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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1920)
10 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 21, 1920 1L0FL IS EXPECTED SOON Millmen and Dealers Believe . Business Will Improve. COSTS HELD TOO HIGH Effort "Will Be Made to Increase Tlant Efficiency and to Meet Call for Somes. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) Representative lumber manu facturers, wholesalers and retailers of the Pacific coast express the view that the lumber industry will soon recover from its present slump. The belief is expressed that the marked housing shortage throughout ' the country will be the cause of a re newed demand for lumber and that conditions in the lumber-producing Industry will begin to show improve ments after the first of the new year. The poll was taken by the American Lumberman. "This country must have homes. The building- programme depends on the ability of the carriers to trans port lumber to consuming- territory," said the Weyerhaeuser Sales com pany of Spokane, Wash. "Railroads are short both rolling stock and mo tive power. Such equipment as they have must be utilized constantly if the great need for building is to be supplied. - Lumber is now selling at producing points at one-half to two third of prices that prevailed early in 1920. Widespread" prosperity caused by a big crop sold at high prices and steady employment of labor at big wages have put in the hands of the people 'tremendous purchasing power, which means a big consump tion of labor." Costs Must Be Reduced. A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth Kelly Lumber company, Eugene, Or., and vice-president of the West Coast Lumbermen's association .said: "The result of the election, in my opinion, will not have any immediate effect on business. The next administration can, and I believe will, eo conduct national affairs that the business world gradually will take heart and start ahead in a normal manner. Manufacturers should devote their energy to getting the Industry on a stable basis, and to do so should at once limit production to demand and then reduce costs. Increase efficiency in all departments, improve selling methods and center on details of busi ness which we have all neglected for the last two years. . Careful man agement will be required for the next year or two." T. A. McCann of the Shevlin-Hlxon company. Bend, Or., expresses his view as follows: "It is our belief that the causes for the present low mar ket with practically no demand are deeper seated than the election. That was discounted long ago. We cannot continue to do business on a top heavy credit structure, with com modity prices so high that imagina tion never dreamed of them. Confidence Declared Need. "When our stock reaches normal wm will shut down till the demand warrants resumption of production, which will probably be about March 1. The revival pf building depends mere on the confidence of the buyers than on lumber prices, and that will mean a material lowering of other Items that enter into the cost of. building besides lumber, and also a better day's work from labor at a reasonable wages. All predictions are guessts rather than based on facti,, as we are traveling on almost un chartered seas these days, with dis turbed rate relations and operating conditions vitally affected by the dif- " ference in the eight-hour and ten hour day." "The election is over and the American people have decided over whelmingly for normalcy," was the statement from John Saarl of the Saari-Tully Lumber company, Port land. "The people believe that the general prosperity and happiness of the country depend on yroeperity of business and. not on 'is-ms.' The record of the party and the men whose privilege and duty it will be to man age the affairs of the government for the next four years Justify gen eral confidence. Business has no reason to hestitate and generally will revive. The need of houses Is appalling. The building industry naturally will be first to benefit. Prices of lumber hava come down where further reduction would spell ruin to the lumber and building in dustries." FRINGE HAS LABOR CRISIS UOBE THAN 12 5,000 WORKERS ESTIMATED AS IDLK. Disruption of Industries Due to War and Profiteering- Offered as Cause of Conditions. PARIS, Nov. 20. The number of former workers now unemployed in France is 125,000, according to offi cial statistics. The total is increas Ine: by daily dismissals in the metal lurgic industry, leather trade, textile and clothing manufacturing Indus tries, and the problem is attracting the attention of the government. During the war the plea of