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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
THE POWERS SAY GLANDS OFF,

The situation in the Turko-Italian
war is a study of diplomacy that is
very interesting, and the conclusion
reached is that the powers of Europe
are fighting free from any entangling
alliance and are really working for
peace. In the first place Italy and
Turkey do not furnish the material
for much of a war. The quarrel is
trivial and the fighting strength of the
two forces not very considerable even
If they were bent on pursuing a bit
ter war, which they evidently are not,
There is nothing that indicates the
desire for universal peace so much
as the attitude of the powers at this
time All apprehension that they
might take sides and complicate the
situation is dispelled by the unanimous
decision that they have reached that
they will agree on Hands off, as
policy in this emergency and furthe
than this it seems quite certain that
they will use their best endeavor sing
" and collectively to intervene in the
interests of peace.
All Of this indicates that the nations
of the earth have a community in
terest in preserving peace that out
weighs their desire to go to war.
This is what makes it possible and de-
sirable to frame and promulgate ar
bitration treaties, and the best arma-
ment for the nations in the future
will be in the nature of arbitration
treaties rather than in dreadnaughts,
submarines forts and fortitications.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
When dealt with

follow that policy. =. When dealt with
candidly the controlling majority Il
any American community will be rea-
sonable.'
1.-THE gas situate. r. - bad way
In Boston when it was put in the
hands of Mr.. Richards on account of
what he had already done in man.
aging street cars His gas company
now has the exclusive privilege OF
selling gas in Boston. and it does not
abuse that privilege. When all the
companies were consolidated in 1905
gas was selling at one dollar. 1t is
now selling at eighty cents. By the
contract between the city and the
company the rate of dividends can
only go up as the price of gas goes
down, and under this arrangement
there has been an increase from seven
to nine per cent.
"Of course Mr.. Richards has more
than one kind of ability, but the abil-
ity to recognize the nature of our pub
lie is an important one, and he Is q
leader in the business of our day
when he says: The more the public
knows about the corporations serving
them the better it will be for both
interests"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
TIRED rundown PEOPLE
A North Carolina Man Suggests
a Remedy

Greensboro, N. C.-"For a long
time l was SO run down and debili-
tated that I could hardly drag around.
My appetite was poor and I could not
sleep nights. had tried different So
called tonics without benefit. was
advised to try your cod liver and
iron tonic. Vinol, and am so glad I
did, for 1t gave me hearty appetite.
soon commenced to sleep soundly.
and I feel strong, well and more &C.
tive than / have for years. Every rum
down or debilitated person should
just give Vinol q trial" K. Allsbrook.
What Vinol did for Mr.. Allsbrook
It will do for every weak, rundown or
debilitated person in this vicinity. To
show our faith we will furnish the
medicine free If it does not do as we
claim. Come in and get a bottle on
these terms.
Fred l.. Janeck, Druggist.
North Yakima, Wash
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
TIT SQUARE DEAL AS A BUSINESS
ASSET

We hear a great deal about the
ethics of a square deal and are wont
to consider it chiefly from that point
of view and dwell upon its altruistic
value, but it has material side that
is equally valuable. This has been
summed up under the homely aphor-
and dismissed without much further
consideration as one of those old saws
that do not saw much wood.
But corporations themselves under
suspicion and known to be soulless
have learned under the pressure need
for greater efficiency in management
that they may study and practice ths
square deal and be materially benefit
ed by the Inauguration of such a pol
icy. There are managers of corpora
tons that believe nothing is lost by
taking the people into their confidence
and they willing give to the public
that information which the courts are
vainly trying to tear from the rec
ords of less sagacious heads of corpor-
atoms. a recent example of this new
or form of cooperation and confidence
comes from Boston and the situation
| Is thus discussed by Golfers:
( The value of straightforwardness
In business probably never had more
striking illustration than in the sue
cess with which James l.. Richards has
been running the Boston Gas COM
pany. The price of gas has been going
down and the profits of the business
have been going up. The public is
treated well and the public is friend
ly to the company. More gas is burn
ed in the city than ever before There
fore, although the gas is cheaper. the
receipts ar larger The customer feels
that he is getting a square deal. Mr.
/ Richards recently said: Tell the peo-
pie the truth. work openly, and they
will De Just to the corporations which
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
POLITICAL GHOST DANCING

