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7 THE 'OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29. 1820. t if it in . -i , t. . mm IN OIL COMESTODEFEND RULER OF MEXICO F. Guffey Surprises National Capita! by Saying America is the Victim of Wrong Opinion. Thontpaon Mid aba could not undo" tend what the influence u that waa Working against the measure. Tan DuxeC motion cleared tbe atmoa phere. however, and tk meeting ad journed with everybody happy. COLLEGE TAX The league indorsed the college tax bill unanimously after President Kerr of tbe O. A. C and President Campbell of the U. of O. had explained the necessity for more money for the three n nota tions, the Agricultural college, uni versity and atata normal school. During the discussion of this measure President Kerr was asked if it were true as had been reported in the 'Even' lng Telegram, that en of the college professors was organising the students of the college as members of the land and Labor ptrtr. T. E. Coulter, "father t (hat pasty, took the floor with the statement that he .could answer the questin. The , Interview in the Telegram ia absolutely mendacious," he said. "The story was mad Out of whole cloth by the reporter. He came Into my office and I told him that Professor Ooldmaft was interested in the" movement,, and h went out and wrote that I bad said he was organising the students. ' It was absolutely untrue in every particular." LIMITATION MEASURE f ATOBED The league also unanimously reaf firmed Its belief in the 4 per- cent tax limitation amendment, after It bad listened to an attack upon It by City Attorney LA Roche, who contended that It was crippling the growth of the state and meant "social and political! paralysis-" - President Pierce answered by saying that tbe farmers 414 not want tbe limitation taken off. Ths cattlemen wr on the red side of the ledger, and tbe wheat men were fearful of the feature. He toM La Roche that If the etty officials of Portland wanted any thing "clean and clear cuf ths people would give It to them. , Senator Patterson said he had voted against the amendment, but that 40 days' service or tho ways and means com mittee had converted him to It wis dom. State appropriations voted by (he 1919 session would have been $3,000,000 more than they war, ha said, if it had not been for the limitation. There was no man in ths state who would work harder against Its repeal than he. JTKW PASTY DENOUNCED The league denounced th Land and Labor party by resolution aa "socialis tic, undemocratic and a menace to the state of Oregon," and "urged the people of ths state to resist Its efforts fqr polit ical domination in every possible way." It charged ihat the movement stood for single tax. that it planned to flood the state with bonds for the establishment of public utilities and commercial enter prises; that it would increase the bur den of taxation and that it was an off shoot of the Non-partisan league and stood for the abolition of tha private ownership of land.' The resolution recommended that a co ordinated organ'zatlon be formed and put into -working order In every county In tbe state to combat the propaganda nsw being sent cut In ths interest of th new movement. j Committee: Will Make Report on Industrial Sites - Complete report ofi the findings of th committee of 1C, appointed to investi gate industrial sites in Portland, will be made before the; city council within the next "30 daya, according to a com munication received Saturday by Mayor Baker from Emery Olmslead. chairman. Olmstead's letter followed Inquiry , by the mayor as to progress in lbs work. The report will contain, according, to OJmstsada letter, complete information as to the findings, as well as recom mendations concerning terminals and the waterfront. By David IawrciH-c (Copyrighted, 13'. Washington. Feb. 28. Mexico is ,iot without friends in the United StnteK, but when an oil operator bobs up as a Offender of President Carranea and the Mexican consti tution and saya a false idea has been conveyed about the petroleum con troversy, naturally the national cap itol sits up and takes notice. Joseph V. Ouffey of Pittsburg, presi dent of the Atlantic Oil corporation, is the new champion of Mexican national ism, and his remarks Just Issued In the form of a statement after a seven-week trip through Mexico have proVoked in terest. HARMON T JS SOUGHT "We huve endeavored af all times." said Mr. Guffey, "to work in harmony with the Mexican government, and have had no difficulty in obtaining necessary permits for drilling on our property to Indicate the extent and character of our company's operations.