THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY APRIL 28, 1919.
BURLESON REPLIES
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HE !S HO AUTOCRAT
AS A TROUBLE-IKE
Had our soldiers not shown more
spirit at the front than we are show-'
ing at home Germany would have
won. Then we would not have been
ASKED to INVEST by our govern
ment, but FORCED to PAY, by and
."Charges by Gompers Are Sub
ject of Defense.
Advancement. Laid to Aggres
sfve Political Activities.
PUBLISHERS ARE ATTACKED
INEFFICIENCY IS CHARGED
to the kaiser ! Our boys fought
and won gloriously. We must in
vest generously.
CoIlrrUre Bargaining Ij Impossible
Record of Former Texas Congress
tor Civil Scrrlc Men, Sj
Posl master-General.
man Deemed Not Commensurate
With Honors Paid Him.
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. 'W'AJfHINOTO.N. April 17. Postmsstsr-C-nrl
Burleson In m statement to
neat defended his administration of
tha postoffice department and his
policy In operating: rovernment-con-trolled
telephone and telegraph sys
tems against charges made yesterday
ly Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, that the
postmaater-reneral was carrying; out
n archaic, autocratic policy" in the
conduct of the Postal Telegraph com
pany and the telephone service and
u completely out of sympathy with
tha trend of American thought." Mr.
Z'.urleson In his statement continued
ills criticism or what ha termed "cer
tain selfish publishers."
"As the postmaster-general sees It,'
Said lr. Burleaon'a statement, "It is
little short of silly to talk about col
J'f-tlve bargaining- with an executive
officer by civil service employee under
Jits administration. The salary and
to be paid such employes, th
hours of labor and working conditions
are fixed by the legislative branch
and It la for the executive head of
department to atrlctly follow the law
In respect thereto. In the matter of
fixing compensation ... the post-xiiaster-general
haa recommended, as
the record shows, that the government
te a model employer, that compensa
tion for thoM who serve It be fixed
Tsnon a generous basis. In fact, com-
Tprnsatlon of laborera and clerks sbould
Yti fixed at from IS to 30 per cent more
than la paid for similar service In prl
ate employment. That the legislative
fcranrh can be relied upon to act gen
erously Is shown by the postal estab
Increase nave oeen granted aggregat-
lns mora than 110.000.000 annually.
Attltaa strike Skawa.
he attitude o( the postmaater-gen-Vral
toward organisation of govern
ment employe and their affiliation
with outside organization having th
ptrike as a meant of redressing grlev
ances ha long been known.
The postmaster-general maintain that
the strike on the part of employea of
the government, or those working for
the government Iff not permissible; in
ynoit danger to the government la In
volved In any suggestion that there
ahould be a recession from this posi
tion and that aa far aa h la concerned
there will be none. . . .
"In the matter of telephone and tele
kraph employes, they are at present
working for the government, and the
postmaster-general Insists that a atrike
c-n their part Is not permissible and he
w 111 never concede that It Is.
. . Pal Idea Arc Fallowed.
Mr. Burleson said ha had strictly ob
b"rved the rules and pollciea laid down
by th war labor board for telegraph
employes' before the wlrea were taken
er by the government and added:
"The question Is. aa the postmaster
general see It. whether the orderly
processes or government snail be i
fiored or whether a labor organisation
en defy Its authority and put Into
effect their will regardless of the right
or others and the public Interest.
"Frankness requires th foregoing I Preparation'
but he again declares that if he can
prevent It this labor question shall not
te used by certain selfish publishers
ti obscure the real issue. Th postmaster-general
Insists that the Issue
mw is shall these certain selfish pub-
liKhers who have been bloodsucking
the poatal establishment for years to
tiie extent of 1 7.'. ooo.ooo -annually, be
fully restored to this privilege. The
postmaster-general says no."
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time. Then the entente would get in
the same situation regarding Germany
aa Germany found herself In towards
Russia after Brest-Lltovgk. A dictat
ed peace would find an outlet in a Ger
man revolution and bolshevism. which
would then menace western Europe.
