THE MORNING' OREGONTAN, TUESDAY, NOVE3IBER 24, lwo.
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JAPAN BUSINESS
RIVAL OF AMERICA
V
Formidable Competitor for the
Commerce of the Pacific,
Says H. B. Miller.
LOTS $2SO
$10 DOWN $ IO A MONTH
GOVERNMENT AID FACTOR
TrKTTV Tk jt YTk VT S
PAMf
Consul-General at Yokohama, Vlioe
Home Is In Oregon, Dlwnssca
Trade Conditions Nippon'
Progress Since War.
That Japan is a formidable rival of tha
I'nited Stales for the commerce of the
cotintrira bordering- on the Pacific la the
Kellef of Henrv B. Miller. American Con
il-Oeneral at Yokohama. who la in
Portland for a brief visit. Because of
'the peculiar intermingling of the gov
emmental and industrial lnieresia
Nippon, he aaya. any other country that
wants to trade in the Orient may well
studr the political economy .of Japan
with Interest and profit.
Consul-General Miller is an Oregon
man whose home is at Kugene.
There Is no Important industry of
Jsnan but Is aided and developed largely
by the government." declared Mr. Miller
voKterriav. Through control of the
finances of Japan, the railroads and
steamship lines and the power to arrange
nhaidies. tariffs and rebates in any way
best suited to lis purpose, the 50.flOO.flnO
neoDle of JaDan may be concentrated be
hind any one industry or activity by the
wnvernnient.
The great steamship companies of
Japan have the largest per cent of their
cardial st'X'k owned by tne imperial
household. The Mikado Is the director
In a wav of the financial and Industrial
affairs of the country. The government
owns the control of the Bank of Japan
and the Yokohama Specie Bank, ana
through these institutions manages to
control the whole financial system. This
Imperial treasury is to some extent
part of the government. By Invesjtlnjr in
the leading enterprises, the government
encourages every project of consequence
to the country.
"Through the control of the finances
certain amount of money for the encour
asement of the various industries Is set
aside by the government, and this fund
amounts to a large sum. The silk and
tea industries are encouraged In this way
and the marketing1 of products is also
helped. Cotton goods are marketed by
forming a trust of the manufacturers
under the direction of the Mitsui Com
pany, whereby the diversified products
of the various factories are changed into
standard goods fitted especially for the
markets of China, and are carried to
market by the Mitsui, Company. The
government furnishes money to manufac
turers at 4 per cent Interest to extend
this trade.
Government .Monopolies.
"The Investment of the imperial house-
bold In the various Industries Insures
whatever aid is needed to build them up.
Favorable tariff schedules are arranged
rebates and cheap transportation. Ths
government has a monopoly of the rail
roads, salt, tobacco and camphor. It has
Inaugurated the lumber and other Indus
tries where Individuals had not the cap
ital or courage to develop them.
"Whether this .system is titled to any
other country or people. I am not pre
pared to say. It certainly Is not In
harmony with the character of Ameri
cans, but It seems to me to be well quali
fied to bring Japan Into competition with
the strong corporations of other nations.
To my mind It is well fitted to the char-
- acter of the Japanese and the Industrial
conditions existing there. It Is sure to
become a most important factor in the
Oriental situation In competition for trade
and ought to receive tlte careful con
sideration of our lawmakers before we
complete the new tariff now in process
of construction.
"While our trade with Japan is con
stantly on the increase, yet tliere ought
to be a careful examination of the trade
between the two countries and a tariff to
meet the conditions ought to result in
largely Increased exports to that country.
The new Japanese tariff will go Into effect
in r.MI. The government has experts en
gaged in studying conditions in all coun
tries to enable the establishment of I
new tariff especially in line with the
necessary benetits to her industries and
commerce.
"One of the most Interesting: devel
opments of Japanese Industry of late
years is the growth of the electrical
light and power development from the
many water powers of the Islands. For
tunately. In this line the United States
has the Inside track in supplying equip
ment. The Japanese plants are being
operated by expert engineers, and for
the most part, they received their edu
cation In this country, so our supplies
are the ones purchased. The most im
portant mining; development la the de
velopment of copper properties. Japan
now produces all the copper she con
sumes, and In addition Is exporting tha
metal to China, Kurope and even to the
Vnited States. The Japanese are now
beginning to manufacture wire for
their own use in their power plants.
