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TTTE MOTtXIXG ORE GONIAN. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1911. 14 DANGER SEEN IF WOOL DUTY IS CUT E. L Thompson Says Drop Will Aid Buyers Little and Hurt Industry. OREGON HAS NINE MILLS TUnkrr Declares Tariff on IUw Ma terial I Not Vnderstood Ue dortlon Would Lower Cost of Salt Only 40 Cents. "Should the duty on raw wool bs re durr.l. as has been proposed by the tariff tinker, the price of the arerasje nit of clothes would not be effected more than tu cents, yet the sheeprals tns; In.tustry In Oregon and the woolen manufactories of Fortland and other r. tea of the state would be In dancer f ruination." ief!are-l E. 1 Thomp son, manager of the fortland Woolen J!:i: arvl n.emher of tlie banklnir firm of Hartiuan Thompson, yesterday. "I fear." said Mr. Thompson, "that the tariff on raw wool Is not well un derstood by the people. It Is looked upon aa a great barrier and a great expense In the coat of clothln. when. In fart. 40 or 50 cents la the only dif ference It could possibly make on the averare ault of clothes. "However, the average ready-made suit that comes Into the Portland mar ket from the Kast contalna all tae way from 1 to per cent cotton and slioU dy. However, cloth that Is made en tirely from virgin wool contains from 14 to II ounces of wool to t.'ie )ard. or an average of a pound to the yard. PalflaaT t'wls 10- "tYooI. on a scoured basis. Is worth from t to Ti cents a pound, dependtnt upon the quality of the wool and the condition of the market. The suit that la made and sold by the merchant tail ors fur 10 csts them from I Z to t a yard, or approximately $10 for all the gooda required to make a suit. "This goods perhaps contains the profits of two or three middlemen, each of whom has aWded from 13 to SO per cent profit In handling, thus making the co't of the cloth required for a suit of clothes about fS when It Is turned out from the mill. ".Now. In the manufacture of this par ticular piece of goods, labor, dyes, pro cessing and the general overhead charges would reduce the actual cost of the wool entering In the manufac ture of an all-wool suit to less than 1. Therefore, a IS per cent duty would affect tne cost of a li'J suit Uss than S cents. Yet this IS per cent would absorb the profit of the woolgrower ar.J confront him with an actual loss. alley Mae Far ladaatry. "My reference has been only to all wool clothing, but It la well-known that many of the ready-made llnea con tain substitutions, and the effect of the tariff on goods of this kind would be reduced In proportion to the use of cotton or shoddy for wooL The actual cost to the consumer of goods of this class would be reduced far below 6 cents a suit were the tariff removed. "The Pacific Coast, especially tbe Willamette Valley, la well adapted to tbe woolen Industry. The waters of the valiey are exceptionally favorable to scouring and carding. At present nine wool.-n mills are In operation In the state. They use In their manu facture Zi per cent of the wool grown la Oregon and bring Into the state an annual revenue of approximately f t.OOS.OOO. "It may surprise many to learn that If every male adult In Oregon would buy one suit of clotl.es a year the out put of the Portland Woolen Mill alone would be more than sufficient to supply this demand, I,ast year this mill man ufactured more than 100,000 yards of cloth. "These fscts show, therefore, how necessary It la for the woolen mills doing buslnesa un the Pacific Coast to market their products outside the Coast territory and to manufacture other lines than suitings. Missy Prwdaeta Maaafac-tarvd. "The mills In Oregon manufacture manv kin is of woolen produi ts. At Pendleton they make Indian robes of a high quality. The Oregon City mills make much men's clothing and those l:i Portlend now manufacture automo bile and carriage robea and blankets, while over 215.0" yards of carriage linings and covering for cushlona and backs of fine llmouelnes were sent from Portland to the Eastern automobile manufacturers last year. The liandon woolen mills (or many years have de vote! almost their entire attention to t le manufacture of carriage cloth. Eu gene and Brownsville manufacture blankets, flannels and some clothing. Tet there Is room for more and all are welcome. Woolen- mills should be en couraged In the same manner as the woolgrowers. "At present Oregon woolen products stand In the lead among those of the world. The mills of the state consume only IS per cent of the wool grown. We should have enough mills to con sume all of It. The Portland plant Is the largest of Its kind west of the Mis sissippi river, representing an