in ilium n m If HU DLl r Hill t UI GOOD TO Al I ERICA mm mwn 111 MIL J Shoos and Other Supplies Demanded of Us by Fighting Nations. a MfVfB trouble with u la Hint wo 'I are too rich; too tunny of JL ui bave to much money w wouldn't know what to do with mort tf we had It. That' why we hiirou't mure readily grasped the opportunities offered ui through the European war." Tlile win the opinion expressed by Thomas A. Kdliou Lu o lnturvlow lu Cluveluud, At the en uit time there appeared Id the Now York Time artlcloa allowing ordure given tu America for war eup plli nud other material by tlie war ring natlona of Europe. Borne of the biggest of those are given here: New England manufacturer of boe Imre already booked ordure for 2,200V 000 piil re for export to the Europeaa belligerent. Negotiation are under war for further ordure, hut eome man Ufacturer besltato because the profit ta hard to calculate. France, which line alroady placed large ordure, desires hobnailed boota for her soldier. These must he made by linnil, and It la a question aa to how expensive ttt hobnnlllng proceaa will bo. One manufacturer haa Install ed apttclal machinery for thla purpose. A company which received au order for 2oo.NJO pair for France recently hna hnd the order Increased to 600,000 pair, it la delisting whether to In crease lu facilities and accept an or der for ,0no,ouo pnlra of boota. An other company la milling &00.0U0 palra of boota for (ireoco. Boom In Leather Alio. Thero la a correKndlng boom In leather. One company, with au annu al turnover of f 12,0u0,0O0, la running lie fuctorlos dny and night at 125 per cent capacity, He fore the war It waa running at 40 per cent capacity. Mont of the leather la for England and la to tie uuido lulu boot thero for the army. Mo far England line bought no boota lu the United State, but U expected to place ordera aoon. Ita demnnd for leather hna put up tho price 4 to 0 ccuta a foot Twenty thotmand additional bend of horse are to l purchased In Missouri nud aoutheru llllnul by ngeuta of tho Ilrltlsh, French and Russian govern iiientn. according to reports In llvo stock circle In Kt Ixiula. It la auld thnt the ngeuta of the vnrloua govern ments bnve been Instructed to uiuko the purchases, A uniform price of $270 la being paid for each home. The French agent also hnvo bought 100,000 barrel of flour and great quan tities of other provision lii St Loula, and onlera have been placed with local hoe factories for thousands of pntrs of h Ik iee, Germany Buyi Honei. Tho German government la an Id to be offering 1000 tu fSOU a lieud for horses delivered In Germany. War ordure fur clothing, trucks, bar neea, tluued ineiitM, nud the like In the Chicago and neighboring markets amount to between $7,000,000 nud IV 000,000, and purchasing agents of tlie Hrltlxb and French governments are till buying. Euglaud him 1,000.000 gold tu a Chicago bauk to be used for purchases. The meat puckers bave enough European ordera on band to keep them running full time for a year. The opposing governments bave agents watching the purchases of each other lu this market They begin by apparently sincere correspondence about prices and quantities, but tbolr queries In variably lend to details of trniiHport With this Information their warship are kept on the lookout for shipments to IiohUIo governments. From Hartford, Conn., within a few weeks, 1,700 umchlne la I lies of moder ate capacity, such as twelve to four teen Inches, have boon shipped to Eu rope. One thousand more of these lathes are required, the whole to cost $1,500,000. The order will exhnuiit the present atock of aucb lathes In the United States. Arms aud cartridge plants are working overtime on ma chine guns, pistols and ammunition, and these eventually And their way to Europe, though the manufacturers deal only with their regular American agents. The effort of t!ie war upon Pacific const staples Is shown In a tabulation prepared In San Frnnclsco by the cham ber of commerce. Rnrley thla year wns a bumpor crop. Tho exports from San Francisco for the Inst three mouths reached tho un precedented total of 8.785.4B2 quintals, as ngnlUHt 832.801 for the correspond . Ing period In 1013. For canned fruits the figures are 780,003 cases this year, against 523,039 In 1013, nud for ennuod sitlmou the tally stands 50(1,087 casus this year, 20(1,8(13 cases Inst year. Big; Order For Canned Meats. order for 15,000,000 pounds of cunned nionts, valued at $1,600,000, to go to Europe, tins been received by a packing company of Oklahoma City. Additional orders for dry salt pork amount to more thnn tho supply In sight While admitting the existing depres- 01RS OF GOODS Trouble With Us Is That We Are Too Rich, Says Thomas A. Edison. alon lu lie Iron and steel trade, due to the war