The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 22, 1908, Image 46

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Newspaper Page Text, 10 THE "OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNJNG, NOVEMBER . 22, 1908. COMITTEE HEARS A PLEA After "Standpatters" Listen ed to It They Had Other f Problems Fired at Them r by Congressman One Man's Argument. - By Angus McSwesn. (SpeeUl IUptch to IssrssU Wshlnton. Not. II. Hearings , fore tht war means commute of ths houss on ths Urtff schedules preparatory to a fsnsrsi rsvlslon of the , tariff at an extra session of tho next eonrress wsrs bsrun recently. Tho bs .' ginning ta without any speclsl lgnifl canc. ' Sereno B. Payne, chairman of the committee: John Daliell of Pltuourg, and other members are repressnUtlrss of tho "atand-pat" element in congress, and have become active, with a rlew to forestalling any effort In behalf of ma terial changes in tho schedule In order to prevent comprehensive action rather - man 10 encourage 11. . ', The general policy of tariff revision ' - was settled In the last election, but the character of revision has yet to be determined. It is obviously the thought of Payne, Daliell and others that by vottinr tholf own views and conclusions ' first before the public that the revision will be along uie lines inev suggest. : it is not vet certain that the stand' pat element, which Is really the reac tionary element, and is helped by Speak , er Cannon, is to control tho next con gress. Therefore, It cannot be certain that the characater of revision which these men favor Is what the country wants or what congress will decide upon, An Absurd TTndertaltlng, So far as the plans of the committee . aro concerned, their undertaking is an absurdity. They intend to hoia near Ings until December 4. in three weeks they expect to obtain all necessary In - formation to enable them to decide the most intricate problems in connection with tariff rates, the relations of one industry to another, the effect upon la bor and the relative benems to do ae rfved by both capital and labor from the proposed legislation. ' They will decide just Wliat duties are necessary to equalise tn cost or pro duction In this country and every other country on the face or the globe; deter- . mine whether -Industries have reached the limit of their development: which of them should be fostered further, and . which of them can rely upon their own strength. 1 They will solve some of the most in tricate economic questions with which ; the business men of the nation have to deal, and they will do all this by devot ing a few hours each day to hearing men who are Interested In the mainte nance the present rates of duty. To illustrate how little the commit tee will really ' know when It gets through, It Is only necesasry to call at tention to the fact that it is proposed to dispose of the whole Iron and steel . schedules in one day. At the hearings today most of the . men who appeared before the commit tee argued either in. favor of the in creased duties or the maintenance of tho present rates. Soma Want Higher Duties. "Schedule A" of the Dingley tariff, which includes more than 100 articles under the heading of "chemicals, oils and paints," was taken up today and few of the Interests, affected want any reduction. There were even a few re quests for increases In the present rates of duty. A strong advocate for lower tariff rates was Albert Plant, who drafted the schedule for medicinal chemicals for the Wilson bill. '.'The duties on medicinal chemicals.' -. he said, "are mostly prohibitive. The duties are practically the same as the . tariff of 188 J. What was good for the trad then is not good now. There are fewer manufacturers of medicinal cbem- . icals in this country today than there were io years ago, ana mess control the home market. "If the rates of duty were reduced to , is per cent, it wouia prevent the ao mestio manufacturer from arbitrarily , fixing the prices, which, in many cases, . are exorbitant." N. B. Arnold, representing ths Var nish Manufacturers' National aasocia- - tlon, declared