THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 31, 1922 5 s UPERVISDRS ftSK TAX REDUCTIONS Fee Increases Recommend , ed to Council. FIRE INSPECTION RAPPED tTse of Large Reserve Funds to j Repair Municipal Pave ments Held Alarming. Reduction of tax burdens through the provision of additional sources of revenue and increase in license and other fees by the city council Is urged by the tax supervision and conservation commission in its of ficial budget report, submitted to city officials yesterday. The report, in addition to this recommendation, carried the obser vations of the tax commission on the conduct of all the municipal de partments, praised city officials for presenting a budget that, showed painstaking supervision, and chided the city council and individual- com missioners for deviations from rec ommendations made by the tax com mission a year ago. Fee Short of Costs. The assertion Is made by the tax commission that, while increases have been made in fees charged by the building bureau, such increases still fail to meet the cost of main taining an inspection force. An additional inspector in the bu reau of licenses was allowed by the commission for the sole purpose of permitting that department' to col lect licenses from persons who have succeeded in avoiding payment of fees because of the small force in this department. A review of the entire license Echedule with the object o attain ing a better classification, making addition of rtems and raising the fees wherever these may seem to fall short of meeting the coat of supervision, is strongly recommend ed by the commission. ' Pees for the viewing of. motion picture reels, the inspection ot meat carcasses, the inspection of elevators and increase of fees for the issuance of certificates to' food handlers are among the specific recommendations. The report calls attention to the fact that recommendations made to the city council by the commission a year ago were not generally made known to officials charged with the administration of funds and the council was urged to correct this condition this year. While the commission took pleas Tire in commending the council for the intelligent budget presented, it suggested that the budget discus sion be made an order of business throughout the year and not merely at the time estimates are being re Mewed in preparation for submis sion to the tax commission. Cost Accounting Ured. Lack of cost accounting in city departments caused the tax commis sion to urge the city council to give some attention to this important euDjeci. jrarticuiar stress was laid on the lack of cost-accounting sys tems in the department of public works and in the street-cleaning bureau. To care for the department of public works the tax commission made allowance for the employment of a cost Cierk, while officials in the street-cleaning bureau were urged to work out- a less compli cated accounting system than is now in vogue. While criticism was directed at the street-cleaning bureau because the commission could not ascertain definitely the cost of the operation of this bureau, the general ef ficiency of the bureau was praised. An average balance o $263,762.80 throughout the year in the assess ment collection fund, on deposit in banks on open accounts at 2 per cent interest, while the bonds bear from i to per cent interest, caused the commission to impose a rebuke on the city auditor's office. "It appears that the city treasurer is not in position to invest any of this large balance to better ad vantage." the report reads', "inas much as the auditor's office does not give him sufficient advance notice of the probable total amount of improvement liens to be put up for sale, for this reason virtually forcing the treasurer to hold for immediate purchase of liens the en tire amount of the balance." The commission notes that a fairly large balance In this fund is necessary but recommends the establishment of closer relations between the auditor's office and the treasurer's office, so as to permit the investment of a part of the balance in ehort-term securities. Jfeed Held Not Pressing. A constant balance in the fire department construction fund throughout the year led the tax commission to assert that the neces sity for construction of additional fire stations was not considered pressing. Recommendation is made in this connection that further sale3 of bonds under this authorization be not made until existing balances have been practically utilized. Establishment of a central point at which all records of automobile costs and service may Jje consulted is urged in the report. A partial record of automobile operation is now on file in the auditor's office. but the city council is urged to em power the property custodian to gather the additional facts neces sary to complete this record and turn such facts over to the audi tor's office at stated intervals. Continuation of the booth system urged by the commission for the police bureau a year ago is recom mended. The commission states in its report that continuous strikes on the waterfront and in the railroad shops made it impossible for the police officials to give the booth system a trial that would be con vincing. However, ten extra patrol men were allowed by the commis sion to be assigned to existing booths and to the