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1A lf-:it. 1 Tht'Wii Ion Ian A
Editorials From
Over the Nation
. Why Not?
Coast cities have begun to put up a brisk howl relative to recent
rate decisions, which are intended to give interior cities what they
have always been entitled to and never before have received.
Why should not the railroads give a better rate on freight from
the east to La Grande, Daker, Spokane and other cities located sev
eral hundred miles inland than they do to Portland and Seattle,
when the railroads are foreed to haul the loaded care several hun
dred miles farther?
We have heard in the past a lot 4tbout "water competition" but
we have a fair example of what water competition really is in the
Celilo Canal. It was built to compete with railroads and today
not a boat goes through the costly canal. Water competition is
a good deal of a theory, and apparently the railroads have so recog
nized it, for they are giving little objection to the ruling of the In
terstate Commerce commission on the new inland rules.
There is no justifiable reason in trying to build enormous cities
on the coast at the expense of the inland country. Why should
such a tljing be encouraged and fostered? Would this not be a
happier nation if the larger cities ceased to grow for a while and
more cities in the interior country gained a greater size? . j
That the nation is undergoing a big change in the rate question
there is little doubt; that the natural economic law which provides
pay for actual hauling done is gaining ground is apparent. And
out of the entire shake-up the western country and middle states
section are going to benefit in a just and proper proportion.
A Lump of Sugar
The lump of sugar it may be two or three that goes into
your coffee each morning represents an industry of stupendous
magnitude. One side of it, the tropical agricultural branch, is de
scribed by the American Sugar Uefining Company in its current
report. The statement deals with its own production of raw sugar,
the growing of cane and the first step of manufacture! It says
llv.it by multiplying its figures by forty one may get a fair id a
..e ... u... :.. .: i it i ....i... c ...i .... i -
yi iviwii in iuijitllt.il in lliunu uiumuiiutl y Mllea ut uiv niuiinLi,y
Satisfy the sugar needs of the country. 4
. ' On two Cuban sugar plantations of the company, which a!,!
to Watvest cane fill' 1,100,00 bugs of raw sugar of f!2! pounds v.c!),
12,000 men work in the fields for 150 days. Nine thousand ate
cane cutters, while 3,000 do hauling, weighing and general duties.
To haul the cane to the railroad 1.I500 ox-carts and 12,00.0 trained
oxen me necessary. Thirteen hundred more men operate the fac
tories, railroads, etc. The 1,'I50,000 tons of fane harvested reduces
to 150,000 tons of raw sugar. Kailroad service on a large scale
.and a fleet of ships are employed to get the sugar to refineries in
this country. And up to this point but a beginning hi's en made
of producing Hie sweetening for America's breakfast coffee.
Sugar, being indispensable, and being used in emu iiviih quan
tities' by people all ovet the world, its every price movement caus
es a reliction on tl.c pocket nerve of populations. The rise of a
cent or two 111 mice brings serious complaints if .10I actual
discomfort.
Speed Yields to Safety
A leading i dentist has recently sounded a wi'iin;v against
what he culls the modern mania for speed. Every clay one reads
of some fresh i'l'lrcveii.t nl in rapidity of transportation. Hu
manity, always more and more in a hurry, urges lh makers .if
airplanes ami :n 1.im : 1 n !.-n Id produce the utmost in pp-wl, icgavil-
ios.s 111 saieiy. llie lirst milkuoii asked by uilciuh'.i. buyer.! is
"How fast can it g.V
There is a strikingly :.ij'i: ic:nit exception to LI i .4 tleniai.d fur
excessive spec:!, which the iJ'einst has overlooked, and it reli.te
to a most important department of transportation: the railroads.
It is n it only true that trail!'; -irv rot being run any iV.-w.'r because
of the competition of rc.!tu.io:.-;es and airplanes. Lot h'- tendency
seems t'i he toward a flat. ;:-i iig 1 speed. 1'orsoni-' ti i two groat
railroads maintained n -Y.wn l.i.ur expresses betw."!ii New Y -rl.
and Chiragti. Several years .igr. the time was extolled to twenty
hours. Away back in 18!Ki, the year of the'Chicago world's fair,
n speed of 112 miles mi hour was attained by the Kmpire Stale
Kxpi-ess of the New York Central. It has remained the record ev
er since.
