Morning Oregonian., October 25, 1921, Page 3, Image 3

TIIE MORNING OREGON! AX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921
STRIKE UNDER LEASH
OF 11
S POLICY
Union Chiefs' Hopes of Gov
ernment Ownership Futile.
ADAMSON LAW IN DANGER
Measure Likely to Be Repealed If
Brotherhoods Defy Labor
Board, Says Sullivan.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright. 1021, by the New Tor Evening
roue, inc., rubllihed by ArrMngemenl.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) The railroad strike la now pre
ctaely at the point where It Is obvious
President Harding's policy about 't
aimed to direct it. In the beginning
It was apparent to everyone who fol
lowed the reaction of the administra
tion of the sudden news of the strike
that the administration's policy had
two parts:
The first was to avoid getting ex
cited about it. That Is fundamental
In President Harding's policy about
everything that comes up. He prac
ticed it at the time of the demands
for the governor of West Virginia for
federal troops to suppress the miners'
strike. It Is one of the most obvious
characteristics of his personality
rarely to do the Impulsive thing, lie
acts on second thought rather than
on first thought. The avoidance of
an atmosphere of sensation about the
present ertrike has been so successful
as to be almost in itself a sensation.
The subjects of cabinet discussions
are never made public, but the news
paper men usually find out what has
been discussed at each session, and
there was never a more surprized
group of newspaper men than those
who learned that the first meeting of
the cabinet held after the calling of
the strike never mentioned that event.
Labor Board Strengthened.
The second part of the administra
tion's policy had been to strengthen
the arms of the government institu
tion, which has the most direct con
tact with the strike, namely, the rail
road labor board. When the board
reported to President Harding the day
the strike was called, it was easily
apparent that he stiffened them up
They returned to Chicago with a
spirit obviously acquired from con
tact with the White House of deter
mination to assert their statutory
powers over both the railroad man
agers and the railroad unions. The
conference which the labor board
called for Wednesday of this week is
a result of that determination.
Out of this conference there must
be one or two results! Either the
strike will be called off, or it will
not. If it Is called off, well and good.
If it Is not called off, the government
will be obliged to act on the as
sumption that the railroad labor
board, with the statutory power it
has from congress, is not an effective
agency. If and when that has been
determined, the government will take
its next step. Many of the more pow
erful union chiefs seem to think, and
seem to have acted on the assumption
that this next step' will be in thl di
rection of greater government con
trol of the railroads. Many of the
union chiefs are believed to hope for
government ownership.
(lorrnmrst Ownership Opposed.
This will not happen. Whatever
the government does In this con
tingency. If It takes place, will not
be In the direction of government
ownership, but in the contrary direc
tion. The whole atmosphere of
Washington during the present
regime has been one of strong dis
taste for participation of the gov
ernment In business. A man who
has sweated blood as President
Harding has over the government's
adventure in the shipping business is
not apt to look with friendliness on
the Idea of adding to his present
troubles a transportation business
which Is five times as big as the
shipping business.
If the strike is not avoided through
obedience to the railroad labor board
the outcome will be likely to take the
direction of retreat from several
steps which the government has
taken In the last few years In the
direction of government participation
in the affairs of the railroads and
their relations with the railroad
workers.
A damson Law Menaced.
Specifically one of the Important
advantages which the railroad work
ers are likely to lose by a failure to
call off the strike is the Adamson
law. This law was passed in 1916. at
the tlmo when the railroad workers
made a threat to strike similar to
the present one. It was passed in a
hurry as means of preventing that
strike, and it gave to the workers
Immense advantages in the way of
the statutory fixing of hours of labor,
and In other respects. On the other
hand, the railroad workers have very
much to gain by calling off the
strike. Fy recalling the strike order
they will show a disposition to pay
deference to the standing and pres
tige of the government's labor board.
If the labor board gets the increase
of authority which would come to
them by preventing the strike, they
will undoubtedly use that authority
to make the railroad managers re
spect them as much as the railroad
workers do. The railroad managers
will be called on to obey the judg
ments of the labor board just as fully
as the railroad workers will have
done.
thought the patients in the new hos
pital can be cared for at 12 a day.
