1 $
: it.
SENATE TOLD GOAL
II II
Vice President Morrow of Na
tional Association Says Com pe
tition Too Keen for Monopoly.
Washington, Ausr. ! 2.(I. N. 8.)
A combination . among; bituminous
coal operators to maintain or ' fix
price does not exist, and would 1e
"impossible if attempted, 3. T. A.
Morrow, vice president of the Na
tional Coal asoclatioh, today told the
senate Bub-commlttee,. conducting" an
investigation into the coal situation.
Prices at the mine: have "declined
under the competition which, pre
vails.'' and are, lower than they' were
a year ago. Morrow ;added. j
"There are about &000 separate coal
producers operating approximately 7000
-mines, from which bituminous coal ,1s
regularly shipped," Morrow said. "In
addition, there are 2000 operators with
'about 3000- mines who begin producing
and selling coal whenever the price
'goes up a little and offers aprofit to
them. Thus in 1917 coal production was
reported to the United, States geodetic
service from 10.634 mines. Moreover,'
there are hundreds of thousands of
acres of coal lands along railroads ton
which new mines can be readily and
; quickly, opened by any one so desiring.
Such a condition obviously does not
lend Itself to restrictive eomblnatlons of
coal producers. In addition, the oper
ators of each mining; field are Bubject
to competition from the producers jof
other fields, so that buyers have many
different sources of supply available jto
them." i
'- Morrow stated that bituminous coal'
! prices have declined since the armistice
Jk i. o.nArol mrm tnw,r than thA nrtaefl
. fixed by, the United States fuel admin
istration.
1 TEXT OF PEACE PACT
(Continued From Pua One)
' Idly for and the seven Democrats against
rthe amendment.' -
" 1 Its adoption, following so soon after
I the adoption of the Shantung amehd
'ment. wue regarded as foreshadowing
textual amendments ; "along the line"
. which would plunge : the senate Itself
Into a bitter fight when the treaty was
reported to it. :
BESPOJfSIBILIT REJECTED
! The amendment adopted concerned ar
ticle 35 of the Belgian clauses of the
j treaty which read in its original formr'
s "A commission of seven persons, five
'of whom will be appointed by the princi
pal allied and associated powers, one
by Germany and one by Belgium, will
rbe set up 15 days ; after the coming
into force of the present treaty to set
tle on the spot the- i new frontier line
between Belgium and Germany, tak
POSSIBLE
SENATORS
CHANGE
J&- TODAY
' 1 N $S lf
PI CKfORD
in
BILL APPERSON'S BOY
A picture that we absolutely guarantee from
the very start to the finishing part. Just ask
anyone who has seen it ! .
j f .
Also a Luke Comedy and an Outing-Chester
PIPE T1IIS Of course, your phonograph has a
good label on it and you are perfectly satisfied with
it but, suppose the owners of that label blew in and
told you that you Would HAVE to bay EIGHT more
phonographs which you neither need nor want what
would YOU do? , j
Yfm are in a somewhat similar position the local
musicians Union have issued an extraordinary ulti
matum whereby we HAVE to employ eight additional
men f or whom we haven't. the slightest need.
If we were to meet' ttys 'demand, it would mean
an increase in admission prices, so, to protect yon,
we have flatly refused, just as YOU would in the case
of the phonograph. j
i COLUMBIA THEATRE.
7
I
ing-Into" account the economic factors
sn1 the means of communication.'
The amendment struck out the words
"and associated powers which elim
inated the United States.
HcCUlIBER TO MAKE ATTACK
; ON DECISION ON SHANTUNG
' ' By L. C Martin. " "
Washington. Aug. 2J U. -President;
Wilson has taken personal charge
of i- the . fight against the Shantung'
amendment to the peace treaty, sena
tors : believed today, following his un
expected call on Senator Swan son in
Kwanson's office late Monday.
