East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 06, 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextJ page mm DAILY EAST OREGON! AX, rFATTF,TONT, OTCEflOy, SATURDAY. FK r.nFAKY rt. 1015. FTOTTT PAOES. lIPrMWUMMHtnmMII'lHIWmwillW E.-1 I.--3 NEW i iiiimmiiiiimMmiMiiiMnmmmintffTflinc IIIIBIH . - - i n o) Jti lb 1 0) CVjP Compare these Goodrich "List" prices showing tremendous reduc tions with prices you have previously paid. For instance, old price on Goodrich 34X4, smooth tread, $24.35. Present "List" price $ 1 9.40. Ask us for users net price list, showing prices on all sizes - ffet. 1 S 1 SS 30x3 $9.00 30x3 $9.45 30x32 $11.60 30x3i2 $12.20 32x32 $13.35 32x3i2 $14.00 33x4 $19.05 33x4 $20.00 34x4 $19.40 34x4 $2035 36x412 $2735 36x4V2 $28.70 ( 37x5 $3230 37x5 $33.90 We have enlarged our Tire and Accessory Department and besides carrying a complete stock we now have a man to give you his undivided attention. As an added convenience and Service to our patrons, we will also make all adjustments here in Pendleton on tire camplaints saving delays, red-tape and expense The Valve - in - Head Motor Car! gives far more power. gives greater fuel economy. U 1 V - V ,: - ,,. .mi . i ::, ?? r r- o c? sz? n ! Known on every road for faultless performance and power. THERE is no better car than the BUICK. When better cars ARE built BUICK will build them. Our great annual pro duction and number of years in business enables us to build better cars cheaper enables us to build more drop-forged steel parts into the BUICK than used by any other car and at a low er cost than other cars ordinary cast-iron parts. The reason of BU1CKS greater strength and durability. BUICK PRICES F. O. B. PENDLETON Buick C-25, Standard Equipment $1085 Buick C-37, Fully Equipped $1450 Buick C-24, Standard Equipment $1035 Buick G36, Fully Equipped $1400 Buick Six C-53, Fully Equipped $1850 OREGON MOTOR GARAGE Telephone 468 B. F. TROMBLEY, Prop. 119421 W. Court Street 3 I t -a t : I . M II 1:1 m II i AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. rnbltobed Dally and Semi Weekly at Pen- dletoo, urfoo. by tna AST OHKiOMAN ILliLISHINQ CU. Official County Paper. Member lotted Preae Association. Batertd t tb poatofflca at Pendletoa. Oregon, at aecond class mail matter- Telethon i, ON 8ALE IN OTHER CITIES. Imperial Uotel Newa Siand, Portland, Oregon. tknrBaa h'va Co, Portland, Oregon. ON FILE AX , , I l-hioato Borao. tori SWnrtty Bulldlni. Waablnirtoa. 1. , C, Bureaa 501, Kour tentb itreet, N. wi 8CB8CRIPTIOV RATES UN ADVANCE) IMIly, od year, by mall.. 3 W laly, all mootba. by mall 2u lal!y, three moniba. by mall 1 23 lli mu mp. h rarrtrr. T.od Dally, all montba. by carrier J 'J lally, thrw montba, by carrier 1S lull. h M.H,r . . . R ri Mil, WR "WUII - A MamLWMklT. out Tear bT mall .W Heml-Weekly, all montba, by mall 75 Veal Weekly, four monUia, by mall... .60 THE SPIXXERS. "We alt like busy spinners in the sun, Weaving the work that each day must be done Song, and a little laughter for the day, Laughing the shadow and the tears away; Hope, and the muslo of a wholesome cheer. To drown the pity of the drop pin tear. Poor human weavers at the looms of light. Weaving a star to pin upon the night. A rose, a sunbeam, hat the little road May seem to bearers of the dally load A little brighter and the path more sweet For those who march the way of weary feet. The Benrtown Bard- Ihe COSY TODAY "MEPHISTOPHELIA" IN THREE ACTS Tho Champion Dofoctivo A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque Coming Soon Max Figman in "The Truth Wagon" In 5 Acts Adults 10c Children 5c Peculiar action was taken by the senate yesterday when in adopting a resolution meant as a nioeking condemnation of the Development. Ferris bill the solons ' refused to authorize the governor to appoint delegates to a conference to be held in Portland next fall by representatives from west ern states. It was explained the gov ernor might not appoint the right sort of people, so the senate wants the legislature to do the selecting. In other words those who are rush ing the thing along want to take, no chances on the appointment of met who might take a fair minded stand for the public Interest rather than for the power grabbers. They want a made-to-order convention that will be sure to take an obotructlve attltudo with reference to the national admin istration's effort to bring about power development on a sane basis. Still some people wonder why our natural resources are not being made use of more freely. The answer Is that whenever Uncle Ram starts to milk the cow of national wealth there are too many pet pigs who want to get their feet Into the milk pail when they have no business there and there are too many legislatures that think more of these pigs than they do of the people who collectively own the nat ural resources and are entitled to something from their development. Reports from Chicago are to the ef fect money is becoming a drug on the market and that short Cheap Money, loans may be had at exceedingly low rates. The same story Is contained In re ports from New York. In the Henrj Clews review for January .10, the fol lowing appears: 'The most potent feature in the .fi nancial situation is the growing ab undance of loanable