THE OREGON DAILY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, V SATURDAY,' MARCH SO, 1918,
NATION PLANS TO PROTECT AND AUGMENT ITS' LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SITUATION
JULY CONSIDERED
' IN CALL FOR MEN
Provost. Marshal General Crowder
; Discusses Means Employed to
'' Augment Nation's Labor Supply
TRIFLING NOT TO BE ALLOWED
Protection to Agriculture in Reg
ulation Authorizing Enlistment
of Students in Reserve Corps.
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"1 The whole Industrial and agricultural
situation U being- subjected to. a very
comprehensive study In order to dla
,,' ieover any means that may be taken
I to protect and augment the labor sup-
Ply without precluding a prompt and
, "orderly progress of the nation's mlll
' tary plans. No more men, according
to Provost Marshal General Crowder,
' JWlH be called tn the next draft than
- can be properly accommodated and as
:stmllatd. It -would be a most un
'clentlflc and fatuous step, he said,
' 'If the men In class 1 were called
Indiscriminately without regard to the
' labor situation In agriculture. There
' fore, the local boards will be directed
" to fill their quotas In the order of
liability of men In class 1 as deter
V. mined by the national drawing, except
. tthat where It Is shown that a regis
trant is completely and assiduously en
,Sged in the planting, cultivation or
t .reaplna; of a crop, his call to the
icelors shall be deferred to the foot
-of the quota of his board as long as
jbe continues, to be so engaged.
1 ' Whenever any registrant whose call
td the colors has been deferred by rea
on of his engagement in agriculture
tls shown to have been idle on the
farm on which he is engaged or to
thave trifled with the deferment that
'has been accorded him, the boards
Mm forthwith laduct him into mili
tary - service if his order number has
been reached in the meantime. The
effect of thin expedient is to grant
furloughs from service prior to actual
call to the colors to men so greatly
tieeded In the production of this year's
crops.
J Farlogghs May Be Aathorized
This is not, however, the only ex
'.pedlent that is to be adopted to con
serve the supply of labor appurtenant
to , agriculture and to mobilise all
-means for Increasing the harvest for
.the agricultural season of 1918.
4 There is now pending before congress
A bill authorizing the secretary of war
o grant furloughs. . with or without
-pey. ' to men in the army to enable
rdjiem to engage in industrial and agri
cultural pursuits. The purpose of this
&U1 it to relieve serious situations In
particular instances in which men who
: are the mainstay of farms have been
Inducted Into the service either through
RESTAURANT MEN BY PATRONIZING HOME INDUSTRY ARE SHOWING PATRIOTISM
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: ' 'MANUFACTURERS' DIRECTOR!
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Following to a alpbatwtleal Abactor? of all
: 4rtiMn oa Hum two paste.
1 Arautrooi aUchlnary Co., 648 Tbarman it.,
, 'sunuUeturv ol toe mirhliwry sad latrigu-
isoas plant,
apclafith, O. O. (O. t. lttunmetta A Boa) .
. tSM n iitfcjturar ol (or garments. 3d and Wain,
j Amartoaa Bronx 4k Mm Work, worker tn
' iftMpiwr, bra, aluminum, ate. 669 TJphur M.
j Bimttoa OUto (Portland atacoUMry Co.),
pamkmi of urg aaw. 63 1st it
; Coopay, Cbaa., military and ciTil tailor,
Serai bldf.. Mormon and Broadway.
Crystal Springs rutlahlos Worka, wool batta.
- sauraasas, loo ivu at.
SCoaaal Lam bar Co., 8am. toady cut house.
4 Aukeny at.
I .Columbian Uaiboa Paper Co., manufacturers
gpf eerbos paper, la. Sad and Broadway.
t Cutler Fruit w radar Co., manufacturer of
trait g radars, and machinist, aat Tenth and
Hill its.
Coast Chtmlcal Co., Janitor' supplies, 249-51
Columbia it
i Cola Itacbnw life. Co., manufacturer et
rasa, eoppor, steel and Iron products. 884 K.
II tn at.
Durable Roofing Co., maker of highest
rid as roofing paper, Kenton, station, Portland.
. JJaria-SooU Baiting Co., loatker belting maa
an. 340-340 Hawthorn are.
Portland Galvanising Worka, galranixlng,
, 2d st. N. and Heed U
Eastern Novelty Co.. 302, 85 Vi 6th it. ladies'
fja aeekwear.
Berne Martin Iron worka, foundry and ma
Une works, 4S4 Belmont at.
