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I CITY EDITION
CITY EDITION
It's All Here and It $ All Trut :
THE WEATHER Tonight and Friday, s i
-fair, cold; wind mostly easterly.
Minimum Temperatures Wednesday :
Portland.....;.. 39 New Orleana... U
Sheridan, Wyo.. - New York....... S4 !.A
tioa Angeles..... 42 St Paul
1 Not Much Sugar
-to be had, it seems, but plenty of candy.
Why U It? There's a reason, and it's cx-
I) 'plained interestingly in aa article In the
I Magazine Section of The Sunday Journal
I) 'neat Sunday,
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VOL.
XVIII. NO. 262
Entered at Beeoad-Clatt Matter
Pmtnffic. Portland. Orecoa
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 8. 1920. TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON TRAINS AND HtWS
STANDS r I V I OBNTS
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TIMBER TRACT
Holds Option on 75,000 Acres of
Weyerhaeuser Timber in Cow-
litz River Valley, Washington.
Plans to Develop Property , at
Once and Probably Will Build
Mill at Portland.
With the Long-Bell Lumber com
pany of Kansas City. Mo., holding
an option, on 75,000 acres of timber
owned by the Weyerhaeuser Timber
company In the Cowlitz River val
ley, one of the largest transactions
In standing timber Jn the United
States, or perhaps in the world. Is
In the course of consummation.
The stand of timber Is medium sized
yellow fir of the finest kind and cruises
approximately 2,000,000,000 feet, and It is
reported that the option calls for S3 per
thousand feet, or S6,000,000 for the en
,tire body. The large Benson holdings
back of Clatskanle, transferred some
years ago, involved ihe sum of $4,000,000.
and up till this time that transaction
has stood as the largest In the history of
logging and lumbering in the Pacific
Northwest
? PLAN IMMEDIATE MANUFACTURE
The purchase of the Weyerhaeuser
f tract, it Is pointed out by timber and
'.' lumber men, will mean infinitely more
; than the mere transfer of title to the
fi land, because while the Weyerhaeuser
U interests are largely holding concerns.
, the Long-Bell interests are engaged in
the manufacture and sale of lumber on a
tremendous scale, owning a dozen or
, more sawmills and nearly a hundred re
"J tail yards, in addition to miles of ratl-
roads and vast quantities of logging and
ij! other equipment
Robert Alexander Bell, president of the
r company and guiding spirit of a large
jr""' number , of subsidiary concerns, began
:t operations in the lumber game about 45
isi years ago and Is known aa one of the
f most aggressive and active lumbermen
i In the country. Ills Interests extend over
the South and California, and for some
time he has had his attention riveted on
i the Pacific Northwest, thi being recog
nised as the great source of supply of
timber after the harvesting of the forests
Ip the BOuth.'
TRIBUTARY TO PORTLAND
'The immense tract in the Cowllts val
ley which th Ltong'-Bell Interests .are
now planning to develop as the enter
ing wedge to operations In the Pacific
Northwest, lies back of the timber
owned by the Inman-roulsen Lumber
company and the Eastern A Western
I.vmber eompany, and west of the Cow
Hts river, in the Mount Solo district
While not on the Cowlitz river proper,
it Is. within easy reach of tidewater,
and as In the case of the Inman-Poulsen
and the Eastern & Western companies,
the logs' can be towed to Portland at a
small cost The company, it is under
stood, plans to erect a mil of 300,000,
000 feet annual capacity, far larger than
any now in Portland.
Lumber manufacturers In discussing
the prospective transaction draw the con
clusion that the. purchase of the timber
will mean the establishment by the Long
Bajl people of the sawmill in Portland
Khln the very near future and possibly
the location here of the principal offices
of the Long-Bell interests. This belief
is based on the fact that the company's
holdings in the south have been trans
formed largely into logged-off land and
that instead of pine, the retail yards
eventually will substitute fir from the
Pacific Northwest.
The Long-Bell company entered the
California field recently when ' It com
bined the Weed Lumber -company and
the McCloud River Lumber company in
Northern California and later invested
in White- pine timber in the Klamath
Falls district of Southern Oregon.
