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THE 3IORXIXG OEEGONIAX, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1914. 9 FUTURE PHQMfSING, WILSON DECLARES President Writes McAdoo All Differences Soon Will Be f Cleared Away. NEW SPIRIT IS PREDICTED Credit Given New Banking Act for Accomplishing Change by WliicU, . He " Says, Interests of ' All ' May Now Be Served. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. "A. future clear and bright with promise of the beat things" was the way President Wilson summed up his view of the business prospect tonight in a letter to Secreary McAdoo, of the Treasury D partment, congratulating him on the opening of the new Federal reserve bank system. "Fundamental wrongs once righted, as they may now easily and quickly be," wrote the President, "all differ ences will clear away. We are all in the same boat, though apparently we had forgotten it. We now know the port for which we are bound. We have and shall have more and more, as our new understandings ripen, a common discipline of patriotic purpose. We shall advance and advance together with a new spirit, a new enthusiasm, & new cordiality of spirited co-opera-.tion. It is an inspiring prospect." New Law Commended. Mr. Wilson referred to the new tariff law, the new currency law, the new trade commission law, end the labor provisions of the new anti-trust law as the means through which '"the soil has everywhere been laid bare out of which monopoly is slowly to be eradi cated." He added that "undoubtedly the means by which credit has been set is at the heart of all these things; Is the key piece of the whole structure." Referring to the "opportuneness" of the currency law, the President said: "The war which has involved the whole of the heart of Europe has made it necessary that the United States should mobilize its resources in the most ef fective way possible." He spoke of the difficulty of marketing the cotton crop of the country and added that "no doubt in the light of the new day, with its new understandings, the prob lems of the railroads will also be met and dealt with in a spirit of candor and justice." Letter Written to McAdoo. The President's letter, which was In reply to one from Secretary McAdoo, announcing the opening of the reserve banks, said: "My Bear Mr, Secretary: I warmly appreciate your letter of yesterday, for I share your feeling entirely about the significance of the opening of the Fed eral reserve banks for business. "I do not know that any special credit belongs to me for the part I was privi leged to play In the establishment of this new system of which we confi dently hope so much. In it the labor and knowledge and forethought and practical experience and sagacity of many men are embodied who have co operated with unusual wisdom and ad mirable public spirit. "None of ihera,I am sure, will be Jealous of the distribution of the praise for the great piece of legislation upon which the new system rests; they will only rejoice unselfishly to see the thing accomplished upon which they had set their hearts. It has been ac complished and its accomplishment is of the deepest significance, both be cause of the things it had done away with and because of the things it has supplied that the country lacked and had long needed. , Agitation and Suspicion Gone. "It has done away with agitation and suspicion, because it has done away with certain fundamental wrongs. It has supplied means of accommodation In the business world and an instru mentality by which the interests of all, without regard to class, may readily be served. "We have only to look back 10 years or so to realize the deep perplexities and dangerous ill-humors out of which we have now at last issued, as if from a bewildering fog, a noxious miasma. Ten or 12 years ago the country was torn and excited by an agitation which shook the very foundation of her po litical life, brought her business ideals Into question, condemned her social standards, denied the honesty of her men of affairs, the integrity of her economic processes, the morality and good faith of many of the things which her law sustained. Those who had power, whether in business or In poll tics, were almost universally looked upon with suspicion and little attempt was made to distinguish the just from the unjust. They in their turn seemed to distrust the people and to wish to limit their control. There was an omin ous antagonism between classes. Capi tal and labor were in sharp conflict, without prospect of accommodation be tween them. Interests harshly clashed wnicn snouid nave co-operated. "Real Wrongs" Declared Righted. "This was not merely the work of Irresponsible agitators. There were real wrongs which cried out to be righted, and fearless men had called attention to them, demanding that they be dealt wltn by law. We were living under a tariff which had been purpose ly contrived to confer private favors upon those who were co-operating to keep tne party that originated it in power; and in all that too fertile soil the bad, interlaced growth and jungle of monopoly had sprung up. Credit, the very Hie or trade, the very air men must breath if they would meet their opportunities, was too largely in the control of the same small groups who had planted