TUESDAY, I.IARCH 1, 1C21.
OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, POIITLAHD, QZGQN
two m HOLD
UP FEDERAL AID
; FOR GOOD ROADS
' Washington. March 1." (WASH
'iNGTON BUREAU OP THE TOVR
.NAL.) -The federal aid roadbuUd
; Ing program, which has been pains
takingly built up and needs action
at the present session of congress to
keep it in orderly,' continuous and
economic operation, has struck some
deep ruts largely because of the at
titude of two men, who, by unlucky
circumstance, stand at the head of
the road committees -in the senate
and house.
4 Another obstruction is ' the; change In
the house system of business, part of the
budget plan, which deprives all commits
! tees except .the appropriations commit'
. tee of the power of reporting approprla-
tlon bills, so the process of securing
-money requires two committee actions
instead of .one.
WITlTATIOir IS AWKWARD
i First, the roads committee must' re
port the authorization, - and after that
has been: enacted into law, the' appro
priations committee -' must provide the
money,
. The new system lends itself to delay
and aids the. opposition when time is an
important element in the situation, as it
is at the present time, and so often is
toward the close - of a session.' It is
- - causing considerable irritation and may
be swept away before it grows much
; older, but not in time to work any
change at the present session. ..-,-"---,
i Representative Thomas B. unn of
; Kew York is chairman of .- the house
: roads committee, and he is the one
member of that committee who has been
pronouncedly against road legislation at
the present Session.
Dunn has contended that the un
expended balances are so large that the
subject can fte postponed, and he main
tained this position in the face of figures
showing that 37 states already have all
federal funds contracted or will have
- them under coritracfby-July -1. i - '
f In the senate Senator Charles E.
.' Townsend of Michigan Is chairman of
the committee on postoff ices and post
roads, and lis the author of the widely
known Townsend bill for-a "system of
national trunk, highways. He wants that
to become the basis of future; policy, in
stead of . the present - federal -aid plan.
He has shown .no -enthusiasm for con
tinuing the present system and ; he Is
quite positive that the time is too short
to do anything at the present session. .
X AST 18 APATHETIC
To wnsend's committee" is also respon
x sible for the supply; bill for: the post-
office department. Which has been re
ported to the senate,', but held . up with
all the others pending the fight over the
tariff. ' - He : advances .the argument that
his first duty is. the poetoffice bill, and
he Is gloomy ove' rthe prospects for even
that,: i . - i -? .- ; r'--'---; i
If all the states ,were as much"con-.
erhed i about the road bill as Oregon
: there , would be little doubt about its
' passage, as-the tide would'he- too Btrong
' for Dunn: and -Townsend to withstand.
But amongmany of the delegations, in
1 the- East j there is apathy or hostility,
and disposition to decide in the nega
tive, when an appropriation : is ' dis
puted, because the negative Is ' on the
i side-of-redTjoed ..expenses: : A.v-V.y
- iThe dootrfnes'Of ttaraing-idown-appro-
prtations that -can. be postponed, .which
' has been ;carried into several. depart
ments', of ' government with questionable
' effect,; Is one with' which Ihe.-road.'bili
has to contend, . and will, have to meet
again in the next congress.-- . t
Portland to Get
Berkeley's Police .
System at Once
Berkeley. Cal., March 1. (L N. S.) L.
V. Jenkins chief of police of Portland,
Or,, announced Monday upon his arrival
here that the Berkeley police "tera
will be put into effect in Portia 'Im
mediately, j ' '
Drastic' reforms in the Portland police
system are i contemplated; he stated.
Lee Ackennan, Inspector of police, who
haa been here for the past several weeks
studying the ; local system for his
superior,, will be - named head of the
bureau of records, a new position created
to carry - out the details of the local
system. .- .. .
