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THE KORMXG WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 18, 1907. SEALSKIN JACKETS $450.00 quality, removal sale price 8400.00 $400.00 quality, removal sale price. .... .$350.00 (350.00 quality, removal sale price $300.00 $300.00 quality, removal sale price $250.00 $250.00 quality, removal sale price $200.00 ANNOUNCEMENT UR commodious and handsomely-appointed quarters in the new Oorbett Build- ing will soon be- ready for occupancy. The building is new, the furniture and fixtures will be new, and, if possible, we would like to start with an entirely new stock. With this end in view, we x have Inaugurated a sale in which remarkable reductions in price have been made on every article in the house. The reductions enumerated in this advertisement are only a few of the many good things we have prepared for you. Remember, a fur of some kind makes the most acceptable Holiday present, and prices we quote will place them within reach of all. BOX COATS $135 New Mink, removal sale price 995.00 $125 Sable Squirrel, removal sale price. . .$90.00 $135 Natural Squirrel, removal sale price, $99.50 $100 Brook Mink, removal sale price $75. OO $65 Russian Pony, removal sale price. .. .$45.00 FUR SETS $35.00 Black Lynx, removal sale price. .. .$27.50 $22.50 Sable Squirrel, removal sale price $17.50 $16.50 Natural Squirrel, removal sale price, $11.75 $18.50 Brook Mink, removal sale price. . .$12.50 $15.00 Imitation Ermine, removal sale price, $9.50 WE ABE ALSO SHOWING A SPLENDID LINE OF MINK SETS JL on N. W. CORNER FIFTH AND ALDER JOHN P. PLAGEMANN, MANAGER STORE OPEN EVENINGS WORLD'S LARGEST FUR HOUSE CHILDREN'S FURS $2 "White Angora Sets, removal sale price.. $1.35 $2.50 Blue Tipped Angora Sets, removal sale price $1.65 $3.50 Angora and Lamb Sets, removal sale price $2.50 $4.00 Squirrel Sets, removal sale price. .. .$3.00 $4.50 Brook Mink Sets, removal sale price, $3.00 1ST CUT 1 t '.".airman Tawney Urges the Meed of Economy. 'CING LARGE DEFICIT Jailmates ot Expenditure for Oom- i.ig Year Exceed Revenues Mil itary and Public Buildings Will Suffer Greatly. WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The House utnmiUee' on appropriations, which ns appointed yesterday by Speaker rtiinon, met today and effected its or- i tnizatlon. At the close of the meet Chairman Tawney gave out the fol i i vlng statement "Tlie committee on appropriations in r ngiess is confroated with a situa . which requires a very material re- .:;jn of the estimates submitted for ; ,.l)lic expenditures for. the next fiscal ; fur ending June 30, 1908, vln order to l.i ep the appropriations within the pos- Me and estimated revenues of the ovcrnment. The estimates submitted at the be ginning of the last session of Congress .Li- the new current year totalled $895, ;ifi(i,64;l. The estimates for the next fl- iil year, submitted at the beginning of i ills session in the book: of estimates, totalled J996.949.238, or an increase in. the estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year over the current year of $1U0,9S8.465. The estimated total reve nue for the next fiscal year is 878, 123.011. while the actual revenue. In cluding postal revenues, received dur ing the last- fiscal year, which total revenue was larger than that of any previous year in the history of the Gov ernment, was only $846,725,339. Expenditures Exceed Revenues. "It will be seen, therefore, that on the basis of the estimated expenditures and the estimated revenues for the next fiscal year, the expenditures as estimated ex ceed the revenu by $118,826,277. This x ctss does not Include estimates for the regular deficiency and miscellaneous ap propriations, which for the currant year r.mount to $13,147,899. Nor does it In clude any new appropriations for spon taneous expenditures. From this total of $I1S.S2C.2T7, however, should be deducted $.'5,000,000 which Is included In the esti mated expenditure for the redemption of National bank notes. This expenditure Is not made out of the current revenues hut out of the statutory fund obtained from National banks, which fund is not "i carried as part of the Government's reve nues. Deducting the $25,000,000 still leave a deficit of $83,000,000 and the estimated revenue and shows the necessity for a practical revision of the estimates sub mitted by the several subcommittees hav ing jurisdiction of the appropriations foi tire next flseel year. In order to keep expenditures ror mat year within pos r!bie revenues and thus to avoid a de ficiency. "It also shows the practical impos sibility of Congress at this session au thorlziiiK new governmental services or the undertaking of new projects, appro priations for which would have. to be met out of the revenue Incoming for the next fiscal year unless other provision Is made for meeting such administration exueudi- . tunas tian ta require, ttieta to h d-.i frayed out of the current revenues of the Government." Krom examination of a statement pre pared by the committee on appropria tions, it appears that the principal in crease in the expenditures for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1908. is for the mili tary