Morning Oregonian., January 11, 1907, Image 11

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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY
PUBLICITY MERGER
A) SET ON FOOT
Flan to Unite Promotion Work
of Commercial Club and
Chamber of Commerce.
LAUNCHED BY R. R. HOGE
&. G. Red, Xew President of Cham-
ber of Commerce, ty -Also Bo
Elected President ot the
Commercial Club.
COMBIXED STRENGTH OF PORT-
LAND COMMERCIAL BODIES.
Organization
f "m mrcf ftl 'lub
hrrt Dr- of roramwee. . - .
Hoard of Trade
Manufacturers' Association
Member.
n::fi
Total membership 2311
Peep-peated is the movement to effect
nn amalgamation of the commercial
bodlM of Portland, into one central or
jicniilzatlon and there is reason to lellev-e
thHt h. .consolidation of some character
will to made, The movement embraces
the plan to Hcrt S. G. Rood, the new
prrUlent of the Chamber of Ooinmorce, to
iIia prcslcicmcy of tlio Cnrnmrrrlal Club to
ucceed President K. AV. Ieadhettcr, who
has announced that he will not be a can-
ritrlate for r-elctJon.
AI r. Ftii is n. .stronc advocnte of the
connolldatlon. and it Is known that he
111 use liia influence to brlnj? the organi
sations together. If the plan of his
friends are consummated and he ! elect
ed prentdent of the Commercial Club the
consolidation of the publicity depart-
merits of those two organizations will
be practically assured.
But Mr. Heed i In favor of Joining the
publicity departments of the two bodies
and combining them under the head of
Hie (Jhamber of Commerce. He would
bare the Commercial Club solely and
m L5ohitoly . hoc in I oraa.iilza.tion. While
it in not known how nirong it is, there
is opposition to the plan, as there are
those who believe that the Commercial
"lwi. ought not to surrender ita publicity
treu. and that If there should be m,
consolidation that the publicity work
be done ututer the head of the
t ommcrcial . Club and not the Chamber
of Cumnerce. ax proposed.
One Strong liody Favored.
Tiwn tber ve thone who think that
not only the publicity department but the
wJiol-- o the Commrcial Club nhould
join rith tJie Chamber of Commerce,
making the two as(one, Tfio?e Who favor
tills plan -would very much wish to see
lit iw o vkh ti I n t f 1 1 ii exist under t h
n n ii- f ttift Commercial Club, owing prin
cipally to the fact that the club la build-
H a 'ifw eight-story homo. There are
ho niaiv rumors about and so much
"treet tnlk that It lm hard to pick, out
those w-iit-h have foundation, but It is
Kmeraii admitted that a determined at
tempt Will be made to elect . Mr. "Reed
president the Commercial Club, which
would, b the decisive step of taking
y . the. publicity - department of the
erb.an4 combining It with that of the
Chamber i Commerce under the man-
airement of the latter.
''or some time various of the members
and officer .have been talking the Idea
over amon); themselves, but no .under
standing wi arrived at The first pub
lic intimation of such a movement came
from ex-Prrtldent "K. R. Hone, of the
Chamber of Commerce, who at the an-
nisal meeting! ot that body, held Wednw.
dny ninht. repressed the hope thnt be
fore anotb.tr year has paswt-d the
publicity demrtmentn of the Commercial
club and tie Manufacturers' Association
tvoiild joini together In flying the flag
of the Ohanber of Commerce.
Tom Ilchardson Is Aroused.
This "flylig the flag"' of the Chamber
lias rather stuck In the craw of Tom
Richardson, who believes that the re
Jiiarkn or Mr. Ftofre were rather un-
NO
SAYS VALLEY APPLE GROWERS
LACK COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS
H. O. AtveU, Now President of State Horticultural Society, Declares Les-
i ' son of Late Apple Show Valuable One.
w HE lesson most valuable to the
I "Wilamette Valley apple-grower
to le learnpd from the recent
horticultural show. Is that a man must
Jiave the coirage of his convictions . in
ord'er to imp-ess them upon llie public,"
said H. C -Atwell, of Forest Grove, the
newly electol president of the State
Horticultural Society, last night.
