Washington County hatchet and Forest Grove times., April 08, 1897, Image 3

W A S H IN G T O N
TARIFF
BETTER THAN CANNING THEM.
J u lian Said to O ffer a M a r k e t fur M o u n ­
tain K a n g e H o rs e s .
A
BILL
CX>UNTY
CHANGES.
R f i i i o .t r lln ç
hjr th e
S en ate
t u t u infltee.
Washington, April 5.— The Repub-
San Francisco, April 6 .— It is more
than probable that a new market is ! (¡cans of the senate committee on
about to open for the great herds of finance are continuing their work day
range horses of the Pacific coast. Since and night on the tariff bill with the in­
the close of the Chino-Japanese war, tention of reporting it to the senate at
They are
the Japanese government has been re­ i the earliest possible day.
5E o f s t e a d y g r o w t h organizing its army and from now on a not prepare I to give out any results of
lurgo cavalry force is to be maintained. their investigations and state that they
Previous to the war, the Jaiuineae cav­ have not reached any conclusions as to
There is, how­
ih e r e d In A l l th e T o w n * o f alry was about 20,000 strong, and was the proposed changes.
■ • f g h b o r ln g
S ta te »— I m p r o v « -
supplied from government horse-breed­ ever, a well-defined impression about
ing establishments. When, however, : the senate that the bill will be gener­
| o te d lu A l l In «lu »trle »—O r e g o » .
ally remodeled and the rates considera­
hundred sheep were sold in at the outbreak of hostilities, drafts bly reduced in many schedules.
were
made
upon
these
establishments,
Dll lust week at an average
There is a general belief among West­
it was found that only 5 percent of the
K2 per head.
ern senators that there will be material
animals were really serviceable.
p. A . Jennings, of Lane ooun-
Officials at Tokio have recently been changes in rateB on wools, es¡>ecially
[ a marriage license last week considering the small, weedy range those of the third class.
Ls C. Purcell, aged 67 years, animals of Australia, and it is said that
Among other suggestions urged is a
|beth Huffman, aged 57 years, when United States Consul Bell, at return to the W ilson law of 8 cents a
eef cattle have been shipped Melbourne, learned of this fact, he pound duty on hops, instead of 15
lelle this season than any pre- called attention to the American range cents, as proposed by the Dingley bill.
Bnter, MJ| the Lakeview Ex- horses as being even better suited to It is claimed that the proposed increase
J Altout 700 carloads have gone the needs of the Japanese government. will be an injury rattier than a benefit
^ Item b er.
Several Japanese residents in this to the producer, and a hardship to the
^ R e loachsl with 150,000 feet of city, who are considered authorities on 1 consumer.
There is much contention about the
elonging to Goering & C o ., the matter, and who have made a study
■ the fishermen’s oannery in of Japanese horses and the Japanese lumber schedule. The American lum­
The lumber was washed up horsemen, are emphatic in their in­ bermen intereste«! in Canadian forests
dorsement of the American range horse. appear to be especially concerned over
K ^ ^ a ch , and can be saved.
President Tetsutrao Aoki, of the the Dingley rates.
; Bros, have bought the lease
The committee is not receiving any
The Dalles Canning Company Yokohama Specie bank, of this city,
verbal statements except from senators,
cannery above The Dalles, and said today that undoubtedly the A m eri­
but is giving close attention to type­
. begin putting it in repair. can horse will fill all requirements
“ The horse most suitable for the written presentations of fact and argu­
>ect to put the cannery in good
before
the fishing season Japanese cavalry,” he said, “ should be ment.
as tough as rawhide, not over gentle
Secretary G age W ill C om ply.
and not too dainty in the matter o f fod­
Washington, April 5. — Secretary
in ille river is cutting away der. I would unhesitatinlgy say that
[behind the south jetty,at Ban- the best horses for the home govern­ Gage today announced that he had de­
j will in time, if let alone, cut ment could be selected from herds that cided to comply with the requirements
kl clear through to the ocean, thrive so well on the plains of Eastern o f section 27, of the pending tariff bill,
providing for the retention of samples
the breakwater in the river,
Washington, Eastern Oregon, Califor­
lrres[>ondent of a Coquille City nia and the other mountain states. It of merchandise, import«*! under orders
given subsequent to April 1, and whioh
only remains for those most interested
(lifts are at work at the Jewett to bring the matter properly before the were not purchased and directed by
Josephine county, and the Japanese government inoder to open up the owner to be shipped for import
into the United States prior to April 1.
progressing at the rate of about a big market for these animals.”
