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8 TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0. 1913, roBxrjD, OEEGOX. Entered at Portland. Oregon, poatoffice aa second-iclass matter. Subscription Rates Invariably In Advance: (BY MAIL,) Daily, Sunday Included, one year ......$8.00 Dally. Sunday included, six months . Daily. Sunday included, three mouths Daily, Sunday incluued, one month Daily, without Sunday, one year .... Daily, without Sunday, six months . Daily, without Sunday, three months. Daily, without Sunday, one month Weakly, one year Sunday, one year - Sunday and weekly, one year BI CARRIER) Dally, Sunday Included, one year . Dally, Sunday included, one month . IS. 25 .75 6.UU 8.-5 i.7o .BU 1.50 2.50 8.50 8.00 .75 How to Kcmlt Send postofflce money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postoffice address In lull, including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to Id pages, 1 cent; 18 to o2 pages, 2 cents; S4 to 48 pages, 3 cents; 60 to 60 pages, 4 cents; 62 to TO pages, 5 cents; 78 to 62 pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Of flees Verree C"V lln, New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago, Steger building. San 1'rancisco Office R. J. Bid-well Co.. 742 Market St. European office No. 2 Regent street S. London. p PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 1913. AX EXAMPLE TO BE IMITATED. By calling Into conference the bank ers of the West and South for the purpose of arranging- plans for deposit of Government funds for use In mov ing the crops, Secretary McAdoo shows a wise confidence in, the men who have the handling of the people's fi nances. He thereby recognizes that they are best informed on the needs for money of their particular sections and that they may be trusted to ad vise him well. It Is a pity that the same .spirit did not animate the framers of the cur rency bill. The best-founded criticism of that bill is that it treats bankers as suspicious characters, not to be trusted to handle their own business. The bill in effect provides that a Gov ernment board shall engage In the banking business, that the bankers of the country shall supply the capital for this purpose and that these bank ers shall have only minority represen tation on the boards of directors of, the regional banks. The utmost con cession that the bankers could extort from the House committee was the creation of an advisory board of bank ers to act with the Federal Reserve Board. Some bankers may justly be regard ed with suspicion, but they are few and easily Identified. They are chief ly the heads of some banks in New York and a few other East ern money centers, and have been connected with the promotion and financing of great corporations and have had a hand in some stock manip ulations. Bankers of the country at large who have been brought into sub servience to these big bankers, com posing the so-called money trust, have been so not through their own free will but by force of circumstances cre ated mainly by the present National banking law. The money trust is, in fact, largely the product of that law. One of the great merits of the pro posed new currency system Is that it would reduce New York and the other big money centers to their right pro portions and would loosen the bond which ties the banks of the rest of the country to the banks of these cen ters. New York will doubtless remain the financial metropolis of the coun try, but the flow of money to that center will be reduced to its legitimate proportions. Under the new system, money will no longer be artificially sucked into the New York reservoir, to ' be used in Wall-street gambling and in floating great issues of watered stock. The money now diverted in this man ner to New York will then flow to the "regional reserve centers, each of which will supply the funds for crop moving in its own section. There will be an end of the stress and strain caused by demand on New York and the Federal Treasury for such funds. The preference which the bill gives to loans for legitimate purposes and the ban put on speculative loans will reduce the swollen importance of New York as the financial center and in crease the importance of the several regional reserve centers. It will eman cipate the banks of the country from New York domination. Full independence of the banks be ing thus restored, they should be per mitted to manage their own affairs un der the supervision of the Govern ment, not subjected to management by Federal power. In insisting on what amounts to Government man- 'agement of the banks. President Wil son not only endangers the success of his scheme but bases his policy on the conditions now existing instead of on those which will be created by that scheme. If banks can safely be con sulted by Mr. McAdoo as to the dis posal of Government funds, they can surely be trusted to manage the capi tal which they are expected to invest in the reserve banks. LATENT STRENGTH VSELESS. The term "great powers," as applied to the great nations of Europe, has been proved a species of irony by the events of the last year in the Balkan peninsula. In disregard of the pro tests of the great powers, the little powers of the Balkan peninsula made war on Turkey and whipped her to a standstill. When the little powers fell out and began fighting among them' selves, Turkey, in defiance of the great powers, began to reoccupy the con quered territory. A nation, no matter how great In wealth, population and armed force. Is not great in the estimation of other nations unless it is ready to follow up words with blows. A nation, no mat ter how small in all the respects named, is great when it backs Its words with force. Little Montenegro at war accomplished more than Great Britain by diplomacy. Only when the great powers, by