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Tariff Revisionist Have Per
: pSexing Problem to Solve
Output Said to Be Wholly
Controlled by Trust.
(United Pre Leaied Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 24. A "sweet prob-
lent" now before congress Is revision of
the BUgar tariff, promising to choke
the congressional record with saccharine
statements.'
Many sugar manufacturers and cane
and sugar beet growers have appeared
before the house committee considering
the revision of the sugar sehedule.Sugar
brokers and commercial organizations
are In close touch with the legislators.
A world-wide sugar monopqly la one
of the few problems confronting the tar.
Iff revisionists, reported to the select
committee of jhe house by President
Taft in a special message" transmitting
a letter from Secretary of State Knox.
The house committee asked for Informa
tion on the sugar Industry from the de
partment of state through Its diplomatic
and consular officers.
Universal Taxation.
- That stiRRC Is a commodity - whose
price and manufacture is controlled and
taxed In almost every great nation by
some .combination, "private or national,
la the report made by the secretary of
state. It Is reported also that the re
cent rise In the price df sugar was not
confined to the United States, but oc
curred in every great, sugar consuming
country.
..Various methods Sot controlling. and
regulating prices of sugar In . foreign
countries are reported by the state de
partment agents., They say the Russian
trugar: combination works In harmony
with' the government, the Russian mln?
later of finance consults the refineries
who compose the combination; and de
termines Just how much sugar shall be
produced annually, and how much shall
be placed 'on sale In Russia and how
much exported. .
1,'ndernhe Russian system, It is re
ported, the Import duties are subject
to regulation at will by the government
when domestlo prices rise or fall. Rus
sia alAo strictly controls the profits of
the refiners. It is said, fixing prices for
refined and unrefined sugar by statute.
&aw limits Price.
..In Argentina, the government fixes a
maximum price for sugar by law, and
the price Is lowered when local produc
ers va'nnbt keep within the limit, per
mitting foreign sugar to come in to re
lieve consumers. ,
A strong sugar trust is reported In
Brazil, prices ; being absolutely con
trolled. The minister to Brazil pays the
Brazilian refiners often sell their sugar
abroad at prices one-third lower than
those secured at home.
Combinations of retailers and whole-
dominate the sugar market. In Sweden,
the Swedish "trust" is said to keep the
prices just low enough to make imports 4
. unprofitable. At Gothenburg an assocL i
mtion of retail dealers controls prices.
Consular agents report the suKar bust-,
ness in Australia and Jlew Zealand dom- j
Inated by a single sugar company at j
Sydney, while, grocers' associations in I
various localities, determine retail prices.
In Canada the refineries at Montreal
are reported in control of the field. I
Profitless for Betall,
- Secretary Knox says he la ad vised '
that in many countries retailors of
sufrar" cannot make a profit, simply!
keeping It for customers' convenience, j
,ot for advertising or attracting trade In j
other articles. This is said to prevail
In Russia, Austria, Germany, France,
; Italy, Spain, Swftserland. Norway, the
Netherlands, -Great Britain,- Denmark,"
Canada and Australia.
A striking fact of the diplomatic In-
quiry, Secretary Knox reports, -is that
sugar, while a product of universal pop
ular consumption, is alsfl a commodity
of universal taxation, both by customs
and internal revenue duties. Great BVit
- aln, - the Netherlands, Belgium and
Switzerland use sugar, only as a source
of revenue. Protection of the sugar -in
dustry by high import duties is report-
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lco, Brazil, Italy and South Africa. .
Mrs. Amnrlcan 1 louse wll'p wna "stune"
less than family providers of many
other countries In buying sugar because
; of the recent raise In prices, the state
department corps reports. Although
nugar rose, to 7 and 8 cents a pound
retail in this country a few months ago,
as much as 11 cents a pound was paid
; by women of other countries. .
Advances Are ximea.
' A practically universal "boost" in
ber, 1811, is reported tocongress. It
said prices for the same grade of sugar
varied greatly even In the same country..
