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HE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1919
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USEES
PASSAG
E OF LE
FOOD CONTROL ACT
Action Precipitated by Reports
of -Increase in-Food Prices
During the Month of August.
INCREASES VS. DECREASES
Holly Sugar Corporation Selling
. New Crop at $11.50 per Hun
dredweight Against $9 for Old.
MAN "WHO FORMULATED
CANAL PLANS IS DEAD
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Washington, Sept. 20. (U. P.)
Judge Ames, asltant attorney gen
eral, today wrote to Chairman Hau
gen of th& house agricultural com
mittee, urging immediate passage of
the amendments to the lyer food
control bill, providing Jail sentence
for profiteers.
Acting for Attorney General Palmer.
. Ames took this action following an
nouncement from the labor department
that food prices Increased 1 per een
during August, reaching the highest
level yet known.
TheanvendmeBt upon which Ames
raked Immediate action has been before
; congress more than a month and Is now
in conference between the house and
senate. v j
MAST REPORT 8 RECEIVED
"Reporta continue coming to this de
partment," said Ames, "Indicating profi
teering In shoes and other articles in
wearing 'apparel. Pending passage of
the amendments, the department Is
powerless to deal effectively with these
reports. .
"We are also Just advised that the
Holly Sugar corporation of California is
placing the new crop of beet sugar on
the market at 111.50 per hundredweight,
against 19, which in the prevailing price
for the old crop. ';
Sugar is one of the articles which
- mr.de a tremendous advance In retail
price in August, according to the labor
department.
INCREASES NOTED
Ames points out the Justice department
cannot act in The sugar situation until
the amendments are passed, because the
new sugar crop will not be controlled
by the United States sugar equalization
board, which bought and fixed the
wholesale price of sugar in the last
v crop.
Increases of August prices over July
were as follows :
Eggs and rice, 6 per cent ; Crisco, po
, tatoes and raisins, 4 per cent each ;
fresh and evaporated milk, coffee and
prunes,- 3 per cent ; pork chops, butter,
cornmeal, rolled oats, navy beans and
sugar 2 per cent ; canned salmon, oleo
margarine, cheese, bread, macaroni and
oranges, 1 per cent, atyd ham, nut mar
garine and tea less than of 1 per
cent each. " ,
DECREASES REPORTED
Decreases In retail prices as reported
by the bureau were. Sirloin steak, reund
steak and rib roast, 3 per cent each :
Chuck roast, 4 per cent; plate beef, 5
per cent ; onions. 20 per cent ; cabbage,
15 per cent; lamb, 5 per cent ; -bacon',
flour, corn flake's, baked beans, canned
. corn, canned peas and canned tomatoes,
1 per cent each, and cream of . wheat,
bananas, less than 4-of 1 per cent Lard
prices were unchanged.
Except for meat prices, Increases, it
was noted, were In the articles most
largely used.
The Increase In August prices took
place during the height of the govern
ment's campaign to reduce living costs.
At the same time, all official records
show that wholesale prices and prices
paid producers fell slightly.
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Theodore P. Shants
TREATY WANTED
N V An
Bulgars, Disappointed Because
Document of Defeat Is Not
Given in Gorgeous Setting.
LANSING STRONGLY
BACKS TREATY OF
PEACE AS DRAWN
Immediate Action by Senate Nec
essary to Restore Economic
Conditions Declares Secretary.
OBJECTIONS. HELD SMALL
Imperative Need of Peace Is
Termed Above All Other Con
sideration! of Today.
Property Opposite
Oregon City Sells
for Over $400,000
One of the most Important real estate
transactions of tl:e year has Just been
closed, in the purchase of 400 acres of
land, with a frontage of ono mile, on
the Willamette rUer at West Linn, on-
poslte Oregon City, by the Interstate
. Sales company, for a consideration in
excess of $400,000.
- The purchasing "corporation was re
cently organized by a grcup ,of Port
land and San Francisco business men,
headed by Harry W. Millspaugh of the
California city. They propose to de
velop tho tract as a residence and busi
ness district. Offices will be opened in
I'ortland, and on the tract an aggres
sive campaign will be inaugurated im
mediately, under the direction of Hy
Kllers.
That portion of the tract fronting di
rectly upon the river will Jje developed
into one acre homesites, each carefully
lold out, so as to combine accessibility
with attractiveness, and enhancement
of Its productive value. This section of
the tract will bo known as "Hollywood
Acres."
That portion of the acreage lying near
the bridge across the Willamette will be
developed into a business section, ac
cording to Eilers,.and sites for commer
cial purposes will be sold, subject to
restrictions which will insure the dis
trict against unsightly and undesirable
structures.
