THE MORNING OREfiOXIAX, MOKPAY, MAY 26, 1913.
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American Investigators Hold
' Preliminary Sessions on
Board Steamship.
INTERESTS WIDELY VARIED
All Inten.ely Interested In Problems
of Agriculture Production,
Marketing, Country tJfe
and Credits Studied.
BT HECTOR MAC PHERSON.
OS BOARD STEAJIi'HIf SAXONIA.
Near Gibraltar. May 7. Th . stojimshlp,
bearing tha members of the commla
lon on a tour of investigation of meth
oJ of European agricultural co-operation,
sailed .from Gibraltar today and
Is now pushing with free head of steam
toward Genoa. At that point the com
mission will disembark and hasten by
train to Rome in order to be there for
a reception to be tendered by the King
of Italy.
Meanwhile. It may be of Interest to
the readers of The Oregonlan to get
a glimpse of the commission on board
the Saxonia. learn something of Its
makeup and hear how the time has
been spent.
First of all. it will be news to many
to learn that there are two separate
and distinct commissions on their way
to Europe to study co-operation. There
la the American commission, composed
of representatlyes of the different states
and Canadian provinces, and there Is
also a United States commission, di
rectly representing the Federal Gov
ernment and appointed by the P reel
dent of the United States. A word of
explanation will make this clear.
Oiarial Character Gives.
The American commission was as
sembled through the efforts of the
Southern Commercial Conferees, an or
ganization with headquarters at Wash
ington, and aiming at tha promotion of
the general economic well-being of the
Fouthern states. The movement began
more than a year ago. when the South
ern Commercial Congress called a con
ference on rural finance at Nashville,
Tenn,
At Ibis conference David Lubln.
American delegate to the International
Institute of Agriculture at Rome, was
present. He had been called to this
meeting by the Department ' of State,
on the urgent request of the Southern
Commercial Congress, to lead the dis
cussion of rural nnanccvwhjch was the
topic of 'supreme Interest to the con
ference. After hearing Mr. Lubln's
lucid analysis of the work of the co
operative credit associations among
Kuropean farmers, the delegates pres
ent, representing 17 states, passed a
unanimous resolution In favor of send
ing an American commission to Europe
to study those associations on their
own ground.
The work of assembling the commis
sion was assigned to the Southern
Commercial Congress, and the project
was indorsed by Congress. On March
I. 1J1S. Congress passed a resolution
"that the Secretary of State be author
ized and requested to bespeak for the
proposed American commission to In
vestigate the European systems of
rural credits the" diplomatic courtesies
of the various European governments."
In order, however, to give sufficient
ground for the expected diplomatic
courtesies. Congress determined to take
a hand In the Investigation. An appro
priation of $25,000 was provided to
send a United States commission to
represent and report back to the Fed
eral Government. The act expressly
states that the Federal commission is
to co-operate with the American com
mission In Its work of Investigation.
The United States commission con
sists of seven members. They are Dr.
Kenyon L. Buttertleld. president of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College; Dr.
John Lee Coulter, of the Department of
Agriculture at Washington: Duncan U.
Fletcher, Thomas P. Gore. Ralph W.
Moss. Colonel Harvle Jordan and Dr.
Clarence J. Owens, director of the
Southern Commercial Congress. These
are all board the Saxonia with the ex
ception of Senators Fletcher and Gore,
who will hasten to Join the party as
soon as the smoke of tha tariff conflict
has begun to clear away.
The presence of the United States
Commission will be of the greatest as
sistance to us In our investigation of
European conditions. The men com
posing It are of out-landing ability.
As representing the Federal Govern
ment, they will secure for the Com
mission fuller recognition and greater
facilities for Investigation than would
otherwise be accorded. Besides, they
come much better equipped for the
work In hand than Is the American
Commission. They have on board, be
sides the five official members, four
other experts who are already fairly
familiar with the ground to be covered
In Europe, and a stenographic staff
which la now doing duty for the two
Commissions.
