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THE!' OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 19, 1914. 3 CLAYTON BILL DRAWN TO CORRECT EVILS OF THE BUSINESS WORLD One of Chief Measures Be fore Congress Aims to Cure Defects in Existing Laws, TO RESTRAIN MONOPOLIES Sections Belatlna to XAbor and Agri cultural Organizations Cause Be asts Before Senate Committee. ( Waubfnflnn Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. July 18. What ia known as th Clayton bill la one of the chief meaMurea now be fore cong'rens for the correction of evils In the business world. It has been passed by the house and for two weeks or more haa been 'under close ai-ruUny by the Judiciary committee of the senate. Bitting behind closed doora. From the inner councils, however, come rumors more or lens definite that the bill is being subjected to aevere criti cism and tiiat the prospect la that it will be almost entirely redrafted. Synopsis of Clayton Bill. . Section 1 of the bill defines terma used In the bill. Section 2 provides that discrimination in price with the Iiurii(t of injuring or destroying the UutflneHs of a competitor shall be con sidered a misdemeanor punishable by a fine. nt. exceeding 13000 or by im prisonment for one year, or both. Bertlon 3 provides that It shall be unlawful to refuse to sell the product of any mine, oil or gas well, reduction works, refinery, or hydroelectric plant to any responsible would-be purchaser within the Jurisdiction of the United Htatea, tinller similar penalties to those named in section 2.' Ruction 4 names similar penalties for selling goods under a discount oncon lltlon that the lyjrchawr .phall not buy or deal in the wares of "fif-eompetltor of the vendor. Redress for Injured Firm. Section 6 provides that any person who shall be Injured, In his business or property by reason of anything forbid den In the anti-trust Jaws may sue therefor in a district court of the United States without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall re cover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit. Includ ing a' reasonable attorney's fee. Section S provides that a private suitor suelng for damages under the anti-trust laws may offer in evidence a final decree obtained by the United Htates In a suit to dissolve a corpora tion or unlawful combination, and It also provides that the statute of limi tations shall be suspended in favor ot private litigants who have sustained damage, while proceedings In behalf of .the United States are pending. This Section Meets Opposition. Section 7 'is one over which there lias been prolonged and bitter discus sion. The language, as it occurs In the Clayton bill. Is as follows: That nothing contained In the ariti, trust laws- shall -be construed to for bid the existence -and operation of fraternal, labor, consumers' ngrlcul- , tural or horticultural organizations, orders, or associations instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain Individ ual members of such organizations, orders, or associations from carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, orders, or as sociations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be Illegal com binations or conspiracies In restraint of trade, under the anti-trust laws. Nothing contained In the anti-trust laws shall be construed to forbid as sociations of traffic, operating, ac counting, or other officers df common carriers, for the purpose of conferring among themselves or of making any lawful agreement as to any mat'tfcr which is subject to the regulating or fcupervlsory Jurisdiction of the Inter state commerce commission, but all such matters shall continue to be sub- . Ject to such Jurisdiction of. the com mission and all such agreements shall be entered and kept of record by the carriers, parties thereto, and shall at all times be open to inspection, by the commission, but no' such agreement shall go Into effect or become opera tive, until the same shall have first been submitted to, and approved by, tne interstate commerce commission Provided, that nothing In this act shall be construed as modifying existing laws prohibiting the pooling of earn ings or traffic, or existing laws against Joint agreements by common carriers to maintain rates." According to the report of the com mittee: "The object of sectioji 7 Is to make clear... certain, questions about which doubt has arisen, as to whether or not fraternal, labor, consumers', .tgrlcul tural or horticultural organisations, orders, , or associations organized for mutual help, not having capital stock or conducted for profit, come "withlu the scope and purview of the Sherman anti-trust law in such way as to war rant the courts, under Interpretations heretofore given to that law,. to enter a decree for the dissolution of such organisations, orders or associations upon a proper showing, as may be done In regard to industrial corporations and uombinatlona which have been found to be guilty of violations of its provisions. 