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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 8, 1915. men art working. If the men would accept, for the time being, a. wage of I3.3S a day the plant could be running lo f uIL "We tu't by legislation or other arttflelal means, set away rrom tne axiom that tha erica of any commodity la fixed by tha law of auppiy ana at I man d. Tbla applies to tha farm whera moat of our wealth cotnaa from aa wall aa to labor. "Walking delegalea. representing obIt S Dcr cant of our labor popu latlon. ara boay promoting municipal employment and minimum ware, but wa never have known tnera to turnian i employment to anyone excepting to Unfair banner carrier. "I appreciate our nobis men ana rood women working to aolre this problem, but sympathy often la waited when practical Duatneaa raeas wouia brine results." ONE IN COMPLETE CHARGE ith.r cui. h.vmg city ma.- I II lilfflr BDQ Will wirmw w . the plan incorporated la the Portland municipal government. CITY MANAGER FOR PORTLAND ADVISED S. Benson Declares Saving of . $1000 a Day Can Be Made by System. f-tadc-nt of Municipal Conditions .aja llistwCrade -Slats Should Be tmpkjjcd. Polnc Away With Commission Rale Form. GUNNERS SET HIGH RECORD trontlftne-1 Krora Flrt Pace.) keen competition existed between the crews of the first and engineer divi sions of the Naval Militia for cham- plonahip of tha state. - Easts Dyer's Dlvtalaa Vlrter. It had been announced by Adjutant- General White, who was aboard dur ing tha shooting;, that the winning division would be given to tha crew ..J X . t r.- . . . t ... - . .V fci y - , x k i v- w V -.- r X cltr manager Is proposed by 8. Benson In placa of the preeent com mission form of government aa a means of providlnr -more erricienry ana expense la tha administration of city At a recent public meeting at tbe City Hall. Mr. Bensoa gave utterance to tha remark that ha could save lieoo a day If allowed to operate the city's business as ha would handle a private enterprise. At this time It waa accepted Kla atatement. however, waa chal lenged by hla skeptical friends and ha hrvmn an Investigation to determine h.ih.r ha would be able to "back tin ht declaration. "I find, upon only a casual examina tion." said Mr, Benson la.t night "that I could aave at leaat 11000 a day. I ii!v actually, that I could save that much.1 -How could von do ltf was. of course, a natural Inquiry. tlva Mayer Xet Wanted. -Well In the ftret place. Td get rid f tha oresent form of government that arovidea. theoretically, a Mayor and four Commissioners, but that gives nm rul!T. rive Msyors. "Oh. than you'd return to tbe archaic system of Councilroaolc government. ehr- "By no means. That would be worse vet. No. I d place a alngla Individual In complete charge of tha whole city. llo'd ha responsible for everytning. Success or failure would depend upon him. I'd have a city manager tha aame as they have in a number of enterpris ing- cities in the tt Mr. Benson saya that he has given the city manager system considerable study. He believes tnat it is xne oei way of handling a city's affairs if the right manager is aelectea. "flow would you select your man' be waa asked. "WelL tn the first place. Td have a small board of four or five clllxens elected to serve without pay as tha di rect representatives of the people. They would not bo required to give any working time to the city's affairs. But they would hire tha city manager. They would be empowered to go outalda tha city. If necessary, to get the right man. High Typ Maa Jleeded. I m.winjr highest score. The honors "Such a man would be worth at I were carried away by tha first division least lie.eoe. and maybe lli.voo or fio.-I commanded bv Enatgn oyer. 04 a year. In fact 1 know men who I Today'a firing marked tha climax of wonld ba worth 125.000 a vear. I would 1 tha couraa of Instruction given the mi expect a man of tha J. P. O'Brien, or lltiamen on their annual cruise which the y. T. Griffith or the C. C Colt started from Portland July it. and type a maa who has been eminently took tbe men to San Francisco and back tirw a f n 1 In hla AWflft business. I tA this DOrt- "Tae city manager abould have com- Many of tha men had never engaged plete charge of everything fir and In gun work before, and the militia, as police bureaus, lefal. health, street a whole, had never before used such cleaning and all other bureaus, aa well large guns. Under the direction of In- aa the audltlner department. Oflatructor MeClure. asatated by Lleuten course, he would have to hire compe-lant Bovnton and others of the regular tent heads of each department the I Navy, the crews were worked Into