manning of an additional booth in 1923. Consolidation of the bureau of purchases, stationery department, bureau of stores and property cus todian was recommended by the commission. Elimination of the sta tionery clerk was made by the com mission, to be offset by an Increase in the salary of the chief clerk in the bureau of purchases who, under the commission's ruling, is to as sume the duties now held by this clerk after the reorganization sug gested has been carried out. The commission has given the of ficials approximately three months . to consolidate these departments. Lack of co-ordination under the old plan ciency under the merger is given by th commission as its reason for this recommendation. Passage of an ordinance granting Itodlan is urged. The commission states that heretofore the property custodian has been little more than j a registrar of personal property. Under the suggestion the property custodian will have general respon sibility for the proper use and care of public personal property and also be in control of ail automobile equipment belonging to the city. Gentry Tates, formerly in the city auditor's office, was recently ap pointed to take charge of the prop erty custodian's office. - One of the outstanding commenda tions contained in the report' was given to Sylvester C. Simmons, vet eran superintendent of the city. The commission observed that estimates for operation of the city hall in 1923 were appreciably less than the allowance for the past year. "It believes that this saving has been attained through the careful and efficient work of the superin tendent of the building. The only decrease made in his budget was in the item of fuel oil, following re duction in the market price." Increased use of the muflicipal golf course i anticipated by the tax commission, and city officials are urged to complete early the purchase of the south nine holes of Eastmoreland links in order that the trusteeship now existing may be early dissolved and the transfer of the clubhouse and site agreed to by th Ladd Estate company and the trustees may be effected. The present plan of inspections carried on by the fire prevention bureau did not met with the ap proval of the tax commission, nor did the failure of city officials to follow the reorganization, recom mendations for this bureau made a year ago please the tax commis sioners. As a result the commission made iOEfJ JUSTIFIES AMERICAN POSITION Loans to Preserve Europe Held Unwarranted. SELF-HELP IS IMPORTANT Aid From United States to Per petuate Existing Conditions ,' Held Not to Be Expected. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. (Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonian.) (Reciting the dialogue of an imagin ary conversation between Mrs. Europe and Uncle Sam, Mr. Harden emphasizes the Justice of the American position that until Europe has systematized her entire trde she has no right to expect a loan from the United States to perpetuate ex isting conditions.) BERLIN, Dec. 30. (Special Ca ble.) Mrs. Europe today Is making Uncle Sam a New Year's visit. It is both material and social in char acter, and the dialogue between CAUTION Wrappers of the New Year's Edition of The Morn ing Oregonian issued MONDAY, JAN. 1, will bear this label: New Year's Edition t Price will be S cents a copy- postage. 8 cents in the United States and possessions. All other foreign postage will be 12 cents. provision for two captains and nine hosemen to work permanently in the fire prevention bureau in place of the present plan of drafting com pany officers to make such inspec tions. Success of the plan of transporting inspectors of the bureau of build ings in their own automobiles as in augurated a year ago led the com mission to recommend a study of the plan by other departments as a means of economy. Expenditure of large sums from the maintenance reserve of the mu nicipal paving plant to make repairs in pavements laid by the plant dur ing the first, second and third years of the pavement life should give cause for real alarm, in the opinion of the tax commission. The report points out that the repairs thus far made on pavement with an. average of 16 months have consumed about 41 per cent of the plant's reserve, although only 27 per cent of the maintenance period has expired. 1,1,10 UMEl PETITIONERS SEEK TO STOP BRITISH EXECUTIONS. you can expect It Is going to have any effect. You know the story of Rothschild who, when the poor Russian told his sorrow to him for a long time, rang for his servant and said: 'Throw this man out; he is breaking my heart.' "That's how we feel about you. I have given more charity to your children than ever before was given on earth. I never ask thanks but I don't want to hear any more about your debts, reparations, low stand ards of living and depressed ex change. Your constant begging Is almost worse than your old mili tary trumpets and soldier play. You imagine you are indispensable and believe Almighty God insured you first place in the, universe until the end of time and reckon we are going to help you with our money every time you do something stupid, which Is very often. You want us to throw bur people's wealth into the bottomless pit.. Some Guarantee Desired. "We have claims for gold which are being paid, not in gold but in goods which we don't want, because we are exporters ourselves and must protect our industries with a tariff. For this reason we are most interested in- the younger industrial countries. Consequently what in terests us in Russia is not the sup posed change of front but the faot that under communist rule many millions of new farms and small holdings have sprung up. "I will help you as soon as I have a guarantee that you won't begin new wars which, as fxperienca shows, ruin both victors' and van quished; that you will not regard new paper money as income wealth, and that your business will be guided by economic reasoning in stead of national jealousy. That is all we ask in exchange for our help. Don't pout. Do you think we have been spending weeks on councils of bankers and diplomats for nothing?