Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 21, 1917, Image 1

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    VOL,. jLVII. XO. 17,732.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AMERICANS SERVE
FRENCH BATTLE LI N E
BREAKFAST ORDER
IN FOR SOLDIERS
LA FOLLETTE BUCKS
LUSITANIA SINKING
AUSTRALIA SENDS
BIG FLOUR CARGO
fillTCHEL WIIIS OUT,
FOLLOWERSIIAPPIIJG
D. WEBSTER FAILS
TO SAVE PACIFIST
! VALLEY MILLS PUT
UP PLEA FOB RATES
PORTLAND HOSTELRY . READY
TO FEED MEV OX MOVE.
CHEAP OFFERINGS CUT NORTH
WEST MILLS' OUTPUT.
COURT SAYS WELLS CANNOT
SHIFT BLAME OX OTHERS. .
Germans Try to Bomb
Engineers' Trains.
BRITONS MAKE OBJECTIVES
Every Elevation or Grove Holds
. Machine Gun Crews.
GAlN OF ONE MILE MADE
Drive Apparently Is Intended
to Cut Germans From I m
Y portant V-Boat and Aerial
K Bases on Belgian Coast.
AMERICAS TRAINING CAMP IX
FRANCE, Sept. 20. An American regi
ment of engineers has taken over an
important line of French strategic rail
ways. While they have not yet been
under shellfire, the Germans have at
tempted to bomb the trains.
The regiment is entirely under the
French and is handling supplies of am
munition to French units.
LONDON. Sept. 20. Field Marshal
llaig's official report says that North
Country and Australian battalions
penetrated the German positions In the
center to a depth of over a mile and
raptured the whole of their objectives.
These included Hamlet, Veldhoek and
the western portion of Polygon Wood.
Further north Zevenkote was captured
and also a few guns. Two thousand
prisoners are reported taken.
(By the Associated Prese.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Sept. 20.
The British at daybreak today launched
a heavy offensive against the German
defenses about the Ypres salient along
an extended front, which -has Its cen
ter around Inverness Copse, and astride
the Ypres-Menln road, a little south
east of Hooge. '
From the first moment of going over
the top the assault proceeded with
marked success, especially In the
eructal sector between the Ypres-Roul-ers
Railway and Hollebeke, where the
British ' early in the day had forced
their way forward over marshy ground
and through woods filled with ma
chine guns to a considerable depth and
were continuing the bitter fight In the
neighborhood of the famous Inverness
Copse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse Wood
where so much blood has been shed
since the allies began the battle or
Flanders on July 31.
Achievement Important One.
If the attacking forces maintain the
positions to which they have advanced
In this section, they will have accom
plished one of the most remarkable
and most ' important achievements, in
recent months. The German infantry
made the most determined resistance
In their attempt to regain this vital
ground, and their artillery retaliated
heavily against the British big guns.
This phase of the battle of Flanders,
which bids fair to become known as
the battle of Menin road, because it
renters in the territory astride the
Menin road, began at 5:40 o'clock.
I-'Ive Barrages Dropped.
The infantry advance was preceded
by a barrage of greater depth than
ever before witnessed. Five distinct
barrages, in fact, were dropped ahead
of the men as they began their Journey
ln;o this difficult terrain. The tre
mendous curtain of bursting steel did
its work well, and the troops pushed
forward rapidly toward their ob
jectives. Fair weather lately had improved the
ground somewhat, but the mud still
lies deep over wide reaches of it. and
the whole territory is covered with
water-filled shellholes, tangled barbed
wire and shattered trees.
Hard Flighting; Kncgaklrrrd.
The German defenses consisted large
ly of concrete redoubts scattered in
profusion over the entire country, and
from these they have been able to pour
a stream of bullets into the ranks of
the advancing troops. Every little ele
vation also held Its machine gun em
placements and all the woods were lit
erally choked with rapid firers.
The British encountered hard fight
ing at many places, but the magnificent
artillery preparation had done much
to make the first stage of their drive
easier. The past week must have been
one of misery for the German troops
lying out in this section.
Land Is Swept Clean.
