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DAILY CAPITAL JOUBNAL, BALEM, OREGON; THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914. PROVISIONS TO ADMIT Temporary Quarantine Against Powdery Scab Extended to Include Europe and Dominion of Canada. "WILL LIFT QUARANTINE WHEN DISEASE IS OVERCOME Towdery Scab is Harder to Control or Eradicate Than Scab and Effort is Made to Keep It Out. Ignited friss uisto wiri. "Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. The Sec retary of Agriculture recently issued two orders relating to the admission of foreign potatoes into the United States. , One of these orders provides for the admission of disease-free potatoes from uninfected foreign districts under prop er regulation and inspection. The other order, to protect American potatoes from the powdorscab and other diseases, temporarily extends the quarantine effective since September 20, 1912, against the importation of pota toes from Newfoundland) the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon; Great Britain, including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; Germany, and Austria-Hungary, to include also the rest of continental Kurope and the Domin ion of Canada. This quarantine be came effective December 24, except that shipments covered by consular in voices issued on or prior to December '24, 1913, will be admitted up to Janu-. ary 15, 1914. I As soon as any county or district an be shown to be free from potato diseases, the quarantine will be lifted, anil potatoes will be admitted under proper regulation and 'inspection, as provided in the other order. It is pos- j ible that, in case of certain provinces in Canada, and certain countries and 1 districts in Europe, the absolute quar antine can be lifted in time to allow the later movement of the present year'B crop under regulation and in spection. Regulation and Inspection. The order relating to the admission of potatoes under inspection extends to potatoes, the nursery stock regula tions of the Plant Quarantine Act. This means that in the future no potatoes an be imported until tho importers liave secured permits from the Federal .Horticultural Board similar to those now issued to importers of nursery stock. Potatoes, to be admitted, must be certified by the government of the country of origin to be froo from dan gerous diseases and insect pests new to or not widely prevalent in the United States, and must have been grown in a district free from wart disease and powdery scab. Regulations governing these importations will soon be issued, and steps will at once be taken to com plete arrangements with foreign gov ernments for the survey and designa tion of disease-free districts. Need of Foreign Potatoes. The present potato excitement is ap parently due to a misinterpretation of the yield of his year. The Statistician of this department estimates that the yield of this year is 3:11,525,00 bushels, which is considerably above the 10-year average and exceeds tho annual food and planting consumption of the potato in the United States. Tho price of potatoes in centers of origin is still reasonable or low, and the problem seems to bo one merely of distribu tion. The testimony from all parts of the country, as given at last Thurs day's hearing, was that the supply in farmers' hands is very large. Farmers as well as dealers denied the charge that speculators had acquired control of the potato crop, Farm prices have been low for some weeks. The total importations from foreign countries during the six years prior to the quarantine were only 1.27 per cent of the total consumption. Imports varied from 177,000 bushels in 1000 to 13,000,000 bushels in 1911, a year of short American production due to drought, when the crop was estimated at over 38,000,000 bushels less than the estimate for 1913. Powdery Scab Disease. The powdery scab disease is fully as injurious as the potato scab, which re duces the value of the affected potato in the American market three-fourths. No means of coutrol are known, whereas the potato scab is controllable. Powdery scab affects tho soil for an indefinite time, and may be introduced by the use of diseased potatoes, and may be transmitted by contaminated sacks or other containers, or garbage waste used as fertilizer. It has invaded potato areas in east ern Canada from European seed stock. European Testimony. The following statements are taken from an official report of European specialists: "The powdery scab has a good deal to do with the miserable average yield per acre of potatoes in the west of Ireland." (Johnson, Eoyal Dublin So ciety). "It was found during tho past sea son that the crop resulting from the planting of the canker (powdery scab) in clean land gave 67.1 per cent of af fected tubers, while the Bpot form (lees advanced Btage of the disease) pro duced only 54.1 per cent. It was also proved that clean seed may become contaminated before planting by con tact with diseased seed, for such tubers planted in clean land produced 17.1 per cent by weight