shape same as tha general manager ot any with today s shoot as ine climax in other big enterprise haa to do." I sight and the National honors as the Mr. Benson Is convinced tnat sucn a i chief Incentive. form of municipal government would Tonight tha men were allowed to go aave the city from 1:30.000 to 1300.000 sshore at Port An galea for the first a year and upward. time. Tha mllltla'a band played a con He explained last night that hla in- Cert and there was a general eelebra- vesttgatlone of tbe last few days nad tlon. In tha evening tha Oregon Ml covered only a few departments. uilm. was joined by part ot the Wash- "But that waa enougn to snow meiinc(on militiamen, who came from Se- tnac mere la a terrioie waate in aimosi attle on tha cruiser Vlcksburg. every channel of the city a activity. jbe Albany will sail Sunday morning ine auauor nimsen win me m n i for Portland, arriving there Alonaay mi an expense ot vvvuv )w init i afternoon. rouia be eliminated under a mora em clent system of government. Meats remad la Maay riaeea. "There la a whole tot of needlesa ex pense In the water bureau and the ad' ministration of tha health bureau causes terrible waate. Mr. Benson Insists that tha eommla- aiola form of government Is not at fault In the alleged extravagances now practiced at the City HalL "It la an Ideal system."' ha saya. "and far ahead of the old-fashioned and bunglesoraa aystem that we used to have. No. I certainly would not turn to tha old system. It would be worse then the present. "The trouble is we don't get the right Ijs'arew Klver." loners under the commission form. W pay 1000 and 15000 a year respectively to those officers and wa don't get 1(000 or XjOOO men. Mr. Benson. In connection with hit numerous other philanthropic efforts. SALE DELAY IS TOLD MrMenefee Testifies as to His Own Salary. 1911 DEBT PUT AT $23,000 Stock Inability at Time or Develop ment of Lfglstnlne; Oiange-MaVer Estimated at $33.784 Man ufacture la Related. Continued From Flrt PS. tention to the various rises -In tha sale price of tha company's stock, and the reasons for them. Up to the time Allen Todd waa re lieved aa manager of the company. and ha took hla place, Mr. Menefee said. Todd had sold about 1400 shares at par value of $10 a share. - After he took charge, until December . 1910. about most of our dlea still to make. At the time I didn't know as much about dies and dle-maklng as I do now. But my superintendent told me then that with our dlea made we could manufac ture 1000 machines that year." "Were you relying . on Information received from your superintendent?" "Tea, sir. I was." ' Overissue Is Dealcd. "At the time of the last rise," Mr. Menefee continued, "tbe comapny stock, including 20.000 shares still held as collateral, was practically 2000 shares oversubscribed not overissued." "Tell tbe court and jury about the difficulties you had up to the time you began to manufacture. In placing ma chines on. the market." directed Mr. Cake. Two expert mechanics. White and Bulllngton, bad alnce the Summer of 1911 been working on this six-bank cashier, aald Mr. Menefee. "When tbe machine was delivered from the factory," he went on. "there were a number of features In which we found changes would have to be made. "At the time. Bulllngton and White were a little jealous of each other. Mr. Bulllngton resigned March. 1912. Im mediately on the completion of the ma chine, fio when the machine was sent back to the factory for correction, the work Mr. Bullington had done went to Mr. White for correction. laststaaee oa Change Cited. "White had also developed the prop osition of paying in the lesst number of coins. This machine did not pay in JURY THAT IS HEARING EVIDENCE IN UNITED STATES CASHIER COMPANY TRIAL IN FEDERAL JLDUE BEASTS tUUKl. 1 Aids to Health and Comfort Tilings That You Really Need Prices You Can Well Afford Elastic Bandages Made to your order of any v kind, color or' ' shade in our. own factory. These are the best and cheap est made any where. Expert men and women fit ters. Come and see. There's Real Comfort In a properly designed, well fitting Truss. You know the distressing, discouraging feel ing of a rupture not properly held. Our litters are experts (men and women). Single Truss SI. 00 Double Truss S1.60 Homeopathic This department.' on the merzanlne floor, has the only complete stock of Homeopathic Remedies In the Northwest. Registered homeopathic pharmacist in charge. J. B. L. Cascades Sold on ' Small Monthly Payments. s 4,.! -T fZZ' yf .aaUA k aaattaWjaLAassssW fcal . Wt ' Ills' Jjt''-- ; awaWoaa-l Maaawaa a., MaasaaW V j - . V" -V '"!! "J T.p Raw. Left t. RlghVllll. D. A Hard. Corse T. Praetker, George