THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1913.
STEEL TRUST HAS
NO TARIFF FEARS
reach that, the last ditch, then labor
will come -in with ita cry." ,
"Our purpose is not to make yon sac
rifice your profits," Underwood ex
plained, "but many of the rates of the
Payne law are prohfbltlve. There must
be revenue and if you Tjuild up a Chi
nese wan and say nothing shall come
in. then how we can expect to derive
revenue through the tariff? The Iron
and steel schedule should bear its proportion."
Independents Say They Would
Go Down With Foreigners
Under Low Rates.
MANY INTERESTS HEARD
Singer Sewing Machine 'Company,
With Great Plants Abroad, De
scribed is Indifferent to
Tariff Revision.
WASHINGTON". Jan. 11. A picture of
the United States Eteel Corporation
crushing the independent tinplate man
ufacturers In the event tariff bars were
let down for foreign products and a
revelation or the complete Indifference
toward tariff revision shown by the
Singer Sew i or- Machine Company, char
acterized by the Independents as a
trust, featured today's hearing on the
metal schedule before the House, com
mittee on ways and means..
There were many witnesses testifying
to a great variety of articles relative
to the iron and steel portion of the
tariff. The committee continued in ses
t slon tonight.
Steel -Corporation Feared.
Independent tinplate interests were
represented by F. R. Crawford, of
Pittsburg, president of the McKeesport
Tinplate Company. The United States
teel Corporation was not represented
Jir. Crawford offered a compromise
suggestion of a tinplate tariff ot 85
cents a ton and was sharply 'cross
examined. He explained that 98 per
cent of tinplate is thin steel. He said
if the tariff were cut so that foreign
.competitors of the steel corporation
. were let in. he feared that the cor
poration mould retaliate by adjusting
matters so as to crush foreign competi-
' tion -and that the independents would
. go down with the foreigners.
"The United States Steel Corpora
tion." he added, "'simply suffers us to
do business. It Is strong enough to
put us out of business in less than a
week If It cared to."
Tariff Vaed as Excuse.
"Do you think." Representative
Palmer (Den), of Pennsylvania, asked,
'"that we ought to legislate on what
you fear, or on the basis of the con
trary history of the last 11 or It
years?"
) "You might put a weapon in their
hands to enable them to make a price
to keep out foreign producers, with
' whom we might go down."
Mr. falraer responded by asking- if
. the witness thought there were danger,
in the present state of public mind,
that the corporation would drive the
independents out of business. The wit
ness said that a tariff reduction in
. favor of foreign competitors mightglve
the corporation an "excuse" to drive
out competition, and that he wanted the
tariff to keep that excuse away from
the-corporalion.
.He. testified to his belief that the
: Steel Corporation has steel producing
. capacity today- greater than Great Bri
tain and Germany combined, and that
' with all that, it represented 6S per cent
of the steel producing capacity of this
country; that it could defend its po
sition even if the tariff were wiped
out; that it felt secure and "can take
care of itself from legislation, no matter
: what may arise."
Ghost f Corporation Ralwrd.
He said there was a shortage of steel
today, and that the corporation was "at
the helm." What he was afraid of, he
said, was that the steel corporation
would go out after the California
market.
"There goes the ghost of the corpora
tion again." Representative Palmer
said, scornfully. . K
"Do you think," Representative James
(Dem.) asked, "that the steel corpora
tion should be subsidized to the extent
you advocate, to enable the independ
. ents to do business?"
"I don't regard it is a subsidy."
W. VV. Chase, secretary of the White
Sewing Machine Company, said he un
derstood the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, with great plants abroad, was
interested In subsidiary lines, forestry,
r mining and so on. The Independents,
he said, would like to know the Inside
business plans of what he called the so
called "trust."
Democratic "Covenant" Cited.
Joseph- Auerbach. of New York, a
Ucmocrat, representing the metal ball
bearing interests, and protesting
against disturbance of. the present
tariff on ball bearings, referred to the
covenant of the Democratic party, in
revising the turiff on a revenue basis,
to consider the difference in the cost
of production here and abroad.
Representative Longworth, of Ohio
(Rep.), asked where he found any men
tion of such a covenant in the Demo
cratic platform or otherwise.
"I tind it everywhere," Mr. Auerbach
said, adding that he would cite utter
ances of the leaders.
Mr. Longworth read Into the record
a speech of Representative Harrison,
of New York, a Democratic member
of the ways, and means .committee,
which led Mr. Harrison to say he al
ways believed that "the question of
cost prices was more important than
the cost of production."
Steel grit, shot or' Iron sand, pig
iron, silverware, textile machinery,
guns and Jewelry were, among other
, matters in testimony.
lade-wood Bill Criticised.
