THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.
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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. M, 191.
ROOSEVELT AND CONSERVATION.
When Roosevelt was occupying the
Presidential chair he made many rad
ical changes in the relationship of the
Government to the states, the most
radical and far-reaching of which was
his so-called conservation policy, pro
viding conservation of our natural re
sources, such as water power, coal
lands, forests, and, to some extent,
fisheries. To say Just where the pow
ers and rights of the states end and
the prerogatives of the general Gov
ernment begin has caused great con
troversy ever since the Constitution
was framed. Political parties have been
built up and have foundered on the
states' rights doctrine: many of our
wisest statesmen have gained or lost
their party and political standing by
claiming too much or too little for
state or Government.
But up to the time of the great
conservation coup by Roosevelt,
prompted and abetted by one Gifford
Pinchot and son-of-hls-father Garfield,
It was supposed that, as set down
in the) Constitution, the naviga
ble streams belonged to the Govern
ment and the non-navigable streams
belonged to the states. So firm were
the people in such belief that from the
very beginning of the Government the
states had maintained absolute and
unhampered control of the streams
upon which there was no navigation.
But when the conservation policy
was begun it was found that in some
way all of the streams would have to
be conserved and a way was found
to do it. The method was qulta sim
ple as to all of the streams the con
servers wished to control, 1. e., those
In the West. These .- streams have
their sources in the mountains as a
rule, and the mountains of the West
are composed almost exclusively of
Government land. As the waters
which fed the streams came from
public land they belonged to the
Government and as the waters be
longed to Uncle Sam the streams must
also be his.
So, about all the land along ihe
various streams of the West was
withdrawn from entry, and as much
of tha watershed of each stream as
was still in the ownership of the Gov
ernment was thrown Into the forest
reserves. While the constitution says
such streams as are not navigable are
within the control of the states we
find that such is the ease only where
there is power or water on. them not
appropriated up to the time the con
servers busied themselves. If there
was anything worth having it be
longed to Uncle Sam. j
What has the) effect been on the
West? Take the Deschutes River in
Oregon as an example. It is claimed
that the Deschutes carries a latent
generating force equaling 600,000
horsepower. There was originally
1,000,000 horsepower, but by utiliza
tion and the building of railroads this
has been reduced by two-fifths. How.
ever, as 200,000 horsepower is about
all that is being used in all Oregon at
the present time. It will be seen that
the Deschutes has power enough, if
developed, to run every wheel in the
state with three or four times the
population re now have.
Tet with the exception of a site or
two filed on before Roosevelt put
forth an effort to bottle us up, there
is no available site on tha Deschutes
for developing power. The land or
site for building dozens of plants is
there, the water Is there with suffi
clnt fall to develop from 25,000 to
GO. 000 horsepower every few miles,
but the Government owns the land,
and thereby controls the water. There
Is no way in which the public or an
individual or corporation can utilize
the power, for there is no way for the
Government to release title to the land
without an act of Congress. Within
the last three or four months efforts
have been made to get sites along the
Deschutes and other streams by peo
ple who wish to develop power for
public and private use. But there are
no sites to be Baa save tnose raw niea
on a number of years ago. Some of
these can be had at exorbitant figures.
So it will be seen that while the with
drawals were ostensibly for the bene
fit of the people, and against greedy
corporations, they really operate In
favor of those interests and against
the people. It will be remembered
what William Hanley said about these
conservation doctrines and policies,
"They have usod their'n and now
won't let us have our"n." That ex
presses the whole matter In a nut
shell. The small rivers and streams
of the East belong to the states. The
small rivers and streams of the West
belong to the Government, or at least
it controls them, which Is worse.
Just when we will get relief from the
present order of things is problemat
ical. But it is hardly likely that wa
can expect any betterment of condi
tions In the event of the re-election of
the man chiefly responsible for our
troubles.
ARE THE JAPANESE RELIGIOrST
There is reason to believe that the
Japanese are one of tha most religious
peoples !n the world. Their hesita
tion in accepting formal Christianity
has impressed some observers with the
contrary opinion, but perhaps such
conclusions are wrong. The Almighty
does not speak the same language to
all men. To the Japanese their faith
in other manifestations of the infinite
may be quite as salutary as ours in
the aspect of the divine which has
been revealed to us. Rudyard Kipling
Is answerable for much of the com
mon feeling that the oriental is an
other species of animal from the
Westerner. His utterly baseless aphor
isms about the bridgaless chasm be
tween the Asiatic and the European
intelligence have been swallowed
thoughtlessly by the multitude and
naturally they have created almost
invincible prejudices. George Kennan
has been writing interestingly on this
subject in the Outlook of late. No
man is more conversant with the
Orient than he is and none is more
competent to Judge correctly of the
character of the Japanese. Kipling
really knows nothing of any part of
Asia except the British possessions
and of these lands his knowledge is
superficial in the extreme and bound
by prejudice. But for all that he ut
ters oracular Judgments about the en
tire continent and the gaping world
bolts them without chewing.
