it.. lkv.i i,LL.Lf jrli.w .. ill
PaL!UUd veiT Tuetdar and Friday by tbe
STATMA5 K3UHHIS0 COMPANY
K. J. HESiK!i K, Ifanaser. - !
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The 8 Mffoan h vcu atl!tfcct for Beiri t
fifty-two year. And it hM tone ubcrilx-r 1
i hm object to bavins the paper o.n-'oniimH-d
lit Ui time of xviruuin o( their otcr1ptKn;
wr tf benefit 01 Uiee. ana lor tner r-om
" wo baeraelu4d to diwxBilnne uterfpuvtia
only wb n td tndoan. All riiua paying
uii autneribiug, of ylo ia aioe, i
h t h beaettt of the rto,if raie; But if tbe'
ta ot imt f r lii inaBiN. the rtie will be
a ear. Hereafter we will kdJ the pfer to ail
rtpon1tte perMtoa -who oiiler .it, tioufli tsej
may not Mail tbe wone. witi U aaaetttiM
1 u that tbar are to paj 11.24 a year, la ea tbey
mon.ha. I a order bt i here Mi be no mi ton
dswtuHtir, we win ep tbU notice stsxding
at Hi u place 1 the paper. , :
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 400O
- SCARCITY OF FAT CATTLE. .
. .J1 aaiaawBaaaaaaaaip .
During Lthe last year or ; eighteen
month there has been 'a marked scar
city of free-fed cattle. - Agents havt
been scouring the ranch ' country lr
search of fat cattle, very much as Eng
lish agents have been hunting foi
horses and mules for. South , Africa .
This spring "there was almost a famln
of fat three and four yeaf olds.:, It tuu
thus become more necessary to fatte:
rattle by housed feeding.. In the cat
tie feeding section supplying , K.nsa
City, Ft. Louis and Chicago. market
hay, cotton peed and corn were Very
dear. Corn" haW risen from a Httk
over 40 cents to (81 cents ja bushel, oi
nearly 75 percent." . It ,3 ill thus bt
seen that the rise of cattle on the' hoof
Is due to a(S Increased cost iof condi
tions incident to ralitlng the cattle,
Sn long as these causes j exist thf
price of cattle will remain-high. And
it Is more than probable that meat If
even cheaper today than It would havt
been but Ff or the Important flmprove
merrts that all the great packing com
panles haye Introduced in the business
such as refrigerator cars and scientific
methods of kilting, dressing ssnd - pre
serving the meats.
It the drtsslnr
and packing business were dene today
by the crude- methods employed before
the large packing concerns came Intc
existence, nothing could prevent beef
being very much higher than at-present,
because the cost of treating U
would have been very much greater.
.There Is no risk in saying that If
the administration should succeed lr
umaehlng the beef trust and dissolv
ing every large packing corporation lr
the' couafry it would not succeed Ii.
lowering Jhe prlce'of beef. - On th
conlrary, that very probably would
raise the price. v r ; V
When the packers are obliged to pay
as high as S per hundred pounds foi
fat cattle -on foot, the retailers must
have comparatively big prices for beel ,
on th block, especially the choice cuts.
The ri is a wast front the dressing oi
" the carcass, depending for Its per cent
"Ijge upon the- qualrtjr of the animal on
foot ut the ' wast Is - not nearly as
i large as It was before the j packing
.houses Inaugurated their system of
making commercial use of nearly every
i-art of the cow,alf or steer..
WILL RAISE THE HOGSy-;-
Dr. 13. llulchlrison, of the Ioca,l
station of the' United States Bureau ot
Animal Industry; Is right when he say
that to make pork packing a profitable
hiduHtry ia this city or section hog
raising Is a first" requisite.' "Flr
catch your hare" is advice with whicb
we are all familiar. The Incllnalon
toward diversified farming must de
velop lirio a reality before hograislng
will or can become one of i the Indus
tries of the state.' Our farmers, lr
ofrgreg'ate. hardworking and economical
In many small ways, are yet. sad was
trels. "Otherwise pork to supplyfthc
local mftrkef would not be shipped ball
way across the continent" while the
olds: and etds of, farm : products th
"straw andscattered grain-In the fields
and the unmarketable fruit in hundred
of orchards, are permitted to go .