While Mr. Goldsmith was figuring
out that- this means maintenance of
1150.000 a year. Mr. Mulkey stated
that $2 a day is allowed by the state
for Inmates of the Cedars, and that
institution needs more money. The
second guess was that $100,000 would
be sufficient for equipment. The man
who made the guess admitted he had
no Idea as to what equipment was
contemplated, or needed, and the
county commissioners had nothing to
given an idea on the subject.
As the new hospital is to be near
the laboratories and surgeries of the
medical school, on the came campus.
Mr. Mulkey wanted to -know if the
county hospital would require exten
sive and expensive instruments and
the like. Ideas on this phase were
also hazy.
Cost Now Is S4t3O,0OO. .
On one thing the supervisory com
mission got concrete facts. The build
ing has cost to date and with con
tracts 1650,000, and if the $350,000 Is
allowed in the 1922 budget the hos
pital will represent an expenditure of
$1,000,000 and not even then be ready
for use without at least another $100,
000 for furnishings .and equipment.
At the conclusion of the hearing Mr.
Mulkey expressed himself to the effect
that the county had financed the new
hospital the wrong way that it
should have been paid for by a bond
issue and the people would have
known definitely what it would cost
before the bonds were voted on; sec
ond, that the county should have
sought from the legislature authority
to build the kind of institution it has
under way.
HOSPITAL COST $150,000
tOwtlnurd From first PagO
and blankets as are now used in the
old hospital, but these things must
be greatly augmented because of the
larger building and increased num
ber of accommodations.
Chairman Mulkey casually Inquired
If a moderfi building, costing much
lrsa than the one now in course ot
construction, could not have been
erected and provide the patients as
much comfort. Testimony tended to
point that apparently such a thing
would have been Impossible.
The architect defended the use of
a copper roof Instead of a tin one.
saying that there hasn't been any
good tin made in the past quarter
of a century and that while the cop
per roof costs some $3000 more than
tin now, it is cheaper in the long
run.
A physician or two predicted that
the magnificent monument on the hill
would be doing active service as a
hospital centuries hence "a thousand
years from now" and spoke of the
rUone churches and hospitals built in
Kurope hundreds of years ago. Pinned
down, however, doctors and archi
tects admitted that Qiere Is such a
thing as obsolescence in buildings
and that In a few years repairs must
be made to modernize the structure
any structure. It was Dr. A. E.
Kockey who declared that the new
hospital on the hill "gives the county
commissioners their rial claim to Im
mortality." At a rough guess, one doctor ,
LUMBER MEET BETTER
i
MARKED IMPROVEMENT RE
CORDED IX NORTHWEST.
Large Foreign Demand Given as
Reason; Japan Engaging in
Big Building Programme.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 24. Lumber
business on the Pacific coast and es-
ptc'ally In the northwest shows the
most marked Improvement, owing to
lnrge foreign demand, according to a
telegram received by the department
of commerce from Axel H. uxnoim,
chief of the lumber division, bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
who is now on the west coast, making
a survey of the lumber industry. His
report says:
"Up until almost the first of Octo
ber the Pacific coast lumber mills
were running only from 50 to 65 per
ctnt, but they now have booked or
ders which will keep them running at
full capacity the balance of this
year. A large part of this increased
business comes from Japan.
"A number of the larger cities In
Japan, notably Toklo, have suffered
lather disastrous fires during the last
year, and this has given a great Irape
tus to build'cg. Japan is evidently
ergaging In an ambitious building
piogramme, for, in addition to the
rebuilding made necessary by firs
stitets are being widened and many
mcdern office buildings erected.
"Trade reports show that the
freight situation on the Pacific coast
la much easier, and that bookings for
the far east are being obtained with
comparative ease, though the rates
have advanced somewhat during the
last 60 days."
I
AX CUT ON SMALL
INCOMES REFUSED
Overwhelming Majorities Are
Against Reductions.
HOT FIGHT PRECIPITATED
POLICY IN HAITI UPHELD
Government by Marines Declared
Best in 100 Years..
WASHINGTON. D. C Oct. 24.