- France and England agreed under Christmas mistletoe to accept any reasonable repara tions proposal from Germany and they know about what to expect. That was our doing. Now see what you can co alone. .Happy New Year!" Mrs. Europe, slightly disappointed but full of hope, turns slowly and leaves. LIVELY SESSION ASSURED (Continued From First Page.) Officials Reported to Have De cided to Hang Edith Thomp son and Bywaters. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service.) (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) LONDON, Dec. 30. An extraordi nary light on modern British psy chology has been thrown by the ex citement over the fate of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, both sentenced to death for the mur der of the woman's husband. The trial attracted enormous newspaper attention, and then a petition came to the home secretary for a reprieve, which had been signed by over 1,000,000 persons. So far no decision on the petition has been published, but it is re ported that the matter has even been discussed by the cabinet, the home secretary being unwilling in the face of the public excitement to take the responsibility for the ex ecutions, and it is said that it has been decided to refuse the petition. If this is the case both will be executed January 9. The case Is a particularly sordid one, and the authorities are influ enced by the theory that it tney oo not hang these two they never should hang anyone. Bywaters, a ship's steward, a youth of 22, was a lover of Mrs. Thompson. He way laid the husband while the latter was returning from a theater with his wife, stabbing him. At the trial it was proved that Bywaters and the wife had plotted for months to poison her husband. STATE CAPITOLEETS GflFE RESTAURANT TO BE PUT IX ' BASEMENT. them is well worth the attention of the whole world. , "What a terrible year 1922 was," she groans. "At the beginning it seemed that the sky over my house waa brighter. Threads of hope were spun at Washington, at Cannes and at Genoa, but they soon broke like cobwebs. Only from Washington was there something remaining, and while it seems about to be ratified after long hesitation, it does me no good. From all other summer and winter resorts no useful plan has emerged despite noisy enthusiasm. "I had thought the worst was over and I imagined that the world, which must realize our worth, would help us back to our old posi tion and wealth. But today is almost darker than a year ago. John Bull complains of unemployment and Increased taxation. Marianne Paris bemoans her money scarcity and the impossibility of rebuilding her dev astated regions. Where the Roman Caesars fed the people with bread and entertained them with circuses stands a civilian Caesar, who sud denly has changed his red shirt for a black one and is endeavoring to force the imagination of the masses back into a clean but narrow bed of patriotic anti-foreign emotion. . End Apparently Near. "People are trying to convince me that things are getting better in the east, where the bolshevik ter ror, has .reigned for four years. Property rights now are recognized and trade is permitted. This sounds scarcely credible only a few months arter tire reports! famine and can nibalism, but even if this is true, what is the good to me? My old carcass, covered with the scars of the surgeon's knife, won't hold to gether until order is restored be tween the Black and White seas. "New state are busy arranging themselves while the old people can not buy or sell. Germany, with a great industrial organization, could sell for a long time, because she offers goods cheaper than her com petitors, and can buy because she produces a means of payment on a printing press and pays her work ing men one-fourth of what they would get in America for the same work. But even this beggar pros perity is fading fast and there is a decline in all industries, and, where formerly Germany had much to ex port now she is compelled to im port. How much longer will this be possible? "The German harvest is below the average. Cattle cannot exist through the winter without foreign fodder. The dollar a year ago bought 200 marks. Last July it bought BOO; now it is 7000. Honest trade . is impossible with such fluctuations, which, within a year, have varied from 168 to 9174. The soundest and most respectable business men are forced to speculate. Uncle Sam Only Hope. V "Now, Uncle Sam, this is a picture of our conditions. You are the only one who can help us. . Has your tender heart turned