Chief Jenkins will remain here until
next Sunday to make a personal study
of the local system, and upon his return
to Portland? will proceed to . put. the
system' into "operation there.
i Mayor Baker made a preliminary sur
vey of the " Berkeley police system. In
connection with a recent-? vacation trip
in California and is such an enthusiastic
admirer of its workings that he has since
been advocating its establishment here.
The first result of the mayor's Interest
was that Inspector Lee Ackerman was
sent to Berkeley some time ago for, the
explicit purpose of studying the bureau
of records, that he might be named head
of such ' a ; department , here.- Chief
Jenkins' study is expected to - lead, to
other drastic innovations in the local de
partment. : -'. " '
KILLS00R0 LOSES
Itl HYDRANT CASE
Wine Flows Freely;
ifFpotV Fists Fly "at '
Dinner of Consuls
Seattle, Wash., March 1. Christian
Vacher-Corblere, .consul of France, was
househunting today after a narrow es
cape from a . humiliating j police court
trial ; in company with the consuls 'of
rem ana Mexico. , u --. . ,
Incidentally, threatened strained rela
tions with the three nations were avert
ed when Mayor Caldwell dismissed the
disorderly conduct charges against the
members of the consular corps and rep
rimanded a I policeman for referring, to
Consul Vacher-Corbiere ras "a frog?
Much' wine was spilled during , the
convivial party in the French consul's
apartment Sunday night. - Unfortunately
some of . it ; was spilled out the sixth
story window and streamed down on a
passing lady's dress, ruining it, A sec
ond later a : tablecloth and a knife and
fork came hurtling out the window and
laid low . a gentleman on his way to
evening services.
Police were called and found the three
consuls hurling the remnants, of their
dinner "at each other between; draughts
of rich red wine. 1 The ' three consuls
were arrested and, after feecurfng their
canes,, were, given a ride Mn the police
patrol. : I . -i .
Each consul declared himself outraged
and threatened to report to his chief
at Washington.-Conferences with the
mayor .today smoothed over the brewing
clash, - but "-. when Consul Vacher
Corbiere returned - to his , apartment he
was informed that1 he would have to
move atronce.
Washington. March Is-ITJ. P.)
The supreme- court has upheld the
Oregon public service commission in
authorizing the North Coast. Power
company to charge the .city of Hills
boro 93.S0 a, month for fire hydrants.
The city claimed this was Illegal be
cause of a contract with . the com
pany for free hydrant service after
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- While none of the members of the Ore
gon public service commission 'was In
Portland Monday, it is understood the
action of the supreme court In upholding
the 'decision In the Hillsboro case will
have a widespread effect on small towns
of the state which have been making a
practice of contracting ' for free service
from public utilities in' return for- fran
chises., :!,:i-" '- -."'i ' I :" .
A parallel case , was recently tried in
the state supreme court when' Woodburn
carried ' its telephone case to -that court.
The state court upheld1 the authorization
by. the -service commission of an' in
creased rate , over a ; contract which
Woodburn -held with the telephone com
pany. : n ;' -.J ;f ' ' -'" r t
- Roseburg has a-similar case pending,
but has not pressed legal action and sev
eral other-small towns, along with the
public utilities companies, have been
awaiting the results of the Hillsboro
case.:' i ' . !" : r ; ; . .
- It has been a popular practice of small
towns to ""squeeze" free service out of
corporations seeking franchises and the
public service commission has taken the
stand that there is no such thing as free
service. Someone-' must pay ; for the
service eventually, and members of the
commission have taken - the stand that
the expense K this 'free service" ulti
mately ' reverts to the small user." .
The policy of the system in this mat
ter is an equitable distribution of all
cost of service, whether it be given to a
community or to an individual. ; J
One Admits Traffic
In Booze; Another
Must Stand Trial
Dayton, Wash., March 1. John Al
dridge, arrested at Starbuck on charges
of bootlegging, pleaded guilty and faces
a sentence .of from six months to 15
years in the penitentiary. Frank Carney
will "be given a hearing, having denied
knowledge of thejtraffic in liquor.
