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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
MOUSE FOR EMERGENCY.
Little Rodent Aids i'm the Placing of
an Electric Wire.

Norfolk, Va-What experts and
modern methods failed to accomplish
was done by a mouse. An electric
wire had to be run through pipe 1877
feet in the Winery building in this
city, and on account of several bends
in it, blowing machines and other
things failed to do the work. Then a
mouse was caught, a thread tied to
its leg and it was started through the
pipe. The plan worked and the wire
was pulled through by the cord. The
mouse was given its freedom.
Whatever the figures, we're big
ber and know It,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
4 New Stenographer.

Miss Irene Shea is now employed
as stenographer in the business office
of the East Oregonian. Miss Shea
began her duties yesterday and takes
the place formerly held by Miss Ora
Douglas who has returned to her
home at Hermiston.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
VIII PLAY nj Umatilla.

Members of the United Orchestra
go to Umatilla this afternoon on the
motor car to furnish music for
dance at that place tonight. They
will return tomorrow morning on the
motor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
New StenogTcpher.

Miss Mona Johnson is now stenog-
rapher in the office of County School
Superintendent Frank X. Welles. She
takes the place made vacant by 'the
removal of Miss Edna Florence to
Portland
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
Fire DESTROYS Whole Family

Coultervile, Ills, May ga family
of five was burned to death today in
fire that destroyed the residence Of
George Douglas. The fire started
from an incubator in the basement.
The dead are: Douglas, his wife and
three children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
w. p. Temple Resting Easier.

w. p. Temple, the well known far
mer and capitalist, is now very low
at his home on Lewis street. How
ever he is reported as resting easier
this afternoon and hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
Dickson Purchased Auto.

j. r. Dickson has purchased a
Chalmers Detroit touring car and is
now member of the Pendleton auto
brigade. The machine was purchased
of II. w. Lyons, local agent for that
auto
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
Pendleton yesterday, returning home
in the evening.

r. +. Thoms of Hermiston was in /
town yesterday transacting business. |
sherman Crayne is visiting in Pen
day. Il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
Building Construction Tracks.

Building Construction Tracks.
Two carloads of small steel rails to
be used In the construction work
west of town arrived in Pendleton last
night and were taken to the Pilot
Rock Junction this morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06
NeDsy Notes
of Pendleton
Civic Association to Meet.

a meeting of the Pendleton Civic
association has been called for to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock at the
city hail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06

signed enlistment papers and Others
promised to do so later.
However there are still many va
cancies in the ranks Of the company
and all young men who are quail
fled to join are asked to apply be-
tween this time and Sunday evening.
The armory will be kept open Sun
day for the purpose Of accommodate
ing those who wish to join on that
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06

Most of the year through Oregon
can congratulate herself on her
weather.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-06

Next month, also, T. r. VIII return.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

Gountpfonmiiiare 3u 5tpingen, cine
3ume1oung bon $4,000 aus5a5ableu
fir SEN 8at einer Bride bel 0raDton
iiber SEN 6lub. 0ieie 3uuenoltng lit
,ge11adt, ipdter aber mi0errufen NOR
Gen.. Ser Stootrotb lit Ser 9(nitdt,
oaB Sic Gountpfommiildre fem &edt
3u 0em @i0erruf baben. Die Staot
felt Sen 9on0 fit Sic 3ablung Tires
Mntbeil an SEM 8al.
Sib=9afota.
Mberbeen.- Gus. 8anid, ei1
@eim tGtter, Ser nidt meit bon 9apioz
Jon int County BerfinS mobnte, lit
ourd einen SbuB our6 Sic lint
2unge get0otet un6 Mrtb. IS. 2omrp,
ei1 Mo6bor bon 0em @e11annten, be-
fin0et li6 unter Mor0ber0adt in Saft.
Die 8eioen batten iid nm Sic CUNT
BON Grdulein 2i55ie @alrotb, Sic INT
Ser elben @egeno mobnt, beporben
uno 0ieie batte iid ne1lid fit 8a=
mid erflart. 8onid mur6e 0ur6 cine
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

