FOOD
ADMINISTRATION
POSITION IS M
!CEP1ED
rBYHERBERTCHOOVER
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Qualification Made, However,
' That Congress Must Grant
"Broad Powers."
WOMEN TO BE MOBILIZED
Tun CosperaMea With, Allies, Central,
i Iced Single Xesponslbllity, Yolunteer
' Work. Wbm Possible Are riui.
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Herbert. C. Hoover tonight accepted
Jthe appointment a head, of the new
'food administration, Rendered him by
President Wilson. But his acceptance
rVae "entirely on the assumption that
congress will grant broad powers to
;the president on which a competent ad-
llnit ration can be set up."
These "broad powers," Hoover said,
j 'would be necessary o!y la "minority
cases."
Th essence of all war admmistra
lion." said Hoover, "falls Into two
nan3
J. "First, centralized single responsi
fbillty. y
it "Seoond, the delegation or this re
spesslbillty to de-centrallse admin
istrative organs.
h . - Starvation Is Sot Asked.
ti "We do not ask the American peo
ple to starve themselves," he ex
plained, "but that they should eat
plenty, wisely, and without waste."
- Hoover announced a move to mobll
34 the -American women under a
i flJ5ge system to carry out Instruc
tions of the food; administration.
" I Hi plajt Includes complete coopera
jtion with the allies.
. VI have no Instinct to be a food
jlctator," he said. "My ambition is to
jree'' my own peopje solve their own
yreblems. 1 recognize the difficulties
rnd possibilities of failure and I ap
peal to the patriotism of my country -jnen
for their support."
' Broad power Is Stipulated.
. "Hoover issued the following state
ment: "In, accepting President Wilson's re
quest that I should become head" of the
new food administration, it is entirely
- Upon the assumption that congress
v Will grant broad powers to the presi
dent on which a competent administra
tion can be set up.
-I hold strongly to the view that,
while large powers are necessary for
minority rases, they will probably need
but little application, for the vast ma
jority of the producing and distributing
elements In the country are only too
willing and anxious to serve our na
tional necessities. I have represented
to the president five cardinal prtnei-
. pies of- food ad minst ration.
r Volunteer Work Xa Advocated.
''First, that the food problem is one
of wjse ' administration and not ex
pressed by the words dictator or con
troller, but food administrator.
"Second, hat this administration can
be largely carried out through the"eo-
v ordination and regulation of the xlst
ing legitimate distribution agencies.
supplemented by- certain emergency
bodies Composed of representatives of
the producers, distributors and con
sumers. "Third, the organization of the eom
. munlty for voluntary conservation of
( foodstuffs.
"Fourth, that all ilmportant positions,
so far as may be, shall be filled with
Volunteers..
J Eiagle Responsibility ravored.
VFifth, the independent responsibil
ity of the food administration directly
- under the president, with the coopera
tion of the great and admirable organ
ization of the department ot agricul
ture, the department of commerce, the
. federal trade commission and the rall-
I way executives.
: "I eonoeive that the essence of all
war administration falls into two
phases:
"First, centralised singla responsi
bility.. ."Second, the delegation of this re
, sponsibility to decentralized adminis
trative morgans.
Dlstributloa to Be Big Problem,
"In a general way it may-be stated
that this country normally produces
a surplus of meat commodities aad
. that our problem Is to secure the ef
fective and economical distribution cf
these supplies; to induce as large an
export surplus for the benefit of our
allies as wo can; to protect our own
requirements; to ask the whole com
munity to assist us tn building up thi
surplus by every effort of economy
i - that we can devisee and to set up such
machinery as will furnish this balance
wheel on prices.
"At best the loaf of our allies will
I ' be a privation loaf and every ounce we
i can add-to It Is a contribution to their
? strength and constancy in the war.