In general an increase of from 1 to 3
cents a nounri. with nn (nternn tlnnnl av.
, erage Increase of 2 cents a pound, is
reported. Italian prices rattged up to 14
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. other half-cent raise was tacked on.
- From to 8 cents a pound are the
German prices reported. Other prices
given by the consular agents are:
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11 cents;; British Housewives were for
tunate, paying only about cents. In
Valencia, Spain, however, a high mark
of 11 cents was reached, and at Bucha
rest, Servla, the price during the recent
... rise attained 12 cents.... In far off Cape
Town, sugar sold for 7 cents a pound,
and in Canada the price ranged from
'6 cents at Montreal to 7 cents at
Victoria.
The tariff i commission also has been
Investigating the . cost of manufacture
and marketing sugar, but the program of
mo nouse democrats is to go aneaa re
vising regardless of the tariff experts.
President .Taft demands a tariff com
mission report before revision.
Fund for Crippled Boy,
Previously I66t75
A friend 1.00
A friend 1.00
Total
J88.75
Two subscriptions for Jl each lst
night raised the fund being raised bv
The Journal for Qulncy Adams Lewis,
-4n boy w heeifr--wS"MmHHetM-H
Multnomah hospital a couple of wefks
ago, to $68.76. . This fund Is for the
purpose Of buying him an artificial
limb in order that he may secure work
and support himself.
QUINCY ADAMS LEWIS
FUND REACHES $68.75
Real Pioneer Conditions Found by Lincoln County Teachers
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Above Six pupils, teacher and visitor with his daughter la IohaUr creek "district, 4 5 miles rfom Toledo.
Below Superintendent R. P. Goln of Lincoln county and Storr's district school, one of the newer and
better cchoola of Llncc n county. ,
' . - Spelil to TXw JolirrjlL'
Lobster Creek, Or., Veh. 24. Whea
Lincoln county's champion county school
superintendent walker passed through
this section a short time ego on one
of hl 75 mile walks, the visit served
as a reminder Jhat Oregon t still has
some real pioneer life and conditions
Goln has 60 districts tucked away in
the rich but secluded nooks and corners
of Lincoln countyr lit most of these
districts the school terms are short and
held at various seasons of the year, so
in -order to catch' school in session at
every schoolhouse the superintendent
must make the . rounds of . the entire
county three times each year. This
OLDTIME CONDUCTOR
TOO MUCH FOR WOMAN
C. A.
Harris, new postmaster at
- WahktakusrWash; "
" ' (Spectil to The Joarnal.)
Klickitat, Wash., Feb. 24.C. A. H(fr.
rl9,"the "septuagenarian" postmaster of
Wahklacus, was in a reminiscent mood
today of the early times on the Pacific
coast. Discussion of woman suffrage In
California brought vividly to his mind
his experience with ; about the : first
woman to -discuss the movement in that
state. Harris, In, the old days, when
about
80 years old, firmly believed his
mother, now living at the age of 92,
could properly exercise the ballot, but
his belief in good results in extending
the ballot to all women was somewhat
changed after the following episode was
enacted in Nevada:
When he was passenger conductor be
fore the Union Pacific was completed
in 1869, he had charge of what was
known as the "Sage Brush Train." A
swing run was made from Wadsworth
to Truckee, the round trip being some-
"lln Y,er 20, mlle n? dar at Elk.
Nev., Miss Anna E. Dickson and her
manager boarded - the train. - In those
days before reaching Reno there were
few passengers: Reclining chairs were
not in use. Conductor Harris was cour
teous and improvised a reclining bed for
the handsome woman passenger out of
three vacant seats. Some hours later
the train reached Reno,' where they al
ways picked up five Concord stage
loads of passengers, besides the travel
f rgm Rjo.
