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10 THE OREGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, " THURSDAY JUNE 5, 1919. A ENGINEERS ENJOY DAY III PORTLAND After Dance at Auditorium, Sol . diers Leave f of Camp Lewis . .-. for Discharge. - puUtusIastie over their reptlon In ' ' Portland, the 2tff men of th' Twentieth ; "V engineers and' casuals 'from viewport ! News, Va... left Portland ,at 1 o'clock this , morning , for . Camp . Lewis, where f they will be discharged. ' Spending the ' ' last few hoars of their stay- at a- danqe , ' , : tn their honor at The Auditorium, the . - tnea had littH difficulty' In finding favor !' In the eyesof the manyPortlaBd matda " 'bo. attended the dance In groups under a . i , .' chaperones. I - Kdwin J. 'Elvers, captain of the 'old ' " . J 62 4. infantry machine gun company, witli'tne assistance of ;T. Truxton, "Strain ! i . ,of the War Camp Community service, en I ' glneered the celebration In honor of the boys. They were, assisted by Mrs. K. J. i ' Elvers, .who sang for the boys in the ! . : morning, accompanied by Mrs. Walter ' .Hard wick; Mrs. Florence A. Mills and j .Mrs, Fred JL. Olson, who sang solos to ; help enliven the luncheon; the Jaxz quar- - 4 tet. Including Walter Jenkins, H. W. Ar- bury, Walter Hard wick and , Frank B. McCoy, who sang morning, noon and night, and Mrs. Jane Burns Albert, Miss Oraee Crowe and -Morris All, who fur j niched the songs for dinner. "There waa only one -thing that marred j , the day," said Captain Elvers, "and f that was that we couldn't "get enough 'automobiles.' Tt was a little hot to go -. to theatres- and many of the boys want ' ed to, take a ride about the city. I wish we could get the people to respond more . readijy to the call for automobiles, for ' ,lt is a shame to have to, keep , some of ' ( he i boys waiting at the Liberty temple . most of the aftjernoon for automobiles." PORTLAND APPEALS FOR RIGHTS IN SUIT ( Can tinned From Pace One) Pendleton to Seattle over "the Cascade mountains Is 306 miles. Under the ex isting schedule of rates any article, no matter what, moving in either direction between Seattle and : Pendleton or Port land and Pendleton, takes exactly the same rate, although; to' reach Seattle it must be lifted overi a' mountain range to a height of more' than one-half a mile and be hauled 88 miles further than if destined for Portland. .3 "From a large .portion of the ' Colum bia river basin the distance favors Port land as against Seattle with the moun tain haul a constant - factor. Who are the primary losers under rates based, as these are, on a mountain haul? The producers and the consumers. The rail roads have stated that with the excep tion of the rate to and from Pendleton and a few points near by, the rates to Portland are controlled "by the rates fixed in the state of Washington by the state authorities. PAYIJtQ .TJHFAIB BATE "So it comes to pass that every- pro ducer and consumer in the "Columbia river basin and in Portland and other communities on the Columbia river are paying rates based on a mountain haul and generally longer distance, because of rates fixed in the state of Washing ton for hauls to Puget Sound over the mountains in that state. "The distance from Portland to Pen dleton' is 218 miles, from Astoria to Pendleton 318 miles. It, Is generally known that any article, from feathers to steel beams, can be shipped at the same cost per hundred . pounds from Astoria; directly through Portland, to Pendle ton as If shipped from Portland to Pen dleton, 100 miles or over 30 per cent less distance; that to points north and east of Pendleton in . the Columbia, river basin the same conditions prevail, with the same difference in distance; that grain and all other products of every kind or nature produced in the Columbia river basin, including Pendleton, are carried by rail from all points in the Columbia river basin - to Astoria, di rectly" through Portland, at the same freight rate as to Portland, the haul in each Instance being 100 miles farther to Astoria than to Portland? The effect of discriminations of this kind is obvi ous, and should not be permitted. HAXBICAP EXTENDS FAB "Under these conditions is it not per fectly obvious that a handicap is placed upon vessels coming to Portland for a cargo, and if this Is the result of a rate adjustment Is It not clear that Portland Is hot only being discriminated against, but that the effect of this discrimination will