Morning Oregonian., December 06, 1916, Page 11, Image 11

THE 3IORXIXG- OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, DEC233IBER G, 1916.
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SEVERAL- FACTORS
ENTER COST PROBE
All Conditions Must Be Consid
ered, Says California MaN
ket Commissioner.
EXTREME' ACTION FEARED
Organization by Producers of Food
Is Ttcgarded as Effective Means
of Adjusting Prices in Kcep-
ing - W ith Food Supply.
Several methods of protecting the
public from 'unduly high prices were
discussed yesterday by Harris Weln
Btock, State Market Commissioner of
California. Referring to the egg boy
cotts conducted by housewives in Chi
cago and Eastern cities. Mr. Weinstock
eaid:
"I fear the public may so to extremes
In carrying out these ideas, for in such
Blatters we need sanity.
"An investigation of food prices in
volves many considerations. Inquiring
Into the egg market, we must find out
what prices were in vogue a year ago
and what supply was on hand a year
ago. In comparing prices, we must
compare all other conditions. If we
find that prices are higher and that
there is little indication of a shortage
in the supply, these fact3 will lend
color to the reports of manipulation.
But we may find here in Oregon that
high prices are accompanied by short
ages. These are the matters that call
for investigation."
Mr. Weinstock's methods of market
(Control, according to instances which
he cites, have proved their effective
ness. Whereas the production of dried
peaches was stabilized and a great dis
parity between producers' and consum
ers" prices adjusted, and whereas the
organization of egg ranchers through
cut the state had minimized speculative
manipulations and price fluctuations,
the production of rice, he says, has
been overstimulated in California by
abnormal conditions which affected the
market in former years.
nice Price Are Low.
"There has been far too great a
production of rice at certain times and
even now a fow price is being obtained,"
be said.
The organization of producers Is
favored by Mr. Weinstock, not merely
as a protective measure for the benefit
f the producers, but also as a means
of assuring fair treatment to the ulti
mate consumers. The extortionate
Trices that are sometimes charged for
food products in many cases are of no
advantage to the producer. The dis
advantages of widely fluctuating prices,
as enumerated by Mr. Weinstock, are
found in the unnatural stimulation to
production in subsequent seasons. The
uncertainty of prices also promotes
uncertainty of production. There is no
agreement among farmers as to what
quantity of certain crops will be raised
In certain years, with the result that
a crop commanding a high price the
previous year may be duplicated by all
of the farmers of the state. The re
eult is overproduction, a. fall in prices
and shortages in other crops.
Inltrd Farmers Cut Prices.
The objection ' to organizations of
producers' is that farmers get more for
their products and that therefore the
Jobber, the wholesaler, the retailer and
the ultimate consumer are forced to
pay more. Mr. Weinstock explains that
the contrary was proved in the recent
organization of raising producers. Also
where the producers' and consumers'
prices in dried peaches amounted to
S6 per cent of the total retail price on
the market last year, an organization
of producers closed the hiatus effectually-
and even put down the price for the
consumer.
"When speculators operate on the
market," said Mr. Weinstock, "there are
sometimes great profits and sometimes
great losses incurred. But what we
want is to stabilize the production,
eliminate guesswork and change the
distribution of foodstuffs into a mere
business operation, without uncertain
ties or charging factors which might
offer temptations to speculators.
Combine Regulates Prices.
"I showed them that retail merchants
in cities combine that underselling and
unfair competition will not make busi
ness unprofitable. I showed them, then,
that farmers are organized so that
prices cannot be raised after their
products leave their hands. If the
farmers had as effectual a selling or
ganization as manufacturers, there
would be no gambling in foodstuffs."
Upon the matter of the proposed em
bargo on foodstuffs, Mr. Weinstock
poke with some hesitancy. "I am in
clined to favor the proposition." he
said, "in the case of certain foodstuffs
which are needed for home consump
tion. The supply should be investigated
STOP DANDRUFF!