W hat win President Wilson do If
Germany rejecta the i'arls treaty? We
assume that America will then with
draw It troop from Europe, for
President Wilson will seek further to
serv the cause of peace. In case of a
dictated peace, bolshevlsm will break
out in Germany with even more ele
mental force than it did in Hungary
and new bolshevist classes will not
struggle against It any more than in
Hungary.
For a people like the German-, a
life of slavery under the entente Is not
worth living. Therefore there is no
other solution than the rejection of a
dictated peace.
REDS KCSJI TROOPS NORTH
DALMATIANS FEAR JTALY
PEOPLE CONSIDER THEMSELVES
MEMBERS OF SLAV RACE.
Large Part of Country and Many
Islands Are Now Under Mil
itary Occupation.
Against
for 'rw Offensive
Allies is Withdrawn.
BIB STEEL PLANT NEEDED
iP.E.-E MAGNATE ADVISES
PACIFIC COAST STATES.
aTractically TTnllmitrd Commercial
Growth and World Trade Would
Follow, Sajs K. Ki.hlinoto.
" PRATTLE. Wash, April 17. (Spe
f:aL Practically unlimited commer
cial growth and world trade, especially
with the orient would be opened to Pa
cific coast ports If a mammoth steel
plant were built here to handle the ore
ef the west coast. In the opinion of 1C
Jvishlmoto. of Osaka, known as the steel
King of J-pan. who la at the New
"VYmshlngton hotel.
This opinion is shared by II.
TagulchL special commissioner of the
department of agriculture and com
tiierre of the Imperial Japanese gov
ernment, who arrived In Seattle yes
terday with Mr. Klshtmoto.
Commissioner Taguichi ha come to
the United States to make a special
atudv of iron and steel and shipping
questions, while Mr. Klshtmoto. "The
Carnegie of Nippon." is combining
Business with pleasure. Mr. Taguichi.
w ho at one time waa a newspaper man
expecta to collect data pertaining to
tha possibilities of steel and iron de
tctopment In the northwest.
"Japanese capital." he said. is plen
tiful and is looking for substantial for
eign Investment. If a great ateel project
rsould be brought under way here, it is
my personal opinion that It would be
an attractive proposition for Japanese
capital, if deflred. Could you make
guod quality steel here aa they do on
th eastern coast? If so. your product.
Jt would aeem to me. certainly ought
to be In demand In the Orient.'
Mr. Taaulchl said he would study
tiie shipping facilities in Seattle. Port
land and ban r-ranctsco. m 1th a view
1 forming an opinion as to the relative
future greatness of the ports, a well
s looking Into steel and iron questions.
BOLSHEVIKI RULE SPREADS
iConttnirc From rirvt Psr
tKe oid forces and the new ideas, and
ac.ls:
"But if frustrated by a peace which
leavta us a choice only between slav
ery and bolshevistic anarchy, let nr.
at least, come what may. preserve, our
rational dignity which we won in our
great past and which did not die In th
world war
Th world crisis will arrive when
the German nation baa placed before Itj
the decision whether it can negotiate'
peace or must reject IL
in case urrminy rejecta a prelim
inary peace, what will new measur.
of compulsion profit th entente T" he
ak. "The entente no longer haa the
military meana or public opinion at
;.me to maintain it tor any length ol
ARCHANGEL April !. (By the
Associated Iress.) The bolshevik re
inforcements which arrived recently
on th northern front in preparation
for a new offensive against tbe Amer
ican and allied troops, it la reported
have been withdrawn and rushed to
Vtatka .to stem the advance of the
northern wing of the Siberian anti-
bolshevik army.
Peasants confirm reports of a revolt
of bolshevik troops In Uolshole Oserki
before the withdrawal from that vil
lage. The revol was quelled by force
BAVARIAN SOVIET ATTACKED
Martial Law Declared; Spartacan
Leader Resists Arrest and Is Shot.
