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WEsTeRooK GRAIN AND COMM COMPANY
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
cause of the decision against the rail-
way merger. 1t makes big differ
ence whose OK is gored.
A STRONG RACE.

1t is reassurng to learn from Sur
geon J. G. De Vries. now on duty in
the naval recruiting bureau that
after having examined more than
five thousand applicants for the
navy he is convinced that the
physical manhood of America is in no
way deteriorating. Some defect of
vision is responsible for a large pro-
portion Of reflections from the navy,
of the perfection Of modern glasses and
spectacles, are often such as to inter-
fere with a mans usefulness to a very
slight extent, even in the navy.
Soft coal smoke in factory towns is
held responsible for many cases of
poor eyes in young men. This is one
more indictment against the willing
abandonment of our cities to the curse
Of smoke.
Mr. De, Vries' interview will be found
to contain many valuable hints to
young men. A large number Of weak
hearts found among applicants for the
navy are due to bicycle "scorching,'
now happily largely a thing of the
past. 'TobaccO hearts usually caused
by cigarette smoking before maturity
is reached. are all too common. Ply
steal training along certain lines re-
CARELESS of the adaptability of Ger
tain system to the needs of the partic-
ular person often does much harm.
1t has often been suggested that
moderns are in danger of becoming
Weaklings because SO many more chill
dren now survive infancy than in for
mer times. But in the old days of ig
norance regarding hygiene and sani-
tation it was not only weak children
who died. The perils that beset infancy
We're so numerous and so great that
the strong as we'll as the weak We're
destroyed. and those who survived of
ten carried chronic ailments with them
through life. While it is true snoW that
many weak baby is pulled through
and may yet develop to a strong adult,
it is also. true that many more children
i'll proportion to the total number born
Womanhood than formerly,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
WALLA WALLA NEEDS THE COM
MISSION.

The Union says that Governor Nc
Bride is "directly opposed to Walla
Walla county and it's political inter-
ests' Farmers who are paying more
to ship their grain to tidewater than
is charged Minnesota farmers to ship
their grain in the form of flour to the
Pacific coast Will hardly agree with
the statement that Governor Mcbride
is opposing the interests of Walla
Waila county when he urges the ere
alton of railroad commission to re-
ducp freight rates. Merchants of this
city who pay the full rates to the
coast on goods shipped from the east,
besides a local rate back will also have
reason to disagree with the assertion
of the local railroad organ. Taxpay-
erS in general who see the railroads
their value will hardly condemn the
governor for insisting that all cOrpOr-
atons shall pay their fair share of
taxes.
In fact no question is of more vital
interest to the people of Walla Walla
county than that of the proper regula-
ton and just taxation Of the railroads
est in this question was sacrificed in
1901 and in 1903 for the sake of max
election of a Walla Walla man to the
United States senate. But now that
they have the senator the people of
this county are under no obligation to
continue paying excessive freight rates
and more than their share of taxes in
order to manifest their gratitude to
the railroads. The people of this
county are now paying a tribute of
many thousands of dollars to the rail-
roads in the form Of extortionate
freight rates and high taxes. They
feel that they have already paid
enough for the honor of having a sem
ator and that it is about time to give
them little relief. That explains why
three-fourths of the voters Of this
county are in favor of an appOintive
railway commission and why the 9TH
er fourth are beginning to feel the
necessity Of some kind of a commits
sion to regulate freight rates and
| equaliZe taxation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
NEWS SECONDARY TO FACTION
ALISM

If the morning paper regards its OBJ
lied with the railroad lobby greater
than its duty 10 the public as Il pur-
veyor of news it WAS perhaps justified
in refusing to mention the fact that
Governor Mcbride was in the city and
that he was billed to deliver two ad-
dresses at the opera house 1t may be
that George Stevenson as ringmaster
requires such abject service from his
organs throughout the state and that
they are poWerless to do otherwise
than as he commands. TO judge of
another mans motives one should
imagine himself in the other fellows
place. The Statesman being a free
lance does not know how it feels to
be anybody's organ or mouthpiece and
is therefore, hardly qualified to give
an impartial opinion on the attitude of
the morning paper toward Governor
Mcbride.
The Statesman as a free moral
agent and an impartial news medium
gave full publicity to the fact that an
Ankeny thanksgiving meeting was to
be held little over two weeks ago and
it also gave full and fair account of
all that was said and done at that
meeting. The Statesman as a news
paper could no nothing less. But right
newspaper and the purblind organ OF
q faction. t....
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

