The Sunday Oregonian., May 21, 1922, Section One, Page 17, Image 17

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 21, 1922
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Y.M.CJ. ISMLY
SELF-SUPPORTING
Portland Association Pays 81
Per Cent of Expenses.
$200,000 DEBT REMAINS
S70.000 From Cliest Helps to Cover
Activities Conducted Free.
Record Is Unusual.
The Portland T. M. C. A. is 81 to 83
Jier cent self -supporting, though the
average for all North American asso
ciations is 78 per cent.
Total current expenditures of the
TVirtland "Y" for 1922 are placed at
$352,355. The income from member
ship and privilege fees is given as
$282,335. The allocation from the
Portland community chest is $70,000,
though It is expected that the T. M.
C. A. will receive only $60,000, since
the full quota for the chest was not
raised. In this event the percentage
of gift money will be only 17 per cent
or total expenditures.
The debt of the association, which
ta mostly on the main building at
Blxth and Taylor streets and the auto
motive school at Sixth and Main
treets, is etlll approximately $200,000.
Thousands Served Free.
These racts are anions the salient
features of a comprehensive state
ment issued by Ralph H. Burnside,
president; H. W. Stone, general sec
retary, and the board of directors of
the Y. M. C. A., consisting of prom
inent business and professional men.
In answer to the question: "Why
should the T. M. C. A. receive $70,000
from the chest in gift money when the
association charges something for
nearly everything it does?"
"The Y. M. C. A. Is a semi-public
building and the upkeep heat, light,
earetaklng, Insurance, repairs
amounts to a considerable sum an
nually," says the statement. "Serv
ice to the public. Including thousands
of visitors from other sections of the
country, is rendeered without charge.
This service includes telephone, free
stationery, reading room and check
room.
"Scores of organizations, societies,
elubs and committees are granted the
use of the building free of charge.
Activities Without Charge.
"Work of foreign-born men and
boys is conducted in every section of
the city, among practically all na
tionalities, without charge.
"Boys in every section of Portland
enjoy Y. M. C. A. activities free of
charge. AVork la done in all seven
high schools without cost to students.
Employed boys' club3 are formed in
many business houses without charge.
"The social department, through
parties, entertainments and movies,
serves thousands without charge.
"Men in 15 different industrial
plants enjoy some features of a large
and varied Y. M. C. A. programme
free of charge.
"The physical educational pro
gramme, both in and out of the build
ing, serves young m-en and boys at a
large annual expense to the associa
tion. "Young men and boys are out of
employment. They come to the Y. M.
C. A. for counsel and comfort and can
not be dealt with on a basis of mak
ing it pay for itself. Some boys run
away from home; others are turned
out of their homes by unworthy
parents. Many of these come to the
Y. M. C. A. for help. Anxious fathers
and mothers write asking co-operation
in locating their sons, and the
Y. M. C. A. looks up these young men
at a considerable expense in time and
money.
Young: Men Get Help.
"There are constantly in Portland
self-respecting young men, strangers
In the city, who find themselves with
out work or funds and who come to
the association for temporary help.
Much time of employed secretaries
and some means have- to be devoted
to aid these young men in solving
their problems."
The statement shows that while tile
Portland Y. M. C. A. receives from
17 to 19 per cent gift money from the
community chest, Minneapolis " re
ceives 24 per cent, Seattle 28 and Ta
coma 35 per cent.
The Oregon Institute of Technology,
the Y. M. C. A. school, which charges
for its course, is not unlike other in
stitutions in Oregon, It is said. Other
schools meentloned are Reed college,
Pacific university, Willamette uni
versity and Linfield college.
Students Pay 77 Per Cent.
The institute is known as the "Uni
versity of the Second Chance." More
than 90 per cent of Its students, it Is
said, are working their way through
school. At the same time they pay
77 per cent of the cost, which Is a
larger proportion of the cost than of
students in any other non - profit
making educational institution, in
Oregon, says the statement.
