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RAILROAD PLEA 4TH SECTJON RELIEF
10 COMPETE WITH OCEAN TRAFFIC
: BLOW 10 OREGON INTERIOR TOWNS
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The public should he advised of the
many applications y the railroad
companies which are now pending he
fore the Interstate Commerce Coin
mission for so-callnd Fourth Se;tioi
relief, that is, permission to charge
less for the hauling of freight to
Pacific coast terminal points than to
the intermediate points, the carriers
contending that such relief is neces
sary to enable them to compete with
the boats operating through the
canal from coast to coast, and between
Pacific coast seaports.
Should the carriers succeed in
these requests, interior points will
apain be placed at great disadvantage
through the intermediate territory
again assuming the burden of sup
port of the country's rail transporta
tion system.
I'nder such conditions, r do not
believe interior points can safely in
vest in local industrial and commer
cial enterprises for the reason that
such investment may he jeopardized
and perhaps confiscated by the subse
quent lowering of rales to the coast
points under the guise of meeting
water, rail and market competition
in one form or another. Such policy,
to my mind, restricts opportunity and
development as well ns restricting In
crease in population and taxable
wealth.
Rather than to reduce railroad
rates to meet boat competition at
coast terminals, would not the equal
ization of rates throughout the
country have a higher beneficial ef
fect by placing all communities upon
an ahsohite equality? Those of the
intermediate points will not oh feet
to their railroad rales as long as they
are reasonable and free from unjust
discrimination, undue preference and
prejudice, for the intermediate points
would then he upon an equal foot
ing with all other localities and
would thus be enabled to manufacture
their products at home and compete
in a healthy manner with other lo
calities and will obtain the disadvan
tages of community bettermeuts and
prosperity. thus permitting the
spending of their own money at home
iustead of allowing it to go to a few
terrnlnia! industrial centers.
, Such n schedule of rates would per
mit industrial development at the in
termediate points, and increase the
population, wealth and taxable prop
erty of such cities as Salem, Albany,
Corvallis, Eugene, Koseburs, Grants
Pass, Medford and Ashland, Maker,
La Grande, Pendleton and The Dalles.
. I am not an advocate of the theory
of making rutea on a mileage basis.
I am, however, as a general proposi
tion, opposed to the grunting of a
lower rate for the longer haul over
the same route and in the same direc
tion. Such practice should not he
again permitted as existed prior to
the war.
In 191S, the Interstate Commerce
Commission issued a Fourth Section
Order Xo. tlTilO, owing to the absence
of boat competition during the war,
under which tariffs filed by the car
riers, dated January !Mst, became ef
fective March 15, 191S. These tar
iffs provided that rates to interme
diate points could not be higher than
to the terminals. These tariffs pro
vided for Increased rates to the coist
points but not in any reduction to the
intermediate points, since which time
railroad rates hhvo been on a parity,
any many new industries at interme
diate points have bene fostered, with
no appreciable detrimental effect
upon the carriers, and the present
rate urrangement has proven highly
beneficial to such communities.
It Is to reestablish tha old basis that
the carriers are now making numer
ous Fourth Section applications. Per
sonally, I do not think thuic applica
tions should be allowed.
I do not believe it necossary that
the carriers he permitted, in every
instance, to meet water competition,
as they will be able to secure a great,
portion of the business without these!
lower terminal rates, for the reason
that water transportation service is
inferior to rail service In many ways.
Pimples Denote
Waste Products
In The Blood
So Do niack!icac?a, Boils and Sim
ilar Skin Disorders.
1 he linman sy;!em i1; forcverstrivinc; toget
rid or the waste products. It is a life-work
which rocs on forever. bcl waste products
Ft in the hlooii, they cai-.sc 11 lowered vitaittv.
As a result, we heionic M:!;e-r to many pain
ful and cmharrassi'iK aii.ninrs.
V. i.en these symptoms appear, Nature is
warning us. To throw off the w aste products,
the blood mut be purified. Don't clos vcur
blood. Just clean it out. Nature will do
the rest, l'ure, rich, red blood nourishes the
body and fights of? difcare.
S. S. S.; the standard blood purifier and
system builder, is the ideai remedy lor skin
eruptions. The effect of S. S. S.' is to tid
the system of ihe waste products width arc
causing the trouble. Tor -over 50 years
S. S. S. has proven to Le of unusual merit.
Berjn taking S. S. S. fndi-y and write for
56 pare illustrated Lcokie;, "Fails J bout the
PJood" tree.
l'ercna 1 mffdif.il a .-i vice, without charge,
mav fllsn In had hy scrnjt.-g a complete
descn prion of ynur c. A Jure s I'hrff
Medical I.hrtvtn- Svr Specific Co.. 7-41
it is elower. uncertain of arrival, and
offers none of the privileges such as
diversion, stopping in transit, with
no switching services at terminal
points. Claims for loss and damage
are not so readily settled. The marl
time laws seem to give more protec
tion to tile boats, and the shipper
iiust i;o to the courts for redrebs, and
there are other advantages which the
laMroid have over the boats.
