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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1920)
c CLOSER jr. American -.-.BT GKORGE M. VINTON of Portland. j ONDON, Aug. 17. (Special Cor respondence.) If anyone doubts that England Is not striving to tain the -world's supremacy in com inerce lie has only to taJte the boat rip. up th Tyn river to Newcastle Can you Imagine a etretch of several Inllea of river lined with steamers o thick that not another boat could find a place to dock? England la building up also her merchant marine Lnce the -war. . The German submarine might have imk. several of England's craft, but Van . Cannot see where England has ost tonnage if you look at the busy ihjpyards. turning out the freight arriers that are to go forth to meet Jermany in the future in the great st commercial war ever staged. And, too, the Englishman is not low to boast a bit about England's Lchlevements a a ship-building na- lon. When I remarked to a big 5-hipbullder that America, was build- ng & few ships on the Pacific coast, ; was surprised to receive a com ment that we "might find It difficult o secure, cargo back to our ports. JChe return' cargo is where the Eng- iahmen think we Americans are go ng to fall short and thus be forced o sell our ships to those who can perate with full cargoes each way. It was humiliating for the English hipbuilder to tell a proud American net ..where- we were short of good ansa, but It did bring the point home o me that, while we have been Koasting our exporting in Oregon, Ivs had almost entirely overlooked ur imports. If we import raw prod- bets; we must have factories to man- facture the raw goods and ship away he finished product again. Jones Bill Declared Bad. The Americans who live in Eng- and and who are here as a tem- orary means of business are all of the opinion that the Jones bill, as rested by our Senator Jones, is a Dad hing for America. Everywhere you lear talk of retaliation, ana unless he bill is modified the results to Kmerican shipping will be disastrous. I - :. - . -. -sfea;--' . r , " . 'c-'r-v-, Tail n V f,W"4 rill - ' "i ' . ? ill l j j t 4iAv4oi v tw - - w '- 111! -fXx I. H v l 1 11 . -s- - - -.Iv'a fW 1 l u - 5 ' - - : ! r; , 1 ' ' of Portland If American goods are to be carried (ZSJL. ?S- ' A'&yZSrCe . JLVV V;ONDO, AUg "MSpeciU Cor- -ricau tto, th. sa . rul. C?CZ-X , . ( X f 3." respondence.) If anyone doubts -, -,,r t i ,i , i B rj.VZ L.ZLZZ. . rrLT i CORN SEEMS TO YELLOW BY CALENDAR, NOT THERMOMETER Explanation of English-Rural Sight Offered by Edith Lanyon, Who Says Grain Is Starved for Want of Sun Kisses. BY EDITH LANTON. 3 R AUG HING, Hertfordshire, Aug. j 20. No one "living in England innv rnuld oosslblv mistake hese days of af ter-the-war turmoil or the golden age, but August is the rolden time of the year in England. How corn so starved of kisses by he sun can become so yellow-ripe I annot explain; Just a week without ain,. though with haTdly any eun- .hine, and the wheat ripened through heer force of habit. It must go by he "calendar and not by the ther- aometer. Our picnic in the harvest field vmong the corn shocks was the. event if the week. Even the sun was a J-relcome guest that afternoon. Wheelbarrow la Kitchen. Our host wheeled up the eatables n a wheelbarrow ana we were escort- d by two" delightful, scampering Hogs, which sniffed hopefully for rab- -jits all the afternoon, and one out size vet lamb. The lamb is almost a beep now, but when l flap my jazz haraeol at her she bounds in the air o. true snring lamD style. l"Now (frisk, aunties, and the lamb will frisk, itoo!" Then, X-lle luxuriously on my baa ACQUAINTANCE HELD NEEDED TO WIN BRITISH TRADE Business Men Advised to Travel More and Make Friendships That Will Bring Orders and More Than Pay for Expenses England Prepares to Capture World Commerce. The English, shipowner if American goods are to be carried In American bottoms, the same rule should apply to English goods. Sir- Frederick "W. Lewis, chairman of Furness Withy, who controls prob ably the largest amount of tonnage in the world, said that America will attain more by pulling together than making restrictions that will cause discord in English shipping circles. The favorites of the Jones bill can say what they will in America, but this bill certainly has caused a lot of unfriendly dissension in this country. There ia much business to be done with England, especially from Ore gon. Oregon 'apples, prunes and dried products are in demand, and the Co lumbia river salmon is known by all dealers. There is, however, much room here for publicity on knockdown houses and lumber suitable for build ing and manufacturing purposes. England shows a very friendly rela tion