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FRIDAY, MARCH ai, 1907.
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tltB tbVL OF-TJIE RAtLfeO,AuiS.
, T.lia railroad, managers of the
otitttry have cone olit during the
.past week with a fertat hue and
ry about the ruinous legislation
hat has been enacted agntust thcra
by congress and recent state legis
latures.. They claihi that bank
ruptcy 13 staring them in the face
ndlmve issued wholesale orders
for retrenchment ,to stop all ex
tensions, all improvements not ab
solutely uecessaryi and to cut ex
penses wherever possible. They cry
that a Snancial panic is about to
visit the country. They attempt
to create one and prove lrom the
uuschled couditioii Jf the business
jworld that would follow, that rail
nsad regulation was a dire failure,
.This "howl," coming from practi
cally all the big transoortation com
tpanics at the same time, looks sus
picious, It lias the car marks of a
preconcerted plan to scare the coun
tryaii4 ocrchancc procure relief
from ftirther "regulating" regula
tion. If that bus been their game
xthey have failed miserably. The
iprcss of the country, reflecting pub
lic opjnion, are unanimous in the
.iteuient that the railroads have
uttempted a great "bluff" and
lave failed.
t Their cry of imminent bankruptcy
ii bbsllrlt Never a the history of
.railroads. has there been so prosper
ous a year as that of 1906. The
roads were simply swamped with
business and they could not handle
-the traffic that wus clamoring to be
taken care of. Reports from only
a part of the railroad mileage of
the country show het earnings of
665,080.905 forigo6, or $72,904,-
J03 more than was earned in 1905
Does that look like bankruptcy? A
"inaucial journal says that the rail
.roads earned $424,000,000 more in
set receipts in 1906 than they did
n 1896. And even with this in
crease, they have not handled near
'y all of the business of the coun
try, as has been fully shown by the
unprecedented "car shortage" of
;hc past few months. Again, does
this look like bankruptcy?
The plaint of the railroads is
-TCtn to be insincere when it is ob
served that recent rate regulation
has been enacted more to prohibit
rebates and discriminations in
reight charges than to lower freight
xates. It is not so much a call for
ower rates as for equal rates. There
an be no just kick against this.
The only other legislation of any
.mportancc is a 2-ceni pes&euger
'mw passed by some of the legisla-
ures. That such Saws will prove
uinous to the railroads is not be
lieved by any one competent to
udgc. Any law that makes im-
wssible a fair profit on the capital
nvested cannot be enforced for it
nould be "confiscation" and that
, s unconstitutional. And the rail-
oads know this. Their earnings
.'.ill continue to pile up into th
pillions and they will waxjtch and
'at.
Heucath all the cry of a coming
. auic, there has been a subtle, hid
Jen threat that tha railroads would
ring on a panic if tha ngitatiou
gainst theni w'ns continued. And
hey possess the power to do it.
''tight herete the niou potent ra
.on for controlling these organiza
tions bv fair legislation. If the
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orpopcruy " 03.v7.-w ,. iHpaayof April, J907. K.j!
largely in ic i-imu ui u 3UHH
cliquc of financiers; dllc to our sys
tem of finance, then it is time to
make a change alld put such power
over the happiness ot a titUibn bt
yond the reach of it few illdividilnls
During all this agitation the cry
has been heard that the country
was drifting into tlie tibrrors of
socialism. There arc many who
believe that affairs conducted for
the good of the people as a whole
would not be so hbrriblc. Hut be
that as it may, the railroads have
been and will continue to be un
less they change, their tactics one
of the most potent factors in forciim
the country to cnactsocialistic legis
lation. As has been pertinently
said, if the plundering of the rail
roads can hot be stopped by rail
road regulation it will be accom
plishbd by government ownership
And to the man who hates it, that
is the essence of socialism.
The people arc justly indignant
with the railroads. With scarcely
an exception they have been
forces of corruption. They have
bought legislatures and the United
States congress and then passed
laws to enrich themselves at the
expense of the people. They have
injected millions of dollars worth of
"watered" stock into their capitali
zation and then insisted on charg
ing rates that would yield 7 to 10
per cent on the fictitious valuation
incy have neglected improve
ments and failed to supply adequate
equipment until great loss resulted
in all lines of business due to their
inability to handle the traffic, and
people suffered for Want of coal
through a freezing Winter. Va.st
regions in the West, -fertile and
susceptible of great development,
plead in vain for railroad extensions
while the millions pile up in the
capitalists' pockets. Such policies
are bringing their inevitable results,
and the railroads can expect some
drastic legislation in the future.