George Kennan says deliberately
that the intelligence of the Japanese
wnVn nrtrbwlv like an American's.
They do many things which appear
odd to us, but when we come 10 an
alyze their purposes we find that we
chnuiri in manv instances, probably
do the same things under the same
conditions. Kennans articles are
worth reading by anybody who really
nHohA, trt understand the most inter
esting nation of the modern world,
but the best proof that the Japanese
are essentially like ourselves is the
spaed with which, they have assimi
lated Western science and industrial
processes. Half a dozen years ago
it was usual to hear travelers say that
this assimilation was a shallow snam,
Hi, that manner of sneaking has been
dropped now. The Japanese are as
oiontific in their intelligence as
any people and they have already
made substantial coninoutmua w
i,TtniAHirA psneciallV in medicine.
That they are devoutly religious at
heart is demonstrated Dy me pious
rites with which they revere the mem
ory of their departed Emperor, lliat
cttTi fAtnin nt the same time, a
strong undercurrent of their anciunt
Idealism is indicated by tne suiciue oi
ami X'ncH and his wife out of IO-
spect to the departed Emperor.
THE CONVERT.
Under the roof of the Gypsy Smith
cabernacle, where a year ago that
ereat evangelist made his conquests
oven the hearts of men. Colonel Roose
velt gave last Wednesday another con
fession of faith, and at the political
mourners' bench told how wicked his
former associates in the old parties
Rverv one of them the
Colonel is now willing to surrender to
Justice,
The old parties are all aiiKe, as
Colonel Roosevelt sought to show in
his famous figure of the see-saw. The
Republican party sits at one end and
tha ripmnrrflrfn nartv at the other.
and Wall .street, standing in the mid
dle, tips the board one way or the
other as convenience or interest dic
tates. Colonel Roosevelt sought to demon
strate that nothing could be done for
th, nannln through the old parties.
Dismissing from consideration any in
quiry as to whether Colonel Roosevelt
desired thus obliquely to Justify him
self for his failure to do more for the
people when he was President, It Is
a-oil onnncrh tn rfinall that the Colonel
sought last Spring a renominatlon
frnm one of the wicked old parties,
nriH mfliip n nrotracted and intense
struggle therefor. If the Republican
party had Deen wilting, tjoionei kook
velt would now have been Its nomi
nee. The Republican party rejected
hi,, .nnrHriv when it mlsrht have in
dorsed it, and Colonel Roosevelt or
ganizes a new party, formulates a new
political creed and appears before the
TTArlH no n. regenerated and sanctified
apostle of the common people's needs,
hopes, desires and interests.
T Pninnni "Rnnpvelt -had trot the
tun a niiminfltlnn h would not have
sought or received the August nomi
nation; yet he blames tne KepuDiican
convention " for stealing from him
lomething that he now denounce as.
worse than trash.
LIFE AND LIFEBOATS.
Psraom whose business requires
them to travel on the Gulf of Mexico
will learn with mingled emotions 01
the alteration which Secretary Nagel
h. t thA flnvAmmftnt rules
pertaining to lifeboats. Soon after the
Titanic wreck last Spring a regulation
was made that vessels sailing the
Gulf, and some other waters, must
carry enough boats to save all pas
sengers in case of disaster. Secretary
xrocroi hnei now relaxed this provision.
The naw rule is that they need carry
only boats enongn to save a per ccui
of the passengers. Steamers navigat
ing rivers need have boats for only
ten per cent of their passengers.
Apparently secretary iNagei oeiicves
that a person traveling by river steam
er Is but a third as valuable as one
crossing the Gulf. The change in the
rules has been made, as we are in
formed, on account of "protests from
the shipping interests." Like the
owners of the Titanic these interests
seem to think more of their dividends
than thdv Hn nf their nassenorers' lives.
This does not surprise one, but It does
an near odd that Secretary isagei
should adopt their views.
The shipping Interests plead tnai
conditions" on the Gulf make it use
less to carry boats for more than 30
per cent of the passengers. Interests
,.nn,AT-nAr! In Atlantic traffic said the
same thing until the Titanic went
down with 1500 victims. Alter every
great disaster on the water our regu
lations for the safety of life are tight
ened up a little. Time passes. The
tragedy is forgotten and then the rules
are relaxed again. So the wheel goes
round, but it is always life that pays
the penalty
ccrrrsw down the rage cocrsb.
From the beginning of horseracing
as an entertainment feature in this
country the full-mile track was sup
posed to be the race course best suit
ed to both harness and saddle horses.
When the Blue . Grass regions of Ken
tucky first began to send out the fin
est horses theretofore bred in the
world, horses not only of great speed
but of incomparable endurance, races
of two, four, six and even eight miles
were not uncommon. In some cases
ten and twenty-mile running races
were held. But with only two or
three exceptions no tracks longer than
a mile were maintained, although at
tempts were made to build and keep
up these exceptional two-mile tracks.