D. M cG raw, William Flemlaa-, D. L"h ad j.rJ Eaa. Bat tarn Bsw-Truk Dalies, Harry Fraacle, M. C Bresalcr, J. D. Kelly, ii. l Kelly ana link Camll. GERMANS' PRESS ADVANCE (Continued Krora First Psse. and Von Gallwitx have, after atubborn fighting, broken the realstanoa of the enemy near Lomxa and the mouth ot the River Bug. "Tha total results of tha fighting from August 4 to August amount to tS officers and mora than 14.200 men being taken prisoners. Six cannon, eight bomb throwera and 4 machine gune alao were captured. "The troops tnveatlng isovogeorg- levsk have penetrated as far as the Rasa la aa Driven Oat by Storm. "Between tha Bug and Vistula the German troops stormed the enemy posi tions near Ruskowola. southeast of Lubartow and northeast of Lentscbna and forced tha enemy to evacuate his has dona much to solve the unemploy- poaittons there." meat problem and his study of rounlct- Petrograd reports today that Jfovo pal affairs waa due to his activity In georglevsk. notwithstanding Its Invest that direction. He ia a thorough die- m.nt n three aides, atlll has railroad believer in tha plan proposed by a num ber of well-meaning people for the unemployed. He believes in furnish' Ine them employment but only at pre vailing rates of labor. Care far Idle Xet Favared. -The city or public," ho saya. "should alwaya care for Its destitute communication to the southeast through Nowy Dwor and Tablona. The former town is Immediately across the Bug River at tha Junction of the Vistula. The fortress presents a seri ous obstacle to tha Germans. Cersaaas Farced Bark. Toward Mltaa. In tha vicinity ot the Baltic capital citisena who ara 111. too old or too of Riga tha Germans have been forced young to work. Thla Is a moral obll- I back toward Mltau. . The Teutons ap cation that wa should not shirk, yet I near for tha time being to have aban- eociety does not owe thla aama obli-1 donad their efforts In the direction of gation to the ablebodied young man. I Riga and intend, instead, to prevent Nociety should seek only to provide such men with profitable employment. -To furnish shelter and food for able-bodied men who are not willing to work la to encourage Idleness. If not crime. We know now that every man could go Into tha country and ae- cure work right now. The farmers are arourlng the land for men at reason able but not extravagant wages. "Our real cause for unemployment and owersupply of Jabor ta tha artifi cial and forced price of labor now pre vailing. Thla price haa driven many Industries to Idleness and haa left hundrede of Idle men in the community besides attracting other flanking of their positions from tbe direction of Ponlewesch. Nevertheless, It Is expected In Petrograd that Riga will be tha scene of an early renewal of activities. AUTO RACER IS KILLED (Continued From First Pe. hither. This condition slso leads to extravagance In living and Is largely responsible for the so-called "high prl-e of living.' -We have tried legislative enact menu, we have tri?d the Initiative and we have tried alngla tax aa well aa various other wsys of lifting ourselves up by our bootstraps, but we are all the time getting ourselves deeper In the mire when it cornea to solving the un employed problem. Moderate Wage Eapaaacd. I do not favor the plan proposed by some to give all the men who are willing to work employment part of the time at full wagea or at a mini seconds, at tha rata of 90.01 mllee per hour. This was the fastest century of a tOO-mlle race ran that day. but that contest. Ilka todsjra. went to Reata. CooDer. In an American car. lougni n strangers lout today with the Italian throughout to the aeugnt oi a large crewa. Oldfleld had been unaoie to adjust carburetor trouble and did not con sider himself a real contender when he started. The finish: First Darlo Rests. SI:S4; 10I.U. Second Earl Cooper. St:I4: 101.41. Third Bob Hurman. 1:01:31; J5.i. Fourth Barney Oldfield (flagged at rot lee). Jackson County Fair Planned. MEDFORD. Or. Aug. T. (Special) The annual Jackson County Fslr will be held September a. 1. 