
W. A. Gellately 5 00
Hout& Jones 10 00
Mrs. J. W. Howard 5 00
Casper Badamaker 2 00
E. W. S. Pratt 4 00
John E. Wyatt 10 00
Thos. A. Jones 5 00
Pauline Kline 10 00
Dick Scott 100
Monroe Sunday School 2 55
C. L. Heck hait..... 2 00
R. V. Hollenburg 2 (X)
Mra. Charles Bardwell 1 00
Corvallis Creamery Co 20 00
Mrs. Ida Callahan 5 00
Mc. McKellips 5 00
M. P. Morran 2 00
S. L. Kline (Mdse.) .. 100 00
F. L. Miller(Mdse.) 100 00
J. H. Harris(Mdse.) 40 00
A. K. Ras3(Mde. ).. 48 80
Wellsher & Gray(Mdse.) 50 00
A. Hodes (Mdse.) 3 50
F.Bryant (Clothing) .. 8 00
Kiger (Potatoes) .1.-1 oO
M. Harria (Flour)-........ i; .1
W. Fischer (Mill Feed) 50 u
Mrs. C. C. Hartless (Hay)...-........ 10 o '
Good. Judgement.
la the essential characteristic of me
and woman Invaluaole to good bust
ess men and ne :esaary to housewives.
A woman etiows pd judgement when
she htiyg White Cream Vermifngt
for her bby. The beat worm medicin
ever offered to mothers. Many
indeed are the sriihl mothers, who
write their icratitul for the Kood-' health
of thair chili ren. which they ow to the
nse of Whine's Cream VwuifofiO. Sold
by GrataM & Worth am.
ofey's K idney Cure
iMXc kuXaejra AtoeWsr tight.
SOME POINTS ABOUT
SCARF PINS
won't hart you, if you intend to buy, and
get the points of me.
"A SCARF PIN POINT9'
you get at my jewelry establishment is of
genuine value. Convince yourself by
looking: over that lot of new 1006 scarf
pins just received. I have them "fruity,"
and of "simple elegance." Price in each
instance is extremely low.
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occideital Building, - - - CorvallU
tSoIIenbrg .& Cady's Furniture Store
discloses the fact that their stock is
very complete all goods being of
latest style and best manufacture.
Among the things tastily displayed
are Art Squares and Rugs, We
have some very choice patterns in
Ingrain, Shiraz, Brussells and Ax
; minister. You will surely miss
something nice if you fail to look
them over. A new and complete
line of Granite and Tinware. We
guarantee prices as low as any '
house in the Valley.
HOLLEWBERG CADY
. . . A Specialty . . .
We are making a specialty in the form of the latest and most
up-to-date eye glass mounting, ever offered to the public.
This eye glass mounting is "The Heard" guaranteed to stay on
where others absolutely fail.
If you care to investigate call at my store any time.
E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician.!
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con
vinced that it is the best and most complete line ever brought
to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle,
Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors,
Sewing Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline and Dry Cells for sale.
- Agent for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles?!
Guns and Bicycles For Rent First-class Repair Shop.
M. M. LONG,
Ind. Phone 126 Residence 324
CORVALLIS, - OREGON.
Dm Cm Hlotand.
CORVALLIS STEAM LAUNDRY.
Patronize Homo industry
Outaldo Or don Solicited.
All Work Guaranteed.
Take, The Gazette for all the
cal news-
Just Became.
Your cough is only in the throat and
!tt8 not trouble yon now, don't think
tt at it needs no attention. When it has
not had much of a start is the
time to check it. The slightes1'- cough
easily leads 1 pneumonia, bronchitis,
and consumption. , A bottle of Ballard's
Horehooada Snp will core that cough.
The price pats it within reach of alL
Sold by Graham & Wortham. , , v
SPENCER'S
Hair invigorate
And Dandruff Eradfcalor
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Trade Bark Registered. " J
Price, - Fifty Cents! ""'
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Company
; Corvallis, 0re;cn I t
Chaa. B lakes lee.
ICORYAUUS.
OREGON.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children. ;
The Kind You Have Always Bought
) Bears the
Signature of
FOIESSESIIEIn
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