OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1915
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NOBILITY AND SERVILITY
How Literary Incense is Offered in
Worship of Mammon
In the Saturday Evening Post, a
few months ago was published a
story entitled "Mr. Grex of Monte
Carlo. Monte Carlo is a highly aris
tocratic and exclusive gaming place
on the Mediterranean coast between
France and Italy.
The story is one of international
intrigue and secret diplomacy, and
the characters are English lords, Ger
man bankers, Russian grand dukes,
American millionaires, fine ladies of
doubtful reputation, chauffeurs flun
keys, spies, assasins and men and
women of mystery.
It is all about the nobility of rank
and wealth, gentlefolks, whose duty
in life consists in wearing clothes,
gambling, boozing, trying to seduce
other men's wives and finding means
to spend the excess of wealth flow
ing in to them in rent or interest.
Read it for yourself.
Incidentally this bunch was also
engaged in secret diplomacy, that is
in bribing statesmen to frame up
treaties and alliances in the interest
of conflicting groups of capitalsts or
bankers.
Judgng by the name, the author,
E. Phillips Oppenheim, might be a
German, but as this story was fixed
up for' consumption in America, the
Germans in it all are costumed as
villains, while the English and the
Americans are the heroes.
If it had been written for the
German market, the caste of char
acters would have been different; the
Germans would have played the role
of heroes, while the French, Italians,
and Russians would have been the
villains and assasins. This would
have been as true to life and as near
to nature maybe nearer.
Really in this story they are all
crooks. The heroes are mighty little
better than the villains. They are all
gamblers and bluffers, spying on one
another secretly. How could it be
otherwise? What business would an
honest or proper person have in such
a place as Monte Carlo?
Anyhow, the story is quite enter
taining, for it gives a picture true to
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life of the habits and manners and
morals of the nobility and the mil
lionaires, who are overburdened with
the task of spending the money
earned by the farmers and other
workers of the world.
The farmers and workers know
nothing of high life and are never
permitted to get a glimpse behind the
scenes. Most of them have not the
money to pay a subscription to a
magazine or time to read it, if given
to them free.
If any farmer wants to learn
something of the vivid contrast be
tween high life at Monte Carlo and
all such places, and his own miserable
slavish and stupid existence, he
should read Mr. Grex of Monte Car
lo. And then if he could understand
how he is taxed to pay for all this
gaiety and extravagance, he might
begin to get wise to the game.
Another interesting story in the
same line is "Inside the Cup," by
Winston Churchill. This is a picture
of high life and low lfe n an Amer
can city, and throws much light on
the relation of church and charity
work to these contrasted conditions.
The leading character in this
story is the pastor of a fashionable
church surrounded by slums. The
pastor begins to get interested in the
slums, and the result is a revolution
in the church. His wealthy parish
ioners try to throw him out, but he
fights them to a finish, and instead
of losing his job, he holds the church
and they have to find another place
to worship.
The title "Inside the Cup" is an al
lusion from the New Testament, ap
plied to modern churchianity, which
has become like Jewish Pharisaism
in the time of Christ. The outside
of the cup glitters with pride and
extravagance, but inside it is full of
ravening and uncleanliness.
I had a conversation with a popu
lar lawyer about this book. He
claimed that the author had no moral
purpose in writing this book, that he
just wrote it to sell. The author
would have to answer that argument
by speaking for himself.
And I guess he would not answer
it. He would not wish to be adver
tised as a muckraker, and that is cer
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tainly what would happen if he ad
mitted that the book had a moral
purpose.
It is not in good form to write a
book with a moral purpose on such a
delicate subject as the inside of a
cup. The cup is modern Christianity
and the inside of it is either too sa
cred, or else it is too rotten to bear
investigation.
If this book was advertised as an
exposure of the churches it would not
be seen in the windows of book
stores. It would be put away on a
back shelf and if anyone would en
quire for it, the clerk would have
much trouble in finding it.