Vnited States Good Customer.
'The Industrial development of Japan
lias been marked during recent years.
The United States now consumes one
third of the exports of Japan. China
takes another third, and the remainder
of the world takes the rest. The rela
tions of the United States and Japan
wre Important from a commercial point
of view. A prominent feature of our
trade with Jpan Is that almost all the
a-onds we take from that nation are the
products of the soil and labor. It is
different with the exports from Japan
to China. They are. for the most part,
manufactured goods, like tobacco, cot
ton goods, etc.. the raw material being:
imported to Japan and the finlahed
product sent out.
'Our imports from Japan are raw
silk, or silk thread, tea. porcelain.
" various curios, fans and articles man
ufactured from paper. There has been
a steady ami consistent growth In ex
ports from Japan to the United States
and probably all. save tea. will continue
to increase. Especially will this be true
of raw silk, because of the fact that
Japan has economic, climatic and social
conditions suited to the cheap produc
tion of silk In competition with any
other country In the world. It has be
come a leading Industry because of the
fact that three crops of silk worms
and three crops of mulberry leaves
can be grown each season, whereas
other nations. I am told, grow but a
(Ingle crop.
"Yokohama Is the principal port of
export of silk as well as most of the
other products of Japan to this coun
try save tbe matting that la shipped
from Kobe. oods pass through the
consulate at Yokohama to the United
States to the value of 160.000.000 gold
per annum. This makes Yokohama the
third port in the world in the value of
exports to this country, and It la out
yanked only by l'srls and Iondon.
HERE
IS OPPORTUNITY FOR
IDEAL INVESTMENT
HOW often have you told a friend, "I could have bought that lot a few years
ago for a few hundred dollars; today it's worth a thousand."
WILL you go ahead with your eyes open and make the same mistake again,
or will you take advantage of your opportunity now?
YOU will see lots in Fairport double and triple in a very few years. This is
your opportunity. Will you take advantage of it? It comes once.
MAKE a small payment of $10 down and pay $!Oa month and own a lot
in Fairport. Every lot we sell makes the one you buy more
valuable.
MONEY is easily spent. It can be made to return dollars for quarters ex
pended by the purchase of a lot in Fairport $ 1 0 down, $ 1 0 a
month.
QUICK returns this is what Fairport stands for, and the location of Fair
port directly adjoining Swifts is proof for our claims.
FAIRPORT LOTS $250 $10 Down, $10 a Month
A magnificent view of Rivers, Lakes and surrounding country high, dry and healthful conven
ient to Public Schools and Churches, and ideally situated for homes and business.
Call at our office and let us show you a map of Fairport and the surrounding country. Let us tell
you how the Swifts are spending nearly a million dollars to improve their townsite, which is next
to Fairport. Let us take you out to Fairport in our automobile and show you this property.
MIKKELSEN & TUCKER
GENERAL AGENTS
301-2 Corbett Building Fifth and Morrison Streets
DBJECTTOftCCOUNT
Irregularities Alleged in Calef
Estate.
EXECUTOR E. QUACKENBUSH
Hinted That $10,000 Has Been Mis.
appropriated C. K. S. Wood
Retained to Take Care wf In
terest of Heirs to Estate.
That ther have been some irregular!
ties In the handling; of the cnaries
Calef estate, which has been in the hands
of E Ouackenbush. as executor. Tor tne
past 30 years. Is the expressea Denei oi
C. E. S. Wood. .Uast nigrni ne aeniea.
however, that he said he thought Mr.
Quarkenbuah had misappropriated about
(40.000 worth of property or cash belong
ing- to the heirs. He admitted. However,
that he intends, in about a week, to file
In the County Court objections to tne
final account.
