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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLATTD, JUNE 30, 1918.
LOOK
Colonel Hofer Impressed by
Unusual Conditions Exist
t ing Throughout East.
ALL CROPS ARE PROMISING
Salem Man Says East Vies With
West in Determination to
Wage World War to Suc
cessful Finish.
Colonel E. Hofer has Just returned
from two months spent in New York
and Eastern cities. He is enthusiastic
about the outlook for the largest crops,
with the exception of potatoes and some
kinds of fruit, that have ever been pro
duced in the history of our country.
"Leaving New York for the "West one
rides through continuous expanse of
grain fields, and New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio present the same ap
pearance that one finds ordinarily in
the unbroken grain fields of the West
ern wheat states," said Mr. Hofer.
Wheat and corn acreage are enormous,
while in . every city and village are
eigns of the war garden, vegetables be
ing grown even on the cinder heaps in
the back yards of the Chicago stock
yards district.
"Potato patches are small, and I did
not see a single field of potatoes ex
cept market gardens near some large
cities. In Colorado's great spud sec
tor about Greeley were fields planted
to potatoes not up yet but not near the
usual acreage. There were such tre
mendous losses on potatoes last year
from freezing and lack of cars and bad
marketing conditions that farmers
sowed wheat on which they have no
great outlay for manual labor, the crop
being made with machinery. The same
causes worked to cut down Gugar beet
acreage, and of the 100 sugar beet fac
tories west of Lake Michigan possibly
five or ten per cent will not operate,
due to labor shortage on the farms.
Farmers Well Satisfied.
"I talked with at least a hundred
farmers In various parts of the East
and West and all admitted that as a
class the farmers had no cause for com
plaint, economic or political, and were
not attracted to the new farmer politi
cal movement originating in North Da
kota. They admitted that they were
getting about as much for a steer as
they used to get for a good draft horse;
a fat hog brings more than a steer used
to bring, and a sheep sells for as much
as a fat hog formerly; while corn sells
for nearly double the pri;e they used
to get for wheat.
"One Nebraska rancher who has two
boys in the Army and wants to go hlm
eelf, said many of the grain growers
in his state and Colorado last year paid
for their farms, bought at $15 to $25
per acre, out of a single grain crop.
Contrast that, he said, with the con
ditions 20 years ago, when we got from
10 to 15 cents a bushel for ear corn and
2,,& to 3 cents a pound for hogs. He
recalled hauling corn and hogs to mar
ket nearly all one Winter to pay for a
sewing machine the family had bought.
They have five times the money now
with less labor: off the same land..
"Manufacturing and shipbuilding,
munition plants and making of arms
and equipment have given many indus
trial centers abnormal development.
Thousands of new homes are building
ror workers, ana the south is sharing
in a wonderful prosperity. As a mat
ter of fact, about two-thirds of the
Army and aviation camps are in the
South. . Great tracts of cheap, barren
lands, some of them mere swamps, have
been cleared and drained. Communities
are throbbing with new business con
ditlons never before dreamed of. The
South is not happy over the cotton mill
situation, -raw cotton being very high
and the selling prices of staples being
limited.
South Leads In Prosperity,
"I talked with one manager of three
cotton mills who said he had found a
pretext for shutting down one of them
and would try before Fall to close an
other. He said if the Government would
allow them the pleasure of making
money they would cheerfully pay It
over tne counter In war taxes.
"Shipyards I visited at Hoboken and
other New Jersey towns are working
aay ana nignt. All Kinds or wages are
paid to the demoralization and effi
ciency of labor.n From $5 to $20 a day
for eight hours, and double ; pay for
overtime, results in some funnv thine-a.
I found hundreds of shipyard workers
shooting craps along the boulevards
leading to the plants on Saturday who
regularly laid off on that day, and
worked on Sunday to get the double
lime.
'The same was true In the great steel
mms ai vary ano south Chicago.
