io
rOSTUXD, OREGON.
JEatarsd St Portland. Oregon. Poatotflc
second-class matter.
Bobaoriptlon Kiiw-Invariably In Advanoa:
BT MAIL)
Paily,- "onday included, ena year
Ia!;r, Sunday Included, lis months.
)ii;t. BundaT Included, three months... i.io
(BT CARRIER)
Pally, Sunday Included, ono year.. J
Dally, Sunday Included, ono month, e
Hew to Remit Send postofflee money or
der, express order or personal oheck on your
local bank. Btampa. coin or currency are at
sender's risk. Gio postofflee address tn
(nil. Including county and state.
rootage Kates Ten to 14 pages, 1 cent;
1 to puree, t cents; 80 to pages 1
cents; to paces, 4 cents. Foreign
postage, doublo rates.
Eulrn Business Offices Vorroo Conk
Hn, New York. Brunswick buUdlng. Chi
cago, fcteg-er building.
rWui Francisco Office R. J. BldweU Co,
Ta Maraot otroet.
Etiropeaa Offlca
W.. London.
Recast street &
PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. MAT 14. lls.
HOW TO REDEEM THK fiOLDIER-
The plea for restoration of the
Army poet exchange, called the can
teen. Is renewed by almost all com
manding officers of the Army; by the
Secretary of War, by the medical staff,
by medical men and Burgeons, by the
American Public Health Association,
by the soldiers themselves and by the
women of the Army. The post ex
change Is opposed by two elements
the extreme Prohibitionists, - repre
sented by the Women"! Christian Tem
perance Union, and the liquor dealers.
The canteen was abolished "to In
crease the efficiency of the military
establishment." but the evidence Is
overwhelming that the canteen greatly
Increased efficiency, and that its aboli
tion Is destroying the health and mor
als of the soldiers, and with them
all efficiency. This Is not the biased
opinion of drinking men; it is the
opinion of men who so abhor liquor
that one of them said: "If I had my
way I would destroy alcohol from .the
face of the earth." But this same man
said: "We have situations to deal
with, not theories."
The effect of the abolition of the
canteen can best be Judged by com
parison of conditions while It was In
operation with conditions since Its
abolition. First of all let us under
stand what is commonly termed the
canteen. It was not a saloon; It was
a club, where soldiers went for recre
ation, to read newspapers, to play
cards or billiards, to have a light
lunch, to smoke a pipe and have a
glass of beer, light wine or a soft
drink. There was no object In Induc
ing a man to drink more than he
would voluntarily, as there Is In a sa
loon. Being under the eye of officers
and comrades, a soldier was more apt
to restrain his appetite. The oppor
tunity to buy beer or wine was a very
mall part of the conveniences afford
ed. Major L. L. Seaman said in an
article in the North American Review:
The purpose of the post exchange or con
fess cambused the features of a reading
room and recreation room, a co-operative
store and a restaurant. Its primary purpose
was to furnish to the troops at reasonable
prices the articles of ordinary use. wear and
consumption not supplied by the Govern
ment, and to afford them means of rational
tecretation am! amusement suitable to their
taste and station la life, which. If denied,
they would seek outside the limits of camp.
The canteen supplanted the post
trader's store, where liquor could be
bought without limit. Soldiers began
a debauch in camp and continued It at
the dives which crowded around the
gates. The canteen came into full
operation In 18S1'. and Major Seaman
says of its effects:
I. iiqi m t cot when the eenteene had
been established throughout the Army, the
number ot admissions to puaf"1
from c!e.t ollom. and -Its results was reduced
. in ... --.. Tn one noetL WlllettS Point.
v - - nw wn t.nm, th. admissions
for this cause In 18SS were 272.97 for every
1000 troops. Two years alter tne essaonsn
ment ot the canteen they fell to 70. 4 to the
100 AL Fort Spokane the amount of dls-
. i.i itiMM.i.. n InriimAtlv from
Intoxicant diminished SO per oent during
the rrst six monins iouowjuk ,ul,vuuw
ton of tbo canteen.
Cantain Munson. assistant surgeon In
the Army, reported that "during the
seven vean of the existence oi tne can
teen the reduction, of Insanity in the
a rmv amounted to 11. 7 per cent.
Drunkenness was prevented by con
stant military supervision or tne can
teen. Trials and convictions of drunk
enness and conditions arising there
from decreased from 423 in 1889, be
fore the canteen was started, to 142 in
1S97. when it was In run operation
Desertions decreased from 11 per cent
in 1888-9 to Z per cent in is. rTm
1886 to 1891, before the canteen was in
full oneratlon. the average number of
men making savings deposits with the
Army paymaster was 727 J, wnne irom
1892 to 1897, with the canteen, the
cumber was 8882, an Increase of over
It per cent.
TV, Tina been the effect of aboil
tion of the canteen In 1901 T General
TVirn e v describes the growing up out
side the gates of the Presidio at San
Francisco of "dozens of the lowest
s-Tozshons and brothels that one could
ever imagine," which sent runners into
the post and Into the hospital. He
tells of seeing day after day "hun
rire.de nf soldiers coins: Into the post
from the grogshops, many of them
under the Influence or uquor.
General Frederick D. Grant re
nnrted that abolition of the canteen
had Increased consumption of strong
drink, and that ruliy i per cent oi
courtsmartial "were due to use of
bad liquor dispensed to our soldiers
by persons who conduct dens of vice
in (ha vicinity of military posts. In
1906 he espoused the belief that "no
less than 99 per cent of all the trou
bles that occur In the Army are due
tn the use of llauor.