The expenses of the boys' division
for last year are placed at $17,304.93,
and the income from membership fees
$11,568.20, leaving a deficit of
$5736.73, which has to be made up
from gift money. The deficit in the
religious and social work department
was reported at $4162.52.
The statement refers to the associa
tion's debt as follows:
. "When the present central building
was erected, the original plan called
for six stories, but very wisely two
additional stories were added. The
directors were obliged to place a
mortgage of $100,000 on the building
and, in addition, borrow about $75,
000 on building notes. Last year the
quarter block on which the auto
school is located was purchased on
most favorable long-time payment
terms. As of December 1, 1921, there
is a total debt on the Portland asso
ciation of $199,518.49. The associa
tion had to pay last year in Interest
$7441.91.
War Work Takes Precedence.
"Several times since the building
was erected the board of directors
tad been ready to launch campaigns
to pay off their debt, but each time
some other agency in the city had
asked that it be given the preference
and that the association debt-raising
matter be deferred. All during the
war the secretaries and the entire
machinery of the associati n were
given to war work enterprises.
Though large sums of money were
raised, the mortgage and debt re
main. "After the war closed the associa
tion directors at once took steps to
plan either for paying off the debts
or greatly reducing them, and had a
campaign organized with several
large conditional pledges promised.
At this juncture, however, the presi
dent of the chest came before the
Y. M. C. A. board and asked the
directors to defer the association
campaign again and to participate In
the chest. For the past two years the
management of the' Y. M. C. A. has
co-operated to the limit in helping1 to
make the chest a success; has carried
its debt, asking only for such alloca
tion from the chest as will allow for
the maintenance of the work on Its
present standard without making
possible pressing and necessary ex
pansion." The board of directors consists of
Ralph H. Burnside, president; E. B.
MacNaughton, vice-president; A.' L.
Veazie, recording secretary; S. A.
Brown, treasurer; H. W. Stone, gen
eral secretary; W. M. Ladd, president
emeritus; A. J. Bale, A. M. Smith, F. C.
Knapp, B. C. Darnall, D. A. Pattullo,
E. C. Bronaugh, S. W. Lawrence, E. L.
Thompson, W. A. Goss, C. H. Farring
ton, Fred Lockley, F. R. Kerr, J. E.
Wheeler, E. S. Collins, B. S. Hunting
ton and 0. W. Davidson.
PARISH H0N0RS PRIEST
Ilev. W. A. Daly to Celebrate 50th
Birthday Tomorrow.
In honor of Rev. W. A., Daly, pastor
of Immaculate Heart parish, who will
celebrate his 50th birthday tomorrow,
also the 25th anniversary of his
ordination to the priesthood, clergy
and laymen of the Catholic church
will hold a publio reception at night
at Columbus hall, Williams avenue
and Morris street.
At 10 o'clock Monday morning
Father Daly will be celebrant at
solemn high mass, and afterward a
dinner will be served at Columbus
hall, which will be attended by many
of the Catholic clergy. At the recep
tion at night Immaculate Heart choir
will give a programme of musical
numbers. .
Father Daly is a native of Prince
Edward island. He came to Oregon
soon after he was ordained in 1897
and was first assigned to pastoral du-
t'es at Roseburg. Afterward he served
at Eugene and Salem, coming to Port
land in 1903, having been in charge
of Immaculate Heart parish since.
BARON EUGENE FERSEN.
Baron Eugene Fersen, L. of Mos
cow, Russia, president of the Light
Bearers, an international scientific
and educational organization, will
speak Sunday, 11 A. M., at the Church
of the Truth, 312 Central building,
Tenth and Alder streets. Adv.
Iaw Dean to Be Guest.
Professor Maurice E. Harrison,
dean of the Hastings college of law,
Berkeley, Cal., will pass through
Portland Tuesday of this week on his
way to British Columbia points. He
will be given an informal luncheon
by the Multnomah Bar association at
noon Tuesday, It was announced yes
terday by Circuit Judge Tucker. The
dean is also a member of the execu
tive commute of the American- Bar
association and Is widely known.
Students on Field Trip.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, May 20. (Special.)
Six seniors of the industrial arts de
partment, accompanied by A. R.
