PAPER MILL COSTS
DECLARED LOWER
Federal Trade Commission Is
sues Statement Summa
rizing Investigation.
HEARINGS WILL BE HELD
Increase in. Demand Due to Growth
of Xewspaper Circulation In
portations Are Equal to Third
of Domestic Product Output.
' TTASHINGTON. Nov. 6. In a state
ttient announcing virtual completion of
its -investigation of news print paper
prices, the Federal Trade Commission
declares that in the first half of this
year, -when prices already were soar
ing to unprecedented figures, the aver
age cost of producing news print paper
In domestic mills was less than $1.65
per 100 pounds, or below the average
cost in the last three years.
The Commission announced that be
fore issuing its report public hearings
would bo conducted and manufactur
ers, publishers and others interested
. would have an opportunity to appear.
No date was set for the hearings, but
the report was said to be ready to
send to the press in the near future.
Certain facts developed by the in
quiry are made public now because
mist of the publishers' contracts for
paper are about to expire. Contract
prices rose this year from less i than
$2 per 100 to $3 and $3.50, and on cur
rent market purchases the publishers
have paid $7 or more for paper bought
in the same way prior to January 1 for
between $2 and S3.
Prlcca of Some Materials Higher,
Though the average cost declined
in the first half of 1916, the market
prices of some of the materials of
manufacture advanced and were un
usually high.
"It should be noted that the most
Important materials which advanced
In price, sulphite and ground wood,
were produced by "most of the paper
manufacturers without an increase in
cost and not bought at market prices,
while some other manufacturers were
protected against the increase in prices
by contracts. Some of the other ma
terials which were purchased at ad
vanced prices were very small factors
In the total cost. Certain economies
also were practiced in the use of ex
pensive materials.
"It is generally claimed in the trade
that costs in the future will increase,
particularly on account of the scarcity
of labor in the Canadian woods and
the consequent labor cost of bringing
logs to the mills. This is necessarily
ft matter of prediction, concerning
w men me commission expresses no
opinion.
me quantity or news print paper
produced by domestic manufacturers
In the first half of 1916 was somewhat
greater than in any pending half year
unce ub miaaie or 1S13. fhe increase
in production was accomplished by r,un
ning mills to full capacity.
Canadian Imports Increase.
"The quantity of news print paper
Imported, which came chiefly from Can
ada, equaled about one-third of the
domestic production, and showed a
great increase in the first half of 1916.
The quantity exported also increased
during this period, though the exports
were small compared with imports. The
prices, however, offered by foreign
buyers were high.
"The stocks of news print paper,
which are small in' comparison with
the production, not only declined dur
ing the first half of 1916, but also were
lower than at any time during the
year 1915.
"As there was a large increase in
production and imports, accompanied
by a decline in stocks, while there was
only a small tonnage exported, it is
evident that there was a decided in
crease in consumption during the first
half of 1916.
"An increase in the demand for news
print paper is also indicated by the
fact that the sworn statements respect
ing the circulation of newspapers made
to the Postoffice Department generally
how larger issues by the leading
newspapers, and by the fact that the
number of pages of the larger news
papers have generally increased.
Other Grades More Profitable.
"Before the recent price advance,
certain other grades of paper were
showing higher profits per ton than
news print paper, and there was a ten
dency to change from this grade to
other grades. This movement seems i
to have been checked for the present
by the high prices of news print pa
per. Furthermore, it is stated that be- I
fore the end of this year four new ma- I
cnanes, two in this country and two
in Canada, with an aggregate daily
capacity of about 160 tons, will begin
operations on news print paper. Other
projected or pending developments will
apparently require a somewhat longer
time to become available.
"It is not intended in this statement
to make any prediction about the fu
ture course of news print paper prices,
but merely to indicate some important
facts to those interested in the buying
and selling of paper in order that they
may act more advisedly in making new
contracts. Moreover, the facts shown
here are confined to matters of statis
tical character, and do not cover other
phases of the situation, including va
rious trade activities of the news print
paper manufacturers, jobbers and
newspaper publishers."
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John Wanamaker Is Informed
Telegrams Have Been Filed
With Big Companies.
PLAN SHARPLY DENOUNCED
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This photograph was taken at
Spain, at which Queen Victoria was t he guest of honor.
,elnF p?"lncs does not restrain the se youngsters from Joining enthusias
tically in the boy scout movement. They joined the command at Santander.
one of the large cities of Spain, at th e instance of their father, who has been
a firm advocate of preparedness.
MADE IS TONIGHT
Democrats Are to Have Final
Rally at Armory.