Varied Iaiereaia Repreaeate.
Let us now turn to the work of the
Commissions on shipboard. There are
in the party 101 members. Of these. 37
mrm .iih.r women traveling along with
their husbands, or visiting members who
are taking the tour, but are not om
rfiates on either of tire Commls
Ions. Other official delegates will
ir.in n in Europe, some of whom are
already on the ground, while others
will follow as soon aa nome ouut
riMrmlr
I have worked carefully through the
list of (4 working delegates on boara
the Saxonia. and have roughly classi
fied them on the basis of their princi
pal occupation. Most of the delegates.
I find, have several strings to their
bows. In fact. It would be difficult to
get together another group of men of
more varied Interests and experience
than are represented in these (1 Com
missioners.
1 find that IS members are signed up
as farmers: but of these, more than
half are farming merely as a side line
or for recreation. I submit the fol
lowing classification as a fair indica
tion of the makeup of the Commls
slons: Bankers, 13; farmers. 1!: busi
ness men. other than bankers. 11; col
late professors. 11: newspaper men,
professional men. other than teachers.
: representatives of Government ae
partments. 6.
In accepting this classification, how
ever, the reader must remember that
It gives an Imperfect Idea of the multi
tude of Interests represntd. To take
only one illustration: A Georgia dele
gate was boasting of being one of the
most representative farmers on tne
Commission. On questioning him
found that he began aa a farmer, took
over a store, opened a bank, became
director In a fertilizer company. Joined
m corporation to build a local railway
and still remains a farmer. Probably
more than half of the Commission are
Just as versatile as the gentleman from
Georgia.
Wrlc BesxsiB m Shipboard.
But notwithstanding the manifold
Interests of the delegates, there Is not
one of them but Is intensely Interested
In tha problems of agriculture: and a
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majority of those on board are men
i w .k.nnioni of the farm-
era" cause in their respective localities.
From the Wrst aay. ine
got down to the work of organizing
Itself for business, ii is n
.... ..inn. -h of which is to
specialize In one of the four grand dl
.V . r .v.- intliratlon: Produc-
vimui:. v "
tlon. marketing, country life and farm
credit. Exhaustive questlonarles have
been worked out to serve as guides In
the study of each of these fields of In
vestigation: and ootn questions,
method have been tried out in an ln-
. i .i nf ,nn11tlona artuallv ex
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istlng in Canada and tha United States.
Probably no pan oi our cuuimci
w in -.mmfa more Illuminating
than this discussion of country life and
institutions as they exist in the 27
states and three Canadian provinces
represented on board the Saxonia. It
has been brought out that the co-operative
movement In America Is far more
widespread than most oi us are
ii in. Avamnl that Quebec
Massachusetts and Texas have already
a irnvernins the estab
lishment of co-operative banks, and
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that there are ciose on -w u
organizations in operation. There are
. .!... in., itii flnrl modeled
also man? ...
partly upon the European systems.
wnicn are gramm- uvi
inan a r mnrin credit to farmers
upon reasonable terms. We have nu
merous creameries, cow-testing asso
ciations, -egg marketing societies, ele
vators, warehouses, pure bred sires.
and various otner enterprises, owuimi
and at work co-operatlvely upon Amer
ican soil.
In the prairie provinces or ianao.
AA-n-.A-.tiv AiAvfLtnrs. and creameries
are established by means of govern
ment aid, the province lending the as
sociation S3 per ceni ui m-i tujk w- "a
plant. These same provinces, aa well
1. 1 ...... h.VA th. KFflrAU of
lending on real estate much simplified
by tne uorrens system vi rcgismuuu
of land titles.
The commissions aim at a systematic
collection of reliable data on s.11 the
institutions woraing ior rural Deiier-
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Dr. Clareaee J, Ovreas, Maaaglac
Dtreetor ( the CouolliUtei
CosnmlAafoHS lavratlgatlag Em
nsns Acricviltaral Co-vpera-tloa.
ment in the United States and Canada.