Legislature May Act
To Regulate Charges
In Auto
Regulation of the traffic charges,
both as to passengers and freight,
made by interurban motor trans
port service Is to be asked of the
legislature during the coming, spe
cial session, acordlng to rumors cur
rent In legislative circles now.
The legislature is to be asked, so the
story goes, to so amend the public serv
ice commission act that corporations or
Individuals engaged in the passenger and
freight motor service, regularly between
definite termini will be declared to be
common carriers and within the Juris
diction of the public service commis
sion, not only as to rates of service
charged but as to quality, regularity and
frequency of service given.
. WAST QUESTION SETTLED
There is at the present time a good
deal of doubt as to whether such service
does not come within the definition of
the law. as it is now written. Lawyers
are divided on the question, some con
tending that such service Is within the
Controlling jurisdiction of the commis
sion, while others take the opposite view.
. Some go so far as to contend that com
panies or individuals engaged in such
' business not only become common car
riers by the general provisions of the
underlying common law, but that they
can be construed within the statute, -i
More and mors. -as the state highways
are paved, thus linking the cities and
towns of the state together with all the
year around roads, has come the growth
of the motor transport system. Lines
ROBERT A, LONG
HEAD of largest lumber
manufactories in South,
who is negotiating for
immense holdings on Pacific
coast that will make Colum
bia river region center of his
Northwestern activities.
DEATH ENDS TOUR
Overwork Blamed for Sudden De
mise of Celebrated Violinist
at Uniontown, Pa.
Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 8. (I. N. S.)
Maude Powell, well known violin
ist of New York, died here today
while on a concert tour. Overwork
Is thought to have caused her col
lapse, which came suddenly last
night.
Vaccination Reduces
Smallpox Cases in
City, Says Parrish
s'vaeelhation of many people who have
come in contact with smallpox patients
over the city and enforcement , of strin
gent quarantine rules have been' the
means of decreasing smallpox Cases ma
terially, according to Dr. George Par
rish. city health officer.
Health bureau authorities vaccinated
over 75 pupils at the Jefferson high
school yesterday following a discovery
or a smallpox case. Hopkins Jenkins,
principal. Immediately notified the
health bureau, which. In turn, closed
and fumigated several rooms in the
building. Pupils in the Eliot school
were likewise vaccinated Wednesday.
Health bureau records showed 214
smallpox cases in quarantine yesterday.
Peace Treaty Made
Effective at Fprmal
Ratification Jan. 10
Paris, Jan. 8. (U. P.) Exchange of
formal ratifications, placing the treaty
of Versailles in effect will take .place
in the French foreign office at 4 o clock
Saturday afternoon, it was announced
officially today.
Only those nations which have rati.
fled the treaty will take part in the
ceremonies. They are Great Britain,
France, Italy. Japan. Belgium, Bolivia,
Brazil, Guatemala. Peru, Poland, Slam.
Czecho-Slovakla, Uruguay and Ger
many.
Bus Service
are now running regularly between Port
land. Salem and other valley towns, and
in other directions as well.
REGULATE RATES
There seems to be a disposition on the
part of those engaged In this buinji
or at least some of them, to seek state
regulation and supervision as to service
and rates. This is because such regu
latlou would result In the establishment
or a unirorm tariff schedule under much
the same system as is now annlUd in
the regulation of Intrastate freight and
passenger service by the rail lines, both
Such amendment of the law, should it
pe enacted oy the legislature, would
open a new department in the field of
me public service commission's work.
uMDiwnnnni 01 rules to govern
the rates and service of motor transport
line-; would stand in a different class
than those for the rail lines. It would
have to take into consideration the "tall
gate" delivery of the motor transport,
where goods are called for at the place
of delivery of the consignor and deliv
ered to the address of the consignee, a
system clearly different from that of the
rail line, which accepts shipments at
its stations at the point of origin and
delivers them at Its stations at the point
of consignment only. It - points to the
rapidly changing conditions confronting
Interurban and short haul freight gen
erally with which the rail lines will be
compelled - o compete more and more
as the trunk and lateral highways of the
state are completed and paved.
