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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-24
IF SOME RAILROADS CAN DO TT,
WHY NOT ALL?
It is Pleasure to Compliment Those
That Refrain from Killing
Their Passengers.

Their Passengers.
When a newspaper tells that some
railroad has killed one, two, ten or a
hundred human beings, the occnr-
renee, 50 frequent, attracts little at
tention. The relatives of those that
are dead realize what it means; the
rest Of the population, hardened,
seems almost Indifferent to the long
list Of killings.
1t is pleasure to point out the
fact that two railroads in this neigh
borhood, at least, are setting good
example in the way Of care and safe
ty.
The Erie Railway has not killed a
passenger in fifteen months--and that
is saying a good deal for an Ameri-
can railroad.
The Long Island Railroad, which
carries millions of human beings
one of the most crowded and, because
Of the sudden development of Long
Island, one Of the most inadequately
equipped railroads in the country
has record even better than that of
the Erie. The Long Island Railroad
compares in safety and management
with any railroad in the world. Tt is
probably the best in this country.
We are glad to give these two rail-
roads credit for the fact that they
carry passengers home safely, that
they apparently spend the necessary
money to run their roads with rela-
tive freedom from accidents.
We should like to ask, on behalf of
the people, why other railroads can
not do the same.
Safety is a matter Of money and
intelligence. The railroad men of
America are not lacking in intelli-
gence, and there is no lack Of money
In this country. The trouble is that
the practical working railroad man.
ager is not allowed to spend on the
railroad and for the public a fair
share of the money that the railroad
brings in.
Many railroad manager Is blam-
ed, when the blame should really rest
upon the selfish railroad gamblers
the men who water the stocks, who
make railroad pay profits on tens
of millions never spent.
The watered stock, the greedy pro-
moters, account for overworked men
too long hours, lack of safety de-
vices.
If any of our public officials cared
to do so they could prove by the com
parative safety of such roads as the
Long Island and the Erie that the
extraordinary numbers of railroad
killings are nothing else than mur
daaa Eve1-v oua of these deaths ov
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-24

1rleS or Europe. The plan provides:
l. That the rate Of postage on
packages be reduced from 16 cents to
Y cents pound.
2. That the limitation put upon
the weight of packages that can be
admitted to the mails be increased
from 4 to IL pounds.
3. That parcels post be author
lied from the point at which any r.
F. d. route originates, with rates
fixed at 5 cents for the first pound
and cents for each additional pound,
up to eleven pounds, so as to make
the full rate upon package weigh
ing eleven pounds 25 cents.
The department limits the scent
rate to packages sent from points
where the route originates. A mer-
chant i'll Atlanta or Athens or Elber-
ton could send out goods to his Gus
toner, provided he lived on one of
the routes served from these cities.
But if merchant in Atlanta wanted
to ship goods to customer living Just
outside of Athens, he would have to
pay l. cents pound. This charge
Is practically prohibitive.
If a zone system could be devised,
whereby the charges were made pro-
portionate to the distance shipped, it
would be more equitable. In other
words, let the government fix the
charges for this service just as the
express companies and the transpor-
tation companies fix the charges for
their service.
The explanation of the plan given
in the Atlanta address Of Mr.. De-
Graw showed a thorough study OF the
subject. 1t was clear, practical and
convincing argument as to the neces-
sity for a parcels post system in this
country to further extend the service
rendered by the postal department to
the people.
Practically every country in Eu-
rope has pan cells post. Under in
ternational postal agreement we must
admit to our mails packages from
foreign countries weighing not more
than eleven pounds at uniform rate
of II cents. We also permit pack
ages Of the same weight to be sent
by post at the same rates to foreign
countries. But our own people are
charged 16 cents a pound for domes-
tic postage and limited TO packages
weighing pounds.
A package can be sent by mail
from Atlanta to Berlin or to Vienna
cheaper than it can be mailed from
Atlanta to Marietta.
The r. F. d. carriers have passed
resolutions indorsing the plan. Their
influence will be potent in securing
favorable action by the representa-
tives in congress from their respect
i've sections. Another consideration
which will appeal to congress is that
the new service will probably wipe
out the postal deficit which has been
charged to the maintenance Of the r.
+. d. service.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