Th most al&rmina- result of the
prevalence of dissoluteness In the
Armv le the growth of venereal dis
eases, which often show after effects
manr years later by causing paresis
or locomotor ataxia. The admissions
tn hosDltal for this cause were 84.66
per thousand in 1889 before the can
teen was Introduced; in 1893, after
the canteen was established, they de
creased to 73.8 per thousand; three
voar after the canteen was abolished
they increased to 200, 34 per thou
sand, or one-fifth or tne total en lis tea
strength of the Army. Major Sea
man save of the enthusiasts of the
W. C. T. U.: "In killing a mouse they
rfiirrotprt a monster.
The soldiers resent the limitation on
their independence involved in aboli
tion of the canteen by going outside
the post and Indulging to excess in
linnnr of a vl: OualitT. MfS. AllCC
G. Burbank, one of the women of the
Army who testified before tne riouse
committee, said:
f , v . honor r,t the vounr men of the
eervlr-e be It said that when the choice lay
between the enjoyment of a glass of beer
io the company of their comrades) .fas pro-
IJSliy, DUnatf mciuaea, one ---
Duly, without Bunday, one year
I:iy, without Sunday, six month. ... ..
Paily, without Sunday, three monuia,...
Daily, without Sunday, ono month.. -J?
Weekly, one year
Sunday, ena year. f-?!I
k . n
Sunday and Weakly, ono year
Tided "by the canteen, and tha license and
debauchery of the evil resorts outside their
posts, they chose the former.
Given the opportunity to partake in
moderation of mild beverages, the sol
diers gladly did so. Only deprivation
of this opportunity drove them to
drink the vile stuff sold In the dives
and to go on to the use of drugs and
to the brothels.
If Congress has any moral courage.
It will brave the wrath of the Prohi
bitionists and the dive-keepers, who
om in unnatural alliance, and will
save the soldiers from moral and
physical deterioration by restoring tne
canteen.
SAFETY OXLT IN UNITY.
Tr nns e-i-min nf citizens SUPPOftS
four candidates for Commissioner, a
second group supports four other can
didates, another group supports a
third ticket of four, and so on all in
the belief that they have cnosen mo
,t tmninneri for the places
what will happen? Everybody knows
what will happen. Or, ratner. every
body knows what win not nappen.
Mm ciifh four candidates win oc
elected. Not one of any such four may
be elected, perhaps.
The candidate who has continued to
keep himself in the public eye, and
has In himself somehow the elements
is most formidable.
There are several such candidates, and
they are not the best canaiaates. come
hm are. an undesirable as candi
dates that their election would be a
positive public misfortune.
Tf th fit candidates or their friends
are to confine themselves to the task
of 'cutting one another s tnroats, tne
.,nr will rertaJnlv sliD in. There is
no question about It. The way of wis
dom lies in unity, and agreement may
be had only through intelligent un
derstanding of the common peril, mu
tual concession and aggressive ana pa
triotic action.
innnvistinn of a sreneral danger is
half the battle. Let us see if the Com
mittee of One Hundred can point the
way to safety.
FRESERTE THE OREGON.
r-nmotional Navy Department utili
tarians now plan to use the proud
old battleship Oregon as a target, xney
would bare her massive hulk to a
brief bombardment that the gunners
. r fln-hrinir rft mieht have
Ul JUUUQCI ...--.B
a single lesson In marksmanship. In
,hi. tit thev arx-ue. the splendid old
sea warrior can be of a last service to
th countrv she has served so long
and well. The target plan follows the
failure of these same strategists to
send the obsolete craft to the bone-
yrd- . .
Our naval experts overiooK one im
portant fact. Wars, naval as well as
land engagements, depend to an im
sentiment. Why
does the gunner, wounded, dying,
stand by his heroio task with his last
spark of llfeT Sentiment- Discipline,
material efficiency and mathematical
precision ail tend to make our isavy
an effective first line of National de
fense. But it is sentiment and the
traditions of the Navy that are its bul
warks. The Navy thrives on it, is built
on it anrl fls-hts on it. So lust why any
fit naval officer should plan to destroy
with a few volleys a rare iinomars
In our naval history is incomprehen
sible.
p9aivji tut a tralnine ship in x"ort-
inn hirhnr the old warrior will thrill
generation after generation with the
Story Of an exploit mat reveam m
grim effectiveness and dauntless spirit
of the American fighting man. The
story of her heroio cruise around the
Horn and Into battle will be told and
onH will foster patriotism and
National pride. Surely that is the
mission of the old uregon. v e cumu
hnr nfforrt to destroy a new battle
ship than this historic hulk which has
become an institution in tne American
pride and affectioiu
ONE WEAKNESS OF CARE ACT.
Mn thnn half the trouble arising
between the promoters of Carey proj
ects and the purchasers of lands under
the projects are caused by non-resl-Thev
are people who get
on the ground early and make the first
payment on their selection wimoui
the intention of proceeding farther,
save to rake in a fat profit from some
person who is expected to arrive land,
hungry within a short time.
Tj,it enfh a. nroflt-nroducer does not
arrive as per the schedule, and soon
the trouble begins, ror more man
likely the purchaser has tied himself
up with a contract mat ne s wiiuuj
unable to fulfill. Of course, he never
Intended to carry it out, never wanted
the land, never expected to spend a
cent in Improving it. Being unable
to make his payments, ne Begins iu
find fault with the projectors, taking
any trivial excuse that can be scraped
up. Having a few score or hundred
in the same boat with him, no trouble
i. em.nH In AiKfovnrins: loooholes in
the operations of the projectors, for
the very law under wnicn tne prvjcn
la being worked out is as full of holes
as a sieve.
