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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 1918. SUFFICIENT LABOR WILL BE AVAILABLE IF THE FARMERS WILE ONLY COOPERATE BlIIWIS FOUND t TO OVERCOME IT Demands of Agriculturists Must Be Made Early.So Arrange . merits Can Be Made to Comply 'POSTOFFICES LABOR AGENTS 'Employment Service of Govern- ment in Close .Cooperation With Dept. of Agriculture. . (t The department of labor" study of the .shortage of farm labor problem has led y.to the eonelualon that while there U M today a eerloua shortage there la suf ficient available labor to meet the d iiinanda of agriculture If the? farmers will cooperate by outlining their demands ..with definiteness and in time. Tbere is -existing the old . condition ,of putting .(Off everything to the last moment . The farm service division of the-17. S. t employment service created two months ago nas saopiea we i on o wins pians lor recruiting and distributing, all available abor: :. ; 1. A special farm service division Is c being established In most of the 100 of- f icee of the employment service, with .men In charge who have had experience with farm labor problems. These di "'visions are devoting their entire time and attention to looking after the labor needs of the farmers In their respective ''districts and developing ways and -moans of meeting all calls. ' '' , z. Special field agents are being sent "Into districts In which acute farm labor " shortage exists, or where unusually 'large numbers of men will be needed, to study the local situation at close range and devise .ways of relieving the im mediately pressing needs, I. Posters announcing the location of pall federal and state employment offices ('are being hung In postof flees, railway stations, general stores, and other pub ..lie places, telling farmers and farm workers how and where to . apply for ,labor or Jobs. . , , j.'i. A weekly bulletin will be Issued In '.which all opportunities for farm employ ,,ment received and the needs of par ticular districts for seasonable labor will .be listed. This will be posted' In the ,jOBtof flees In all towns and cities In th4 i country of 2000 population and more I and given to the press. e 6. By an agreement between the jwstoff Ice department and the depart- . ment of labor all third and fourth class fjjostof flees, numbering 65,000, - are au thorized farm labor employment offices. I, Each postmaster and rural carrier, fur bishes application, blanks to farmers wanting help. Upon ; receipt of a' filled application the postmaster displays a f) .bulletin announcing the details of- the .call, so as to attract any local available r farm- labor. ,. If the application Is not i promptly filled locally, the postmaster lorwarda It .to -the nearest regular: of BIG DEPARTMENT I STORE MAKES GREAT DISPLAY lANTJFACTURERS' DIRECTORY Following to an alphabetical directory ol all 4f artlMni oa um two pe Arautrong Machinery Co., 649 Tbunua C SMOulactunn af tea niacins try and ralrlgar auas planta. AppUcato, O.O. 0. f. Rummalin a Bon) Saaauiaatom at (ut larmaau. 24 and Waco. Aaurksao Brans a Una Worka, worker in eoppar, braaa. aluminum, ato, efts Upanur at. Brattoa UUw (rortlaad laacaUwry Co.), Saaktti of drag aawa. Sil let at Cooper, Cliaa., military ana erril ta&ot, Btoyal pldlg., Morrlaon and Broadway. Crystal Springs tlmahing works, -wool batta, aattraasM, lao 10th at , - Coanai LonibM Co Saaa, raaoy eat bonaaa. Aakeny tU Columbian, Carbon Paper Co., manufacturers ef esrtooo paper, . lad and Broadway. Cutler i'ruil under Co., manufacturer! of trait (radars, and maohlnleu. aai Tenth and sta, Cout Chemical Co.. Janitors' cuppliaa, 246-81 Colombia at. . , Cola Mac Inn Mfg. Co., manafaotvrera of prase, eopper, aleel and Iron products, vsa S. tilth st. .1 billable Hoofing Co.. makers of highest Tsdea roofing paper, Kenton station. Portland, lairls-8oott Belting Co., leather belting aaaa fen, 84t-2ttl Hw (borne are. t ForUand . UalTanlaing Works. salTanlslns, S3d au l. ana tieea si. 4. Eastern Mctelty Co., 203. 85 8th at. Udiaa' roe neckwear. , , Basse-Martin Iron works, foundry and . sta .Whin works, Belmont at, Jaooba, Ino., meu a aairta to order, ' 32T Wash, " . - Knight raskiaa' Co., ploklea, froit Juices. Wder, vinegar, etc, 474, S. Alder at. Koll. ur. u. w., unproved optical noee leas. 108 WUoos bids. Lsiayetta Nunery Co.. mannfaetiireia mmU. brated Brooks Land BoUer and I'ulfaruer, Le Uyatle, 4JT. r layton Cooperage Co.. 827 Water at. barrels. Sega, tuba. LiaMerol, n. J. Scbwanbers. ptaao and rami. re pollen, 4810 Woodstock sve. ellilmarte Conatrnetio we, ready built aar ... Ill U A -. Multnomah Trunk Co.. trunks and ba nit. National Vault Co, aonereta burial labor a821. Oregon taper Box Factory, paper boxes, aar. tone, see to Stark st. Oregee Braes VVorka, eopper. . brass and aJnaainum. 