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MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. FREE TRADE HITS L UMBER NDUSTRY Head of One Big Plant Tells How Part of Men Are Laid Off and Wages Cut. RELIEF IS UNLIKELY SOON Canal May Bring Some Benefit but Only Change Back to Protective Tariff Will Be Positive Remedy, Is Opinion. Few of Oregon's industries have been harder hit by the prevailing stag nant business conditions than that en gaged in the manufacture of lumber, the evidence of which may be found easily by a visit to any of the several large plants in and around Portland. The manager of one of Portland's big mills was asked, to give his opinion of the condition of the lumber business and the market for the output of his and similar establishments. "Well," he replied. ' "punk" is about the only word that fully expresses It. Generally speaking, the market hasn't been so poor for many a year and the prices are. in many lines, actually be low the cost of production. For sev eral years we have run our mill day and night, but conditions nave uc come so unsettled, or, rather, have set tiod into what appears to be a perma nent condition that last week we shut down on the night work and dismissed about 75 men. "We hated awfully to do it. but there is nothing but ruin in running a business at a loss, so we were forced to chop our business prac tically in half. It was too bad for the men. but what else could we 00 re sides, next week we will reduce the wages of the remaining men by a cut of 10 per cent. We have always paid a little higher wage than other mills, but we are forced to recognize exist ing conditions. It is better for em ployers to pay smaller wages and con tinue paying, than to shut down and pay nothing. l.nmbrr Sold At Lous. "Every day I see wagons hauling lumber out of the yard which we are selling for J10 a 1000 that actually cost us $12. and some of It more, but when the foreman came in and protested, calling my attention to the fact, I told him it is better to turn it into money than to let it remain in the yard un sold." He then turned to his books and showed the writer how during two re cent months the balance was written in four red figures, nd added: "Now we have been paying the men the same wages that have prevailed for several years, with that kind of a showing in our business, but since it is better for them to have lower wages than for us to shut down for a spell, we have done the best thing in sight for all of us. And I feel very sorry for the men. Many of them have work ed for us for years and are faithful In every way, but under this regime of free trade we are simply up against It. You know, I don't see how a man can support a wife and several chil dren on 2 a day, but they do it some way. It makes it mighty hard all around. We have looked for some im provement from some source and have kept the wages of our men at former figures, even when losing money, but it is not in sight and we must meet the situation." End of Free Trade Awaited. "Well, when do you look for a bet ter condition?" "Oh." he replied, "we are suffering our share of the pinch that has struck all lines of business, and when the peo ple themselves get tired of this sort of thing we will get a change back to former business prosperity. Until that is possible we will hope for some benefit from the opening of the Pan ama Canal. In the meantime we will try and tough it through until the peo ple get enough of the dose they thought they wanted. We have a large supply of logs on hand and we first thought of sawing them up before going on a half shift, but decided that the logs would keep. We have simply gone into a business cyclone cellar until this free trade blast passes on." The president of another of Port land's large lumber mills said that in 20 years the lumber business had not been "shot to pieces" as completely as now. "Not content to let a good thing alone, when all the people were pros perous. Congress must begin to knock business here and prod it there until men with money to invest put them selves on the defensive and don't in vest. Everybody and everything stopped and' the result we see with us every day. In these modern times busi ness relations are so intimately inter woven that if a few are hurt all suf fer. t nnadlan Competition Cited. "Why, there are 800 logging camps and 400 sawmills in British Columbia, employing thousands of Hindus and Japanese laborers, working for about half what we pay, and our markets are now thrown open to their products on an even footing with our own." "Well, what about the future of the lumber industry?" "I don't look for any immediate im provement," he replied. "Of course, all the difficulties we are laboring under are attributed to