and cultivated monopoly. The control of all big business, and by consequence, of all little business, too. was for the most part potentially, if not actually, in their hands. "And the thing stood Bo urtil the Democratic party came into power last year. The legislation of the past year and a half has in very large measure done away with these things. With their correction, suspicion and ill-wil! will pass away. For not only have those things been righted, but new things have been put into action which are sure to prove the Instruments of a new life, in which the mists and dis tempers which have so embarrassed us will be cleared away; the wrongs and misunderstandings corrected which have brought distrust upon so many honest men unjustly. That is the main ground of my own satisfaction. Tariff Has Bern Recast. "The tariff has been recast with a view to supporting the Government rather than supporting the favored beneficiaries of the Government. A system of banking and currency issues has been created which puts credit within the reach of every man who can show a going business; and the super vision and control of the system is in the hands of a responsible agency of the Government itself. A trade tribunal has been created in which those who attempt unjust and oppressive prac tices in business can be brought to book. Labor has been made something else in the view of the law "than a mere mercantile commodity, something human and linked with the privileges of life itself. 'The soil has everywhere been laid bare out of which monopoly is slowly to be eradicated. And undoubtedly the means by which credit has been Bet free is at the heart of all these things, is the key piece of the whole structure." Country's . Credit Made Useful. "This' is the more 'significant because of ltJ opportuneness. It is brought 'to its final -accomplishment just as it is most Imperatively needed. The war. which has Involved the whole of the heart; of Europe, has made it neces sary .that., the United. States should mobilize its resources in the most ef fective way possible . and make her credit 'and her usefulness good for the service of the whole world. It has created, too, special difficulties, pe culiar situations to be dealt with, like the great embarrassment in selling our immense cotton crop, which all the world needs, but against which, for the time being, the markets of the world are in danger of being artificially shut. That situation the bankers of the country are meeting so far as possible in a business-like fashion and in the spirit of the new time which Is open- iner before us. The railroads or tne country are almost as much affected, not so much because their business is curtailed -as. because' their credit" Is called In question by doubt as to their earning capacity. "There is no other interest so central to the business welfare of the country as this. . No doubt in the light of the new day, with its new understandings, the problems of the railroads will also be met and dealt with in a spirit of candor and Justice. Inspiring Prowpect Seen. "For the future is clear and bright with promise of the best things. While there were agitation and suspicion and distrust and bitter complaint of wrong. e-rouns and classes were at war wltn one another, did not see that their In terests were common and suffered only when separated and brought Into con flict. Fundamental wrongs once right ed, as they may now easily and quickly be, all differences will clear away. tW are all in the same boat, though ap parently we had forgotten it. We now know the port for which we are bound. We have, and snail nave more ana more as our new understandings ripen, a common discipline of patriotic pur pose. We shall advance and advance together, with a new spirit, a new en thusiasm, a new cordiality of spirited co-operation. "It is an lnsnlrlnsr prospect. uur task Is henceforth to work, not for any single interest, but for all the in terests of the country as a united whole. Past Will Be Like Bad Dream. "The future will be very different from the past, which we shall present ly look back upon, I ventrue to Bay, as if upon a bad dream. The future will be different in action and different in spirit, a time of healing, because a time of Just dealing and co-operation between men made equal before the law in fact as well as in name. I am speaking of this because the new banking system seems to me to sym bolize all of it. The opening of the Federal reserve bank seems to me to b the orlncioal agency we have cre ated for the emancipation we seek. The 16th of November. 1914, will be notable as marking the time when we were best able to realize just what had hap pened. "In the anxious times through which we have been pasaing you have, my dear Mr. Secretary, been able to do many noteworthy things to strengthen and facilitate the business operations of the country. Henceforth you have a new instrument at hand which will render many parts of your task easy. I heartily congratulate you upon the part you yourself have- played in Its conception and creation and upon the successful completion of the difficult work of organization. A new day has dawned for the beloved country whose lasting prosperity and happiness we so earnestly desire." TRAIN SCHEDULES OUT O-W. R. N. PUTS LIE ON WINTER BASIS, TABLES ANNOUNCE!. ITEM FOR SURFACE YET TO BE FIXED Kind of Covering for Scenic Route to Be Determined When Prices Are In. COST CAREFULLY STUDIED Arrival and Departure Hours Are Changed and Some Locals With drawn for Season. Beginning tomorrow morning the O.