Map, Quinn, uno @rarnon baben Is
5hatfmirtbidaften 1T 8ig 5aQs, &el-
liber, Margie uno @aupt gei6loiien.
Sin 1beil ser @etra11fe malrbe pernid)<
tet, ser 9}eit an Sic @an0ler auber-
balb oes @ebiets gel an0t, BON oenell
er fam. 2anoiam aber lider nabern
lid sic Mgenten 8emioii, mo audi Ell
ne @rauerei beltebt, nro man itebt ie-
Sem Mugenblid Ser Sdliebung oieier
uno ser bieiigen @irtbidaften entge=
gen.
Jergus Sails. - 2eb. @bi=
ting, ser 5ipolf Sabre alte 5obn 6es
Gb. @biting bon GlitberaM lit beim
5blittldn1blaufen ouf 6em @litberau=
See IN cine offene 5telle geratben uno
ertrlmfen.
Dulutb. = Mit SEM 5tl1oium
oes iogenamten &ommiliionsplanes
ser itdotiiden @ermaltung lit bier be-
gonnen moroen. Snnerbalb iehs 800
naten miro cine Gorlage fir einer1
nel1en 6reibrief bereit ieir, inns nad
oeren genaller 9urbarbeitltng ioa er
oon1 SEN @ablern in elmer Spe5ial=
ma6l nod innerbalb zines Sabres por-
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

perbuu0enen Ml1gen bierber 51 Marf=
tie ge6rod}t -mur0e, riB iih los luro
0rang in Sic @obnl1ng 0es Geo. S.
@bitcomb ein, no er erbebliden Sdo-
Sen anridtete. 9as Sbier raite Damn
ourb Sic StraBen ser 5ta0t, ser
ibl1g nod mebrere Saden u1r0 Der
ldman0 ipater in Ser &idtung iiber
Sic 6arm 0es StaatSl enatorS Neellon.
Namf &apibs- Geo. Crane
un0 Sbomas COCHRAN, 5met befannte
@ei6aftslel1te bon bier, muroen lie 81
$50 @el0itrafe u10 Sragung ser So
iten perurtbeilt, un6 al1Ber0em mur=
SEN ibre @emebre fonfis5irt, neil iie
belbul0igt maren, einen @irid I'M
SStassfa=S taatsparf erlegt 51 baben.
Sic ltellen entidieoen in Mbre6e, oaB
tie SEN &iri6 sort geid)oiien baben,er
lei nlr in Sic &ei erpation geflM6tet.
oils er i9on angeidoiien mar. Srot=
Sent erfolqte sic Gerl1rtbeilung.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

2eibitau ooer ionitigen gebeimen 8la-
ben perfallft miro, lit 5uiel in 0es
@urtes iblimmlier 8eoeutllng. Muf
einen ieoen &allfer, ipe5ieu men11 er
groBere Auantitaten erltebt, miro bier
ld)arf Sbadt gegeben, oamit ser
Sbuaps BON bier aus nibt in oos
trodene Ierritorium eingefiibrt mir0.
@ieiige 8irtbidaftsbeiiber peril1d)en
ibr Moglidites, Sen 8eb0r6en 0abei
bebilfli6 gu iein, un0 Sic @infubrung
bon Sdnapps na6 oem perbotenem
Ierritorium bon bier aus gu perbin=
bern.
Millmor. - 8eim Bobren Ell
nes 8rltllnenS altf ser Is Meilen bon
bier gelegeneft 6arm bes g.. s. goit-
ll1n0 mur6e Sic Sadie 6es 6. s. 2l1n=
lte6t pom S6mungra6e ieiner @oio=
linmoidine gepadt, un0 er mur6e in
ralen0er @eldminoigfeit 6ur6 sic
SUIT gemirbelt, nobel er 5pei &ippen,
6aS redte 5dulterblatt uno mebrere
&nod)et brob.
Mleron6ria. = Sin Sem e.
Goltntp=G ommu1i6r @n6erion bon Sc
@ral1o ge60riger guue, mel6er nit
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08
Nus oe1,t Npromeitem
Wfinmclpta.

