East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-09


equitable and just than the old on,
and is a blessing to the people as q
whole. They know the producers are
not suffering but are enjoying a per.
iod OF remarkably high prices. II
lumber has been made little cheaper
by the new tariff the result is bene-
ficial, not harmful. from the stand
point OF the public
The day OF the tariff for special
privilege is gone and the sooner the
fact is recognized the better il will be
for all concerned.
The epidemic OF foot and mouth
disease promises to raise much
trouble with stock
The Latest Stock men. Already nine
Quarantine. states in the mid
die west and east
are under quarantine and the Chicago
stock market is closed. This is GER
tain to have a depressing effect on
stock prices in some sections though
the northwest may not be greatly
concerned since most Of our stock
goes to Portland and the cound.
The cattle market is bound to be
upset at least temporarily by the clos
ing down Of the Chicago stock yards"
said Professor E. L. Potter, beef
specialist in charge of the o. A. C.
Animal Husbandry department THE
effect OF turning away $4,000, 900
worth Of beef cattle during every week
that the plants are shut down will be
far reaching. Much of the western
stuff that has been finding its way
to the Chicago yards will be diverted
to other packing centers, notably
Kansas City and Omaha, where the
unusually heavy supply must glut
the market. The inevitable effect OF
a continued quarantine will greatly
disturb the normal channels of trade
in cattle and meat, producing a sur
plus in some quarters and a scarcity
in others.
of course some of the live stock
can be held, but much Of it viii be
forced by lack of feed and other
causes to find a market somewhere.
The extent to which this will force
down prices cannot be known, since
the Chicago yards have been in con-
tinuous operation for almost so years
and we have no closing precedent TO
base estimates on. Closing for a few
days should not be serious since about |
one half Of the 4,Oo0, 900 receipts are /
accepted on Mondays. But if the
prevalence Of the mouth disease forces
sl9sing over a period of several weeks
he effects must be serious"
Vhe most encouraging feature of the
ittnation is the fact the government
S taking hold of the problem with
'uc7l energy it should not be long IN
II she disease will be stamped out 80
he quarantine can be removed.
According TO telegram from LOu-
Ion. published in the Amsterdam
Handelshlad." the Eng
Chese ish censorship is nov
Censorship. being extended to cover
even the transmission Of
newspapers. whether published in
England or on the continent, whick
ontain war news.
"Enslishmen who arrive in London
rom HOlland or Scandinavian coun- 4
ries aSs carefully searched" accord
ng to the dispatch. ''and any news
apers they may have about them are ,
onfiscatsd by the customs inspec-
Ors London firms are not permitted
0 receive German papers from Hol-
and as they are in danger of arrest
Or doing business with the enemy.
Travellers arriving at Amsterdam
rOal England say that repeatedly on
ertsin days even travellers leaving
'ngland were searched and AL Eng
sh 1ewspapers found upon them
fken from them.
Notwithstanding regular steamboat
'affic between Holland and England :
n such days no English newspapers
ere received in Holland.
Occasionally" the dispatch con-
udes, -some newspapers come .
Irongh. bat on the whole the latest +
owe OF the English censors has n
oven generally effective"
S-~S-$O~SS~
The wool market is trying TO follow
e wheat pit to higher attitudes. d