of affected tubers." (Journal of the Department of Agii culture for Ireland, 1911). The disease can by no means be re garded lightly. Serious attacks occur when potatoes are planted year after year on affected land. No pre ventive measures have proved of much value." (Dr. Gussow, Dominion Bota nist of Canada). ''These tubers should on no account be used for seed purposes, for not only will the resulting crop be scaby but the ground will also be affected with the germs of the parasite." (Evans, Farmers' Bulletin, Transvaal Depart ment of Agriculture). Danger to United States. Diseased potatoes are now coming to the United States in shipments from Canada, Belgium and Holland, as Bhown by repeated examinations at the porta of Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Nearly fifty per cent infestation has been found in some of these shipments. The disease occurs also in France, Nor way, Sweden and Germany. Viewpoint of Growers and Dealers. Prior to and at the hearing the strongest possible statements were made by pathological experts from all of our principal potato-growing States, urging the strictest quarantine on ac count of this diseaso. 8imilar action was taken by repre sentative potato growers from these states. Some of the largest dealers and as sociations handling foroign potatoes in dicated their perfect willingness to have quarantine actiou taken if the disease was of such importance as to warrant it, and, in some instances, presented very Btrong and urgent appeals for such quarantine. Tho opposition from American im porters and dealers was confined to the statements of a small number of im porters or handlers of imported pota toes. Foroign Delegates. Canada admitted serious infestation of eastern provinces, but urged a pro vision for exportation from diseaso freo provinces under regulation. Representatives from Belgium and Holland maintained freedom from dis ease, and explained tho infested condi tion of potatoes at our ports of entry with tho statement that those were probably of Gcl'mnn origin and Bhipcd by unscrupulous dealers as Holland and Belijium potatoes. The evidence In the hands of the Board, however, indicates that the disease does occur in thoso countries. Canada's point of view towards Europe is Bhown in having quarantined absolutely against every European country, including Great Britain and Ireland, and against the neighboring provinces of Newfoundland. Conditions Which Should Govern. All experts, foreign as well as of this country, agree that no inspection of potatoes from a district known to be infested will be of any real value what ever in excluding diseases. The necessary conditions governing importations are, therefore, (1), free dom of the country or well defined dis trict from the diseases quarantined against, such freedom to be determined by adequate field inspections conduct ed by recognized experts of the coun tries concerned; (2) agreement of the country or district to maintain yearly such field inspection, and to examine and certify all potatoes offered for ex port, in compliance with the regula tions of the Department of Agriculture. WESTERN FUEL COMPANY " GENEROUS WITH ITS GIFTS UNITED FB188 UASXD WIBB. San Francisco, Jan. 8. The Western Fuel company's list of beneficiaries ex tended not only to engineers of various liners Bailing from this port, but reach ed beyond to Government employes themselves, according to evidence pre sented late yesterday by the Govern ment's prosecutors in the trial of the fuel company's officers, charged with having defrauded the government of duties on imported coal and "draw backs;" four custom-house employes and one army officer, it was testified, were recipients of the company's benefaction. The list submitted contained among others the following names: E. Farmer, clerk to collector of customs; D. Fin negan, inspector; A. H. Freund, assist ant woigher; T. B. Twigg, assistant weighor, and Major Grant, former as sistant to Major Young, of the United States army transport service, at this port. The donations were in the form of coal and the-dates on which the gifts were made began in 1907 and extended to 1913. By the admission of this evidence Money Saved by Making Your Cough Syrup at Home Takes But a Few moments and Slops a Hard CougU in a Hurry. Cough medicines, as a rule, contain a large quantity of plain syrup. If you take one pint of granulated sugar, add pint of warm water and stir about 2 minutes, you have as good syrup as money could buv. If you will then put 2 ounces of Pinex (fifty cents' worth) in a pint bottle, and fill it up with the Sugar Syrup, you will have as much cough syrup as you could buy ready made for $2.50. Take a teaspoon ful everv on. two or three hours. It keeps perfectly.' iou win nnu u one oi tne best cough syrups you ever used even in whooping cough. You can feel it take hold usually conquers an ordinary cough in 24 hours. It is just laxative enough, has a good tonie effect, and the taste is pleasant. It is a splendid remedy, too, for whooping cough, spasmodic