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IDE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD
KEHN hOTÍFIE^
INDEPENDENT PAPER
( H till.ES II. FISHER
Editor ami Publisher.
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r
1 hursday at Eugene, ■ lleves I
Oregon.
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Subs iption price, $1.50 per year.
If paid 11 advance; $2.00 at end of
year
Bate •d at the Eugene, Oregon, to party
yMtutfice . as
as second-class matter.
for moi
THI
FTERNOON
Young Woman Found in Awful Con
dition w th Scabies- Body a Mass
of Sores from Scratching—Tried
Many Remedies for Seven Weeks
— Result Was Discouraging, But
On th«
mit UM
Ihe st*
influenced the
Agents for The Guard.
vicious
enforc
Tbe following are authoried to laws and caused
etnent
the enactment of further
and receipt for subscriptions or of salutary statul
is the parent
I call special attention to
transact other business for The Daily
lause
which
provides
a
I of rings and cliques formed
1
for the
ind Weekly Guard;
y punishment for thoea Ing words:
Congress may make it unlawful to
I purpose of plunderir ng the people.
Cresse'l - J. L. Clark.
>lre together In restraint
1 Moreover, there are a
.»lilp from one stat» to another in car-,
Coburg Geo. A. Drury.
Ever
since
the
enactment
present
_ no
Address all remittances and com- real issues between the two great po
. with the exception of four rylng out, or attempting to carry out
republican party has con- the designs ot such (state) organiza-1
litical parties. Mr. Bryan standing
■BBGUARD PRINTING CO,
"While I was dying missionarv work
e executive department of tions, articles produced, owned or,
in the lower portion of several cities 1
Eugene, Oregon. for tariff reform and lawful control
rument, and. durlug
two controlled by them or any of their found
it nec-ecisary to know a little of
the four. It controlled the« members or agents.”
of the big corporations, and Mr. Taft
His recommendation embodies the the efficacy of a few medicines and
THI TÌSDAY, AVGUST 27, 1908
representatives.
Instead
after
a
while I found that a iittls kno sl
advocating the same measures. Both
cl <1
ratic dereliction, the detno- very Idea which our plan now pro edge of c uticura wm about all I needed.
poses
to
carry
out.
We
want
to
make
profess to be highly satisfied with
1-REMIl m papers .
crat 1 ■
One of the very bad < aw*. 1 had to deal
rty has been urging, year
the administration of Roosevelt. Mr.
alter > -■ r, the strict enforcement of It unlawful for a corporation to use with vix that of a y< ung woman who
We are again offering either the Bryan, however, In order to have an
that law, and the republican party the instrumentalities of interstate had come to us not onlv broken iu
but in a moat awful condition
Oregon Agriculturist or American
has be n »»plaining year after year commerce for the carrying out ot a spirit
physically. Our doctor examined her
Firmer free to every subscriber who issue, accuses his opponent of insin
why it was impossible to enforce It. monopolistic purpose Surely no par and told us that she had scabies (the
n»ys his subscription to the Weekly cerity in his advocacy of these princi
Instead of being a "wholesome In- ty can consistently claim to be op itch), incipient paresis, rheutnatLun,
Guard one year in advance. For the ples, and Mr. Taft comes back with
strument for good," it has been al posed to private monopolies which etc., brought on from exposure- and the
tree offer of silver and kitchen sets I 1 the charge that the Democratic can
most useless, so far as the protection »111 permit the Interstate telegraph effects of her ragged-edged life. Her
was a mass of sores from
see the advertisement on this page.
of
the public is concerned, for the lines to be used to Increase the p>w- poor body and
she was not able to
Yuu may have them while they last. didate can do nothing if elected be
trusts have grown In number, in er of a private monopoly; or, to scratching
retain
solid
food.