- I may say we have a potential production of 250,000 barrels daily from three wells, one of them rated t)ie largest In the world, and Are now constructing pipe lines to those wells." But Guffey starts right out with the flat statement that there is "A wide spread misapprehension In the United States concerning conditions in Mexico, and there is a belief, almost universal, that Americans and American Investors. particularly otl companies and their properties, are being discriminated against, prosecuted and their properties confiscated by the Mexican govern ment." POINTS TO EXAGGERATION Mr. Guffiiy sayS most of the stories about bandits and robbers are exagger ated and if traced to their sources would "undoubtedly be found to have emanat ed from propagandists interested In forcing American Intervention in Mex ico ; the chief offenders in this respect are so-called associations for the protec tion of American rights h Mexico." This is an oft repeated charge on the part of persons not interested In oil wells, but is something new from an .oil operator. Guffey goes on to say that Mexicans "are not attempting to confiscate all properties developed and operated by American companies, for If Such were the purpose, It could easily double or treble the export tax of 11 cents a bar rel, which was collected on all oil ex ported from Mexico in 1919. The Mexi can government received a revenue from such taxes last year of about 16.000,000 pesos, less than 5 per cent of the total government taxes from all sources." Oil, PRODUCTION LARGE Ouffey claims that recognition of the Mexican constitution would have meant (he payment of only 1880,000 last year, "a small sum when the enormous annual .Mexican oil production is considered." He says all any company would have to do "to conform to ths Mexican require ments Is to recognize th constitution, denounce all concessions and leases Ob tained prior to Its adoption and take out new permits." He adds that his own company and subsidiaries are practically the only American concerns which have accepted the Mexican constitution, and because of this no Interference has been experienced in carrying out development w.ork. "President Carranza," declares Mr. Ouffey, "I regard as an Intelligent high type, constructive and thorough states man a man who has a definite objec tion in view and Is making rapid and systematic progress toward Its attain ment. He has done more for Mexico and the Mexican pfople than any other president in its history." COUNTHT IS PROSPEbOCS Guffey says Mexico is prosperous, travel is safe and that order is being restored "as rapidly snd effectively as one could reasonably expect." But that Is not all. Guffey, who is a Democratic leader in Pennsylvania, does not stop at a description of Mexican conditions and a tribute to the Mexican presidenV He takes issue with a recent speech by Governor Lowden, who. he says, is quoted in the press dispatches as deferring to conditions in Mexico aa ' "deplorable." "Probably an investigation would show" says Guffey. "that there have been more hold-ups, robberies and mur ders in Illinois dyrlng Governor I.owden's term as governor than in the whole of Mexico during a like period." , All this is a new point of view from an oil operator and. Incidentally, a radi cally different view from that expressed In news' sent by our department of state to.' Mexico in recent months, wherein it Is claimed that conditions are deplor able, that Mexico was trying to confis cate properties of American oil com PSh'es and that protection was not be Inc furnished Americans operating in Mexico. WO FLU MAKE THEM FRIENDS "It is time," concludes Mr. Guffey. "that people and business Interests of United States began cultivating an ap preciation of these 16.000.000 people liv ing south of the Rio Grande." There may or may not be significance in Guffey's statement, Issued on his re turn to Washington. "With L.ahslng'8 departure and Ambassador Fletcher's resignation, President Wilson may be getting ready to repudiate much of what has been said on the Mexican question . by state department officials. Or it may mean, as some oil men say, that Guffey's statement is his comeback against ' other oil operators who have bitterly denounced him for accepting permits from the Mexicans to drill Wells When others could not get them. The next few days ought to tell what Is back of It ail. Portland's Greatest; Automobile Show 'Closes Saturday Portland's eleventh annual automobile show closed afe 11 :S0 Saturday night. Over 6000 paid admissions were received at the wicket tbe last day of tbe big event and the aggregate attendance for th week was well over 