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Blda-ell Co, irl a,. s EarepAta Office No. Reent street H. ttui4aa rOBTUNU. MOMUT, SEPT. IS. JIAKE AN" WEAL CHAXStU A forty-foot channel across the Co lumbia Hirer bar before tie close of MA la now proved to.be attainable. The permanent maintenance of that depth by completion or Che north Jetty In three -years-U brought within the range of the attainable by the Port of Portland's appropriation of funds to Insure continuous work until the next Government . appropriation . becomes available. A" pull all together by the ports of the Columbia River, by all their public bodies and by the Con gressional delegations of Oregon. 'Washington and Idaho, Is alone neces sary to place the Columbia River on the list of deep water ports of the first rank, where vessels of the deepest draft can safely enter at dead low tide. The work of the. dredge Chinook has proved our case as to dredging. She has deepened a channel 1600 feet wide from 25 to 2t feet In 50 days, working double shift, and has deep ened 0 feet of this width to 28 feet She will surely add much to this depth In the good weather which remains be fore Winter forces her to suspend op erations. This is all the evidence which Major Mclndoe needed to Justify him In recommending that a much larger deep-sea dredge be sent from New York through the Panama Canal during the Winter. In order to be ready for operation next Spring. But we should ask for two such dredges and that the capacity of the Chinook oe increased 250 per cent by the lnsta . lation of two 28-inch pumps in place of the single 20-lnch pump with which she Is now equipped. To secure this additional dredging equipment will re quire the united efforts of all who are Interested In the commerce of the Co lumbia River ports. The engineer's re port will furnish an argument that will be Irresistible when forcibly presented, but we must remember that others are calling for facilities and funds, and that we cannot safely rely solely on the goodness of our case- We must pull, and pull all together. So also with the Jetty. The appro priation of J500.000 by the ports of Portland and Astoria will enable Major Mclndoe to construct the first section of the Jetty in 1J14 and will be a pow erful argument In favor of an appro priation by Congress of $2,000,000 for the next year, and also in favor of placing the work under continuing contract. But we must Insure that this argument is properly presented In the right quarters in order that It may bring the desired result. With three dredges at. work next season, we caa attain a depth of 40 feet a year hence, and with continuous work on the Jetty we can maintain that depth. With simultaneous dredg ing of the river channel to Portland, we shall then have an Ideal channel for ships of the greatest draft- The Imperator. the greatest ship afloat, draws about 33 feet and will therefore be able to come to Portland wharves. Wi shall be In the same class as New Tork. which alone among the greatest ports, all of them river ports, has a 40-foot channel. The conditions governing ocean transportation and the requirements for safe navigation of river channels are thus stated by Edwin J. Clapp In his book. The Port of Hamburg": me of roe Itnere of today coat from 14 k.i i4j to i:oov.6CO mark! I2.40v.ow to 9 2.M1.C. Ttie profit from aucft vessels dp-ada on tha numor of trlpa they can maaa In a year, and this number mujt not ba reduced by havlns to wait for Mid water r come up to tho port. Tha Ideal ta for trte caannel to be o deep tbat atl veaaeie vstnff It caa o no tha river at low water. Tha next poeaiblllly la to bar the channel aa deep thai at tow water moot of tha ehlpa can go u-. white tba vary laraest wait for htcher staces of water. The third poeM feitity la to atva tip hope of hevinr tha larceat st-emere reach tba port and. In view of this, rreattng for them a aub-port nearer tba mouth of tba rtver. New Tork alone has attained this Ideal. In 1J11 Hamburg had 25 1-4 feet at low water and was increasing the depth to 29 1-2 feet, with the In tention to Increase it further to 32.8 feet. The depth of channel was not then enough to permit the deepest draft Sues Canal ships to ascend at low water, much less to accommodate such ships as the Imperator. Ham burg as yet can scarcely have attained the Ideal described by Mr. Clapp. Neither have London. Liverpool. Bre men. . Amsterdam. Rotterdam, Ant werp. Havre. Of American ports Bos ton and Philadelphia have 30 feet and are at work to reach 35 feet, while Baltimore has 30 feet. Thus by Increased dredging opera tions and by continuous work on the Jetty. Portland can step forward In one year into the same class with New Tork and can step ahead of Hamburg. London. Liverpool and all other great ports. It will have attained the ideal. With the certainty that the greatest ships can steam to our wharves with out the loss of an hour in waiting for tides, and with the vast wealth of the; entire Columbia River basin to furnish cargo, Portland will attract the great est ships and will profit by the lowest ocean freights. It will become what Its unrivaled position fits It to become the New Tork of the Pacific Coast. Surely that is a position for which all should strive. Mrs. Pan k hurst has been warned by Sheriff Harburger of New Tork that "dynamiters, arsonltes, bomb throw ers, sedltiontsts, silly fulmlnators. un womanly actions, nihilistic flouterers, amazon mannlshness. anarchistic por trayers. would-be cowardly assassins have been stopped and cannot be re counted by man or woman, with para nolacal tendencies or otherwise." The New York Sun remarks that Mrs. Pankhurst comes