sending their com bined fleet to Antivari, convinced Mon tenegro that they intended to use force, did that little country abandon Scu tari. The mandate of Europe was of no effect until force was actually threatened. President Wilson and Secretary . Bryan are respectfully invited to take to heart these lessons of recent his tory. We are told by little Americans, when we urge the necessity of pre paredness for war, that other nations have a wholesome respect for the "la tent" military resources of this country. The military resources of Russia. Aus tria, Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy are by no means latent, but they commanded no respect from the Balkan states last October because there was no fear of their being used Those states knew that the military resources of, Turkey were greater than their own, but they knew that those resources were chiefly latent. They proceeded with their slender but de veloped military power to whip Turkey before she could transform her latent into active resources. Possession of latent power is thus a direct invitation to attack, that suc cess may be gained before the power has been developed. Only an ample, effective army and navy command respect and ward off attack. The greater our latent strength, the more danger do we incur of being called upon to use the small proportion of our strength which has been devel oped. We may then find ourselves deprived even of latent strength. NO MORE LAW NEEDED. The American Advance (Prohibi tionist) professes to be greatly re freshed by some recent comment of The Oregonian on the difficulty of en forcing any prohibition law in a com munity or a state where the sentiment is unfavorable. The Advance disposes of the whole problem in the follow ing sententious suggestion: Somehow it never occurs to The Orego nian that the complete solution of the whole question of enforcing the law might be found in the simple expedient of placing a party In power from Governor te Constable that wants the law enforced. What is needed isn't so much a special constabulary as the rejuvenation and regeneration of the constabulary already available. The remedy offered by. the Advance The) Oregonian has heard of quite oft en. It has been proposed in Oregon, for example, in every ,-etate election and in many county elections for forty years. From early morn till dewy eve Prohibition orators have split the air with their fervent appeals for, the election of Prohibition candidates to enforce the prohibition: law. A long procession of Prohibition papers have made their appearance in one town qr another and have told the people what to do, and they have- with tire- some iteration failed to or refused to do it. There is no real difficulty about the public understanding of the way to make prohibition effective. The trouble is to get communities which are against prohibition or are divided on the issue to take the only possible way to uphold the law, viz: the elec tion of public officers pledged to its enforcement and charged specifically with that duty during their terms of service. ' If the method supported by the Ad vance should be adopted in Oregon we could have prohibition in every county without another syllable of law. But we couldn't have much else. STATE PRINTER DEMWAY. Willis S. Duniway had struggled for three years bravely with the disease that ended his useful life yesterday. He had broken down physically while in the active discharge of his duties as State Printer; but he persisted in carrying the responsibilities of his po sition and in devising and promoting new and better legislation for making the State Printing Office less expen sive and more efficient. It would be too much to say that If Mr. Duniway had been content to rest he would have lived longer; it is, on the contrary, probably true that he prolonged his life by occupying his acute mind and his surviving physical energies in the daily service of the public. Mr. Duniway ' was a native son of Oregon and was a member of a well known family. He had long been prominent in the public eye, for he had been identified for many years with important political and economic movements. He was an effective pub lic speaker and he was a competent public official. - He had strong con victions of duty and of policy and he did not hesitate to express them. He was very much in earnest in his ef forts to secure reforms in the public printing and he succeeded over stren uous and often acrid opposition. He had a' clear grasp of public affairs and he was- in many honorable ways serv iceable to the political party to which he belonged and in which he believed. He leaves a good name and a record of worthy work worthily done. PARCEL POST AND EXPRESS. The Senators who opposed Postmas ter-General Burleson's reduction in rates and increase in weights for the parcel post have been struck dumb by the condemnation which was visited upon them. Mr. Burleson has carried his reduction in rates farther than he at first proposed. While he is thus increasing Government competition with express companies, the rates of the latter are being reduced by Fed eral and state power. On the face of things it would seem that the express companies are being driven from the field. But this would be too hasty a con clusion. The express companies are al ready finding a new field by becoming the medium of direct dealing between producer or merchant and consumer. The prediction that the parcel post would encourage such dealing has been slow of fulfillment. Some agency is needed to bring the farmer into direct communication with the city consumer and the city merchant. It is needed also to supply the containers for such perishables as eggs, butter, chickens, vegetables, fruit, fish and flowers. These must be cheap, but strong, dur able and light. They can