waste utterly, and ths low grade grain
that fortns a portion of almost every
harvest Js sold at a loss to the pro
ducer. The tranformatron of the un
used materials of agriculture Into the
necessary beef, pork, mutton, eggs and
poultry would turn a waste heap Into
profit, and: w should noi lojrtger- heat
the dismal plaint that -farming does
not pay." The. gralnralstng, habit tn
the Willamette valley and-the ratye
grailng habit in the eastern section of
the state were conditions fixed by a
stinted market due to'Isolatlon. BW
this latter condition pawl awsy:irith
the coming of transcontinental rail
roada and ! excessive gralnrabsing and
cattle-graxlng;are slowly giving ,wa
to diversl fled agriculture. When the
transformation Is complete, rural Ore
gon will became- a hive, not only of
patient industry, but of wise economy
. in saving and making over the waste
of the farm Into marketable ; products
for which there- Is always a steady de
ni;ind" at. good prices. Oregonlan.
Tuesdayi;, ' :" "" "-; s- i.Vl:
The conditions' described in the first
r art of the-artkie -quoted! above, lit tfic
;, Willamette valley, are changing- much
What arc Hutnors ?
They are vitiated or morbid Colds ours
l.; the veins and affecting the tissues.
TLcf are commonly due to defective diges-,
tlon but are someUmes inherited.
How do tbey manifest themselves I
Ia many forms of cutaneous eruption,
t-lt rheum 'or eczema, pimples' and bofli,
snd la weiknesa, languor, general debiUty.
How are they exr:.e?. By
Tc cd's Sarcap arilla:
' also boSUs cp Ca system :Uat ha
l ... "e red f rota ti uu " "'
Zi li tlj t-est raei:,:-9 f:r U tcrs.'
faster than Is generally sutposed; and
the change is sure to go on with much
greater rapidity In the near future
The dairying Industry Js partly respon
sible for this. Although the number
of good cows properly fed- and milked
has enormously increased In the. Will
amette valley of late, the growth In this
department of diversified farming (the
most important parti may be said to
have only fairly commenced. Every
creamery" inT the Valley ,1a prosperous.
Every one of them Is Increasing its out
put, and many new ones are projected!
, ItIs time, now for the beginning of
packing houses In Portland. If the
farmers can be' assured of having a
ready andL reliable market for'- their
hogs, at top prices, they will naturally
prepare to raise more and better hogs.
Tbe packing house' period is about here,
and the sooner the packing houses are
provided the sooner will there be plenty
of hogs raised here to keep them run-.
nlng.
A RARE BIRD.
Memphis has a rare bird in the per
son of S. P. Mitchell, colored, who has
the audacity to refer to the Southern
people, 'even to the ex-Confederate sot
4ier and their sons, as tbe best friends
the negroes have. He Is president of
"National Industrial Council an or-
ganixationr compose of negroes, . and
numbering; he says, many thousands;
and he declares he understands the sit
uation, lie Is against race fusjon and
is a Democrat. He announces that he
will print a; book entitled, "A 'Negro
Persecuted for Paying a. Tribute to
Confederate Soldiers," and winds up a
letter with the .following pointed sen
tences,, which, the Mobile Register is
delighted to prlnti:' , . ; ,
"I want to say Mr. G runway may be
a good Republican, but his idea of free
rpeeeh is entirely opposite to the m
sailed principles of his party, for he
intimates that ymy ! mails must be
stopped, for the tribute paid ' to the
"Southern Confederate. who Is the
best friend the American negroes have.
while the ex -Confederates and : their
sons are in the South helping to edu
cate the negro, the good old Republi
can Yankees are in Illinois running the
Chlldreji of color from the schools and
killing the negro men hunting for work.
while Mr, Green way . denounces a ne
gro for paying tribute, of respect to the
ex-Confederates who are taking care of
the old and Infirm negroes that were
turned loose by . the Yankees empty
handed and barefooted, I am an out
spoken enemy to the varmints who
are continually dogging after the: heels
ot our best Southern whites, who un
derstand ana aid the negro. ,
STATISTICS : REGARDING. NEWS
PAPER CIRCULATION.