to the United States, and this attitude must be continued by our business men coming to England, mixing with them and obtaining ideas t V make the way easier commercially. The American Chamber of Commerce of London is doing a wonderful work towards bringing the busy American and the Englishman together. This organization is composed of about 1504 members, including American firms doing business in the British empire. . Portland Officials Thanked. We want to thank Mr. Vincent and Mr. "Weinbaum of the Portland Cham ber, who have done so much towards assisting in making investigations tliat could not otherwise have'- been obtained. "When Americans are told by large English firms that they are virtually waiting for American busl ness men to come and get acquainted, they can at once see the possibilities of Oregon manufacturers and ship. oers to do a big business here if they will -but come across and shake hands with the English. An Englishman likes the personal element in business. He wants to know all about you and your past record. If you gain his confidence, the order is handed you on a silver platter. A big manufacturer told me amongst the corn shocks and gaze up at my open parasol. The colors are vividly eastern and the red and yel low pomegranates of the pattern light up when the sun 6hlnes through them; I might be in the Hall of a Thousand Lamps in the "Arabian Nights," gazing up into a dome all hung with red and yellow lanterns. Truly my parasol is as good as the famous magic carpet! . . Imaginative Travelins Cheap. Traveling in Imagination only is far the cheapest way these days. I often visit Portland that way, but now that a steerage passage to New York costs rather more than a first-class pass age used to do, I fear that that is the only way I shall get to Portland at present. The scratches on my legs from the stubble recall me suddenly from Arabia and Portland and the vigorous little girl of the party provides us all with straws to drink our tea through. 'Tis Uncomfortably hot. but she in sists that it is proper harvest-field fashion, so we suffer in silence. The dogs lie at our feet, never asking, but hypnotizing us into sparing them crumbs from our rich man's table. The lamb despises cake, but . bounds about dangerously near the milking and butts at any dog which cornea bothering. After being well baked in the sun. that Americans did not know the English people; that the Americans got the impression that the English were a etiff, dignified' race. This man suggested that twice the busi ness would be done If Americans would only visit more. Japan is working hard on the get- acquainted" policy. All over Europe and on every train and in every hotel you will see two or three Japanese obtaining information and putting in an order where possible. The ac quaintance with business friends I have made over here will many times over pay for the cost of the commer cial trip. Oregon business men must get out more if they are to pick the foreign orders in the future, and most certainly now is the time. Chamber Ready to Aid. If any business man in Oregon wants to know how and when he can do business with the British empire he should write to the American Chamber of Commerce, 8 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, S. W., London, Eng land. Here is a service already pro vided that will save worlds of inves tigation and the cost of a personal trip in the beginning. Will Oregon business men who have something to sell please use the service and start the ball rolling? The laboring class in England' is not obtaining as high wages propor tionately as the same kind of labor in other countries. There is a gr.eat tendency for strikes which are being forced to an issue unless the high cost of living suffers a relapse. Wool, which includes Australian wool, has taken a decline so that clothing is being forced down because of lack of sales in the retail stores. .If butter and eggs and other foodstuffs will also show a decline it will have a tendency here in deferring strikes, and at the same time get more work an hour from the laborers. So much can be said about prohl bitlon here as it affects labor. I be lies that the whisky and rum is doing the harm in ' England and not the we cooled off gradually fn the ehady wood near-by and forgot the scratch of the stubble in the new pain caused by the sting-nettles which lurk in the shade and lie in wait for foolish legs clad in thin stockings. The golden August day -will be another perfect day to be recorded in my book of memory, alongside the July day in Cornwall, all pink with heather. I am back again in the-village of Braughing and after great research and much asking have discovered that the word "Braughing" ia