A great number of big guns have
been pouring a steady stream of high
explosive shells Into their territory,
and every now and then the British
have put down a barrage which swept
the land like a broom. It is known
that many German batteries have been
silenced in the past few days.
X BERLIN, via London, Sept. 20. The
report from headquarters this evening
on the British attack says:
"The battle In Flanders is still In full
swing on the British front from Lange
marck to Hollebeke. In the foremost
part of our defensive sons bitter and
fluctuating fighting has taken place
since Jnoraing."
PARIS. Sept. 20. Except . for artil
lery activity at various parts of the
tattle front in Fiance last night, the
official statement this afternoon says
there was nothing of importance to re
port. T h British drive apparently la being
(.Concluded on fao 2. Column 2.)
Half Ton of Hams, Same of Beef and
Potatoes Among Items Needed
to Appease First 700.
"Is this the market? Well, ssnd up
the following:
Forty-five cases cantaloupes, 1000
pounds of hams, 12 cases of eggs,
120 pounds coffee. 30 gallons breakfast
cream, 1000 pounds potatoes. ISO pounds
creamery butter. 250 pounds cube end
granulated sugar, 125 gallons huckle
berries, 1000 pounds Nn. 1 steer beef,
5 barrelb flour, 250 pounds green string
beans, 200 pounds cornmeal, 350 pounds
veal.
"'No, I don't need any salt or pepper.
I have about 50 pounds of each."
This was not some thrifty housewife
laying in her Winter's stock, but the
steward at the Hotel Multnomah order
ing supplies to feed the boys who stop
off here at 4 o'clock this morning as
the trains of drafted men en route to
Camp Lewis begin to arrive.
At 4 o'clock this morning, while the
vast proportion of Portland is on the
last lap of their sleep, 566 soldiers are
scheduled to breakfast at the Multno
mah. Orders were received late last
night to prepare for the men and the
Multnomah Hotel housed its servants
at the hotel all night to be on hand
at the early hour. President Hauser
announced that the hotel would not
accept a cent of profit on the meal and
that the men would eat as fine a meal
for 60 cents, the sum allowed them by
the Government, as could be bought
wholesale at that price.
Saturday three more contingents will
be fed there, as Portland is one of the
places where all trains will stop for
meals. The supplies ordered were
for about 700 men for breakfast nil
Saturday.
96 QUARTS LIQUOR SEIZED
Police Arrest Duo Driving Auto
Containing Whisky in Trunks.
Ninety-six quarts of whisky were
seized early today, when Patrolmen
Crane, Russell and Gouldstone arrested
Harry and John Hergenreder, of 73
Russell street, as they were driving
into the city from Oregon City. The
liquor was concealed inside two trunks,
which were in the automobile driven by
the men. The prisoners were taken to
the police station. They denied own
ership of the liquor. They were held
for further investigation. John Her
genreder is proprietor of the Oceania
Hotel, at 77 Russell street. .
The arrest was made upon -the re
quest of the Oregon City authorities.
$10,000 ON GERMAN'S HEAD
Gerard Citizens Resent Offer of Re
ward for Americans.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. Sept. 20. Citi
zens of Gerard. Ketit County, have
raised to $10,000 fund to be offered as
a reward for the taking, dead pr alive,
of the German commander of the
Eleventh Division. -
It was this commander who recently
was reported in Associated Press dis
patches to have offered a reward of
400 marks, or approximately tlOO. for
the first American soldier, dead or
alive, ' brought behind the German
lines.
CHILD LABOR RESTRICTED
AH Under 1 4 Years 'of Age Barred
From Military Establishments.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. - 20. (Spe
cial.) Orders were received from
Washington today at Western Depart
ment headquarters that children under
14 years of age shall not be employed
In any military establishment and that
children between the ages of 14 and 16
years of age shall not work more than
eight hours a day In any military es
tablishment nor before 6 o'clock In the
morning.
MAYOR'S AIDE INDICTED
Charges Allege Payment of Money
forsllestoring Saloon Licenses.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Francis A.
Becker.' an alleged political lieutenant
of Mayor Wil'iam Hale Thompson, and
Willis Melville were indicted on a
charge of conspiracy and operating 9
confidence game today.
