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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-18

scription, at Gazette Office. 12tf
Guy Clark ana Arnold King leave to-
day for Toppenish, Wash. in search of a
location. Their wives will join them
later.
Latest in photos and stamps, at
Mrs. Wiegand's stldio. 11tf
F. c. Ramsdel1, late of Portland, has
moved to Corvallis and will engage in
house moving. Glad to have him as a
resident.
Buy your groceries of Cooper
& Whiteside. I1tt
Mrs. W. S. Locke received from the
Maccabee lodge of this city, Friday,
check for $1,000, her late husbands life
insurance. AS Mr.. Locke had been dead
less than month when payment of the
policy WAS made, the fact ia worthy of
not from the lodge point of view.
New line dishes in plain and
fancy designs, at Cooper & White
sides. IItt
The 1rans-Continental Passenger Asso
citation will decide, at an early meeting to
be held in Chicago, upon the rates to
Oregon points in connection with the
National Democratic Convention at Dem
yer in July The Portland Commercial
Club made this request and will work to
bring many of these delegates to the Pa
cific Northwest.
Fresh vegetables AMI fruits
always oH hand in their season.
Cooper & Whitesides. 1Itf
1t is estimated that the amount of wood
that went into the manufacture OF paper
in this country last year was $500, 900
cords, says the Oregonian, editorially.
An area half an large as the state of Rhode
Island is stripped ever year to make
wood pulp. Wood suitable for making
paper is not growing halt fast enough to
supply the waste.
The Rogers Grilley Recital,
M. B. Signs, Superintendent
Schools, Medford, Oregon-Ev-
cry one is enthusiastic about your
entertainment. We have never
had a better one. Corvallis Ly.
ceum Course, Opera House,
Thursday.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31

has contributed much to the financial
stress of the recent past.
"I think that the Federal Government
must also assume n certain measure Of
control over the physical operations OF rail-
ways In the handling OF Interstate traffic.
The commission now has authority to es-
tablish through routes and Joint rates. In
order to make this provision effective, and
In order to promote in times of necessity
the proper movement Of traffic, I think It
must also have authority to determine the
conditions upon which cars h a be inter-
changed between different interstate rail-
ways, It Is also probable that the COM
mission should have authority, In particu-
lar instances, to determine the schedule
Upon which perishab1e commodities shall
be moved.
TN this connection I desire to repeat my
recommendation that railways be per-
mitted to form traffic associations for the
purpose of comforting about and agreeing
upon rates, regulations and practtses at
fecting interstate business In which the
member of the association are mutually
interested. This does not mean that they
shout be given the right to pool their
earnings or their traffic. The law requires
that rates shall be % adjusted as not to
discriminate between individuals. localities
or different species of trafic. Ordinarily,
rates by all competing lines must be the
same. AS applied to practical conditions,
the railway operations of this country can
not be conducted according to law without
what is equivalent to conference and
agreement. The articles under which such
associations operate should be approved by
the commission; all their operations should
be open to public inspection, and the rates,
regulations and practises upon which they
agree should be subject to disapproval by
the commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31

vented and the people may know when
they buy a share of stock OF a bond
= . that the name of the State upon
it stands az a guaranty hat there is
value behind 1t and reasonable safety
in Its purchase. The act must make It
clear that the intent of the supervision
by the commissioner Is not for the pur-
pose of striking at corporate o~rgantza-
lions or invested corporate capital, but
rather to recognize and protect exist
ing conditions and insure greater safe
guards for the future. . 0
Capital does not go into a state
where reprisals are taken or vested
interests are injured: It comes only
where wise. conservative, safe treat
ment is assured. and 1t should be our
policy to encourage and secure cofpo-
rate rights n the best interests or
stock and bond holders committed to our
legal care
Under no circumstances would wf
c~ountenance attacks upon law-abidins
property, or do aught but condemn
those who hold up rich men as being
evil men because of their riches. Or
the contrary, our whole effort is to in
sist upon conduct, and neither wealth
nor property nor n other class dis
.tinction, as being the proper STANDARD
by which to judge the actions of men
For the honest man of great wealth
we have a hearty regard, just as we
have a hearty regard for the honest
politician and honest newspaper.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
BRAZEN PROTESTS.