BERLIN'. April 17. (By th Asso
ciated Press.) Military operations
agalnat the aoviet government of Ba
varia were planned to begin yesterday
under command of Lieutenant-General
von Aloe hi. The Eavarlan government
announced that Wurttemberg and other
imperial forces are engaged in the
movement. -
Reports to the Vosslsche Zeltung say
martial law has been declared through
out Bavaria. Landshut. northeast of
Munich, has been captured by govern
ment forces, but southwest of Munich
the soviet troops have advanced along
the Fuerm and Ammer rivers to Lake
Starnberg and Lake Ammer.
According to a Munich dispatch to
the Lokal Anxelger, two leaders of the
Independent socialists and the whole
commission for the unemployed at
Nuremburg hav been arrested. Herr
Schmidt, the spartacan leader there,
resisted arrest, and was shot, while
his son was badly wounded, it la said.
In encounters between armed civil
ians and soldiers and a government
patrol in Nuremburg. one sailor was
killed and several civilians wounded.
(Copyright by the New Trk World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
LONDON. April 27. (Special Cable.)
"I have been traveling In Dalmatla
to learn the racial character of the
population and the desirea of the oeo-
Jple for the future." . ,
so wires Kothsay Reynolds from
Spalato to the Dally News, and goes on:
"I can state that a vast majority of
the people of this beautiful land -are I
Slav. The Dalmatians desire to be
united with Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
in one united Jugo-Slav state. At the
present moment a large part of Dal-
matia. including the cities of Zara and
Sebenlco, and many of thd islatids, are
occupied by Italians, in accordance
with the terms of the armistice made
with the central powers by the allies.
But the Italians appear to regard their
occupation as permanent and not tern
porary, and are behaving accordingly.
I wish to state, with the greatest
emphasis, that what I have seen here
deepens my conviction that If the free
nations of the west do not make their
voices heard at the conference of Paris
they will create a situation In Europe
as lamentable as that created by the
congress or Vienna, If the principles
or t-resiaent v nson are realized, it will
not De possible to hand over to the
Italians a territory inhabited by a Slav
majority."
'Burleson pictured as snoop, troublemaker.
dlsorg&nlzer. autocrat and arcnpolitician.
Postofflce emDlovea call their chief slave'
driver, convict laborers having been whipped
on his farm. Misgovernment of mail system
alleged."
This was the rhedn!e nf the news eon
talned In an article written in Washington by
Louis Seibold for the New York World an
Tha Oreconian. Responsible heads of the
Western Union and Postal Telesrapn com
panles. under Instructions from Postmaster
General Burleson, now in control of all
American telegraph and cable lines, refused
to send even the schedule of the article by
telesrapn.
A day of two later Mr. Burleson Issued
statement that he had beea threatened with
political ruin..
In order to fully understand what gave
rise to the suouresslon of news service it
necessary to read Mr. Seibeld's article, which
would have appeared in The uregonlan sev
era! days ago, bad It not been suppressed by
Mr. Burleson's subordinates, because of tbe
criticisms of himself which It contained.
BY LOUIS SEIBOLD.
WASHINGTON. April 20. Two en
tries in the diary of Gideon Welles,
who was secretary of the navy in th
cabinet of Abraham Lincoln, are of im
prescriptible value tn assaying th
characteristics of Albert Sidney Burle
eon, postmaster-general of the Wilson
administration. The diary of Mr. Welles,
who was a most discriminating; oo
server, thus describes William H. Sew
ard, the Lincoln secretary of state:
Mr. Seward haa a passion to be thought
a master mind of the Administration and to
parade before others an exhibition of author
ity which, if permitted, is not always exer-
clsed wisely or Intelligently.
A second note In the Welles diary
refers to Edwin M. Stanton, the Lin
coin secretary of war, as follows:
He Is bv nature a sensationalist and has
from the first been filled with panics and
slarms. He is impulsive and not adminlstra
live, has quickness, often rashness, when he
has nothing to apprehena; ne is more vio
lent than vigorous; more demonstrative than
discriminating: more vain than wise: Is rude,
arrogant and domineering toward those In
subordinate positions. If they will permit tn
rudeness, but a sycophant ana atssemoier
In deportment and language with those he
fears.