2d and averatt sta. Ores on ltoor Co doors, saah. ato foot Bso- fean ate. i- , , Oregoa Chair Co., ehaltr, 1180 Macadam yd. 8 ' Oregon Nursery Co.. growan of fruit, ahada! ut and ornamental treee.; . lawn, shrubbery' kosea, vines, eta., Ureneo, Or. . . facille Btona Worka. pottery stoneware, flower pots. S7-8B8 bberlock ava T. - ' Portland gurniture Mis. Co., fundtara. on. kolsterlns. 1240-&U Macadam road. Pendleton Woolen Mills, woolen eloth. Indian .elankata. Pendleton. Or.. j . Pottlaad Btova Werks, ranges,' eeoklcs and heating atovea. Derby at. and Ooluaibia bird. Pboeals Iron Works, foundrymen. machinery ,80 Hawthorne ava. ; :,.. Portland Basket Bandls Works, - baskets, sandles. 1821 Macadam road. - Portland kUectrotype U Stereotype Co., 82 Front t. a Portland Rubber Mills, averrthlng in rub. a . ,i. sea n a.i. f Portland BoU Mf. Co.. bolts. 208 18th Kaaraoaeea Co.. paints, vamlahcr. 2d and "gaylor eta. Boss, W. T. Co., TOfg, jewelers. Alisky bldg. epodcraaa A Wliliama, metaiilo hip -M"gln. 185 Ilawthoma ava Sharkey, P A Boa, Fish brand horse ewV t . a a it.. 4.. ... " Bella Auto works. Sd and Madison sta., ante bodies, track bodies, hearses, wheals. Bella aata atartcra. . Thayer.' "haver a Ouiley, ante track build ers, sue blniata, 188 East Water at. TJnlvenal Tire Filler Co., aoa-punetare aute tine. 441-448 Hawthorne ava. United Mattreaa a Pad Co., aasttrasses. rea avatora. 427 Uaneeck St. ' - Vsughsa Motor Works and gwondry, 411 Xaat ' Msfa etreet. ' ' - . ValTaleea Pwmp'es Ponndry Co., manxfsctnren renowned valvelees pumps, machinists, foundry men, 828 Hood at Pnona Main 2277. ' Wlnaerling. a, agaha Powder.-802 S. 8th . WUlsmstte Oaa Bnglna - ss Machine cas enaiDee, aura repairing, garaie, 881 X. ..." Jiiirvunae. ''"' ' J-HOSE EAST 878 for highest grade typewriter and pencil " CARBON PAPERS . 1 Made la Portias! aad GaaranteeA fice of the employment service, "! which has , a. large Held frcjra which to draw labor, i - - , - , . . . A -weekly report of farm labor con ditions is being seat to the mala, office at Washington by all the branch offiees and by-many state employment offices. This shows the number of applications for farm labor received, the number of applicants for farm work, the number referred to employment - and accepted, etc. Each report also comments - on local conditions from information gained through all possible - sources. (These weekly reports enable the employment service to- give special and Immediate attention to districts having a shortage by sending special field officers to those districts and ; by diverting labor from any other sections where there ; Is , a surplus..- , 1 7. The employment service is work ing in close cooperation with the wlde flung arms of the department of agri culture, with its 2300 county agents In the state extension service, its commu nity agents, state farm help specialists, and supervising specialists. These agen cies do local work, and , report to the employment service regarding ; labor shortage, together with much other im portant, information bearing on the farm situation,- f The - State Councils of De fense, county councils, and - cooperating bodies , also are being coordinated; with the employment service that nd competi tion in this effort to aid food production be permitted to waste energies or time. . Newspapers in cities : of 20,000 population and more, where offices of the employment service have not yet been established, will be requested to conduct . public - farm: employment bu reaua t as a patriotic service for 1 their communities. . ' 9. Boards of trade and commercial bodies In a number of smaller cities and towns : in agricultural states,: where the employment service has as yet no reg ular offices, are being used as suboff ices of the employment service to handle the farm labor situation In their communi ties. r , . :. "' ,; ( ' i. lv.- During' the harvest season in the central western states temporary of fices will be opened in a number of cities for the purpose of furnishing ac curate and up-to-the-minute information as to where harvest hands are needed. 