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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-16
to Toledo?
Mr.. Smith: 1t comes to Pittsburg.
Controlled in New York

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Mr.. Smith: 1t comes to Pittsburg.
Controlled in New York
Mr.. Clark: Well, say Pittsburg.
The Chairman: The whole business
is governed from New York.
Mr. Clark: What whole business?
The Chairman The whole bust
ness OF beet sugar. +
Mr.. Clark: Now. II these men I'M
dertake to ship cane sugar into your
district, they have to pay the freight
rates from New York to Pittsburg
more than you pay, do they not?
Mr.. Smith: No; they pay half a
| cent less than we pay.
| Mr.. Clark: You do not mean to say
that they can ship sugar from New
York to Denver or Omaha or st. Paul
cheaper than you can ship II from
Michigan, do you?
Mr. Smith: You have moved your
question from Pittsburg to Denver
now,
Mr.. Clark; No; am talking about
that territory, from Pittsburg to
Denver. Who has the cheaper
freight rates In that territory. the
beet sugar men or the cane sugar
linen?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-16

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you have to sell 1t at lower price?
Mr.. Smith: The dificulty Mr..
Clark. In introducing any new prod
uct In competition with o standard,
recognized product has always been
met In the first instance by lower
price. | believe that beet sugar Is
absolutely chemically Identical with
cane sugar.
Mr.. Clark: know; and that Is ex-
actly what puzzles me about 1t.
ne.Sugsr Prejudice
Mr.. Smith: At the same time.
when they first commenced to mar
ket beet sugar in this country there
was a prejudice against 1t. which
was fostered by the dealers in cane
sugar. The dealers In beet sugar
were advised that beet sugar was In
ferior In quality and was not as sal
able. and a prejudice was created
against 1t which was even fostered ut
that time by the cane sugar refineis
refusing to furnish the grocers with
their sugar II they handled beet su-
gar For some time that sort OF a
war was made against the beet sugar
INDUSTRY ana IN order 10 induce deal
ers 10 handle beet sugar It was neces-
sary 10 sell IL Ut lower price; ana
having started into 90 that'st III next
Impossible 70 ever recover ana get
oack on the same OASIS.
MT clark: Do you suppose that
one housewlie out OF thousand IN
'he ohited states ever inquiries OF the
srocerymah wheh she wants renned
sugar whether IL is peet sugar or cane
sugar.
Mr.. omith' ! shouid say not
MT o,arA' II tha' ID tne case the
'elow that puys the oeeI sugar anu
sei's II, tne grocerymah, Ii DOING a
pe'ter business ana wiser business
'or himself tnan 'he ie''ow VINO ouys
ana sells tne cane sugar.
i mr. smi,h' sure; ne makes more
ihohe' VI IT, ne se's II u the same
pi.e 40 cane 'usar'
Mr. oarN' ana they nave peen
ap'e 70 se' UP TINS pre!ualce asaihs'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-16
His Interesting Statement
Of What Beet
Growers Need
SHARP QUESTIONS ARE PUT
BY Commission MEMBERS
Matters of Transportation-Beneft
Now Given Under Tarif-Elim-
nation Would Mean Serious
Results for Farmers