We tri»*d many things,
cause the Democratic party Is a dis
Address,
strength, and in arrogance, at the make the case stronger, no party can a good tonic was prescribed and bat hs
consistently
claim
to
be
opposed
to
Guard Printing Co.
very time when the republican par y
organized nob, Incapable of carry
with a rubbing of lard and sulphur. We
Eugene. Cre ing out any definite national policy.
waa boasting of its enforcement 01 the trusts which will allow the malls worked hard for seven weeks and you
¡of
the
United
States
to
be
used
by
can
imagine how discouraged we were
the law. The steel trust was form -d
After a
the intelligent voter finds
Immediately after the eleitlon ot ¡trusts as nn agency for the extermi when, litter all that time we could see
little improvement. One day 1 hap-
that th« presidential campaign is
1>00, anil a prominent republican nation of competition. Congress has so
already exercised this power to exter pened to see a Cuticura advertisement
said. In a speech soon after, that It minate lotteries.
purely personal, and his ballot in No
telling
how a little
‘‘‘* ■ baby
‘
1 had 1 1 lieen
Why not exercise
might have prevented a republican
of a bad case of skin eruption,
vember will be an expression, not of
it to make private monopolies Im cured
and although 1 had but ninety-seven
victory if it had been formed before
There is talk of a Democratic political affiliation, but of confidence
possible?
cents with me, I twiught a cake of Cuti-
the election.
If It is conceded that congress has c-ura Soap and
___ a bottle of Cuticura
newspaper being established in Eu in the sincerity and ability ot the can
Moat of the trusts have
never the power to prevent the shipment ,>f Reaolvent. When
home I
_ _ I _ reached
______ _____
gene to supply the aching void for a didate he finally selects. Independ
been disturbed, and those that have goods from one stall* to another was like a child with a new toy, and we
been prosecuted have not bad their when such jihipment Is a part of 11 batliisi our (iHtient well and gave her a
party organ in Lane county.
We ent newspapers are doing a great ALL CLASSES OF
full dose- of the Resolvent. She slept
business seriously Interfered with
irtentiop this, not as a matter of news, work in educating the masses to cut
GOODS Ml ST MAKE GOOD
C hairnvan
notification 1 lie president has done something to conspiracy against trade and com that night lietter than she had since
merce, then the only question Is as to she had been wuli us and the next day
since few persons are really interest loose from party ties and vote for
committee.
ward the enforcement of the law. but the means to be employed to prevent I located the price of a tsix of Cuticura
ed in It, and none less concerned the best man. They have driven sev-
not nearly enough, and the republi such shipments
The Department of Agriculture has
The license system Ointment. I am not exaggerating
when I say that in exactly five weeks
than the publisher of The Guard, but etal corrupt United States senators just seized, in one of the large Wash
Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 25.—John can leaders have thwarted him at presents an easy way of regulating thia
young woman was able to look for
every
point.
Finally
the
president
such corporations as need federal
that we may use it as the excuse for from office and have others marked ington department stores, a number W. Kern was notified this afternoon
became so exasperated that he sent regulation, The law can prohibit the a position, Is-mg strong enough to work
"talking shop” to our readers. for retirement, results that could not of toilet remedies, which have been that he is the Democratic candidate to congress a message which shocked
and full of ambition. In another
doing of a thing and Impose a penal
Sometimes we think that publishers have been achieved had voters in ordered condemned atjd confiscated for the vice presidency, The cere- tepubllcan leaders by the flrceness ty for the violation of the law, but month she left the home, and now has
a good position in a nice family where
do not give the public enough real in in Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, on the ground that they were wrong tnony took place at the state fair ot Its denunciation of the predatory experience has proven that It is very she is respected and is strong and well.
Interests.
The
very
convention
that
difficult to gather up evidence from You may refer any one you wish to me,
formation concerning their business North Dakota and other states heed ly labeled. It is charged that the ar grounds in the presence of represen
spoke in Its platform of th»» adminis all sections of th»* United StateB and iiersonafly. laiura Jane Bates, 85
and for that reason there Is a woeful ed the advice .of party organs and ticles were misbranded in violation tatives of the party from all parts of tration as "a wise and fearless one,”
fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.. Mar. 11,
prosecute a great corporation; so
lack of knowledge of the newspaper been driven like mere 'brutes to the of the Pure Food law in that the the country. The actual notification was composed largely of the senators difficult la It that, although the Sher 1907."
