HOUSE WEARY OF TALKING TARIFF Republicans . for Free Hides ' and Against Taxing Nec- . essar i es, of Life. PLEA FOR PHILIPPINES Ieleate Opposes Tree Trade and Ask for Limited Free Mat In -Colorado Ak for Higher '" Sugar Duty. WASHIXGTOX... April 8. With no more than a- corporal'a suarcfpresent, debate on the tariff bill in the House proceeded drearily today. Every mem ber ft looking- forward to the bringing 'IJoT tru'e Monday whteh will pro v d-aa.j,q prtamty to vote on a limited number -of -schedules, with debate to l confined to five minutes for and agalbst each amendment. THe Republicans who -spoke ' today werej pinctlcally unanimous for free hldej. - The taxes on the necessaries came In for their usual share of criti cism from both sides of the chamber. Brkman, ,. Jemocrat, of Florida, opened the. -discussion with an earnest Plea- for a-Testoration of the Dingley rate on lumber and the Imposition of a ..of Uve oent" a Pound on cotton. while declaring" he" would Wote ' for the 0.111. Klnkaid. Republican, of Ne braska, entered a strenuous objection th axin8 of te necessaries of life .which are- not produced in this country. The proposed tax on tea and the countervailing duty on coffee, he said, especially obnoxious to him and he -urged -their removal. Klnkaid also. opposed the placing of hides on the free Tlst. ' " : Filipinos Oppose Free Trade. Basing, his objection to the Philippine sections of the bill that admits Ameri can goods In unlimited quantity. Into the : lilauOs -without duty. Benito legarda,. resident commissioner from the Philippines, addressed the House today. . .He pointed out that the admission of 800.000 tons of Philip pine suBar. free Into the United States would not Improve oonditlons in the isl ands Immediately, because the industry had -declined, one-half, during American occupation, and because China was the natural market for that sugar. Immedi ate benefit might not accrue to the to bacco industry, either, he said. "Had the proposition for reciprocal free trade been made before the Philippine Assembly was constituted." said Mr. La garda. "-very little. If any. opposition would have been -made to this measure. Hut today that Assembly wishes us re spectfully . to present their wishes before this House in order that you who come o directly from the American people may pass Judgment on the claims of those over whom you exercise sovereignty, Asks for Limited Reciprocity. "If. instead of the free admission with out limitation as to quantity of Amerl nian products into the Philippine Islands, this bill provided only the free entry there of BKilcultural machinery and other tommoriltles of prime necessity (such ma cotton cloth. and which are needed for the agricultural and Industrial devel opment of those Islands, or, If this bill provides only for- such, reciprocal ex change of commodities. -eustrm duty free. s would balance tne limited quantity of usar and tobacco aenl from there, with n equally limited quantity of American products to be sent from" here if such were the provisions of this, hill it would be our pleasant duty. as. representatives of the Filipino people, to make mani fest to this llpjuse their- gratitude. "The Filipino people are-, not ungrate 'ful for what the American Government ms accomplished and Is accomplishing tnr-them in those Hands. In several re ipeeta the laws there ure as good as In ome of the most advanced states of this Union. 'Congress has always been Inspired In it acts by principles of Justice and wise tquity. The Filipino people believe that coming Wore this-Cynjiress with a-just -ause. It -will receive the 'same measure tf equity as that which the American people have always, in the past, conceded Under similar circumstances. "My firm conviction remains unshaken that a prosperous and happy future tnlled on the Philippine- Islands from the. moment the Americans -planted "there "the tlag which represents liberty, progress and civilization." - - - -. Calls mu Revenue-Consumer. Investing- himself, as he said, of all political feeling. Cox. Democrat, r In diana, opposed the bill, advancing the argument that Instead of being a revenue producer it would prove to be a revenue consumer. He was espe cially