40,000, accord ing to the statement of the manage ment. The show was th most successful of IU Kind ever held. in the city. Tha dhv play of trucks at the Armory and- the showing of automobiles at the Ice Palace -at Twentieth and Marshall streets were . j i - . , . . i . . unaurpaawa in we numusr oi mnioimri . . . -, i . r ............. ........... and In the variety of cars on display. : f f I ff f II If 1 1 Iffl ff If f f fl II f 1 If 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 tl 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 f I f II 1 1 1 1 II II II 1 f I 1 II III I s cV I,tort ReHnrdlfiSS Ot What I OU ftfC tf ttWtf$""Ul Today the Cafs and trucks are being - w - "' . . . - J ( s removed from thelf Show settings and IS . Br.ng Beauty and Chjirm to your home Pay your Family and Friends the compliment of intelligent and aitistic planning in their behalf and satisfy your own . craving for that which is lonely in form and color. A piece or two of Edwards' well chosen Porto Rico's Population Grows Washington. Feb. 28. (1. N. &) The population of Porto Rico for 1930 Is t,29r..S2. an Increase of 177.SU. or 15.9 per pent, according to advices to the census bureau today. Imported PoinpeUn Olive OII adds taste atid tent to a mayonalse or French dressing Adv. "" accessory booths used Ift presenting the intricate mechanisms essential to, auto mobile comfort are being torn down. A number of cars sent from the manu facturers purely for show purposes will be returned, but th majority of the ex hibits will be disposed of by local dealers. OWNEHSHIP HAS PUBLIC APPEAL TOSONIE RIDERS (Con tinned Fran Put One.) lie service commission signifies Its wil lingness to accept this solution of the question." Another rider protests against an in crease in fares and favors throwing part of the burden on those who benefit from the company, but do not pay for its maintenance. "As for me and mine, we want no Increase in carfare. When will the peo ple of Portland wake up to the fact that an Injustice is being dOrte to the people who work down town, and the shoppers? We have all read and heard about the Greater Portland association, which recommends trading with the atores nearest us. Let ue all work for It with a will. I CENT FAKE OPPOSED "I feel quite certain the man who said the people were willing to pay a 10 cent faro providing the service is improved did not voice the sentiment of car riders at all. Many a poor, man and woman riae tc and rrom their places of em ployment In order that they may educate and decently clothe their families. They do It to worth behind a man's counters who says a 10 cent fare Is a willing burden. There are other ways of traveling besides the street ears, and people are fast finding tbem out" Through The Journal, the car riders are pleading for removal of some of the burdens under which tney are strug gling. From them are received many letters in which the foregoing are samples. Some ask for mass meetings, others argue for municipal ownership. ana all protest against the bridge tolls, paving and other fixed charges which they sflre forced to pay along with In creasing fares. WANTS TOLLS REMITTED "The car rider Is now paying all the bills for the railway company and in addition Is paying a proportion of the municipal government in bridge tolls, pavihg, etc.," writes another correspond ent. "This is not a square deal. Each citizen who Is benefited by the trans portation company should pay his share of "the bill and relieve the car rider of part Of the burden. The car rider has been the 'goaf long enough and It Is bign time we were waking up to our owr. interest. "If the question is on the ballot in May we Will all have our chance to cast Our votet If we stand another gouge Into Our already depleted pocketbooka it is our own fault." "I am pleased to see that one of our newspapers has the courage to insist that business pay its share toward main taining street car service," declares "Straphanger." MUNICIPAL OPERATION URGED One car rider urges the city to take over the railway properties and operate tbem as a municipal enterprise. "There seems to be no attempt in this town to give the car rider a square deal," he writes, "and it Is my idea that the only way to get justice and dis tribute the burdens fairly is for the olty to take over the property and make it a municipal line, as has been dona in Seattle. "Since the policy is to give the com pany a fair return on the Investment, and since under that formula the com pany assumes no risk but requires the public to pay all the bills as well as a profit, the city Is actually financing the system. "Sine it is finanoing