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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1915)
THE MORXIXG OKEGONIAX, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 22, -.18515. 11 14 LINES CONSIDER PORTLAND FOR CALL Deep Channel Opens Way and Three Promise Serv ice Within One Year. SHIPPING GOAL NEARER "CASCARETS" FOR HEADACHE, COLDS, LIVER, BOWELS Enjoy Life! Don't Stay Bilious, Sick, Headachy and Constipated. Geo. H. McCarthy Succeeds McDonald & Collett Real Tailoring News Dtrect Routes to Orient, Islands, Alaska, South America . and Europe Advocated in Nego - tlations With Big Concerns. (Continued Frnrm First Page) retary of the trade and commerce bureau of the Chamber. These include every steamship line plying to the Pacific Northwest ex cept the Osaka fihosen Kaifiha, one of the Japanese lines. To avoid confusion these lines have been considered in groups, according to whether their connections are with the Orient, with Knrope through the Panama Canal, with South America, and so forth. tYT Chinese Company Included. Tho lines that have been asked lo prlve direct connection with the Orient inrlude the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, which now operates from Seattle under a traffic arrangement with the Great Northern Railway. Frank Waterhouse A Co.. entirely outeide of the connec tion of this company with the Royal Mall, which, with Waterhouse as agent, operated a line out of Portland, with monthly sailing before the war, and the. Java-China-Japan Steamship Com pany, which is also being negotiated with in connection with the Holland American line for connections with Europe through the Panama Canal. The advantages of Portland- as a main port of call have also been very exhaustively presented to the backers of the new Chinese line soon to begin operation on the Pacific The lines approached to establish service between Portland and Europe through the Panama Canal include the Blue Funnel line, the largest freight line on the Pacific; the East Asiatic steamship Company, the Olson steam ship Interests of Christlania, Norway: the Harrison Direct Line, operating from Europe through the canal: the W. R- Grace Company, which controls the Johnson Steamship Line, operating from 4sweden to the Pacific Coaat through the canal, and the French Mail Steamship Company. The Chamber is also in touch with representatives of the Royal Mail and of the Hamburg-American lines, which gave semi-monthly service between Portland and the Orient, each line op erating one steamer a month, until the outbreak of the European war. It is desired to have these lines es tablish direct service here with Europe through the Panama Canal, with a pos sibility of Oriental service also. When they will be able to re-establish their sailings, however, depends on the war, as the Hamburg-American ships are either at home or interned, while the Royal Mail steamers are kept busy in war traffic. "W. R. Grace A Co. Rxteniilon Up. This, however, is not all. The trade xnd commerce bureau of the Chamber has also been conducting very promis ing negotiations with W. R. Grace & Co. relative to giving Portland regular steamship service in connection with their South American west coast line. And negotiations are also in progress with the Luckenbach Steamship Com pany relative to having it extend its service with the Atlantic seaboard to Portland. No mention has been made in this list of prospective lines from Portland to Australia, from Portland to the Ha waiian Islands, and from Portland to Alaska. The trade and commerce bureau of the Chamber, however, has the establishment of such lines defin itely in view, although much remains to be done before the negotiations stage even is seriously attained, except in the case of the line to Australia. Service to Australia Probable. That this line will be established, and that within one year's time, though not certain, is very probable. Mr. Dod son said that the prospects were such that he believes Portland will have direct steamer service with Australia In another year. It should be distinctly understood by 11 the people of Portland, however, that the establishment of the three lines now announced as certain, or of a dozen steamship lines giving this city direct service with Europe, the Orient. South America, etc., will not of itself establish the prestige of Portland as a big seaport and shipping center, nor even enable It to retain these lines. To the contrary, so many factors are involved, the competition with other cities which have become established as commercial centers is so intense, and the problem in general is one requiring such earnest study and effort to work out. that the broad co-operation of all interests on the main end in view will be essential. Study Revenls Cause of lioss. This was clearly brought out yester day bv Mr. Iodson. who has been mak ing an exhaustive study of trade con ditions, the factors tnat go to estaDiisn a seaport, and the particular needs of Portland in that connection, for the last couple of years. "The first thing done by the old Chamber along this line was to take up tho study of why Portland was losing its deep water commerce," explained Mr. Podson. "This study demonstrated that Portland has not lost anything to sneak of for years so far as the grain trade is concerned. This traffic is handled mostly bv tramps on no fixed schedule, and Puget Sound has.made no gain. "But in regard to freight, the result was far different. Puget bound h gradually obtained almost all the through freight, that is. transconti nental freight, which the railroads were routing that way. At the Sound it was whipped on liners operating on regular schedules. i.lmei Unilt Portland Space. "The first issue arose in connection with the service from here of the Hamburg-American and Royal Mail lines which, before the war. were giving alternate semi-monthly sailings. It was found that there was more outbound freight than they could handle, as they arbitrarily limited their haul out of this port on account of the Columbia River bar. They fixed the amount of space allowed Portland shippers to no more than would load the vessels to a draught of 23 feet, thus limiting the possible cargoes from Portland to ap proximately 3000 to -4000 tons. There was. & slight betterment in conditions on the bar while these lines were in operation, and they increased the space to correspond to a 24-foot draught. "This handicap imposed by the Co lumbia River bar is no longer to be reckoned with. 