This
action, however, will be taken un­
per day. About 250 tons of
der section 249 of the revised statutes,
i are on the dump, and a new
WRECK ON SHORT LINE.
which authorizes the secretary to exer-
be erected as soon as the roads
j
cise
a superintendency of the «xtllwtion
r.
T h e W e s t b o u n d ru itsen aer T r a in D it c h e d
o f customs duties.
W ith F a ta l Keaulta.
H. Hawkins and Joe Lyons,
D if t cu M se d b y A m e r i c a n * i n F r a n c e .
rlas county, have imported
Salt Lake, April 6 .— The westbound
prairie chickens from Eastern through passenger train on the Oregon
London, April 5.— The Times will
Ind turned them loose in the Short Line was ditched near Malad, publish a dispatch from its Paris corre­
■of Drain and Snowden. Their Idaho, at 10 o ’clock yesterday morning. spondent, saying:
] introduce this favorite game The engine and the first four cars
The Dingley tariff bill has caused
Southern Oregon will be ap- passed over the switch Bafelv, but the consiilerable excitement among Am eri­
. by sportsmen.
fifth car, a tourist sleeper, a passenger can business houses here. The «pies-
pper who has been hunting and coach and two Pullman sleepers were tions growing out of it have been dis­
1 on the Malheur river south of completely overturned and demolished cussed at a large meeting of the A m eri­
P. Kennedy, of can ehamb«*r of commerce, at whioh
[icy valley this winter, reports with fatal results.
Vale Advocate one of those Kansas City, was killed, and several the American embassy was represented
by Henry Wignaud, secretary of Am ­
fcs of nature known as a wild were injured seriously.
The accident was caused by a broken bassador Eustis. The vice-president of
The Advocate says the biped is
stature, being at least seven switch-frog. It is believed that tramps the chamber said:
“ America sends France 180,000,000
Jh. having long and massive had tampered with the switch shortly
francs’ worth of goods duty free, as
fat reach to its knees, while the before the train passed.
The officials of the road started from against 80,000,000 worth sent by
|body is covered with curly,
Salt Lake immediately upon hearing of France, duty free, to America. The
lir.
i chase after the escaped con- the accident, taking a number of phy­ chamber suggests that the United Sataes
bm Idaho, one of the officers, sicians. The injured were taken to should reduce the tariff in some import­
fulton, had a peculiar accident, Boise, where they will be cared for. ant French exports, the natural result
irrow escape from death. At The track was cleared by 7 o ’clock in o f which would be that France would
Jhen he was mounting his horse, the evening. The damage to the rail­ admit many American manufa«:tnres at
a reduced tariff. The advantage to
aal backed into a well sixteen road was about $4,000, not including a
ep.
Fulton went down first, coach of the Oregon Railroad & Navi­ America under existing «:onditioni by
horse after him. By a remark- gation Company, which was entirely France admitting some articles at the
minimum tariff is over 18,000,000
ince, the animal did not fall on destroyed.
francs. The chamber hopes that Presi­
Fulton received a couple of
CHARITY AT HOME.
dent M cK inley’s request for additional
j ribs. The horse sprang to its
Id began to strike at Fulton, and G o v e r n o r L e e d y S a y * K a u n a s H a s N o discretionary power may be granted, so
that reciprocal commercial relations
C orn fo r I n d ia S ufferers.
fear crushing his skull before a
kuld be lowered to the endangered
Kansas City, April 6 .— A special to may be established in order to open new
the Times from Topeka, says: The markets for manufacture«! American
Christian Herald relief committee tele­ products. ”
ie o f Events in the
Northwest.