If the projectors cause the pur
chaser to pay up by legal methods.
the troubles are accentuatea many
fold; If they deliver water on tne
place the purchaser alleges It has been
brought to the wrong point, er he
..'onn riitch n each Bide or tne lana.
He does not know what he wants save
to make trouble for the projectors, so
that he will not be ejected and lose
his initial payment.
Of course there is anotner ciass oi
non-resident owners who are not quite
so bad, but bad enough. They are
the ones who got in ahead of the pro
jectors and took up desert claims, get-
ing In that way acres, or pernajw
only 160 acres. For this they contract
with the projectors for water, and pos
sibly have money enough to meet the
payments. They build a snacK on tne
land, or perhaps live in an adjacent
town and rarm tne tract aner a
fashion. But they are really holding
it with the expectation that a great
h of settlors will soon come along
and then that they can sell at a big
o.ofit ThoM nwnprw are well within
their rights, but, being disappointed in
their hopes ot a quick saie ana large
profit, they soon become kickers and
knockers and cause about as much
trouble as the impecunious class. -
Meantime- how about the projec
tors? Perhaps there are no promoters
known, anyhow in the West, who
carry the load of troubles that these
people carry. More than likely half
of the troubles are due solely to dis
appointed buyers, for the real settlers
on the land who are making there a
home for themselves and families are
too busy with their own business to
try to make trouble for others.
The worst evil of all, however, is
that these petty speculators stand be
tween the real settler and the land.
When settlers came, seeking irrigated
land under a Carey project, what did
they find? They discovered that they
t only had to pay tor tne land ana
i the water, but they had to pay a big
THE BIORXIXG OREG OXI AN, WEDNESDAY.
bonus to these speculators, or go away
landless. Most of them chose not o
be held up, and returned to their
homes to turn back those who were
expected to follow them.
When you hear of troubles between
settlers and projectors of such proj
ects remember these facts. They do
not prevail seriously on some of the
projects; there are other troubles on
some, and in certain cases the projec
tors have been dishonest. But, as a
rule, the difficulties have arisen
throueh the men who stood between
the settler and the land.
THE HOO AND THE COW.
The people of Stanfleld, a beautiful
little town In Umatilla County, with a
splendid surrounding country, are to
have "a Hog and Cow day," the event
being set for May 24. This is cer
tainly a movement in the right direc
tion, for if the Irrigated sections of this
state east of the Cascades ever become
the prosperous localities to which
merit entitles them, they must take
first cognizance of the cow and the
hog. The Hog and Cow flay at btan
fleld is planned to bring out the best
stock in that section for the inspection
t -of the people at
large. They will have blue ribbons to
distribute to the best specimens even
r uw riair nn monfv Drizes. Ff'eo.uent-
ly one of these blue ribbons, as trivial
as they may seem, lays the founaation
to. a hroodoi'n fortune, aside from af
fecting the whole neighborhood and
causing hundreas to improve ineir
stock. '
Tt- hniu rherA will be a large at
tendance at Stanfleld on te day men
tioned, and Portland should encourage
Stanfleld by sending a large delega
tion. A special sleeper will be at
tached to the O.-W. R. & N. train
which leaves Portland at 8 o'clock
Friday evening. The same coach will
reach Portland on the return trip oun-
day morning.
NUGGETS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
BlKttlUttl.
t, 1 o r-nt mistnke to believe that
the Congressional Directory Is an un
profitable -book, -mere us i
in the world.
though we must confess that most of
the biographies it contains are more
Interesting for what they leave out
t.nn tnr in-hot tVlAV tell. The blUShing
new member who elaborately relates
the story of his ri3e in the world and
onflHe. tn the breathless reader the
names of his wife's aunts, his three
prattling inf anU and his paternal
grandfather is evidently bowed down
nnjor ihn burden of unaccustomed
greatness. When he has become a
little better habituated to tne toaa no
will shorten up his biography and the
world will love him the better the
more taciturn he becomes. Oregon's
ornament and pride, Abraham Walter
Lafferty, finds It impossible to tell all
he wants the public to know about
himself in less than 57 lines oi me
ni.uton nf the Klxtv-third Congress.
James McAndrews, of Chicago, turns
the trick very neatly in two lines con
taining sixteen words. What a con
kotmoon tha rherublo innocence
of Mr. Lafferty, who has absolutely
nothing to hide, and the secretive rar.
McAndrews, who hides everything ex
r h b!rA fart that he was elected
to Congress, and who cares about that?
Or do we err 7 can it De true mv
i- if. Toffurlv xrhn baa most tO hide
13 .HI. J
and that he tells the admiring nations
all about his four sisters ana tnree
Krnth.rs bis mother's first cousin, ma
jor Luther H. Cowan, and his mater
nal grandmother, Mary Ann trunn, ia
order to divert impertinent Inquiry
thrilling; circumstances
which he prefers not to mention?
Would that every congressman were
as brief as Mr. McAndrews. If they
were, the Congressional Directory
would be almost as entertaining as the
dictionary. Wordy as some of his fel
lom.m Ambers are. especially the
younger ones, he is not without worthy
competitors in taciturnity. xneio
the Hon. Ed L. Hamilton, of Michi
gan, for instance, who condenses his
adventures Into 17 words, omitting
nothing that anybody wishes to learn.