Instead of planning to increase speed, American railitiatls have
bom studying safety. Tinvel by rail is steadily becoming safer.
The latest locomotives are built with their center of gravity so
.tiw as to reduce the risk of upsetting. Steel cars eliminate the
danger of fire and telescoping. Kails are heavier. Automatic
signals and other devices afford addition protection. The travel
ing public sets safety and regularity abive speed. The railroad
managements and their patrons both show their sense. "The more
haste the less speed" is an adage that still has its place in mod
ern civilization.
CONTENTED M 1 IJO NOT I'KJHT
Detroit News: 'Wht'n in a name?
The British irovernnient is just find
ini; out. There Vas an oM aire pen
sion act. ile.iiirneii to itfforii a amall
dole to the ageine; worker no longer
able to work and without resources.
Hv Home superlative piece of ineptl
lude the Honnr law ministry has
styled this measure poor law relief,
lietweo pensions and pauper there
is. it seems, a wide distinction and
a diffeM-'nce.
Labor has cauirht up the phrase
from one end of Britain to the other
anil manv is the bitter irosuel bcinir
preached to political meetings with
"Pauper" as the text. Home go so
far as to proclaim accessions to the
ranks of pauperism from royalty it
self Princes, they suggest, who
have to receive subsistence from the
neonlc's treasury are. in cifect. pau
pcrs Retired cabinet ministers who
receive pensions for their former
services are, by the same token, pau
ners.
It is an ugly word and a word held
in hatred by "every man or woman
who works for a living. Probably
nothing presses so sorely on the
minds of those who live narrowly as
tho nightmare of a dependent old
age, wtth its denial of will power,
its rnfusel of personal preferences.
its utter abandonment to the rules
of those who furnish the bread. Na
tuio gives the water. '
It is a subject with which civiliza
tion more and more concerns itself,
this elimination of the pauper. Some
folk there' are who never enn be
anything else, but the great majority
lell that given a tan chance during
their working life they call save
enough to keep themselves In the
twilight years. Society's part, says
one group, is to care for all who,
after a fruittul Inc. tire unable to
care for themselves. Society owes'it
to its workers that their declining
yeai'3 be at least comlortable. So-
cley, says 'another group,' must pay
the workers enough so that they
may, in support of their own inde
pendence, save against tho empty
year. of ago.
It is sufficient that the theorists
are unanimous on the gout, even if
they differ on the means of attain
ing it. The age that is able to abol
ish the word "pauper" will be far
advanced on the road to permanent
peace. Contented men do not fight.
E.MI'KHOK K1NSTKIX
OFFICE CAT
T ft ACt -AMH
BY JUNIUS
onnvutv
lary liml a ton ot coul
Jhe woi'knJ (en ycurw to ourn it-
Shu froze 1" death lut winter,
. Hhi' fonldn t beur to burn it.
Money profltctli not in tho luy of
jiulKini'iit, hut it helpH mightily in
t)ie nii'iintliiit', Hays Anion TukIi.
I ". .. ....V. ...Ml, llir
I world will jiu on Jutt the mime after
you gui on 1.
I'nclc KIumi any a "I'll, lom pok-
chopH Ah et fuh sup pen la' ntht
xho aln kivv will me Ah woke up
in the night cullin' hawg.' '
(i It MAT HAYINUH OI- Git K AT M K
J'rr-Hident Hardin;;: "My pants are
wearing out."
Ir. Krauk Crane: "Where lu hell
did I put that hook?" ,
l-u (irimte Man (n!rlHtnie(l John
loc. ,at lw polki Htullon) ,:"We nuiHi
o tot prayer-meeting toniKht,, niv
dear.'!-- : -v T; I ; '
ItoutfhiH l-'alrbiuiks:.-''"Alary, my
surtflrw hroke today aud i hat to buy
a new pah'!" i t -i .
