The Oregon daily journal., October 04, 1908, Page 12, Image 12

THE' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINP, OCTOBER 4, 1008.
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LIVING RATES ADVANCE, field of
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Special Showing of New Arabian Lace Curtains, All Grades, Exceptional Values, Fifth Street Windows .
WAGE SCALE DECREASES Piano Music
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Broadened
Significant Story Is Told by Figures Now Being Oath-
ercd by Washington State Bureau of Labor for Bi
ennial Eeport
B0cUl Ditpalrk I Tee eeeraaLt .
Olympic Vub., Oct . Jn preparing
the forthcoming- Nennlal report of the
tat bureau of labor. Commissioner C
I. Hubbard baa completed an Invaatl
gation Into the oat of living In Wash
ington, tha results of which tend to
bow that price of ordluary household
ommodltles have been hlajher durlna
the paat year than ever before. In mak
ing Ibis investigation, the rear 10 waa
made the starling point and the con
clusions are baaed on the wholesale
prloea of a Hat of (t articles, all of
whloh are In everyday use. . Wholesale
prices were taken rather than thoae of
retail dealer for the reason that ac
cural record of the former ve avail-
' able, and, moreover, wholesale prices ar
not subject to artificial fluctuations
arising from local causes.
Th plan pursued Involved the prep
aration of a comparative table covering
the quotations on the tt different ar
ticles for each year frem 1900 to 1808.
As there la a large variety of grade
In nearly all commodities offered for
'sale. It waa necessary to select certain
standard brands, using the same ones,
as nearly as possible, for the entire
period. In this way It waa possible to
avoid comparing a cheap product for
one year with a high-grade article for
lha next. .
For Cent Average Increase,
As compared with the prices for th
. year 1900, 41 of the tt articles consid
ered show an average Increase of tt
per cent for 1908. Included In this list
are the following: Cove oysters, canned
. cherries, canned raspberries, canned as
. paragus, canned tomatoes, oof fee, evap- j
. orated cream, dried apples, apricots, i
currants, peaches, pears. Dlum. oatmeal
' crackers, wheat flour, first and second
?rades, oatmeal, cornmeal, graham
lour, rye flour, honey, rice, table salt,
granulated sugar, molasses, eggs, butter
cheese, lard, bam, bacon, mutton,
dressed hogs, chickens, turkeys, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, beans
and canned salmon- .
As mentioned above, all of the fore-
folng Uet have advanoed on the average
( par cant over the price aa quoted In
luo. noma or mem, nowever, nave un
dergone a much greater Increase, and it
is worthy or note that the nlgneat in
crease ar confined largely to such ar
ticles aa may be termed absolute neces-
Itina For example, since 1(00 wheat
flour, flrat grade, has advanced 68 Vk
Kr cent and the second grade article
a Increased almost as much: corn-
meal has advanced 60 per cent; graham
i.our, il per cent; rye flour, 17 per oent;
lie, to per cent; dried apricots, 47 per
cent; lard, 40 per oent; mutton. St per
cent; dressed bogs, si per cent, ana
other articles In nronortlon.
To bring this out in somewhat more
concrete form It may be said that In
1900 a barrel of first-grade wheat flour
cost at wholesale f3.f&; In 1(08, 15.15.
Becond-grade flour In 1(00 was worth
1.(6; the 1(01 price Is 14 66. A ten
pound sack of cornmeal In 1(00 waa
worth It cents; tha 108 price U 14
cent. In 1(00 rice brought ,.046 per
pouna; me iv price is .voio.
Advisee JTo Proportionate,
On tha other hand, report -which the
labor commissioner has been gathering
covering . the matter of wages do not
indicate anything like a similar ad
vance, to make up for the Increased
cost of living expenses.
It Is true that moat lines of skilled
labor have secured advances since the
year 1(00, but very few of .these ad
vances have been secured during the
past two years. In fact, there have been
some deoreases during the paat year,
and the number of Idle men has prac
tically doubled, due in large part to
the financial panic which, however, aid
not seem to Influence the prices of food
products. Rents of houses have also
stiffened up and appear to show no
sians of weakening;.
All of this Information, which Is now
In course of compilation, will be pre
sented at length in the labor commis
sioner's next report to the legislature,
and will contain extensive Information
concerning labor and Industrial condi
tions In Washington.
BY THE INVENTION
OF THE
A. B. Chase Player
It is an acknowledged fact that
the A. B. Chase Piano Player has
broadened the field of piano
music more than any instrument
introduced since the upright
piano, and has given the music
lover, regardless of technical edu
catipn, an, opportunity to secure
the full range of piano music.
The simplicity of operation of the
A. B. Chase and the remarkable
accentuation of each note are fea
tures which, place it at the front.
It is sovereign among players. It
has surpassed older and highly
advertised inferior makes.