10 and 11. ana ( n - t n t to A t rf r rm will h a mum of SI a day. 1 would prefer to r..urn to lhe old-fashioned type, Local see these industries that cannot run hr- ,.. laraa auDoliea of soil nrod- at the full scale to pay what they can and offer work to everyone. I believe thla would not only go far toward fur nishing work for tha Idle but would stimulate trade and Industry aa well. - "I have In mind now a concern em ploying In normal times 140 men at aa aversge wage of 11.53 a day. The Slant la virtually closed. Only a fear ucta. fat pigs and sleek cows ana horses will be special features, while the motor races, aeroplane flights and bucking contests of recent years will be abandoned. dills Is to hava a foondrv fnr tha manip ulation ef the raw material that eomta trem 1 Solitlaa tin mlaaa, three months, ha testified, $10 remained the sale price. "At the time you aold at 10. did the company owe money T" questioned Mr. Cake. Debt a Patents Testified. "Tes." said tha witness, "under David son and Todd. It hadn't paid expenses. It owed for patents and had other debts." ' . By December C he went on. the stock sales had been Increased from 1400 to approximately 14,100 shsres. -On December s. what condition wss tij enmnanv in?" -WalL It was making considerable progress. It had paid soma on Its notes, tha first S25.000 had been paid In on Ita patents, the Bllyeu machine was about finished ana we naa got iwr in a mechanical way on development of the models. This progress, he testified, seemed to Justify a rise to til a share. The next rise was made in February, 111. to 413 a share, he said. Mr. uene fee went on to testify that in the mean time demonstrationa of tha Bllyeu ma chine were made In many banks, de partment atores and the lika "These demonstrations," he explained, "to our mind showed the commercial practica bility of the machine." Saeeesa of Machine la Slows. "What was your reason for so gen erally demonstrating the machine?" -To begin with. I and Mr. LMonn, our sales manager, wanted to see how tha machine was received and thought of. We showed the Bllyeu cashier, out of which grew the present . macnine beine- manufactured by tha Interna tlonal Money Machine Company, which waa demonatrated in court." "Did tha demonstrations not only show tha commercial possibilities of the machine, but also demonstrate to you that the machine was a success?" -"That la absolutely true. We showed In big banks and department stores along the Coast, and received a fine reception. Everybody waa enthusi astlc about It." Debt ta 111 Estimated at When In February, 1911. stock was raised to $ IS a share, the company had made still further progress and then had approximately si.ooo shares out standing, said Mr. Menefee. 'How much rise would that be in your capital, that is in money?" Mr. Menefee replied that the sale of these 39,000 ahares represented 9383, 000. and that the company had de creased lta lndebtedneaa. "Leaving out the patent indebted ness," he explained, "the company was Indebted then only about 921,000." He told of the next rise, to 315, on July l. lii. . "Our etockrfcltablllty at that time had increased t t&5.94 In shares," said he. "Wa had developed the - lightning change maker and had made progress in the currency machine and the com puting machine." . Last Rlae Made to 930. "What was the company's condition when stock waa raiaed to 20, about November 1, 1911?" Mr. Menefee said -the company had then been running a plant all Summer, and had begun removal to Its own fsctory at Kenton. Experts had been added to the factory force, he added. "Wa made our next and last rise, to 930 a share, February 1. 1912." aaid the witness.- "What was known aa the eix bank cashier was already in tbe metal, tha first model of It, and we had under way six of these machines. "They were finished in March," he went on, "and we expected the machine to be fully standardised then so we could begin actual manufacturing from theae pattern machines." Mr. Cake Inquired If dies had been made for manufacturing the parts of the machines. Dte Maaofactare Explained. Tou-can only make dies when your first machines have been made." ex plained the witness. "These machines, however, were made almost entirely by band. I want It to be understood, however, that considerable die making was going on then. We made the dies aa we went along." "If you had bad dies, with your equipment, how many machines could you have'gotten out?" "Wa had practically as much ma chinery to make dies as they have at tha plant in Teire Haute of tha Inter national Money Machine Company." said Mr. Menefee. "Of course, we had the least number ot coins. In order to accomplish this in the machine, and on account of some difficulty In the Bullington ejectors. White Insisted on changing them. "All these changes." continued the witness, "made other changes neces sary. And then Mr. White wanted to go still further and in place of the six bank adding machine 'attachment, put on a regulation nine-bank adding ma chine. Mr. White, in changing the whole design and putting on a standard adding machine, held the cashier up for a full vear. "It was not ready until the following year. White practically rebuilt the whole machine. "Could you have sold those first ma chines before