When the whistle blew the conductor
quietly asked Miss Dickson to vacate
two of the three seats occupied. She
declined, and further stated tho ticket
she was riding on was complimentary
i from Governor Stanford, who was then
president of the roud. Harris explained
,for this reason she should be more con-
siderate of the company's interests. The
I noted lecturer of the time, who was born
of Quake; .parents and later appeared
aflvAnne Bolyen in her play, "The Crown
of Thorns," remained defiant- Harris
knew ha was right and that all .Nevada
was behind him, so he went to grabbing
cushions, He then received the greatest
tongue lnphlng of his life, but two more
seati were soon supplied to the waiting
pfswtrM-tenil!ff-,''the-lwl'
TwfP davs. later Harris was ordered
to turn his train over to Conductor
Hlder and eome to Sacramento, Before
stepplnff into tho, off tea h saw- his
friend. Charles P. Crocker, who asked
' A' V. '
takes him on a 75 mile walk south from
Toledo and on a 65 mile walk north of
Toledo each year. He prefers walking
to the trouble and expense of a. horse.
On his long tramps hunting out the
sacluded little .schools, Superintendent
Goln goes armed, because cougars, wild
cats and panthers are numerous in the
woods, and he is oftimes walking until
late-at- nlghtln order that he may
cover the longest' trails between settle
ments. Now that Lincoln county has a
supervisor, the burden of' these long
trips is partially taken off of the super
intendent. ' The pussies frequently met with by
these mountain teachers, and the tangles
the little secluded districts get into,
make the results of the supervisory law
why, he vas down. 1 Harris gave the
story. Mr. Crocker, who seemed td have
heard some of the "conversation witn
Miss Dickson, replied: "Has that
brought you down? Stay outside while
I explain to Stanford."
Later Governor Stanford complimented
Harris and asked him to be more severe
with a passenger who would abuse a
complimentary ticket and not fall to re
port such people to him at once. -
$7000 IN GOLD BAR ,
FROM STR. HUMBOLDT
FOUND NEAR SALEM
(Continued from Page One.)
Since the bullion was not unearthed un
til this afternoon it is believed the of
ficials are now ready to lay their hands
on those implicated by the confession.
The robbery took place on tne steam-er"Humboldr-SeDtember
8." 1910, -when
it was carrying $113,000 of bullion from
Skagway to Seattle. Shortly before
reaching port the purser a room was
entered and one of the boxes, contain
ing $57,000, was opened and pig lead
substituted for the gold bricks. Dis
covery of the theft was not made until
the next day. , x .
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VISCERA UNDER TESTS
By the International News BerTlce.)
San Francisco, Feb. 24. A rmongrel
dog attacked and bit five persons Fri
day night and, Saturday afternoon In
Western addition. It was finally shot
to death by Policeman J. P. Hightower,
whom It had also attacked at Ellis and
Broderick streets late this afternoon.
The carcass of the unimal was turned
over to the board of health. An ex
amination of the carcass will be made
by the city physician. - Two of the per
sons, bitten by the dog were children
and one was a woman who was being
escorted to her home by a man who
was also bitten, i '
3 THIEVES SENTENCED; '
YOUNGEST IS PAROLED
i8p"1hI .. Tb" louritdl. v
Euegene, Or., Feh. 24. Peter KOsich,
William Smith and Howard Calvin, who
had pleaded guilty to larceny in a dwell
ing, were sentenced today by Judge
Harrijs of the circuit court to indeter
minate sentences of from one to seven
years in the state prison, but Calvin,
owing to . his youth, Was paroled.
Smith and Calvin robbed a house at
Junction City . and Koslch stole some
Jewelry, from a residence at Irving.
LAFFERTY INTRODUCES
PARCELS POST MEASURE
(Washington Rureau o( .Tb .Innrtml.)
Washington, -Feb. 24. At the request
of James M. CowIch, secretary of the
Pontal Frot?res lairue, Representative
I.afferly toduy introduced a bill to es
tablifth a general parcels post.
u is stated on seemingly oort au
thority that the Sulzer bill, which is
the "etiiy " aiTels" fwwt " IffHlslntHiBHVriKi'ty
to pass the house this nenaion. will-be
amended in the committee so as Xo
apply only on rural -routes. That will
not satdpfy ' those who are demanding
rwe general panels post.
