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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1013. IBB li'KIY SUPPORTS 1-0 OF BUSINESS OF BEING VICE-PRESIDENT IS NOT OVER-STRENUOUS OCCUPATION OREGON'S PEOPLE F. S. Donaldson- Gives Facts 'jjuAitr- and Figures Before Ad Club Concerning State's Biggest ''.Vvi... Business. ' -L .0 Tha lumber Industry will be amonc th first to profit by the opening of tha Panama canal, predicted F. G. Donald son, manager of the traffic department of the West Coast Lumber Manufactur ers association, in an address last Wednesday before the Ad club. ' 'I wish to drive home some pertinent ' facts, relative to the value of the lum bor industry to the state of Oregon," & he, "Out of a population of 672,765 people in Oregon, 84.000,' or one-eighth of the total population is directly de- ' pendent upon the lumber industry. No other manufacturing Industry in tbe state employes one-tenth as many men as this one. ''Oregon's mills in 1910 cut 2.0M.683, 100 board feet of lumber, S19.8K00O of shingles, and 90,660.000 of lath. The value of tbe above was $30,100,000, 6r 82,5 per cent of the total of manufac tured products in the state. "Over J70.000 of outside money is each day brought into Oregon by the lumber industry. Over 80 per cent of the value of .Oregon's timber products is paid out for labor, taxes, rent, and so forth. The lumber industry pays out for wages a greater proportion of the value of the ' product than any othef Industry. 'The last census nhows that out of 65 . manufacturing' establishments In Oregon employing more than 100 wage earners, 33 were engaged in the lumber Industry. "Oregon's timber pays a large part of the taxes of the state, in some counties the bulk of the taxes. Canal Will Cut Sate. TElghty per cent of the outgoing freight is lumber. , "Oregon has one-fifth of the stand ing timber in the United States, or 645, ISOO.000,000 board." , v Mr. Donaldson described the, market for Oregon lumber. He predicted that transportation costs through the Pana ma canal wUl only be about one-fifth of ,the present rail rates, and that when the ranal is opened and cheap transportation 1s supplied, a great market for Oregon lumber will be established on the Pa cific coast 'The reason why the manufacturers of Pacific coast lumber cannot now ship In competition with the eastern mills ' into tbe consuming market on the At : Untie seaboard," he observed. "Is ap parent from ah analysis of the freight rates. A 80-rent rate from yellow pine shipping points equal $7.60 per 100 feet on common lumber, while a 7 6 -cent rate from the Pacific coast equals more than 116 per 1000 feet, or a differential lni favor of the southern yellow pine of $11 per 1000 feet in the freight In the year 1910 the southern yellow pine producers reached their maximum productioi. and thei cut-is steadily J r creasing each year, due to the cutting out of the standing timber. It is stated by. competent investigators that the de crease' in soft wood lumber cut out In the eastern states in 1916 will be 40 per ient under the cut of 1910. This moan a decrease in the supply of about 10,000, 000,050 feet This decrease muat be largely met by increased production on the Pacific coast because there Is no others district that la capable by reason of its standing timber, of expending its cut to meet this demand. aires Fair Profit. "With the opening of the Panama ca nal I believe the Pacific coast shippers , will be able to move their lumber by i waier to tne Auantic sea hoard at a freight rate not exceeding 25 cents per hundred-weight, or J5 per net ton. As a matter of fact. I believe that the regu lar lumber carriers will be able to make a somewhat lower rate than this. Th distance by water via Panama from Portland to New York city is 5949 miles. Lumber has been transported to China from the Columbia river, a dis tance of 6SS6 miles, for $3.60 per ton. and to Australia, a distance of 7311 miles, for $4.08 per ton. Twenty davs from Portland to New York by rail Is considered very good time.. Ships mak ing 16 knots an hour should be able to transport the same freight via Panama, allowing for stops at Intermediate points, in 16 days; Flower boats should easily equal the time by rail With a freight rate of 5 cents per' hundred weight In the average less than the southern yellow pine rate, and with good and regular service by water it seems fair to conclude that the Pacific coast manufacturers of lumber will have every opportunity to market their pro duct on the Atlantic seaboard at a fair profit." - . .,V '- ' ' -... ..I... ' .' - "-' ' 11 "" ' '. ..nil, mi in ir n ' "";"'" ,L . I ill': jfi I W ;i :Aj KSsr: - Wa: A Thaw to Be Examined Aaiii. New York, March 1. Harry K. Thaw secured today a writ of habeas corpus from the supreme court bv which he win secure another examination Into hts mental condition. This