into hard metal amidst your heaps of gold? Nobody here understands how you have stood the sight of this misery so long." A short, mocking laugh comes from the mouth which releases the pipe and then comes the answer: "Bravo! "You have learned your lesson very well. The only wonder is that lHE FAILURE BEWILDERS ATHENS Separate Peace by Turks and Greeks Probable. BITTER WAR POSSIBLE 111 " t r ; 7" i ll : - .' certain legislation crops up. A similar situation exists in t'je senate. This adds to the uncer tainty of what may happen at Salem and prevents a pre-sesslon forecast of the actual lineup. Klan Sentiment Factor. Gossip among eastern Oregon sen ators is to the effect that no dis position exists to punish the mem bers of the Eddy camp in commit tee appointments, and that Senator Eddy and his 13 signed supporters are likely to be as well taken care of as if Senator Eddy himself was selected for president. The idea back of this Is promotion of har mony. All Is not serene in the east ern Oregon bloc, because the klan influenced senators are with Sen ator Upton, and there are some strong anti-klan men also pledged to Senator Upton. The - two ele- only sentiment in common Is the election of Senator Upton. This is one reason why Senator Upton may have trouble holding his organiza tion together. But, after all, the line of cleavage in house and sen ate will depend on the character of legislation. Inasmuch as Mr. Pierce has been advocating a reduction of expenses and taxes, a bill is to be introduced in the house proposing to reduce the salary of the governor to $5000 a year. No such recommendation will be in the message of the governor, however. Also Mr. Pierce's proposal to create salaried Jobs for highway commissioners will be opposed, not only because it is inconsistent with his promise of economy, but for the reason that non-salaried commis sioners have been found heretofore. Some Opposition Certain. On Mr. Pierce's proposed sever ance tax ne will also run up against opposition and he will, find opposi tion on his nnrtl pillar, ulnn fn. a state income tax the difference of (.pinion in the latter being as to a graduated tax or a flat tax. On the menaiiroa mnnt,r,n,4 t u .... is an honest difference of opinion and politics is not involved. Mr. jfierce is expected to recom mend a number of economies and where these are workable he will have the legislature with him, for the general feeling is to make re ductions where efficiency will not De impairea. iow far consolidation of boards and commissions can be carried out is for the future to de termine. Mr. Pierce will advocate consolidation and it is reported that he favors a super-commission, to be appointed by the governor, this super-commission to handle all fctate affairs except .those especially dele gated to ths state treasurer and secretary of state. As the matter of salary cuts and reduced appropriations rests largely with the ways and means commit tee, there Is a scramble among sen ators and representatives to be as signed to this committee. There is almost as great a demand for places on the committee on taxation and assessment and the third popular committee is roads and highways. Lawyers, of course, want to be on the Judiciary and revision of laws committees. Haggling at Conference la Re garded as Hampering Work to End Hostilities. BY FRANK WILLS. ' (Chicago Tribune Foreien News Service Copyright, 1822, by the Chicago Tribune.) I ATHENS, Dec 30. The same re sentful bewilderment found in Tur key is shown' here over the failure of the Lausanne conference to ac complish anything. At the close of the Greco-Turk struggle, marked with the eviction of the Hellenic forces from Ana tolia, the allies stepped in and pro posed to frame peace between them selves and the belligerents, using as the basis recognition of the Turkish nationalist aims. We are well aware of the provisions of the Turkish na tional pact and the Turks consented, believing the offer to be in good faith. With the relinquishment of ideas of Anatolian territorial acaui- sition the TuVk pact contained little in conflict with Greek interests and undoubtedly peace could easily have been arranged between the belliger ent nations. ; Mutual Agreement Prevented. However, the interference of the allies prevented such a mutual agreement and has operated solely to delay matters during the course of endless haggling at Lausanne, which apparently is getting further from peace and closer to the re sumption of hostilities daily, while the two war-weary countries are forced to maintain comparatively huge armies to guard against even tualities, although both can ill af ford such drains on their respective treasuries. Had the conference proceeded promptly and arranged a treaty on the basis of the principles involved. leaving the details to be arranged later, Greece and Turkey could have disbanded their military forces which are proving such a heavy burden and devoted their energies to reconstruc tion problems. Future Seems Hopeless. The realization of these truths and the seeming hopelessness of the fu ture is causing a swelling indigna tion among the two peoples, who feel that they are puppet nations whose blood is being wantonly spilled to satisfy the rivalries and ambitions of England, France and Russia. If a breakdown of the Lausanne