The people are, indeed, justly
indignant but their wrath shoud be
tempered with caution. The sins
of the railroads have been many'
but their serv!ces alio have been
great. Without them, our present
prosperity and development would
be impossible. The interests of the
people and the railroads arc identi
cal and any unfair legislation will
ultimately react against those who
enact it. The present agitation
should be purged from all dema
gogisra and should be characterised
by the splendid sentiment expressed
by President Roosevelt when he
said he was not making war on the
railroads as industiial institutions
but that he was fightiug railroads
which persistently and brazenly
broke the law. Any retaliatory or
unfair legislation will be foolish.
The railroads have been and can be
of the greatest benefit to the coun
try. The only pity is that their
past management has not been
more characterized by that policy.
Read Article with Interest.
I read the article written by II.
Toraioka printed in your last issue
with the deepest interest. I think
liend should be proud of her school
for this yotlng man must have re
ceived excellent training and shows
the work done there to be of u
high standard. As citizens' we
should he proud to have this young
tnuu in our midst; one who pos
sesses good character and sterling
qualities. He has great poissssiuu,
not wealth nor affluence, but that
which builds up every phos of
life and makes men truly prosjwr-
ous. -Kev. C. Tavkkok.
, Saloon l.lccusu Notice, '
To V.ue
llonomblti Mavor and Com-
nidn Council of the City of lienil. ,
Cianthmieu: The unclersii;fil A. 1).
Uttelwnet. herabv annlitM for a 'Actntv
from the City of Iltml to nell .jjjriluoi,
I10U mill mult liutuira ami luriiiiiiitvil
filer in the building situated dji lot 11
,of block 7 of the City of m d hr a
period of three monU'i
01 three monts lrom. the jfeth
tfu!ly, '
Sstcbcuet.
A. 11,
jj Problems That Confront TIfc Irrigator.
IK)TAT( CULTUKU.
Prom Parmm' Hulk tin No, JJ, ImuoI iy llt
V !Mrlmttiluf Ajttaitture.
UISTANCK llliTWKUN PLANTS.
To frame a general rule giving
best distances for seed pieces of
different sizes is plainly impossible,
for the distance at which the larg
est yields is obtained depends also
011 the varictv, the season, the soil,
and the fertilize) s, However, the
results of some ot the investiga
tions covering this matter afford
help in deciding on the proper dis
tance under varying conditions.
It has been shown tluit if very
small cuttings tire used, unci if the
soil is fertile, the distance can be
reduced to 0 or 9 inches without
iiicrificllig the yield, provided the
season happens to be favorublc, but
this is not generally advisable.
On rich soil cuttings of consider
able site can lc advantageously
planted as close as 1 2 inches.
Checking effects a saving of lab
or in cultivation, and also in plant
ing and harvesting, when these lat
ter operations are preformed by
hand; hence expensive labor and
the absence of machines for plant
ing and harvesting the crop arc
conditions in favor of checking.
For planting in checks n variety
can be chosen which makes a large
growth of vines and which forms
many tubers in each hill, thus
more completely utilizing the space
at its disposal than could a variety
with small vines and few tubers
In checking there is danger on rich
M)il that some of the tubers may
grow to an objectionable size. Po
tato growers in attempting to
obtain a phenomenal yield, ns in
contest for prices, almost universal
ly plant in drills rather than in
hills, and place the seed pieces
from 8 to 15 inches apart.
The advocates of planting in
drills claim that by this method a
larger yield can be obtained, and
experience seems to confirm the
correctness of this view. The'1 few
experiments that have been made
on this question arc not entirely
conclusive, though the majority of
them favor drills. '
Although no fixed rule regard
ing distance of planting can be
given the following general con
siderations are widely applicable:
(1) For maximum yield of sal
able potatoes plant in rows as nar
row as can be conveniently culti
vated. (2) Crowd small seed pieces
close together in the row, increas
ing the distance with every in
crease in the size of the seed piece;
avoid on the one hand such close
planting as to greatly reduce the
average weight of the tulcrs, and
on the other such wide spacing as
to leave any considerable portion of
the soil unshaded by the full
grown vines. '
(3) As a rule, the richer the
laud the less tbc required distance
between .seto.
