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Ll.iliii li'Jwl MESSAGE SB UiaVERSAL RISE President Taft Gives to Sen ate Figures Furnished by Consul Generals; Coopera 1 tive Stores Are Described." (Special to Tbe Jounwn Washington, March 14. That every country of Europe has suffered from the Increase In the cost of living, and that the world over there are "multiplied evi donees of the universal restlessness un der these conditions," la shown In a re port submitted by President Taft in a special message to congress today. The report Is the result of an ln Testigatlon extending over several years made under the directions of the presi dent by the state department through its consular agents in Europe. It forms . a second step In the president's effort to have this country Initiate an interna tional commission to look into the cause - for the high cost of living and the pos sible remedies, which he first suggested to congress in a - message February 2. Comparisons1 in staple food prices in all of the, important cities Jof Europe for the past 13 years are given, and an ex haustive study is made of the efforts of the Co-operative Societies of Great ,e h.: T!.e '1 c st of living. il treneral st London that in the ITniteJ Km Mom between the years 1S6 and 1910, while food pfioes rose 18.5 rer cent, wages in creased only 1,1 per cent, and that the wages of railway employes in that time Increased only 7.3 per cent. To em phasize what this increase means to. the British consumer the cons.ul general gives specific quotations showig that bacon and ham. which in 1898 could be bought in the English market for a fraction under 9 cents a pound, now costs above 16 cents per pound: that butter has In creased from 22.7 cents per pound to 26.7 cents; that cheese from 10.5cents to 13 cents; lard, from 6.5 cents to 13.6 cents; sugar, 3 cents to 4.6 cents. Flour Is the only food commodity showing a decrease in price. That has fallen from 2.78 cents.in 1898 to 2.46 cents today. In the last five years in Southhamp ton, England, staple commodities, such as beef, mutton, ham, dairy products, fruit's, coffee, fuel, tin goods, women's apparel, foot wear, clothing, cotton goods, bedding furniture and underwear, have shown an increase of 20 per cent. At Hull, England, it is shown that the Increase in the cost of living has ad vanced far faster than1 the Increase In the rate of wages. The consul at Man chester drew an Interesting comparison between the staple expenditures of the ordinary English family in 1898 and those required In- 19U. The cost ot liv ing for such a family, it was shown, has increased some 13.3 per cent A table compiled by the English board of trade shows that in IS years potatoes are the only commodity in which there has been a decrease in price. France has fared no better. All northorn France, reports the consul gen eral, Is aroused over the Increased bur den of the cost of living. The consul at Havre, France, shows what tremendous i ' n c i ! , 1 . ' ' f ,'i in .it" r, K ' f i tr '.i cc! t poM in N'ne'i.ter, 1911, t S.t ct'"ft; l.i:-iD d.:'-i;.? t' at tl:ne )'V" 1 from SO cents to ii cents; veal, from 31 cents to 48 cents; pork from 15 cents to 40 cents; chickens from 25 cents to 35 cents; potatoes, from 1 cent to 2'4 cents; Kt from 40 cents to 6S cents; butter from 30 cents to 41 cents; milk from 4& cents to 6 ents; rice, from 8 cents to 10 cents; flour Jumped 1 cent a pound; bread from .3 cents to 4 cents; tea from 75 cents to 11, and soft coal increased from $10 per ton to 313 per ton. Sugar alone showed a decrease of 2 cents a pound. - The consul states that his quotation on meats are for the second French qual ity, and that the prime meats eost from one half to two thirds more than his quotations. In air the range of "food commodities In the market at Lyon, France, fish Is the only one which has not Increased since 1900 The coat of living has so Increased In Germany that living- conditions have been seriously affected. The average retail prlpes prevailing In SI of the prln- ', per t""ur1, 14 ccits; in-.tion, 13 9 r.' ts; fre-ii . .1 c. .- cf veal, :1 cents, rik, 18 ctr.ts; ham lrj e'.'.rrs. 8T.1 cents, whole ham, 27.1 eenta, and bacon, 18.5 cents. Even horse meat sold for 8.4 cents per .pound. Dairy products and vegetables ahowtd a considerable In crease la 1911, as compared with IS 10 and previous years. The prices in Hol land on foodstuffs Tiave been soaring steadily since 1S96. On such articles as beef, pork, eggs, butter, ham, wheat and beet sugar, the prices have shown Increases ranging from 16 to 55 per cent Among tbe greater increases In Holland In that time has been pork, 41 per cent; eggs,' 55 per oent; butter, 28 per cent; ham, 83 per oent; wheat, II per cent, and boet sugar, 35 per cent These Increases are xrom 1896 to 1310. Market quotations from 1911 show a still greater increase. " This increase is echoed In the reports from consuls all over Europe. Muoh of the report submitted by the president deals with cooperative soci eties of England. The cooperative Idea Tiwra ia Only Ono That lo Laizattitre Br am Qmnisza USED THE WORLD OYER TO CUKE A COLD IK OKE DAT. Always remember the fall name. Look ' for this signatore on Tery "box. SSo. s -i I)! iv e,-j mrf i f.- t .i ;-;'.! ; nr. 3 has reached its hghet Cev'..-; :rnt Cere. It was flni.ly ev.ib::s!',, as early as the sixties. In 1908 there were S000 cooperative societies In England, with a membership of 2,701,000, and sales aggregating 118,000,000 pounds sterling and net profits totaling 10,997,000 pounds. The membership of English coopera tive societies is made up almost exclu sively of wage earners. They are strong est n Industrial centers, such as Lan caster. They are organized and operated under a well perfected code of laws. All, of them are stock Companies. In the smaller societies a person is required to buy only one share of stock, which generally sells at 5, to become a mem ber. In the larger societies he ts usually asked to buy from two to five shares. No one person by law Is allowed to own more than 31000 worth of stock 1ir a eooperatlve association. Some of . them seek to sell merchandise to their num bers at cost prices; others. In fact most of them, do not attempt to sell under current prices but return to their mem bers the profits they make In the way of dividends. These dividends through out the United Kingdom will average around 9 per cent The report which the president submits to congress gives an excellent Idea of tbe scope of the profits of one of the wholesale coopera tive societies, called the Wholesale Co operative aoelety of England. Some of the aottvttlea of this organisation consist in manufacturing boots and shoes; operat ing banks; dry goods stores; insuring Its members; manufacturing soap; running steamship lines; selling tea and coffee; manufacturing cocoa. ' and ohocolate; clothing, shirts and corsets, hosiery, and operating fruit farms. This soolety has branches established All over the world, 'and buys goods for lta members at the val".tle prices la th w Naturally, the activities of thfe o- operatlve societies have aroused a gr?st deal of opposition from private dealer. These dealers claim that Instead of en couraging thrift the societies, by paring dividends, which they do generally a few weeks before the semiannual Eng lish rent collections occur, leave their members to depend upon the dividend payments to meet their rents a prac tice, which they say is demoralising. But, whatever these critics may say against the societies, the general Idea given by all of the consuls in their re ports Is that these eooperatlve societies do. In their dividends, show generally a saving to the consumer on his pur chases, and that their activities operate to keep down the prices In the private stores. . Fine early spring for gardening;. t u . i i iUiiii'dt-f (Breeftl te The Jsmrnst) McMlnnvllla, Or., March 14. Th an nual Intercollegiate contest of oratory of the Intercollegiate Prohibition As sociation ot Oregon, will b held at Ue Imperial theatre in this city Fn .las night The institutions represented in this contest are Albany college. Del'." college. Philomath college, McMlnnvill college, Pacific college and Willamette university. The orations are all alone the line of prohibition of the liquor traffic The winner of this contest win represent the state in the Interstate contest ,'-"Z . .," . U." '.' " ' I ! L.! J ' mm re . Absouioy Puro Tho only Baking Powder mado from Royal Q rape Cream ofTartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE ISM i' 1 ... I ME One of the Finest Stocks of Clothing and Men's Haberdashery in the City of Portland The same old story, told in the same old way, of a business house trying to keep above water and in the end to meet with FAILURE and go down and out SSBBBSBlBSBlBBIBSBSBSBBSBSBBSBSSBBBBSBiSSaBBSSaSSB This store is one of the exclusive houses and one of the finest stores In Portland, and has catered to the select trade of the city. . Tomorrow is the beginning of the end. POSITIVELY selling out. Store will be sold out to the public wholesale and retail, and it must go. Stock consists of the highest grade of HAND -TAILORED CLOTHES for MEN, such as Levy, Rochester and Griffin clothes, just arrived in the last few days for the Easter trade. CONTRACT GOODS AND ALL WILL GO. All standard made shirts, Cooper underwear, Mallory and Stetson hats, finest neckwear, hosiery. Everything Must Go, Nothing Reserved. A Few Items as an Idea of Price 35c Boston Garters cut to 15c 25c Men's Handkerchiefs at ... . 6c 25c Sox cut to . . ... 9c 50c Sox, Silk Lisle, cut to 19c 50c and 75c Neckties cut to. . . . 19c $L50 to $2.00 Dress Shirts at-. . 79c $1.50 Silk and Wool Underwear cut to . . y. -'.-"J-.'.'i - . . i 5Sc $2.00 Cooper's Underwear cut to 88c $3.00 Conquerer Hats 1.48 $22.50 All New Spring and Sum- -mer Suits for Men cut to . . $ 8.88 $25.00 and $27.50 Men's Suits S10.88 $32.50 and $35 Men's Suits . S12.88 $40.00 Dress Tuxedo Suits . . S17.88 $50.00 Full Dress Suits cut to 819.88 $25.00 Spring Overcoats cut to 87. $30.00 Overcoats cut to. .., . 810.88 $35.00, Men's Blue and Gray Mixed Suit at 814. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtt $3.00 Pajamas cut to S1.29 $5.00 Pajamas cut to ...... . $1.88 $3.00 Fine Cooper's Underwear cut to ........... 01.48 $2.00 Night Shirts .-. . . . . . 88c $2.50 and $3.00 Hats cut to . 98c $5.00 and $6.00 Hats, including Stetson and Mallory, cut to . $2.48 $2.00 Men's Dress Gloves . . S1.29 $1.50 Union Suits ....... 59c V : ! ---i-i ii. ii... i.M.iMii.-!..! 1. 1 ii ii li.urn ' n y.i.ie mtmmmmmfmmimm,nnm men. m ' '- . .' ' . Sal S Ji iraiTeBa&yc, iviiaireini 14tK aft 10 A. Mo 9 And Will Continue Until Every Dollar's Worth of Merchandise Is Disposed of i! 133 SIXTH ST. Oregonian Building 31 r i -eu -rd-ik V-1JLJ!L11 Al V$J Tf i ii 1 1 SHQIP 133 S1X1H ST. Oregonian Building