From these quotations and from my
own observation l conclude that no
one need fear that because we find
tree now and then affected with crown
gall, the disease will spread over our
orchards. 1t is not a disease that ling
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

ers in the soil and is liable to attack
new settings. 1t is an enlargement
caused by a wound and in the absence
of wound there will be no crown-gall.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

Another error about the scale is
that if it is rubbed loose where 1T is
anchored by it's probosis, it will crawl
about and fasten itself again and go
on with it's life work. This is an error.
If anyone believes this let him loosen
a scale with it's heavy coat and see
whether it will crawl away and re-
sumo it's old position somewhere else.
The best authorities we have on the
scale say that the old scale loosened
will not crawl at all and that the new
ly born scale will travel but few feet
and then it anchors for life.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

was over in our orchards the latter
part of June and made careful exam
nation as to the work of the codling
moth. | am happy to report that |
have never known so little show of
this pestiferous insect at that time of
the year since it made its appearance
in our orchards. The boys had spray
ed three times with arsenate of lead.
We used the Eagle brand this year,
but | doubt if it is any better than
Swift's arsenate of lead, or any one
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-08-01

"a second type is a soft form COM
mon on seedlings. occurring more
rarely on grated trees. These softer
gals resemble those or the raspberry
and peach, in that they are often soft
and rot off. 1t is not certain, how
ever, that they, like the latter, are
replaced the following year by a new
gall growth from the adjacent live
tissues of the host, nor is there proof
yet that they are of contagious ma
ture."
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

holders among the farmers. But to
encourage every one to go into the
manufacture of denatured alcohol on
his individual responsibility is some
thing we want to discountenance. The
making of the stuff requires too much
expensive machinery and the man who
runs it must know good deal of chem
istry to intelligently handle the bust
ness. 1t cannot be carried on along the
lines the moonshiners of Kentucky and
Tennessee carry on their illicit whisky
stills.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15
Notice to Subscribers.

During the month of January we
mailed to a good many thousands of
names circular announcing special
clubbing offer of the Westerner ana
the Pacific Poultryman with The
Ranch, all for SO cents year, this be-
ing the regular price of The Ranch
alone. We inclosed a coin card and
printed return envelope with each
circular, making it easy to take the
first handy four-bit piece and send in
to us. We want to say now that this
offer must be taken advantage of with
in the next two weeks. If you want
to get these other two papers abso-
lutely free you should, therefore, mail
so cents at once, as after March 1 the
combination offer will be cancelled.
The Westerner is a very entertain
ing magazine, typical of the North
west, and the regular price is 25
cents, while the Pacific Poultryman is
devoted to poultry interests of this sec
ton and is too we'll known to need ex-
tended explanation. It's subscription
price is so cents. Thus you are get
ting rs cents worth Of desirable read
ing matter absolutely free. Subscrib-
ers in arrears must pay up to date in
full and another year ahead to take
advantage of this proposition. Re-
member, you must get in your sub
scriptiOn on or before the first of
March.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

ton in which poultry and other pro-
duce are shipped. Careless shippers
are wont to blame the merchant for
poor returns when, in truth, it is due
to the poor pack. Under the new law,
when there is complaint made by a
shipper, the merchant will have an
opportunity of showing the shipper
where he was at fault, should the trou-
BILE lay with the pack. This in itself
will be the means of raising the stand
ard of packing fruits throughout the
state
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15
Endorse Position on State College.
C. T. Castle.)

