Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 14, 1911, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextV HIE MORXIXO OHEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, lflL, GRAND JURY WILL TAKE WRECK CASE TWO SCENES IS COEITELIUS GAP TUNNEL OT UNITED RAILWAYS, NOW NEARLY COMPLETED OFBRIDGE'S COST r - ' t 7 BONDS FALL SHDBT Ex pense $496,000 Instead of $459,391. GENERAL FUND HARD HIT Collection or Penalties May lie Ite qalrrd to Ilrdace Hurdcn a City Only Slt.OOO J-efl. Former Regime Blamed. HwT-ri-vnu brMge will rot th e!:y not ' than Instead of ".- !a ail prooabtltty. and X'-- general fund wl.l cav to m-t all cf tM amount a -j.m ftC.SL. t!w uro realised on th bond Iwu of ..) for th purpoa. Th ni fiirani lb rltv baa of In any war ratif!E tn co4i t :a levvlmr fine t.r In denying ti aprdlratiors of t-artor for rstras. There la on hand tut I: A 114 of the brt.tg., fur.d. Mayor ron admitted trl yea.erdey wfcea si If !t were no! trt that It. b.i.e of tr L'r. t-J togtneertrs; CVn- trutt.ua Cbttir.anv. ron-itn for t .pe.-sruct.jre H"Wti at.'H'iil - for t.i sutsiructur. mnd I lurr!n!f)n. roni:t!o r-gtr I If. would aggregate a lar; and abov tt es'.lmat'd far t:i substructure, inn iWh i Infers for th rge urn over cot of Cve eon. Tr Iri.jg oimmi!! or i;:r rv ecutlv llosrd. corr.poerd of tieorge W. I.iotu. J. y. nil1 and IL I. Pelm-r. re tli subject under con..deratIon now aed will take formal artl.a before ju io regard to cl.si and penalties. Slmon Not to Blame. It mjr b a lore ttm befor Ida a!tr will be able t par Its way out or t:.i i jt.on. m tn grn-ral fund t In very tad cooJ.ri'jn and will not at tils time eund a heavy lra!n. Th problem la re of the moat clt.flcutt faced by tr r-rea-nt admluutratlon. wttc'i la not to t lain for It. a tia preced.ng r" awarded the contract fur tr br'..Ie, engaged tt consulting rM.lwfn and ail preliminary arranrmrnt Tlx whola tr ie .aa alt)nc for Mayor wmoo Ken ha took offlta l montha tl. ar.d ail that remained to b doc was to pr-a tria work t a ronrlua'on. U t:l tr.a contrarta rra 1-1 on a un I Haaia. It aa ftKurni tt.r arork roulj ba i!oo ftr a aum not exceed. p tha fa of lh bond taauv. K"" Now It ilf .pa t.iat not only tlv ntlra prlnrfpal, ttxt it- prantum of tv!. rrallaed on ti bond, lil b ut.l:U and than tlirr mill b rmainlrc duo. a.ronl'rit to tt-a b l.niJr frH. iX.tt. whlrh null t ba f -jrnla.rd f rorn t!"a KprjJ fund. "It La true." tad Mayor Mmon yealar 4y. "that tna llawtrorna-avonua brtilira la apparently rnn( to coat tn city i mora ar4-r aum than lil bean rati mated. T: bula alremly rio U a run- iuavalr an t (btirttr t.'ier la due ton tractor arl ctnault:r.c vn('nrni over and aboy tha amour.t r!:ed on t' ,'a cf bnda niuit b paid out of tr.a r'wnl fund. i u b la In m vry bad con tltl m Juat roar. Taera la lut ona t . rf for t.m c ty t do and tt tt la ! par rt4ter fat If a:ftl-ntttf ly due. tt la a problem yet to be aolved aa to wr-re tna money !1! rume from. tu( It laa to b paid. W nmy le abi tt f-luif tii amount am by leyylnf pen- l" 1 If It found can do ir.la tl.:t- f 4.ly for dalaya en tf.e aork," HiS Soma Mill Io. T-a nty haa aleeady pa'd Itobert Wikp ln 4k tlirairurtiim rrtpany f tl. .j and M-I.U IUrr1nton l-i.T'A Acc-rtlln lo tha b.la) roar pen! In c Hubert Wake fie!'! La owed !!..!. the l ulled r'.1oeer n A CRtrurtloa Cornptny. t. and It a. Mel! llarrtncton. a!1el A lijmucton. who wera am p'oa hY the pravedmc tlm'trUjin made their report 00 tl brM-4 at tha loiat meetlna of t:ia urcu'lu IE tajA. and I' content wer much of a ptrrpr a to lor Pinon ad th mnir, of tt-a bru;c rommltteo o prt.