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rOBTLAJTO, WEDNESDAY. MAX U,
OIR M1UTAKT FLAWS.
Secretary of War Garrison in point
ing: to the inefficiencies of coast de
fenses merely put his finger on one of
our many military sore spots. He
might well have directed his criticism
to the entire military policy, military
system and military establishment of
the United States. If our coast de
fenses are bad, our interior defenses
are worse and our mobile Army be
yond comparison.
This must not be construed, how
ever, as indicating: that we are in a
hopeless or precarious plight in event
of war. We have potential military
strength of the first magnitude. We
have limitless financial resources and
we have those staunch virtues as a
people that would carry us In unbend
ing determination through any war, no
matter how formidable. But our mil
itary shortcomings would cause tem
porary embarrassments and enormous
unnecessary losses in life and property.
The military preparation that today
should be complete would have to be
worked out In the heat of battle. In
the pitting of Inexperienced recruits
against trained soldiers, provided we
met a first-class power. From the
survivors of our first armies would
have to come the seasoned force that
ultimately would win.
Mr. Garrison, in noting the weak
nesses of coast garrisons, dwelt at
length upon their vulnerability in the
rear. Built to resist naval invasions
of harbors, attention was not given to
land works, with the result that a few
platoons of infantry might readily
capture a garrison that could stand
off a whole fleet. Take the fortifica
tions at the mouth of the Columbia
River, for example. The greatest fleet
in the world would hardly essay to
pass In under the ten and twelve-Inch
rifles and mortars. Tet a brigade
would find nothing particularly ardu
ous in effecting the capture of the
huge batteries from the rear.
HUwever, the matter of land works
In itself Is of secondary importance
insufficiency of men is the great - vote
shortcoming At all our t Karrons or third choice for any can
whole batteries are in charge of mere not Jn fact
care-taking squads. In event of wa judsrment qualified to be Mayor,
recruits and raw levies would have to i J dTd not approximately repre
be hurled Into the gap. Civilians, in a . ,,. ,, ta.
week, world have to be developed Into
expert artillerists and mimia wouia
have to be employed for infantry sup
ports to furnish protection at the rear
The regular Army could not respond
to the call for the simple reason tnat
the Army cannot assemble more than
15.000 men in the United States today.
Such is our military system. Our
toasted oo.oou men are maimy on p.-
per or on foreign outy v ar ou.a
bring to us commotion confus on and
pitiably feeble errorts to moonize an
elective Army should there come sud.
den invasion at either tne Atiant c or
Pacific Coast. Should a powerful en
Pacific Coast. Should a powenui en-1
frTy capture on. of ojr
coast garrisons from the rear they
would have a base from which dis
lodeement would be difficult inasmuch
as no first-class hostile force would be
apt to take such chances as we do with
a strategic point.
. But let no one, either individual or
nation, draw from these unfortunate
facts a wrong deduction. We might
be temporarily embarrassed, but not
conquered. We are vastly greater
than our military weaknesses and can
rise above them. This may be said in
the most impartial and analytical spirit-
The unortunate thing is that we
persist in displaying weaknesses which
one day may invite attack from some
misguided foe who falls to guage the
potential strength of a sleeping giant.
THE RECAU, AND WHEX TO CSE IT.
Experience of Seattle, Tacoma and
Spokane with the recall proves that
that Instrument of popular govern
ment does not immediately settle down
into its proper place in the govern
mental machinery. People are Inclined
to be so elated over this newly gained
power as to wish to use it on every
occasion. Just as a child devotes his
entire attention to the newest toy. Ex
tremists of any stripe move to recall
an official whenever he runs counter
to their peculiar opinions. Thus in
Spokane It is proposed to recall the
Mayor and several Commissioners be
cause they reduce wages of teamsters,
while in Tacoma, a referendum Is pro
posed on an ordinance raising city em
ployes wages. In Seattle a few years
ago the Mayor was recalled for pursu
ing the very policy he had announced
in his campaign, the people having
changed their minds.
Such use of the recall was not con
templated when it was adopted in Ore
gon. It was designed as a reserve
power of the people, to be used only
against flagrantly Incompetent, cor
rupt or despotic officials, or those who
proved false to their platform pledges.
Used frequently and on slight pretext,
it causes constant unrest and public
expense, may drive good officials out
of office and may prevent good men
from seeking office. That this is true
may be inferred from the statement
of Mayor Hindley, of Spokane, giving
his reasons for almost deciding not to
seek re-election if a recall petition is
filed against him. He said:
l m as 1swalti aVinnM
or 6O0O voters In thl city who will ask
a PUDIIO OETICimi W buhh iw rw-iecnun
hKiuM h did what he deemed to be hla
Hn thn 1 am readv to itet down. The
only" condition la that the latuea are too
much confuted and an effort made to de
ceive the public in which event I may feel
It my duty .to jco before the electorate and
tea inam iho troth. Durinsr the vear nre-
cedinir my election aa City Co mmlsa loner
the financial returns from literary and plat-
W r..ttv .nnalarl thA salirv nm tA Ha.