C. T. CaStle.)
| consider The Ranch very valu-
able paper, and no farmer in Washing
ton can afford to be without it. We
think you were right in calling the
attention of the public to the position
into which our agricultural college has
drifted. We are for an agricultural
college strong down this way, but we
want it's whole object to be centered
in the farming industry and let the
state university attend to the advanced
studies in everything else. 1t is far
too expensive to keep up two state
universities in one small state, and
both must necessarily be neglected.
Therefore, it would tend to retard ed
ucation-which we do not want.
We hope to see the state legislature
make a handsome appropriation for
the state university and also for the
agricultural college, and hope to see
them cut out all the state university
work from the Pullman college and
make it one of the best agricultural
experiment stations in the United
States. This is what the farmers
want and are entitled to.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15
Making penatured Alcohol.

The Lynden Sun-Pilot in it's last
issue says: 'The Ranch cautions the
farmers against entering the manufac-
turing of alcohol, on the old saying of
the shoemaker and his last. The fol-
lowing of such a precept would never
have given Lynden it's creamery, nor
Puyallup valley its fruit association"
IT'S evident our esteemed contempor-
airy does not read our warning right
II every farmer should get it into his
head to go into the manufacture of
alcohol on his place, to the neglect of
his other work, where would the good
then come? Would he be making
more money out of the business than
II he attended to his farm business?
II, however, our Lynden exchange
thinks it might be well for number
Oh farmers to start an alcohol distil-
lery in their midst, and if they would
pace In charge some experienced man,
.here could be no objection. Such a
business could be conducted on the
same basis as creamery or fruit can
merry may be onducted-co-operati in
nature and controlled by the stock
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

whats three or four millions to
us?" queried State Senator Booth at
Olympia the other day. Nothing at
all, Bobbie, nothing at all! A mere
bagatelle, lone white chip! Makes
us just yawn to think about it. Be-
sides, Bobbie, it isn't your money you
are spending, so don't be close with it!
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

Enclosed find check for $11.50 for
advertising to date. l must say The
Ranch, for advertising, gives value for
its money" Thus writes Fred A. John
son, the well-known poultry man of
Tacoma.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

What do you know about raising
poultry? Tell it to our readers.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15
New Commission Merchant Law.

The Ranch is in receipt of copy OF
senate bill No. 116, providing for the
repeal of the law of 1895 regulating
the business of the commission mer-
chant in this state and enacting en-
tirely new legislation covering the
matter. Senator Paulhamus is inter-
ested in seeing that the bill goes
through, and we doubt not but that
he will succeed.
All the best features of the old law
are incorporated in the new bill, and
there are added a number of new fea-
lures that are necessary, owing to the
broader basis upon which the commits
sion business is carried on after the
passing Of a decade. 1t is provided
that the commissioner OF horticulture
shall issue the license for person or
firm to do business as commission
merchant, instead of veSting that au-
thority in the secretary of state, as
heretofore. The merchant must give
a good and sufficient bond in the sum
of $4,000, and in case he does not pay
for consignments received his bonds
men may be sued by the cOnsignor for
the amount that would be due. 1t is
provided that payment to cOnsignOrs
must be made in ten days from date
of sale, instead of thirty days. as now.
It is also provided that receipt of goods
must be acknowledged within two
days.
In making out statements to con-
signors the merchant must state fully
every item of expense, and remit the
balance less the amount of his COM
mission, which in no case shall ex-
coed 10 per cent of the selling figure
for the goods. In the case of dam
aged goods that may be received and
for which there is no sale, report
must be made to the state commits
sioner of horticulture, who shall in
vestigate or have one of the county
horticultural inspectors or a deputy
investigate and authorize proper ac-
ton. Should any consignor have rea-
son to be dissatisfied with the returns
received from his shipment he may
make complaint to the commissioner
of horticulture, who shall cause an in
vestigatiOn to be made, and ii 1T is
found that the commission merchant
has been guilty of questionable prac:
tice or violation of any of the pro-
visions of the law he is liable to have
his license Immediately revoked. Viola
ton of the provisions of the law are
also subject to fines in any sum from
$25 to $500.
A careful reading of the new law
shows that it will be the means of
enabling the producers to secure
honest dealings and better service at
the hands of the commission mer-
chants to whom they may ship pro-
duce. On the side of the merchants,
the fact that any one dissatisfied with
returns from his consignment may
make complaint to the commissioners
of horticulture will without doubt be
the means of bringing up now and
then the question of packing apples
and other fruits, as well as the condi-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