Nichols, instructor in vocational ed id
eation, left this week-end on a field
trio to Albany, Salem and Portland.
FIRST "HOUSE ON WHEELS"
ARRIVES AT CITY AUTO CAMP
Vehicle Is 7 by 17 Feet, With Outer Covering of Sheet Steel and Has
11 Windows and Two Doors.
Br ADDISON BENNETT.
THE first "house on wheels" of
the season arrived yesterday
from Hoquiam, Wash., although
its home town is Vancouver, Wash.
It is a house 7 by 17 feet, built on a
Maxwell chassis, the outer covering
being of sheet steel and the inner
surface of beaver board. It has 11
windows and two doors. The cooking
is done with gasoline under pressure.
It is all painted white, inside and
outside. It belongs to Elliott Mc
Allister, who travels with his wife.
They started on the road last July.
They are now out for the season of
1922 and are, in a sense, evangelists
or missionaries. I can only say that
if the reverend gentleman is as good
a preacher as he is a carpenter that
he will make many converts. It is his
intention to make a tour of the state
of Oreyon.
I received a letter from Mr.' H. J.
Ottenheimer, who is connected with
the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
I called upon him yesterday and
touna that the Chamber has now in
press a'booklet giving general infor
mation about every portion of Ore
gon, which it is purpost-d :o distrib
ute, at least partially, a.tJng the
auto campers, and Mr. Ottenheimer
wished to learn in what way these
booklets could be best distributed. I
think the best way would be for
Superintendent Keany to hand one
or two to each outfit registering. An
other suggestion was to place a pile
of them in the restroom, but that, it
seems, would make them too common
and would look as if the club were
trying to unload them in the easiest
manner.
Mr. Ottenheimer says that various
clubs and societies here expressed a
desire to visit the camp at certain
periods and wpli-nmo th .nmnai.B
That would be all right to do in the
evening occasionally. But it should
be remembered that the campers are
not loafers and that their time is
pretty well filled up with labors per
taining to their trip. If there was i
hall on the grounds where a free
movie Show. lntlrRnArs,l mifh
py talks from good speakers, could
ue iuu every nigm, Dut: ana It is 1
larere but! That wnulrt mann a
proof building, and who is going to
pay tor it;
c... . J . . . . .
- -1 VVVB UP
about the charges at the famn raw
not let that matter rest right where
il is: mere is no complaint by the
travelers. Thev want rrrt .
modations and are willing to pay the
ynvic emu me rates nxea ought to,
and will, make the camp practically
mis. ireai me matter
a Dusiness way and not as if the
travelers were a lot of paupers.
.
Just a word to the Vf.tn njj
jfenows, jmks and other secret
cieties: Get a enrrt n l.
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lodge giving dates of meetings and
place, with carline instructions how
to reach the hall. And th h,.i o
j.ney seem to take no interest in the
mailer.
E. D. Ladd of Phoenix, Ariz., drove
in in nis Dodge roadster yesterday.
He started from Phoenix for Oreo-nr.
He is now in Oregon and looking for
a job husking corn! But his own
corn. He will buy a small farm
somewhere near here and do his own
ilUbKlug.
H. A. Dowd, Walla Walla. Wash
with a "Hup" car, will not show Its
back to any car in the grounds, as
GROCERS WANT
TO HELP LOWER
FOOD COSTS
Not to Blame for H.CL.
The idea that the rank and file of
grocers throughout the country are
boosting prices for the sake of realiz
ing exorbitant profits is absolutely
false.
Retail prices have gone up because
the retailer has been compelled to
put them up. The grocer has to pay
more for his goods, more for rent,
more for clerks' salaries; consequent
ly, must charge more.
Shortage of raw materials, of pro
ductive labor and a demand that has
far outstripped production are the
direct causes of present-day prices.
As a rule, the grocer is transacting
business on the came percentage of
profit as in the days of low selling
prices. t
Grocer! depend upon you for a
livelihood. They know ju9t as you
know that to cheat in any way, shape
or form, would kill their trade out
right. Common sense says that no
intelligent grocer will attempt to
"kite" prices beyond legitimate prof
its. He can t attord to.