The Indictment is in connection with
charges of the alleged payment of
money for restoration of saloon
licenses.
TOBACCO CANVASS IS SET
War Department Acts on Bill to
Allow Ration for Soldiers.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The War
Department today informed Represen
tative Barkley, of Kentucky, who is
seeking to have tobacco made a part
of every soldier's rations, that 88 per
cent of the regulars are tobacco users.
A canvass of National Guardsmen
and 'drafted men is to be made to de
termine how many of them use tobacco.
KINGDON GOULD IS IN ARMY
Son of New York Millionaire Mas
tered Into 311th Regiment.
CAMP DIX. Wrightstown. N. J.. Sept.
20. Kingdon Gould, son of George
Gould, of New York, began his life as an
Army private today by doing police
duty.
He has been mustered into Company
K Kit the Slim lu.iuient.
"Yellow!" "Put Him
Out!" Crowd Cries.
JUSTICE OF WAR !S DENIED
Senator Offers to "Take Care
of" Interrupters.
GOVERNOR RESTORES QUIET
Wisconsin Pacifist Declares' That
People Have Forgotten Sacri
fices That Were Made for Lib
erty in -1 7 76 . and 1861.
6T. PAUL, Sept. 20. Cries , of . "Tel
low!" "Put him out!" were shouted at
Senator La Follette when. Breaking at
the closing session of the producers and
consumers' conference here tonight he
declared the United States should
never have been at war and sought to
defend the sinking of the Lusitania.
The disturbance subsided almost imme
diately and the Senator proceeded with
his address.
Senator La Follette began his address
with the declaration that political par
ties had failed to give the people repre
sentative government.
People's Patriotism IntputTned.
"Because you stood up and bared
your heads when America was sung a
few minutes ago, you have forgotten
the sacrifices that were made for that
liberty in 1776 and 1861. some of you
are testifying to a devotion to liberty
you do not feel.
"Who is abroad crying In the loudest
tones? Business, which is ' making
money. The new projects of patriotism
are masquerading in the . livery of
heaven while you are serving the devil.
"I have just come from Washington
where, with a little handful of men, I
have been waging a fight demanding
that taxation should be laid according
to the ability to pay.
"I wasn't in favor of beginning this
war. We had no-grievance. The Ger
man Government had - interfered with
our rights to travel on the high seafr
as passengers on the munition ships of
Great Britain.
T ' '
Senator Is Interrupted.
"On these grievances. , which . were
insignificant, considering -the rights
and consequences involved, we went to
war. We had a right to ship muni
tions, but I wasn't in favor of riding."
Cries of "Yellow" stopped the Sena
tor. "Any man who says that In an audi
ence like this is yellow himself," he
retorted, and as the interference con
tinued. Senator La Follette shouted,
"I'll take care of any man who inter
rupts me. if you will give me a chance."
He had hardly got started again
when someone called "What of the
Lusitania?" and the din was on again.
Governor Frazier, of North Dakota,
chairman of the meeting, assisted in
quelling the disturbance.
r.
"STARVATION WILL WIN THE WAR." HOOVER. 1
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Probability of Heavy Wheat Imports
to America Indicated by
Food Administration.
OREGONIAN NKWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 20. The Food Administra
tion "today announced that only 3 per
cent of the mill capacity is today oper
ating In Portland, the same per cent in
Seattle and 24 per cent in Tacoma.
The announcement adds: "The posi
tion on the Pacific Coast has been up
set to . some . extent by -the. arrival of
90.000 barrels of Australian , flour and
the possibility of an additional 60.000,
now on the way.
"Australian flour is being offered at
between SS and $9 a barrel and all do
mestic requirements can be more than
filled at the present rate of output. The
inability of the sailing ship to contend
with the submarine, and therefore Its
turn to the safer ground in the Pacific,
promises considerable arrivals of Aus
tralian wheat and flour.
"The present stock of wheat In Aus
tralia available for export Is about 135.
000.000 bushels, a large part of which
Is not available for Europe on account
of short shipping and will probably fil
ter into this market on account of the
higher prices."