to America to raise money and that her obvious cue Is "to demonstrate how sweet and gentle and womanly a militant leader can be and so arouse sympathy for the Woman's Social and Political Union expressed In practical terms of dol lars and cents." But who will pay m hnr a lamed shrew? Interest In the suffragette leader In this country is due to her militancy, ana an audi ence would be bored by her lectures If she were "sweet and gentle and womanly" like other women. CONVICTIONS VS. PARTY. A correspondent with an over-ripe Imagination Informs a Democratic contemporary that The Oregonian has on the same page condemned the Ore gon Senators for not voting independ ently of party caucus and "hauled Sen ato La Follette over the coals" for do ing what the Oregon Senators were condenmed for doing voting Inde pendently of party. Our confusion would be overwhelm ing were It not that Mr. La Follette was not "hauled over the coals." The Oregonian speculated at some length on Mr. La Follette's future as a Re publican party leader In view of his vote for the Democratic tariff bill. But he was not even faintly condemned or criticised for doing what The Oregon ian conceded was probably In accord with his honest convictions. But Senator Chamberlain voted on the wool Issue In opposition to his ex pressed convictions and notwithstand ing that in his campaign for election he foreswore strict party allegiance. He was then a non-partisan Roose velt Democrat. He Intended to march under the Roosevelt banner. He de clared 10 would Join no clique or fac i An frm.d ,n thwart tha carrying out of Roosevelt policies. Is the Under wood tariff a Roosevelt policy T Is not a caucus a clique or faction s Wm. nva t that under the circum stances one might' criticise both Mr. La Follette and Mr. cnamoenain on tha tariff Issue and still present a par allel by no means deadly. WHENCE COMB CITY MANAGERS? r.rnnh nf Interest In the city man ager plan of conducting municipal government causes us to wonder wnere the trained, efficient executive heads from if a larre number of cities adopt the system. Municipal government is not now conducted on private corporation principles In one particular that Is Important to the success of the managerial plan. There Is no promise of continued promotion m the rnnsblA and enersrctic clerk in the city's employ. He may advance to a chief clerkship in one department, but he is not Incited by the rise of others to high eminence to broaden hie 11 U fnine.e hv seeklnar a complete and practical knowledge of the city's business. H la not InsDired to demonstrate possesion of ability worth more than t he ularr tin receives. He is assured good pay for moderate effort, but no more. Those who have gone high in serving municipalities are usually the exceptions who are blessed or cursed, according to one's view-point with Inborn political sense rather than sheer capacity In municipal manage ment. The managerial plan ought to inc-lnd a. areneral revision of methods of advancement as well as methods of selecting city employes. Otherwise the supply of managers available for appointment may run out. These observations are inspired hv Maror Sevmour's pronouncement against commission government as tried in Tacoma. lie believes tnai n all employes were hired by one mana ger ability would be the only reliance of position seekers. Possibly, unless the council which chooses the mana er claims a few prerogatives for po litical purposes and forces the mana ger to concede them. But in any event a city will be able to purchase more abllitv for a riven price if there Is some likelihood that the employe will not be held to the same groove so long as he remains In the city's service. Our brightest young men are looking to the future as well as the present. AMERICA. TUX UNREADY. In these days of talk about universal arbitration, the coming age of univer sal peace, the burden of military arma ment and the wickedness and waste fulness of war. It is timely to have set before the people the dangers of un preparedness for war. In every war we have yet bad, we have been Amer ica the unready, and Colonel Roose velt. In his article In The Sunday Ore gonian. while pointing out the folly of this condition, holds out no hope of an early remedy. What preparation we did make for war by rebuilding the navy was made by means of a number of subterfuges; the people were actually bunkoed by talk of coast defense Into consenting to the building of warships. In that measure of preparedness and to Spain's greater measure of unpreparedness was due an easy victory over Spain. Had we been more unready than Spain we should have suffered disaster and humiliation even more costly than a navy several times as strong as that with which we entered upon the war. Colonel Roosevelt cites the war of 1812 as an example of the penalty ot unreadiness. By crying peace when war was near and by refusing to pre pare for a conflict, we brought upon ourselves loss of life and capital many times as great as the cost of prepara tion. Instead of continually dwelling on the enormous cost of military arma ment we should, as Colonel Roosevelt says, regard this expense as the cost of insuring peace. No man of com mon sense regards as wasted money expended In Insuring his house and his goods against fire. He regards it as wise provision against an unavoidable rlsk,- In like manner a nation should re gard military expenditure as provision against one of the risks to which every nation is exposed. As the man without fire Insurance may be made penniless and homeless by fire, so the nation without war insurance may be ravaged by a foe which, through its own Im providence, it