I Ordinary Balance Disorganised,
T. think that It Is recognised by all
thinking- men that the world war and
the economic forces which have been
- set op bare disorganised the ordinary
balances and checks on prices: For
. instance, the price of wheat In normal
! times Is a factor, not only of the sup
ply in the United States, but of all the
f supplies In every country In the world
i ' "Today the supplies of Russia. Ger-
, ,tmany, Bulgaria ana Rpumania no
(, -longer enter upon the establishment of
j. thlg balance; the crop failure in South
, America has eliminated these states
: , th long haul from Austraalia has di
minished the free flow from that
quarter, and the supplies in England.
. France and Italy are In the physical
possession of the government and
v therefore do not enter Into the com
mon pool or price balance.
. Temporary Checks Necessary
"TOe consequence is that a sudden
demand or concerted effort of epecu
lation can entirely upset Drice condi
tlons in the United States to a degree
hitherto unknown, and It is necessary
for us to devise, with the best thought
, Of '-.this country, temporary, balance
wheels by which we can establish la
bility of price In . the great staple,
bearing In micd always that jwe must
maintain a price that will stimulate
production by assuring jood return to
the producer and at the same time will
diminish the cost of living lest we face
social readjustment," "strike j disturb
ances with consequent loss of. national
efficiency. My present view lis to di
vide the food administration Into four
great branches. j
; aegnlatlwg Bodies Pavcred.
"In the first branch we should set
a certain number of separate ex
ecotrve bodies for regulation and ad
ministration of eertain critical com
modities, and these shoald be organ
ised on the normal lines of oiir com
mercial institutions with a board of
directors, a president and executive
officers, who will work out problems
Involved in these commodities and will
institute such measures as may be
necessary to stabilize prices and dis
tribution, and these bodies should be
constituted of the leaders Of the
country, producers. distributers,
bankers and consumers alike.
Ordlaaay Agenda Fommd Best. f
"It has been the experience i of ail
European foot "Control that results can
best be accomplished by acting
through or by regulation of the
ordinary distributing agencies in the
community, placing sucfc restrictions
which will cause a minimum sacrifice
on the part of the legitimate dis
tributor and will eliminate broad na
tional waste, unnecessary 1 hoarding
and the sheer speculator in foodstuffs.
With the good will of the distributing
community, it is possible to do this
without disruption of - the- essential
commerce of the country.
Powers Asked Considerable,
"The second branch of administra
tion lies In the cooperation of the gov
ernors, and state administrations,
through the establishment of state
food administrations, who will act on
behalf of the national executive In na
tional matters and who will them
selves handle local problems; through
them and their assistants to secure co
ordination In distribution from . one
section of the country to another, and
to use "the powers against illegitimate
hoarding which "congress is being
asked to vest in the food administra
tion. Further. It devolves on the states
to ston-waste In public places.
'These powers being asked for are
considerable, in order that we may
force into the market every form of
foodstuffs over anfl above such stock
es normally and legitimately belongs
to any particular business for its
proper conduct and to prevent any
withholding, directly or. indirectly, of
food supplies from the markets ,
Women's "Aid to Be Sought.
MAN APPOINTED AS
1N1STRAT0R
HALES FROM OREGON
1st
Bert Hoover, Whom President
Picked for National Post,
Once Worked in Salem.
EARNED SPURS IN BELGIUM
Bapid Bise Sue la Put to excellent
Becord Mad la solving Prob
lems La roreAgn Field.
v 1895, Bert Hoover, office boy for
he Oregon Land company, Salem, Or.
1917, Herbert C. Hoover, national
food administrator for the United
States. ,
The gap ot 22 years., the passing of
Bert into. Herbert filled . with a few
incidents of world-wide renown first
as mining engineer and then as head
and brains of the Belgian relief com
mission,' is refutation of the fact pro
nounced by the lad's vmde. Ir. Mln
thorn. that as office boy he was not
worth more than $35 a month.
Like another thread picked from the
romancer's loom Is the story of Her
bert C. Hoover, 22 years ago an of
fice boy in the Tioga building at Sa
lem and Saturday chosen by the presi
dent to conserve for the nation Its
food supply in the time of war.