'Tha next phase of the problem was found to be to get Inbound freight for the ships. Sound Lower Rate. '"The Chamber went to our shippers here and asked them to ship all goods they were buying in the Orient by way of this port. We were making progress when some of the Puget bound lines Best for Bad Breath, Sour Stomach, Coated Tongue Indigestion. or fcecc 3 They're fine! Cascarets liven your liver, clean your thirty feet of bowels and sweeten your stomach. You eat one or two, like candy, before going to bed and in the morning: your head is clear, tongue is clean, stomach sweet, breath right and cold gone. Get a box from your druggist and enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing; you ever experienced. Carsarets stop sick headache, biliousness. Indigestion, bad breath and constipation. - Mothers should give a whole Cascaret to cross, bilious, sick, feverish children any time. They are harmless and never gripe or sicken. Adv. Watch for the coming of the bif? K L E C T RIC SIGV that trill blase theie letter on the minds of Washing ton - Street crowds. i mt n iii ii i in mm nrwrMinrn The Story as Given , to Portland People by The Evening Tele gram, October 20. "DO YOU KNOW GEO. H. M'CARTHY?" Here he is, and here's the ?reat tailoring shop (salesroom) that now bears his name. 0 offered to absorb freight charges from Seattle or Tacoma and deliver freight at the warehouse in Portland for the same price at which it was delivered at the wharf here by our direct lines of steamers. "This actually brought the Puget Sound rates below those at this port, because of the wharfage charges and the item for hauling from the wharf to the warehouse. This was eventually absorbed by the two local lines, and though some Portland shippers- still preferred to ship via Seattle, most of them agreed to use the Portland lines. "But these vessels still were not get ting enough inbound freight from th Orient. So the railroads coming into Portland were asked to help by having inbound freight, the routings of which they could control, shipped by these lines into Portland. The Hamburg American grot a little freight in this manner, but little was accomplished, and the two lines were complaining that there was not enough traffic to warrant any betterment in the service. Chaoge In Routing; Necessary, "That is how the situation stood wncrr tne lines were withdrawn on ac count ' of the war, and how it stood when the new Chamber of Commerce was organized and took up the study for a solution. "This conclusion was quickly reached: The big shippers of this territory who are able to influence traffic must use all their power with the railroads and steamship - lines to put their business through this port. "Then the all-important question of; procedure was decided upon. In con nection with the land end of the prob lem a through freight committee has already been appointed1 to work on the problem of influencing any and every interest in the community which can control any freight to have that freight brought here. "In connection with the water end, we have opened negotiations with every steamship line but one plying to the Pacific Northwest, and other lines as well, to establish direct connections with Portland. "But there still remains to be solved the great problem of developing indus tries here that will require inbound freight for local consumption. Through Freight In Sinrht. "The trouble Portland has had in the Oriental service has been twofold. First, we have had plenty of local products outbound to offer, but on out bound or inbound through t freight we haven't had any definite agreement s. Through negotiations with the rail roads, we now feel sure that we can get our share of both outbound ; and inbound through transcontinental freight -as soon as we have a line es tablished. "The other difficulty has been in re gard to inbound freight for local con sumption. "The study which the Chamber has devoted to the problem makes it ab solutely clear that this community must develop certain industries it now does not have, so as to provide right here a market for quantities of freight originating abroad that otherwise jrill not come here, and which are essentia.! to the success of the steamship lines. Copra Mill Proposed. ."For example, the Chamber of Com merce is now trying to finance a big copra mill here. Kstablishment of such a mill would mean that 00 to 600 tons of copra would come nere each month. San Francisco in the first five mor.th of this year took 24,000 tons of copra, because it was pre pared to handle the product with home industries. San Francisco and Seattle both recognize the necessity of getting industries that will give their liners nbound cargoes. This applies princi pally to the Orient, but also to the South American, Alaskan, Hawaiian and Australian trade. Demand for Imports Altai. "Portland now has only two in dustries that will provide for inbound cargoes. They are our hardwood fur niture industry, which is progressing splendidly and which will call for many an inbound cargo of Oriental hardwood; and our paper industry, in which large quantities of sulphur are used. "The people of Portland must re alize that unless they have the local industries that can create a demand for products that can be imported as inbound cargoes, the city will never attain the dignity of a great seaport and distributing center. It is some thing that will require absolute at tention to the main issue, unselfish co operation and local financing of in