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A BHOBT-SIGilTED fOUCT.
From a business standpoint those
European nations which hesitate to ex
hibit at the Ban Francisco Fair are
extremely short-sighted. The fair Is to
signalize the completion of a waterway
which will bring thousands of mils
nearer Europe the west coast of bo'-h
North and South America. This coast
has hitherto been cut oft from E jrope
by extreme distance at sea and high
cost of transit on land. The Panama
Canal will open wlde great markets
which have hitherto been half closed
to Europe. These markets have been
neglected by the United States be
cause we have been too busy wrlth the
development of our own country t i pay
much attention to them. We have cow
reached a point whee we shall begin
seeking Industriously for foreign mfer
Kels for our surplus products.
The opening of the canal will be an
event of such transcendent importance
to both Americas that the southern
continent will no doubt be well repre
sented by both exhibitors and visitors
at the fair. An unexampled opportun
ity will therefore be afforded Euro
pean manufacturers to show the peo
ple of the countries to the south of us
what they have to self and to see what
there is to be bought in those coun
tries, Just at the time when Bouth
America is brought nearer their reach.
America and Europe can meet at the
fair to better advantage than they have
ever met, and can establish business
relations which may well prove a
source of great profit to both for many
years to come.
It is inconceivable that the wide
awake merchants of England and Ger
many will permit a "grouch" about
canal tolls or any question of false
economy to cause them to neglect this
opportunity. The question of canal
tolls will be settled in due time accord
ing to the accepted modern methods
of adjusting international disputes.
Whatever that settlement may be, Eu
ropean nations will profit immensely
by the canal and by participating in
the exposition which is to commemo
rate its opening. To neglect this op
portunity would be penny-wise and
pound-foolish. The merchants and
manufacturers of Europe should real
ize this fact and should Impress it on
their governments so forcibly that not
only individuals but nations as such
will participate.
GERMANY AND THE CANAL.
In a little book describing and giving
a succinct history of the Panama
Canal, ex-Representative Duncan E.
McKinlay brings out one point which
has not been generally known. This is'
that German influence was largely
instrumental in causing the rejection
by the Colombian Senate of the Hay
Herran treaty, which event prompted
Panama to revolt. He gives as his
authority General Arias, one of the
leaders of the revolution.
General Arias said that German in
fluence was strong in Colombia and
that German merchants and diplomats
were very much opposed to extension
of American influence on the west
coast. The German merchants hoped
that a German company might pur
chase the French company's rights
and complete the canal.
Other Influences working against
the United States were: The trans
continental railroads; Colombian pa
triotism, which opposed transfer of
Colombian soil to a foreign power, and
the desire to forfeit the French com
pany's rights and secure for Colombia
the $40,000,000 which the United
States was willing to pay for them, as
well as the 110.000.000 to be paid for
the canal zone and a perpetual annual
rental.
The part played by Germans in the
abortive effort to thwart American
plans at that time Is important in
the light of more recent events. Ger
man engineers were reported to have
made a survey for a competing canal
along the Nicaragua route. Evidently
the Germans are persistent in their
determination to prevent American
control of trans-Isthmian and Latin
American commerce. To their ma-
neuvers iwas doubtless due, in part,
the proposition of the Wilson Admin
istration for purchase of the Nicaragua
.route and for a protectorate over
Nicaragua.
The trade of the United States and
control of the main route of commerce
between the Atlantic and the Pacific
are too rich a prize for the Germans
to cease striving for. We must con-
. tinue the struggle to hold what we
have gained. We cannot safely sit
down in confidence that our victory at
Panama ends it. Unless we grasp
the opportunity offered In Nicaragua,
we may have to face competition in
that country.
Mr. McKinlay's book is well written,
neatly printed, well illustrated . and
tastefully bound. It tells a story fa
miliar to all newspaper readers, but
has the advantage of bringing to
gether in convenient form for refer
ence the whole history of the canal
from its inception and all facts bear
ing upon it.