Bert Hoover began bis "career" as
office boy for the land company, under
his uncle, Dr. Minthorn. A few
months convinced the lad that he must
be worth more than S5 a month,
conviction, however, to ' which the
uncle was obstinately blind. That was
the start and the office was left be
hind with Stanford university as tho
goal. There young Hoover attained
his degree by working mi way tnrougn
the college years.
His success In the engineering course
was remembered oy tne xacuuy aau
when Arizona mine owners asked for
an exDert. Hoover was the man recom
mended. His fame in in solution, or
difficult mining problems spres and
llised and made use of on a volunteer
basis. This successful conduct of the
projected food administration by sue
means will be the finest possible dem
onstration of the willingness, the abil
ity and the efficiency of democracy
and of Its justified reliance upon the
freedom of Individual initiative. The
last thing that any American could
i contemplate with equanimity would oe
the Introduction of anything re
sembling Prussian autocracy into tb-3
food control of this country
Secretary of Agriculture Approves.
"It Is or vital interest and Import
ance to every man who produces food
and to every man who takes part in
its distribution that these policies thus
liberally administered should succeed
and succeed altogether, if is only in that
way that we can prove it to be abso
lutely unnecessary to resort to the
rigorous and drastic measures which
have proved to be necessary in some
of the European countries."
The secretary of agriculture has
been of the opinion from the outset
that special emergency powers for the
equalisation of- distribution and con
sumption during the war . should be
vested in the president and that
uese powers should not be exercised
by the department of agriculture, but
by an emergency agency. He also
has entered the hope that Herbert C
Hoover, especially because of his
familiarity with international food
conditions, might be designated by the
president to discharge these powers
yuring the war. He is greatly pleased
mat tne president nas conciuaea mo
matter and very much hopes that the
necessary powers will be quickly con
ferred by the congress.
he was called to Australia and tn-m
"A third department is one of do- to England, and the Jobs kept becom-
mcstic economy, isinety per cent oi jng bigger.
the ultimate food consumption is in
the hands of women. We shall short
ly place before them a plan for organ
ization. Including elimination of waste,
reduction of consumption, substitution
of local commodities for those from
further afield, substituting over-abund
ant commodities for those needed for
export and instruction in Intelligent
purchase and use of foodstuffs, and
to set public opinion against waste,
"We do not ask the American people
to starve themselves. They should eat
plenty, but wisely and without waste.
Support "Will XCeaa Success.
"I expect to propose. a plan to the
American wdmen by which we will
ask every woman In control ot- the
household to join as an actual mem
ber of the food administration, and
give us a pledge that she will carry
out the Instructions which, will rest
very 'largely npon the -support wheh,
,"The fourth branch of the admfnl
Then the biggest job of all came in
the war with its problems of feeding
the Belgians, and Herbert C. Hoover,
h man of executive Drains ana
wizard in the Intricacies, er - tangiea
problems, was called by -the English
authorities. '
His work in Belgium made impos
sible the selection of any other man
for one of America's greatest problems
in the war. and the Balera office Doy
was called Into the service f his own
country In Its biggest Job of tne day.
STEPS TAKEN
TO CONSERVE
' FOOD OF U. S.
- s-fCeotlnned Frost Pae One.)
mnt at sericulture. In reference to
fh" traduction, conservation- and the
tration must be that of cooperation I marketing of farm crops, will be ad-
with our allies, We will probably need ministered, as in normal times, through
tot nnaertaae tn control or tne pur- that department and the powers asaea
chasing in -this country; on their be- for over distribution and consumption,
r-alf 'and on- behalf -of 'such; neutral over exports. Imports, prices, purchase
shipments as are permitted by, the and requisition of commodities, ator-
government, I ine and the like, which may require
Anneal b Patriotism Made. I regulation during the war. will be
"T m MiifMnt h ht.' I nlaced in the hands of a commissioner
this service can be carried out by the of food administration appointed by
men and women of this country on a the president" and directly responsible
volunteer basis and I can sp na nfh.rllO mm
means by which the problems can he .The objects sought to be served by
adequately solvej in the united States. I the legislation asked ror are:
E BY
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BIG STRIDES MAC-
CONGRESS I
OF WAR LEGISLATION
War Budget of $3,342,362,-
T31 Approved by ; Senate
With Shipping Provisions.
