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THE OREGON ' DAiLY JOURNAL?, PORTLAND. TUESDAY-EVENING,' AUGUST' 13, ,1013 ' ' SEHATOR ASSERTS A SIN IN S.P. ; EAST AS IN WEST Chamberlain Speaks Before .Upper House for Free Tolls - for American Ships and for Ollaqe Against Railroads. ' ' 'a :, (Wsihloston Boria nt Tb Jmimtl.) Wsshlnffton, Aug. 13. 8enstor Cham borlaln, after trying for Boms days, sue ;,i tseded In gsttlns; tha floor of th sen atf to apeak on the , regulation of the , ratea through tha Panama canal, and : the management of the ca,nal tone. Tha kanator aaid that ha was unequivocally ; In favor of tha houaa bill. His apeech ' Iraa listened to with deep Internal by " i everyone, and there were few lnterrup- ' The eenator discussed the bill from . ,, three atandpolnta. First, he Bald, he ' ' We moved to inalat on the right of thla . fcountry under either the Clayton-Bulwer treaty er under the Hay-Puncefote ;r treaty, to dlacrlmtnate In favor of American shipping engaged In the ! feoMtwlae trade, and he contended that ' We could. If we wlahed to do so, dls- : crtmlnate In favor of Araertoan shlp rr r'npr engaged In foreign trade, and without thereby violating the terma of ; either treaty. rKJvrij Bpeake for Free Tolta. , t Beoond, Senator Chamberlain Insisted --r that American ooaatwlae traffic ought -iiJft.J)il yen. free tolls. He discussed generally the effect of free tolls on ' ' transcontinental and other rail ratea, . Insisting that whatever might be the : reduction In tolls on American ships, .' .A; the railroads would have to meet It by 7.' corresponding reduction In their il Mtea. iT-sxrir-'Thlrd, the speaker eald that ahlpa towned by the railroada, or In which the ' ; railroada had any Interest, ought not to be permitted to pass through the ' oanal at all He gave hla reaaona for this contention at considerable length. Would Throttle Competition. 7vi"Th effect of allowing railroad owned , ships to pass through the canal, eald the eenator, would be to throttle the Independent-competition and drive t(he independent ihlpe out of business, en ; abllng the railroad oompanlea to ln- "."jcrsass their ratea aa soon as corape- tltlon could be ewept from the sea. 8enator Chamberlain discussed the Colombia river situation wher lnde w - pendent boat llnea had brought down jftn to a very marked degree, and had - - 9nde rates much lower than they had heen before between all points where there TVas river and rail competition. ' The railroada made a bitter warfare on the Independent llnea, but did not drive them out-of business before they had ueraonetrated their effectiveness. kef era to Invest! ration. ,, Ootng Into the records to prove hie eontenttens that the railroada have . 'maintained ship lines to use them as , iClube against Independent ocean car triers, the senator referred to an ln- yestlgatlon by a special committee of . th house In 189S regarding collusive jiarrangtments between the Paeina Mall and the Southern Paclflo to suppress . jbuslness across the Isthmus of Pan . lama, and If such practices were Inimical to the business Interests of the coun- 'try to" recommend some remedy. ' The committee reported on the meth- Ads of the company and the methods on " .the west coast, he said, were the moth- ods on the east coast The Southern 'Pacific, declared Senator Chamberlain, owned and controlled ..some 41 steam ships on the east coast, which It could - use for commerce through the canal In .case congress gave It access to that -- (waterway, and that, moreover, the 'Southern Paclflo spent 1400.000 to $500, 000 "a year to control docks In New York. He read from the report, re garding the methods of the Paclflo Mall, .to the effect that the steamship com-puny-mad a 16 year contract with the (Panama railway for the exclusive right Jto bill freight through from San Fran cisco to New York. The consideration i: 'Was 175,000 a month to the railway com- pany and later this was reduced to irr si the session because they would rather f be here than home., They may not be "afraid to go home," aa has been said of aome of them, but It's certain sure that aome of theee peopde are not hankering to go back. But they will have to face the mualo, and why not nowT Jt's surely a oompllcated politi cal situation, and as yet no one seems clever enough to hand out a perfectly good prediction as to the results that will be disclosed the day after the ballots are cast. It's evident enough that the Bull Moosers are very enthusiastic and that they are preaching a crusade. Before now crusades have simply ewept the boards. Maybe this will be