1 Holding Companies Clause, Section 8 has to do with holding companies, which. 'as the report says. Is a common and favorite method of promoting monopoly and "an abomlna tion." Section 9 relates to Intel lock fng directorates' and embodies an ef fort tor follow the suggestions of the president for prohibiting the' inter locking of the directorates of great corporations. Section 10, says the' report "re lates to procedure and provides that any .suit, action, or proceeding under the anti-trust laws against a corpora tion may be brought not only in the Judicial district wherein it may be found. Under the law as it now exists, a suit against a corporation must be brought In the district whereof it Is an Inhabitant." , : Punishment of Directors. Section 11 relates to aubpenaes and sectldn 12 is "the personal eullt nro vision." If provides that directors, officers and agents may be punished whenever a corporation, shall be found guilty of violating anti-trust; laws. Secton 13 Is the- same -as section of the Sherman act, so as to enable the United States to proqeed ngainst corporations for the violation - of any of the provisions of the proposed act, By section 14,- injunction relief is authorized. In its kurort, tne house committee sala: - . - ' section If - sutnorlzes x nvrion firm ,er corporation - or 'association to . sue. for and -i have inunctlve - relief I OBJECTIONS TO PROPOSED HOUSING CODE ARE MET ' ' - .. . - . . -v . - k ................. 1 if. ' 'XVS f , ,,v" i ' ? f, ." -i ft .. ,.,n., 1 eZT. Ldt I K",( yvrf 'i-t-:H ''Jfjd " ' ' " 4ii&AiiiiJ& ? 'l J? 7M f-"1, . JFfkn W-" ORMIDABLE ULSTER P BECAUSE OF FORCES BEHIND THE REVOLT Should Civil War Come, Aged Conservatism Will Combat Modern Progress. DRIES HAVE SUPPORTERS Their Position Strengthened y- Sa gUshmuTs raith In Class That , "God Hatb Anointed." By H. C. London. July, 18. Ulster's defiance is formidable to the British empire aa an entity because of 'the forces allied with Ulster. No mere revolt -of - four counties in - Ireland is threatened. If civil war results British writers and Top, left to rfght View on Sheridan street, between Third and -Fourth streets,-. showing dwellings which have neither front, nor back .yards.. Tenement house on' Russell street has three stories and back stairs serve as fire escape. Bottom, left to right Bodroom scene in overcrowded tenement house; tenement basement room showing window which faces wall of earth. Objections to the proposed housing code were met by H. M. Esterly and other members of the Oregon Civic league housing committee at a recent meeting in the , central library. The broad reason for more stringent regulations was stated to be that con gestion shuts out sunlight and. air; promotes uncleanliness, invites disease. lowers living standardt and menaces health. Protest was made against the third section of the code, which provides that no board or municipal official may change oj modify any of its provisions. The desirability of a board of appeal was urged. The committee answered that a board of appeal would be ac ceptable in respect to changes re quired in old buildings, but that when it came to new construction it woum be imperative to have a code so clear and unevadablo that its requirements would have to be followed. Anotner section provides that after a building has been erected it cannot De anerea in such way as to violate the code. Another position taken by the com mittee is that "There should be no tenements or apartment houses over four stories in height. But, even if there were, so called apartment houses require as great a light area, as tene ments. The apartment house dweller should bo protected as well as the working man. The provisions relating to ventilation recognize no difference in classes ot tenants. . The provisions relating to courts for dwellings are important. If less than five feet is permitted as a minimum it will bring the buildings too close to gether, creating narrow passages hard to keep drained and receptacles for rubbish, sources of constant complaint to the health authorities." Adoption of- the provision for dwellings not to exceed four stories would require that they not be more than 60 feet above the level of the street. Section 34 of the proposed code re quires that a dwelling shall not occupy more than 76 per cent of an Interior