John A. Topping, president of the Re
public Iron & Steel Company, of New
York, bitterly opposed the general pro
visions of the Underwood bill, passed by
the, lust Congress and used a a basis!
for the present revision of the tariff. '
, "The bill ifr objectionable on account
of Its inconsistency and ambiguity."
Topping said: "Business must be pro
tected from foreign competition; the
bill is discriminatory and unfair and
will disturb business because it favors
one class against another.'
Topping said that two standards
could not be maintained and that the
Underwood bill tended to work that
. evil.
"It is. a popular move against the
trusts." the wltnaas said. "No products
are made by the -trusts that ere riot
made by thousands of smaller inde
pendent companies. Besides the bill
' would seriously impair the payroll of
400,000 Iron and steel workers. The
employes of the United States Steel
Corporation are the best paid laborers
in the country and this fact should con
vince the committee of the fairness of
capital towards labor. Labor profits in
proportion to capital."
Chairman Underwood IriTerjected at
this point that the witness looked upon
the bill from a manufacturer's stand
point. (verament Arrdm Proanerltjr.
"Has It occurred to you," Topping re
turned, "that the Government's interest
is the people's interest and you can't
have revenue unless you have pros
perity? Tlte bill shuts off prosperity:
profits will be sacrificed, nd when you
Mr. Underwood said he was inclined
to think the iron and steel people could
take care of themselves.
Mr. Tppplng aroused members of the
committee considerably by his bitter
attacks on the Democratic tariff policy.
Not all the witnesses waiting to tes
tify on the metal schedule having been
bsard when, the committee adjourned
at midnight, it was decided to postpone
conclusion of the hearing on this
SALEM ATTORNEY APPOINTED
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SALEM, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.)
Walter E. iCeyes, who has re
ceived t;he appointment from Gale
S. Hill, of Albany, District Attor
ney, as deputy for Marlon Coun
ty, will hold one of the most re
sponsible deputyships in the
.state. Marion County has juris
diction for practically all state
cases -covering- election and initi
ative and referendum contests as
well as where all state officials
and hoards In their official ca
pacity must be sued.
Mr. Keyes has been practicing:
in Salem for a number of years.
He is a graduate of George
Washington University at Wash
ington, D. C, and is pne of the
Instructors in the law school of
Willamette College. He was for
some time associated with John
H. McNary, the Tetirlns District
Attorney, and also served as
City Attorney here.
schedule until after the hearings on the
other tariff schedules had been held.
MARCHERS PICK SPEAKERS
Montana- AVoman to Be Mouthpiece
on Trip to Washington.
HELENA, Mont., Jan. 11. Miss Jeai
ette Rankin, of Missoula, who has
charge of the .woman suffrage cam
paign In Montana during the session
of, the Legislature, announced her ac
ceptance today of the invitation to toe
the official speaker of the suffraigist
army which will march from New York
to Washington, preceding the inaugu
ration of President-elect Wilson.
The invitation came -from General
Rosalie Jones, who will lead the marchers.
BILL CURBSM0AN SHARKS'
Senate Adopts Report and House
Probably AYII1 Approve.
.WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The confer
ence report on the long-pending bill
regulating lending of money in the
District of Columbia, known as the
'loan shark bill," was adopted by the
Senate today without discussion. The
bill makes It a misdemeanor to charge
more than 12 per cent annually.
senator Curtis gave instances of
charges amounting to 372 per cent. It
believed the - House -will accept the
report.
GREAT :REMOVAI
Offers special values for this week. Chesterfield fine clothes for men, our
entire stock of fine furnishings for men, including Manhattan shirts and
Knox hats, are included in this great sale collars excepted at the follow-
ing great price reductions .
All Chesterfield Suits and
Overcoats on Sale It following great reductions:
$20,000 Values at $14.50 -
$25.00
$30.00
Values at $18.50
Values at $22.50
$35.00 Values at $25.50
$40.00 Values .at $28.50
All Manhattan Shirts on Sale
$1.50 Shirts at.,.."........., 31. IS"
$2.00 Shirts at. ... . . $1.40
$2.50 Shirts at. .
$3.00 Shirts at...
$1.90
$2.25
Any!
adies
luit ktoc?"rJust Half Price
$25 00 Values at $ 1 2.50
$30.00; Values at $ 1 S.OO
$35.00 Values at $17.50
$40.00 Values at $20.00
$50.00 Values' at $25.00
$60.00 Values at $30.00
Men's Fine Underwear
$1.00 Garments at 75$
$1.50 Garments at. .$1.15
$2.00 Garments at .$1.30
$2.50 Garments at $1.85
$3.00 Garments at $2.25
Special Prices on Men's
Fine Neckwear
50e Neckwear -at- .35
$1.00 Neckwear at 50
$1.50 Neckwear at 75
$2.00 Neckwear at $1.00
$2.50 Neckwear at. .$1.25
Special Sale on
MEN'S GLOVES
MEN'S HOSIERY
MEN'S NIGHT ROBES
AND PAJAMAS ;
Special Reductions on
KNOX Hats
$5.00 Knox at $3.75
$3.00 Knox Beacon at:.,. . $2.25
SPECIAL REDUCTIONS ON LADIES' PETTICOATS, SWEATER COATS, RAINCOATS; in fact, ever article in the entire
stock included in this Removal Sale at Greatly Reduced Prices. Selections still good.