James J. Hill says that there is
nothing tho matter with the country,
except that the politicians are engaged
in political ghost RANGES" What
the country really needs in the esti-
nation of this great financier is the
restoration OF confidence. In the state
legislatures and in congress there has
been tendency to pass radical laws
without stopping to think of the ef-
fects on business. The result is that
the people are holding back waiting
to see what will come next.
'While there is every physical rea
son why the country shrould be pros
perous," says Mr.. HILL" the men who
have money to invest have adopted
the policy of sitting fast and holding
tight This new kind of legislation
is not helping bushes and We can't
go ahead when Il considerable part of
are waiting to see if a steadier feel
ing will not prevail"
To substantiate his observations Mr..
Hill cites the facts that there is plenty
of money in the banks, that the crops
have been good and that the general
business outlook warrants a revival
of prosperity.
The nation is endebted to James j.
Hill for many important observations
on phases of political and economic
situations and is always willing to lend
an attentive eat to what he has to
say. The great chief of the Great
Northern was one of the first and has
been one of the most persistent ex-
ponents Of the need of the country to
get back to the soil and seek through
intensive and scientific cultivation
to increase the production of the land
as a means of solving the vexed prob
lens of high cost of living.
For series of years those who
nave been following the observations
# this master mind in the financial
world have realized that he is keen
analyst and always very close to the
heart of the matter IN his sizing up
of the situation. When he says then
that there is nothing the matter with
the country save that the politicians
are ghost dancing the people are
very willing to "think it over" and the
more consideration they give to the
matter the more they are convinced
that Mr.. Hill has with his usual pre-
cision aimed a shaft at the very CEN
Ter of the prevailing disturbance.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

There 10 q great wave Of popular
approval following President Taft a
he passes over the country. In Q
measure this is due to the fact that
he is the nations chief executive but
over and above this there is q per-
sonal interest in the man and in his
policies. He is franksminded and fair
He is judicial and exact. He IL meet.
ing his DIRECTORS half way and no,
attempting to hide behind the great.
ness of office to meet the issues tina,
his policies have raised.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
THE GROWING OF EQUALITY
FRUIT

There is a very significant fact con-
nected with the interview that the
Herald published from William Ger
hardt in the issue of Saturday morn
ing, and that is that the Yakima val
ley has established q reputation for
growing and marketing equality"
fruit and that as long as it sustains
this reputation is will have no diff
Guilty in marketing its product no mat
ter what the crop has been in other
fruit growing sections of the country.
Mr. Gerhardt came here from Texas
to buy apples because he has built up
market for the fine grade of fruit
grown in this valley and knows that
he will lose money if he attempts to
substitute an inferior grade. 1t is not
question of what the supply is in
other apple growing localities but it
is a question of supplying a trade
that wants the quality fruit grown in
Yakima valley. This fact should be
driven home to the understanding of
every grower in the valley.
1t will be remembered that a few
weeks since another buyer visited
Yakima and gave out an interview to
the effect that there was great APP
pie crop all over the eastern states
this year and that Yakima growers
had better sell when they had an Of
fer or they would drive their custom
ers to the eastern orchards for their
supply. He was less candid than Mr..
Gerhardt but he too was in possess
sion of the same facts, that there was
demand for the Yakima apple, be-
cause it was the Yakima apple over
and above the fact of the possible
world supply.
This is a situation which ought TO
encourage growers in this section
and teach them the lines of develop
ment that they had best pursue in the
future development of their orchards
and in the marketing of their fruit.
Quality and not quantity is the real
asset of the apple growers of this
| section. This is the reputation they
must sustain at all hazards. 1t is
this which will preserve their markets
regardless of the crops that may be
grown in other localities.
Aside from the fact that soil and
climatic conditions are a strong fac
tor in building vuality, there is the
care in packing and marketing only
the choicest fruit that depends who'll
ly upon the grower and in which the
whole valley Is vitally interested. This
fact can not be hhde too prominent
that quality" shsHld be the highest
aim of every grower.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE
GOLDEN EGG

Since the Indianapolis mayor has
cut the price of potatoes in two and
has not needed to lessen the long haul
to market, the dealers have been rob-
bed of specious argument concerning
the high freight charges that add so
materially to the market price. May
or Shanks has sold four carloads OF
potatoes which he has delivered to
citizens at fair margin of profit
above the original cost plus the trans
portation charges, but this is not the
best thing he has done for out of his
action has grown the consumers
league which represents the united eff.
fort of the consumers to seek some
plan to lower the high cost of living.
The incident in Indianapolis is only
specific instance where the ultimate
consumer has arisen against the ex-
orbitant prices he is being compelled
to pay by reason of the fact that the
retailers have formed a combine to
maintain prices. In some cities it is
even alleged that the commission mer
have united to destroy food products
brought to the market in order to
keep down the supply and be able to
boost the price. Such an action is
I,t1 f,.o4 1,,s nf q
combination on the part of consumers
to defeat the ends aimed at by the
food trusts If the concerted action
begun in Indianapolis and elsewhere
can be maintained it may be possible
that the dealers in maintaining high
prices at any cost have succeeded in
killing the goose that laid the golden
egg.
The consumer has been long suf-
fering. In this age of combinations
and cooperation he has been the last
to enter the field. He has seen capt.
tai combine to form all sorts Of trusts,
OI WHICH ne has DeeH llle
VICTIM he has seen labor combine
to maintain wages and watched the
result through varying conflicts. 1t
is small wonder then that in the stress
of the times the ultimate consumer
has learned his lesson and will fight
back combination with combination,
and trust with trust.
Why not a consumers league with
cooperative buying? The idea is not
new. 1t has been tried many tim es
and in many forms but the necessity
that brings it forward at this time
may carry with it the cooperation
that will make it successful in at
tanning the ends sought-the reduc-
ton of the high cost of living by fore
ing the mere handlers of food pro-
ducts to take less profit.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