that varnish manufactur ers of the country are satisfied with present conditions. Replying to Mf. Underwood, of Alabama. Democratic member of the committee, Mr. Arnold admitted that his trade did not need , any protection with regard to alcohol , varnishes. Ho said that in view of the avallabil ,. ity of denatured alcohol for varnish manufacture, an ad valorem rate of ti per cent, for alcohol varnishes, instead pf the present rate of SB per cent, would be fair. A representative of the Semet-Solvey company of Syracuse, N. Y., favored higher duties on coal-tar products. H. 8. Wardner of New York, repre senting sine interests of New Jersey; Alfred M. Isaacs,- who favored a reduc tion on low grades of glue, and Barry Mohun of this city who suggested a duty of one half cent per pound on . cocoanut oil, also . addrdesBed the com mittee. Charles Evans, a manufacturing chemist of Philadelphia; W. W. Sklddy representing the manufacturers of ex tracts for dyeing and tanning, and E. H. Dyer, representing the Paint Manu '"turers association of the United fitatea, advocated the retention of the duties Imposed by the present law. Oregon-Idaho Leagtie Meeting. ... Vale. Or, Nov. 1. The promotion of the proposed railroad across the state vi ureioD wj oos oay win be the prin cipal subject discussed at the conven- tlon of ths Oregon-Idaho Development u mwwwuuu wtui:u meets nere ror a inree-aay session December 17. Other ' matters to be discussed will be the cost of. fuel, irrigation, transportation and unity of action in the promotion of mutual Interests by the people of Ore gon and Idaho. Oil Prospect Good. ' - fflpefisl piirwtrt to The Joarn.U VsJe Or Nov. 81. OH experts from California and other oil producing ter ritories hsve been visiting the Malheur oil field during ths past few days and arrangements are being made by a num ber or companies recently' organised to : put drilling plants In the field. The Mammoth Oil sV Gas company, com posed of business men of union. Or., sent a delegation of 10 stockholders and two experts to inspect the 8,000 sore holding with the result that a site ror ne arm was selected and money provided for the purchase of standard rig- --. ... - . - . Bank Consolidation, - , ' - fCnltea Press Leased Wire. Kansas City. Mo., Nov. SI. The con templated consolidation of the Nation al J Sank of Commerce and the Union Nntinnal bank was consummated this afternoon under the name of the for mer. The first institution bought out 'ths second outrighti paying- J,160,000 for Its Mo shares of stock. j . . " ! " Rejorrs your table, at the Perkjns "n!i for Thanksgiving dinner. Kxtra f .us.' 'menu. pecjal musical program. : ' ' HOW TO PREVENT THE COMING OF PLAGUE That this country Is In danger of a visitation of the plague the black death of ths Middle Ages, which swept through Europe and carried off 25,000. 000 peopls that ths disease is spread by rats through ths agency of the rat flea, and that precautions taken now may avert calamity which. If it hap pens, will be ths worst In ths history of the country. Is ths substance of an article by C. P. Connolly In last week's Collier's. The writer says: "Ths disease has been mistaken for lnfluenxa, pneumonia, bronchitis, pleur isy, typhoid, yellow fever, appendicitis, dlDhthtrla and a dosen other diseases. according as it may display its fluctu ating symptoms. , it is most insiaious and the most tenacious of all epidemic diseases. Its death rate in San Fran cisco was always the same a little over (0 per cent. In China and India It is 00 per cent. Tou can take all . the known diseases and thoroughly infect a city with them, and you can get rid of them In a comparatively short time, but there are authorities who say that plague, ones established, Is never got ten rid of. Zts Approacn. "Its approach is masked in many forms, and one. of the distinctive feat ures of its cast history Is the public apathy and indifference to Us first grip, it lies dormant ror years, oniy to break out with a violence doubly in tensified. The great London eplderolo of 164 and 1666 took ten years to develop." as to the means