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. Beet sugar
producers in conference with the food
administration today reached a unani
mous agreement under which - the
stable retail price of sugar will be
about 8 cents a pound. They will sell
to wholesalers at - Eastern - refining
points at 7i cents a pound, cane "basis,
and the retail price, it was stated
would normally be not more than .
cent higher.
The new sugar price will become ef
fective in the West October ,1, and in
the East about two weeks later. The
present price of beet sugar to- whole
salers is about 8.4 cents a. pound.
CHINESE LOTTERY BEATEN
Drafted Oriental Thinks Govern
ment Plays to "Win.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 21.(Spe
claL) When Moo Wing, the 28-year-old
Chinese, born in Oregon, was bid
ding goodby to many of his vegetable
customers at tha depot yesterday, when
en route to American Lake to join the
United States Army, he mused:
"For as long -as I can remember. I
have played1" the Chinese lottery, and
only encv have I won; but Uncle Sam
holds a single lottery and-gets me the
first time."
It 1 expected that Moo Wing will
be assisted to kitchen -work in Camp
Lewis.' ... ...
ZYBSZK0 IN DRAFT , ARMY
Famous Wrestler Hides Identity
Under His Real Name.
MTER, Mass.. Sept. 20. Vladek Zybs
zko. the wrestler, was discovered today
among the Maine contingent of the
National Army here, he having been as
signed to the 303d Heavy Artillery.
His identity had been concealed un
der his real name, Cyganiewiez. which
he gave when he took out his citizen
ship papers and was accepted for the
draft army.
He was born In Austria of Polish parents.
Bennett's Strength Is
Underestimated.-
FUSION HAS 1119 PLURALITY
Close Contests Are Found by
Both Parties.
APATHY MARKS VOTING
Resentment Against Machine Poli
tics . Believed Reason for Low
Vote Primaries Show That
Party Lines Are Weak.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (Special.)
Apathy toward politics, probably due to
the war, and resentment of machine
methods appear to be mainly respon
sible for the poor showing made In the
Republican primaries here yesterday by
Mayor John Purroy Mltchel, and for
some of the results In the Democratic
primaries, which are almost . equally
significant.
Unofficial and incomplete figures
available tonight give Mr. Mitchel a
plurality of 1119 over Mr. Bennett, his
opponent, the total vote In the Greater
City having been about 72,000.
In three minor fights in the Demo
cratic primaries, the organization can
didates won by pluralities equally
meager.
Ve(e Quarter f Registration.
- The Republican enrollment in the
Greater City is 250.450 this year. The
vote in the Republican primaries there
fore was a little more than 28 per cent
of the enrollment. This is exceedingly
low. In " other years the pereentag
has run as high as 40 per cent- Last
year the primary vote exceeded 80,000,
yet this year the campaign Is gplng to
be a local one, and city campaigns us
ually arouse great "interest in New
York. ' ' ' - - ,
In Tammany Hall's own bailiwick
the enrollment this yean lor .Manhat
tan and" the Bronx, is approximately
19S.000. In these territories Thomas E.
Rush competed tor a. Supreme Court
nomination against the son of one of
the most influential leaders in Tam
many. Despite this the total vote was
about 40,000, in the neighborhood of 20
per cent. And Rush received nearly
15,000 of the votes cast.
Political Error Made.
These figures indicate the apathy of
the average voter, and particularly of
the independent voter. Conversely,
they indicate the waning 'strength of
the two old machines, both, semingly.
unable to get out a big vote.
The remarkable run made by Will
iam M. Bennett against Mr. Mitchel
appears to.be- due principally to two
things deep-rooted antipathy to
Mayor Mitchel among machine Re
publicans and utter failure on the part
of the managers of the Mitchel cam-
(Concluded on Pa;e 2. Column 3.)
You Must Either Be for Your
Country or Against It," Is Ad
monition as Jury Retires.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 20. Direct
ing their acquittal on all charges ex
cept the count of the indictment
charging violation of the sedition act.
the case of Hulet M. Wells. Sam Sad
ler and Aaron Flslerman was given to
the jury tonight by Judge Neterer with
the admonition that "there are only
two sides in this war: you must either
be for your country or against it."
These, three, with R. E. Rice, have
been on tri'Al here for a week for con
spiracy to obstruct enforcement of the
conscription Uw. The court today di
rected Rice's acquittal on all counts.