"The Valle' growers had been very
positive In heir assertions that Willa
mette Valley could produce -Just as flrood
apples as Hotd River and Rogue River's
best and thek- display last Kali, In the
window ot a leading Portland store, had
apparently proved the assertion. But
heir failure to come forward with the
jcood. In face of probable competition,
has raised the suspicion that their asser
tions were oer-strongly drawn. How
ever, it (s a fact, capable of complete
nd convincing demonstration that the
"Willamette Valley can and does produce
some varieties Just as good as those Irora
other localities and some varieties a Rood
ileal better and Hood River cheerfully
acknowledged the fact. Different varie
ties excel in different localities.
"We accuse other localities of exag
geration, but the fart remains that they
have the goods ready to produce in com
petition with other places. Let the Wil
lamette Valley growers pursue a similar
course and then It will be easy for them
to equal or excel the products of other
localities.- They have ample reason
to be hopeful of their future. Apples are
becoming a staple. The improved quality
of the fruit, due to compliance with the
horticultural law. Is vtimulatitu; the de
mand. "The increasing; price of meat, due to
the constant encroachment ot the home
buiMer on the cattle range, in driving
the common people to fruits and cereals.
The national pure food law ia driving out
h vast quantity ot Imitation apple pro
ducts. "The Valley growers should not be dls-
courafd at -the hij;h prices received in
ome quarters, nor expect frenerally to
receive such prices. Specialties raised for
a Kpeclal market bring a special price,
but such markets are of limited capacity.
It is easy to overdo the elite market.
The operations of Harrlman. Rockefeller
and Morgan are rapidly depleting the
tanks of those who would liko $6 a
box apples. Our Valley growers should
oontine their attention, at present, to pro
ourlng a first-class apple, at a reasonable
price, and they will And a steady and
ever-widening- market and will secure
varisfactory returns for their labor.
'Aa an apple grower myaeil, . X am
timely and not in altogether good taste,
He says that as but very little has been
said about the consolidation he does not
believe that anything should be aaid
publicly about the Chamber of Commerce
absorbing the publicity department of
the Commercial Club. Yesterday at
luncheon at the Commercial Club, when
several hundred of its members were
present. Mr. Richardson made an ad-
dress and declared himself in no un
certain terms.
" I o.m in favor of amn.ljrama.tion. most
decidedly in favor of it. in fact, and
have been ever since I came to Port-
land? declared Mr. Richardson jester-
day afternoon, "but I do think that
the Commercial Club outicht to be treat
ed with due courtesy. The first I Knew
of the combined organisations bing
called the Chamber of Commerce was
when I read in Tha Oregonian what
Mr. JTojye hud said -fc the meeting-. I
will say ria-ht here tnat as a commer-
cial organization tc Commercial Club
has but one rival on the Pacific Coast,
and that is the Loa Ansrele Chamber
of Commerce, whlfh im the Kind ot an
organization we ought to have in Port-
land.
"But if they are groing to combine
here, the officers of the organizations
in tereetfld ought to get together anl
decide what they intend to do. Let
them decide on the details and the
name and all that and then submit
their decisions for the approval of the
mtmbcrt of the bodies. That is the
only sensible way to go about It.
I'ly the Flag of Portland.
T wnn not ovei much iropreaBcd with
the expression "flylngr the flag" of the
Chamber ot Commerce. The commer
cial organizations of Portland arc sec
ondary considerations to me. What we
want to do is to fly the fls; of Port
land and not of an organization. Port-
land Is our first consideration and the
commercial body is only an instrument
u-seri for; the uphulidinc of the city.
If we have on e great powerful or
gan ization Instead of several, our work
will be so much more effective. If our
strength i combined and concentrated
we run do bettor. Tinit is what makes
the Ch.imber of Oommeroe of Ios An-
g'los and the Commercial Clubs ot
Minneapolis, Kansas City and Salt Lake
City io tremendonsl V stronsr. I - bo
lirv the bodien should toe banded to -K:ther
in one frrand body to combine
botii business and social features.
Portland has remarkably stroncr fom-
mftrcial organizations, but if tle- were
solidified into one they- oould a.eeom
pllsh more good for ihe city. There Is
no question about thnt."
Vliat About Board of Trade?