The day has passed when anybody
will do for a farmer. Land and labor
are higher, and insects and blight more
abundant. The clever man makes use
of brains and machinery and still
clears a profit, but the stupid or hide
bound farmer is no longer in place.
Think and hustle, or starve, is the new
rule, and severe as it may seem to
those in the rear of the procession, the
final result must be to make agricul-
ture the most enterprising and scien-
tific of all ordinary occupations.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-02-15

Can the Leopard Change His Spets?
Ten years ago w. H. Paulhamus was
a railroad lobbyist at the state legis-
lature and it was his proud boast that
when the price was forthcoming he
always delivered the goods. When the
work was finished the corporations dis
charged him and he retired to the
farm. Today he is a member of the
state legislature, and is doing a lot of
trust-busting and -prodding.
"I'll have my senate get you if you
don't watch out" is the little ditty he
is singing to the railroads. Perhaps
Mr.. Paulhamus in the intervening de-
cade has experienced change of heart
and really wants to use his talents in
making the world better What do you
think, dear reader?
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22

VALLEJO, June 21-The worlds
record has been established by the Mare
island wireless telegraph station for
receiving signals by wireless tele
graph, and the most remarkable feature
of the achievement is the fact that the
results were obtained by one of the
youngest operators in the service of
Uncle Sam.
On the morning of June IS, at lis
o'clock, Wireless Telegrapher r. r.
Murphy of the Mare island station,
while adjusting and tuning the delicate
Instruments, distinctly heard the steam
ship President, which was then off the
coast of Nome, Alaska transmitting
signals TO the government station at
North Head, Wash. Mare island is 2,116
miles from Nome, yet Operator Murphy
distinctly heard the instrument click,
We're off the coast of Nome How do
you hear us?' Signal commendation
has been shown young Murphy by Ad
miral Lyon and Captain McCrackin of
Mare island and a report of his record
will be sent to Washington, D. c. The
longest distance at which messages
have been transmitted or overheard
heretofore was 1,054 miles, but the
work of the boy operator at this yard
has eclipsed any records held previous
to this time. The Mare island station
has been noted for its continuous and
long distance work and is the main
office on the Pacific coast. Admiral
Lyon said today that no such results
have ever before been secured in Cali
fornia or Washington. and that Murphy
/ is deserving of official recognition at
the national capital.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22
NAPA VALLEY RAILWAY
GETS TIES FROM JAPAN
Company Pays $4,000 Freight
Charges on Shipment of Ma
terial From the Orient

VALLEJO. June 21-The work of ex-
tending the Vallejo, Benicia and Napa
Valley electric railway from Napa to
St. Helena is progressing as rapidly
as the arrival of materials viii allow
Fifty thousand oak ties. valued at s43.-
600. and 600 tons of steel rails have
arrived at the Monticello steamship
cOmpany's wharf in this city and are
being unloaded and taken to Napa and
points between that city and St Helena
The ties came from Japan and the
transportation charges to bring them to
this city were $4,000. There is enough
material now on hand to extend the
road to Oakville, midway between St
Helena and Napa. and by the time the
rails are placed in position the re-
mainder of the consignment will ar
rive from Pittsburg
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22
RUSSIAN MASSES VOTE
AGAINST BIC STRIKE
The Ballot Stands AZ to 1o
Against the Proposed
General Tieup
STRICT LAWS FRAMED
Governorsof Many Provinces
Given More Power by
Recent Edict
STRICT LAWS FRAMED