Clwanl.l. Eiwenl and internal Treatment for
business, or the profession of edit ballot boxes by the party bosses. They packages and labels bear certain was simple After Mr. Kern had been and members of congress who boldly man anti-trust law has been In force, Keser llumor ot Infanta children, ami Adults roo-
introduced the chairman of the com opposed every effort to free the peo for eighteen years, no trust magnate atata ot CUll.urs Heap iZAr > to Cleanse the sila.
ing and publishing newspapers, when have caused the enactment of direct statements regarding the drugs that mittee notified the candidate in a
Olnlmenl • Me I lo He»> the Shin, and Con
ple from the clutches of the favor has been sent to the penitentiary for Cutlrura
curs lleailvent lltOc >. tor in the form ot llsx-olat»
as a matter of fact the newspaper Is primary laws in many states that are false and misleading.
IVialed l-IIM.
vial ot «b u> 1-urtty Ole lll.»«l
short speech, and the latter replied seeking corporations.
violating the law. although In a few Sold Uimmrhout per
th* world l-otlor l>na a Chom.
Then followed the address
really a public institution, dependent have broken up political rings and
r-l-' l-ro|w Hoalon. M»w
One “remedy," bearing the high- briefly
The republican platform says that cases the court has found corpora Corp
w Mailed I roe. Cuurura Boot on Sim D
upon the public for its support and again placed the power to govern in sounding title of “The Blush of ot William J. Bryan, the presidential experience has shown that the ef tions guilty of violating the law. In
candidate, on the subject of trusts.
law the enforcement of a penalty, th»>
tesponsible to the same public for the the hands of the people. In its lim Youth," is claimed to "restore the Mr. Bryan’s speech was the chief fea fectiveness of the anti-trust
could be strengthened by
amend government must s»H*k the defendant. 1
honesty and Intelligence with which ited field and with its circumscribed complexion to child-like purity,” but ture of the day, and was listened to ments which will give the federal by the use of the license system the ¡
It discharges the duty of newsgather influence The Guard purposes to work the Agricultural Department claims with close attention by the great government greater supervision and corporation Is compelled to seek the
packed the Coliseum. control over, and greater publicity govrnment.
er and dissemination, which furnishes along these lines, printing the news ft doesn’t give the old women who crowd that
Frequent applause greeted the re as to. the management of those In- •
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the topics for nearly all its editorial always fairly and advocating edito buy it a "sweet sixteen” complexion, marks of the speaker.
! interstate commerce
corporations
From an economic standpoint, a.
erticles. Not many readers of news rially those things which seem best and so has it piit under the ban.
Mr. Bryan arrived from Chicago j which have the power and oppor monopoly Is objectionable. The mo
papers have any right idea of the for the greatest number of the peo- i Likewise an "Excelsior Skin Food” is this morning with National Chair tunity to affect monopolies. That is ment a corporation secures a practi
work involved in printing newspa pie. We xln not hope to be always declared misbranded because it does inan Mack and several other promi all. No pointing out of remedies; no cal monopoly in the production or
nent Democratic leaders The morn , outlining of a plan for more effective sale of any article, certain evils ap
pers, the capital invested, the expense right, but shall try to be always sin-) not "feed the skin.”
ing trains also brought many of the 1 legislation i—limply
simply n
a general state- pear which outweigh any good that |
ot production, the machinery of news cere and ever honest In our editorial
This seizure, which is the first of Westerh and Southern members of 1 meat that promises nothing In par- i an come from large production or
gathering, the source of income, legit utterances. We have no editorial its kind under the law, will attract the notification committee. The n
ticular.
j Atid Mr. Taft’s speech of control.
Wherever private monopo
acceptance is even weaker than the lies exist, certain Irresistible tenden
interest tiflcatlon committee had quarters r
imate and illegitimate; and a discus space for Bale, neither can it be se- . an
unusual
degree of
Berv I for it at the Oran I Helal, Mr platform, lie gives no evidence of cies manifest themselves.
First, It
To be H’van and Mr. Mack proceeded at
the country.
sion of any one of these heads might cured by threats of loss of buainess I throughout
having studied the question or ot raiBiqi prices tills Is 4he first thing |
make a long and interesting article, or promises of patronage, political I sure, this first case Is a test case, and I once to the resldunce of Mr. . and Mr», comprehending the Iniquities of a thought of for the increasing of prof
guests they are to be monopoly. You look in vain In ills its.
