THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908.
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TARIFF BODY IS
PUTIN QUANDARY
Boutell Sounds Note of Despair
at Hearing Regarding
Revision.
PROBLEM DIFFICULT ONE
Testimony Show- Increased Iutle?
Io ol Help Laborer and Dc
vrce Will ot BcncHt
Consumers.
WASHINGTON. Nov. N. At today
tariff hfartnir before the ways and
means committee of the House, Repre
sentative Boutell. of Illinois, questioned
I Kann, of the Pennsylvania Amer
ican Plate Glasp Company. n to whether
tl:e American laborer would benefit from
an increase In the tariff, and when told
that he would not. Mr. Boutell said :
Only One Benefited.
Kor three m-eeks this committee has
conduct el thes hearing' and all those
who appear do so voluntarily. No one
was ake!. The testimony has uni
formly shown that inrreased duties will
not arrrue to the benefit of the laborer
and that a rierta.e in the duties will
not accrue to the benefit of the con
sumer. It seems that, no matter what
we do. if we rale or lower the tariff,
it will only benefit one class, the one
w hich you belona- to."
"The ioor manufacturer? suggested
lr. Kami.
'Preois.!y. replied Mr. Boutell. "T
want to know what will N accomplished
by a revision of the tariff?
Representative Paul, of North Dakota,
secured the admission from Mr. Kann
that 11 plate glass companies which he
represented endeavored to put up the
prices of srlass at the same time.
After a discussion regarding the busi
ness that would follow an Increase In
the duty on plate (slaw. Mr. Clark, of
lissiuri. said to the witness:
"You ;t a little here and there, too
Final! for any one to come here and tes
tify, but altogether you reap a fortune."
A. U. Faulkner, who, as president of
the National Glayji Workers' Association,
represent d the labor interests of the
glass industry, pjtoke in favor of an in
t Teased dul on smaller sizes of plate
glass.
Want Duties Ketalneil,
A. E. Cluanl. of Kairbury. 111., for the
bottle manufacturing Interest; Fred
Garner, of Corning. N. II.. for the cut
a nd engrax'ed glass Industry; G. V.
Klair. of 1 'Ittsbnrg. also for cut glass,
and (ieorge Wells and Bdward Bauch.
of Rochester. X. Y representing opti-
al Rood industries, favored retention
of tiie present duties. The last named
three desired a reclassification of the
various articles affected by the tariff on
their Industry, while Henry H. Graves,
of Geneva. N. Y., desired protection for
the lens manufacturing business.
Mr. Payne had not heard from Andrew
Carnegie In response to his Invitation to
appear before the committee at a late
hour tonlKht.
Sheriff Hughes, of AmarilTo. Tex., Sun
day, by leaping out of a dining-car win
dow, was aided by four Pueblo men who
were fellow-lodge members. According to
the story, two of the men were on the
train and two others were outside at. a
stop where Fitzgerald was to make his
jump. It la said a. handcar was secured
and Fitzgerald was brought to- Pueblo,
given a change of clothing and left for
Denver. His destination is supposed to
nave been Chicago.
AURORA SPOILS MESSAGES
Electrlt-al Disturbance Paralyses
Telegraph Wires.
CHICAGO. Nov. 24. (Special.) The
superiority of the telephone for the
operation of railway trains in the event
of storms or electrical disturbances
was demonstrated over a large area
last Friday. An aurora borealls creat
ed such an electrical disturbance In
the. States of Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin
and several others, that the use 4t the
telegraph on railroads in these states
was out of the question for several
hours.
Not even by an almost constant read
justment of instruments were operators
able to transact any business. During
all of this general disturbance phone
systems In use by mny of the rail
roads remained unaffected. It was
SAVE MORSE WRECK
Boston Capitalists Form New
$40,000,000 Company.
MALL0RY ELECTED AT HEAD
Corporation Will Be Hqlding Con
cern for Four of Six Lines Con
trolled bjr Banker Xow
in Prison.