one of that kind, but the two old partlea still be lieve they can oppose sober common senee to tho more or less hysterical propaganda of T. H, An old Oregonlan, who has been In Washington a number of years, and who was formerly correspondent for ThewJournaJ John EX Lathrop la Very 111 and his doctor has ordered him to the Adirondack to recuperate. He suf fered several hemorrhages of tha throat recently and In consequence Is In weak condition. Mrs. Lathrop was a ftjilim girl. PR0MISE 0F GREAT CROPS DISSIPATES TRADE UNEASINESS (Continued Prom Page One.) SUFFRAGISTS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN CHARITIES i j f I t r growth, and only wjthln the past month has the plant made any headway. There haa bean a fair Increase in the acreage! and the yield now ..prorn lees to be an average one for the acreage. Tne es timates of our correspondents run close to 3,800.000.000. "The western and southwestern states are showing good yields, against prao tlcally failures last year and the year before. The southern states ar suffer ing from too wet weather. 'The yield of oats Is going to record proportions, and will easily top the ban ner crop of two years ago when 1.126,- 000,000 buahels were produced In the country. The aoreage was Increased argely through the abandoned winter wheat lands, and the statea that suf fered so heavy a loss on that account will more than make up the difference in the big yield of oats. Our flgurea are showing over 1,200,000 bushels of this Important crop. Haavy Yield of Hay. "The base of the food for the lower animals hay Is assured now at a heav ier yield than last year. It will not make a record crop, for the severe win ter killed a larger percentage of meadow, and the cold backward spring held the growth of all grasses In check. The production, tiowever, will be more than sufficient and enable the farmer to hold a reserve Into the comfng year, with a yield of (0,000,000 tons. "The coarse grains and forage crops have a deeper significance than the weighted quantity; the excellent crops mean a recovery In the "number of food animals In the country. The cost of feeding cattle was prohibitory, despite the high price of the latter. The farmer who largely supplies us with our food anlmale-does not continue rearing them when he cannot raise the feed on his land. The result haa been a heavy In road upon the supply, which haa been checked by the large crops of thla year, and which will lnduoe the rearing of large numbers of tho animals that sup ply the market. Smaller Grains Producing' Well. "The smaller grains are producing on alike generous scale to the oat crop and the spring wheat. The barley crop promises about one-q-uarter larger yield than last year. Or approximately 200, 000,000 bushels, nearly all the northern statjels reporting an Increase both In acreage and yield While our reports from California show practically the same yield as last season. "Our reports Indicate a rye crop of 38,300,000 bushels, there being some de crease In the central northern states and considerable Increase In the northwest and west. ."Potatoes, ranking next to wheat for human consumption, will yield 25 per cent more than a year ago. "The "fruits have been as Irrea-ular ss ordlnarllv In the sectional character of '11''"' "ft '5, : WL' ... k . . Ml' 4? Mrs. Clarence Burns, Mrs. Freder ick Nathan and Alice Fischer Har court, three of the most attractive workers n the cause of suffrage, ar e n ot mjttta nt Trretr -nvr lr tiaB been done quietly. "All three have delivered speeches at public meet ings and have taken part either In the management or on the stage la theatrical entertainments for the benefit of the cause. They are equally active in charities that help to relieve the condition of poor children and sick babies who live In the New York slums. large to Justify tho assuranoo of 4 our ability to protect our gold should that become necessary. "A careful survey of tho general bus tness and crop conditions of tho eoun try, as Indicated -by tne advices re ceived by tho Continental A Commer cial National bank la preparation for this annual summary, clearly Indicates a marked increase In eourago and con fidence In practically all lines of Indus trial activity. General. business appears to be. as a whole, exceedingly satiafac tory, the chief source of complaint be- ing in the rather restricted percentage of profits resulting from so large a vol ume of trade. "Probably the greatest stimulus to general business activity is a rsvlval In the steel Industry, snd the most Striking feature of the , development since the first tf the year iri the Iron and stall trade Is, tho tremendous ton nage and the high percentage of opera tion. Induced no doubt by the low prices for finished products. . Steel .Trade Baromrte "The steel trade Js usually regarded ta tha barometer of the business world. and to a considerable extent this can be relied upon because it enters Into so many lines of business enterprise. 