Swanson today declined to discuss, for
publication,; the -result of the confer
ence but it was learned that In the 45
m in ute conference Shantung was the
burden of -the conversation. The pres
cient was said to view with concern the
possibility that the actio of the for
eign relations committee in amending
the iShaptung provision so as to- re
turn the territory to China, instead of
giving it to Japan, will be approved by
the full senate. '
Senators of both parties today agreed
that the hostility to the Shantung pro
vision bad , increased ; since . the com
mittee's bearings began.
The general opinion, howewr, is that
the president regards ShanMmg as the
test upon which the fate of the whole
pact may : hang. If the Shantung
amendment? goes through, senators
predicted tber provisions would be
changed and that, in the president's
rplnion, as expressed to senators, would
pell disaster by postponing, for months,
the day of normal things.
Senator McCumber, North Dakota, the
leading Republican friend of the treaty,
planned to open the fight in the seriate
today on Shantung in a speech attack
ing the committee action, against which
he voted, as unjust and improper,
McCsmber's proposition is that' it
would be unjust to Japan to turn over
to. China the territory Japan took from
Germany by conquest and concerning
the disposition of which Japan had
treaties with China and the allies. The
action was improper, McCumber holds,
because it goes further than the senate
has a right to go.
Morton Is 'Hell Hole'
Of I. W. W.-ism', Says
Editor Honeywell
Central ia. Wash., Aug. 28 That
eastern Lewis county is enjoying its
first era of prosperity since 1910 was the
assertion at the Chamber of Commerce
luncheon Monday by Valen Honeywell,
editor of the Morton Mirror and secre
tary of the Citisens league of eastern
Lewis county. Honeywell said that
Morton is a "hell hole" of I. W. W.-ism
and asked Centralians to stand behind
the county authorities in cleaning out the
radicals.
Booth Festival Planned
Centralia, Wash., Aug. 28. A Booth
festival will be held at Claquato on
Labor day, participated in by all Ep
worth Leagues in the Vancouver Meth
odist conference. A prise will be given
to the league having the best booth.
Dr. Todd of Tacoma, president of the
College of Puget Sound, will speak.
Cripple Given Term
Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 26. Joe Mar
tinez was given 30 days in the county
jail by Judge Derr on'a charge of
indecency. -lie is half Mexican and a
cripple.
ICE -COOLED.
:i 5xt m : Wilson g ILetters
t st - St" ' . '?' t t ' t"
Writes: Public, Shopmen
Washington, ' Aug. 26. The text of
President Wilson's address to the pub
lic follows : ' - s
"My fellow citizens: i
A situation has arisen in connec
tion with the administration of the
railways which Is of such general sig
nificance that I thinkrit ' my duty to
make a publio statement concerning it,
to--. order- that the whole country may
know what, is involved.' J
"The railroad shopmen have de
manded a large increase In 1 wages.
They . are now receiving, 68, 63 and 68
cents per hour. They' demand 85 cents
per; hour. -This demand has- been given
careful and serious consideration by
the board which was constituted by the
railroad administration to adjust Ques
tions of : wages, a board consisting - of
an equal number of representatives of
employes and -of the operating mana
gers of the railroad companies. This
hoard has been unable to come to an
agreement, and It has therefore de
volved upon the director general of
railroads and myself to act upon the
merits of the case.
HO BASIS FOB COMFABISOIT '
"The shopmen ; urge that they are
entitled to higher wages because of
the higher wages for the present re
ceived by men doing a Bimllar work
in shipyards, navy yards and arsenals,
as well as in a -number of private in
dustries, but I concur ; with the di
rector general in thinking that there
is no real basis- of comparison between
the settled employment ; afforded me
chanics by the railroads under living
conditions as various as the location and
surroundings of the railway shops them
selves and the fluctuating employment
afforded in industries exceptionally and
temporarily stimulated by the war and
located almost without exception in in
dustrial centers where the cost of living
is. higher.
"The substantial argument which the
shopmen urge is the very serious in
crease in the cost of living. This is a
very potent argument, indeed. But the
fact is that the cost of living has cer
tainly reached its peak, and will prob
ably be lowered by the efforts which
are now everywhere being concerted
and carried out.