"These high wage conditions
ducing new trade conditions; for thou
sands are enabled to buy furniture, rugs
'"" ui which tney nave only
dreamed in1 the past.- Their day has
come and social uplift has enabled the
colored workers to buy up whole sec
tions of large, cities heretofore doner!
to them. Some of 'the older parts of
wnicago are Deing taken over solidly,
inciuaing, residences, churches and
apartment-nouses. -
Hotel Rates Reasonable.
"I did not find the high cost of living
icrrioie oDstacie to the enjoy
ment or life In the East. In New. York
hotel rates, In the best commercial
hotels, are from J2 nn. , A fine
front room on Broadway without a
-v, wuu nam $6, ior one per
son. Good inside rooms are to be had
with bath for $2. In Chicago the best
ciraiiuemai noieis are ?2 and $2.50, ho
tel? with floor clerk service, music and
convention halls.
Meals can be got outside from 25
cents up. Coffee, and rolls with two
eggs for 25 cents. In towns like Den-
ec me cneaper . places serve four
course meais tnree times a day for
that. Better places do it for Kn .
Of course. If you want to waste money
aOLa iuuu, you can spend
amount.
any
I went into one of the fashionable
places ori Broadway and was bowed
Into a seat by .a cringing obsequious
human being in a tuxedo and white
apron. He had a hungry look in his
ejes ana rainy glared at me when 1
ordered pig's hock and liberty cabbage,
-ine rules requirea him to bring to me
& Doiiea potato and bread" and butter
with the order for 35 cents. Th. wu
of fare was two .feet, long" and four
oi a. wine list ana etceteras,, all
at lancy prices, with & few ready-to
cnuees, Bucn as ine nn i or
dered. But woe unto your pocket book
if you ventured away from that little.
jiei oi entrees.
Tipping System Deplored.
Then you jump 2a cents at' a leap
tot an you oraer. l aia not jump, and
tne waiter was ready to call me an
ungrateful barbarian.. I had enough to
eat and was thinking of my boys over
In France, living on J Army and Navy
rations. The fellow "tried to run up
my bill in a dozen ways, but I got off
with 33 cents and no tip. The waiter
glared at me and I could not get out
of there too quickly to suit him.
' "Tipping has become a national evil.
lt' is- highly, organized, .from the girl
IIP isv
For the Common Good
THE days of private schools, of exclusive libraries
or privileges for the few have passed.
Today our greatest institutions are for the com
mon good of the Nation and the community.
Some would make it appear that a inodern, beau
tiful funeral institution like ours, was not for those
of moderate or limited means. .
The Finley institution, with' its beautiful chapel,
the use of which is without extra charge its restful
rooms for those in bereavement its private drive
ways, relieves the funeral of its old associations.
Because for years our profession did not see the
true virtue of publicity, some took advantage of the
public's lack of knowledge of true conditions.
At any price which may be selected (without any.
suggestion from us) we do offer facilities and serv
ice which few establishments anywhere are able to
render.
J. P. Finley & Sons
Progressive Funeral Directors
Montgomery Street at Fifth
who takes your hat at the dining-room
to the colored porter who bands your
baggage to Redcap at the railroad sta
tion. He expects another. . I always
feel humiliated in giving a white man
tip. It jars all my ideas, of democ
racy and degrades him Into a menial,
establishing a servant class of citizens
which should bo prohibited by law in
il country of free and equal rights. I
do not mind tipping a colored man or
a girl If she tries to be pleasant, nut
it seems a white man oranas nimsen
with the badge of servitude and infer
iority when he accepts a tip. The evil
Is growing, until it is quite the thing
to tip the barber who shaves you, the
man at the department store who opens
your car door and the boy or gin in
the foyer of the modern church or the
ater who takes your hat or coat.
Theaters Are Prosperous.