Criticism Center on Burleson.
Upon Mr. Burleson is centered 90
per cent of all the criticism airectea
against the personnel of Mr. Wilson's
cabinet. It is upon him that the full
force of the public spotlight, outside
of the radius of which he has rarely
been found since his appointment as
postmaster-general in 1913, beats with
searching analysis, bringing to light
characteristics that were either lost
sight of or ignored during the active
participation of the United states in
the great world war.
The Impression is qnlte popular in
Washington that Mr. Burleson appears
to think that war is either just be
ginning or is still going on; at least
there is nothing in his administration
of the postoffice department during
the last five months that indicates an
appreciation on his part that hostilities
have actually ceased and mat tne
world is rapidly progressing toward
normal conditions and peaceful habits.
IS
ATTORNET-GENERAIi WILL
FORCE WAR TIME ACT.
EN
Statement Issued Settles Question
Raided by Commissioner as to
Making Law Effective.
WASHINGTON. April !7. Enforce
ment of national war-time prohibition,
effective July 1, will be undertaken by
the department of Justice.
Attorney-General Palmer declared
that "as long as the act remains In
force under its terms it becomes my
duty to see that it is enforced like all
other laws by the prosecution of such
persons as violate it."
The attorney-general further assert
ed that he possessed no power to grant
amnesty to anyone who mlsht manu
facture beer pending an Interpretation
of the law a to what percentage of
alcoholic constituent brings beer wlth-
n the meaning of the prohibition act.
The statement of th attorney-gen
eral definitely settled the question of
the agency to take up the enforcement
of the act, which aros when Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Roper
it it be known that hia bureau had
neither th funds nor a staff available
for carrying out the acfa enforcement.
JUNIOR PLAY PROGRESSES
Willamette jfTnircrslty Class to Give
'The Arrival of Kitty."
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem.
Or.. April 27. (Special.) Work is
progressing rapidly on the junior play,
"The Arrival of Kitty." to be pre
sented by that class during the May
day festivities at Willamette Univer
sity on May 3 and 3.
Lyle Bartholomew of Salem will Dlav
the part of William Winkler, the lead
ing character. The other personnel of
the cast is as follows: Miss Blanche
Drake, Salem,- "Aunt Jane," his sister;
Odell Savage, Salem. "Jane," his niece;
Gustave Anderson, Salem, "Bobby Bax
ter"; Harold Dimick, Woodburn, "Ben
jamin Moore"; Robert Story, Wolf
Creek, "Ting." a bellboy; Oscar Olson,
Woodburn, "Sam," a colored porter;
Evelyn Gordon, Portland, "Kitty," an
actress; Estelle Satchwell, "Suzette,"
Aunt Jane's maid.
Jamea R. Mott, Portland attorney
and graduate of Willamette university,
is directing the production.
CLEAN-UP WEEK AT OREGON
Citizens to Clean Premises and City
Haul Away Debris.
EUGENE. Or, April 27. (Special )
This week is cleanup week in Eugene,
The citizens are preparing to rake and
scrape their back yards and alleys and
the streets adjoining their premises.
The city government will take care of
all rubbish that Is placed in sacks and
boxes en the curbing and haul it away
free of charge.
Mayor Peterson has issued his an
nual cleanup proclamation, urging; the
cltisens to observe the week and it is
announced that inspectors will be sent
out alter this week.
DEMOCRATICMENACE SEEN
Senator Sherman Declares Party Is
"Political Monarchy."
PITTSBURG, April 27. United States
senator L. 1. Sherman, of Illinois, ad
dressing the Americus Republican club
last night, declared that the democratic,
party is a "political monarchy," the
functions of which are exercised by the
president and a "group of satellites who
long ago severed their connection with
free government,"
The administrators. Senator Sherman
said, are seeking to convert the srovern- I
ment into a "socialistic state or Into a I "snooping,
Read Th Oreconian classified ads, vassal of European powers,'!
