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Show I WOQLIVIEN ASK I LOWERJREIEHT BBj Victor 0. Johnson of Idaho 1 1 i - Mil , stitufes Campaign Against IBflfl Railroad Tariffs. Hi FACTORY HORROR STILL llll . INTERESTS NEW YORK HH Like the Slocum Disaster, How- BH1 ever, Reforms Required HI May Be, Only Temporary. HI BY EALPH JOHNSON. HUH By, Leased Wire to Tlie Tribune. MBM NEW YORK. April 22. The tranrcon- BHB tlncntal railroads arc to have another HH fight waged against them for n reduction BIhH .of. freight rates. Victor O. Johnson of NHSI Shoshone, Ida., general counsel for the Una National Woolgrowers association. Is in Unfl tho cast to lay plans for bringing an ac- H9H lion against the roads. The complaint is Ul made that shippers of wool are diacrimi- 191 natcd against in freight rates and that Hffl the roads havo persistently refused to nH grant any conccBslons. BHH ."Whllo the frcigiit rate on wool from BH the Pacillc coast to the Atlantic seaboard BBH is SI a hundred pounds," said Mr. John- DI son, "tho woolgroworp of tho Intermoun- Hfflfl tain states, who produce the largest pro- HffM portion of wool grown in this country. MMB1 are required to pay Jl.fioJ a hundred Wtmm pounds from the Intcrmountaln territory HHH to Chicago, about half the distance the HB railroads haul the wool from the Pacific SB coast. It costs our growers to ship their jUMH - -wool from home in the Atlantic more UH than double that which the Pacific coast RRBB pcopk: pay for shipment across the con- mHH "With the inccrased cost of produc- UH tion, due to the withdrawal for grazing HBfl purposes of public lands, and the taking Ul away of winter pasturage by the ex- HBB tension of Irrigation systems. n nil tho BBH decreased price of wool, It Is time, our HU people think, that the railroads should HjBfl make some reduction In the freight rates, flnj and the National Woolgrowers assoclu- BBW tion is preparing to niaJte a strong fight. WW to bring it about." HBB Another Fruit Valley. ' MM! "Tho most promising valley in this HJHJ country is situated in western Colorado, HM and is familiarly known as the 'fruit HHMI belt,' " says 'H. O. Towlcs of that state. IHH "Undoubtedly it is the host locality in H99 t,ic United States for the production of KB deciduous frulfs. Plateau creek divides BBB -the valley In two parts and receives its BJHJ supply from twelve tributaries. These BBB tributaries, together with Plateau, fur- BWi nish water for irrigation purposes. Along BIB lho s'Pes f Grand Mesa, which surround BHH this valley, the golden grain and purple BIB alfalfa hold their sway, with perhaps a BBJ farm building here and there. Far away BJBJ 'in the distance can be seen the peaks of BJRB Grand Mesa, towering like some ancient BJBj castle or fortress, making the picture one BBB of unsurpassed beauty. Thus wo have BB an Arcadia, or, I might say, a mountain HflB "The fruits xf the mtd-temnerato zone BJMf ' grow on the sunny slopes and constitute' an industry that is highly remunerative. BB1 Tne vallei in the summer of IPOS! pro- UBJ duced probably 100 carloads of fruit, and BJBJ in the future will join her sister, the BJB Grand valley. In making a record for the HUB state. Its berries are considered tho finest BB1 ln tnR world In 1907 one five-acre tract njl -of dewberries netted tho, owner S2800. The BBl ' summer preceding, the second year after BB' Its planting, it cleared '$1500. Within a BlB tow years the valley will present one long B series of orchards, gardens and farms." BBJ Back From Canada. j&Dj American farmers, who for the past Bflj decade have been lured by the fertile BHJ lands of the Canadian Northwest to de- nUJ sert their native country, are flocking BBl back again, according to Lewis M. Por- HJBJ ter of Helena. Mont. Wtvm "The Musselshell valley, which is the &jgfl; district In the central eastern part of the jpfljl' state, claims to be reaping the richest IjafH harvest," said Mr Porter, "from these Bjgsl returning tillers, many of whom are dc- Iffljt sorters of worn-out farms In the eastern BjK part o 11,0 United States. BJB "Dry farming in this district Is claimed BHJ to be now at Its farthest development, BJB and on account of the cheapness of the BM tend it is proving the most popular