11. The sources of farm labor, lie this year In the local unemployed farm labor, single and married men in cities who are available for farm work, boys between 16 and, 21, and those former farm work ers .who having drifted tocltles. are now' desirous of a return to the t land. There are many thousands of former farm hands who want to return, and an enrollment campaign to - find and - list all these in a reserve of not lss than 20,000 : will shortly be., opened by the public;-service reserve ; and "pushed to early completion.- The boys' working reserve expects to enroll 200,000' boys betyeen 16 and 21 to aid in farm work this year; and in many states these boys have for. weeks' been given : prac tical training, by farmers in-preparation for their summer's work. ; Charge German Alien Enemy With Murder Aberdeen, Wash., April 6. A charge of first degree murder was filed by County Prosecuting Attorney Tucker Fri day against Franc Palow, German alien enemy, who was arrested and held here j on suspicion- of having killed Charles Forstrom of - Hoquiam. Palow was taken from the : Jail here to the county-'jall at Montesano-last zughtt. NKW PBIM8 IMPLEMENT WMI UM Roller and Pulvarlzar (fully covered by U. 8. patents). Increases crop yield from 28 to 40. Straddles tne Rows Like e Two-Hone Oultlva tor For use among eropa planted in rows, as corn, potatoes, beana, kale, cabbage, nnrsery stoek, cotton, etc. By firming the soil and crushing the clods between the rows, eompleta control of mois ture oan be retained. Scores of testimonials of users on file. It is the best investment farmers, gsrdsnen and mimrymen en make. Write at nee for free booklet of full particulars. Manufac tured and sold by LAFAVKTTE NURSERY OO., Cafsyette, Oregon. : -' '- j Thayer, Shaver Gulley Machine Co. General Machinists and Builders of "EVER-READY? TRUCK ATTACHMENTS for all makes of cars - 1-ton Attachment ....,.......$878 ltt'teB Attaehmeat ......'....8498 8-ton Attaehmeat ............8478' Phone ast 7437 188 E. Water St, Something for Notiiing ! lt -your auto troubles bo ours. Wo will mapect' your . machine and tall yon Ira ail menu and the remedy FBES of cost to you if you will call at our Works. j 1 WILLAMETTE OAS ENGINE ea - MACHINE WORKS East Sd and urnitoe . . . East 865 READY TO SET UP Can for illustrated price hat. . 854 Ankeny Bt 1'bona Broadway 148. i Sam ConneU Lumber Co. BARRELS AND i CASKS ! And An X3nds of Oooperafa at Finke Bros. CooDerasreWorlc 188 Msdlaon. Near. Bridge. . . Vmtp. 914s U Superior' Mattresses are apt surpaaaed on earth. ' Thar are aaado in 'j ' V- "tikhd tT the ' . . United Mattress & Pad Co., 4ST Hancock street. Phone East 87ft. Ban moots te or make ever sour used mi ft renin BrnliwfaaS8.. . . W. Mska It Broadway 8808 A-8808 Bust-Proof Hot smi EWrio GalTsnlsers. Coppersmiths. . MARTIN LEI8ER, Manaeer Office and Works, 22d and Keed Sta. Portland. W. F. ROSS & CO. . Mannfacturtas Jewelers. Diaraond Bettera, i M atchmakers, EnsrsTers, Asate Cutters. - -. I , Alisky Buildinc, Portland ' - , - ALASKA SHIPPED OUR 50,000 TONS OF COAL lRINulAlll9ll Prediction Is Made That Amount t-VViii tMpreThan 10t) -Tons in Present .Year. It is 4 predicted -that tW year mor than 100,000 'tons of coal will be taken from -the mines and hauled On the Gov ernment railroad and that in a com parativety short time the ships of . the navy In 'the Pacific ocean can get .their coal from Alaska.::):", f t" . . J' ., All" of j the coal mined last year was used in Alaska and most of it by the railroad which hauled-it. The fact, that the local, demand was met by local pro duction is looked upon as Bhowlng a . net gain of more than' 60,000 tons in the tonnage for use-of the -United States and its allies.- Had it been necessary to ship this coal from the Pacific coast of continental : United.: States, the . entire cargo space, of two ships of the slse of the United States transport Cook would have been required for the whole? season. Another striking effect of the speed-up policy which all Alaska, adopted was the great- Increase during 1917 of fish food production ; -the total-values of fish products jumped from $22,000,000 to 142.- 000,000, almost double. In 1917 Alaska sent to the United States more than 250.- 000,000 pounds of canned salmon alone, an increase of 22,000.000 pounds over the output of the previous year. During the same period Alaska fishermen harvested- from her seas and rivers nearly 12,000 C00, pounds of fresh fish, other than salmon, an increase over 1918 of more than 2,000,000 pounds, and in the way of smoked, : dried and other cured fish Alaska exported . more than 6,600,000 pounds, an Increase of something more than 1.000,000 pounds over 1916. Alto gether, Alaska sent out of her borders in 1917 more than 268,600,000 pounds of fish food, or. more than 25,000,000 pounds above her production in 1916. . 