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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915, 9 TARIFF ON LUMBER POSSIBILITY No More Than It Costs to Keep House NOW President's Position Toward Sugar and Wool Gives , . Opening to Industry. DEMAND MUST BE VOICED Need for Assistance aiid Opportunity to Restore Normal Conditions Apparent, but Action Must Be Taken. OREGON IAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 21. Little by little the Wilson Administration is admitting the failure of the Underwood tariff law as a. revenue producer and little by little the Administration, in the quest for more revenue, is favoring changes In that law which will make It more of a protective law than originally was Intended. When the Underwood law was be fore Consress President Wilson laid stress on two things that sugar go on the free list and that all duty be re moved from wool. Now Representa tive Underwood, chairman of the ways and means committee, advised against this step, contending that sugar and wool should bear their share of the cost of government. But Mr. Under wood, with others, surrendered. Prenldent'a I'oniHon Chansed. The President now seems to have reached the conclusion that he erred, for he has formally declared in favor of repeal of the free sugar clause, and to recent White House callers has in dicated his belief that it may be ad visable to place a duty on wool. Ap parently the wool duty has not been finally determined on, but the Presi dent is fully cognizant of the need for more revenue. Should the Administration conclude to recommend a duty on wool. Senators from the big lumber-producing states will have an exceptionally favorable opening for demanding a duty on lum ber. Wool prices in the United States are high, notwithstanding wool is on the free list, the European demand for our wool accounting for current prices. On the other hand, the price of lumber is abnormally low; many lumber mills have completely closed; others are running on half time and on the Pacific Coast especially lumber is being sold at less than the cost of pro duction. Duty on Lumber Will Aid. If the President is willing to place a duty on wool, solely for the purpose of raisin.? revenue and at a time when wool Joes not demand protection, 'he will have difficulty in opposing a duty on lumber, when lumber can produce much revenue and when a duty on lumber can aid materially in restoring normal conditions In the lumber busi ness. Before the President advocates a lumber duty Senators from the lum her manufacturing states will have to make a demand for such a duty. Tremendous pressure was brought to bear on the Administration to accom plish the repeal of the free sugar clause of the Underwood act; there was less demand for a duty on wool, al though-that duty was urged by a few Democrats who have Influential wool men In their constituencies. Thus far there has been little direct pressure on the President to assent to a duty on lumber, although the Trade Commis sion has made an exhaustive study of the lumber Industry and doubtless would not oppose a lumber duty if the Administration should suggest such a thing. Indeed it is quite possslble that a majority of the commission would recommend a duty on lumber If the opportunity to make a recommen dation were given. MILITARY. DRILL INDORSED (Continued From Firwt Fayg) military training will engender in him a spirit of toleration for war, a spirit that should not be displayed. More Time X'rged. "1 believe in the policy of prepared ness, for I spent five years in a military school myself, but I do not believe In perverting the public school system Itno a training ground and a recruiting station for the Army. 'The contention that military train ing gives to the man greater poise and more graceful carriage and makes him better physically I believe to be un sound." Here Mr. Seeley quoted Dr. Dudley A. Sergent, of Harvard Uni Tersity, to support his contention. "The great body of the people," con tinued Mr. Seeley, "have not had a chance to voice their opinions in this matter and, since there is a division among your constituents, more time to think of the plan should be given a matter that so vitally influences the public school system." Discontent Predicted Result. John LJoyd said that the "School Board had no jurisdiction in the matter and that the offices and the purposes of the School Board In no way per tained to an adjunct of a military insti tution." "The School Board," said Mr. LJoyd. "has to do with the upbuilding of the mind and if that is done properly it will build up the body. In inaugu rating the system of military training you are tilling fertile eoil for factious discontent- "The question of putting in the pub lic schools voluntary training is not the outgrowth of popular demand. It has been arranged by a few militarists and there is nothing -to show that these men are in the majority. "The militia offers ample opportunity ror military training and it should be given to men and not to silly boys of a, sentimental age. Compulnorj- Training Keared. "If. you allow military instruction to be incorporated in the schools you will engender the antipathy of the trades unionist who will instruct his children to have nothing to do with that mill tary instruction. Tnougn me training, ac, first ar ranged, be only voluntary, it