I do not believe the public should
expect a hish standard of service,
nuch as is offered by the railroads in
normal times, at nearly as low rates
as uppl by water. It seems to me it
would he as reasonable to expect the
expr,'s companies to ship at as low a
rate as by freight.
The points served by water can use
boat transportation If they so I'.eiore.
n fact, should do so, it doubtless ! e
!n to tiiefr advantage, hut this would
eem to be a handicap to int-rnr
points to whS'h the railroads "h: ild
not add by further rate discrimina
tion against the m. It is true. lh..t
businesses have been built up at sea
port points, many of which have in
vested on account of lower rites
which obtain. The retaining of the
nrewmt parity of rates would not, of
course, inure to their benefit, but It
would enable the intermediate po!:ts
to retain their recently acquired in
dustries, jobbing and wholesale
houses. To Illustrate: the disastrous
effect the grunting of the carriers' pe
lit'on would have upon intermediate
points, cattle, sheep and hogs, under
the Fourth Section applications vio
lations, could ho shipped from the
Sacramento valley in California to
Portland find Seattle packing plants
more cheaply than to tiie Kalem and
Albany packing plants, or to points
as far south as Medford. .Mercantile
houses buying in the east or San
Francisco, will be compel'ed to pay a
higher rate upon their merchandise
than that which will be enacted to the
terminal points.
It is not to he overlooked that if
the pending proposals of the carriers
are trt prevail, the following ports
only of the Pacific coast are the des
ignated terminals to which the re
duce d rates are to apply:
California Terminals Kant San
I'edro, Oakland, Uichmond, San Die
go, San Francisco, San Pedro, Wil
mington. Oregon Terminals Astoria, Port
land. Washington tormina's Hellins
hani, Everett, Seattle, South Helling
ham. Tacoma.
British Columbia Terminals "ew
Westminster, Prince Kuperl, Van
couver, Victoria.
The carrier application for Fourth
Section relief provide that "to points
Intermediate to the "terminals" (des
ignated aijovet it is proposed to ap
ply rates made by adding lo theiate
therein proposed to the "terminal"
(designated above) which is nearest
do3tination of shipment, the local rate
published for use upon interstate traf
fic from nearest "terminal" point to
such destination. H. II. COKEY.
ROSEIU'ltn. Nov. 14. (Special).
"Chief Palliet. a prisoner in (he cnu:
ly jail, Saturday, received a letter
from Dr. It. M. ilrumfield now in the
state penitentiary awaiting execution.
WhlM lliurnfield was confined here
"Chief," who is being held for the
grand jury on a charge of passing
worthless checks, promised that he
would call on Prumfiehl at the pen as
,"on as he is sent to that institution.
In the tetter received, Ilrumfield
st: esses this promise. The letter is as
follow s:
"My I rear Chief: 1 have been here
now for ruite a while. I am quite a
little stronger than 1 was and am im
proving each day.
"Chief, you hu e no idea of the
calibre of the men running this inst:
tutien bi ; hearted I'e'Jows who neat
a fellow very nitieh like a man. They
certainly have been fine to me. The
place is spotlessly clean and the meals
as good as you e:nid g:'l at the
rm;Mii;i, I am ni're closely ronfpied
and have less change for exer.-i-i-. is
my only objection ; but a 1 el low
couldn't well evpe; t t find everything
tti his liking in a state penitentiary,
could he? if the railhirds and vul
tures of Koseburg knew how wvll I am
being treated, 1 suppose they would
raise an awful holler.
"Chief. I shall never forget you
never cease to appreciate what you
meant to me for several weeks past.
We were certainly about as agreeable
companions as a fellow could lind. We
must not forget the promises we made
each other.
"1 hope Sain carried out his promise
as booh us ho returned to Itoseburg.
1 am pretty sure he did if he could
for Sam is a real white man. Remem
ber me to him als i to Finis.
".My wife and sister will visit me
this p. m. Merle is as much of a brie';
as ever always brave always ready
to fight for me. They treat us quite
differently from what Frank Hopkins
did. They provide us with comfort
able chairs and allow us to sit and
hold hands and chat for two hours at
a time. George has nothing to say in
the matter.