OF MAUDE POWELL
SAN FRANCISCO PARTY WORK
WINS MEETING IS DISCUSSED
OF DEMOCRATS BY DEMOCRATS
National Convention to Be Held
June 28, First Time in the
History of the Pacific Coast.
Democratic National Committee
Unanimously Behind President
Wilson in Peace Treaty Fight.
Washington, Jan. 8. (V. P.)
The Democratic national commit
tee today chose San Francisco as
the meeting place for the Demo
cratic national convention. The
convention -will convene June 28.
An effort to change the two thirds
rule of nominating candidates for Dem
ocratic conventions was defeated when,
by a viva voce vote, it was laid on . the
table.
JOT PROMISED WETS
Following the selection of San Fran
cisco, I. B. Dockweiler said the action
of the committee was a tribute to the
women of the West. He gave credit
for the committee's decision to ihe speech
made by Miss Mary El Foy of Pasadena,
member of the women's Democratic na
tional committee.
Dockweiler said San Francisco plans
to make the convention memorable. In
addition to the $125,000 given the na
tional committee for expenses. Dock
weiler said IS0.0OG will be raised as an
entertainment fund.
He was asked what the outlook is for
wet Democrats and replied, "It is very,
very good."
A resolution putting the Democratic
party on record as -being squarely be-
hind President Wilson in his fight for
ratification of the peace treaty was
passed unanimously by the Democratic
national committee today.
In this resolution, senators who op
pose ratification and who want reser
vattons which were characterized as
"nullifying," were declared to be worthy
of the "contempt of the world."
, By William Phillips Slmms
Washington. Jan. t :!.!; S.)--The
battle for the presidency begins today.
At 6, o'clock tonight ihe shock troops
Democracy; who Wive been gathering
here for the past week, will mass la
the forward trenches of 1 the banquet
halls of the New WUlard In Washing
ton and, two hours later, after the iron
rations of politics have been served and
the coffee passed around, ' the barrage
or speeches will open and the campaign
win be on.
BAWQUET BEGINS AT 8 P. M.
Zero hour for the broadside is official
ly set for 8 p. m.
William Jennings Bryan, one of the
big guns of the party, arrived today,
being one of the last to come up. He
had been In the South. , Governors John
Cornwell of West Virginia, and James
M. Cox of Ohio, also Mra Peter Olson
of Minnestota. had previously arrived
on the field, as had former Ambassador
James W. Gerard, Senators Gilbert M
Hitchcock of Nebraska; Oscar W. Un
derwood of Alabama ; Atlee Pomerene
of Ohio, and Robert L. Owen of Okla
homa, returned to Washington earlier
In the week to attend the opening of
congress, which same was true of Con
gressman Champ Clark of Missouri
while the other speakers on the double
rally bill for tonight Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels and Attorney-
General A. Mitchell Palmer were al
ready on the scene.
Plan of Governor
For Fish and Game
Control Approved
The Dalles. Jan. - 8. The Dalles
Chamber of Commerce has refused as a
unit to back the activities of the old
fish and game commission, but advo
cates the seven-man plan as outlined
by Governor Olcptt as the most feasi
ble one for solution of the fish and
game problem.
'At the Instance, it is said, of State
Game Warden Shoemaker, the deputy
game warden stationed at The Dalles
appeared before the Chamber of Com
merce here asking for an indorsement
of the present fish and game commis
sion. This was very decisively refused,
the Chamber of Commerce taking the
position that Governor Olcott's plan for
divorce of game and commercial inter.
ests should b followed.
Seriously Hurt When
Car and Auto Crash
Miss Mildred Raab. 569 Mulberry
Street was badly injured Wednesday
evening when an Oregon Electric train
struck an automobile she was driving
and threw it against a telephone pole
at First and Clay streets. Her brother
reported the accident to -the police this
morning, stating she was still semi
conscious. Miss Raab was badly bruised,
but no broken bones have been noticed.
The pole was broken off in the 'crash.