terrl- BM tor for homcsteadlng. The land is fcr- BnH tile and sells at $20 and 2 HO an acre. But Grain, of course, is the principal product. BB although ln some of the Irrigated and MJB better watered sections fruits and vegeta- fifJJJB hies are raised on a scale that approaches g3 the productiveness of Washington and Hk Probe Factory Horror. BJB New York; is a peculiarly forgetful city. Ttfflj It takes the biggest kind of a sensation to hold the interest of the Manhattanitc iurS-i for a week, and two -weeks Is about the . K ultimate limit. BHS It Is, perhaps, because ln and about the BUB hi? city so many big things happen that SjRHJ the power of being interested Is so con- MK.-tW stantly strained that it loses its resiliency. Bh The big shirtwaist fire which cost the BBj lives of UG people, mostly young girls, 9H seems to be an exccpllou to the rule, BJK however. It really looks as though New BIB ' Vork intended to keep this horror in 135 mind, not only until somebody is pun- BJH iEhed. but until precautions arc taken Mai which will make such wholesale sucritlce IHfif, next to impossible In future. BKE - Indictments have been brought against S3 some of those responsible for th" loss of Kl ' ilfc and laws ar being pushed to coni- JuH pel reforms arid fix responsibility for B'fl their enforcement. 9I It will take. all the newspapers can do. B, however, to keep up the interest until B l the work begun shall be carried to com- pletion, and then it Is doubtful If the I At results wll be permanent, mm There was. it will Uo remembered, a II' great crusade for safely on steamboats MM after the Slocum dlsaslci. For a tlm; HQ H Sre a?d boat dri"9 Ft ict Inspection of if .8 ni'e apparatus and other precaulionarv MM measures were the rule, but It is verv Uim doubtful f- the condition among craft SBIthS tlie waters in the vicinity of Now H tig JorK Is verj' different, from what It was MM before the Slocum bunu'd. It is to be M feared thesnme tiling .Viii be (rue 'about MM. Hip safetv of fn'Mmv girls." ijfaf - Since the election of Senator O'Gorman. tfjl New ork Is about the deadest pine in I IH th.e country politically. Even the sessions MM 5 congress, the possibilities of tnrlff re-SWjlg re-SWjlg vision and the playing for position of the nyflt various candidates for the presidential WXg nominations fail to arou?i! interest. HJJF Leader Mtirphy has not even begun Kx the overhauling of the Tammany ma-Blffl! ma-Blffl! china made neco8sar by the strain of Clrwl the senatorial deadlock. It is an off iff! y?ar politics anyway and "there Is not Hi .i?e,y,t0 nny crc,lt excitement until mm ' , . tjons1 R comop for assembly nomlna- l Check Cashing Profltabla. fM "One wouldn't think, there Is monov iy) really to be made In cashing elieckK, mil huI,1 lr If It- is worked propl!rlv." H; Portland Or " 'IICr 0f " ,,ank"m I I; "I know of ono of my bank's customing! custom-ing! f.rs.?'no rYm a flrst-claes cafe, and with W.-i 't there Ic a strong Inducement of a Ml I , ' tempting free lunch. Every dav he (i k cashes checks amounting to several hun-U hun-U i dreds of dollars. Thore In not n week II :K passes that he dues not cash the cheeks' ?T ?nf, large nrm t,)at approximates JCOO. Ml ' Including many individual checks. I Sfij asked him how h couhl airord to b.- bothered with that; sort of thing. MM Bothered V he replied.. 'Why there'8 mU' money In it. .Just about 10 per cent of lUM that, money .'gno Into our till In tliei'D MM course of a week He explained to n H mm "'at on payduv the crowd will ij-lft In 1 I ifl l,r" ovp,V their - checka. and borne, of J 5SIIEJ them will spend from $2 to $3 before 1 )JMi tno eoliHMio of V.o.l f.loWH' breaks up. Tho samo crowd will make the plnce their rendezvous for tho mlddav lunch or after work, and there will be many treats passed along tho lino before tho evening Is over. In tho evenings or on Saturady nights, these samo men" prefer pre-fer to buy their Sunday beverages from the man who accommodates them. ."The whole thing Ik in knowing human nature, Whero ono man will pass a bad check, there aro hundreds of others who will never attempt it. and the percent, age of lo6s compared with the prollis accruing from the increased patronage to accommodating proprietors, Is small." |