.Jacob. Ino man abirta to ordei. 82T
avaabv
. ' Knight racking Co., pickle, troit hUcea.
MOer vinegar, aio., m I aw auoar ex.
10, lr.
IX W.. law roved on Heal .
Dteaa, T08 WHoox bide
iAfayette Nureery Co., manufacturer cele
brated Brooks Land Roller and fulreriaer, La
iayetta, Ol.
Laytom Coopexag Co.. S3T Water at., bamla,
usuroi. B. 3. Bchwanberg, piano and furnl
kar polish, 4610 Woodstock ava.
Mill"'"1 Constructioai jo, ready built car
fcgee, etc., S44 Hood at-
Maltaomah Trunk Co.. trunks and bag, suit
baaaa. S4 K. Watot rt.
National Tault Cow concrete burial vaults,
fagot .0.1.
. Oregon Paper Bos factory, paper bozaa, car
ton. -4H Btark at.
Oreeoa Bras Work, copper, braas and
afciminu. 2d and Everett ata.
, Ongoa Xoot Caw aoora, aasn. etc., foot Bpo
fc.a. ava.'-
progoa Chair Co., chain. 1 190 Macadam rd.
" Oregon Nursery Co., grower of fruit, shade.
wuv - ana eroa. , via, anruooary.
BDOea, vine, etc, Oreaco, Or,
' Padfie Bton Works, pottery itnamn
flower pota, SoT-i Bbetloek av.
PorUaad rurnlture Mfg. Co., furaitora, ap
twOatarlBJi. 1S4S-S9 Macadam road.
Pawdletem Wool an Mula, woolen eloth. ladtaa
luanketa, rerxuetoo, ui.
1'orUand Bwv Work, range, cooking arx!
koatlns atorea. Derby at. and Columbia blvd.
. Pboeaiz Iroa Work, faundryman, mscihlnsii,
S80 Uawthorn are.
rortlaad Basket h Bandle Works, bask eta.
Bandies. 1121 Macadam road.
Portland Electrotype at Stereotype ' Co., 92
-front .-'
-Portland Bobber MUls. everything la rub
. bar, rubber beela. aolea. S68 B. th at.
Portlaad Bolt a Mfg. Co.. bolts. 309 18th
i a. N.
. vBaamuaeTl Oo..,alBta. varnishes 34 and
a ayiw ew.
Rosa. W. T. at Cow mf. lewelera. XUak-r hid.
- Bnodgraa 4t Wlillsms. metaUio hip fKiKji-.
' S15 Ilawthoma av.
Sharker. P.. 4V Son. Plan brand Bon col-
SeUo Aato Work. 2d and Wadtooa ata.. ante
, bodlaa, truck bodiaa. hearse, whaala. Sella auto
SUrtem,'--. . -
- T hayar. Shaver 4k Oufley. auto track build-
, rs, maehlnUts, 1S East Water at. ,
. X7nieraal Tire Plller Co., non-purjetur auto
. ttTM. 441-448 Hawthorn ava. -
United Mattress 4s Pad Co.. mattresses, ren.
awator. 427 Haaooek St.
Taaghaa Meto Work and rooadry. A1 Beat
Kr street,
Val vales Pump as Foundry Co., mam;factnrT
. renown ad valve lea naps, machinists, foundry
en. a Hoed efc Phono Main 2277.-
Wlanerliag. M-. Bgaho Powder. SOS llfi
st n. . -
WuTamstt Gas Enrlna 4k Machine work.
taa oiguMa,t mi repairing, sang, sol av
j PHOKE EAST 87 for hlshest- srads
t . typowruax ana pencu
CARBON PAPERS
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voluntary enlistment or selection and
whose services during the present
emergency is agriculture are needed.
As to further means to protect agri
culture, a new regulation has been pro
mulgated authorising agricultural stu
dents in their senior year in land grant
colleges to enlist in the enlisted reserve
corps of the quartermaster's depart-;
ment provided their class standing Is
such as to place them in the upper
third of their class. By this -means
it will be possible to defer the draft!
call of such young men in order toj
enable them to perfect themselves as
agriculturists and thereafter to protect
them in such services as it may seem
that they should perform in the best
interests of the nation.
This Is War of Mechanics
Continuing, Provost Marshal Crow
der said ; It must be emphasized that
this is a war of mechanics. The need
of the several armed forces for men
highly skilled in technical and me
chanical pursuits is greater than id
ny former war. Yet this need for
specially skilled men finds the nation
under a necessity for increasing its
production in almost every line of in
dustry. Withdrawals of men from in
dustry must be made aryl these with
drawals . must take men who might
otherwise be deferred on account of
their special qualifications and skill.
The necessary numbers of such skilled
men will be obtained in one of three
ways, j
First, men already in the military
service who have such special skill will
be taken from the line regiments and
assigned to the staff organizations and
departments where their skill is needed.
Second, men classified by the selection
boards, even though they may have
been placed in a deferred classifica
tion, will be withdrawn ' with great
care and particularity from the indus
tries of the nation for special service
in staff corps and departments. Third,
young men of draft age with certain
educational qualifications will be in
ducted into the service and sent to
universities, colleges and technical
and secondary school to be Instructed
in technical arts until they have ac
quired such proficiency as will Justify
their assignment to the special units
that are being organized in consider
able numbers.
Draw Men In Small Gros.pi
In accordance with this plan the
provost marshal general has already
called upon the states for some 10,000
skilled artisans and will shortly call
upon the states for 10,000 young men.
graduates of grammar schools, who
will be sent before April 1 to various
technical and other schools throughout
the United States for a two months
course of training. Regularly there
after an increasing stream of young
men will be sent through educational
and other trafhing institutions for this
purpftfte.
To sum up, it may be said that there
will be no sudden withdrawal of great
numbers of men from the ranks of in
dustry and agriculture during the com
ing summer, but that men will be
drawn in relatively small groups
throughout the year in such a way as
to create the least possible interfer
ence with Industry and agriculture.
. Military . Slacker Imprisoned
Camp Bherldan, Ohio, March 30. (I.
N. S.) For refusing to submit to an op
eration which would have made him
physically fit for military service, Lloyd
Snell of" Pittsburg, selective service
man, was dishonorably discharged Fri
day from the army and sentenced to
three years' Imprisonment.
NEW FARM IMPLEMENT B roots Lan
Roller and Pulverizer (fully covered by U. a.
patents). Increase orop yield from 26 to 40.
Straddle trie Row Like a Two-Herta Oultrva-
tor For use among eroo olanted in rows, aa
corn, potatoes, beans, kale, cabbage, nursery stock,
cotton, etc By firming the soil and crushing tha
clods between the rows, complete control of moia
tun can be retained. Score of testimonial ot
user oa file. It is tha beat investment farmer,
gardeners and nurserymen can make. Write at
one for free booklet ot full particulars. Manufac
tured and sold by LAPATKTTE NURSERY CO..
baiaieiia, ursgon.
Thayer, Shaver
Gulley Machine Co.
General Machinists and Builders of
"EVER-READY" TRUCK
ATTACHMENTS
for all makes of ears
1-ton Attachment 1178
1. ton, Attachment ...9419
2. ton Attachment $479
Phone East 74S7 ltt . Water St.
Something for Nothing!
Let your auto troubles be our. Wo will
inspect your machine and toll yon its ail
menu and tha remedy FKKE of oot to you
if yuu will call at oar Work.
WILLAMETTE OAS KNQINg
MACHINE WORKS
Cast 3d and Burn side Bast BBS
Garages
READY TO SET 0P
Call for Illustrated price
Ust, S4 Auk any at.
t'bone Broadway 14W.
Satn Conneil Lumber Co.
BARRELS AND
CASKS
And All Kind of Cooperage at
Finke Bros. CooDeraceWorks
188 Madison. Near Bridie. Main S14S
"Superior" Mattresses
an not rarpassed en earth. They are mad in
jroruana oy the
United Mattress & Pad Co.,
427 Hancock street. Phono East 870. Havo
us renovata or auk over your used mattresses.
Pacific Stoneware Co..
IS Sherlock Ave.
. ' Portland, Oregon
1 Everything in Pottery
W. F. ROSS & CO.
Manufacturing Jewelers, Diamond Setter. '
Watchmakers. Engraver. Agat Cutters,
i..---. Alls Building, Portland, . '
GOVERNMENT PLANS
ON DEVELOPMENT OF
. ALASKA COM LAND
Secretary" Une Announces That
19,000 Acres Are Available
For Leasing Purposes. "
Acting under the Alaskan coal leas
ing law, the Interior department Is en
deavoring as rapidly as. possible to de
velop the coal, resources of that country,
with the Idea that whatever production
is obtained soon will not only be of
valuable aid to Alaska, but will also be
a factor in winning the war.
With a production -of 60,009 tons in
1917 from the Matanoska field and the
prospect that this output will be doubled
this year. Secretary of the Interior Lane
announces that 19,000 acres of coal lands
in the Nenana field are now ready for
lease under the provisions of the leas
ing law.