W ash in g ton .
I cattle are scarce in Yakima,
loffice of registrar of the univer-
|WashingU>n 1ms been abolished,
log drives in the Palouse are
some progress, although the
too high for si>eedy driving,
^rnor Rogers has announced the
Itment of E. A. McDonald, a sil-
Ipublican, of Tacoma, as dairy
ssioner.
Iral of the stockmen about Water-
re preparing for a spring round-
lee how many of their stock they
st during the winter.
|rce o f men is now at work grad-
l e Northern Pacific railroad at
lie. The company intends grad-
track from Cheney to Connell,
[rmer living near Zillah is report-
have raised thirty-five tons of
es on five acres of land without
kting the ground after the first
OK-
Puyallup Commerce says that
Jre already up a few inches, that
Meeker yards have had their
flowing, and the men are now
graphed Governor Leedy from New
York today, asking how much corn
Kansas would give the famine sufferers
of India. The governor has not re­
plied to the telegram. He said tonight
that he thought Kansas should give her
spare corn to the sufferers along the
Mississippi river, leaving England to
take care of India.
SPAIN’ S
EASTERN
WAR.
M a d rid A u th orities D ecla re th e
pin e R e v o lt E n d ed .
P h ilip ­
Washington, April 5.— The Spanish
legation has received official dispatches
from Madrid, under date of April 3, an­
nouncing the most decisive engage­
ments in the P hilippine islands since
the insurrection then' began. The losses
N u n ez B u s y Fitting; O u t E x p e d i t i o n * .
New York, April 6 .— The United were heavy and 1,630 prisoners surren­
States authorities here have information dered as a result of the shelling of Cavi-
that Colonel Emilio Nunez, who is levego. The officials of the Spanish
wanted for organizing and taking part legation are highly gratifie«! at the an­
in a dozen or more filibustering expedi­ nouncements, and state that the results
tions, has within the past few days re­ practically close the conflict in the
turned to this «xmntry from Cuba, It islands, these being the last of a seriös
is also hinted that Nunez is hiding of severe engagements.
hereabouts, having come to New York
S a n d in T h e i r P o w d e r .
with Dr. Joaquin de Castillo, who, af­
London, A pril 5.— The Daily News
ter forfeiting his bond, surrendered will publish a dispatch tomorrow from
himself last week and was allowed to its Salonica correspondent who says
give new hail for trial. Colonel Em ilio he has been informed on reliable au­
Nunez distinguished himself as a daring
thority that a large quantity of gun­
cavalry leaier during the ten years’ powder sent to the frontier from Con­
war. It is said that since the breaking stantinople has been found to consist
out o f the present struggle Nunez has chiefly of sand. The vali o f Manistir
been engaged in organizing and sending has discovered gross abuses in the sup­
men, arms and ammunition to Cuba. ply o f provisions and accoutrements to
He was tried here last winter for break­
ys has been received in Walla ing the neutrality laws in one o f the the army.
that it is Governor Rogers’ in­ Bermuda expeditions, but the jury dis­
C o in a g e o f S ilv e r D o l la r « .
to retain company C, of the agreed.
San Francisco, A pril 6 .— An order
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bal Guard, in the service, if pos-
has just been received by Superintend­
C r a zy F a r m e r '* H e e d .
Humansville, Mo., A pril 6 . — W hat ent Dagget, o f the mint, from Director
principal of the Cheney normal is almost certain to result in a double Preston for the coinage o f 800,000 silver
has announced that the school tragedy occurred last night near Weu- dollars. This, in addition to the regu­
¡continue until commencement, bleau, Hickory county. Sam Smith, a lar coinage of gold, will keep the pres­
16, despite the fact that the gov- young farmer, attacked his aged step­ ent force employed for tome time, and
:ias vetoed the appropriation,
mother, Mrs. Smith, with a corn-knife. thus render unnecessary a reduction of
i Olympic reserve is included be- Her sister, Mrs. Cox, ran to her assist­ the number of employes which has been
| the 47th and 48th degrees of lat- ance, and Smith hacked both women on expected to take place.