HAIR GETS THICK,
WAVY, BEAUTIFUL
Girls! Draw a Cloth Through
Your Hair and Double-
' t Its Beauty
Spend 25 Cents! Dandruff Van
ishes and Hairs Stops
Coming Out.
To be possessed of a head of heavy
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fiuffv"
wavy and free from dandruff is merely
a matter of Using a little Danderine.
It la easy and inexpensive to have
nice, eon nair ana lots ol it. Just get
a 26-cent bottle of Knowl ton's Can
derine now all drug stores recom
mend It apply a little as directed and
within ten mjnutes there will be an
appearance 01 aDunaance, freshness,
flufflness and an Incomparable gloss
and luster, and try as you will you
cannot find a trace of dandruff or fall.
ing hair; but your real surprise will be
after about two weeks' use. when -you
will see new hair fine and downy at
first yes but really nw hair
sprouting out all over your scalp
'Danderine Is, we believe, the only sure
hair grower, destroyer of dandruff and
cure for Itchy scalp and it never fails
to stop falling hair at once.
If you want to prove how pretty and
soft your hair really is, moisten a
clotn with a little Canderine and care
fully draw It through your hair tak
ing one small strand at a time. Tour
hair will be sort, glossy and beautiful
in Just a few moments a. delightful
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Which Do You Prefer?
It is important for reasons of health and
practical economy for every housekeeper
to ask herself this question:
" Do I prefer a pure baking powder like
Royal, made of cream of tartar derived from
grapes, or am I willing to use a baking
powder made of alum or phosphate, both
derived from mineral sources ? "
The names of the ingredients printed
on the label show whether the kind you
are now using or any brandy new or old,
that may be offered is a genuine cream
of tartar powder, or merely a phosphate
or alum compound.
Royal Baking Powder contains no alum
nor phosphate.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.
New York
and where it is found that we are sure
to run short it might be advisable to
place our embargo. Our supply of
wheat, as I understand it. is barely
large enough for our needs at home.
Where we have raised crops of more
than a billion bushels, our total this
year has only amounted to a little more
than 600.000,000 bushels. This is about
what we have formerly consumed in
the united States. As to the amount
that has been sold abroad, I have no
reliable figures."
Although Mr. Weinstock has just
undergone an operation, in which his
arm had to be rebroken and set, he
spent a large part of his time yester
day in a visit to the Portland Union
Stockyards. His object in coming here
is to study the methods that are used
in selling stock to dealers, with the
idea that part of the system may be
put into practice in California centers.
He returns to San Francisco today.
WOMEN TEAMS BEAT MEN
$1000 Check Is Anions Donations
for Christie Home Campaign.
Success'was the almost unvarying re
port of the workers In the ca n. ..a i g n
for the $100,000 fund for the Christie
Home, at the first of the luncheons for
team captains, which was held, at tne
Portland Hotel yesterday.
Reports of the results of the work
indicated that the women's canvassing
teams had raised about S300 more than
the men's teams in the first half day.
The total turned in by the women was
$704.75 and by the men $384.
The largest contributions reported
yesterday were: $1000 from Twohy
Bros., $250 from Fleischner-Mayer Com
pany, $500 from J. P. O'Brien, John
Manning and Zan Bros $100 each, and
$220 from the Ancient Order of Hiber
nians. Mason-Ehrman Company and
Lang & Co. contributed $25 each, and
J. Li. Bowman and P. J. Hanley $20
each.
Contributions ranging from $1 to $10
were received yesterday from about
5 contributors and amounted to a total
of $220.50.
LABOR BILL TO BE TOPIC
Consumers League to Hear Speeches
at Today's Luncheon n.
The Consumers' League will hold a
luncheon today at 2:30 at the Mult
nomah Hotel, to discuss a bill it plans
to introduce in the Legislature in Janu
ary. The proposed bill limits the time
that women in factories and stores
may work to 4 8 hours a week. A simi
lar law is in force in Washington. Cali
fornia, Colorado and Arizona.