Convict Whipped on Texas Farm.
Mr. Burleson has been in the lime
light more or less ever since he moved
from the house of representatives
where he represented the 10th Texas
district, in which there is a county
named after his family. Before coming
to congress he was a lawyer at Austin
He had inherited a large quantity of
land and in partnership with his
brother-in-law, C. B. Johns, operated
the land for raising; cotton and other
nroducts from which he is credited
with having made a fortune estimated
in excess of $1,000,000. ,
In a speech on September 12, 1918,
Clarence B. Miller, congressman from
Minnesota, made the statement that
Mr. Burleson had, under authority of
the Texas state laws, employed convict
labor in operating his estate. The
Minnesota congressman charged that
the contract between Mr. Burleson and
his brother-in-law with the state peni
tentiary officials provided that while
the convicts were at work they should
be Tinder the management and control
of the prison guards, that 60 per cent
of the profits should so to the state
and 40 per cent to Burleson & Johns,
and that while the convicts so em
ployed were white and Mexican, they
were to consist or tnat class or con
victs who because of youth, old age or
some physical infirmity are not suited
for contract farms or railroad work."
Reading from a report of the peni
tentiary investigating committee oi
Texas, Mr. Miller cited the statements
of Captain Brooks of the BurleBon &
Johns farm, who testified that one of
the convicts (Luce) was punished by
-eighteen licks" for laziness. The same
evidence disclosed -that other convicts
were often Whipped oy me uiiuu"
noins- a short handle of wood, to wnicn
were fastened several straps five feet
long, each more than an inch wide.
Advancement I Mytery.
TVir has always been a good deal
of rflystery as to the reasons for Mr.
Rnrleson's advancement from the Texas
delegation in congress to the control of
the postoffice department. It has gen
erally been credited to the Influence of
Colonel Edward M. House, most inti
mate friend and adviser of President
Wilson and now second In command of
the American delegation to the peace
conference at Paris. No appointment
made by Mr. Wilson at the outset of his
first term provoked so much surprise as
his nomination of Mr. Burleson for
postmaster-general. The record of the
Texas congressman up to that time had
given neither promise nor achievement
commensurate witn tne nonor paia mm.
However
Mr. Wilson presumably discovered
In Mr. Burleson qualities that had
never been revealed to his associates
In the legislative branch of the govern
ment. He proceeded to reorganize the
postoffice department on a purely po
litical basis. The leaders of the demo
cratic party in all of the states, includ
ing New York, were not long permitted
to doubt that Mr. Burleson was "the
politician of the cabinet," a distinction
that Mr. Burleson himself has never
repudiated, tut on the contrary has
manifestly encouraged.
Mr Burleson persistenly maintained a
very close scrutiny on and over con
gress, and while other members of the
cabinet were given to devoting their
time to the successful operation of their
respective departments, he always
found time to "watch things at the
capitol for the president," to give or
ders and to criticise baldly the personal
views and legislative undertakings of
his former associates. His lack of taot
in doing so has been one of his most
conspicuous qualities and has frequent
ly called down upon his head personal
denunciations uttered on the floor of
both houses.
Mr. Burleson was often accused of
of meddling, of mlsrepre-
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The United States National Bank
Sixth and Stark Streets, Portland, Or.
on pending- legislation, of promoting
his personal wishes and views. The
Congressional Record is interspersed
with frequent instances to show that
while Mr. Burleson was "watching
congress," congress was by no means
entirely ignorant of either his mis
sions or deceived as to his motives.
The nearest approach to an explana
tion of his intimate relations with the
president to be obtained in cabinet cir
cles is that Burleson is useful to th
president." There is no question but
hat Mr. Burleson has always been very
much on his Job. He is a man of in
domitable energy, most frugal in hbi
ireless and persistent in pursuit of hi
objects, and is credited with havin
won th high regard of the president by
the persistency of personal attentions
and compliance with the most trivial
of the presidential wishes.