PORTLAXD, Me., Nov. 24. A meeting;
of the Incorporation of the Atlantic, Gulf
& West Indies line was held here today.
The certificate of incorporation of that
company provides that the company
stock shall be J40.opn.000 par value. The
Kline, who afterward became a Stand
ard Oil attorney, was then counsel for
Schofleld, Schurmer & Teagle.
"Well, they had a very capable attor
ney," said Mr. Rockefeller.
Concealed Ownership of Rivals.
The witness said In reply to other
questions that a similar contract was
made with the Pioneer Oil Company,
but he could not remember whether he
stated In the contract that the Standard
operated refineries only In Cleveland
and Bayonne, N. J.
. He understood, he said, that he made
an affidavit in connection with this con
tract to the effect that the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio had not owned any
stock of any railroads or pipe line.
You were trying to give the fmpresston at
that time that the large number of compa
nies you had acquired an Interest In were not
controlled by the Standard Oil Company of
Ohio?
I tried to give the status at that time.
Mr. Kellogg; asked the witness If he
had made It known to anyone at that
time that he had an Interest in the com
panies included in the trust agreement
of 1879. and if it was not a fact that
this agreement was kept secret while
he was combining the companies. Mr.
Rockefeller replied:
I cannot say, but I think It must have
been known to a number of people, outside
of those who algned It, replied Mr. Rocke
feller.
Evades Difficult . Question.
Is It not a fact that Mr. Archbold. Mr.
Flagler and others. In 1875 and later, made
affidavits and public statements that the
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NEW YORK Nov. IS. (Special.) The above snapshot of John D. Rockefeller was taken today. Mr.
Rockefeller was on Iris way to testify at the investigation of the Standard Oil Company In the suit brought
bv Frar.k B. Kellogg the Government's trust-buster. Mr. Rockefeller was accompanied by Moritr Rosen
thal who press reports say gets a salary of J1000 a day as attorney for the Standard Oil Company and
John G Mllburn, who was president of the Buffalo exposition, another high-priced Standard Oil attorney.
found that the service was as perfect
over the phones as though there had
been no electrictrihVation of the atmos
phere. It is also stated that at every
railroad station where phones are used
for the dispatching of trains, there has
been Installed a lightning arrester.
CANNON IS FOR REVISION
(Continued from first Page.)
CAHNKGIK NOT TO ATTEND
Sleel Magnale ISeplie by Mall to
Tariff Hearing Investigation.
NKW YOKK. Nov.' 24. Andrew Car
negie apparently will not appear to
morrow at the hearing in Washing
ton before the ways and means com
mittee on the iron and steel schedules
on the tariff. He said this afternoon
that he had replied by mail to the
committee's invitation to go to Wash
ington and give it the benefit of his
new tariff views: but. while he was
willing to give out this information.
lie refused to disclose the nature of
his reply. saylrT he thought such ac
tion on his part would be discourte
ous to the committee. If the letter
carried a refusal to attend the hear
ings the decision could not have been
due to the state of Mr. Carnegie's
health, for his secretary said for him
that he had completely recovered from
the indisposition which prevented his
keeping an engagement in Baltimore
last night.
REVOLUTION IS SPREADING
Government Gunhoat Falls Into
Hands of Haitian Rebels.
TORT AT PRIXCH Hayti. Nov. 24.
The revolutionary movement against
President Nord Alexis is spreading. The
towns of Anuin and Jeremie have both
d-clared against the government.
The gunboat CYovant. which has fallen
into tile hands of the rebels, encountered
the gunboat Ceniennlro oft Jeremie and
shots were exchanged.
General Lcromte. the Minister of the In
terior, who went out at the head of the
government force against the rebels, has
been taken prisoner. The rumor is cur
rent here that tie has been executed.
The t'royant was laid up on account of
an accident to her machinery and the rev
olutionise took possession of her with
out any trouble.