-W. R. & N. Company will operate its passenger trains on a Winter schedule which provides for the with drawal of a number of trains on various parts of the system. No. 11 will leave Spokane at 8:30 P. M., as at present, but arrive in Port land at 7:40 A.M. instead of 7:20, adding 20 minutes to its schedule. Train No. 10 has been changed to No. 4 and will leave Portland at 6:30 P. M. instead of 7 P. M. arriving at Huntington the same as at present. This train will handle the local busi ness between Portland and The Dalles. No. 8, which now operates between Portland and The Dalles, will be with drawn. No. 7, the westbound com panion of No. 8, also will be with drawn. Train No. 5 now will run as No. 19. arriving in Portland from Chicago at 12:15 P. M. instead of 11:40 A M. and will handle the local business between The Dalles and Portland now handled by No. 7. No. 6, the Salt Lake City Express, will leave Portland at 12:01 A. M. in stead of 12:30, arriving at Pendleton at 7:20 A. M. instead of 7:45 and at Huntington at 3:45 P. M. as at pres ent. The standard sleeping car car ried in No. 6 to LaGrande will be ex tended to Baker, returning on No. 5, the same as at present. No. 1, the Portland local, will leave Pendleton at 8:35 A M. instead of 8:30, Umatilla at 10:05 instead of 10 A M.f arriving at The Dalles at 1:30 P. M. as at present. Jt will leave The Dalles at 2 o'clock Instead of 2:15, ar riving in Portland at 5:30 P. M. In stead of 5:45. Connection will be made at The Dalles with . the train from Bend, which w.'ll arrive under the new schedule at 1:35 P. M. Instead of 1:45 as at present. Trains Nos. 25 and 26 between La Grande and Baker will be withdrawn, as will be Nos. 41 and 42 between Ho quiam and Centralia. A mixed train win handle the buoiness formerly handled by Nos. 41 and 42. . SALEM BUDGET $173,916 Increase of 8(2 8,6 9 7 Due to Needed Sewer Funds. SALEM, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) The Salem City Council has decided upon a budget of $173,916.80 for next year, which is $28,697.80 larger than that of the present year, the increase being due to provision for sewer funds of about $53,000. The general fund fixed is $17,000 less than that of this year, and the street fund is $7000 less than the present one. A reduction from $14,560 to $12,835 was made in the fire department fund. The engineering appropriation was reduced from $4500 to $3000. A reduction of $1000 was made in the park appropria tion. The office of bookkeeper in the Treasurer's department and the office of Sanitary Inspector, both of which paid $600 a year, were abolished. Webfoot oil dressing, for the hunters' shoe-j. Keeps the water out. Ask the Automobile Traffic Considered in Decision, tmt Some Argue Bed of Highway Will Xot Bo Ready by Next Spring. Whether or not to recommend suffi cient addition to the forthcoming tax levy to provide a coat of hard-surface pavement for the newly completed Co lumbia Highway is a question with which the County Commissioners and the newly appointed advisory commit tee will wrestle. Whether the budget estimates will contain this item, which, it is said, will amount to anywhere from $250,000 to $400,000, now cannot be known. Chairman Leo Friede, of the budget advisory committee, said yesterday the subject had come up at one of the few meetings of the committee so far held, but it was mentioned only as one of the things to be decided. No action' whatever had been taken as yet, he said, nor could it be told what will be the result of the committee's work on this subject. Commissioner Seeks Data. Chairman Holman, of the Board of County Commissioners, still has an open mind on the subject, he says, and he is seeking more complete informa tion before he comes to a decision on the matter. True economy is what he wants in road-building, says Mr. Hol man, and if it can be shown that hard surface paving gives more service for the money than cruahed rock road sur faces, he will recommend that type of highways, not only on the new boule vard, but elsewhere on main-traveled roads of the county. Chairman Holman says the automo bile has revolutionized the road needs of the county, in that wooden bridges are now almost a thing of the past, when the building of new roads is un der consideration, and he doubts that macadam roads, while ideal for horse drawn vehicles, will stand the stress of auto traffic. He says the county Is paying $250,000 annually in the maintenance of crushed rock roads. What he wants to find out is whether or not a permanent hard surface pavement on roads will do away with this upkeep charge and be cheaper in the end. Two Oppose Expenditure. Commissioner Lightner holds the opinion that it will be a waste of money to put hard-surface pavement on the Columbia Highway this Spring, because, he says, the big fills along the route will not be settled sufficiently in one season to allow a permanent pave ment to be laid. Commissioner Hart is also of this opinion. Mr. Lightner