This should prove a valuable part of
their service.
We have been at work every day.
holding morning, afternoon and often
evening sessions as well.
CHURCH CONFERENCE ENDS
Congregational Association Has Suc
cessful Meetings.
THE DALLES, Or., May 25. (Spe
cial.) A successful conference of the
Mid-Columbia Association of Congre
gational Churches came to a close .here
Thursday night. The association in
cludes Eastern Oregon Congregational
churches from Hood River to Hunting
ton. Among the Interesting addresses were
the following: "The Sunday School
and the Rural Community," by Rev. J.
Herschner. of Hood River; "The Out
look of Sunday School Work in Our
State." Superintendent H. N. Smith, of
Portland: ."World Conference of Hu
manizing Agencies," Dr. J. B. McGaw,
of Portland; "Home," Mrs. L. M. Schil
ling, of Condon: "Reminiscences of Pio
neer Days." Mrs. Camilla Donnell, of
The Dalles: "Women and the King
dom." Mra. W. C Kantner, of Port
land; "Residual Religion," Rev. John
M. Lowden. of Portland; "Tha Oppor
tunities of Today and Tomorrow's Re
sults," Dr. George Paddock, of Port
land. In the afternoon the delegates to the
conference were guests of the Business
Men's Association on an automobile
ride to the beautiful orchards of the
surrounding country.
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PUPIL OF 103 TALKS
Grandma Todd, of Eugene.
Says God Is Good.
SUNDAY SCHOOL GREETED
After 84 Years In Church She Still
Continues n Active Worker.
She Is Called OIde?t Sunday
School Pupil Alive.
EUGENE. Or, May ?5. (Special.)
Grandma Sarah Todd, aged over 103
years, leaned on the arm of Superin
tendent Leroy St. John at the First
Christian Church this morning and
through him addressed the school.
Grandma Todd's voice was not strong
enough to fill the auditorium, so phe
had written her message for Mr. St.
John to read. It follows: x
I love everything in the Bible and
have found it my help and my strength
all through life. I came into the
church when I was 19 and have never
regretted it. I'm not righteous by a
long way, but I love to please God.
"I praise him every -day for the lov
ing friends he has given me to look
after me in my old age. , I have lived
over 103 years and yet the time has not
seemed very long and -I know It will
not be long till Jesus will take me to
be with him.
"I want to ask God's richest blessing
upon these children who are here and
ask you all to pray for me. I don't
crave to die: I love this old world, for
God has made It so beautiful. I love
my friends and don't want to have to
leave them. May God bless you all."
Grandma Todd is the oldest "home
department" member of the Christian
denomination in America, and Is be
lieved to be one of the oldest Sunday
school pupils in the United States.
216 CONVICTS SEE MOVIES
Eugene Levy TreHts McNeil's Island
Prisoners to Picture Show.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 25. (Special.)
Two-hundred sixteen convicts in the
McNeils Island penitentiary sat for two
hours Friday in the big dining-room
while Eugene Levy exhibited for their
special benefit eight rolls of the latest
photo-drama releases, including the
weekly review of world's news events.
In that audience were men who had
never before seen a moving picture
and others who were suddenly and un
expectedly transported to their native
land.
Mr. Levy, accompanied by John Sle
fcrt, manager of the Melbourn Theater
in Tacoma, one of thaLevy houses, and
Adolph Cahn, of Seattle, conveyed all
of the machinery that constitutes a
moving picture theater operating room,
going to the island in a launch fur
rished by Warden Halligan. The party
returued here today.
Only once before In the history of the
McNeils institution has a moving pic
ture entertainment been given, and that
was one year ago, with Mr. Levy as
the host.
PIONEER OF 1847 PASSES
Yamhill Banker and Merchant Dies
at Ae of 80 Years.
CARLTON, Or.. May 25. (Special.)