Child, Knocked Down
By Auto, Badly Hurt
Five-year-old Esther B rough, who re
sides on a farm near Vancouver. Wash,,
was knocked down by an automobile in
charge of J. F. Martyn. 832 Bast Twenty
eighth street at Sixteenth and Hoyt
Streets, Wednesday night ! The child
was palled out from underneath ihe car
by her mother. She is badly bruised
and . may have received internal in
juries. - . - - i -
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Tentative Campaign Plans Con
sidered at Statewide Get-To
gether Conference at Benson.
Numerous 'Committees Appointed;
Message From President Wil
son Will Be Read at Banquet
The statewide Democratic "get to
gether" meeting opened this mora-
ng in the Tyrolean room at the
Hotel Benson with the "standing
room only" sign thrown in high re-
ief by no vacant chairs, delegates
lining the walls around the room.
and representative members of the
party In attendance from every sec
tion, of the state.
The gathering was called to order by
Harvey G. Starkweather, chairman of
the state central committee, with Miss
Lillian Hackleman. secretary of the
committee, acting as temporary secre
tary for the preliminary meeting.
A committee on permanent organiza
tion and order of business was appoint
ed consisting of G. Y. Harry, John D.
Gavin and James E. Dunton, and after
its report had been adopted the tem
porary chairman and secretary were
named for the permanent positions and
the gathering got under way. '
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Walter M. Pierce. W. B. Bennett
Mrs. Maria L. T. Hidden and D. J. Fry
were appointed the committee on reso
lutions.
Senator George M. Baldwin, Newton
McCoy, Mrs. John D. Mann and John D.
Gavin were appointed as the committee
on organisation.
Following the appointment the meet
ing spent the rest ot the morning in a
general discussion of political condi
tions, particularly from the Democratic
viewpoint Shortly after noon; adjourn
ment was taken until 2 o'clock, when
the main business session of the day
was opened. '
TO STIMULATE ACTIVITT.
The main purpose of the meeting' is
to stimulate party activity throughout
tn-statU)ria-4ha cwminr ePli
tt Is expected that the committee, on
organisation will serve as a sort or
auxiliary to the state central commit
tee In working for the complete organi
sation of the various counties of the
state. It is desired that full county
committees shall bft secured in each
county, and that fulj party tickets,, both
In the primary and In the general elec
tions, shall be put into the field for the
spring and fall campaigns. The com
mittee on organization is expected to
stimulate party interest and activity
throughout the counties in order that
these primary plans may be carried to
completion.
PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
During the morning session Senator
Baldwin, Senator Pierce. Robert O.
Smith, W. D. Bennett, M. R. Biggs,
and others joined In the general discus
sion as to how best to stimulate Inter
est in a statewide campaign.
The day's meeting will conclude this
evening with the Jackson day banquet
to be held In the Crystal room at the
Benson. All of the 300 seats and some
In addition have been taken by out of
town and Multnomah county Demo
crats, which will necessitate, as Chair
man Lovejoy of the committee on ar
rangements suggests, that the guests
"sit close and keep their elbows down."
All to whom tickets have been issued
will be cared for, however, Lovejoy
promised.
MESSAGES FROM LEADERS
In addition to the addresses to be
made at the dinner and the musical
program, not to mention the turkey and
other good things provided, there will be
a large number of messages from na
tional leaders, at Washington and else
where. Chief of these is a personal message
from President Wilson, which reached
Chairman Lovejoy this morning. The
contents of this, or, of any of the other
messages for that matter. Is being care
fully guarded and will not be made
public until the banquet which is sched
uled to start promptly at 6:30 o'clock.
Chamber Members to
Be Let Out Unless
They Attend Meets
Guaranteeing the maximum of time
and service to the forwarding of com
munity work through the Chamber of
Commerce, all members of the board
of directors of the chamber signed an
agreement this week that In the event
any member of the board absents him
self from meeting for three' consecutive
weeks this action will be regarded as an
equivalent to resignation.
This action was taken by several mem
bers of the board that the burden of
work may be equally distributed. Those
signing the agreement were Paul C.