His colleague, S. W. Smith, does better
still. This genial gentleman from
Michigan manages to write his biogra
phy in 14 words, and not a solitary In
cident of any importance is left out.
What did Michigan mean by sending
to Congress a man to whom no more
had happened than that? Mr. Smith
was not even born, if we may trust
his account. All that he says of him
self is: "Republican of Pontlac; was
elected to the fifty-fifth Congress; re
elected to each succeeding Congress."
There you have Mr. Smith's biography,
the whole of It, or at least all that he
ventures to disclose. Compare his
suspicious secretlveness with the can
did garrulity of Mr. Lafferty, who oc
cupies almost a page and even then
has to leave out much that he would
probably love to unveil. Many a ten
der romance which would have
adorned the Directory far more ap
pealingly than dreary election statis
tics has been suppressed. We suppose
the editor of that arid volume, who
ever he may be, is responsible. We
feel assured that Mr. Lanerty ot nis
own accord would have suppressed
nothing that ever happened to' him.
Perfect innocence is always perrecuy
frank.
Rni tha nnJm of brevity remains yet
to be awarded. It goes, not, as the
eager reader may suppose, to .no Deri
E. Lee, of Pennsylvania, who tells his
history In 15 burning words, but to
J. W. Ragdale, of South Carolina, who
uses but nine. Think of condensing
an entire human life, and that life
blazing with the splendor of Congres.
slonal glory, into nine brief words:
"Democrat, of Florence; was elected
to the sixty-third Congress." Did Mr.
Ragdale aspire to outdo the taciturn
ity of Caesar? The famous "veni, vldl,
vici" was hardly more curt, but we
cannot help thinking that the South
Carolina Congressman took refuge in
brevity because he had something to
be ashamed of and was afraid it might
slip . out if he really began to talk.
Perhaps the damning fact was that he
heinniren' to the same carty as Gov
ernor Blease. Mr. Lafferty modestly
forbears to speak of his literary pro
ductions, which, as the reader knows,
have mostly assumed the epistolary
form, but other members both of the
House and Senate refer to that aspect
of their own careers with pardonable
pride. Would that Portland's mem
ber had been as generous in this par
ticular as Senator Lodge. The dates
and addresses, with excerpts from the
contents of his more celebrated epis
tles, would have added a certain Juici
ea to tbA Directory which one sadly
misses. Senator Lodge is decidedly
the moBt literary of all our National
lawmakers. He speaks of himself as
e ntmrv man by profession and the
list of his works fills eleven lines of
fine type. He has no second in this
hnnni-abie distinction. The only men
who come within hailing distance of
him are Senator Burton, or Ohio, wno
is the author of four books and proud
ly records the fact, while Henry
George, Jr., of New York, sets himself
down as the author of three books a
"Life" of his famous father, "The
Menace of Privilege" and "The Ro
mance of John Bainbridge." As far as
literature is concerned, the British
Parliament could outrank the Amer
ican Congress and not half try. But
when it comes toemlnence In other
lines of human effort, we shine with
a brighter radiance and a good deal
more of It Some congressmen anu
Senators have bereft the judicial bench
ot almost indispensable services in or
der to make laws instead of interpret
ing them. There is Senator w imam
Howard Thompson, of Kansas, for ex
ample. Oh, what a fall was there
when he stopped Judging In order to
wear the toga! He "is the author of
a number of articles on legal reform
which have attracted attention
throne-bout the United States." tie
was elected District Judge at the
tender age of thirty-four years,
and that, too, in spite of the
riamsicHnB- fact that he was a Demo
crat. The tolerant people of Kansas
sometimes overlook such congenital
defects. Moreover, he "was consid
ered one of the ablest and most popu
lar Judges in Kansas." 'We warn the
render that thin is onlv half the truth.
for Senator Thompson writes it him
self and we can all see from the trem
bling of his pen- how modest he is.
It is acknowledged by an wno Know
him," he confesses shyly, "that as
Senator he will not only bring credit
and honor to himself, but to the state
and Nation as well." The shrinking
Mr. Lafferty had not the assurance to
say anything like this of himself, but
we all know how true it would have
been if he had said it.
T-iemoernta are so hunery for office
that thev east envious eyes on even
the menial positions in the Govern
ment service held by negroes, oeos
tor stone bus introduced a resolution
nallina- for an Investigation of the sub
ject, and quotes figures showing 22,540
negroes now in the Government serv
ice receive salaries aggregating 312,
4RR.760 a vear. The New Tork Evening
Post says this is an average of only
552, and asks If the Democrats be
grudge the porters, elevator men or
charwomen their places. Some of
them eertainlv do. It Is a peculiarity
of office-seekers that they would rather
have a soft snap at small pay unaer
the Government than honestly earn
ton or rhre times as much In private
employment. Office-seekers of that
typo are first cousin to tne weary mi
lls.
rhsriM Freer's new manuscript
of the gospels ought to be authorita
tive in some ways, seeing tnai it aaiea
from perhaps the fourth Christian cen
tnrv Tt ! said to be particularly full
of new matter in the sixteenth chap
ter of Mark. This will excite suspi
oihn instead of confidence among
.ohniura fnr that chanter has been
sadly tampered with as it stands in the
received text and new variations can
only make matters worse. The chances
are that we know as much as we ever
shall about the savior's life and teach
ings.
aviators are said to have
perfected a device for determining the
position of an airship In a fog by aid
of wireless, and thus for avoiding the
necessity of a descent on foreign soil,
as was the case with the Zeppelin IV
at Lunnevllle. It is said to nave Deen
successfully tested on a Zeppelin which
ran over 1000 miles in thirty-one hours
through a fog and reached its des
tination That Invention may become
an aid to aerial Invasion of a country
by surprise and will add to the thrills
of Anglo-German war talk. t
Irwin F. Smith, plant pathologist in
the Department of Agriculture, is
xiiinH a fool bv manv for preferring
his present position at 34000 a year to
one at 310,000 in tne KocKereuer in
stitution for Medical 'Research. Per
haps he is in love with his work and
measiiree fineness bv the results he ac
complishes rather than by the dollars
he accumulates. Then pernaps nis
tastes are so simple that he would not
know what to do with more than $4000
a year.