lot. 85 per cent of a corner lot, or 90 per cent of a lot fronting on three streets, this interest of light and ven tilation. Objection was answered by Mr. Ksterly as follows: To prevent lot overcrowding it is necessary to consider size of the lots, width . of the streets, etc. For this purpose, eastern states Pennsylvania and others have givei cities Jurisdic tion over land within three to five miles outside the city boundaries to decide the width of streets, depth and width of lots and all building regula tions dealing with these lots as defined and regulated,- The provision of .sec tion 34. "A lot shall be as shown on the recorded plats now on file or which may hereafter be filed,' is essential to the spirit -of - the code." The code provides that there must be a window for .every room, Including bathrooms and closets. Someone, raised the contention that kitchens did not need windows necessarily, not be ing living rooms. Mr. Eaterly's answer reads: "There should be no variation from the rule that there should be a window to . the external air. Skylights ere often Vry unsatisfactory both for light and air. They are out of reach and cannot be opened or closed or cleaned. The provision for fire walls between double houses is defended in these words: "The arresting of fire Is worth while between- two buildings. "The purpose of this section is to protect every family and reduce the danger from fires to a minimum. The importance of the fire wall was exhlb lted by the recent fire at the Northwest Door company's mill. The large dock building next the mill was not burned only because a fire wall between these burned buildings stopped the flames No admitting of animals will be permitted if the code passes. Section 99 reads: "No horse, cow, calf,- swine, sheep, goat or fowl shall be kept In a tenement or dwelling house, or on the same lot or premises there .within IS feet of such house. No place of public assemblage shall be maintained in frame tenement. The proposed housing code has been submitted to the city commission for passage, being placed first In the hands of Robert G. Dleck. com mis sioner of public works. against threatened loss or damage by violation of the anti-trust laws. when and under the same conditions and principles as injunctive relief against threatened conduct that wHl cause loss or damage Is granted by courts of equity under the ruleB gov erning such, proceedings. Under sec tion 7 of tne act or Juiy t. ioav, a nersnn lnlured in his business and property by corporations or combina tions acting in violation oi me ouci man anti-trust law, may recover loss and damage for such wrongful act. There is, however, no provision in th existing law authorizing a person. firm, corporation or association to en- Join threatened loss or aamage io ma business or property by the com mission Of such unlawful acts, and the purpose of this section is to rem dv such defect in the law. This pro vision is in keeping with the recom mendation made by the president in his message to congress on tne sud Ject of trusts and monopoles. Injunctions and Contempt. Nnthins has elven rise to more dis cussion than sections 16 to 23, relat ing to injunctions, and contempts. These, says the, commuwe reyuii. are substantially, tne same . as we provisions of the two separate Dins (H. B. 2335 and H. R. J26f 1,, 62d Cong.), known as the Clayton, injunc tlan and i contempt bills,; which were considered and passed by the house of representatives ,at, the. last .-congress, but failed of passage in ,the senate. They deal entirely wun questions oi federal procedure relating to injunc tions and contempts committed with out the presence, of the. court. The reports upon these hills made to the house in the Jast congress are; com; prehensive and explain In. detail their purpose, . and for convenience are arinntor! an a Hart Of this rePOTt." ' Section 15 provides that no preliml-J nary injunction shall . be issued witn out notice to the opposite party, .and that no temporary restraining order shall be granted without notice to the opposite party unless it shall clearly appear that Immediate and irreparable injury shall result before notice could be served. Section 16 requires se curity to be given on the issuing of an order. In section 17 it is required that specific reasons .must be .given in injunctions and restraining orders why they were issued. j .. SelaUng to. &hor Disputes. ' The section whieh. with;" section" 1, haa created the widest-discussion, is 18. prohibiting' injunctions in labor disputes "unless necessary to prevent irreparable, injury to property, or te a property right. f the party making the application, for