I attended several magnificent
movies and three of the legitimate
drama In New York. The Rlvoli is fa
mous for the marriage of the symphony
orchestra with the films and the effect
is wonderful. A talented New YorK
director named Holzapfel conseived the
idea of a musical programme In per
fect harmony with the screen. The re
sult is a double appeal to the esthetic
sense of pleasure and the films are re
quired to be artistic and W elevated
above the ordinary eye-shattering, rat
tlebang mechanical film . world, and
many of them become Impossible of
production under the higher environ
ment. I saw 'Slnbad, the Sailor, at
the Winter Garden and was reminded
of what the little girl said to her
mother on seeing the aggregation of
angels on the celling of one of the old
cathedrals In Italy: 'Mama, l Baa no
idea there were so many legs In
heaven.'
"Al Jolson, the comedian, put over
jests that would not be allwed off
Broadway on account of their breadth
more than their depth. Saw Billie
Burke in the Mollere French comedy.
A Marriage of Convenience, and the
New York success, "Sick A-bed." The
former was wonderful for scenery and
costumes and the latter for continuity
of laughter. But the legitimate suffers
for failure or elocution, as not oniy x
but younger people could not hear
more than half of the lines from two
dollar seats. In the movie you miss
nothing. The legitimate must restore
clearer rendition of spokjen parts or be
come a. dead. duck.
New York Streets Dark.
1" was in New York during the ex
citement on account of the submarine
raids off the Jersey coast and was
awakened' one night by whai'many be
lieved the sounds of cannonading not
far at sea. " For ten days- the city and
resort daces were dark.. . We rode up
Riverside drive on top' of two-story
busses, all dark and on darkened
streets. Central Park and the boule
vards were thronged with millions of
people, including thousands of Sam
mies and Jackies with their best girls
and. sweethearts saying heart-rending
but apparently enjoyable farewells on
the benches provided everywhere, with
no Illumination but a faint young
moon and the feeble searchlight Don
Cupid flashes on such occasions since
the world began. The moral conduct
and sobriety of our soldiers and sail
ors in this big wide-open city is a high
tribute to the character of the Ameri
can people under free conditions.
"Some of our young women readers
may bo asking what I saw In the way
of dress and styles in the big cities of
the East. In one way you see less and
less and in another way you see more
and more.1 In -fact, you see so little
dress and so much, of those who wear
that little that it ceases to be interest
ing. Using more steel for warships and
less steel for stays is possiDie oy re
ducing - heavy trains and abolishing
petticoats, mere 'is. a growing ten
dency to match the tints of shoes and
stockings, reducing the depression of
feelings In wartimes by adding to the
gaiety of the American Nation.
Eastern Women Patriotic.
"The women, are patriotically doing
their part. This is an intricate subject
for an elderly chonicler to handle and
all X have said has - been from the
higher view of actual' service to our
country and making one yard of cloth
try to ro as. far as three went formerly.
"When you come to climate there Is
no comparison between Western Ore
gon and Washington with anything in
the East At both New York and Chi
cago wo had 90 to 100-degree weather
with humidity that made perspiration
easy aay ana night. Neither the At
lantlc Ocean nor Lake Michigan has a
aeterrent effect on the heat. The sun
beats both of these bodies of water into
placid pools mora or less reeking with
oaa oaors- rrom the broiling sun.. At
night rich and poor put mattresses on
tne rioor near the open window and
with electric fans try to extract the
maximum or comfort.
"I saw stout middle-aged men walk
ing on Broadway with palm-leaf fans,
wearing palm beach suits, and begin
to rotter and stagger, only to be
graDbed by the ever-ready policeman
and hustled into an ambulance and
packed off to a hospital 200 nrostra-
tions in two days. St. Louis and Kanxi
ny seem to suffer less from mora heat.
uenver gives you back the . mountain
ozone.
Railroad Charges Soar.