The coal lands, which constitute the
most - accessible part of the surveyed
lands of the Nenana field, extend from
the Nenana river up the valley of Lig
nite creek for 12 miles. The mouth of
the creek is on the approved survey
route of the government . railroad un&er
construction between . Fairbanks and
Seward. The Alaskan engineering com
mission contemplates the completion of
the road from the Tanana river to these
lands during the next summer, and in
this way furnish transportation for coal
for barge shipments to Fairbanks and
other river towns. The commission will
also build a branch road up Lignite
creek to bring the coal from the mines.
The coal occurs in several thick beds,
is easily mined, and is a lignite coal
of fair grade.
These coal lands are divided into 23
leasing blocks from 1(0 to 1664 acres in
slse.
Decreased Hop Area
In Germany Forecast
The Prager Tagblatt forecasts a de
creased hop area in the Saas district
this year. The crop of 1917 amounted
only to 11 million pounds. At the be
ginning the market was weak, due to
the greatly reduced Austrian beer prod
uction and to the fact that early in the
picking season Germany prohibited the
Importation of Austrian hops. Soon
thereafter, however, the market became
highly speculative, and prices advanced
rapidly from the 110 to 140 crowns per
centner (20 to 26 cents a pound), at
which the season opened, to 170 to 200
crowns (31 to 37 cents per pound),
which prices were reached by the end
of October and have been maintained
ever since.
The market has been so brisk that the
entire season's crop has practically been
sold. Even more unexpected than this
activity, however, was the activity In
the sales of hops of previous years.
First these were bought for home brew
ing, then many thousand sentners were
bought for tobacco substitute.
PORTLAND CATERERS
CAN LARGELY ASSIST
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A. G. Clark. Head of Home In
dustry League, Addresses
Hotel Men.
By H. 8. Harconrt
It had not been brought to their at
tention, until the other day the Im
portant figure the hotel and restaurant
people of Portland are In position to
cut In the consumption of local manu
facturers' products. It is a subject
which had not entered their minds. Jus
as it does not enter the minds of those
who buy for the home that every can
of corn, every pound of coffee, every
ounce of tea, every pound of baking
powder, every bit of beans, every par
ticle of anything, of foreign production
bought by them starts the price they
pay for it on a hurried depasture from
Portland, not to return again never
again to come within their reach. It is
a sum lost to the community, and gone
to enrich others of the nation who have
no interest in our welfare, and no' care
for our Oondition In life.
It was A. G. Clark, the indefatigable
working head of the Home Industry
league of the Chamber of Commerce,
who called the attention of the caterers'
organization to the opportunities af
forded its members to help increase the
payrolls of Portland, and by that act
increase their own business. It goes
without saying, of course, that the larg
er the population the greater the patron
age of those who sell meals for profit.
and the population can be most ef
fectually increased by Increasing the
Have you tasted I
FOOD
HOM
NDUSTRY
KNIGHT'S NEW J
Rope River CATSUPrtt
11 15 QC11CIOUS.
Ask your Grocer.
KNIGHT PACKING CO
Portend Orcfron
LAYTON
COOPERAGE
CO.
Manufacturer
and dealer in
NEW AND
2ND HAND
BARRELS
. S2T Water Street !
Portland. Or.
TELEPHONES - tr Kaka K
Broadway 805 A-1805 " " Boat-Proof
POBTLAND GALYAJUZIKG WORKS
Hoi and Electrio Galvanism. Coppersmith.
MARTIN LKISER, Man ear. -OfBoa
and Works, 224 and ed gta Portland,
leMratAaclllr
wSsasjv.vJ?-' y.
SODA ANOTHER
Sampling soda and nitrate deposits in Harney county
AUSTRALIAN PRESS
DISCUSSING AFTER
THE WAR PROBLEI
Farmers Advised to Turn From
Grain Growing to Producing
Livestock.
Recently there has been considerable
discussion through the press, and at
public meetings, concerning the advisa
bility of producing more beef cattle and
sowing less acreage to wheat in Aus
tralia, says Consul General Brittain of
Sydney. '
Owing to the large yield of wheat
during the last three years, and the dif
ficulty of obtaining tonnage to ship it.
a number of prominent men and officials
are advocating the Increased production
of beef cattle, taking the position that
there wiU be an increased demand for
beef, and that it can be more advantage
number of factories giving employment
to workers.