I and the 123d and 124th degrees their heads, shoulders and arms, until
T u r k e y W a n t » to F i g h t , T o o .
jigitude.
The reserve taken in they were unconscious. He then went
Constantinople, April 5.— The flght-
I two-thirds of the Olympic pen- to the home o f a neighbor and reporter! ; ing between the Christians and the
that he had killed them. Both women Mussulmans, which is daily reported
I warehouse at the end of the long are close to 60 years old, and neither from Crete, is creating a very bad im­
Ocosta collapsed during a can live. Smith was arrested, and pression here, and it is believed that
He is believed to the Turkish government will soon pro­
[ gust of wind last week. The taken to Hermitage
ng has been a familiar landmark be insane. The cause of the trouble pose to the powers that Turkey herself
(th e birth o f Ocosta, and will be was a refusal of Mrs. Smith to rent her be permitted to take action against the
farm to her stepson.
missed.
insurgents.
i Commercial Club of North Yak-
K eaao n fo r th e B l o c k a d e .
W ill N ot Bo A n A m h **«a d o r.
is sent fora lot o f sugar-beet seed
St. Petersburg, April 5.— A blockade
Washington,
April
6
.—
The
state
de­
fiatribnted among farmers of the
of Greece, which the Russian press
partment haa received notice from the
valley.
thinks the best way of forcing the situ­
Itent has been received at the Turkish government that it finds it in­ ation, by exciting the Greeks to hostile
convenient
to
raise
the
grade
of
its
m
is­
Be land office conveying title to
icts on the Turkish frontier, haa a h
^rthem Pacifio Railway Company sion in Washington to that of an em­ dently been decided upon.
i acres of land in southeastern bassy on account of the increased ex­
In u n rg e n t* A t t a c k a R lo r k h o n « « .
and northern Spokane counties, pense incurred. This decision of the
Athen*, April 5.— The in«nrgcntflto-
ad lies in township 20, range 44, Turkish government will prevent the
the town o f Milan ia situated; president, nnder the existing law, from day fired several rounds at tbe Bulsnn-
township 31, range 45, and nominating ex-Secretary John W. Fos­ naria blockhouse, occupied by the in­
kip 81, range 46, just north of ter as ambassador to Constantinople, as ternational troops. The Italian guns
•t ia understood was his deairs.
, returned the fire.
A
H A .T C H X T .
FARMERS’
TRUST.
1
WEEKLY
MARKET
LETTER.
A n A ll e g e d P lo t to C o n tr o l t h e P r o d u c e
M a r k e t« .
D o w n in g , H u p k ln » A C o m p a n y '» R e v ie w
o f T rad e.
Toledo, April 5.— Farmers are trying
to form a trust. It is to spread all over
the land, ami if present plans carry,
not a dollars’ worth of farm proudee of
any kind will be sold for general con­
sumption.
In a nutshell, the idea is
for the farmers to limit crops to the
actual liivng ne«*is of the members of
the trust.
The organization is secret,
oathbound, and its principles known
just now to only a select few outside of
those directly concerned in its devel­
opment.
According to the promoters,
however, the country is practically in
condition to be plueeil in ths grip of
this remarkable combine.
Lancaster, P a., was the birthplace of
the trust.
It saw light there several
months ago, ami was incorporate«! un-
tler the laws of New Jersey as the A gri­
culturalists’ National Protective A sso­
ciation. The supreme body is made up
of one representative from each state,
whose duties are similar to those of the
board of dir«*otors of an ordinary cor­
poration. Each state has a subordinate
tioaril of directors, consisting of one re­
presentative from eacli congressional
district. Each district in turn is gov­
erned by a boar«! of two members from
each county. Each county is under con­
trol of a board of from five to eleven in
number, who direct the movements of
the township organizations.