The government l recruiting men here
and elsewhere for Its campaign against
the rebels and large quantities of am
munition are being shipped out of Port
ail Prince. lp to the present time there
has been no trouble here, but If the rev
olution triumphs a serious situation may
arise at any moment.
Iate advices received here confirm the
report of the execution of General I.e
Conte. He was captured near Jeremie,
together with his escort, after a short
struggle.
Tiie town of Auuin. it Is reported., 'has
been pillaged by the revolutionary troops.
No news has been received of the move
ments of General CWeatln Cyriaque. Min
ister of War. who was sent out in ad
dition to General Is? Conte by President
Nord Alexis to put down the uprising at
Aux Otyes. headed by General Antoine
Mmon.
XBW YOKK. Nov. 24. A special dis
patch to the Herald from Port au Prince,
l.avti. says that the I'nlted States, Ger
man. French and BriMsh legations have
usked that nurships be sent immediately
to I .os Caves and Jeremie to insure the
protection of foreigners.
Olflcers of President Nord Alexis, who
were threatened by General Antoine Si
mon, after his uprising, took refuge In
the German Consulate at Los Cayes.
taking advantage of the right of asylum.
Among the refugees is said to be General
"Kaverolles. the military commander of the
district.
expects to have everything nis own
way wltUout regard to his neignoor.
"Whoever Is elected Speaker of the
next House must so perform his func
tions as to assist the House in arriv
ing at the result which will best rep
resent the views of the responsible
party In the House, striving to carry
out the will of the people who eleeieu
him.
"The Representatives made no mis
take when they enacted the Dingley
law. and I believe they will make no
mistake In the bin which they will
enact next Summer, with the concur
rence of the Senate and the President-
Give People What "fliey Want.
"There is one thing of which you
may be sure, those Representatives
will do their very best to perform
what the people want done, for they
must go before the people In 1910 and
account for their acts. The Senator
accounts for hinself once in six years:
the President once In four years, but
the Representatives account once
two years. The Speaker of the House
has a double accounting, to Ills consti
tuents In his own district and to his
associates in the House who elect him.
No Representative, and especially the
Speaker, will fall to do everything
within his power to carry out the
well-considered. constitutionally ex
pressed wish of the majority of the
people.
"This is why I believe we shall get
the sort of tariff revision the people
voted for. I do not pretend to
prophesy or dictate. . It Is and should
be beyond any man's power to dic
tate to the House of Representatives.
I merely speak from long experience
and the teaching of what I believe to
be reason and common sense."
MOB LYNCHES NEGROES
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corporation was organized by the elec
tion of Henry R. Mallory, of New York,
as -president.
This corporation was formed pursuant
to the Reorganized Steamship Lines of
Maine, Charles W. Morse's coastwise sys
tem of steamships.
it was evident it would be Impossible to
stem the tide of feeling. As a last re
sort S. J. Caldwell, a townsman, and Sher
iff Haynes went before Justice Davis and
explained the situation, telling of the
menacing attitude of the crowd which
thronged the principal streets-leading to
the Jail. Justice Davis at once agreed to
open Ms court at 5 o'clock.- summon a
Jury of 12 men and allow the negroes,
after all the evidence could be adduced
was heard, to be duly sentenced to death.
Meanwhile Governor Patterson was ad
vised by telephone of the situation and
ordered a company of militia ln'this city
to proceed witii all haste and, if possible,
secure the negroes and conduct them to
a place of safety. The troops were started
at once, but failed to arrive in t4me to
prevent the lynching.
At the trial the evidence of those who
had seen the killing was heard. In an in
credibly short time the case was given
to the jury, which, in a few minutes, re
turned a verdict of guilty, fixing the pen
alty at death.
The sentence had barely been passed
upon the three negroes when the mob.
with a whoop nd a yell, swarmed the
courtroom and. seizing the prisoners,
rushed ti-em to a large tree near the edge
of town and hanged them, firing volley
after volley Into the air as the bodies
were drawn up from the earth.