Willis Darnell ' and . Mies Bertha V.
Prultt, both 6f this county, were mar
ried Saturday. -.
Conditions Improve
In East, Declares i
Auto Manufacturer
A message of "peptimism was brought
to Portland Monday by F. E. Moskovics,
vice president of Nor dyke c Mwmon,
motor car manufacturers of Indianapo
lis. ; Moskovics . declared that- foreign
exchange - rates And their abnormal val
ues have much to do wJtljthe abnor
malcy of the situation. . , ;. i
A firm peace with thrift is the path
to a sane , balance in business, said he.
Moskovics comes fresh from the East,
where conditions are improving, buying
increasing and . unemployment decreas
ing. He says 'Portland compares fa
vorably with mid-West ' cities of the
same sixe, but is behind eastern clues
of equal importance. w.c
Moskovics emphasized the importance
of the analyst in business today, cried
down the - man who - optimistically, re
fuses to look at the situation squarely
and suggested that ' Portland : business
men seek to aid in the restoration of
what he termed "the balance of money."
- "For some time," said Moskovics. "we
have spoken of the dollar as being con
siderably inflated. As a matter of fact,
we have been spending a variety of dol
lars in this country for quite a while.
The manufacturer's dollar : was one
thing, the farmer's another, the con
sumer's a third. The restoration of our
commercial balance depends on .: how
soon these various dollar values ap
proach each other alid- come : to i mean
the- mm thinar. This diversity of "value
has been brought about by the varied
Increase in price taken by various com
modities. Some kinds of goods have gone
up : 250 per cent in price, while others
have increased only 7C'or 80 per cent.
Therefore, it is right to expect some
kinds of goods to come down in price
far more Chan others."
Spokane Legion to
Have Big'Gymnasium
. Spoken, Wash., March 1. A combina
tion gymnasium and auditorium, capable
of seating 1100. will be a feature of the
proposed $150,000 American Legion nome,
plans fo which were submitted to the
Uirinn home building committee by-Mor
rison A Stimson, architects. The., plans
also provide for a swimming tana zuxau
feet, bowling alleys, a rifle range,; lounge
rooms, off ices, auxiliary rooms, billiard
rooms for nine tables, trophy rooms and
a buffet kitchen.
Liquor Sleep Expensiire!, '
While J. Oddman was sleepjhgoff the
effects of a liberal supply ormoonshine
applied internally. -; robbers entered his,
room at 205 Washington street and stole
his coat, overcoat and 9 13 in cash. Odd
man admitted to the police that his deep
sleep, which the burglars failed o dl
turb when they ransacked his room, was
due to excessive drink. !
j v , Tjedture oil Tree 'Diseases . .
i The monthly meeting-of the depart
mental representatives , of ! the agricui
tural bureaus in ' Portland will be, held
at the Chamber of Commerce Wednes
day noon. Dr.-J. S. Joyce of the plant
pathology .department, will speak On
Tree Diseases." .
City P.o.wer less iu
Milk Situation, I s
Attorney 's Findings
"Wl'lirewsteriTclialrman of 'the city
milk 'commission, had . a conference on
Monday with Assistant City Attorney
Tcmlinson "to discuss . the extent to
which"-.. powers'- may be conferred on
the commission ' through city . ordinance
to "give - it authority - to compel milk
producers . ahd distributors to comply
with 'its price-fixing . recommendations.
The result of tthe ' conference was the
conclusion .'that such an '- ordinance as
indicated probably would not stand a
Ltest. in court' and that, means must be
devised- through some other channel te
induce- Compliance, with the rulings of
the commission.
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FEDERAL TAXES
FOR NEXT YEAR
SHOW NO DROP
: By John Glelssner ' '
: UaiUd News Staff Correspondent " ' "
Washingrton, March' 1. (U. P.")