be designed and made in large quantities by such an agency, hence at the smallest cost. Should the parcel post render the carrying business unprofitable to the express companies, they may use it as an auxiliary in this new field and build up a new and lucrative busi ness which 'Will Justify their continued existence. CONFUSION, NOT FUSION. With every outward circumstance in their favor, the would-be fusionists of New York City are in danger of los ing the coming municipal election through their inherent inability to fuse. The Gaynor administration has been discredited by the exposures of police graft and the events of the pres ent Mayor's term have brought to the front unusually good timber for the anti-Tammany cause. Governor Sul zer's fight on Murphy and the latter's open efforts to destroy the Governor have awakened the progressive senti ment of the city. The National Ad ministration is hostile to the corrupt organization which blights New York and will view its overthrow with joy Everything favors the fusionists except their own action. Each party to the attempted fusion Is so bent on the nomination of its own man for Mayor that it cannot see the merits of the others nor the neces sity that all combine on one man in order to have any chance of success The fusion committee has decided by a narrow majority on John Purroy Mitchel and is being scolded for so do ing by the friends of the other candi dates. The newspapers are all at sixes and sevens, ' The Democratic Times,, while admitting the shining merits of Mr. Mitchel as Collector and of Charles S. Whitman -as District At torney, affirms that George McAneny is the only man for Mayor and that the full-committee should undo the -work of the committee of 107. The Demo cratic World insists that Mr. Whit man, a Republican, would be most certain to rout Tammany. The mug wumpish Evening Post reminds the three parties, each of which demands the nomination of its own man and no other, that "this is a non-partisan movement" and that no politics should count; no consideration except the fit ness of the man for the job and his ability to win it. It says many kind words for Mr. Whitman and Mr. Mc Aneny, but by implication slams Mr. Mitchel, the favorite of W. R. Hearst. The Progressive Globe tells the fac tions that. If any one of the three rivals is nominated, he can be elected by fu sion, but warns them that no one of them can be elected if there is no fusion. It begs the fusion committee to "disregard all bluffs and threats of particular groups." - Thus in the multitude of counselors there is confusion, instead of fusion, and the Tammany boss sits smiling at the dissensions of his foes, which promise once more to fling the prize into his hands when all things had seemed to conspire against him. We in Portland can afford to smile also at the whole situation, for. hav ing decided to forget party .in munici pal affairs, we picked the best man and elected him Jwith no further thought of his political colors. UNDER WAY. The proposed recall of Sheriff Word has more than one interesting public aspect. Several significant details of the great joint Socialistic and I. W. W. enterprise are already available to the public. For exanple, the offi cial recall, committee consists of the following citizens, some of whom are voters, perhaps: Seneca Fouts, F. E, Coulter, H. D. Wagnon, J. A. Jeffrey, Paul Turner, C. W. Barzee, George Frosard, Mrs. Mary L. Stevens, Mrs. Christine Herman, Mrs. J. Rice, J. S. Rex. This impressive committee is ad vertised by the I. W. W. paper as "rep resentative." What it represents is the desire of a restricted group of citizens to rebuke a fearless Sheriff who has rescued the public streets from the mob and who insists upon an orderly, and not a vicious and dis orderly, observance of the constitu tional right of free speech. The committee hopes to collect $1000. The corrupt practices act, it is to be assumed, fully guarantees pub licity as to the expenditure of the fund and the public will know, or it ought to know in due time, who gets it or any part of it. The importance of thi3 feature of the campaign should not be overlooked. It will take 12,000 names to make the recall effective; and 1000 appears to be quite a modest sum, at the go ing rate on signatures. Eight cents per name is ordinarily pretty fair pay; but in -the circumstances it may take something besides money to accumu late 12,000 names on the antl-law-and-order roll and all it stands for. For the recall petitions will also be "rep resentative." PASSING THE PLATE FOR BRYAN. At last Mr. W. Jennings Bryan, lec turer and sometime Secretary of State, may settle down to the brisk routine of his official post. He need never again go Chautauklng over the country in order to supplement the. niggardly $12,000 a year that has kept him on a diet of radishes and grape juice since he sacrificed himself on the altar of public weal. It is in pros pect that he may enjoy all the gus tatory delights of an epicure without an excessive working of massive jaw and silvery tongue to pay the bill. Democrats down Texas way have been touched by the howling of the wolf at the State Department door and are hastening to the rescue. Moved by charitable impulses and the welfare of the party, the liberal handed Texans are taking up a col lection. Already there is $4000 in the plate and the fund is growing. They expect to gather $50,000 for Mr. Bry an, provided he will quit gallivant ing around the country in pursuit of the elusive double eagle. The $4000 already on hand is sufficient to still the stentorian tones for a single eve ning and the $50,000 ought to keep him quiet and in meal tickets for a whole year. A Bryan fund is a -wise thing and should be popular. There are thou sands who would subscribe to a fund to keep Mr. Bryan off the job, yet the Texas Democrats must not be regard ed as indiscreet or ill-advised in rais ing money to ,keep the Secretary in his office. Fom a purely partisan point of view he is a valuable man in the State Department, for it is record ed by the observant correspondents that he directs most of his energies into the channel of job-getting for the faithful. This valuable function he could not fill satisfactorily while hin dered by the requirements of lectur ing tours. Inasmuch as the President takes the misguided attitude that his own energies must be devoted to the country's needs, the matter of keeping Mr. Bryan on duty at the pie counter is an important one and his services are cheap enough at .