' the elty. and I think I will have no trouble
In taking up thia line or work afain.
Ko man cams to work for an em
ployer who Is continually criticising
and nagging at him, whether that em
ninv hn tha npnnlA or an individual.
Hence the recall may deprive the peo
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and t
ple of the services or vaiuaoie men
oi
public servants, although It was de
signed to Improve the quauty i worn
done for the people.
Prtrf IjhH r 1fi7pn. mav well learn
from the experience of their neigh
bors. They would do wise to iuuj
WHO seen, ineir votes t tvi
election, and. having chosen to refrain
from disturbing: their Mayor and
Commissioner with frequent threats
of recall, xne recall win men do .
measure of salutary discipline for bad
officials, and will not hinder competent
men from seeking office at future elec
tions.
fl'HY ALBEE?
tr Alhf. nurht to be elected Mayor
of Portland because he is equal to the
Job.
Mr. Albee would elevate tne ad
ministration of public affairs in Port
land to a high plane of efficiency,
decency, and order, and keep it there.
Mr. Albee would devote nimseii ear.
neatlv to the task of giving a square
deal for all persons and interests. It
is his way.
Mr AihPA would creditably repre
sent the dignity and importance of
Portland on public occasions. That la
something.
Mr. Albee will traffic with no politi
cal machine or organization or clique
or faction to make him Mayor; and
he will have no entangling pouucai
or corporate or socialistic or I. W. W.
alliances to embarrass him after he
shall be Mayor. He is no man's man.
Mr. Albee will bargain witn no ona
for Jobs before he shall be Mayor; and
he will reward no one for political or
personal services, after he shall be
Mayor. He has no favors to sell.
Mr. Albee will accept the Mayoralty
as a trust from and for tne wnoie
people, and as an opportunity to per
form a great public service. He takes
his duties seriously, and discharges
them fully.
Mr. Albee has courage, fidelity ana
ability. He is a clean man and a
good man. He is a sensible man and
a fair man. He holds his head up,
and hews to the line. No lawful in-
a-Aa nAAf? n-nrrff n Vnil t htm: no li
censed industry need fear him; no un.
fortunate class need expect tnai ne
will exploit them or permit them to
be exploited; - no privllege-seek-
m vxaA lnnlr fnr favora from him: no
public service concern need distrust
him.
Mr. Albee will, if elected, serve four
years. It Is a long time. Portland
ought not to make a mistake.
TOCB BECONO OR THIRD CHOICE,
r tMnir iii. wnirtt of the charter Is that
every voter should vote three choices, yet I
also feel that, tjecaune the three-choice vot
ing is not made obligatory by the charter,
sts framers thought It would be unwise to
compel everyone to vote three choices; there
tore, should there ever occur a ease whers
could not rind the right people to repre
sent me If they did not represent my
principle, I would not vote for them tor
second or third choice. For example, should
there be three candidates lor an omce uu
should there be but one man there who
-rnm m- .Hiulnl.i I would not. In that
case, vote tor either of the othera. Gener
ally speaking, however, I advise a complete
vote. From a public statement by H. R.
Albee. candidate lor Mayor.
Admirably stared. It would be ab
tC voTer" "
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tvia mnn whn votes, for example.
1,. iihA. flt-At hnlc Rushliffht sec-
v.,,.;., ,ird choice
- . . . , he beUeves
- . candidates, but the
" "".an tha the
-- - - Rush,iKht can-
y - or Kellaher cannot be. should
n ,
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man o as definitely
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'ZJSZ
n nnnrpnt In the Commisslonerships
The man who votes for four only is
airninst thn xeventv-ooa otners. J3ui
the man who. votes all the choices
very sensibly says that any of tne
twelve men are fit for the Commis-
ionershtps in the order designated.
PREDICTING THE FUTURE.
H n Wells, tha Dhilosophical nov
elist, who is always charming and
often wise, has favored the world
with a new speculation. "Why Is It
not possible," he inquires, "to apply
the laws of cause and etlect to tne
fore-knowledge of the future as well
a. to the recovery of the past?" A
century and a half ago, he reasons,
men did not even dream of a past be
yond the 6000-year limit of Genesis.
The famous Dr. Johnson, for ex-
nmnln with nil hla acaulrements.
knew less of the earth's real nistory
than a. modern schoolbov. Science
has conquered realms of knowledge
extending millions or years Daca into
ihs dark abysses of time preceding
the Biblical "Creation," and has done
It nil hv roasnnlnsf from cause to ef
feet, or more frequently, from effect
In anmm Th rArnrrln of an almost
endless succession of events are writ
ten in the geological strata, in tne
structure of the stars, in the organi
zation of living creatures, and by suit
able application of the intelligence it
is possible to read tnem. v ny may
we not search out coming events by
the same process?