the Wilson policy of bidding for the products of cheaper labor, always a Democratic demand, and the opportunity to carry it into effect comes about once In 20 years. We have cheaper lumber with less building going on. Of course, free trade means cheaper articles, also cheaper times and cheaper people. "There are two things that will help us and other lines of business. If the people elect a Republican Congress this Fall it will be an assurance that the end of this trend is in sight and the opening of the Panama Canal will help materially In counteracting the blight ing effect of the present characteristic attack of the Democratic party on the prosperity of the country. The canal will be a powerful breakwater against the tide of Democratic free trade In Oregon industries. It rests with the people themselves whether this con dition shall continue." PERS0NAL MENTION. R. Hull, of Albany, is at the Cor nelius. D. R. Catlin, of Salem, is at the Cor nelius. A. B. Wolford, of Biggs, is at the Carlton. B. Swan, of La Grande, is at the Cornelius. C. E. Davenport, of Seattle, is at the Norton ia. Dr. A. A. Burria, of Carrollton, is at the Perkins. James G. Cooper, of Hoquiam. is at the Carlton. F. M. Davenport, of Olympia, is at the Nortonla. Mrs. W. B. Shaffer and Miss Wllma Shaffer, of Waitsburg, are at the Mult nomah. T. M. Shannon, of La Grande, is at the Washington. Miss C. M. Schmalle, of Hoquiam, ia at the Nortonla. O. W. Dunn, of Stanford University, is at the Eaton. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Allen, of Cazadero, are at the Eaton. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Price, of Newberg. are at the Cornelius. Henry Skantze, of Gothenburg. Swe den, is at the Carlton. R, J. Hendricks, of the Salem States man, Is at the Benson. E. B. Reed, a lumber man of Che halis. is at the Perkins. J. H. Wenandy, Deputy Sheriff of Bend, is at the Imperial. C. V. Brown, a shoe merchant of As toria, is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tenney, of Walla Walla, are at the Seword. j. p. Mogenson, a wholesaler of San Francisco, is at the Benson. , A. H. Harrison, a newspaperman of St. Louis, is at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bennett, of Klicki tat, are at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Ghent, of Hermis ton. are at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Madden, of San Francisco, are at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bailey, of Med ford, are at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Blair, of San Francisco, are at the Nortonla. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Babcock, of Mc Mlnnville. are at the Multnomah. A. F. Coats, lime and cement whole saler of Seattle, is at the Oregon. H. G. Day, proprietor of a resort at White Salmon, is at the Seward. George Drumheller, a merchant of Walla Walla, is at the Imperial. Sol Frledenthal, manager of M. Seller" & Co., in Seattle, is at the Oregon. Charles H. Taylor, of Washington, D. C, is visiting his son at the Eaton. Mrs. C. G. Bartlett and Miss Ethel Bartlett, of Honolulu, are at the Mult nomah. Mrs. Henry Newman and Miss Lucille Hoskinson, of Astoria, are at the Seward. J. A. Forehand, district manager for the Postal Telegraph Company, is at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Connacher and Miss G. Murpy, of Yacolt, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hand, of West port, are at the Imperial. Mr. Hand is a lumber man. George McKay, of Waterman, and Ray Grounds, of Heppner, stockmen, are at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Codd. Mrs. Wil liam Codd and Rosemary Codd, of Spo kane, are at the Carlton. E. E. Wade, assistant general passen ger agent of the Southern Pacific in San Francisco, is at the Benson. A. W. Douglass and C. A. Rhodes, of San Francisco, officials in the Western Union Telegraph Company, are at the Benson. Adolph Ziefle, of Fargo, N. D., is at the Seward. He is on his way to take a position in the pharmacy department of the Oregon Agricultural College. E. L Proebstlng, a merchant of Wal lace, Idaho, and his wife, who have been sojourning at Medford for two weeks, arrived in Portland yesterday. Mr. Proebsting will return to his home city tonight, while Mrs. Proebsting will remain here for a visit with Mrs. Will F. Powell. L LA GRANDE HAS FIRST COUNTY OR GANIZATION READY FOR WORK. J. H. Peare Say Non-PartlsanhIp Al- ivays Spells Democratic Success at Election Booths. Word reached the Republican State Central Committee yesterday of the organization at La Grande of the Union County Young Men's Republi can Club with an enthusiastic charter membership. The permanent officers of the club, which will hold semi-monthly meet ings, are: President, H. E. Dixon; sec retary, Adna Rogers; treasurer, O. A. Garner. Additional members will be enrolled through the efforts or a spe cial membership committee consisting of Roy Rice, C. M. Humphreys and A. W. Nelson. In its work this sub-committee will co-operate with the members of the executive committee of the organiza tion, which consists of one member from each precinct in the county. This is the first county organization to be perfected through the efforts of the Republican State Central Commit tee, which hopes to have similar work ing organizations in every other county of the state early next month. Inter est manifested by women voters has suggested to the state committee the advisability of forming in each county women's clubs as well. This detail is now being worked out by Secretary Baldwin, of the state organization. J. H. Peare, member of the state com mittee from Union County, was espe cially active in forming the club at La Grande. Addressing the gathering at which the club was formed, Mr. Peare referred to the "non-partisan" talk of opposition parties and emphasized the need of forming such campaign "bun combe." Mr. Peare was cheered lustily when he said: "I have observed that 'non-partisanship' means in the end Democratic officeholders and Demo cratic victory." TEACHERS' INSTITUTE NEAR Sessions to Be Open to Public and Will Begin September 8. Among instructors and lecturers at the annual teachers' institute, to be held soon, are the following: J. A. Churchill, State School Superintend ent; M. S. Pittman, Oregon State Nor mal; D. A. Grout, assistant superin tendent of the Portland schools; L. A. Wiley, Montavllla School, of Portland; Sophia G. Shives, Park Rose School; Robert Krotin. playground director, Portland schools. In addition to these, a member of the faculty of the State University will deliver one or mori, addresses and the State Agricultural College will be similarly represented. The institute will be held on Septem ber 8, 9 and 10, in Central Library building, Tenth and Yamhill streets. Sessions will begin at 9 and 1:30 o'clock. respectively. and continue three hours. The institute is held of ficially for teachers of both city and rural schools, but Is open to the pub lic. A certificate of attendance in any county is valid In any other in the state, so that teachers may attend wherever it Is most convenient for them. Two St. Helens Teachers Resign. ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 27. (Special.) Misses Lizzie and May Farnum. for a number of years St. Helens school teachers of the third and seventh grades respectively, have resigned and accepted similar positions In California schools. This leaves two difficult posi tions for the St, Helens School Board to fill at a late hour. The schools open August 31. An island in the Pacific, of which a French company has obtained control. Is believed to contain 10,000.000 ton of hlgh-a-rade phosphates and many mora million tona of Inferior quality. Charge Purchases Made Today and Remainder of This Month Will Go on September Accounts Payable onqctoberUt Manicuring and Hair Dressing Parlors, 2nd Floor-Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlors in Basement- iea All Mail Orders From Out-of-Town Customers Given Prompt, Careful Attention. All Orders Filled and Forwarded Same Day Received. Olds, Wortman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 Principal Portland Agents for Oossard Front-Lace. Nemo, Bien Jolie. Bon Ton and Royal Wor cester Corseta Fall Lines Now In. Important Friday Offerings All Departments A Dress Sale Without a Parallel! Garment Department. Second Floor Today we feature a remarkable sale of Women's Dresses-a final clear ance of beautiful new Summer frocks at less than half price. All are in latest midsummer styles-many of them very desirable for dancing and party wear. The materials include almost every wanted weave W c rmxP grouped them into three special lots for easy choosing. Don't miss this Greatest of Dress bales lodaj . $5.00 Dresses $1 .98 LOT NO. 1 Attractive wash Frocks for women and misses dainty styles for afternoon wear. Many have the popular long or short tunics with pretty collars of organdie. Ginghams in neat stripes and checks striped voiles, plain and striped ratine and figured crepes. All are nicely trimmed with laces, embroidery, ruchings, fancy buttons, etc. Splen did range of styles to select from. Dresses worth up to $5.00 Specially priced for Friday at G "I Qfi vour choice only r,'C? $10.00 Dresses $3.98 LOT NO. 2 In this assortment are scores of handsome styles for street wear. Materials are ratine, striped and figured voiles, dainty, sheer lawns and crepes. Fashioned along latest lines with long plaited tunics or with small ruffles. Cuffs