William Jrnnhitfx iiryan: "This la
the wornt hat I ever died to wear.'"
Will lata Haiidolph lU arst: "I lout
$:iiit. at lioker last night."
iiilly Hunday: "1 went out in my
car today and ran over Home damn
fool."
Chirr Justice Tuft: "I'm Kettlns
buhl."
Wood row Wilson: "Ones I'll have
to buy Koine heavier underwear."
II. S. Student: "Whereneir my
cap .'
rrohibiiion Aweul: "Yph. wo nour
all the booze we get down the (flitter'
this is i'iiktty di:i:p
I 'ust onier I'd llkv to" see sonie-
tltlnvf t-ht-ap in a straw Iml.
I'lerk -Try tills one on. The mir
ror is at your left.
Iff isn't always wise to trust a man
who iriiHtrf to lurk.
Kalamazoo Gazette: Tor an exam
ple) of austerity, autociaey, aristo-cra:-y
and even arrogance in thi.-t
mme or less democratic era we can
pa.-;! by all ihe kiiiK-S czars, pashas
and the like. They aren't what they
ip-cj to be, and at best they have
only tu do with material affairs.
For.vour real examnlc of ultra-
nvpr-hm'shii) it is neeessarv to turn ' ; Kohwy says that as a rule you
to tho kingdom of the mind. There""' won-to-do guy hani to
we have Die real amlocrntself-con- mat s how they got that way.
fes. el It is Prof, hinstejn.
lllandly he tells a waiting world nu-n will , .second any kind
th:it he has discovered relatively, or.uf " mot,u r,.,,-
the relation kif eleetrietty. and mu-j : V: . ' t .'
neti.un, or some other discovery. It , morgue1 editoi- startled th8"of--
h to ri'vo ntioui'.e iioL mere v thei'"1 in """"'nn- tooa oy
force of the Ohnei
remark tug that, all great men "di.
while their wies are away." Whei
asked to" explain himself he onlncd:
"1 don't Hee how It eould ho. anv !
other way they aro all reported as
having their last words."
ut Jazz marfithons is
nuisance. Junius
world, but the cosmos:
"Onlv a dozen men in the world
can understand what I have evolved,
i ml really I cannot waste my time
explaining or even trying to explain.
You will have to go to one ui uiese
other dozen near-great hut less-j;renti .
men if vou want to know." , , I,1,rii;1"'1;' 111
er v;e Pkc the treatment or not, what : "r l,on, ,n," ('rlht '"" Idual
can we do. Alexander, Caesar. Thar " 11 " erawUng
1. , V,. ,,!.... ....til. I niirti
: : r... u;..k.t
... .11 u; i" " bike off the most collar but-
Tin: lii:.t Tl I I I. mu' on "'foim.
ml Join ual-I'ri'Ns: Symbol of ( .,, Kll m i cnnvi:
i it- .....i Hi- fin. r-..ui. i.ii..ii "
i. i... .'n' r,.' ... i,..w' ''"'dish uuestlons ts tlie oldest
a in me K'.iiuk hi i lie iiii.ti nun .t
hciiit f 1 1 i 1 of love and liusi 111 lief
Iio.m n mate.
It Is like (he mantle of h.u tly
Hint i'iimts a multitude of u ;i:a ;lil ly
Shoe Bargains
MEANS WONDERFUL SHOES AT VERY LITTLE
MONEY WHEN PLACED ON THE BAR-
- GAIN TABLES AT THE
N. K. West & Co.
These are odd lots of Ladies' Oxfords and Men's Shoes
of high priced values we are closing out at small cost to
you. A real opportunity to you at this time of year that
will pay you to come now, while the sizes are complete
make your selection before the lots are too badly broken.
-$ .90-
LADIES' BLACK KID SHOES
of high grade leather and Louis heels.
To all ladies who like shoes in place
of slippers or oxfords, this is a real
bargain, as they once sold at $15.00.
Makes an excellent dress shoe or a
wonderful house shoe.
$3.2 5-
LADIES' BROWN OXFORDS
This lot of oxfords is composed of
three styles of today sizes are brok
en and many of them very narrow,
but a wonderful value at the price
formerly sold' at $9.00.