"Uncle" Lee Laughlln, a pioneer of
1847 and a veteran of the Indian war
of 1S55-5S. passed away at his home
In North Yamhill this morning at the
age of 80 years, celebrating his last
birthday on January IT of this year.
He was, at the time of his death, the
head of the Bank of Yamhill, and was
the pioneer merchant of that town,
running a general merchandise store
there for a number of years when the
town was first settled. He was mar
ried twice, his first wife dying about
12 years ago. About 10 years ago he
was married to Mrs. Ami Brown, who,
with one 7-year-old boy, survive him.
He also has a brother, William, of
Yamhill, and a sister. Mrs. Nancy
Capps, of Portland, living.
The funeral win be held at Yamhill
at 10 o'clock tomorrow and the body
taken to Portland for oremation.
Short Line Branch Soon Open.
ONTARIO, Or May 25. (Special. )
Announcement has been mads that June
1 the Home Dale extension of the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad from -Kyssa
will be opened to traffic, train service
being- placed in operation between this
point and Home Dale.
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Redfield Says Best Paid In
dustries Meet Competion"
Most Successfully.
OTHER COSTS CONSIDERED
Secretary Says People Will Insist
That Manufacturers Correct Er
rors of Method Before Re
ducing Pay Scale.
NEW YORK. May 25. The Tate of
wages Is not the controlling factor
in the cost or production ana mere
are- manufacturers who should employ
more efficient methods before attempt
ing to reduce wages on account of the
proposed reductions m tne tanrr, wii
llara C. Redfield, Secretary of Com
merce, said last night. He was speak
ing at a dinner given in honor -of Sec
retary of War Garrison by the Hudson
County Bar Association. .
"The cost of labor is, in many in
dustries,' but a minor part of the total
cost and rarely the controlling ele
ment therein." Mr. Redfield said. "The
difference In wages between Aifierlca
and Europe often, therefore, affects but
a small part of the total cost of man
ufacture and is itself so modified by
many other conditions affecting cost
as to have small value as a basis for
argument. The chief controlling factor
In production is the rate and quality
of output. Differences In cost may
have no relation to, labor.
, Better Wages Meet Competition. '
"The industries in our country which
meet foreign competition best are those
which pay the highest rate of wages,
such aa machinery, steel and shoe industries-
The Industries In America
which profess the least ability to meet
foreign competition are those which
pay the lowest wages among us, sucn
as the textile manufacturers.
"It is frequently true that the In
dustries with the highest protection
from the tariff pay the lowest wages
(wool and cotton), . while those with
the smallest tariff protection (shoes)
pay higher and sometimes the highest
wages. The products of American fac
tories are often as cheap or cheaper
in the labor cost per unit than are for
eign ones.
"While it is true- that some of our
industries and many individual manu
facturers in our industries are highly
efficient, and' being -eo and finding it
profitable, do not advertise it, it is un
fortunately the fact that there are
many more of whom the same cannot
be said.
Correction of Methods Demanded.
"I believe and affirm that public
opinion requires that manufacturers In
whose plants the latter is true shall
correct their methods before they un
dertake to reduce the wages of oper
atives. "The men and women in our fac
tories are endowed with 'reason, in
terest. Judgment, energy. Imagination,
attention and memory.' Has a deliber
ate effort been made to try what the
responsive force of these powers is
to patient and inspiring leadership?
Has it not been rather true that men
have been considered a kind of pro
ducing merchandise to be hired at the
lowest rate at which poverty would
force them to work, rather than at
such a rate as would inspire their
highest productiveness? Is not the
whole outlook upon wages as an ex
pense a distortion of the greater truth
that they should be a remunerative'in
vestment? Has not the man been taken
at his mathematical value- rather than
his human one?"
BOISE MAYOR ON TRIAL
FAILURE TO CCRB "RED LIGHT"
DISTRICT IS CHARGED.
