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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1908)
11 OCTOBER 7,190S. " the Sheep's Back to Your Back and No Cotton Added in the Making ,,Zrvr You can trade here exceedingly well by mail. Our new catalog is ready; 'twill pay you to send for a copy Great Woolen Goods Sale Continues "The Source of Supply 7 " " KB TT The response to the initial advertisement of our "Great Woolen Goods Sale" was quick and enthusiastic. It seemed as though hundreds had simply been awaiting the word. This is very gratifying to us because it shows plainly that our efforts in behalf of the public are taken at their true intrinsic worth. It shows that the "Mill-to-Man" method of selling woolens is the correct way. It is the correct way because it is the direct way all side trips and stops with middlemen being done away with. If you are not already familiar with this store's methods, we invite you to call and become acquainted. Such a trip of investigation will be profit able to you in more ways than one. "Mill Seconds" of Blankets at Half Price "Mill seconds" is a term used in describing articles that fall just short of perfection. The imperfec tions in "mill seconds" in blankets we offer at half price are of a trivial character a faulty border weave, uneven color; nothing, however, in any instance that would hurt the cold - repelling power. Don't miss this opportunity. ,t- li.'JE--;-. foittfeiiiliiri -i : Wool Socks Reduced Men's Overcoats and Cravenettes, worth $22.50 and $25.00 at You can procure "foot comfort" at a trifling outlay during this sale. Although the prevailing prices are but a faint shadow of their former self, the quality of the socks them selves is of the same sterling goodness as all else in this store. All sorts fine cashmere, medium weights, and extra heavy ones as thick as a blanket all cost but little. Men's gray wool mixed Socks, these a real 20c Otf value, 2 pairs iJU Men's fine black cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CA 3 pairs OWC Men's fine gray cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CjQc 3 pairs Men's fine knit yarn Socks, these a real 35c value, 25c per pair Men's black woolen Socks, these a real 20c value, OC. 2 pairs Men's extra fine black cashmere Socks, these a real S5c 25c value, per pair Men's fine tan cashmere Socks, these a real 25c value, CQC 3 pairs..." Jkj Best grade heavy knit Socks, these real 50c and 75c OC values, per pair. - The line of Overcoats and Cravenettes we are offering at $15 is really a marvel in bargain giving. They would be considered a remarkable bargain at a closing out sale at the very end of the season. But the "MiU-to-Man" method of selling places these splendid "1908" garments in your reach at the very time you want them in the beginning of cold weather at a price that enables you to save from $7.50 to $10 on a Coat. If in need of such a garment, don't miss coming here. 'Twill be your misfortune if you don't come. Men's and Women's Wool Underwear QE $1.25 Value, at Per Garment If we could picture the real value of these garments in type, so that you could see them face to face, as it were not one garment of the several thousand we have would last the day out. Absolutely perfect in every way, shape and finish. Those for men in tan and natural gray those for women in silver gray. ' Blankets Reduced Nowhere in the store is the advantage of buying woolen goods more apparent than in our blanket section. It is . only by going direct to the fountain head the woolen mill that we are able to give values like these: Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double O O C size, regular $4.50 value SALE PRICE PO0 Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double (JjO O C size, regular $5.50 value .SALE PRICE PJ0J Fine gray and mottled Blankets, full double Cf size, regular $6.50 value SALE PRICE ptJJ Pure lambswool white Blankets, full double J?C CO size, regular $8.00 value SALE PRICE PJJJ Pure lambswool white Blankets, full doubled 1-iO size, regular $9.50 value SALE PRICE P VI ,JJ Pure -lambswool white Blankets, full double d0 Clf. size, regular $12.50 value. .. .SALE PRICE pOJJ Third and Stark Streets if owns vine wooien Mill St ore Portland Oregon 1. U trj Wm LANE ON RATE LI Commissioner Discusses Loss of Oriental Trade. RAILROADS FEAR PUBLICITY Attorney for Chamber of Commerce Quotes Letter to Spokane Club to Show Publication of Tariffs Is Avoided. PORTLAND. Oct. . (To the Edi tor.) In this morning's Issue of The Oreftonian. there was an editorial headed "Killlnic Trans-Paclflc Trade." The substance of the editorial is to the effect that the refusal on the part of the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit transcontinental railroads to make a lower rail rate on through freight to the Orient than is made on freight distributed In this country, la demoralising the trans-Pacific freight out of Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia ports. The editorial Is based on a misconception of the facts and of the law. The transportation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which had taken up this matter with the Inter state Commerce Commission, feel that it Is but right that the public should understand the fact, and Justice be don the commission. No better an swer or explanation could be made than that contained In a letter written by Mr. Franklin