Expenditures of the federal govern
ment for the next fiscal year, whlctf
begins July 1, will not be . appreci
ably less than they have been during
the current year." They may even be
greater. ' '
This means the amounf of money tax
payers wilt have to1 roll into the treas
ury -will be as great as it. has been, in
whatever form the taxes are imposed.
The secretary' of the treasury himself
cannot tell how much it will cost to run
the government during its coming fiscal
year, nor can anyone else,
ABOUT FOTB BILLIOX .
Uncertainty arises . because congress
makes many indefinite appropriations,
authorizes the use of unexpended bal
ances, meets deficiencies and cuts op-
propriations in a way to incur new ones. J
and because huge sums, as yet unascer
talnable, must be paid , to the railroads.
But an approximation is possible. This
shows more than $4,000,000,000 will be
required to operate the government and
meet its maturing obligations. , . .
The- short session : of congress, , now
drawing to a close, will have provided
for the expenditure of $2,300,00d,000 in
the 12 major appropriation bills which
Ijceep the machinery of the governijient in
operation. Added to I this will be $275.
000,000 for the first deficiency bill and
11,300,000,000 for, the permanent annual
appropriations, ij '....'". : j - ,'. --" '
CONGRESS POWEE1E8S ' -0
'"- This latter group isi for meeting , inter
est on the-, public debt and caring for
sinking fund operations. The total of
these is $3,875,000,000. The remainder of
this year and next, payments , to fail
roads 'of probably $500J)00,000 will be
made. .This money is owed for defi
ciencies incurred during . the final six
months of the . federalt guarantee period
and for settlements arising out of gov
ernment operation in i war time.
The short session of congress, draw
ing now to a close, was unable, to effect
economies - of . any , considerable Import
ance, when the total outlay is -considered
"The house cut appropriations-, for
the- next , yar about , $100,000,000 below
those for' the current year. But when
the appropriation bills ' reached the sen
ate, additions" made there wiped out the
saving. ,A ) V i - ft s-, .
I Leaving out of account" the deficiency
bill, the other supply measures, as they
left the senate, carry $2,827,460,000 r tor
next , year, compared with $2,348,643,000
appropriated for the. same purposes for
.the current year, s t t - . , - .
LESS MOSTEY COMIUO I2T
The total amounts may xbe reduced
somewhat" before the , measures finally
find their way to the statute books, but
the reductions will not be large. The
deficiency bill is for $275,000,000. It was
increased from $203.000,000., the house
figure, to the larger amount, by the
upper chamber. - ,( ,
Reductions in interest for the public
debt, -and -other items making up the
permanent -annual appropriations, were
obviously; impossible, v ' i; ;
. Two other facts should be noted ; The
government haa a "floating debt," com
posed of certificates maturing on short
time, of $2.400.000,000. :: These. 4 with ma
turing obligations of other sorts, bring
the total of paper to be-retired or re
funded in the next two years and a half
to $7,500,000,000. - '
The figures.serve to hlNng Into relief
the tt.sk confronting the new coiigrt.-j :
devising revenue laws.- Taxpayers v.:
be freed from burdensome and otjtM ti -able
taxes and business relieved, If t:
csn be done. But the need for contir, .
lug the total of federal taxes at th r
present, volume .ls clear. . The sltuatio-i
has been further complicated by th
business depression and consequent 'fall
ing .off In the amount of taxes whk-:
will come into the treasury. The effect
of this cannot yet be determined, -but it
is conceded the flow 'will -be below ex
pectations. -
Almost ' automatic In operation is a
new tool for tying wires used to hold
steel reinforcing bars together for con
crete work. ' "
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OUT OF WORK!
IN THE lobby of this bank is displayed
. a poster. It depicts a man an ab
1 ject, huddled," despairing object seated
" on a park bench. ' '
That poster was drawn from life. It is
a composite picture of those who do not
Save. ' 4
Start that
Savings Account
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