Points of Superiority : Quality
a . . a w
ot tone, design ana Beauty 01 case,
ease and convenience of opera
tion, individual note accentuation.
Every part of player mechanism
is easy of access and can there
fore be adjusted by any one..
WE RENT PIANOS
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Sixth and Morrison, Opp. P. O.
PRESSES EAT WHOLE KILLED Oil EVE
FORESTS EVERY WEEK OF VISIT HOI
By Majoa A. F. Sears.
The Imminent menace of forest de
struction In the United States, the ef
fect thereon of the colossal output of
' print paper required for newspapers,
magazines and other publications, and
the pressing question of what is to
be the raw material for the manufac
ture of print paper when the forests are
gone are speculative themes that ren
der of great interest the excellent
work of Mr. Pinchot's bureau of for
estry In distributing circulars, of In
quiry touching; the Influence of forests
; on the fluvial regime of the country.
These resources of the United States are
not Inexhaustible, and the bureau has
been careful In its studies to make pre
else estimates of our capital In forests
and our expenditure of that capital.
Each year we are destroying 100,000,
000,000 feet of wood, and reproducing
only 40,000,000,000. Thus In 30 years
there will be no rorcsts In the United
States unless some more energetic recu
perative measures are adopted by the
. Murdered Bartender Had
Completed Plans for Ne
braska Trip.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
The Dalles. Or.. Oct 8. Andrew A.
government, secondod by the cordial wilcox, who died Saturday morning as
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Loveri of fine furniture, in 'search 'of unusual and distinctive
pieces, will be delighted with our display, of newly arrived artistic
novelties. . . ' ,. v
Among them are mahogany tea tablesand muffin stands, re
productions of colonial desks, escritoires and sewing tables, copies
of old stools, chairs, candlesticks, bookblocks and jardiniere stands.
. These pieces are different from ordinary furniture. Each is
a work of art one that will lend distinction and charm to any
house.
Old Furniture Recovered
We make a specialty of fine upholster
ing, employing the best eastern uphol
sterers, and carrying a stock of tapestries,
brocades, velours and plushes. Estimates
gladly submitted.
j.6.Mack&
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Fifth and Stark
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the result 'of knife wounds received at
the hands of Joseph Shaughnesy Thurs
day night, had completed plans 'on the
day of the stabbing for a visit to his
parents in Nebraska, whom he had
not seen for some time. They had
The Beauly That Charms
Is the "fetching" ' mouth, that Is
lined with pearly teeth, that
makes a smile a magnet. If you
are not blessed with pretty teeth
by nature, and they are defective
or decayed, our bridge work will
make an ugly mouth look beauti
ful when inserted by an efficient
dentist:
Special Bates All lhis!onlh
Flexible Flesh-Colored
Plates $10.00
Gold Crown, 22k f3.50
Bridge Teeth, 22k. ..... .f 3.50
Gold Fillings f 1.00
Silver Fillings 50
WET FAT UOBXf
ELECTRO
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DENTISTS
303$ Washington St, cor Fifth.
We give a 10-year written guar
antee.
Open evenings and Sundays.
Lady attendant
We keep busy doing- good work
at these prices. We have the
latest, most modern electrical a p
paratua for doing painless denial
work.
If you are nervous or have
heart trouble the Electro Pain If g
System will do the work when
c there ran.
rorests Disappearing.
With the loss of the forests comes the
crisis In paper, which is now being se
verely felt by all whose business de
mands the use of that article. A for
midable problem faces us in the tre-
manilAlil mnltfn1tr.ci tint, A hnnlrfl and
periodicals. Mr. Malre In the Scientific been notified of the Intended visit
Review i has given some figures touch-I The preliminary hearing of Shaugh-1
worm loaay. joui in me L.nuea tjtaies I Saturday morning, u na-aerenaant was
are made annually i. 611, 000 hundred- remanded to the custody of Sheriff
weignt: m Germany. 8,500,000; In Kng- chrisman without bonds to await the
iana. o,zoo,uov: in France, 3,800,000; in action of the grand Jury. He is charged
Australia, a.iu,uuv; in itaiy, a.ooo.uou, with murder in the nrst degree,
or In the six nations a total of 49,651,- The trouble was caused by a dog be
000 hundred weight longing to the defendant that was at i
The United States stands at the head the rear of the saloon. The defendant ;
of the producers and also of the con- insisted on getting the dog. Wilcox,
suraers of paper, J. Arren has given who was closing the saloon for the I
figures snowing me Development oi night wanted Shaughnefty to get out.