Some 42,800 newspapers are publish
ed 'in "the world, i The United ..mates
comes first, and is far. In advance of all
other, countries,' with" -19,760 papers,
Great Britain ranks next with C050.
tn Russia there are only 743 newspa
pers, or one to every 170,000 people.
The Petit Journal.' of Paris, has a dally
circulation of not less than 1,000,000
copies. The paper having the small
est circulation is the Imperial Review,
published for the soie benefit of the
Empreor of Austria. T It is made up
from the translations from all the prin
cipal 'items, in European papers, - and
the dally editionls three copies. i
NO RELIGIOUS QUESTION.
One reason why the negotiations be-
ween the Philippine Commission and
the Vatican authorities proceeded
smoothly is that it does not invoke any
religious question. Our Government
has not the least religious objection to
the friars In the Philippines. We have
no objection to them of any kind, ex
cept that the Filipinos hate them and
wear that they' will murder1 theni If
they ; return . ' This hatred' and mur-
iepus Intent has no religious basis .
The" Filipinos are "excellent Catholics
and behave towards their native parish
priests with great respect and docility.
The motive of their Intense hostility
against the friars Is purely political. ;
Governor "Taft made tbe reason for
his very clear In an article published
In the Outlook-last May, as-well as I5
im testimony ; before ,-. the Philippine
Commission.' i He points out the the
"riars, under Spanish rule, had gradu
ally gathered Into their hands nearly
til the, civil power lit the municipal and
provincial government. This happen
ed -naturally enough - because1 there
were few. other . educated persons out-1
& ' i
side of the Capital, r Governor Taft
1
loes not say that, the friars were cruel
and tyrannous; but he does say that
thev rsmc to be the Incarnation of fh
Spanish Government to the lgnoranl ,
population of the Islands and were
held responsible for every act of op
pression, for every political arrest and
punishment and for all the. Imprison
ments, 'deportations and executions
that were so- common In the last half
century of the Spanish occupation.
As a natural result of this, the whole
fury pf the Insurrection fell upon the
friars when Dewey destroyed the Span
'sh power and befere American sover
eignty had been established. Fifty of
them were killed and tOO Imprisoned
and subjected to most brutal treatment
They were driven out of all the par
ishes in the archipelago except those
in Manila, where they were protected
by American troopf. Very few of them
have returned, because the American
Government tlld not encourage It, not
being sure that it could protect them
aealnst onen riot or secret assasslna-!
tlon. i More than that, the Ignorant
people would regard their repatriation j
as a return to Spanish methods of gov-
ernment, and probably a new irvsurrec-
tlon would break out. r j
This was the difficulty of the n-
TLe only way
: I w, f, -ifc. 'health islokecp
- CEltrrTTJ. sJlLe atomachlu
"I , " irood condition;
;. tne bowels reg
ular and tbe
- , blood pure.
Theliiitfrswlll
do this for you.
j Jrt also cures
S ln;est!ea
y rysscssZa . .
I I G r-i r p d A;u6
tiation on the American side. On the
Catholic side, the difficulty was that
there are not. enough parish priests in
the islands to supply the needs of the
parishes, and there Is great difficulty
j in finding more who are qualified by
knowledge of the language and famil
iarity with the people. . With the pros
pect of an Inrush of Protestant mis
sionaries, one can 'understand the anxiety-
of the Vatican to see some pro
vision made for replacing the friars
before consenting to their withdrawal.
-As Governor Taft says, it would suit
the policy of our Government best If
they would Send American t Catholic
priests to the Philippine parishes. It
is said that no adequate supply of these
is available, and then there would be
the difficulty of language. If there
were any excess, of 'educated priests In
South America and the West Indies, a
temporary ', supply. might be drawn
from there.'. There must be semin
aries In these countries, and some -of
them. wouM seem to be ' overstocked
with prleSts. No doubt the Philip
pine Government would welcome com
petem religious teacners from any
quarter, if they were acceptable to. the
people and did not meddle In politics.
REFORMATORY SYSTEM AGAIN.
- In our anxiety for reform, in our
wish to give the convict a chance to
grow Into a better man, we are, Mr.