It Is seldom now that one hears of
any horse race being longer than one
mile.
Of late rears the mile track, too
has fallen Into disrepute, the half
mile track taking its place as more
satisfactory. There is a slight differ
ence in time between the short track
and the longer one, varying from one
to four seconds, according to the
speed of the racers. But that makes
no difference save to tne recora
fiends. For admirers of race horses
there is Just as much diversion in a
three-minute race as in a two-minute
race, if the horses are well and close
ly matched.
These observations might with
profit be read by the governors of
our state fair, where the practice of
annual races still flourishes. The Sa
lem track is a mile long. The specta
tors cannot tell what is going on along
the back stretch. The animals are
too far away. Only those extremely
well posted can tell the order of the
horses until they get well up the
stretch at the finish.
On a half-mile track the race is
right under the eyes of the spectators
at all times. The horses in a mile
race pass the grandstand twice, or
hree times, figuring the start. The
half mile races of the runners are
started directly in front of the grand
stand, and not a half mile away,
where the race fans can see nothing
of the Jockeying for position, and so
can tell but little about the Justice or
injustice of the "getaway."
SEX SENTIMENT AND MTRDER.
There is no use seeking the convic
tion by male jurors of female murder
ers. (Thls is the conclusion reached
by State's Attorney Wayman, of Chi
nftpr mature exDerience and ob
servation in the matter. Hence he
will ask for an amendment to the state
constitution so as to make women jur
ors available for murder trials where
wtmAn o ra thA nilnrltS- Man. Mr.
Wayman avers, is utterly and com
pletely mastered by sex sentiment, aim
the woman who is attractive or is
nnnmuui nf osspntin.ll v feminine wiles
and powers of deception, may commit
murder with Impunity.
Thirty-eight female murderers, it Is
nntAri hnv heen aeauitted during the
past nine years by Chicago Juries.
There have been but seven convicuuua
of women for murder in a correspond
in w nATHnrl. WhllA the records do not
state, it is altogether probable that the
ill-fated seven lacked attractiveness
and Inherent skill In the ways of de
ceit. Perhaps there was a certain
mannlshness about them that de
prived them of that formidable pro
tection of sex sentiment.
Pr.rtla.nnl has lust. had an exhibition
of the power of this gentle sentiment.
Hazel Irwin, depraved strumpet who
conspired with her vile paramour to
rob and murder an unsuspecting vic
tim of her vicious charms, escapes
with a manslaughter verdict even after
the court had fairly warned a jury of
men to disregard her superficially
pretty face. She was able to practice
her feminine craft and natural his
trionic art upon jurors who were ob
viously unable to differentiate between
the normal and the abnormal woman.
Misguided spectators wept over her
and showered her with .flowers and
ahA woe nnrtroved as the product of
man's perfidy, baseness and cruelty
rather than as an exceptional example
of moral turpitude and female deprav
ity. While woman is keener in her sym
pathies, there is every likelihood
that Justice would be more nearly ap-
nrnTlmotpfl hv WOTTI P!l 1urOTS in SUCh
cases. Woman, under such circum
stances, would be able-to assocla.'. J -the
Innocent, soulful eyes, smooth wnite
hrns rhinld's mouth and opalescent
skin of a Madonna with the fiendish
soul of a Medusa. Man can do noth
ing of the sort. He is prone to as-
onMntA mpra ftutwftH n nptn with the
traits of pure women he has known.
Subconsciously there arise in aim
sentiments that dull his faculties to
thA hrtfiHhlA prima fiho m a v hetvA Anm
mitted. He reads in her face innate
Innocence, defenselessness, feminine
weakness and, falls an easy prey to her
crocodile tears and histrionic art.
It is notorious that the crimes com
mitted by women are often marked
by fierce cruelty and cunning delib
eration. They are rarely the outcome
of rash impulses such as figure so
largely In the homicides of which men
are guilty. Yet, no matter how re
pulsive the crime, how clear the evi
dence or how clearly the prosecutor
may paint the soill of the murderess,
it is a vision of innocent blue eyes
A1mmtA hv tear and frail nhvsinue
convulsed by contrite sobs that male
Juries usually carry- uppermost in
their minds when they retire for delib
eration. PITIABLE ONXY CHILDREN.
Dr. A. A. Brill's opinion of the
typical "only child" is not flattering.
An article of his in the New York
State Journal of Medicine . contains
some highly unpleasant passages
about this pet of the family and ter
ror of the neighbors. They are all
the more biting from the fact that Dr.
Brill knows very well what he is
writing about. He belongs to the
psychological faculty . of Columbia
University and has acquired renown
as the American exponent of Dr.
Freud's theories. Freud is the great
psychological light of Vienna whose
work stands at the head of modern
researches into the secrets of the mind
and its maladies. His fundamental
proposition, as far as children are con
cerned, runs back to the English phi
losopher Locke, who taught that the
mind of every person who comes Into
the world is a tabula rasa. In other
words, it is a total blank ready to re
ceive from parents and surroundings
whatever impressions are in the air.