It is the purpose to do nothing this
year in the way of controlling the mar­
kets, because the organization is not
complete. Next year, however, the
crops w ill be limited to actual living
needs of members.
If the plan is carrieii out, not a d ol­
lars’ wortli of farm prcxluct o f any kind
will be sold for general consumption, it
being the purpose to compel the people
to import all foo«i proilucts. It is be­
lieved that by this method the power
of the association can best make itself
felt.
One could write yards of m A tte r and
fill innumerable columns of space in
attempting to describe the wheat mar­
ket and its variations this week, giving
a reason for each and every movement.
A well-known operator puts it correctly
and tersely when he says “ the market
is suffering from too much news and
too many statistics.”
There is all
kinds of news in wheat, and statistics
enough to supply everylxxly, but
whether traders are any better for hav­
ing so much information is a question.
Figures thcms*'lves don’ t lie, but it is
said liars can figure, and they evidently
have been doing it in a manner that
may be satisfactory to themselves but
certainly not soul-filling enough for the
public who are growing rather chary of
statisticians and their methods.
In speaking of figures, it must be
oonfe 8 se«i that they are unusually favor­
able for higher prices, but they, like
bad crop reports, are ignored. The
visible supply for the week was cut 1 ,-
407.000 bushels. The total is now 89,-
028.000 bushels, compared with 61,-
045.000 bushels last year; for the same
week one year ago, a difference of 22 ,-
000,000 bushels. The world’s stock for
the week underwent a decrease of about
5,000,000 bushels. W orld’s shipment
for three weeks have been under 4,000,-
000 bushels, while the supposed or esti­
mated requirements of the importing
j countries is 7,260,000 bushels per week.
Wheat and flonr on ocean passage de­
creases steadily, and this week was re­
duced 1,600,000 bushels.
If that is
1 not a phalanx of figures towararnt pur­
chases of wheat, the buyer had better
go ont of the business. Sad to relate,
however, statistics have little effect
upon the market, and professional sel­
lers go right ahead, never thinking that
there is the barest sort of possibility of
a day of reckoning before the new crop
is in the shock.
Corn has held its own, and there is
very little change to be noted in the
market. That corn possesses merit on
its own account has been and is daily
demonstrated by the course of the mar-
keL
T o E n a b le th e D e a f to H e a r .
New York, April 6 .— It is an­
nounced from Denver that Professor
Dussand, of the university there, has
’ nvented an apparatus to enable the
d«*af to hear. A microphonograph he
has just issued magnifies the human
voice in the same way that a lens mag­
nifies matter. It is simply a telephone
connected electrically with a phono­
graph, but a far more sensitive phono­
graph than Edison’s ordinary model.
A battery of from one cell to sixty, ac­
cording to the degree of deafness, is
used.
Of course the apparatus is useless in
the case of absolute deafness, but such
infirmity is far rarer than is supposed.
Ninety-five per cent of stone-deat per­
sons can be made to hear and under­
stand by Dussand’s invention. You
speak into the phonograph and make it
repeat the words which are transmitted
by a sort of microphone and speaking
tube into the deaf ear. Professor Dus­
sand is preparing for the 1900 ekhibi-
tion an apparatus which will enable
10,000 people who may all be deaf to
follow the lecture.
B u t le r T r ie d S u ic id e .
Pan Francisco, April 6 . — Murderer
Butler has made his anticipated at­
tempt at suicide. Despite the presence
in his cell day and night of guards sup­
posed to be watchful, the fiend of the
Blue mountains almost succeeded in
cheating the gallows today. Early this
morning Bntler was observed to be un-
’ usually quiet.
Investigation showed
that his blanket was tight-drawn over
his head, and when that was removed
his face was found to be covered with
blood. Butler has allowed his thumb
nail to grow very long, and with the
nail had ojiened an artery in his fore-
hea«l from which he hoped to bleed to
death. The wound was closed and
greater precautions than ever w ill now
tie taken to prest>rve his life at least
until after he sails on the Mariposa for
Australia tomorrow afternoon.