Catron thinks, doing a good deal that Is
neither for the good of the convict nor
for scciety. . The average prisoner Is"
well boused, and on the whole better
fed than the average man of his class
Ih his own home. Prison methods are,
broadly speaking, too gentle, too much
aimed to coddle the criminal than no
punish him. .A prison, he thinks,
ought to be a terror to evil doers; and
while it should avoid brutality I t should
at the same time be made a f stern
place It should be more of a penal, la
stitutidn and less of a. reformatory
than we make It. Reform should not
be lost sight of. but It is a mistake to
base the discipline of an Institution up
on the reform Idea when 60 per cent of
Its Inmates are abandoned and habitual
criminals who are constantly1 plotting
mischief. '
Mr. Catron will limit the applica
tion of reformatory methods to those
who are manifestly qualified to accept
and profit by . them, , He would care
fully classify, the inmates of every pris
on so that the Older and more harden
ed men would never be brought Into
contact With the younger men who are
still capable ; of ; being reached by
good motives. . To some extent this is
done in the apportionment of he work
about .prisons, but, of course, it must
be done very Imperfectly under a sys-
tem which permits and even .enforces
some association between ail' the ele
ments of prison population. Personal
care on the part of the Superintendent
can do much, but It cannot wholly , sep
arate the better from the worse, the
hardened inveterate from the neophyte
In crime."
The above Is part of an article In the
Oregonlan of yesterday, purporting to
be the result of a conversation on the
train with Superintendent J. B. Ca
tron, of the Washington Penitentiary.
at Walla Walla. V';- - f i ? -
i It show again, as this Writer con
tended a few days ago that the refor
matory system Is sadly misunderstood.
The reformatory system does not mean
a system of coddling. It means -the
strictest kind of disciplined
The sys-
Item described above Is no system at all.
It has no place,, either In the old pen
itentiary of retributive punishment, or
the" modern, reformatory, of corrective
tieatment. But Mr. Catron was prob?
ably misquoted.. He shows by the
second paragraph above that he . be
lieves, lln the reformatory System when
I It Is the reformatory system in fact
I when lthe facilities are adequate . for
. 1
rm n nn inn wnn -tvr a phi rvmrm
f ,: ' . -
must be classified. They mst be di
vided Into at least three' classes.
But let It be understood that neither
0rett nor Washington has come up
t to the reformatory standard as yet.
and neither will do so. probably, for
some years yet. Until that time does
come. Superintendent Catron Is Tight.
AMERICAN BUSINESS METHODS.
j Some plain suggestions regarding
American' business methods are given
by the British Consul at Chicago. Mr.
Wyndham.. ln- a report to the British
Foreign Office, a copy of which has Just
reached the Treasury Bureau of Sta
tistics. J.-. ' -. ; ' - i-y-The
commercial success in the Unit
ed States, aoid especially of the city at
which he is located, is- described by
Consul Wyndhwn as being due in part
"to the education which teaches the
boys independence and knowledge of
their future responsibilities, and does
t S"t the professions above' business,
as a means of gaining a living. ' j
Athletics of all kinds are much en-1
couraged in schools and universities,-
but very few men continue to take -
part In thereafter completing .their
elacatSon. Americana are as fond of
J outdoor life, shooting and fishing, as
. .
but
.tki
me men oi any European country.
they gratify their taste as a' relax -
lit ion only and never allow It to Inter
fere wth their business, . . ' I
"Another cause cf success is the
keeping of the money, which has been
made In the' business, and the brains
which have made the business. In It as
long as possible, and great thought Is
ter the death of the builder of the bust
ness. It shall not fall lny the hands of j
his beira. unless they are practically .
fitted to. take care of it.
"Another and probably - the chief
cause Is the reward of merit.- The
per centageof man fitted for the high
est posts' in business is very small com
pared . to the total -numbers employed.
and the heads of the big businesses,
bank corporations and wholesale firms.
are always looking out for men, not
only among those already In their em
ploy, but also' outside, capable of fill
ing some post under them. To these
mem, when found, large salaries . are
given which ' are drawn by ;therii as
long as they; show that they are capa
ble of earning them. ; . Men; employed
in business -houses of all descriptions
are encouraged to discover new meth
ods of carrying on the business, whlcu
may in any way lessen the cost of pro
duction or carrying on business, and
specialization Is carried on to an ex
treme point. 1
ENJOY LIFE AS YOU LIVE IT.