I have Just returned from Eastern Ore-
ton. said Mr. wooa. ana nave not mur-
ougiily Investigated this matter, so I
would not want to say that this man has
made away with all this money, but I
id sav today that It looked to me as
though some of tt was missing-. Of course
he may have vouchera to cover Tne enure
mount. I noticed today that the estate
as dwindled to a very small figure. Tou
can look that trn for yourself."
Mrs. James ilci. Wood, one or tne neirs
i the Calef estate, would say nothing-
bout the manner In which it has been
administered, as she said It was In the
hands of llr. Wood, her attorney.
Letters testamentary were Issued In
July. 1ST, to Harriet A. Calef. E. Quack
enbush and M. 8. Burrell. The executrix
resigned during the following year, and
Mr. Burrell died, leaving Mr. Quacken-
bush as the sole executor. The report on
the estate, recently filed in the County
Court, covers the period between Novem
ber S. 1SST, and October 1. 1908. It was
filed after a petition had been passed
upon by Judge Webster and an order
Issued for the executor to show how he
ad disposed of the funds.
The final report snows the total pay
ments of tlie executor to have been $oi.-
76.73. and the cash on hand to be I4$.3i.
Allen Oalef has been paid, according to
the report. $30,643.57. and Mrs. James Mcl.
Wood 27,18.31. The legacy was H7.730.41.
nd the expense of administering the
estate til. .'4.85. According to the account
the income for the last 21 years has been
THREE DIVORCES ARE SOrGHT
Tales of Marital Difficulties Told In
Circuit Court.
With a story of cruelties heaped upon
him by an unloving spouse, George G.
Larfield has besought the Circuit Court
for a divorce from Marie U Larfleld.
The climax of his marital woes waa
reached last April, when his wife
rushed from the house In pursuit of the
fleeing- man. with a revolver in her
and. and threats to shoot. He says in
he divorce complaint that she chased
him for tliree blocks.
Larflrld had trouble with hl wife
Just beore Christmas, in 1S04. only
two months ter the wedding He
was married October IS He says that
10 days before New Tear aha scratched
him in tho face, and bett him with her
fist, lifter a'-ci'slng him of infidelity.
At another time she chewed the skin
from his left hand. Last January, he
says, she threw a butcher knife at him.
Larfleld says his wife gave out the im
pression that she was making trips to
town to meet her husband, while in
reality they were for the purpose of
meeting other men.
Marie Christ is also seeking a divorce
in the Circuit Court. She asserts that
for the last two years she has been
subjected to the abuse and scolding of
a drunken husband, who beat her. ine
language which he used, she says, is
unfit to be placed on record In court.
She wag obliged to take in washing
to support herself and their three chil
dren. SHe married Peter Christ m Jan
uary. 1896.
Joseph J. Tohms began to drink six
months after the marriage, according
to Florence A. Tohms, who has brought
a divorce suit against him. She says
that on his frequent sprees he squan
dered his earnings, and thereby ren
dered her life miserable. They were
married at Detroit, Mich., December 11,
1901.
the note to Beckett. The court held that
only Kerr could set up the statute of lim
itations in defense. Shaw now owns the
property, having obtained from Kerr a
quit-claim deed.
Case Will Go to Trial.
The 340.000 libel suit against the Journal
Publishing Company, brought by I M.
Davis. Republican Representative-elect to
the Oregon Legislature, will probably go
to trial on its merits, as Presiding Judge
Gantenbein in the Circuit Court over
ruled, yesterday morning, the defendant's
demurrer to the complaint. It was al
leged that the complaint does not set up
facts sufficient to constitute a cause of
action, because It does not say that the
editorial objected to was published wan
tonly. Davis, in complaining of what he terms
Jibel. says that he is a Statement No. 1
member of the Legislature, and that he
intends to vote for George E. Chamber
lain for United States Senator even
though the latter does not agree with him
politically. He says that the "defendant
maliciously and wrongfully, and with in
tent to bring obloquy upon the plaintiff,
and to bring him into contempt and ridi
cule, and to damage and injure his good
name and business, social and political
standing, and his reputation, and to di
minish the esteem in which he was held"
published In one of its Sunday issues an
editorial which said he was about to
break his pledge.