So far little has been said relative to
the Board of Trade Joining the proces
sion, if any procession materializes. The
Manufacturer' Association has been
asked to combine with the Chamber of
Commerce, but at a recent meeting tho
plan was rejected, largely, it Is said,
because of n misunderstanding:. Fletch
er Linn, nreaident of the association.
tm - o rH the plan unci It will be revived
ag-ain. If the publicity departments
of the Commercial Club and the Manu-
facturers' Association can be secured
for the Chamber of Oommerce. it i
believed that an Invitation will be ex
tended to the Board of Trade. The
members of the Board have several
timeH voted upon the question of "fly
infc the flap' of the Chamber of Com -mrce,
but each time han voted It down
and there 18 no reason to believe -that U
would act otherwise-If It should again
be considered. But this Is merely sur
mise. The Com mere I I Club has 93fi mem-
oeis, the Chamber ot Commerce nearly
$r0. the Board of Trade about 400 mem
ber. The membership of the Manufac
turer Association Is composed of man
ufacturers and numerically is small,
tint nevertheless It is a very strong;
organization and has done Portland a
jarrtat deal of grood In aiding- the es
tttbllHhment of new Industries. If the
tour bodies combine, the-new organiza
tion will have a membership of at least
1500 or more. It would be by far the
! ii rrsi .commercial organization in the
Weat, .not only the Pacific Coast. Pome
persona belong to ail four organiza
tions. Nearly three-fourths of the
members of the Commercial Club are
members of the Chamber of Commerce,
and a large number of the Board of
Trade members belong- to one of the
other two organizations.
It Is not probable that anything definite-will
be done until the Commercial
Club holds its annual meeting January
1?( when the new board or governors
will be elected. The new board will
elect the president. Tt is understood
that President Tjeadhetter, when lie re
tires, will make some announcement
relative to the movement. The proposed
now members of the board of grove rn
ora of rlio club and whose names have
been posted by the nominating com
mittee, are: S. G. Reed, Robert
Kennedy, B. Glafke. George II. Hill,
K. II. McCraeken. J. H. Thatcher.
Wlttenbergr, J. W. Gnnon? and William
McMurray.
Writ
H. C. Atwell.
Photo by Moore.
t
grateful to The Oregonian for the sym
pathy expressed through Its columns and
acknowledge the great assistance of ite
editorial comments in building up a senti
ment In favor of Improved methods. I
deprecate the tendency in some quarters
to berate Hood River. I consider that the
accusation of hoggishnens made against
that community . was unkind, unfounded
as well as ungrateful. The State Horti
cultural Society is indebted to Hood River
growers for their constant and heartv
support in making its meetings the suc
cess they nave proved while the apple
e.vncio 01 mo enure siaie are under obli
gations to them for the many helpful sug
gestions they have so freely offered along
horticultural lines on these occasions."
Mr. Atwell considers as untimelv the
suggestion of an auxiliary Willamette
Valley Society for the reason that. If car
ried out. such an organization will tend
to weaken the' strength of .the State
Horticultural Society and its county
auxiliaries. Such a step, he thinks, is
apt to be construed as a wish to shut out
the association and competition of more
enterprising couvauuiucu.
tfmNrwnwnmM
INSANITY PLEA ft
E
Plan to Do Away With Such
. Defense in Murder Cases
Not Approved.
LEAVE SANITY TO THE JURY)
Oregon Jurists Hold That Extreme
Caws rnr Xot Be Allowed to
RemoTe Safeguards From
Homicidal Prisoners.
ThA movement amons Seattle lawyers
to secure leKiJtlaxlon providing for the im-
medlate confinement in an Insane a-sylum
of any person interposing insanity as the
.lofaniA tn a nmrcipr rhflrse is not taken
seriouMy by the local bar. According to
a Seattle dispatch printed yesterday, tne
geriee of murder eais in Washington
wherein Insanity haa been put forward In
mitigation has served to arouse ubllc
oolnlon against this Kind of defense. Ac-
eordingly a new w is being prepared for
the Jjegrislature which will put a ben on
the insanity pleading by necessitating the
removal to the insane asylum without
further proceedings of those making the
plea.
"Alwurfl on the face of it." said Tre!id
ins JudRn Sears. or the State Circuit
Court, M'tion the dispatch was called to
his attention yesterday afternoon; "Wry
crude. to iay the least," said Circuit
Judge Frailer.
''Insanity Is a legitimate plea." added
Juitee Soars, "and 1 while it is very often
abused, yet there Is always the Jury of 12
dininterested men to determine as to the
mental condition of the defendant. "Waeh-
ington, to be sure, has had a number of
these homMdeg wherdn the insanity pica
has been set up. but I do not believe leg
islation to meet specific oases ia effective
or necessary- Where entirely new condl-
tions arise, legislation may aid, but gen
erally it does not.