The keynote of all these attacks upon
the effort to secure honesty In business
and in politics is well expressed In brazen
protests against any effort for the moral
regeneration of the business world, on the
ground that 1t is unnatural, unwarranted
and injurious, and that business panic is
the necessary penalty for such effort to Sc
cure business honesty. The morality OF
such a plea is precisely as great as IL
made on behalf Of the men caught | IN a
gambling establishment when that gam
bling establishment is raided by the po-
lice.
IF such words mean anything, they
mean that those whose sentiments they
represent stand against the effort to bring
about a moral regeneration of business
which will prevent n repetition of the In
surance, banking and street railroad scam
dals in New York; a repetition OF the Chi
cago and Alton deal; a repetition of he
combination between certain professional
politicians. certain professional labor cad
ers, and certain big inanciers, from me
disgrace of which San Francisco hi. Just
been rescued; a repetition of the success
full effort by the Standard Oil people to
crush out every competitor, to overawe the
common carriers, and to establish q mo-
nopoly which treats the public with a con-
tempt Wnlch the pubic deserves so long as
1t permits men of such principles and such
sentiments to avow and act on them with
impunity.
The cutlery against stopping dishonest
practises among wrongdoers who happen
to be wealthy is precisely similar to the
cutlery raised against every effort for
cleanliness and decency ii city govern
ment, because, forsooth, 1t will hurt
business The same outcry is made
against the Department of Justice for
prosecuting the heads of colossal cor
porations that has been made against the
men who in San Francisco have prose-
euted with impartial severity the wrong
doors among business men. public officials
and labor leaders alike. The principle Is
the same in the two cases. Just as the
blackmailer and bride giver stand on the
same evil eminence Of infamy, so the nan
who makes an enormous fortune by cor
rupting legislatures and municipalities
and fleeing his stockholders and the pub
lie, stands on the same moral level with
the creature who fattens on the blood
money o. the gambling house and the
saloon. Moreover, in the last analysis,
both kinds Of corruption are far more
intimately connected than would at first
sight appear; the ~wrongdoing is at bot
tom the same.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
TO CONTROL RAILROADS.

Elm some form the Federal Govern
ment should exercise supervision over
the financial operations Of our inter-
state railroads. In no other way can
Justice be done between the private
owners of those properties and the
public which pa their charges. When
once an inflated capitalization has gone
upon the market and has become fixed in
value, it's existence must be recoenized.
As a practical matter It Is then often alb
eolutely necessary to take account of the
thousands of innocent stockholders who
have purchased their stock in good faith.
The usual result of such imitation is, there
fore, to impose upon the public an unnec-
essary but everlasting tan, while the limo
cent purchasers Of the stock are also
harmed. and only a few spectators are
benefited. Such wrongs. when once accom-
plished, can with difficulty be undone, but
they can be prevented with safety and
with Justice.
when combinations Of interstate rail-
ways must obtain government sanction;
when it is no longer possible for an inter-
state railway to Issue stock or bonds. save
in the manner approved by the Federal
Government; when the government makes
sure that the proceeds Of every stock and
bond issue 60 into the Improvement of the
property, and not the enrichment OF some
individual OF, syndicate; when, whenever 1t
becomes material for guidance In the regu-
lative action Of the government, the physi-
cal value of one of these properties is de-
termined and made k~nown-there will be
eliminated from railroad securities tina
element Of uncertainty which lends TO
them their speculative quality and Whi>n
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
FOR WAGE-EARNERS.