The pith of Judge Lindseys argu-
ment is that the public school system,
generally speaking, is not fair to the
boy. in that it does not give a trade as
we'll as an education. He says that
fifty per cent Of the boys he sends to
the state reform school come from the
public schools, where the lad has had
no opportunity to acquire an occupa-
ton. He speaks of one habitual tru-
ant who wanted to learn to be
plumber while securing an educa-
ton.
Summed up, it all amounts to re-
affirmation of the old saying that Sa-
tan can find things for an idle hand to
do. Teach the boy useful trade. let
him believe that he is accomplishing
something that will produce results in
later life, and the danger Of develop
ing criminal tendencies is minimized
This is applicable to every school. no
matter how large or how small. Boys
are boys the world over.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
THE PRESIDENTS VOICE.

PROFESSIONALLY it was the voice Of
the president speaking recently when
Secretary Taft declared that it would
be many years before the Filipinos
republican press has taken this state
ment and has heralded it with pro-
found editorials.
The secretary of war doubtless made
his assertion because he was formerly
governor general Of the Philippines.
The president believed the utterance
by him would carry more weight than
if made by any other cabinet officer:
1t is called out by the formation
Of the philippine independence Com
mittee." Some of the best-known men
in the country, regardless Of politics.
compose the committee that seeks
what the democratic national platform
of four years ago sought. Among
those on the committee are: Charles
Francis Adams of Boston: Judge
George Gray of Delaware; w. D. How
ellis, the novelist; Davir Starr Jordan
president of the Leland Stanford uni
versity; Bishop Potter of New York;
| Bishop Spaulding of Illinois: George
Foster Peabody, the philanthropist;
Andrew Carnegie, Wayne McVeigh
Henry Van Dyke and Hoke Smith
1t is small wonder that when these
| men and others equally prominent in
| philanthropy, religion, literature, the
sciences, the arts and politics move for
| the independence of the F'iipnos, the
president hurries one of his numerous
| mOuthpieces to the fore with a careful
J ly prepared and censored speech CAL
| culated to counterfeit the influence Of
such men. But can he succeed?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

the president told Knox to begin &C
ton at once.
Turner in a long interview given out
soon after the formation of the mer-
ger held that it was also a. violation
Of that clause of the constitution of
this state prohibiting the merging of
parallel and competing lines and he
urged action by the state to enforce
this inhibition. In this he disagreed
with Governor Rogers, who held that
it was the province of the national
government alone to deal With the
railway trust Governor Mcbride
however. agreed with Turner, ard
soon after becoming governor he in
structed the state attorney general to
bring a suit against the merger in the
United States supreme court. Min
nesota had similar case pending
when the decision in the case brought
by the federal government made the
further prosecution of the state cases
unnecessary There is no doubt, how
ever, that if these cases had been
heard first the result would have been
the same.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
TEACHING BOYS A TRADE.

Judge Ben B. Lindsey presides over
the juvenile court of Denver, and be-
offenders, the interest he has taken in
criminal and truant lads, he has be-
subject. For that reason an article by
him in the Denver News is interesting.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

In 1896 the republican organs and
spellbinders denounced the supporters
Of Bryan as anarchists because the
democratic national platform CRITICS.
ed the decision Of the United States
supreme court against the income tax
clause Of the Wilson tariff law. Now
the leading republican organs Of the
country and many of their machine
leaders are themselves denouncing a
majority of the supreme court be-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
NOT ALL ARE MERCENARY.

1t is reported that one difficulty the
Boxers are meeting with in their
work in the various precincts Of the
county is that SO many men want to
he paid for missionary work they are
asked to do in behalf of a railroad
commission. These men have been
SO used to being paid by the dominant
faction during the last eight years
that they cannot understand why it is
their duty to work for principle with
out hope of material reward. How
ever, there are many worthy eXCep-
tons. one of these a machine worker
found last year when he offered a
farmer $40 for a breakfast that had
nantly spurned and it met With the
same reception when tnedered to the
farmers Wife. That there were many
such exceptions was proven by the
fact that the machine candidate fol-
representative in that district raj
three hundred votes behind the heat
of his ticket. in spite of the pot OF
money spent in his interest. and was
pulled through only by the skin of hi:
teeth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22
CREDIT DUE GEORGE TURNER.