During the tariff hearing on the
sugar schedule one of the witnesses
heard was Carmen N. Smith Of Mich.
igan. The testimony Of Mr.. Smith,
given in full, is an interesting state.
ment of the position of the beet sugar
growers of the country, and their need
for tariff protection.
The chairman of the tariff commits
sion seemed to be somewhat suspicious
of the trust holdings in Mr.. Smith
company, he having put searching
questions to Mr.. Hathaway, represent
ing beet sugar interests, on whether
the stock In this Michigan corporation
were not held in the names of Mich.
igan men as trustees for the Sugar
Trust.
The hearing follows:
Mr. Smith; Mr. Chairman and gen
tlemen of the committee, I represent
the Owasso Sugar Company, a Mich.
gan corporation operating two sugar
factories In the, State of Michigan
one at the city OF Owasso, with capa'
city of 1900 tons of beets daily, and
one at the city Of Lansing, with a ca
pacity of 600 tons daily. The com.
pany Is capitalized for $780, 900, but
has an actual investment In the State
of Michigan of over $2,00O,O00 In the
beet sugar business. The money was
invested almost entirely by Pittsburg
and Philadelphia individuals. We have
been engaged In the sugar business
row for five years. appear at this
hearing for the purpose Of expressing
the conviction that 1t Is absolutely es-
sential to the success or Continuance
of the beet sugar business In Michigan
at least so far as am acquainted
with it-that the present tariff rates
should at least be maintained as they
are now and am firmly convinced,
In order that the business may be par
ticularly prosperous or expand. that
there ought to be an additional duty
levied on sugar; but we do not come
here for the purpose OF asking that.
although understand that In the
the promise that the tariff shall be re-
vised It Is entirely possible that this
revision might In some instances bring
an increased rate of duty on some
items OF the schedule.
wish to call the attention OF the
committee to one fact. The invest
ment which our company made In the
sugar business was one which was
made on the invitation and urgent ad
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-16
WHY BEET SUGAR GROWERS
MUST HAVE PROTECTIVE TARIFF

day. Perhaps some of these sugar
gentlemen can give It to me. What Is
II, Mr.. Willett?
Mr.. Willett; $440 hundred, de
livered in New York.
Mr.. Smith: $4.40. That includes
the ocean freight then, of course.
Mr.. Underwood; Is that being sold
In New York now, the Hamburg
sugar.
Mr.. Smith: I think there has been
no sugar shipped from Hamburg for
several months.
Mr.. Willett: No imports, but the
quotations are made every day. and
the quotation today is s4.4O in New
York
Mr.. Underwood: What is the
freight from New York. per hundred
pounds. to the zone In which you
operate?
Mr.. Smith: We cover all the terri.
tory from Chicago to Pittsburg and
Buffalo. That varies from 16 to 20
cents hundred.
Mr.. Underwood; The freight from
New York?
Mr.. Smith: Yes. sir.
Mr.. Underwood; Then that would
make 1t somewhere between sass and
$3.50?
Mr.. Smith; Yes. sir.
Mr.. Underwood: That Is Hamburg
sugar. Now, what are you selling
your sugar at In that territory?
Mr.. Smith: We are not selling It.
We are waiting until these refiners
get through their fight.
Mr.. Underwood: Before the fight
came on. what were you selling It at Z?
Mr.. Smith; We were selling 1t on
basis Of $40. New York, which
would be $4.s6. say. delivered. New
York.
Mr.. Underwood; $40 in New
York?
Mr.. Smith; That is, cane sugar.
That would be $3.50, cane sugar, $40
beet sugar.
Mr.. Underwood; But that is the
New York price?
WI. S"I,h' ihat is All paseu on
the New York price with the freight
added. So when I say $40, New
York. mean at Michigan point
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Illustration OF the market price III
Detroit was referring 10 the market
as IL was tmrty Gays ago, before TINS
iunacy broke out IN New YORK. 10
DAY we would De oDIged 10 sell at
what IL the new YORK market TO-DAY!
Mr.. Wilet; 400 net. To-Day.
| MT. smith; we would De ooligee
10 sell ior 4.olM theh, In Detroit, a.
compared with this $4.oors. which MAJ
peeh given as the OASIS OF hamburg
sugar. IL "ou'd DC only o cents d''
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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
HEROiSM ON MARYLAND.
Explosion Averted by Instant Obedi'
ence to Hurried Signal.