-Lilar. iaa of l a fato-e W4 tf? lenienry rliow n UoCjert Wake9e! In tha putter f li'a delay In bull.l'cc th aubatrurtura. He flnar.ed VJt daya Ut. but. (Aa rlty'a nlnera reporter that fc la reaponatb! for but tt of them. ar. l. recommended eutrtcht that th of era b allowed, and a.ronir'y intlmat-d they favored to penal in at all for th d& they admitted l e waa at fault. They p.d th brl li I an c'-e!ier.t oa. wortn mor than tt rtt and that tha contractor loat money cn work, IlrlJr" Value C.rral. I an Informnl." aald Mayor Smon yr-rday. it l true that th II w- t-.orn avenu bride la worth mor money than th amount paid for It. t am toil trim y pot only tu- cortr. tora. but bj O'y rini'neer Morria. rjftieer MM V llArrit fton and other who are b'e to know Hoarerer. thla 4mi not In any way :v oi a, th reprwaan. t:i of th p,.p; rljM to b jiei,. area with puS.lc fucda that th con tractors may b able to niak up their loaae. aid ait t.iat I pat to them will 1 paid -vcaut u la allow n to b du for a. tual work and material turnwhrd." rtr-.oe th prorea cf ronatructlon on t :-i apar. reat drljy waa c&counlrrcd. Robert WaketeU. . t arirc th (- irurtur to build, war romplalsied aa-ainat by th puMlc and repeatedly Myor fatiaon and t;. brt.lc oummltte of til EaecuttT po&rd wer compelled to ro to th en la peraon and demand rtion. Tl public waa tncoeva!ovd reat:y aat atrtetrar and t-ain traffle waa mrceated oa th Morrtaon-atreet apa W-..1 tt wa betn flniahed. It ha te--d open to travel but a few week. WHO IS IT7 Is fu neral Qwery All Antlou. All C arious A boat Cartoons Being Prawn by the ye. Cartoons of Portland a prominent r!tijn in Kc-Mer Chase windows. j:s v eahtr.cton street. Who Is It? That ia what they wers a:! asking yesterday. Wto was car tjcn.d jaeterdayT Over 10 correct nawers brocght Into th storw. Each uy th Nye appear la th Kohler Ch ' w indows cwtoonlng promtnect r!ima snd peopl of not. You should a this novel exhibit. Any. body guess'ng correct stuwers will re ceive a valuable pr!a. Step tni.i Kohler Chas IMan tor. I7J Washington street, corner Wast Park. n.a Inquiries ss to hoay yoa caa obtain a prtvat sitting 'n your own home, and receive absolutely frs a very valuable photo In oil ef yoursalf or any member of your faintly. Co n do vo town today gnd se this w I r.oaj pla v. It La not only amua 'nc and entertalclng. but on making tn.i'j'rr tnsld our atore, yen will .re iv I e formation which wiit benefit jreur pockstboc. Hawthorne-Avenue Span - I 7 It a t ' ;- . I aa.' VP" aa-aa OX LEFT flltTK A.IO COAL BILLS SHAKY Need Shown for Urging Con gress to Action. SENATOR LOSES INTEREST AV. M. Rllllnjrawrorth Sa) ForUand hlwalil Krrp Vlrr Hot In Inter rata of AIaLa Mare to Se ra r Much fTira per I'll r I. If th peopl of Portland want to aecnr In Contrrn the proper coal IrpT- tKlatlon for Alaka." aald W. M. KIN llniraworlh. prefldrr.t of the Realty Hoard. "It la hlfh tlm for them to get bupy with th telegraphic wires, for I f-ar. from the advice, that I rava re. reived, tliat there 1 littl dolna; In tne rloaina; hours of Conereea upon tha aubject. lh fact that John F. Itallalne. of Seat- tie. has Juat returned from Washlns:- ton. wher b has been lor ill week w irking- to secure some sort of a re port from the commute bavins; In chara-e th Ala.ka bills. In writing of the altuatton. Mr. Hallaln said: he time la ao abort that only t'i hardest kind of work ran put the Nel son or Mondell bill through both house, be for th adjournment on March 4. Thar I a safe majority In each house for a lea. Irs; bill alons; th lines of th Nelson btil In th Senst and th Mondell bill la th House, which ar substantially allk In th main, both havlna; th unanimous In dorsement of their respe tlT commit tee on public lands Th troubl Is Solos; to be In the great pressor of other business to a-et the Congressmen lo vol on these measure. CI irap Coal Needed. In explaining- th situation. Mr. Kll- Itng-sworth said that Mr. Ilallain waa ndoitbtedly correct la his asser tions and that th fallur to open th roal fields of Alaska would be on of th must serious blows which could b aipertcnced. It means cheap eoau and hat Is what th Coast nee. Is mor than nythlac else." Said Mr. Kllitngsworth. I am told that Senator Nelson does not feel disposed to make any further effort to press his bltL If he does not he coal bill Is drsd and th Pacific (Vast will continue for another year or wo to ray from II to S3 more a ton or It coal than la neeessary. I am told that Senator Nelson made . . fc. - ... , J I I ' 7 . " " ' L. he lias received from the I'aclflc Coast bl fiaht for cheaper eoaL If thla a th cas it piiooves th buslnaa nterests of Portland to get busy and send telegrams to Penstor Nelson, glv- ng espresalon of their wishes. I ne rve that If every buainess organisa tion In the city would begin a bom bardment upon Congress to push thla meritorious measure through that something would come of the work. Bill Well Drafted. 