SENATORS ARE TO SPEAK
Business Man Places $4000 Wager
on Hughes In Northwest States
and in Some of Eastern Dis-tricts-.Republicans
to Rally.
Portland Democrats will hold their
final Wilson rally of the campaign at
the Armory tonight. The rally will be
preceded by a parade, starting from
Tenth and Taylor streets. at 7:5
o'clock.
Captain James P. Shaw Is to be grand
marshal of this parade, and it will
move along the following line of
march: North on Tenth to Alder, to
Sixth, to Morrison, to Fourth, to Wash
ington, to Tenth, and thence to the
Armory.
Captain Shaw's aides will be W. E.
Finzer as chief of staff, P.obert Jacobs,
Henry J. Aldrich, Frank Berry, Frank
Manning. Charles Miller. Jack Little
and G. D. Murray.
At the Armory Senators Harrv T.ane
and George E. Chamberlain will dis
cuss National campaign issues. Dr.
ii,stner f ohl-J,ovejoy will speak from
the viewpoint of a Democratic woman
There will also be music
A Portland business man has nnsted
$4000 at the Benson Hotel to bet on
Hughes as follows: $500 each that
Hughes carries Oregon. California and
Washington; $500 each that Hughes
carries New York, New Jersey and
Illinois: $500 to $250 that Hughes car
ries Oregon, and $500 on Huffhe tn hp
elected. Persons ... desiring to cover
these bets will be given the name of
tne Dusiness man on application to the
political editor of The Oregonian.
A Republican rally will be held at
the new Failing School. Front and Por
ter streets, at 8 o'clock tonight. Ben
Selling will be chairman. Dr. A. Tilzer
will make an address in. Yiddish, and
there will be other speakers. A good
musical programme has also been arranged.
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And now A. W. Lafferty is repudiated
by the "Patriot" ticket. In an adver
tisement appearing in the Sunday
papers yesterday, all true "Patriots"
are urged not to vote for "Mr. Oppor
tunist" Lafferty., The advertisement
was signed by Davidson Buchanan.
Ph. D.. whose signature is the blown-in-the-bottle
trademark of the "regu
lar" Patriots, as opposed to the "in
surgent" Patriots.
"Patriots, Menace Readers Beware!"
reads the advertisement. "Deceived by
scheming politicians, 'The Menace'
praised Cap' Perry's so-called 'Pa
triots' ' ticket. For persQnal reasons
Perry and Bob Duncan want you to
vote for ex-Saloonkeeper Jackson and
Mr. Opportunist' Lafferty. Mr. 'Oppor
tunist Lafferty has openly denounced
'The Patriots," but. on his being de
feated at recent primaries, became an
eleventh-hour 'Patriot' of the Jackson,
Duncan and Perry brand."
The Duncan referred to in this tot
shot obviously Is Robert G. Duncan,
secretary of the Retail Grocers' Associ-
ation and heated advocate of a Sun
day blue law, who is currently re
puted to be the controlling head of the
"insurgent" Patriot faction which re
cently issued a ticket indorsing Laf
ferty and urging a vote against repeal
of the blue law. Now this "insurgent"
ticket has been repudiated, along with
Lafferty, its indorsee, by the Davidson
Buchanan "regulars."
Still another pre-election ticket made
Its appearance yesterday. It Is a white
card headed "Keep religion out of poli
tics.". This ticket indorses C. N. Mc
Arthur for Congress among a number
of other candidates named, some of
whom are also on the Patriot ticket.
Others indorsed include Marshall N.
Dana for County Clerk; A. A. Muck, for
County Commissioner, and George M.
McBride for County Judge.
at 10 o'clock last night resulted in 40
votes for Hughes to 20 for Wilson.
John J. Higglns. the tailor, bet $250
on Hughes wiWi John Kenefick. sales
man for the Union Oil Company, yes
terday. Arthur I. Moulton. member of the
Hughes campaign committee, returned
yesterday from Umatilla County, where
he made Hughes addresses at Pendle
ton, Freewater, Umapine and Weston
in a four-day - speaking trip through
the county. Everywhere he found
Hughes sentiment strong.
"Hughes will carry Umatilla County
by at least 500 votes." said Mr. Moul-
ton. "The wheat farmers of that dis
trict are not .deceived .by . the high
prices being paid for their wheat.. They-
realize mat it 13 clue entirely to the
war, ana mat such an artificial pros
perity must end. They want . Repub
lican administration in office and Re
publican policies to prevail when that
time comes.
Republican meetings in the state, out-
side of Portland will be held tonight
s touows: .