'Judging from the advices from the manufacturing centers, not only is labor well employed, but there Is a notice able scarcity at nearly all of the lead ing centers. These estimates indicate an increase In the value of total crop production, al. lowing for the decrease In market val ues ror cotton ana grain, or approxi mately H17.000.000. 'Of this amoujK 1365,200,000. or more than half, comes from 10 crops of commodities which fig ure In our oereal and produce markets. It Is therefore of considerable moment to note that preaent crop conditions justify an estimate of J,0SS,98,000 in new wealth to be produced from the soli this year, against an actual pro duction of $8,417,000,000 in 111. See Indication of Oar Shortage. "It has been a" long time since we heard predictions of a serious car short age. Railroads mrougn meir eniorcea period of curtailment have not been able to keep their equipment up to the re- oulrementa of a period of business ac tlvlty and for the movement of a large crop production. Hence It would not e surprising that there is consiaeraoie congestion during the crop moving pe riod this autumn, augmented by the In creased tonnage resulting from a gen eral revival of business. Were this country fortified with a more elastic and sclenttflo banking and currency system, the burden of financ ing the harvest would te inconsequen tial. But unfortunately our currency falls to expand and contract with ac tual business and commercial require ments, hence It 1s necessary to adjust our banking affairs and accumulate our urplua reserves preparatory to meeting the autumn demand of the agricultural sections. This Invariably results In a period of superficial ease Just prior to the demand of the harvests becoming insistent. In the moving of crops this year there will be considerable withdrawal western balancea held In the east because of the closely loaned up condi tion of the western banks. Taking the situation as a whole and weighing carefully those retarding ln- uonces. there is Justification, Judging from the advice's in every line of trade. for the conclusion that there la ahead probably 12 months of good active busi ness with moderate profits, providing of course that our crops turn out as favorably as present conditions Indi cate." APPOINTMENT OF CLELAND DECRIED Magulre Holds. Payment c $1500 to Referee in Wake field Case Wrong. a year ago. This probably will be greatly augmented by our exports of cotton and grain. The cotton crop, de- AnttA th flnodw nrlv in th jtenann In their yields, and on the whole are great- ,he Mississippi valley, is promising and the price will be a more favorable fac 166,000 per month, , Cummins Asks Question. 1 I Senator Cummins asked If it were " Hot the general policy .of the govern- , Biontr to-proven t the common ownership estimates of our correspondents Indicate I j.nd consolidation of competing lines. , a crop this year around 13,000,000 bales ' "Loes not that policy apply as well to at the, outside- er the country over. Cotton Crop Sot So Good. "The country's great agricultural' ex port staple cotton will not reach the proportions of last year. This year there has been too much rain In the south Atlantic and Gtilf states to mnke a big yield. Texas and Oklahoma will prob ably be tire, only states to produce more than a year Ago, and North Carolina has j a promise a a good as a year ago. The tor In our export trade than last year. Tha volume, promises to be sufficiently WATER RIGHTS BEFORE ENV0YS-0F 2 NATIONS (United Press Jm1 Wlra.1 Los Angeles, '''Aug. 1!. A 6zeii prominent Mexicans Including Madero cabinet officers and heads of wealthy corporations, are in Los Angeles today to confer with representatives of Ameri can Interests, regarding an amicable settlement of distribution rights for Colorado river waters. The matter which the Mexican en voys are endeavoring to settle has been In the court of both countries on sev. eral occasions hut no satisfactory agreement has been reached. It Is ex pected that If tha present conference evolves a tentative settlement. Its plan will be presented to the American and Mexican governments. t-ounouman James Magulre will at tomorrows session of tho city ctfUndl imroauoe a