Tho whole property is easily accessible
to transportation facilities, and com
vmands a magnificent view of river and
mountains. Electiicity. city water, tele
phone services, street paving and sewer
connections are provided for in ine de
velopment program outlined by the pur
chasers of the trtct.
By Kenneth Iatour
Paris, Sept. 20. The Bulgarian
peace delegation is chagrined be
cause the allies did not arrange a
gorgeous setting for the handing of
the peace treaty to the Bulgar en
voys. 4
'The Sofia representatives felt that, In
asmuch as Bulgaria had fought a long
war, they were at least entitled to an
impressive ceremony marking their for
mal defeat. However, the treaty was
handed to them in the simplest possible
manner at the Quai d'Drsay, despite the
understanding that they had made a
formal 'protest against being received
without the settings which were accord-
ed.JthS' Germans at Versailles and the
Austrians at St. Germain.
Tite ceremony itself lasted barely 20
minutes. President Theodonoff of the
Bulgarian, delegation spoke so low in his
reply to Premier Clemenceau that the
latter Instructed him to speak louder,
which he did, somewhat nervously.
Bestowing a significant glance upon
M. Vesnitch, the Serbian delegate, Theo
donoff said :
"We want to live in peace with our
neighbors."
M. Vesnltch's face assumed an expres
sion of Iron, and he did not; have a sin
gle symptom of friendliness.
Holders of Forged
Checks Urged to
Get TBeir Money
Forged checks are not always worth
less, it seems.
Two young men, recently indicted for
forgery, had in their possession $296 in
cash. '
"That ought to go to - the victims,"
said Inspectors Russell and Van Dusen,
who made the arrests in the case. So
they divided the cash in equal parts, and
were able to make some payments.
The majorfty of the cash still remains
down at police headquarters, however.
Holders of forged checks are urged to
come and claim their share. "It's a '
heap better than just a stung feeling," j
advise the inspectors.
Watertojirn, N. Y., Sept. 20. U.
P.) Secretary Lansing, making his
first public utteraitce, since William
C. Bullitt's testimony before the aen
ato foreign relations committee, de
clared this afternoon that "the
treaty should be ratified without de
lay and without change."
The secretary's speech was made at
the dedication of Lanslngdorp, a suburb
built for munitions workers by the gov
ernment'.and named after Lansing's fam
ily home in Holland. He made no ref
erence to Bullitt, who testified that
Lansing had told him in Paris .that "if
the American senate ana the American
people understood this treaty they will
defeat it"
-"We are approaching a new era, an
era of peace, and I am confident an era
of national prosperity unsurpassed In
our history." Lansing said.
RATIFICATION HELD TIT AX. .
The people of the earth long to enter
this era so they may again begin to re
build what has been destroyed. This
cannot be done until normal commercial
and industrial conditions are restored,
and they can only be restored by rati
fying the treaty of peace which now
lies on the table in the senate. The
economic line of the world will continue
In its stagnant and wretched state of
uncertainty until the senate consents to
ratification.
"There is nothing In the treaty of
peace which invades the sovereignty of
this republic or limits in any way the
full exercise of such sovereignty. There
may be In the treaty features which do
not meet with universal approval. It
would be strange if it were otherwise.
But the objection! which are being made
are trivial as compared with, the lm
perative need of peace.
QUICK ACTIO! ADVISES.
"We ought to have peace at once. The
treaty should be ratified without delay
and without change. It is a narrow-
minded statesmanship which would en
danger the treaty becoming effective by
changing its provisions and postponing
the return of peace. I cannot compre
hend how any man with a true apprecia
tion of the situation can permit any ob
jection less than Impairment of the na
tional sovereignty of the United States
to weigh against the universal prayer of
the nation for restoration of peace. Let
the treaty be immediately ratified. The
world demands it, patriotism demands
It and common sense demands it."
Iowa Car Strike Ends
Clinton, Iowa, Sept. 20. (U. P.) The
Clinton streetcar strike ended today
when car service was resumed after a
conference between union and company
officials. A final arbitration meeting
will be held Tuesday to consider the 90
cents an hour wage demand of the em
ployes, who had been on strike four
days. s
First School Fair
At Hood River Is
" Immense Success
Hood River's first county school fair
closed Saturday afternoon under what
Professor J. B.' Horner of the Oregon
Agricultural college history department
declares meat favorable auspices.
"Many of the articles displayed are
worthy of exhibition at a state fair.
Some of the ?apeetry and other needle
work would do credit to a Parisian ba
zaar," he sal
The displays, collected by school cnu
dren, were from'the farm, orchard, gar
den and home. Grade and quality were
surprisingly good. The fair, directed by
El V. Wright, was held in the high
school building and in a large tent
CAPITAL FACING
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(Omtlatwd Prom Pa On.)
to organise. This recognition is sought
through the conference they have been
endeavoring to arrange with Judge
Gary. His refusal to grant the conference-
brought on the strike.