In one of Gaboriau'a tales Is a charr
acter who hates the memory of his fa
ther because that father, pretending
poverty, obliged the son to support
him. The son gave' the best of bis
life to this dutiful task, spent his youth
In toil and let love and pleasure pass
by When the son was pasfeforty
the father dled and left a large for
tune to the son. j. The father had htd-
.... .- .
den the tact that he was rich in order
that the son might practice Industry,
economy and other virtues. He thought
that the son would be grateful not only
for the money, but for the love that
prompted the father to make so great
a-sacrlficel.;-.'.
But the son. Instead of gratitude, felt
only hatred for the father, who with
out -need and by diving a lie had made
him Waste the choicestvpart of life. He
found himself rich at middle age when
bis settled habits and mode of living
made It hard for him to derive enjoy
ment from hls-lnheritanre. There
fore he cursed, his father.
This, of course, Is fiction and an ex
treme case, but Gaboriau's odd idea
is not without reason. Money is good
only for what It will tniy. One should
fhjoy life temporarily and rationally
while he can. ' Those who put off all
pleasures for' future enjoyment are
fools. One Is not sure of the. future,
but the present Is here. - Make the
most of time while It lasts. '
We should be temperate In our pleas
ures as in all things, but temperance
ia a means equally remote from the
extreme of licentiousness and 'the ey
trerhe of self-abnegation. .The person
who denies himself all pleasures, who
never commits little extravagances and
who keeps himself under harsh and
rigidly' ascetic discipline Is quite as
Intemperate as 't he who feasts, drinks
and makes merry, all the time. It Is
a commendable practice to save money
but it is silly to stint oneself in order
to save three-quarters of one's income.
Save something, keep put - of debt,
make some provision for 'the future,
but do net exhaust the best part' of life
laying up money for an old age that
may not come. One day Is as good as
another, -after all, and ' it Is quite :as
wise to feast today, taking chances on
fasting tomorrow, as t is to fast today,
taking chances on feasting tomorrow.
THE STEEL COMBINE.
:; Says the New York Sun; The for
mation of the United States Stfrel Cor
poration, with' Its billion-dollar dimen
aions for a business enterprise startled
the public mtnd, accustomed as It had
been to bewildering progress In the
consolidation of capital. Wise as the
transaction seemed commercially in
principle, and necessary. If prosperity's
tidal wave of gambling was to be held
back In steel manufacture, the public
still mistrusted the new project- ser
iously, for the reason that, when fin
ally perfected, they believe It to be, to
a; great extent. : "water." a The prices
of the shares of the various contituent
companies before consolidation and the
Immense rise In them when they ap
peared grouped as Steel . Corpoiation
stock, almost forbade a different Ihe
ory : : "i-';V;-j-;v:;
Yet as an Incident to . the suits of
one kind and another recently launched
against the company, here -comes the
President, Mr.. Schwab. . who swears
that, in his Judgment,4the company's
bare 'property, ; reasonably valued and
then rigorously cut In valuation, apart
fromj good ; will, patenta, ' trademarks,
processes and orders, is practlcally
worth the company's entire stock at
par, together with Its bondsl
' Well. Mr. Schwab Is a young man,
-of good health and great personal en -
thuslasm. He may even have thought
highly of himself when he laid down '
his tramp's bundle to lend
the Carnegie company .at
ground where a few years later he built
the Homestead worksT He Is a bus-
tier, ar'd a hih-flyer." -But" doubling
all the disadvantages which might be
supposed to surround Mr. Schwab's
of tho '
J
I
XTiii ordinary cars and
sage anywhere, :
at any time
Tte Elzia Vtch will never
of perfect timekeeping. Guaranteed
Every Elfin Watch has "Elgin ngraved oi
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO
calmness of Judgment, we still Imagine
what he says about the steel company's
property is substantially true.