Is powerless to resist. TARIFF COMMISSION MTU. COME. Far from having made the creation of a tariff commission unnecessary, the passage of the Underwood bill has proved its necessity. The bill Is Just as much the result of bargaining between interests as previous tariffs have been, and Is now the subject of a bargain between Senate and House, which is being driven by the conferees. It was drawn in a partisan spirit with no re gard to the economic facts on which any tariff bill should be based. It strikes at interests which are unpopu lar or politically weak and caters to Interests which have not come under popular condemnation or are polit ically strong. So far from having any element of finality, it abounds In prov ocation to renewed controversy. It Is not merely a good basis to work upon, for It has not only occasional defects which can be removed without change In Its main structure; its defects are so many and so glaring that they can be removed only by making it all over That this Is recognized as true by some of the supporters of the bill be came apparent during the debate in the Senate on Senator Works' amend ment creating a tariff commission. This amendment was defeated by a vote of 37 to 32, but several Democrats who voted against it admitted that they approved of the idea and opposed It on that occasion only because they believed it should be made the subject of a separate bill. President Wilson Is said to favor the proposal. When President Taft insisted that reports of a tariff board should be the basis of all tariff legislation, his rec ommendations were scorned by the Democrats, for they were bent on the hasty passage of a series of bills for campaign purposes only, certain that Mr. Taft would prevent their bills from becoming a law. Now that a bill drawn by themselves Is actually about to become law, the Democrats may well be appalled at the paucity of ac curate information available for their guidance and at the manifest and manifold Imnerfectlons of their work. They may well be inclined now to give ear to the counsel wnicn tney xormeny ez.nene1 and to create a board which shall work constantly In accumulating facts for the guidance or ruture tariii frame rs. Those facts need not stand in v. - xt-atr of anv nnllcv of legislation. but their accessibility would enable Congress to know with tolerable accu ih. affect, from both a protective and a revenue standpoint, of any pro posed rate of duty, xne uemocreu know In their own hearts that they v a ... h..n lurielv e-uesslna: at results and they may well have grave doubts whether they have guessea ngnu THE MONROE DOCTRINE. The Monro a Doctrine, as originally .oM rinnrn nv President Monroe, has been so expanded in application and Interpretation that its bearing on any particular situation has become ln nnliuH In rintiht In the neoDle's minds. Hence the following communication. which is only one of many which are received from time to time by The Oregonian: PORTLAND. Sept. 12: (To the Editor. Flrat If In order to aecuro a free conatl- tutlonal election and preaervo civilized gov ernment in Mexico, a military and naval it .... - nM.,Mirv. .-(in M the united Statea allow a proportion of foreign forces to participate in aucn auiy wmium ting tha principles of the Monroe Doctrine? Second In tho collection o( a Just debt by a foreign country from an American re public, could tha United States allow a lim ited military occupation by the forces ot said country, with specified restrictions as to time and methods, without violating the principles of tho Monroa Doctrine? Third In case of rebellion or revolution i . -( -n rnihitoe can foreiiTn resldenta collect indemnity for damage from the suc cessful party or government, wnen t'i'"" under the same conditions, are barred from such collection? GEORGE BAB. Th Monroe Doctrine was the out growth of the, revolt of the South American colonies against Spain and thoie ootnhiiRhmnnt of republics. Fear was entertained In this country that the European powers composing mo Holv Alliance would interfere to re store the colonies to Spain, and, in or der to prevent this movement, Monroe made this declaration in nis message to Congress In 1823: We owe it to the candor na to ' smicable relations existing between the United States and those (European) powers to declare that wo should consider any at tempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of thla hemisphere aa danger oua to our peace and safety. With the ex isting colonies and dopendenclea of any European power w have not interfered and shall not Interfere. But with the govern ments who have declared their independ ence and maintained It, Snd whose Inde pendence wo have on great consideration and on Just principles acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them or controlling In any other manner their destiny by any Eu ropean power In any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards tha United States. Farller in the same message Mon roe, referring to the negotiations for settlement of the northwestern bound ary with England and Russia, assert n "mi a nrlnclnle in which the rights and interests of the United States are Involved, that the American conti nents, bv the free and independent condition which thev have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for ruture colo nization by any European powers." This doctrine has been accepted by Great Britain, for it was at the sug gestion of the British Premier, Lord Canning, that It was proclaimed, but it has not been formally accepted by any other European nation. It has been maintained in practice mrougn the desire of European powers to avoid conflict with