necessarily be felt by all interested in the city of Portland, including not only its bankers, its business men and its workers, but also those whose In vestments are largely in real estate. "It has been said by some individual in this city, , who claimed to have its in terests at heart that Portland should not aspire to be a seaport," that It can not be, that its future -dies along other lines, and it therefore, should- bend - its facilities in the direction of building up a .port at some other point nearer the sea. These advisors defend and support the present rate structure upon the theory that it Is really to the advantage of Portland that shipping be done from some other point and they feel that with the present rate structure that will be the result. But is that what one truly Interested In Portland wants or thinks is for the beet, interest of this city? The fact that those "who urge Portland, to retire from the shipping "game oppose most determinedly 'any ' change In the oresent rate structure, ought to Indi cate to you where your interests lie and) the stand you should take. ; ADTJAXTAGE oveblooked ' "It "should be" remembered ' that " the merchant or manufacturer can move - to a place having the greatest advantage, but the real estate owner can not. move their real estate or buildings to other places, nor can banks or bankers and a great many other classes .of investors move with advantage their investments. The consequence la that it Ought to be clear that every- place should endeavor to secure the benefit of its location and whatever advantages it may have. "Astoria Is justly entitled to the same rates from the Columbia, river basin ter ritory as are enjoyed by the Puget sound terminal cities, and -she has these rates, but as stated, under the existing tariff rates which do not recognise Port land's location necessarily are . discrimi natory. In other words, rates - between Portland and other1 points on - the Co lumbia river and the Columbia , river basin territory should be largely based on location, cost 'of operation and dis tance, each and all factors' universally recognized in rate . making. " With these natural standards given free1 play, the rate's between Portland and the interior would be much less. than tc; Puget sound or Astoria, and may it not be fairly said that Portland and the producing terri tory in the Columbia river basin are en titled to lower ?rates-- if such rates are the result of ' natural advantages and not a preferential treatment? j CALLS FOB ACTIOJT J ! . It is time that every Investor should give his personal influence-.-and backing to the community organizations that are conducting", the proceedings "before the interstate t commerce -'commission in aa effort , to remedy, this .in Justice,,. ; This is a suit thai will have a vital ef fect on -- the future of .Portland which (means it will have an effect on, every local investment.! Think it over and de termine for yourselves on - which : side your bread -is buttered -in-this -coming fiht. ... Like democracy, and .other good things In - this world, the . retention of our natural geographical u advantages wiil xonly be maintained by fighting for then and Portland is not the only com munity iwhleh ' has been- compelled v to fight for Its rights against; organized railroad influence and secret as well as open opposition. " ....... '. Invitations Issued .7 For Pan-American Financial Congress Washington, Jurte 5. (U. P. Presi dent Wilson has issued a call for the convocation of the second pan-American financial conference, Assistant 'Secretary of pie Treasury Rowe announced before; the pan-American commercial confer ence here today. t.The ' United , States . government has sent invitations to the governments of all the American republics to send offi cial ' representatives ' to Washington on January : 1, 1920, Rowe stated, to confer about the after-the-war financial situa tion In: the Americas. v Each country has- been requested to send - its minister of finance and two other delegates. Steel Fish Rods 95c It FEET 8-FLT RUBBER HOSE BALL-BEABIWG SKATES HOUSE PAINT FEB GALLOKT 14.IHCH LAWN MOWERS. HOT POINT ELECTRIC IRONS OREGON HARDWARE CO. Ill SIXTH ST NEAR WASHIIf GTONi " Open Saturday Till t F. M. Its ioa -JUsSk "WORKING on the plans. A hard job; you'll enjoy a Liipky Strike cigarette -there's nothing more delightful than the famous toasted flavor. It's toasted. 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