the American periodical press. He cal- a uuarrel resulted and the stabbing
CUlateS. that in 1870 each inhabitant fnllniverl Wflnnx wna stahheri In th
of the country received 3 copies of a abdomen, the right chest in the back,
periodical; that in 1880, this number near the shoulder blade, the back of,
rose to 41.2, In 1890 to It. 2. In 1900 the head and under the nose, where
$32.50
SUITS
$15-45
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150 FINE TAILOR
MADE SUITS
Worth $32.50
$27a5nd$30
THE. ALL GO FOB
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THERE IS GREAT DOINGS IN
TAILOR-MADE SUITS THIS WEEK
$30.00 $27.50 $26.50
SUITS SUITS SUITS
$15.45 $15.45 $15.45
$25.00
SUITS
$15.45
Our prices help you
to economize
Just think
CA Fine
It von have money Drenare to snend it now. Milei of wordy could
be used in talking to yott of all the styles and fancys which Autumn has Sir. 45
brought to your approval. But what's the use, come and see this feast of J
iasaionoDie weoraoies. u s reauy reiresaing 10 iook at inem.
to 103, and that in 1908. each lnhab
itant of this nation is receiving 125
copies of a periodical. But this in
crease in the number of copies bears no
comparison with the real amount of
printing done bv the American nerlori
leal press, for In 1880 1,000 copies of
ine average newspaper weighed VI
pounds, while In 1890 It had Increased
to 118 pounds. In 1900 to 137. and in
l05 to 176 sounds, or double the oria.
Inal weight. If we consider that the
number of periodicals has quintupled
m inese zo years, we nave no atrricuity
In understanding, that we are using 10
times as much paper now as In 1880.
Mammoth, ITewspapers a Factor.
-Advertisements are the great cause
or mis increase in ine numoer or pa
pers and magazines. They triumph
over and submerge all the Sunday pa
pers, in Mew i org aione, tne six prin
cipal Sunday papers on one day print
ed l,s08,ooo copies, with an average
or bo pages eacn, enough-" to print an
octavo volume of 48flpages.
The economist asks, what literature
do these periodicals contain to compen
sate for the destruction of the forest.
which furnish their supply? Take the
production of one day. at. sav the be
ginning of the present year. The six
New York Sunday papers contained s
total of 888 pages, of which 149 were
advertisements, 89 were Illustrations,
ISO narea were readina matter, a. trifle
more than a third of the whole. That
which occurs here is repeated In Ku-
rope, though In smaller proportion. Ev
erywhere the press is- oeveioning in
numbers of copies and weight of paper
used.
Europe and America together now
manufacture about 800,000.000 pounds
or writing paper in addition to tne
amounts made for books and periodi
cals, z.&oi.z&u.cou pounds more. to
this must be added, paper for blotting,
copying, drawing and painting, filtering
and packing, estimated at i.600.00O,voa
pounds and we have an amount of more
than S, 000,000.000 pounds, which will
be doubled by the consumption of South
Am erica, Australia, Africa and Asia, on
account of the enormous ose made of
paper by the China and Japan. The
solution nf the problem presented must
be turned over to the Inventors.
the knife blade broke, penetrating the
roor or tne mouth
NEEDLECBAFT SHOP
Opened
Pine Sixth
This Week in a
Street Store.
A test of what industry and atten
tion to business will do is amply dem;
onstrated by the growth of the Needle
craft shoa which is now located in a
splendid new store on Sixth street.
Besides doing an immense city busi
ness, the mail orders received are from
every state in the union.
Come as early as
you can before the
choicest is scone: but
they are all good.
JUST THINK
A $32.50 Suit for
$15.45
Lawrence y
Shanahan
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144-146
. x Third St.
L Bet Morrison & Alder
WHOLESALE
PRICES to RETAIL
PATRONS
532.50, 030.00 and
$27.50
Fine Tailor Made Suits
$15.45
A Perfect Fit is Guaranteed With Every Suit. No Charge for Alterations
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75c Lace Curtains now
$2.25 Fine Comforters now ...
$1.25 Fine Lace Curtains now
$1.75 Fine Lace Curtains now .
$1.00 Large Size Bedspreads .
$2.50 Large Size Bedspreads .
$1.75 Fine Large Comforts
$3.?5 Extra Fine Comforts
$5.00 Extra' Fine Comforts
$1.75 Blankets, extra size
$2.25 Wool Blankets
$4.50 Wool Blankets
...49
.91.49
...98
$1.19
...69
.91.39
91.19
.92.19
.93.49
...98
.91.29
.92.75
Men's Furnishings
(t'nlted PreM Lcastd Wire.)