which injurythere is nb '. adequate remJy at law, and such property or property right must be" described with partieuraflty in the application. Which must , be in writ ing, and sworn to by the applicant or by his agent of attorney.!. The section further provides that no one may le enjoined from .quitting work or persuading others to stop work, or ' picketing "peacefully"; or from boycotting namely, ceasing to patronise; or to employ any party to such dispute,-.or. recommending,: advis In, or persuading others by- peaceful means :so to:do; or paying, strike bene fits, or peacefully, assembling; or from doing' any - act or j thing '.which, might lawfully be done , in the absence of such dispute by any party thereto; nor shall any of the acts specified "n thi : paragraph be jeonIi!,lred or , btd unlawful." ,:-,"....., SOME OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE CONTINENT AND BACK By Marshall N. Dana. It is customary for those Who' have made "a ' tour' of the eastj visiting Washington,' Chicago and New York," on the return home to grant inter views on the places visited, the busi ness situation, and their own acute' re lief at 'getting back to our comfortably climated city. . 1 am no exception. Having recently returned fro,n even more th-in 'tn-s on ventional circuit, I have suc.'uded - In overcoming a natural timidity end have consented even to interview my self.' . . t begin -with' a fervid.' fenling tf gratitude t. Chicago. It f'urn'ashed all tle weather necessary : to this entire article. When I arrived at 9 'o'cljck p. m. the streets between depots ware crowded with ; men and ; women . and children, all equally : handicapped . in a contest , entitled, "Find the oxyi;;n or the coolness in the. air,"- No win ner has vet. been announced. At, the time, the word .."devitalized:" seemed very descriptive when- conjoined with the air of Chicago .but when I remem ber the assertion of t Chicago man who was a traveling companion across the continent, it appears a trifle ton kind; He said,, "I know old Chicago' is dirty and - windy and hot, but I lore her, yes I, do!" it is possible that the C. & O. of In diana which .Is the name of a rail road Reserves a small' mention. The accommodating ticket -agent at Port land ' had wired for 1 a berth on tlie night train from Chicago to . Cincin nati. - The net ' result . was one ' super heated upper as far as Muncie. The next morning the sleeper was left to recuperate from the - heat and its ex ertions, and the .train proceeded, as a local to a point Just outside Cincinnati. The' oven-like breeze added a sudden odor to. the cinders and smoke that all day we had been dodging. , . ' Prohibition. In Wert irgtala. - -. ' Down -in West Virginia there is a wonderfully forward city called Hunt ington. ; In the past five, years it has ; outstripped tbe-capltal, Charleston; it has- erected tall . ' buildings. - adopted commission government.: annexed sub urbs and now demands running room of Wheeling, the erstwhile metropolis. ginia legislature did was to pass such a prohibition law as never was on statute books before. My friend, Earlo Townshend, who know the law, said that if a. man desired to seek the golf links and to carry with him liquid re freshment, the statute will not permit him to place it n the ice chest, nor can he permit the caddy to -carry it. but he must lug it in his own pocket until he feels the need of carrying it less conspicuously but more comfort ably. -It was not, therefore, a surprise to see all the saloons holding a bar gain sale of stocks and fixtures against July 1, their day. of doom, when the law became effective. - My train for Washington. D. C, left Huntington in the early morning. Pas sage through and under the Virginia mountains, so-called, from courtesy, contributed Washington's monument as the .first view of the capital city. Some chickens, contentedly scratching in an area, caught my eye. My gaze traveled up over the board fence, then leaped to .take in the capital building, and ever since I have been associating chickens of. frying size with the dome of that famous structure. New York left memory, not of the dance craze,' nor: gun men, nor tlje Brooklyn - bridge, nor the Woolworth building, nor Herald Square, nor Broadway, hut of a young man. He had come, from Louisville, Kentucky. He was going to take .up work as an executive in a Brooklyn philanthropy. "I . have determined this great city shall not Intimidate me," said he, with high resolve. . He was only lost three times getting out of the Pennsylvania station, and it Is to be presumed he wasn't intimidated. The capitol of "New York at Albany is the most characteristic