antagonistic to the drawback feature of the measure. The placing or wood pulp on the free list and the reduction of the duty on printing paper were opposed by Malby of New "York. Maintaining that the bill was discrim inatory, Sabath of Illinois attacked the proposed increases on the necessaries of lire and on wearing apparel, specially gloves. . J Coloradan Criticise BUI. - Howell of Vtah Indorsed the memorial of the Oreproducers- Association of Colo rado. Vtah. Idaho and Nevada, praying for the retention of the present dutv on lead. He opposed any duty on tea ' or cortee and contended that an increase of duty on sugar would produce the re quired revenue and encourage the beet "VS!1 'ndustr-- id the admission Of ;iO0.0lHt tons Of Phillnnlr,.. ,,. placing that quantity of f ull-dutv-paid i i.Kar, would ultimately deplete our rev-' ......vi. i., ;v.w.n annually. Howell favored a duty on hid,, lumber and coa 1. .V general defense of the paper manu facturers was made by Swasey of Mis souri. There was no business, ho said freer from combination or conspiracy to control or raise price than, the paper DICTATE TARIFF TERMS Contlnucd KTom Firt ri ) werr present t th . Woodyard and Sturgls. West" Virginia! ' 01 lK'rv-u,en 7,3',hnaorl and Thomas ! Ohio; Fills and Hawley. Oregon; Loud and loung, Michigan; Morehead ' Oowle. and Grant. North CaroUnf: I Focht, Bradley and Wheeler. Pennsyl' ' vanla; Howland. Vtah: MOndeU, Wyo- ' rnlng; Langley. Kentucky; Humphrey. I Washington, r Vole ou l'rt-e Lumber Impossible.' The ways and means committee, oh motion of Fordney, decided to- report an amendment striking out tho coun tervailing duty proviso on lamhrr. and ... i"-""a opposition expressed i' the desire that the rule for consider ing the tariff bill -limit debate on the lumber schedule to the proviso. This would make It impossible to have a vote on the question of free lumber or to raise the duties to what they are under the Dingley law. Threat to Vote Down Rule. It had been the impression that the ways and means committee would re port an amendment placing the same duty on scrap iron as the bill provides for pig iron, it having been contended that no pig iron would be imported under the provisions of the Payne bill which places a duty of 50 cents per ton on scrap iron and a duty of $2.50 per ton on pig Iron, Under the Ding ley law both articles pay a duty of 4 a ton. The petition seeks to have the duty fixed at 3 a ton on both. All but fouof the Republican mem toeJ" who were Present at the meeting which decided on the petition ex pressed their intention ' of voting against the rule to Te reported on Monday, unless the committee offers their amendments. Many Charges by Committee. Besides taking off the 'duty on tea and the countervailing clause for coffee, the ways and means committee decided to report numerous other amendments reducing the duties in the original bill. The duty on peas was reduced to 25 cents a bushel,, la cents less than at present. Evergreen seedlings and clove stems were placed on the free . Tne Phraseology of the para graph defining the term "cotton cloth ing" and the method of determining the count of threads to the square inch would have increased the duty on cot ton cloth 200 or -300 per cent, was amended to read the same as in the Dingley law. Finding that section 41 of the Payne bill, which provides that a patent is sued by the United States to a citizen or subject of a foreign country shall be subject to the same conditions as are imposed by that country on a citizen of the United States, was in violation or an International convention which precludes any discrimination against foreign citizens in the patent laws, the committee decided to strike out that section. The section which prescribes that no packages of tobacco or cigarettes shall be permitted to have packed in, de tached to or connected with them any articles other than the manufactur er's wrappers and labels, the internal revenue stamp and the tobacco or cig arettes, was amended to conform with an amendment that was made to the Dingley law. The object of this sec tion is to prevent the use of coupons or other premiums, but it was alleged that the Payne bill would prevent the