Invest ment of more than 100.000 and em ploying more than 200 men constantly. The mill Is In operation day and night the year round. llecauao the mills of this state are so near the aource of the virgin supuly. the woolen goods pro duced In Oregon axe of a higher grade than those of any other state. Con trary to the reporta of muckraking magazine writers, the Oregon mills do not use shoddy. "The wool Industry of the state holds as much promise for the development of all Oregon aa any other Industry. It should be protected. While a duty will assist the sheep men and the wool manufacturers. Us removal would not assist the wearer of clothing.' PROJECT MERGER FEARED I'nloa of Sonth "Portland Bridge and Ross Island Plan Opposed. That relocation of the proposed bridge la South Pcrt'and from Wood ward avenue on the Kast Side to Bea con street and connecting lite bond is sue of tSSO.ooo for the bridge with the plan of Mayor Rushlight to purchase Rosa Island may endanger If not de feat the bridge project at the special election, is the fear expressed by many residents of the South Kast Side. It Is pointed out that Beacon street la not open to the river. Is a short street and Is from 30 to 40 feet higher than Woodward avenue, necessitating a prohibitive grade to reach the ap proach If the bridge ts built on Beacon street. It Is contended that thia plan will entail heavy expense to build an approach to the river, while on Wood ward avenue only a narrow strip need be eondemned. It la also argued that ts bend measure and the proposed par. chase or Ross Island should not be merged. L. 8. Dsn, president of the Brooklyn Improvement Club, a personal friend of the Mayor, who lives Just south of Beacon street, expressed the opinion that It would be a mistake to change the location of the proposed bridge. The bridge and Ross Island proposals will be considered at the December meeting of the Brooklyn Club, when Mayor Rushlight will be Invited to ex plain his views on both subjects. SMALLPOX CASES MILD State Health Officer White Saja Four Counties Hare Patients. Four counties In Oregon are suffer ing from a smallpox epidemic, with more ihan 40 cases reported to the of fice of the State Board of Health. Every caae has been traced directly to contagion spread by construction crews of railroads and not one person who has taken smallpox was ever vaccinated. declares lr. Calvin S. White State Health Officer, who haa returned to Portland after investigat ing conditions In each of the counties airected. Health officials la Lincoln County report J9 cases. Benton County nine, Iouglaa County five, and a number of Lane County residents are also pa tients. A large number of the cases are of a mild character and. If prop erly quarantined and all necessary precautions observed, tr. White be lieves the epidemic can be checked. "The greatest difficulty we have en countered lies In the untruthful arti cles published regarding smallpox, declared Ir. WMte. "fsually. medical authorities are quoted. who wrote opinions of a century ago when vacci nation waa not known or understood. "If we are to prevent further out breaks, tho.se liable to the contagion must be vaccinated. Furthermore, there must be the most rljrld quaran tine. I do not speak as I do Just be cause I believe In vaccination, but be cause cold, hard figures prove my statements to be correct." CIRCULATOR IS ABSENT Kill Man's Ball Forfeited Moliier Promises He'll Appear Today. When his case waa called In Judge McGinn's department of the Circuit Court yesterday. Charlea Cleveland, one of the Kills competitive paving petition circulators under Indictment, failed to appear. Judge McGinn Immediately de clared his bail of 100 forfeited and or dered a bench warrant Issued. Later In the day the accused man's mother Interviewed Judge McGinn and promised at her son would be on hand to atand trial today. Bccauao tho money belongs to the mother, the Judge may revoke his order declaring the ball forfeited If Cleveland makes his appearunre voluntarily. Judge McGinn has decided not to rass sentence on C. A. Rowland, an Ellis circulator, found guilty Saturday, until verdicts have been returned In the cases against Cleveland and George Conners. The Judges declaration to the Rowland Jury that their request for a parole would not be heeded Is believed to have frightened young Cleveland. BOSTON NOT TO BE MOVED Oregon Naval Militia Board Holds First Monthly Meeting. The first monthly meeting of the Oregon Naval Militia Board ended yes terday after a two days' session In which organisation was perfected. In the office of Adjutant-General Flnxer In the Gerllnger building. Every mem ber of the board was present