building I have. ever seen. .It is undoubtedly an architectural achievement. It la nobly proportioned; " Adjacent to it and at the back are little griggeries. even as the petty and the corrupt have ever been the background of the Empire State's political . Institutions. . Now of Montreal it has always been said that it. is the only, city of North America comparing with Portland in proximity to scenic Heights. The name of the elevation is Mt. Royal. ..Remem ber please that our street cars In great success If you were eeddllna One af the things, the, last. West Vir- Portland carry us more than the thou-1 really meritorious artcl.,.. - sand feet our geography told waa ne essary to constitute a mountain. Mt Royal has an elevation of about 600 feet, which permits you a view of the city and St. Lawrence river, and prompts, comparison with that unfor gettable' outlook from Council Crest with its marvelous panorama of snow peaks and blue hills and green valleys and gleaming rivers. A Sunday In Toronto. Toronto was the scene of the Inter national advertising convention, which added to advertising the practicable ideal. This convention began on Sunday. I looked for a boy with Sunday paper. There was none. glanced about for open news shops. There were none such. The theatres were closed. So were most of the restaurants. The street cars ran only to take people to church. The streets were practically deserted. It was due to the Sunday law. The law was obeyed. itie mayor of Toronto, ad dressing the convention, said great progress had been made toward muni clpal morality and cleanliness. Week days the town was busy enough . for the traffic to fully occupy traffic ot fleers who had all 'the gesticulatory grace of French dancing masters. The well advertised mountains along the line of the Canadian Pacific, my homeward route, were succeeded by the city of Vancouver, B. C, and the sensation that here is a town with street cars running on the left hand tracks and a generally left handed way of doing things that will yet make their center the commercial metropolis of Western Canada. Most or a day, also, was spent in Seattle and our neighborly sister awakened the very keenest memories of dear old Pitts- bura-. because after nine o clock, in the morning the business center disap peared in smoke which only the gal vanized roof of the tower on the new thlrtv-one-storled skyscraper can penetrate. Alaska's s Volcanoes Found in Erarjtion - 4 ' Steamship Captain Beporta 8ea Sis colored by Ashes, and Mountains Belching Out Oignntle Clouds. Seward. Alaska, July 18. All the volcanoes along the Alaska peninsula west of Seward to the Aleutian Islands are in actlon. This report waa brought to Seward by Captain McMuIlen of the steamship Dlrigo, which arrived from Dutch Har bor.' - . . Captain McMuIlen said Mount Kat mai. the great volcano on- the main land . across Shelikof Strait from Ko diak Island, was throwing out great volumes of sulphur-laden smoke. The sea was discolored by aulphur dust nd 'pumice for 100 miles on either side of the volcano.. Mount Shishaldin and Mount Pavlof. the most active volcanoes in the Aleu tian Islands, were smoking when the Dlrigo passed them. . ' A. Blean Slam. From' the San Diego Union. ' "You keep trying to sell your poetry. see.- i "-. i - r "Do vou , disapprove .of that?" . No; buy why not secure tie agency for a good egg beater' or vacuum cleaner Your persistency would win review the wrongs as they see them they have auffered at hla hands. His efforts throughout have been te distribute the burden of the govern ment more equitably.- In so doing be haa Increased taxation upon the rich and given to the poor. - Hla old age pensions and compulsory insurance of the worker against sickness may be cited as an example of his accomplish ments. The line of definition between conservative and radical waa made more precise than It has, been in our generation. Aa though an attack upon the bond holder's pocket were not ' enough. George plus Prime Minister Asquith hit the crusted .Briton in his prldx of place. The house of lords get in the road of "George's plan for reform. When the lorda would not get out of the way Oeorge made them over Into a mere tophatted ornament to the Brit ish parliamentary structure. With the aid of John E. Redmond, the brilliant leader of the Irish Nationalists. George forced through parliament, la 1(10, a bill taking from the lords Kie effective' right of veto. Under it the lords may -twice reject a bill passed by the commons. But if it appears before them for the third time in successive sessions unchanged it be comes a law whether they assent or no. . This bill took from the lords all authority except to delay action for three yearst The lords threatened to reject K. "Then," said . Asquith. the king hall i create enough new peers to nneakem like in refer tn tho nnsalhll- ity -euphoniously as - an "armed- con- make aure of passing this bill through the house or loras. Xing Sid Hot Balk. f llct" the line of cleavage will, broad, ly speaking, be between ,- the forces of modern progress upon the one aide and aged conservatism on 'the other. " The alignment will be the most p!c turesque of our century. Cavalier ana covenanter, established churchman and dissenter will be yoked together upon the one side, and -Roman Catholic and Socialist upon the other.