BUSINESS NOT
A BED OF ROSES
For Man Behind Counter
Because pi a scant supply the gro
cer often Has serious trouble in pro
curing merchandise. He has to stand
- the sharp cut of complaints from buy
ers because of high costs. He all too
frequently is blamed, when absolutely
blameless. And is not, on a whole,
I making a wider margin of net profit
than he did when conditions were
I normal, trade better satisfied and
business transactions decidedly more
! pleasant.
The grocer is your servant. He is
in business to 'serve your require
jments. He doesn't make you a slave
I to high costs. He is in exactly the
lame boat you are in. He sells goods
:you want and ask for. He must meet
your demands or get out of business.
He has no choice in the matter. He
can't go contrary to your wishes.
The consumer can do more to-!
wards restoring prices to normal
levels than the grocer can. This can
be accomplished with positive cer
tainty by buying only food products
of sound value and proven economy.
Careless buying and rank extrava
gance are unquestionably vital fac
tors in maintenance of high costs.
When a consumer forces a grocer
to sell a sjxty-five-cent article where
a thirty-five-cent article would an
swer the purpose equally well he is
encouraging production of high
priced goods of short value and
hampering the manufacture of food
products of sound value and fair
prices. On the other hand, when the
consumer insists on goods of inferior
worth he is inviting inevitable waste
that stands for loss rather than
-economy. In such occurrences the
consumer, not the grocer, is at fault
For, remember, the grocer must
give you what you want despite the
fact that he would rather supply
your requirements with goods of
sterling value at a minimum cost
FOOD PRODUCTS
Of Utmost Parity and
Food Value
If you will but consult your grocer
regarding the true values of different
grades of goods, you most assuredly
will increase the purchasing power of
your dollars and strike straight at one
of the main roots of high costs by
weeding out extravagance.
What the buyer demands more
than any other one thing deter
mines the market price ot com
modities cf all sorts. If you demand
full-value foods, insist upon having
them, you will get them and at legiti
mate prices. Persistent demand for
top-price goods of questionable value
will then be sharply curtailed and pro
duction stimulated in lines of max
imum merit. And with this increased
production will come lower costs,
just as sure as day follows night.
The solution ot the problem so far
as the consumer is concerned is sim
ply this: select only proudcts of rec
ognized value, sold at lowest prices
permissible under present conditions
eliminate waste don't encourage
the production of price-heavy prod
ucts co-operate witn your grocer
don t lose sight ot the tact that he
must cater to your wishes. Your
demand for the right type of goods
is the best means at your command
to straighten out topsy-turvy condi
tions which are a burden to the con
ideations manufacturer, the square-
dealing grocer and the consumer who
are putting forth every effort under
the sun to reduce the high cost of
production, high coat of merchandis
ing and high cost of firing.
Mr. John A. Uhnaa, President of
the National Retail Grocers' Associa
tion of the United States, an eminent
authority on food values and inti
mately acquainted with manufactur
ing and marketing conditions, ursres
close co-operation between retailer
and consumer and careful discrimina
tion in the selection of merchandise
as a means of restoring prices to
normal and promoting the distribu
tion of the bei grade of poodi.
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Pat Keany expressed It Mr. Dowd is
accompanied by his wife, and they
are now bound for Seattle. "We will
stop here as long as they will let us
remain," remarked Mr. Dowd.
Will J. Lester, chairman of
Kiwanis Tourist committee, followed
by 25 of its members, appeared on the
grounds yesterday afternoon about 2
o'clock, armed with all sorts of im
plements for leveling and otherwise
improving camp grounds. Superin
tendent Keany threw up his hands
and turned the entire camp over to
Mr. Lester and they went to it with
axes, shovels, picks, safety razors,
hatchets, planes .with any old thing
that could be used to level, smooth
and plane down the rough spots on
the 25-acre patch. The workers be
gan operations on "Kiwanis avenue,"
the new name for the avenue leading
south from the store of Mr. Johnson.