1 may not be finally upheld; but the i Kern, ” whose
'1’'
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It is our intention, however, to give or otherwise.
Then In proportion as It be
¡until they leave the city tomorrow
no’lfication speech for any sign of comes the only purchaser of th»* raw .
great majority of the American peo-
at this time only a few random
Thomas W. Taggart, national com Indignation at what the trusts have material, it reduces the price of raw |
These are some of the reasons why i pie will be outspoken In their ap- mitteeman from Indiana, called the
thoughts, based on personal experi-
been doing or for evidence of zeal material, Hnil the producer of that
The Guard is not a party organ, and 1 proval of the department’s course, meeting to order and handed the gav In their prosecution, He has. for raw material, having no other mar
eace.
el
to
('hairman
Mack,
who
Introduced
more might be enumerated .
We whether it succeeds in banning mls-
the
intimate ket, must accept the prices offered.
several years, been
Theodore Bell, who told Kern of his official companion of the pri-sldent. j In this way, too, the profits of the |
Politicians with axes to grind, and promise to grow even more aggres ' represented gootls ot not.
nomination to go on the ticket will, but he has caught none of the fire corporation are Increased. Third, a ,
The passage of the Pure Food Act Bryan.
moat of them belong to that class, sive in our independence as larger
Bell reviewed the qualifi which the president manifested In reduction In the quality of th«* pro-'
will frequently get together and talk circulation increases the scope of the was one of the greatest things that cations which resulted in his selec his message of last January.
duct affords an opportunity for in-j
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creasing profits.
Fourth, reduction
flippantly of “starting a paper” be paper’s influence, and our disregard lever happened for American industry. tion, and declared
"You
will
be
able
to
show
that
the
In wages follows wherever conditions
cause they cannot dictate the course and disrespect for party bosses is ' it has put the premium on h-onesty, Republican party has been unfaithful
Our platform does not stop with
will permit.
of an established publication. Most quite likely to Increase instead of dl- I rather than dishonesty, in foodstuffs. to Its trust; that It has violated the the enforcement of the law. it de-
Competition protects the purchas
| You know now what you are getting most solemn commandments of the ' niands the enactment of such addi er, for when a number of Independent
frequently these movements fall minIsh.
as
may
be
neces-
tional
legislation
political
decalogue;
that
it»
service
when you buy something to eat; be
producers stand ready to supply hhu
through when it comes to actually fi-
to the people has been not onlv Im sary to make It lmposslble for a
fore you had to live In hope that your paired, hut destroyed, by permlting private monoiioly to exist In the with what he needs, he can choose
i.ancing the proposition; sometimes
between them and buy from the one
canned chicken really was chicken, its energies to become absorbed in I United States.
they are carried out with inevitable
who offers the best product at the|
the
artificial
life
of
the
corporate
and
your
meat
was
not
“
doped"
to
|
The
democratic
party
doe«
not
con-
financial loss to the promoters. In a
lowest price. He Is also protected In I
cieatures
of
their
laws
and
at
this
tent
Itself
with
a
definition
of
the
save refrigerator expense.
quality because those who must com
field no larger than that of Lane
time we must make cpmplete surren
If the department succeeds In ex der to corporate misrule or redeem I wrong or with a denunciation of it. pite for the opportunity to sell him
county, it would cost a considerable
i It proceeds to outline remedies The an article must show either advan
The news that the Carver railroad
nee for all the heirlooms of our na first is a law preventing a duplica tage In price or advantage In quail-1
lum of money to embark in the news from Corvallis is headed for Western tending its campaign to Include toilet
paper business with even a reasona Lane county calls for action on the I preparations and the like, there is non from th<* corporate- pawnshop In tion of directors among competing ty. Competition protects the man
which they have been hypothecated < crporations. No one can object to who produces the raw material, for
ble hope of ultimate success. The part of Eugene. This city cannot al still more promise of greater hon
by the party in power.”
I this remedy unless he Is In sympathy when there are a number of bidders
esty
In
American
business.