Whites revisionr Perfectloa Stand Is Repeated. "Yes. but we were working for a nerfect machine." said Mr. Menefee. "Wa could have sold that one with few changes." Mr. Menefee then told of placing an order in December, 1912. with the fac tory for 100 machines, of which 86 were delivered, and later of 300. "What was the result of . the new machine?" "Or course there was quite an im provement." "Were you urging the company along in this matter of manuiacturing; "I certainly was. I did all I could do. I waa at the factory every day figuring with the ' engineers, putting in all the men we could use to advan tage, looking after the machines and the like." Mr. Cake then had the witness dem onstrate the two machines, and the changes made by Mr. White in the sec ond one. He then told of defects found to exist in It that necessitated still further delay. One of these defects, he explained, was that the "dash pot," or oil gover nor, had been made too small. This dash pot. he said, controlled tne speea of the machine, and the result of the defect waa that the machine colud be operated 90 times a minute with suc cess, but that when a speed of 115 times a minute was attempted, the oil would be exhausted, control of the ma chine lost, the parts instead of work ing In order did not do so, and the ma chine would not operate. "Development of the dash pot was an engineering process, and the mis take in making it too small was un avoidable," he said. "The machine worked all right until too high a speed was tried." Nine of the machines were sold, he said, and 45 put out on trial. In some places there had been trouble from overspeedlng, but other purchasers, in cluding the Meier & Frank Company and the Union Meat Company, whicn had not over-speeded, had found the machines entirely satisfactory, Mr. Menefee testified. Wltneases from the Meier & iTank Company and from the Union Meat Company put on by the defense Fri day had previously verified this part of Mr. Menefee's testimony, rney saia the machines had (Tiven entire satis faction in making out payrolls. Good Faith Is Testified. "When you found defects In the White Cashier." asked Mr. Cake, "did you go ahead to remedy those defects?" Yes, said Mr. Menefee, Me went on to detail that when Mr. White's con tract expired In August 1913, he re signed, but that Robert Broeckman. his head draughtsman, and Alex Sorum, his chief experimental man, be gan making the necessary corrections, which took a great deal of time but were not extensive. 'Did you prosecute all these correc tions in good faith?" "Absolutely. They didn't come up to our idea of the perfect machine." When you removed the factory to Terra Haute, you finally had the per fect machine?" "Yes, we did." , "During the three years of work. did you push the machine known as the bank caanier earnestly ana vigorously?" Over-Expeetatlen la Hhowa. "The only fault found with me by the engineering department," said Mr. Menefee. "was that I wanted them to do too much. I was In such a hurry to get results." 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MAE SHALL 4-700 -HOME A 6171 Free! 10 stamps with all tee cream or soda pur chases in our Tea Room or at the Soda Fountain from 2 P. M. until wo close at 9. sentations of big dividends made In the advertisements?'.' he asked. "Well, if we had succeeded In putting the machines successfully on tne mar ket, those dividends were the probabil ities of the machines." He said he had looked up the history of the Bur roughs Adding Machine Company and other corporations the stock of which had brought In great dividends. "It seemed to me then, and it seems to me yet," he said, "that this ma chine when placed on the market will be in the same class as those." "Were the difficulties you encoun tered in placing the machines on the market anticipated by your Anticipation Idea Is Denied. "No. If I had, I think I would have backed up at the start." He testified that much money was spent in preparing for the manufac ture of the machines, and that the company's plant was complete in every respect. "We put in everything our engineers and mechanics asked for," he added. Mr. Cake asked Mr. Menefee about representations as to assets and liabil lties of the -company, which the Gov eminent had produced evidence to show were untrue. "In those matters," said Mr. Menefee, "I depend on the bookkeeping depart ment. I depend a great deal on Mr. Gloyd, treasurer of the company. never checked the statements present ed to me, but relied on the bookkeepers and on Mr. Gloyd as to their correct ness." What have you to say about the stock liability that the Government has declared should have been included In the company's liabilities?" Stock Liability la Contradicted. "Stock is not a liability of the com pany, replied Mr. Meneiee with ve hemence. "There Is no such thing as stock liability. If you make a state ment to the bank, they want to know what you owe, and what you have to pay it with. 