$50,000. BENEFITS OF TARIFF CRITICISM. If by discussing critically and with out partisan bias the policies of the Administration The Oregonian creates unrest, then we must plead guilty. This in response to Mr. Folsom, of Idaho, who writes today. The Oregonian has called attention to the inequities of the Underwood-Simmons bill, for it does not believe that, in order to in spire confidence, discussion of public measures must be silenced. On the other hand, we have helped to in spire confidence by denying what some assert, that- the proposed tariff will bring ruin on the industries of the country. Far from having only one eye open we have both eyes open, hence we can see that Western products are gener ally placed on the free list, while East ern products are protected on the false pretense of raising revenue. The tariff is indeed general in its appli cation, but its particular Items are local in their effect. Its framers have shown their knowledge of this fact. Had they moved with the defined principle which they profess, that of revenue only. The Oregonian would have applauded their consistency while condemning their principle. But this tariff conforms to no principle, being protective in one spot and for revenue only in another. Yet we concede that the certainty of so inequitable a tariff is better than uncertainty as to what tariff shall rule Therefore, we hope that, having lined up their forces to insure its passage the Democrats will hasten the day and the Republicans will not delay that event by too prolonged debate The latter are doing their duty In recording their opposition to its sev eral provisions and forcing a vote on amendments, but they should not lengthen out the process with much oratory. As to whether The Oregonian has been narrowly partisan in its discus sion of the Wilson Administration, our correspondent is referred to an article headed "Partisanship," in The Ore gonian of August 2. That should ac quit us in any fair mind of the charge of unfairness. The Joss of soil from wash on hill sides is estimated by A. H. Purdue, state geologist of Tennessee, at half an inch annually, the" average weight of which is seventy-three tons per acre. In a bulletin on J'The Gullied Lands of West Tennessee," he reminds us that this waste is "taking place dur ing every hard rain on all hill slopes the- world over," while losses from floods are occasional and cover com paratively small areas. Mr. Purdue says the land area of the world may be considered fixed, but that the number of people the world must support in creases yearly and that most of the material to- supply them must come from the soil. He asks whether the public should not take interest in the reclamation of washed and depleted land and whether the owner should not- do his part. As reasons for an affirmative answer he says: To do so will increase his own wealth and that of the state and help support ths world Not to do so -win bring; poverty to himself, detract from tne -wealth, of ths state and cheat mankind out of what by right beleng-s to it. - . have a legal right to let land that may be made productive go to waste, even though he happens to hold title to it. This Is not a case in which one can of right dq aa he pleases with his own. The time has now come when the land owner must hand his land, unimpaired, to . his children and grandchildren, and they to theirs, for all time. Referring to the various means of direct legislation, Senator .Root is quoted as saying: If votes can overrule constitutions and laws, the essential principles of our Qov, ernmant disappear. .Nobody proposes that votes shall overrule constitutions and laws. It is proposed that votes change them in other states, as they do in Oregon. Votes gave authority to the men who made constitutions and laws; why should votes not change them? The amendments adopted and the new laws passed in Oregon under direct legislation will compare well with those adopted by other means in other states, Mr. Root's own state of New York, for example. The present cha otic condition of affairs in that state is no strong recommendation for the sys tem which Mr. Root seems to prefer. Electrification of railroads goes on apace in the East as well as West. The New Haven will electrify another sec tion of its main line, that electric trains may run bet-ween New York and New Haven. The Pennsylvania will electrify its main line out of Phila delphia to handle suburban traffi The Baltimore Sun foresees the time when electric trains will run from New York to Boston over the New Ha ven and between New York and Wash ington over the Pennsylvania. An Oakland, Cal., Judge advises a woman to kill her husband- with a shotgun if she thinks he is going to shoot her; which is not ound advice. The man may be bluffing. Then, too. her trial for murder' would be held, like as not, before a different judge, whose views would not coincide with those of her bloodthirsty adviser. Governor Sulzer is accused of omit ting $2500 received from J. H. Schiff in reporting his campaign contribu tions. He explains that he was too busy campaigning to attend