American marines have given Haiti
"the best government it has had in
100 years," and the American occu
pation should continue indefinitely,
Major-General George Barnett. ex-
commandant of the marine corps,
testified today before the special
senate committee investigating con
ditions In Haiti and the Dominican
republic.
General Barnett gave the commit
tee details of his investigation of
the conduct of the marines in Haiti,
and in this connection criticised ex-
Secretary Danleis for refusing to de
clare that the report of the naval
board of Inquiry, headed by Rear
Admiral Mayo, was not a reflection
on him as commandant of the marine
corps.
Orpheum matinee today. 15-25-50-Ad.
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SYRUP
Aak votir grocsr
Plans for Lower Rates on First
$5000 Knocked Out; Senate
to Speed Tp Action. -
WASHINGTON, D. C Oct. 24.
Three proposals carrying reductions
in the taxes on individuals having
moderate incomes were voted down
today by the senate by overwheh
lng majorities. Discussion of them
led to a hot political fight, which
culminated in an announcement by
Senator Penrose, in charge of the tax
revision bill, that on Wednesday
there would be submitted a resolu
tlon calling for continuous 24-hour
sessions of the senate until the rev
enue measure was disposed of.
A "round robin" pledging signers
to remain continuously at the capltol
or within call, beginning Wednesday,
was signed by 28 republicans, and
Senator Penrose said he hoped that
by tomorrow there would be 49 repub
lican signers, or a necessary majority
to put the resolution through.
Gerry's riaa Defeated.
The first tax amendment defeated
today was that by Senator Gerry,
democrat, Rhode Island, " proposing
that the normal tax rates be z per
cent on the first 5000 of Income, 4
per cent on the second $5000, 6 per
cent on the third 5000, and 8 per cent
on all over J 10,000. The vote was
4S to 28.
The second amendment by Senator
Harris, democrat, Georgia, proposed
that the rate on the first $4000 of
"earned" income as distinguished
from "unearned" Income be 4 per cent
and the rate on the second $4000 4 per
cent, with the rate on all over that
8 per cent, lost, 85 to 22. Two repub
licans. Borah and La Follette, Joined
the solid democratic minority in sup
porting the amendment.
Three Per Cent Rate Rejected.
The third rollcall was on an amend
ment by Senator Walsh, democrat,
Massachuetts. proposing a 3 per cent
rate on the first $5000 of Income and
a 6 per cent rate on the second $5000.
This waa defeated, 32 to 21, one re
publican, La Follette, supporting it.
After the first amendment had been
defeated. Senator Lenroot, republican.
Wisconsin, put into the record a
statement designed to show that the
amendment would aid men of large
incomes to a greater degree than it
v.-ould those with small or moderate
incomes.
It was arter the dereat of the
Gerry amendment that the row be
tween the democrats and republicans,
which has been brewing for ten days
or more, broke. Senator Ashurst.
democrat, Arizona, apparently set off
the spark. After an address by Sena
tor Reed, democrat, Missouri, sup
porting the Harris amendment and
assailing the tax bill, the Arizona
senator asked why the republicans
did not hold night sessions and "move
with celerity' in passing the tax
measure.
Night Sessions Announced.
Remarking that "four-fifths of the
talk on the tax bill" had been on the
democratic side. Senator Watson, re
publican, Indiana, announced that be
ginning tomorrow night there would
be night sessions, not, he said, to shut
off debate, but to the "end that ir
relevant talk" would be stopped.
Senator Simmons, democrat. North
Carolina, denied that there had been
any "irrelevant" discussion, and a
cross-fire of debate followed, Vice
Pi csldent Coolidge meantime arising
and standing, a custom obtaining In
the Massachusetts legislature when
a row develops among members.
BROKER'S HEIRS CHEATED
Will Leaves $10, but Estate Con
sists Only of Vscd $1 Watch.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24. The es
tate of Guatavus Heyman, broker, con
sisting solely of a somewhat used
watch, which once sold for $1. was
admitted to probate today and an ex
ecutrix appointed.
Heyman'a will provided that if any
relative could prove a right to the
estate, the contestant should be given
$10, but did not specify where the
$10 was coming from.