Muriu Ginjie0eln (Gorre=
lponoenD - &or etma breiBig Sab
rem iie0elte ji9 eine Mn5abl S6met=
3er in oieler @egeno an, un0 0o tie
arm more11, fonnten lie feline &ir9e
bol1en. @abren0 pieler Sabre mur0e
Sic @emein0e BON Melrole n10 Sal1f
Centre aus periebe1t, nnO nadoem
9irb 2ofe, jebt @arO Springs,
Minn., gu elmer @emein0e nit eige-
rem &rieiter erboben mar> lit Ser
oortige &farrer NIT unierer Seellor-
ge betral1t. Srn 9aufe 0ieier 3eit
mur0e bdufig ser Geri ud gemobt,
eia1 fleines &irblein 51 bauen, aber
pergebens, uno ouf fMnf biz ledS Sob=
re mur0e Sic @emeinoe ni6t mebr re-
geln1GBig bon einem Hrielter beiu6t.
Mls inn Sabre 1908 Ser bodp. Serr
@ilfes als Seel iorger bon 8oro
Springs, nit Smonbi1e un0 &anooQ
ais Mii1ionen ernannt mur0e, erbarm=
tie iid oieier audi rmierer @emeinoe
uro ubernabm o1f @uni6 6eS ST.
idofs nniere 5eelenfibrung. IS las
pdbren0 6es erlten SobreS Sic fl.
Meiie in einem @auie, iob aber bal0
ei1l 0aB ob1e Elm &irdlein sic &C.
mein0e nidt belteben tonne, nno er
mo6te Sen @erl11b, Sem obmalten0en
l1ebelito110e ol1r) SEN 8al1 enes flei=
ne11 &irdleins ob5rbelfen, nn0 nod
pielen Miiben lab ct I'M Muguit 6ie=
ies Sobres feline Mrbeit nit @rfolg
gefr0nt; 511 jener 3eit fonnte er 6aS
@ottesbous 6em Dienlte 0es &errn
meiben. @ir baben iebt alles, maS
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

mercinl Glub BON @rano SORTS Mrs
Elm Spe5ialfomitee ernennen, meldess
lib nrit Dem 31lutger Commercial
Stub ms @inperne6men leben ioa,
Tim gemeiniam fir Sen 9au elmer
1telten Babnitreds in iiiomel tliderGib-
tl.ng bon @rano SORTS ein5utreten.
Sarge. - Cine &eroiinlampe int
3immer oes Or. 81. S. Saul bon Sim
oreo peruri ad)te Elm 5e1er, 0as Sba-
SEN in @obe BON $4,000 anridtete,
barnrter on ser Mpotbefe oes Ofar
Streblom einen io1den bon $4,000,
am 1ribl1re=@ ebaube $4,000 uno an
anberen 8aumerfen $4,000. site iino
Derlt6ert.
5tanleD. y Ser &f I'M
sen Sit bon Wountrail County fat
ieinen MbidluB gefun0en 6ur6 Sic 8e=
fanntgabe Ser neutrality-suspicious.,
0oB Stonlep 783 Stimmen erbalten
fat, iiber $50 n1ebr ais Yalermo.
No6 meniger Stimmen erbielten &ob
un0 Ela3a
Drapton. - 0ie Sta6t Drop-
ton fat sic 9lbiidt, gegen Eembina
County flogbor ouf5utreten, nm sic
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

fir SEN @ottes0ienlt notbmen0ig lit:
&elb MeBgetpdn0er> etc. Ser @od=
altar lit nit elmer i60nen Ml1tter=
gottes=5 totl1e ge5iert, un0 nit Got
tes Segen miro 0iei e Million NUN mel
ter Miiben. 0as molte Soft! - 6 II
Sc er.
ct. 90 ida (Gorreipon0m3) =
SIM boben Mlter bon 81 Sabren fat
bier lette @ode @err 6ron3 6rep
0os 3eitlibe geiegnet. ST mar elmer
ser 0rei alteiten Md11ner in 0ieier Sc
gen0; es itorb am &rebs. Seine Sc
eroigur1g fo10 unter GROCER 8etbei-
ligung bon ser fatbolilben ct. Mi-
daelsfirde aus ltatt. = Die geleQige
l1nterboltul1g, mel6e unlere Muliffo=
peae fiir5lih gab, mar in je0er Sim
lidt erfolgreib. Die gelieferte Mlpiif
mar a1sge5eidnet, un6 Sic @innob-
men %betrugen $148. = SEER Mlois
@odenmiiler fat feline 6arm on Ste
State 8arf Of ct. Mi6nel berfauft
uno 6as @ous ser Wittme MiIer &C.
fauft> molelbit er iih in Sen &ube=
itan0 5a1 ieben ge0enft s..
ct. Saul. - GbefriGter Stort
bonn ltaatli6en Sbergeri6t entihie0
am 6reitag, 0aB Oas befttge &C.
rdul6, 6os Observation-Disclosures perur=
ia9en, nad0em tie nit ser <rbel in
geiebt itn6, unerbener i@iitterno"
lit. gs ban0elte ith um cine &iuge
oariiber, 0oB Elm @ogenpfer0 our6
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