A contemporary gives the following
list of happenings for and against
"feminism" in a single day. Norway
extended the suffrage, England raided
the suffragettes, Mr. Taft denounced
suffrage, Mr. Roosevelt lauded It and
New York began to make ready for
the world's greatest suffrage demon
stration. When so much happens for
their weal and woe in twenty-four
hours, women cannot complain that
they are neglected.
That more people were not killed
in the wreck near Lakevlew is a piece
of good fortune. Sudden stoppage of
a train hurtling at 65 miles an hour
tc fearful to eontemDlate. Superior
ity of steel over wood In car construc
tion has no better demonstration, in
time all equipment must and will be
of that quality. Until then the trav
eler must take the greater chances.
New Hampshire, like Washington,
has a Governor who puts a damper on
the enthusiasm of the people for' good
roads. He has vetoed a bill appro
priating $1,400,000 for trunk highways,
which were Intended to attract auto
mobile tourists. This Is an unpopu
lar move, for tourists are a chief
source of New Hampshire wealth.
How large a place politics fills in
the minds of Wisconsin University
students is shown by the fact that
five of the nineteen great men whose
portraits were chosen to hang In the
Institution are politicians, four of them
from Wisconsin. Since the rise of La
Follette that state has rivalled Ohio as
a breeder of politicians.
"Xy tear her tattered ensign
down!"' Make a, target of the Oregon.
Never mind what she was and has
done. Sell the old horse to the soap
man. Turn the old people out to
starve. Let this be a Nation that
treats lightly its traditions and be
come a decaying republic.
Many await In trepidation the ex
pose, and some In fear. Many wives
will learn just how much their hus
bands are earning. Then will the
trouble begin.
A successful raid on the underworld
by the Sheriff indicates what the Po
lice Department might do.
Johnson will not veto the bill, that
is certain. He Is not catering to the
Japanese "vote."
The fun will begin when the candi
dates attack the records of the other
fellows.
' ' ' " ' ' e.
Many are called, but four will be
chosen, .
MAY 14, 1913.
CUT COST OF GARBAGE) STSTEM
Reduction Plant Would Prune Bill
9200,000 Yearly, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, May 13. (To the Edi
tor.) The municipal research expert,
who reported on the disposal of Port
land's garbage, estimated that Us col
lection cost the people of the city
$300,000 yearly. In addition the city
pays the cost of cremating at, say, $50
per day.
He -estimated that $200,000 could be
saved by municipal collection, reduc
ing that expense to $300,000. Of course
this annual sum would continue to in
crease. Besides he recommended the
erection of one or two more inciner
ators, which would proportionally in
crease that expense.
We Bhould have municipal collec
tion, using tight steel-bodied wagons,
and what is still more important, inau
gurate, as soon as possible, an up-to-date
reduction plant.
'Without going into the details of the
latter -process, suffice it to say that
many of our large progressive cities
have adopted it with gratifying re
sults. At present there ere 25 reduction
plants in the United States, from which
there is produced annually approxi
mately 60,000,000 pounds of grease and
150,000 tons of tankage, having an
average market value of $3,500,000.
Previous to 1905 private companies
carried on such of these enterprises
as were in operation. In that year
Cleveland, O., purchased the plant
from the contracting company and has
operated it since with satisfactory re
sults, Columbus, O., in 1910 placed In oper
ation one of the best perfected plants
of the kind. It has shown a profit over
and above the operating costs and the
fixed charges. Including interest at 4
per cent and depreciation at 6 per cent,
m EJ nnta nor ton
During 1912 a further improvement,
. . ..nnl.llif nlont wan nil t In
II LI L Ul II yni tvmuuB l""'
operation, which increased the net
earnings to $1.82 per ton.
Now is the opportune time for Port
land to act, before any more expense
is put on Incinerators.
o. manv lercro and nrOB-resnive CitieB
have demonstrated the success of this
method there need te no nesitancy on
our city adopting It. Unquestionably
there would be a saving of more than
$500,000 per annum.
The legislative committee of the
Portland realty board has been asked
to gather complete data on the sub
ject and report the outline of a work
able plan. J- D. LEE.
DR. FRIEDMAN1Y BRANDED FRAUD
Operations of Hnsje Fake Should be
Restricted, Says Doctor.
PORTLAND, May 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I hope that many physicians, as
well as laymen, read the editorial in
The Oregonian yesterday commenting
upon Friedmann and his cure.
It would only be a waste of time to
argue that the competent medical men
of America who nave lnvestigatea tne
"turtle serum" of Friedmann's did so
without prejudice, even with the most
fevent hopes that it would do all that
its exploiter claimed it would do. The
Oregonian has earned the thanks of
the medical profession. Our protests,
however, will not avail. We cannot in
voke any Federal Btatute to issue an
injunction against the syndicate which
proposes to exploit the Friedmann
cure at the expense of the tubercular
sufferers. The regulation of the prac
tice of medicine belongs to the states;
even the states are powerless in the
matter of passing laws to prohibit any
normal adult from submitting to any
sort of treatment, from any sort of
pretender to cure disease.
