The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-19
be learned what attitude the church
authorities intend to adopt.


sion of salaries and allowances ir
the postofice department., the post
office inspectors are endeayoring te
find out whether he held any stock
in Yaqui Copper Company, and il
SO, how he got it. The inspectors
are also anxious to learn whether
the former chief clerk to the First
Assistant Postmaster r-General, John
NJ. Masten, has any stock in this
company.
The reason for this is that the
Yaqui Copper company was organ
lied about the time the postofice
department executed the contract to
buy time clocks from the Bundy
Manufacturing company at $1oo to
$125 each. The clocks sold on the
market for from $50 to $75.
a connecting link has been dis.
covered in the fact that George E..
Green, Binghampton IN. Y. poll
itician, was the prime mover in the
Yaaui Copper company, and that
r. b. Brown, Washington attor-
ney, is a director.
Brown represented the Dey Time
Register company, whose register
was highly regarded by the post
office officials up to the time Mr..
Brown ceased to represent it, and
the Bundy company secured the
contract without competition or adj
verfising by the department. It
was about this time the Yaqui Cop
per company was organized and
Brown became a director.
Before resigning as superintend-
ents Beavers denied having had any
part in executing the contract and
cast all the blame on Masten, who
signed it as acting first assistant
postmaster-general, but former in
tinacy between Beavers and Green,
coupled with the information that
Beavers holds or has held Yaqui
Copper stock, has led to suspicion
thst Beavers attempted to shield
himself behind Masten, and that be
he knows why the clock contract
was signed quite as well as Masten
does.
What became Of the $40 to $50
between the market price
and that paid for the clocks is of
to the inspectors, this being
the now famous $40 per cent" The
possibility that Beavers obtained
stock in the copper company COM
pany as return for favors to the
time clock company is not being
overlooked.
New York, Aug. 1.-THE latest
trust is the tailoring trust, and
Charles M. Schwab, the steeLKing,
s behind it. The facts came out
'oday, when P. A. Schwab, an un-
,le of the ex-president of the steel
rust, and David J. Welch, for ma
ny years right-hand man of the big
voolen mill concern, began to make |
contracts on mammoth scale. |
Both these men have spent many
,ears in this line of business and are
Charles M. Schwab is known to
rave millions invested in several
nterprises outside of the steel trust,
'ut it was with great surprise it
vas learned he is to supply the e.
lormous capital to operate the gi-
antic com bination in the tailoring
'usiness now in process of forma.
ion.
The trust under the name of the
United Tailors, will begin opera
IONS August % in New York City, /,
pening seven stores simultaneous
7. These will be increased from
ay to day until 100 retail branches /
re established in Greater New [
'ork, where there are already 49, II
90 tailors. i
Branches will be Immediately es-
lblished in large cities throughout t
,e country and extended as quick t
, as possible to every city in the
MON Of 20, 0O0inhabitants. Port n
nQ, Tacoma, Oeattle ,oan FRANCIS.
, and Los Angeles are the first of i
le Coast cities to be invaded. Inlrr :
Fo years. time the trust expects to 5
ave a vast chain Of branches in Il
orking order, and will then be Civ s
] employment to nearly 100000 :
en-. :,
A great central school will be es- "
blished in New York, at which Il
ltters, choppers, trimmers and :,
fesmen will be educated and then Z :,
MT out through the country to the to
'anches where they may be need tt
!. The trust will as soon as possi- G,
e, own its own mills, both here a. -
I'd abroad. At present it has Sc &C
red the output of one mill in
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