Shaw's Demurrer Overruled.
The demurrer of Robert Shaw to the
suit of H. B. Beckett was overruled by
Judge Gantenbein yesterday morning.
Shaw set up the statute of limitations,
saying that suit cannot now be brought
to recover on a 31000 note payable in 1S91.
The note, with a mortgage to East Port
land property, was given to J. K. Gill by
John R. Kerr, who is made a party de
fendant in the present suit. Gill assigned
Delightful Beyond Compare
Post
Toasties
Crisp, Ilavory, delicious
golden brown corn flakes
'The Tate Linger"
Po?tum Cereal Company. Limited.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Circuit Court Xotes.
C. W". Bowhay and A. H. Brown, in
dicted by the grand jury on five counts
for selling liquor in Precinct 89, which
has been voted dry, will be tried In Jan
uary. Two cases were set by Judge Gan
tenbein yesterday for trial January 13.
two for January 14 and the fifth for Jan
uary 15. They entered pleas of not guilty
yesterday.
iJ. J. Merten. charged will atemptinfi
to burglarize, will be sentenced Friday.
Chester Massey, 17 years old, is In the
County Jail because he stood watch while
his "pals" climbed through a window of
the St. John skating rink. He will b
haled before Judge Gantenbein. of the
Juvenile Court, today.
Because he landed with his strong right
arm on a conductor's Jaw when the lat
ter told him he had not paid his fare. J.
N. Kline was arrested last night by Spe
cial Agent Lillis, of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, and lodged
in the County Jail. He obtained the 325
bail required laet night, and was re
leased. In order to relieve, in a measure, the
congested condition of the Circuit Court
docket, the four Judges, after conferring
upon the subject, have decided that it
will be best to set four cases for trial on
the first three days of every week when
the Jury Is not in session. Heretofore
the practice has been to set but three
cases for trial each day, one for each
of the three Judges, leaving the presiding
Judge free to attend to arraignments,
pleadings and ex-parte matters.
soon as possible, and that they arrived
October 27.
MEN'S WOOL COATS $1.
Vests of pure wool cloth ...30.50
Youths' Suits, sizes to 35 '..33.50
Men's Pants, splendid goods 31.00
Boys' Knee Pants, ages 6 to 15 25
Men's Ail-Wool Suits 35.00
Men's fine All-Wool Overcoats. .313.DO
At the closing-out sale of the whole
sale stock. Front and Oak streets. In
the wholesale district.
FOOTBALL TICKETS
Reserved seats for the Thanksgiving
game between Multnomah and U. of O.
are now on sale at Powers & Estes drug
store, Sixth and Alder.
To clarife the streets of the City of London
nrarly 80.CMrrt.O0O gallons of water are an-
r 1 1 r ' 1 v rpquirfi.
CLEARS THE COMPLEXION
OVERNIGHT
Erickson Most Par for Matclisafes.
The suit of H. G. Grace & Company
against August Erickson went In favor
of the plaintiff yesterday. Judge Cle
land, in the Circuit Court, tried . the
caae. The suit was to recover 3500
for 5000 match safes, alleged to have
been delivered to Erickson by the New
Jersey Aluminum Company, In October,
1906. The firm assigned its claim to
Brace & Company. In defense, Erick
son set up that he agreed with the
agent of the company that delivery
should be made October 1, 1906, other
wise he was not to take the goods.
The agent said that the agreement was
that the g-oods were to be shipped as
Pimprrn, Rash, Eruptions, Etc., Quick
ly Eradicated by New Skin Remedy.
Since its discovery one year ago,
poblam. the new skin remedy, has, in
its extraordinary accomplishments, ex
ceeded the most sanguine expectations
of the eminent specialist who gave it
to the world. It has cured thousands
of cases of eczema and eradicated facial
and other disfigurements of years'
standing. The terrible itching; attend
ing eczema is stopped with the first
application, giving proof of its curative
properties at the very outset.
