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WHY THE FERRIS BILL IS OPFOSED
reasonable and businesslike basis, but it does away with
freebooting of the public domain.
"No wonder the electric trust boosters, lawyers, poli
ticians and newspapers, denounce the administration's
measure. No wonder they have gathered from all over
the west and comfortably quartered in Portland's finest
hotel speak dolefully of the Ferris bill and the immense
ruin it will bring about."
HIGH TIDE AND HARD WORK
The power conference held in Portland this week was
"packed," as Senator Chamberlain told the delegates to
their faces it was. This is because the members are hand
picked, selected by an appointing power which is allied
with interests concerned in the control of such bodies.
The same was true of the railroad land grant conference
in Salem last week. .
The big corporations never overlook such gatherings
because, if they do nothing else, they are useful to them
in the manufacturing of public sentiment. In the Port
. land instance it was necessary to block the wheels of the
movement toward government control of the power re
sources of the country, as provided in the Ferris bill. The
private corporations want to gobble up these sites and
hold them until they become valuable, after which they
may force the people to pay tribute to them for power,
light and manufacturing purposes of all kinds.
As the Medford Mail-Tribune explains, the Ferris bill
provides for the lease of the power from the government
for a period of fifty years, the lessee to pay an annual
rental for the use of the premises, calculated upon the
imma nf nnti'ui' dnui.lmiixl nnH k( iho crnvprnmpnh l'P-
serving the right at the end of the fifty years to take overj
the property at a fair valuation, not including anything i
nn nfwmnr nf ritrhrs in binds or water ritrhts. the rates!
and capitalization t obe subject to federal regulation;
one-half of the rentals derived from leases to go to the
state school fund and the other half to the reclamation
fund. ' i . i .
"There is no reason why the people should present
speculators or the power trust with these natural re
sources. There is no reason why a legitimate return
should not be made for the use of these resources. To al
low private greed to seize thorn, as in the past, creates a
liiiei,liwl m-iicmii'it t tli'ir ciwillu irwiiiet ri'il nnrnur nrwl (lie.
M ' J'.Ti V. 1.! 11 l'P'V. 4 IbJ VIU.V 'VILT 11 IVILI. I . H . l V V Will j
aster. That is the great trouble with the United States
today private monopoly of natural resources. j
"It is-not a question of state rights state rights quib-j
bles are merely a bogey raised for the occasion. Nor is it;
a question of development, any more than the speculative!
holdings of the timber barons. It is merely a question of
grab, and back of it all is the sinister hand of the power'
Both high mind and dignified leisure, wrote Edgar
Allen Poe. do not often fall to the lot of the same person.
Poe himself, called by Tennyson "the most original!
genius America has produced, was a stranger to ease
and knew not comfort.
Demosthenes, whose oratory has thrilled the world
for more than two thousand years, toiled incessantly to
become master of his art.
Milton, second only to Shakespeare in the realm of
English literature, even when blind remained a ceaseless
worker.
Michelangelo, without a peer in painting and sculp
ture, had less of leisure than the day laborer of our time.
Lincoln, whose Gettysburg speech will not suffer in
comparison with anything spoken or written by men,
worked more and suffered more than the slaves he liber
ated. Not to dignified leisure, but to dignified labor, the
world owes its masterpieces.
The whip of necessity drives men to achievement. The
cushion of leisure lulls them to oblivion.
Salem firm Making '
Popular Heating Boilers
The heating boilers manufactured by
T. 31. Barr are gradually coming to
be recognized by the builders in this
part of the state. After several years
experience in the heating business, and
a large number of experiments conduct
ed in the shop, a boiler has been pro
duced that will fulfill all the require
ments of economical fuel consumption,
quick heating effect, one that is easily
fired and cleaned and non-explosive.
These boilers pateiirea and manufact
ured have been ou the market several
years, witli improvements grnuunny j
added, until now Mr. Barr feels confi-1
dent he has a heating boiler that cannot
be excelled by any on the market.
Besides the one to be placed in the I
new Both roeery building on Liberty
street, a boiler of 2,25u square feet of J
radiating surface will be placed in the,
new Court Apartments on Court street, j
owned by Oeorge F. Bodgers and Chan. ;
L. MeNary. This boiler will be encased ;
in steel and asbestos. I
One of the largest size of boilers hasj
been placed in "the new Silverton school
building. It has a radiating surface of j
4,750 square feet, and will be used to
heat both the old and new school build-,
iugs.