It
isn
’
t
Guard is not a large paper, but it low such a valuable share of its ter
Kern devoted some time to the with the trusts, rather than with the for that which Is being sold, he can
Shall the people rule?" people who are victimized by the accept the
represents an investnient of not less ritory appropriated by a rival town that the campaign against face prep question,
highest
price offered. ¡
There Is no easier way of Competition also
than 117.000, and it costs $1600 a without making every effort to pre arations and hair tonics is such a and deprecated what he claimed to trusts,
helps the wage
| vital thing in Itself, but it Invalves I <- excessive power in the bands of stifling
competition
than
to
make
earner, f ir his skill Is the finished I
month to pay actual running expens vent it, and if the report proves true
the speaker of the house of represen one board of directors serve for a
es, under careful and experienced that the road is to be built through | a grt at principle. If the department tatives and denied that the people number of competing corporal ions. product which he offers upon the
market, and where a number of In
ntanai:- ri-.-nt. When the plant Is in i Monroe to Elmira and on toward the I succeeds in this, the honest goods have ruled, because, he said, their It Is not necessary for corporations dependent Industrien are endeavoring
j
movement
»'111
receive
another
great
»vil.
had
not
been
given
effect.
lie
to
enter
Into
an
agreement
for
the
skill, *»-
the
filled in its new location during the i coast, we should sue that It also
to sc rure the
highest
Cited tb>- demand for the reduction < f
coming fall the addiitons, made nec- I comes to Eugene if any reasonable : impetus and the people’s voice will the tariff on white paper and wcxnl restraint of trade If the corporation skilled laborer has the best assitr-
<an.
without
violating
the
law.
reach
unce f obtaining a fair recompense.
be hr-arl again, this time demand-
Ifsaary tn growing business, will in-
i bonus or other c» nsideration on our ,ng that ether goods besides food palp and the- failure < f the Hancock the same end by electing the same When there Is but one employer, the
|<rea>- the investment to $45,000,
tai iff bill of 1902, and charged that directors.
employe must take the price offered,
part will secure it.
there was a power within the Repub
stuffs be safeguarded.
The second remedy la one on which became he will lose the advantag«* of
■ and w ;rh.:i two years it is quite likely
The Guard opposed the destruction
lican party which was daterftlU'ld I desire to dwell at some length, We bls experience If he must g i out Mid
¡that a new and faster newspaper
of the Car«•r subscri pt ion list a year .
The man who is constantly • on the 1 that the pe pie shall not rule.^ This believe ft to tie a simple, e ally en- find a different kind of employment.
prexs will t>e a necessity and that
Itself
forced and complete remedy. As tat-
The business men of the country
ago,, and att empted t 0 call a halt In kokout for things out of the usual poser has manifested nade
er an effort has been
’ill mean HO.oOO more added to the
ed In the platform It Is:
have felt the pressure of the trusts
it
was
consign-
1
Ith
which
ter
of
order, has taken up the mat
the ha ste wi
of
the
destructive
work
"A
license
system
which
will,
with
The retailer has been compelled to
hese are facts that are
hose whd advo- the names of the two preskientlal j combinations, reduce the
ed 1:o the fl
out abridging the right of each state < nter Into contracts which restrict bls
of proof from the booki In
iromised
in
the
rights
th
the
1
equalize
the
burdens
action
|<
to create corporations, or its
candidates, Taft and Bryan, w;
cate d such
• management of his own affairs, he
» business office, and the
to regulate as It will foreign corpo- has found the terms of tale and pay-
If William How - 1 The Democratic party, b
pub lie in eel‘Ing hel 1 at the court Ullowlng result:
wlthln
its
llm-
draw
a
sharp
line
rations doing business
of the new paper may prof
I rient charged to his disadvantage
I house for the final decision regard- ard Taft is elected president of the 1 business, lawfully co
| Its, make it nec<-g«ary
necessary for a mans- and he has been forced to c
knowledge if they choose
h
Interests
w^r**
ilggest
'
the
VVel
United
States,
he
will
be
the
t
trading
corporation
en-
unlawful
business.