PEACE TO LOWEB COSTS
"It will certainly be lowered so soon
as there are settled conditions of pro
duction and of commerce, that is, so
soon as the treaty of Deace is ratified
and In operation, and merchants, nianu-
racturers, farmers, miners all have a
certain basis c calculating as to what
their business will be and what the,con
ditions will be under which it must be
conducted. The demands of the shopmen,
therefore, and all similar demands are in
effect this: That we make increases in
wages, which are likely to be permanent,
in order to meet a temporary situation
wnich will last nobody can certainly tell
how long, but in all probability only for
a limned time. Increases in wages, more
over, certainly result in still further in
creasing the costs of production and
tnererore the costs of living, and we
should only have to go through the same
process again. Any substantial increase
in wages in leading lines of industry at
this time would utterly crush the gen
eral campaign which the government is
waging with energy, vigor and substan
tial hope of success, to reduce the high
cost of living. And the increase in the
cost of transportation which would, nec
essarily result from increases In wages
of railway employes would more cer
tainly and more immediately have that
effect than any other enhanced wage'
costs. Only by keeping the cost of
production on its present level, by In
creasing production and by rigid econ
omy and saving on the part of the peo
ple can we hope for large decreases in
the burdensome cost of living which now
weighs us down."
ACTIXO FOB, PUBLIC
"The director general of railroads and
I have felt that a peculiar responsibility
rests upon us. because, in determing this
question, we are In effect determing the
burden of taxation which must fall upon
the people of the country In general. We
are acting, not for the private corpora
tions, but in the name jof the govern
ment and the public and must assess
our responsibility accordingly. For it
is neither wise nor feasible to take care
of increases In wages for railroad em
ployes at this time by increases In
freight rates. It is impossible at this
time, until. peace has come and normal
conditions are restored, to estimate what
the earning capacity of the railroads
will be when ordinary conditions return.
There is no certain basis, therefore, for
calculating what the increases of freights
should be, and it is necessary, for the
time being at any rate, to take care of
all increases in the wages of railway
employes through appropriations froro
the public treasury.
ADVISES POSTPONEMENT
"In such circumstances it seems clear
to me, and I believe will seem clear to
every .thoughtful American, including
the shopmen themselves when they have
taken second thought, and to all wage
earners of every kind, that we ought to
postpone questions of . this sort until
normal conditions come again and w
have the opportunity for certain cal
culation as to the relation between
wages and the cost of living. It is the
duty of every citisenof the Country to
Insist upon a truce In such contest
until intelligent settlements can be made
and made by peaceful and effective
common counsel. I appeal to my fellow
citizens of every employment to co
operate in Insisting upon and maintain
ing such a truce, and to cooperate also
in Sustaining the government In what
I conceive to be the only course which
conscientious publio servants can pur
sue. Demands unwisely made and pas
sionately Insisted upon at this time
menace the peace and prosperity of the
country as nothing else could, and thus
contribute to bring about the very re
sults which such demands are intended
to remedy.
GRANTS 4 CENTS INCREASE
"There is, however, one claim made
by the railway shopmen which ought
to be met. They claim that they are
not enjoying the same advantages that
ether railway employes are enjoying
because - their - wages : are calculated
upon a different basis. The wages of
other railway employes are based upon
the rule that they are to receive for
eight hours' ' work the stmt pay they
received tor the longer workday that
was the usual standard of the pre-war
period. This claim is. I am told, well
founded, and X concur in the conclusion
of the director-general . that the shop
men ought to be given the additional
1 cents an ohur which the readjust
ment asked for will Justify. There are
certain other adjustments, also, pointed
out in the report of the director gen
eral. which ought In fairness to be
made and which, will be made. .