If All Bay Home Hade Foods
If all owners of hotels and restaurants
were to confine their purchases of food
stuffs, so far - aa . possible, to those
produced In Portland, thousands and
tens of thousands of dollars would be
kept at horns and on a circuit that
would return the money over and over
again to those who paid it out. New
foodstuff factories would spring up, em
ploying hundreds, and these would. In
most instances, take at least a part of
their , meals at hotels and restaurants,
many of them boarding at some of these
places.
To buy his meal ticket or ray for his
luncheon the worker would bring back
to the landlord or caterer the same dol
lar that hard been paid out for Portland
canned corn or canned beans or pickles,
or Portland ground coffee, teas or bak
ing powder or breakfast foods put up
here, or Portland made soap or Port
land made brushes or scouring powders
or floor oils.
The circulating dollar would be ready
to do a second service and later a third
and a fourth and continue in the dis
charge of its beneficent offices. But
when sent to Iowa or Massachusetts or
Pennsylvania for something manufac
tured In a Des Moines or a Boston or a
Philadelphia factory. It's goodbye. It
stays there to add luxury upon luxury
to those already enjoyed by the rich,
who have attained their opulence
through the lack of loyalty to home In
dustries of the consumers in the West
ern states.
A foolish opinion seems to obtain here
that "all good things" must be imported
from somewhere, , Just as Mr. Coopey
tells the New York Daily News Record
that he knows American manufacturers
of "woolen" (shoddy) cloth who attach
a British label to their products in order
to palm them off on an unsuspecting
public as something better than they
are. As pure and as good things are
W Mavs the Organization anal' Equipment to ,
Manufacture Articles or Machine Made of Metal or Wood!
Lt L' liivo Ton Fries oa Xouf Requirements
CUTLER FRUIT GRADER CO.,
S61 East Tenth St.. Light Maohlne Shop Work and Wood Working, Portland, Oregon.
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GENERAL MANUFACTURING
Special Tools Designed and Built
SCREW MACHINE WORK
Steel Stampings Gear Cutting Machine Shop Work
Coin Machine Manufacturing CoVnpany
984 East 17th St. Sell wood 100
:: Liberty Bonds accepted at lot in payment for work
THEVAUGHAN OToRffi
?r?'?i - 471 EAST MAIN STREET v
Biiilds,atid .reairslL kinds of .machine.?,
" .MakeV Vaughan's Celebrated DRAG SAWS, Produces
: : FINE GREY-AND SEMI-STEEL CASTINGS1
OUJt SKCUXTIXS AS E7JISE CTI.TirDEltM,v'iST05S AID PASTS
"Leonard Schad; Foundry.. Superintendent, Phone East 728
OREGON ASSET
xflK &lA "?tii 1 A (
ously shipped in the future than wheat.
especially after the war. In support of
their claim they have quoted figures
showing that the net decrease in the
world's producing flocks and herds is as
follows : Cattle, 28,080,000 ; sheep, 54,500,
000, and pigs, 32,425.000.
In further support of the plan, It is
argued that owing to the distance of
Australia from the European wheat mar
kets, it will not be able to compete suc
cessfully after the war against wheat
exported from the United States, Russia.
Canada or South Africa. The utilization
of by-products, such as htdes and 'tallow.
Is another argument in favor of produc
tion qf meat against wheat..
Metal Mines Firm ,
Buys Properties
The Western Metal Mines company, a
mining, metallurgical and engineering
concern, will operate in Southwest Ore
gon with local headquarters at Grants
Pass. It has taken over several prom
inent mining properties in this locality
representing considerations of some
$70,000, among which are the Copper
Eagle mine near Galice, Seven Thirty
mine near Almeda and the Independent
mine at Almeda.
made in Portland as anywhere in the
world, and if this fact once could be
recognised, and dealers be brought to
a sense of their duty to themselves and
the community, home Industry leagues
would not be necessary nor would these
reminders need to be written.
Thanks to Mr. Clark
In appreciation ot Mr. Clark's address
the Portland Caterers' association, by
J. H. Joyce, its secretary, addressed the
following to the head of the Industry
league :
"A. Q. Clark, Home Industry league.
Oregon building : Dear Mr. Clark -
"Speaking for the officers and mem
bers of the Portland Caterers' associa
tion, I want to thank you for the splen
did address you gave us last Wednesday.
"The forcible statements you made re
garding the Importance of the Portland
caterers featuring home products has
brought forth many comments and has
started the proprietors and managers
thinking along this line, and I am sure
that much good will result from , this
meeting.