manu facturers was that speedy delivery of coods was impossible- owing to the lack of labor. Now available labor tar exceeds the demand. There are numerous reasons for this surplus, prominent among which are given lack of raw material, rate of exchange against France in most importing countries and high freight rates. It is believed, however, that there is another reason of purely in ternal order. Speculators have held back stocks in order to be able to release them when prices were high est, and consequently do not need to manufacture at present. Others are taid to deliberately restrict produc tion in order that prices -may be kept to their present abnormal level. The high prices have lessened consump tion and the public limits its pur chases to articles of absolute neces- eity, with the result that retailers are J.ot i-etuiing such large orders to wholesalers as formerly. The leather Industry, is- suffering most, nearly half the workers ordi narily employed being out of work. Parisians ingeneral have refused to pay 120 francs for a very ordinary pair of ehoes. At Limoges alone 8000 shemakers are without employment. The clothing industry ts also re portod to be In a bad way. Forty per cent of the workers are idle at a time when ordinarily the factories are at their busiest. The textile industry, on which the towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing de pend, is going through a period of Industry is also affected, owing to the excessive price of furs, especially of the more ordinary kinds, such as rabbit and goat. Thirty per cent of the automobile workers are.: idle 18,000 or 20.000 skilled workmen. Considerable num bers of men employed in the devas tated regions also have left their work; some voluntarily, hesitating to spend the winter in draughty shacks without comfort and amusement; others dismissed by contractors, who have not yet been paid by the state, and who hesitate to retain workmen whose wages they may be unable to pay. . f The question was discussed at a recent cabinet meeting. Industrial groups are occupied in formulating -possible solutions and a mass meet ing or unemployed is to be held at the labor bureau. The principal dif ficulty is not so much in finding work for all concerned, but rather the difficulty of finding suitable work for the many skilled workmen who are at present without employment. There are plenty of openings for un skilled labor in the devastated re gions and the leveling of the Paris fortifications, but laborers are scarce, while skilled workmen are plentiful, but their employment at such work as is available would be nothing less than wasting the country's resources. BUSINESS MEN TO TEACH 18 PORTLAND CITIZENS WILL TALK AT REED COLLEGE." Stndents to Stndy Industrialism From Practical Exponents of Best Methods. Reed college students in industrial methods will benefit from the experi ence of 18 Portland business men who have been invited by L. A. Andrus, part-time economics professor, to lec ture to his class. They will lecture on various Industrial relationships. Some of the lecturers and their subjects will be: Franklin T. Grif fith, "Management of Public Service Corporations."; C. C. Colt, vice-president of the First National bank, and formerly connected with Swift & Co., "The Meat Packing- Industry"; F. C. Knapp, president of the Peninsula Lumber company, "The Marketing of chasing agent for the Bridai Veil Lumbering company, "Employment Management." Other speakers will be Henry Kempenick. buyer for Allen & Lewis; Mr. Ganong, of Kerr, Gifford Co.; "Victor Johnson of the Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse company, and E. B McNauKhton. contractor. The aim ,ot these lectures will be not- only to give the practical ex perience of the speakers to the stu dents, but also to bring the city and Reed college together. A problem has been assigned the class to test the knowledge gained by the students. The problem involves the organiza tion and distribution of the products of the newly organized Portland Vegetable Oil Mills company. Other similar problems will be assigned as the course progresses. Three lectures have already been given on accounting, purchasing and the organization of industrial firms in Portland. The next lecture will be given November 30 by D. M. Bots- ford of th efirm of Botsford. Bots- ford, Constantine & Taylor, on "Mar keting." The class will meet off Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8 o'clock. s LONGEST SPAN PLANNED Tacoma Power Project Held: Tip Pending Court Action. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) When Tacoma develops an other municipal power project on Lake Cushman in Mason county, It will build the longest span In the world to carry the high tension wires over the narrows on. Puget sound. It will be more than one mile long, elec trical engineers announced today. The longest span in use today is 4801 feet in length and extends over the St. Lawrence river. The transmission line from Lake Cushman to Tacoma will be 45 miles long. City officials last' week appeared in the Mason county superior court at Shelton in the' condemnation suits brought to blear title on the power site. As soon as this detail is cleared away active development work will be started. Surveys for the plant and transmission line were completed months ago. The first unit to be developed will add thousands of horse power to Tacoma's present available supply. Suit Filed. Against Bank. YAKIMA, Wash.. Nov. 20. (Spe cial.) Suit has been filed In the Yak ima superior court by Hylas E. and Elizabeth Henry and Claude and Elizabeth Clearwater against the Yakima Valley bank, asking for re turn of 1003 4 shares of stock in Henry, Bros., Inc., and accounting for dividends on , It. The stock, it is claimed, was placed in escrow with the bank to secure funds with which to get Henry Bros., Inc., out of a receivership and lift a mortgage of $11,000 on the home of A. H. Henry. These things. It is claimed, have not been done. If the water and gas mains which underly the streets of New York City were placed end to end they would form a continuous pipe line suffi ciently long to reach from the Atlan tic to the Pacific coast. Monday Special CLEARANCE - SALE Ladies, here is your opportunity for Monday to obtain a beautiful dress for Thanksgiving. You'll be thankful if you tome early Monday morning. ' lie Hnm f -:f I - W MODEL PROMINENT ARTISTS WILL GIVE JOINT RECITAL OF RARE MERIT Charles Hackett and Raoul Vidas, Bo'th Great Artists, Are Engaged to Apyear in Concert at Heilig Theater Night of December L L - ' If"- - i- c i J. 40 t. U ' : ; - - K' -- -V -"ill UlAULKS llACtvLT'I, HUU MILL. APKAll IN JOINT UliClTAL WITH RAOUL VIDAS. STEERS & COMAN have announced tw6 artists (in' Joint recital at the Heilig theater on Decern.? ber 1. The rise of one of them. Charles Hackett, was meteoric, but he has taken his place as a fixed star. The sensation' created by his initial tri umph was hardly more remark able than the secure hold he has gained upon the press and public in so brief a career. He is an inspir ing example for American youth, for he shows what American youth can accomplish under American institu tions. On January-31, 1919, he made his memorable debut at the Metro politan opera house. New York, in "The Barber of Seville." Hackett, the critics said, demonstrated that art as an American-made product could rival anything the old world could produce. He has not rested upon his laurels. Raoul Vidas, violinist, who will 0301 Latest Columbia Always "Remick's for Records" NOVEMBER 22 DRESSES $10.00 SACRIFICED AT LESS THAN 3? ' J -"' i . ' - -v vj it Ah - - ' v - i appear with Hackett, though ' etiU in his teens has had as many tri umphs to his credit as a great many artists, considered in the first rank can claim at twice his age. - Some of his successes were made in England. Vidas was soloist at the 26th. sym phony concert conducted by Godfrey at' Bournemouth with the London Symphony and with orchestras under Hubert Barth and Sir Henry Beecham. Here in a total of 115 concerts cov ering a period) of a year and a half, his playing evoked genuine enthus iasm. Les Amis de les Musique de France recalled 'him from England, however, for a series of recitals which was given throughout France under the auspices of the Ministrex des Beaux Arts. At 16 this youth ful artist comes to the United States to make his American debut Raoul Vidas, whom Thibaut called an ' ex traordinarily perfect nature, whose bow Jean Adalbert considers "capable of everything, even miracles are not Improved Graf onolas -$1.fS.O; , JlPER WEEK If you have a machine you may 1 want a better one. Every home should have some kind of Phono graph and we are quite sure 'none could better please you than Co lumbia Grafonola. You can afford $1.50 per week, and on those terms you cannot af ford to do without a machine. Rem ick's wants to sell you one ! ' You can look here at Grafonolas from $32.50 up. v fait Monday Special WHOLESALE COST These' dresses are part of our regular stock, values up to $59.50, consisting of . sat ins, georgettes, crepes de chine, serges and tricotines, all sizes and colors. Your choice Monday at ?10. You'll be thunderstruck when you see these wonderful values. CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE 381 Alder Street Corner West Park impossible for it" and whom the great Kreisler has pronounced "a formed artist." -- STATE NOW OWNS TOMB Six Acres Surrounding Grave of . Old Tippecanoe Bought by Ohio. CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 20. The tomb of General William Henry Har rison "Old Tippecanoe," first of Ohio's president ha become-' --the property of tire state. It is Hltn&ted on a knoU at North Bend, a suburb to the south of Cincinnati, command ing a magnificent view of the Ohio river. - Possession by the state became ef fective when State Representative Horace Bonser of Cincinnati filed with the county recorder is nuit oin im deeds representing- the interests of the .Harrison tre'ra, scattered from New none to California, in the six acres of land involved in the' transfer. , Major Pat ton Goes Sooth. ?lal- Major 'h; W.' Pattern, traveler mwswo wmer i or many years, who makes hid a m o n n , 1 . i. : city, left last evening for Los Angeles to do special assignment work on the Los - Angeles Examiner during ' the " . rn oi nis wora, be said. Would nrnhnliTv h. ,..1 Aw . California as he knew it a third of a century ago, as it is now, and as he " . me luiurii, ana also to go Into old Mexico, where he spent a few years during the Diaz regime. Corporation Dissolution Sought. P . . .... .... . LI . QpC. ciaL) Charles E. Oliver, who holds all the stock in th H V r:ik s. Co. tobacco and cigar firm, has peti- " me superior court Here for dissolution of the corporation, which j ...u.Ku.a.tcu uy in. Goldberg, who removed to California . . . jc-.o ulu selling out his interests here. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. Wilton and Wilton Velvet Carpets in Plain Colors Washington st. . at Fifth Buy Furniture Here for Less! Immense Displays for the Home-Maker and the Christmas Shopper Fine Davenports at Reduced Prices Reg-alar $250 Mahogany and Davenport Kegular $285 Mahogany and Davenport : Upholstered in bine or mulberry velonr or damask. Displayed in Washington-street Window. SPECIAL Denim Uphols'd Davenports, Spring Seat, Arms and Back $98.50 All Royal Ka-Shan Wilton Rugs at Reduced Prices $170.00 Rugs, 9x12 size, only .$144.50 $153.00 Rugs, 8-3x10-6 size $134.50 $104.00 Rugs, 9x6 size, only. $ 86.50 $ 27.50 Rugs, 36x63 inches. . . $ 19.25 $ 17.25 Rugs, 27x54 inches. $ 13.50 The Blue Birds Are Here! Hundreds of Sets at Attractive Prices 42-piece Blue Bird Breakfast Sets $10.85 50-piece Blue Bird Dinner Sets $12.85 Johnson's English China New Patterns Received and Now on Display in Basement This Week : Choose any heater in our base ' - . -. . " , ment salesroom this week at just J-TK, Pi KJvS 25 less than its regular price! . fst 'S&ve money on something that One-Fourth Off will add cheer to your home. SCHOOL CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY Friends and Ahimni of Bible - V University Meet. INSTITUTION IS GROWING Scries of Meetings Held at Eugene Draws Attendance From Many Parts of Northwest. EUGENE, Or.,' Nov. 20. (Special.) The Eugene Bible university cele brated the -25th . anniversary of its incorporation this week with a series of meeting at- which friends and alumni of the institution from many parts of the northwest were in at tendance The meetings began Wednesday night with a public gathering at the First Christian church. The laree auditorium was completely filled with students and citizens of Eugene as well as visitors from out of town. Dr. Carl G. Doner, president ofWil lamette university at Salem, was the principal speaker, lauding: Dr. E. C Sanderson, president of the Bible uni versity, for his pioneer work' in edu cation and complimenting: the school upon its rapid growth since it was founded 25 years agro. - Dean John Straub of the University of Oregon and Rev. C. E Swander, secretary of the Oregon Christian Missionary, convention, were other prominent speakers. Another public meeting was held Cane CI Q(Z Kf OXi70eJU Cane (POIA OCT Ddl.V.OO Regular $275 Davenport Regular $125 match SUPERIOR America's Finest and Best Combination Range We are exclusive Portland distributors for this won derful . range, made by the. nearly century - old fac tory of Bridge & Beach Mfg. Co, - of St. Louis, Mo. The Superior Burns Wood or Coal With Gas, Without , a Change -'-.. -. . The Superior is the range service with economy. Good housekeepers prefer it. -:A,42-piece Blue Bird Break fast Set with every Superior Combination Range. at the chapel of the school Thursday J afternoon and a banquet, attended by j more than 200 students, members of J tne iacuity, alumni and friends ot tne school, was held Thursday evening. The Eugene