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1 -THE OREGON .SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, ,1316. CHEMICAL RETTING V1LL GIVE SUCCESS "i v 'If r TO FLAX INDUSTRY One American Concern Now - ' Sells to Europe, $ays ,a Government Report, MARKETING IS DIFFICULT! Bayers Hsv to B Mad to Believe .That the Dorntstic Product I as I Oood as That Foreign Made. I Washington. Sept.- 9 (WASHING TON BUREAU OP THE JOURNAL) - Flax growers throughout the country Will- be Interested ri, a rrport by W. ;A. Graham Clark, Jt published by the .k bureau of forelifTi and domes! lo commerce of the department f coni- " Mr. Clark thinks that the -iiicces of fiber flax growing In this country nepena largely ui""i ine uii"un.y .. a Chemical process for retting, o that this may be done at tlu- fnr- ' totjy. instead of by I he farmer Tlio farmer, he says, should be allnwul devote bis attention lo the agricul tural end of the Industry. Bnssla Gaining Monopoly. : nom progrens is aircauy ppim made In chemical retting," It Is stated. 'and at least two concerns are now buying- flax atalks from hn growers for further treatment, (.'hetBtral proc esses have been tried Irefore without much success, but one of the iew Concerns N now selling chemically ratted fiber to Europe and th other la making, coarse linens for use In Clothing; and for curtains." 'Russia la the only country in which the production of fiber has increased fttmslatentlv In recent years. In the 'countries of continental Kurope the production has 'been steadily declin ing. Government aid and cheap labor liave enabled the Russians 1o pain -i practical monopoly. Idttle Qrowa for Fiber. i -About 3,000,000 acres were devoted to flax growing in the irnltcd States In 1915. but only about ;0n0 acres vent Into fiber flax. The real of the rop was harvested for seed, which Is a separate Industry. Horn Is grown both for seed and fiber, but deciWn (must be made by ,'tn grower, snys 'Mr, Graham, as to which is to be tli-. most Important product. Just as the isheep grower i must decide between y!the production of wool or mutton. i"'As this' 1s the greatest linen con suming country In the world, the de partment of commerce Intends to ex--tend every encouragement to the de velopment vi f fiber flax growing, real izing, at ine same , nine, mat intra (remains the problem of finding a market. j Imported Article Favored. I "Time and effort will be required o 'persuade the consumer to buy the OOjnesnc, iiibipuu in ins. iniporieu product," It la stated. "Many in variably choose the imports! article When it Is displayed alongside of do ' mestlc products, almost regardless of quality. ' i'The president of a mill now mak ; Jng dyed and bleached drewx linens j f rom American flax has found that, .mall as 1" his product, there Is dif , ficulty In getting the jobbers' and de ' rtment stores to handle 1t. The , tendency Is to assume that even -though It Is of apparently excellent . quality, it cannot equal the old es tablished linens from abroad. I Ttm Ym Annnrtnn 7There will never be a belter time tnn the present to popularize th.a .domestic product, for the imported article is scarce and high priced. In i normal times our Imports of linen . goods vary from $2;S,000,00 to $,10, 000,000, and the demand had been This Ad and 1 Oc Will Admit One to Any Session on Monday Only HOME CHAUTAUQUA and Domestic Science EXPOSITION AT THE ARMORY v Program for Monday: Maccabee Ladies in Tea Garden. Profits from Diamond "W" and Hazel wood Booths go to Macca bee Lad'es. H30 P. M. Cooking and Sew- . ing Classes. 3:00 P. M. "Modern Methods of c Infant Feeding," by Dr. Robert - G. Hall. 4:00 P. M. Musical Program. 8:00 P. M. Sewing and Cookinc Classes. 9:00 P. M. "The Moutb and ' 'Teeth; Their Relation to the , Child's General Health." (II ; ' lustrated by Stereopticon - Slides by Dr. W. Claude Adams - , of the C";egon Dental Society.) Fnn Every Minute V Music Samples and Souvenirs Playground for Kiddies TUESDAY WILL BE GOVERNOR'S DAY :?i Doors Open at 1 P.M. and 7 P.M.. LABOR DAY a ' 'Hi. if ' " . v ' 'l"'?'-k'vS'i,'"'- s.k-; J" p 5 1 f X"-'" -r-4r ' & 4 i-Vi4''"W - - y " l Z,m-P:r, W-'v'JW- ' ,'Te J ..l ;. j j .. ,Ml...m...w."f.L.j.'. - f .'.eiHMftWMWiw.jawM'Mj. wit'iM 'v:.v:. : .syo-'-w.-.