200,000 Mechanics Already Volunteered With figures for .many states missing, returns received by the United States public service reserve of the department of 'labor show hat 200,000 mechanics have registered as shipyard volunteers for future service in the shipyards of the. country. Several states have ex ceeded their quotas, but they are con tinulng enrollments. Illinois, which reached its 'quota, of 23,662, Is continu ing to register men suitable for work In the yards and now has more than 29, 000 enrolled. New Tork city has passed the 20,000 mark, which was its quota, and is enrolling at an uninterrupted rate. Oregon went more than 400 above its quota of 3204, and the District of Co lumbia; has recruited more shipbuilders than were - expected of it. Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa juid New Hampshire are enrolling at a rapid, rate rr . A J. CLARK TELLS MEIER S FRANK FOLK OF PAYROLL BENEFIT 8 E - . More Prosperity for Home Indus ' tries Means More Positipns for Sales i People. B7 H. 8. Hareonrt New and delightful things are hap pening: in Portland these days. An augury of better conditions is in evi dence, and It la giving heart to scores who long had hoped for precisely that which is witnessed now. . a It is in - substantial evldVenoe "that changes Of heart are taking place. '- The Taiue of our home productions is being recognized, not by nibbles and ( little bites, but by leaps and bounds. It is no longer Imagined that "all good things come from somewhere else," but, on the contrary most of them originate at home! Students of newspaper advertising have noticed that in the last week the great department store of Meier & Frank company has been .featuring "Made in TJ. S. A. merchandise. There has been column after column of this good and profitable reading. But the big store's advertisings department did not let -the cat all the way out of the bag. Those beautiful waists so nicely pictured were made by .the Ball Manufacturing com-; pany, Fourth and Couch streets, and those six girls, so lovely in their, house dresses, were wearing garments built by the Utility , Garment com pany, 167 First street. Those pretty vestees on the body of the damsel with the flower in her delicate hand, came . from the Eastern Novelty .Manufacturing company, .mak ers of so many - nice things worn byi ladies, at 85 Fifth street, and Neu stadter Bros., at (theirbig factory v over on Grand avenue, made the : flannel shirts for men- qut of cloth woven at the Oregon City Woolen mills. And for $8.50 the wonderful store haa been sell ing ."those famed Pendletoa ..blankets. Have you " tasted KNIGHT'S NEW Rogue River CATSUP? It is delicious. ; Ask your Grocer. . N KNIGHT PACKING CO. Port and, Ofecron " : . LAYTON COOPERAGE CO. - aiarrafacrorara end dealers in . NEW AND 2ND HAND BARRELS - 827 Water Street Portland. Or. warworn st , HERE IS WAY LOGS ARE CUT t - M 1 i IWlWn inH 1 1 iy ; ' -- -1 ApgH ;sTRNOEr ; - r:-AsH-g !?? - -Vri-V':H nn mmian .stock aVv-. ::.: 77 'rivv jqsT. 5 j ;.. " ." ' v". t1 . 1 g".?. . - lq iJQ-": ' . IT f-lwn? ; vV 9t rptn'iH tilt''-1 Interesting ' diagram which explains up in the: mills so: that various grades of lumber cad be secured for various purposes for which they are best adapted. - Uses of Douglas H - t Material Used for 40 Purposes A visual index of the great utility of Douglas fir. emphasising the claim that it is America's most useful wood, is shown in a cross section exhibit pre pared by -Chester J. Hogue, structural engineer for -the West Coast Lumber mens association, for. the recent Na tional Railway Appliances exhibition at Chicago. . In working out the novel and original Idea Mr. Hogue was aided by Frank H. Ransom and J. W. Fowler, Great Waste Caused By Unused Garbage An Jncredl table amount of grease, fer tiliser and glycerin is wasted annually in the United States through failure to properly utilize garbage waste. Of cities with a population of over a hundred thousand, 25 throw away 12,400,000 " worthy of : grease, 31,000,000 worth of tankage, 8,000,000 pounds of glycerin and 200,000,000 pounds of soap making material. Twenty-nine, , with a total population of 17,000,000. discard annually-1,200,000 tons of garbage, which would produce 70,000,000 pounds .of grease, valued at 38,600,000 and 150,000 tons of 'fertiliser, valued at $2,250,000. Kxcludlng . citiea-t of : 100,000 population woven at the Pendleton .Woolen mills, and the charming willow furniture, made from Oregon willows, came from the Willowcraft Furniture company, owned by the Bristow family, 558 Delay street, this city. - :- An X!ad8 of Staff The . Multnomah Trunk at Bag com pany is .the biggest concern of its kind on th coaat. A full line of its Inimitable manufactures are in the sale, and of Mount Hood soap at least a dosen va rieties. The Porter-Scarpelll company over at Kenton, makers of the finest kind of macaroni and noodles, produced tbat splendid exhibit of these appetizing foods, and the Oregon Woodenware company, born and reared In Portland, constructed the ironing boards pictured from an Invention of a Mr. Springer, a resident of this. city. The children's furniture exhibited and so Interestingly advertised, was made at the F Valentine Manufacturing company's extensive fac tory at East Tenth and East Lincoln street, and it was a Portland woman, Kathleen Durham, who wrote the book. "Thoughts From Oregon to Greet a Friend," sold for two bits and worth four. It was printed and bound in Portland. And best of ail. A. G. Clark, manager of the Home Industry league of the Chamber of Commerce, was invited by Julius I Meier, manager of the mam moth merchandising institution, to de liver, without the slightest restriction, a series of early morning talks to tho zouo salespeople employed in the store. The first of these addresses was deliv ered Tuesday morning, beginning at 8 :15 o'clock; and the second Friday at the same hour. The auditorium of the store is used for the purpose, enough of the employes to fill its seating capacity listening to Mr. Clark at a time. The talks "will be continued until all have had the privilege of hearing the speaker. Of course.: Mr." " Clark's remarks are Chiefly almost entirely devoted to ad vising the -clerks of the advantages to ' W Haro the Organ liat Ion and equipment to , ' Manufacture 'Articles or Machines Made of Metal or Wood! Let t iitvm Tcm PiicsM on Xoar tteqiUrcaemt . CUTLER FRUIT GRADER CO., - 8B1 Cast Tenth BU Light atachlno Shop Work and Woes Woeklns, rortland, Oregon. r GENERAL MANUFACTURING ' . V ; s Special Tools Designed and Built- - t ' ' - SCREW MACHINE WORK v Steel Stampings-Gear Cutting Machine Shop Work ' Coin Machin ; Manufacturing Company 9S4 East 17th Si, . . ' : . " ' ' ' SUwol 100 Liberty Bonds accepted it 101 inpayment for work ; THEVAUGHAN TOffi . 471 EAST MAIN STREET - ' " Builds and repairs 11 kinds' of .machinery T " . Makes Vaughan's .Celebrated DRAG SAWS, Prodiices FINE GREY AND SEMI-STEEL CASTINGS OTJB 8PECIAXTIES OAS CTLIimERS, 'TISTOKS AJTD PARTS .--.. ALL KlliUs Of COkEO WOSK. j. r.f . .... . Leonard Schad, Foundry Superintendtnt, - Phono East 726 manner in which sawlogs are ent Fir Are Shown . t - i at : respectively manager and superintend ent of the Eastern & Western Lumber company. i It shows that the material la a single log may be used to produce lumber for more-than 40 different purposes. While every Douglas fir log would not be of a grade capable of producing all the ma terial represented in this particular cross section the exhibit is a fair sam ple of the capabilities of this wood. and over, the garbage wasted would produce annually 120,000,000 pounds of pork, worth 120.000,000 at prevailing prices. . The output of glycerin In gar bage now wasted would supply 3,000,000 pounds of nitroglycerin annually and would yield soap stock for the manufac ture of 200.000,000 commercial cakes of soap weighing 12 ounces each. Value of Canadian. Land $44 Per Acre . The average value of farm land for the whole of Canada, Including land im proved and unimproved, together with dwelling houses, barns, stables and other tfarm buildings, is approximately. $44 -per acre. -as compared with $41 In 1916. themselves, the community, and the Meier & Frank and other stores of an enlargement of Prtland payrolls. An Beaef It From Payrolls . "Were it not for Portland's payroll a," he tells them, "many of you would not have the employment your positions af ford. It Is the patronage of the work ers that makes your services necessary. Thousands on thousands of dollars are paid your employers by the toilers of Portland every week. This store is a beehive of business, and principally be cause there is here in Portland work to do and workers to do it- The payroll of this establishment has nearly doubled in the . last two tyears, and what is the cause? It is because the payrolls of Portland industries have so enormously expanded, and each of you who has been engaged to work for tho Meier 4t Frank store in that time owes your po sition to the payrolls of these other in stitutions. If," therefore, it shall hap pen that you sell greater quantities of Portland made manufactures, it will happen- that Meier V Frank's colossal J ua make harness, and come and help us," merchandising will be still larger, newjsbouts Theodora Bergmann. 