Of eourae. If a. man iff palpably Insane,
til Mamlnaclon by meclloa.1 experts can bo
made and confinement to an asylum may
follow as the result of this examination.
Oonflnement should be limited to such
time u Is required for restoration to nor
mal condition of mind.
"TaKe, for example, the caae of Lord
Give, conqueror of India and the great
RnRllsh General of his day. lord Olive
killed hlmsef before he was SO. presuma
bly while cut of his head. Suppose his
mania had been homicidal instead of eui-
cldal and he had killed another rather
than himself, later recovering from the
mental ailment. Oould he be held for the
murder? Or. having recovered his senses.
should he be sent to an insane asylum
for treatment of which he was not in
need? v
'"The law meets all cases, and there is
no need of new legislation because a few
cases have arisen that are extreme,' con
cluded Judge Sears. "And if we didn't
have a srasion of the lettiKlatiire for ten
years we'd all be better off. Lawfl innu-
merahlo are put through that become in-
effective as soon as they are passed.'
"t would not favor the system suggested
in Seattle," said Judge Frazer. "I would
not say, however, that some legislation
applying to the situation could not be
evolved. Inwinity ia often made a subter
fuge, -but then the jury may determine
whether the plea is real or simulated.
It is a difficult and many-sided problem,
and one which the Seattle suggestion does
not illuminate.
There would be no justice in end1nf?
to an insane asylum a man who had com
mitted a crime while suffering from an
insane. Irresistible impuke.' 9aid Circuit
Judgre Oantenbeln. in discussing the
subject. "If a man Is permanently in
sane, send him to an asylum and keep
there, at least until he. has recovered; but
if he has recovered from temporary
mental ailment of a fully established na
ture, there may be no reason to detain
him further."
BEFEXDAXrS UXUSOL PLEA
Mrs. Jiatliaway Avers She Is Notori
ous Person, in Answer to Suit.
By the unusual plea that she was a
notorious and disreputable person, Mrs.
R. L. Hathaway made an effort to secure
the dismissal of a suit to collect payment
on a. 11 expensive piano in .the State Olr
cult Court yesterday forenoon. The suit
was brought by the Ellers piano com-
pany and the complaint set out that the
piano, had been purchased on the install
ment plan and returned after several pay
ments had been made. Through Attorney
John Logan the woman pleaded her no
torious character as relieving her from
responsibility In the deal. A piano used
by her would be for unlawful purposes.
it was contended, and hence the piano
company would be parties to the wrong
doing. Judge Sears ruled against the view and
Judge Frazer suggested that Mrs. Hatha
way should be investigated by the Dis
trict Attorney with a. view to prosecu
tion if she is a habitual criminal. Deputy
District Attorney Adams, who was in
court, said her record and habits would
be looked into at once.
SUIT AGAINST MOXEY liEJTDEIt
Mrs. Huntsman Asks $2 0,600 From
K- I. Eekersoa for False Arrest.
Mrs. Catherine Huntsman wants judg
ment for 320.600 against R. I. Kckerson.
a money-lender, in consequence of Ecker
son's action in having her arrested and
Imprisoned last Summer. The trial of
the case consumed all of yesterday In
Judge Fraaer's Division of the State Cir
curit Court and is yet unfinished. Mrs.
Huntsman borrowed a. small sum of
money from the lender and gave as se
curity a mortgage on furniture that had
not been paid for. Kckerson caused her
arrest on a charge of attempting to de
fraud, but it did not hold. Setting forth
that he was taken to the police station
and worried xmtil she became ill over
the affair, Mrs. Huntsman wants a $20,
600 balm.
Suit Compromised for $1000.
A settlement out of court has been
agreed upon in the suit of Max D. Neer
against the Portland Railway Company.
Neer. fes guardian of his 14-year-old son.
Eavid Neer. asked $30,000 damages for
injuries inflicted on the boy in a street
Car accident It Is understood that by
the terms of settlement he will receive
J1000.
Sues for $10,200 Personal Damages.
The damage suit of J. W. Dryden
against the Pelton-Armstrong Company
was placed on trial in Judge Cleland's
court yesterday forenoon, the day . being
consumed in securing a jury. Dryden'
asks $10,200 damages for personal injuries
received in a logging camp operated by
LEG T MATE
'the company.
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IX)S ANGELES, Jan. 10. The sun shone
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