Though the United States is far be
hind England and Denmark in co
operation, the idea is fast gaining
ground in this country. It began with
fruit and produce shipping associations
and grain elevators, then took up
creameries and cheese factories. Now
it la establishing stores and banks.
Many small retail stores in New Eng
land are run on the co-operative plan
and the workers in a South Carolina
cotton mill recently bought the com
pany store. New York has recently
legalized the Incorporation of co-operative
enterprises. Necessity has" driven
Americans to the obvious economy of
co-operation. The losses Involved In
the old, haphazard method of market,
ing fruit and produce and the high
prices of the necessaries of life could
have no other effect.
STAYTNO OFF THE DAY OF RECKONING.
The essential weakness of Private
Commissioner Lind's position In Mex
ico was that he was to mediate where
mediation was not invited nor desired,
and that he had no official credentials
as the diplomatic representative of the
American Government. " The Presi
dent disarmed Lind before he sent
him to Mexico by disavowing any
purpose of ultimate military coercion.
Mexico does not understand and will
not obey any other language. If
America is not willing to employ It,
it had no business to meddle with
Huerta or his government.
Undoubtedly, the United States does
not want to intervene in Mexico. The
President is right in his earnest de
sire to do his duty, whatever It Is,
without resort to arms; but he is
wrong in permitting Mexico to under
stand that in no circumstances will
he appeal- to 'force. What are our
Army and Navy for? How may the
ultimatum of any great nation be
made effective except by evidence of
its power .Jo support and enforce its
policies ?
Huerta may back down, but, if he
does. It will be to avert an ultimate
Internal breakdown. Moral suasion
from without is not the factor in his
precarious situation that certain bank
ruptcy within is. But when Huerta
abdicates if he does and the Mexi
can wreck breaks upon our border,
what will be the Wilson policy then?
ONE YEAR AFTER.
Persons with fairly good memories
will recall the sensational vice crusade
begun with emphasis on the "begun"
by Governor West in Portland a year
ago. The owners of immoral houses
were to be shown up and chastised;
the saloons were to be disciplined; the
District Attorney was to be recalled,
or suspended, or something like that;
and the mashers and white slavers
were to be tarred and feathered and
driven out of towa. We may not be
exact about the details of the Portland
episode, owing to a confusion of mind
over similar executive onslaughts
against the entrenched forces of vice
and Indecency elsewhere; but we are
not mistaken about a great crusade
being started. The history of the
event consists mainly of the first
chapter.
The last chapter of the little farce
is about, to be written. There are no
middle chapters, except the blank
pages of executive inaction following
the thunderous outburst of the exor
dium. All the Injunction suits against
the property owners are to be dis
missed. The war Is over. The town is
reformed.
But the three saloons about the Jefferson-street
depot are not to be let
alone. The unhappy owners of these
resorts are to continue under the se
vere displeasure of the Governor. The
private prosecutor says that for
a while the doors leading from these
saloons to the depot platform were
barred, but that as soon as the vice
crusade excitement cooled down they
were opened np again and now are
running as before."
The remedy would appear to be
to keep the crusade excitement al
ways at white heat. But of course
that means staying on the Job. Staying
on the Job is not the West way.
WOMAN'S DRESS.
What shall women wear, and what
shall they not wear? An anxious in
quiry, presented in another column,
may have been intended as a bit of
subtle sarcasm, or It may have been
Inspired by an honest desire for en
Ughtenment. The writer says she
merely seeks guidance in her Fall
shopping and wishes to avoid pur
chases that might not be used with
impunity.
The dress regulation Is very simple.
Mayor Albee didn't go Into details ex
tensively. He merely directed that in
decent apparel shall not be worn on
the streets. By indecent apparel he
meant those creations that emphasize
sex display. Filmy and diaphanous
gowns that reserve little from the eye
are in this category, as are lavishly
abridged garments.
Just how this is going to infringe
on the rights of any woman The Ore
gonian cannot see. As far as the mat
ter of comfort is concerned, light
dresses that can't be seen through
are quite as comfortable as the X-ray
variety. The practice of exposing
great expanses of neck, shoulder and
torso Is not conducive to comfort, as
a slight covering affords needed pro
tection from sun or breeze, one of
which Is ever in evidence.