- If It Is true. then one of the corner
stones of American commercial .health.
the vast corporation in question. Is on
a more solid foundation' than even the
leading optimists have dreamed of.
THE TWO SYSTEMS.
The methods employed by the Boards
of Managers of the State Asylums ase
fully as crazy as any of the lnmates.-r-
San Jose Cat. Mercury. ' f -
' The Asylums in California are con
ducted by boards of managers, like the
Oregon StateUniversIty and the State
Normal Schools of this state. There
have been advocates of this method
for the management of our state insti
tutions, such as the Asylum, Reform
School, School for the Blind. School fot
Deaf Mutes. On their face, these ar-
gurajsnts seem plausible. And there
are some advantages In boards of this
kind. But there 1 are disadvantages.
There is not the direct responsibllity
offered by the smaller board, such s
the ones governlrig pur state naUtu
tions. The fault Is the frequent
changes liable under the present Sys
tem, for political reasons only. But
this matter can bj regulated by law,
and ought to be. ' The writer does not
believe In the rcivll service rules as
made and practiced by the : United
States Government . in most depart
ments of the federal service. It takes
away the responsibility of heads of de
partments and breeds Insubordination
and an Independent spirit in dealing
with the. public that Is not in harmony
with the spirit of a government at the
people. But there Is room for Im
provement in the manner' of the gpv-
eminent of : our
There should be a
state? institutions.
system of promo
tions for efficient 'service; ithout tak
Ing away, but rather adding to the re
sponsibilities of ; the superintendents
and heads off departments.
Hardly had the cessation of war in
South Africa been announced than two
steamship companies made. ' arrange
ments to dispatch one steamer every
two weeks. Jointly, In competition with
a service already maintained by three
companies jointly. . The new com pet 1
tors had only dispatched one steamer
when the rush of shipments .to South
Africa was so great that the Associated
Unes, who formerly did all the. busi
ness, found it necessary to dispatch
two large steamersT with full cargoes
on the same day. p.ne oT these steam
ers sailed for Cap Town with 9000 tons
of cargo and te other for East. Lon
don wRh a cargo of only a little less.
A steamer considerably 'larger r.than
either of th-e will clear this week
for Algoa Bay ahd, possibly pelagoa.
Bay, making three great steamers well
loaded dispatched In ten days by the
original llne.J This affords Interesting
evidence of. the importance to us of
British Africa, end also of fhe alacrity
of steamship owners to provide trans
portation facilities as fast as cargoes
can be provided or :there Is a.reason
ably good cJiance of getting cargoes.
Because of the prompt action and
generous aid of the United States, in
the . Martitque disaster, on the Fourth
of July the French Government at the
banquet of the American Chamber of
Commerce In Pari j publicly decorated
the President of the Chamber, Francis
Kimbet. with the cross of the Legion
ef Honor, and he received at the same
time the "accolade." This Is the first
time an American-has received the "ac
colade,; which Is a double-barreled
kiss on each cheek! and an embrace.
It was executed by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs by order of the Presi
dent .of the French republic. At the
same moment by preconcert all the
principal hotels, the leading cafes, res
taurants, shopping, bazaars and public
buildings blossomed iouf with American
flags and the red, i white and blue
streamers. ' Queer and demonstrative
ways haye the French of manifesting
feelings of gratitude. They are effu
sive, but no doubt ; of thcir sincerity
can be entertained.' ".
Because Oregon declined to pay a
woman a big reward for accidentally
finding the eorpse-pf Convict Merrill,
the hunters of his pal, Tracy, have got
cold feet. Looks as though they
would rather find a dead Tracy than a
live one. San Jose. Mercury. This
caTCy doeg justice to the truth pr to
hand to tne Drave officers who have been hunt
breaking ng, for Tracy. They have been look-
ing for a live Tracy, with the hope of
finding him; but the rascal bas prpven
very elusive. The refusal to pay a
'woman a big reward for accidentally
finding the corpse of Convict Merrill
::uT,.Q);,-:,.N
ii -
, Through heat I
and cold, or' Jar
. X,, and jolt 1
fail in
not had the effect of giving the.
hunters of Tracy cold feet. It has had
no effeC at all upon the pursuers "of
Tracy. In fact, they have' not devel.
ped a case of cold feet. They have
merely lost all trace of the escaped
convict, and they are busy -trying to
find his lurking place.