The principal speaker at the lunch
eon will be John Gill, Senator-elect,
who is to introduce the bill in the
Legislature. Another speaker will be
Mrs. L. Gee, president of the Garment
Makers' Union, who will discuss the
bill from the workers point of view.
Dr. Norman G. Pease will speak on
the subject of "Fatigue and Efficiency."
Every one interested, whether in
favor of or opposed to the measure,
is urged to come to the luncheon, which
will be thrown open to general discussion.
FLAG COMPETITION URGED
Committee Suggests Prize Be Of
fered for Best Design.
A competition open to all citizens of
the state to get the best design for a
municipal flag for Portland is recom
mended in a report sent to City Audi
tor Barbur yesterday by a committee
appointed recently to Investigate the
question of a Portland flag. The recom
mendation will be submitted to the
Council on Friday.
-The committee, comprising Charles
F. Berg. Charles T. Weeks, H. C. Cajnp
bell, Morris H. Whitehouse and C. C.
Hall, reports that municipal flags have
been adopted by 31 other cities in the
United States, and Portland should
have one. Recommendation is made
that a prize be offered the person sub
mitting the best design.
PORTLAND FUGITIVE HELD
Edward Hallett Is Serving Sentence
In San Granciscp.
Edward Hallett, one of 12 prisoners
who escaped from Kelly Buteft in the
break of March 26 last, has been ar
rested in San Francisco and sentenced
to six months' imprisonment for va
grancy, according to word reaching
Sheriff Hurlburt yesterday. He was
taken into custody in the Bay City
under the name of Henry Smith, and
was later identified by description as
the Kelly Butte fugitive.
Hallett was serving a 300-day term
for larceny from a lodging-house in
Portland, and will be brought back here
at the expiration of his sentence in
the south. He was the fifth of the 12
fugitives to be caught.
VIADUCT BIDS DUE TODAY
City Expects Figures From Many
Big Contractors.
Bids from large contractors In many
parts of the United States for the con
tract for the construction of viaducts
and approaches for the elimination of
the grade crossings of the O.-W. R. &
N. main line on the East Side, will be
opened this morning by City Auditor
Barbur. About 15 bids are expected.
Each bidder is required to submit
figures for every part of the construc
tion. There are 76 items in all taking
in everything from the original grad
ing to the final paving of the viaducts
Lnd approaches. . y .
TRAFFIC ROLES NEW
Many Changes Will Go Into
Effect Sunday.
DELAY CAUSED BY MR. DALY
AH Parking In Business Section
Prohibited for More Than 15
Minutes in Daytime Stands
on Some Streets Barred.
Enforcement of the city's new traf
fic ordinance, which makes a number
of important changes in traffic rules
and regulations in Portland, will "start
next Sunday. At that time amend
ments to the measure will go into effect
and -the police will start forthwith to
enforce all new provisions in accord
ance with orders yesterday from Mayor
Albee.
Since the middle of September all
the city's traffic ordinances have been
in abeyance. At that time a new meas
ure was passed to go into effect Oc
tober 1, but a lot ot proposed needed
changes were brought up and the en
forcement was held up pending settle
ment of these. Among the most im
portant was the question of parking
machines in the business district. It
finally was agreed to adopt a plan
whereby all parking for longer than
15 minutes during the daytime would
be prohibited throughout the business
center.
When this was worked out and was
up for final passage Commissioner Daly
balked because the provision would
prohibit jitneys and for-hire cars from
standing along the business streets for
indefinite periods, a practice protested
against by business houses. The Coun
cil overruled Commissioner Daly and
enacted the provision, without' his vote.
He was able, however, to hold it up for
40 days. This period expires Sunday.
Therefore, commencing Sunday, it
will be unlawful to park machines dur
ing the daytime anywhere in the West
Side business center. On Washington
street, from Third street to Broadway;
on Morrison street, from Third street
to the bridge, and on Broadway, from
Washington to Oak streets, machines
will only be -permitted to stop long
enough to take on or discharge pas
sengers. The ordinance also includes a num
ber of other changes of more or less
importance, including regulations about
passing streetcars or other vehicles
moving in the same direction, parking,
use of blinding -headlights, crossing
bridges and other features.