ut is my purpose as soon as may be to
submit some further recommendations in
reference to our laws regulating labor
conditions within the sphere of Federal
authority. A very recent decision of the
Supreme Court Of the United States rem
Cered since this message was written, In
the case of Adair vs. United States, seem
lngly Of far-reaching import and OF very
serious probable consequences, has modi-
fed the previously entertained views Of
the powers of the Congress in the prem
ises TO such a degree as to make neces-
Sary careful consideration of the opinions
therein filed before it is possible definitely
TO decide in what way to call the matter
to your attention.
Not only should there be action on
certain laws affecting wage-earners; there
should also be such action on laws better
10 secure control over the great business
concerns engaged in interstate commerce,
and especially over the great common car
riers. The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion should be empowered to pass upon
any rate or practise on It's own initiative.
Moreover, 1t should be provided that when
ever the commission has reason to believe
that a proposed advance in a rate ought
hot to be made without Investigation, II
should have authority to Issue an order
prohibiting the advance pending examina-
ton by the commission,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
STOP STOCK GAMBLING.

Il do not know whether II ID possible,
put II possible, It Is certainly desirable,
that IN connection with measures TO re-
strain stock watering and overcapitaliza-
ton there should be measures taken to
prevent at least the grosser Forms of
gambling in securities and commodities,
such as making large sales Of what men
do not possess and 'cornering' the mar
ket Legitimate purchases Of comrnodi-
ties and Of stocks and securities for In
ave no connection whatever
with purchases Of stocks or other securi-
ties or commodities on a margin for specu-
iative and gambling purposes. There is
no moral difference between gambling at
cards or In lotteries or on the race track
and gam bling in the stock market"
The President says that SIT would
seem that the Federal Government
could at least act by S~orbiddinE the use
OF the mails, telegraph and telephone
wires for mere gambling I'm stocks and
futures, just as 1t does In lottery
transactiOns.-
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31

is certain to be futile, while 1t lie possible
to fine him or to fine the corporation OF
which he is head; so that. in other words,
the only way of furnishing the wrong is
by fining the corporation, unless we are
content to proceed personally against the
minor agents.
THE corporation lawyers to whom / refer
and their employers are the men mainly
responsible for this state of things, and
their responsibility Is shared with all who
i~ngenlously oppose the passing OF just and
effective laws, or who fail to execute them
when they have been put on the statute
books.
Much is said In these attacks upon the
policy of the present administration about
the rights of innocent stockholders
That stakeholder is not innocent who
voluntarily purchases stock In a corpora
tion whose methods and management he
knows TO be corrupt, and stockholders
are bound TO try TO secure honest man
agement, or else are %estopped from conn
planning about the proceedings the gov
ernmcnt finds necessary in order to COM
pei the corporation to obey the law. There
has beep in the past grave wrong done in
nocent stockholders by overcapitalization,
stock-waterlng, stock-jobbing, stock
manipulation. This we have sought to
prevent, first, by exposing the thing don
and Furnishing the offender when any
existing law had been violated; second, by
recommending the passage of laws which
would make unlawful similar praetlses for
the future.
THE public men, lawyers and editors
who loudly proclaim their sympathy for the
innocent stockholders when q great law
defying corporation is punished, are the
first TO protest with frantic vehemencs
against all efforts by law to put a stop to
the practises which are the real and ulti-
mate sources of the damage alike to the
stockholders and the public. The apologists
of successful dishonesty always declaim
against any effort to punish OF prevent 1t.
on the ground that any such effort will
'~unsettle business 1t is they who by their
acts have unsettled business, and the very
men raising this cry spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars in securing, by speech,
book or pamphlet the defense by
Measurements of what they have done,
and yet when public servants correct their
nisstatements by telling the truth they
deolaim against them for breaking silence,
lest values be deprecated They have
hurt honest business men, honest working
men, honest farmers. and now they clamor
against the truth being told.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
MUST UPHOLD HONESTY.