K. Lane, one of the commissioners, to the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade on this subject, a copy ef which is here with enclosed, and which wu sent to the transportation committee by Com missioner Lane. As a matter of fact, the sole question, un)er tha law. Is whether or not the railroads shall publish their tariffs, not that the commission shall control the rates. The railroads are reluctant to puhltith these tariffs because their proportion thereof is so much lower than Is charged on domestic, traffic that they fear the effect of this on ship pers In this country. The criticism, therefore, should not be directed at the commission for following the law, but at tne law which requires the pubilca tion of rates. The proper method, - therefore, of correcting the evil. If it exists, is not to condemn the commis sion for making a ruling It never made, or one under the law they were compelled to make, but to have the law amended If It is in the Interest f the public to do so. Yours truly. J. N. TEAL, Attorney for Transportation Committee of Chamber of Commerce. Sptmlwr Ml. T corn a Chamber of mmM and Hnnl t-f Tra.:. Taooma. Vah. int;emii: Vur favor of Auut 1, rriuet!r tn ortntlHi mith rp,t t th Ommk-on' ruilr t qu'r're the raUr.Td t puh igft the inland p-,pc rt!r of their expert and import rate. Such a ftneral Sfttsunflerwaodicc exmts aa l-i rtur of th decision In the Coemc- pMi-an Mrrlr? ca that tt seems" worth ')l!llt cur ruling- wu. T Ceemopolttaa Chirping Co. operata a line of steamships plying between Philadel phia and different ports of Northern Europe. In Its complaint preferred before the Com mfcwion It alleged that the Hamburg-American Packet Co.. North German Lloyd Steam Ship Co.. the Wilson Lines and the S-andl-navian-American line tad ortsanlzed a so ralled "pool" whereby all traffic originating in th r-Tiitrf states, whether on the sea board or In tha interior, and destined to the north of Europe, was divided among them selves In certain designated proportions. The complainant asked that tnts uauic pooi ba declared lllecal because In contraTentlon of the antl-poollng provision of the interstate commerce act. Problem Before Commission. Tha Commission was thus confronted with the question of its Jurisdiction over ocean steamship lines plying between the American ea.board and a foreign country non-adjacent. This question had been raised frequently before thl tlm. but had never been finally determined. After careful consideration the Commission ruled that the Jurisdictional clause -of the Interstate commerce act gave the Commission no authority over these for eign steamship lines. The complaint was therefore dismisses. But this does not mean that the Commis sion Is altogether without authority over the foreign commerce of the United tftaiee. The Interstate commerce act Is by its terms ap plicable to the transportation of "property chipped from any pace in the Lnlted States to a roreign country nu mi i um place to a port of transshipment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the t-xit.t firaiM nrl carried to auch Dlace from a port of entry either In the I'nlted States or an adjacent foreign country.' It thus appears that the Commission has ample Jurisdiction over the foreign commerce of the I nlted mates wnue moving irru mc wen board and Interior points. It logically and necessarily follows that the rate for the Inland movement to or from the seaboard must be filed and published In order to com ply with the express provWons of the law. A contrary holding would deprive the Com mission of all Jurisdiction over foreign com merce. If Joint rates only were required to be pubMshed. the proportion of each carrier being unknown, the law couM easily be set at naught through collusion between the railroads and ocean carriers. Rebates and preferences could be granted at will. Xo punishment could be imposed for making a concession from a Joint rate of this char acter as it would be impopMble to connect the offense with the carrier over which alone the Commlsalson has control. That this ruling Is in accord with the law is not questioned. The railroads have not gone Into court to have the Commission en Joined, because they know its position is le gally unassailable. The whole difficulty arises from their reluctmnce to make puMio the inland proportions of these joint rates. Their earning on this traffic are so small that ther fear the diswttlsfrtctlon of domes tic shippers and the complaint that would follow. Hill and Harrlmasi Quoted. The Commission is urged to reverse Its ruling upon the ground that It is doing serious Injury to the Pacific trade. It this were so. it would not reflect upon the Com mission's ruling, but would argue against the advisability of the law which the Com mission is charged to enforce. However, there Is good authority fr toe position that the rulirg in question 1 not the cause of the depression In the Pacific trade. Messrs. Hiil and Hamman are somewhat widely known as well-Informed railroad men. Neither is suspected of undue regar.i for the Interstate Commerce Com m lesion. Yet when In t erv le wed with respect t o the unsat isf ac tery condition of the Pacific trade, it does not occur to thera to place the responsibility with the Interstate Commerce Commission, sir. Hanimaa says: "There Is Just as much of that business as ever before. The on!y dlfferenos Is tere s more