funds available for short term loans. This is largely attributable to the dullness of busi ness, although the reduction of reserve requirements from 25 to 18 per cent Is an Important factor. As an off set to the latter influence the emer gency currency outstanding has been reduced to $70,000,000. At one time the total Issue of these notes amount ed to considerably over ,300,000,000, of which about $140,000,000 were Is sued by New York banks. All of the laHt named mm has been withdrawn, the last not being redeemed on Wed nesday, New York being the first of the 4 J currency associations formed under the Aldrlch-Vreeland bill to completely TCtlre them." It is Inevitable that cheaper money will tend to encourage new business and betterments unless, as some peo ple think, there Is a conspiracy on the part of big financiers to hold back prosperity for political reasons. An other element that contains hope for the future is the fact that purchases of all sorts have been made with much caution for a long period and therefore stocks are low in stores and the demand will be all the greater in consequence when conditions become more normal. The auditorium In the proposed library building Is something that is much needed. The west has been "putting It over" the slothful east In the matter of Jit ney bus transporta .nd Pendleton tlon and the sltua- Started It. tlon is causing some worry down In the cradle of American civilization to wit, Boston. In this wise the Boston Post In forms Its readers as to the nature of the Jitney and its uses. "That the service of the "Jitneys Is rapidly Increasing In many cities of the west Is clear. The 'Jitneys," be it said for those who may not know, is an automobile, whether of the large ordinary kind, or of the bus type, that carries passengers over a regular route at five-cent fares. In Seattle the 'Jitney1 receipts are nearly $3000 a day. and In Kansas City more than IE. 000 persons are carried dally. "The beauty of the 'Jitney seems to be that any automobile owner llcens ed to carry passengers ean start his own route without need of further franchise, and can cater to the wants of his patrons as he sees fit. The neople of the west are agreed that this service Is filling a real need and do- In a It well. We have not heard of any 'Jtney invBHinn of the east, as yet. But there are places where it might be rather useful. On upper Boylston street In our own city, for instance, where the elevated will not or cannot furnish a decent surface car service, the 'Jit would probably thrive." And it wu little old Pendleton that Started the ball a-rolllng out here. If all Is fair In war and treaties and international customs are to be thrown to the winds by other nations why should not the Germans maintain a submarine blookade around Great Britain If they can do so? The Petrograd news announcers ar nothing if not cheerful. . A little whiskey pJus pistol makes a dose that is often fatal. CURRENT THINKING AUT AND ItEALITY. If people only looked the way that pic tures make 'em' look This world of ours would be Just like a wondrous story book. With sprites and elves and goblins flitting gayly o'er the scene And now and then an angel all efful gent and serene. f The men would all be handsome, with athletic grace endowed. Or else they'd be so comic that they'd make you laugh aloud. And women, with their ankles posed with elegance and care. Would poise their hands and float like gracious spirits through the air. But as we trudge we feel ourselves too stout or else too slim, And those who might be laughable are only sad and grim. We would not be so often moved to murmur "Get the hook!" If people only looked the, way that pictures make 'em look. Washington Star. OCEAN FREIGHTS AND THE SHIPPING Bill WHY PUNISH INDUSTRY? Home Hule In Taxation is favored by "furmers who work the land" be eause It will enable them to make their burdens of taxation lighter b) and other personal property to which they are able to add only by tne erpatpMt Industry. The present system of taxation penalizes such Industry bv taxlna- the property above named. In California, the Irrigation district have Home Rule in Taxation ror lr rlsatlon nurposes. and since its ad option farmers have been going Into the districts in numoers ana nave been able to Improve their farms in a manner never before possible. A late statement by Modesto district advertises: "In Modesto irrigation tflatrlrt the man who builds a house or a barn will not have his irrigation tax Increased. He will pay no more than his neighbor next door, who al lnw weeds to stow on his land." A pamphlet from Oakdale irrigation district reads: "We make the man who keeps his land Idle pay the ame tax as the man who improves. Those who built up our community ana create its wealth will not be penaliz ed " These statements are signed by the trustees, directors, board of trade , bankers and improvemen rinh of thA districts. All Callforna should enjoy the same advantage of these districts. San Francisco biar. rn Vlnii of a nuisance la a man who works but tries to Impress peo nin with the idea that he does not have to. (From San Francisco Star) In a Joint report to the Senate, made last Monday, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary or Commerce Redfleld give evidences of enormous increases In transatlantic freight rates since the outbreak of the European war. Some of the In creases amount to more than 1,000 per cent , and even at the greatly ad vanced rates, say the Secretaries, "it Is difficult to obtain cargo space for earlier aalllnu than March or April, Since August 1. 