- The ele ments which make up either party seem as Irreconcilable aa oil and. wa ter. But the facts are indisputable. - Oeorge Kit thet Lorda. Under Lloyd George's leadership the Liberals are-about as obnoxious to the Conservatives the land-owning, bond- buying, vested-rights Tories as A cat la to a bulldog. There Is no need to The' "king would, ' too. Other" kings might ' have balked.-and thereby Im periled their constitutional right to lay cornerstones at a fabulous salary. But King George V would not The lords knew that Confronted with the threat of flooding the upper house with coster .. peers and fried fish noblemen for something like 300 new titles would have been created the lords surrendered. The "ruling class," as England de lights to call them, found themselves out of a Job. Handsome stationery is still furnished them. They still get cigarettes without cost .1 believe. They have the .right to alt on fright- fully unqomfortable wooden benches and boo speakers with whom My dis agree. - But thty-'are about as imjch n .. part of Great Britain's government, when a. question of grave , importance arises, backed by a working majority, of the commons, as X am bishop of London. '- . - ' There la the reason if one Is needed that is not moss grown with age, for' the Conservattvea' opposition to any possible thing that the Liberals might propose. Naturally enough, the Coa-1 servatives have made common cause . with the Unionists from Ulster. At another time they might have. frowned . these obstreperous folk down, but not now, when there seemed a chance to derail Lloyd Oeorge'e train. I believe that in the past .the Conservatives have flirted with the home rulo Voters in narliament when those votes weie . needed with . quite -' the,, trading sagacity displayed by the Liberals, it haa not been a matter of conscience, but of convenience, with them. Btroag Support fox Ulster. However that may be. the Con servative leaders . dukes and airs without number have not merely supported the Unionists In parlia ment, but on the stomp have defend ed and indorsed their warlike prep arations. This haa a aexloua aspect, when it la considered .that In Ireland there are two opposing camps of 100. 000 armed men each, each inspired by an absolute belief in their causa and a hatred for each other. The Ulsterltea Tory supporters, are fighting men. too aa all Tories are. The Tory must be. from the very na ture of him. He is the men who has ' all the good things under the estab lished order. He is the boss with.n big B. The other man. wants to upset this highly pleasing arrangement The -Tory will fight him. He always- has. The strength of the Tory's position ' is that in England he la opposed, by reformers end your true reformer is ; always a man with sunshlne in .his soul and a song In his belly. He would sacrifice himself to do good to ;ths , world, but he will not always fight Jor -It. If is no lack of .courage on his part rather a cheery optimism that if he waits the good things will corns anyhow. Em sttnie -n-w Tl PIT Oemttal Jl ras We happen to be living in the good old land of freedom where the accident of birth does not give any man the right to sit on somebody else's neck and judge as to the eternal fitness of things. "" T. attended to. man s Here is the proposed new dental law . that will Bust the Dental Trust. If passed by the voters of Oregon next November, it will mean the beginning of a square deal for every competent dent ist, and safety for the public. 