1t is very f1attering piece Of news
to tell of the increased demand IN
Australia and New Zealand for the
choice fruits grown in the Yakima
valley. 1t is a certain indication that
the acreage set to fruits may be many
times multiplied without any serious
danger of the market being glutted.
When the Panama canal is opened
the range of possibilities will be in
many times greater.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

The Portland Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION is planning to present an or
dinance to the council which will pro-
hibit saloons and cigar stands from
occupying prominent corners in the
city. The main objection is that the
crowds OF loafers congregated before
these places are an empediment to traf-
tic and menace to the morals of the
city. The men and boys who congre,
gate in these places ogle the women
who pass and make it necessary to en-
force police regulation TO prevent them
from being lnsulted. Here is re-
form that appeals to the social and
the economic side and is an illustra-
ton of the progressive spirit that is
at work in directing governmental af-
fairs both state and municipal In
this same spirit the North Yakima
| commissioners have asked the saloons
to retire from Front street The
movement is commendable and wholly
in the interests of the social upift
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
-.OCAL TRUSTS AND THE
PARCELS POST

! N;.le the interests of the nation
at large liz directed to the fight against
the great trusts, the people are COM
Ing more and more to realize the ills
they are suffering because of the little
trusts--the combinations in restraint
of trade that the commission men and
the retailers are thrusting upon them
by imposing prices far in excess OF
the real justification.
The high cost of living must come
down and the city government and the
consumers are in many places coop
Grating to bring this about through
the means Of public markets and CO.
operative buying. In this connection
the advantage of the parcels post is
certain to become a factor in the reg
ulation of prices. The fact that the
consumer will be able to buy at dis
lance and move his purchase at
lessened cost will tend to regulate the
local markets and keep prices down
to a minimum.
The parcels post is to be established
first on the rural routes, according to
the plans projected by Postmaster
Hitchcock, and in this way it will be
longer in reaching the communities
most effected by combinations con-
trolling markets but 1t is certain to
win its way just as the savings bank
has done and it's force will be felt In
the regulation of prices now too often
controlled entirely by those who are
operating both at the expense OF the
producer and the consumer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

The sale of prize winning stock for.
lowing the fair indicates that breed
ers the on the outlook for first class
stock to head their herds and are will.
ing to pay the price for what the ex-
pert Judges have picked out as the
superior grade. Stockbreeding is one
of the growing industries of the state
and the records Of the state fai,
awards show that Yakima county con-
tains some of the best herds to be
found in the Pacific northwest.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

The death Of Admiral Schley re.
moves one of the notable characters
developed in our late war with Spain
The schley-sampson controversy was
one of the incidents that marred the
brilliant achievements of the American
navy in that war. Public sentiment
was at that time and has been since
largely in favor of Admiral Schley
and the verdict recently made clear.
ing his record is one that was received
with popular approval.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
Make the Market Municipal

East side business men are doing
splendid work in arousing public sem
timent on the subject of a public
market. They are going to accom-
plish something; there is no doubt at
all about that. We are going to have
public market of some sort or
other; but there is only one sort that
we ought to have as permanent in
stitution, and that is a market own
ed and controlled by the municipali-
ty.
We would like to inquire why it is
that the city council is not deeply
interested in this question of a pub
lie market as the East Side business
men are? The establishment of
such market is purely for public
benefit, best realized under public ad-
ministration Why is it that the city
council hesitates to take hold of it?
1t ought to be worth while for a
public servant to consider what he
could do. that through the legitimate
channels of government would make
living conditions better for the peo-
pie VINO eleCleu HllIl. IHdt SeeIHS 10
be the average mans conception of
the manner in which an official
ought to view his duty to the people.
And it would seem too, if the coun-
Gil has any regard for the average
mans conception, 1t would take up
this matter of public market with
out further delay.
The people of this city need such
market. They will profit by it, and
the sooner they have it the sooner
they will begin to profit, and the
more the profit will be ultimately.
The public market idea is not a
fad; it is the urging of an economy
that almost amounts to a necessity.
1t is something bound to be of bene-
fit to the mass of plain people. II
will benefit those families that will
patronize 1t directly, and, by compe-
tition, those who will continue to buy
their goods in the same old way. 1t
is good sense and money in the peck
etbook of the plain people, and the
council ought to wake up to a relai-
zation of those facts Portland Tele-
gram
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION

THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION
Great interest has conferred in the
California election that will take place
today. 1t comes at the end of very
notable campaign and the result will
settle whether or not the Golden
State" will join hands with it's sister
Oregon on the north in the adoption
of the so-called progressive policies.
All told, the state will vote on
twenty-three amendments, the most
notable of these being the initiative,
the referendum and recall, and equal
suffrage The recall will also include
the recall of judges. and the last has
the sanction of ex-President Roose-
Welt in it's application to the condi-
tions in California. The battle has
been bitterly waged and some of the
most notable campaigners in the Unit
ed States have been called into Cali
fornia in the campaign of eduction.
Following the spirited campaign in
San Francisco, where the reform
forces won a very notable victory, it is
believed that there has been such an
awakening of the people that the re-
form measures will carry by an over
whelming vote. The fight for reform
has been lead by Governor Johnson
and the victory, if it comes, will be
largely due to his splendid effort
No other state in the Union seems
to have been ridden over by the "spe-
cial interests" so much as has the
state of California, and the election
TODAY will determine whether or not
the government of the state will be
returned to the hands of the people.
The initiative and the referendum
are coupled in one amendment but
the recall stands alone, and it is
against the recall that the conflict has
specially directed. Concerning this
the San Francisco Bulletin says:
"Of all the amendments about to
be submitted to the voters for their
approval or rejection only one has
drawn the concentrated fire of all the
special interests and the agents of the
special interests. That one is the re-
call. This amendment would give the
people power to revoke the commits
sions of elective Judges who have
proved themselves incompetent or
corrupt The special interests object
to the people assuming such power.
special interests want more than a
fair deal"
The corruption in the city of San
Francisco which was aired in the
courts is a notable example of the
worst in municipal government and
this, coupled with the pernicious in
huence which the interests have ex-
erted in the state at large, is respon-
sible for the intense feeling that has
wrought up the fever heat of the
cam paign. 1t is estimated that the
greatest vote ever polled in the state
will be cast there today and it is con-
ceded that the forces of reform have
the best of the campaign and that vic
tory will be largely on that side, and
in favor of genuine popular govern
ment
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11

Senator Stephenson evidently be-
lieves that his responsibility in the
campaign ceased when he tapped the
barrel. This was the political ethics
of a quarter of century ago but
hardly up to the demands of this age
of the awakening conscience. The
senator had money to burn, but this
does not dispose of the very pertinent
inquiry-Whose money was it?
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-10-11
TAFT GETS 4 CANE
FROM GLACIAL, Wash.

SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. Pres
ident Taft has among the souvenirs
of his western trip a cane cut from
a stump, which scientists declare was
tree before the glacial period. the
wood was found in the valley OF the
south fork of the Old Man river IN
the southern part of the province oil
Alberta by Professor w. s. Foster
geologist and explorer, living in spo-
kane. The cane, which is valued al
$4,000, was presented by Edwin I.
Conan, president of the chamber OF
commerce, on behalf Of the people
of Spokane.
THE stump, which stood in a peat
bed, was found beneath so feet OF
glacial wash" said Professor Foster
giving a history of the discovery
land preserved to the present day
by one of the wonderful freaks OF
nature. The peat, from which the
stump was taken, is on sandstone
formation and Is about three feet In
thickness. Seaweeds and flag-stocks
found nearby also were well pre-
served.
This peat bed was uncovered by
the wearing away of the glacial wash
by floods and the flow of the Old Man
river. There is not the least ques-
ton in my mind that the tree grew
before the glacial period, more than
250,000 years ago, but SO far I have
not been able to ascertain the kind
of wood it is.
1.-THE discovery was made not long
ago in the Frank district, which Is
$50 miles north of Spokane and fully
400 miles east of the Pacific ocean
The presence of well-preserved sea-
weed and flag-stock in abundance
buried under 60 feet Of glacial de-
post, appears to be sufficient proof
of its antiquity, though I have much
other evidence of scientific character
to bear out all of my assertions.
More than that, l am prepared to
satisfy any one posted on such things
by showing them the stump from
which the wood was cut, also the for
nation in which the discovery was
made"