"Chief don't forget, lie good, and
write some day to your quondam cell
mate, ll. M. Brumfiehl."
j DETROIT, N.iv. 1" If the churches
; fail in their high and Inly tasks then1
small hope tor civilization, iVesi
iort Harding told a national ronfer
' ence of the .Methodist Epweopul
i church here today in a message read
:ly Ilishop William F. McDowell, of
.Washington, D. C. The message was
I l ead at the opening of the conference.
! regarded by lea-iers of the denomiua
. ti n as one of the most important in
1 the church's history.
I "Whoever halls the churches must
I march forward more swiftly than they
.have done," the president's message
continued. "The churches must not
j fail."
j The president paid a tribute to the
; church for its work during the war,
adding:
! "The world never before was in such
neei of right morals, right ideals.
: right relations among men and na
tions, right spirit for meeting unparal
led conditions and sound religion In
personal, social and public life."
j The president closed his messago by
! extending "best wishes for the work
your churches and other churches are
tiying and planning to do iu all the
: countries."
'SUPREME JUSTICE
i GETS ijp PAY;
OI.Y.MPIA, Wash.. Nov. 15. Peti
tion of Justice Chester it. Hovcy, fill
ing out the unexpired term of the
late Wallace Mount, for compensation
of JG.000 a year as provided by statute
was denied today in a supreme court
decision. Th court held that the
state constitution is specific on the
point that a salary of a supreme court
judge cannot be increased after elec
tion or during the time for which the
judtfe is elected. Judgo Mount re-
, reived StIODO.
Says Chemist Is Public
Benefactor
Marble Works Burns
LOS ANGFLKS, Cal., Nov. IS. Fire
of undetermined origin destroyed the
marble and tile works of the Joseph
Musto and Sons company here early
this morning, causing a loss estimated
by police at ?20d,UUO.
Spring Train tug' Camps.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 1 f. The St.
Louis nationals will return to Orange,
Texas.' and the Americans to lioga
lu.sa, La., for spring training, the local
baseball managements announced today.
j "Peing a doctor, and suffering for
many years with stomach trouble, I
feel I cannot do justice to so great
ja public benefactor in writing. Mayr's
(Wonderful Remedy is everything you
have claimed for it. 1 can now eat
land relish victuals I have, not dared
,to cat in many years. Am feeling like
Kiewly born." It is a simple, harmless
preparation that removes the catar
rhal mucus from the intestinal tract
and allays the inflammation which
'causes practically all stomach, liver
land intestinal ailments. Including ap
jpendieitis. One dose will convince or
money refunded. At all druggists.
I Adv.
FIRST PURCHASE Of
MEDICINAL BEE!
MILWAUKEE, 'Win., Nov. 15.
.Tuck Schneider, oC this city, waa the
first resident of the United Suites to
purch.'isc medical beer under the new
federal reKUlatio'.is.
Schneider presented his prescrip
tion at a local pharmacy two minutes
after a brewing company had deliver
ed the beer to the drliKulst under a
permit the brewers had just received.
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The work of the hatchery school
is proKrcssiiiK nicely. Klcm pupils
are enrolled.
Mr. and -Mrs. Charley lllas were
Sunday guests of .Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Stewart.
.Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Howe and little
daUKhter, Wanda Joy, were callers at
tin' Stewart home Sunday.
Stewart -brothers sold a large stack
of hay to Karl l lrich last week.
J. Dunlap and son are pawing wood
this week. They just completed 20
tier for the hatchery 'school district.
S. W. Hutchinson has been seeding
this week.
John (irieve was looking after busi
ness in our community Aloud;; and
Tuesday.
1 Iirt Smith and T)elbrt iVirkrr of
Walla Walla are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
j Oscar Stewart. Mr. Smith is a
brother of M rs. Stewart.
I Mrs. O. S. Hodsdon and little
grandson of Walla Walla. Wash., re
turned home Tuesday after a month's
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Oscar
' II. Stewart.
This community sold about two
hundred head of steers Wednesday
to .Mr. JamoJt Campbell of Medford.
Mrs. S. W. Hutchinson is visiting
several days in Medford and Ashland.
I Mrs. Oeorge Thomas spent the
! week end visiting and shopping in
Medford.
! The Train saw mill has resumed
'work after s-.ral days' lagging,
j Miss I ;.irr, county school super
j visor visited the hatchery district last
BaMeg Powder
than of higher
priced brands
it goes farther.
for more than 30 ye&rc
ggOunccsfcggt
Millions cf pounds
bought by the gov
ernment Quality
the best.
WHY PAY WAR PRICES?
IS
Y0 YOU WANT your friends to avoid vou? Thev
SJ will certainly do so when your breath is bad.
: There is no excuse lor anyone having a bad
breath.( I It is caused by disorders of the stomach
which can be corrected by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets. Many have been permanently cured of
stomach troubles by the use of these tablets after
years of suffering. Price 2 5 cents per bottle.
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