TO CONSIDER 'ALL CLAI3IS
"Let me add, also, that : the position
which - the government must in con
science take against general Increases
in wage levels while the present excep
tional and temporary circumstances ex
ist,, will, of course, not preclude the rail
road administration from giving prompt
find careful consideration te any claims
, i. a sra s
r: fashington,f Aug. 26. The text of the
presidents letter to the shopmen follows;
'Gentlemen: I request that you lay
this critical matter before the men in a
neifr light, f The vote they have taken
was upon, 'the question whether they
should- insist upon the ' wage increase
thetjr were asking or consent to the -submission
of . their claims to - a new -tribunal,
to be constituted by new legisla
tion. That question no longer has any
life; in it. Such legislation is not now
in Contemplation. I request that you ask
thej men to reconsider the- whole matter
in (view of the following considerations,
to whlcn I ask their thoughtful attention
as Americans, and which I hope that you
will lay before them as I here state
them.- ' v;-- ' "
WINTER PROMISES SUFFERING
fwe are face to face with a situation
which is more likely to affect the hap
piness and prosperity and even the-life
of lour people than the . war it6elf. We
have now got to do nthlng less than
brng pur industries and our labor of
every kind back to a normal basis af
ter! the greatest upheaval known in, his.-
tory, and the winter just ahead of us may
bring surrermg mnmteiy greater -man
th war brought upon us if we blunder
or j fall in the process. An admirable
spirit of self-sacrifice, of patriotic devo
tiofi, and community action guided and
inspired us while the fighting was on. i
TASKS HARDER THAN WAR. ; "j"
Hve shall need all these now, L and
need them in a heightened degree If,
wei are to accomplish the first- tasks
of i peace. They are more "difficult than
the tasks of war mof e complex, less
easily understood and require more in
telligence, patience and sobriety. 'We
mobilized our man power for the fight
ing; let us now mobilize f our brath
power and our conscience for the recon-?
struction. If we fail, it will mean
national disaster. The .primary first
step is to increase production 1 and
facilitate transportation so as to make
up for the destruction wrought by the
wftr, the terrible scarcities created, and
soj as soon as possible relieve our peo
ple of the cruel burden of high prices.
The railways are at the 'center of this
whole process. '
The government has taken up with
all its energy the task of bringing the
profiteer to book, making the stocks of
necessaries in the country available at
lowered prices, stimulating production
aiid facilitating distribution, and very
favorable results are already beginning
to! appear.. There is reason to entertain
the confident hope that substantial re
lief will result, and result in increasing
measure. !
GENERAL INCREASE DANGEROUS
A general increase in the levels of
wages would check and might defeat
all this at its very beginning. Such
increases would inevitably raise, not
lojwer, the cost of living. Manufac
turers and producers of every sort
would have innumerable additional pre
texts for Increasing profits and all ef
forts to discover and defeat profiteer
ing would be hopelessly confused. I
believe that the present efforts to re
duce the costs of living will be suc
cssful "if .no new elements of difficulty
afe thrown in the way; and I con
fiidently' count upon the men engaged
in the service of railways to assist, not
obstruct. It is much more in their in-
terest . to do this than to Insist upon
wjage Increases, which will undo every--thing
the government attempts. They
are good Americana, along with the rest
of us, and may,-1 am sure, be counted
op to see the point.
JtUST BE CONSISTENT M
I "It " goes without , saying that If our
efforts to bring the cost of living down
should fail, after .we have had time
enough to establish either success or
failure, it will, of course,-be necessary
t accept the higher costs of living as a
permanent basis of adjustment, and
railway wages should be readjusted
along with the rest. All that I am now
Urging is, that we should not be guilty
oif the Inexcusable inconsistency of mak
ing general increases in wages on the
assumption that the present cost of liv
ing will be permanent at the very time
we are trying with great confidence ; to
reduce the cost of living and are able
to say that it actually is beginning, to
fall. i
I "I am aware that railroad employes
have a sense of insecurity as to the
future of the roads and have many mis
givings as to whether their interests
will be properly safeguarded when the
present form of federal control has
dome to an end. No doubt it is in part
this sense of uncertainty that prompts
tihem to insist that theU- wage 'in
terests be adjusted now rather than an
der conditions which they cannot cer
tainly foresee. But I do not think that
their uneasinesa is well grounded, i I
anticipate that legislation dealing with
the future of the railroads will in ex
pllcit terms afford adequate protection
for the Interests of the employes of
the railroads ; but quite apart from that
t is clear that no legislation can make
1he railways- other than what they are
a great public interest.' and it is not
likely that the president of the United
States, whether in possession and con
trol of the railways or not, will lack
Opportunity or persuasive force to in
fluence the decision Of questions aris
ing between the managers"-of the rail
toads and the railroad employes. The
employes may rest assured that, during
iny term of off Ice, ' whether I am In
actual possession of the railroads or hot.
f ana.ii not iau to exert tne rull influ
ence of - the executive to see that Jus
tice Is done them.
PREDICTS BETTER RELATIONS i
I "I believe, therefore, that they may
be justified in the confidence that
hearty cooperation with the government
how in its efforts to reduce the cost of
living will by no means be prejudicial
to tneir own interests, but will on the
fcontrary, prepare the way for moreTfa
vorable and satisfactory 4 relations ! in
j "I confidently count on their conmn
ion In this time of national test and
Palmer Opponent's
Keeping Up Attack;
To Pry Into Books
h Washington. Aug. 2. I. J. si)
favorable report on Senator Calder's
Resolution a for an investigation of the
Office, of , alien property custodian was
made by the senate audit and control
committee today.
The resolution-called for an audit of
(he accounts of the alien property cus
todian and fox an investigation of Jthe
acts of former Custodian A.' Mitchell
Palmer, and of Francis PV Garvan.
that may be made by other- classes of
employes for readjustments believed to
be proper to secure impartial treatment
for all work in the railway service. '
I. . "WOODROW WILSON."
i "The White House. Aue-imt 2s. im
STREET RIOTS li)
WESTERN HUNGARY
Clashes Between Populace and
Troops, Combined With Coal
'Shortage Worries' Budapest.
Budapest, Aug. 25. (I. N. S.)
(Delayed.) Riots arid street fighting
between the populace and Hungarian
troops have, broken . out in Western
Hungary, adding to the difficulties
of. the' officials and the allied mis
sions in this city rho arp' trying to
compose the whole Hungarian situ
ation. : ' ' - V'- ?
West Hungary is equally populated
by Germans and Hungarians. Under
the peace terms, the, peace .conference,
had. promised a plebiscite to deter
mine, the future status of that territory,
but now the Hungarians have changed
their minds and want that dis'.rict to
remain part of Hungary, instead of
being merged with German Austria.
The Austrians are continuing their
preparations for military occupation of
West' Hungary. Soldiers ano r.rmorea
cars are still being massed upon the
frontier.
In addition to the factional lighting,
the coal problem is troubling Austro-
Hungarian statesmen. The reserve ccr.1
supply In Vienna is extremely small.
In restaurants acetylene lights are be
ing used instead of electricity. The
coming , winter promises to see the
crudest suffering on record in the for
mer dual empire. There will be no .fuel
at all for private homes unless the
Cxecho-Slovaks can be persuaded to ex
port more.
HIGH COST SESSION
BEINGHEID TODAY
(Continued From Pace One)
man has - evidence that such a rise ir
price Is intended by leading bakers. His
evidence, he s.;-s, is sufficient to convict
thex bakers of violation of city ordi
nances punishable by $500 fine or six
months in jail, or both.
A meeting of the fair price committee
in the postoffice building Monday aft
ernoon promised to be stormy. But the
storm passed over until tonight, when
the committee will meet for the first
of a series of evening meetings to be
held one each evening except Saturday
and Sunday until the Investigation is
completed. . - ?
TO SELECT OWN WITNESS
At Monday's meeting only one faction
of the committee was present. This fac
tion postponed discussion of points In
volving strained relations until the other
side could be represented.
Thomas G. Farrell, chairman of the
committee, was attending the funeral of
Eugene Farrell. Other members of tne
committee were absent. Among tnese
were all the . other committee members
presenting the producers. For that rea
Bon the remaining members put over
discussion of tnree suggestions., xnese
suggestions were:
1. That the entire committee select tne
oersons who shall testify before the
committee, and that these persons shall
no longer be selected by Chairman Far
rell. 2. That auestlonnaires.be sent to what
ever producers. Jobbers, or retailers the
committee may select to obtain definite
information as to income tax paid, ex
cess profit tax paid, . capitalization, div
idends and other data, witn itgures en
abling the committee to study financial
differences between other years and the
present year.
3. That a secretary be appointed and
a stenographer employed for keeping
permanent records so that the public
may have the full benefit of the work
done in some permanent form.
COLT ANSWERS QUESTIONS
In the absence of Farrell. V. Kaiser,
representative -of the retail clerks In
the Labor council, took the chair. C C.
Colt and F. E. Forestel of Swift & Co.
testified, Colt giving most of the data.
The subject under discussion was meat.
"I am anxious to help and answer any
questions I can," began Colt. Then he
demonstrated that wholesale prices of
steers, cow beef, sheep and lambs are
lower than last year,
"Who fixes these prices V asked Mrs.
George W. McMath of the committee.
"The market what we can get for
them," was the answer.
"Is that the commission men?"
"No, merely supply and demand just
like real estate or anything else only
more so, because you are dealing with
a perishable product"
"Do the packers sell direct to the re
tailers?" someone asked.
"Yes." replied Colt. "There are no
meat jobbers in this town."
Colt was asked if he thought retailers
were profiteering.
"Possibly some,"- he said, "but it is
Feast or Famine
Theatrical advertising is, often used as an example
of a feast or famine business that falls outside the
prosaic rules.
It is pointed out that with the show a great success,
. advertising is unnecessary; and with a failure, " the
more advertising the sooner the demise. v
In the main, of course, this is true advertising, like
heat, intensifies action. And if a play or a cook-stove
is unsatisfactory, the least said the soonest mended!
However, there may be secured from seasonal suc
wsses a certain permanent asset.
Take Belasco, for example, has he not secured from
his past triumphs a tangible asset in a favorable pre
sumption for bis new productions?
If you make silks or art creations that are ephemeral,
some part of the season's triumph can be and should
be retained as a permanent asset to your line.-
For an industry of spasmodic successes, advertising
acts as a great conserving balance wheeL
' Advertinni spac in the Butterkk fiuSUatioas
is fir salt by accredited advertising agenciesi
Butterick Publisher
The Delineator
Everybody's Magazine
easy to find out if they are. Here are
our wholesale prices. Here Is "the dia
gram of a steer, showing the retail cuts.
Go to any retailer, s He will be glad to
cut up an animal for you and quite you
retail prices on each piece." Colt esti
mated that it takes a retailer 10 to 20
per cent of his cost to do business. Then
he continued with his figures. "Pot
roast, which cost at retail 12 to 37 cents
in the spring is now 15 to 1$ cents." .
"But X paid 23 cents on 1 Saturday."
Interrupted Mrs. George la. Williams of
the committee. - '
Colt smiled. "There Is pot roast and
pot roast." he said. "That must have
been a choice piece. Cattle are not hard
ware. -";:V ": :V'- ' -BEST
CUTS DEMANDED
Colt complained that there was no call
for cheaper 1 cuts in the residential
markets. "The result ia great demand
for a small quantity of fancy meat," he
said, "and little demand - for a large
quantity of eprf ectly good cheaper meat.
I refer, especially, to round steak and
shoulder cuts." .
"What would be a fair profit for the
retailer to make?" Colt was asked.
"Seventeen to twenty-five per cent,"'
he replied.
' "!Do butchers' weigh meat and then cut
off the bones T'
"Not in most cases, except steak, . The
loss in bones to the butcher is high. The
break in the scales is not always inhis
favor, you know. Rents advanced, com
modities are doubled" -he turned .to C.
EL Spence, representing the state grange
on the committee -"you can't expect to
get 20 to 22 cents a pound for hogs and
get cheap meat out of them ! -EXPECT
PRICE CHANGE
"Do you think government regulation
similar to that imposed in war time
would help the situation?" asked Mrs.
