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PAGE SIX THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1919. DISTURBANCES OF UNUSUAL VARIETY FACING COUNTRY Of Work And New En-1 (erpises Await Reconstruc- I bon Competition. - Xew York, Feb. 1, 1919. At Plnr.TT ftf Wnrlr AnJ Naur I?n't allowing for taxes. It is pos VUIJ Vi HWin nuu lltn Wl ;ibi0 that the shrinkage of business may continue for some time to come, ami 'the question of taxation looms larg,e as lit does iu the case of all the industrial concerns. So litle disappointment is (manifested at the refusal of congress I to moderate the burdensome excess nrof the moment there is an unusual ;it9 tax, which in manv instances will force a reduction in dividends and ag gravate labor difficulties. The new rev enue bill will shortly be issued" and a number of industrials have already re flected its provisions. Builroad shares seem neglected, though steadier than industrials despite their unsatisfactory position. Several of the larger trunk lines reported lib-j era! gains in gross earnings, bnt an Piling labor ocmnhcations resulting ' enormous increase in expenses arising! from the high oest of living aud the in-'from wage advances resulted in serious ...... - t . T : ... n.B,a nni l,.ual.a m,!.:,.!, nB 1MH . (k. .1 since business men faced such a. con-! remain under government control will !"3' Mas them are past masters m glomerate mass of uncertciuties; and have to be made good by taxation. variety of disturbing conditions in the business world. These include the ap pearance of differences in the Paris " jieaco conference, which, though not im portant, may tend to make an early settlement difficult; the general confu ion aroused by conflitcing policies re garding the home railroad situation; an unsettled business situation due to re- arjustmcnt to a peace basis, and threat- Couldn't See Why Germans Wanted To Take France Eobt. La Rue, who entered the' nav al reserve in July, 1918, and later em barked as a marine with the steam ship Western Pride, writes a very in wresting letter from Dunksrk, France, to W. A. Ientoii, of the 'Movers drr gooas nouse-, in which L Hue wag em ployed for a number of years He says in part: Greetings from the land of the lilv anu mud. vte nave ueen acre now for several weeks, and for the life of me I can't see why the Germans should have kicked up such a fight in at tempting to gain possession of this country; Personally I'd give the whole thing to them and then move to the good old U. S. A. Guess I'm a trifle homesick. 1 have met quite a number of the American lads over here. The 91st di vision is stationed just a short dis tance from here and we have some of them down to the ship almost every day. They are nearly all west coast boys, and have seen some hard fight the fuct that confidence Is so well main tained against such sdverge circum stnnces is quite remarkable It may bo impossible to reach any definite con clusions as to what wil lhcppen during Great uncertainty exists as to the fu ture of the roads. Mr. McAdoo believes in extension of present government con trol lor five years. T,he Associated Kail way Executives favor the roads being the next few months; but there nre at i returned to their owners twenty-one least a few reassuring facts which justi- j months hence under a, new system of fy this substrata of confidence; for government supervision.' The jtnerstate thero is plenty of work in sight, plenty i commerce commission favors a eontinu- of new cutcrpriscs waiting to be launch d, plenty of capital ready for invest ation of governent control through its powors, and as to congress nobodv vet went, and plenty of labor ready for,Jinowg what it really would do. Public fniploymntc. The main obstacle to free opinion certainly does not favor govern operation of thse forces is malcdjust-1 ment ownership, and so for the time bo ment. The worlds' machinery has been ing there is no policy except that of gravely disrupted or broken, and its re- drifting. construction involves widespread confu-j General business is fairly active, al giou and loss. Government control was though hesitant owing to necessary re ft necessary evil cs long as the war con-1 adjustments. When these are aseom tinued and its undoing proves a vastly plished a more settled basis will be more difficult task than its construe-1 reached and some recovery ia aatici tion. It should be remembered that itpatod, Moreover, spring is not far dis- tnok over clirhtoen months to mobilize :tant, when outdoor employment and where the guard was dead drunk. our industry upon a war basis; while ( construction work can be resuiuod upon borrowed a case of pork and beans and oim-aaIv tliren months have been snent a more active scale. There r mrnmr one of canned fruit and took them in an almost complete demobilizationhopes of improvement in the building 1 1ack to ur dugout, and before long This is astonishingly rapid work; too'trades, which have been practically bus-w"w,oro ejying a fine dinner. -M novliimu tn, comfort.! and excas- Bended durinff the war. rannllm In I '.airly ln the morning we were dive friction in such a hurried moment : marked shortage of housing and office lawTJ by ttI1 .cnPtain who i..itw I accommodations. The fle. n .w invited us to a fine Christmas break- AO auvv 1 n " V'Jf'VJ One of the most serious obstacles to, ment will, of course, ddpoutf largely up- yvuwmoy u oroepmg glB.iaiiy iIian i Vnro ia totil ..,,in N he the groat American are of 'slineinsr xne Dun,- ana tncy have a lot of amus ing little tricks they are always ready to try on any of their own kind who care to bite. They like to get a crowd together and then recall incidents in which bloody arms and legs and head' less bodies play a prominent part. At Tpres Christmas "I spent Christmas at Yprcs. We left Dunkirk at 2:30 and arrived at Ypres at 7, and as the distance is on ly about 50 miles you can see we did n't need any speed regulations. Never again will 1 complain about the speed er American trains. And such trains, too. It was dark when we arrived at Ypres, and we spent an hour tramping about in tho mud and debris looking for a hotel, bub finally wound up in the corridor of a ruined building, which had a roof and parts of three walls, later, by rare good fortune I stum bled upon a British supply dump, 1 Prince CfV.nles To Visit . Unite-i States t i .'.., - t ? ; ! V 1 -.i - ' ! - " ' V ' - ' ttcirriui. Niwt photo tuvtcclisw voun.' - Tho Prince of Wales will visit the, United Stated in the course of his rip through the British Dominions. It is said his visit has been assured by tho King and Queen. Tho Press of England are laying stress on the possibility of the British heir seek ing the hand of an American heir ess. It is looked upon favorably by British nobility. fast in his dugout ham, plum pudding, etc., and gome excellent Scotch whds- The ideal plan would be for an orderly, Wholesale prices are generally doclining ' " "fld Vm . euual and simultaneous Shrinkage for and this tendency is creeping grimily !,t J Tv?.,!1-" ! tXl? .. . . xt S . t..t .1.11. I Ul...l. !...! n. Ii. ... , . ' " commouiticg ana wages, uui luat is mi-, vuuuBu 0111117 miu 100 ruiuii uivisioae. much interest was excited by the cut ting of 66 per cent in export freight rates by the shipping board to meet fl similar out in British, rates. This will undoubtedly stimulate export trado and luuuce si ueiior aomana xor commouinCB still to be soon. There were and manufactured products for foreign inillimnst of (Millets .'French, possiblo. Bovival in industry, now the war contracts are ended, cannot be ex pected until raw nmtorials and wagos have retched more normal roltlong. Wages will inevitably resist contraction unless the cost of living falls corres pondingly; and it is a question largely Tho fjlily thing trfat "withstood the shell fire was tho eubble stone streets. "On No Man's Land barbed wire, sholl holes, trenches, dugouts ond mil itary debilia of every description was actually lEJnglish where the adjustment process ghall first j consumption. Iu this connection the re and Belgian. About midway between Itcgin. There bus already boon a con-port that Groat Britain contemplates Ypres end Router we saw about forty tonics of various sizes that bad been put out of commission by shells. Some iderable fall in many commodities, but placing restrictions upon a number of food remain, liich. and the warklng imports into the United Kingdom is re man finds himself unable to make an? Krettable. It may tend to restrict om 1 of . tnem had the skeleton of the op ss-crificos oxcopt iu puruly war wages, j shipments of machinery, tools, instru-' orators still inside. In one of them we which autoatically dropped after the ar-j mentg and many other articles, 11 of found the skeleton of a German snip mistice. Tho only way out" of presont whiok. is a reversal of Britain's tradi- 'wltn a bullet nole through his head. . i , , i t:t 1 a i . i Tit . .1 r.nnu n niirrnti Ar nta nnar on a snii. m. vvuia, u uuvwvu V-X VW V Via DVUT difficulties is working them out: a plo-itional liberal trade policy. If efwried cess that will require much patience into effect it will naturally provoke ro and endurence is overcoming post-war taliation on tills side and impair the confusion. It must be expocted that harmonious feelings lately developed be Saw End of Unci 'I might tell you of a million things those who usually take the initiative tweon the two nations. Incidentally ltlw11Baw lDut naven 't the time or the :m onj w will .HmnlotA th mnnnnt f. !,.,,. Bwionery. xne second trip over the underlying conditions are so sound and or tariff in this country. !T y T JIe. ,ron' was abol,t .w I w . i . - jmmn Aa thA Tirsr onlv -wa aa ar mtira encouraging as to warrant a hopeful now tnat tue money markot has been, rf .T" ,,1, "i f. i j C tt fi.. .,f A.r,i .n .,.. fr.B,l from rHfl!,.l eBifinn roncn 8n4 Belgian end of the ....... i.. , m..-v. --- -. "---" -'" Jane at Houlers. The British are rapid' lieu present. . o.. .ovouo m mo "uim irict j galva'fllinir evervthinir of value and hm. rTuj Hf.it. 1,.,. ,.Mii BUhmiirh l.a.itn.tinn i.q nt ho n. y "vagung eyerytning or value, ana v....v,- -..-.-a- ... ,bngo gangs of Gorman prisoners are the war relatively strongor than any tieularly favorable to stock eaehange Dusv cioari,, the land nf debri It ing what the poor devil, have gone through I hate to quit while there is a shortage of food.'' Notes From The House Representatives )C fc 3C ?C l( 4 sf The" bill introduced by Mr. Weeks pro viding that a survey shall bo maae n nually of the agricultural and horticul tural interests of .every county received il. 1 - 1. il. TT l.1 liiB uppruvui ux.ine xiuum yusieruuy. j dS ; 1 : 1 : 1 : i 5 1 3 Tho bill provides tat such iuformation shall be of rccori in the office of the Stato Tax commission in each county. The bill has the support of the Salem If Fruit Union and is the outgrowth of: ?f 1 . . 1 .. j i . 1. .. i 1 4w other nation. We occupy a far more activity. On the other h&nd quotations powerful position than ever in our Ms- have declined 10 to 20 points on many toryj and we have enviable capacity of the leading shares, which moasure for furnishing tho things which othor ably discounts present conditions, and countries sorely need. " Our credit Is would prompt a good rally should moro sound; orfr banking system strong; our favorable developments occur. Transac- foroign trade enormous; our granaries tlons in liberty bonds continue an an well stocked, and our mills well equip- extensive ecale ,and at current low pne ped. When present friction has worn eg those issues are exceedingly attrae- itself out and the readjustment is rea- tive investments to conservative bnyors sonably complete .there ij no doubt the The treasury hag already exhausted the ountry will take a big forward lesp, last loan and will be obliged to depend and prosperity should become, more upon the per cent certificates until abundant and more widely distributed the next loan, which is scheduled for among all concerned. April. Until that is provided for the A depressing factor of temjporS'ry in- money market will remain close and fluonce was tho .reduction of U. S, funds available for other purposes will BtoePs dividend from a 13 por cont to be scant. HEXRY C1.KW3. a per cent rate, the result of conin-1 1 ' tied shrinkago iu business since the! Cleveland, Ohic Nineteen thousand close of the war. The net earnings of fivo hundred loal of snow were re the company for the qimrtor ending Dc moved from OevVlatml streets last T dnHK4 i T will nh IKbaV T&f.A niAftlr T.fntAin am1 TTlamafh AMinltad , - . -i.i 1 . ... , .. .. 1 11 & niii It k' V ,uvi iui,iw miwn, i.nvwiu giiiv mnuum wuuugb vvmm-j ojsi wore .,,),,uto, comparea winter, itwora tor J15-11 wmtor !Ju.e ow. I 'want to stick untU the found the si: W raisin ir steam roller in urely does ono good to see those dogs partially undoing the dirty work they are responsible for. Believe me there are going to bo a good mauy disap pointed tourists visit this country be foro tho summer is over. Dunkirk is about the last place on earth , they. wonld want to visit, for it has felt the war very keenly,, having beon sholled anir bombed repeatedly. - "Wo have a rough crow of sailors and blacks 011 'board, I believe I'd have died of frisfht a few months ago if I'd been put up against some of tho ex: perionoes that occur almost every day. Now I feel almost lonesome if some one doesn't threaten to kill me at least once a day. Two GrceTTg did try to knife me one day, but got. soundly trounced for thetir trouble. A few days ago I had my camera and $50 in good American money 'lifted. resolutions passed at the annual meet ing of the State. Horticultural society held iu Bosebuig last fall. While tho House turned down the bill providing for tho counting of votes as the balloting proceeds, there is a suspi cion thta a lot of members voted with out knowing what they were voting about, which often happens. Hence yesterday a motion carried that ' the voto be reconsidered.