No doubt the law or cause ana eneci
win annlv. nartially at least, to
every event of coming time. Given
all the causes contributing to any
nhnnnmenon either Of the past or fut
.ira onA tiA rthArtomenon itself ouerht
to be as well understood as a product
La when we Know tne iactors. oumc
eyiontifitf. Yin An have even Imagined
that an oic-AhrAlr puliation will be de
vised some time or other, from which.
the entire ruture or tne worm can do
nrorlir-ted s astronomers predict
eclipses. We may certainly antici
pate a great extension of our power
to foresee the future as we apply our
reasoning powers more faithfully to
Its problems. The art of doing this
Is not yet much developed, but there
m manv mon whn ran foretell com
ing events of a certain kind with fair
accuracy. It is these individuals who
make fortunes where their rivals fall.
Their empirical habits of prophecy
will by and by be made to yield sci
entific rules from which all intelli-
Mnt nArsrtnfl mav rjrofit.
But there is one element In the
future which makes it greatly unlike
the past- Trial element is tne numan
win Tn be sure, the will has been
acting In bygone years, but what it did
is now a matter of record and pre
sents no especial uncertainty. But
what the will may do tomorrow or
next year is absolutely uncertain. Be
THE MORNING
ing free, its activity is absolved from
the ordinary succession of cause and
effect. There is no equation by which
Its choice in any dilemma can be pre
,ii.tAt nnri triArefora a large and prob
ably the most momentous part of the
future must always remain unicnown.
It Is this Incalculable element in to
morrow's programme which makes it
so alarming to the timorous conserva
tive, and so fascinating to the man
of creative spirit. To the former it
ho. ah rtA t.rmr of adventures in
strange lands, to the latter all the
romantic charm of a voyage or aiscov
ery. LET HIM STAT THERE.
ur TfAllaher handles the dilemma
over the liquor business In his own
Ingenuous way. If he shall be elected
nfomr- nf Portland, he says in effect.
it will take him out of the liquor busi
ness. Actually he says: iieip me
out of the business by taking me out
of it." ...
Evidently Mr. Kellaher is mamns
an attempt at a Joke. But it Is not
a very good Joke. JNO man ougni iu
be in any business it is necessary for
him to make excuses for, In private or
in TinMio Tfo llmior dealer who de
sires the respect of the public or of
his patrons will assume mat it is noi
a decent occupation. If Mr. Kellaher
Is ashamed of the liquor business, it
will be seemly for Mm to get out oi
it, whether or not he is elected Mayor
of Portland. The people are noi in
a humor to trifle on the subject or to
bargain with him as to a way 10 s
him n rf it Tt would be an un
heard-of method of destroying the
iinnor business to bestow the nignesi
civic honors on the men in it.
But of course, under our present
system, somebody will run the liquor
business. It might as wen oe iveiiii
her. We think the people are minded
to leave him to his groceries and his
bottles.
MODERN BABY 81IOWS.
ThA TirnmAn'fl Homa Companion.
s-hi.h makAa anmethincr of a hobby of
better babies, publishes an entertain
ing disquisition . on mat aiiratii.c
.oota in fta TnnA number. The artl-
i.i. i nnrtlfiilarlv asrreeable to Ore-
gonians because it compliments this
state upon the baby show at the State
Fair last Fall. If we construe the
Home Companion's observations accu
rately, it takes this show to nave dccii
the best thing of the kind ever seen
anywhere. The arrangements were
not so convenient as they might have
been, perhaps, but that is to De rem
AriiAri not time, and the babies them
selves, as well as the rules by which
they were Judged, are held up ior imi
tation to an admiring world. It was
a little remarkable that the two babies
who won the highest prizes at the
Salem exhibit were both named
Ricnnn Tn fact thev had the same
grandparents, a fact which shows that
heredity is of some consequeuL-e m
men as well as dumb brutes. It is
pleasant to notice that the Woman's
Home Companion gives adequate
credit to O. M. Plummer for his exer
tions to establish the baby show ana
niits it nf onlpntlftf! value instead of
a mere sop to the vanity of foolish
uncles and aunts.
Tha hnhiAa were ludsed on strictly
eugenic principles. Dimples counted
for less than muscles, ciraigm uuu
and sound lungs were marked fully
as high as cherubic eyewinkers. The
truth of the matter Is that Mr. t-ium-mer
.and his faithful allies ft the
uhw rnh with their steadfast
friends, effected a substantial service
to the cause of improved nuraauiw
by the baby show which they con
ducted. So valuable were their labors
esteemed that the Legislature has
granted J1000 for better facilities this
ttaii with this heln. the coming baby
show will be made fully as scientific
as the former, while the surrounaings
will be more comfortable and there
will be fewer chances of endangering
the health of the exhibits. Many
other states have caught the fine in
f.Minn inrmiv from O re STOn' s ex
ample,' be it said with pride and
proper acknowledgments to ine muc-r-otiirahiA
Mr. Plummer. and during
tv.A Autumn we shall hear of dozens
of baby shows, all conducted with an
eye to sane minds in sane Doaies ior
hA iHcino- erAneration. The great les
son for parents to draw from these
shows Is that tne weaxesi DaDy may uo
so Improved by wise attention to nour
lahmAnt snrl all-round hvciene that it
can compete with the most fortunate
rivals. The maxim or progressive
noruni, la not to tolerate defects in
fAU- .0
their offspring or bemoan them as
Irremediable dispensations, nut to sei
about curing them. Many great men
novo. rAn miserably puny infants, and
the chances are that they would have
been still greater had their parents
known enough to attend more wisely
to their Infantile defects. Those who
dread the reduction of the human
race to "a dead .level of perfection"
ih,Anffh thA oonseauences - of baby
shows, may as well leave off worrying.