"Again thanking you, I am, your truly.
"J. H. JOYCE. v
"President Portland Caterers' associa
tion." It is Mr. Clark's hope, now that the
caterers realize the important part they
have the power to play In the upbuild
ing and prosperity of the city, that they
will demand of dealers, when buylnsTfor
their hotels and restaurants, the pro
ducts of Portland factories. They should
not permit themselves to be "stalled off"
by the merchant on the false claim that
eastern factories produce a better article
than that of our own. As a matter of
fact Portland prepared foods are better
much better than the imported, for
the reason that they are fresh.
To enable automobile owners to iden
tify their cars at night a system ot elec
trlo light signals, capable of limitless
color combinations, which may be
raised from car roofs, ,has been invented.
STUMPAGE. OF SITKA
SPRUCE AMOUNTS TO
ELEVEN BILLION FEET
. .. - "
Survey of Oregon and Washing
ton Made Under Direction
of Forester Cecil.
An inventory of the Sitka spruce
stumpage of Washington and Oregon,
recently made by the forest - service,
indicates that there are about 11 billion
feet of this timber within the spruce
belt of these two states. This inventory
was undertaken under the direction , of
District Forester Cecil for the use of
the spruce production division of the
signal corps, that there might be avail
able positive data as to the amount and
distribution of all the possible airplane
material.
The dflta was secured largely from
county records, but has been supple
mented by many private cruises which
were patriotically furnished by the
timber land owners for this purpose.
The summary of this detailed data
shows the following feet of spruce for
each of the counties in the spruce belt:
Washington
Clallam county 2.187.000,000
Gravs Harbor county 775.000.000
Jefferson county 2,182,000,000
Pacific county 959,000,000
Wahkiakum county 161,000,000
Whatcom. Skagit. Snoho
mish, King. Pierce and
Mason counties 311.000,000
Total
Oregoa
Clatsop county
Tillamook county
Lincoln county
Lane county . . . .
Douglas county .........
Coos county
6,575,000.000
a 1,287,800,000
936.500,000
900,000,000
100,000,000
682.000.000
468,000,000
potal 4.874.800.OOO
Total for Washington and Oregon,
10.949,300,000.
The majority of this spruce Is held In
private ownership.
In Alaska there are between 15 and 18
billion feet of Sltka spruce, but less than
a billion feet of this is thought to be of
quality to yield airplane stock.
The 11 billion feet In Washington and
Oregon have been classified as a matter
of Interest, as follows :
Four billion feet are reasonably ac
cessible at the present . time or could
be made accessible by short extensions
of existing transportation routes.
Two and a half billion feet are in
large bodies, so inaccessible at present
that extensive construction would be
necessary to reach it.
Three and a half billion feet are in
scattered inaccessible stands, or consists
of rough, lowgrade timber.
Inventors Have Hard
Kow to Hoe Nowadays
Washington, March 30. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL. )
Inventors have had discouraging days
In Washington ever since the war start
ed. From every part of the country men
LOCAL SHIPYARDS DO
NOT OPERATE UNDER
COST-PLUS PROPOSAL
Ten Per Cent Increase in Wage
Paid by Federal Govern
ment, However.
By H. S. Harconrt
It is not a fact, as seems to be the
almost universal opinion among unin
formed people, and especially among
manufacturers, that all shipbuilders on
the Willamette and Columbia rivers
have government ship contracts based ;
on a cost plus 10 per cent basis. If this
wsre a fact the higher wage the ship-
builders paid the more money they
would make a condition that scores of ;
employers of labor declare actually does '
exist. The arrangement does obtain
with the Foundation Shipbuilding cor-
poratlon. under agreement with the
government of France, but not with j
shipbuilders generally. It has been re
peated over and over that the reason
workers in shipyards receive such high
wages is. because the more It costs to
construct a vesel the greater the profits
to the builders. Questioned as ta the
truth of this. Attorney Arthur Lang
guth of the Supple-Ballln Shipbuilding
corporation, said:
Contract Price for Snips
"It is a mistake to say that ship
builders receive a bonus on their men's
wages. The French government does pay
the Foundation company of North Port
land, a bonus of It) per cent, but other
ship builders have flat price contracts
with our own government. And it is not
at all contingent upon the price of labor,
and as a matter of fact hlgL wages
lower our profits. At the instance of
the government, some time ago, a 10
. -a a.-
,-1,7,. . ITZ.Ji VZ, vhaf th-
workers was ordered, ana that rise tne
government meets, put tne arrangement
has no Influence or bearing on our pro
fits or that of any other of the yards,
so far as I am aware, save, perhaps,
one, and X am not certain as to that
one."