tp such details and took the word of his man. agers. He retorts that Murphy made many such omissions, but Murphy never explains. A Democratic politician in Seattle was arrested yesterday under the "lazy husband" law. The wife of a one- horse politician, if she be wise, will start a boarding-house and not de pend upon her lawful provider. Eleven -warships will center a sim ulated attack on Long Island fortifi cations. Why don't the peace advo cates get a bit of practical training by putting a theoretical stop to this hy pothetical bloodshed? Not a single case of drunkenness occurred In Washington for thirty-one hours. May be a coincidence, but this record came on top of Bryan's an nouncement that all lecture dates were temporarily off. The mercenary King of Siam has set his cap for Mrs. W. E. Corey and is writing her impassioned poetry. At a late hour, however, the steel king had not left her a widow. Felix Diaz, nephew of Uncle For- firio, must have his fingers crossed when he says he is going tp thank the Japs for helping in a celebration that was held three years ago. The thrifty city employe will here after spend his own money for car rides. This abuse is only a small graft, to be sure; but stopping it may pre vent worse practice. , Fifty million dollars of Government money to be divided among fifty-nine cities of the Union ought to be enough to ease any strain that exists. A swimmer In Minnesota was saved from drowning by a bull moose. That was not the experience of the Repub lican party with the beast. When the Vancouver strikers found there was a big run of salmon, the strike was off Nin the scramble to catch the fish. Diaz is kept under heavy guard in San Francisco. No doubt he will feel relieved at getting back to barbarous Mexico. At seventy-three a Spokane man got a divorce from his lifelong mate be cause of her nagging. The worm will turn. The grounds will be strained to hold the crowd when the Beavers come romping home in first place. Senators of both parties claim credit for present prosperity. They're mere ly the fly on the spoke.. But perhaps Ambassador Wrilson was too practical and hard-headed for the Administration. We can foresee right now a short age in the express company melon crop. McAdoo wants advice on money dis tribution. We can advise- him, GET SAW OFFICERS FROM RANKS Ten You Will Not Have Them Quit ting:, Suggests Mr. McNulty. PORTLAND. Aug. 4. (To the Edi tor.) The question of not longer per mitting officers of the Navy .to volun tarily resign, which was treated in The Oregonian is well worth- much thought by those who are unselfish 'enough to think of the matter. The . Government has to a more or less degree always been troubled with resignations from among its trained of ficers. This has grown to such a de- ,ree that the Secretary of the Navy has found it necessary to institute a remedy. Some of our most efficient officers, professionally speaking, have allowed the lure -of the dollar' offered by big corporations to Influence them to resign from the public service. xne uovernment spends a srreat amount of money educating these men. It gives them the highest type of prac tical- education. It pays them during the tima they are in school. The busi ness is so closely connected with pa triotism, that it oannot be separated from it. It is not like private business, to be - calculated upon a money basis alone. These wards of the Nation are depended upon by the Government to stick with the Government- and protect it. In part compensation for this un selfish business, these officers . are placed in positions of great honor and respect; are bedged about by all the ar tificial devices which sovereignity can give and it is closely touching -upon Ingratitude for them to leave the serv ice when they have just begun" to be of the most use to the Government. However, the Government, to ti srreat extent is Its own worst enemy in this matter. The representative of the peo ple In the organization known as Con gress are entirely to blame. Congress directs how - these officers shall be chosen and if Congress chooses men that are as likely- aa not to resign, what right has the Government to find fault? And I ask, under the present method of choosing naval officers, can they expect this devotion to the pro fessian and the flaw which the outlay In money, position ' and honor would give one to expect? They cannot and I .will explain why. Our naval officers are chosen entire ly through political means. They are taken from homes scattered about the land which have, mostly, entirely no toucn, flavor, experience nor aspira tions for the sea. Some of the young men never have thought of going: to sea until the political influence opens up an opportunity to secure a free edu cation from the United States Govern ment. This education Teeeived. many of there gentlemen do not teel called upon to further serve the Government nor are they interested In the United States Navy particularly. inis leakage of naval officers can be better prevented than simply by for bidding them to resign. A choice of a mora dependable and patriotic class oi men can be made, This choice should be made from among the men of the Navy who have enlisted and served during many years unoer tne nag both arioat and ashore. Such men are actually proven and their naval worth is known. They have been tempered by military discipline. Their interest in furthering the business of the Navy is known. Many of them have served with extraordinary heroism and Deen decorated for their valor. Their professional ability is not an unknown factor. They are Americans and. tak Ing it altogether, they have a lotrical and constitutional right to be pro moted to the very highest ranks if they are found capable of doing the work or tne ravy. , Now, instead of choosiner landsmen. unicnown