Murphy, T. H. Edwards. Max S. Hirsch,
Isaac D. Hunt Peter Kerr, David Honey
man, William McMaster, O. W. Mielke,
A. G. Labbe, H. B. Van Duser, E. B.
MacXaughton, A. J. Bale, Henry L.
Corbett Emery Olmstead (and C. E.
Dant
Soviet Ark Anchors;
Orders Are Awaited
London, Jan. 8. U. P.) The United
States transport Buford, the "soviet
ark," carrying radicals from the United
States to Russia. Is lying in the Eng
lish channel awaiting' orders before pro
ceeding, according to a wireless mes
sage picked up here last night
OREGON GOAL
John Day Project, Involving 300,
000 Acres of Arid Lands, Is
First in Minds of Convention.
Union of Projects of Central Ore
gon Sought by Delegates in
Attendance at State Meeting.
With all energies centered to
ward launching the gigantic John
Day irrigation project by which it
is hoped to make 300,000 acres of
Eastern Oregon lands blossom as the
rose, the ninth annual session of the
Oregon Irrigation congress opened
at the Chamber of Commerce this
morning.
Belated trains delayed the morning
session and not until the postponed ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Baker
opened the afternoon program did the
congress begin to show its true com
plexion. Practically every irrigation
project In the state is represented, as
well as some of those districts where
projects are but dreams.
REPORTS ARE RENDERED
Presiding at the sessions, which will
keep the visitor busy for three days.
Jay H. Upton of Prineville, Bear Creek
and Tumalo, reported upon the progress
of irrigation activities during the year.
President H. B. Van Duzer of the
Chamber of Commerce welcomed the
lrrigationists and a response was ex
pressed by Denton G. Burdick of Red
mond, chairman of the executive com
mittee. O. C. Leiter, chairman of the
program committee, spoke briefly.
This afternoon Mayor Baker wel
comed the visitors and addresses were
offered by George M. Brown, attorney
general, and D. C. Henney, consulting
engineer. U. S. reclamation service.
The Salt Lake Irrigation Conference,
Its Spirit Purpose and Plan," was dis
cussed by'H. W. Gard, Madras; J. T.
H Inkle, Hermiston : Professor W. L.
Powers and Professor H. D. Scudder,
Corvallis.
ADDRESSES A EE SCHEDULED
Friday's program will be devoted to
important t addresses, aa wiir .the Sat
urday morning meeting, watuniay an-
0Hieysr4tHttne1y Eta -railroad ad
and in the evening the delegates will be
entertained Jointly witn tne memoers 01
the state legislature at a Portland
Press club smoker.
The most Important piece of work be
fore the present congress is held to be
the . preparation of plans "for the John
Day project the largest and one of the
most Important tn the state. What Is
hoped from the project is a union of the
products of all other Central Oregon
activities or the activities, largely di
rected from Portland, which have
opened Central Oregon.
"The project will unite. In effect, the
portage railroad, the Celilo canal, and
the Columbia river highway, all leading
to the very border of the project. , The
300,000 acres In the project will join
( Concluded on Pas FtftMn, Column One)
CRIES FOR PEACE
11-Year-0ld Joins Vast Majority
in- Journal's Contest on the
League of Nations.
First, for compromise and imme
diate ratification. 564.
Second, for Lodge reservations, 95.
Third, for ratification of the
treaty substantially as submitted by
the president, 8621.
Fourth, against any ratification,
195.
Such is the count up to 11 o'clock
today. News that the New Tork World
lr printing The Journal's treaty vote
shows the wide interest in the balloting
in Oregon on the treaty. There is not
the slightest doubt that senatorial minds
will be influenced to some extent by the
coupons sent The Journal, and that is a
strong reason why they should be
filled out and hurried in.
On the editorial page, there are extra
coupons, which should be cut out filled
in according to the -choice of the voters
and hurried to The Journal.
GREAT INJUSTICE . ;
H. L. Walter, Portland, writes: "Since
the reign of Henry VIII of England.
who debauched Magna Charta, there
has been no greater injustice perpe
trated upon a long patient people than
that of the- senate trying to abrogate
the League of Nations. They out-Herod
Herod in trying to defame our presi
dent being fully aware that they can
in no sense approach his great ideals
and constructive statesmanship. We,
the people, are not Ignorant, and when
election time rolls around some sena.
tors are going back home and be num
bered with the has beens.