FIRST HOT WAVE IS FELT
Wavy and Marine Corps Increases Ass
Passed Zsploaage Agreement
Bxpectd Soon.
England Short on Sugar.
London, May 19. (U. P.) While
England will probably have to begin
doing without sugar in a few weeks
and only a certain class of workmen
will be permitted beer, there is small
chance of compulsory rationing. Food
Controller Kennedy Jones told the
United Press tonight.
"It looks like we will have a rich
harvest," he said, "which will make
compulsory rationing fof the people
unnecessary.-4-'-
'Most likely the government will
take over the, beer Industry after No
vember, supplying beer to a certain
class of workmen only.
"Sugar Is past praying; for at pres
ent there is but two weeks' supply in
England. .
"But," he added, "sugar is not abso
lutely essential."
Senator Lane, Is at
Hospital, Improving
San Francisco, May 19. (P. N. S.)
Senator Harry Lane of Portland, Or,
is at the St. Francis hospital in a
serious condition from high blood
pressure, having been stricken in San
Francisco last Monday while be was
on his way hack to his home state
from the national capitol. He has been
ill for more than a year, but recently
became worse and left Washington in
the hope of recuperating.
By the time he reached this city h?
had suffered a still further relapse.
.with the result that It was decided t
abandon the Journey for the time. He
and Mrs. Lane took apartments at the
Marlborough Hall and on Thursday
Senator Lane -went to the hospital
Since then his condition has slightly
improved.
By Robert J. Bender.
Washington. May 19. (U. P.) Re
sponding to the war spirit, which
filled the air in Washington today,
congress completed sorne big Jobs.
The senate adopted the - greatest
budget in the history of the country
to finance the war.
The president was authorized in the
bill to spnd 400,000.000 immediately,
and, if necessary, . commandeer every
ship producing plant in the country
to get a merchant marine.
The senate and house adopted the
conference report 'Increasing the. en
listed men of the navy to 150,000.
and the enlisted men in the marine
corps to So.eee. The bill will be signed
by President Wilson probably Mon
day. Bspioaars Agreememt Bear.
The senate finance committee made
rapid headway in redrafting the great
taxation bill, and conferees on the
espionage bill approached an agree
ment on the measure' and expect to
report it Monday or Tuesday.
Only two great measures loom up
ahead as blocking speedy . consumma
tion of the war emergency program
food legislation and the revenue bill-
both of which require vast discussion.
The' ease and dispatch with which
the senate today adopted the huge
13,342,32431-22 budget was taken by
some as an Indication that figures no
longer paralyse ' the splons and
prompter action may be expected on
the 12.245,000,000 tax bill than was
at first thought possible. The In
crease from $1,800,000,000 was one of
the week's developments.
Bxpress Tax Bate B educed.
Both branches suffered from the
first hot wave of the season. While
the senate discussed the budget the
house staggered part way through the
ponderous revenue bill. It now ap
pears the issue, will go to the senate
the middle ot next week, where a real
fight begins.
One important change was made to
day in the bill, reducing the tax on
goods sent by express from ten to six
per cent of the transportation charge.
The house nearly had a stroke over
an amendment offered by Represen
tative Lea root, Wisconsin, designed to
eliminate a tax of five per cent on
electric, gas, heat and light bills.
Muggy Weather Bo Bar.
Lenroot said -the tax would hurt the
(poor people, but the house after long
and heated debate, rejected the amend
ment. . ? 'i ;
A tax of three per cent on ran.
water, stage coach or s automobile
transportation was retained. . - ...
But even the muggy weather lsa t
stopping the new speed-up program.
The ways and means committee will
meet tomorrow to consider the Moon
amendment, which retains the present
mail rates of one cent a pound on
newspapers and magazines in the first
two postal sones.i but imposes parcel
kH8t rates on advertising matter con
tained In a publication for any fur
ther distance'.
Car Shortage Case ;
Dropped by 1 0. 0.
Washington. May 1.L N. S.)
The Interstate Commerce commission
today dismissed the complaint of. the
Chicago Board of Trade filed at. the
height ot the car shortage last winter
charging discrimination by the rail
roads in failing to provide Chicago
with empty cars In abundance to mu
nltlon manufacturers. The Board of
Trade . Is Informed that the car short
age problem is now regarded as solved
by the Interstate Commerce commission.
Foreigners jWill Be: ;
. Accepted m Army
Provisions of Bev Xallstmeat tow Are ..
Aamoaaoed by Adjutant Oeaaral J
KoOala.
San Francisco, May .11. (P. K B. !
California's quota of men for the ;
new army of 700.000 men will br"
12,000, according to figures made
publlo today by the local army re-. ?
crultlng district officers. Colonel John .
H. Gardner, in charge of -the San J
Francisco recruiting district, has re- ;
celved a telegram from Adjutant
General H. R. McCain giving the pro- f
visions of the new enlistment law. ;
The telegram says that the ages st j
which men can voluntarily enlist for ':
army service are from 18 to 40 years,
and that no enlistments under 18 years
will be considered. The most import- i
ant innovation Is the fact that aliens, j
not' subject to an enemy country, are .;
eligible for enlistment without even a '
declaration of intentlou to become 1
citizens of the United States.
Sunday Work Objected To.
London. May 19. Certain virtuous
Lancashire farmers have refused to
allow the tractors supplied by the
board ef agriculture to be worked on
their farms on Sundays. The ma
chines have therefore been moved to
other places.
When writing to or rilling en adrpTtlsers,
please mention Th Journal. (Adv.)
Military Highway
On Pacific Boomed
San Francisco, May 19. (P. N. S
President Wilson is to be deluged
by a flood of telegrams on May SI.
urging his approval of a military high
way along the Pacific coast, according
to announcement here today by R. W.
Emerson, secretary of the Pacific
Coast Defense league.
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If this cannot be done I shall certainly
and willingly surrender the task to
some- other method of emergency. I
hold that democracy can yield to dis
cipline.
'Probably more seriously than any
"Full Inquiry into the existing avail
able stocks of foodstuffs and into the
costs and practices of the various food
producing and distributing trades the
prevention of all unwarranted hoard
Ing of every kind and of the control of
one else In the country I recosnize She the foodstuffs by persons who are not
difficulties and possibilities of failure 1 in any legitimate sense producers, t
in this work and I appeal to the natri- dealers or traders: the requisitioning ;
otlsm of my countrymen for their sup- when necessary for the public use of
port. 1 nave no instinct tn hs a fnnil I fnna minnlla ttnA tha nulrment nec- ,
dictator. My ambition. Js to see myjessary for handling them; the licens-1
own people solve their own problems. 1 ing of wholesome and legitimate mix- j
inese men ana women who cannot tures and milling percentages; and the
serve in the trenches or In the shops prohibition of tho .unnecessary or
can show their patriotism In no way so wasteful, use of foods. - 'Authority is
iuuy as in tnis service and 1 reel that asked also, to estabHsh prices, not in
we have as much right to call upon order to limit the profits of the farm-
them to serve in this administration ers, but only to guarantee - to . them
as we have a right to call upon our hi Mwnurr m. minimum nric
men to serve in the trenches." whlrt, will insure them a nroflt where
they are asked to attempt new crops,
and to secure the consumer against
extortion by breaking up corners and
attempts at speculation when they oc
cur by fixing temporarily a reason
able price at which middlemen . must
sell. ,
Will Act Without Bay. -
'I have asked Mr. Hoover to under
take this Important task" of food ad
ministration. He has expressed his
willingness to do so on condition that
he is to receive no payment for his
services, and that the whole of tuo
force under him, exclusive of cler
ical assistance; shall be employed, so
far as possible, on the same volunteer
basis. He has expressed., his confi
dence that this difficult matter of
food ' administration . can be success
fully accomplished through the vol
untary co-operation and direction of
legitimate distributors of foodstuffs
and with the help of the women of
the country.-
Although it is absolutely necessary
that unquestionable powers shall be
placed in my hands In order to insure
the success of this administration of
"Patriotic Sunday"
To Assi&t Bed Cross
; Chicago. May 1.(U. p. Contri
butions to the Red Cross on Patriotic
Sunday, July 1, are expected to reach
several million dollars, according to a
statement by John L. Alexander of t.n
International Sunday School associa
tion, here tonight- Collections will be
taken in Sunday schools all over the
country for the Red Cross.