Thus the contact of the child with its
parents really fixes its character and
frames its Ideals. The treatment It
receives from them determines the
kind of treatment it thinks it ought
to receive from the world.
If parents coddle and spoil the child
it expects to be coddled and spoiled
by everybody else all through life, and
when the child becomes a man ha is
naturally disappointed and peevish
and Ineffectual. The parents of an
only child. Dr. Brill continues, led by
a misguiding affection, deny it noth
ing, fail to punish it for bad behavior
and overload it with" toys and Indul
gences until everything becomes stale.
In reality, such is the folly of what
they call their love that they actually
destroy all possibility' of true enjoy
ment for their boy or girl after the
natural powers have developed. Every
thing has been sucked dry before di
gestion can dispose of the Juice. No
human being is so pitiable as one of
these precocious creatures whom the
falsa love of silly parents has deprived
of the normal pleasures of life. About
400 of them have come to Dr. Brill
as patients and he has applied to their
cases the analytical methods of Freud,
who dissects their dreams, pries into
tha inmost secrets of their souls and
drags into the light the contents of
their subconscious minds. By this
process Dr. : Brill reconstructs the
process of ruin which . has . been
wrought out upon' these unfortunate
children of the rich by their parents.
His conclusion is that "The only child
is usually spoiled and coddled because
the parents gratify all his whims and
have not the heart to be severe with
him when necessary. It is due to the
undivided attention and abnormal love
he receives from his parents that the
only child develops into a confirmed
egoist. He is the sole ruler of the
household and his praises are con
stantly sung. It is therefore no won
der that the only child becomes vain
and one-sided and develops an exag
gerated opinion of himself. In later
life he is extremely conceited and
vicious.
It is noteworthy that this severe
Judgment applies only to the solitary
child of the rich. No poor man could
afford to submit his offspring to the
prolonged course of examination and
analysis by which Dr. Brill reaches his
conclusions. Sometimes it lasts more
than a year with daily sessions.
All the evils which he discerns in the
lot of only children could of course
be avoided if the poor things were
sent away from home to mingle with
their fellows at some good school. This
is the English practice which the ex
perience of many generations has
proved to be all one could desire as a
promoter of manliness and a counter-irritant
to excessive mother love,
tjut snrHins' to Dr. Brill, our
American aristocrats of means have
too little good sense to iouow tne
TTnerliKh nrAytipA and send their sons
away from home to take their chances
at school. Their motive lor limning
their families is bad and their subse
quent conduct toward the unhappy
product of their abnormal feelings is
foolish. The rich refuse to have more
than one child in the. family, in many
cases, because, says Dr. Brill, "they
have been brought up m luxury mem
selves and they want their child to
hovA tha eampi nAfitinV." SlnCS fOr-
tunes necessarily grow smaller by di
vision, tney see to it inn uici
hA Tib fa ar.ntji.rv heir. Having
brought the miserable being into ex
istence, they make nis misery com
plete by the education and training
they give him.
. This Is the aspect which race sui
cide assumes among the . wealthy.
Among the poor it wears a different
face. While the millionaire practices
race suicide in order that his only son
or daughter may wallow in luxury, the
poor man adopts the same devices in
order that his child may escape denial
or want. It is common now-a-days
to hear intelligent working women
avow that they will not bear children
to ba killed in war, to perish of slum
riaAAi tn toil In industrial slavery.
They may be misled, but there is no
doubt about the widespread existence
of this point of view. Moreover, an
only child In a poor family is not like
ly to be coddled much. Who has time
or strength to coddle him? The
.hcnnAe or that In a family where
two children would both suffer from
neglect a solitary one gets no more
tt.o hio nnr-mai .hurp of mother love
and fatherly correction. We perceive,
therefore,, that tne question, ui n
small family is a very different one
among the poor from what it is with
the rich. Nor is it altogether dis
heartening to see the abnormally
r.ithv nrnHiinlnir feeble and sterile
offspring. The phenomenon - simply
Indicates tnat nature iinus me
iira1aci and is anDlvlng her habitual
methods to get rid of it.
Tt la nlAnant tn hear a new note in
the Consular reports from South
America. Commonly they sing in a
minor key and tell only of commer
cial discouragement, but the current
news from Valparaiso . is jubilant.
"Amftrlran Interests have been getting
an increasing share of the business at
that port," wa learn. Ana wny r ue
ause American firms have begun to
o-Iva th Chileans the same credit they
f.n crAt in EuroDe. and "because
American . goods stand well In the
country. . The reiusai or American
exporters to grant customary credit to
the Latins has hampered their sales
for years.
What Ibsen calls "vervandlingen's
lov," the law of change, may be seen
hAotii.iiiv at wnrlr -nnnn tha member
ship of the United States Senate.
Visitors who have not seen tnat uius-
IrlAnl hnfltr fflT flVB VeftrS Will DOt
recognize it when it meets again. Al-
flrich and Penrose will De out raaeu
memories and Bailey will be present
nniv ia a. constitutional specter.