croup hoarseness and bronchial asthma. ' Pinex is a most vaulable concentra ted compound of Norway white pine extract, rich in guaiacol and other healing pine elements. No other prepa ration will work in this formula. This plan for making cough remedy with Pinex and Sugar Syrup is now used in more tinmen than onv n)ian cough remedy. The plan has often been iimmieu qui never successfully. A guaranty of absolute natisfnnfinn or money promptly refunded, goes with thia preparation. Your druggist has Pinex. or will get it for you. If not, lend to The Pinex Co.. Ft. Wayne, Ind. HIGH CLASS MUSICAL COMEDY WILL BE GIVEN TT T, Ttrfturti nrltv en P.. Tl 1 the government expects to show that,.The Elk.s Tootu hore ,ast ,g tltH U'natAm l?iml r. .n r .n.,,.lil I... ' tlie Western Fuel company sought by moans of the gifts to suppress informa tion relative to the Bhort-weighting of coal discharged into tho bunkers of ships at San Francisco. The government's list of fuel com pany donations as read to the jury by Theodore Roche, special prosecutor, in cluded the names of many employes of tho Pacific Mail Steamship company, one of its biggest patrons. Engineers and shore officials of the steamship company are mentioned. CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. r'It is wrong for an old man to mar ry a young fool." "But how is he to know that she e a foolf" "When she says yes to his proposal he ought to know it." IS Look, Mother! If Tongue Is Coated, Cleanse Little Bowels With "Cal ifornia Syrup of Figs." Childron love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses tho tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child Bimply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is, they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sour, then ; our little one becomes croBS, half sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of celd, has sore throat, Btomacheache or din n Voi a. Listen, Motherl See if lougue is coated, then give a teaspoon- fnl of "California Syrup of Figs," and a few hours all the constipated wiustc, sour bile undigested food passes out of the systom, and you have a well,' plnyful child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; childron love it, and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowelB. Ask your druggist for a 50-cont bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on tho bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here. Get the gonuino, made by "California Fig Syrup Com pany." Refuso any other kind with contempt. again engaged to produce the show this year. "The Baud from Amsterdam" is new, founded on present day mjittors of interest and dealing with conditions as existing in all sections of the coun try. The actual conditions as set forth in the play are similar to those in Portland now the fight between the citizens for a public market and the interests who are endeavoring to secure an auditorium instead. The littlo Dutch band in the piece reminds one of the hungry soven in Portland. "The Baud from Amsterdam" is him paroled, perhaps pardoned. Then he would appear on the vaudeville stage or become a drawing card In jour nalism. The programme was all Very inter esting and sobful and heroio very much like one of those daydreams in which romantic children arrange their own funerals, amid universal grief, after some deed of dorring-do. And the deplorable part of it all is that this feeble-minded, though daring and hard-hearted, young criminal had reason to believe that he might be able to do just what he planned. For the very same thing had already been done and was being done. He had read how twenty-five thou sand signatures had been appended to a petition in favor of an infamous vil lian who beat and kicked to death his young bride of a month because she would not yield to tho drunkon desiros of a fellow beast and he had read that the petition was granted by the Act ing Governor of the State. He had read, day after day, that so ciety is the real criminal, and the rob ber and assassin the mere irresponsible creature of his environment. He had seen, every day, columns de voted to apologizing for crime and to lionizing criminals, and he had seen scoundrels as depraved as himself lec turing, issuing books, 'exploiting their shame without shame and impudently sotting themselves up in print and on the platform as advisors and extorters of honest men and women. And seeing and hearing all this, this young man embraced a life of robbery and assassination as a natural and in viting high road to distinction and sympathy, with the incidental promise of a flourishing career as a moral up lifter. "I thought that I would pay for my misdeeds by saving other young men through writing." Pay for robbery with moral platl tudesl Atone for cruel murdor with a special article! Make amends for dreadful crimes by providing a subject for the feeble essays of a sentimental fool! And the very worst part of It all is that he may live to do it yet! San Francisco Examiner. , THE OREGON HEN. Tho latest conBiis roport Bhows that there are 1,823,680 fowls in this state, and about three-fourths of them are egg-producers. The annual production high class musical comedy differing in ' 11,900,903 dozen eggs, with a farm every way from the variety we are most vallle of 2,912,849. The yearly poultry accustomed to ieeing. The musical production iB 2,055,492 fowls, valued at score is probably the most tuneful of i 1,10!SU!