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THE 'OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29. 1820.
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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
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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.
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Elegant Tapestry and Velour Pieces
Unpacked during the past week (bought last year) now await
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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- ,
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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
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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
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illustration. Sure, it's full size. The
other pieces are full size, too. Five
pieces
$96
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-Lower Priced Outfits Displayed on the Balcony Todaj.
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$112 ML .
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Rugs You Want
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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
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.3xl0.8-ft. Roubalx Wilton '(plain color) i
S.xl&-ft. John Crossley English Wilton IR50.00
3xlS-ft Wbittall Teprac Wilton 945.00
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--xl2-ft. Blue Ribbon Wool Velvet $57.50
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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 $1.31
Congoleum, per square yard. ... .,.; .. ,... i. .4...-..69
China and Japanese Matting, per yard........ 50
22-lnch Hemp Stair Carpet, per yard, . 7,. 35
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Your King Would Ride
For a jaunt along the avenue or a drive in the
park there is nothing finer than one of these
handsome
LLOYD
LOOM WOVEN ,
Carriages
Edwards has them, as well
a$ 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
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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.
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100 Loud Tone Needles.
109 .Medium Tone Needles.
One Jewel Point,
Two sapphires, a
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Bottle of Tone-(:lear Cleaner.
Oil Can and Oil for
$122,95
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WABED OAK, FUMED OAK OR
w MAHOGANY!
WHICH WILL YOU HAVE!
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Thai's th? Mattress lor You Why?
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Copper Boiler
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ELECTRIC WASHER: AND
WSINOER
Juki throw in the clothes with
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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.
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