Copies of the new ordinance have
been published in booklet form for free
distribution and may be procured at
the City Auditor's office, the police sta
tion1 and several other places as soon as
the copies are received from the
printers. They have been promised for
today. The booklet Issued contains the
ordinance with an index, suggestions
to drivers and a map showing the park
ing districts.
Journey Made Easy.
Chaparral.
Bystander I suppose you would like
to take a ride without worrying about
tires and the like?
Motorist (fixing a puncture) Toubet
I would.
Bystander Well, here's a car-ticket.
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MANAGER OF HIPPODROME, J
WHO UOES TO SPOKANE.
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Photo by Davies.
Walter C. Smith.
Walter C. Smith, manager of
the Hippodrome, has been ap
poined to- the position of mana
ger of the Spokane Hippodrome
by Ackerman & Harris, owners
of the Hippodrome circuit, and he
leaves Friday, night to take up
his new duties. His successor in
Portland has not yet been an
nounced. Sam C. Meyer, assistant mana
ger, will go to Seattle as assist
ant manager of the Palace Hip.
another Ackerman & Harris
house there. He was former
manager of the San Diego Hippo
drome and he was also for some
time with the Hippodrome at Los
Angeles. Prior to that time he
was manager of Pantages Thea-'
ter, San Franclyco.
This Entire Wholesale Jewelry Stock
Being Closed Out by-
Here is the
Reason
The Crescent Jewelry Go.
294 WASHINGTON STREET
Closing Out the Wholesale Jewelry Stock of .
I. HOLSMAN & CO., Morgan Building
This Cfty, as Low as 33c on the Dollar
Sale lasts only until overstock has been reduced to where it will not be in the
way. WE ARE NOT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS just selling out I. Hols
man & Co.'s wholesale stock of the Morgan Building.
Can't Fill Orders, So
Jewelry Firm Quits
After operating In Portland Cor
the last 11 years, I. Holsman. &
Co., one of the large wholesale
Jewelry firms of Portland, has
announced that it will soon close
Its doors. The firm heads in
making the announcement state
that the war has created a situa
tion under which It has been im
possible for Eastern and foreign
manufacturers to deliver goods
In time, for the holiday trade.
Its office and stock rooms are on
the fifth floor of the. Morgan
building.
(Evening Telegram'Nbv. 11.)
YOUR MONEY BACK IF YOU CAN BUY. ELSEWHERE AT
THESE PRICES
Bracelet
Watches
The neatest Christmas present you can give is one of these Bracelet
Watches at prices that will make buying easyi
$10.00 neat, small-size, 10-jewel, 10-year filled case, at $5.98
$5.00 neat, small sizes, with leather strap, gunmetal or nickel. .ij2.68
$10.00 to $20.00 15-jewel, 20-year gold-filled case and bracelet,
very small, cut to .$0.83
$15.00 to $20.00 20-year guaranteed case, Elgin movement
a beauty while they last at , $11,88
$25.00 to $35.00 14-karat, solid gold case and bracelet, 15--
jewel, high-grade movement $17.98
Other Bracelet Watches, at prices which will open your eyes, at a
saving of 25 to 60 per cent. ' .
- DIAMOND JEWELRY BARGAINS ;
$5.00 Solid Gold Stick Pin, set with genuine diamond $2.48
$3.00 Solid Gold Tie Holder, set with genuine diamond ..$1.48
$6.00 Genuine Diamond Lavalliere $2.48
$10.00 Solid Gold, Genuine Diamond ."$5.88
$15.00 Genuine Diamond Ear Screws ;...'. $7.98
$5.00 Genuine Diamond, Solid Gold Cuff Buttons . . .l"".'.Sj52.65
$30.00 Solid Gold Lavalliere, set with 3 genuine diamonds. $14.85
A FEW SPECIAL RING PRICES V
$15.00 Diamond Rings, Tiffany or fancy settings, . i
14-karat gold ..: $8.95
$25.00 Diamond Rings, 14-karat gold, cut to. .... .$16.48
$40.00 Diamond Rings, 14-karat $23.7Sf
$50.00 Diamond Rings, 14-karat $JJ2.50
$75.00 Diamond Rings, 14-karat; $54.65'
$75.00 15-Stone Cluster Ring
$100 Diamond, 14-karat Ring '.