is the fifth similar writ Thaw has obtained since being incarcerated In Mattcawan Written for The Journal, By Worth C. Harder. Washington, V. C, March 1. And now, while the eyes of the nation are turned toward Washington; while the country's interest Is centered upon the Incoming of the new chief executive, and the opening of the new administra tion, let us give a few moments of at- entlon to that anomalous individual, the vice president of the United States. After Tuesday noon, Thomas R. Mar shall of Indiana will be it. lie will be inaugurated, Just as Woodrow Wilson will be, He will step Into a little office of his own, have some Tew duties, and receive ft great deal of homage and at. entlon In a quiet way; but It will be several weeks before lie can emerge from the Cloud of glory' that Burrounds his more conspicuous associate, and at tract any attention to his Job of vice, presldentlng. As a matter of fact, Mr. Marshall has fallen Into a big job with little work, many peculiar customs, and much social strain. Several weeks ago, with a book of the senate rules and prac tices in his grip, he struck out into the wilds of the southwest, there to con te pages of senate precedent, and fit himself to preside over the smaller house of the American congress. This Is going to be his chief Job from now on. Even there, however, he Is not indispensable, nor Is It necessary that he should have complete knowledge of all senate affairs. A battery of clerks and assistant secretaries will sit in frorit of him, ready to prompt him at every angle of senate business; and In case he wants to leave the duties of his office for a time, the senate will select one of its own members to take his place, and things will run along as smoothly as ever. The vice president is admittedly a fifth wheel in the scheme of American government. His chief dut Is to be In training to step into the presidency if anything should happen to the chief ex ecutive. He has no hand In the ordi nary running of the nation, however. and Is usually less fitted to take over the reins of government than would be the secretary of state or some other cabinet officer In the daily councils of the president. Only two real Jobs devolve upon tho vice president; that of presiding over the senate, already mentioned, where he is allowed to vote in case of a tie; and that of chancellor of the Smithson ian institution. In the latter capacity he presides once a month over the meet ing of the board of regents, and signs the few papers that are sent to him. The rest of his duties may be em braced In the general statement that he is the honorary representative of the government at many functions; that he acta, to some extent.- as a "buffer"' be tween the president and many of the social and political demands made upon his time; that he reflects much glory on his native state, and that he spends his spare time trying to keep up with what the administration is doing, with out being of its Inner circle. President Wilson may somewhat al ter the custom of the past, and consult Vice President Marshall as he does his cabinet officers; but It has not been the practice for presidents to throw any of the burdens of their office upon the vice president. He rules the dignified, and, at times, Irascible senate, and re flects upon the Inactive character of his Job. Now, consider some of the drawbacks of the vice president's office: He receives $12,000 a year, but no Top Vice president's office In the capitol. Bottom Thomas R. Marshall, vice president-elect. mileage allowance. The speaker of the house receives both. He gets no allotment of free seeds for his constituents, but must beg them from senators and representatives. He has an automobile provided for him, and $1000 a year for a chauffeur; but has to buy his own tiros, gasoline and supplies. The vice president pays his own house rent, his own traveling expenses. and has no perquisites, while the presi dent, with a $75,000 salary, gets a $25, 000 traveling fund, lives rent-free In the White House, has a housekeeping allowance, servants, garage and green houses. The vice president has one office room, back of the senate chamber. It Is a nice room, but the speaker of the house has two or three, and the presi dent a whole office building. In a square, hlgh-ceillnged room, which has been occupied by many famous men in the last 60 years, he transacts his pub lic and private business, and keeps with in easy reach of the senate. Tho door of the office opens Into the senate cor rldor, through which the public is pilot ed by the glib-tongued capitol guides. There are many interesting memen toes of former yeara in the vice presi dent's room. Above a tall clock of modern design is an old mirror, one of the first possessed by the government. It was purchased In England by John Adams, in the early days of the re public, and placed in his