- and coutains more catchy songs than any piece given heretofore. In fact, we cannot now recall a road show con taining as many real song hits, and, with one exception, every number was written for this play and has nevor been printed or put on Bale. Remarkable progress is being made at rehearsals every evening, both in tho songs and dances of the chorus, and the lines and actions by the principals. What has become of the old fash ioned young man who used to make good by. marrying o his employer's daughter and succeeded to the business f OF SICK, SOUR STOMACH, IGEST "I expected to got a life sentence, as 1 hnd confessed and pleaded guilty, and I thought I would read a lot in prison and become able to do a lot of good to other boys like myself, I thought the only way I could pay for my misdeeds was by saving othors from my sort of carocr. I thought I could do that by writing." This is part of the talk made- by Ralph Farris, train robber and mur derer. Observe tho processes of tho young man's mind, as he meditntoil a life of crime and violence. Ho would steal and rob. If necesiriry, he would kill, Whilo iiiicaptured, ho would havo your food is a damage instead of a bolp, I Take "Pape's Dlapepsln" and In Five Minutes You'll Wondor What Be came of Misery in Stomach. Wondor what upsot your stomach which portion of tho food did tho dam age do youf Well, don't bothor. If your stomnch is In a revolt; if sour, gassy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented into stubborn lumps; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath foul, tongue coatod juBt take a little Papo's Dinpcpnin and in five min utes you wondor what became of the in digestion and distress. Millions of men and womon today know that it is needless to have a bad stomach. A little Dinpopsin occasional ly keeps this delicate organ regulated and they cat thoir favorite foods with out fear. If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion: if money to spend in gambling and with women. When caught, as ho knew he wns bound to b some time, ho would be- romomber tho quickest, surest, most harmless relief Is Pape's Diapopsin which costs only fifty couts for a large caso at drug storm. It's truly wonder come an interesting prisoner; ho would , ful it digests food and sots things read and study and write moral advice straight, bo gentlv and oanily that it is to others; he would attract tho atten-1 really astonishing. Ploaso, for your tion of sentimental eriminophiles. By'snko, don't go on and on with a weak, and by, they would contrive to 'have diiordored stomach; it 'i JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE Reductions Now On Seasonable Merchandise Muslin Underwear Our stock of muslin underwear is more complete than ever, and embraces everything new and dainty in crisp, white undergarments, all neatly trim med and finished in a tasty manner, all at reduced prices. Special Odds and ends and broken lines of sizes in combination suits and drawers. Special, One-Half Price ICRCHAND1SC WTr strkt bctweeji ttt coubt pmcts MCRCHANDISC Good water is a very useful and valuable eloinent for various purposes, but there is enough of K in natural good milk without adding any. ,Th Washington state supreme court recently reversed itself. Some other stato supreme courts might well do the same in some cases. ttimntti) nttini)n)tMMMinijintim Lie arance Sale Shoes from 10 to 50 per cent off Everyone who knows the char acter of this store and its con stant policy of good shoes at lowest prices, knows what this sale means. Here you will find good, honest bargains in shoes of the highest quality. JACOB VOGT 220 North Commercial Street. House of Half Million Bargains Come and ice the blggost wondor in tho hiBtory of ISalom. Von will find In our place the biggest accumulation of articlos, from a hairpin to a throBhlng machino, ever Boon, Feather bodB, bed springs, crockery, dishos, latost stylo new and soeond hand pictures, clothing for men and women, shoes, suit casos, Bhow cases, vacuum cloaners, books, all kinds of new and iccond hand machinery, construction and all kinds of tools, fitoam and water pumps, gasoline engines. Wo buy and sell every thing from a noodle to a piece of gold. We pay tho highest cash price for everything., The. Houbo gf a Half. Million Bargains. H. Steinbock Junk Co, 233 State Btroct. rfalom, Orogon, Thone Main 221 wm I I 10 unnecessary. I BMBWBBBMBBBraHMHBBBHBBBBHBBBBi 1 MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS By Gross . , . roKrvjiustfAMETTfel M . I : 1 speip Te 66AiW ( Y yS? V SST m J roes PecC Of ferg; J5( TiS CT T5 HENRY JR. SAYS