Perfection Is a long way aneaa as yei,
particularly for the native American
stock. All the high prizes thus far
Ha torn aa well as in a recent baby
show at New York, have gone to in
fants of foreign antecedents if we
may trust the Woman's Home Com
panion.
SOME POSSIBLE PAGEANTRY.
The practice of exhibiting "pa
geants" In New England towns has
nMV .AjnmA o wlrlpcnrearl that it is
said a traveler may ' spend a month
this Summer going from one. to an
nih, and flnrl himself well entertained
all the time. The growing splendor
of the Portland Kose f estival snows
that the pageant habit has taken a
sturdy hold in the West as well as the
Hast- The most successful ones every
where are those which are deeply
tinged with local color. A pageant
which borrows its features from other
lands and times may astonish and
transiently please, but its ' survival
power can be but slight. Portland has
the great advantage of being able to
focus its festivities ground the rose,
which it produces in such abundance
and perfection. The mythological fea
tures of the show which have been
made so prominent on some occasions
cannot be expected to attract perma
nently, i Something must be produced
which belongs to Oregon life and his
tory as intimately as the rose does to
the soil. It ought to be easily possi
ble to arrange a beautiful pageant
from the abundant material of Oregon
pioneer history, which Is full of Inspir
ing Incident and romantic adventure.
The Willamette River, which is
Portland's most impressive ' scenic
treasure, has never been utilized as It
might be In the Rose Festival. Per
haps some day the managers will let
us see a reproduction of Hudson's Bay
express canoes setting out on their an
nual voyage to the East. Nothing
could be more picturesque. Followed
by an Illumination of the lovely waters
it should delight thousands. Then we
OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY.
might have another scene showing
how Joe Meek and his friends carried
thA nt. fnr thA nrovisional govern
ment. The surroundings were roman
tic to the last degree and tne momem
was as dramatic as anything in his
tory. These suggestions are offered
with the utmost modesty. No doubt
great deal better ones will occur to
dozens of minds, but something of the
sort ought to be taking shape 'by this
time in the progress of the Festival.
One of its missions is to satisfy the
dramatic sense of the people, and that
can best be done by appealing to their
histy.
Says the Buffalo Express:
Lincoln Beachsy, the most darlnr of fly
ing men, is leaving the Kama because he
realizes, as do other aviators, that some
time or other a blood-thirsty crowd would
toad htm Into trying some tatal feat.
Mr. Beachey evidently draws a dis
tinction between flying subject to the
unavoidable risks of the air and doing
sensational stunts which Involve reck
less taking of avoidable risks. As fly
ing becomes more and more an every
day affair, spectacular aviators at pub
lic exhibitions are compelledto take
new risks in order to draw er paying
crowd. Such men are akin to circus
performers and are in a class distinct
from those who are interested in de
veloping a new means of locomotion.
The threat of the Illinois manufac
turers to flee from the women's eight-
hour law with all their belongings
sounds terrifying, but where will they
go? The same legislation is threat
ened, or promised, in every state of
the Union but the most benighted. &o
they are likely to Jump out of the fry
ing pan Into the Are. Short hours and
good pay for working women are part
of the accepted programme for forti
fying the home and protecting chil
dren. These things must come because
the welfare of the race demands them
and inasmuch as they are coming
everywhere they will give no advan
tage to any competitor and injure
none.
The late Chuck Connors, the China
town tough, was not great, but he was
picturesque, hence the long oDiiuanes
published by New Tork newspapers.
inmoQ Ttnmilton Lewis la ETeat in his
own estimation, -but nof in that of
many others. Yet he renders himself
picturesque with his flowing hair, his
nhnnrlant auburn whiskers, his spats
and his fashionable garb, which
earned him the sobriquet "Dude
Lewis" in his Seattle days. His pic-
turesqueness aided him much in win
ning the great office of Senator, Irre
spective of whether he is great.
What a big town Roseburg "must
be getting to be." Two rivals for the
queenship of the Strawberry Festival
received 320,261 votes between them,
which, by the usual rule of one vote
to five inhabitants, gives a population
of 1,601,305. We congratulate Rose
burg on its rapid growth and trust we
have not mistaken strawberries for
human beings in this computation. At
any rate, those must be rarely beauti
ful girls who could get so many votes.
If the Roseburg berries tastees sweet
as the festival queen looks, what a Joy
it will be to kiso we mean eat them.
Barbara Fritchie's work is o'er and
the rebel rides on his raids no more,
but her soul goes marching on, and
now. her body, what there is left of It,
is to march to a new and more com
modious tomb. , Barbara never leaned
far out from her window sill to shake
the starry banner at Stonewall Jack
son with a royal will and his dust
brown ranks never riddled the banner
with seam and gash, but the story is
Just as thrilling and the poetry Just
as fine as if it had all happened. So
why bother to dispute the tale?