C o lo n e l G ra n t D e c lin e d .
New York, April 5.— Colonel Fred
D. Grant has deieded to decline Presi­
dent M cK inley’s offer of the position
of first assistant secretary of war.
Mr. Garnt sent the following tele­
gram to President McKinley:
“ Altohugh yon are pleased to Urge
me to think over the matter, it is im ­
possible for me to consider the position
of assistant s«*5retaryof war, which you
were goo«l enough to offer me. I there­
fore decline with thanks the appoint­
ment, at the same time regretting that
I am not to serve the administration,
for which I worked earnestly."
Mr. Grant declined to be intervieweil
beyond giving out the foregoing tele­
gram.
A P o w d e r M i ll W r e c k e d
Shamokin, Pa., April 6 . — A ll the
buildings o f the Shamokin Powder
Company were wrecked by a terrific ex­
plosion which «Kcurre«! in the mill early
this morning.
Fortunately no lives
were lost, all the men having gone
home. Three houses half a mile away
were damaged badly.
Mrs. David
Hann was badly cat about the face and
body. Mr. and Mrs. Hann and Mrs.
Klinger were buried in their beds be­
neath debris and boulders weighing 200
pounds. The loss is nearly $50,000.
C h ild I n s t a n t ly K i l l e d .
San Francisco, April 2.— A child
named James Holmes was instantly
killed today by being run over by a
loaded truck. The driver, H. Meyer,
was charged with manslaughter.
W «(M
I n c r e a s e d In M i c h i g a n .
Iron wood, Mich., April 6 .— The
Metropolitan Iron A Land Company
has annoanced an increase of 10 per
cent in the wage scale here.
The in­
crease affect* 1,000 men employed in
the Norris and Pabst m ines
D e m a n d an R i g h t - H o a r D a , .
Milwaukee, April 5.— The 10,000
nnion brewery employes in Milwaukee
made a formal demand for an eigbt-
bour working day at the same wages as
¡ ia now being paid lor 10 hour*.
WASHINGTON LETTER
NEW TAR IFF BILL SATISFACTORY
TO THE FARMERS.
IttiMlne»» A lr e a d y I m p r o v in g ITnder M e -
K ln le y ’ »
T a r iff
A d m in i s t r a t i o n — P r o t e c t iv e
H e r o u iln g
P o p u la r
W ith
t h e L e a d in g P o l it i c a l P a r ti* * .
A ll
,
G eorge M elvilt . e , Special Correspondent.
Washington, D. C .— The new tariff
bill w hich the ways anil means com m it­
tee has r«>|H)rted to the new congreaa ia
proving satisfactory to the farming and
manufacturing interests. No olaail off
citizens have received more careful at­
tention than tlie farmers in the work
whioh the committee lias performed in
framing this kill. This relates not
alone to the mere question of protection
to farm products, but the fostering of
manufacturers which shall thus furnish
an increased home market, and provi-
sions for demanding reciprocity from
foreign nations, by which special ad­
vantages may be had for our farm pro­
ducts in foreign markets. The comm it­
tee has put a good deal of work on thn
wool schedule, and when they oomplot-
e«l the bill they felt that they had got­
ten it into more satisfactory shape than
they expeoted, and especially into n
shape which w ill be satisfactory to thn
farmers generally and give them a much
tetter protection than they had under
the M cKinley law. W hile the ratea
upon the finer grades of wool are prac­
tical ly those of the McKinley law, thoaa
relating to the coarser grailes are ma­
terially changed, and in a way which
will be very satisfactory to the wool
producers. Under the classifications a t
the McKinley law large quantities o f
wool intend**! for use in manufacturing
cloths were importeti nnder the head iff
carpet wools and paid oarpet wool rates
of duty. The new schedule and classi­
fication which the committee has adopt-
i*i will, it is believed by the m e n b « «
of the committee, prevent this and re­
quire wools brought in for mannfai^iuM
ing cloths to pay the proper rate whiler
those properly classified as carpet wools
will pay rates very little higher than
those named by the M cKinley law.