Women have gone too far with sex
display. While individual rights are
to be respected, so must modesty and
common decency be clung to as nor
mal attributes. The X-ray dress is
neither modest nor decent, nor is the
habit of emphasizing sex display in
female attire. Modest women will
have no fault to find with the re
trlctlon of women's clothes to the
bounds of decency.
SCIENCE AND ALCOHOL.
The verdict of disinterested science
continues to go more and more strong
ly against alcohol in all its focma and
disguises. Reputable physicians have
almost ceased to employ it in their
prescriptions. The persistent super
stition that it was a food has perished.
It has been proved that alcohol only ap
pears to stimulate the bodily strength.
In reality, it depresses the energies and
weakens the person whom it deceives
into the foolish confidence that it
helps him. That it stupefies the
mental energies has been known for
a long time.
There is a peculiar species of wit
that is imbibed with "booze," but It
appeals only to those who have them
selves sipped a drop or two too much.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, in a famous
passage of the "Breakfast Table Auto,
crat," 'sounded the praises of alcohol
as a mental vivlfier. Perhaps no other
paragraph in our 'literature has done
30 much harm. There is scarcely a
genuine medical scholar of our day
who would agree with his conclusions,
but the passage Is read in schools and
helps to form the minds of the young.
So its deplorable blunders are perpetu
ated. The trend of science away from the
approval of alcohol for any common
use is well Illustrated by the resolution
which the international congress of
neurology has adopted. This body of
more than a hundred eminent physi
cians representing some twenty na
tions Invites the governments of the
world "to take prompt and rigorous
measures to put an end to the evils of
alcoholism. In view of its disastrous
consequences." What measures ought
to be taken the congress does not spe
cify. It only Insists that they shaU be
strong and vigorous. The obstacle In
the way of their recommendation Is
manifest.
In almost every civilised country the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic
drinks has become a great industry
employing thousands of men and mil
lions of money. Although it has no
standing In the court of morals, the
law must protect it as it does other
forms of business, at least until it
shall have been outlawed. Perhaps
the most effective assaults upon the
drink evil will not come from the gov.
ernments of the world. Education,
good food and short hours of work
may succeed where the law can only
expect failure.
EUGENICS AND BACE DEGENERACY.
Not all of the legislation which has
been adopted of late years In various
states to prevent the propagation of
bad human types is approved by en
lightened students of eugenics.' They
are particularly skeptical about' the
utility of laws forbidding marriage to
the insane, feeble-minded, epileptics
and other defectives. If the denial of
a marriage license would prevent these
undesirables from perpetuating their
kind, all would be well, but that is
not what happens. Being morally as
well as mentally deficient, they disre
gard the prohibition of the law and
bring children into the world In spite
of it.
Moreover, such misbegotten off
spring have less chance of a good
heredity than they would if there were
no ban upon the marriage of their
parents, for reasons which are easy
to understand. The clandestine unions
of defectives are almost certain to be
with those of their own mental and
physical type. Idiocy breeds with
vice, weakling with weakling, and,
by the inevitable decree of na
ture, they bring forth after their
own kind. A defective who sharrles a
normal person often runs but slight
risk of producing defective offspring.
It is the coupUng of like with like that
is fatally dangerous.
There is no natural tendency to In
herit defects. It is only positive qual
ities that press for transmission. De
fects must pass on to the offspring
only when they are found in both
parents. If either father or mother
possesses the positive trait which the
other lacks, the chances are heavy that
the children will be normal. Heredity,
as science has discovered, depends
upon certain "units" which are con
tained in the germ plasm of both sexes
alike. Of course, the father may pos
sess units which the mother lacks and
lack some which she possesses.
Either parent may supply the defi
ciencies in the germ plasm of the other,
but when both of them lack a cer
tain unit, such as that which provides
for normal control of the appetite. It
is mathematically certain that all their
children will inherit the same defect.