The prosecution was based on .the dis
tribution of circulars advocating re
sistance to conscription. 1
Judge Neterer declared that the guilt
or innocence of Wells and his co-defendants
was not affected by what
Daniel Webster, William Lloyd Garri
son, Jane Addams, George W. Wicker-
sham, David Starr Jordan or anybody
else had said or done. Both Wells and
his attorney had attempted to shift the
blame for Wells" state of mind toward
the draft upon sentiments expressed
by these or other notables.
. Wells preceded his own attorney in
addressing the jury. He declared his
opposition to all war. He asserted that
President Wilson could not distinguish
the real voice of the people above th
"clamor of the jingo press."
3 ROBBERS HOLD UP TRAIN
Engine and Express Car Detached
and Safe Dynamited.
JACKSON. Tenn.. Sept. 20. Three
masked men late tonight held up a
northbound Mobile & Ohio passenger
train at Finger, Term., 30 miles south
of this, city, .detached the engine and
cAjiica car irom me other coaches
and. after running the express car sev
eral miles, dynamited the safe, but,
railroad officials say, obtained virtual
ly nothing of value, as it is the custom
not to , handle currency or other val
uable .shipments- on night trains.
PORTLAND CARS ARE USED
First Section of Ambulance Service
' 'w- Leaves Paris.
W: ' - "
PARIS, Sept. 20. The first section of
the American field service, attached to
the' United States ambulance service,
left Paris yesterday on cars furnished
by the citizens of Portland, Or.
The section comprises representatives
of many of the important American
universities.
St. Helens Strike Predicted.
ASTORIA. Sept. 20. (Special.) A
strike Of millworkers and shipworkers
at St. Helens may be expected Saturday
or Monday, it is rumored here tonight.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 75
degrees; minimum. 53 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; gentle winds, mostly south
War. Britons gain mile in new drive In Flanders.
Page 1.
Germany's reply not yet received by Pope.
Page 0.
Central span of Quebec cantilever bridge at
last bolted in place. Page 3.
French Deputies vote confidence In Painleve
Ministry. Page .
National.
Australia sends hlg flour cargo to United
States. Page 1.
Government fixes copper price at 23 tt cents.
Page 3.
House delays war tax bill. Page 2.
President desires facta about labor. Page 3.
Anti-trust law held unworkable. - Page 6.
Northwest wheatgrowers present case to
President Wilson. Page 4.
Domestic. M
Labor charges police frame-up In Mooney
case. Page 2.
Low vote for Mitchel causes surprise.
Page 1.
La Follette, upholds sinking of Lusitania,
Page 1.
Gerard says liberal party in Germany Is
possible. Page 6.
Wheat la being fed to Oklahoma hogs.
Page 4.
. Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 6.
Oakland 4: Los Angeles 2. Vernon 1; San
Francisco 4. Salt Lake 2. Page 16.'
World's series will start at Chicago. Octo
ber 6. Page IS.
St. Louis Browns draft Houck. Page 18.
Joe Benjamin to box Lloyd Madden. Page 17.
Ten men on list from which scholastic grid
iron officials will be chosen. Page 17.
Pacific Northwest.
Sixth member of one family is now in serv
ice of allies. Page 10.
Attempt made to wreck troop train at
Meeker. Page 10.
Round-Up cup of happiness overflows
Page 6.
Daniel Webster fails to save H. M. Wells,
on trial on sedition charge. Page 1.
Lumber workers' strike suspended. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Sugar price will be stationary during crop
year. Page 21.
Government requests speeding up of wheat
movement. Page 21.
Upward tendency of Wall-street stocks con
tinues. Page 21.
Shipyard strike la up to Government. Page
1L
Steamer Beaver leaves for South today with
444 passengers. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Valley ' mills present plea for coast rate.
Page JL
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 8
Breakfast order placed for first arrivals on
draft trains. Page 1.
Police pensions suddenly halted Page 22.
Delicacies distributed aboard troop trains on
way to American Lake. Page 10.
Municipal Judge Rosaman today hands down
decision on question of holding trunks
believed to contain liquor. Page 14.