(4) Varieties with strong growth
of vines or which set many tubers
in a hill should have greater dis
tance between plants than is neces
sary wJth le.vi vigorous varieties.
CULTIVATION.
Soon after planting, and again
just as the young plants are begin
ning to appear above ground, the
field should be harrowed, inclining
the teeth of the harrow backward.
This is a cheap method of cultiva
tion, since a wide space is covered.
More Farmers' Lines.
The Deschutes Irrigation &
Power Company at the time of con
structing their ditches iuslallod a
very expensive and extensive sys
tem of telephones along the
ditches. This telephone system
was for the exclusive use and
convenience of the irri'uti'm
comMiiy. Recently the DesthuUs
Telephone Company has acquired
this system and intend soon to re
build the line, luiiKliug farmers'
Hues wherever ulbcribcis un Ik-
obtained along the ditches. In the
meantime the irrigation company,
in order to accommodate the set
tlers until the telephone company '
can build lines to them, has agreed
that the line reserved for their
uxclusivv'uie-may biiljused in tils
conduct of general public buslueos.
It is also cltcCtlvc in destroying
small weeds, ill leveling the riducs
left in pluming, in preventing the
lormatiou ol u sitrlucc crust, and in
kecpini' the laud covered with
n mulch of dry earth, thus conserv
ing moisture within t'tc soil below.
Subsequent cultivation should be
frequent so as to nccotuplisli tlc.ic
same cuds. Almost any pattern of
cultivator may le used, provided it
is made to do shallow work. How
ever, if the ground Iihb become
packed the first cultivation ,m.iy be
deeper Kxptiricuee and exact ex
periments generally favor flat or
u.arly fiat cultivation. Kxce.ssive
hilling during cultivation intensifies
the effects of dry weather It also re
sults in breaking many of the feed
ing roots between the rows. The
trcqiietit use of the cultivator
should be substituted as fur us pos
sible for hoeing. If n severe frost
is apprehended sriott after the plants
come up, the (dps should be cov
ered by throwing a furrow to each
row.
HARVHSTINli AN!) STOKlNO.
The death of the vines is the
signal for digging the main crop,
For the early market potato grow
ers do not wait for this, but arc
governed by tlie siie of the tubers
As long us any portion of the vine
is green the tubers. enti continue to
grow. At the Vermont Station
White Star potatoes, planted May
30, yielded 163 bushels per acre of
merchantable potatoes when dug
August 32; 334 bushels September
; 30.I bushels September 13. and
353 September 32. More than one
third of the merchantable crop was
made alter September 1. At the
above dates the average size of all
tubers was respectively, 37, 44.
5.2, and 5 7 ounces, respectively.
These figures show the importance
of protecting the foliage from the
late blight by spraying, and they
also afford some data as to the rate
at which potatoes develop late in
the season.
In gardens very early potatoes
arc sometimes obtained by careful
ly removing a few of the larger
tubers from the growiug plant, re
placing the soil and allowing the
smaller potatoes to continue grow
ing (''grabbling"). Kxpcrimcnts
conducted in Germany by Wollny
and N'ohbc, and in Austria by
Leydheckcr showed little or no loss
as a result of this operation care
fully done. The large amount of
labor required prohibits "grab
bling" except when early potatoes
arc selling at a prict very much
higher than can be expected from
the later crop.
In harvesting a large area a
high-priced potato digger is fre
quently used; hand digk'iug with a
fotir-tined lork is probably the
best method oil small areas, though
many make use 01 a potato uoe or
of n plow Careful handling al
ways pays ami extreme careful
ness is necessary, e.siiecially with
the early crop, to prevent injury to
tlie tender .skin ot the immature
potatoes.
In harvesting, as well as in stor
age, potatoes should be exposed to
light as little as possible. In stor
ing potatoes a low temperature is
required. The potato tuber is un
injured by a temperature of 33
degrees 1'., and one authority
gives the froe,iiig teui)eraturc of
potato 30 2 degtees V. Warmth
favors sprouting, which injures
itotatoes both for planting and eat
ing. This act on the part of the irriga
tion company will be very greatly
appreciated by not only the .settlers
but by all the business men of this
county.
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