Complaint Says Liquor Is 'Sold in
Houses of Ill-Fame and Prosti
tutes Allowed to Operate.
nniQiT! iiVirt Mav 25. Mavor Hod
ges, of this city, is on trial In the
District Court, charged . with fail
ure to perform the duties of his- of
fice and enforce the ordinances pro
hibiting prostitution and the sale of
Intoxicating liquors in houses of ill
fame in this city. In his answer to
the complaint Mayor Hodges denies
knowledge of disreputable places in
Boise. '
The case is one that has caused an
upheaval in. jocai municipal circiea,
duo to the 'fact that thos behind
the charges made against the
Governor have invoked a provision
of the general laws In an attempt to
remove Mayor Hodges Instead of act
ing on the recall provisions of the
commission form of government act,
under which Boise is operating.
The original complaint preferred by
J. I. Mills, a business man, charged
the Mayor with failure to enforce th
ordinances during his last term of of
fice. Mayor Hodges had In. the mean
time been' elected by a handsome ma
jority. Permission was then granted
to file an amendment complaint. The
amendments made the same charge,
but confined it to: the Mayor's pres
ent term In office.
Mayor Hodges is confident of a
complete vindication. The restricted
district in this city has been for years
a subject of municipal discussion and
has caused every Incoming adminis
tration' trouble.
Irrespective of the outcome of the
present trial In the District Court an
appeal probably will be taken to the
Supreme Court of the state.
SALES AGENCY PROTESTED
Meeting Will Be Held at Hood River
Saturday to Take Action.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May 25. (Special.)
The temporary fate of the North Pa
cific distributers rests with the decl
,n. ha th. tvitfttAA nf the central
selling agency, formed at Spokane last
f all, will renaer nere iiexi o.fcuiu.j.
The attitude of th Wenatchee grow
ers, who declare that the selling agency
should not be used this year as a dis
tributing agency but merely as an or
ganization to advertise and exploit the
v, anni. inAu.trv in sreneral In the
Northwest, resulted In an expression
from J. H. RobDins, or laxima, ui
tha' distributers should abandon their
original plans of a selling agency for
the time being and merely maintain
their Identity for the purpose of hold
ing, meetings at which general prob
lems might be discussed.
On account of the numerous resolu
.1 maaoaH hv Rrrrsil 1 pr associations.
the trustees thought It best to delib-
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This inexpensive pastime is easy to buy, easy to carry, easy
to pass around. The more you chew, the better for you. Can
you say that of anything else?
The delicious juice of the fresh, crushed mint leaves is a con
tinuous benefit. It refreshes the mouth, soothes the nerves,
sharpens appetite, eases digestion and purifies breath.
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BUY
Look for
v, Loffir, makln? ft definite
decision. Accordingly, H. C. Sampson,
of Spokane, secretary oi me ui""""
ers, and H. F. Davidson, of this city,
......A.. An mAmher nt the executive
board, got In communication- by tele
phone yesterday ana arranged ir -meeting
next Saturday, when growers
from the mid-Columbia districts and
the Willamette Valley will oeciae un
their affiliation with the organization.
TEACHERS' JOBS IN DOUBTl
Pruirle City School Controversy May
Be tons-Drawn-Out Affair.
DDiTDTr fTTV rr Afflv 25. fStte-
cial.) Owing to the uncerfclnty hang
ing over the fate of the t'nlon High
School of this place and the fact that,
whichever side wins in the preliminary
contest now in the Circuit Court, the
tii 1. .,rruj fn tho hl?hpr courts
and thus a decision be kept In abey
ance for an inoeiinue time, ine issu
ers are undecided as to their course
'or next year. It is rumored that for
mer Principal Boche nas appnea iur
other positions, being entirely uncer
tain as to his fate in connection with
the Union High Bcnooi.
Grants Pass to Observe Day.