' ing it
factoring or
nay be enabled thereby to
mocratic can- gaged In Interstate ornmerce to take end more risks of trade,
Thomas Marshall,
reasonal
man with the smallest name In the
vine»! that there are no g
ly.
fol-
Indiana,
and paper and figure out
dldate
for
governor
out a federal llcen p before it ».tall »nd that his only sat
hward from Eu list f presidents. He weight 3 51 •
-
strain
called
itrol
••
much
■»
lowed Kern, and th
axe t epresentatlves of commerce, and
be jiermltted to oc
t of capital- necessary to
' Democratic plan which
tland and
nounds and his family name co ntalns 1 for Bryan’s speech
trusts to fol- twenty-five per cel : of the product
gen< • t
their retirement from the road would
at the root of the tree.
ir newspaper In this field.
four
letters.
There
were
four
let-
le
license
to
pro-
low Marshall.
tend
mean a serious loss to the country
1
The traveling men r
‘11 filled, install a plant
Polk.
|
n
watered
stock
»hlle a few promoters would be the
ttrs In the name of James K
w and in
¡especial Interest In tie
control
by
such
¡able them to meet compe-
romm It tee was : but none of them was
only persona benefited, they gaining
lion, because the more
rep»ratei. I
fron
than
5»
per
cent
by the capltallzatl >n of the salaries
•r
od action and have the re
' monopoly reciir»*d
by 1
There Is a superflnos "t" In the iiani— 1
of any product the less the
Mire
pay losses in running ex-
ntalns
Of
Mr.
Tatt.
Bryan's
name
co
the United Slates.”
(Continued on 1'age Four.)
■ the
I no more In
1 the time comes, if it ev
ir as tne puoii five letters, two distinct Irish name» j
noticed. In the first
Mr. w
rlw
en the income is sufficient
ire was taken by those
ire made a sin* j and two significant words Th flv«*- 1
:s tr»
j kno Wl
ho drew the platform to provide
* Its.
do this.
Here
direction
Th- lettered presidents were John \dam< '
gle nn )ve It
at there should be no abridgment
questioned the. and John (Jufncy Arlatns. John Tyler
the right om a state to create a
• Gua rd
ty
passed
the
As t
a
gra
1
’
1
-rporation. or of its right to regu-
i advi sa>
of bottHr• g Eugene up i and Ulysses S Grant. The an
w
over
detno-
te as it will foreign corporations
*gar..
.3 Bryan’s name comprise« two
• f-
! the
>lng business w thin Its llmtls. This
I has
wottds: "Ran and "by."
», an<d did not
an. therefore, does not in the lead
for
worthy of record that .Mr B
fringe upon the right of any of the
St»-« to protect their own people. It
Tenth and Morrison. Portland, Oregon A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal
orldes for the exercise by
if the power vested In It to <’J.Ve occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have a §20,000 equipment,
interstate commerce.
at
light
s ubs
events
thing that Eu gene
pie must do now is to get busy
make new terms with Mr. Carver, it
possible, to bring his road into this
city. It is such a grave condition
there should be no time wasted in
recriminations, but a united effort
should be made to secure the rail-
road upon the best possible terms.
Mr Carver has it in his power to
deal a serious blow to Eugene's com
mercial prestige, but will no doubt
be reasonable if approached in pro
per manner and treated In good
faith. He has always said that he
desired to come to Eugene, and ap
parently only awaits proper encour
agement to do so, and would
doubt be able to arrange matters
as to build from Eugene, as well
toward this city.
This Is certainly the most
portant condition that has
fronted Eugene for a long time and
Is worthy at least of considération
by a special meeting of the Commer
cial club, if its governing officials
do not clearly see their way to act
without instructions.
m
I
• rd
V
ITCHING TORTURES
YIELDED TO CUTICURA
>w
• • •
ma
that it
( passed eighteen y
ion
W
O
O
ago; It ha:
Jan
employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more calls
for office help than we can meet. Onr school admittedly leads all
others in quality of instruction. It pars to attend such an institution.
SiSd'i a Business Man: “Keep hammering away everlastingly on thorough
work. It will win out tn the end.” Naid ail Educator: “The quality of instruc-
non I'ivrri in your school m >kea it the standard of it kind in the Northwest.”
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Ratercin.es: Any bank, any newspaper, any business man in Portland.