"Railroad travel Is not what some
might Imagine under Government- op
eration. The new rates in effect since
June 10 from New York to Chic&e-o ara
$34.32 as compared before ofr$22.79. war
tax aaaea in both cases, . and sleeper
$5.60 Is additional. The . increase is
about 40 per cent. For the privilege of
riding in a Pullman from Denver to
oan franciseo you formerly paid $6.50;
now you pay. $15.10. For the first time
In years the Pennsylvania sleenara on
a fast train came out of New York half
empty on June 10. ...
"Western 'railroads have not. hn f,
fectod as much in one way- as Eastern
ror they wero on-a S-cent mlln r
basis. But the West will suffer T mm
abolishing-excursion :and tourist rates
ana no more stopover nrivllea-ea. fit
relatives who were-, coming out this
year' to visit one"famlly, of my personal
knowledge, have cut the trip. On the
theory of reducing travel to a minimum
aiong with all other unnecessary ex
penditures. the new Government system
may possess merits.
"Closing all ticket and information
offices in cities except the offices of
railroads entering the city, and trying
to force them all to. have one Joint or
union ticket- office In all cities, is go-
'"8 reauce travel to a minimum.
Every railroad in the country had
ticket and information offices in New
York. All are closed hundreds of
them on Broadway alone, to say noth
ing of special offices In hotels.
Tourist Travel Affected.
"The printing and circulation of
folders and timetables and all kinds
of advertising is being done ' awav
with. Millions of people who went on
short week-end trips to Summer homes
on lakes and -rivers, at the ocean and
In the mountains, will do so no more.
"Of course - the Government wishes
to commandeer the service of the
thousands of men formerly engaged In
stimulating travel and freight business.
ror war. service and other .Industries.
The effect of minimizing travel has al
ready, been felt by the: hotel and res
taurant trade, by the retailers and the
aters, and a thousand 'and one other,
lines. v
"War sentiment the Nation over is
growing stronger and more determined
to make all sacrifices to win. The East
vies with the West in patriotic support
of every move made by the Adminis
tration and its auxiliary forces con
ducting the great departments placed
In action. at home' and overseas. Few
men will be elected to office from the
Atlantic to the- Pacific who- are not
hearty supporters of the Wilson war
policies. The commonest expression is
I did not vote for Wilson but for God's
sake let there be no swapping of horses
while-cross Ing the stream.' Indications
are an aiscoraant, unpatriotic or
trouble-making elements will be swept
aside and the country will go the limit
In fighting Germany and her. allies to
a standstill.
'There is no sentiment in favor of
dragging our country. Into a war. with
Mexico or sending an Army to rehabili-
Shanahan 's The Foe of High Prices
Today we announce the sale of lines of merchandise, seasonable and up to the minute in
style, quality and design, at prices that are the despair of all would-be competitors. Week
after week we have announced bargains that the people have found genuine, so that the
public knows from experience that our ads tell only the absolute truth. This week the bar
gains are extraordinary and you can save a snug sum on every item enumerated. Cash
sales, small profits and small overhead expenses explain why we are able to continue sell
ing goods at prices that our competitors are unable to meet. Join the crowd.
Wash Goods Department
Offers 2 Sensational Specials
Hosiery and Underwear
75c to $1.00 Women's Union Suits
Specially Priced, Each
Ladies' Fine Ribbed Cotton Union Suits, low
neck, sleeveless, knee length with wide lace trim
ming:, mercerized taped; broken lota of 75c and
$1.00 values. Special at 63.
c
50c Fiber Silk Boot Hose
Specially Underpriced, Each
Women's Fiber Silk Boot Hose, double sole and
high spliced heel, lisle top; all sizes. Regular
60c grade, at 48.
4-3c
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT OFFERS
Four Wonderful Specials
that thrifty women will eagerly respond to
Bleached Huck
Towels, Amazingly
Underpriced, Dozen
l.OO
Below wholesale cost of raw ma
terial. White with red border;
good size, splendid wearing.
Hotels, rooming-houses and house
keepers will find it to their ad
vantage to supply their wants in
this line during this sale. Limit
' 2 dozen to a customer.