Rogue River Valley expects to ship
1000 cars of apples and 400 cars of
pears this season, and thus break the
Southern Oregon record. This is the
estimate of Professor O'Gara after a
tour of the orchards. That district
has the advantage of putting Its pears
on the market as the California crop
passes off. Rogue River has gained a
name among the famous districts of
the country. So long as it maintains
a high standard of quality, the name
will go far to sell the fruit.
All reports considered, there is like
lihood of a short Oregon prune crop
this year. There will be enough, how
ever, to tickle the palate in danger of
being satiated by overabundance of all
the other fruits.
The president of the Skamokawa
Bank gets a term in the penitentiary,
while the cashier goes to the reforma
tory, probably in the Idea that there is
hope for one and not any for the
other. ,
At last vene-eancn has overtaken one
villain, a dog poisoner in St. Johns.
Many will think the punishment too
light, as it does not include hanging.
Having provided ample moisture for
a bumper rose crop, the weather will
now provide the necessary sunshine
to develop a few billion blooms.
What Mayor Rushlight thinks of
Senator Kellaher would make as inter
esting reading as what Kellaher says
he thinks of Rushlight, no doubt.
Attention Is again called to the dan.
ger of germs in old paper money.
We're willing to assume any amount
of danger.'
Sir Thomas Lipton feels already
that he has won the race. Anticipa
tion may prove his only Joy in the
matter.
King Peter wants to abdicate. The
King business is growing more and
more tiresome and unpleasant every
day. .
' i
London militants are forming arson
squads. Straight Jackets for women
is the slogan they should adopt.
Negotiations with Japan will be
conducted with extreme caution until
some one steps on a match.
The most Important foreign news to
be expected Is that the Kaiser has
kissed King George.
Publicity. That is the solution of
the problem of eliminating the unfit
from local politics.
While Toklo is having brain storms
we are still concentrating on the base
ball scores. 1
The Cincinnati car .strike burned it
self out with, intense violence.
Still, who sold those Japs the land?
Too much Johnson,
MAY 21, 1913.
SEX EQUALITY IN MAN-MADE UW
That Male la Natural Protector Proved
1A irimiuve June.
PORTLAND, May 18. To the Edi
tor.) It Is very evident from the em
bittered expressions of R. O. McFar-
lane, in regard to- the "unfair aa-
vantage taken of man by our man-
made laws" that he has not attamea
full growth in the knowledge of the
workings of our universe. Let us go,
for instance, to any uncivilized coun
try where there exists no social law.
What do we find? Extreme passivenesn
of the female, and shall we say less
aggressiveness of the male? Less bru
tality? Not at all. Man should be the
natural protector In every sense of the
word, so more shame to us in our civ
ilized regions that we find less pro
tection to the weaker sex than among
our savage brothers.
Compare our lady and gentleman of
means who have leisure for whatso
ever they may choose. For Instance,
let us consider the butterfly of fash
ion's social whirl. We find the woman's
aim Is to surpass her kind in beauty
and attraction. "Ah! there," you say.
"she uses the charms as allurement for
the opposite sex." To what end? Wait
a moment. Remember that woman falls
and follows the downward path, not
from choice, but from necessity, while
man does no such thing. It Is his
pleasure, and ever will be, so long as
he remains the superior in strength.
An allusion was made to Kipling's
diseased Idea .that the "female Is the
most dangerous of the species. bo
she is, when protecting her young from
possible danger. I do not believe it
possible that any right-minded, intelli
gent young man resident in Portland
or any other city remains single from
any fear of being "eaten up" by one
of these dangerous ones. Indeed, were
he so inclined, he undoubtedly would
Dresent some more plausible excuse.
Does this not bring before you Walter
Somerville's elder McTavlsh (a bcot
too. by the way), who would have
torn his own fair daughter's life from
her with his "own bare hands" because
of her beautiful golden hair, with
which he feared she might lure some
good man to his destruction. Innocent
as she was? Then take a picture in
your mind of the black-hearted brute
McDonald, who was the possible vic
tim. We might well say bah! and keep
It up, thereby making veritable goats
of ourselves in our belief.
We must admit that there are some
of Kipling's "enemies" who are very
deserving of his wrath. Yet how few
thesa are compared to the best which
we find rocking our cradles, keeping
our homes cheerful and bright and
clean and aeainst what odds, too!
There are among us good, whole
some men who are wideawake, make
our good laws and break them never,
whom any and every good woman ad
mires yes, worships because they are
exceptions, and she can and does ap
preciate them.
Who does blame any right living, in
telligent young man, or old one, either,
for rhaflnir under laws which unfairly
inp.lndA him with the guilty ones? It
should anerer him. At-the same time,
could he submit to a law which would
also include his sweetheart, sister or
some sweet girl he may happen to
know, undergoing such an embarrass
ing suggestion in accordance with our
laws? I think not.