The Eugene Guaid seems - to fenr
ome of the hep dealers holding lrge
cntracts may torn bear" nd ham
per down the ma-ket This p-slbil-
ty is;very remote. The only bears
likely to. develop are the grower, un
able to hold their crops, and thrfi are.
ery few and far between, the worker
nes having rnostly rnaie cnr.ir:uts.
There may be such a thing as h-lilng
too long. But there is likely to Im very
little bearing of the market for nne '
months after the crop- shall have been
harvested. .The situation looks good.
The ; crop In . this- country will n' te
any too large to Buppty the n"je. of
the consumers. Ayhlch are growing; anl
'the tariff of 12c ,Kr )oui)d will limit
she lmiortatlon of rupplien from irihor
ountrUs. ,
the business neorile who nr .t fu.
cupy the new blocks going up In r?.ilemr
can help themselves and their iiy by
increasing their newspaper adveriinlng
space, and thus reaching out fr
agreater volume of trade for thle city.
The newspa pe rs publ the J. fro:n the
Statesman bullting are con.Umtl
pushing-out further and making their
fields Jarger, and they offer mo -t ex
cellent opportunities for both lot 1 ad- .
vertlsmg and publicity thmughont the
Willamette valley, Oregon and the' Pa
cific Northwest. .
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C. S. Jackson has bought' the ptrt-
land v Evening Journaf and will li.Mive.
forth conduct it. Mr. Jackaon has fr
a long time been the editor. and nmna
ger and pripcipal owner 'of the ' Kast
Oregonlan" at Pendleton, and It has
been a business success., lie will make
of the Portland Journal a Democratic
paper. It will not be an easy tnk to
build up .tltat property so as to make It
a paying enterprise, but Mr.i:i-kBon
has good business ideas and abilities.
and he knows' what he Is doing.
Tlie people of Portland subw TImvI
distribution by the llarrlman lines for
immigration purposes, and they did it
very promptly. . The- money was se
cured in a canvass that took only ,iw
days. T it is "up to" Salem to sead the
full 100,000 pamphlets pledged by the
Puth Club. -
It Is reported by -theSan Jos Cal.
Mercury that at least 1500 Japanese
have btert brought to the Santa Clara
valley since' the- opening it th1 fruit
season, ' They are largely taklrrfthe
places of the Chinese-heretofore n-
pioyed In the work of fruit picking J:inl
curing. .
; "Oh, for some Morgan to leal the
prune growers out of the wilderness!?
sighs -the San Jose, CaU Mercury. It
also says In the same Issue; "Ixnik
for misleading reports about 'prune
sales at low prices, put out for effect".
It is reported that General Wood Is
slated for President of the Canal Com
mission. It would be a good.appflnt
ment General Wood would go ahead
and build the canal or see to f u build
ings '. lie is a man of action. -
With a moderate prune crop here, a
light one in France, and a small hold
over, ,here Is no sense .In saormc ins
prices by haste to sell. ' Take the
market, but don't scramble for It.
Sari Jose Mercury. --a.l i- a
In several California cities the cur
few bell has been revived. Probably
most of the Oregon boys do rot need K.
But some of them do. even right here
in the beautiful city of Salem.
II seems to be "pp to"- 8herlr CuM
h.e. of Seattle, to capture Tracy If h
Is to-capture a re-election, to his office.
He 1s in a bad box. , , .
' Tom I. Johnson, who is a candid ate
for the Presidency of the United States
on the Issue of three-cent fares 00 th
Cleveland. Ohio, street railways, is
likely to be put out of the.runnlng at
the start by Senator Hanna wh pro
poses to put approxlmatelr three-c-nt
fares and unlvef sal transfers in oper
ation In Cleveland at once. Johnston
recognizes It as a base tricky of the
enemy, but does not. say what, be Is
going to do sbout lt.
' The adage that one. man's loss ".H
another's gain finds illustration In !
new aj-pect of the California prune
fcituation by the total fsJlure pfJIe
crop In France. Saa Jose Mercury. :
against original defect. 1
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