San Francisco, Feb. 25.-An act
of heroism performed by three blue
jackets on the United States cruiser
Maryland during the recent target
practice held at Magdalena Bay, was
all that prevented a repetition of the
Georgia disaster off the Massachu-
setts coast last year, when Lieuten-
ant Goodrich, the son of Admiral
Goodrich, and 13 of his shipmates,
met death in the explosion of one Of
the big guns.
1t happened while the Maryland
was having her try at the navy rec
)ord After the second or third shot
from No. 4, one of the Maryland's
eight-inch guns, j.. j. Donnelly, a
seaman, acting as first loader, dis
covered that two balls of fire were
spinning around within the screw
box. This fire should have gone out
of the muzzle of the gun but it had
failed to do so.
Without the loss of a moment,
Donnelly hastily signalled j. c. King.
the hosting man, to lower the am
munition car into the handling-room,
and King, with the assistance of j.
Green, the rammer man, compiled
with the formers request upon the
instant. Twenty-Five seconds elapsed
before the fire in the screw-box was
put out, but in that brief time a
great disaster was averted
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
BLOW At BRl TiSH SALOONS.
Asquith's License Bill Raises Storm
OF Protest.

London, Feb. 2S.-Chancellor OF
the Exchequer AsQuith introduced
the licensing bill in the house OF
commons. This is the principal gov.
ernment measure for the present
session of parliament, and involves
vast money and labor. The capital
invested in licensed property in this
country is not less than $1,200,000,-
600, while over 100000 people are
employed in the traffic. Briefly, the
bill provides for the compulsory re-
duction within a specified period and
on uniform scale of the number of
regular saloon licenses throughout
the country.
The bill proposes that this reduc-
tion be effected within 20 years. The
system of compensating those en-
tirely deprived of their licenses is to
lapse after a period of IA years from
the time the act goes into force, and
an end thus will be put to the vested
interests in licenses.
The bold and drastic bill is raising
a storm of denunciation in the op-
position press. Mr.. Balfour gave his
party lead in a brief speech stig-
the measure as robbery"
The tremendous strength of the
brewing interests throughout the
country will be brought to bear in
an endeavor to prevent the passage
of the bill
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
|ELKINS LAW
| is UPHELD
Can't Escape From Punishment for
Giving Rebates.
Will Mean That Standard Oil Com
pany Must Pay Its Big Fine-At
tempt 10 Play One Law Agains
Another FoiIed BY United States
Supreme Court.

Washington, Feb. 25.-One Of the
main contentious by which the rail-
roads which gave and the corpora
tions which received rebates hoped
to escape punishment was swept
away today by a decision of the
United States supreme court. This
decision vitally affects the case un-
der which the Standard Oil Co. was
fined $29,240, 900 for the same point
was raised.
The case upon which the decision
was rendered was instituted in the
United States District Court for the
District of Minnesota, which court
fined the Great Northern railroad
81 900 each for Is violations of the
first section of the Elkins law
The alleged offenses against the
law were committed during the sum-
mer of 1905. and consisted in grant
ing concessions to the w. P. De-
vearaux Company on it's shipments
of oats and corn from Minnesota to
points in Washington. The COM
pany admitted the concessions and
fought the prosecution on the ground
that by amending the Elkins act so
as to provide for punishment by i'm
rather than by fines the
Hepburn law had so modified the or
iginal law as to accomplish it's re-
peal and render punishment under it
Today's decision was
by Justice White and af-
firmed the finding of the District
Court and the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
ADMIRAL EVANS HAS GOUT.
Peruvian Physicians Report His Con-
dition as Not Serious.

Lima, Peru, Feb. 2S.-Two Peru
Wan physicians paid an official visit
to Admiral Evans on the flagship
Connecticut and after consultation
declared that Admiral Evans was
suffering from rheumatic gout, but
that his condition was not serious.
1t is believed that the commander of
the fleet will be able to direct the
movements of the battleships on their
departure next Saturday.
President Pardo gave an audience
this afternoon to Rev. Mr.. McGlee-
son, chaplain of the Connecticut.
There was large attendance of sail
ors and others at the mass at the
cathedral this morning, at the con-
clusion of which a breakfast was
given at the seminary.
Another bull fight was given yes
terday afternoon, at which there
were 1000 spectators, including L.
500 officers and sailors from the
fleet.
A banquet was given last night on
board the Connecticut. All the ships
were brilliantly Illuminated.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Saturday, February 20.