use of union labels. Duty on Philippine Rice. On motion of Broussard of Louisiana an amendment was agreed to making dutiable all rice coming from the Phil- ok.,?68-, " was intended that the Philippines, which do not raise suf ficient rice for their own consumption would take advantage of the free trade provision of the Payne bill to send their rice to this country and import the cheap rice of Japan and China for home consumption. . Specific duties are provided by amendments for mica and saccharine on which the duty was changed from 25 per cent ad valorem to 60 cents a pound. Many changes were made in the para graphs covering linoleum, horsehair goods, wood pulp and print paper, cutlery and wire. The duty on charcoal Iron" is reduced to 10 a ton, while all glues are. assessed at 35 per cent ad valorem. . Old Rates on Collars and Cuffs. Guernsey ware, lacquered figured cur tains and table covers are especially pro vided for. The Dingley rates on collars and cuffs are restored, while shoestrings have a special duty of 50 cents per gross pair and 10 per cent ad valorem provided. A reduction of 10 per cent ad valorem Is made in the duty on photographic papers. Several crude gums for making varnish are placed on the free list. A duty of .15 of a cent per pound is im posed on copperas, or sulphite of iron, which was on the free list. The duty on crude and manufactured fluorspar is fixed at J1.50 per ton. Xet and netting machin ery are included in the paragraph which permits the free entry of all embroidery and lace-raaklng machinery prior to July, 1911. An Increase of 50 per cent ad valorem is made In the duty on briar root and brlarwood, while the duty on carbon electrodes used for manufacturing Is lowered 15 per cent ad valorem. Reed Bros., tailors, have moved to the Medical bldg., 349 Alder street. I FELDENHEIMER- REMOVAL SAT.K IS t.hP. OUR FACTORIES Both for Optical and Jewelry Work, will be continued uninterrupted, as heretofore. THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX. PORTI,AXT. FIRM SUSPENDS IN WHEAT CAMPAIGN John Dickinson & Co. Out of Battle in Chicago, With Wheat Up to $1.22 1-4. CRASH INVOLVES $250,000 Chicago Suspension Said to Be Due to Failure or Customers to Cover Margins, but Re port Is Denied. CHICAGO, April 3.-The firm of John Dickinson & Co., grain, stock and pro vision brokers, announced on the Board of Trade today that they would be forced to suspend, temporarily at least. The firm also has a membership in the Con solidated Stock Exchange, New York, and has some 25 to 30 offices scattered in lead ing cities throughout the country The liabilities are said to be in the neigh borhood of J350.000. It was rumored persistently on the floor of the exchange that the suspension was due to the withdrawal of margins by large Chicago customers, but this was denied by J. T. Murphy, the local man ager, who said that tho trouMe grew out of the firm's Eastern stock business. The firm has been doing a good business here and was engaged, like many others, in the present wheat campaign. , Partridge Would Help. As the news of the suspension became general, reports were circulated that the trouble in the- firm's business was due to 'notion between C. W. Partridge, father of Princess Engalitche. and some of the Dickinson family, and that the crisis came In the sudden withdrawing of over UOO.OOQ from the Dickinson concern. ; "The report that there is any friction between myself and John Dickinson Is false.' said Mr. Partridge when inter viewed. "It is true that I have drawn out some money, but in my dealings I have put in and withdrawn money repeatedly If WOO.000 or J200.000 would straighten out my friend Dickinson's trouble, and he so advised me. I would gladly get down into my pockets and help him. Our relations are most cordial." Murphy Exonerates Customers. (Manager Murphy, of the Dickinson con cern, said: "Mr. Partridge's action or attitude toward us has nothing to do with the suspension of business. It is a base falsehood to charge the Suspension to any conduct of a Chicago customer of the firm. No . Chicago customer, large or small, laid down' on the firm. We will pay all bur debts In full." The news of the suspension detract ed but