Don't Over Look a Bet - Get in
on These Prices
-$3-90
LADIES' BROWN OXFORDS
This is another lot of oxfords
sport styles, calfskin leathers ami mil
itary heels. I'oinicrly sold at 10.00.
This is a discontinued manufacture
with us, but it giants you a real bar
gain at this piice.
$5-75-
MEN'S "GROUND G RIPPER"
SHOES
Every man knows the quality and
service of a "Ground Clipper" Shoe.
Wc are discontinuing tho line 21
pair left sizes very good, browns
and blacks on hand. These are $12.00
values. ' .'
have to contend with, often follows a
klH....i ,, niliml... ;i,l who will m.ti-!l r """ 01 tae
tion and development of the pneu
Tho lonirer the cold
Preventative Medicine. jT.ike Chnmhcrliiiu s Cough Remcily I We can't help wondering whether
-The tendency of medical science jp- rhi' if ft C "'h f tho advortisomenti,
toward preventative measures. It tiwith tn lca4 pufs;ule ,elav. It is !loBiHd the front of the magazine is
easier and better to prevent thaii,folly t0 rjsk nn af,ck of pneumon- Jconsidcrcd progress,
cure. Pneumonia, one of the most. jt when this remedy may be "K- j
daneerous diseases that meuirai mm .tinned for a trifle. .Adv
A Classified Ad Will Uo It!
If Charlie Chaplin doesn't think he has enough to get mar
ik-u on, now (iocs u c nguie lie win ha
he gets married?
lave enough to live on afte.'
Chicago has convicted a husband inmttctws on the unusual
llwory. evidently, that she was a menace. U-ing accused of
killing four.
Hoes Alii. Kdith Ilockofcller .McConnirk, thtiuKh any of her
Kgyplian leincai nations, n-cull ncha) by the name of 1'otiphar?
.lapanesc are wnoifH . l. tTMiinr ("-'"He. Put put to th"
railed .Stills. ' '
In-
in iiii world. l othiv oiH1 ! o
f lilt- llllulypc oiirrutorH hail u nos(- ;2
llili'Cil. liml mil' ,r llui oi ricu l i I n
nski'il hllil if "Unit wus blood on Ills jO
fi.i-f." The cluciful r,.,jy as: "Nol
!"" ' ' :''." "' " i.."d r. . ;. UMlK ,0"u s
i'MimUt-M nil thhitcs lair." ; o
I'UH Willi tin- hUuim uf lu'nllli. iiml 1 Un , " , - . !
l.ur thriMiKh th.- vHmh with tho kc..,! I ,UN ou-tl SaM,m rt;1!, , Why dd:0
xi-hi or lit,, t.11,1 viKor that MiMn.l.a,. !u" with my .Inutrhterr o
rum-ui;. una the oy of living !, NJ?' '"-'"-w" 1 o ' avoid tho g
H i.rlnuN moisfur,. to tho ihWMy swffprable fus und nonsense of n!o
n, .,,i ,,i..,., i. t.. ti,.. ..r ',MltLJ vMuou:ir;. ;y
tin liliiiM, if)ul loi- the nim'i I Itnit. i
tin- noI'I wimls of HiinitiHT und thul
f.tHilcn li' ltlM mil ii inn.
It is
hangs on, the greater the danger. jo
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j'Tlmnk heaven, my duughler has gut : o
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hU"-Mctl. (n iitot iii hiu' loiro ;
It in Hit' ukcih'V Ihitt hunt
Ui' hi.;ln-:a slantiiu tl of j
ami MtM-llMK worth to l.u-
of nu'.iiri'.
rhJiri'iltM-mitiilly.
II is tin- I.Icm;.-,!, viyoiutiHK fort-o
of iiutiiir.
Anil yi'l - iliii'sn'i It nuiko yon il
oiiiu-tlly niiuio when il cotnvs In
FOR SALE
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ing the tiuenicnl of K. V. rhillip l ("J,,"
ot uie uominniiMu oi iigricuiiuie nini
the indnsti ioii-noss uf the honey bee
is onlv n tnvlh.