quantities, political protesres to enter Annapolis why not choose the Annapolis students from among: these young, ambitious and thorough men-o- warsmen and send them to the naval academy? Give these men all the influ ence and resources of the Government in education; teach them how to com pute, analyse, differentiate and srovern nouia tnis be done, 1 venture to- sav that you will develop a set of naval officers which will have no equal in the world. Such a policy would be one that a JNation or the people can look upon witn some degree or pride and frank ness Instead of having to resort to questionable arguments to explain why it is necessary to nave an official pre ferred society based on the fact that there is no logical connection between enlisted men and officers profession ally speaking, politically speaking, hu. maniv speaKing or socially speakmer in fact speaking in any plane or view which you wish to assume. This would b-3 an Ainer'can Navy. JOHN M'NTJLTY. SOCIALIST DEFENDS HIS TUG." Says Crimson Emblem la Symbolical of Party's Principles. PORTLAND, Ausr 5. CTo the Edi tor..) Much ado has been made of the red flag. Why not analyze flags and their purposes and arrive at just con elusions as to the significance of the red nag.' Reasons, if there be any, for having and respecting flags are ob vious. Admitted that flags must be used there is but one thing left to do to understand them, and that is to seek out their respective meaning:. Each and every nation has and re spects its own flag. It stands for the principle of government indorsed by that nation. If each nation, represent ing a principle of government, roust have a flag, a party representing an international idea, made up of an Iden tity of interests, must also have a flag to represent that idea or principle. For this reason, I suppose, the Socialist party adopts a flag as their interna tional emblem. Furthermore, the fact that the Socialist party stands for in ternationalism, signifies national dis tinctions or the basic foundation of nations. As to color, we find that red is a universally chosen color and mingles witn other colors in the flags of all nations. It also follows that no other color is so universally used; hence a universal color has been chosen. The reason for this original choice of color may be, and probably is, that blood color that flows in the veins that have made and established flags. Reasons aside, red is a chosen color, it is ani mating, has been adopted by the So cialist party and will not be set aside by persecution. C. W. BARZEE. THE KID OF ROOM A SIAJT LIKES It Must Have Lota of Bright Color and Be Furnished for Comfort. Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, In the Ladies' Home Journal. In New York there is one man who has a room that exactly suits him. His wife wanted a house and got it, upon condition that he could do exactly as he pleased with his own room. He did as he pleased. The walls are in two-toned bright red stripes. A thick rug of solid red covers the entire floor, A big couch Is covered with plain red. The furniture he selected from the family discard. It consists of big oak table, a commodious black walnut bureau, a chiffonier that does not match the bureau, but has un Usually large drawers, a white iron bed, a white iron washstand, an assortment of chairs, shabby, unbeautlful, but without exception comfortable tabou rets ashtrays and matches galore, so that one can drop down almost any where and have the making of a smoke handy, a bookcase full of detective stories, sea yarns and history, pictures of girls and horses and boats and dogs, and his wife and Daniel Webster. No curtains. No bric-a-brac "A terrible room!" groans the mis tress of the otherwise exquisitely fur nished house. "A bully room!" say most of the husband's man friends, retreating to it as speedily as possible, from the chaste severity of the Adams drawing room. It all depends upon the point of view, STILL DISPVTIXG THE' DICTIONARY Correspondent Replies to Strictures en Red FS and Socialism. PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (To the Edi tor.) Several times I .have noticed you use the term "flaunt" in regard to my defe'nse of the ; red flag." Taking the word at Its meaning, ( fall to see how you can. apply It to me, as J did not "flaunt" the red flag, but simply gave my opinion of it, as I have rea-d about and understood it. I do not no ever have "argued" myself into any -belief concerning the red flag, but have given an unbiased, impartial account of it as I have studied it; and I do insist that the publio should, from the origi nal meaning, not confuse it with re form by bloody revolution, as It is well known that the Socialistic doctrine, dis tinctly states that U shall be a "blood less" revolution a revolution ' accom plished by the ballot. Again, the black flair. Tracing the black flag back as far as I can. I find it never had any other meaning than piracy. The -followers of the black flag followed it with the intention of seising that which was not theirs by force, and destruction. It has - there fore come to have only one meaning- death. -Tracing back the red flac. I found-'ifc- originally had another mean ing which- the ''average" man -does not know, or it -would- not today have the odium attached to it that it has. I ad mit that both flags are or stand for great levelers. -But how you can ap ply to- leveling under the black flag, which- Is- accomplished only by death, to the leveling under the red flag, which cries for life, I fall to see. If you can give me any. meaning, for the black flag that will stand synonymous with the meaning of the red flag, J will gla-dly ohange my views. - Tou deny that The Oregonian stated that Socialism holds that everybody should be perfectly equal. Granted, that you did not in as many words. But you stated that Socialism "purposes to level .the rich and the poor to the same' necessity - to labor for. one's wants." If met) are leveled ,to the same necessity to labor ' for one s wants, -are they hot ion a perfectly equal plane?. Furthermore, if you argue for the adoption of the-black flag by the Socialists, you again place everyone on a perfectly equal plane, as, under the oiacK nag it can Da accom plished only by death, which, as you state, is the greatest ieveler. 