It is significant of much that Colo
rado should be chosen as the first
place in which to found one of the
Friedmann Institutions, tjoioraao n
long been the mecca of tubercular pa
tients, and many incipient cases re
cover there. Why did not the Fried
mann syndicate found their first In
stitute In New York, Chicago or some
other great tubercular center?
The Deculiar optimism o the tuber
cular subject who is always expecting
that the newest exploited remedy is
the cure he has so long sought will
undoubtedly bring a good many $500
fees to the "Tubercular Trust." It Is
a pity that we cannot prevent this, but
we cannot. They do some things bet
ter in Germany than we do in America.
Friedmann s syndicate couia not or
ganize in Germany.
DR. JOHN MADDEN.
DANGER LIRKS IN CANNED GOODS.
Great Care Should Be Taken In Use of
Preserved Foods.
NEW YORK. May 9. (To the Edl
tor.) An article In The Oregonian
gives an account or unaries isaney De
intr afflicted with ptomaine poisoning.
I believe no better work can be done
by the preBs than to warn the public
of the danger existing from partaking
of foods not properly preserved and
the necessity of utilizing canned goods
as soon as possible after opening the
can.
Scientific experiments have deter
mined time and time again that numer
ous articles of food when not kept in
a hyglonio condition readily deteriosr
ate bo as to become poisonous bud
6 4; L ri G G 9
The formation of ptomaines general
ly, although not always, accompanies
putrefaction; therefore great care
should be taken that meat, fish, fowl,
oysters, canned goods, etc., are. eaten
only when they are in good condition.
It Is not economy to partake of food
when outrefaction has commenced.
Food can be kept In a hygienio con
dition either by heat or refrigeration
bv the exclusion of air, or oy tne ap
plication of substances which on ac
count of tneir antiseptic properties.
nrevent the errowth of poisonous germs.
Statistics show that since the en
actment of the Pure Food Law there
have been 36,400 cases of ptomaine
poisoning, 1541 of which were fatal. It
is certainly distressing to think of this
vast number of persons becoming ill
and of so many innocent lives lost
merely because food products are not
nreserved so as to keep tnem in a ny
erienio condition until consumed. Such
distressing conditions will continue to
prevail as long as consumers do not
heed the warning oi tne aanger exist
ing In consuming foods not kept in
hygienic conaition. . i. nAniua.
MAY BUY ASITIETAM LANDMARK
Dnnkard Church on Battle' Field Will
Probably Go te Government.
Hagerstown, Md., Baltimore News.
It is now said" on gdod authority
that the United States Government is
desirous of acquiring the old Dunkard
Church on Antietam battle field, and
that the War Department will use It
aa an office, if it can be purchased.
The church is a small, rough cast
structure, built in 1851, and it la located
along the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg
turnpike near Bloody Lane. It is still
used for services by the Manor Congre
gation Church of the Brethren, and the
congregation wishes to dispose of the
property.
The title to the church, however, is
complicated, as the deed of gift for the
site from Samuel Mumma provided that
it be used by the Church of the Breth
ren to erect a house of public worship
thereon and hold therein their servlce.v
Any deviation from this purpose would,
in the opinion of lawyers, cause title
to revert to the Mumma heirs, who are
numerous and scattered.
The Maryland Monument Is near the
church, also those of Indiana, New Jer
sey and the Philadelphia Brigade
Sermon On Marrlasre.
Illustrated Bits.
' Husband Ah, me! Marriage Is a
lottery. She And I heartily wish some
one else had my tlcketl
UNDESIRABLES SEEKING OFFICE
Much Poor Material Noted In List of
Local Aspirants.
prmTLAND. Mav 13: (To the Edi-
itor.) It is wonderful the amount of
gall some people have In tneir sj s
tom. as shown by the mad scramble
and eagerness for office. Nearly a
hundred citizens have shown their ae
sir to Drove their patriotism to a
confiding public, one-half of whom
could not command one-third oi tne
salary to be paid to the Mayor and
Commissioners under any well-gov
erned business house nor even mane
it by their own native talent and ex
ertions in any calling outside of petty
politics. The purpose of a great
many -who are in the race (knowing
they cannot be elected) is to impress
those who are elected of their im
portance and incidentally to obtain a
position under them. Corrupt politics
by corrupt politicians is dangerous to
any community. There are politicians
and politicians.
A good politician must be a patriot.
one whose mind and heart look be
yond self. Foxiness and low cunning
are often mistaken for shrewdness and
sagacity. A petty politician is a
trickster looking only for self inter
ests and aggrandizement and inci
dentally to get a good fat living at
the expense of the taxpayers. There
are men on the ticket who have not
the least conception of the duties ana
responsibilities. These men should be
sat down on hard.