Harriet Kinney paroled to physician for
treatment. Page 8.
Commissioner Ketlaher seeks place for stor-
arge of wood and coal by the city
Page 18. '
Telephone linemen and switchboard men
will demand higher wages. Page 8,
Lumbermen Charge
Discrimination.
INDUSTRY HELD THROTTLED
Bame Piaced on Northern
Railway Lines.
COMMISSION HEARING HELD
Contention - Is That Points Along
Southern Pacific Are Entitled
to Same Tariff as Equl-Dis-tant
Points In Washington.
Rates declared to be preferential and
unjustly discriminatory against lumber
mills of the Willamette Valley were
attacked yesterday at an Interstate
Commerce Commission hearing held in
Federal Court before C R. Marshall,
attorney-examiner.
It will be continued today.
It was testified by leading lumber
men that dfiferentlals against saw
mill products in this district have
closed numerous mills, hampering and
hedging In the Industry, barring it
from wider and profitable markets,
while the industrial progress of the
state is thereby retarded.
Parity With Portland Sought.
The absorption of local freight tar
iffs on carloads of lumber from points
of origin in the Willamette Valley to
Portland Is asked of the Northern rail
way lines, that Valley lumber may
reach Northwest markets on a parity
of delivery cost with the output of
mills at Coast points and those at com
mon points In Washington.
The Southern Pacific. Company is
chief defendant in the suit brought and
others are the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee ot bu
Paul," and many connecting lines
throughout the West.
Railway Asserts Willingness.
The Southern .Pacific Company yes
terday expressed willingness to comply
with the wishes of the millmen and
adjust the through rate with the North
ern lines. .
j.ne lavoritism oi tnese carriers to
ward mills in Washington on their own
rails, was ascribed by James Mulchay,
assistant general freight agent for the
Southern Pacific at San Francisco, as
rangement had not been effected long:
ago.
Railroads In Snarl.
The railroads affected have long
been unable to agree upon a division of
the freight rate, the absorption of from
5 to 13 cents on each 100 pounds being
essential.
Negotiations over this matter have
been had by the railroads but, finding
themselves unable to agree, it was
agreed to refer the subject to the In
terstate commerce commission ior ad
justment. It Is expected a satisfactory
settlement will be reached as the result
of the present hearing, but, following
the usual channels, the desired rate
cannot be anticinated for a vear or
more.
The rate into certain Northwestern
teiritory over the Northern lines has
closed Valley mills, lowered prices of
stumpage - and hampered industrial
progress in the great timber belt south
of Portland, said A. C Dixon, of Eu
gene, manager of the Booth-Kelly Lum
ber Company. 1
. 31111s Are Threatened.
"Our two mills at Coburg and Sagi
naw have been closed," he said, "while
our mills at Springfield and Wendling
are running. We. had seriously con
sidered closing them also, because of
the lack of a market, but the recent re
vival of the lumber business helped us
to keep open.
"Although the greatest fir forests in.
Oregon and Washington are in the
Willamette Valley territory, the mills
have been hampered to a great extent
in the development of the Industry. We
have had to confine our business to the
Union Pacific territory as regards the.
Northwest until the building of the
Oregon Electric, and the business han
dled by that line Is only 2 per cent
of our output.
Position Declared Unique.
"No other lumber producing section
of the country. I believe. Is so restrict
ed as we are in the matter of distribu
tion. A wide-open gateway at Port
land, equal rates and free distribution
are prime requisites if the lumbering
business In this state is to be developed
as It should be.
"The Willamette Valley has suffered
more from the lack of cars to. ship its
lumber than any other part of the.
country and President Sproule, of tha
Southern Pacific, himself said when
discussing the matter of removing this
differential against us. that if it were
accomplished, it would undoubtedly
help the car situation materially.
"We are deprived of business be
cause of the rates and if the Coast
group tariffs were in effect, the in
dustry would be stimulated and helped
Instead of being depressed. We feel
that the railroads are not working for
their own best interests by withholding
the desired relief from us, for the pros
perity of the lumber business, the one
big industry of the Willamette Valley,
would be reflected widely throughout
the closely related activities of the
state.
"It is impossible to do business in
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