GRANTS PASS, Or., May 25. (Spe
cial.) Memorial day will be observed
here imder the annplces of the Grand
Before you form an
opinion on paving,
look over Port
land's well -paved
Bitulithic streets
and judge for your
self the value of,
this noiseless, dur
able paving mate
rial. INFLUENCE OF WOMEN
The Influence of women, glorious
in the possession of perfect physical
health, upon men and upon the civili
zation of the world could never be
measured but what about the ailing,
nervous, depressed woman who is a
damper to all joyousness in the home
and a drag upon her hUBband! "Every
such woman should remember that the
one great American remedy for woman's
ills is Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound and give it a trial at once,
and thus put herself In the way of re
storing that perfect physical ' health
which is hers by birthright.
IT BY THE
It coots lesas of any dealer
and stays tresis until used.
the spear Avoid
Army of the Republic and the Woman's
Relief Corps. The old soldiers, and
their wives will march to the opera
house in a body, where the principal
address will be delivered by Represen
tative E. E. Blanchard. A special tn
tnfir.n Via Keen extended to all the
school children to attend the exercises.
Business houses of the city win db
closed during the afternoon. The Sun
n., oAi-tnnn was Alivered bv the Rev.
William Riley Jeffrey, Jr., of the
Methodist Church.
SHELL FISH MYTH FADES
Bandon Clamdiggers Ignore Fact
Sfonth of May Minns "Jt."
rtiTcnnv. Or.. May 25. (Speclaf.)
Clam-diggers in Bandon are not pay
ing any heed to the saying mat snen
flsh are no good for eating in months
without an "R" in the name of the
month. The tide Is extremely low and
eah morning may be seen, nil along
v. -v." rin7AnA. nf neonle. with
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.p.flfs In hand, running excitedly
Great Northern Railway
Summer Excursions to the East
Tickets on sale daily, May 28th to September 30th.
Going limit fifteen days from date of sale.
'' Return limit October 31st; stopovers allowed in each direction.
Atlantic City and return, $111.30
St. J,ouis and return 70.00
Boston and return 110.00
Baltimore and -Washington and return , $107.50-
New York and Philadelphia and return 18-50
Chicago and Milwaukee and return 72-6
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo and return . 55.00
Toronto, Buffalo and Niagara Palls and return 92.00
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Winnipeg, Omaha, Council
Bluffs, Kansas City and St. Joe and return 60.00
Go East on the ORIENTAL LIMITED; leaves Portland daily
7-00 P. M. Through Standard and Tourist Sleepers to Chicago
in 72 hours. Return same way or any other direct route if desired,
'without extra eharge.
Tickets and Sleeping
Car Reservations at
City Ticket Office,
122 Third St- or at
Depot, lltb. t Hoyt.
Visit GLACIER. NATIONAL.
15th to September
Before
Going
in the
Show"
"I love it all
the time bat
most of all in
the theatre."
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imitations
from place to place looking for tha
traces of the clam as he buries him
self quickly in the sand. The digger
must work fast or else the clam eludes
him.
The digging furnishes considerable
pleasure and the clams furnish one of
tho most delectable articles of diet
found on the tables of the people of
Bandor They .cannot be gotten in
commercial quantities here, but are
plentiful enough to provide an occa
sional meal for any person who is en
ergetic enough to dig for them.
Centralis Will Graduate 2 7.
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 25. (Spe
cial.) The list of graduates, 27 In num
ber, of the 1913 class of the Centralia
High School, was announced yesterday,
the class being one of the largest ever
turned ont in Centralia. Among the list
Is John Watson, William Miller, George
Sears, George Barner, Harold Clark,
Clark Swick, Lester Temple and Gilbert
Goff, all of whom won fame In athletics
and are among the best athletes ever
graduated by the school. Temple Bar
ner and Clark won monograms in foot
ball , basketballandbasejiair
Detroit and return ? 83.50
Pittsburg and return. . . . 91.50
Montreal and return 105.00
H. Dickson, City
Passenger and Ticket
Agent. Telephones
Marshall S071. A
2286.
PARK this Summer. Season June
16th, Ask for Booklet.