IMlge Members Plan KM-ape.
PlERIA). Colo.. Nov. 24. A report is in
circulation today that W. H. Fitzgerald,
who was arresled in Salt Lake City on a
forgery charge and who escaped from
Steal Cash Register.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 24. (Spe
cial.) While Guy Clement, night clerk
of the' Alger Hotel. was upstairs
showing a guest his room and leaving
the office unoccupied, thieves entered
the office and stole the cash register,
which contained IS. Switchmen In the
Northern Pacific yards later found it
smsashed In a boxcar and notified the
police. The money had been taken
out. The clerk did not see anyone
enter. The cash register was a large
one.
Reserve vour table at the Perkins
Grill for Thanksgiving dinner. Extra
fine menu, tjptjcial musical programme.
SAVK WRECK OF OLD LINES
Routes Taken Over Those Operating
Southward Prom New York.
BOSTON. Nov. 24. The incorpora
tion at Portland. Me., today of a new
$40,000,000 corporation to be known
as the Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies
Steamship Lines, with Henry R. Mal
lory. of New York; as president, and
with substantial backing by Boston
bankers, was in line with the plan
formulated by interested parties to
save from complete wreck the Consol
idated Steamship Company, promoted
by C. W. Morse, of New York. The
lines to be taken over are those oper
ating from New York southward.
The Morse corporation virtually con
trolled the steam water transporta
tion facilities of the Atlantic Coast,
when Morse was caught 'In the panic
of 1907. After a few months of strug
gling the company on February 4 last
passed Into the hands of a receiver.
The new company has -a capital of
$20,000,000 and the same amount in
common stock, as well as $15,000,000 In
5 per cent Honda.
It will be a holding company for
four of the six lines which Morse
brought under the Consolidated Com
pany, namely, the Ward, Clyde, Mal
lory and New York-Porto Rico. The
other two Morse lines the Eastern,
running east from this city, and the
Metropolitan, between this city and
New York will remain under separ
ate management for a time at least.
The reorganization company found
that there were outstanding $62,000,
OciO of 4 per cent bonds of the Consoli
dated Steamship Company and a float
ing debt of $2,400,000, which had to- be
financed.
The promoters of the new plan suc
ceeded In obtaining the approval of
97 per cent of the old bondholders, rep
resenting $59,585,000 worth of bonds,
and the project was secure. .The re
organization plan provides that the old
bondholders shall receive for their
holdings 25 per cent In the 5 per cent
bonds of the new company, 25 per cent
of the preferred stock and 12V4 per
cent in common stock, the balance of
37 per cent being a total loss.
The bondholders, however, put their
original holdings of stock in the sub
sidiary companies on a basis of 25
cents on the dollar, so that their loss
wilt not be large.
The non-assenting bondholders will
be paid in cash at a price to bfe fixed
by the court-
WHERE OIL KING INVESTS
(Continued from First Papre.)
not own any euch amount of stock, but
he could not say whether he accepted It
for purposes of distribution.
, Contract to Limit Production.
Mr. Rockefeller wa asked if he en
tered a contract with Schofield. Schur
mer & Teazle in 1S76 whereby the firm
agreed to limit the business of its re
finery In consideration of certain pay
ments by the Standard. Mr. Rocke
feller replied that such a contract had
been entered into, but lie did not re
call its provisions.
Did the Standard bring- a suit In Ohio in
lSfo against Schotteld, Schurmer 4 Teagle
to prevent It refining- over t3.0tx barrels
of cruae oil a year and to prevent Us ac
quiring an Interest In the Buffalo refinery?
There was some litigation altout tne renn
Ing of oil. 1 recall nothing about the Buf
falo refinery.
Did you not personally make an application
ftir an order restraining them from exceed
ing their production limit and to prevent
their building a refinery at Buffalo?