Chlcsgo, Oct. I. Governor Hughes'
military secretary, a. Curtia, tonight
telegraphed Senator Dixon of the speak-
rs' bureau at Republican national head
uarcers. mat ine rovernor 1ve ooed an
attack of laryngitis at Buffalo and waa
for red to cancel hi ChiiSgo date for
iuwi)r. a tnroai specialist warned
Governor Hughes that If he attempted
to use his voice In speaking In the ram-
f'aign he may loe his vo!r ermanent
y. Contrary to the advire of him nh.
siclan, Hughes will try to fli his west
ern date. H will come to this city at
noon tomorrow on him special train and
recerra visitors at ht train aiut In hia
rooms at a hotel. He will appear be
fore the Suttn-.d men at nlht and
shake bands with them, but will nnt i
peak.
Victor Roeewater. natlona! commit
teeman frem Nebraaka. In rerl in ir
Bryaai statement tKat hie ne'w.r-r-
attributed to Bryan a quoutlon frnm tha
rwpuouraii'puu ana then rlfliruJed
the quoted statement, said tonight
u im mie inai one er mt m 'a.
rial writers rr.mv have made t h,b
aa charred. The matter waa not trotjght
to any attention wntil I rearhM CM'are
tnda. Bryaa has no rlrht to rhajge
ae with MthtkraJ re inmsiMUt for ev
erything . that appears tsj say paper !
Mrs. White, the proprietor of the
Needleeraf t hon haa had in rtt er.
perlence la needlework and previous to '
coming to Portland was well known as
a designer and has originated many I
Deauuiui laeas tor neeaiewora.
AW, 3TKS. REGGIE,
YOU'RE EXCUSED
(T'altK rrasa Lease WTra I
Newport. R 1.. Oct. . "The thnnsht i
never entered my mind Unu I snubbed 1
saybody while In Pittsburg. The story ,
Is untrue and perfectly tidJculoua'
With these words. Mra R eerie Vander
bllt this evening denied the tale that
aha and bar buabaBd lacerated the feel
ings of several Pittsburg millionaires '
by refusing to attend several aortal
functions while ' they were exhlhttlnr
their thoroughbreds at the PHtaburg
horse show.
DIES, SATING IIE i
"WAS PERSECUTED '
$100 Golf Shirts now
$1.25 Men's Shirts now
50c 'Men's Working Shirts ....
65c and 75c Men's Shirts
75c Men's Undershirts ..
75c Bib Overalls
Men's Heavy Socks
Boys' Suspenders
Men's Hose
Men's Black Overalls
Men's Stiff Bosom Shirts
Men's Heavy Suspenders
President Suspenders :
$1.25 Men's Underwear
Men's Heavy Ribbed Underwear
Men's Fancy Ties
.495
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.43
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Dress Goods
42-inch Fancy Shadow Stripe Suiting, elegant line of
colors, regular price is 75c. Our Retiring- price 48 .
40-inch Fancy Herringbone Suiting, all the new fall
shades, 75c value ..... r; 48
40-inch Fancy Dress Tweeds, novelty effects, very
pretty mixtures, 50c value, for 28
Fancy Plaid Silks, in tartan effects, light and dark
colors, 75c value 48
Colored Taffetas, all shades, extra good quality, sold
for 75c, now 48
Underwear and Hosiery
75c Night Robes now 42
25c Ladies' Vests now 19
35c Corset Covers now 19
15c Vests, extra good value 8 1-3
35c Muslin Drawers 19
50c Ladies Hose 22
15c Ladies' Hose 9
50c Ladies' Vests 22
25c Children's Stockings .12U
20c Children's Stockings . . : 11
$1.25 Ladies' Gowns 79
$1.00 Ladies' Skirts 59
$1.00 Ladies' Drawers 59
Ladies' Black-Hose, white feet ' 11
Children's Black Hose, double sole and knee, 35c
value . . . . i 19
Ladies' Black Hose, extra quality 19V
144-146 THIRD STREET L3WrnCC ShSflShSfl Bet Morri$on Aider
WHERE YOUR DOLLAR HAS DOUBLE ITS PURCHASING POWER
hn FVanc'ace. Oft a. 1 am going '
to kill wireeif. I can't staad the drill-
maater's new ad lag mmr eawgee. May .
gnl-ra to the boye for ma
The foregertng pitiful wote waa f ornd j It i
lat eatur!ar morning la the hanrmock . had
of Naval Recruit Albert A- Irhsnaa of I This
tMs city. The aaroe arteraoow the 1 after
kl. . A W . . - XT m.
carried oot his threat ef sulcida.
unini ninei twaifff aw puwa
a haslng ta which a ywuog recruit
r si
elaaanaea. aaa arwuaed t He autrltlee
st the, wary training cfcnol to the ne
cessity of altering toe system of diad-
Sline. The note left lr the Nry wtio
eciared that he waa driven to death
ty the pereecotl'me ef the dnll
snaater. la ia the pvaaessloa of Lieuten
ant Coiemaeder Sea-ell of tbe naval rta-
tm. whether or not tfie amauiim
im Juetlfed l a potnt ho has noTeTrit
diaewseod. "71 " '(