'Both the Nelson and th atondeil t Mils provide for leaalng Alaska coal ! I lands oa royaltl. ranging from t to is cants a ion. . per cent oi in re ceipts to go to Alaska for th build ing of wacon roads and th maint-na- of achoola. They provld for reg ulating the price of this coal through the Interstate Commerce Commission a Its own Initiative. If necessary, and 'hey rUe the Interstate Commerce Commission Jurisdiction over thewrates rf transportation on eoaL Tb bills are safeguarded with other clause and designed to prevent th tying op of coal land that are not worked and to protect the consumer with a reason able supply. "It may seem strange to some, but It la a fact that the big operator of coal on the Atlantic Coast ar putting up a strenuous fight agnlnst the Alaska roal land bills. They do not want anyone to hav th chine, of sen. ling- roal out upon tb ocean for ballast, for thv feel that it would In th end tav eotr.e effect upon their business. "There Is another feature. I am told, and that la that Tinchot Is secretly working against th bill, although out wardly pretending to b In favor of It. I am aur that tlier should b some thing don at one If we aspect to get any favoratde legislation from tha present Congress." COST CONGRESS TO MEET Pacific? Coast Printers to Discuss Price Standardisation. Printers, particularly In that branch that pertain to tha arflstto production ".a -7 -Jii ; a f J . : ..... - . 4 Wf-.- a J ' ' LOADED TR.IMr.IR. OX RIOIIT of the prlntlna; needs of commerce, will sather In Portland under the title of Pacific roast Printers' Post Conprreos. and hold a three days' session, begin ning February IS. It la the flrat of Its kind ever held on the Pacific Coast. Tha object of the association Is the standardisation of price of Job work. The convention will meet .In the convention hall of the t'ommercial riub. It Is assorted that fully ZOO will b present. San FranMaco la to be rep resented by 20, Vancouver, It. C. by 15: Seattle by 30. Tacoma by la, Spokane by :0 and Southern California by 20. A banquet will be held at the conclusion of th meetlna-. the nleht of February J The programme will Include th follow Inn: FTeinenlary Coat Flndlnr ST'tem." F. 1. niilck. Omaha: "iiccep Throuirh organiza tion." Vranklln V. H"ati. l'hlludulpuiu: "Vtandaxdlxailon and t'nirortnMr." J. A. Moritan. I'Mrato: "i't and rootrol." A. Krovllie. Oaln; "Ttcnflta of our Varr-ouvcr lrlnlera Hoard of Tra-le." h. A. Illndon. V.tK-nurtr, IS. .:" "tlatributlon of rvtrhaa(l eot." j. a. Iordn. Spokane: "rliatory of -rlrMklnp- ursanlaation In Seattle." C. V. WMte. u-atlla: "itenrflta of a Coat Fvotern to Hacramci.lo.' Joaepoi M. Anderson. Saora- tn.nto; "Ona tron unranlsatlon va. reral Ore..- Vli,in II. Lee. New Havea. Conn.; -'retlt 8yatcm for l'rlnira." L. H. Kl-e. Loe Ansea; Ttxo Priflta of a Co.l hatem In Tat-ama. A. R. ltowe. Taroma: A !ttropeot of the riintln Trado in Our city." Jaror U. Boantree. Ran Kran rlpeo; "A.. Few Facia About "opt of rhuto ilnsrarln(" W. II. Challen. Portland. C. A. Whltemore. of Portland, will deliver the address of welcome. The officers of the association are: Presi dent. C. A. Whltemore: vlce-preatdent. Wiuiam Davis; secretary. I'.otjcrt 1C. alorrrlL j P flljQ flRC APPPflliTn J Lil;IJ fJIIL hi I 1 1 U I LLI ! Ill I HWIkU CITY BEACTIfXI. SKETCHES ARE PAShEI VPOX. Clrlc Improvement Leaitu Directs Arcbttm Bennett to Prepare Color J-ketcbe. The executive committee of the Civic Improvement League yesterday after noon approved the plans and drawings or K. H. Bennett. Chicago architect, and directed him to proceed at once with the water color and black and white sketches needed In connection with permanent exhibits to b used In the City Beautiful work. The committee was In session several hours and the subject was discussed by tha various members. Mr. Bennett explained 'all of th details and