and while the session was In progress the Bos ton was Inspected and satisfaction ex pressed with the present conditions. The Boston will not now be moved from her present moorings. Members of the board said that she waa In ex cellent condition and they bad no criti cism to offer. The following are the members of the board: Lieutenant-Commander Har vey Beckwlth. chairman; Lieutenant Commander John McNulty. secretary; Lieutenant A. J. Capron, paymaster: Lieutenant-Commander E. E. Straw, of M.irshf leld; Lieutenant - Commander Gunderson. of Astoria. GYMNASIUM WOULD GROW Y. M. C. A. Class to Have Member ship Cnmpnljm to Knroll 75. Plans to Increase the membership of the business men's gymnasium clsss of the Portland Toung Men's Christian Association were made at a supper last night In the T. M. C. A. auditorium. Two teama to seek new members were appointed, to work under the leader ship of W. H. Giles and J. C. English. Pr. William House spoke on "The Ef fect of Modern Business Life on the Nervous System." " The business men's gymnasium class meets every noon with an average at tendance of 30. Tt Is one of the most active classes In the association, hav ing kept up Its sessions during th Summer. It Is now desired to Increase the membership of this class to 73. and the teams appointed last night will en gage In a membership contest Thurs day. Friday and Saturday. FIRE LESSONS PLANNED Frederick CVmles to GIt Iectnres to ' School Children. To teach school children of the city what to do and what not to do in case of fire a series of lectures will be given soon In the Portland public schools by Frederick Cowles. In Ohio and Nebraska 30 minutes every week are devoted to the study of pamphlets Issued by the state concerning fires. Work along this line has been un dertaken in many states by members of the National Fire Protection Asso ciation, of Chicago. Mr. Cowles' lec tures will be about the care of lamps, stoves and the handling of gas. Recently at a lecture before one of the commercial organisations of the city, only six men out of 40 knew the location of the Are alarm box near est their homes. The plan to educate pupils In fire precaution has the In dorsement of the Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce. $260 AUTOPIANO $260. In our bargain and exchange we have many player piano bargatna. Autoplano. 1J; another. St note autoplano. $2i; free music rolls. Kobler Chase, 175 Washington street. Blacksmith Held for Trial. CKNTRAUA. Wash.. Nov. II. (Spe rlal.) In the superior court yesterday Judge Rice overruled tbe motion to quash the Information against L. E. To tin jr. the Adna blacksmith charged with the murder of Mrs. O. E. Santhuft a month ago. Toung will be tried on the charge of first degree murder De cember 1. FORMER PREACHER ACCUSED BIGIRL5 John B. Goddard, Ordained as Methodist Episcopal Min ister, Is Arrested. PROBATION OFFICERS ACT Three. Voting Women, One His Sten osraphcr. All Under '18, Testi fy Against Retired Pastor Before the Grand Jury. John B. Goddard. real estate and In vestment broker, former clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an unsuccessful candidate for a Repub lican nomination for the Legislature at the last state primary, waa arrestee yesterday by Iieputy Juvenile Officer .Mcintosh and Bailiff relch. of the grand Jury, on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. He was lodged In the County Jail and his ball was fixed at tiOOO cash. Immediately after Uoddard was taken Into custody, three young girls, one his stenographer, and all under 1$ years of age, went before the grand Jury and told stories wnich are ex pected to result In Indictment: charg ing him with an even more serious offense than contributing to the de linquency of minors. Mrs. Lola (J. Baldwin, head of the Department of Public Safety for Young Women, and Probation Officer White, of the Juenlle Court, have been work ing for some time on the Goddard case. White declares that Goddard's al leged machinations were not confined to the three girls who testified yes terday. Glrla Slga Affidavits. In Goddard's possession was found a stack of affidavits signed by young women, and It Is said that he was try ing to Induce the girls who are the complaining witnesses against him in the present case to lKn similar docu ments. The signers exonerate Goddard from wrong-doing. To forestall an expected attempt by the prisoner to secure his liberty on a writ of habeas corpus before the grand Jury reports. Judge Gatens Instructed Deputy Juvenile Officer Mcintosh to swear to a complaint charging God dard with the most serious statutory crime on the calendar. It Is expected, however, that the grand