is but the thin edge of the wedge and soon com pulsory military training will come. The statement of General T. M. Ander son that 'if anyone opposes the plan o military training in the schools, i should be considered treason, is evi dence of that fact. "If you will teach the youth of the city economics that will fit him to right the internal enemies of the conn try. then I will not be so opposed to military instruction. Mrs. Josephine Sharp insisted that i boys were to be brought up to be soldiers that the mothers would cease to rear children. When all discussion had ended Chair man Munly called for a vote and the training was incorporated as a part of the school system. Substitute la Offered. The resolution as adopted was th result of a substitute plan offered by Dear Friends: : Ask me. You'll be surprised and delighted. 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Laundry under same roof returned same day, if desired. -Ask me about it. j" 0 I By RAY BARKHURST. j General White, of the Oregon National uuard, after several conferences with the teachers' committees and gives to military training the official stamp- of approval of the School Board of Portland. The teachers' committee, after en quiring into the several methods of adopting military training in the wiKii cnuuia oi tne city, una tnat it i s desirable that the DrinciDle of mil- naij- training oe approvea ana tnat it. take the form of voluntary enrollment by the students over the age of 18 years In the National Guard and over 17 years In the Naval Militia of the state. 'The teachers' committee finds that In this way the practical instructions In military science will be given by competent Instructors of the satate and United States service. Equipment to Be Provided. "It has been found furthermore that the United States Government, through the state authorities, will provide all the necessary equipment and uniforms and that suitable facilities for the housing of the young men will be pro vided for by the State "of Oregon. It has been recommended that the working out of this plan in detail be left to a committee composed of the members of the teachers committee. City Superintendent and the Adjutant General of the state. "DR. ALAN WELCH SMITH. "S. P. LOCKKWWOD." In making a canvass to discover the attitude of the high school boys re garding military instruction City Superintendent Alderman addressed the boys of Lincoln High yesterday morn ing, and, after a series of questions, found that military instruction was al most generally welcomed. Mr. Alderman pointed out the advan tage of enlistment in the National Guard, describing the advantages that accrue in the Summer, when the pupil will have an outing and receive mil itary instruction with a compensation. Plan for Guard Adopted. Mr. Alderman had two plans to offer to the students. One was the forma tion of cadet companies and the other was the enrollment In the National Guard. The latter plan was approved by the (School Board at yesterday'3 meeting. When the meeting of the Board was called yesterday deputations from al most every corner of the East Side asked for consideration of their de mands in the 1916 budget. The largest delegation was from Franklin High district, led by G. K. Berry. He asked that the Board re consider and give to the Franklin High $150,000 as its share of the 1916 budget instead of $120,000, as the tentative budget indicates has been set aside. H. Ganoe, an attorney of this city. also championed the cause of the Franklin High district and declared that that was the "most neglected dis trict in the whole city." He also said that it was absolutely necessary that $150,000 be appropriated for Franklin to half way take care of the Increase that was to be expected. . Woman pleads fur Woodstock. A delegation from Woodstock, for which Mrs. Leander Martin was spon sor, asked that the needs of that dis trict be looked after in. the budget of next year. Mrs. Martin took occasion to exclaim that "before Woodstock be came a part of District No. 1 we had no deficit nor bonds and had very good scnool facilities, but since we have be come a part of the district Woodstock is In a worse condition than any of the other schools that were taken in at the same time. In conclusion, she said, after some ex planations were made, she thought that the district could handle Wood stock's finances as well as it did. when not a part of the city school system. w ooastock is in tne sunshine." was Judge Munly s reply. School or Addition Debated. Two delegations, one from the north east side and the other from the vicln ity of the Jefferson High School, de bated as to the advisability of build ing a new school on the northeast side or putting an addition on the Jefferson High. The addition to Jefferson High School was argued for on the ground that it drained most conveniently the biggest district and because or its ideal loca tion it should receive $80,000 for an ad dition. W. F. Woodward, Bert Haney and David Mosessohn asked of the board that any new appropriations that might be given to Jefferson be diverted to ward a fund for the erection of a new high school in the Northwest Side dis trier. Mrs. Harry Myers, in behalf of the Ainsworth Parent Teachers' Associa tion. asked for funds for the purchase of benches for the children to use when eating their