President Wilson has Indorsed the
association's plan. In a telegram re
ceived, by the association here tonight
he suggested the Red Cross collection
be taken.
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Sergeant Eastman
Recalled to Canada
Technical Difference With T. S.-War
Department. Causes Cessation of Ef.
forts of British Becruiting Officer.
Sergeant Mack Eastman, who has
been in Portland several days in the
Interest of the British Columbia pla
toon, has been recalled to Canada pend
ing adjustment of a technical differ
ence with the United States war de
partment.
Sergeant Eastman was sent here to
induce, if possible, those British and
Canadian citizens residing here and
such Americans as are not acceptable
to the American army for various rea
sons but who do come within the re
quirements of the Canadian army, to
Join the platoon. His function, he ex
plained last night, was not strictly
that of , a recruiting of fleer, and he
was' Without authoritv tn trammnrt
volunteers across American territory I lhe food supplies of the country, I am
into Canada. s. confident that the exercise of those
The sergeant will leave for Vancou
ver, B. C, today.
"Apparently I ignored a technicality
of which I was unaware," he said. "Of
course I did no formal recruiting. I
approacned no one with the request
that he enlist. I merely talked to men I
who came to see me in my private
room or to audiences which had been
kind enough to invite me to address
them. The technical omission doubt
less could have been . corrected in two
or three days had I time to wait."
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Instructions at home and will be de
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of those 1
powers wm oe necessary only m the
few cases where some small and self
ish minority proves unwilling to put
the nation's interests above personal
advantage and that the whole country
will heartily support Mr. Hoover's ef
forts by supplying the necessary vol
unteer agencies throughout the coun
try for the intelligent control of food
consumption and securing the coopera
tion of the most capable leaders of the
very Interests most directly affected.
that th exercise of the powers de
puted to him will rest very success
fully upon the good will and coopera
tion of the people themselves and that
the ordinary economic machinery of
the country will be left substantially
undisturbed. ,
7 Intended to Meet Bmergeney.
"The proposed food , administratioa
Is intended. Of course, only to meet a
manifest emergency and to continue
only while the war lasts. Since it
will be composed forTthe most part of
volunteers, there need be no fear of
the possibility ; of a permanent bu
reaucracy arising out of it. All con
trol of .- consumption will disappear
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COCOA
SAFETY FIRST!
June, 1916, will not be forgotten in many a day by,
Edwards.
"The Willamette River," which is so beloved by all, acted
contrary to our liking its overflow caused 2)4 feet
of water in our basement and considerable damage to
stock. -
Last week our temporary warehouse at C4-G6 Broadway,
where large quantities of reserve stock was .being
stored until after a possible flood this year, was leased.