Jury will re port by noon today and the prisoner can then be taken Into custody on the strength of a bencn warrant, which will be Issued Immediately should the expected Indictments be returned. Previous to the last state primary, v-oddard went before the assembly, but was unsuccessful In securing an Indorsement. He then came out as an anti-assembly candidate, but his efforts to secure a nomination from the voters of the Republican party came to naught. - Strawai Preached Here. Most of the other anti-assembly can didates refused to link their campaigns with his. Goddard csme to Portland from Seat tle several years ago. Previous to"t coming to this city he had been an or dained minister of the Methodist Epis copal Church, but had ceased his active ministerial career. He has delivered several sermons In this city. Harry L. Hughes, another man taken Into custody by the Juvenile officers. Is accused of attacking a 14-year-old Woodstock girl. The grand Jury heard the evidence against him yesterday. TOM WORD'S SUIT HEARD Kx-Shcrlff Demands $20,000 of C. and Anna Cleveland. The trial of the case of Tom M. Word. ex-Sheriff, against Charles and Anna Cleveland, In which the plaintiff demands approximately 120,000 because of the alleged failure of the defendants, husband and wife, to transfer property on which he obtained an option, was commenced before Judge Kavanaugh yesterday. Mr. Word declared that lie took an option on 148 acres near Gresham at $55,000. paying $1000 for the option. The property was mlsdescrlbed and subsequently the defendants are al leged to have refused to correct the error and let the deal go through. The plaintiff declares the property Is really worth about $75,000 and asks to bo awarded the difference between tho option price and that amount as dam ages. Experts put on the stand placed the value of the property roughly at (100 an acre. GOLD HILL PLANS BIG WORK Business) Men Get Together to Make Town Shipping: Market. GOLD HELL. Or, Nov. JL (Special.) Resolving on a strenuous campaign of civic improvement and commercial advancement, a Business Men's Asso ciation has Just been organised here, with 30 members. The association pro poses to carry the word to every far mer within a radius of 16 miles that Gold Hill Is the best trading pornt In Southern Oregon. A shipping market, something that Is badly needed, will be established for the buying and ship ping of all products of the farm. Work will begin at once to secure a city park. The co-operation of the Southern Pacific will be asked. A park fund already exists, which will be aug mented by entertainments and private subscription, with possibly a munici pal appropriation, as the city adminis tration Is heartily In accord with the proposed plans for advancement. Coal $5.50 a Ton at Yards Fancy Screened Lump Keeps the Pot Boiling. No Soot, No Clinkers, Little Aih. Delivered within the one-mile circle at $650- per ton, or within the two-mile circle at $7.00 per ton, this week only. Two tons to each customer. Orders must be accompanied by cash or check. Diamond Crest Coal Co., City: . Gentlemen Have used Diamond Crest Coal for some time and find it entirely satisfactory. Expect to use it continually. Sincerely, J. A- LEAS, 287 West Park. Wholesale trade in carload lots solicited. Miners and shippers of hiph-grade coal. No C. 0. D. orders or credit given at this price. Diamond Crest Coal Co. 325 Railway Exchange Bid. Phone Marshall 2574. Portland, Or. Solves the Christinas Problem A WONDERFUL sale of Mens High-Class Furnish ings at one-third to one-half the usual price, but not a sale to men only. Wives who buy for their hus bandsmothers who buy for their big boys women who contemplate a holiday gift for some male relative, present or prospective find here just what they want at about one-half what they usually pay. Men are buy ing supplies for a year ahead; they are laying away splen did Christmas offerings for their friends. If YOU have not been here if YOU have not taken advantage of this The Entire Sheeny- Every Men's Silk Hats at Half Price. Men's Fancy Vests at Half Price. Men's Full Dress Vests at Half Price. Men's Lounging Robes, One-Third Off. Men's $2.00 Shirts, $1.05 Men's $1.60 Shirts at 85 Men's S1.00 Shirts at 65t Men's $1.50 Neckwear, Men's $1.00 Neckwear, 55 Third and Oak Sts. 42 PHONE WAR WAXES County Questions Right Company to Use Roads. of FREE SERVICE IS AIMED Commissioners Begin Inquiry to Find Why Multnomah Doesn't Get Privileges Allowed Clty. Rates Are Opposed. Demanding to know by what right the Paclflo Telephone & Telegraph Company occupies the county roads for Its poles and wires, the County Com missioners yesterday sent