saye the difference be tween the cost of a macadam and hard surface covering for the boulevard is that between $4000 and $17,000 a mile. There are 27 miles of roadway to be treated. He believes that a cruBhed rock surface should be applied to the highway next Spring, and thia will serve as a good foundation later for paving. Both the Commissioners and the budget committee await datum that is now being prepared for their use by Roadmaster Teon, who is digging up exact figures on this subject. Both Mr. Yeon and S. Benson have expressed themselves as favoring a hard-surfacs pavement for the highway, believing it cannot be considered a finished scenic route for general traffic until it is paved. Whether this will be put down next Spring or la an Improvement to be made at a later date remains, however, to be settled when complete figures as to cost and other details are available. REVOKED LICENSE REVIVED Hotel Belle, Recently in Court, Gets Liquor Permit Back. MILWAUKEE, Or., Nov. 17-(Spe-clal.) The Hotel Belle received a new license at the meeting of the Council last night until January 1, when the new Councl will be In office and can dispose of the matter. The license was granted on condtlon that no women or drunken men be allowed about the premises. All voted for the license ex cept Councilman P. King. The license of the hotel had been revoked by Judge Campbell in the Circuit Court at Ore gon City on the conviction of Fritz Boysen, lessee, of selling liquor to a minor girl. . Mayor E. T. Elmer presented his resignation at the meeting last night and Councilman Felix Mitchell, presi dent of the Council, now Is acting Mayor. Mr. Elmer's term would have expired January 1, when he will move to Portland. The franchise of the Portland & Oregon City Railway was revised and ordered posted till De cember 2. The Council passed the ordinance granting the Clackamas Gas Company, a subsidiary of the Portland Coke & Gas Company, a franchise for 50 years at Portland rates of $1 per thousand cubic, feet and a 60-cent minimum charge. The city will-guaranty 100 consigners. KALEVA CONVENTION ENDS United Order of Brothers and Sisters Holds National Election. ASTORIA, Or., Nov.. 17. (Special.) The National convention of the United Kaleva Brothers and Sisters, formerly the Finnish Brotherhood, closed its ses sion here today. The convention de cided to meet once in four years, changed the name of the organization, voted to admit women to membership and doubled the salaries of the Na tional secretary and treasurer. The next convention will be held at Fort Bragg, Cal. The question of es tabllshing an Insurance branch of the order was postponed until he next con vention in order to allow the subor dlnate lodges further time to consider the innovation. Officers to serve during the ensuing four years were elected as follows: President, Gust L. Laine; first vice president, Andrew Johnson; second vice-president, Mrs. Aino Martin: secre tary, Sven Lonberg; treasurer, Walde man Walkkinen; trustees. Walter Mork. Henry Nieml, John Personen, Samuel Burg and Arvid Mojselo; auditors, Sam uel Aslkinen, John Wilnamikl and H. F. Toikka. Patsy Makes First Toledo Trip. TOLEDO, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) The gas boat Patsy arrived in Toledo today with 80 tons of freight. She cleared from the docks the same day, mmim em Continues but a Few Days Longer! A few short days, but each will be filled with moments of golden opportunity. Come now to share in the wonderful furniture bargains that abound on every hand! Never was opportunity greater for the. buyer, for here is a clean, new stock on which prices have been mercilessly cut! Hundreds of our, choicest pieces will go this week, for we are determined to move as little of this great stock as possible. Come to this, the greatest of furniture sales, and save as never before. Closing Out Tuna Mahogany Bedroom Furniture The famous Widdicomb Furniture Company's line, made at Grand Rapids. Prices cut to the quick this week to avoid moving.it. Every article is a handsome,' well-made piece in natural finish mahogany. Wednesday Only! 1200 White Woolnap Double Blan kets, good weight and well made, with pure wool finish. Always sold at $3.25 pair. Wednesday g(J Not over three to one customer; absolutely none sold to dealers. No. 142 $60 Dresser $29.50 No. 252 $55 Bed. ... .$27.50 No. 403 $55 Chiff 'er $27.50 No. 1738 $24 Table. .$11.50 No. 12334 $19 Arm Rocker $9.65 No. 123Vf $13 Rocker $6.75 No. 123 $8 Chair $4.25 Drastic Reductions on Every Brass Bed in the Store! Latest designs in Brass Beds, both in the Foster Ideal and the Kimball and Chappell makes. Every one carries our usual guarantee to stand the acid test. Buy now they'll never be cheaper! No. 1088 $175 Solid Brass Bed, square posts, cane panels 92.50 No. 1148 $90 Solid Brass Bungalow Bed, square posts 57.50 No. 1090 $95 Solid Brass Bungalow Bed, square posts .56.75 No. 1106 $90 Solid Brass Bungalow Bed, square posts . 52.80 No. 635 $100 Solid, Brass Bed, square posts 50.00 No. 4162 $42.50 Brass Poster Bed. . .23.85 No. 420 $40.00 Brass Poster Bed . . . 22.85 No. 6049 $27.50 Br's Bed, 3-in. posts 16.25 No. 458 $22.50 B. Bed, 2y2-in. posts 14.60 No. 4098 $12.50 B. Bed, 21o-in. posts 7.50 : ! IIS HENRY JEMMMG A Year Ahead of Competitors Every Framed Picture Half Price! 