and. collars of lawns and organdies. Many have novelty vest effects, oth ers with silk and velvet girdles of contrasting color. Materials alone in most of these Dresses worth more than sale price. Gar- Qj3 rants worth up to $10 PO TO $18.50 Dresses $6.98 LOT NO. 3 A representative assort ment of the newest styles for street and party wear. They are made of serviceable linens and crepes or dainty sheer voiles. Many attractive models with low neck and short sleeves. Skirts in smart tunic, ruffled or flounced effects. Shown in plain colors and neat stripes or figures. Trimmed with laces, fancy net vests, plaitings, crush girdles anil sashes. Dresses in this special lot selling formerly up to $18.50 are placed on Qfi sale now your choice pvJJ Women's $16.50 to $75.00 Tailored Suits Now Selling at $8.25 to $37.50 Girls9 $10 Coats $5.98 Second Floor Special line of girls' new Fall Coats an underprice lot, picked up by our buyer while in New York. Full length box styles with deep cuffs and storm collar. Smartly tailored from excellent grade Baby Lamb. Also wide-wale cords with velvet cuffs, collar and belt. Ages 6 to 14. Coats worth $10.00 priced very fi CJ QQ special for Friday at 7CJ Girls' $7.50 Coats $4JtfT Second Floor Girls' Astrakhan school Coats in navy blue and brown. Full box style with new sleeves. Also girls' Coats of kersey. Ages 6 to 14. Garments worth $7.50 priced special g i Q& for this sale at only sp'- Ask for S. & H. Trading Stamps. Porch Swings Reduced Third Floor All Porch Swings and Couch Hammocks now on sale at special low prices. Note below: ?10.00 Porch Swings now $ 7.50 P22.00 Porch Swings now $16. 50 3 7.00 Couch Hammocks $ 5.25 $10.50 Couch Hammocks $ 7.90 515.00 Couch Hammocks $11.25 $17.50 Couch Hammocks $12.15 335.00 Couch Hammocks $26.25 $1.25 4-ball Croquet Sets at $1.50 6-ball Croquet Sets at 89c 34.00 8-ball Croquet Sets at $2.48 $3.50 Brassieres at 98c Odd Lines in Weil-Known Makes Taken From Our Regular Stock. Front-Hook and Back Fastenings. Second Floor Dainty lace and embroidery-trimmed styles in variety of models, suitable for all figures. All-sizes from 32 up to 48. Brassieres sell-QOp ing in the regular way up to $3.50. Choice W' $8.50 Elastic Corsets $2.98 Second Floor All Elastic Corsets, Hip-Confiners and Rubber Slip-Ons are included in this sale. All sizes. Grades selling at $5.00, $6.50 flJO QO and $8.50. On sale now, your choice Child's School Hose At 15c Center Circle, First Floor Chil dren's medium and heavy ribbed Hose, extra strong for school wear. Double heels, soles and toes. War ranted fast black. On sale t CZg. special, the pair, at only Special 10c Pair Children's heavy black cotton Hose with double heels and toes. All sizes. V kg Specially priced at only Infants' H" l7c Fine 8'k lisle in black, white and tan. In broken lines of sizes. 3 1 'Tg pairs 50S or, pair, only Women's Silk Hose At 89c Center Circle, First Floor Broken lines women's high-grade silk hose in white and colors only. Pure thread silk with lisle top and sole. Priced special for one .vfiQi only at the low price, pair Special 19c Pair. Women's splen did quality black cotton Hose seamless and double heels, soles and toes. Priced special, 1 Qg for Friday at, the pair Special, 3 Pairs $1.00 Women's medium and heavy weight black cotton and silk liale flj 1 fifi Hose, special, 3 pairs H-- New Kimono Flannels for 12V2C Department, Main Floor Attractive new line of kimono Flannels in scores of handsome patterns on light or dark grounds. Also very desir able for dressing sacques and House Dresses. Splendid heavy "t Qlfog fleece on both sides. Priced very special for Friday at-- 15c Beatrice Cotton Crepes at 10c Yard Shirting Cheviots Special Now at 10c Dainty stripes. floral effects and neat Colors absolutely fast. The regular 15c Crepes on sale 1 now at, the yard, for only Nf-w line shirtinsr Cheviots in serv iceable colors for men's and boys' wear. Priced special for t fs Friday at the yard, only Women's $4 & $5 Shoes $3.48 $1.00 and $1.25 House Slippers 79c Department, Main Floor Special pur chase of Women's high-grade Shoes un derpriced for Friday. Complete line of all leathers, some brocaded silk and cra venette topfcA Very newest lasts in all style heels arid weight soles. Don't over look this opportunity to buy the finest of footwear for less. All sizes J O AfQ and widths. $4 and $5 Shoes pJ.