821 Thar-, sales people must be emplqyed, and the man street, 'make shoes for tho sol- fathers, brothers and sisters, perhaps, mere r of the Meier Frank sales force will Mr. Bergmann has small govern be employed making the articles you sell ment contract, covering -4000 pairs of here. Tour energies here in disposing of Oregon products will result in fam ily benefits, for the reason that it will afford work for those who make the things you sell and work for you In sell ing thm." Mr. Clark's 40-minute speeches have been greatly enjoyed, have set the sales- people to thinking, and have given them aT enlightened understanding of the fact that it does nOa pay to bs neutral in the matter of local factory products. -All hands benefit when all hands are loyal to the most delightful home city on earth," is one of Mr. Clark s dec- larationa Then he says he feels like giving three big, fat cheers for Julius Meier and the, Meier At Frank store. RAILROADS REQOESTED TO SUGGEST CURE FOR ii C.J Issues Opinion Which ; Fails - to; Fix - Requirements . "; ' to Be Observed. Washington. : April 6. (WASHING TON BTJRKAUOF TOB JOURNAI) In what' is known ' as the wool den slty case the Interstate commerce com mission j haa Issued . an opinion which fails to fix the requirements hereafter to be observed, and without entering any order. ' requests the railroads to submit proposals to the wool shippers and the commission which will "cor rect the troubles." . cUnder . present railroad rules In- the shipment of -wool in the grease, car loads, . from the .West . to eastern d tlnatlona, rates are based. on a .mini mum 32,000- - pound - car 36 feet ' long. with the wool compressed to density of not : less than 13 pounds ' per i cubic feet l . . The National Wool Growers' asso ciation i complained .that this density requirement is unreasonable . and ap plied in a discriminatory ' way. . The commission says the rule is not un reasonable In itself, .but in practice It often works hardship on the shipper, because it exacts a higher rate where only one or a few bales in a carload are of lesa than the required density. The rule is therefore condemned as unreasonable, and -unlawful, and. two suggestions are submitted as to how alon's objections. One suggestion Is tnai present ; raiee do diu. applicants on a 37,000 1 pouna minimum, is root car, without! density requirement. The other Is that no higher rate be ap plied unless at least 10 or 18 per cent of the bales of wool in a given car load are found to be below the 19 pound ' density.- Yakima Growers Face Serious Car Shortage With the car shortage the worst for the season and both apples and potatoes nearing the end of profitable storage Yakima - growers are facing a serious situation. It is estimated that 1,000, 000 boxes of apples are still in storage. Much of this stock is maturing rapidly and repacking will be necessary. This costs 10 cents a box, and many thousand boxes are lost. The loss by repacking and shrinkage is placed at from $160, 000 to $200,000. Shippers say 40.000 tons of potatoes remain to be marketed. This tonnage, added to the apple stocks, will require a daily movement of 60 care during the next 60 day a An i excellent demand for apples throughout the country is reported by shippers, who say they are forced to turn down orders because of . the car situation. - - WOOLDENSnYTROUBLE OF OREGON MADE SHOE FACTORY FINDS LACK OF HELP WORST OBSTACLE TO TASK - Lesson in Situation Is That Par 1 ents Should Have Children - Learn Some Trade. "Come over Into Macedonia and help usi" "Help us do the work our country re- quires of ml Help us to fashion iron I ana steei 1 iieip us mane saaaies i ueip . snoes xor American irpopa ai nome ana abroad, and if help can be secured will doubtless receiv orders for all other thouaanda ef pairs his factory can turn out. But. there's the rub I Shoemakers are a scares article. The making of a pair of shoes is not a one man Job. It is one thing, first of all. to properly 7 . ; othrt ather11i i The iM nmjU , SmorTthlnW , a particular letter or character. If one tof these boxes fails to hold out. and