gelegt peroen.
gilbert Sea. = 9ter lol eln
mo0ernes &pspital ST einem Soften
aufmanoe bon $4,000 erri6tet mer=
sen. ssSn Ser Stoot mer0en Somln-
lunge1l gu oem 3mede ge11o6t n1to
cine 6rau NGpe bat Dor bier Sabren
bereits elm @runoitiid fiir ein &oSpi=
tai binterloien, 0as $4,000 pertb
lit.
MoorbeaD. = Ser beimli6e
56nopsbon0el int Snoianerlanoe
i6eint iid fir 2eute, Sic fid feine &C.
Oanfen oQriiber MAIDEN, Die 8unoes>
uno Staatsgeiebe gu ii%bertreten, redt
ertragbrimgenD at %geltalten uno nber=
6ono 51 nebmen. Natiirli6 mutt bin
un0 mie0er ser Cine ODER Ser Mn0e=
re 6ara11 glauben. 60 ml1r6e 8. 8. Gn=
Sc noriger @ode 6ranf @erred> mel-
melder ii9 nit elmer 8agenlaoung
5dnops na9 bem utrodenen" Serrt-
torium befano, perbaftet uno erbielt
80 Sage @efangniB 5%ugeiproden.
geitoem sic @irtbidaften IN 0em tro~
fenen Ierritoriltm bon &egterungs-
agenten gel9lolien mur6en, fat ser
beimIide @dnapsperfanf formlth
iiberbono genommen. Sic Nretle
lpotten je6er 8ei9reibung, nno ser
fSulel, mel9er .gemobnli@ lit einem
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

6ieles @er6uib idelt muroe lt11o ourd=
gtng, nobel sic S1ialien perlett muir
Sen. Die 5da0eaeri obflage mur6e
bon Ser unteren Snitan3 %abgenieien
NIT Ser 8egriinoung, 0aB feline itraf=
bare 6abrlaiiigfeit na65uweiien lei;
0os 0bergerift enti9ie0 ie0od gu
@uniten 6es &l6ger.
30 minneapolis. MaDor
&apnes lieB 9onneritag Mben0 Sem
Yoli5eibef Gorrilton SEN gemeiienen
8efebl 5ugeben, 0aB forton idmmtli6e
@otels un0 &e1taurants, in benen man
geiitige @etranfe perobrei6t> punft
II lbr abetros geldloi1en per0el1
miil1en, gang einerlei OF @aite Dor
fer no@ @etrdnte beitelt baben o0er
nidt. Mol5 pir0 fiinftigbin gleid
2agerbier eradtet, lit a1lo glei9foas
nod ser Eoli5eiitun0e perp0nt.
8 tnono. = Ser 81 Sabre al
te 6ormer 8m. 8ronnon lit nobe 3d.
motle BON einem 3uge ser Milpaltfee
8abn iiberfnbren uno getootet NOR
l6en.
@aeca. = Sn ser in 0ieiem
County gelegenen Srtl6oft 8aloprf
lit Ser @ei5eni peider NIT 10000 8l=
iGel @ei5en 6ur6 Seier pernidtet
1por6en.
Herbam. = 9iele 9to0t mie
0as ber1adbarteS rtidaft Sttertail fins
BON SEN Sn0taner=Mgenten porlaufig
itbergangen mor0en, 0ph glal1bt molt,
oab ou6 bter bal0 alles utroden" iein
miro. Mod Dur6fiibrung ser 8in=
fiibr 6es ~Euiipfoot" SSobnion miro es
I'M County nur nod flint ufeudte"
geben> nd11lib Dining, Sen=
ming, GarferS Yroirie, Glitberou nno
gemioii.- 0ie 9pe5ioloaenten
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