-- Ail of which moans that possibly several members have discovered they voted the wrong way on the bill and ere now willing to have the second set of election judges begin counting in the innruing instead of waiting until 8 o'clock in tho even ing and then counting votes all night Stewart of Fossil, one of the humor ists of tho House, speaking in favor of making $75 a month the minimum sal ary for teachers, said: "In eastern Ore gon if we offered a teacher less than a common laborer or a sheep herder,I'd be afraid to look her in the face. It shouldn't make anyone sore to be called a moss back. If anyone calls me a fos sil, that doesn't make me s fossil." It will be remembered that Mr. Stewart's home is Fossil, Oregon. Several county officials from Tilla- II with $12,961,000 for tho previous quar- no loads. ,.oyi get back, and then too after see- fine working condition yesterday. All sorts of raises were granted, but as the rsKwwmwm imvjMmmmu. .Jwwiji)jr- 4u V ; f Y 1 . iff iff y c' t (( ; ?f1 'fit - (i 'it . ft , pi. : h i I I . - -f I -. ' I-Si 1 ". . i 1 i l . .. Z..' "fc. .Si LA. ,2,i'J-mmmiinm..ltWiAU i :-. iUiiJ H 1 twmmwmft?smmmmmjtmmMvuKmr!mm& President Wilson Inspecting The British Naval Guard of Honor Upon His Arrival. The President is Accompanied By the Duke of Connaught. . said counties want to . pay the in crease, members have taken the posi tion, "why worry." AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. DURING THIS COMING WEEK WE ARE OFFERING A GREAT REDUCTION ON DINING ROOM TABLES. Solid Oak Dining Room Table 42-inch top, 6 foot extension, regular price $19.75, extra special $12.80 Regular $22.50 solid oak table, 45 inch top, now $16.90 Regular $29.75 table, plank top, $21.50 Reg. $42.50, 48-inch top table, extra special ....$33.80 Reg. $65.00 table, 54-inch top $49.75 WE CARRY THE FAMOUS LINE OF Lentz Dining Tables BUILT FROM THE BEST SELECTED WHITE OAK THROUGHOUT. MADE IN 42, 45, 48, 54 AND 60 INCH TOPS Belter Line Our showing of Trunks, Suitcases and hand bags, is now unsurpassed in this city. The fore thought of our buyer has made it possible to save you money. Regular $2.50 Suitcase, now - .$1.65 Regular $5.50 Hand Bag, now . ; I..... $3.80 Regular$i0.00 : Genuine" leather Hand Bag .,.;.$6.85 Regular $7.75 Trunk, now - .$4.95 We always sell for Less Trade in your old Furniture if. n SALEM, OREGON. WATCH OUR WINDOWS Dr. Podmrn found his bill permit ni:w Lines in a coatee lru-n uik It was with tb odd est, puffy sleeves caught into a flar Init etifr. There ia a very pronounced waist line and a narrow bit of a belt lo insure a snug fit. The peplum la cut Into charming points to show bits of orange and blue Uninc ting those who are suffering from nervous disorders and allowing them to go ,to any stato hospital in the state, was in line with the thought of the House. If it rung tho gauntlet of the JSemite end governor, hereafter, anyone suffering from nervous disorders that I threaten serious mental condition, nibv apply and be received at any state hos pits! and be permitted to leave ou a 30 days notice. The Marion county dele gation, voted , solidly Jn favor of tho bill. . . ' . .; -Gallagher suggested that the bill per mitting a rest in the state institutions for. mental disorders would be r f ine thing for tho legislators at the close of the session. Speaker Beymour Jones added: "Why wait for the close of the session!" ' . .I.-:.'.. When you use Journal elassifi . ed ads get what yog want tWim ' to taey work fast. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY w. . . t:?"y :' $ f . II 1 ' I r A : f I i - n -VOTED ARTHUR SOff CHAPLAIN JL U. S. AVy-jioirj- Van Dyke, former U. 8. ambassador to tho Neth erlands las been ordained a chaplain in the U. 6. navy. -'A college professor and one of the best known authors of the. United States, he won distinction and. the eternal friendship of Queen Wilhelmina by his protection of Be' gian refugees. The latter had crossed, into Holland before the advancing Oer mans. . - (e) Underwood & Underwood Senate Memorial Urges Merchant Marine In West In a memorial passed by the senata yesterday afternoon as a part of tho legislative reconstruction progrm, con gress is urged to ens-ct legislation which will ,uo vide for the establishment of a merchant marine for the Pacific coast. The memorial was introduced by Sen ator iMdy, chairman of the reconstruc tion eemuiittee. - The memorial urges congress "to take immediate action by the passage (t recn legislation as wi erecte, fos ter and maintain an adequte merchant murine for the handling of products jfor the Pacific eosot, and that such legis lation Include such regulation or ab sorption of tolls and other charges as n ill eive ships of American registry at least an equcl standing with ships, of foreign wastry."