There will be no Wetmore, no Crane,
no Guggenheim and no Bourne. Long
and melancholy is the roll of the dece
dents, but some of them may experi
ence a blessed resurrection as the
wheel of political fortune turns.
Tt a.Ttaiiv a. farmer who invests in
a gold brick, but W. R. Marlon, who
paid $10,000 for one some years ago,
was a prosperous and intelligent city
man. He naa tne grace to do uaniwueu
ku -fnllv an1 trant 1t RACrpt Until the
affair came out the other day after his
death. The sad truth la tnat tne mso
. . -nmAth(no- tnr nnthlnsr ia not
LVI gCl fij.iit-t. ...f, . " - 'J
confined to farmers. They choose
more engagingly simple ways to grat
ify it than city men usually do, but it
is the same malady at bottom and
comes to the same termination with
all, no matter where they happen to
dwell.
Fargo, N. D., taxpayers are to re
ceive a rebate of 6 per cent because
of careful city administration of funds.
There are those who will contend
Portland taxpayers should have 100
per cent refunded but not for the
same reason.
Bucks of fine blood raised by the
Riddles, Stumps and other believers
In pedigree are being sold to big
shaepraisers in Eastern Oregon and
their merit in a few years will be seen
in the better wool.
The big surplus in the Elks' fund is
a credit to the management of the
reunion. Generally, what la every
body's money is dispensed with a care
less hand.
A negro has Just been raised to the
exalted plane of Major in the United
States Army. Incidentally he la rele
gated to Isolation in Liberia as mili
tary attache. .
Ohio matrons tarred and feathered
the village flirt and ran her out of
town. Very likely they later practiced
other atrocities which only contrite
husbands know about.
What is needed to reduce the high
cost of living more than a co-operative
grocery is a co-operative cigar
store. (
While cornstalks, grow to immense
height in Oregon, the merit lies in the
size of the ears.
September's sun is putting the blush
upon the appla and the bloom upon
the pumpkin. '
Just suppm somebody had ab
stracted the Colonel's silk pajamas!
Perhaps General Campa recalled
that it was Friday the 13th.
The heathen is visible beneath the
veneer of the Japanese.
Clagstone means it when he says
"No." ,
OREGON SYSTEM IS DEFENDED
Arguments of Opponent Are Replied to
br Correspondent
- PORTLAND, Sept. 10. (To the Ed
itor.) Mr. Caukin very kindly under
takes to enlighten us in his article
which appeared in The Oregonian last
Sunday. The so-called "Oregon plan"
is very sharply criticised,' and Its de
fects, even dangers, are quite clearly
pointed out." Much credit is due Mr.
Caukin for thus coming to tha rescue
of the benighted and ignorant voters
who will rush to the ballot box in No
vember and there express their choice
of men and measures. It is indeed
too bad that Mr. Caukin is not a can
didate for office. Such wisdom as he
displays should be impressed into serv
ice. He could' fill the offiee of high
chief law giver, and thus displace Mr.
U'Ren, whom he seems to dislike.
. Seriously, it seems inconceivable
that an intelligent person would ad
vance such arguments against govern
ment by the people as appeared over
Mr. Caukin's signature. In the face of
all the unmistakable tendencies toward
democracy, in view of the rapidly-increasing
demand for woman suffrage,
in spite of the admitted failure of a
representative form of government, and
in view of the success of the experi
ments In direct legislation, it seems
strange that Mr. Caukin chooses to dis
miss it all as the "rule of incom
petents." His reference to the scientific inves
tigation which proved that mental at
tainments differed between employers
and employes is not a happy one. It
proves too much, and, therefore, is not
germane to the subject. Formerly,
poor boys had the ideal held up to
them that they might, by selfrdenial
and hard work, reach the very 'top of
the pile. Now they are told that they
should be content and not disturb the
divine order of "things as they are."
Mr. Caukin says: "Every one of the,
irresponsiDie incompetents is a vqter,
where manhood suffrage prevails, but
tnis danger is reduced to a minimum
where a small number of the most in
telligent may be selected (by the boss)
to enact laws for the many."
This would be an Ideal arrangement
for public service corporations, large
employers of labor, etc., but far from
Ideal from the laborers' and consumers'
standpoint. Thus are economic condi
tions reflected in politics, and at bot
tom all this twaddle about incompetent
voters reflects the fear of the masters
that their slaves are beginning to
think.
Representative government Is a to
tal failure, an admitted failure, and
as the king, who formerly represented
all of his subjects, was displaced by
political democracy, so will the cap
tain of Industry, who seeks to repre
sent all who work for him, be displaced
by Industrial democracy. .
CHAS. E. KITCHING.
7111 East Foster road.
jro disgrace: to sell clothing
ngrene Register Upholds Mr. Selling
and Raps Critics.
Eugene Morning Register.