establishment, including the Army. the Navy and the pensions. This in crease over the current appropriations for the military estimate amounts to al most $100,000,000, as it does not include any estimate whatever for new authoriza tions, such, for Instance, as the building of battleships. Important Increases of estimate over current appropriations are: For the Army. $11,121,251; for the Navy. $26,832, 842; for the fortifications, 131,645,934; for pensions, $4,900,000. In view of the almost certain Increase in estimated revenues for the next fiscal year, and also in view of the fact that war does not threaten this country,- It may be stated on the highest authority that Congress, in revising the estimated expenditures, will at this session endeavor to reduce most of all the budget for the maintenance of the : military estimate rather than put the pruning knife to' civil estimates. . Finance Deficit Faces. Today's Treasury statement shows trfet the decrease in total Government rev enues for the last 15 days of November and the first 15 days of December was $3,878,840. Members of the appropriations committee think that this rate of de crease from the revenues of the first part of the current year will not grow less. If this shall be so, a finance deficit of $31,000,000 will have accrued by June 80, 1908. There was, however, at the close of the last fiscal year, & surplus on hand of revenue over expenditures of $84,000,000. and there is today in the several National bank depositories $262,274,319 due . the United States. . Thus, while an anticipated deficit of $31,000,000 at the end of th cur rent vear will be an actual deficit, its creation would call for no issue of bonds for defrayal. As current appropriations are provided ceed the revenue by $118,826,277. This ex penditures for the current year have been authorized, the sixtieth Congress in taking into account possible decrease of revenues, considers only the twelve months to follow June 80. 1907. It Is the opinion of some members of the appro priations committee, among them Chair man Tawney and Representative Kelfer of Ohio, that the indicated decrease will continue through that period. Hence the closes scrutiny will be given to all meas ures proposing appropriations of any kind and new authorizations, prominent among them in bills thus far introduced being, public buildings, will be subjected to a more ttian ordinary consideration. The situation as it presents itself," said Mr. Keifer, "may mean after we s-ft down to business that not a single bill calling for the erection of a public huilding will be favorably reported by the committee. I am not prepared to say that it will happen; but it may." Four general bills the legislative, the District of Columbia, pensions and the fortifications, placed in the hands of the sub-committees today, will be worked on during the holidays. Im eiiatelv after Congress reconvenes, .t UnnflV In T H T"1 1 T n T" v lipor- vtne secuuu i.i,.. j --. 1 ings before the suD-committees win be begun on tnese dui. Personnel of Subcommittees. - The personnel of the sub-committees of the appropriations committee as an nounced by Chairman Tawney, is as follows: Sundry civil, Tawney, Smith, Brown low. Fitzgerald and Sherley; legisla tive. Bingham. Glllett, Brick, Livings ton and Burleson; District of Columbia. Gardner, Madden, Vreeland, Burleson and Powers; pensions, Keifer, Gardner. Brownlow', Bowers. IJvlngston; forti fications. Smith, Graff, Glllett, Sherley and Fitzgerald; deficiencies, Tawney. Vreeland, Keifer, Brundige and Liv ingston; permanent appropriations, Brick, Graff. Madden, Brundige and Burleson. WU-U, o'clock tonight the power,, was Btlll off and the men sent out from this city to locate the break had not reported. WANTS MONEY . FOR RIVERS ', i Newlands Urges Waterway Infprove ment In Speech to Senate. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Aside from the appointment of committees, which took place at the Beginning of today's session of the senate, the need of im provement of the inland waterways was the chief subject in. that body today. Newlands, of . Nevada, spoke for two hours on his bill providing, an Inland Waterway Commission and for the de velopment of Inland waterways of the country. The Senate adopted the resolution of Dick, extending the time allowed the militia of the several states, territories and the District of Columbia to conform to the provisions of the act of June 21, 1903, which was necessary in order that the militia of several states might take advantage of appropriations that have been made. The resolution of Senator Culberson, of Texas, directing the committee on finanda to investigate the causes of the "present financial stringency and to recommend means for its relief, was allowed to lie on the table and it will be the subject of remarks by Culberson at some future time. Speaking on his bill for waterway im provement, Newlands said: The most important feature of the bill is the creation of an inland waterway fund of $50,000,000 to be used both for in vestigation and construction. The Presi dent is authorized to appoint an In land Waterways Commission to make examination and surveys for the devel opment