i
.$43.80
.$62.50
Latest Style Watches
Holsman's Btock of Watches was
one of the largest In the Northwest.
It must be closed out and turned
into cash, and we will move them
by quoting low prices.
?8 Solid gold, ladies' small size, solid
gold case, guaranteed movement,
for only $4.88
J10 Thin model, gent's. Klein move
ment, guaranteed gold-filled case.
. for $5.98
Jlo Neat thin model. 17-jewel. gold
filled case $7.98
J12 Indies' Elgin or Waltham. gold
filled S7.S9
J20 Elgin or 'Waltham. gold-filled
cases $13. 90
?30 21-jewel Hampden, 20-year gold
filled case, guaranteed to pass
railroad inspection, for ..$19.50
If you don't see advertised what
you want, ask for it. We have it.
Community Silverware
Bargains
26-piece Set Famous Community Par
Forks, Tablespoons and Teaspoons,
In near-oak chest. $9 to $12 values
Special low prices on Silver Tea
Knives, Forks. Spoons and all other
Solid. Gold Jewelry
Bargains
$2 Solid gold - mounting Scarf
Pins 69
$1 Solid gold Baby Rings. .. -IS4
$3 Solid gold Brooches ..$1.48
$3.50 Solid gold Chains, puidant
and lavalliere $1.48
$3.50 to $5 Solid gold Cuff Links,
stiffened post $1.69
Plate Silver, 6 each of Knives,
Butter Knife and Sugar Shell,
$5.98
. Sets, Silverware, Hollowware,
tableware.
Other Specials
$5.00 Solid gold Pocket Knives
for $1.98
$7.50 Genuine Cameo Brooches
and Lavallieres, solid gold, on
Bale at $3.85
$12 Genuine Cameos, solid gold,
for $6.89
$20 to $30 Cameos, solid gold,
for $13.45
Cameo Brooches and Other Gold-Filled Bargains
$2.50 to $4.00 Genuine Cameo
Brooches or Lavallieres. $1.98
75o Tie Pins U50
75c Link Buttons U5c
$1.50 to $2.50 Lavalliere and
Chain 78
$3.00 Vest Chains $1.69
$3.50 Gold-filled Fobs ...$1.75
$2.00 Coat Chains $1.15
$7.00 Cameo Brooches, large size,
, 'or $3.93
$1.00 Tie Holders 4S4
$15 Cameos, extra large ..$5.9
$1.50 Pocket Knives, gold-filled.
for 4Sr
$2.50 Pocket Knives, gold-filled.
for S8
$2.75 Gold-f illed W aide mar
Chains for $1.69
500 Pieces of Odds and Ends, val
ues to $5, to, be clostjd out at
once. Your choice SSc
Crescent Jewelry Company
294 Washington Street, Near Fifth
LAW'S FRAMER PICKED
A'fTOIlXEY - GENERAL ASKED TO
DSAW BONE-DRY ACT.
One of Questions to Be Decided Is
Whether Possession of IntoxJeatlns
Liquor Shall Be Crime.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 5. (Special.) Attorney-General
Brown's expressed lik
ing for the concise, but comprehensive,
provisions of the "new Arizona prohibi
tion act takes on an added interest
since the Attorney-General has been
delegated by a committee of the Anti
Saloon League to draft the bill- which
will go before the Legislature to make
the "bone-dry" amendment effective.
It is considered unquestionable at
the office of the Attorney-General that
the prospective Oregon act will contain
a provision making it . unlawful for
anyone in the state to have liquor in
his possession.