In less serious skin affections, such
as pimples, rash, herpes, blackheads,
acne, barber's itch, etc.. results show
after an overnight application, only a
small quantity being required to effect
a cure. Those who use poslam for
these minor skin troubles can now
avail themselves of the special 50-cent
package, recently adopted to meet such
needs. Both tne 50-cent package and
the regular $2 Jar may now be obtained
In Portland at the Skldmore Drug Co.
and other leading drugstores.
Samples for experimental purposes
may be had free of charge by writing
direct to the Emergency Laboratories,
32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New Tork
City.
Stereopticon Exhibition
OF
BAYOCEAN PARK
VIEWS GIVEN
Tuesday Eve., Nov. 24th at
455 Sherlock Building, 83y2 Third Street.
COME AND ENJOY A BARE TREAT
Two Good Agents "Wanted. None but Strictly First-Class
Need Apply.
Potter-Chapin Realty Company
514 CORBETT BUILDING
The Cream of IRVINGTON
Prospect Park Is the HIGHEST PART o!
IRVINGTON
Has an elevation that overlooks Holladay Addition and
affords a splendid view of the grandest panorama of moun
tains, hills and valleys in the world.
Prospect Park has a soil that will grow abundance of grass,
and is absolutely free from gravel, rock, stumps and brush.
Prospect Park is more favorably located than any property
in Portland devoted exclusively to residences of a high char
acter. .
WHERE?
Just a Mile from the Steel Bridge
Prospect Park is a 15-minute ride from downtown on two
of the best carlines in the city. Cars leave Second and Wash
ington and Fifth and Washington every five minutes during the
day and every three minutes during the busy hours.
No transfers cars run direct to Prospect Park.
Take Woodlawn or Alberta cars, get off at Knott street and
walk one block east to Prospect Park office.
Mr. H. L. Mumf ord is in charge of our East Side office, and
will show you the entire tract, character of improvements, etc.
Prospect Park is the finest residence property in the North
west. WHY?
All Improvements Completed
Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been spent in
public improvements in Prospect Park. These improvements
are constructed on the most scientific lines. Every detail has
been perfected regardless of expense.
Prospect Park has today the most complete system of drain
age and street improvements of any community in the North
west. These improvements have been installed.
Prospect Park is connected with the city by a hard-surface
pavement, and the entire tract is paved with asphalt, all side
walks and curbs substantially built of cement.
WHEN?
Right Now. Prices will greatly Advance
Every lot in Prospect Park is offered at a price that will net
the investor a good profit in a short time.
This property, already improved, will be in such great de
mand for fine residences that present prices will soon advance.
Building restrictions and 25-foot building line will guar
antee the home-builder in Prospect Park that all neighboring
homes will be high-class and the entire tract will be harmoni
ously and uniformly built up.
WHO?
The Seeker of High-Class Residence Lots
Prospect Park has everything to offer that will attract the
builder of a fine home all improvements are completed, the
highest point of the best residence section of the city, close to
downtown, and two good streetcar lines.
"PROSPECT PARK IN THE MAKING," a novel bit of
advertising, illustrates and describes in detail the location, ad
vantages and manner of construction of improvemefits that
have been installed in Prospect Park.
You can get a copy of this booklet by calling.
OUNTIREE
& DIAMOND
Downtown Office, 241 Stark Street.
East Side Office, East Seventh and Knott Streets.
Cooking and Heating
Fuel and Trouble
Savers
EVERY CHARTER OAK IS
GUARANTEED
If your dealer tries to talk you into the
mistake of burin another make, write to us
CHARTER OAK STOVE AND RAN6E CO.
8T. LOUIS, MO.
A train of cars a half mile long U noth
ing. President Underwood, of the Brie, has
an engine that weighs ST3.000 pounds, the
largest and most powerful locomotive In the
world. This monster, and monstrosity, with
IB driving wheels, hauls a freight train of
50 cars, two miles long.
A recent Parisian caricature shows a
bearded Turk In a turban upon the roof of
his house, looking through a field glass
"Allah Is just," he exclaims. "Now that
my neighbors' wives go ahout with faces
uncovered I see that they are quits as
homely as my own."