As president of the Standard Oil Company
It was proper for me to sign such an affida
vit about the production of oil being ex
ceeded by the company.
Don't you reoa.11 that in the answer of
Schofield. Schurmer St Teagle they set up the
claim that the Standard was trying to obtain
monopoly of the refining business in Ohio
and that this agreement w part of the
conspiracy to such an end?
I could not state from my recollection, but
I assume that they probably did not fail to
y anytntng trtey could tnina.
Mr. Rockefeller was told that Virgil P.
Standard OH Company of Ohio had no Inter
est In the subsidiary companies?
I could not say anything about the state
ments they may have made.
Mr. Rockefeller was asked If he had
not made an affidavit that the Standard
had made contracts with railroads
whereby the Standard had obtained re
bates for guaranteeing a certain volume
of oil. He did not recall.
Didn't the officer and agents of the Stand
ard Oil Company of Ohio at that time con
trol a. majority of the stocks of the sub
sidiary companies with the idea of conceal
ing their real ownership?
It may have been that the properties were
owned by Individuals who were stockholders
In the Standard Oil Company of Ohio.
More Things He Ioes Xot Know.
Mr. R(kefeller said that he never
heard of the General Industrial Develop
ment Syndicate, Limited, of London, nor
did he know whether the Standard owns
the Manhattan Oil Company of Ohio.
Mr. Kellogg asked Mr. Rockefeller to
find out who owns these companies and
also the London Commercial Printing &
Investment Company and the Security
Oil Company of Texas.
Counsel for the Standard Oil Com
pany offered to furnish this and also
a list of corporations obtained by the
standard from 1882 to the present
time.
His Interest in Railroads.
Mr. Rockefeller, in reply to a ques
tion, said."
I may be a director In some railroads In
the United States, but at this moment I
do not recall a railroad Jn which I am a
director.
Are you largely Interested In railroads
over which the Standard Oil Company is
doing business?
I am an investor. I may have stock in a
railroad company over which oil shipments
may b made.
Mr. Kellogg asKea Air. nocKeieuer
If he was not interested in Wisconsin
and other roads in which certain di
rectors of the Standard Oil were also
directors.
I own bonds In the Wisconsin railroads.
Were you interested in the atocks and
bonds of the Pennsylvania?
No. excepting at different times a small
Interest In the bonds. 1 may have con
siderable bonds. My stock holdings are in
considerable. I presume I may have stock
In six or eight railroad corporation: My
holdings are principally In the bonds.
Can you name the railroads?
I would prefer not to mention the rall
mrl Thw rnorllv rent tern en at the stock
exchange over there would not think it very
wise. I personally should not care to pa
rade my interests unless It is necessary to
further the cause of justice.
Mr. Kellogrg told Mr. Rockefeller
that he could prepare a list for sub
mission. Mr. Rockefeller said that many of
the stockholders of the Standard had
taken interests in railroads and that
his . brother William had preferred
this form of investment.
Loans on Wall Street.
. Mr. Rockefeller was asked about the
larare amounts of money which the
Standard had loaned in Wall Street,
and he replied that the Standard could
not always obtain the amount of
money it required from banking Inter
ests and that of necessity it kept a
large amount of. money, which it
loaned out, but which could always be
obtained. He understood that the
company loaned out about $12,000,000,
but no larger sum than that.
Mr. Kellogg reverted to the question
of Mr. Rockefeller's investments in
railroads at the present time. Objec
tion was made by counsel and Mr.
Rockefeller said he" could not give a
statement about his holdings of bonds.
He added:
Railroad Stock He Owns.
I do not buy stocks and permanently hold
them, as I do the .bonds. I have no large
holdings in railroad shares today except in
two or three railroads. They are held for
lnveatment. Some of the shares are the
Delaware, Lackawana ft Western, the New
York Central, the Pennsylvania, Western
Maryland, Missouri Pacific and a railroad in
Mexico. I have no shares in the New York,
New Haven ft Hartford: none In the Union
Pacific and none in the Southern Pacific.
I bave a few shares in the Texas Pacific and
Colorado Southern, about 500 shares of Erie
first referred.
Are you not generally Interested In all
the railroads of the country?
I am grateful to say a good many of
them I did not invest in. There have fteen
a good many- enterprises which I was not
privileged to invest in.
At the afternoon session Mr. Kel
logg asked Mr. Rockefeller if he pur
chased bonds of the principal railroad
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OUTFITTERS
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CHILDREN
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AND LEADING
FURRIERS
GRAND THANKSGIVING FUR
O A T O OF UNUSUAL
INTEREST
FROM FACTORY TO WEARER DIRECT
NO MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT TO PAY
Radical reductions on all Furs, from the inexpensive to
the highest-priced Furs, in our establishment. An op
portunity to purchase a Fur for the football g-ame to- -morrow.
Note these special bargains on SILVEE
" FIELD DEPENDABLE FURS.
$20.00 New Directoire fancy Fur
Stocks in various furs. . . .$10.25
$10.00 Fancy Fur Stocks. . . .$5.25
$95.00 Genuine White For Fancy
Stole and Rug Muff Sale $72.50
$45.00 Russian Fox Stole and Rug
Muff Sale price $31.50
$85.00 Jap Mink fancy animal Stole
and Rug Muff Sale price $57.50
$30.00 Brookmink Throw and large
Pillow Muff Sale price ..$19.50
$75.00 Astrachan Coats Sale price,
only $42.50
SAMPLE COAT SALE
$30 Ladies' Long Coats $19.75
A special purchase of 25 fine Broadcloth Coats, on sale today. There are 10
different styles in the lot. Among them you will find all the new style features
of the season. The entire lot priced exceedingly low,, at $1.75
$60 LADIES' NOVELTY
TAILORED SUITS $37.50
Beautiful Directoire Tailored Suits, hipless effect, in plain colored chiffon
broadcloth, beautifully trimmed; values to $60.00, for $37.50
GRAND SPECIAL FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME
$6 LADIES' SWEATERS $3.95
This extra special in ladies' fine Coat Sweaters, regular $6.00 values, only $3.95, will be most
opportune for the game tomorrow. Colors red, white, and also navy and gray. Buy your sweater now
THANKSGIVING SALE OF
MILLINERY
AT 1-2 AND LESS
Our entire stock of Millinery at reductions of
one-half and less. Beautiful .Pattern Hats,
ladies' tailored Street and Dress Hats, at most
radical reductions. See window and note prices.
LADIES' BATHROBES
UNDERPRICED $ifs$5.49
Special lot of fine Bathrobes'; made of fine quality Japanese
blanketing, regular values to $8.50, at special reduction of $5.49
Mothers, Take Advantage
Grand Sale of Children's
Peter Paii
Reefers
$6.75
These little Coats for the
children are all this season's
styles. They come in tan,
blue and red, and marked
down for. sale today only
at ?6.75
An Unusual Sale of
Misses' and.
Children's
- r"m 4-W VALS. TO
VOcLCS $12.50 FOR
$6.85
For Wednesday,-Friday And Sat
urday we place on sale a special
purchase of 50 Winter Coats for
children and misses, ages 8, 10, 12
and 14 years. These coats come
in plain colors and mixtures, in
reefers and long coats, regular
values to $12.50, for only $6.85
companies or their subsidiaries during
the last ten years. Mr. Rockefeller re
plied that he had.
John D. Archbold, vice-president of
the Standard Oil Company of Nw Jer-
sev. was then 'called. Mr. Archbold
sakl that the Standard did not arbi
trarily fix the price pai4 for crude) oil.
The law of supply and demand, the
qualities of oil produced, both in this
country and throughout the world, to
gether witli the various .amounts pro
duced dailx. all were considered In
fixing- the price of crude oil, said Mr.
Archbold.
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