a communi cation to the company. Back of the demand Is the desire of the County Court to obtain free telephone service fdr the county. The city receives the great majority of Its telephones in ex change for franchise privileges and the Commissioners assert that they can see no reason why the county should not receive similar treatment. The District Attorney's office has also been notified by letter of the desire of the County Court to determine the tel ephone company's rights to the use of the roads and Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald has been requested to make a report on the subjeot The Com missioners are angered because the oompany wanted ft a month, the reg ulation business rate, for additional direct lines in the Courthouse. The county now gets a limited number of telephones for 1J.0 a month each, but they axe operated through an exchange. The contract was entered Into In 18S for tbe telephones at 11.08 each with the Oregon Telephone & Telegraph Company, predecessor of the present oompany. but the contraot was for two years only. Nevertheless the com pany hss continued the old charge for the number telephones specified In the contract. Altogether the oounty pays approximately 1100 a month for Bell telephones and extensions. j. l. Varnall. commercial manager of the company, declares that the com pany paid more than $30,000 In taxes last year and says he can see no good reason why the County Commissioners opportunity we invite you to come Bradley Co. Stock of Men's Furnishings- Article Deeply Cut m Price Men's $6.50 Silk Under wear, $3.85 Men's $3.50 Underwear, $2.50 Men's $3.00 Underwear, $2.00 Men's $1.50 Wool' Under wear, 95 Men's Gloves, One-Third Off Men's $1.0 Silk Sox, 65 Men's $1.50 Silk Sox, $1 Men's $2 Silk Sox, $1.25 Men's $3.50 Mufflers, $2 Men's $5 Mufflers, $3.50 should receive greater courtesies as to prices than they now receive. The latest development In the tele phone question at the Courthouse is the complaints of the, Circuit Judges that their private offices are used aa public telephone stations because of the m fHt W 117 ID) jHERE'are probably not less than 5000 young I owner of a home. Our plan is simple, direct and extremely liberal, we want you, if you are interested in getting a home, to know all about our special home-building plan, and we therefore make you the following prop osition: Come to our office and let us take you to Laurelhurst and select the lot on which you wish to build. Then, if you are really in earnest about want ing a home, we will make the rest of it very easy for you.. The opportunity to get a home in Laurelhurst on such favorable terms will not be open much longer. The building discount of 15 per, cent will be withdrawn in a short time and all lots will be held at the list price. If you are contemplating' buying and building in Laurelhurst next Spring, you will save money by buying while the 15 per cent building discount is in effect. The $25 or $30 interest you will save by waiting until next Spring to buy will not offset the $150 or $200 discount you will lose by the delay. Don't overlook the fact that the choice locations in Laurelhurst will soon be gone. TVe have sold nearly 100 lots since October 1. Xow is the time to select the site of your future home. MEAD & MURPHY, Selling Agents 522-526 Corbett Building Phones: Main 1503, A 1515 " 'm , OFFICE AT TRACT PHONE EAST 99 ASK FOR SALESMAN Men's $10 Sw'ters, $6.50 Men's $8.50 Sweaters, $5 Men's $5.00 Sweaters, $3 Men's Fine Umbrellas, One-Third Off. Men's 75c Susp'ders, 50 Men's 50c Susp'ders, 35 Men's $6 Pajamas, $3.50 Men's $5 Pajamas, $3.00 Men's $3 Pajamas $1.75 Men's $2 Pajamas, $1.25 Men's French Flannel Pa jamas, Half Price. Men's Silk Nightshirts, Half Price. failure Jf he County Court to provide telephones for public use. Postal Banks Are Named. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 21. Postal Ravines banks fessional men, clerks, men with small business estabiisnmenis who have saved $300 to $400, but who live in rented houses. To these men we address this advertisement. We have evolved a plan whereby the man with just a few hundred dollars may become the ISUW. Miller $5.00 Hats, $3.25 Denny $5.00 Hats, $3.25 Robinson's English $4.00 Hats, $2.50 Chester $3.00 Hats, $2.00 Men's $6.00 Union Suits, $4.00 Men's $5.00 Union Suits, $3.25 Men's $3.50 Union Suits, $2.50 Men's $3.00 Union Suits, $2.00 E. & W. Collars, 12y2$ Third and Oak Sts. will be operated December 18, at Ar lington and Monroe, Wash., and Rath drum. Idaho. Rural free delivery will be Inaugurated February 1 at Helix, Umatilla County, Oregon, and Boss bur, Stevens County. Wash. men in Portland pro