'Stockholders cannot demand tneir money back. A stook certificate is a statement of the stockholder's owner ship in what the company owns, not of what the company owes him. In case of liquidation of the company, whatever the company owns after its debts have been paid is divided pro rata among tne stockholders. In our statements we de clared the debts of tha concern, and the amount of money we had to do things with. "There never was reason to question the stock liability of the company, and there is no reason now, for there is no such thing." "What about the omission of imma ture! agents' commissions from the lia bilities, to which Mr. House has testi fied for the Government?" "Whatever was left out of the liabil ities in agents' commissions I am cer tain was inadvertent on the part of Mr. Gloyd," said Mr. Menefee. ' He had charge of the collections, and knew about that part of it. I didn't check up his statements. - "He also Inadvertently left out 997, 000 In assets, consisting of blue prints of our machines, which were Invaluable to us." Defense Introduces Letter. What about the advertisements?" I was a sort of 'all-around boy,' looking after the factors', the general management and the progress of the company. I didn't pay much attention to the advertisements," said the witness. A letter written by Mr. uioyd April 11, 1913, to W. B. Plttman, or Jos An geles, was Introduced by the defense to show that Mr. Gloyd, who has testi fied for the Government, that Mr. Mene fee handed him the financial statement In which assets and liabilities are al leged to have been incorrect, Deuevea in the machines as much as anyone in the company, and. that he himself spoke of the big dividends that would be paid. The letter contained figures to show that dividends of 10 per cent on 14 times the par value of the stock could be expected in a few years. A feature of Friday's trial session was the success of United States Attor ney Reames in having N. C. Oviatt, with whose Payograph machine some of the patent claims of the present Interna tional Money Machine Cashier are in conflict, demonstrate his machine to the Jury. It did all that the cashier ma chine, demonstrated the day before by E. C. Baker, former auditor of the United States Cashier Company, had done. RATE RELIEF OPEN Railways Can Prevent Grain Movement Blockade. STATE COMMISSIONS TO AID Gillaltan Clan Holds Hcunlon. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) The fifth annual reunion of the Gillahan clan was held Wednesday at the Clarke County Fairgrounds. There were 90 In attendance. R. H. Gillahan, 67 years old. was the eldest present. Pitching horseshoes '.Was the chief amusement for the men. The women served a big dinner at noon. Adjourn ment was taken until the first Wednes day in August, 1916 Oregon and Wasfiington In Favor of Pernilttlnjr an Emergency Tariff for Shipments Bound East. Farmers In the Northwest will have no trouble this year In securing trans portatlon facilities for the movement of their grain to market, despite the war situation, which has raised the rates on all steamship charters. If it is impossible to send the cereal over the accustomed routes out of Portland and Puget Sound, It will be possible to send it eastward for ship ment from Montreal and New York. The Oregon Public Utilities Commis sion and the Washington Public Serv ice Commission respectively notified the grain shippers yesterday that they will not stand In the way of a res toration of normal rates in the event the railroads find it necessary to re ducenbe eastbound rates this year to handle the crops. While the railroads themselves have made no request for a reduction of the eastbound rates, it is possible that they will be forced to take such action 'in tha event a blockade of the movement is threatened against the Pacific Coast. Tf tha railroads are forced to lane such action they will need only to file their proposed rates with the Inter state Commerce Commission. The state commissions would h.ve no Jur isdiction whatever. Rut in the event the raiiroaas wouia seek to restore the existing rates after the emergency had been met, the state commissions would have power to In tervene to prevent the restoration. Shippers Make Appeal. Realising this situation, ex -Governor Miles C. Moore, of Walla vvaua, ana other wheat 1 shippers, appealed last week to tbe two state commissions