little from the Interest in the wheat campaign, -xay wheat sold to day at 1.22. This price distanced the high point reached in the Gates deal of 1905, and was higher than on any previous day since 1898. when Joe Leiter hoisted the price to 1.85 on May 10 of that year. But Few Fireworks. Thus far the May wheat deal has been largely devoid of pyrotechnfeal display such as characterized the pre liminary upheavals in the Leiter May deal. J. A. Patten, the recognized bull leader, . under whose generalship the bulls of the world are fighting a battle for higher wheat values, is not given to fireworks, but keeps his eye on ulti mate results. Today's top price for May wheat was S1.22H- The point In the ot hi RfllA croTit nf V, Tr approaching: The cweS 'should Z even XSZS&ZFvSZn? & J"? dUg the week" """ tut tumty. The goods speak for themselves Ment a?n! StvlL -Tak? of this golden oppS- chase. See the original price tickets in plain t&rT Note X interesum bSow S a" tack P 7oJU- CUT GLASS VASES Reduced from. v.. $io.OO to $ 7.50 Reduced from.. 4 12.00 to 9.00 Reduced from...... ...$16.50 to $12.40 Reduced from..,. $18.00 to $13.50 BOWLS Reduced from .......$ e.OO to $ 4.50 Reduced from. 8.75 to S G.60 Reduced from S13.50 to $10.40 Reduced from.... 322.50 to $16.90 BREAD TRAYS Reduced from SIO.75 to S 8.10 Reduced from S1S.OO to 9.00 Reduced from S14.50 to 10.90 Reduced from S22.5Q to $16.90 was tl.21ti Tbn . Letter deal was 1.85 for May deliv ery, but that month .went out with the price at 1.25. or but a ratU fraction higher than it is now. ' Patten and is friends are "confi dently predicting that July delivery wheat will also go to 1.25, and mean time that May will go much higher, no telling how high. agent blames customers . Xew York Representative of Dickin son Says Support Failed.- jW YORK. April 3. When the sus pension of the Dickinson firm was an- ? 0,6 floor of the consoli dated Evchance. T-or,,..,..... - the firm said the failure was due to ! aavance in wheat- and to the fact taht one of the firm's large customers in Chicago "laid down" on the firm yesterday. . This customer, it is stated, failed to furnish additional margins when called upon, thus forc ing the spspension. The firm's com mitments in this case, however, are not believed to be heavy. LOCAL STRIKERS CONFIDENT Canadian Miners Think Fuel Short -' , age Will Favor Them. WINNIPBO. April 3 Dispatches today he coa-l regions of Alberta and Brit- i1.?0 bla state tnat witn the exception or the mines operated by the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company, all the miners em P oyed in the Lethbridge. Bankhead. Ma ple Leaf Passburg. Blairmore. Hill Crest, lJiie and Coleman mines are on a strike The miners are quiet, but the strike Is in lull force. The strikers are of the opinion that the supply of coal is short and that the op-f,ri0ma-y ?me an agreement, signed by the Crows Nest Pass Coal Com pany. The operators argued that as the hummer season Is at hand, the demand for coal will not be so great. The men at .Fernie camps say they will take no notice of the Lemleux law, as no act of Parliament can compel them to work without an agreement. ,thbrid,8e wU1 h,lr1 hit lf strike continues long. Places where steam plows are used to break the ground use a car of coal a week and will soon be put out of business. Brick and terracotta works and other large consumers have only about three days' supply on hand. The Canadian Pacific Railway has coal stored up at different places to last three months. MINE PAYS OUT $45,000 Dividends From Bunker Hill Reach Total of $11,000,000. SPOKANE, Wash.. April 3. (Spe- M!, mPy today paid a monthly dividend of 45,000. This is a reduc- dividend.