-iaggii Tat' "- r Labor nay was celebrated last Mon-1 day hy sex eral thousand members of i organized labor marching through thii I principal streets of Portland in ' Speaking in the park blocks followed "labor preparedness parade." M'iny;the close of the parade. Address". unions were represented by banners , were made by Klton iV'atklns, orat-jr and floats. of t!ie day; C. E. Spence, master of the steadily increasing up to the time of the war." The tiraham report is special agent series No. 122. entitled "Development of an American Flax Industry." and may be had for five cents from any district office of the bureau of for eign and domestic commerce or from the superintendent of public docu ments at Washington. WEBB BILL INTENDED TO GIVE AID TO SMALL U. S. MANUFACTURER Washington, Sept. 9. In thie pass age of the so-called Webb bill, amend ing the anti-trust laws, congress Is n nking an effort to widen the field for American manufacturers to enter for eign fields by allowing them to com bine for exploitation of business abroad. It was contended by Representative Webb of North Carolina, introducer of this bill, that it is in the interest of tho smaller manufacturer, because larger firms, such as the harvester and steel corporations already have their own agents in foreign countries The Webb bilt permits smaller inter ests to combine for the same purpose. The only limitation is that the com bination must not attempt to restrain i trade in the United States. ! The selling agencies permitted to be established by this legislation will be , permitted to engage only in export i trade. They will not be able to buy raw ! rchterial in other countries, or to man- ufacture materials abroad for Importa ; tion "into America. The sponsors of the i legislation assert that it has been so , drawn as not to injuriously affect any j interests In this country, the sole pur I i cse being to enable combinations to , operate abroad for the sale o Ameri- can goods In competition with foreign ! goods in foreign markets, j Selling agencies may he established in this country also for export trade, I but such agencies must be engaged solely in that trade and not in pro : duclng or manufacturing That one result will be a tendency to I I sell articles abroad at a lower price. In j , some instances, than sold ' for In this' country, was suggested in the debate. It was not agreed that this would oe j so, but some of the members' of the : house thought that In the keenness of competition for foreign trade, prices are likely to be offered below those at which the same goods will be otfered 1 by the name firms in the American ' market, where their selling in com bination is forbidden. BAKER LEADS IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER; JOSEPHINE IN LEAD .. , Washington. Sept. . Figures: of ! mineral production in Oregon, compiled by the geological survey for the year 1915. show a gain of $S27.356 lover the previous year. The gain is from II,- 876,153 to $2,003,509. Baker county leads by far in the production of gold, silver and copper while Josephine leads In lead. Out of CELEBRATION PROVES INTERESTING AFFAIR Above Watrliinp aquatic sMns ami Below Bathers at Columbia beach The fire department contributed a j display of engines and ladder tni' ks, manned hy union men, that. attracted a 1 great den! of favornble comment a total of $l.Sfil,796 of gold production for the state. Baker's output was worth SI. 685,382, Josephine second with 082. Deep quartz mines In Baker alone produced 11.321,474 In gold. The total quartz production was worth 1.379,626 and the total for placers $482,170. Copper to the amount of 451.172 pounds was produced In the state, growing from almost nothing in 1914, when less than 40,000 pounds was re ported. Baker's copper is listed at 397. 103 pounds, while Josephine pro duced 53,663 pounds and 1-ane county 406 pounds. Pnly 1 1 7,947 fine ounces of silver is reported for 1915. a decrease of 24. 605 ounces. Nearly all of it came from Baker, 110,124 ounces coming from that county, 4048 liom Jobephiue and 1442 from Grant. Lead attained some Importance for the first tlm. as only about 12.000 pounds was reported in 1914. and this Is increased to 62,957 pounds, of which Josephine contributed 52.617 pounds and Baker 1872 pounds. Sproule Knters Protest. Washington, Sept. 9. Wilnam Sproule, president of the Southern Pa cific company, was one of those who entered protest by telegraph lo sena tors of Pacific coast states Mga'nst the passage of the revenue bill in a form that would Impose a tax of 50 cents on each $1000 of capital, surplus and undivided profit. Sproule said he could not beileve It was the Intention of congress tt place this revenue tax on corporate debt, and suggested that it be United to capital stock, surplus and undivided profits. He estimated that if a; piled to all corporation holdings llsrcd as "capital," it would add $5,000.'. 00 to government receipts from railroud in debtedness.. Morrow County Land Desired. Washington, Sept. 9. I'pon applica tions made from Oregon, Senator Lane ha recommended to the inteno- de partment the restoration to entry under the enlarged homestead tct of certain tracts desired by Whit'ey W. Ewlng of Cecil and James Casserley of Lexington. The land thev iesire to enter is in Morrow county, and was withdrawn several years ago tor pros pective reclamation." use, which hot, not materialized. Everett Citizens Go After the I. W. W.'s Street Meeting1 Is Broken TTp; Trouble Brewing Tor Soma Tim Expected to Bemlt la rng-tber Hostilities. Everett. Wash., Sept. 9. (P. N. S.) A return engagement Is being planned by between 590 and 1500 I.' "Vy. W. here, who are at war wlttt the