Just how much they accomplished
can be easily seen on innovation is
an arch, "Kiwanis Arch." During the
summer it is the intention for this
association to come out twice each
week, to visit the members. No doubt
other societies will help out in their
own way.
CHILE WORK IS HUSHED
CONSTRUCTION TO PERMIT OF
TRANSFER OF PHONES.
Projects Now Being Undertaken, by
Company Will Cost $35,400,
It Is Announced.
Completion of three cable construc
tion projects necessary to provide- fa
cilities for shifting 1550 east side tele
phones connected with "P" and "C"
automatic offices to manual offices,
is being rushed, according to an
nouncement made yesterday by C. E.
Hickman, division superintendent of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company. The changes are proposed
for the- issuance of the June directory.
The cost of these three cable proj
ects, according to Mr. Hickman, is
approximately $35,400 and the tele
phone company Is using every avail-
able cablesplicer to rush the work.
The cable arrived in the city a few
days ago. -
One of the projects is the provision
of facilities to permit the cut over of
all "C" automatic subscribers to
manual officers. The other two proj
ects are to provide the facilities for
cutting some of the- "B" office sub
scribers to East and to cut the re
mainder from "B" office to Tabor.
The cabl necessary for these three
projects is estimated by Mr. Hickman
to contain 6284 miles of wire. .
Through the- completion of these
cable additions the abandonment of
"B" automatic office will be possible
together with almost complete re
moval of automatic telephones con
nected with the "C" automatic office,
according to Mr. Hickman. A few
telephones which remain connected
with "C" office will be assigned new
numbers because of the interference
made by the old numbers with a new
automatic dial code. The remaining
connections will be removed later in
the year, it was announced, when the
machine switching offices are added
to the Portland exchange system.
B'rom the "B" office a total of 490
telephones will be transferred to the
Tabor office and 350 to the East of
fice. From the "C" office a total of
130 telephones will be removed to
Tabor office, 180 to East office and
40 to Walnut, which is the new name
to be applied to the Woodlawn office.
All of these changes, according to
Mr. Hickman, will pave the way to
ward the inauguration of the six
digit machine switching method of
operation later this year. This sys
tem, it is said, will co-ordinate the
manual and automatic methods-of operation.
Withycombe Club Has Picnic.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, May 20. (Special.)
A barbequed lamb for dinner after
the gymkhana was one of the at
tractions of the Withycombe club pic
nio today. The picnic ana gymkhana
were both held. in the animal husban
dry pasture just a few miles north
east of Corvallis. The Withycombe
club is composed of upperciassmen in
animal husbandry. Two tour-norse
teams, hitched to big hay wagons and
driven by members of the club, pro
vided conveyance to and from the
picnic grounds.
NATURALIST WILL SPEAK
HUNTER TO TELL OF EXPE
RIENCES IN AFRICA.
Carl Akeley Gets Specimens of Go
rillas for New Hall to Be
Built In New York.'
No fiction could be more thrilling
than the actual experiences of Carl
Akeley, famous naturalist and hunter
of African big game, during his
many trips into "darkest Africa," as
he will relate them to his aupience at
the municipal auditorium tomorrow
evening.
Mr. Akeley returned to this coun
try from his fourth expedition into
central and German East Africa in
March. This trip was devoted almost
entirely 1 to obtaining specimens of
gorillas for a group for the new Afri
can hall to be built back of the
Roosevelt memorial hall on the Cen
tral park, west side of the American
museum of natural history, in New
York city. Mr. Akeley returned with
five splendid specimens, one a large
bull weighing 360 pounds. When
mounted these will make the finest
gorilla group in the country.
Mr. Akeley's experiences read like
an adventure into hair-raising fic
tion. His descriptions of hunts and
adveentures with the jungle animals
will make an evening that will long
be remembered, it is said. Three
thousand feet of thrilling motion pic
tures of the jungle wild life will be
shown in connection with the lecture.
Mr. Akeley's Portland appearance will
be under the direotion of Ellison &
White.
Barrels of
Fun Sunday
at The Oaks
With
The Elk3
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