the system, why should. It not have something to say about its. management? ' If a business man were putting up the money for a streetcar system, would he be satisfied to merely sign the checka without hav ing anything to say about where the money goes and what it goes for? "And since th money for operating and paying dividends on the transporta tion system comes almost entirely from car riders, would It not be to their in terest to have the system publicly owned so that "burdens would be equally dis tributed Instead of the car rider being compelled, as he is now, to bear all the burdens, pay a profit to the oofnpany and the city, the latter in bridge tolls, free rides, streetvpaving and the like? Seattle took over the streetcar system and patrons ride there for five cents." Luxurious Overstuffed Furniture NONPARTISAN LEAGUE PARTY TURNED DOWN (Continued Ffcra Page One) Ralph Cot Accused Ralph Cot 18 to be tried Monday In the municipal court on a charge of ob taining money under false pretenses, the specific charge being that he knowingly gave Mrs. J. F. Radmacher of 4 07 East Mortisott street a worthless check for 140.. ' He la alleged to have signed the nam of Merle Blakey to the check, which was drawn on the Northwestern National bank. Ke'epVour Eyes Ctn - CI M'ckitPky VmJm - fca a fa teach pure and unadulterated American ism." This Wording did not suit Mrs. Alex ander Thompson, who, together with Miss Leonna Larrabee. spoke in favor of the measure and begged for its definite Indorsement. Mrs. Thompson said thi.t the elementary schools were the bul warks of the cltltenshlp Of the nation and that they should be given the two mill levy In Order that the teaching standard could be maintained. In spite of the pleas, the resolution went through, as It came from the committee, with Mrs. Thompson pro testing. After the vote had been taken, E. J. Adams of Eugene took up the fight and moved that the vote be re considered. Van Duzer got quicker ac tion by moving that tha . league go on record as indorsing the millage bill, and this motion was carried. VOTERS TEMPER FEARED Woodcock- and Senator Vinton ex plained during the discussion that the committee had considered the measure and had thought It best not to defi nitely indorse it The state educa tional institutions Were compelled to come to the whole people -for assist ance, they said, while tbe various school districts had ample Authority to raise all the money needed for the schools by local taxation. The .committee had feared that If too fhany mileage bills were "Indorsed the people would get scafei and vote all of them down. Mrs. S is the orfe kind with intrinsic worth and incomparable beanty that is sure to bring de light not only for the present, but for yesri to come. ' f Elegant Tapestry and Velour Pieces Unpacked during the past week (bought last year) now await your judgment. See these interesting new individual pieces, any of which will make uniquely wonderful and practical adornments for your home. Solid Mahogany Chair and Rocker With genuine leather automobile cushion seats and up- , holstered backs. A pair that will not be amiss in the finest home yes, they're extraordinary values 75 Edwards De Luxe 3 -Room Outfit Easy Terms No Interest Arranged lo Pit .Tour Individual Reqnlrement If the Entire Ostflt la Not Needed, Any Single Piece or Pieces May Be Selected. Living-Room of Quarter-Sawed Oak Pieces are all more elaborate and massive than the illustration shows. Table has -2x44-inch plank top. Arm . Chair and Arm Rockers have penuine leather auto-cushion seats. Rocker on the left has been re placed with a Higher-Back Opera Seated Rocker. Four pieces as mentioned Dining Room Also Quartered Oak Finished to match harmoniously with living room. Table has 48-lnch plank top, opens to six feet. Six of the beet Solid Oak Full Box-Seat Chairs (much better looking than these illustrated). Buffet Is of quartered oak also. This is truly' a very genuine value at the special price of 149 Luster ed Old Ivory for Bedroom This suite is quite identical with Illustration. Notice the corner posts on the bed Uiey match perfectly with the others. Then, too, notice the neatly cut panels broad enam eled side rails are not visible in illustration. Sure, it's full size. The other pieces are full size, too. Five pieces $96 -Arranged In the Fifth Street Window Today. -Lower Priced Outfits Displayed on the Balcony Todaj. -Remember, Easy Terms No Interest at Edwards Always. $112 ML . 