CHILD TAKES INTEREST
Rose D. O'Connell, Umatilla, writes :
"I am sending you some votes. I am not
old enough to vote, as I am only 11. But
Z am old enough to know that we do
not want another war. Even the chil
dren understand.
W. H. Stafford, La Grande, , writes
"These United States are big enough and
strong enough and the nations are wise
enough In the knowledge of our bigness
and strength, to change any rule that
will or may be obnoxious to the United
States. Make the 'agreement of nations
tn rvrnt . ... nwwAiiihht avj. th.
rules afterward.". I
EVEN SMALL
PORTLAND SCORES ::
TREMENDOUS WIN
IN RA TE
PORTLAND MEN
PLEASED WITH
Say Report, if Sustained, Will
Divert Here 50 Per Cent of
Grain Products of Northwest.
The Columbia basin rate case re
sulted primarily from a conviction
on the part of The Journal that Jus
tice to the Oregon country demanded
recognition of the Columbia water
grade.
The Journal has used every re
source for years in the cause 30 vital
to the people, the development, the
business, the Industry, the trans
portation, the cities and the ports
of the Columbia basin. 1
The question was taken up by Inland
Empire grain growers and shippers and
the port and commercial interests of
Portland. A petition was filed by the
Tnland Empire Shippers' league, by the
Oregon public service commission, by
the Portland port and dock commissions,
by the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and the Portjand Traffic and Transpor
tation association. Vancouver accepted
comradeship with Portland In the effort
and i& now a partner with Portland 1n
the prospective benefits Of the decision.
A number of the inland communities in
tervened on the side of the shippers. J
Spokane as an intervenor asked to ie I
allowed to share In the benefits of any J
decision recognising the economy of
'water grade transportation. .
THOSE Iff OPPOSITION '
The action before the. Interstate com
merce . roiwniseion was opposed-by the
defendants named f the complaints
ministration and Oi principal railroads
of the Northwest ? - also. by Seattle, Ta-
coma, Everett and the public service
commission of Washington:
The finding, tentative as it is. covering
but apart of the territory Involved In
the complaint is epochal. It inevitably
does recognize the Columbia water
grade. It points it the direction of Jus
tice to the interior and to the ports of
the Columbia. It refutes the railroad
position that rates might be forever the
same over the mountains as along the
river. It draws into sharp contrast the
routes across serrated peaks and along
the economical water route provided for
the benefit of man by nature:
BATE ON WHEAT REDUCED
Dr. C. J. Smith, president of the In
land Empire Shippers' league, believes
that the tentative decision of the Co
lumbia basin rate case, if oonfirmed,
will have the effect of reducing the rate
on wheat from the sone south of the
Snake river to Portland a cent a bushel
or 30 cents a ton.
This is a great victory for the grain
growers of the territory and for Port
land," Bald he. "It is a great-victory
for Vancouver. If Portland will take
advantage of the opportunity the deci
sion will constitute one of the most im
portant of all the factors in the up
building of this city. It means equally
as much to the grain growers In the
territory affected.
GIVES CITY PREEMINENCE
H. B. Van Duxer," president of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, feels
that the decision absolutely assures
Portland's preeminence as the grain and
flour center of the Northwest
By virtue of the tentative finding. If
sustained," he said, "Portland's non
competitive territory has been broad
ened to include at least 50 per cent of
the grain producing area of the North
west Hitherto, an annual production
of about 20,000,000 bushels of grain has
come from our non-cOmpetitlve territory.