Mn made these laws. They know.
Let us reanect them, and if our brave
"Scotchman" doesn't liKe our laws, let
him go back to Edinborough, where ne
won t have to aDide Dy tnem.
HARRIETT BEECHER STONE.
DISCONTENT AMONG THE 'COMMONS'
Writer Denies Tbat It Can Be Traced
to School Training Inequalities.
PRATUM, Or., May 18. (To the Ed-,
ltor.) A letter in The Oregonian May
17 is remarkable chiefly for the
economic conditions it hints at but
fails to analyze. Mr. Mitty seems to
grasp the fact that the common labor
er is the foundation of all our present
day institutions, but farther than this
h cannot Droceed: a blank wall of
mystery looms up and bars the' way.
The lower class is becoming discon
tented, it is true, but not simply for
the reason that others nave receivea
vocational training, as Mr. Mitty would
have us believe. Then, what Is the rea
son for this discontent? Let us answer
this question straight from the shoul
der. .
There are three reasons for this dis
satisfaction, and we state them, briefly
in their natural order:
The low wages paid to common labor
is the principal cause of . complaint.
The wage rate rises painfully and slow
ly, while the price of necessities
mounts up with alarming rapidity.
Measured in the commodities the labor
er must purchase, his wages are con
siderably lower than they " were ten
years ago.
The second cause, as has already
been intimated, is the high cost of liv
ing, there being no Immediate hope of
relief.
The third cause is the long hours
constituting a day's labor, leaving little
time for rest or recreation.
If wages are raised, the cost of living
must be advanced simultaneously or
dividends will be endangered. And if
the cost of necessaries of life are how
ered, wages must come down also, lest
dividends should suner.
The hours of the work day cannot
be reduced, but stocks may be watered
with impunity.
In spite of all tariff tinkering, In
snlte of all alien land laws, in spite ol
all the utterances, even of the Peerless
One, the cost- of living Is continuing
and will continue to advance. The ad
vance of the price of necessaries is
world wide, and the discontent follow
ing in Its wake Is world wide.
If ary one doubts such obvious
truths as those set forth above, I, for
one, would be pleased to learn the color
of his wnisKers.
Vocational training in the schools Is
not the cause of the discontent among
the commons, "not on your tintype.
LOWELL M. SHOEMAKER.
THE T1DELESS SEA.
In strange solemnity it broods
Along the frosty edge of barren
shore.
It knows no flash of foam no laugh
ing moods.
Nor feels the quiver of a breaker's
r oar.
Lost of all life. It simmers in the sun
And sheds upon the land It's poisoned
' breath
While all the ocean hordes are keen
to shun
Its prisoned depths that hold the
chill of death.
Like some pale hag, it sends a frozen
stare
Into the sky to mock the stars that
shine.
And on its breast a harpy, gray and
bare.
Disturbs the air with its uncanny
whine
As closer to a victim does it draw
To tear the quivering flesh from
every bone
And thus defy the universal law
And gather death around it for its
own.
And yet, despite the terrors of this
place,
-1 see men come to sip the murky
brine
And for the moment smiles illume each
face.
But soon are gone, for horror crowds
the line.
And then I see them fall into the dust
And cry aloud their walls of misery.
Then pass in death to Join the frosted
crust i
That forms the shoreline of the tide
less sea.
Glenn Norbrey Pleasants,
Portland, Or.
TRAGEDY OP FANCY EDUCATION
It Leave" Stndent. Wholly Unfitted for
Life, Charge Mr. McNnlty. I
PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Ed
itor.) The discussion in The Oregon
ian relating to whether vocations
should be taught in public schools or
not are useful. I note Mr. Jiitty s
ideas and this morning those of "B. M."
Mr Mitty certainly is correct in that
we cannot squeeze the world into the
schoolroom. The Idealistic policies of
B. M. are also of the stuff that should
be clothed, over the minds of the young.
iTrom such practice comes good citi
zens, lenient-minded folks.
Mowever. as to B. M.'s idea of leav-
. phnnrA outside the Dubllc schools
the picking up of vocational training I
onnnt nirree. This has Deen tne pol
icy in education ' for a half century. 1
have felt its effects. Those who have
held the reins of education in an iron
grasp have been teachers who- stand
for what I term a "decorative educa
tion." I was quite plastic for this pleas,
ant system of study when a boy. In
the town where I came from the very
atmosphere was tinged with the schol
astic classical colorings. Our mental
pilots were high of aspiration, moved
with all the "sympathies" which ab
sorption of music and the poets could
give. The men nao. uuneucm mmi.,.
fAminlTiA and the ladles were
,i...,,hw inrilps- too much so in fact.
Many became old maids; of course this
was far East.
The result of all this was many ao
timllv did become sort of loving pets,
sweet little things, and always had
high marks. Those who were pro-Doy
were of the stuff of which rebels are
made of and were constantly In trouble
with the ladylike pedagogues of both
sexes. Take it all around, looking
upon those same boys today, I am or
the opinion that the boy boys were of
the best material.