Among the names filed for "Mayor
and Commissioners there is some good
material. There is also some very
poor or indifferent material. Ther
is every chance ofl securing five good
men from among them. The Commis
sioners should be picked for their fit
ness for certain duties which might
be . designated and promulgated
through the medium of the daily news
papers and framed into the new char
ter. All tne faults In tne new char
ter can be eliminated and suitable
provisions substituted to suit the re
quirements. Any and all differences
can and will be changed If the people
will elect men of unimpeachable char
acter and Integrity who will co-operate
and work in harmony for the public
good. Let the candidates come out
openly and state where and how they
will revise and amend the charter to
suit the needs of the city and its citi
zens. The men elected to the office of
Mayor and Commissioners should be
seasoned business men of experience
who, through hard knocks, have be
come experts in handling delicate
questions; men of some sense and
judgment, having thorough knowledge
of the details which will enable them
to discriminate in the hiring of ca
pable and efficient help and not rob
the taxpayers by hiring a lot of unfit
petty politicians and place hunters.
W. H. GORDON.
BREAK DISHES NOW AT CONEY
Blase New Yorkers at Wit's End to
Care a Fit of the Blues.
New York Herald.
America need have no fear of mili
tant suffragists; a safety valve for the
escape of the surplus energy of the
women of the Nation has been found.
This Is an assertion fr.im Coney Is
land. It is the result of a discovery
made In the last few days. In which,
because of the pleasant Spring weather,
the first crowds of the season have been
flocking to the seaside resort.
"Breaking Up Housekeeping" is the
name of Coney's new amusement. It is
warranted to cure any grouch and af
fords an escape for any a nount of sur
plus steam' or energy, whether of :
suffrage or any other type of enthusi
asm.
Several booths furnishing the sport
are already In operation, and several
more are to be erected in the Bowery
and in the big amusement parks by per
sons enticed by the prospects of big
profits. The game is simply to pay one
or more nickels for the purpose of
smashing perfectly good dishes until
the grouch has worn off and the fit i
destructlveness is ended. It is verj
simple. No person has a patent on the
Idea. All that is required is to provide
dishes for persons to smash and a place
in which to smash them.
It is a variation of the old game In
which you throw baseballs at a large
number of dolls or at a negro s head
and every time you make a hit you re
ceive a cigar or a cane. But In the new
game there are no prizes of any kind.
All one gets for his money is the satis
faction one always feels when he has
made something break. Over one stand
in Surf avenue is a large sign, saying:
': If you can't break up your own
! home, break up ours.
At the back of the stand are rows of
porcelain plates, so close together that
one cannot help but smash one at every
throw. At the counter in front are a
number of baseballs, and when one has
had his three shots for his nickel the
Joy of smashing something has general
ly seized hold of him and he keeps
throwing bail alter ban.
PEOPLE WILL DEFEAT DIPLOMACY
Anti-Allen Law Will Be Upheld, Says
Callfornlan.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian suggests that
a Kood plan to "override the camornia
law" will be for President Wilson to
negotiate a new treaty with Japan by
which "each nation grants citizens of
the other tire same rights as to land
holdlne."
Were Japan willing to grant foreign,.
ers the privileges that she is insolently
demanding of the United States, the
situation would lose some of its stren-
uoslty. She not only refuses to let for
Rierners own land within her domain
but she renders leasing a most difficult
matter.
And why should you desire the over
riding of a California law? Are, you of
the impression that California does not
know her own needs; as you wisely
remark the President, In case he nego
tlated such a- treaty, "would risk i
stormy time in securing ratification by
the Senate.
And if, after the storm had subsided
tha President should find hlmsell-a vie
tor, then the -people would have found
further proof of the necessity for the
direct election of benators.
E. D. DEMENT.
AMERICAN MUSTACHE WINS. OUT
Short - Cropped Style In Favor
London, England.
London Cor.
The American mustache ia coming
into Into fashion here. London doesn't
know that it is American or it would
never adopt It, but it is, nevertheless,
The newspapers describe It as of the
"eyebrow" or "toothbrush", variety
"just a smudge on the upper lip.
The Daily Mail qjiotes an West End
hairdresser as saying that the small
mustache is cultivated chiefly by the
army officer.
"It Is a short, closely-trimmed mus
tache which adorns the upper lip with
out hiding the mouth," he said. "The
fashionable mustache is etubby and
sharply denned. It must not overlap
the corners of the mouth and It must
not conceal the contour of the upper lip.
"These small mustaches serve the
same purpose as the patch of the Geor
srian ladies. They call attention to a
well-iormea mourn ano excellent teetn.
After a while London will learn that
this is the kind of mustache which
Americans were those who wear any at
alL Then the Englishmen will declare
that the fashion really originated here
and that tnose "Daily lanks copieo
from them.
Polite, Bat Awkward.
1 "London Tit Bits.
HosTess Miss Robinson has no part
ner for this waltz. Would you mind
dancing-with her, instead of with me?
Hawkward On the contrary, I shall be
only too delighted
Twenty-five Years Ago
From Ths Oregonian of May 14, 1888.
San Francisco. May 13. Misses Mary
Potter and Clara" Cogswell, of Euttene
City, who have been attending busi
ness college, returned home Friday last.
Seattle. W. T., May 13. All trains
for the baseball grounds were crowded
this afternoon. About 1800 saw the sec
ond game between the Willamettes and
the Browns. Score: Vt uiameiies n.
Browns 5.
London. May 12. Anton Rubinstein,
the noted pianist, has accepted $20,
000 for 50 performances in America
during the present year.
T w. Tteddinc-ton. who formerly pub
lished the Heppner Gazette, has started
a humorous paper at Walla Walla,
which he calls The only wana wana
Wan Wah.
it. phariA, nirkens. Jr.. will crive
readings at the new Park Theater on
the evenings of tne aist ana jju mat.
Mr. J. C. Miller, of the firm of Miller
& West, 'died Saturday night.
Mr. Robert C. Washburn, of the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer, is at the Es
mond.