This already brings a question of in
terest to the thousands who have been
taking advantage of the affidavits and
importations allowed under the Ander
son act. ' -
Whether It will- be safe to import
such liquor until the new law Igoes
Into effect Is the question invotved.
With the provision that it will be
unlawful to have any liquors in
one's possession inside of the state, a
moot point will be raised as to whether
that provision applies to such liquors
as were imported before the new act
waa effective.
That this question is a riddle still
unsolved bv the courts is indicated in
a letter refceived'by Attorney-General
Brown from Wiley E. Jones, Attorney-
General of Arizona. The Arizona Attorney-General
wrote that it is a ques
tion which he must throw before the
courts before he is able to arrive at
any satisfactory conclusion.
Whether the proposed liquor legishi-
tion in Oregon carries the emergency
clause, or whether it Is allowed to go
the full 90-day limit with the possi
bility of the referendum being applied,
it is declared, still leaves open the
danger to importers of liquor under
the Anderson act that thousands of
dollars' worth of liquor so imported
might be seized as soon as the new law
goes into effect.' -
No effort was made today at the At
torney-General's office to offer a ruling
as to the possible effect that such a
clause in the new act would have on old
importations of liquor. .
COOS BAY BOYS OUTFITTED
Government Declared Liberal AVith
Supplies for Artillery Company.
MARSHFIKLD, Dec. 6. (Special.)
The Coos Bay Coast Artillery Com
pany is now in possession of its entire
equipment and within another few
weeks the armory will be .finished and
all arrangements and details of work
will be completed.
Captain Fred K. Gettins says the
Government has been liberal in supply
ing the company and there isn't a thing
lacking in . the outfitting. The para
phernalia Includes everything from the
heavy treize overcoats down through
woolen uniforms, ponchos. Individual
tents and general tents, shoes, Spring
field rifles, blankets, belts. bayonet
belts, cartridge belts, surveying instru
ments and lockers.
ASPIRANT NOMINATES SELF
A. E. Shuster Gets Name on Caucus
Ticket at North Bend.
NORTH BEND, Or.. Dec. 6. (Spe
cial.) The first instance here of a man
nominating himself lor a ubUo of
ficehappened Friday night, when A. E;
Shuster. of this city, asked that his
name be placed on the municipal bal
lot as a candidate for City Recorder.
A city caucus was in progress and
the incumbent, Charles E. fflaybee, was
placed In nomination for Recorder, when
somebody moved the nominations be
closed. As the vote was to be called
Mr. Shuster arose and waved for at
tention. He then said he deFired that
his name be considered, and it was put
on the ticket.
Another feature of the caucus was
the refusal of everyone to accept nom
ination for Councilman.
Interesting If True.
Exchange.
The hobo from the city has different
ideas from the farmer as to working
hours. The Country Gentleman says
that a hobo got a job from a farmer in
the busy season. Ho worked till S:3'J.
then had his supper. At 4 the next
morning he waa called to get up. He
ate a hearty breakfast, then started
upstairs again, saying: "This is the
best place 1 ever worked two suppers
in one night and back to bed again."
A Frenchman lias mounted a bicycle
frame on a sled to drive it over ice or
snow with an HriHl propeller.
Your Newspaper Cost
Your newspaper 'service is the cheapest
necessity you buy. The advertising cost
through the daily newspaper is the cheapest
manner in which to reach customers.
This has all been effected by a wonderful
world-wide organization and system, by which
the public benefit, arid an efficiency not known
to any industry.
Newspapers which have all experienced
enormous increases in publishing costs of their
own are being subjected to prohibitive paper
prices and exactions many times the increased
cost of manufacturing paper.
The Press is doing its utmost to maintain
its service to the public, without passing on
these extortions, but expect that at least two
thousand newspapers will be forced out of
business "next year and many of the others will
show deficits.
The situation is extremely serious for the
Publisherarid the Public.
The Paper Committee
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
903 World Buiidingf " New York Citv