1 admire your comparison of my statement with the I. W. W. speakers. These speakers, as you state, put sweeping condemnation on the Govern ment for all the wrong about us, but by attacking individuals. I do not place the blame on individuals, I place it on our form of government, as our pres ent economic system is an outgrowth of said government. I do not condemn everything connected with our Govern ment when I maV:e that statement, but I condemn everything that permits the continuance of such a system.- I do not limit myself to one country alone when I mention our present economic system; it is world-wide, an interna tional question of the highest impor tance to the 20th century. But why is it the Government is attacked? Is not the Government the ruling factor in our life? Are not all our actions baaed on Government laws? Are not the wheels of industry revolved by the Government? Is not our present eco nomic system defended by Government laws? Where else can the fault be laid? ' At the breaking of morals and aws by man? Why does man break them? Why do the exploiters flourish? Is most of our wretchedness and mis ery due to breaking of laws of health and morals? . Is there not always some thing back of everything wrong done by man? To everything that can be asked today there is only one answer- our present economic system. We all understand what the Constitu tion and Declaration of Independence state. We all know that the American form of government is superior to oth ers' today. We all know -that our coun try has the biggest opportunities,- the most freedom, the greatest chance-for the pursuit of happiness. - Yes, we all know that very well, . but is that the reason we- should stop there? Are all those who deserve it getting it? You say nobody denies there is room for im provement, and that Is what I am urg ing. Many men have 'given their lives to thought on this great question and the' result of their studies is Socialism. There have been many definitions of Socialism, some ridiculous, some hum orous, a few correct, but condensed it stands for progress; every move that is made towards progressive legisla tion, every law that places more power In the hands of the people is pure; prac tical Socialism. Not one progressive move can be made that does not knock at the portals of Socialism. How has Oregon, the most progressive state In the world, as you state, earned its name? By allowing the final court of appeals, by allowing the reins of gov ernment to get Into the hands or tne people. What is that but Socialism? ' We are getting socialism, no matter what interested pressure is brought to show that we are not. Its doctrines, are gradually being incorporated into the planks of the older parties, for how could they otherwise hold people unless by progress, and progress is Socialism. So Socialism Is having its thunder sto len, and we may not get Socialism as Socialism, but we will, nevertheless, have Socialism, no matter under what sugar-ceated name it comes. H. A. H. Since the days of the Roman Empire the red flag has been used to inspire dread of violence. Its adoption as an em blem of fraternity is utterly incongru ous and indefensible. The silly after thought excuse of Socialists for its adop tion ought not to deceive any person of Intelligence. The red flag is used in the hope and for the purpose of in spiring dread and terror in the minds of those who by good fortune, industry or superior ability have gained an in dependent competence. The persistent contradiction by this correspondent of centuries of history and usage, common understanding and present-day author itative definition of the red flag is too silly and futile to merit further notice. The Oregonian does not recom mend, and has not recommended the black flag as a proper emblem for Socialism. It has Insisted it would be as appropriate as the red flag and says now. as it has said before, that neither one ought to be used. If Socialism means progress and a working together for the welfare of mankind, so does . every Intelligent philosophy. We are all Socialists in agreeing that that end is the proper one, but we are not all Socialists in agreeing on how to reach that end. He who cannot distinguish between aim and method is a hopeless case. That the progressive measures adopt ed by Congress are steps toward Social ism is specifically denied in the social 1st party platform. That party also formally declares that the wage-earners of this country do not receive as just and humane- treatment as is al ready enjoyed by wage-earners of all other civilized countries. Our correspondent in defending the Socialist flag is at outs with' the die tionary; in lauding the superior advantages of this country he is at outs with the Socialists; in declaring that economic conditions are the real basis of ' every wrong thing done he is at outs with sane philosophy scientific investigation and common sense. He would better seek relief from a contrary spirit in a prolonged season of prayer. Twenty-five Years Aga From The Oregonian of August l, isss. New Bedford, Mass., Aug.. 5. General Sheriaan died shortly after 10 o'clock tonight. Spokane' Falls', Aug. 5. At Murray. Idaho. yesterday Judge Logan dis solved the injunction of the Northern Pacific against the Washington & Idaho Railroad, restraining the