MEDICAL BEER ALLOWED
(Continued From First Psge.)
toxicating malt liquors, such as ale.
porter, malt extracts and similar fer
mented malt liquors containing one
half of 1 per cent or more alcohol by
volume.
Manufacture of these medical prep
arations is confined to duly qualified
'brewers on brewery premises and
may be sold by them only in bottles
and closed cases.
Right to prescribe distilled spirits,
wines and malt liquors for medical
purposes is confined to auch physl
sians as have obtained permits to
prescribe intoxicating liquor. Such
a physician, the regulations state,
may prescribe for a "person on whom
he is in attendance, if after physical
examination of such person, or if
physical examination is impracticable
upon the best Information obtainable
the physician believes that the inter
nal or external use of such liquor as
a medicine by such person is neces
sary and will afford relief to him
from some known aliment."
The new regulations, according to
Secretary Mellon, are in accordance
with former Attorney General
Palmer's Interpretation of the law.
Their Issuance was delayed, he de
clared, because it seemed probable
legislation would render them of no
advantage to those interested and
there was no urgent demand for their
issuance.
Oregonlans need not grab their
hats and run for the doctor's office,
because - Secretary Mellon's ruling
does not trespass on Oregon territory.
The state bone-dry law prevents that,
at least at ffrst glance at the rulings
governing state and government
laws.
Hall Lusk, assistant United States
attorney, said last night bis under
standing was that both the federal
and state laws would be enforced
simultaneously as long as they do not
conflict. In his opinion. Secretary
Mellon's order only takes a few ten
tacles off the Volstead act but leaves
the act itself still In force. Conse
quently, since there has been no con
flict between it and the state prohi
bition law, there will probably be no
conflict arising from the new order.
There Is very little possibility that
Oregon will become a state of in
valids.
I I 1' "I 'll S. '."MdsaVl " tjr i- V ' rl
Be An
Optimist
Cultivate cheerfulness.
Drive dull care away.
Relax during your
meals here in a cheery
atmosphere ; it is helpful
in every way.
Breakfast, Lunch or
Dinner any time you
want it at popular
prices.
Staaacaf
World Labor Session Today.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 24. Un
employment as a "world crisis" will be
conldered at the third international
labor conference which convenes at
Geneva tomorrow, according to cabled
advices received at the local interna
tional labor office.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad.
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that are still on hand.
-Throughout the high price period the Heinz
policy was to make and sell enough goods
for current needs only. Now that costs are
reduced we and your retailer are able to reduce
prices without delay.
Nearly all grocers in Portland are announ
cing the following prices on Heinz goods :
Oven Baked Beans
Peanut Butter
Tomato Ketchup
Cooked Spaghetti
Tomato Soup
Apple Butter
Prepared Mustard
Vinegar
SMALL
Hoz.-12c
3H oz. 14c.
8 oz. 23c
10 oz. ISc
10 oz. 15c
7 oz. 20c
6 oz. 14c
PINTS
27c
MEDIUM
18 oz. 17c
6K oz. 21c
16 oz. 21c
16 oz. 20c
16 oz. 35c
QUARTS
42c
LARGE
30 oz. 28c
10 oz. 33c
14 oz. 40c
30 oz. 35c
30 oz. 38c
32 oz. 60c
HALF GALLONS
80c
Ask your retailer ;
Sole
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Slein-Bloch,
Langham
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Suits and
. Overcoats
Special
Lunch
35c
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Take Express
Elevator
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Nowvs the Time for Every Man to Act
to Benefit by This
SALE OF OVERCOATS
at
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Many men acted Monday. They are our best advertisement. We
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c) "Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" .
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Beginners' classes
start at Cotillion Hall.
Fourteenth at Wash
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evening: at 7, sharp. All
dances taught as
danced In the ball
rooms in eisrht lessons.
Ladies 92, gentle men
si. rrivate lessons an
hours. Beginners'
classes start at Mur-
lark's Hall. Twenty-
third and Washington, Monday eve
ning. Advanced class Tuesday and
Thursday evening, 8 to 11:30. Plenty
of practice. No embarrassment. You
can never learn dancing without prac
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:g-ns of neglect, others only a few, but
more have poor eyes than any of the
others a statement proved by the large
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