The Pendleton East Oregonian gives another side of,
the question, and the illustration it cites may be dupli-i
cateu all over the country. The managers ot'.power and
light companies are master hands at the game of tiiglv
finance. That paper says: i
"In 11)12 the Pacific Power ami Light Company which
operates in Pendleton and many other northwest cities,1
had property the physical value of which at their own
estimate was $1,5)10,10:!. At that time the corporation
was capitalized at $!),r()0,()00 and had outstanding bonds
to the extent of .$:,2!).1,000 with a total of $: 50,000,000 in
bonds authorized.
"In other words the company at that time was capital
ized at approximately twice the real value of its property.'
was bonded for more than the physical value of the
property and had authorized bonds to the extent of six
times the value of the company's holdings. j
"These facts furnish a key to the opposition to the
administration's water power bill generally known as the
Ferris bill. The Ferris bill provides not only for the,
regulation of rates charged by electric companies, using1
government land, but also for the regulation of their,
stocks and bond issues. In other words the regulatory'
power will have authority to prevent over capitalization,1
something the state commissions do not have at this
tune.
"Under the Ferris bill if enacted into law it would 1p
impossible for an electric concern to capitalize a live mil-1
lion dollar property at ten millions and thus make double1
the profits it has a right to make. The bill provides fav
orable terms for those who would develop power on a
The seamen's law passed by the Democratic Congress
is hailed by Japanese business men as a deliberate gift of
a monopoly of the carrying trade on the Pacific Ocean.
Pendleton Tribune. We don't know much about the
merits of this law because ocean transportation is some
thing we never specialized in, as we presume the editor of
the Tribune has during his long residence in sage brush
belt. What we do know, however, is that Senator LaFol
lette, a republican of national prominence, was author of
the seamen's law, and it always bears his name except
when a paper like the Tribune wants to make political
capital of it. Why not be. honest, placing the blame or
credit where it rightfully belongs?
A lyceum association at its session in Chicago was
wrought up over the question of barring propagandists
from lecture platforms and to cut out subsidies. But why
be wrought up? Why not cut out the propagandists and
tha cnhculipaV Thp npwsnanera in most states can't nrint
as reading matter anything paid for without marking it
advertising. And the platform is where you sometimes
listen to a lot of uplift in the crying down of the press.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., seems to have missed his real
calling by keeping out of politics. A mixer like the young
oil king with money to burn ought to be able to secure
anything in the gift of the dear people. It is possible,
however, that he would prefer to own the country rather
than rule it.
Tlve people of the Balkan states are shouting for war.
They must want to hgnt pretty oaaiy or me norrmie ex
ample of Serbia would have dampened their enthusiasm
for the game of slaughter.
First thing we know those European nations will be
sending their young diplomats over to America for
training.
Evidently the Russians don't take much stock in the
report sent out from Berlin that they are licked.
Biggest fair in the history of the state begins next
Monday.
INDEPENDENCE NEWS 1
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(Capital Journal Special Service.)
Independence, Or., Sept. 25 O. New
ton was n visitor in Kugene last week, j
Miss Oni Kenton is attending busi-j
ness eollego in Salem.
Mr. ami Mrs. Martin, of Dallas, were!
in independence last week. !
K. M. liu. is was a business visiter
in Springfield Inst week.
Mr. and Mrs. fates, of Dallas, were
in this city last week.
Mii;s Thelma Fowler and Thelma Wil
liams are again listed at the Sacred
Heart academy at Salem. This is then
second year.
O. A." Knicrson, o' Kugene, visited in
this city lust Sunday, the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. L. .1. Sclioen.
Mrs. Geo. Caibiay was in Salenf last
week.
Cyril Richardson has left for Port
land, where he will remain indefinitely.
Mrs. K. T. Coffey was in Salem last
Sntiirdav.
Lewis Simmons, of Portland, is visit-)
ing relatives in this city this week. i
Mrs. Fenton nnd Mrs. M. C. Williams
were Salem visitors last week. j
Mrs. J. R. Richardson has returned
home after several days' visit with
relatives in Corvallis.
V. J. ISrnwn is reported to be on thej
sick list.
Mrs. M. J. liiillock is visiting in
Ivjsteni Oregon,
Independence is planning on a Lyce
um course this winter.