McMath.
"It depends whom you wish to help,"
was the answer, "There Is no question
that prices were held down In the effort
to conserve. : But there was a patriotic
motive. I don't know what to say about
the project in peace times. But accord
ing to my. notion, these things will ad
just themselves." '
"Prices will probably go higher?"
"No." :
Colt was informed that grocers had
testified that a rise in the price of food
stuffs was expected.
"That is true of some groceries,
notably sugar," he said, "there is a
shortage there."
APPEARANCES DECEIVING
Spence asked Colt if charges against
the packers relative to combination were
true. Colt smiled, "I suppose you ,wish
me to tell you the truth." he said. He
explained that whereas- cost of material
and cost of manufacture were the same
for all packers, selling prices remained
the same, producing an illusion or coi'
lusion.
Mrs. McMath asked Colt why it was
that large dairy companies offered whole
herds of cattle for sale. Increased cost
of feed was given as the reason.
"There are more cattle and dairy cows
in the United States than there were in
1914," said Colt. ,
"But not in Oregon," added Spence.
Colt attributed high prices in com
modities other than meat to speculation.
He 1 said he did not think the comrait
'tee's Investigation was a "farce" . as it
has recently , been characterised. He
was asked the usual question about pos
sible suggestion for publio relief.
4T don't think I can make any," he
said. "Tour plan of interviewing repre
sentatives Of different lines is excellent,
so long as you meet the dealers on com
mon ground. You win find out - many
things. But I don't know a butcher in
Portland who is profiteering. If I did,
I would tell you."
Colt said the high price of shoes was
not solely due to the high cost of leath
er, although export demand had boosted
leather sky ' high. He pointed out that
satin pumps cost as much as leather
boots. He believes hides, are going still
higher. ,. , . .t
WHO IS MAKING PROFIT t
After the testimony the committee dis
cussed it. '
"All of this isn't doing us a bit of
good," commented Mrs. Williams. "We
must find out who is making the profit."
"All the investigation has meant so
far is to verify the market reports,!
said Kaiser. "We must get the per
centage of profits."
"We must get the dividends." said
Spence.
"But we have a foundation," said
Mrs. McMath, "now we are ready for the
retail butcher. .
Mrs. H. B. Torrey acted as secretary
for the meeting. . -
A committee on clothing and dry goods
was appointed by letter from the chair
man. It consists of; Kaiser, chairman;
Spence, Mrs. Torrey. f y
Mrs. Bingham Critically III
Oregon City, Aug. 26. Mrs. Lester
Durrell left Monday evening for Ash
land, having been called there "by - the
sudden and critical illness of her mother,
Mrs. M. D. Bingham of this city, who
started from Oregon City Friday with
her son, Jacob Bingham, on an auto
mobile trip to California. It -is un
derstood that little hope is held for her
recovery. . .
Herrings Sued on Note
Oregon City, Aug. 28. S. W. Lawrence
has brought suit against J. C. Herring
and K. E. Herring, his wife, to recover
$350 alleged to be due on a note. He
asks - foreclosure of a mortgage. .
ENGLAND li) MB
OF MORE EXPORTS
President London Borad of Trade
Bays Prices Will . Fall When
Restrictions Are Lifted.
By Floyd Magriff
London. Aug. 21.-(I. N. 8.) A
plea for greater exports to stabilize
the exchange rate was made today
by Sir Auckland Geddes, - president
of the Board of Trade;
"What .the world needs, today to
stabilize exchange - rates ia a revival
of the flow of - gold,- said Sir Auck
land. ''Until the flow westward equals
the flow eastward there is no hope of
stabilization."
: "Many nations have the moat diffi
cult " economic questions facing them,"
he continued, "and each wilt have to
find its own solution. But Great Brit
ain has taken the lead by letting down
the bars and opening her markets for
world trade revival. I do r.ot take a
pessimistic view of the future. Cabled
orders for goods are coming into our
markets in great - numbers. Our only
difficulty lies in getting sufficient raw
materials quicaiy." - ,
AUTOMATIC TARIFF WAR
Sir Auckland explained the workings
of international exchange whereby
American goods sold to France, Italy
and Scandinavian countries are cleared
through London, further depressing t
value of the sovereign In the United
States. Such depression will continue,
he said, until the countries receiving
the American' goods began exporting
to the United States or to England.