Mr. W. T. Orlswold. In charge of the
Oregon district of the United States
geological survey, returned yesterday
from Ashland.
Mr. Tyler Woodward, superintendent
of the Transcontinental Street Railway
Company, who has been in California
for several weeks on business, returned
yesterday.
A meeting of the general committee
appointed from the various G. A. R.
posts in regard to the arrangements
for Memorial day exercises was held
yesterday afternoon in G. A. R. Hall,
First and Taylor streets. Mr. A. E.
Borthwick, department commander,
was in the chair and the following
members of the committee were pres
ent: C. E. Dubois, T. B. McDevitt,
Charles Duggan, E. W. Eaton, O. Sum
mers, H. C Allen, J. E. Mayo. R. M.
McMasters, W. B. Taylor and L. J.
Jacobs.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of May 14, 1863.
New York. May 7. The Tribune cor
respondent says the Army of the Po
tomac crossed the river at tne u. &.
ford to the old camp along the Aqua
Railroad. The crossing was effected
with loss. Sedgwick at Fredericks
burg was overwhelmed by numbers
and barely able to escape. He saved
his artillery and trains.
Fredericksburg. May 6. The heights
are occupied by the enemy. Hooker
commenced crossing Tuesday night.
Lee's sharpshooters picked oft a num
ber of artillerv horses and officers.
Their batteries occupied all the ad
vantageous positions and were piled
with vieror on our forces. un con
sultation of commanders, it Was de
cided that the enemy were too power
ful. Sedgwick's unsuccessful attempt
to join Hooker, added to the counsel of
the corps commanders, Bhook Hooker's
confidence and he ordered the evacua
tion. The Times correspondent says
there was a time from Friday morn
ing to Monday night that Hooker
might have attacked and defeated Lee,
but he lacked the ability to give the
orders. The army was greatly de
moralized by this Inglorious retreat.
Th ladies of Portland and vicinity
are requested to meet at the Methodist
Church In this city on Saturday next
at 2 P. M. to devise measures for se
curing a liberal contribution in aia
of the objects of the Sanitary Commis
sion. A correspondent writing from
Placerville says: "At the lowest pos
sible estlmata the diggings of Placer
district are now yielding $50,000 per
day. '
A Union League was organized at
Claquato, Lewis County, W. T., on the
8th inst.
LAY ALL WALLS IN CEMENT
Building Lessons From the Recent
Disaster at Omaha, Neb.
Engineering News.
The "reckless caprice" of whirling
storms, 80 often figuring in current de
scription, disappears before the trained
observer. The madness of the storm is
discovered to be essentialy methodical.
Except in a few cases, buildings moved
from their foundations (at Omaha)
were rotated in a direction opposite to
that of the hands of a clock. And the
great prime destructive force of the
tornado is not the impact of whirling
air. It is the explosive force of air
confined.
A tornado is the low pressure center
of a great, inrushlng whirl of air.
When the part vacuum which the storm
carries at its heart envelops a building
the air within the building presses out
ward. Windows are great safety valves.
Buildings with large auditoriums suf
fer more than those with small .rooms.
Solid walls suffer relatively little, but
brick walls with an air space between
courses are split by the explosive
force of the confined' air. Mortar-lald
walls go down where cement resists.
Recommendations for tornado-proof
construction are somewhat as follows:
Lay all walls in cement.
Do not leave air spares In brick walls.
Provide ample window space.
Tie buildings to foundations and roots to
walls. The outrushlng air follows the easiest
path. It pays to have the windows blown
out rather than to have the roof lifted to
equalize the wind pressure and then dropped
back upon the house, or the house Itself lift
ed from Its foundations by the upbulge ot
the confined air In the basement.
Use diagonal bracing wherever possible.
Since these are counsels of good
building sense. Irrespective of the pe
culiar stresses of tornadoes, It will
surely pay architects and engineers to
take them seriously into consideration.
While it seems probable that nothing
can resist the tornado's maximum vio
lence, that violence Is exerted in but an
insignilicant part of the area of a given
storm.
Delaying; the Game a Little.
New York Times
Murray L. Pennell, a defendant in
the Indianapolis dynamiting case,
caused a little diversion in court pro
ceedings while under cross-examination.
Pennell had been vigorously
chewing gum while on the stand.
"If you'll take your gum out of yom
moutli we'll get along faster we
wouldn't be wasting so much time,
said United States Attorney Miller.
"Yes, take your chewing gum out ot
your mouth," commanded Judge Ander
son. , ,
Pennell sat In the witness chair ap
parently not making any effort to obey
the order of the court.
"What, don't you hear the -older?"
asked Miller after there had been si
lence in the courtroom tor fully a min
ute and Pennell had made no jrisible
movement.
"I swallowed it, mumbled Pennell.
Court proceedings were suspended,
while. Judge Anderson spun around
twice in his swivel chair and hemmed
vigorously
Glrla Taagjht TO Be Beauties.
Anita d'Este. In Good Housekeeping.
. in Aii.l.ln flnH TtAlu t h A
in i'liWli-c, - . '
knowledge of physical culture, hygiene
and "beauty culture" is as much a
part of the young girl's education as
the rudiments of reading and writing.
The child is carefully trained in the
regime of beauty cultivation, the
v.n-l, fa Tuno-lit to nrpservo Its
youiui-ui u uj.. io - --- i "
flexibility and suppleness. The hair is.
cared for and protecieu. ine emu ami
features are Improved by every known
means, so that old age advances Blowly
and always gracefully. i