a corruption of "Brooking," the name the Saxons gave the village "from the river and the meads ws." It was called "Brachinges" in Domes del, and was then held by 'Earl Eustace at a - rental of five hides a year; it could not be sold, as it was "Alms' land of King Edward the Con fessor and of all his ancestors, as the shire can witness." It then consisted of "three cottages and six -servants and one mill at a rent of 12 pence a year." Earl Eustace swore allegiance to anybody who came along, but in the end he got mixed up with the murder of King William Rufus and had his eyes pulled out in 1096. His lands were confiscated by the crown. Queen Maud Builds Church. Queen Maud built the church "for the health of the soul of King Stephen- and herself," and in 1227 more lands were given to the church by King Henry III and held, until the dissolution of the monasteries in Henry VIII's time. The manor of Gatesbury in Braughing was given to Nicholas Harpsfield. by King Edward IV "for the payment of a red rose yearly at the nativity of St. John the THE SUNDAY OREGONIATf , . PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER wines and beer. Down in the big pot tery districts In Stoke on Trent you will see more habitual drunkards than we used to see in the whole of greater New York during "wet" times. These workers are not gilng the production they should because they spend more money for rum than they do for food. It is not a case of high prices for food and clothing, but more of a case of a high price for "booze" that Is making the manufacturer worry be cause he cannot get production enough to fill his orders. Labor Shortage Is Denied. Of course you hear the customary complaint as to fuel shortage, but there certainly is no labor shortage. If you eat a meal in a first-class hotel it will take at least eight people to serve you. There are so many titles standing around in pretty uniforms with apparently nothing to do, that an American manufacturer thinks over in his mind in just what part of the shipping room he could put said cook, butler, or meat carver, and if two of the extra maids could be used in the mail-order department. Just now England is awaiting con ditions to clear up in Russia, where she expects to ship her manufactured products. Plenty of bottoms are avail able for shipping and Just as soon as there are orders for her kind of prod ucts, England will be first on the ground. The most up-to-date thing that im pressed me In England was the air service. While the railroads have again doubled fares, it has a strong tendency towards encouraging the use of the airplane as a means of carry ing passengers at a little more cost. To fly from London to Paris in three hours is not considered anything ex traordinary. Regular air service is now estab lished in England between principal cities and the companies who oper ate these routes claim that finan cially the service is proving a suc cess. Right now there is discussion in Parliament that mail may be car ried at practically the same cost by Baptist." This manor and another were afterwards held under the name of "Hamels" by a Sir John Brograve in 1672. He is described as: "Proper in stature, comely In per son, beautiful in aspect and strong in body, endowed with great natural and acquired parts and a good compe tency of learning; he was very loyal to the king and firm to his govern ment; he duly resorted to the church and was very devout at the services and had a great respect for the clergy, who were ever welcome to his taDie. . . . He delighted much In an tiquity, could read most of the old manuscripts and records and some times studied the mathematickx. . . . He adorned his house with several de licious walks without, made his rooms curious within, furnished some of them with choice landskips of the famous battles . . . and when he was cropt off in the prime of his years he left 3000 pounds between his two sisters and his honor and estate to his brother." Could -iny modern American re porter write a more pleasing death notice than that? I wias sorely tempted to quote the whole of it. The delightfully human touch is that he only "sometimes studied the mathe- maticks." I sympathize with him there. Some of the old charities of Eraughing are interesting. Ages ago a Mr. Jennings, fish monger of London, gave 6 14s 4d to be devoted yearly to the following uses: "For a dinner on every Wednesday In Easter - week, when the inhab itants choose new officers, 20 shil lings. "For repairs of three bridges, 20 shillings. - - i r air as by1 train. .The fact that mail Is delayed so much ' when carried by train is making the sentiment strong for universal air mall service in Eng land. As proof of the many practical uses of air service that is now effective in England, a department store adver "For. noor maids to be married in this parish, 20 shillings. "To the poor in bread, 2 12s. "Herrings for the poor in Lent, 2. "For the carriage of the herring, 4 shillings. "To the church clerk, 1 shilling and 4 pence. , "To the sexton, ' 1 shilling. "To the ministers and chufch war dens for their care to see this will' executed. 