cvery charcoal sketch waa scrutinised. Mr. Bennett will return to Chicago In few days to conclude his work and will not coma back to Portland until August, when lie will submit the re sult of his year's work In a completed sketch of th city as be would have tt. No arrangements hav been made 'for bis conference with the Publle Dock Commission, but It Ig understood that tha conference data will be set today. Th City Beautiful sketches are ex hibited In room 210 of the Commercial Club building and tha publlo la In vited to Inspect them. The financial statement of the league as presented by the treasurer contains the following: Total subscriptions to date .? X30.Tot.00 Amoint collected and paid to treasurer 15.eol.O0 Xtalano nneollacted . 1.1&0.00 T Sir iti caaa account show: , .gio.eni. o ,. s.5'jm . . ll.o7e.0B to data Cash ea hand Amount due et na if salary, la H. Dennett . moDtba ... f R.A74.O0 . 1.1M00 Dua league ........ Leaving amount future work . Leeal available for 9.124.09 Evpewse. Printing books, mlseellanejus t 4A.R.1 cienograpner. poeiage and col. acting. 1J7..1 lt-at. telegram, etc tt r.s tUcbaoge &0a Total Paid Out sa 11a a. T4reJ engineering Maps and photoe ............... Autoa and livery '. . Trsnsportetlon and hotels Salary. Mr. ftconet. II montha Assistance aad Chicago expense .$ l.?e7no li'VS f 10 s-jr.ii . IT.Vvort . S.X77.14 ai.R--e.pl . ..-,.i4.es 1K3.-S Total plan expense. . Local expense Pu Mr. Bennett on salary Total cash oa band ... . . 3.S00.00 .tll.O--0.l Athena Tecler Goes Home. ATHENA. Or.. Feb. 11. (Special.) Mia Elhsl Fleener. who waa forced to resign bar position In th school here on account of the falling of her eyes, left for her horn In Lewtaton. Idaho, wher ha parents reside. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment snd bound on to the affected parts is superior to any piaster. When troubled with lame back or pejne In the elue or chest give It a trial and you are certain to be more than phased with tlie prompt relief which ft affords. Sold by all deal ., '.V - - v v;... - v r-,? - , v - - 4 - r . -r5 . .. I : . ' ' . v. --iJt,- ' aatttaatyyV-1at aSl JTR1M IHOVEL AT WORK. E Tunnel to Pierce Tualatin Hill by Wednesday. STEEL TO BE LAID FAS Gigantic I'ndortakins of Cnlted lUtllnava May lie Completed and Ready tftr Transporta tion by March 1. Daylight will shine throught the t'nlted Railways tunnel under Tualatin hill at Cornelius Gnp for the first time next Wednesday afternoon. Engineers for Porter Itrog., of this city, who have the contract for the tv-ork. have estimated that the heading can be cut throuBh the remaining rock bar rier by that time. It will require week more to make the benches of tho two bores meet. Work on this project Is proceeding now at the rate of 20 feet a day. Friday morning, when the lust measurements were taken, but (3 feet of heading re. nialne.l standing and 210 feet of bench Kut little time will be required after the complete opening Is made, to lay the rails and to make the bore rendy for tho operation of trains. So definite time has been fixed by officials of the United Hallways for the Initial run through the tunnel. That will be determined by their ability to place the steel on the ground. It Is likely, however, that the bore csn be used regularly soon after March 1. i nia tunnel nss been driven at re markable speed. Two openings were made one on either gldo of the hill liy careful engineering there two holes will meet on exactly the same lines. I ney win not overlap each other by a fraction of an Inch. The work In the west bore has beon aided by the operation of a steam shove which removes the muck and loads it Into trnmcars for transportation to the canyon Just below the portal Into which all of the broken rock la dumped. The mucking on the east side la done by hand The work proceeds only about bnlf as fast as in the east tunnel Tho tunnel Is 4103 feet long. The 'rail road company drove shout 300 feet at each end. after which Porter Pros, took the contract. They will have the project completed in less than eight months after starting. Tho extreme height is 24 feet, being bout 14 feet from the