latter from extending across the former's property. The Washington &i Idaho is a branch of the O. R. & N. MarysviUe. Cal.. Aug. 5. The old cabin formerly occupied by John W. Mackay. of Bonanza fame, when he mined at Allegheny City from- '56 to t9, has been brought to this city on the way to San Francisoo. where H will be set ifp in the sierra County- exhibit at the Mechanics' Fair. The brick manufacturers of Portland and vicinity have organized a brick trust. The Seaside visitors at Yaquina are having great sport goins out deep-sea fishing in the steam schooner Mischief. Walter Barrett has fitted up a mag nificent turnout for his mother and a party of friends and will start this morning for a month's outing In-the Cascade Mountains Institute No. 98 of the Young Men's Institute was organized in this city yesterday. Temporary officers were elected aa follows: President. R. Dresser; secretary, William N. Gatens; treasurer, Joseph Hayes; marshal, Mr. McBreen. Wayne Foss, the 14-year-old son of Policeman Geerge Foss, suffered the fracture of his left leg yesterday morn ing. Several persons have been surveying and appraising that portion of the A. N. King donation land claim owned by Mrs. King, lately deceased, and pre paring for dividing among her five heirs. The tract consists of 250 acres in the western suburbs, divided by the Barnes road, and is roughly estimated to be worth $200,000. The Willamette defeated the Port lands 6 to 4 in 15 innings. The cable for the submarine tele graph line between Astoria and Cape Disappointment arrived Wednesday and in about 10 days telegraph com munication will be restored. More than two years ago the cable was broken. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of August 6, 1SS3. The New York Post says that A. T, Stewart Is said to be so entirely in the dark as to the amount on which his income tax should be based that he has the credit of telling the Assessor his trouble end adding that he couldn't tell whether his income for 1863 was more or less than $2,000,000, but he was will ing to pay tax on that amount.. So saying, he handed over his check for the neat little sum of f 60,000.. We learn that the fort at Cape Dis appointment is to mount 20 guns, con sisting of 15-inoh Rodman's and 10 inch Columbiads. 'The construction of the work is under the immediate charge of Captain Elliott. Colonel De Russy. inspector of fortifications on this Coast, is also at Astoria. - Up to June 2 no steamer from the East had arrived at Fort Benton, and on account of the low stage of water . it was feared that none could reach that point. A correspondent - writes from- Ban nock" City that an election was held on July 15 in that county, which resulted in the election of the following offi cers: Sheriff, J. r, Williams; Judge of Probate, John M. Murphy? Treas urer, Thomas Kellum; Prosecuting At torney, L N. Smith; Superintendent of Common Schools, Myers; Coroner, Dr. Crane; County Commissioners, R. C Coombs, J. C. Smith, M. Cosgrove. In conformity with the proclamation of President Lincoln ordaining this day (Thursday) as an occasion for general thanksgiving to the creator for our re cent victories by sea and land, we shall not publish any edition of The.. Ore gonian tomorrow. The great French drama of "The Dead Heart, or the Destruction of the Bastile," will be performed at the the ater this evening by Mr. Waldron and company. THE TARIFF VIEWED FROSI IDAHO Correspondent Lays Claim, to Broad View on Great Subject. NAM PA, Idaho, August 3. (To the Editor.) Writing as a Republican, but a great admirer of President Wilson's administration, I am led to say that, attracted as a humble observer by The Oregonian articles on the proposed new tariff, it appears to be a pity that so good a medium should be doing all that it can do to create unrest at a time when all instrumentalities for good, should be straining every nerve to inspire confidence la the powers that govern. On the tariff question, it seems to me that The Oregonian has but one eye open, and that is squinting west erly and, if it would open the other eye and point that easterly, it would observe that the tariff Is universal, both in its application and effect; and that to revise on any other basis than "you scratch my back and I'll Bcratch yours" means to begin and move with a defined principle, until such time as the people are intelligent enough to demand and put into operation-a non- parisian and non-sectional scientific re vision. CHAS. E. FOLSOM. STEALING HAIR IS HIS BUSINESS. Braids From . 04 Women Found In French. Engineer's Home. Paris Correspondent London Chronicle. There - was a surprising sequel to a charge of theft preferred against two women by a" wealthy engineer, named Leramgourg. The police commissioner noticed that the hair of both women was cut short and in a peculiar man ner. When questioned they declared that Leramgourg had hypnotized them and then cut off their hair. At Ler amgourg's residence the police found locks of hair shorn from 94 women, which a wigmaker estimated to be worth J500. It was also discovered that his shaving brushes were made of women's hair. Leramgourg has been arrested. SEARCHLIGHT BOMB TO BE USED Shell From Sen Gun Explodes and II ' laminates Enemy's Camp. . Popular Mechanics' Magazine. An illuminating projectile, recently perfected by the Krupp Company in Germany, is designed to replace search lights in military operations, as search lights offer good targets for the enemy and are often destroyed. This projectile contains a number of tubular bodies composed of illuminating substances. These are set on fire by the explosioD of the projectile, and, through the un folding of a small parachute that forma part of each Illuminating body, 'float in the air for a short time above the) area to be illuminated. , -' "