He has never appeared to he on
other than casual terms with any of his
cabinet associates with the exception of
former Attorney-General Gregory, with
whom he used to go fishing.
Trouble Made In Cabinet.
There are many stories of an apocry
phal character to indicate that Mr.
Burleson was as prolific of trouble
making in the cabinet as he has been
in congress. Some of the president
most important aids and political ad
visers have at times reflected marked
resentment toward undertakings inttiat
ed by Mr. Burleson for which he had
secured the indorsement of the presi
dent. Most of these undertakings
were naturally of a political nature,
because in addition to keeping his eye
on congress, Mr. Burleson was never at
loss to propose suggestions to the
members of the democratic natlo'nal
committee and the more important
leaders of the party throughout the
country.
Some of these leaders pay him a very
igh tribute for industry and fecundity
of ideas. For instance, it seems to be
pretty generally agreed that Mr. Burle
son was the author of the slogan, "He
kept us out of war," so adroitly and
effectively used during the presidential
campaign of 1916, but one that was
ever personally employed by the
president, though the latter did not dis
courage the use of it.
Another idea generally credited to
Mr. Burleson was to suggest the appeal
made by President Wilson to tne coun
try in October last for the election of
democratic congress the republicans
called it "an autocratic demand. At
any rate, Mr. Burleson is reputed to
ave induced the president to write and
issue bis appeal (or demand), with the
result that the republicans captured
both houses of congress and won back
of the states they had lost to Mr.
Wilson two years before.
Mall Handled Inefficiently.
There has been much criticism of the
manner in which mail has not only been
transported, but handled in various
parts of the country, all In addition.
course, to the delays in the delivery
of mail. The manifest inefficiency in
the handling of mail in transit is dem-
strated by the fact that in November,
IS, there were 19,170 clerks handling
mail matter between destinations, and
that , on July 1, 1918, there were but
17,608. The increase in the volume
mail handled was 14 per cent and
the decrease in clerks 14 per cent.
The economy of Mr. Burleson s re
organization of the service has been
questioned by persons who watched the
operations of it. There has been a
substantial reduction In the number
of cars employed In the transportation
of -mails, but some of the methods sub
stituted to make up for this reduction
are not quite clear. -
Mail that was formerly handled in
transit is now sorted at distributing
stations along the lines. Paper mail,
for instance, except the important
daily newspapers, is no longer sorted
in mail cars. It is estimated that about
1600 sacks of newspapers and periodi
cal mail per day is affected. It is
transported in these sacks to distribut
ing stations which are deemed to be
cheaper and then forwarded over speci
fied routes, entailing great loss of time.
Deterioration I Pointed Out.
A very good picture of the deterio
ration of the mail service as viewed by
the congressional critics of Mr. Burle
son is provided in the speech made by
Congressman Miller from which quo
tation has already been made. Making
allowance for the partisan motive that
inspired this portrayal of conditions in
the postoffice department (Mr. Miller
being a republican) some of the state
ments contained in it are pretty gen
erally indorsed by members cf Presi
dent Wilson's own party.
A few of the more illuminating
phrases used by Mr. Miller in sizing
up the Burleson administration are as
follows:
"We who knew Mr. Burleson before
he became postmaster-general expected
he would administer that office along
the narrowest and most bitter partisan
lines. We were in no sense disap
pointed. He is the arch politician of
the time. He can see no proposition
except in a bitter partisan way. If
any of you are in doubt, ask any one
who served with mm in congress."
Big Deficit Jnst Dodged.
The year ending June 30, 1915,
found Mr. Burleson in a dilemma.
Twist as he might and Juggle as he
would, there stared in his face a def
icit of $11,000,000. He could not rub
it out; he could not wipe it out, so he
just dodged it He serenely attributed
it to the war in Europe. "
"When the national guard was sent
to the Mexican border in 1816 many
members were in the postal service,
and the system compelled them, al
though engaged in protecting their
country on the border, to resign from
the postal service.