Mrs. t). K. Cosper gave a reception'
in honor of her sister from Scotland,
who is visiting her.
Rev. M. Stewart, pastor of the
Methodist church is at Roseburg at-,
tending conference. !
Miss Irene Tupper is attending the
Sacred Heart academy at Salem, j
Del Simmons and wife of Portland j
are visiting relatives in the city thisj
week.
Madeline and (Iretchen Kramer visit-.
ed relatives in Salem last week. j
Ruby and Henry Gentry left last
I week for Fisher, Washington, where
! Ihey will attend school.
I Miss Vivian llaves 1ms returned to
her homo in F.ugeno after a visit of
several days here.
Al Whitney was n business visitor in
Portland this week.
O. A. Mney intends moving into his
new bungalow on G street soon.
James Winter and son, Tom, were
i in Portland .Tuesday on business.
I Mrs. G. W. l!aun wus a caller in Sa-
1 lorn Fridav of this week.
Mrs. Vernu Linn wns a business vis
itor in Salem this week. '
(I. Wood has purchased Al Whitney's
blacksmith shun on Main street.
I Miss Myrtle Fmerson has returned j
' home nfter spending several weeks in
this eitv as the guest of her sister, Mrs.
C. .1. Schoc.i. 1
i Mrs. Claud Skinner is on the sick
list this week.
i Mrs. W. ,1. Clark was in Salem Inst
j week.
I F. .1. Simson was a business visitor
in Dallas Thursday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox visited rela
tives in Corvallis Sunday,
j Miss Genevieve Gillispie is attend
ling school at F.mjeiie this year,
i The Misses I'ornthy and Gladys
j Chihls have left for Lug'Mie where they
i will ntlend school.
ADVERTISING
"When I was selling hooks and eyes, I never failed to
advertise. My stock was small, my joint obscure, but my
announcements proved a lure, and people came from
distant shores, and passed by all the other
fj..1 Jr-" ' stnrps thpv Hnrilv p.mm tn it inni7P trip
man who boomed his hooks and eyes. My
I' ails were small, but full of zip ; they gripped
t you, and they held their grip; there was
j no weary waste of words, no language
V Al a. 11 t . i
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 1SGS
Capital $300,000.00
Transact a general hanking business
Safety Deposit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
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thrown at passing birds. I wrote them
daily in my store; they were my most im
portant chore. Each day I gave folks some
thing new, and aunts and sisters, mas and
dads, were always looking for my ads. All
kinds of people, counts and cooks, came
there to buy my eyes ami hooks, to see the man whose
daily spiel lent savor to the evening meal. And now you
see my tine retreat, my modern home in Easy street"
Thus spake to me, with balmy smile a man who quickly
made his pile; a few short years have seen him rise from
that small joint of hooks and eyes, to clipping coupons at
nis ease, a neap 01 uonus upon his knees,
Southern Pacific Explains
Recent Raise In Rates
Sometimes it happens in the history
of railroading, that a road niay wish to1
tit on low rates bet,. urn inland points
i in order to meet the competition of n.
ter rntes. This is what the Southern '
Pacific has been doing right along. Vor
instance. Portland and Sacranienlo are 1
both inland points, and in order to get
; part of the tonnage between these
points, a rate as low as that offered by
'water has been in effect. This gnve'
manutacturers the benefit of muck rail
I irvire nt n mtit nn Inw na tlint fr.,r.i.l
by steamer or freighters.
Right here the Inter state Commerce
commission eomes in nnd applies the
famous long and short hnul, and decreed
that the interior rate must be higher
than those in effect between ports ac
tually sorved by both wnter ami rail.
i What the Interstate Commerce com
. mission decrees, must be done, and the
roiitnern I'acitic has lieen obliged to
' file with the Public Service roinniission
i corrected tariffs from over 200 points
between California and Oregon. Thi
'explain the recent raise in rntes.
Loafs Valutbl Hors
I J, P. l!ainey, who lives near St.
' Paul, lost a valuable .liorse in 1he
disastroua fire at Cnnby Saturday
tlik:ht. when two tnrire lnrn,i w.,.'..
i burned and in which fofcr head of:
horses were incinerated. Mr, Hainev
had recently puirhasea this horse.'
which was on It three rmr. nl.l r,r
I thoroughbred loek, and mas valued at;
(""", Kim no insurance. novMburn
ludctH'ndeut,
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