sheriffs forces and commercial club in a "free speech" fight. Last night a crowd of deputies and citizens charged a mass meeting on a forbidden street corner and dispersed the agitators with bil lies. Trouble between the I. W. W. and the local opposing forces has been brewing for some time. . . v : , --I contest at Columbia beach. around a driftwood fire. State Grange: J. D. Brown, president of trie Farmers' I'uion. and others.. :C. E. Smith, president of tiie Centrtl Eabor Council, presided. in the afternoon thousands went to Columbia Beach, where a special pro gram of swimming and boat races was given in the Columbia river. A pro HUGHES' TOUR OF WEST NOT SATISFACTORY (Continued From l'ng" One.) precedented magnitude, such as would paralyze Industry throughout the country. The wonder of It all is that with such matters demanding the attention of the president, with congress almost constantly in session, and with such weight of personal responsibility con stantly upon him, the president has been able to direct, as the leader of bis party, so much progressive and constructive legislation. There is no questton but that Presi dent Wilson In his own person de serves more than the usual amount of credit for the legislation passed dur ing his administration. That is ad mitted on all sides. One or the most liequent criticisms heard on the Re publican side is the "encroachment" of the executive power, which means that the president has exerted his per sona influence on numerous occasions to secure the passage of fegislation. X.eflslativa leadership Approved. The same fault was tound with Roosevelt, but there is . every indica tion that the people approve the tourte of the president in both" cases, on the theory that a president should be an active and positive force in gov ernment affairs. Party leaders may not always applaud, but the people look to the president for actual lead ership, and President Wilson's cour age in difficult situations cannot be Questioned. To have accomplished In one admin istration the enactment of such meas ures as a general tariff revision, the federal reserve act, the trade commis sion act, the seamen's law, the rural credits law, the child labor law and the great preparedness measures con stitutes a record that has no parallel, at least since the early days of the re public. That this has been done while foreign problems were at high tension Is something that must appeal to the future historian. Direct Dealing Prevails. No other president has kept In such close touch with the leaders of con gress when essential questions were at stake. During the nerve-racking days when the president was urging congress to act to avert a strike, he visited the capltol day after day. He went there at night, also, to confer with members of the senate and house. This was a conspicuous, short 'cut to secure results. Other presidents have called for senators and congressmen to visit the White House. They came, but there were hours of delay and in terruption of work. By the. intimate process of talking things over. In the most informal way, in whatever room was most convenient to the purpose, the president gained many .hours and secured a viewpoint that otherwise must have been denied, him. .1 Those who saw him in such times always . observed a man in cheerful mood. Usually after each conference he saw the newspaper men for a few momenta He gave out little that was "news." but he presented at all times the figure of a man who was dealing fv.:t" ill - ' l X' 1 - Kram of marching and dancing wai followed in the evening. The Labor Day celebration in this city and at Columbia Beach was under the auspices of the Central Labor Council and Its affilliated TH unions It was one of the most successful of its kind in a number of years. with fellow men to secure results In a common sense way. He made it plain that he did not consider that the presidency loses anything in dix nity by dealing in this matter of fact way .with subjects that concern the welfare of all the people. Unwelcome Guest Roughly Handled Former Anstro-Bnngrarlan Consul rinds He Zs Not Wanted right Follows and Police Are Called. Geneva, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) A pain ful Inciflent occurred at a festival and ball given recently by the Ameri can colony of Lausanne at the "Casi no Montebon" for the benefit of Swis3 and French soldiers. The fete was attended not only by ail American residents of Lausanne and Geneva, but also by many Frenchmen and French-Swiss sympathizers of the al lies. The only unwelcome guest at the festival was Richard Schmidt, former Austro-Hungarian consul at Lausanne, and present manager of the "Hotel Palace de. Lausanne." As he has many American guests, the ex-consul con sidered it good policy to attend th festival and to spend a few hundred francs for a charitable purpose, but on his arrival at the casino he was informed that no Teutons were de sired there. When he remonstrated the ex-consul got