"The result of such depression really
is to put a bounty on all such goods
as Great Britain exports to the United
States and at the - same time acts aa
an automatic tariff wall for British
industries'. At the present rate this
amounts to 20 per cent."
Replying to a question' whether he
expected prices in England to fall as
a result of the removal, of trade' re
strictions, the board of trade president
Eaid : -
"That is bound to be the result when
taking into consideration the govern
ment's anti-profiteering bill."
LOWER PRICES IN tT, S.
Sir Auckland was then asked what
would be the general : effect . in the
United States from the proposed anti
dumping legislation here, and he an
wired!
"it will result in lower prices of many
kinds of goods to American consum
ers, although that is not the reason
the measure was proposed. - It' is de
signed to stabilize exchange rates which
ia essential for world trade revival."
Sir Auckland stated that American
manufacturers had little ' to fear from
the proposed protection of the "key
industries" in Great "Britain, since very
little of the goods affected are imported
from the United States.
In view of the pending trade legis
lation the presidency of the board of
trade Is becoming one of the most im
portant posts in the cabinet. -.-
Tacoma grocers have complained to
Mayor Rlddell and the city council
against the establishment of a farmers'
market.- ... - -
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Stopping: Friday Midnight
PLAYING
WE.
FAR
Zane Grey's
Famous
Romantic
Drama
MACK
SENNETT'S
"Treating
'Em Rough"
Featuring Teddy,
The Dog Actor
KINOGRAMS
"The
Lone Star
Ranger"
mutm m iy"jnr
Coming Saturday
"THE WHITE HEATHER"
An Unusual Attraction
.
Mexican Troops Aid-
In Sear gu for Fly ere
San Diego.' Aug. 28. (U. P.) Another
night and day of searching has failed
to locate any trace of Lieutenants
Waterhouse and Connolly, army flyers
missing since last Wednesday. Mexican
troops detailed by Oovernor Cantu rta
searching the Gulf of California dis
tricts.
Grand Opening
Dancing
Parly
at De Honey's Beaut iful
Academy. Twenty -third
and Washington, Saturday evening. Au
gust 30. Bt music. Popular prices. Th
moRt beautiful Spanish, classic and latest
ballroom dancea will be IntrortucBd by
Mr. De Honey and his pupils. Don't mlt3
this affair. See real dancers with new
dances, fancy steps, etc. Learn who you
should select as your Instructor. Dane
to real music Tell your friends to meot
you. Dancing 8:30 to li every Saturday
evening.
SEW FALL CLASSES
for beginners start Monday evening, Au
gust 25; Tuesday evening. August i!i,
and Thursday evening. August 28. 8 to
11:30. All ballroom dances: guaianietl
in eight lessons. Ladles 2.0, Oentlemen
16.00. This guarantee term is wort a
$15.00. Take advantage of our cut raten.
join our new classes this week. Our syit
m will teach vou to lead amd make a
danceriof you. Plenty of desirable part-i
ners and practice. No embarrassment.!
Separate step room and extra teachers
for backward pupila My latest book.l
describing all dances, ball room etlqut.
etc., free for pupils. We have large and
select classes, and the social feature,
alone is worth double the price. Private
lessons all hours. Call afternoon or eve-1
ning. Learn from professional dancer
in the leading school., -Phone Main 7G.5.
"--I should
worry about
bent fenders, rad
iators or body!"
That's the conclusion of
1 every wise auto owner
In P o r 1 1 a n d since we
opened our new home
with equipment to make
new ones or fix your old
one.H Just like new
WITH THE FACTORY
FINISH.
the Radiator Man
11th and Davis
NIGHT SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 8
ENROLL NOW.
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BUSINESS COLLEGE
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