Some of the political enemies of Ben
Selling and it . Is noticeable that
among these are numbered most of
the ardent admirers of Jonathan
Bourne are chortling with glee be
cause they think they have found a
reason why Mr. Selling should not
wear a toga, and they are performing
some Interesting and entertaining con
tortlons in an attempt to pat them
selves on their own backs because of
the discovery.
The fearful Indictment that they
have brought against Mr. Selling, and
which they assign as a reason why he
should by no means be permitted to
represent the State of Oreeron in the
United States Senate, is the fact that
he is a clothing merchant. There it is
in all its blackness. Isn't it awful?
Is it any disgrace to be a clothing
merchant? Is it any disgrace to bu
any kind of a merchant, so long as it
is an honest and straightforward one?
Do the people of Oregon believe that
because a man is a clothing merchant
he should be barred out of the United
States Senate? ...
Or do they not rather believe that if
there were more clothing merchants
and less captains of Industry in the
Senate membership the Country would
be spared many of its present Ills?
AMKKJCAN "WOMAN IS A IRI!CESS
Former Pennsylvania Girl Outranks AH
Fellow Countrywomen,
Paris Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The appearance of four lines in
minute type . In the Almanach de
Gotha that volume so precious to
those who possess high titles and those
who worship them has raisod an
American woman to semi-royal tank.
She who was Leota Eleanor Nicolls
of Unlontown, Pa., married Prince Vic
tor of Thurn and Taxis. Her rightful
rank has been accorded to her despite
the fact that her husband married her
without the permission of his sovereign.
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria.
The Almanach de Gotha naming the
members of the house of Thurn and
Taxis, which dates back to 1117, men
tions: "Prince Victor Theodore Maximilllan
Egon Lameral, born at Ecska, January
18. 1878. Seigneur of Lokoshar, of Elek
and of one part of Domegyhara, married
in New York November 7, 1911, Miss
Leota Eleanor Fitzgerald."
By this official acknowledgment
Princess Victor takes precedence in any
European court of all her countrywom
en who have married titles. Prince Vic
tor's first cousin. Prince Albert, is the
reigning Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
CHEAPER CAR RIDES SUGGESTED
Glasgow Rate Is Pointed To as Show
ing Feasibilities.
PORTLAND, Sept. 10. In a recent
communication from Glasgow the
writer remarks that Glasgow is a
great city. One feature about it is Its
car service. The fares are so cheap
that one can travel a great distance
(distance not stated) ..for one-half
penny (one cent). The cars, are al
lowed to be filled to their seating
capacity and no more. It is reported
that this is one of , the best paying
systems In the world, and is, I believe,
owned and operated by the City of
Glasgow.
Compare the above with our car
system over nere. .rare is b cents,
with passengers crowded In like a herd
of cattle. No seats ana scarcely stand
ing room at both the morning and
evening rush hour, and still the com
pany claims that it is not making
money. The fact is they ought to be
all millionaires with this hang-on, no
seat arrangement. It's about time to
cut the fare in two, or at least to make
a beginning with books of six rides for
a quarter. CUMMU'I'ISK.
Teaching- Sex Hygiene at School.
GRAND VIEW FARM, Sept. 8. (To
the Editor.) I see that Kittitas County,
Washington, has voted a large sum for
a high school which is located on a
farm.
In addition to the high school course
and agricultural science, they will
teach sex hygiene, sex physiology and
sex morals. This is a step in advance
which I hear several other states have
adopted. It is high time that our Na
tion was looking this subject, squarely
in the face. The time is not far dis
tant when we must realize and appre
ciate the necessity of understanding
these matters thoroughly. Through lg
norance and the abuse of sex hygiene
we are suffering from one of the great
est curses that has ever been brought
upon our Nation. We want knowledge
on these vital subjects, ana our cnu
dren should receive this knowledge
both at home and through the public
schools. In the near future these es
sential branches will be taught in all
these schools.
DR. OWENS-AD AIR,
BIG WORDS ARE PLl'NG AT "FRATS"
Erudite Volley Poured lai on Defenders
of High School Societies.
PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 13. (To the
Editor.) Your youthful contributors of
the past week have prated knowingly
over a discussion of their dear high
school fraternities, following an attack
on them printed in The Oregonian last
Saturday. Replies to this attack were
all begun - with expressions of the
amusement it caused: ergo, I 14m
amused for I, too, was a fraternity boy
once, and feel the sting of the acri
monious personalities flung at our
secret slinking selves.
Brother mystics, more loyal than
myself no doubt, have made an attempt
to defend fraternities by trenchant
persiflage, and in a frenzy have manu
factured a panegyric of them that
might subdue any attempt at rebuttal
made by one of the uninitiated. In
fact, non-members of fraternities, how
ever well informed. aTe unable to show
the platitudinarian comments of fra
ternity members in their true light, be
cause they must face the accusation
that, being outsiders, they are ignorant
of the facts.