No other convenient temporary warehouse space being
available, without paying enormous moving expenses,
we have decided to make room in our own building by
cutting prices and giving
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."The Easiest Kind of Easy Terms9.9
Flooded Prices on
Every-Day Needs
$53.00 quarter-sawed, flush-rim. 54-,
Inch top Dining Table, extends to eight
ieet, ug-nt wax nnisn,
$35.95
$29.50 quarter-sawed.
feet, golden oak wax.
plank top, 48-
lnoh top IMnine Table, extends to six,
$21.60
$19.75
$29.00 Quarter - sawed Fumed Oak
Table, 48-inch top IMnlng Table, eight
foot extension.
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$19.00 quarter-sawed. 45-inch top and
eight-foot extension, hand-rubbed wax
nnisn.
$15.00 Solid Oak Table,
six-foot extension.
$5.25 Oak Jacobean
slip-leather seat.
$55.00
Table.
Golden Oak Colonial Library
$22.50 Quarter-Sawed
Library Table,
$9.60 Golden Finish
wits book racks.
$14.75
d Oak Table,
nslon,
$11.25
Jacobean 1
$3.65
n Oak Col
$38.90
arter-Sawed
e.
$17.95
t Finish L
$6.95
t Rocker, ta
$25.95
wastry Oversti
ose cushions,
$49.50
$65.00 WHITTALL
TEPRAC WILTON
9x12 RUGS
$1 Cash, $1 Week
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42-lnch top,
Dining Oiars,
Waxed Oak
Library Table.
$32.10 Kaltex Rocker, tapestry uphol
stered.
$75.00 Tapestry Overstuffed Daven
port, three loose cushions,
ft!
$27.60 to $23.50 9x12
Seamless Velvet Rugs.
$23.85
$1.50 Tan. Brussels
Carpet. 14 ft -yd. length.
$12.00 Wool and Fiber
9x12 Bungalow Rugs.
$9.95
$1.S5 Two-Tone Velvet
Carpet, 15-yd. length.
$1.10
Ber
Tard
$1.35
Per
Tard
66c Red Cordeman
Carpet, 27 inches wide.
65c Fiberlln
110 yards only
49c
Ber
Tard
49c
Linoleum,
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Look These Over
Carefully
i:.50 Fpan!
stuffed Rocker,
Leatherette Over-
'$27.00
Rocker,
$82.50
Rocker,
Genuine Leather Overstuffed
Tapestry Overstuffed Fireside
$13.73 Waxed Oak
auto-cusnion seat.
$9.45
ine Leather
$19.90
$19.95
ed Oak Rc
$9.85
n Oak Roc)'
$11.25
togany Dresset
$29.40
$22.50
Rocker, leather
$20.00 Golden Oak Rocker, cane
and back.
$45.00 Mahogany Dresser, very large
mirror,.
$$2.50 Ivory Chiffonier, with mahog-;
AIIJ ivy,
$16.00 Tourist Tan Go-Cart,
$11.90
$1.00 8ulkey. ivory sides,
$3.95
$45.00 8teel Range, six-hole top, 18,-16-
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$37.60 Duofold Bed ' Davenport, up
holstered in Spanish leatherette,
$29.85
Out -of -Town Folks
No matter where you live, the op
portunities to save are Just the same
-our mail service division is at your
command. Prices and.; terms are the
same as though you came In person.
No extra c h ar g e- will bo made - for
: packing and delivering to freight depot
. or dock. --. -i j.:
Add to Your Account
If you have an accoant here your additional pur
chases will he added without initial payment.
$35.50
$32.50
stable Pin Cu
$1.69
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Exchange
$40 Steel Range, four-bole top, 11-14-
$27.75 Adjustable Pin Curtain Stretch- i
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Those odd pieces need not bo thrown
Into the discard our exchange man
will makA you a very liberal allowance.
Come and select tha kind of furniture
you want wive ine ota as part pay and
balance will bo arranged to fit your t
- .convenience. - :. ; -. .;
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