this country or through Europe's lack of desire to In terfere or colonize in America. The one exception was the case of Mexico, while France Intervened to entnrone Maximilian, but the Civil War in the I'niiaH Ktatea waa no sooner ended than the United States demanded and secured withdrawal of the French. Tho Monroa Doctrine has been vari ously Interpreted to suit the exigencies of our Presidents. President x-oik at tempted to show In 1845 that it made aggression on our neighbors a duty and in 1848 he advocated the annex ation of Yucatan on the ground that this doctrine required us to take over territory which might otherwise go to European powers. The doctrine was not considered inconsistent with a Joint guaranty of the safety of Isth mian traffic bv the United States and Great Britain under the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty of 1850. Tn 1870 President Grant extended Monroe's policy by this declaration in urging Congress to annex Santo Uo- mlngo: The doctrine promulgated by President . . K n - .1 H .-. to hv Oil nolltlRal parties, and I now deem It proper to assert tne equally imporwDi principle .nek "( after no territory on this continent shall be regarded aa subject of transfer to a Euro pean power. Tho Kpnate took no action flDDTOV- Ing this principle, nor did It ratify a treaty which Grant negotiated wun Colombia giving us exclusive control over any canal which might be dug at Panama. The relation of the Monroe Doctrine to the canal was again raised in 1879, when the French company ac quired the concession. Secretary Ev arts declaring that we had "a para mount interest" in an isthmian canal. In 1895 the dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela in regard to the boundary of British Guiana prompted Secretary Olney to declare that the Monroe Doctrine provided that "no European power or combination of European powers shall forcibly de prive an American state of the right and power of self-government," and that "today the United States Is prac tically sovereign on this continent, and Its fiat is law uopn the subject to which it confines Its interposition." He threatened war unless Great Britain arbitrated the boundary dispute and that country yielded. Thus Great Britain, which is an important Amer ican power, recognized that it must no longer exercise influence cm the future of Central and South America. In the Spanish War England made known that she would not, and that other European powers must not, interfere THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, with the policy of the United States In America, and in 1900 by the Hay Pauncefote treaty she showed adhe sion to this principle through surren dering her share in control of the isthmian canal. The Monroe Doctrine has not been Interpreted to forbid temporary occu pation of ports in America by Euro pean powers for the enforcement of claims made by their subjects. In 1895, the year of the Venezuela dis pute. Great Britain occupied Corinto, Nicaragua, for this purpose without protest from the United States. In 1902 Germany. . Great . Britain, Italy and Holland blockaded the . coast of Venovitola onn OCCUDied SOme DOrtS Of that country to enforce claims, but President Roosevelt had reacnea an unofficial understanding beforehand by which Germany undertook to make no settlements or-conquests In South America, and it was understood that the United States would under no circumstances permit the occupation of interior territory, even for a short time. The most recent expansion of the Monroe Doctrine Is the adoption of a resolution by the Senate in 1912 de claring: That, when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that tho occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten tho communications . . . . , .1. 17 i, 1 Gt.iM tho flnv. Or IHO Nlicijr Ul iko vuai... . . ... . crnment of the United States could not see without grave concern ine juhbbmiuu . w 1.--V.A . n.V... nl,, hV D n V CO mflTl- tlon which has such a relation to another government not American as. to give that government practical power or control for national purposes, A careful reading of the manner In which the Monroe Doctrine has been applied and expanded will show that the answer to the first of our corre- anonnont'a nllpRtfono. ' 1 q "No.' and tO the second "Yes." As to the third. If the . foreign government concerned chooses to enforce collection, as in the niBoq of V i c-a r iri i r pnd Venezuela, the claim can be collected, regardless of whether citizens or tne American re public concerned can collect. Since, women were given votes In municipal elections in Illinois they are beginning to be heard from. They have been investigating Chicago police stations, and this is what Miss Grace Wilbur Trout says of that on South Clark street: . The South Clark street police station today Is a school for criminals. No more horrible conditions existed In the dungeons of the dark ages than Chicago tolerates within the heart of the city in the twentieth century. I went through the firetrap, with Its filthy. vermin-Infested cells, where human beings were huddled together like wild beasts. There was to distinction. First offenders and hardened criminals, the drunken and the sober, the demented and the sane there they were side by side. . We can see a sudden cleaning-up frenzy breaking but among the Chi cago police Just prior to the next elec tion. We can also see a smiling Chief of Police pointing with pride to stations free from filth and vermin when a delegation of women voters makes a tour of Inspection. To how great an extent the increase In the cost of living Is due to the op eration of cold storage warehouses