35c Huck Towels, Ex
tra Special, Each
25c
Size 20x38-inch Bleached Huck
' Towels heavy quality with fancy
raised borders, hemmed ready for
use. Mrs. Careful Shopper, this
is your opportunity supply your
needs in this line at this excep
tionally low price. Limit 6 to a
customer.
$1.98 Mercerized
Round Scallop Table
ClothsSpecial, Each
SB
Every woman will certainly profit
by attending this 'sale. These
Table Cloths are without a doubt
a genuine bargain. Shown in eev
e r a 1 beautiful designs. Don't
overlook these charming covers.
$2.50 Mercerized
Hemstitched Table
Cloths, Special at
Another ' sensational offering of
Table Cloths. A remarkably good
quality handsome designs, hem
stitched all around a Table Cov
er that will give eminent satis
faction. . During this sale only at
$1.08 each.
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Sale of Travelers' Samples of
High Grade Corsets
A Sweeping Slaughter, Each
Monday will be "Red -Letter
Day" in our Corset Department.
This lot consists of fancy bro
cades, plain coutils, medium or
low bust styles. Top trimmed with 6ilk embroidery.
Not all sizes in every style, but practically all sizes
in the lot. These are regular $1.50 to $3.00 values.
Don't fail to see them you will surely find one
suited to you among them.
98c
Ladies' 75c Hand Purses
Specially Underpriced, Each
These are made of Leatherette in black only with frsTB-tf y"-hand-strap
a neat, serviceable Purse, for the - f Yj T
small sum of, each 50. ft iJ ik -
75c to $1.00
Women's Dainty Neckwear
In a Wonderful Disposal, Each
This lot consists of Vestees, Collar and Cuff Sets,
in round, 6ailor and many other styles too numer
ous to mention. All lovely fresh new stock.
Here is a splendid opportunity to provide fresh
lingerie for your suit or dress.
S'Oc
Beautiful Dress
Voiles, Sensationally
Underpriced, Yard
lOc
2500 yards of these Dress Voiles
go on sale Monday, Main Floor,
far below the present wholesale
cost of raw material. Ladies will
find among these lovely goods
something for wear during these
warm days. Shown in handsome
stripes and flowered effects, in
beautiful colors. Opportunity is
calling you again.
35c Dress Voiles
in a Wonderful Dis
posal, Yard
19c
40 -Inch A stunning line of love
ly Dress Voiles in the beautiful
plaid and floral designs now so
popular. Economical women who
appreciate a good material at a
substantial saving should not miss
this grand opportunity. Actually
our 85c Dress Voiles at only
19 (J a yard.
A Surprise Awaits You at the Silk and Dress
Goods Counter
A Sale of Charming
Georgette Crepes
Specially Priced
40 inches wide. Never-in the history
of merchandising has this beautiful
Crepe been offered at so low a price.
Exquisite colors in white, pink, flesh.
ivory, black, old rose, sky blue, apple-green, purple, wistaria, Nile,
Navy, Alice, Copenhagen, dark peacock, midnight blue, silver gray
and. peach. This is a grand opportunity to purchase this lovely ma
terial for your evening dresses, afternoon frocks, waists or trimmings
to use in combination with other material. The most popular goocU
in vogue today. Come!
$1.50 to $2.00
Men's Dress Shirts
In a Wonderful Disposal, Each
i
The grandest opportunity to purchase
Dress Shirts at a staggering price.
Made of excellent materials with
laundered cuffs; some pleated bosoms,
others plain. Among these you will
find such well-known makes as Wilson
Bros., Ferguson-McKinney, and David
N. Pallay. These Shirts come in 16't
and 17 size only. Men who wear this
size collar should take advantage of
this extraordinary low price.