M a r k e t Q u o ta tio n » .
By this new classification, the oom-
mittee believes that it will give to thn
Portland, Or., A pril 6 , 1897.
Flour— Portland, Salem,
Casoadia i wool growers a very satisfactory rate a t
and Dayton, $4.10; Benton «xninty and I protection, and, at the same time, in­
W hite Lily, $4.10; graham, $3.40; su- | crease materially the revenue produced
from wool under the M cKinley law.
perflne, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 76<377c; V al­ The fact that enormous quantities o f
wool nse«l for manufacturing cloth*
ley, 78c per bushel.
Oats— Choice white, 40@ 42o per | were brought in under the title of ear-
pet wools, reduced materially the reve­
bushel; choicp gray, 86 @ 88 c.
Hay— Timothy, $13.00@ 14.00 per nues which would have been realiaad
ton; clover, $ 11.50@ 12.50; wheat and had they jiaid the rates of duty which
the law fixed for wools used in thn
oat, $9.00@ 11.00 per ton.
Barley— Feed barley, $17.50 per ton; manufacture of cloths. blankets, etc.
While the rates are not those proposed
brewing, $18@ 19.
M illstuffs— Bran, $14.50; shorts, by the Wool Growers’ Assiciation, tbe
reclassification which prevents the
$16.50; middlings, $26.
Butter— Creamery, 40@ 45c; dairy, coarse wools being brought in at carpet
rates of duty.w ill prove in some degree
30 @ 40 c ; store, 1 7 @8 0 c per roll.
Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks,60 (3 60c; an offset for the failure to adopt tbe
Garnet Chilies, 65@ 76o; Early Rose, rates requested by this association.
80@ 90c per sack; sweets, $8.00 per W hile the rates finally determined optM*,
cental for Merced; new potatoes, 8*40 are considerably below those named by
the W ool Growers’ Association and
per pound.
will to that extent perhaps be unsatis­
Onions— $2.00(82.25 per cental.
Poultry— Chickens, niix«*l, $3.00(8 factory, there is reason to believe that,
4.00; geese, $4 .0 0@ 5.00 ; turkeys, live, members of the association generally
11 (8 12c; duck«, $4 .0 0 @ 6 .00 per «lozen. did not expect to get as high ratoed
duty as asked, and that by reason o f tte
Eggs— Oregon, 9 % c per dozen.
Cheese — Oregon,
12>,c; Young I new classification they will be particu­
larly well satisfied with the work o f tbe
America, 18
per pound.
>
W ool— Valley, 11c per pound; Eastern committee.
The completion o f the bill enable*
Oregon, 7 (8 9c.
the members of the committee to mate
Hops— 9@ 10c per pound.
Beef— Gross, top steers, $2 .0 0 @ 3 .5 0 ; estimates of the increase o f revenn*
tows, $2.25 @ 8 .00; dressed beef, 4 @ 6 c which the bill will produce. Thaw
estimates range from 65,000,000 to 75,-
per pound.
Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers 000,000 ]>er annum increase over thn
znd ewes, $3.60@ 8.76 ; dressed mut­ present law. Should these expectation*
be met, the bill, when it becomes a law,
ton, 6 c per ponnd.
Hogs— Gross, choice, heavy, $4.00(3 will produce sufficient revenue to meek
4.25; light and feeders, $2.50(33.00; the running expenses and add from flva
to seven millions per month to tte
dressetl $4.50(8 5.00 per OWL
treasury reserve. It is believed that it
this expectation is realized and a oom-
Seattle, Wash., April 6 , 1897.
fortable surplus constantly m ain tain «!
Wheat— Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
in the treasury, the danger o f renewal*
Oats—Choice, $23@24 per ton.
of demands for gold in exchange f o r
Barley— Rolled or ground, $20 per
greenbacks and treasury notes will
ton.
rapidly «lisappear. In general it may
Corn— W hole, $19 per ton; cracked,
be said of the bill that the rates of tte
$19(320; feed meal, $19(320.