competition on the water." To Mr. Hill the question appar ently sras a very belaud one. "Why, our pi-ifli trade has been cone f"r a year. As lorg as IS months ago I told them what was coming." Aked If the action of the American trans continental roads In withdrawing from tha Pacific carrying trade was due to resent ment at the action of the Interstate Com merce Commies! Mr. Hill replied: "Re sentment? No. The Commjselson cannot be b.amed for enforcing the law. The Pacific trade was given up because It did not pay." Here we have the frank tdmlwtou that the unsatisfactory condition of the Paclfio trade is due entirety to the operation of natural causes tn no respect to the action cf the Interstate Commerce Commission, tepaaewe After Carrying Trade. For some time the Pacific trade has been tn difficulty. Ever-increasing comjetitkn on the part of the Japane; steamship lines, heavily subsidized and economically oper ated, has crowdM our American vessels hard. Reports that the Pacific trade was becoming unprofitable have been by no means rare In recent years. It is a matter of gen eral knowledge on the Pacific Coast that when the immigration of Chinese coolies was ended some years ago. the thn existing steamship lines out of Fabric ports to China penly declared that they would be com pelled to withdraw from all Oriental trade, as their chief source of revenue came from this class of immigrant travel. They found before long, however, that Japanese coolies could be substituted for Chinese, and I was told by the manager of one of these line, over a year ago that If the immigration of Japanese was checked by the action of our Government, it would lead to the withdrawal of the most Important of the Pacific lines from Japanese-Chinese business, unless a Government subsidy were granted as an off set. So that whatever the distress of the American steamship lines on the Pacific, their embarrassment was long since charged to ot her causes than the act to regu late commerce or any decision of this Commis sion. It is not the function of this Commission to make law. but to declare law and to en force It. The power has not been given to us to abrogate the statute, but such dis cretionary power as is vested In us has al ready been exercised in favor of the Pa cific steamship lines, the Commiesion now permitting a reduction of Pacific Coast im port and export rail rates upon three days notice and an increase upon 10 days notice. This action was taken with the express pur pose of meeting the requirements of the Pacific trade. Very truly yours. Signed) FRANKUN K. LANE. Com m i ssr.o ne r. SUE TO DEFEND COPYRIGHT Receiver Howard Alleges Duplica tion of Defunct Bank's Map. R. S. Howard, Jr., receiver for the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, yes terday through Attorneys W. C. Bristol and S. B. Llthlcum appeared before Judge Wolverton and applied for a re straining order to be Issued against Theodore Rowland and Walter S. Fortl ner, two civil engineers, to prevent them from putting on the market a map of Portland upon which the Title Guarantee & Trust Company had the protection cf a copyright. Judge Wolverton heard the application for the injunction and has set the case for hearing for this afternoon. The papers filed in the case by Attor neys Bristol and Llnthicura charge that Rowland was employed by J. Thorburn Ross, who was at that time at the head of the Title company, as draftsman. The copyright title was In Mr. Ross' name, but when the company failed the copy right title, like the other assets of the concern, were turned over to Receiver Mears and subsequently to Receiver Howard. It seems that in order to get out the map it was necessary for Row land to employ several other draftsmen, but all were paid for their services by the Title company. Now. according to the application for an iniunctlon, Row land and Fortiner are getting out a map of Portland of their own, and it is al leged that it is in the hands of Bush ong & Co. for publication. The charge is made that the Row Ian d Fortlner map Is Identical with that which Rowland made for the Title company, the only changes being tn the scale ana color. It Is also alleged that Rowland obtained the material for his map while engaged In preparing the map for tne Title company and that the action is brought to protect the creditors of the receivership. PROBE FOR PRISON County Court Will Investigate Kelly Butte. TAKES GRAND JURY'S HINT Suburb Wants Fire Engine. At the meeting of the Kenllworth Im provement Club Monday night. 1 F. iloi- denhauer announced that a lot for a fire engine-bouse, suitable in every way, could be secured for a reasonable sum. This' site has received the sanction of Chief Campbell for the reason It Is on elevated ground, and an engine stationed there would be able to cover a wide territory. It was decided by the push club to urge the city to purchase this site. In order to secure the co-operation ot the citisena of the community in securing fire protec tion and other Improvements, tt is de sired that all Interested in the growth of that suburb join the club and member ship cards are now being circulated la the community. Judge Webster Scouts Possibility of Finding Anything - Wrong and Thinks Talesmen Prejudiced Against Superintendent. "The County Commissioners will in a few .days make a thorough investiga tion of Kelly Butte affairs," said Judge Webster yesterday, "and