ask ing them whether they would waive their rights to intervene in such an emergency. The Washington commis sion, it is reported, gave Governor Moore to understand that they would waive such rights. Tha Oresron commission wouia maxe no written promise, but gave the ship pers every assurance that they would not seek to prevent tha rate restora tions. "We certainly would consider tha subject in a business-like way," said the Oregon commission, "and would not do anything unreasonable." While all these negotiations have been going on between the shippers and the state commissions the railroads have not seen fit to act. "1 see no reason for a diversion of wheat eastbound," Bald R. N. Miller, traffic manager of the O.-W. R. &. N. Company, yesterday. "I understand that the Pacific Coast exporters al ready have chartered as much If not more tonnage for wheat than they had chartered at this same time last year. And this in spite of the fact that the charter rates are a great deal higher. "If the war blockade prevents the entire crop from moving through the Portland and Fuget Sound ports the carriers may seek relief by reducing the rates so that the grain can move to New York or other Atlantic: ports. Until such an emergency arises I don't think the carriers-will attempt any re ductions." Rates Reduced Once. The railroads some time ago reduced the rate on wheat from all North Pa cific Coast points to Chicago to permit movement of some of the old crop eastward. A considerable quantity of grain has moved under this rate, but most of It was intended for domestio consumption. None of It went abroad. It is estimated by the local carriers that reductions as sought by the ship pers will have to be very substantial If they are to force the grain eastward. The present rate, it is pointed out, is lower via New York than via Portland or Tacoma. It will take a material cut in the rate, it is believed, to turn the movement, and it la considered prob lematical whether the carriers will be willing to grant a heavy cut unless it be to keep the grain from remaining on the ground. It is also pointed out that the East ern wharves and warehouses were con gested last year with the wheat that naturally moves that way. If the West ern crop is added to this it is believed that the Eastern ports will have ex treme difficulty in handling It. VALLEY GRAIN YIELD BIG Oregon . City Reports Say Previous Harvests Are Eclipsed. ' OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) The North Willamette Valley grain yield will be larger this year than ever, according to reports which have been received here from all parts of Marlon and Clackamas counties. Threshing began about ten days ago, and those operating machines report that the yields have avergaed about 70 to SO per cent larger than usual. The acreage is about double the amount sown in grain last year. The Summer showers, which delayed the hay harvest and in some esses even spoiled the crop altogether, were Ideal for grain growing. Few oat fields have been harvested, but the yield is considered good. Summer Suggestions For Baby's Mother Seasonable Advice on the Health of Children in Hgt Weather. No one requires as much food In Summer as in Winter. Do not over feed children during the hot weather. Serve only the lighter and more easily digested foods, and make sure the bowels keep normally active. Mont of the troubles to which chil dren seem particularly susceptible in Summer have tneir origin in a con stipated condition. The first care of the mother should be to see that the children are regular. yAt the first sign of a disposition to neglect this important function a mild laxative should be administered promptly. Cathartics and . purgatives should never be given children, as they are harsh and violent in their action and tend to upset the entire system. The combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, sold in drug stores under the name ot Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is now very generally used to correct stomach and bowel trouble and Is especially adapted for children, being pleasant to the taste, mild and - gentle In action and free from opiate or- narcotic drugs- of any .' description. A dosq at bedtime brings relief next morning In an easy, natural manner, without griping or other discomfort. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is sold in drug stores for fifty cents a bottle. It has been on the market for a quar ter of a century and is today the standard household remedy In count less homes throughout the country. A free trial bottle can be obtained by writing to Dr. w. tx Caldwell. 453 Washington St.; Monticeiio, 111.