McKinley law were made a basis for tte
Flonr—(Jobbing)— Patent excellent, ,
.
..
, ,
. .
$5.00; Novelty A , $4.60; California |
to make no higher rates than those im­
brands, $5.35; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
posed by the McKinley law, and to t e f
$6.40.
below it in snch cases as possible. Thiw
Millstuffs— Bran, $14. 00 per ton ;
has been done in a large proportion at
shorts, $18.
Feed— Chopped fee«!, $18.00 per ton; the articles upon whioh rates have been
named. The number of articles teten
middlings, $ 22 ; oilcake meal, $30.
from the free list an«l placed upon tte
Hay— Puget sound, per ton, $10.00;
dutiable list is not as large as had been
Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter — Fancy native creamery, anticipated, but the committee feel con­
fident that the bill will prove a satiafae-
brick, 26c; select, 24c; tuba, 28c;
tory revenue producer, and that t t e
ranch, 16® 17.
rates of protection given by the cow
Cheese— Native Washington, 12*^c.
mittee will be generally aoopetabl* tn
Vegetables— Potatoes, per ton, $16.50
the interests affected.
(318; parsnips, per sack, 76c; beets,
H lm e t a llle C o n f o r m « « W i l l B o H o M .
per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
It is understood by those who w e
rutabagas, per sack, 50c; carrots, per
sack, 40(3 50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs, familiar with the details of Senator
W olcott’s trip and the plans which bovn
$1.60; onions, per 100 lbs, $2.90.
Sweet potato«*«— Per 100 lbs, $4.00. been formulated by the president and
Poultry— Chickens, live, per ponnd, others, in view o f his report, that tte
hens, 10(311o; ducks, $6 @ 6 .5 0 ; dreeseij proposed bimetallic conference may not
be called until autumn. The president
turkeys, 15c.
and those who have advised him on
Eggs— Fresh ranch, l l ) i ® 1 2 c .
Fresh Meat#— Choice dressed beef, this subject have concluded that tte
steers, 7c; cows, 6 I 40 ; mntton, sheep, subject generally shonld be prety thor­
9c per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 6 c per oughly «ligested and plans formed be­
fore the delegates come together. They
pound; veal, small, 8 c.
Fresh Fish — Halibut,
4 ^ (* 6 o ; have no donbt as to the practicability
«almon, 6 (3 6 c; salmon trout, 7(*10c; of bringing about an international «in­
ference, and tiiey feel assured that tte
(b ender* and soles, 8 (3,4c.
Provisions— Hams, la rg e .ll)^ ; hams, proposition is likely to be met with
«mall, 11 *- 4 c; breakfast bacon, 10 c; dry much greater cordiality than on former
occasions. It is known that the British
•alt sides, Oj^c per pound.
\ government.while it has no expectation
of returning to bimetallism, in the com­
San Francisco, April 6 , 1897.
Potatoes— Salinas Burbanks, 9 0 (3 monly accepted sense, is willing, in
$1.10; Early Rose, «5(3 75c; River Bur­ fact anxious, to reopen the Indian
banks, 60(3 70c; sweets, $1.00(31.76 mints, and may be willing to establish
a mint in London for the coining o f
per cental.
rupees for the Indian market, and in
Onions—$1.76(33.25 per cental.
Eggs— Ranch, 10jk<313o per dozen. addition to this make a material in­
Batter— Fancy creamery, 1 8 ){c; do crease in her silver currency and en­
•eoonds, 12 *4 (3 13c; fancy dairy, 12 c; couraging some action on the part of
other nations The German _
j leoonda, 11(* 12a
Che
Fancy mild, new, 61{o; occupies a very similar attitude
to Î
; fair to good,
Young America, will be governed, it ia understood, Ï
certain extent by tbe action of ~
1798o; Eastern, 1 4 9 1 4 ^ 0 .