9akt @1td intmer oas &idtiee 9eben.
Gin 5ubltitut lit eine gefabrlide
Nodobmung, lpe3ten in Me0i5in. 9as
edte 6oleps @oneD ans Sar beilt
item uno Grf6ltnngen ra16 nn0 lit
in einem gelbel1 Naq11ete. Mebmt fei-
ne Sub titute an. Molitors Mpptbefe.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08

Solep &tonep Hilen fins toniid INT
@irfung, raid in &elultaten uno itel=
len 0us natiirlide @irfen Ser Nterelt
un6 8lal lie tpteber ber. sic %berbeiiern
l1nregelm6Bigfeiten. Molitor Drug
Store.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-12-08
Setlt Sdmorrbotoen lit 6 bis II
9nncft.

guer Mpotbeter tuirb @elb auriideritatten. tuent,
8a3p Dintment berfeblt. iraeno einen Han BON
iucfenben. blinben. bI1terbe1 unb pororineenoen
6dmorrboiben in s bis IA Eagen gu beilen.. gsent'
Wputbeter e8 niht baben. nir6 eS portofrel ge=
ianbt nod gmpfana bes greiie5 BON Der 9arts NE
0icine Co., ct. Souls. ND. 51=6n1tS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-10
The Gaynor-Murphy Meeting

IT may not have happened in this way,
but 1t might well have done so. Ii what
has been published is true. why not?
They stood up after an hours talk and
clasped hands very cordially.
Mr. Murphy. this has been a most
pleasant interview TO me. And, let me
add in all candor and kindness. sur
prising one. You know politics-far bet
ter than | do. Public men are SO pulled
and hauled-so overpraised and So over
abused-one is often misled about them.
In your case, for instance |
had dreaded meeting YOU after election
/ had been persuaded to regard you as
at bottom a selfish boss of II corrupt or
ganization. who had only spoil OF one
kind or another in mind--a contract for
this man, or an office for that But /
find the opposite to be true. l have your
word for it. All you desire is good gov
eminent for the town. and the best men
for the places. Have i your consent to
say to the public that your attitude
toward the new order is wholly unseltish,
and even nom partisan?"
"Well-er-judge. I'd put II about this
way: That / want the best men for the
places. Leave me little margin for the
boys to feel that l consider you can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-10
The Food Supply Problem

III the inquiries that are being conduct
ed into the phenomenon OF high food
prices result in the conclusion that the
cause of greater demand III relation
10 the supply readjustDents will obvious
II be necessary, for . reform in this di-
reetion is imperative. 1t has been sug-
Eested that the trouble arises from the
fact that there Is no longer a sufficient
quantity of foodstuns produced from the
soil To meet the needy OF all classes Of
society. This can hardly be fully true,
else famine would result. Where any
section OF society suffers from an made
quatc food supply the fault lies not in
the prices, but i'll the lack of income
That Is TO say, actual want results from
the inability to buy food at any price
There may be distress owing to the high
prices among the poorer people whose IN
comes have continued, but there Will al
WAYS be some source of food supply
within their means, poor as it may he
Undoubtedly fewer people are today
using the soil, relatively speaking, than
fifty years ago. Far fewer people today
than formerly are subsisting exclusive
ly upon their own land holdings. So
ciety has become more interdependent,
more highly specialized. Farmers are
producing particular crops rather than
general crops, and the result is that their
products are more easily manipulated by
large interests. The extension of the
cities has invaded the area of productive
truck farming. driving the frontiers back
ward. Farmers who find themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-10
The Census Takers.

From various parts of the country come
reports that there is dearth of good
material for the positions of census emu
merators. Everywhere there are more
applications than places, but according
to the complaints of the state supervisors
the average of efficiency on the part of
those seeking appointment is not high.
This is hardly a matter Of wonder.
These places are only temporary, offering
employment for few weeks at a mod
est rate Of pay. The work is not easy
and if conscientiously performed i'm
poses a severe tax upon the enumeration.
Indeed. this situation discloses the weak
ness of the decennial census system. To
a certain extent the fault has been cured
by the establishment of a permanent
census bureau, insuring the establish
ment OF standards and the maintenance
of an efficient preparatory process. But
when the time comes to count the peo-
pie the actual work must be done by
enumerators chosen from a virtually I'M
employed class. among whom, in some To-
calities, the average of competency is
low. Possibly way can be found
10 overcome this difficulty, though it is
obvious that the United States cannot
maintain a permanent staff of enumera-
tors Yet upon the statistics gathered by
the census bureau depend large interests.
We are using our information regarding
ourselves more intelligently than ever,
and the statistics should be the more
carefully compiled for that reason. In
view of the important issues now pending
il is to be hoped that this next census
will be taken with greater care than
ever before and that no indictment can
lie brought against the results
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-10
The Ballinger-Pinchot Matter.