At Hillsboro. addresses will he mad,
by Gus C. Moser and R. R.. Butler; at
Astoria, ex-Senator Fulton will speak;
at Pendlton, Representative Sinnott will
oe tne speaker: at Roseburg, there will
be an address by Governor Withycombe:
at lone, in the afternoon and at Hepp
ner tonight. Stephen A. Lowell will
speak, and at Bend. B. F. Mulkey will
deliver a Hughes address.
Ex-Postinaster-Gcneral Says Threat
to Men Holding $800 and $1000
Jobs Is Beyond All Reason
in Decent Politics.
NEW YORK. Nov. B. (Special.) Ex-
Postmaster-General Wanamaker tonight
issued a statement sharply denouncing
a scheme which had been reported to
him whereby the Wilson campaign
managers had - planned to coerce post
masters into voting for Wilson. Mr.
Wanamaker said:
"I have been Informed that every
postmaster in every town and city in
every state in the country is to receive
a telegram between now and Monday
telling him to vote for Woodrow Wil
son. When I was in the Postofiice De
partment I would rather have had my
right hand cut off than to tell a man
to vote for any man for President be
cause he had a $1000 job in the department.
Telegrams Already Filed.
"I am informed upon unimpeachable
authority that the telegrams have been
filed at both the large telegraph com
panies' offices.
"To my mind it is a crime to at
tempt to Intimidate postmasters with
$800 a year or $1000 a year Jobs, or
even the higher-salaried postmasters, to
vote for Mr. Wil6on. That office means
that man's bread and butter, and to
intimate to him that if Mr. Wilson is
not elected he will lose his office
beyond all reason in decent Dolitics.
"When I was Postmaster-General no
action was ever and none ever would
have been tolerated by me. During
my administration there were aboul
67.000 postmasters in the United States.
Now there must be between 90.000 and
100.000. Think of each incumbent o
a postoffice getting a message of coer
cion to vote for Mr. Wilson, and lntl
mating that if he does not do as or
dered he may lose his office.
Release Planned tor Today.
These telegrams, according to mv
informant, have all been written and
filed with the telegraph companies.
They have, so I have learned, been dis
tributed by each telegraph concern to
a headquarters in every state in the
Union, and are all to be released Mon
day.
r rom what I have been able to
learn the messages are worded prac
tically alike. I have been unable to
find out, however, whose signature is
attached to these telegrams. If these
messages are sent. It must be with the
knowledge of Mr. Wilson, and if this
is the case the scheme is. in iav opin
ion, a piece of unclean politics, which
I would never have countenanced as
Postmaster-General."
WILSON SENDS THANKS
si-Aiia COMMITTEEMAN WHITE
l"15 PRESIDENT'S TELEGRAM.
TesirtipitiEa.
RIDGEF1ELD WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. William O. 13 rice Victim of
Short Illness. -
RiDGEFIELD. Wash.. Nov. 5. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. William O. Brice died at
her home here Friday after a brief ill
ness. " Mrs. Brice was born in Pitts
burg. Pa., July 24, 1S57. and when a
small child she moved with her par
ents to Arcadia, Wis. She was married
November 16. 1885, to William O. Brice
at Arcadia, Wis., and who later was a
merchant here. They moved West in
1891, and finally located at Ridgefield,
2 4 years ago.
The funeral service was held Satur
day at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church here. The service was con
ducted by Rev. Harvey O. Cooper. In
terment was made in the Oddfellows'
Cemetery.
Mrs. Brice is survived by her hus
band, five children . and an adopted
daughter. They are: William O. Brice.
George F Brice. Robert Brice and
William Brice. of Portland; Mrs. A. B,'
Smith and David B. Brice, of Ridge
field. .
Democrats Urged to Renewed Exertion
and Vigilance Against "Sinister
Forces" at Polls.
The following telegram thankino- hi
supporters for their work in his be
half was received yesterday from Pres
ident Wilson by Judge Samuel Whit
chairman of the Democratic State Cen
tral committee:
"Long Branch. N. J.. Nov. 4 Kmni
White, chairman Democratic stnin
Committee. 1018 Board of Trade build
ing. Portland. Or.:
"I thank you heartily for the mlrn.
did work done by you and by all the
workers in the cause of progressive
principles at issue in this camnait-n
The fight is won. I fully believe, though
j. une mn means or urging you to
renew exertion and vigilance to see
that belated efforts to confuse the nuh.
lie judgment do not succeed. Our coun
try is prosperous, secure and happy,
and its prosperity is upon a sound
basis. '
'Steps to protect our commerce an
Industry in any emergency aft.br the
European war ends have been taken.