Several of us entered active lire to-
.hA. t .emAmhA. wa suffered for
our idealistic education. Some of them
were soured and are so yet, are pessi
mists, unsatisfied folks. Life comes
h-4 'with mnnv And their families.
They are fitted for soft spheres of life.
moneyed classes, planes wnere art aim
philosophy are usual, but owing to lack
of vocational training they are forever
sentenced to work their days out as
clerks, drummers, laborers, rarm nanas,
streetcar men, etc They are fitted for
French salons and they must live in
common places. Their pride is ever
being touched and poverty is ever at
the door. Is this right? Oh, yes, you
may explain, point out and discourse on
their shortsightedness, but the Met re
mains that they are not laborers by
.,..hah ha. millionaires bv fortune.
They are unfitted to work and they can
not shirk.
Life is short Most of us. have to
rA-ir vrnm to work fa a verv imror-
i.inr with thA monev earned in
a calling which Is pleasing to tne ioi-
lower the things or lire can oe pur
chased. A home suitable to his tastes
can be bought. His family will be
there. Time can he puronaspo. ano
vac- thtrf,, of Arorative life" he will
then seek and without sacrifice of time
or opportunity. Will this not oreea a
better citizenship?
with vAnrs as n hnv in a state normal
school, the best in New York State,
which Is saying something, with all
the brain enlarging studies rrom men
school as taught in the past, I could
not earn a living. I was not a brick
layer nor admlssable to the Bricklayers'
Union. The laborers, both skilled and
meiriiioii wniiln' snv I was a crentlr-
man. most likely. I was not an expert
clerk, telegrapner. newspaper repuriei,
druggist, carpenter nor anything on
earth aside from a pleasant companion,
depending upon how my friends liked
the looks of my face, which had been
hivAiin thA Icpii of the educational sys
tem. Thus I was thrown out to not
only feed, clothe and bouse myseir. But
mv newly widowed mother and two
brothers.
After a few months I naturally won- !
dered why I was taught all the fixin's
and none of the gist or lire, l nave won-
1 a In A A that this thine
was allowed to run along at the public
expense.
Later a sohool was established by a
wise and practical millionaire in which
technical engineering was taught. All
the boys who longed to escape from
.1 matYnm lift On A bMa of thA Street
and went over to the other new school.
Those boys are men now ana most oi
them draw from $100 per month to well
over $500 as doers in life, not talkers.
They build railways, buildings, bridges,
look Into the constitution of things
chemically, invent and draw. They are
men. Their families are well cared
for and most of them are happy. The
study that which they like. From Wat.
son's Physics is but a step to theology.
Practical astronomy in geodetic sur
veys is the seed for higher desires.
Geology, history and biology Is but a
short way to diamonds, parlor society
and gentility. The things of lesser
worth are hard to point out, but the
things of immediate necessity they have
taken first and everything else comes
with them. Why Invert the order as
in the past?
I favor amputation of about 50 per
cent of present grammar and high
school work, the establishment of use
ful work In their place and the adjust
ment of education with the needs of
life. The converse has proved a fail-
ur
re. JOHN M'NUMY.
A GRAMMAR OV LOST LANGUAGE
Signs of Ancient Cultured Sogdlan
Race Found In Central Aula.
Paris Correspondent Chicago News.
R. Gauthlot, the French savant, has
presented to the Sorbonne the first
grammar of the Sogdlan language,
which was lost to the world 1000 years
ago.
The Sogdlans are supposed to have
been a powerful and highly cultured
race, Inhabiting Central Asia, where
now there is merely a sandy desert.
Their language, it is declared, shows
that they were the parents of all the
present European and Indo-European
races, though the method of writing
this language resembles Semitic rather
than Arabic.
The land which the Sogdians in
habited formed a link between Siberia
on the north, China on the east, Tibet
and India on the south and Irania and
Persia on the west. Before the de
velopment of sea commerce the cara
vans disseminating the riches of the
Orient all passed through Sogdla, the
last vestiges of which are supposed
to have been destroyed by the Mongols
in the 11th century. Within a decade
travelers and explorers have found
traces of great cities buried in the
sand, with Buddhist art workers of
considerable beauty and at least two
libraries of manuscripts, while re
mains of canals indicate that the
Sogdians well understood irrigation.
Although the modern Persians are
believed to have descended directly
from the Sogdians, whose language is
supposed to have disappeared during
the Mohammedan renaissance in the
eighth century, only one miserable
tribe dwelling in a rocky valley in
Central Asia namely, the Tagnobis
is thought to preserve some character
istics of the lost race, whose redis
covery is expected to clear up many
problems in history. Professor
Gauthiot hopes to depart soon to study
the Tagnobis among their native
cliffs.
His Wife's Own Buslneas.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Another new dress? Where do you
think I can get the money from? Do
you suppose I can pick it up in the
streets?" asked an angry husband.
"Excuse me," responded the wife; "it Is
not within my province to give you
financial advice!"
Twenty-five Years Ago
From The Oreionlan of May 21, 1SS8.