but part of the movement to up
hold honesty must be a movement to
frown on dishonesty. We attack only
the corrupt men of wealth, who find in
the purchased politician the most eff
1cient instrument of corruption and in
the purchased newspaper the most ef-
ficient defender of corruption. Our
main quarrel is not with these agents
and representatives of the interests.
They derive their chief power from the
great sinister offenders who stand be-
hind them. They are but puppets who
move as the strings are pulled. 1t is
not the puppets, but the strong, cunning
men and the mighty forces working
sor evil behind and through the pup
pets, with whom we have to deal. We
seek to control law-defying wealth; in
the first place to prevent Its doing dire
evil to the republic, and In h next
place to avoid the vindictive and dread
full radicalism which, II left uncon-
trolled, 1t is certain in he end to
arouse.
1sweepinE attacks upon all property,
upon all men of means, without regard
to whether they do well or Ill, would
sound the death-knen of the republic;
and such attacks become inevitable IL
decent citizens permit those rich men
whose lives are corrupt and evil t"
domineer I'm swollen pride, unchecked
and u~nhindered, over the destinies of
this country. We act in no viDdictive
spirit, and we are no respecters of per-
sons.
IF a labor union does wrong, we oppose
1t as firmly as we oppose a corporation
which does wrong: and we stand equally
stoutly for the rights Of the man of wealth
and for the rights Of the wageworker. We
seek to protect the property of every man
who acts honestly, Of every corporation
that represents wealth honestly accumu-
lated and honestly used. We seek to stop
wrongdoing. and We desire TO punish thu
wrongdoers only so far as is necessary TO
achieve this end
There are ample material rewards for
those who serve with fidelity the manlmon
of unrighteousness, but they are dearly
paid for by the people who permit their
representatives. whether in public life, in
the press, or in the colleges where their
young men are taught, to preach n TO
practise that there is one law for h rich
and another for the poor.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
ABUSE OF I%NJUNCTIONS.

The enactment of a bill appropriating
500, 900 for compensation to employees
of the government injured In the work
OF the isthmian canal is urged.
Attention is called to the need of
some action in connection with the
'abuse of injunctions in labor cases"
The President says:
LAS regards the rights and wrongs of
labor and capital, from blacklisting to
boycotting, the whole subject is o
cred in admirable fashion by the report
of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commits
sion, which report should serve as a
chart for the guidance of both legisla-
tive and executive officers. Even
though it were possible, 1 should con-
slider 1t most unwise to abolish the
use of the process of injunction.
ut Is all wrong to use the injunction
to prevent the entirely proper and
legitimate actions of labor organiza-
tions in their struggle for industrial
betterment, or under the guise of pro-
tecting property rights unwarrantably
tt invade the fundamental rights of the
individual.
Men of property cen not afford to
trust to anything save the spirit OF
Justice and fair play; for those very
public men who, while 1t is to their
interest, defend all the abuses com
mitted by capital and pose as the
champions OF conservatism, will. the
moment they think their interest
changes. take the lead in just such a
matter as this and pander to what
they esteem popular feeling by en-
deavorlng, for instance, effectively to
destroy the power Of the courts in
matters of injunction; and vii even
seek to render nugatory the power to
punish for contempt, upon which
power the very existence of the or
derby administration Of justice de-
pends.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
BLAMELEss FOR PANIC.

Regarding the recent financial stringency
the President says:
we have just passed through two months
OF acute financial stress. At any such time
1t is a sad fact that entirely Innocent peo-
pie suffer from no fault Of their own; and
every one must feel the keenest sympathy
Tor the large body Of honest business men,
Of honest investors, of honest wageworkers,
who suffer because involved in a crash for
which they are In no way responsible. At
such a time there Is a natural tendency on
tne part OF many men to feel gloomy and
frightened at the outlook; but there is no
Justification for this feeling. There Is no
nation so absolutely sure of ultimate sue
cess as ours. OF course, we shall succeed.
Ours is a nation of masterful energy.
with a continent for It's domain, and it feels
within its veins the thrill which comes TO
those who know that they possess the
future. We are not cast down by the fear
Of failure. We ars upheld by the confident
hope Of ultimate triumph.
The wrongs that exist are to bs cor
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
ROOSEVELT
QUOTES FORT
IN MESSAGE
tcontinued from First Pase.)