He would probably recommend in
stead "Mrs. Diggs' Onion Patch,"
which is just as good, and not so dan
gerous. Prudent folks had better
spend their time weeding onions,
than reading scandals especially if
the scandals touch the lives of those
who sit in the front seats of churches
and' are looked on as pillars of so
ciety. To read such books is likely
to undermine the foundations of that
kind of society.
Better keep on weeding onions.
Every onion is taxed and every pan
of milk pays toll. It is the privilege
of nobility to have the toll collected
for it. It is the fate of servility to
pay the toll and also the tax collect
ors. This is the Pax Roman?
J. L. JONES.
USELESS WASTE OF LIFE
Thousands of Dying Consumptives
Rush to West Every Year
From 10,000 to 15,000 consumptiv
es go West in search of health every
year. Such is the estimate made by
the National' Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo
sis in a statement issued today bas
ed on recent investigations of the
United States Public Health Service.
The Association concludes that there
are at present between 100,000 and
200,000 consumptives in the States of
California, Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas and Colorado.
Investigations were made during
the past years by surgeons of the
United States Public Health Service,
P. M. Carrington in California, E. A.
Sweet in Texas and New Mexico, and
A. D. Foster in North and South Car
olina. The investigations have shown
among other things, the following
facts:
From 30 to 50 per cent of these
consumptives are hopeless cases and
die within six months after their ar
rival, the percentage of those dying
within 30 days running as high as 15.
A large, but unknown percentage
die in almshouses, or are the recip
ients of charity, and the great major
ity of these could have been made
comfortable in their last days if they
had stayed at home among friends
and relatives.
From 40 to 90 percent of all the
deaths from tuberculosis in the West
and Southwest are of natives of other
states, nearly 50 per cent coming
from Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Ken
tucky, Tennessee and New York.
No one should think of going West
or -Southwest for his health unless he
has at least $1,000 above his railroad
fare, and can leave his family in com
fortable circumstances; and no one
should go who is in' an advanced
stage of tuberculosis or who has not
taken careful medical advice.
Tuberculosis can be cured in any
part of the United States, and it is
far better for a consumptive of mod
erate means, such as the average
workingman, to go to a sanatorium
near at home,' than to go West and
live in a more favorable climate with
out proper food or medical care.
Finally, there may be plenty of
jobs in the West and Southwest for
able-bodied men, but the consump
tive will find the greatest difficulty
in getting work, and no one should
go West therefore in the hope of get
ting a job.
ESTACADA WANTS OIL
Eastern Section of County Considers
County Court Unfair
The Estacada Progress last week
voiced the feeling of folk in eastern
Clackamas pretty well in an article
upon road oiling. The Courier
thinks eastern Clackamas county is
entitled to fully as much as the rest
Address VACATION DEPT.
OREGON CITY COURIER.
Oregon City, Oregon
of the county, and takes pleasure in
giving further publicity to the Es
tacada complaint. The article in the
Progress said, in part:
" 'Clackamas county's share of the
state automobile license fees, amunt
ing to about $1600.00 will be used for
oiling the trunk roads, leading from
the Multnomah to the Marion county
boundaries, according to a statement
made last week by County Judge An
derson,' so says the Oregon City En
terprise. Continuing, the article
reads, "This will give motorists an
uninterrupted oiled highway from
Portland to Aurora. The action was
taken at the request of the Automo
bile Club.
"And yet they wonder why East
ern Clackamas, with Estacada as a
nucleus, is dissatisfied with county
management. Who wouldn't be dis
satisfied? The slight consideration
shown to this part of the county is an
insult, but this kind of treatment has
been handed to us hillside farmers for
so long, that they naturally take it
for granted that we don't care.
"$1600.00 is a lot of money, in fact
an awful lot. And this amount is to
be spent for oil, to lay the dust on
the trunk roiids, from Portland to
Aurora, for the benefit of automobil
iats. Do you note that no mention is
made of laying the dust for the
farmers?