into a dispute with two Frenchmen and an American, with the result that he was badJy beaten and thrown out. The police interfered and arrested the three assailants of the Austrian,, but they were Immediately released on parole. Henry Ford to Pay a Brief Visit Here Automobile Magnate and Peace Apostle Will Pass Th rough Portland Vent Tuesday la Private Car. Henry Ford, apostle of peace and protagonist of laoor-saving appliances for the farm, will whisk through Port land Tuesday with the minimum, of ostentation and the maximum of se crecy. He is traveling in the privnie car Philadelphia, under general New York Central auspices, though all the railroads are helping watch the noted manufacturer's comfort. Members of his family and a few friends make up the passenger list. Officials of the local assembling plant of the Ford M"otor company have not been advised of their chiefs move ments at all. In fact, strict aecrecy ls being sought for. It, was learned yesterday, however, that the Fold party, which was to have arrived at 6:20 this evening over the O-W. R. & N., and gone out over the Southern Pacific at 8:15. would not arrive until Tuesday. Delays in British ColumbU necessitated the' postponement of the southward lap of the Journey to 'an Francisco. BRITISH REPLY TO AMERICAN PROTEST WILL ARRIVE SOON State Department Awaits An- CWfif RfitnrA Iflkiriff AllV Action on New Problem. i rrioi DTinii if ni miiirn'. LCU OLA U l Id riHIHUUU Statement of tloya Oeor. A. To W suae or information uieaaea rwm Ventral Mail To Zs Acted On. Washington, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) The state department, it was authoritative ly announced today, will receive the British reply to the American protest against unlawful selxures of United ceived a cable from one of the largest and talks on fraternlt v life and Hs In states malls on the high seas this dealers in petroleum products in Au-I fiuenees formed the evening's program. month. Some officials expect the re- ply to be delivered within a week. V.u T . " I tion on the reported statement of Da- j f Petroleum products from San Kran vld Lloyd George to the English par-I i8c9 b ,ur"ed ovor to Blfour Outli l.ament that the war office was f ur- rl & Co - V"" British concern. nishing to other departments of the British government the Information obtained from Inspection of neutral mails. Lloyd George virtually ad- mitted that this information was be- ing used "for any public and national purpose. This was construed here to mean that all information relating to com merce was furnished to the British board of trade, which passed it along to British commercial interests whicl in turn used It against their competi tors In the United States and in other neutral countries. England Accused of Elding. It was pointed out at the state de partment today that it was perfectly proper for this government in its deii lngs with Great Britain to take, cog nizance of what the British war mini" ter said in parliament. .Kngland, it was said, had bern hid ing behind the cloak of "acting in con cert with her allies" in dealing with the American government, attempting . to explain her procrastination in meet ing American demands as necessary be cause of her obligation to consult the other parties Interested with her. Th'.s explanation has not been satisfactory to the government and Great Britain has been made to understand that ac tion by the United States will take the place of words unless there be an early modification of her Illegal orders tt council. i At the state department today It was said that no definite policy toward Great Britain had been decided upon, but. that the general policy was made plain bv congress in passing retali atory legislation at the inspiration of the department. The intimation was broached that re taliation will be adopted in fighting both the blacklist and Interference with the mails. Rut before this is resorted to an other note probably will be sent '.o Great Britain warning her of the state of public feeling in this country and making sharp reference to Lloyd George's declaration in parliament. j Department Said to Be Prepared. The state department professes to believe Ihe retaliatory measures adopt ed by congress will furnish a sulfi cient weapon to bring Kngland to terms. The most drastic legislation adopted, however, was that contained in the Thomas amendment to the iev enue bill, authorizing the president tn prevent the clearance of vessels that attempt to carry out the terms of the blacklist. How this could be em ployed to prevent the stealing of Amer ican trade secrets which the British war minister so strongly hinted at was not made public by the deptrt ment. Neither was any statement forthcoming as to why the Phclan amendment which would l)ave afforded a more drastic weapon to conrbut BrltiRh aggression upon Amerlca-n business firms, has been stricKen from the bill at the behest of the state dc- , partment. The state department Is prepared to