1t should not be forgotten that it
duced President Roosevelt to instruct
Attorney General Knox to bring suit
for the dissolution of the Northern
Securities merger as a violation of the
Sherman antitrust law. The legal
arguments presented by Turner were
unanswerable and after hearing them
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-22

The Commercial Club should urge
Senator Ankeny and the other con-
Sressmen from this state, Oregon and
Idaho to do their utmost to have an
appropriation made at this congress
for the beginning of work on The
Dalles-Celilo canal as recommended
by the secretary of war. 1t is now one
hundred years since Lewis and Clark
set out on their expedition to the Co.
lumbia and it is certainly high time
that the great river that they follow
ed to its mouth should be opened to
navigation. The opening of the Co.
lumbia should be made a part of the
honors to be paid the memory OF
Lewis and Clark next year by the
holding of a great exposition at Port
land.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

its managers applied to congress for loan of the
last $46OO0O0 required to make ready for the open.
ing of the exposition That final grant was loan
Iof money and nothing more. The government took
pains to secure itself against any loss bank could
not have been more cautious. The final nstallment
of the loan paid over to the exposition company
about the 10th of May, and the company must begin
to repay the loan next month"; The government took
first en ON the gross receipts of the exposition com
pany from all paid admissions to the grounds and
from all moneys received from concessions The
method of repayment is set forth in the law making
the appropriation. On the 10Th of next month the
company must report to the secretary of the treas
ury in DETAIL the total amount of its gross receipts
OnJuly there must be similar report andpayment
covering the period since June Is; and in hiatt wagon
the LIST and 18th day of each successive month, the
reports and payments must be continued till the
whole debt is discharged But these semi-monthly
payments must never after July be less than $780,
900, or the concern must go into the hands of re-
ceiver who viii be the secretary Of the treasury
himself
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
THE TRUSTS ABROAD.

It is believed to be useful for partisan purposes to
business Of this country by large corporations given
the bad name Of trusts an evil that has originated
in our protective tariff This course is taken in order
to effectively ambush another attack on protection.
But as a. large part Of the business of Great Brit
ain is transacted by corporations between which and
our trusts there no apprecable difference in econ
omics if there is in law There have been organized
in Great Britain II $40 Of such corporations, with
stock issue df 29,982110,245s "A majority Of these
foaed their stock and went under to the loss of the
shareholders just the wildcat trusts in this
try did to the loss of the investing public
The Manchester Chronicle says that last year 1929
Of these corporations became insoyent inficting a
loss of $145 995000 upon the public which had taken
their stocks The same authority says that in the last
10 years the losses from the same cause have amount
ed to 1921 ,000 It is declared that this lost
capital was never represented by valid assets. That
is to say it was watered and fictitious capital
The Chronicle declares that there must be legis-
lation to protect the public against the lure of such
investments and that 1T does not meet the case to
say that we cannot legisate for fools; we must so
legsate as to protect the nation from INSCRIPTIONS
ness, dishonesty and fraud The board Of trade has
been urged by the stock exchange to deal with this
abuse and serious effect must be made to safeguard
our commercial interests by making the law very
stringent in dealing with abuses Of fotation under
the limited liability system"
All the features familiar to use in the United
States appear in Great Britain. Under free trade
stock watering and Turing of investors 60 on just
as here under protection The revenue system makes
no difference If our democratic politicians were in
Great Britain we suppose they would be pointing to-
free trade as the mother Of trusts and the wicked
inventor of stock watering.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
MINES ON THE HIGH SEAS.