by whicn tne aisease is spread Mr. Connolly says: "One of the ancient discoveries In re lation to the disease was that a visi tation of plague in man was always preceded by an epizootic in rats. Tne rats, 'losina- their timidity of man. came out of their hidinn daces, their eyes bleary, and were seen to stagger and fall dead on the floors of houses.' In 19U8, during. the Chinatown plague in Ban f rancmco. eignty-seven -oeaa rats were found in tho walls of a Chin ese restaurant, and yet it la only since 1900 that It has been demonstrated by Kitasato, a Japanese physician, a pupil of Koch, that the plague-infected rat carries the germ of the disease, which Is transferred from the rat to man by means of a rat flea and Us bite. "When a rat is suffering from; plague, his blood is keen with the baccillus pestis the technical name of the germ and while the flea is sucking the blood of the sick rat It fills Its stomach with these gerrcs. They are so minute that thousands of them may exist in the flea and miy be transferred to a human through the soil of the flea emitted at the time of its bite. The sick rat dies by and by for its blood is only malignant with the poison In the last stages of the disease and when its body begins to chill, the flea, which cherishes the warm' thing and shuns the cold, leaves the rat, and Is liable to get on to the first living thing it comes to as a rule. It is a man. It Is not necessary that the flea bits the man; its blood may only be crushed Into his skin. The plague germ is in tensely Virulent and will pass through the skin, -especially if there be the slightest irritation or scratching, as, for Instance, from the orlcker of the flea. 'It is ths hlstorv of the disease that when a human case exists in a olace. It means that the disease has existM for some time among the rats, it Is a singular fact that the milder cases us ually occur In the early stages of an epiaemtc, or in those nrst little ebul litions which may for years occur prior to the final eruption which sweeps over a city, ana mess cases mav attract no attention. Two human casea last fall went from Ban Francisco, unsuspected, to a cny in uregon, were taicen sick mere, returned to San Francisco In the con valescent stage, and were sent to the plague hospital in Ban Francisco, The f errn of the disease seems to grow in orce and deadliness with the advancing stride of the epidemic. Oreat Epidemic. "In the last great London epidemic, the disease ambled along at first with a few mild cases each year sometimes thirty or forty, sometimes 100, some times 800. Of a' sudden there was an explosion, and they bad 67.000 cases one year' and 66,000 cases the next year." The writer cites extensive experi ments which go to show that the flea is almost a necessary part of the con ditions for the transmission of the plague. It Is a moral certainty, proved ' by the experience of Australian cities and latterly by that of Ban Francisco 1 that the extermination of rats means the extermination of the plague. San Francisco Is being built on concrete foundations to make it rat-proof, Of the 6.629 stables In ths city 96 per cent have already been rendered rat proef. As It Is In stables that rats thrive most, this Is a long step toward the extinction of the plague. Thorough sanitation, a general clean ing up and a determined and relentless war on rats make up the price that this nation will have to pay for immunity rrom a sweep or tne oiaca weain. PORTRAY LOCAL MEII Oil STAGE Spanish War Veterans Plan ? Jiinstrei r snow With ; Many Bright Hits.. The big- .minstrel show which the Spanish. War Veterans are to present at the Hellle; theatre two nights, December If and 19, is being moulded Into a line performance. Every member of ' the minstrel company and scores of ex-sol diers about town are working enthus iastically for the success of ths benefit entertainment. A number of song hits new to Port land audiences will be introduced by the clever comedians and singers taking part .