may be Judged from the fact that dur ing August the quantity of butter in 43 cold storage warehouses increased 6,460,000 pounds. In the same month tho nrlcn of butter in Chicago in creased 4 to 4V4 cents a pound, and when the consumer protested, ne was told that butter was scarce. But It won not reallv scarce, it was artifi cially made to appear scarce by with drawal of a large quantity rrom tne market. So It is with many other com modities, and so It will be until some means Is found of restricting the quan tity of food stored during the Summer to the amount needed to supply the de ficiencies of the Winter. Secretary Houston intends to use immoHinto and widesDread publicity as his chief weapon against sellers of Impure food. That would oe a mosi deadly weapon If he could reach all consumers and keep their memories refreshed, but everybody does not read everything in the newspapers, and many soon forget. To make the pun ishment fit. the crime, the maker of adulterated food should be imprisoned and forcibly fed on that which he fed to others. Dr. Evans says soda water Is un wholesome, the Prohibitionists tell us the awful consequences of drinking whisky, coffee is accused of injuring tha ifvoe anrt too. imnairs the nervous system. There seems to be no escape from grape Juice unless we coniine ourselves to Bull Run water. Thank heavens, that Is pure. Tinnino- of Pullman car norters has received the official sanction of Post master General Burleson as a neces sary expense chargeable to the Gov ernment, but all other tips are barred. But food Is as necessary as sleep and If Mr. Burleson s subordinates ao not tip the waiter they may starve to death. The man whose assessment is umnoo1 rIt fierures verv naturally re sents the raise. So it goes, on down to the man wno must pay a uuimr w. thfan lat rnr. Thin la a world , J of chronic complaint, in which the man who has something has trouoies as well.' Th hero In a modest man. while the faker crowds to the front. Peter Gem la a ray serene. He rescued a child from ni-nivninir In the Willamette and his personality had to be discovered some days later. Mnra Frtwt will ascend the throne of Cumberland in a few months if he does not have to stay awake nights awaiting a Jolt to run for the doctor. Royalty has as many troubles as the common people. -Sonator. Tjin knows enoueh of the Indian and declines to go on the Jun ket to Investigate reservations.' The currency question Is of more Import to him. Tho ha hv that scores 990 something In a eugenic contest starts life with a serious handicap. There will De many expectations up to which he must live. nt-i-on win strain lecture this week. Give him credit for courage of convic tion while he hunts the cash. Ra charitable and listen to the man back from the Roundup. It was an experience worth the telling. Ai,ifioi4 ettini? its water in Job- lots by the' barrel, was overwhelmed by Nature's generous way. Th Portland boy who Is a globe trotter at 17 will be going some when he gets older. 'in o'clock and no BTumbllng. boys. Just remember the teacher hates it worse. School Day Condolences By Dean Collins. School bells toll the dead, vacation. And the youngsters of the nation Turn again unto their textbooks, And ievote their time today Lighting up the punk sticks pleaaln' At the sober shrine of reason. Where Minerva sits a-sneezin' As the incense smokes away. Atavistic urchins, shrinking From the task of guided thinking. Trudge away to school, unwilling As their sires in days of yore; But. in spite of ail their yelling. They must heed the schoolbell's knelling Wrltin', 'rithmetlc and spelling, Are recurrent evermore. Glad of heart and smiling surely. Little maidens trip demurely. For the female of the species Is more studious than the male: Well she loves, delightful creature The direction of her teacher. And delights in every feature Tbat scholastic rules entail. Wall unto thee, little maiden. With your arms with school books laden, Going like a faithful pitcher Back to education's font. May you get your fill of learning After wnicn your heart is yearning, For, I Judge, by your returning, Tou are getting what you want. Hall, rebellous schoolboy, crawling Where Minerva's voice is calllngl Though my sympathy is with you And my gentle heart doth bleed. Cease rebelling thus and mopln'; Throw your Ivory braincase open Unto education's dopln' Tou are getting what you need. FEDERAL COURTS CONVENIENT. Objections Cited to Removal to New Postoffice Building;. PORTLAND. Sept. 14. (To the Edl tor.) I noticed in The Oregonian a statement from Postmaster Myers that accommodations should be provided for the United States courts in the pro posed new Postoffice building. His suggestions as to paying of ren tal now paid for accommodations for other departments of the Government are entirely proper, but It would be inadvisable to remove the ieoerai courts to the location proposed; That matter was discussed some years ago and was strongly objected to, not only by the entire bar, but by business men and by the judges tnemseives. It must be apparent that It is a mat ter of great convenience to litigants and Jurors even, without consia erlnir attorneys, who seem to re celve but - little consideration . these days, to have all of the courts and the City Hall as close to each other as Is oossible. In addition to that the Law Library Is at the Courthouse and It is naturally desired to. present ieg&i authorities to the judges and it is much more convenient to carry the books from the Courthouse to the present location of the Federal courts than to take them the distance that would be required, if the courts were located In the proposed