resoiutlonCtfpdemnlng the appointment . of former circuit Judge Cleland ss referee In the' 1400,000 sutt wought against theclty by Robert Wakefield. The resolution brovld that the mayor appoint a committer nt three to Investigate and determine t(ie lOTpuiimuiiuy jor ma case neinn tri.,1 before a referee at a cost of 11500 ta uie city. According to the termn of h r.A. lutipn, trial by referee Is at bst un satlrfac'tory on account of the fact that newspaper comment has been made that the attorneys representing Waknfuiri took active part in raising a 14000 cam paign fund in the unsuccessful fight of ins iormer judge ror reelection. Fol lowing u the resolution: "Whereas. Kobert Wakefield haa com menoed an action against the city of x-uruana ror a large amount of money, tho same being in the neighborhood of 1400,000, which action is at this time Doing tried before a referee; and, "Whereas, It has appeared in the public press that the city attorney waived the city's rights to have said case tried before a Jury, all of which said city attorney denies; and "Whereas,-It has been agreed that the city pay said referee the sum of $1800 referee fees, which Is an unnecessary burden to the taxpayers, .as there are qualified Judges, elected by the people, to try such cases, and who have as serted their wilHnghess so to do; and "Whereas, There are other expenses Involved In the trial of said cases, such as stenographers' fees In an amount of not less than S10 per day, and said case Is likely to be prolonged two or three months; and "Whereas, The trial of eald cause be fore a referee, without the Intervention of a Jury, Is, at best, unsatisfactory, and has been the cause of more or less comment lu the press that the refaree Is partial to the plaintiff on account of his attorneys who took a very active part to reelect said referee to the cir cuit bench, and who not only sub scribed sums of money to advance his cause but also procured others with corporation affiliations to subscribe about 14000 for the same purpose; therefere, be It "Resolved, That the mayor appclnt a committee of three to investigate and determine who was responsible foe said case being tried before a referee with out the aid of a Jury, and for the agree ment whereby the city Is to pay said referee $1600, and to secure from the cl,ty attorney a written opinion as to whether or not the referee proceedings now pending cannot be forthwith ended. and said cause tried before a regularly electedJndge with the aid of a Jury." Seeing Alaska To see Alaska right, the steamers of the Canadian Paclflo line should be used. Apply for folder setting forth advantages of this line. Ticket office Third and Pine (Multnomah hotel build ing). - - v . 1: V' Gray s Half Price Sa le ON ALL Ladies Tailored i Suits and Dresses All Linens are included in this half price sale. Mighty comfort able wear for warm Summenlays $18 Garments $ 9.00 $20 Garments $10.00 $25 Garments $30 Garments $35 Garments $40 Garments $45 Garments $50 Garments $12.50 $15.00 $17.50 $20.00 $22.50 $25.00 14 Off on Tailored Waists ty2 Off on Coat Sweaters ft! Gray 273-275 Morrison, at Fourth Ladies1 Entrance, 148 Fourth Street waterways?" asked Senator Cummins. T'here is no question what should be J the reply to that question," replied Sen- .-,-.-itor - Chamberlain, "I do no t belle v a (there is anyone 1n congress who la In nocent enough to. believe what Mr. . . Schwerln and 'his associates have said, or tfia't they Intend to build four mng- ujiiueuL, uis sun's io piy mrougn me It Is canar. nonsense to maKo euch claims. "The people of Portland. Or., are practically at th mercy of the rail road company, which operates a line of "The value of the cotton crop, with a reduvtlon In the number of bales, will be asreat to the planter as was the big, yield of Inst year. This country produces two thirds of the cotton Of the world, most years a larger proportion, riax Yield to Be Larger. The other product of the pott that goes Into the commercial field fhtx--will be larger than for the past two years. Acreage Is Larger. "The acreage Is larger this year, the climatic conditions in the northwest. rown, have been xm.imgstyA'mm Jim. Blue Sky aw steamships between San Francisco and; where the plant la gro rurwanu. nnen me people or Portland i favorable, and something like old time put on an Independent line to meet the yields will be produced, exactions of the railroad's line, what I "The cultivation of tobacco Is on a nappens. j ne railroad owned line puta larger scale than last year. The Bur idown rates to a point whero the Inde- ley type In the Kentucky-Tennessee .pendent line can t make expenses and region shows a large increase In acre- coneequently the .people of Oregon must i age. The cigar type in the east and ,fO down Into their pockets to meet the (central west Is developing under very -monthly deficit. This canVgo on long, I favorable conditions. but It makes no difference to the rati-I "Mlf-eisslppi river floods were de-,-TOad cumpaay It could go on meeting ! stnictlve of many sugar cane planta i a deficit for six months or six years." i tions this year and the rroD outcome Just at this moment it looks as if j in the submerged portions of the cane y congress- nan rut a few days to live indi yet this particular congress has ( shown such unexpected vitality that It i may last on and on until the frost tinges the loaves and the voters march V j to the polls to tell finally just how I much they think of Teddy. J It Isn't any Joke that some of the congress J belt will be email "A volume of agricultural products, 30 per cent larger than last year, will return to the farming community t)ie most profitable results of a decade. The Industries .of the country have been feeling tha stimulus of the prosperity of the tiller of the soil, and the amDle re quite willing to prolong ' supply of the needs of the people. The only prosperity Is that- which comes frrfrn the agricultural production, and that Is assured. Becovery Is Coming. "Considerable material progrAss has been made In the business world toward a complete recovery f rom - the depres sion, resulting from the slowing down process, made necessary In 1910 by the .too rapid expansion in our Industrial en4 commercial activity, undue specu lation in land and the tying up of too i much liquid capital In projects In proc- ! ess of developmenrand nit sufficiently j seasoned to makt their securities read-1 lly convertible. In some Instances, this ' progress toward a recovery has not only reached normal- but has extended con siderably beyond that. In others the condition of trade and business shows a full recovery. In a few, however, we ure still below normal owing to peculiar conditions In those particular lines of numan enaravor. Money continues plentiful, and the agricultural outlook of the country-,1s 1 p satisfactory, wt.h a promise of a pro- s'J auction considerably in excess of that j of last year. Our foreign commerce 1 i which a year-arT"Tflepted a "complete fr1 reversal of the previous year.s tendency i P continues In our favor with the result that there Is a larger trade balance to the credit of this untry growing out of our international trade, than that of j iSE25i ummer Clearance Sale Slightly Used Fin 1 e -fa f? H HI lUfd i aiKing ivi sssV achines Tlie.se late. -machines have all been thoroughly overhauled by our expert, and we guarantee them to reproduce perfectly. Each outfit guaranteed by us for one year. Ilriiifr a dollar or two, select an outfit and we will deliver it at on-ce, with a selection of choice records. $80 Machines now S41.00 $75 Machines now $50.00 $100 Machines now SOS. 00 $125 Machines now $73.00 $200 Machines at $139.00 We will ship $12.50 Machines now S3.75 $15.00 Machines now $6.90 $21 Machines now $12.00 $30 Machines now $22,00 $45 Machines now $29.50 Take one of these outfits on your vacation them anywhere for vou. We are headquarters for .Victor, Edison and Columbia Talk ing Machines and Records. Graves Music Go. " 111 FOURTH ST. , Ground Floor, Between Washington and Stark Sts. , Do the advocates ot the Blue Sky Law favor the granting of a franchise to the Northwestern Electric without first having trie bond and stock issue conform to the provisions of the proposed Act? Were the Blue Sky Law in efiectit is possi ble that the proposed bond and stock "issue Would be of an entirely different character. L .i I ' Utt Manufactured ooly by JAMES PYLE fit SONS. New York If Your Home Is Finished in Dark Colors, You Should Have Furniture of Mission Style and an Oak Finish That Matches. We Have It 4 MISSION PUEWITUBE OUB TACTOT TO TOW BOOT) , MJlIL ORDEK CATALOOtni 7&XB 389 Alder Street, Opposite Olds," Wortman & King. Th voters of Oregon, in November (in less than ninety days) will vote upon a public . Utility act, and what is termed a Blue Sky Law. The effect of those measures upon newly formed com panies is a very , important one to the public. Why should the Northwestern Electric be so anxious, to get a franchise before the people have a chance to vote? Does not sound business policy suggest that we wait until these important matters are passed upon? - i w Portland Railway,Light&PowerCompany. 'it. J f