The dogmatism, of fraternities has
been euiflciently aired by other mem
bers, but their views have been guilt
less of any perspicacity -whatsoever,
and their arguments have helped no
one, simply because they made no at
tempt to express any point . of view
other than their own and. only ac
claimed themselves and vituperated
their opponents. Let me urge both
sides to tilt no more with windmills. '
There Is no savant who can fill a
pressing need and write a monograph
on high school fraternities with un
questioned impartiality, so let the
twaddling cease until we know what
our sagacious School Board is going to
do about exterminating them. We
have had the facts (slightly perverted,
but arguments must always be made
thus), from some of my owlish broth
ers, and' must- forgive them for the
elisions they found necessary. I prefer
to make statements no one will con
sider biased, tainted as I am by fra
ternity associations.
Although all fraternities want their
members to be popular men In every
sense of the word, some remarkably
proficient snobllngs are developed. The
fellow who is not a member does not
welcome fraternities. They fall to win
hts approbation, and he itches to be
allowed a hand in their removal (and
that is where the School Board has
us, I admit). The cosmic ego can be
found behind a fraternity pin, and
that's why outsiders chafe for admis
sion. They want to belong because
they know we won't let them. Perhaps
fatty degeneration of the head is too
prevalent among us, but we cant help
it. I used to be like the rest of them
before I found out what my high
school fraternity amounted to. It
sounds well to tell of our purely al
truistic doctrines, and does no harm.
Everyone must defend himself by
saying all the nice things of himself
that might gain credence.
Outsiders are not required to feel
any umbrage, but If. they didn't. It
would be no fun to belong to a
fraternity.
Personally, I never did care whether
we had a fraternity or not, but per
haps my taste had been insufficiently
cultivated. I know of a fellow In Port
land who has more character than
any one in a fraternity, but he Is an
exception; there are several who be
long (besde myself) whose characters
are irreproachable. These are a few
disconnected ideas, uttered under the
shelter of a cowardly nom de plume,
but I fear the displeasure of the snob
ocracy .more than I do the wrath of
Jove. A BAD BROTHER.
WHY BIRTHS GENERALLY FALL
There's a Natural Reason for Mis
called Race Suicide.
Saturday Evening Post
Some German statistics suggest that
marriages, births and deaths tend to
Antoi In nr.t.V milh thA SAtDfl DrO-
portion. In 1875 the birth rate for
the empire was 42 and a fraction to
a thousand of the population. In the
aecaae 01 xoai?u, 11 u .aucu
37 and a fraction. It is now below
32., In 1892-1902 there were 8 2-10 mar
riages " to a thousand inhabitants and
4 1-2 births to a marriage. There are
now less than eight marriages to a
thousand and .only four births to a
marriage. -
At the same time the death rate has
steadily fallen. The same underlying
cause produces the double Tesult of a
falling birth rate and a falling death
rate. That cause, of course, is edu
cation and improvement in all the ma
terial conditions of living. About in
proportion as men hope to give their
children something more than simple
existence, population is kept down. The
more enlightened a population becomes
the more effectually it will combat dis
ease and the more solicitious it will
become for the training and oppor
tunities of its offspring the less
willing to have children beyond its
probable means of educating and en
dowing them with a fair start in life.
Probably, also, Mother Nature would
approve a falling birth rate that re
sulted only from laziness and selfish
ness. If a population reaohed that
stage of decay where it preferred ease
to parenthood the fewer of children
it had the better. In this matter of
miscalled race suicide, humanity is
much wiser than the medieval minded
sociologists, who insist upon mere
numbers.
Cask Bond In Lovemaklng.
Judge.
She (for the steen hundredth, more
or less time) Oh, darling, do you really
and truly love me?
He (a trifle grimly) Now, look-a-here,
Gladys! Do you want me to put
up a cash bond?
SPECIAL FEATURES IN THE
SUNDAY OREGONIAN
"A Giant of the Torest" Full-page photograph by H. B. Cross.
Ingenious Devices for Blowing Up an Enemy A full-page article
with striking illustrations on the death-dealing machines of mod
ern war.
Women Aviators Less Foolhardy and Steadier Than Men A Paris
. correspondent contributes an illustrated article on the exploits of
birdwomen.
Flirts: A Defense of the Great Indoor and Outdoor Sport The
story is in the nature of a confession by a woman flirt, who defines
some of the rules of the game.
Mob Eule in Mexico A Portlander who was. driven, out of the
bandit haunts of the Southern republic writes of his experiences.
In Deep Center, Described by Samuel E. Crawford The famous
fielder tells of the victories and vicissitudes of the outer garden.
The Rise of Margie Smith A real romance of the business world.
The Boom of the Seven Footsteps A ghost story of thrilling
interest by Gerald JJersey.
Salem Makes Great Building Strides A full-page article by
Addison Bennett upon recent activities at the state capital.
Two Portland Churches Plan Union Illustrated article telling of
prominent figures in Taylor-Street (First) and Grace Methodist
Churches. -'
" Latest Theatrical and Musical News of New York Two special
articles by the Oregonian 's New York correspondents, Emilie Frances
Bauer and Lloyd F. Lonergan. . .