| Washington, Feb. 29.-Senator Ell.
kis, chairman Of the committee on in.
terstate commerce, said today that this
committee would report adversely on
Senator Fnlton's bill, providing that
no interstate freight rate shall be in
creased until the Interstate Com merce
commission shall hold such increase to
be reasonable.
Mr.. Elkins says this adverse report
will be based on letter which he has
received from Chairman Knapp, of the
Interstate Commerce commission, say
ing it is the opinion Of that commission
that such legislation is inadvisable.
Washington, Feb. 29.-There was a
suggestion of "graft' in the house to-
day in considering paragraph in the
army appropriation bill appropriating
$25. .O0OO for the purchase of 6 900 acres
OF land near Washington, D. c., for
target range. Mann. Illinois, opposed
the proosition and ridiculed the idea of
paying $40 an acre for such property.
After the provision had been further
debated, it was stricken out on a point
OF order by Mann.
The last paragaph of the bill also
met an obstruction in Mann, who vigo-
rously attacked the proposition it in
volved Of giving the chief of ordnance
discretion in purchasing ordnance sup
plies without publicly divulging their
and the provision went out
IN point of order.
The bill then was passed, carrying
jotal appropriation of $84 1857, ,566.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
May Have Salaries Now.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Benito Le-
garda and Tablo Ocampo de Leon, the
recently appointed resident commits
sioners, who haze arrived here to rep
resent the Philippine islands in con-
gress, today visited the senate commit
tee on the Philippines and were later
taken to the floor Of the senate, where
they were interested observers. The
senate today passed the house joint res-
olution authorizing the payment # the
commissioners salary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
TeIegrapners May Quit.

Spokane, Wash, Feb. 27.-Rail-
way telegraphers of this division an
nounce that the union and nonunion
men have voted to strike If the
Northern Pacific or the Great North
ern cuts are wage scale. They claim
the companies are trying to make the
men pay for the extra operators that
will be required if the interstate
nine-hour law goes into effect March
l. The vote on the strike question
shows 95 per cent of the operators
on both roads will quit. They are
now averaging SIS per month for II
hours work.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
TRYING TO GET ENOUGH MEN
Railroads Have Ten Days Before New
Law lakes Effect

Los Angeles, Feb. 25.-With less
than ten days until the new federal
law limiting the hours of labor of
certain railroad employees shall be-
come effective, Los Angeles railway
officials are preparing as best they
can for the necessary changes which
must be made. Approximately 14O
new telegraph operators will be re-
quired in the territory governed by
Los Angeles general offices. The
Santa Fe will need the greater por-
tion of these. If it keeps all it's
offices open it will require 81 men on
it's coast line in addition to its pres
ent force. There is a possibility that
it will not be able to get that num-
Der at once. If so, it will be neces-
sary to close a few offices all or a
part of the time until the additional
men can be found.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Wednesday, February 20,


J Washington, Feb. 26.-There were
J two speeches in criticism of the Aid.
rich currency bill in the senate to.
day.
/ The currency bill was, on motion
iof Aldrich, made the unfinished bus
mess.
The bill to revise the criminal
, laws of the United States was passed
| after adoption of Culberson's amend
ment penalizing the improper giving
out of information by government Of
ficials affecting the market value of
products Of the soil, except upon
proper authority.
The senate today adopted a reso-
luton introduced by Senator Lodge
requesting the president to send to
the senate correspondence with Ven
|esuela in relation to pending contro-
versies concerning alleged wrongs
done to Americans in that country
by the Venezuelan government.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The climax
in general debate on the army ap-
preparation bill in the house came
today, when Dalzell, Pennsylvania,
recognized as one of the foremost
protectionists of the country, deliv-
cred an exhaustive speech in defense
of the republican parry and it's pol
icies, in which he upheld the prin-
ciple of the protective tariff system
and said that under it the United
States had become the greatest of
nations.
The army appropriation bill was
read for amendment and it's consid-
GRAFTON was not concluded when the
house adjourned.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
DESTROY PUBLIC RECORDS.
Conspiracy to Secure Valuable Con
cession From Government.