An interesting point concerning the neutrality
of the high seas is raised by the recent operations off
Port Arthur The Russians it win be recalled, re-
sorted to the shrewd device Of stealing out at night
with torpedo boats and placing mines in the waters
in which they had seen the japanese warshps cruis-
ing during the day. expecting that the next day the
japanese would return to the same cruising ground
and get blown up In that way, according to their
own story, the Hatsuse was destroyed 1t was a
clever and daring reversal of the japanese trick of
stealing in close to the harbor's mouth and planting
mines there
The Hatsuse however, was destroyed, according
to report, about 10 miles off shore That would in
deate that the Russians pretty daring in coming
out so far. 1t would also indicate that they came
well out of territorial waters into the high seas and
placed their mines The question is whether that was
lawful. 1t is lawful to place mines in territorial
waters. Of that there is no doubt but it is a diff
ferent thing to put them in the neutral waters Of the
high SEAS where neutral vessels have right to SAIL
and thus to mperil neutral commerce If a neutral
vessel tries to enter Port Arthur or any port of the
begerent territory it does so at its own risk. But
it has right to sail in the China seas outside the
league ne and it is entitled there to exemption from
injury If such vessel in such waters should strike
mine which had been placed there by one of the
beligerent powers, an uncommonly interesting case
in international law might be raised.
Obviously, it would be intolerabe for beliger-
ent power to sow the north Atlantic steamship routes
with mines to the peril of whatever vessels neutral
or belligerent, might traverse those waters. Any
power doing so might well be regarded as an enemy
of the human race But if that be forbidden should
not all placing of mines in neutral waters in the
high seas be prohibited
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
How's This7

We offer One hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his flrm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the blood
AMI mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

Reports received at Washington from the far
east dwell at length upon the terrific power of the
japanese Shimose powder, the nature Of which is
absolute secret 1t is not used to propel the shot,
but for bursting charges of the army and navy ex-
plosve shell. The result of the explosion has as.
founded the United States army observers. The
heaviest armorpercing shell with its small cavity is
rent into countless thousands of sharp fragments
which hurled through the air with such force that
they tear through the sides of iron ship would
a projectile from machine gun. The Russian war;
ships Variag and Korietz were found to be riddled
deck and Sides by fragments of these shells. 1t is
not known that any other nation possesses such ter
rife explosive.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

Russian surgeons say that the Japanese rife
bullets, while possessing great deal of stopping
power make small, clean holes, which be treated
easily, and give excellent opportunities for the early
of the wounded unless some vital organ is
pierced. There have been many cases of recovery
after the intestines have been penetrated Interst
ing contributions to surgical science will follow the
ending Of hOstilites
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

Some are wondering why the daily attendance at
the worlds fair is not made public day by day.
There must be good reason, and we imagine it is
found in the fact that Uncle Sam has lien on half
the receipts for the big loan he made the organization
when it needed the money. Perhaps it doesn't want
to pay with too much aacrity, quite common weak
ness, by the way.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
That Throbbins Headache

Would quickly leave you II you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
Of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
build UP your health. Only rs cents;
money back IL not cured. Sold by
Chas. Rogers, Druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

In one particular London is far and away ahead
of American cities Over there the authorities have
notified all persons and corporations displaying or
using clocks for the benefit of the public that they
must give correct Greenwich time, permission to
have such clocks will be withheld That is an excel
lent idea Right here in Astoria you can see clocks
at variance from to 10 minutes almost any time
If thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing well
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

The English postmaster general is considering a
penny-in-the-slot machine by which the purchaser
viii be enabled to obtain stamps at all hoursa use
full matter when the postofces are closed. The ma
chine is so constructed that it be fitted into wall
or pillar box, for it is Of small compass The pur-
chaser, after placing the penny in the SLOT presses
a knob, and the machine does the rest. The stamps
are placed on roller and only one stamp is released
at time, while an indicator shows the number of
stamps remaining in the machine. This is an ad-
vantage, and will prevent the loss of sndry pennies
and the use of Language"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
The Man in the Trench.

(while thousands of soldiers graves
were yesterday covered with flags and
flowers, there are thousands OF SOL
dIers sleeping the sleep Of heroes In
the funeral trenches-thrown there in
time Of haste and need--over whose
sepulcher there are no flags, no flow-
ers, who lie forgotten in graves that
are unknown-save by One.)
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

If the country can be saved the commencement
day orator is determined that the deed shall be done
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

Fighting Bob is on his native heath again, having
got home without fracturing the peace Of anything
but the vernacular.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

The Oregonian denies that it has ever abused
Rev. E. P. Hill it insists that it has merely vilifed
him. Doubtless the good doctor appreciates the dis
tinction.