its 1 1-., lottar rone, all tha rest ara use- cut them. Another to sew them. An- last letter gone, all the rest are . use lesa If in the shoo f octory ons 11ns lacks workers, the shoe can not bs com-. pleted. There may be an overplus tn one department, and this may continue until there is no mors which can bs dons because its forerunner is delinquent. It is this condition which confronts Mr. Bergmann at this time. 1 Some departments of the factory are full, while in others there is a scarcity of men, and the latter holds back the whole. Advertisements for this class of , skilled workers have been inserted In ' the newspapers of the lead Ins cities of Oregon and Washington, but the supply I (of shoemakers appears to bs exhausted, land small results snsns. The factory I has adopted the sight hour day with I nine hours pay, and still thers are few applications for work. t ' This condition is prevalent In nearly all lines in which akuled labor la re- Hesse4Iartin Iron Works. ' 4SO-474 X. Tayto stlL K " rartaaers. rowadera. Kaealabts alarlao Mirtilaerj. Cootrattors Sonlpawaat . laerasin Mscalaory - - ', - - ; ' t paoxtxo coast nosven TOM -wemo COAST Pacific Stoneware Co., saensca are. u t rerussa, vrcroa Erery thing in- lottery Local Products - To Be Encouraged 2 - - At the primary election to be held In May 17 a vote Is to be taken on the question of empowering city and county officials ' to patronise home manufac turers, even though their prices may be & per cent higher than those of concerns operated In distant places. - It is be lteved by a. considerable number of eltl- sens that money kept at home ana con tinuously circulated among local people la worth more than 6 per cent to the community. That the public may have opportunity of expression of its opinion on the question, the proposition will be put up to the voters at the , primary election, and be decided by the voters. UNITED STATES ARMY HAS TOTAL OF 31 ,345 j AUTOMOBILES IN USE Aggregate Cost of, Cars Amounts To Approximately $54,000,r f 000, Motorcycles Included Ideas of the extent to which the government is making use of the nor mal activities of the automobile In dustry are given definite shape by the disclosure that motor vehicle equip ment at the 33 divisional camps ox tne army requires a total of 81,345 ma chines of an aggregate cost of ap proximately 354.000,000. These Include passenger cars for officers' use, light and heavy trucks, special cars and motorcycles. The total number of vehicles quoted Includes 16.962 vehicles assigned to 01 visions. 13.261 mo tori led artillery vehi dea and 1122 machines assigned to truck companies. The motor equipment of -a division costs about $1,500,900 and includes four limousines, 3 seven passenger touring cars. 29 five passenger touring . cars. 10 roadsters. 10 light trucks, 343 three ton trucks, and' 112 motorcycles. The equipment of a truck company, on tho other hand. Includes 1 roadster, 1 light truck. 30 cargo trucks and 3 . tank wagon. This equipment represents a company cost of 8132.600. Of the $8,700,000 total required for shop construction and garage heating, about $6,300,000 . is chargeable directly to those purposes, and the remainder to the housing of the personnel of the units affected. But the- total invest ment represented by 81.145 vehicles amounts to only about 6 per cent : of the total, value in finished products turned out by the automobile makers during the year 11T. . ' m Conference Is Reported Amsterdam. April 6. (U. P.) Pre mier Clemenceau s delegate. Count Arm' and. has conferred with Count Reventers, counsellor of the Austrian legation in Bwitxeriana. regarding -the peace pro posals mentioned by Austrian Foreign Minister Csernin in his recent statement, according to an "authoritative" dispatch received today from Vienna. Quired. From, factory, to factory 1 la heard the cry that "we are crowded with orders but cannot secure the help necessary ; to execute them." and yet there are ; sources of unskilled workers without employment-" ! This should teach the parents of boys a wholesome lesson. Tho very condi tion is enough to argo upon all thinking fathers and mothers the necessity of ap prenticing their boys to soma useful oc cupation ether than that of a "cheap" salesman, poorly paid accountant, cigar store clerk or the languid Job of "of fice man." merely that be may wear "high water" pressed trousers, a belted coat, a flat cap and smoke cigarettes. For the robust, healthy tradesman there is today the richest returns In ax change for his skill