ST. PETERSBURG, June 21.--A con-
ference today of delegates representing
all the revolutionary groups including
the Polish socialists, union of railway
employees, group of toll and peasant
parties, voted by AZ to 10 to reject the
proposal to declare a general strike as
a response to the dissolution of par
lament.
An imperial ukase has been issued to
the governors of the provinces of
Archangel Novgorod, Olnetz, Paskov,
Ryazan. Smolensk, Tver and Yaroslav
granting them special powers, empow-
ering them to suspend newspapers, dis
perse meetings, Danish undesirable
persons and take charge of other meas
ures for the maintenance of public Sc
curity by administrative process, with
out having resort to the courts, and to
inf1ict punishment up to three months
Imprisonment and $1,000 fine. These
provinces include practically the entire
area of Russia, where some form OF
martial law has not alreaGy been pro-
claimed
The administrative powers of the
governors correspond with those given
under state of reinforced security"
The steps were taken to head off agra
rian disorders, the possibility of which
has greatly increased the determina-
ton of the social democrats, social
reVolutonlStS ana members or the
group of toll to issue a joint manifesto
to the nation urging the people not to
accept the 'aristocratic regime con-
templated by the new election law"
but to defend the idea of popular rep
resentation before force.
SEBASTOPOL. June 21.-The assas-
sin of Colonel Guessekoffsky, the as
sistant harbor commandant, who was
murdered here June 16, has been con-
demned to death. He was tried by
regular court martial, but procedure
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-22
VANDERBILT ADDRESSES
BANKERS Of VIRGINIA
Predicts Era of Recession
in Manufacturing
Circles

NORFOLK. Va, June 21-The fea-
tures Of the second days session of the
Virginia state bankers association at
the jamestown exposition were ad-
dresses by Frank A. Eanderlip and
Robert B. Armstrong of New York
both former assistant secretaries of the
treasury. Nanderlip said:
That the period ahead Of US is one in which
commercial activities viii be curtailed and the
manufacturers total viii show a decrease there
IS really little division Of well informed opinion
Tho question that Is desirable 10 consider is
only IN relation TO the extent Of this recession
months. giving us time to catch our brea III
before wc march on 10 renewed accomplishments
ln thls most wonderlul Development OF pros
perity- or i there 10 be more protrscted
and serious disturbance:
believe the answer to thst lies wholly in the
pubic mind and temper. There IS no inherent
reason 10 the conditions Of agriculture, trade
and industry finance in the United States
shat viii make necessary a further period Of
disturbance and depression. There are thou
sand influences that would lead toward con-
rinued prosperity and renewed accomplishments
throughout the fields OF industry and commerce.
The business Of the country viii turn into one
n these roads solely a result OF whether or
not the public and the pubic's legislative rep
resentatives are wise and patient hasty and
incOnsderate. II the intricate problem Of rail-
way regulation is worked out in q spirit Of
fairness and intelligence; II the vastness of the
problem Is recognized If the relations are taken
into account and the far reaching effects OF
r,sternaI regulations when applied TO so great
and complicated a network are reckOned with
and II an intelligent understanding Of the COM
r,iications viii lead 10 a patient attitude
toward results. then / believe we viii resume
the road toward further prosperity. The mo-
rnenf that investors become convinced that the
f,robIem IS TO have fair and pa tient consider
alton 10 its routine we win start on that road
sgsin with full measured pace.
But II we are 10 have legislation based upon
political advantage; II we are 10 adopt sOcislis-
tic theories which viii amount TO the conhsca-
fIon Of property rights: II we are 70 have re-
F,rigsls for past wrongs. matter how real I:
n action is the thing wanted first. and the
consideration Of the intelligence ana fairness or
such action Is 10 come afterward. then ] believe
81 is possible that the whole business structure
,nsv 10 facing a danger the proportion of which
VIII he measured By the same vast figures
the totals that have marked the extent OF our
prosperity.
Armstrong touched strongly on the
railroad question as bearing on the
finances Of the country.