Mrs. Grant has received $411. 0ft s
her share in the profits of General
Grant's memoirs, of which 310,000 sets
have been sold. .
The general committee of the Grand
Army of the Republic, having in charge
the arrangements for the memorial
celebration, met yesterday afternoon
in the G. A. R. Hall, corner of First
and Taylor streets. Comrades Kapus.
McMasters, Pierce, McDevitt, Northup,
Dubois, Summers, Chamberlain, Eaton,
Dugan and Neal were present, with
Department Commander Bortliwick in
the chair.
Captain of Police W. H. Andrus I3 ill.
The Transcontinental Street Hallway
Company has begun extending its track
on S street from its present terminus
at Sixteenth street to 1 wenty-thlrd
street.
A regular ferry has been established
between this city and St. Johns, mak
ing four trips daily. This brings our
sister city into close connection and
may necessitate Including St. John with
East Portland and Alblna in tho pro
posed consolidation.
Mr. J. W. Ogllbee, the real, estate
agent, has returned from a trip to Iowa,
his native state.
Last Sunday MrT" L G. Pfunder, the
florist, treated his children and a few
invited friends to a Hay day party, it
being the anniversary of the birthday
of two of his daughters.
The headquarters of the Oregon Dem
ocrats in St. Louis during the National
convention will be In the Laclede Ho
tel. The Oregon delegates. T. J. Black,
H. Klippel, John F. Miller, James K.
Kelly. M. S. Hellman and N. Davis,
will leave for St. Louis on tho 28th.
Half a Century' Ago
From The Oregonian of May 21, 1.SK3.
Some half dozen or moTe of the peni
tentiary convicts made a dash yester
day away from the guard, and two or
three succeeded in making their es
cape. We understand that there is a rumor
in circulation among the people of the
Upper Willamette Valley to the effect
that the conscription act Is to be im
mediately enforced in this state. Wo
are assured by the Governor that no
such orders have been received.
Washington, May 15. The President
received from headquarters. Army of
the Potomac, an original letter from
Jeff Davis, addressed to one of his
Colonels, in which he speaks very dis
paragingly of affairs in the southwest
and on tho Rappahannock.
Washington, May 15. Evidence in
General Buell's case has arrived here.
There is reason to believe that the find
ing of the court is such aa to show
that the President had ample cause for
removing Buell from command.
' Yesterday afternoon was tho occa
sion of quite a lively turnout of our
fire boys and citizens generally to
greet the return of Columbian Engine
Company No. 3 and invited guests, who
had been on a friendly visit to Dalles
City.
The lecture of Prof. Belew, the fa
mous American horse-tamer, yesterday,
was Interesting and instructive. An
other lecture and instruction will bo
given by tho professor this afternoon
at Sherlock & Bacon's livery stable.
RAILROAD BRIDGE BUILT ON ICH
Engineers Accomplish I'nununl Feat In
Copper River valley, AlaxKa.
"Alaska, an Empire in the Making," by
John J. Underwood.
Along the Copper River Valley H'
a standard-gaupe railroad, 191 miles in
length, the building of which was filled
with romance. Its construction is re
garded as a distinct feat in world's
engineering. The road crosses tlio river
between the two glaciers IChilils and
Miles).
Tho false wo,-k for the bridge wns
laid on the ic in Winter. Men were
hired to work night and day. M. .1.
Heney, the contractor, the man who
built another "lmpossllile" road across
the mountains from Skagway, and his
chief engineer, E. C. Hawkins, con
ceived the idea of using the river ice
for the bridge scaffolding.
As the Spring approached hundreds
of men were kept busy every minute
of the day and night, for, it not com
pleted by the time the ice burst, all the
work and material would have been
lost.
The ice went out, carrying the false
work with it, less than an hour after
the spike was driven in the connecting
span and the work was completed. Tha
bridge cost $1,400,000.
Aeroplane of the Fnture.
Life.
"Well, Jones, this is a great im
provement over the old-fashioned auto
mobile." "Oh, I don't know; it's a bit
monotonous; there's nothing to prevent
your going as fast as you like, no old
woman awaiting you 'round the bend
tn the road, no stray cows, chickens,
and so on. There's nothing much can
happen unless you fall and break your
own neck.
71
More Communities
Should Advertise
A current newspaper para
graph informs us that $32,000
was spent by the Atlanta, Ga.,
Chamber of Commerce last year
in . advertising that city to the
world. Every dollar spent, ac
cording to the report filed, made
a fine showing.
There is food for thought in
this.
Municipalities everywhere
could advertise with great ad
vantage to themselves. In many
sections "booster clubs" are
'even now doing fine work, but
the number of communities that
would profit handsomely by
waging the right kind of adver
tising campaigns are legion.
It is just as appropriate for
a town or city to advertise its
attractions and commercial ad
vantages as it is for a merchant
to tell the people about his
business.
There are many fine cities in
the United States that are
known to hundreds of thousands
of people, but only by name.
The Nation should know more
about these municipalities, more
about their natural advantages
and resources, more why capital
should locate there.
And there is no better way
than by using the newspapers.