MONGREL
DOG
BITES
very satisfactory Jn Lincoln county,
Teachers have great bundles of ques
tions scored. Up for the supervisor and
the superintendent, and now the two are
able to visit the schools several times
each term. .
SO LB AfJKXT
BROKAW BROTH KRS.
iEV YORK
FIXE CXOTUIXO :
0USEBY270-TO-8VOTE
PASSES COMPROMISE
f.'IONEY TRUST QUIZ BILL
Resolution Making It JIandatory
Upon Committee to Investigate
Charges "Against-7 Financiers " Set
. Forth by Henry, Goes Through.
tCniti'd Pr-M Leairj Wire.
Wellington, Feb. 24. The house this
afternoon, by a vote of 270 to 8, passed
the "Money Trust" investigation resolu
tion agreed upon as a compromise be
tween the Democratic leaders and the
progressiva Democrats.
The resolution makes it mandatory
upon the committee on hanking and cur
rency to Investigate charges set forth
In the, Henry resolution.
The Democratic .committee on rules
accepted the compromise.
Henry, in calling up the resolution.
insisted on an agreement that during
the debate no amendments be offered.
Lenroot of Wisconsin led a progressive
attack on the resolution, charging that
the Democrats had abandoned Independ
ent phases of the investigation.
Mann, Republican house - leader, pre
dicted trouble if the resolution we
pushed. .
The only members voting against the
resolution on final passage were Aus
tin of Texas, Cannon and Thistlewood
of Illinois, Dalell of Pennsylvania,
Gillette of Massachusetts and Henry,
Tilson and Higg1i5B "of Connecticut,
MRS. ROOSEVELT, ETHEL
SAIL FOR CANAL Z0NE1
(By th International News 8erlre.)
New York, Feb. 24. The sailing to
day for Panama of Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Miss , Ethel Roosevelt and
George Palen Snow, was the cause of
much speculation. It is predicted that
the announcement of an engagement
between Mies Roosevelt and Mr. Snow
will be forthcoming when the party re
turns, JuM as the engagement ot Allsa
Roosevelt's sister Allge was announced
after the Philippine"' trip.
Mr. Snow is about 30 years old, n
lawyer and a Harvard man. He is the
son of ' Mr. and Mrs. , Frederick Rnow
of. this city and has been very atten
tive to Miss Roosevelt.
When the probability of the an
nouncement of an engagement was
mentioned to Robert D. Wrenn, the
former tennis champion, who also sailed
with Ills chum, Mr. Snow, he said he
knew nothing and that Mr. Snow was
running the trip. Mrs. Roosevelt was
not asked about an engagement being
announced. The trip, it is said, Is pri
marily because of her health.
Because few typewriter inks are indelible-
or ' unalterable, the' Venezuelan
government has forbidden the official
registration or authentication of type
writjen" documents.
In the Spring a young
(HUR goo'd fortune in having so much to interest you
will be your "good fortune when you come to choose.
Here are soft cheviots and mixtures in Spring tints;
tweeds from the land of the heather; homespuns from.
good'St. Patricks land, and worsteds from American and
English looms;
the -worthy
PRICED lower than you would expect for so
. worth $20 tot$35 -
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DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
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Nichols.
: J. G. Nichols is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for representa
tive, the first man of that party
to announce himself. He is not
dismayed by the normal Republican
majority on the legislative ticket, and
believes that this is a good year for
Democrats to take a place on the ticket.
Mr, Nichols Is classed as a "Jefferson-Jackson"
Democrat and will make
his fight on a good government plat
form. He lives at 1122 East Yamhill
street, was born in Virginia 80 years
ago, came to Portland eight-years ago
and has lived In Portland since. - He has
been with the Columbia' ft Willamette
River Towing company as cashier and
as secretary and treasurer of subsidiary
companies since 1904. Ills formal de
claration will be filed soon.