lu Europe, Judge E. II, Gary, chairman of the board of directors of tho United State Hteul corporation, addressing tlie A in oilcan Iron and Bleel Institute, lu session In lllrmlng bnm, Ala., declared himself aa opti mist and predicted a considerable Im provement In the next three mouths. Further, be declared that this coun try, with Ita vast wealth and resources, should become the financial, Industrial and commercial center of tho world. Opportunities, be added, never were better. "Without particularizing," said the speaker, "It would seem safe to pre dict that In many Important respect business conditions In the United States' for the next three months at feast will be better than they bsve been for the Inst three mouth. I do not hesitate to any, with emphasis, that tho opportunity for ucces and pnignwa In this country is greater than ever before." War Low Predicted. Incidentally, In discussing the war and Its effects, Judge Gary expressed tho opinion thnt If tlie conflict should bo maintained with Its present vio lence for eighteen moutlis the loss of life would he .4,000,0(10 nud tho proper ty Urn $35,0O0,Ot.0,0oa "Undoubtedly." he said, "It would be to the bent Interests of all tho un tluns engaged lu the present war and to tho world at large If tlie Integrity aud geographical line of each of these nut Inns fould be substantially pre served." About 300 memlK-rs of the Iron and Steel Institute, of which Judge Gory Is president, heard the address. Discussing conditions In tlie Iron and steel Industry, Judge Gary said: "I am an optimist In principle aa well as In prncttco. There Is always a bright sldo, although It may bo tcm irnrlly obscured. However, nothing Is to be gained by closing our eyes to well known and clearly recognlxed facts, and at present wo are not very prosperous tu our lines. Thla la reflect ed In the published report of some of the larger companies. Tlie president of one declares that 'earnings from Jnn. 1 to Oct 1, 10H. on the tonunge produced have been at the smallest in a ri; In of profit since the formation of the company.' It I viilhYlcut to say at this time that the volume and prices of iron and steel sold lu this country were very low, comparatively speaking, during the months immedi ately prior to tlie commencement of the European war. mid with retqiect to the volumo, there have been sub stantial decreases since that time. Hut what of the future! We are al ways comforted by the fact that tho productive capacity and actual produc tl'in of wealth In the United States Is growing year by year, and this abil ity to produce will not nud cannot be diminished. Resides, nt the present time the export of a largo variety of commodities are Increasing. Although nut equnl to the volume reported just prior to tho commencement of the war, they are yet much larger thiiu Just aft er the beginning of tho war. This will have a material Influence upon other lines. All are stimulated and brought Into service." EDISON'S "MORSE" BOTHERS. Telegraph Operator Finds It Hard to Read His Dots and Dashes. Thomas A. Edison, tho Inventor, who bus been vlsltUng Booties of his boy hood near Detroit, took a trip to I'ort Huron, Mhh., and once mure tried bis hand ut the operator's key. lie even went so far as to take the wares from a newsboy and sell thorn nuiuug bis friends. . As a boy Mr. Edison sold papers and worked us an operator for the same railroad over which be traveled to Tort Huron. His Inst trip, however, was lu a special train. As tho inventor passed through Mount Clemens bo stepped Into the telegraph operator's oltleo and tapped off a mcHxngo to his children in New Jersey. The message was Interrupted, however. The Mount Clemena opera tor turned to Mr. Edison with a smile and said: "An operator on the line Is complain ing, lie saya there Is a boy on tho wire whose practicing is gumming things up." At Tort Huron Mr. Edison' host In sisted on equipping his guest with all the necessary equipment of a "news butcher." Mr Edison appeared to take keen delight lu the situation and wn soon selling fruit and candles tu his friends. Gum brought a high as 50 cents a package, and when the Inventor step ped off the train he poured the pro ceeds of his day's business Into the hut of a grinning porter. Cossack Closk and Joffrs Hat. The Jofl're hat mid Cossack clonk are definite features of PnrlH winter fash ions. The hut Is made of dark velvet, Is round and flat with a penk. The clonk is henvy nud Iooro, ending at the knees, nnd gathered nt the wnlst with a belt Little Odd Bits Of War News Anuounconieut was made that the nrlllsli war olllce requires Immediately for service ou tho Continent thousand chauffeurs and motor truck drivers be tween the ages of twenty and forty Ova. At a meeting of the Dancing Mas