new .rosioirice duuu iner. Another reason Is that the principal business ditrlct, hotels, etc., are all In the Immediate neighborhood of the present United States courts, as well as the state court ana city xiaii. The principal reason for moving the Postoffice to tne nortnern portion oi the city Is to have It as near as pos sible to the railroad stations, but that Is done to facilitate the receipt and delivery of mall from ana to tne ran road. It would seem, therefore, that the United States courts should remain at or near the present location, although It can readily be understood tnat a removal of the other offices to the new Postoffice building will not In any way be objectionable, but might, from an economical point of view, be desirable. TAArA I STREET RENAMING HELD MISTAKE Writer Sees No Connection Between Broadway and Former West Seventh. pnPTT.ivn Rnt 14. i To the Edl tor.) All of this trouble over Broadway was caused Dy tne misiaite ox cnauBius the name of Seventh street to Broad way. Why not now remove the cause and undo that mistake? Instead of making other mistakes to correct the first one, it would be better to change tacK to aevenm street uiu ucicftiwi I ,(,.! nomoa alone. CXCCHt WheD absolutely necessary to correct mistakes tn duplicating names in different parts of the city, as is the case in several Instances. The streets running north and south are numbered from the river west, and from the river east. It is confusing to break into tnis numerical oraw names, as has been done with Broad p.rir onH w.ist Park. The Sev enth-street portion of Broadway should be changed DacK to oevemn street, anu Park and West Park should be changed r c irhih and nintn streets. 11 ovv- enth street were a continuation of Broadway, running In the same general 4i..ciinn it would be all ricrht to change the name to avoid confusion. h... in thla enfso Kevantn street runs north and soutn. wnne oroaaway rune Aot .nt nreet There la no connection between the two except by the Broad way bridge, tne western appruacu ui which turns Into Seventh street. t thnmrht it waa a foolish change at the time it was made, and now I know it was. If I had the authority to ao so I would soon straighten out this tangle of street names, and stop the changing of names for sentiment. "Too many cooks spoil the broth. TOO S1VCH IS THRCST ON SCHOOLS Teacher and Parent Sees Growing Neg lect of Home Training. PORTLAND, Sept. 14. (To the Edi tor.) If by teaching reading aloud, as you suggest, will in any measure re store the decay of family life, L as a teacher, will make reading my para mount subject, for I believe with the immortal Grady that "the home Is the strength of the American Republic." But what are we doing to cauterize the part which has perished and to build up the bulwark upon which our Nation was founded? Not one thing. One by one the responsibilities of the training of children have been dropped by the home and thrust upon the public schools. It is upon the teacher that rests almost the entire -1 v. 4 1 ; .. f ir tho mAtltnl. moral reatiwiioiut-j - - and physical development of the child. As a teacner I reoei. ao a. inutui ' wriggle and twist" over the educa tional situation a situation which must be faced. Instruction in social hygiene belongs , . u ,nTrta To nlAro it in the nubile schools is but to acknowledge another lack of the rlgnt moral iioer in parent hood. The parent should not be shorn of his sins through the medium of the public schools. Strengthen the homes and the schools will take care of themselves. Let us guard them with a Jealous eye lest It come to pass that In the school lies the strength of our Natlou. TEACHER ANU PARENT. Leaving a Position. Kansas City Star. Mistress What made you leave your last place? Maid Sure, an' nothin' made me lave! I Jlst left! Ordering Meal In Australia. Sydney Bulletin. Bill Wayback (after studying the bill of fare with Interest) 'Ere, bring me -ot's on 'ere, an' a piece o" bread. 1U1S. MISS CARPENTER STILL POSITIVE. Eaxly Death f G. O. P. Predicted in Spite of Returns From Maine. EUGENE, Or., Sept 11. (To the Edi tor.) May I trespass again upon your generosity in permitting open discus sion In your columns, to reply to your statements concerning the Maine elec tion? I should dislike extremely to offset the effect produced by the very excellent cartoons which have orna mented the front page of The Orego nian for the past two days cartoons which have so admirably pictured the revival of the historic elephant. But what are the actual facts? Tou exultingly proclaim the triumph of the Republican party in Maine be cause the Progressive party vote of 1913 Is only half the Roosevelt vote of 1912. I do not know the figures of the progressive party state vote in 1912, but It Is fairly safe to assume It did not exceed 6000 votes. If it equaled it. The National ticket last year secured Its vote largely through the person ality of Its leader. Many men voted for Roosevelt because they would not stand for the Republican convention. The following elections polled Progres sive party votes and, as we have all expected, placed the party In the posi tion of a weak third. It Is ridiculous to suppose with so short a time to ef fect our organization, with little money to push It, we could overcome a polit ical party dominant for 60 years and with practically ell the wealth of America back of It. Locally we have proved ourselves very strong. In Mich igan, for Instance, we secured 11 Mayors out of 34, while In Bay City, as in other localities, the whole Progres size ticket was elected. In Massachu setts we held 95 per cent of our vote In the Spring election, while Repun- licans