of all inland waterways and for the connection of rivers with one an other or with the Great Lakes by con necting canals and by coastal canals, and to bring in co-ordination " there with the services of experts in various departments of the1 Government serv ice. It will be observed." said Mr. New- lands, "that the Initiative is put In the hands of -the Executive Depart ment as an administrative matter. It is clear that the judgment of a board of experts will be very much better than that of Congress, and that much delay and, confusion will be saved by authorizing the prompt initiation of the work. "Otherwise we shall have difference of view, both In committee and In Congress itself, as to the details of the workst as to the relative importance of the projects and sectional difference will arise, only to be compromised by concessions harm ful to this great enterprise. Congress should exercise the fullest power of ex amination and of criticism; of course, it has the grower any -time to change the organization or to stop the work. All those powers should be exercised when ever wise and necessary; but the main purpose of the bill Is to enter upon the work in a business-like way. Just as a private corporation would do, and not to impair the proper administration of the work by unnecessary legislative restraint. "Equitable apportionment," said Mr. Newlands, "among the several waterway systems of the country is enjoined by the bill. It is Intended that work shall be commenced contemporaneously among the different systems, so that no section may feel that another section is favored at its expense.". Newlands declared that he expects the Government to expend at least $50,000,000 annually during the next five years on the inland waterways and was inter rupted by Beveridge, who said: "The Senator doesn't mean that. I hope." Newlands replied: "Yes. that is my individual view. In the next ten years the United States should spend at least $500,000,000 in the improvement of inland waterways. I think the Government should enter Into these works in every section of the coun try, on the Pacific Coast, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. I wish to say that is the sentiment ot the people of the United States." . Teller interrupted to ask whether New lands intended to maintain the right of the General Government to control the waters of the Mississippi River. Newlands replied that under the Interstate commerce ' clause of kthe Consti tution the Nation has control over these rivers for the purpose of navigation, and the states themselves can do nothing to these rivers that interferes with naviga tion without the consent of the Nation. Teller rejoined that the Supreme Court of the United States has passed upon these questions 30 times in the last 60 years, and it had maintained that the Nation's rights over the river relates solely to navigation, and It cannot utilize the water for establishing water power and electric light plants. He hoped the Senator from Nevada would not involve this question with matters that would Jeopardise his bill, as he was earnestly desirous of seeing legislation on this Im portant subject. SAME TREATMENT TO BOTH Japan Will Limit Emigration to Canada and United States. TOKIO, Dec. 17. Rudolph Lemieux, Canadian Postmaster-General 'and Min ister of Labor, was tendered a fare well banquet last night, which was at tended by 200 leading citizens and of ficials, including Sit Claude Macdon ald, the British Ambassador. Foreign Minister Hayashl was ' not present. Minister Lemieux pr6posed the health of the Emperor of Japan, and Baron Tanaka, of the Imperial Household, proposed a toast to the King of Eng land. No speeches were made. Minister Lemieux will receive the assurance that Japan will limit emi gration to British Columbia, but will not change the treaty. A memoran dum to be given him Includes the pro gramme for the future, but is not in-: tended as a formal note. He has been informed by the Japanese Foreign Of fice that Canada will get exactly the same concessions as have already been granted to the United States. The American Ambassador, O'Brien, had asked for a written understanding, but this was positively declined. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Lieutenant C. A. Stott, Cody's Son-ln-Law. OMAHA. Dec. 17. Colonel W. F. Cody (Buffale Bill), who Is stopping at a local hotel, last night received a telegram in forming him of the death of his son-in-law, Lieutenant Clarence A. Stott.- of the Twelfth Cavalry. Lieutenant Stott at the time of his death was serving with his troop in South Dakota in connection with, the Indian troubles. Mrs. Stott is with her father in Omaha. WE DON'T CLAM TO CARRY THE CHEAPEST LINE , OF TRUNKS IN THE CITY. ( But, we do claim to carry the. largest stock .of medium and better quality Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases in the Northwest, so when you travel, have a Case or Bag that you are not ashamed to compare -with others in line. WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. 2 Stores 2" PORTLAND TRUNK MANUFACTURING CO. Makers of high-quality Baggage. 04 Sd. Cor. 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