Of fuel oil shipped by the Associated
Oil Company over our line from Janu-
airy l, 1906, up to and including NoVefn-
Der 10, 1906.
we agreed with the Associated OH
Company's negotiations with Mr.. Rip
ley, Mr.. Wells and myself, that in con-
sideration of their making us q special
price on oil for company use. which Is
covered by a contract, and the further
consideration that we would take a
certain quantity, they would in turn
ship from Bakersfield over our line to
San Francisco Bay points a certain
minimum number of barrels of fuel oil
at rate of 70 cents per barrel from
Bakersfield, exclusive of the switching
charge.
These statements cover the move
ment. except that they have included
Stockton, which Is not correct, as 1t is
not a bay point and could not be reached
as conveniently by water. We have
1929, which should be deducted from
the total of movement shown IN the
attached papers.
- wish you would arrange to make
up a statement, check the same, ana
refund to The Associated Oil Company
down to the basis of twenty-five cents
per barrel from Bakersfield where they
are the shippers, regardless OF who ~
consignee, as all their fuel oil Is sold
delivered. The reason for making
tilS hEdl i'll duniNtull ~ what L nav
stated. is that the Associated OIL Com
pany have their own boats and carry
oil from fields controlled by them
selves along the coast near San Luis
Oblspo 10 San Francisco at a much
lower cost than the special rate we
have made them and in competition
with the Union OIL Company and the
Standard OIL Company, 1t was neces-
sary for them to sell at he San Fran
cisco Bay points on the basis OF the
cost of water transportation from the
coast fields. They figured they could
only afford to pay US the twenty-five
cents per barrel II by doing this they
sold our company a certain amount Of
fuel oil. otherwise the business COW
cred by the attached papers would
have come In by boat from the coast
fields.
81 am writing this up completely
30 that there may be In the papers a
history Of the reasons why this ar
rangement was made. / wish you
would go ahead and make the adjust
ment as soon as possible, as the As
ISOLATED Oil Company are very anxious
to have the matter closed up. The ar
rangement was Cancelled on Fovem-
her Is at a conference between Mr..
Ripley. Mr.. Wells. Mr.. Porter and
myself. Yours truly.
edward CHAMBERS,
'Shipments-Associated Oil Co.
mi. c.. A. Davidson, auditor, Los
Angeles
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
TO CHANGE STREET NAMES.
Work Board Notifies Postmaster Of In.
tended Action.

The postoffice authorities will be notified
by the Board Of Works Of the intention
to change the names Of several streets.
notice of which was given by the street
committee of the board, The proposed
changes are:
Prospect avenue, from Elizabeth avenue
to tity line, Chancellor avenue; First
street. from Grafton avenue to Verona
avenue, to Beaumont place; Main street,
twenty feet west of Fourteenth street, to
Orange street; Newbold street, from Rose
vile avenue to East Orar ge boundary line,
to Springdale avenue; Bedford avenue,
from Frelinghuysen avenue to Lower Eliza
beth road, to Foster street: Sherman ave-
nue, from Hunterdon street to Peshine
avenue, to Lawton street; Sherman ave-
nue.. from Lower Elizabeth road to city
line, to Ludlow street: Sheridan avenue,
from Lower Elizabeth avenuc to city line,
to Sedgwick avenue; Lower Elizabeth
road, from ~Frelinghuysen avenue TO city
line, to Dayton street; Elizabeth street,
from Hamburg place to Niagara street, to
Hensler street; Columbia avenue, Walls
burg, to Rutledge street; Highland street,
from Paramount avenue, Seventeenth ave-
rue TO Magnolia street, to Randolph
street; Passaio avenue, from Madison
street to Ferry street, to Water street.
Jeraldo Macoran, postmaster of Silver
Lake, appeared before the board to ask
that his section be annexed to Newark,
as proposed a year ago. He said that
he represented several landhoiders VIII
felt hat it would be to their advantage
70 have their section annexed to Newark.
His idea was to have Newark include ali
that section up to the Second River, but
there wac considerable opposition to the
plan, as it meant the loss of two schools.
He himself stood to lose his job as posi-
master. but he was willing to make the
sacrifice. The question was referred 10
the chairman of the committee. the Sity
engineer and the city counsel.