This decision will add about 10,000,000
bushels, making 30,000,000 bushels tn all,
or about half the grain of the Pacific
Northwest"
A saving of a cent a bushel on this
amount as predicted by Dr. Smith means
not only diverting 10.000,000 bushels of
grain to this port but an apparent sav
ing of $100,000 in freight rates on this
amount alone, without considering the
possible savings on other shipments
from the broadened territory made ex
clusively tributary to Portland and Van
couver. ENOUGH TO ATTRACT
A cent a bushel differential, all other
things being equal, la more than ade
quate to turn commodities in this direc
tion. .Charles B. Moores. chairman of the
dock commission, commented upon the
(Concluded on Pit Tbn. Column Six)
BALLOT ON
Tote eae eholea Indicate
RATE DECISION
I ri I favor compromise on reservations and immediate ratification at
I J peaca treaty and League
Ov. z
ri 1 favor ratification with
LJ
n
II covenant substantially as
wason.
Or, 4
I am opposed to ratification
Name
Address ....
Wia tn aad nmU ta Tbs JoannL Uarutfo
What Decision
Means to City
Tentative decision of Columbia
basin rate case Involves Haas and
commodity rates between Port
land and Vancouver as ports and
the Inland Empire aonecsouth of
the Snake river.
Groups Astoria with Pngct
Sound ports in respect to tills
zone.
Affects area producing some
10,000,000 bushels of grain annu
ally, this amount being added,
upon confirmation of tentative
finding, to the business exclusive
ly tributary to tills port.
May effect a saving of 1 cent a
bushel, or SO cents a ton, on non
competitive grain movement to
Portland.
Constitutes recognition of Co
lumbia water grade as a route of
transportation more economical
and desirable than steep mountain
grades leading to Puget Sound.
Strikes heavy blow at railroad
scheme of granting same rates
from interior to Puget Sound and
Portland-Vancouver, regardless of
the cost of transportation.
Means impetus to development
of Interior and acceleration in the
port expansion of Portland and
Vancouver at the head of deep
sea navigation.
Consequently means growth of
business, industry, trade, shipping
and population and a more deci
sive merging of the community
interests of Portland and Vancou
ver. Establlslies The Journal's long
contention that justice to Colum
bia basin demands recognition of
water grade in a rail rate differ
ential favorable to the Inland Em
pire and porta of the Colombia.
RiTOFAR-EAST
Shipping Board Allotment to Give
Pacific Steamship Co. Ship
Each 2rDays.
Portland will have a steamship
line to the Orient with five sister
ships on the run, making sailings
every 21 days in the future, ac
cording to A. F. Haines, vice presi
dent and general manager ' of the
Pacific Steamship company, who
said today that the fleet was guar
anteed to him by officials of. the
United States shipping board at San
Francisco last week.
President H. F. Alexander and Haines
are in Portland today from Tacoma,
where the general offices are located.
FUEL CARGOES CARRIED
Heretofore the Portland-Oriental line
of the Pacific Steamship company has
been operating with one steamer a month
and capacity cargoes have been carried
each time.
The volume of business increasing, the
shipping board has now alloted five of
the Standlfer steamers, each of 9600
deadweight tonnage, and all constructed
in 1919, to the service.
These vessels are the Waban, Coaxet,
Wawalona, Montague and Abercos. The
first four mentioned are in the Orient
now, discharging or loading freight. The
Abercos is being fitted preparatory to
making its first sailing for the Far East
The Coaxet is now on Its second voyage.
SERTICE IS REGULAR
"These steamers are now definitely In
this regular service," said Haines, "and
shippers can depend on them. They
will have regular sailings, whether or
not full cargoes are available. We
know the business Is here, and are will
ing to have business a little alow at
first in order to build It up.
"Considering conditions, the Portland
service has been very satisfactory to
the company so far. JTou have the dlf
ficultv here that ShlDDers inland and
in the East do not know enough of the
port to use It Repeatedly the com
pany.ls instructed to route Oriental
freight- through Seattle and San Fran
cisco wben it could Just as well be
L handled here.
"We are -combatting mis condition
now and it is yielding in good shape."
PEACE TREATY
pitfweace by X awrk ta easts.
of Nations oovenant
Lodge reservationa
presented to the senate by President
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tn any form.