1914. the grain rate from New York to Rotterdam naa in creased BOO per cent, the flour rate 500 per cent., and the cotton rate 700 per cent.; and rates on the same co mmodities from New York to Liver pool have Increased from J00 to 800 per cent. The rejibrt of the two Cabinet of ficers says that if American exports maintain the December level for one year, the increased rates will make a rh.m nf 121S. 224.400 on shippers. The report contains many letters from business men all ovor tne coun try. saying that they are unable to get bottoms for their frelgnt, and charging discrimination by such car riers as are In business against freight that pays a low rate, and the break ing of contracts by at least one of the big transatlantic steamship com n.niM Tha Secretaries ask whether the greater consideration should be given to the comparatively lew Ame ri..an at aii mah Idb ensBKed in the for eign trade the aggregate Investment In those ships being about ,uv. nnn nr tn the farmers, manufactur ers and other business men of the country. . The report of Secretaries McAdoo and Redfleld Is largely an argument In favor of the Ship Purchase Bill. The figures given are a complete an swer to those who say that the Gover ntrmnt vwinii not In any way inter fere with the alleged right of the .hinnwmiri in rhane what ever rates they can et. The Government has no power to control or regulate ocean rri.rh rata nrA steamship owners can Increase their rates without notice t iw.uinir at the matter calmly and ser imiHlv. one muHt conclude that It u.uii.i niiv 111 mnnv times over to In vest the $40,000,000, provided in the Ship Purchase Bill, in buying snips (n. on inurirnn merchant marine. Secretaries McAdoo and Redfleld say that many suitable ships can be that It Is not true that only ships of German registry are to be had. "We do not know," tney unv whether anv of the German ves sels interned In our ports can be obtained, or would be desirable, dui wa urn c nnvlnced that suitable ships of foreign registry are available if m I ll. . A S the means lor purcnasing mem provided." Attached to the report Is n Hat of shlDS. Including fifteen Brit lsh and seven German, that are for sale. ' At St. Louis, last week, a paper wri tten by James J. Hill was read be fore the Foreign Trade Conference, In aolon In that rlty, in which Mr. Hill admitted the need of merchant ships, but asserted that M any at tempt to operate a merchant fleet by the Government will result almost aa -disastrously, from a financial stand point, aa the war." Secretary Red fleld replied to Hill's paper, saying that la was based on surmises, not on facts. He asked what was meant by the statement that "complications" will drag us into the war If we buy foreign ships, and said: It has been advertised all over America that there would be trouble If the Government bought German' ships. I have here an offer to sell the Government twelve English ahlpa available immediately. Did anybody raise the questioin that there would lie international complications if we bought these English ships? We have had offers to sell the Government French ships, available Immediately. Has anybody raised the question of International complications if we buy rhese French ships? Extoratlon is closing American fac tories today and causing cable stop orders at the time of our biggest op portunlty. The cynical violation of written contracts by shipping com panies makes the robber of the Mid dle Ages look like a public benefac tor. The secretary said he had numerous contracts and letters from companies raising rates from $00 to 400 p?r cent and In some cases refusing to carry r.onrir. Ship companies, he said are doing things today that woulj pt any i&llroad man In Jail. It must be regarded aa significant th.it the reactionary leaders In the Senate are bitter: opposing th Ship Purchase bill, and are trylnlg to talk It to doath wMle the American' steamship owners, who have increase J. rates and violated contracts, anl re actionary newspapers are vigorously appnii'.o'ng the Senators who are con- t'uctliig the filibuster. What the re actloiiarlcs want Is private monopoly o? the ocean carr'npr business, wlttv subsidies a subsidized monopoly; thy VLnt a steady atrei'ii public mnei (lowing Into pilais pockots. After all, It la not a qui- lor of the American flag, ai some would have It ppixar. It Is a quutlon of irons poimron, at reasonable re tea One need not assert, or 4V9n Imagine, that Government owntil ships tire, going t.t i ring prosperity to tho country. rih(.t Is not the queuioo. Tho Covm. n.ent already has a line1 of steamers rurnlng from New Yok to the At la n II entrance to tha Panama Canal' Mid has had for many months; but the li'i'nrs of the Co-iMl'iM'on rrnve r;' been pulled down. If a man has the right kind of ma terial tn his makeup, It doesn't matter whether he wae born with a allver spoon or wooden ladle In-his mouth: