THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY- 25, 1920
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House Agricultural Commit
tee Starts Sixth Inquiry.
ANDERSON DEFENDS BILL
TincUer, of Kansas, Declares Pack
ers Are Rollins in Wealth and
Consumer Is Facing Want.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 24. Opening
another congressional inquiry into
the packing industry and the activi
tisj of the "bis five" Chicago pack
ers, the house agriculture committee
today heard Federal Trado Commis
sioner w. B. Colver and Representa
tive Anderson, republican, Minnesota,
author cf a bill carryin? out recom
mendations of the trade commission
tor regulation of the industry.
me members of the committee
demurred at the proposal to hold the
hearing. Representative Rainey, dem
ocrat, Illinois, pointing out that five
auccesslve congressional inquiries had
been held since 191S. while other
members suggested that the exceed-1
ingly extensive records of previous
inquiries, which cost the government
j.'uno a volume should be considered
sufficient basis for action. The vote,
however, was 10 to 1 for holding
hearings.
Sad State Deelaied.
Representative Tineher, republican,
Kansas, declared that "the stock pro
ducers are going bankrupt, the pack
ers are rolling In wealth and the con
sumer is facing want."
It was decide! to allow advocates
and opponents of federal regulation
of the industry 20 hours each. Attorney-General
Palmer then will be
a.-ked to explain the recent decree
accepted by the "big Jive" Chicigo
packers, excluding them from han
dling other commcdltios than meats
r.d allied producis. After that the
remmittee wilt decide as to further
investigation.
Represaritutive Anderson, arguing
In support of his bill, said that pres
ent conditions necessitated divorcing
the packers' from ownership of re
frigerator cirs and stockyards, con
fining their business to the handling
of meat products and establishing a
federal commission to regulate them
otherwise.
Mr. Anderson chars ed that the
plockytrds at Kansas City, Omaha.
Chicago ani elsewhere were owned
or ct.nirc.llei by Armour, fcwift, Cud-
ahy or others of the big five," and
that it was this control, "to which
the producers of the we-tt ol.Ject, as it
was used," he said, to destroy com
petition and to keep prices down.
Tendency Towanl Monopoly Growing,
Resuming his argument at the aft
ernoon suasion. Mr. Anderson said a
growing tendency toward monopoly
was indicated by the fact that in 1905
me -Dig rive- aiaugnttred b'i per
ctfi.t or cattle in Interstate business,
while in 3 918 the percentage was 74.
"Concentration of industry." he
raid, "has bean defended on the
ground that It has resulted in the
eheapening of meat to ihe consumer.
"I think I shall be able to thow
that the profits of the packer are
greater now than they were in 1305
and that ihe margin between the pro
ducer and tbe cons-intor has in
c rr a.'d." - -
Adjournment was taken with Mr.
Colver s testimony uncompleted.
trict contains 100,004 acres of land
and bonds in the sum of $5,000,000
have been voted for improvement
work. These bonds were recently
held to be valid by the supreme court,
thereby making it possible for the
district to proceed with construction
work as soon as the money is avail
able.
The' north unit irrigation district Is
a part of the Deschutes project, and Is
one of the largest undertakings of its
kind launched in the state. The dis
trict is located in Jefferson county.
JAPANESE LEASE ESTATE
320 Acres Fertile Mid-Columbia
Lowlands Pass to Orientals.
HOOD RIVER, Or, Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Hood River
Anti-Asiatic association expressed
surprise today on learning that J. W.
Morton had leased a 320-acre estate.
just west of the city, belonging to
himself and children, to a partner
ship of Japanese. While it has de
veloped that Mr. Morton was never
member of the organization, which
pledged against sale or lease of real
estate to Japanese, he was conspicuous
at meetings of the association in his
pleas for legislation against oriental
immigration.
The place leased to the Japanese is
chiefly Columbia river lowlands and
is considered one of the most fertile
tracts of the mid-Columbia. The
lessees, who will pay an annual rental
of J 1200 and taxes, amounting to
about $400 this year, will, devote the
place to truck gardening, it is said.
GIRLS RETURNED HOME
Mother Walls In Portland to Get
Children Father-Kidnaped.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) Elsie and Frances Adams, 6
and 8 years old respectively, taken
by their father from the Madrona
Presbyterian Sunday school last Sun
day, will be reunited with their
mother in Portland tomorrow morn
ing. Mrs. Adams left Seattle at mid
night to meet her daughters who
were put aboard a train for the north
Tuesday morning following the ar
rest of the father, Joseph D. Adams,
at Sacramento. Adams will be re
leased when the Sacramento police
are informed that the children are
again in their mother's custody.
Adams telegraphed Mrs. Adams
twice Tuesday beseeching her to ob
tain his freedom and asking her to
return to him. offering to forward
money for her to travel to San Fran
cisco to meet him.
BRE.VKIXU FA ITU IS DEXIED
ircrbcrt Hoover Shows Farmer
Dcncfited Under Assured Price.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Denial
that the food administration had
broken faith with hog producers' rela
tive to inainten-ince of perk prices
curing the war was made by Herbert
Hoover in a letter received today by
Senator Hendt-rr.n, democrat, Ne
vada, and read in the senate.
"The farmer," Mr. Hoover said,
"realized fully J2.S0 per 100 more
than he has real-zed this season in an
unassured market. Under the plan
used the packers' and the distrio
utors' profits were held to a definite
margin and the consumers' costs were
loss than a year ago on higher hogs
than they are today."
IRRIGATION PLANS MADE
Directors of N'ortlt Unit Project
Confer at Salem.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 24. (Special!)
Directors and the secretary of the
north unit irrigation district conferred
here today with J'ercy Cupper, state
engineer, with regard to starting de
velopment of the project. The dis-
SPOKANE PLANS MEMORIAL
Movement Started for $1,250,000
Municipal Auditorium.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24. Pre
liminary arrangements fof submitting
to a vote of the people a 'proposition
for the erection here, with funds
raised from a tax levy, of a 1.250.000
municipal auditorium as a memorial
to men and women who served in the
world war. were made today by the
city council, in conference with the
executive committee of the memorial
auditorium association.
Another meeting of the council, the
auditorium committee and a com
mittee representing the local post of
the American Legion is to be held
later, at which the form of the pro
posed city charter will be decided
upon. Before the amendment is sub
mitted, petitions bearing 15 per cent
of the voters of the city probably
will be required, it was indicated.
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RE-ELECTION" AS OREGOX SEN
ATOR IS SOUGHT.
CITY TO RUN ARMY STORE
Walla Walla, Wash., Mayor In
structed to Sell to Public.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 24.
(Special.) The city commissioners
today authorized Mayor D. F. Powell
to go into the store business to the
extent of purchasing a quantity of
surplus army stores which will be
sold to the public. A. R. Koberts will
be in charge of the same, which will
be at no cost to the city.
The Retail Merchants association
approved the plan and asked the city
to take up the proposition. - Roberta
agreed to purchase any surplus at
the end of the selling period. The
goods will be here in a week or ten
days.
CLUB ELECTS SECRETARY
H. O. Frobach to Succeed Will G.
Steel at Mcdford.
MEDFORD. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.)
H. O. Frobach, secretary of the
chamber of commerce at Three Forks,
Mont., has been selected to be the
new secretary of the Medford cham
ber of commerce to succeed Will G.
Steel, who has left Medford to take
chance of the Eugene chamber of
commerce.
The advent of the new secretary
will mark the inauguration of a new
policy in the Medford commercial
club through which the activities of
the organization will be greatly extended.
Declaration of Candidacy Sets
Forth Policy for Stabiliza
tion or Country.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 2i. (Special.)
The declaration of candidacy prepared
by George E. Chamberlain, who seeks
re-election as United States senator
from Oregon.- was received at the of
fices of the secretary of state today.
In his declaration Senator Chamber
lain says:
"Strive for world peace, and such
legislation by congress as will stabil
ize the agricultural, industrial, com
mercial and social life of our country
and hasten the restoration of normal
pre-war conditions: for legislation for
the proper care ol tnose wno nave
successfully fought the wars of our
country; for co-operation between the
federal and state governments m
mart construction: improvement of
our rivers and harbors and reclama
tion of arid lands; for the establish
ment of aviation stations and the pro
tection by airplane of national for-
osts as well as ioresis m prni
control in co-operation with the own
ers thereof."
After his name Mr. Chamberlain
onto hat the following be printed:
"My country, us preservation ana
, nometuation unimpairea 01 its
institutions."
SHIP INJUNCTION SIGNED
Formal Order Includes 2 9 Former
German Liners.
ttt a cuivnTn- TTeb. 24. Associate
Justice Bailey of the district supreme
.nnrr today signed the formal order
of injunction against the shipping
board to prevent the sale of 29 former
German liners. The court consented to
the request of the shipping poara mat
he ship Suwanee, wnicn nao uwn cum
for 12.000.000. be excluded irom me
order of injunction.
William Randolph Hearst, who
......, th nrnceedincrs. furnished a
hond of $10,000 to indemnify the ship
ping board against loss.
No notification of an appeal was
given by counsel for the shipping
board, but it was said that a special
appeal may be taken later.
OIL PRODUCERS BLAMED
Refineries Operating Below Capac
ity, Is Charged.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24. Charges
that the Pennsylvania oil producers
are responsible for the present high
cost of gasoline in Pennsylvania were
made today by C. D. Chamberlain,
general counsel for the National
Petroleum association, in an address
at a conference of western Pennsyl
vania oil refiners.
"The supply of crude oil in Penn
sylvania," he declared, "is below the
refining capacity of our plants. The
producers have the oil in their pipes,
but are holding it for further ad
vances. Unless they sell, we will
either close or bring in crude oil
from western states."
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BOUNDARY ROWS AIRED
Clash Between .Agriculture and
Interior Departments Bared.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. A dispute
between the agriculture and interior
departments and other interests over
boundaries for the proposed Roose
velt National Park In the giant red
wood district of California, was aired
today before the house public lands
committee.
Secretaries Meredith and Lane sent
letters favoring establishment of the
park, but expressing disagreement
over boundary lines fixed in the hill
Restaurant Employe Burned'.
T. F. Mott, an employe in Bab's
restaurant, 326 Stark street, was
burned badly about the face and
hands last night by a gas explosion
in the basement of the restaurant.
He said he lighted a match to look
for a leak in the gas stove. The
explosion did no damage to the res
taurant. Mr. Mott was treated at
the emergency hospital. He later
went to his home-at 351 Knott street.
Shingle Concern Installs Sprinkler.
KALAMA, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) The Columbia Shingle company
of this city has let the contract for
Installing a sprinkler for fire protec
tion, which will cost 312,000. Experts
are now installing the system. It
will be impossible for a fire to get
any headway as any unusual heat will
start the sprinkler, extinguishing an
ordinary fire.
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Fihh Concern Adds Storage Boom.
KALAMA, Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) The Doty Fish company of
this city is building an addition to
its storage rooms which will have a
capacity of six carloads. The total
capacity will be 21 car loads. The
Doty Fish company ships about 60
carloads of fish each year besides
supplying the canneries with 500 tons
of fish.
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