if there is any ground for the Grand Jury's charges that Mr. Briggs Is not competent to act as superintendent of the Butte quarry, he will be discharged. Heretofore when charges have been made against him wa have found upon a thorough investiga tion that there was no ground for them. They have usually been made either by dope fiends or by guards who were dis charged from the Butte for their In competency, and who therefore com plain. "Of course, I do not know what testi mony was secured by the grand Jury," continued the judge, "but as far as I can leam this Is just the character of the testimony placed before the tales men. Their leaning In the report can be seen when it is- observed that they THE SLEEPING SICKKESS WHICH MEANS DEATH How many readers have heard of this terrible disease? It prevails in that Tar-away country Africa especially the Congo district. It is caused by the bite of the tsetse fly. When it bites a person, the sleeping symptoms begin and finally the sufferer sleeps until death occurs. Contrast this with the peaceful, balmy sleep of health. Is there any thing more wearing than to lie awake at night, tossing about, nervous, with cold feet, hot head and mercy knows what else? Short of letting the tsetse fly bite ns we would do almost any thing for relief. How can we pre vent it? Mr. George Hayes, of Union City. Pa., writes: "I had lost my appetite, was all rum-down, could not sleep nights. I had tried every thing without relief. Vinol was rec ommended, and to my surprise, it helped me at once; gave me a splendid appetite, and now I sleep soundly. What Vinol did for Mr. Hayes, it will do for every run-down, nervous and overworked person who cainot sleen. Woods rd, Clarke A Co., Druggists, Portland. recommended thab pots and kettles be provided for Sheriff Stevens' use in feed ing the prisoners. "Now, we do not propose to pay any of the county's money tor- the Sherirf for the feeding of the prisoners. The law passed by the voters last June gives him 12 cents a meal for every meal furnished to prisoners. It Is his duty to furnish his own utensils as well as raw materials. Further than this, ho has sent us a bill for $390 for the board of the jailer and matron. We do not expect to pay that any more than we Intend to pay the rent of the District Attorney's offices. In the first place Mr. Cameron Is a district foficer and should not look to the county for the rent. I would not object to giving him and his deputies a room in the county building if there were one vacant. But all available space is filled now. "Regarding the use of opium at the Butte, I do not think any has ever been admitted, unless It was smuggled In. and relative to the implied accusation of the grand jury that Mr. Briggs has, for a consideration, permitted certain pris oners to have opium and liquor, I nave never been able to And any evidence to hat effect. In case such evidence of a reliable character were found any man countenancing such a thing would be summarily discharged." Superintendent Briggs was asked yes terday in regard to the -charges made against him in conducting Kelly Butte. He admitted that two trusties escaped from custody, but said in the case of the other three men. one Melntyre was pardoned by the Governor, while Brown and Johnson are at the County Hospital. Relative to the statement which has been made to the effect that when tne men escaped he did not notify the Sher iff's office at once, that he might cap ture the fleeing men before they were beyond reach, Briggs said yesterday he phoned to the County Court at once, and then drove to town and talked the mat ter over with Judge Webster. He said he was told to Inform Sheriff Stevens what had happened, which he dla. "Ferrell and McPherson were acting as trusties at the Butte," said Mr. Briggs yesterday. "One of them sawed off two broom handles and lashed them together so as to make a heavy club, while the other had a couple of sticks fixed In a similar manner. When the cook opened the door one day the two knocked him down and escaped." Declares Wife Is Scold. That his wife is a common scold, with an ugly temper which she makes no attempt to govern, is the allegation made by James Peterson, a contractor and builder, in his answer to the di vorce suit of Kate E. Peterson. The husband says that their troubles began tn 1892. In the Summer of 1905, he says, she loudly scolded him In the presence of the workmen on a house he' was building. In the Fall of the next year his wife refused to get his breakfast, telling him that she had no more love for him. Last May accusa tions of infidelity were made, Mrs. Kate Olney being named as corespondent. China is very particular that the quality of tho foreign Roods it buys hall b fully up to sample, but pays very promptly for what It does buy. A Chinese merchant's word le ae frood as hie bond. Golf All Winter at DEL MONTE CALIFORNIA The Paradise of the Pacific. 125 miles south of San Francisco. Affords every facility for golf, tennis, riding, driving, motoring, and all other sports, under ideal conditions. Superb climate; beau tiful scenery. Every luxury and convenience of the be6t city ho tels. Stopover privileges on all through railroad tickets. Illustrated literature on request. Chester W. Kelley, special Northwestern representative, Sa voy Hotel, Seattle, until October 20. Rates and reservations made. H. R. WARNER, Manager. .vf v0 m