The anti-dumping clause of th r.l
called war revenue act provides the
executive with ample power to prevent
the 'dumping of European Burplus
manufactures upon our markets. The
tariff commission will shortly be ap-
ft
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the name
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Delicious, long
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refreshing con
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breath, appetite
and digestion.
ESon't forgot
slier every tneai
pointed and at work to provide the
facts which will determine what other
egislation is necessary or desirable.
I need not add that the federal re
serve act is a guarantee against panics
and that the Federal Trade Commis-
ion will aid. as it already has helped.
to preserve the stability of our domes
tie and foreign commerce.
I am confident that the time has
passed in America when votes can be
nought, the ballot box defiled by cor
rupt practices, or the judsment of the
American people determined or Influ-
nced In any way by the use of money.
xt is. nowever. otir dutv to tub
ever precaution lest conscienceless
agents of the sinister forces working
in opposition to progressive principles
and popular government resort in their
desperation to industrial coercion, to
the evil and insidious practices of a
aeoauo and more ago.
"WOODROW WILSON."
AVinlock and Vader Have Kallie.
WINLOCK. Wash.. Nov. 5. (Special.)
K. Miller, a prominent Seattle
PRESIDENT WILSON RESTS
Democratic Leaders Send Encourag
ing Reports to Long Branch.
LONJ BRANCH, N. J., Nov. 5. Presi
dent Wilson will rest here awaiting the
outcome of the election. Regardless
of the result, it was said he will soon
begin to map out a programme for the
session of Congress beginning next
month. This programme includes rail
road legislation and a bill to allow
American exporters to form common
selling agencies abroad.
Messages giving final estimates in
various states were received from Dem
ocratic leaders. Without exception of-
iiciais said, tne reports were favorable
Secretary Tumulty, speaking for the
President, predicted that Mr. Wilson
would be re-elected overwhelmingly.
The President will vote in Prince
ton. He will go there by motor.
AVIATOR'S BURIAL PLANNED
Bocquel to Rest Xear Beachey and
Christoffer9bn In Cypress Lawn.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Nov. 5. Arrange
ments for the burial of Joe Bocquel,
the sensational Exposition flyer wno
fall to his death at the Exposition
grounds here yesterday, were discussed
by friends and civilian and -military
aviators today.
It is planned to have the Interment
made near the graves of Lincoln
Beachey and Silas Chlrstof ferson in
Cypress Lawn Cemetery. San Francisco.
The body will be sent to the northern
city tomorrow. '
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Prices: $3.75 to $7.75
Dealers Everywhere
STANDARD. OIL COMPANY
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attorney, was the principal speaker
at a monster rally held here Friday
night. For two hours he scored the
present administration's foreign pol
icy, the Underwood tariff law and the
eight-hour law. but the people were
anxious to hear more. Several can
didates were also present and spoke.
The night before Thomas D. Reville.
alo of Seattle, addressed a huge gath
ering of Republicans at Vader. South
ern Lewis county will go strong for
Hughes.
AVIATOR MAKES PLEDGE
'I Shall Become a Boelie,"
Aerial Chief at Funeral.
Suy
BERLIN. Nov. 5. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) In its account of the
funeral of Captain Boeike. Germany's
most famous aviator, the Lokul Anl.
ger says that at the grave Lieutenant
Colonel Thomsen. chief of the German
aerial fleet, ttiniiti the snlemn promise
in the name of his comrades and the
disciples of the dead aviator: "I shall
become a Boeike."
The rtreets of Dessau, Captain
Boelke's home town, were thronged. A
squadron of aviators flew along th
route of the funeral procession to tne
cemetery.
JERSEY GUARDSMEN VOTE
Members of Bnttery Mark Ballot to
Be Cast by Proxy.
DOUGLAS. Arlr, Nov. 5. Fifty mem
bers of C Batter)-. New Jersey National
Guard, on border duty here, have
marked ballots which have been sent
home to be cast by proxies at Tuesday's
election.
Members of two Alabama batteries,
the Montana cavalry troop, the District
of Columbia artillery and the Colorado
infantry and hospital corps, all sta
tioned at or near Douglas, will not
vote.
November in California
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ORANGES begin "to ripen
in Central California
vineyards and orchards, and
in glorious hue, and the
Christmas berry appears
along; the highways.
From Sonoma to San Diego
runs the old Franciscan trail,
linking; many beautiful spots.
If you motor ship your
car!
Garage for 40 autos.
The Wireless Will Keep
You in Touch With the
Elections.
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