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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.
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To enable our people 'to purchase valuable ground adjoining their groups,
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while developing the property. It is rich and large. Call or write for , full
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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-
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Frank Beatty; Laugh-at-Jokes, F. Bat
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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. -.
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