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Future Home
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.005E LAY PLANS
Organization by Counties for
1914 Is Present Aim.
NAME FINANCE COMMITTEE
FREAK ROOT IS FOt-XO
LONG BEACH.
I llllilia 1
jllllllllill
Carlo na Formation That Reaem-
, blra Bird.
I ' ' Picked up on the beach at Long
I Beach, Wash., is the strange root
i shown in the accompanying; pho-
t tograph. Dr. Thompson Corbeth,
f of The Dalles, and Edwin Wer-
i lein. Jr., found the curiosity last
Summer, and it has been in tna
possession of the latter ever
since. causing considerable
amusement when shown to
friends. Almost to a degree does
it resemble some quaint bird.
Only one leg is missing to make
It a fine quadruped, with bushy
tail, and the weirdest of all back
legs. Two knots form Its eyes,
a short branch which was broken
off becomes its nose, and a little
tuft of .hair grows out at the
back of the head. Xo one seems
t able to tell what root It is.
Woman to Have Charge of Bureaus
or Cliild labor, Popular Gov
ernment, Cost of Living and
Other Branches..
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. "Straight out
nniitical organization, throughout the
United States" Is to be the watchword
of the Progressive National Committee
for the next two years. So says a
statement issued In New York at the
elose of a two-days' session of the ex
ecutive committee.
"The first objective," says the state
ment, "is the organization of the Pro
gressive party in every county and
Congressional district throughout the
country for nominating county tickets
for the election of 1914 and making
an effective Congressional campaign
in that year."
The statement adds that provision
was made for the perpetuation of va
rinn. rcimmittees. including the leg
islative reference committee, whicaJ
will endeavor to instruct State Legis
latures "in the dissemination and co
ordination of Progressive measures."
Futnre Confereneea Outlined.
As to plans for Progressive meetings
in the near future, the statement says:
"A great conference of five states is
to be held in St. Paul on January 24,
at which the organization of the party
in the States of Minnesota, Michigan,
Wisconsin. North Dakota' and South
Dakota will be represented and plans
discussed for extending its. work. At a
later date-a-conference will be held in
Iowa at which representatives from
all parts of the state will be present
and work of organisation In that state
will be thoroughly discussed. A sim
ilar meeting will be held in Kansas,
where the Progressives will be for
mally organized as a party."
Woman to Hold Bureau.
Miss Frances A. Kellor, with head
quarters in New York, will have charge
of the committee on education, which
comprises the bureaus on child labor,
popular government, social and indus
trial Justice, cost of living and other
divisions of the Progressive campaign
work.
Permanent headquarters will be
maintained here, and O. K. Davis will
continue as director of the publicity
bureau. The organization work will
be in charge of Walter Brown, of Ohio.
The committee provided for com
pleting the work of the finance com
mittee and Elon H. Hooker, chairman,
announced the appointment of the fol
lowing committee to assist him: George
C. Priestly, Oklahoma; Charles S. Bird.
Massachusetts; August Hecksher, New
York; Charles Henry Davis, Massachu
setts: H. D. Bngltsh, Pennsylvania;
Qeorge F. Porter, Illinois, and Arthur
L. Garford. Ohio.
WAR'S RENEWAL PROBABLE
-(Continued From First Pace.)
plains the powers did not keep their
word that even the war should not
change the status quo in the Balkans,
the powers were able to answer that
the fault was Turkey's which for 34
years found no way to put Into effect
article 22 of the Berlin treaty,- con
cerning refornis in European Turkey.
The note practically amounts to
nothing more Ahan advice.
The -Turkish delegation openly de
clares it knows the porte will not be
moved by the powers' note, and will
answer with stronger refusals than
heretofore.
The allies a're becoming impatient
with Inaction. Some desire a more res
olute attitude and remark that after
the untlmatum of January 3, It is un
dignified to remain In London more
than a week without making deeds fol
low words. ,
Sofia Impatient, Too. "
The feeling in Sofia favors the recall
of the delegates, but some are inclined
to remain a few days, awaiting the ef
fect of the powers' note.
Roumania demands continue to be
the uppermost topic of interest. M.