Wage laereate to Speed rTork
"Much unfavorable criticism has been
indulged in concerning this alleged gov
ernment bargain with the shipbuilding
corporations,-going to the extent of-alleging
profiteering practices, but the
unkind assertions have not been and are
not deserved, for the reason that they
are . untrue. Take the Supple-Ballln
Hesse-Martin Iron Works,
400-474 x. Taylor .
Bng-tnesrs. Founder. Machinists
Ifariao aiarhinery. Contractors' Squlpsasat
SavraslU Ualaar- r
raczrzo coast xntonTrcra os
pAcxno coast orotTgrxxrrs.
have come to Washington with devices
for motors, machinery of all sorts, im
provements in arms and equipment,
plans for protection of ships, and things
too numerous to mention, but few of
them get further than an interview with
some of the experts attached to the war
bureaus.
One man from Oregon has been here
for weeks trying to find a government
outlet for an invention which he claims
would work a big advance in auto truck
manufacture. He has been "shooed" off
the track, at various points of contact.
Others have submitted devices through
members of the Oregon delegation, and
all have received like replies, to the ef
fect that the invention could not be
utilised.
The latest experience of this sort
cornea from the off ipe of Congressman
Hawley, who had submitted an invention
for a new flying engine proposed by C.
W. Comstock of IMlley, Or. L. O. Stearns,
technical assistant to the national ad
visory committee for aeronautics of the
Council of National Defenses says the
aeveiopment or a new engine would
take too long unless it promises "ef
ficient service and large advantages,"
and so cannot recommend going further
with it.
FARMS IN THE STATE
Program for Food Productions
Calls for Enlistment of
Women and Boys.
California farmers have adopted the
following program to meet the food pro
duction question:
1. To urge the building of a silo and
planting of sweet sorghums for silage
and for sirup on every dairy farm in
California.
2. Put out on 20.000 farms one good
brood sow or two pigs tn order to In
crease the amount of pork that state
will raise. At least 40,000 more hogs
will be so raised.
3. To develop boys' agricultural clubs
in every Community in California where
supervision! can be provided. Three
thousand boys were already growtng
crops. Thousands more are to join from
this campaign.
4. To bring the women of California
who live on farms Into active organi
sation as a part of the county farm bu
reaus in order to increase food conser
vation. 5. To handle farm labor situation by
eliminating unnecessary activities and
working harder on essential ones ; also
further better distribution of labor by
means of federal employment stations
and cooperation of farm bureaus.
6. To investigate immediately the seed
supply of the state in order to be as
sured that an adequate amount is on
hand to plant the 1918 Crops.
7. To protect grain fields j.nd grass
ranges from fire by means of county
wide protective organizations under
farm bureaus and thus eliminate a quar
ter of a million dollars annual loss in
foodstuffs.
Shipbuilding corporation, for example.
If the pay of the company's employes
should be increased, no matter how
much or how little. It wouiu be at the
expense ot the company, and If de
creased, the sum thus saved would be
added to Its profits. The 10 per cent
increase of wages ordered by the gov
ernment was a transaction by itself and
independent of all other considerations.
It was done to dissipate discontent
among the men and to stimulate their
energies, to the end that shipbuilding
might be expedited and dissension be
quelled."
DO YOU REALIZE
that w can save ytm a treinetsdon amonnt
of money every year simply by snsktng Inex
pensive duplicates of your oatsf
This is aa economy that no one should
overlook, as it is wasteful extravagance not to
tu electrotypes instead of expensive original
cuts.
Writs Today for Our Haw Catalogue of Steok
Cut It Will Pay You
Portland Electrotype
& Stereotype Co.
2 Front St., Portland, Or. Main S1S4
Rasmussen & Co.
Makers of
PamtsandVaiiiish
N. E. Cor. 2d and Taylor.
Portland, Oregon
WRIN
How removed in IS minates; how to prevent
eomlng; demonstrated snd sold Woodsrd A
Clarke's drag store. Particulars for So stamp,
addressed to Nikk-Mrr Laboratory, Dept. 3. Ne.
. 2d floor, S8V Waaaa SC. Portland. Or., or
can 01 rice. J
to a d. m. Free bottle rouge, er
small box powder to oacb customer, at drug store.
f" t office for returned .ream Jan.
phone aiain 1271.
G. P. Rummelin & Son
111 f d, sear Wash. St.