-,-v- - - . - - . The first part has been arranged and cast as xouows; Interlocutor. Jay .H. Upton. harry Lane, M. Marks Jr.; Dr. 3. Whltcomb Brougher, Fred Jones; Jona than Bourne, Theo. Rosenqulst, end men witn tarn dos. Charlia Fulton.- Larry Larimore: George Chamberlain, Lincoln Hart; Sen eca routs, py nimseix, ena .men with bones. s Quaker Maid Rye is not only guar nteed under the Pure Food Law, but has ' always been known the original pure food whiskey. Three First Prizes for purity and excellence 'THE WHISKEY WITH A REPUTATION Ask for it st all Finrt-eJaas . Bars, Cafes and Drug Stores S. DIRSCn & CO., Kansas City, Mo. BETTER PHONES PQR BELLINGHAM (United Press Ied Wire.) Belllngham. Wash.. Nov. 21. Officials of the Pacific States Telephone & Tele- fraph company are in the city planning or the expenditure of $50,000 in Im proving the local Sunset telephone sys tem. The officials here are Chief En- Smeer u. w. Burkett of Ban Francisco uperintendent D. 8. Murray of San Francisco, Division Plant Superintend ent Charles W. Reynolds, Division Traf fic Superintendent John W. Gllkyson and Division 'Commercial Superintend ent W. J. Phillips. The three last named are from Portland. It Is the plan of the officials to in stall six additional toll circuits between this city and Seattle, Inaugurating a rapid fire long distance service. Thanksgiving Piss. ) Sugar and spice and the finest Ger man mince meat That's what makes Royal pies so good to eat Two for J6e. Order In advance. Royal Bakery and Confectionery. Christmas Specials; In Diamonds. Watches, Jewelry and Silverware We carry a full line of Howard, Hamilton, Illinois, Wal tham and Elgin Movements, and Boss, Fahy's, Crescent and Crown Watch Cases. Every one guaranteed. Positively no fake or imitation cases in our store. Solid Gold Birthstone Rings .?2.00 Solid Gold Seal Rings $2.00 Waltham or Elgin Movements in twenty year case .$9.50 Call and look at our stock, and if you see what you like we will lay it aside for you or you can take it home, with you and pay a little each week. STANDARD JEWELRY STORE 189 THIRD STREET, OPPOSITE BAKER THEATRE OATaXOOTB gSHT OJT KZQTXBT. Mining Gold in Alaska IS PROFITABLE WHEN PROPERLY UNDERTAKEN WE ARE MINING SUCCESSFULLY ON SUSITNA RIVER Center of the Most Famous Placer Field Ever ' ' ,U '. , mmm- x - ':'iv: f Mines of the Central Alaska Hydrao- Hc Mining Co. Buy Shares in a Paying Mine To enable our people 'to purchase valuable ground adjoining their groups, and equip with many hydraulic giants, stock is offered the public for the. first time. It is paying dividends and will pay more. $370,000.00 has been taken out while developing the property. It is rich and large. Call or write for , full information. , - , . , v 134 SIXTH STREET Robierts & Company PORTLAND Bells- Waymlre (a soubrette), Geore A Tenor, W. Q. Bweeny; A Fiver. Car dan Pee!: First Bass, George Evans; Second Bass. Oeorra fltalvr Hhiwt at nr. H. H. Thomas; Flossie, Leo Shaplrer! Gertie, 1 Book; Minnie, Joe Warren;- Tom, A. J. 8alls- hiiMf TMnlr ' N.u. XT4l.. ti . Fleminir, Floridora sextet , - i am tria.i, ouns west, Arthur Orton: a status. X. Klny; a German, George K. McCerd; an Irishman. AdolDh Woalm: a Frenchman. JE. W. Moore: an ei-nl. dlsr. Walter Lynch; an x-eallor, Ed K. Hems': another nnn mannra v.i.i.. . chair warmer, A. Q. Davidson; , The Merry One. E. B. Wrisht; Just a Vol- u nicer, amm. emiin; wacca-Hlm-8mlls. Frank Beatty; Laugh-at-Jokes, F. Bat ter. - -,. , TfiA HMnA Timr 4a1Ia. -mIII l t and snappy, with some bright local feat urea. The Orpheum, Grand and Pan taaes will each offer on nf thir Una acts. NEVER HEARD OF SHERMAN, SO NOT YET UNDER UNCLE SAM'S WING Grocery Stock Sacrifice. - " irti, IH4IUT W start business in prominent stnd. Ths Ainnn Hnniu Agency, us d wetland bulldinr t , Charles Johan Backstrom, a native of Sweden,; mads a failure of his ef fort to become an American cltlxen be fore Judge- Gantenbeln In the circuit court yesterday. Hs betrayed a lack of knowledge that was phenomenaL Hs could not tall where ths laws of ths state or bf the United States are mads, And his; Ideas of government were hasy. ' Hs had beard that Taft and Bryan were running for president, but