held only 65; but the Republicans won in spite of It. The Republicans will continue to hold first and second places for the coming year; after that there will be no more Republican party. I can assure you if there are any men In Oresron who are placing their hopes and their ambitions on the return of the Republican party they are playing ? losing game. In the 22 states which have visited Oregon is the only one where the Republican party shows tho slightest breath of life. The reason why It is strong; here is because the people have demanded and secured through their initiative and referendum much of the Progressive legislation our party stands for. The Republican party cannot live In Oregon alone as a National party It Is dead beyond hope of resuscitation. With Curtis Guild and Joseph Walker both with us, who Is left In Mas sachusetts to lead the poor old party back to Its former place? Do you think the DeoDle of Massachusetts will con tinue Indefinitely to follow Henry Cabot Lodge or William Murray Crane? Of the four men of National promi nence In the Republican party all will be with us before 12 months are over. We have the definite pledge from one of them that this will be the case. Hadley we shall leave safely to die with his party. He is in an uncomfor table position of rerlizlng his mistake. ALICE CARPENTER. We do not like to ascribe Miss Car penter's certainty as to what will transpire to professional optimism, but the Progressive party organizer cer tainly can get comfort out of adversity. Michigan's 11 Progressive Mayor's out of 34 are strikingly offset by re-election of a Republican Supreme Judge in spite of the Progressive plurality in the 1912 election and in the face of an active campaign by National Pro gressive party leaders on a distinctive party Issue. "The breath of life" in the Republi can party In Oregon discovered by Miss Carpenter illustrates not only the truth that the chief legislation the Progres sive party stands for concerns state Issues principally, but that reforms can be worked out within the party. We have ever been doubtful of the suc cess of a third party movement which acquires its recruits almost exclusive ly from one of two dominant parties. It will gTOW to real strength only when It presents issues that appeal to a con slderable element In each. It is not surprising that Miss Car penter does not know the vote on the Progressive state ticket in 1912 In Maine. No state or congressional Pro gressive ticket was nominated in Maine in 1912. The election was in beptem ber and the Progressive party did not become a participating factor until the Presidential election In November. VALUE IN CENSORSHIP OF MORALS Application aa Crime Preventative Is Thought Feasible. PORTLAND, Sept 14. tTo the Editor.) The suggestion In one of your editorials concerning a public censor of morals, whether the same was intended as a satire or not, after re flection strikes the undersigned as a sound one, cr at least capable" of some form of application under present cir cumstances. It is too important a ques tion that of public morals or cus toms to go begging for solution or adjustment under the tendencies in evi dence at present among the population some of which is showing signs of being- subject to -undue and corrupting Influences. The old saying or doctrine was that government should concern itself with the securing of the rights of the indi vidual and punishment of crime to thnt effect or that object alone, but it Is beginning to be seeen that the source of crime or its causes must be looked after as well as the effects or acts themselves. Indeed the latter Idea would seem much more important, since It would be getting at the root of the civil evils or disorders. Prevention Is much better than cure. In fact it is the only sound or sane means of cure in the general or per manent sense. Many departments of society today are recognizing this prin ciple, which seems so elemental that it is strange how It was overlooked so long and means are now being put In niso for abating noxious matters that afflict society for instance, contagious diseases, fruit pests, the fly and other such matters. Why shouldn't there fore, the vastly more Important matter of the sources of human conduct and behavior be similiarly treated and. If possible, corrected? A. F. DORR. Suggestion In Broadway Controversy. PORTLAND, Or., Sept 14. (To the Editor.) Although I do not live on -i.u-- ..t.nnt t would like to susrsest a possible means of settling the question of names tor oia DruB.uB.jr iuu tuo would-be Broaaway. iTrni ft not hA rtnaslbla to use Broadway street on one side of the river and Broadway avenue on the oth er, and thus have the question settled satisfactorily to both factions, so that we can give our attention to something more profitable than quibbling over a name? For, when all's said and done. "wnat s in a A FAITHFUL READER. Disappointed in Love. Houston (Texas) Post "Papa, what does being disappointed in love mean?" "Why, either marrying or being jilted by the girl you are In love with." Studies Before School Age. New Tork Sun. Visitor Do your children go to school? Mother Not yet; they're studying eugenics and bacteriology. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonian of September 15. 18S8. Spokane Falls, W. T.. Sept 14. The most serious conflagration in the his tory of the city occurred this evening. A number of frame buildings were de stroyed. The loss is $75,000 to $100, 000. St. Helens, Or., Sept. 14. B. F. Nccr, of Neer City, was accidentally shot and killed on Thursday evening, while hunting, by his companion. George Archibald, who mistook him for an ani mal. The annual meeting of the Portland Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held last evening at the First Presbyterian Church. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. G. M. Miller. Reports were read by tho president, Mrs. E. Dalgleish. treasurer; Mrs. John Williamson on juvenile work; Mrs. Addie D. Miller,, superin tendent of the literary department, and Mrs. L. J. Ridout on sailors' work. The six new residences put up on Fifth street. East Portland, by James Olsin, are about ready for the occu pants. E. N. Wheeler has been promoted to be cashier of the Park & Lacy Machin ery Company. Fred Meeker, son of E. Meeker, the great hop king of Washington Terri tory, is In the city. Articles of Incorporation of the Nehalem Co-operative Colony were filed yesterday by Daniel Corwln, II. E. Gerard and L H. Bolts. The place of business will be at Mist E. C. Masten has been appointed auditor of passenger accounts of the O. R. & N. Co. Robert Fife retains the position of auditor of .freight accounts. About 150 members of the National Guard took part in the street drill last evening. Owing to the dense smoke, which almost totally obscured tho moon, the streets were very dark, which Interfered somewhat with the movements. Four magnificent Oregon peaches were left at The Oregonian office yes terday by Joseph Delay, of Alblna. The peaches are seedlings from a S-year-old tree in Mr. Delay's yard. M. F. Mulkey received a letter yes terday from his wife, who had been sojourning In Paris. She met there Miss Macleay, daughter of Mr. Donald Macleay. Mrs. Dolph will sail from Liverpool for New York on the 20th in company with Bishop Morris and family. The number of pupils entered at the public schools yesterday was 3115. Things begin to look- like business around the big hotel. Five of the big maple shade trees at the southeast cor ner have been cut down and piles of lumber are accumulating there. In the front court several stonecutters are, busy, while a string of teams is haul ing brick. Vrnm The Oretronlan of September IS? 1 SOS. We understand that Colonel Steln berger will be in command of the regi ment at Fort Walla Walla during the Winter; Colonel Maury at Fort Dalles, and Captain R. S. Caldwell at Fort Vancouver. Dr. Chase, surgeon. U. S A., has been ordered to Fort Hoskins. Memphis, Sept 14. Two gunboats were recently sent to disperse guerillas concentrated at Morgancea, La., and shelled the levee for two hours, com pelling the guerillas to abandon their position with a loss of 57 killed, and wounded. Jonathan Carver Is the first . who makes use of the word Oregon. The first Catholic missionaries. Father Demers, now btshon of Vancouver's Island, and Father Blanchet, now arch bishop of Oregon City, traveled through Oregon for many years, but in all their excursions among the Indians they never succeeded in finding the origin of the word Oregon. Now It appears to have been discovered by Archbishop Blanchet In Bolivia, when he visited that country. Chile and Peru In 1856 and 1857. The word Oregon, In his opinion, most undoubtedly has its root in the Spanish word Oreja, ear, and came from the qualifying word, Orejon, big ear. It is probable that the Span iards, who first discovered and visited the country, when they saw the In dians with big ears, enlarged by the load of ornaments, were naturally in clined to call them Orejon, big ears. That nickname became also the name of the country. F. N. B., Portland, Or., September 10, 1863. At the regular meeting of the Port land Guards, held last evening, the fol lowing persons were elected officers: Captain, E. G. Randall; First Lieuten ant, H. A. Davis; Second Lieutenant, H. L. Harmon; First Sergeant, Charles Binder; eiecond Sergeant, J. W. Going; Third Sergeant, Ed Failing: Fourth Sergeant. Charles E. Perrin; First Cor poral, Charles Hodgklnson; Second Cor poral, G. T. Myers; Third Corporal, Theodore Minor; Fourth Corporal, Gus tavus Campbell. On Thursday last Eugene Sullivan and Leopold Wolf were admitted to practice in the Supreme Court Greed Great Factor In Plumage Trade. PORTLAND, Sept 14. (To the Edi v . . - ni I . Ar ! I of Spntember o lOr.J All JUU1 r - on "Protecting the Blrus" I think you hit the nail on the head when you say, "Whnn the bird-slayers can no longer sell their booty they will cease their abominable practices." Men can legis late the traffic out of existence. Fall ing this, women should be educated to refuse to buy feathers at the hands of an. since It Is men who hunt the birds and fur-bearing animals, and men who wholesale them to weak woman, an tor gold, I have always felt Incensed at so much blame cast on women for wearing feathers and furs. I contend that the greed of gold Is a greater factor in this evil than the vanity of women. ONE WHO NEVER WEARS BIRDS OR EGRET PLUMES. Ad Readin? i ' Economies Among your friends and neigh bors do you know of one who does not avail himself or 'herself of the helpful hintf, and the many econo mies constantly set forth In the ad vertising columns of The Oregonian? We like to feel, and, as a matter of fact It is almost true, that "everyone reads the advertisements nowadays." . But If y.'ou know ' one who shops carelessly or runs his affairs independent of the helpful and economical (suggestions found In the advertising) of this or other good newspaper, tell him what you have found to hfe a fact that the best way to prajctice economy in our day in and dayout expenditures, whether large or Amall, is to cultivate the helpful hajbit of ad-readlng. Induce Shim to read thoughtfully tho advertisements In today's news paper anci he can not help being convinced.! Adv Half a Century Ago