base to where It starts to curve for the overhead arch. This portion la called the bench. The remaining portion la called the head. The head always Is driven from 60 to 100 feet In advance of the bench. Th first connection between th two. therefore, will be made Is the head. In January the distance through which th bore wss driven on the two sides aggregated S3C feet. No ceremony w:i attend the comDle- tlon of the work, although It la likely that the final connection will be wit nessed by officials of tha company. COOPEY COMPANY SPREADS Manufacture of Vnlforms Specialty of Big Firm. to Be Indication, point to the successful man ufacture here of uniforms, civilian cloth ing and automobile attire by Charles Coopey Son, Inc. Slock Is being sub scribed and the plant will. In a brief time, put on a largo fore of men to talce care of the trade. The demand for uniforms Is growing rapidly, and as the plant Is purely an Oregon enterprise. In which Oregon wool will play an Important part. It Is believed local capitalists will give the enterprise their assistance. At present a large proportion of the orders for uniforms are sent Fast. The Coopey Company proposes to undertake to supply the trad of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho and eevntually the entire I'aclflc Coast. One of the alms of the company is to keep at bom the money which now goes Fast In support of ether Institutions. The company has received the indorse ment of the Manufacturers' Association Portland has been losing the sale of a great portion of the goods to be manu factured by thla firm. On account of the great variety of fabrics and'the peculiar ity m style, dealers nave not been In a position to carry them. The new com pany has taken the entire sixth floor of the Manchester building, and Is today remodeling and enlarging Its plant to place It on a bag's to compete with East ern factories and to supply this class of goods to tho trad. The company will put on a force of 50 men in June. Webfoot Oil Dressing, the greatest NEARLY RLEADY ho g r.i- made. Ail stores. Inquest Puts Blame on Rail way for Accident Due to Runaway Car. PROSECUTION MAY FOLLOW Traction Company Employes Contra dictory In Testifying -Weakness of Brakes Known, Says One. Balm Offered 3 6. Investigation by the grand Jury of the accident at East Water street and Hawthorne avenue, in which a Ftreet car ran wild Into a freight train and caused the death of Byron F. Boone, will follow the action of the Coroner-s Jury which yesterday afternoon held the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company accountable for the disaster. After hearing nearly a score of wit nesses, the Coroner's Jury found that in the minds of thla Jury the entire responsibility for the accident lies with the Portland Railway. Light 4t rower Company, in that the meciianl3m of the car waa faulty and was known to be so by the employes of said company.' Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald who assisted Coroner Norden in con ducting the examination, said last night that he had no alternative but to bring the case before the gravid Jury. Criminal action, he said, could be taken only against the employes of the company who, knowing the car to be disabled, operated or assisted in operating it over the bridge. One Contradicts Other. Flat contradiction between Inspector Gutli and Motorman Frederick, devel oped at the inquest, as to the orders given regarding taking the car over the bridge. Frederick declared posi tively, and with some emotion, that he was acting directly under orders from Outh. In. this he Is sustained by Conductor Reder and by Motorman Ray, whom he superseded on the car. All say that- Guth ordered Frederick to take the car over and switch it into the O. W. P. yard at East Water street. Guth denies this, asserting that he simply ordered Frederick to see what the car would do with its motors cut out. Intending to couple on with the Mount Scott car and push the disabled car over the bridge. From the testimony of all witnesses It was made clear that the primary cause of the trouble was that a pin dropped out of the hand-brake lever, allowing It to run into one of the wheels. This In turn broke the air pipe and disabled the airbrakes. Brakes' Condition Known. Thomas Ray, motorman, who was in charge of the car when it first went wrong, said that he knew that his brakes were out of order, but neglected to tell Frederick. He thought that Frederick should have known it as soon as lie took the car. Ray rode over besldo his successor and Jumped about a block away from the wreck. Several other men Jumped about the same timo, he said. He heard Fred rrick shout to the crowd to get back or get off. Conductor Rader said he discovered that the car was out of order when they made the safety stop at First and Madison streets. He telephoned the fact to the dispatcher and Guth came In answer to his call. He said Guth told Frederick to take the car across the bridge. Rader rang the bell to go ahead. He said he had no order to take off his passengers. The car went about 12 feet and then the air pipe broke, causing a storm of dust to rise from the floor and terrify the women passengers. Frederick stopped the ear at First and Madison streets and at the derailing switch at the west end of the draw. Car Runs Away. On the east incline Frederick re versed and the car ran backward about li feet. At the same Instant the motor burnt out and filled the car with smoke. Then the car gathered head way slowly and run down the Incline. without power or brakes. Passengers shouted to open the vestibule doors. but Rader refused to do so until he had cleared the bridge. Then he al lowed four or five men to Jump off, but held the women. Inspector Guth said that when he reached First and Madison streets Mo torman Ray told him that the motors were "dead," meaning without power, and that he knew of no other fault in the car. Frederick came along and Guth, knowing him as an experienced man, ordered him to cut out two mo tors and "see what the car would do." Then he went back to get 'a Mount Scott car to push the other over the bridge, but by the time he returned Frederick was gone, and he didn't get within a block and a half of him. When acrosa the bridge Guth. run ning the Mount Scott car, saw that Frederick did not stop at the O. W. P. spur and gave him three blasts of the whistle. When they .were ignored, he realized that something was wrong. Ho said that had he known that the brakes were disabled he would not have let the car go across the bridge. If the motorman knew It, be was very careless, said Gutn. Wldney Praised as Mero. ' R. M. Wldney threw no light on the cause of the accident, but told how he had restrained the women from Jump- ng. He was commended by Coroner Norden as having probably saved many lives or limbs. Motorman Frederick was the last witness. He was warned that any. thing he said might be used against him. After telling his version of the orders from Guth, be gave an account of the trip over the bridge, and de clared that he had air pressure when he started, but lost It when the pipe broke at Front and Madison streets. He tried his reverse, but it did not work and then he went on without brakes or power, helpless to control the car. At an inquiry, held earlier in the day by officials of the railway company, the blame for the accident was placed upon Frederick. In taking the car over the bridge without orders and when he should have known that it was out of control. The company accepts financial responsibility for the acci dent and offers equitable settlement to all who were Injured. Thirty-six passengers who were on the car have been interviewed by the company and the others have been requested to communicate with the claim agent. Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor ex ercise, insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry and anxiety, are the most common causes of stomach troubles. Correct your habits and take Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by alj dealers. " Our Political Fostoffice Jolm Wanamalccr was Posmaster-Gcneral, Senator Boies Penrose is chairman of the great Postoffiee Com mittee of the United States Senate, Thomas H. Carter, Sen ator from Montana, has served many years on that com mittee. No three men in the United States are better versed in Postoffiee affairs and needs than these. On February 9, 1911, the Senate Postoffiee Committee, under the leadership of Senators Penrose and Carter, re ported favorably to the Senate for action the Postoffiee appropriation bill, containing a provision, put in without allowing public hearing or open consideration, but under political pressure from the "Wlrite House, that increases the postage rate on magazines and periodicals to such an ex tent that it practically absorbs all the profits of the pub lishing business of the country and makes the further pro duction of popular-priced magazines impossible. It im poses a tax that is confiscatoiy. Notwithstanding, within the year Senator Boies Pen rose said in referring to the Carter-Weeks bill: "These are some of the big features of the bill. The whole intent is to sys tematize and to modernize the entire postal system. It is idle to take up such questions as apportioning the cost for carrying second-class mail matter or the proper compensation of railroads for transporting the mails until we shall have established business meth od's in Postoffiee affairs by a reorgani zation of the wrhole postal system. "The Commission unanimously rec ommended the passage of the projected bill. Personalty, I have been very much interested in all the details, and, of course, am heartily in favor of the changes to be made." . Senator Carter said last March : 1 "But I must forego further pursuit of details. The bill was cordially ap proved by Postmaster-General Meyer and his assistants, and likewise has the approval of Postmaster-General Hitch cock. It failed of passage during the last Congress, owing to lack of time for its proper consideration, but I have re introduced the bill, which is now desig nated Senate 6287, second session, Sixty-first Congress. The Committee on Postof fices and Postroads will favor ably report the bill to the Senate and it should be enacted into law before the close of this session. I believe not only that it will increase efficiency, but that, after the expense of installation is absorbed, it will result in such econo mies in the adniinistration of the de partment and service as will ere long wipe out the deficiency. In operating un der it the department will be able with almost unerring certainty to determine the actual cost of each service per- formed, thereby reaching a sound basis for legislation, such as is neither avail- able nor obtainable under the present system. . ' "I. deeply sympathize with the earn est desire of the department officials to 4 get rid of the deficiency they are fated to encounter each year, but I submit that the first real movement toward that end must begin with the substitu- ; tion of a modern, up-to-date business organization for the existing antiquated svstem, which rests upon a few sections of law enacted in 1835, supplemented by statutory fragments added from time to time since that year." John Wanamaker said recently: "With Mr. Hitchcock's suggestion," however, there will be no general agree ment. The Magazines are supported, not by the price paid for the Magazine by the readers, but by the advertisers. "In a sense, Magazines are private concerns, but they have a public func- tion to perform an educational func tion. To tax the advertisements is to tax the quality of the educational mat ter contained in the pages, for the advertisements enable the publishers to pay high prices for literature and educational articles. The price paid for a Magazine does not pay for the i printing and the paper. If Mr. 1 Hitchcock's suggestion should become - ' part of the President's plan it would mean that tne public would suiter m the loss of much educational material that the publishers then would be unable to buy." We urge every friend of honest politics, economical government and free press to telegraph or write an immediate protest to their Senators and Representatives at Washington. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY THE SATURDAY EVENING POST THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5