There is no thoeght in Pittsburg that
Gary will give In. There is no thought
among the union men of giving In until
the conference Is granted. From the days
of the old Homestead strike, when blood
flowed in the streets and the great
burning barges swept down the river,
on through the years of continued strug
gle between the two factions a!l the
bitterness and grievances of this ex
panse of time were rolling up tonight.
CRISIS WITH LABOR
big Industrial population was relied
upon to help In the battle with emerg
jncy assessments.
Stee,l officials claimed S5 per cent of
their workers were loyal. Union leaders
scouted that figure.
TO BE NO VIOLENCE "
'Both sides emphasized their precau
tions against violence. Rumors of well
armed guards to encamp within the
barricades around the plants were not
borne out. However, there was no denial
that food was being stored in some mills
and that arrangements were being made
for sleeping quarters should it become
necessary to care for employes who re
main at work.
" Some of the concerns which will be
affected by the srrike are the Gary
Steel company ; the Bayvlew Steel com
pany of Milwaukee, and Duluth Jrot&
Steel company, comprising the United
Hstatea Steel corporation group In this
district : the ' Steel Tube . company of
America. Interstate Steel & Iron, Re
public Steel. Inland Steel company and
Wisconsin Steel. '
The league for industrial Justice to
night asked 1250 Chicago pastors to
make pleas for arbitration of the steel
war.
SHERIFF ISSUES PROCLAMATION
PROHIBITING PUBLIC GATHERINGS
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept 20. (U. P.) In
anticipation of serious consequences
growing out. of the great steel strike.
Sheriff William S. Haddock of Alle
gheny county tonight Issued a procla
mation citing the riot act of the Penn
sylvania statutes and prohibiting gath
erings of three or more persons in popu
lous sections. )
"All , officers throughout Allegheny
county until the present emergency
has passed are commanded to disperse
and prevent upon the highways or vacant
property of populous sections the loiter
ing or gathering of three or four per
sons and whenever such gatherings oc
cur, to immediately direct and command
such persons to proceed about their law
ful business or avocation or return to
their homes and habitations," the proc
lamation declares. '
UNION PLANTS CLOSED TO
CONCEAL NUMBER UNIONISTS
New York, Sept. 20. (U. P.) "Or
ganised capital must meet organised
labor or organized riot it must face
one or the other."
This was the declaration here today .
by W. B. Rubin, general counsel for the '
steel unions, commenting on the situa
tion at Pittsburg.
Where plants employing union men, .,
have been ciosed, Rubin said, the ac
tion has been taken by officials of the '
steel corporation to conceal the actual
number of union workers, ' .
v Big Haul of Booze
Officers Powell and Drake Saturday ?
night raided a soft drink establishment
at Twelfth and Stark streets, arreating
J. Freeman and cor.flscatlr g ,il bottlee
of hard liquor. Freeman is charged
t lth violating the prohibition law. .
STEEL WORKERS' SECRETARY
REFUSES ARBITRATION OFFER
Chicago. Sept. 20. (U. P.) "All must
suffer alike. There will be no arbitra
tion for anyone until the strike actu
ally begins."
That was the answer tonight of John
H. De Young, secretary of the steel
workers' union in the Chicago district,
to overtures from the Interstate Steel
& Iron company and the Wisconsin
Steel company for arbitration.
Pe Young said his orders to reject
the proffer came from Pittsburg, cen
ter of the steel workers' battle to force
recognition of the union.
The Interstate company employs 3900
workmen, the Wisconsin 2500.
CHICAGO BEADY
Amid a gabble of foreign accent and
the clanking of grates, the Chicago
steel district prepared tonight for the
gigantic battle.
The long lines of chimneys en.ltted
their usual volume of smoke tonight
and the glare . of furnaces turned their
customary spotlights on" low hanging
clouds, but everywhere there was
preparation for the test that cornea
beginning at a. m. Monday.
Chicago Industry already has counted
the loss that ' will come if the tteel
mills here are closed, and the 38,000
employed in them are left Idle.
Fringing the lake south of Chicago
are the big mills that turn out steel
rails, castings and a multitude of com
mon steel objects.
1 PLAKT8 AFFECTED
Around them are plants making use
of steel product. In all, It was be
lieved 300,000 workmen would be af
fected by a shutting down of the mills.
Sixty-one plants will be affected di
rectly. .
The towns of Gary, Fast Chicago,
Ind., Indiana Harbor and a portion of
South Chicago depend almost entirely
upon the steel business for support.
The population of 300,000 In (hose places
makes a living directly or indirectly
from the salaries paid for steel work.
Unions here were well prepared . fi
nancially for a long,' battle. Chicago's
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