Hy a consensus of opinion
was almost ni verbal, tho lire was j
Relieved to imiirove eai h hini:ig liour'
wh'Ml othir lahor organisations were !
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STOKE
Thin in u
anil I iw rif.
j ttiKlity of soil
ptaci
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that! itKiH-M- in )o.h."oiuiou. nni-
, - m inn .i or u poriou oi sours.
in ot in
ivoi'iIm ,tiu' torniH nro sucl:
tint Ui- pi'oihioiH . of iho fnrm will
U.V IOC itSvll. lllllIItMllllt' pOSWOMSlOII
PhHlips brands him n n loafer. "The . 1 " nI ""' "
tverago worker hot," he say.s, "makes
only a few trip.- a day to the nectar, j
The heekroper must manage the hive.
so that finished work is either re
moved or pro Perl y placed. lther-
wivp, louring will icsuit. Here :n- j
leed, is amttiie' sad disiUu-nnmient,
aii. a pit i!os diparagoinoiit i 1 tlu 1
liee. so long peinti'd out as an oum-
nlo of im;tistrv, which lacked tiie hu-i
nuin nuulity of l:i?.iiiess.
Tho Ihonght Miat the Mltle bu-vi
Uoe .shirks his doty and must ho
romled to it hy his oniployer causes I
one t. suspoot tiiat in all things;
"tii oso ate swans, an! swims aro '
goo.-e, nini it give- no to
Jto,)o will, pm jou tn poHsesMton of
Ha iiorrn. (in. and one-hulf mtlod
from A (iraml. Cloud rivo-ruom
lumsL pulntrd. Citf Pt,rn will Iioiim
lmn..n inil.n -ow iinl nl hm ;
hoiM ;t ;in. iiLu tiin.-ry. Kunilly or
olianl, iippl.-n. rl.,-rr. !. p.urs. paohos,
ituj plum-. Ai.nnt 1m aoroa in olHtlva
tmn. ut hnt in-ros iihmv oan onl-tiMiit-il.
r.mr Hi.tiMus. one ptptd into
tii" lions,- ,ui. l.,tn lot. AM frnnd.
iml poi. .,jri. $-r,.o. Klvo
tn vstit.ilf.
nr.-, in ),. . .. iu-,,, i,irv
wnuvi 'i',"! ii .uihvvi iii.-m iiim mrr) lui
the totvnt protioumement of r pro-!
fo.or of p-vvehotogv. after a ser-'
of exponmeiUs. that a hull had
no more uiitiimiliy for a ivd mg than
line ot any other odor.
Mr. Ii. U . (M'iinli-r i.tno- .low ii
nun I nUrpii.. l.it i t ninir lo ko. n :
) -holt ItlHO ttClt HMttlltf Ull-, ..Ii
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LONG
WEAR
Suits Tailored
tu
Your Individual Slvlc
The Toggery
Au.Irvw 11 ms.
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The.aAI
stampedon the1
Dollar Vhe'
mo3t trrQtorY
cf , birds"
As tin. mul-I,- Is a symliol o'
MUim iiiiiiy mi can you iun
'MliT In Hi,' ouniiuint ai.-iiiiis
piiMrty ami Hunt it yoii
i:iii-(1 yo'ir ilolliirs.
Tin. iliillnri. In your iUi k"t
nrr mum koih liny slii
miuy iM fiiri. ui. rializi- anil
tli,:il- Ion ilim..ts our alulii
linn ami MjuUvns our tour
:i'. Only .l,y watrhriil c:in- au,l
til- x-:ilu:ix iiiiulli.. of tlui:'
"III tiny Im- ours lo ilisuu'
llu rniiirorls uml uuccsslli .i
or lire.
I."t tln-'jt Ciaii'l.' Xuiion.
ill Hank lulp you in kw,ti
jmir ilollars sari' rur tin- fu-lilt-L'.
Wv nill (ruartt tl-m uj
llluiiill tli.y ,.r,. ,,ur
",i l i:iy yon Inl. r, sl w,u,.
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