1$ is short and clear and every voter can easily understand just what it means. To place . this proposed law on the ballot required, an initiative petition of 10,100 names. I had just eight days' time tq reach the voters and secure the necessary signa tures. So willing were the voters to help me smash the dental trust that 17,190 . names were signed to the petition in five days. The people are getting -wise to this Ethical Dental Trust. Read the law: A BILL FOR AN INITIATIVE LAW. An Act to Regulate the Practice of Dentistry and to Repeal All Acta in Conflict Herewith and Therewith, Can you afford to give a' dentist $5 to $20 an hour to give, you a private lecture on how to care for your teeth? Only the wealthy can afford the luxury of a "My dentist." The family of average means must economize in order to meet the dentist's bills, and yet everyone at some ' time in life is com pelled to have their teeth I have been called "the poor dentist," because by organization and specialization I have brought the price r . . , 1 x - i lit.:. i1 t. oi gooa, painless aenustry wiuim uic- it. of every American family,, and because I was the first to perfect real painless dentis try without injurious after-effects, I have been called "Painless" Parker. I have devoted my-ife to preaching the gospel of clean, healthy teeth. I have lec tured to thousands upon the streets of American cities, and thousands more have been warned of the - dangers of diseased teeth by reading my advertisements and books. Because I do this the Ethical Dental Trust of Oregon says I am a "quack" and should not be permitted to practice dentistry in this state. I am a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental College, the second oldest school of its kind in America, and am licensed as competent, in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Illinois, California and Canada, and have practiced dentistry nearly a quarter of a century, having performed more dental operations and examined more mouths than any dentist in America. Yet the Oregon Board of Dental examiners denied me a license to practice in this state because they said I was incompetent. As a matter of fact, they denied me a license because I did not belong to the Ethical Dental Trust of Oregon I do not charge the trust scale of prices and I advertise my business the same as all modern, luccessful business men do. - I came to Portland three months ago and established an office here, such as I have in other large cities. It is on the sec ond, floor of the Merchants Trust tfuilding, corner Sixth and Washington streets, and is the largest and best-equipped dental of fice in the Pacific northwest. Every dent ist associated with 'me in this office is a graduate dentist of experience and licensed to practice under the laws of this state. It is open every week day from 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M. and I shall keep it: open despite the Ethical Dental Trust. I believe this is a free country and that I have a perfect right to give to my pa tients consultations and examinations without charge, and to. fix such prices for my work as is mutually satisfactory , to my patients and . myself without regard to' the rules and-regulations of the Ethical Dental Trust. I also believe that a dental trust is as much of an injury to the great masses of the people as any other kind of a trust! I believe the people of Oregon . who . pay the dentists' bills should know all the facts . about this trust, and knojwing them, will help me exterminate this pernicious combine,, which is not only trying-to put me out of business and brand me a "quack," but is : also robbing the people with , high prices for poor dentistry. . .. Yours for a fight to the finish, . : ' - -: ." '.. . ; PAINLESS PARKER, Dentist. -. . : Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles,1 Oakland, San Diego, Bakersfield, Brooklyn v : , ;;; ... ;.V New-York :V.-; . a' Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oregon: Section 1. The following persons shall be entitled to practice dentistry in the State of Oregon: First: A graduate of any reputable dental college in good standing which requires a course of study of at least two school years, having a yearly course of study of not less than six months. Second: A person licensed to prac tice dentistry under the laws of any state of the United States. Section 2. Any person . desiring to practice dentistry shall file bis or her name with the Secretary of State, to gether with a copy of his or her; di ploma or previous license, and an affi davit of at least two citizens of the State of Oregon attesting to the appli cant's good moral character. Section 3. 'Any person attempting to practice dentistry without having com plied with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not greater than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not longer than , three months in the , county jail.'- Prosecutions under this act shall originate in the Justice or District Courts. The Cottnty Attorney shall en force the provisions , of this act. All laws or parts "of laws in conflict herewith are hereby expressly repealed.