Mfg. Furriers
C. G. Applegath
SUCCESSOR
KflUb. 1S7S. Mala Ml.
Hada tn Portland :
CALIFORNIA PROPOSES
BROOD SOW ON 20.000
COAL GAS FOUND TO BE
. - -
El
FDR MOTOR TRUCKS
I
Estimates Are That a Saving of
3,000,000 Gallons of Gaso
line Will Be Made.'
tn... v m . . ..i
wur ft 4V IUVIVI IIMUVII
is maklnr considerable nrorress In tha '.
United Kingdom as a substitute for gas- -oltne
Is shown In a report just submitted
to the gas traction committee by manu- .
m . - 0 ili . . . i .
4500 commercial vehicles in this country ;i
already equipped to run on coal gas. The
niifaAtiirara t vt Ka ssskk Was IWam
have received orders for 2500 additional
containers. Tift estimated saving of .
gasoline is said to be already at the rate
- I - AAA AAA , ,
. .
' G
ine secretary 01 me gas traction com
mittee is of the opinion that gas trac-
nt hilt tttat 1 1 la a a , , a .
lasting economic importance, in that,
when materials and labor become avail-
able to permit the general use of com- ?
... . U-.II..I... kLk
at present Imposed on vehicles by its
use irom iiexioie noiaers ai pracu-
of space and radius of action will be
overcome.
War Is Cause of New
Industry in Holland
A new industry caused by the war
and started in the southern part of
Holland is attracting general notice
and will probably spread over the entire .
country. It is the making of a slipper
with a wooden sole and with the upper
and inner parts formed of various ma
terials, such as twill, corduroy, and
cheap woolen stuffs.
All these materials are relatively
cheap and - yet make comfortable and
durable slippers, selling for the prac
tical equivalent of $1 a pair for the best
quality. It is claimed that they can na
used generally where the occupation is
indoors. Their cheapness is particularly
appealing in view of the prohibitive
prices toward which shoes and slippers
in the shops are steadily mounting.
Excepting the cutting of the wooden
sole, which is done by machinery, these
slippers are made by hand.
Making of Soap in
Sweden Prohibited
The American legation at Stockholm,
Sweden, reports that a royal decree has
been issued prohibiting the manufacture
of soap, soft soap, and other articles
used for washing unless permission has
been granted by the Industry, commis
sion. c ' - - r i. i
EGAHO POWDER
(Ess Substitute)
U sold retailers by sO. Portland Jobbers and OS
atarcantil Co.. galam, Oregon, and no longer by
St. WINNCftLINa, Msnuractursv,
Portland
Stove Works
MANUFACTURERS OF
HIUH GBADE
Stoves and Ranges
ASK TOTJB DZATuZB
OREGON BRASS
WORKS. INfv
BRASS FOUNDERS
. AND MACHINISTS
Brofrse, Brass. Coppr Ahrmlnum and
Composition Castings. Finishing, Polish
ing and PlaUng-Sash Bars and Brass
Railings
Seeead sat Everett Btg rortlaad. Or.
FboB: B roadway SJT. A-2S7C.
The National Vault Co.
Mnufacturorg of R-lnforced CON
CKBTiS Burial Vaults, an
INDIVIDUAL MAITSOLEUM
Airtight. Waterproof and Ererlastlnr.
2ot. c"ket- UL casket contain?. .
Foot Montgomery gt. Phone Tabor 2.21.
PHOENIX IRON i WORKS
& FOUNDRY
PORTLAND, OBXOO.
Ersineer. Foosders. Machinists. BofieTaMkra'
Building and Stmctaral Iroa Work. Noted
for Quick sad SaUsfsctorr "-pairs, -Ws
Oaaraatso everything. , ,
AM. BRONZE AD BRASS
WORKS
vrtHV snttsT.
Csats all kinds of conunarda.1 braas. -cWneTT,
rod bra, drpeiac metal. aDoysd
alonjioom, phosper, ahtasinam and Saaslaa
brons or other eastings. Greatly etuargsd.
new equipment, larger capital. Try L's Oooe.
-MADE IX OBEGOSr
Portland Bolt & Mfg. Co.
9. X. LLEWsTLLTlT, Mgr.
SI III. Street Hartk
Snudiaf Iroa of All kladaT
, sfshi S48S. A-22SS.
ainssss
MOUSSS
' cMiessa
.- HOUSES '
The portaol klt4.
t saarpU at S44
- Hood tt,
EFFICIENT
UD
RILLMAwS CONtntUOnOII CO Ulik
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