- The cut is due to the slump in the lead market. The mine has paid a total to date of RECRUIT KILLSHIS MAJOR Fatal Accident During Rifle Prac . tlce Near Brussels. BRUSSELS. April 3. (Special ) A shocking accident occurred today at Na mur. where the recruits of a regiment of infantry weer being inspected by Major Fauconmier. Shooting was going on. when suddenly the Major was seen to fall to the ground. He had received a shot from a rifle In the forehead and died in stantaneously. The accident was due to the inexperience of one of the recruits. CENTRALIA HAS PROTEST Telegraphs That Tariff Reduction Talk Has Paralyzed Business. eiN;AIA,.Wash- Apr" (Spe cial.) The Centralla Commercial Club held a special meeting yesterday in the Interests of the lumber industry. Noti fication had been received from Wash- "" me existing duty on lum- - UMBRELLAS REDUCED TO $4.00 $6.00, $7.00 and $8.00 Values They're the highest grrade on the market: steel para gon frame construction, and very best grade of silk. GREAT REDUCTIONS IN STERLING SILVER PICTURE FRAMES HANDSOME OPERA-GLASSES LEATHER HANDBAGS GOLD BRACELETS PLATED TEA'SETS CORNER, OF THTR.TI Aim H, , . . ..aumnuiwn DltiiiTa Manufacturing Jewelers. Opticians. Diamond Importer,. APRIL, 4, 1909. Why Should I Prefer Oregon Grown Wool Clothes?" lit Larselv Rrrc o "c. Equal to Those Sold for $30 PURE OREGON WOOL We May Also HIGH-CLASS TAILORING There is a-distinct advantage in wearing clothes that fit. The advantage is made still stronger if the style is strict, the pattern right and the ma terial beyond criticism. That's our style of high-class tailoring. Our prices $30 to $50 OPPOSITE OREGON HOTEL ber is again threatened In the Senate. ine club forwarded the following tele gram to N. Wfl. ldrlch, chairman of the finance committee of the Senate, as well as to ongressman Cushman and to Senator Jones: "All business interests of Southwest ern Washington absolutely paralyzed. Thirty thousand employees, merchants and manufacturers vigorously protest on any tariff reductions on lumber or shingles." PANAMA TRAFFIC BLOCKED (Continued From First Face.) been presented to the present Secre tary of War, and the belief here Is that the Investigation was Instigated at his personal order. In any event the Pacific Mall has seen fit to take notice of the fact that there Is an investigation by declaring win now take all cargo of wonniTnr m m SAID ANOTHER CUSTOMER: Oregon wool ia the most durable. It can be made into better clothing at a lower price than any other material.. It hangs well, fits well, keeps its shape, and is made in the most beautiful patterns of any cloth manufactured." . Call Your Attention, Perhaps, to SPECIAL SPRING WOOLEN UNDERWEAR FOR THIS WEEK Our regular $1.50 value of very light Spring Woolen Un derwear, the best there is at regular price, is to sell at this store for all of this week at $1.00 A GARMENT WOOI?BN M.II2S3S .CDOTIilNCr GOME&NY, Clolhienr, Furnishers, Tailored crretivt Phizgleyim, 7& Sta,vlu fered, and at the rate which was made so low that a Mtmnnnv i-1 , v, . . , tlve connections could not compete. Iiectures on Forestry. . Willis, noiea author and lec turer, will be In the city this week. He 1 IS SPnt 111 1 1 Ku- h T T : . i . -. . - - uuiLtHi states forest Service to talk on the preservation and future of forest trees. Mr. Mills will "Watch the Movement Down the River." tormir-i Cars Run to HARBORTON Next Week. ART PIECES HAND-PAINTED PLATES Reduced from S G OO t0 54.00 Reduced from SIO.OO to $6.50 educed iIom S12.00 to S8.00 Reduced from .$17.50 to S8.75 FINE MINIATURES Reduced from S 5.75 to g350 Reduced from S 8.00 to $5.50 HdUCed 5rom SIO.OO to $6.50 Reduced from $13.50 to S8.50 INDIA IVORY Reduced from S 6.50 to $ 3.50 educed fm ...S14.00 to $ 7.00 Reduced from S18.00 to 8.50 Reduced from $40.00 to $20.00 JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER Designs submitted; esti mates given. Factory on the premises. Expert work. We Offer for MADE IN OREGON UP-TO-DATE FURNISHINGS It will keep you busy to keep u p-t o-d ate on furnishing goods, if you have to depend upon the styles shown by most furnishers. To be ab solutely sure that your fur nishing goods are strictly modern and just a little in advance of Portland styles, make your selection at this store. We make that feature a specialty. GENUINE MEN'S SHOP speak Monday evening. April 6, at ths ?oof iV1 Christian Association rooms, lecture to begin at d p tit A atf the'010"1 I i 'd School wIiiMhS- A" .n Wednesday. April 7 he dL-nfVhei'vrtwV,ectures O" the East bide at the-HowtTiorne School at l'P ' Tti 2P M tWnhi8,0n H'sh School f; .i? ' , wul then go to Oregon Citv for the evening. These lesctures are free and everyone is urged to attend them