Bible university is sup ported by the Christian church on the Pacific coast and draws students from all the coast states as well as from a number of other states. The school was started in the fall of. 1S9S by Dr. Sanderson in a rented building across the street from the present campus, with only four stu dents. The next year a large frame building was erected, but this was outgrown in a few years and the pres ent administration building of stone was put up. The school from time to time has added to its holdings and erected other buildings until at pres ent the estimated value of its prop erty is a Quarter of a million dollars. Girls' College Add-. The attendance this year in all de partments is about 200. Several years ago a girls' college was established by the school, with a campus situ ates on the outskirts of the city, and several buildings have been erected there. At present a $20,000 reinforced concrete building for the school of music and agymnasium is in course of erection. ' Road Bill Declared Menaced. According to George Quayle, secre tary of the state chamber of - com merce, a meeting is to be held in Washington, D. C, December 11 to 13, at which the situation as to road appropriations by the federal govern ment will be discussed. Good roads enthusiasts, he Bays, are planning to send some one to represent them, in the interest of the Chamberlain bill, which ' provides for a continuous building: policy and also appropriates $100,000,000 annuallr for construc tion of post roads and $10,000,000 an nually for four years for building roads through forest reserves. Mr. Quayle says. Representative Bean of Eugene may make the trip. There is said to be danger that another bill before congress may eet aside the Chamberlain bill. Standard Weaves in Mole, Mahogany and Cane OOI (2 Cfl - DiXDOU Chair or Rocker to 3?Q'7 Cf 57leOU Draperies and Curtains We show a world of fabrics, for home decoration quite the larg est stock we ever have had. We will gladly estimate the cost of any new work you may contem plate. Shown, on the second floor. P YREX the Popular Gift Whether you give one Pyrex dish or a whole set, it is always suitable, always' welcome. . A particularly popular gift is the Pyrex Gift Set. It consists of eleven pieces Bread Pan, Casserole, Fie Plate, Oval and Round Dishes with handles and six Individual Bakers. Packed in a box, ready for delivery. Plain Pyrex Sets $8 Decorated Pyrex Sets $14 Decorated Pyrex Casseroles With Container Either Oval or Round, $9.50 to $13.50 KAPPA PSI Til ASSEMBLE MEDICAL CHAPTERS IX "WEST VTllAli HOLD oosvEvnox. Seventy . Delegates From Pacific States Are Coming to Attend Sessions to Begin Thursday. Western chapters of Kappa Psl na tional medical fraternity will hold a three-day convention here this week, starting; Thursday. The sessions will take pTace in the Hotel Portland, and about TO delegates and representa tives are expected to be present from the University of Montana, University of California, .University of Washing ton, Oregon Agricultural college, Washington State college. North Pa cific college, and graduate chapters of Seattle, San Francisco and Port land. The graduate chapter of Portland is in -charge of the entertainment features of the programme, and has arranged for a smoker Friday even ing and a banquet Saturday night at the Hotel Portland. Dr. W. Bruce Phillip of San Fran cisco will preside at all business meetings, at which various problems of the fraternity will be discussed by the delegates. - The convention here involves only the chapters west of the Rocky mountains. Similar sessions -will be held at Louisville, Ky., and New York city by representatives from univer sities of the middle west and east. yew Frnit Factory Planned. YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 20 (Spe- , cla.l. Yakima has been selected by the Shepard Fruit Products Co. as the site for a by-products factory that is to be built next spring, according to announcement yesterday by Secretary Soots of the Yakima Commercial club. It will have a capacity for 40.000 tons of cull fruit and will cost $50,000- Taupe, Green and Blue Washington St at Fifth COLUMBIA Grafonola in a full-size case of ma hogany, walnut or oak in the various finishes, together with ' Ten Columbia Records $130 CTwenty Selections)., Sold on the most liberal terms of payment. Choose your Grafonola now and avoid disap pointment. We can show you many styles in this great music-maker. - Columbia Records for December Now on Sale Blankets and Comforters Actually hundreds from which to choose. Many offered at reduced prices. 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