ters' academy In I'arls a letter was read from rrosidont La Fort, now a soldier at the front proposing that all Aue tiian and German dances bo sup pressed. A correspondent of the Pnrts Matin In Berlin says Americana apeak French In the atreets of lierlln on account of the degree of hatred agnliist the Eng lish aud the comparatively mild feeling against Franca. General Joffre, the French command r In chief, entertained at a luncheon at headquarters certain Important poll tlclana, one of whom asked blra what bla pinna were. General Joffre replied In military along, "For tho moment 1 am Just nibbing at the Germans." The fooling between the German sol dier and the British la extremely bit ter. Wherever the Germans oppose the British the fighting la reported to bo Incessant Between the German and the French there la a more cordial feeling. Near Courtral the French sol diers In the trenches signaled a mes sage to the opposing German soldiers "This Is our colonel' birthday." The Germans passed the word along the trenches and replied: "We won't shoot much today. Let tlie colonel enjoy the day." "RIVER OF DOUBT" NOT EASY FOR ROOSEVELT'S PARTY. The Osscsnt of Uncharted Braxltlan 6trsam Was a Difficult Task. Tho following description of the de scent of the "Ulver of Doubt" by Colo nel Roosevelt aud hi party is taken from hi article In the November Scrtbner describing Uls journey in the Brazilian wilderness. The article 1 copyrighted. 1014, by Charles Scrlb oer Bona: "Next day, the 3rd of April, we be gan the descent of these sinister rap Ids of the chusin. Colonel Itoudon bad gone to the summit of the mountain In order to And a better trail for the bur den bearers, but It was hopeless, and they hud to go along the face of the cliffs. Buch an exploring expedition a that In which we were engaged of necessity Involves bard aud dungerous labor nnd peril of many kinds. To fullow down stream an unknown river, broken by Innumerable cataracts and rapids, rushing through mountain of which the existence bus never been even guessed, bears no resemblance whatever to following even a fairly dangerous river which has been thor oughly explored and has become In some sort a highway, so that experi enced pilots can bo secured as guides, while the portages bave been pioneer ed and trail chopped out and every dangerous feature of the rapids I kuuwn beforehand. In this case no one could foretell that the river would cleave Its way through steep mountain chains, cutting narrow clefts In which the cliff walls roxo almost sheer on ei ther ha nit When a rushing river thua 'canyon,' as we used to any out west and the mountains are very steep It becomes almost impossible to bring the canoea down the river Itself and utterly Impossible to portage them along the cliff sides, while even to bring the loads over the mountain Is a task of extraordinary labor and diffi culty. Moreover, no one can tell how many time the task will bave to be repeated or when It will eud or wheth er the fuod will bold out Every hour of work tu the rapids Is fraught with tho possibility of the gravest disaster, and yet It Is Imperatively necessary to attempt It, and all this Is doue In an uninhabited wilderness or else a wilder ness tenanted only by unfriendly, sav ages, where failure to get through means death by disease aud starva tion." MADE CARNEGIE REJOICE. "Happiest Man In th World" When Morgan Took Steel Off Hla Hands. 'Tlerpout I am the happiest man In the world. I bnve unloaded the burden upon your buck; now I am off to Eu rope to piny," ald Andrew Carnegie to J. P. Morgan when the deal was closed by which tho Carnegie properties pass ed to the United States Steel corpora tion, according to Dnvtd A. Reed of Pittsburgh In bis argument before the federal circuit court In Philadelphia in the suit of the government for the dis solution of the Steel corporation for al leged violation of tlie Sherman anti trust law. Mr. Beed Is counsel of the corpora tion. He said be got the quoted words from bis father, James H. Reed, who Is a director of the corporation and over heard them. "Mr. Cnrucglc's one thought," Mr. Hoed snld, "wns to retire from a long business career nnd devote his time to philanthropy, nnd he rose to the oppor tunity most niagnlflcnntly. Counsel for the other side have referred to Mr. Car negie as n conspirator. In the light of what be bus done with his fortune for the good of mnnkind, to refer to him In terms applied to wretched criminals In the dock la unworthy of the government" r, BARGAIN DAY! IHanf'WWT BTW Good Only Until December 31, 1914 Portland's Great Afternoon Daily The Evening Telegram AND Crook County Journal COMBINATION Evening Telegram, one year - - $ 5.00 Crook County Journal, one year - - 1 .50 Total - - - - - . $6.50 Both for $4.50