conference forces a resumption of warfare in the near east, it probably will be marked with greater ferocity and brutality than is usually marked by the traditionally savage conflicts out here, but on the other hand sep arate peace between Greece and Tur key is within the realms of possi bility. Greece could probably se cure better terms without allied help, for the latter have shown a tendency to sacrifice the Greek in terests for their own while bargain ing with the Turks. Mustapha Ke mal Pasha's demands probably would be most moderate in order to re move the menace of the Hellenic frontiers, while leaving free for talk between Turkey and England the questions of Mosul and the straits. Objections of Salem Caterers on Unfair Competition Basis Are Ignored. SALEM, Or., Dec. 30 (Special.) A restaurant will be conducted in the basement of the statehouse dur ing the coming session of the .legis lature despite the protests of per sons engaged in this business in Sa lem. A committee of restaurant own ers conferred with the secretary of state today and offered objection on grounds of unfair competition The secretary of state informed his .callers that In installing the restaurant, he merely had followed the instructions of the legislature The resolution was adopted at the 1919 session of the legislature and the restaurant was Installed prior to the 1921 meeting of the legisla ture. It has been enlarged recently and will now accommodate 75 per sons at a sitting. It is operated as a concession and not at the expense of the state. - Whether the restaurant owners will launch legal action to enjoin operation of the capitol eating con Babeock &Peets Inc. ANNOUNCE THEIR ANNUAL aeuary Sale SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS ON Furniture and Fabrics LIVING ROOM DINING ROOM. HALLS C BEDROOM SUNROOM - -a BREAKFAST ROOM TABLE, FLOOR LAMPS MIRRORS ALL OVERSTUFFED STOCKED GOODS AND ODD SAMPLE LENGTHS IN TAPESTRIES, SILKS BROCADES, DAMASKS HAND-BLOCKED LINENS CHINTZES, PRINTS MOHAIRS, VELVETS DENIMS, POPLINS FURNITURE INCLUDED NOTE: We buy no merchandise whatsoever for sale purposes, neither do we buy seasonal or holiday goods. Oar stock is parchased uniformly the year round to the end that we may supply the demand for DISTINCTION and QUALITY in FURNITURE, DRAPERIES, RUGS and WALL PAPER. 421 ALDER AT ELEVENTH FORD E. SB RESIGNS STATE EXAMINER - AUDITOR OP CORPORATIONS QTJITS. Postmastershlp Tests Slated. TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) An open competitive exami nation for the position of post master at Tacoma will be held Jan uary 23. C. J. Backus, acting post master; George Smitley, secretary of the Tacoma Elks lodge, and Ed ward Meath. ex-state treasurer, have announced their candidacies and are sure to take the examination.' Commissioner Handley Pays High Compliment to Assistant Who Retires From Position. SALEM, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) Ford E. Shaw, for the last 2 yearo examiner and auditor for the state corporation department, has sub mitted his resignation to T. B. Handley, state corporation commis sioner, to become effective at onc. Mr. Shaw will depart early next week for New York city on private business, but will return to the coast later to accept a responsible position not yet announced. ' "Mr. Shaw's resignation was filed with me more than a year ago," said a statement issued by Mr. Handley. "Since then he frequently has In sisted upon being relieved of hl duties, tut-realizing the importance of the - position to which he had been assigned I was reluctant to ac- cept his resignation. Mr. Shaw has made considerable sacrifice in re maining with the department in that the salary is low when com pared with the duties performed." Mr. Shaw is a resident -of Tilla mook county. Before entering the employ of the department he was connected with the Ladd & Tilton bank in Salem and other financial institutions. rendered a decision today holding that the election in September, 1921, when the bonds were voted, was valid and that the city can proceed with the sale of the bonds. A bond ing company asserted that the bond sale was not legal. Proceeds of the bonds go toward Kelso's share of the new steel bridge in course of construction. Clatsop Budget Adopted. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 30.-(Special.) More than BOO taxpayers this aft ernoon, by almost unanimous vote, adopted the county tax budget, as reported by the budget committee and levied a total tax of $429,742. 64. Kelso Bond Election Valid. KELSO, Wash., Dec 30. (Special.) Kelso will not have to hold an other election to make valid an issue of $26,000 of bonds. Judge Klrby WANTED Experienced man for high-class men's wear es tablishment ; capable, pol ished and a real salesman. W 40, Oregonian cession had not been determined to- and promise of greater effi-1) night. The Oregonian is the medium through which many people supply their wants by using its classified iiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiflii JANUARY FURNITURE SALE FINE NEW PIECES IN WALNUT AND MAHOGANY, AND IN UP HOLSTERED and OVERSTUFFED Every Piece Reduced ; J. G. MACK & CO. 148-150 PARK STREET Bet. Alder and Morrison - BBBBB9DBBIIBHBHBBiaBSBBHH9HBEBB9BBIB 1 ' AMD . . 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