15 shillings." A Matthew Wall left 20 shillings a year to be distributed on St. Mat thew's .day in this manner: "To the sexton to make up his grave every year and ring the bell. 2 shillings and tenpence. "To 20 boys between the age of 6 and 16 years, 20 groats. "To ten aged and Impotent people In this parish, ten threepences. "To sweep the path leading from the house where he dwelled to the church gate every year, 1 shilling. "To the crier of Stortford to make proclamation every year upon ascen sion and Michaelmas day that he left his estate to a Matthew or Will iam Walls as long as the world en dures, eightpence a year. "To the parish clerk of Halling- bury to make the like proclamation there once a year. "To the minister and church war dens to see his will fulfilled, 5 shll lings." Another man. Dr. Young, late dean of Exeter, gave 40 shillings a year to be divided among the poor of this parish upon May 2 to rejoice for the restoration of the king (Charles II). There is another bequest of 10 shillings a year called "Austin's i '"".fu. i r Z V t well," r the Mead money, "to be dls- 12, 1920 a . ..in c r tisement is appearing in one of the London dally papers which asks pas sengers to book for Journeys in the air by land and sea. Even the parcels you purchase in this store may be de livered in France or Belgium at "mod erate rates." Surely the airplane companies try disposed of by the minister at the town feast." . It sounds to me like drinks all round.- ' There is another 5 a year left by a merchant of London to be given to the poor of the parish on Christ mas day and all the fruit from a certain orchard is left for the poor of the parish every year. Matthew V all must have lived up Fleece lane be cause that is the street they sweep in his honor every year. On St. Matthew's day the church bells first ring out his wedding bells and then toll for his funeral. I cannot find out the .exact date of his death, but it was before the time of Charles II I think. . For all this information I am in debted to the kindness of a book seller and printer in Bishop's Stort ford. He- loaned me an old and very valuable history of Hertfordshire. He is an antiquarian himself. This Beautiful Women of Society, duringthe past seventy years have relied upon it for their distin- uished appearance. The ft, refined, pearly white complexion it renders instantly. Is always the source of flattering comment. MA ing in Portland to establish regular routes of transportation should be encouraged by every means neces sary. When America realizes the practical use of the airplane for com mercial purposes, the same as Eng land is now doing, you may rest as sured that Oregon spruce will have a history was printed at his printing works in 1S25. Whaling Company Organized. SAN FRANCISCO. Whale hunting off the Golden Gate and other parts of the coast of central California will soon be undertaken by a whaling com pany recently organized, it was an nounced here. A plant for beaching the catch and refining the product is lyooSWell Glass ia r Tirim tVado mark th mt'gn of mn fit TiamJ ..4 S ready sale at good prices and some real honest to goodness airplane fac tories will be operated in Portland. My impression after seeing the prac tical use of airplanes of Europe is that we are much nearer the "air route" state In America than ws really imagine. being built county. at Drake's Bay, Marin Concrete Ship Launched, SYDNEY, N. S. A new concrete ship, 127 feet by 27 feet, owned by the Canadian Concrete Shipping com pany, has been successfully launched. Her speed will be 10 knots per hour loaded. to Hie Sealing always the best container for foods in fact it is a perfect container. But of course it needs to be properly sealed. Think a tnorrc-nt and yon will see that upon the seal depends the condition of glass-packed foods. For twenty-five years we have studied this vital problem. We nave made the Caps that seal the best known products. Now, for your protection, and to assist those packers who surround their-product with every safe guard and every advantage, we trade-mark them. Watch for this trade-mark and accept no lass- packed foods anles you find it on the Cap. Send for "The Story of Preserving." It's re and evry lover of pure foods should read it. PHOENIX -HERMETIC CO 2444 Wert 16th S treat. Chieaaw