- Bargain Circle, Main Floor Women's cro cheted House Slippers in all colors also men's and women's Crash Bath Sandals with velvet corded edge, plush soles. All sizes. $1 to $1.25 now $1.75 Boudoir blue, lavender, Slippers $1.29. Colors, rjink and black. Also women's strar) Sandals. $1.50 P T QQ and $1.75 grades on sale, prf-- Men's Shoes, $3.85 Season's smartest lasts in both lace and button rf Q O j styles in black or tan leathers. A full line of all sizes- Shoes in this J) O O J lot that are worth up to $5.00 are placed on sale at, the pair, only 35c to 50c Kerchiefs 25c On Sale Friday Main Floor Women's pure linen Hand kerchiefs with fancy white and colored initials, y8-inch hem in white or colors. Broken lines worth 35c to 50c onO?tf sale Friday at the low price of-? New Rufflings 29c Yard Main Floor Plain and fancy Rufflings in nets, chiffons, shadow laces, lawns, silks, etc. Some with fancy colored edges. Very latest effects. Widths from 1 to2Qc 3 inches. Priced special, the yardA',a" Odd Lines Women's Motor Veils Worth Up to $2 Friday only59 New Bobby Veils in Hexagon and Line Meshes Priced at 25 and 35 Box Stationery 49c Correspondence Cards, Paper, Envelopes Department, Main Floor Put up in dainty rose-pink box. White pa per with neat rose-pink initial. Each box contains Correspondence Cards, Paper and Envelopes tied with ribbon. Priced verj AQ special at, the box, only"'' Fall Styles in Men's Hats Now on Exhibition Men's soft Hats in "Schoble" make. Latest taper ing and diamond crowns wilh fancy and plain bands and droop brims Price $3.50. Stiff "Schoble" Hats in all the newest Fall blocks Price $4.00. Fall lines "Belgrade" and "Shedrain" Hats in nil the popular styles in both soft and stiff blocks Price $o.OO. Extensive showing of men's and young men's fancy Soft Hats Price $2.00. Men's New FallShirts $1.50 to $5 Cooper Underwear $1.00 and $1.50 Main Floor Our showing of the new Fall Shirts is now complete. Such well-known makes as "Ar row," "Bates Street" and "Manhat tan." All the latest styles in choice line of patterns and colors. The prices Friday range fhfk from $1.50 on up'toP'Vv All Men's Auto Dusters and Motor Main Floor Men's "Cooper" Un derwear in Fall and Winter weights now ready. Mon who have worn "Cooper" garments know the superiority of this famous make. Complete line of sizes in shirts and drawers. Priced tfP J EZ( at, garment. $1 nd S Coats Now on Sale at Half Price. 1 5c WashGoods 5c On Sale at Bargain Center in the Basement Underprice Store Figured lawns, calicoes, challies in light and dark colors. Also toweling, bleached and unbleached muslins, outing flan nels, etc. Materials worth 15c priced special at, the yard'' $4 Electric Irons at $3.19 On Sale Friday Only Department, Third Floor Extra heavy nickel plated surface with large handle. Fully guar anteed in every particular. Style of iron similar to illustration. Regular CJ O TQ selling price $4. On sale Friday P $2.50 CarpetSweepers at $1.75 Sale of "Ivory" Enameled Ware Third Floor Save time and labor a carpet sweeper will do the work of 30 brooms. Good grade of Sweeper. Regular tiff $2.50 kind. Special 'u Third Floor High-grade Tea and Coffee Pots, seamless, ivory enam eled, with white porcelain lining. Regular $2.25 grades for $1.65 Regular $2.50 Grades for $1.75 $9.75 Grass Rugs, Size 9x12 Ft. $7.95 Regular $7.00 Grass Rugs-size 8xl0-for $5.98 B Regular $3.50 Grass Rugs-size 4.6x7.6-at $2.89 Entire Line Men's Fancy Trousers on Sale tX Special Rednoad Prioei. Young Men's High School Suits SIO.OO. $12.50 and $15.00 Main Floor These Suits were made by an establishment that designs and manufactures only smart clothes for young men. They are modeled along lines which appeal strongly to college and high school chap. The patterns are distinctive and the tailoring first class in every respect. Ask to see these new arrivals. Sizes for young men from 14 to 21. In navy blues and fancies. S. & H. Trading Stamps given with purchases. Boys' 2-Pant School Suits $4.95 Main Floor Our first shipment of these splendid suits was disposed of some days Ago. 300 more have just arrived. Stylish Norfolk models with stitcbed-down belt. Pants full lined and double taped. Sizes 6 to 17 years. Unusually good garments. Two pair Pants with each Hjj QtZ Suit, special at, the suit P' New Nor folks $6.50 to $10 Main Floor We also show an excellent new Fall line of Boys' Norfolk Suits in heavier weights, with 2 pairs of pants. Prices range from $6.50 7 ) flfi and up to as high as IVlUV Boys' Felt, Velour and Cloth Hats Priced at From 50 to $5.00 Boys' School Shirts and Blonses in All Sizea. Priced at only 5Qt Each. Economy Fruit Jars Learn the Many Advantages of "Economy" Jars by Attending the Special Demonstration in Our Hardware Department on Third Floor. SAVTNG "S. & H." Trading Stamps is an economy practiced by millions of thrifty American people. Start a book today! Special Note! You Are Cordially Invited to Attend the Special Demonstration Fancy Cookery and Dessert to Be Given by MISS JULIE CROWLEY In Our Model Grocery, on the Fourth Floor. Dailv at 3 P. M. Book of Recipes Free to Visitors.