If possible let us all keep % the point.
The proposition is a fair and thorough in
vestigation of the charges brought against
Secretary Ballinger. They are in part
specific. and in part general. Specifica-
tons of wrongdoing are given, and they
are offered to support the general charge
that the Secretary is an enemy of the
true policy of conservation. Mr.. Ballinger
denies the charges, specific and general,
has asked for congressional inquiry and
one is to be ordered. This is the matter,
proper.
There are two side issues-Rooseveltis
and Cannonism. Neither should figure in
the business. but both do. Friends of Mr..
Roosevelt-though not with his authority
are anxious to have him return to Office,
and are trying to pave the way for his
nomination to the presidency in 1912. 1t
will serve their purpose if they can break
down the Taft administration, and they
are striking at it through this attack on
Mr.. Ballinger. The game is as plain as a
pikestaff-so plain that the players have
weakened themselves by the holiness of
their maneuverings. The back-from- Elba
banner has been too conspcuoIsly dis
played.
Enemies of Mr. Cannon have seized the
occasion for their purposes short time
ago the President was warned against Mr.
Cannon. who. it was alleged, was getting
ready to dish the administration in the
House. But the House insurgents. upon
an allegation that Mr.. Cannon was pre-
pairing to pack the House end of the In
vestigating committee in favor of the ad-
ministration, allied themselves with the
democrats of that body to deprive the
Speaker of the power Of selection. Thus
Mr.. Cannon has been the object of two
attacks. In the one he has been de-
scribed as an enemy of the administra-
ton; in the other as tool. He cannot be
both. Is he either?
1t should not be forgotten that this in
vestigation is not to be conducted in a
corner. The sessions will be open to the
public, and the public will attend. Every
body is taking notice now, and before
the end. everybody will possess good
deal of information ons the subject. Then
will come the report or reports and the
discussion OF them in both Senate and
House.
1t is easy to say there should be no
politics in this controversy. There should
be none. But there will be some. How
much remains to be seen But of this
we may all be certain: whenever politics
appears it will be very plain. In the
circumstances that exist no committee
could be packed for or against the admin
straton without an exposure of the fact,
and such exposure would injure. if it did
not ruin. the side guilty of the skull
duggery. Any committeeman who drags
in Rooseveltism. or Cannonism, or any
other factionism or partyism. will do SO
at the peril of his reputation man and
legislator, and to the detriment of the OBJ
ject he has avowedly in view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-10

close to the city are in turn specializing
in the lines of the greatest profit, and the
result is, on the larger scale, a sys-
tenn of price regulation in the interest
of profits to all the agents of distrbu-
ton.
If means can be found to bring the
farmers product directly to the consum-
er, with competition between individual
sources of supply, prices will probably
fall. There is virtually no competition
today III supplying the markets of a
large city. The farmer is not in a posi-
ton to affect the price. The consumer
at his end of the line Is practically help
less. He must take what the market
affords at the market rates or go with
out. One consequence of this condition
is to drive into the country homeseekers
who have a small capital, undertaking
to supply their own table from their
rural or suburban lots. This in turn
sets up demand for land near town
which does not produce goods for the
market. while the market is subject to
an ever-increasing demand through the
natural increase in the population.
This research will be far-reaching and
should be carefully conducted by Con-
greSs, not merely to lay bare the price
lists and percentages of profit but to
teach conclusions helpful in the future,
to indicate possible lines of agricultural
development that will insure sufficient
supply of food material for urban con-
sumption at reasonable prices. The rem
edy may be found to lie in the establish
ment of municipal markets under condi-
tions which will encourage the growing
of food crops III the immediate vicinity
and establish competition on both sides,
between the food growers for the market
and between buyers for the produce.
From such system Will result a normal
line of prices subject to seasonal fiuc-
tuations and the effect of particular eli
matte conditions.