Sherman and Kara were strange names to him. He ' said he was un certain whether his mother is living or dead. Hs had written only one letter to her In 18 yeara He will "be riven another chance to qualify as a cltisen next month. If be feels that hs Is well enough posted by that time. Fifteen candidates for cltlienshlp I were admitted. ' Five of them ' wars Swedes, four Germans, three Canadi ans, two Englishmen and one front Roumanla, From Sweden cams Muns Munson, John Oscar Llndstrom, Peter Anton Johnson, Seth Nicholau Lind and Charles Swahson: from Germany Niels Nielsen. Christian Bonde, otto Rudolph Martin and William Rextlng; from Canada. Elphlnstone John Nunn, Paullnus McDonald and Henry Frost Cutting; from England. Walter Parriuh and , Percy Aaris, and from Roumanla, . Louis Scheiller. Dr. Martin Hughes Cannon, formerly a state senator of Utah, has gone to live in California with the Intention of helping the women of that state to get equal suffrage. Dr. Cannon Is de scribed as - a powerful and witty speaker. -. SSaaC WANTED YOUR DENTAL WORK BR. B. B. WJflQKT And We Guarantee Absolute Satisfaction We will satisfy you that we possess, the highest grade of skill to be found here or elsewhere. ' We will satisfy ;you that all of our work is of su perior quality.. We will satisfy you that we can accomplish seem ingly miraculous results with our bridges without plates that will make you look and feel a thousand per cent better. We will satisfy you that painless dentistry is not a myth and that we can extract any number of teeth without causing you the slightest pain. We will satisfy you that modern dentistry is a boon not fully appreciated and that our charges are extreme ly moderate, considering the service rendered. GOOD SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE..., $5.00 BEST SET OF TEETH ON RUBBER PLATE... $8.00 R. B.1 WRIGHT 'MM ItoYx Washington Street; Corner Seventh OFFICE HOURS 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. SUNDAYS 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Phone Main 2119. Thirteen Years in Portland. SIMM m To every person who places a Want Ad in THE JOURNAL, Daily or Sunday, wille given FREE a ticket for the FINEST ROLLER SKATING RINK ON THE COAST, that of the Nineteenth and mm vvasningt on During the last month' the Want Ad patrons of THE DAILY JOURNAL and SUNDAY JOURNAL have increased largely in number. To show. our appreciation of this increase, and incidentally to attract the attention of many people who have not yet used the Classi fied Advertising Columns of THE JOURNAL, we have secured for .our patrons from the EX POSITION ROLLER SKATING RINK 5,000 tickets. We will give one of these tickets ab solutely free to every person who inserts a cash Want Advertisement in THE SUNDAY or DAILV JOURNAL. " v , v $3500 in Roller Skating Tickets to Our Want Ad Patrons EACH TICKET INCLUDES ADMISSION TO THE RINK AND THE USE OF SKATES FOR AN ADULT LADY AND GENTLEMAN (15 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER) ABSO LUTELY FREE, AND IS WORTH SEVENTY CENTS. . ' THE JOURNAL'S circulation in Portland,v5unday arid Daily, is the biggest. THE JOUR NAL carries by far the greatest number of columns of Classified Advertising of any paper in Portland; -Therefore, if you wish to advertise, or if you have a friend who desires to adver tise, by patronizing THE SUNDAY or DAILY JOURNAL you not only get the best service and the greatest publicity, but you have thrown in free of charge a 70-ceht ticket to the Ex position Roller Skating Rink, atNineteenth and-WashingtoirstTeetsTheicketl for any day, " any session. Latft and popuar music rendered afternoons by Worlit'zer's $5,000 Band, and evenings by Professor A. De Caprio (Lewis and Clark official bandmaster)-and his full band. IF YOU CANT SKATE, NOW IS, THE TIME TO LEARN AT THE JOUR NAL'S EXPENSE. . ' .. , ...... . - . . . J . SPECIAL FOR ONE WEEK Upon request we wUl give with any Cash" Want Ad for this week a' Special Instruction Ticket, gwu U4t Hcsaiuiu ocgimiers may prom py tnese vtiuta L.sSUNT;in skat given at uic cjilcubc ui urn JUUnnAii.