News Events of the World Illustrated by PSiotographs Special
correspondents from all over the world send in photographs of news
happenings. . ,
Two pages of the Latest Fashions The latest styles are: described
' in text and illustrated in striking photographs. .
Advance Pictures of the Pendleton Roundup An illustrated
article describing the great contests planned for the entertainment of
Pendleton's guests.
Exit Roosevelt
Poor Roosevelt! Does he pity need.
1 1 U , within hitnsAlf
jr i rt 3 no ii,1 .......
To soothe him when at last he'll be
A cast-on laoi on me
The slanting rays of setting suns
Give lingering brightness but no
heat.
So does his waning star, aglow,
Sink slowly to a cold defeat.
So idolized, so loyed he's been.
So used he's grown to strength and
power;
What bitterness to drain the cup
Of failure, stranger till this hourt
As Lucifer, when once he falls,
'Twill be to never rise again.
Is not tte pity of it all
The fickleness of men?
' SiRGARET JEFFERT.
694 Overton street.
WOMEN'S SOULS TURN TO CIGARS
Washington,. D. "cIT Dealers Confess
That Fair Sex Likes Black Tobacco.
Washington (D. C.) Post.
Cigar dealers in this city confirm
the reports from Kansas City, Chicago
and New Tork tnat society women are
acquiring the btbblt of smoking cigars,
and that the sale of cigarettes is fall
ing off. The women who are now pur
chasing cigars are the same customers
who formerly called for cigarettes, they
said. The women have become so ad
dicted to the use of the "weed" that
cigarettes no longer satisfy their crav
ings foT tobacco. ,
William J. Dempsey. chief clerk of
one of the most prominent retail firms
In Washington, D. C said yesterday
that the women who purchase cigars at
his store are among the most promi
nent in Washington.
"During my five years' stay In the
capital city," said Mr. Dempsey. "I have
seen the female taste for nicotine grow
from the weakest cigarette to the
strongest and blackest cigar. I have
in mind one woman who has been buy
ing tobacco ever since the cigarette
habit first became prevalent among wo.
men. At that time she used to pur
chase one pack of ladies' cigarettes a
week, later she would drop In twice a
week, and the habit grew with time
Before the end of the year she pur
chased as many as 25 boxes within a
single week. These cigarettes do not
apparently satisfy her tastes.
"This is only one instance, and I
am sure that .we number among our
.customers as many as 25 women that
smoke cigars continually. They have
become expert in the selection of the
tobacco, and we have to open as many
as 10 boxes before they are able to
select the exact shade that suits their
Several other dealers in the city
commented upon the gradual change
from cigarettes to cigars by the weak
er sex. A leading Ninth-street dealer
has been receiving several orders
from prominent women over the tele
phone, and has been Instructed to de
liver the cigars at only certain times
of the day, generally after 9 o'clock
in the morning and before S In the
afternoon, thus arousing the suspi
cion that they did not want their hus
bands to know of their purchases.
At the hotel cigar stands the habit
seems to have increased. This is what
a dealer In one of the leading hotels
has to say on the subject:
"Why, women have been smoking
cigars In Washington for a long time.
I get so many orders from women for
cigars that I could not tell you off
hand the exact amount. They don't
ask for any light, small cigar, either."
WHY MR. SELLING IS RIGHT MAW
Salem Capital Journal Give List of
Reasons for Election.
Salem Capital Journal.
Hon. Ben Selling, of Portland, Is the
T-. .. u,, nnmlnaa n thA ifflft tit
neiiuuiaau " ""-" "
United States Senator for: Oregon.
He has served two terms in the State
Senate and has been for 40 years a
successful business man at Portland.
He has. been a builder of. business
for himself and for others, and has
erected some of the finest blocks in
that city.
As a legislator Mr. Selling was pro
gressive and clean In his methods,
standing for good business adminis
tration. As a Progressive, with a big "P.,
Mr. Selling stands for all that is
worthy of consideration on those linea
He was one of the first champions
of direct election of United States Sen
ators and backed his ideas with acts.
We believe it Is the duty of Repub
licans and Democrats land all good
citizens to give Mr. Selling a vote.
Impossible to Get Thin.
London Tit-Bits.
A fat Frenchwoman despairingly
says: "I am so fat that I pray for a
disappointment to make me thin, but
no sooner does the disappointment come
than the joy at the prospect of getting
thin makes me fatter than ever.'1
Pa Has a' Generous Moment.
Stray Stories.
Pa, Embrace ms, Thora. Reginald
has asked your hand in marriage.
Thora But I don't want to leav
mother, pa.
Pa Oh, never mind that. We wll
take her along wfiu .us.
Meaanre of a BuU-Mooae. .
Baltimore American
Teacher Come, Tommy, don't tell
me you don't know what a biped li.
Why, your father's one.
Pupil No. he ain't, neither. He's a
Bull-Mooser.