11 111 42 nFff 0 11 I - - "I TES, EDWARDS HAS THE TEPT Rugs You Want Kvea at These Prices Edwards Will Arrange to Fit Tour Reqalremrat. Easy Terms No Interest You'll not be confined to a few patterns at Kdwards'. either. Yes. there are Orientals, Conventional, .Medallions and AHovers, In well-selected color combinations. True, indeed, you will do well to select for spring house cleaning changes now. 2dwards will deliver them at any time you appoint repacked Daring the Past Week Eight New and Very Smartly Designed (Bought Last Year), Extra Good and Ttliefe 9x12 AXMINSTER RUGS AT $62.50 I Others at 30.25f $43.50. $44.75. $51.65 and 069. SO S94.50 9S.BO 9137.30 l&.OO VERT HIGH GRADE RUGS CONSIDERABLY UNDERPR1CED Sxl!-ft. (blue and Chinese) Wool Wilton 9xl2-ft. Bigelow Bansror Wilton 9xl2-ft. Bhah Abbas Wilton .3xl0.8-ft. Roubalx Wilton '(plain color) i S.xl&-ft. John Crossley English Wilton IR50.00 3xlS-ft Wbittall Teprac Wilton 945.00 3xl2-ft. Bipelow Bagdad Wilton $35. OO 9xlZ-ft. Wilton Velvet (Chinese design) $87.50 --xl2-ft. Blue Ribbon Wool Velvet $57.50 8.xl0.6-ft. Blgelow Body Brussels $61.75 OTHER WORTH-WHILE VALUES AT EDWARDS 7.6x10 Genuine Linoleum Art Rugs. $16.75 9x12 Genuine Liholeum Art Rugs.. ,-rt. .,; r $25tOO Inlaid Linoleum (3 patterns), per; square yard, $1.95 Good Quality Print Linoleum, per square yard $1.31 Congoleum, per square yard. ... .,.; .. ,... i. .4...-..69 China and Japanese Matting, per yard........ 50 22-lnch Hemp Stair Carpet, per yard, . 7,. 35 Remember Easy Terms, No Interest What Ho! Your King Would Ride For a jaunt along the avenue or a drive in the park there is nothing finer than one of these handsome LLOYD LOOM WOVEN , Carriages Edwards has them, as well a$ all of the other won derful Lloyd carriages in colors, that are woven on looms the same and near ly as fine as any fabric. Prices range from $37.50 to $76.50 Eaay Terms' No Interest on tke one you select. HEALTHFUL HEAT ONLY - YOU LET EDWARDS INSTALL THIS IP I n I s, ORIGINAL PIPELESS PATENTED FURKACE -Easy Terras No Iaterett Arranged to Salt. I SELECT ONE SINGLE PIECK OH A HOUSEFUL I I -IT'S EAgT-TO'PAT-THE-ED WARDS-WAY I I si niwAi 5ta fc frTrTH 11 iimnfrvuvjL-ir; I IN I II fffrfl-QAKSrffifii JCST TWO BLOCKS NORTH OP WASHINGTON rl SBSM il Wood and Coal or Combination ' Whicf Will You Have? Installed Including Pin-Front Water Heater (no coils) On Eay Terms No Interest The Heavy Double Walls Are Built of Copper Bearing 1 Steel Plate With Asbestos Lining. Every Joint and Seam Is Riveted (Not Bolted) Sure, they have; Duplex Orates, Duplex Drafts and a Dust Tight Aih Compartment as well as Viterous Enamel (rust proof) Oven and Flue Wall Linings. All tops are of the new Blue Mirco Finish and the High Closets are of wellsville Polished Steel. Yes, you can have either leg or cabshet base style with 4 or 6-hole top. Oven sizes as follows: 15x21, 17x21, 19x2,1 and 21x.2l inches., Edwards will talee your old stove or range as partpaymenl, too. fJ- ? sy Wjsbs in IjL ' jrTjrsw '"asj" . I it Li Model Illustrated TOGETHER WITH SEVEN DOt'BLE FACED RECORDS (Fonrteea Selection) 100 Loud Tone Needles. 109 .Medium Tone Needles. One Jewel Point, Two sapphires, a One Record Album. Bottle of Tone-(:lear Cleaner. Oil Can and Oil for $122,95 111 CASH l WEEKi NO INTEREST. WABED OAK, FUMED OAK OR w MAHOGANY! WHICH WILL YOU HAVE! A Brunswick you'rn going to have there's no doubt aboutthat, 'cause limita tions have been overcome. Every artist, every Instrumentalist se lection, every soloist every orchestra, every band, every dnce record, every popular song of the day, without restric tion. If on a disc record, will be at your service. "Sleepwell" Thai's th? Mattress lor You Why? i Because Edwards taken all the chances. Kvery Sleepwell Is guaranteed not to lump or shift. They're built up in layers of all-cotton, with lona flber cotton In the boimg to help retain their shape. Cover are of good quality art ticking. fMeepwell MattreKsea don't coat you a young for tune, either they're prfced at only $25 and $31 Si CAjSH II WEEK NO INTEREST TRY A Sf.F.gPWELL OU aa NIGHTS. IF TOfJ FIND ANT MJHri, Bt'MFH OR KNOTS IN IT SEND IT RACK. KDWARDS WILL ABSORB THE LOSS. SiMIIIBHSIWHmiMM Copper Boiler Self Cleaning ELECTRIC WASHER: AND WSINOER Juki throw in the clothes with enoiuth water to form a igood ac- the clothe tlon (Of course, a little ao&p), ana that's all there Is to it After washing, merely drain out. rinse with a bucketof clean water, wipe out with a jflotb and you're through. . Stop in and see the Cfef field in motion. Tea, you can buy It on urma. too. 5- ,v v. ...-:..... ...... ...... . w,.' . . ; ; 5 rTiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiitiniiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiTi f iiiiiii liiiii iiiiiiiiiiittttitiiiiitiitiuiii s 5 ' V