"Isn't it a shame that the main
trunk highways don't lead up thru
this part of the county, for the bene
fit of the Portland automobilists?
"And will you note the last sen
tence? 'The action was taken at the
request of the Automobile Club.'
Now wouldn't that jar you? The
Automobile Club, address not given,
'requested' the honorable county
court for $1600.00 to lay the dust for
them, and they got it.
"We, of eastern Clackamas coun
ty, who pay taxes, build roads, live
and work in this county, can hardly
get a cent out of that honorable body
after begging on our hands and Jcnees
not to mention 'requesting' it.
"How much longer are eastern
Clackamas taxpayers going to stand
for this utter disregard of their
rights?"
TROUT FOR STREAMS
Clackamas County Chief Breeding
Ground for State Fish Work
The state fish and game commis
sion has leased a tract of land near
Eagle Creek which contains a num
ber of natural ponds, and has con
verted these bodies of water into a
series of the finest breeding and feed
ing ponds in the state. In the opin
ion of Master Fish Warden Clanton
the best results can be obtained by
feeding the fry in natural feeding
ponds until they become of sufficient
size and age to take care of them
selves when placed in the streams.
These ponds not only aid in taking
care of the fry until they become of
more mature size, but are a great
aid to the distribution of the same.
When these fry become large
enough, anyone, who wishes, may go
to the ponds and got a few thousand
to place in the streams in their neigh
borhood. In this way it is expected
to have the fry liberated to the best
advantage to all concerned.
There are now 212,400 Rainbow
fry in the ponds and Perry Kitssmiller,
the superintendent, expects to re
ceive 100,000 Eastern Brook the lat
ter part of the week. In all, he ex
pects to feed at this station about
500,000 fry this season. This will be
a big start toward making this coun
ty one of the best; for trout fishing in
the state.
FOREST SERVICE BUSY
Government Engaged in Many Lines
of Effort with Woods
Nearly two million willow cut
tings have been distributed by the
Forest Service among State Experi
ment Stations, forest schools, and in
dividual growers. Now that the Eu
ropean supply of willow for furni
ture and baskets has been cut off,
this American, material is in greater
demand.
The total amount of standing tim
ber in the United States is nearly
2,!I00 billion board feet. Of this
amount, about 76 percent is privately
owned, approximately 21 percent is
n
in the National Forests, and about
three percent in some other form of
public ownership Federal, State or
municipal.
By greater economy in the use of
wood, the per capita consumption
could easily be reduced from the
present figure of 200 cubic feet to
150 or even 100 cubic feet without
hardship. At present we use only
50 percent of the total volume of the
tree and leave 50 percent to be wast
ed. In this country, twenty-five states
have active forest departments and
employ professional foresters; twen
ty states have efficient fire-protective
systems; fourteen have establish
ed State forests, and thirteen main
tain forest-tree nurseries.
PROSPECT AT HOME
Read Up on Alaska Before Going
There, and So Save Woe
Though it is the purpose of the
United States Geological Survey to
extend its investigations to all parts
of Alaska, it sometimes happens that
it is impossible to do this work in
advance of actual mineral discover
ies by the prospector. The Survey,
however, attempts to follow up the
reported new discoveries of vuluable
minerals by surveys and investiga
tions as soon as means permit. A
report on work inspired by the dis
covery of gold in the Innoko district
in 1906 has been issued by the Sur
vey as Bulletin 578 and is entitled
"The Iditarod-Ruby Region, Alaska,"
by Henry M. Eakin.
The investigation seems to have
developed the fact that geologic con
ditions favorable to the occurrence of
auriferous deposits are repeated in
many places in this part of Alaska, a
fact that augurs well for the future
of the mining industry in this region,
notwithstanding the fact that the
workable gold placers thus far devel
oped are limited to comparatively
few small areas.
We are always adding new type
faces to our job department, & we are
equipped to give satisfaction. Try
us. Courier.