Joneeu, the Roumanian Minister of the
Interior, whose wife is English, has
learned that public opinion is against
Roumania and that that country's ac
tion is regarded in the nature of black
mail, which, if persisted In, must mean
war with Bulgaria In the near future
M. Jonescu is understood to have re
ceived this impression also from a con
versation with Sir Edward Grey today.
The Bulgarians declare unhesitating
ly that if Roumania puts the knife to
her throat now she will pay dearly
for It in the future.
A Sofia dispatch says that Roumania
has received energetlcTepresentatlons
from Great Britain and Russia, which
has decided hev not to cross the bor
der, as she was prepared to do.
FRUIT LOSS MOUNTS
CONVICTS FLEE IN AUTO
TWO MURDERERS AVD THIEF
LEAVE JOLIET PRISOX.
Men. Are Seen by Farmer Disputing
as " to Route Chicago Police
Are Watching Roads.
JOLIET, 111., Jan. 11. Three convicts
escaped from ,ihe state penitentiary
here today and are thought to be on
the way to Chicago In a stolen automo
bile. Two of the men were serving sen
tences for murder. They were seen two
hours after their escape, In the stolen
car, speeding north along the road
eight miles from JolleL The convicts
were lh their prison garb. The farmer
who saw them and telephoned the
prison officials here, said the men had
stopped the car and were standing in
it, disputing aoout the route.
The convicts are Sigmund Brosche, 4o
years old, serving a life term for mur
der; Stephen Ayers, 45 years old, serv
ing a 14-year term for murder, and Ed
win Sheldon, 42 years old, serving an
Indeterminate sentence for larceny. All
were sentenced from cook county
(Chicago). Illinois.
The men were employed in the prison
garage to care for the cars of several
prison officials. They were not missed
until afternoon rollcall and then had
been gone half -an hour. Chicago police
are waiting for the men at all roads
into-the city.
Elbert HuHhard Fined, Paroled.
BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 11. Elbert
Hubbard, of East Aurora, indicted on
six counts by the Federal grand jury
fpr sending improper matter through
the malls in his magazine, pieaaeo
guilty before Judge Hazel today and
was fined J100 on one count. Sentence
will be suspended during good be.ha"ior
on the other Ave counts.-
California Interests Out Total
of. $35,000,000.
RAILROADS ALSO SUFFER
Fruitgrowers Bear More Than Half
of Burden, lint Shippers and
Refrigerators Are HitVege
table . Crop Hurt.
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. (Special.)
The first official figures compiled
by- the -Santa Fe, Salt Lake, and South
ern Pacific Railroads concerning the
monetary loss occasioned by last week's
cold snap in Southern California were
announced today.
The figures show that the loss ex
ceeds the estimates first made.
The figures do not Include numerous
Incidental losses sustained, for in
stance, by box manufacturing concerns
in the cancellation of orders for fruit
crates and boxes. They show only the
approximate loss to growers, shippers
and carriers. The figures follow:
, Cancellation orders eliminate the use
of 30,500 cars for the movement of the
fruit crop.
Loss to shippers estimated at $4,792,
000. .
Loss to fruitgrowers estimated at
$19,169,880. - . . ... .-
Loss to Southern Pacific, Santa Fe
and Salt Lake railroads estimated at
$9,765,000.
These are official fieures cotnniled ,n
the South by special railroad agents
whose sole duty consisted of gathering
data on the damage.
The Pacific Fruit Express loss, in re
frigeration will be $384,745.
The Southern Pacific loses on move
ments east of Chicago alone $1,441,200.
The reports declare that only a small
portion of the fruit is free of frost,
and that the damage to the young and
matured trees will be found to be tre
mendous. The losses sustained by the railroads
and producers through damage to veg
etables Is also estimated at a total of
$436,000.
Thus the total loss in round figures
is probably not less than $35,000,000.
There is, some talk of asking the Leg
islature now in session to pass some
measures by which orange growers
may be financially assisted by the
state until they can recoup their losses.
the song "Illinois" will be rendered as
a solo. The committee which has the
programme In charge Is as follows:
John S. Rohrer, chairman, J. M. Jordan,
Miss Glendora Stewart, Dr. Maude Tan
ner, Mrs. M. A. Foley. . Refreshments,
consisting of cider and gingerbread,
will be served.' No admittance will' be
charged "and all rdrmer residents of
Illinois are Invited to attend.
Illinois Society to Meet.
The Illinois Society will hold a meet
ing Tuesday, January 14, beginning at
8 P. M., in the parlors of the Portland
Hotel. W. T. Vaughn, a former resi
dent of Illinois, will give an address
on "Illinois and Her Sons." J. S. Ham
ilton, who is a veteran of the Civil
War, will speak of "Illinois Soldiers."
Another feature will be a pictorial trip
from Chicago to Cairo, shown upon a
screen. There will be several excellent
musical numbers by a male quartet and
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