lunches. Brooklyn Wants Lot. A deputation from the Brooklyn dis trict asked for an appropriation for the purchase of the two lots adjoining the school grounds to complete the block. and for money to buy lumber to use in the construction of a few play eheds. Alameda Park also was heard frorn. wnen citizens irom tnat locarity asked the Board that ground be purchased for the establishment of a school In Alameda. There are now 30 or 40 chil dren attending school in the portaoies provided by the Board, and the leaso on the ground upon which the portables now stand expires In 1916 at the begin ning oi tne scnool year. Injured to Be Paid. The Board adopted the recommenda tions of the judiciary and finance com mittee in the settling of the claims of Lawrence C. Phillips and David N. Mosessohn for injuries received In the fire in tho Irvington School on De cember 10 of last year. The recom mendation authorized the school clerk to pay $1785.10 for Injuries received by Edwin Phillips and $1045 for injur es sustainea oy zedra Mosessohn. i tie teachers' committer nrnnn..) that the regulation covering the use of school buildings for other than school purposes be adopted. When It was considered It was unanimous: v adopted, and thus gives to the Parent- Teacher associations the right to use the buildings for all purposes prac- uui tor secret meetings. STATE TO MEET TROOPS ROCKPlLES TO BE LOCATED AT BORDERS IN SOUTH. California Counties United to Prevent Annual Influx of Breakbeam Tourists From East. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 21 (Sr... clal.) The easy-going gentry are in for the one big surprise of their ex istence when they reach Southern Cal- nornia in future. Determined to rid the Southland of the scum from the East that yearly rolls In on brake beams and boxcars, supervisors from lour counties Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles have combined and will bear the expense of guards now stationed at all railroad entrances to the state. when trains cross Into the state thev will be stripped of their load of bums and nearby rockpiles will at once be come active, or, if they don't, no eats win oe proviaed Dy the state. Supervisors of other counties are to meet nere soon, and it is expected everv y " me oouin win oecome a party to tne plan to rid Southern Cal ifornia of the annual Influx of tramps STUDENT CAMPS APPROVED President Hadley Will Give Credit's at Vale for Drills. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 21. Presi dent Hadley, of Yale, in his annual re port, made public today, strongly sup ports the Summer military camps for college students, and the undergrad uate battery recently organized at the university, but he does not believe that compulsory military drill should be a part of the Yale curriculum- He considers, that credit toward a college degree should be given for work done at the Summer camps. These views are declared to be his "personal opinion." rather than official declara tion of policy. ' . SOCIAL WORKER ARRESTED Five Women ' Accused in Connection With Strike Violence. CHICAGO, Oct- 21. Five women, in cluding Miss Netta Richardson, a wide ly known social worker, were arrested In connection with a disturbance In the garment strike district in which a woman worker was assaulted and an other, mistaken for a strikebreaker, struck with a brick and severely in jured. Two men also were taen into cus tody. Police dispersed a large crowd attracted by the incident. CASTOR I A y-Jar Infanti and Clildren. Tty Kind Yoa Ka?e Always Bought The Whirl of the sewing machines and the shuffling of the tailors' feet in the balcony is music to my ears. To Be Kept Busy Is IVIy Hobby ."My men work with me not only for me. I would rather sell 50 suits than 10, though the profit be the same. Cut up the cloth keep busy. Let's have life I want to see things hum, and I Am Going to Make It Never mind how I do it. Don't figure my end figure yours. I am prepared to offer greater values NOW than ever before. My stock of woolens is the largest carried by any tailor in the state. An endless variety of colors, weaves and fabrics in fact, anything that your mind's eye suggests, if the mills produce it, may be found in my store. Imported and Domestic Woolens that sell for $25 and $30 I will make to your measure, Suit $ or overcoat, tuti 18 Friday d - Satwir I will make my greatest efFort to get work for my tailors, who must have it. Therefore, Suits ordered now will be given to my very best tailors.. Never before have VI . offered Suits at this price so early in the season. A deposit will re serve the price if you haven't the time to make se lection today. I Will Fit You My clothes are made to fit your form, and the style to suit your taste. No matter what the Fashion Plate says, you get just what you want, or don't take it. I have been in the tailor ing business in Portland for years, and I know a poor suit from a good one, and when I say I will give you a Suit or Overcoat that can't be duplicated for the price anywhere, I mean it. Look over my window display you will see an elegant line of woolens, each worth fully $10 more than they are marked. OVERCOATS 3 1 S.OO S Store will be open until 7 P. M. to give those who work late an equal chance. "sSar auriklhiLiF Portland's Leading Tailor Cor. 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