Washington, Feb. 28.-Three ar
rests here brought to light scandal
In the patent Office which has been
under investigation since early in
February, and which revolves around
an invention which Is valued at more
than 100000. The parties arrested
are Ned w. Barton, third assistant
examiner of the Patent Office; Henry
w. Everding, patent attorney Of
Philadelphia, and John A. Heany. an
inventor of York, Pa. They have
been indicted by the United States
government for attempting to de-
fraud the government and for de-
stroying public records.
The indictment charges that the
three men, with an intent to steal
and Destroy" carried away from the
patent office letters, specifications
and amendments relating to patents
and unlawfully and willfully de-
stroyed them. The Investigation was
made upon information that as a
result of conspiracy John A. Heany
had been given patent on an inven-
ton for manufacturing filaments and
electrodes for electric incandescent
lamps.
The facts disclosed by the investi-
cation We're of such character that
they were presented to the grand
jury. 1t is alleged that through con-
nivance with Ned w. Barton, Heany
and Everding, outrivalled more than
70 of the largest electrical concerns
in the country striving to get the
same patent. All of these concerns !
had filed applications for a patent, !
but from time to time Barton, it is ,
charged, would see the specifications
and employ whatever he desired for
Heany's invention. To be
successful in this plan it was neces-
'ary to destroy certain records and
he substitutes therefor.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Powers 70 Secure Peace.

Paris, Feb 2S.-It is officially an
nounced here that both Germany and
Spain contributed to the loan of
100000 made by the Bank of Nor
occo to Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan. for
the purpose of maintaining the SOL
diers placed on duty at the ports by
the foreign board. This is inter-
preted to show that France, Ger
many and Spain are in accord in an
endeavor to secure peace on the Nor
ocean coast and to protect business
interests
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Will Cut Wages.

Butte, Mont, Feb. 27.-The man.
agement of the Northern Pacific rail-
road has notified all the telegraph
ers employed on the system that
their wages will be reduced from SIS
to $40 a month. In all probability
this means a strike of these men.
The telegraphers are now voting on
the question of accepting or reject
ing the reduction. The cut in wages
is due directly to the new federal
nine-hour law, which goes into eff
feet March l.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Postal SAYINGS Bank Bill

Washington, Feb. 27.-The postal
savings bank bill, introduced by Sen
ator Knox, provides that per cent
interest shall be paid on all deposits,
and that these savings be deposited
in national banks in localities where
savings are accumulated. The ma
tional banks made repositories are
to pay rate of interest to be deter
mined by the postmaster-general and
the secretary of the treasury The
postal savings account for each per-
son, firm or corporation is to be lin
tied to $500.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Illinois Miners May Strike,

Peoria, H., Feb. 2S.-Despite re-
ports to the contrary, one prominent
coal operator declared today that the
deadlock between the operators and
miners of the Northern, Central and
Southern Illinois field had not been
broken, and that the operators were
prepared to hold out until March 1,
when the present agreement expires.
Then the trial will come, if nothing
intervenes and neither side recedes
from its announced determination.
President John NJ. Walker has de-
clared that the prospects are for a
general suspension of work.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Santa Fe's Cry of Misery

Topeka, Feb. 25.-On the Santa
be required, the Gulf lines excepted,
to comply with the provisions of the
federal nine-hour law, to go into
effect March 4. About so are re-
quired on the eastern grand divi-
sion. The officials do not know
whether they will be able to get the
requisite number of new men or not.
Notices were posted in the Santa
Fe shops at Newton today that en-
ployes need not report for work till
Monday. March .. About 200 men
are affected
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-03-05
Black Hand Threats Terrorize

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 25.-Black
Hand Society notices, sent through
the mails and posted on doors and
fences, with the object of frighten-
ing Italians who have offended the
society in the mining village of
Black Diamond, 25 miles from Sc
attle, reached a climax last Friday
night when J. Nitero was shot ct
three times while making his way
home. One bullet passed through
his left arm and another cut his
coat