2500 Framed Prints, Pastels, Drawings, Water Colors and Oil Paintings, ranging from 35c to $150. Every picture bears the original price mark. Take your choice and pay us one-half! This is the holiday shoppers' op portunity., Anything you buy now will be held until Christmas or New Year's if desired, and delivered at the time you wish. There are lit erally thousands of articles here suitable for gifts. Come in this week, while removal prices make your money go further! TERMS TO SUIT CUSTOMER . SONS CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON GANGES FOUND BAD Permit of Bachelors' Club of Seattle Is Revoked. VARSITY MEN LEADERS Police Lieutenant Declares Hops of Elect of University and High Schools Are Worse Than Barbary Coast Steps. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) Reported by Police Lieutenant Charles Dolphin to be holding- dances which would bring a blush of shame to the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. the Bachelors' Club, supposedly repre senting the social elect of the Univer sity of Washington and the various high schools, has lost Its police permit for its series of Winter bops. The dances have been held in the Christensen Hall, and under the direc tion of Frederic Christensen. one of Seattle's oldest and best - known in structor's in dancing. "I am not particularly sensitive," Lieutenant Dolphin said today, in b peaking; of his visit to the most recent club dance, "but having recently vis ited San Francisco's Barbary Coast. I was able to makea good comparison, and I can say that'l saw nothing there so bad as at that dance where young men and women of the university and high schools held the floor." It was Lieutenant Dolphin's report which led Chief Griffiths to cancel the permit for the entire Winter dance schedule. The president of the Bachelors' Club is Elliott W. Smith, son of Elliott C. Smith, of 725 Belmont avenue North. Mort Gottsteln, employed in his father's furniture store on Second avenue is the secretary. Mr. Gottsteln said today that the dances had been conducted in a proper manner, and that obtaining of a new permit would be taken up with the new chief, Louis M. Lang, at an early date. Lieutenant Dolphin's complaint Is based on the "walk," which is barred In the public dancehalls. This is a series of successive straight steps in terspersed with the pivot, and which is danced with a swinging motion. checking over the names and supervis ing the work. The canvass will require about one week's time. Last year about 44,916 children between the ages of 4 and 20 were Included In the census. an increase of 4 per cent over the pre ceding year. It is also the duty of the enumerators to list all of the tax payers in the district. Last year 35,086 taxpayers were listed. MRS. GRIER BOUND OVER Woman Accused of Husband's Death Waives Examination. ALBANY. Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) On a charge of murder In-the first VJe gree Vada Clarke Grier, who is said to have shot and killed her husband, Frank Grier, near Mill City last Satur day, waived examination before Justice of the Peace Swan here this afternoon and was bound over to the grand jury. She will remain in jail, as she was held without bonds. Mrs. Grier showed practically no emotion during the brief proceedings. She seemed to wince as District Attor ney. Hill pronounced the words "murder in the first degree" in reading the com plaint to her. Her voice quavered a tri fle, too, when she was asked her true School Census to Aid 100 Idle Folk. Beginning November 25, about 100 enumerators will be employed to take the annual school census, the aim being to give employment to as many idle men and women as possible in hiring the workers. As usual, the principals of the respective school buildings will co-operate with the census takers in TIME CHANGE EAST-BOUND SERVICE of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Effective Thursday, November 1 9 Portland and Puget Sound Ex press for Chicago will leave Union Depot 6:30 P. M one-half hour earlier than at present. Cor responding train westbound will arrive 12:15 P. M. Salt Lake Express will leave Union Depot 12:01 midnight, in stead of 12:30 A. M., as at present-Local train for The Dalles at present leaving Union Depot 4 P M. and arriving from The Dalles 10 A. M. will be discon tinued. Information. schedules, tickets and reservations upon applica tion. ' CITY TICKET OFFICE Third and Washington Streets Both Phones name. But throughout the proceedings she seemed calm and self-possessed. She said her real first name was Nevada, but that she had always been called Vada. The state was represented at the hearing this afternoon by Gale S. Hill, District Attorney, and Mrs. Grier was represented by Attorney M. V. Weatb "Watch for DODGE BROTHERS' Announcement Soon. Watch for DODGE BROTHERS' Announcement Soon. To Chicago Kansas City, New York Through California Superior service via Santa Fe from San Francisco, through" Los Angeles, and you can stop and visit Earth's Scenio Wonder, the Grand Canyon of Arizona, on your way. Let me make up your next itinerary. Will be glad to make all your reservations. 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