Men's $1.25 Ribbed Union Suits
Special, Each
Men's Ribbed Union Suits, short
sleeves, ankle length, closed crotch,
white only; well made; medium
weight, good fitting. A fine all around
suit for good service. Sizes 34 to 46.
here at this exceptional low price.
oo
Supply your Summer needs
Values to $1.25
Boys' Wash Suits
in a Stupendous Sale
Come! Come! Come early Monday morning to
Shanahan's and partake of this feast of bargains
here. You will find Play Suits for every kiddy
in the family. Colors tan with white trimming.
and White Suits trimmed in blue. Excellent materials,
years--at only 59.
59c
Sizes 2 to 8
Store Open
9 A.M. to
6P.M.
HANAHAN
Saturday
9 A.M. to
8 P. M.
New Location Dekum Building, Third and Washington Sts.
YOU MONEY "THE BIG CASH STORE"
We Deliver to All Parts of the City
THE STORE THAT SAVES
Entrances 266 Washington Street and 125 Third Street
i i
I
tate Russia. T he home issue of mobil-
lzatlon of the manpower of the Nation, i
including- the womanpuwor Uu .
power ot. the niauon. ior m ...b .
, . -t i rrtnct Inn .will
POSSIDIV luuuei. ' .
drive labor obstructionists to cover as
public enemies, while financially and
commercially tne nnuim ..
strength every day."
CAMP LIFE SERMON TOPIC
Dr. Kdward Pence to Preach at
Westminster Presbyterian.
Dr. Edward H. Pence, who is now
in charge of the religious work of the
Army Y. M. C. A. at Camp Lawis. has
prepared a special address on "The
Rookie and the Seasoned KoJdier" for
tills evening at the Westminster Pres-
byterlan- Church, Kast Seventeenth
street North and Schuyler street, at
7:45 o'clock. Dr. Pence is one of the
ablest pulpit orators of the West, and
his work among the boys at Camp
Lewis has fitted him to discuss the sub
ject selected for his Sunday evening
discourse.
Mrs. Pence has been with him at
American Lake the past few days, but
both have returned tor the Sunday
services in this city.
Hood River Berry Season Closes.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 29. (Spe
cial.) After having- furnished the
strawberry growers of the Valley with
more than 1350 pickers and packers,
the employment office of the Portland
office of the United States Immigra
tion Bureau. In charge of C. B. Greene,
will be closed tomorrow. Mr. Greene
expects to be back for the apple har
Public Library Notes.
The Public Library is In need of many
1917 directories. Anyone wishing to
present such directories to the Library
may send them to the office or order
department of the Central Library.
Tha recent report of the Mayor's com
mittee on milk, for New York City, is
on file at the municipal reference li
brary. Also a copy of the new edition
of the Portland, building coda may be
seen there.
"Poetry of the War God Still Lives,
is the theme of a lecture by Dr. William
Bradley Otis, professor of Knglish In
the College of the City of New York, to
be given in Library Hall. Wednesday,
July 8. at ;30 P. M. Dr. Otis is a spe
cial lecturer on "The Issues of the
War," a literary critic of note, and au
thor of a history of American litera
ture. As a profeasor la (he largest tree
collegiate institution In the world, with
1!.000 students, and for several years a.
speaker in the famous lecture system of
New York Cltjr, Dr. Otis has had un
usual opportunity to study and. esti
mate the alien and Bolshevik elements
In our foreign population and he haa
some interesting- things to say, by way
of warning, of the danger from our ene
mies at home the anti-war Socialist,
the pro-German, the pacifist, the I. AV.
W.. and the Non-Partisan League.
It is a matter of personal Interest to
know that Dr. Otis is a direct de
scendant of James Otis, orator and
statesman of the American Revolution.
Dr. Waldo's list of vacation books
follows: Grayson. "Adventures, in Con
tentment": Maeterlinck, "Life of the
Bee"; Roberts, "Secret Trails"; "Sharp,
"Face of the Fields"; Sharp.- "Where
Roils the Oregon"; Stevenson. "Travels
With a Donkey": Thompson. "Wild
Animal I Have, Known"; Warner, "Be
ing a Boy."