meet a tlat refusal on the part of the ! British government as spokesman for the allied nations, to cease its inter-! ference with neutral mails. I While awaiting the British reply, the department has been collecting . data and information of every descrip tion to prove new charges in contem plation. These allegations will indict Great Britain for departing from leg;t lmate warfare with its enemies to In tervene unlawfully with innocent com merce of neutrals, through censorship of the malls, and thereby to attempt to turn to its own nationals the trade citizens of the United States hereto foie have enjoyed. M'NEAR, SAN FRANCISCO, EXPLAINS HOW HIS FIRM HAS-BEEN BLACKLISTED Washington, Sept. 9. (I. N. S.) The story of an American businessman whose export business had' been taken from him and turned over to two Bn . ish rivals through the operation of the British blacklist led to the incor poration of the drastic Phelan amend ment In the revenue bill. The businessman is George W. Mc Near of San Francisco. As a result of the information which he submitted to the senate foreign relations commit tee, the committee adopted the mea- ure prohibiting the use of the mails anJ cables to citizens of countries tha' blacklist American firms and individ uals. The blacklisting of the McNear In terests and the manner in which it was brought about opened the eyes of the senate committee to the enormity of the damage that Great Britain is caus ing to American commerce and afford ed strong evidence that the whole pol icy was inaugurated to btsnetit British business houses. George W. McNear for many years has been one of the largest exporters of grain in California. Two Britisl houses are his chief competitors. They are Balfour, Guthrie & Co. and Strausi A Co., both of whom have offices in San Francisco and engage in a general export trade In grain and other com modities. The head of the Balfour firm Is Sir Robert Balfour, member of the British parliament. Mr. Straies, of the other competing firm, also is a member of the British parliament. ' Several weeks ago McNear sent se". Tobacco Habit Cured Net only to users of pipe and cigars, but the vicious cigarette habit Is over come by using the "HlTKAl'E" tie' tnent. Price complete, postage paid. $1.00. Laue-Davis Drug Co.. 3d and Yamhill. Portland. Or. "eral cargoes of grain' to Scandtnarlah' countries properly . consigned to er -chants in those countries. Great Brtt- aln claimed that some of this wheat j found Its way. into Germany. Without giving McNear any opportunity to ex t plain or defend himself again at th I unwarranted assumption of the Brit Is i ! foreign office, a peremptory order was Issued placing VlcNear'a vessels on the blacklist and killing his expo.-t business. Tlio result is that the two British houses named have taken over all that trade and are conducting It , entirely unmolested by the British i government. ( Another corporation in which 5lc . nterested for years has be.;n gaged In the sale of Detroltuim nrad Y?tB. ,n tl,e orient and throughout the atll IU Wlin Vnlllahla i,tn.lli. ...I .Australia. New Zealflnd and other Brit - ' ish Pacific possessions n. ... . .... w,V"""'V" WBS lola y MCear that his petroleum corporation shipped j 15," f. car to Europe and had never; 'directly or indirr-tiv i connection with u IZ r ! : uneni and Pacific territorv which It confined Its activities. Imnie- ' dlately following the blacklisting of I the grain export firm of McNear thul In peiroieum corporation listed. was also black- If otice Beceived Prom . n v , the Viotice of hlat ui h or line nonce or blacklist Iiik. McNear nnu aanmng mm tnat he had been informed the American corporation had oeen oarreel from the Australian trad.. .and requesting that future shipments Mr. McNear told the committee ne did not think there was any connec- tion between his British rivals and the blacklist. The. 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It was the presentation of these facts that Induced the committee to take action which will make It tmpo slble for foreign firms to continue a business within the. I nlted States tiMt ' has been seised and tuken from Ameii- ! Ctt" flrnl ,hrouh tllw rci.se of such unwarranted means us the enforcement or a blacklist. . . " AnTlllQ I Kanniiot AT , T "r t i "i fraternity is nela Kifty members of the Oregon Agri cultural college and University of Or egon chapters of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and of the Portland Alumni i HR)C association of the fraternity met ln-t night at their annual oanque. a, u ii.,i,nn 'iiair .nc ami veil K. S. MeCord presided as toMstmaster. I New Publications Ahu11 (irrmnny. Berne. Sept. 9 (I. N. S.) With French and Kngllsh money two. news papers in Switzerland printed In the German language have been started. These organs of publicity assail Ger many Htid Atistrla-Hunsnry more bit terly than the French press of the western Swiss cantons. 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