he ever has en joyed. For the uneducated and untu- ! to red hands the times are not at all propltioua Their expenses have ln- creased, enormously but their Incomes have remained almost stationary. , 1 1 DO YOU REALIZE thai wa aaa as re row a tnn salens arsons of ssooey e-rery year simply by ssakiac hsas paasiro dap licet ee of roar eats? 1 This hi ai oeorlook, as It is waetefal astraeacaaeo no to aaa electrotypee iaataad ef oxpoaetTO artsiaal eta WrMe Te4sy for Oir New Cstalerea of j Cut WMI Pay Yes J . Portland Electrotype j fi Stereotype Co. j 82 rroot 8U, Portland. Or. Baals 81s4 Rasmussen & Co. ' Maker of ' ! Paints and Varnish N. E. Cor. 2d andTajlor(l r ' .PortUnd, Oregon G: P. Rummelin & Son lit td, sear Wash. BU Blfg. Furriers C C. Applegath SrCCESSOB i Zttafe. !:. Vats Hi. end Uf tMTro720 per crt J , t&9 In Portland : ( a Saa IWI - j pert fcr.d C'cn-c:;! tJm mm a III PRICE OFFERED FOR BUTTER FAT BARRING MAKING OF CHEESE . . ' : : j r . Serious Situation Confronts the Cheese Industry of Coos and Curry Counties. A serious condition confronts the cheese Industry in Coos and Curry coun ties. .! The .price offered for cheese by the government at Ban Francisco j Is 21 cents per pound. To sell cheese at this price means that the producers i can pay only 49 cents for butter fat . to the dairymen. The dairyman can sell his butter fat to - the ooBdenseia for-62 H cents. As a result the butter fat either goes tnto butter or condensed milk Instead of cheese. One cheese factory has already closed and others are making butter Instead, of cheese. i ' Another 'government requirement ta that all of last year's cheese product must be sold before June 1. This is to prevent hoarding. Coos county cheese Is put up in two elsee. There Is a large cheese, known as -triplets,- which is packed three In a box. The other else. called "Young America.' rune six er eight pounds, and. on account of its convenient slse for shipping. U bought by the government for the army and other usee. If the government would Durchasa the large else, it is claimed by cheese mak ers that it would get more for lis money. as mere is not so much waste in rind. Manganese Deposit Is Bought by Americans The only known deposit of nianaanese In the province of British Columbia has been sold to American buyers, according The property, is situated on the rail way five miles from Kaalo, on the Kootenay lakes In central British Co lumbia. ; Three deposits have been opened on the 200 acre plot that comprises the property, one of them five acres tn extent with a 43 per-rMt ore. j The ore lies on the surface of the ground, and trts estimated by a mining engineer that 9500 tons of ore has already been disclosed. Men Wanted Here Attempt Jailbreak Los Angeles, April 6. (U. P Want ed in Portland. Or.. Lester A. Benfer and Frank Gerth attempted a' jailbreak early Friday, but were frustrated. t J Benfer and 'Gerth are under Indict ment here charged with failure to sup port their families under the Oregon law. Their arrest in Los Angeles followed- telegraphic Instructions : from the district attorney's office. ARTICLES EGAflO POWDER 1188 wentltwte) la sold reunera br all Portland footers aad ODes oraanTue saiaas, lire on. ana net soasat by M. Wl R H I RLM O, aEeMrtaeWer, Stove Works MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH CRADB Stoves and Ranges ASK tOTJB DEALZB r: ' OREGON BRASS , WORKS, INC. BRASS FOUNDERS AND 1VUCHINISTS Bronse. Brass. Copper, Aluminum and Composition Castinga FlnUhing, Folia ty ing aad Plating bash Bars and Brass . Railings Ssesml sad Everett Sta, FsrOaas, Or. 1 roa4waj SITI. A-mt. The National Vault Co. Manufacturers of Rs-lnforcsd CHUTE Burial Vaults, an TT con- INDIVIDUAL MAUSOLEUM AirtighC Wstsrproof . and Ersrlastms. ot a casket, but a casket container Foot Montgomery BU Fhoas labor Hill PHOENIX IRON WORKS & FOUNDRY.. . ' FOSTLaSB. OBEOOX1 T Zt4jnr ravnoVn, MarMnnrts. ftofWraaaaesa. Boildlas aad Stnectaral lreej Work. Ka4a fas- Uwck aad Satafstr lia , , We One ran tea Xrasytalao. ! AM. BRONZE AND BRASS WORKS r. ,V murrr - Coats all Blade of eaiexn.aU brass. saa b"nr. aw4 kraes. . lpfla eaatal. aOsrea ahtaalnasa. wlaoepor, aluaslawas aad TlaMliT kosswo otaoc eaetrnss. Oraatl ealaraed. aww oawipasewt. larset aapital Try Is tSaos, -XXDZ IS OKZGOX" Portland Bolt & Ilfg. Co. - . JB. fctEWElXTTT, Mgr. tl 1IU Street 3TerUa Mats . A-3I1. 4KASIS MOVSIS . OMiCKBeJ Houaaa " Tho sartaaio fcttl. I'.-Sses-ws. 7f -00 Sfarpl. at aaa Hood atawatL Portland S 1. . 1 11.LBW.UK CNmtU0TION 0O Slaaa Ills. 5