JOSEPHINE HAS MANY
CANDIDATES AND GOOD
(ftneclal te Tli Journal)
Grants Pass. Or., Feb. 24. From the
present outlook the crop of candidates
In Josephine county this year promises
to be large and the quality excellent
'Among those who have already filed
petitions are Deputy E. S. Voatch for
county clerk; E. L. Coburn, at present
deputy sheriff for county clerk; C. P,
Thompson for county clerk, E. E."
Blanchard for representative, Dr. J, C.
Smith for senator. Will C. Smith for
sheriff, J. E.. Peterson for county treas
urer and Ecclus Pollock for assessor.
Less grease will be spattered on
stove If a little salt be sprinkled in
frying pan befoiV it la used.
man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts
fan fTi
afterwards off
wrote. WeVe
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QcaVC
what? the.'" poet
Jem's Spriirag CSotMmg ffor,innioEtIbs;:s
ifkwe had not been, we could not show you,
on Jhese first glad, sunshiny . days, such a
splendid array of tailored fabrics. Months
ago, whirring looms were working for us
designers and tailors were plying their craft
now, these Spring Suits for men are ready :
for you. ,'
everywhere you look, the
PTfaANS and the lighter browns will be favorites with
II men; also the grays and blue-grays. Models are
In Americanized English, the box,' and the con
servative sack.
Men's Shop,
WDU younger menjand college men will be mightily.
pleased with what we've brought here for you.
There's an entire shop here for your especial use, where
w,e.?re showing models of distinction. Priced modestly -to
meet the young man's modest' purse $15. to $32.50.
Young Men's Shop,; Second Floor
LEADING CLOTHIER
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Umatilla County - Citizens ' Sr.
. to Have Killed Water
Fowl "Unlawfully.
The first alleged violation of the fed
eral' laws regulating hunting on national
game preserves is now being investi
gated by a foderal grand Jury and in
volves some of the leading men of Vuiu
tilla county. In the partv whli.:h was
hunting near the game preserve In the
vtclnlty Of Cold Riirlngs reservoir wlv
have appeared before the grand Jury r
Fred Earl, one of the proprietors of th
Peoples Vi arehouse In - Pendleton, R. B.
Stanfield, president of the Bcmk of Lv:hn.
and Asa Thomson, former chairman of
the Umatilla County .Republican Cen
tral committee. Other" members of the
party were Colonel J, H. Haley, one of
eastern Oregon's leading criminal lawr
yers: W. L. Thompson, 'president of tn
American National bank of- Feiulleton;
sam inompson, a weaitny umauna
countv wheat grower, and C. E. -Roosevelt,
relative of tho ex-prelilent and an
aspirant for congressional honors in the
newly created eastern Oregon district.
, Since the Installation of the preserve
the geese and ducks light In the f leldi
and woods in great numbers to rent.
Then they scatter throughout the wheat
fields to feed and the hunting has been
getting better continually.
The hunters'" station themselves at the
edge of the fields and shoot the geese
as they leave 'the reserve.' On this, oc
casion the men in their automobiles)
are alleged to have gone within the- re
serve and shot the geese from , the
banks of the reservoir. This caused the
geese to rise and fly at great heights
over other hunters outside the bound
aries. Angered, these hunters who were
from Hermiston, sent a complaint to
Washington. An investigation was or
dered and the present hearing resulted.
The matter was continued to the next
grand Jury for further Investigation.
Deputy United States District Attorney
Everett A. Johnson conducted the In
vestigation, '
In addition to this preserve the gov
ernment has similar reserves at Arch
Rock, Klamath Lake and Malheur and
Harney lakes, all in southeastern Ore
gon,' The state also has various pre
serves and is setting aside many more.
State Game Warden Flnley and the gov
ernment experts believe . firmly that
these preserves will do mora to per
petuate game birds than any other
means. The state and federal authori
ties are cooperating In every Instance
against those who break the laws in fhls
regard.
J. H. Walker, president of the Illinois
Mine Workers, is the Socialist candidate
for congress In the Eighteenth Illinois
district, now represented by Joseph G.
Cannon. ' '
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