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WATER GRADE
FAVORED OVER
INLAND HAUL
Portland and Vancouver Said to
Possess Natural Rate Advan
tages Over Seattle, Astoria
Washington. Jan. 8. (WA8IN
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUB
NAL.) The epoch-making report :
which came from Chief Examiner
Henry Thurtell of the Interstate
contmerce commission today, involv
ing the entire fabric of ratjs making '
in the Pacific Northwest, : If fol .
lowed by the commission lit its final
report, brings to Portland the recog- t
nition it has long sought of its ad
vantage In geographical position on,
the Columbia water grade
Distinct recognition is given to
cost of service and distance com
parlsons in which Portland' Is
backed by the logic of dollars and '
cents, in her ability to handle traf
flc from the Inland Empire for less
than the northern Tines, with their
mountain-climbing costs, and thl -finds
expression In recommendations' y
that from the territory south ot the)
Snake, river Portland should hava
a preferential rate. j
Vancouver, Wash., shares in thlsj'
victory as a sister city enjoying
septlally. the same position .Astoria
falls into a' rate group with cities of -Puget
Sound, because of her greater
distance from ttre IniafitJ jCTrtplra, "
aTL HKLD UEASOVAnLlV ,
While) jportland's big giia havs
torn holed through the artlflcal rata
structure that has discriminate
against her In Inland trade, tha as- ;
sault on the rates themselves aa
unreasonable has failed. The com
plaint of the Inland Empire Ship
pers' league Is recommended fo
dismissal on the ground that grain
rates have not been shown to be
unreasonable, the basis for which
Is found in this quotation: '. ,
"Taking Into account the low rats ot
Interest used In the cost study and Other
elements of doubt and the necessity for
providing rates which should earn reve-.
nue In excess of known costs; taking;
Into account also the high value ot this
commodity as compared with the averaga
freight hauled on this system. It would
appear that rates on grain, which yield
a revenue of 25 per cent In excess of the
average indicated, costs should not b)'
considered unreasonable."
Complaint against unreaswnablenssa, '
of class rates In the Portland case Is alse
rejected by Examiner TburteU's reason
ing. It cannot be assumed, he says, that
the rates Into Tacoma, Seattle and Am
torla from Inland Empire points are
the maximum reasonable rates which) v
could be applied for these distances, in
which case it could be Inferred . thai
rates to Portland for shorter distance .
and more favorable operating conditions) '
are unreasonable. Class rates to Tacoma
and Seattle were established by the car
riers for competitive reasons, he eon
tlnues, and no marked change In condi
tions haa been shown between 1911
when the Portland Chamber of Com
merce case was decided, and 1917, wheal:
the present rates were established. y-.
INCOME FIGURES FALL
Income figures under federal operation!,'
constantly falling below the standard re-5
turn are cited and it is said that "under,
these circumstances, it cannot be eon-t,
eluded that these class rates or any ot;
the commodity rates, respecting which;
testimony wss offered, between Portland,
and Inland Empire points are now un
reasonable." i i y
Dealing with the territory south Of th
Milwaukee and north of Snake river J
which. In the Thurtell report, makes th
dividing line for differentials Jn favor'
of Portland, it Is said that the Mllwau-,
kee has a right to protect . itself from
loss of traffic and has a main line whlchv
compares favorably in ope.ation costs ta ,
Seattls with other lines into Portland.'' -i
Favorable omen for Portland's future,
position is seen iri the weight given im
Thurtell's report to operation costs, the,
direct recognition accorded to this priOfi
clple In the recommendation for sflbstaB-t
tlal shading of rates to Portland and'
Vancouver from territory south of Snake v
river, and the recognition of distance ad
vantages, both from the Inland Empire .
and as against Astoria.
RECOMMENDATION WEAK.
A further favorable element' Is -seal,
In comparatively scant discussion Oft
some other rate making juggles so often
"(Concluded on Pwte Two, Cohims One) -
0-W. R. & N. Trains -Delayed
by WrecK
Main line traffic on the O-W. R. A N
was .delayed about two hours this morn
ing, as the result of a collision of two'
switch engines near the. Umatilla round
bouse at 4 a. m. One engine, was de
railed and its tender was smashed." Past'
aenger trains wers detoured via the
Umatilla cutoff. ,.i j.
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