office. "When Adams later presented a bill for it to congress, the senate spent many angry hours discussing this extravagance of a government official. Just before Charles W. Fairbanks be came vice president, tne late Senator Frye, then president pro tempore of the senate, had the little mirror regilded and resilvered, and hung In its present position over the clock. On the east wall of the room hangs the Peale portrait of Washington, said by friends of the first president to be the most striking likeness ever painted of him. Peale made his patntlng as a miniature, at Valley Forge, and later copied It on tbe canvas where It Is now preserved 1 The vice prsldent has a secretary at $4000, a .stenographer, a telegraph operator, and a messenger. The tele graph operator Is one of the relics of a former day. There runs throughout Washington a governmental telegraph, Installed before the days of the tele phone, and once burdened with messages between the departemnts, the capitol and the White House. The wire is stilJ open and in use, but it seldom does any business. If the senate operator has one message a day, business is good. But he remains on the vice president's list of employes, and his time Is occu pied with other duties. WANTS ffilL BILL RESTORED The A.B, Chase Piano 3 So uniform has been the highest standard main tained that the full name A. B. CHASE on a piano is a universally recognized guarantee of supreme excellence. J All A. B. Chase Pianos have the best actions ob tainable, with the latest improvements. I A. B. Chase Pianos are known and used in thou sands of homes, musical and art centers, and everywhere acknowledged as superior in beauty, design, finish, workmanship and tone. q The warranty on an A. B. Chase Piano is un limited as to time. J We sell pianos on moderate terms. Apollo and Ceclllan Play er Pianos TnTlnwaand ullierTFianus ( ;. ,.i rj a en.ii.i '.. . - mor. iBjamg. wacnines, and all the Records. ;;TMorroon at Sixth,' Portland, Opposite Poatoffice Editor MacArthur Claims Sen ate Committee Ruined Sea men's Bill by Changes. (United Prem Lea(d Wlre.l San Francisco, March l. Corn meeting upon the action of the senate committee on commerce in Washington In so altering the seamen's bill as to render It practically useless before re porting It out. of committee, Walter MacArthur. editor of the Coast Sea men's Journal, said oday that the ship, ping interests have succeeded in hood winking the committee, but that lie still hopes for the passage of the original. "We will never stand for the tnact ment of the bill In it present emascu lated form," jsald MacArthur. "We are closely In touch with Senators Works and Perkins and have wired asking them to insist upon having the orig inal house bill Introduced in the senate "This might be slightly modified without rendering it utterly useless as tho present senate hill is." MacArthur asserts that Robert Dollar and It, p, Swayne, as well as represent atives of other shipping interests, made gross misstatements in testifying before the aenate committee.' 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The Fire in our building at 10:30 O'clock Frid&x night was confined entirely to the Reserve Stock on the 11th floor--what little darnae that was done in other parts of the building was due to water- Friday night's fire was the first this store has had in its 33 years of business. and we sincerely hope that it will- be the last. This is a fireproof build ing, it has been demon strated, very substantially. The opening announced in Friday's papers has only been postponed until we can get our floors ar ranged again The rush and hurry and strain of a fire would naturally disarrange the entire stock. Just as soon as we can get our display floors 10 of them all arranged, we will carry out the entire original plan of this open ing. Watch for it. No folks, this Friday night fire did not affect our "Make-it-Right" policy in any way like the build ing it's absolutely fire proof. come to this sale oi ours this week you'll like it in every way. Cordially yours, Mr. "Make-it-Right." All the stock that was dam aged bg fire, or affected by water has been gathered to gether for adjustment of the loss and the final disposition of it will be announced later. Owing to the fact of this building being strictly fire proofconcrete arid steel the greater part of the furni ture, carpets, draperies, in fact all kinds of housefurnish ing goods were not affected in any way- This magnificent new stock on all our display floors is in first class condition and more of it is daily arriving and being put on the floors. The store will be open, for business tomorrow again as usual and to show you that we are fully prepared to meet all demands the opposite page will give you an idea of the capability of this splen did institution. G'EYtl A-GiO.O-D-ILOJO&UiL Corner Fifth and Alder 4