"The Burleson system requires tnat
ts lieutenants throughout the country
reflect the Burleson mind in their atti
tude to the employes under them. Thus
it is almost a capital offense for a post
master to be on good terms with the
employes in the office.
The postmaster-general is one or tne
most striking figures at tne national
canital-He is a six-footer, wiry, alert,
and one. of the hardest workers in the
present administration. Politics is his
nassion. He has few if any other fads.
He does not care for golf or any other
outdoor exercise, and though he Is
walker of endurance moves around
town in a two-horse barouche of the
intage of a score of years ago.
Aides Driven at Full Speed.
He shows up at his office as early
as any of his 2000 assistants, spends
the entire day in painstaking worn
that drives his aides at run speea.
When he goes to the Capitol . to
watch congress" the employes of his
department indulge in a breathing
spell. At the Capitol he "snoops'"
around committee rooms. He usually
knows who he wants to see, what he
wants to say and strikes right to the
point with no waste of time.
At the Capitol the postmaster-general
gives orders rather than makes
requests a fact that does not always
leave a favorable Impression. He rare
ly shows up on the floor of either
house save when the president comes
to make an address.
When the president is at home the
postmaster-general usually finds time
to drop in at the White House three or
four times a week. That the president
entertains a very high regard for Mr.
Burleson is evidenced by the fact thai
the storms of criticisms directed at
him from time to time have apparent
ly not influenced the president against
him in the slightest decree.
Bf
GILBERT SAYS:
"Lets Buy
More Bonds"
Easy Money
"525.00 per block walked," 6a ie a cus
tomer who paid $ 275.00 for the same
quality piano she was asked so much
more for at a high-rent store.
You Pay for
the Piano Only
Here
I have no autos or high salaried '
. salesmen for you to support.
1 sent ixis tbe attitude of tie president
Before You Invest
In Oil Stocks
The expression of roseate hope held out by many oil
companies should be carefully weighed by prospec
tive investors.
It takes more than anticipation to
produce dividends.
The wise investor will take ample time to investigate
before investing not afterwards. He will get at the facts
before putting his hard-earned money into a possible dry
hole. He will inform himself on the following points :
1. The personnel of the company's officials ; character,
business standing, experience in the business, previous con
nections, etc.
2. The company's holding ; value of leases , proximity to
production; quantity of this production (quantity should be
certified to by proper authorities) ; geologist's reports on
property; anteclinal conditions of the field (proximity to
production may mean little if anteclinal conditions are
unfavorable). - -
3. Amount of incorporation how finances are handled
amount of stock apportioned for company's leases and
holdings and whether justified -total amount of stock
issued how much goes to company's officials company's
expenses for salaries and other overhead the possibility of
assessments of stock.
AFTER ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED
SATISFACTORILY there is no certainty cf success. If
you need assistance, ask the Bureau to make a thorough,
impartial and careful investigation of any proposition you
see advertised. This service costs you nothing and entails
no obligation. It is rendered the public in the interest of
Truth in advertising and selling.
I
Better Business Bureau of
The Portland Aji Club
308 OREGON BLDG. PHONE BDWY. 2603
HAROLDS-GILBERT
L 384 YAMJ-nLTsTLL
If 1 PIANOS
Make a small payment to me put the
rest in Victory Bonds.
pHE refinement and deli
cacy of American women
is our national pride. jWith
active minds and warn hearts,
our women feel most keenly
the trials of "hard times" and
they deserve all the best
fruits of prosperity.
Building up LOCAL PAY
ROLLS is the straight road
to LOCAL PROSPERITY.
And the women, them
selves, who do so much buy
ing for our homes, can most
powerfully speed up this
movement.
USE HOME PRODUCTS.
Home Industry Leag-ae of Oregon
NORTHWEST
HEADQUARTERS
SAN FRANC'SCO
BELLEVUH HOTEL
Rooms With Bath
$2 Per Day Upward
Under management of
AL LUNDBORG
(Formerly Manager of Hotel
Benson, Portland, Oregon)