dustries when outside capital cannot be obtained." M'CARTHY NOW CONTROLS STORE Former Manager . Acquires Estab lishment of McDonald . & Collett. George H. McCarthy, former man ager of the tailoring establishment of McDonald & Collett, has become the sole owner, and from this time on will conduct the business under the name of George H. McCarthy. In the capacity of manager, Mr. McCarthy has been directly responsi ble for the past success of the firm in this city.' It was through his efforts during the recent reorganization of the busi ness that the work shops of the San Francisco store were brought to this city, thus making. Portland the head quarters for the concern, a fact that was duly appreciated by Portland business men. "I have made plans," said McCar thy this morning, "for a campaign against buying ready-to-wear clothes from Eastern factories, or, indeed, from anywhere ' outside Portland, when the Portland-made product is at hand." , C-viv T muses 1 k8 And Now Here's the First Thing Pm Going to Do I will close out as much of the present stock of woolens as possi ble. They must be brought to the minimum, in keeping with my plans. Therefore, for a limited number of days, I will make a general reduction upon any fabric in the store, featuring the Grand Special Offer appearing in the lower right hand corner of this announcement. Read it. " -- in ii hi mu i iiii i mm ! mm m mm ' v: t. r r. . iin2fttija and here are the workrooms, at Fifth and Pine, where only highest skilled union tailors are employed. u IF1 m 4 44 Leo. H. McCarthy TAILOR Formerly Manager M'DONALD & COLLETT Bat thins;, your Silt fro t h I m SOW tert In g o a d . Order ' Fall K Washington Street BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH (The Next. Suit You Buy "V Should Be McCarthy Made J Choose from 500 of this seasons newest and finest fabrics from which McCarthy will build you one of his famous Tailored - to - Order or ii in mint ti And you will get as fine a fit as you ever wore molded to your individ uality. That's the only kind of clothes McCarthy makes. Order now BERRY IS DEFENDED Judge Logan Says His Is Far Superior to Phenomenal. VINES ARE LONG-LIVED A sod Salem Woman Dead. SALEM, Or.. Oot. 21. (Special.) Mrs. L-dla Augusta Whit died here today at the age of 81 years. She had lived in Salem for the last 26 years. The following children survive: rr. Gibson T. White. Rev. Lorenio J. White. Jol.n H. White. William L. White and Mrs. Kllzabeth Krazler. all residents of Salem, and Sophia Thurman and Fannia Seigenthelar. of Portland. Of Rtl tha European capitals, the best health record. Xjondoa bas Burbank Production Declared ' to Have Failed lo Meet Kndnrance Test, and Growers Experi ences Are Cited. BY ANNE SHANNON MONROE. OREGON" EXPOSITION- BUIL.DIXG. Siin Franctsco, Oct. 18. A much-inter ested visitor to the Oregon building- the other day was Judge Logan, of Oak land, the originator of the loganberry. He laughs at all this discussion of the loganberry and Burbank's "phenom enal" berry. Tbe loganberry was pro duced six or seven years before Bur- bank saw it, and the first red black berry that Burbank ever saw was shown to him by Judge Logan at the latter's home at Santa Cruz, bo tbe Oaklander says. The loganberry is a cross between the Red Antwerp raspberry and the California blackberry, and. besides it being a better flavored berry, the stock Is so much more hardy than the phenomenal that they are not to be considered in the same class, accord ing to Judge Logan, and he ventured the assurance that growers will bear him out in the statement. W. A- Taylor. Marion County's rep resentative at the Oregon building. agrees heartily with Judge Logan in this statement. He put out an acre of the Burbank phenomenals and at the end of the third year found that practically all were dead. He dug them up and planted loganberry canes, and they are still doing well, having all the vigor of the blackberry. A neighbor named Winks, did the same with five acres, and Alex LaFollette. one of Oregon's most expert fruitgrowers, is credited with the same experience, and with having loganberry vines in heavy Dearing- after 15 years of service. Mr. Taylor scouts the idea that the Willamette's prolific berry is anything else than the loganberry,- ORDER EXTENSION IS ASKED Apartment-Houses Want Inter change of Telephones. SALEM, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) The Apartment and Hotel Association of Portland today filed with the Ore gon Public Service Commission a com plaint against the Home and Pacific Telephone & Telegraph 1 Companies, asking for an Interchange of telephone service- between the two companies in all residential hotels and apartment houses in Portland. The complaint sets forth that as the Commission recently ordered-an Inter change of service between the two telephone systems In hotels in Port land, situated similarly to the Oregon Hotel, that not to extend the order to the complainants would constitute dis-criminialon. "Just between US'-" j Requisition Is Honored. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) Governor Withycombe today granted the requisition of the California au thorities for the return to that state of Peter -Soulis. who is wanted in San Francisco on a charge of grand larceny. Soulis is now under arrest in Portland. Alaskan Steamer Brings 9138,000. SEATTLE, Oct. 21. The steamship Humboldt which arrived from South eastern Alaska ports today brought $136,000 in gold bullion from the Fair banks mining district. ROYAL CLUB COFFEE rape? d.MJIIU U11H.I.JUJJ Is the Best Coffee I Can Find at Any Price"" This is the verdict in thou sands of homes. Those who delight in the rich, mellow flavor of a perfectly blended coffee will find complete sat isfaction in ROYAL CLUB. Ask your grocer to supply you for National Coffee Week. Oct. 18th and 23d. CO. House LANG & The "Royal Club' Portland JS3C LANG & CO. were the only coffee roasters who gave the public the benefit when the price of raw coffee came down. 19V ft