This Is the perfectly simple reason
why Idiots should be forbidden to pair
with idiots and epileptics with epilep
tics. Neither parent has the units of
heredity which can make their chil
dren normal. Ex nihilo nihil fit. It
surpasses the powers of nature to pro
duce something from nothing.
But, even when one parent la nor
mal, though his union with a defective
may produce perfect children, there
Is no certainty that it wjll be because
his units of heredity may be "reces
sive," This means that, while they
are transmitted in the germ plasm,
they may lie dormant for one or more
generations and show no effects in the
immediate offspring. It Is safer for
society, therefore, that defectives
should not become parents. Under the
most favorable conditions there is a
risk that they will produce children
like themselves.
The question is how to prevent them
from breeding. The denial of a mar
riage license will not settle the matter,
for, as we have said, they will propa
gate without marriage, and the omis
sion of the ceremony will not improve
the quality of their offspring. Dr.
Charles W. Eliot expressed the almost
unanimous opinion of progressive
eugenlsts when he said, at the Buffalo
Congress on School Hygiene, that the
only effectual preventive was segrega
tion. Dr. Charles B. Davenport, the
director of the eugenics record office
at Cold Springs Harbor, says much
the same thing In his Bulletin No. 1
on state marriage laws. Dr. Eliot's
emphatic words were: "It is the plain
duty of the state to provide segrega
tion of the defective, the insane and
the habitual criminal in order to pre
vent the breeding of human beings
from such stock." Dr. Davenport ad
vocates "segregation during the pro
ductive period, or, as a last resort.
sterilization.'
Some states have already passed
sterilization laws, but it is question
able whether pubUc opinion will sanc
tion their enforcement, and in some
instances they are likely to be re
pealed before a great while. Segre-
gaton of the unfit, while it Is more
expensive, would not outrage humane
sentiment and would be quite as ef
fective. This remedy should be' rein
forced by ceaseless efforts to educate
the young to keek a good heredity in
their life partners. By preventing the
propagation of the unfit and encourag-J
ing that or the lit. tnere is reason to
hope that the physical and mental
state of the human race may, perhaps.
be Improved from one generation to
another. At present there is a dis
tinct tendency toward degeneration.
Civilization devours and degrades its
children.
The clvUization of the last 100
years," said Dr. Eliot, "has worked
terribly against the health and per
petuity of the whole race." He saw
the proofs of his statement in "the
reduced vitality of city dwellers, the
diminishing size of families and the
disproportionate increase of the in
sane, defective and criminal classes."
But It is a question worth considering
whether such remedies as segregation
of the unfit and the establishment
of eugenic ideals in marriage will suf
fice wholly to counteract the tendency
of civilization to destroy Its children.
There must be profound causes at
work to produce an effect so mon
strous, and, until they have' been dis
covered and removed, it is difficult to
put complete faith in remedial meas
ures.
What is the poison drop that lies
hidden at the bottom of the cup of
civilization? We see Its' deadly work
in modern times. The ancients saw
It Just the same. Sooner or later
every civilization that has arisen has
decayed and. perished. The vital prin
ciple fails and death ensues.
Very clearly the poison, whatever It
may be, at work In our own country
produces the same effects as in the em
pires of the elder world. Must we
follow the sad old pathway to de
struction, or is there an antidote that
we might apply If It could only be
discovered in time?
No doubt eugenics will help. Charity
in Its multifarious forms also helps a
little, perhaps. But it seems as If a
more potent medicine were called for.
The early Christians promised to re
deem decadent Rome and set up a
kingdom where there should be no
more sickness, tears or misery. They
found the task too difficult for time
and put It off to eternity. Will all
the ages acquiesce in their failure?
While in Berlin, Ambassador Gerard
will do as Berlin does. He said to a
new Tork correspondent:
Y. X shall area wear the diplomatic uni
form. It's a rule of th court, and I'm not
going to comraenc by offending th preju
dice of tha people I am sent to, although
my leg are not built for knee-breeches and
Ilk atocklns. - It 1 all very well to talk
about democracy at home, but we can't Im
pose our views upon people who don't under
stand them. To try to do o simply be
littles our country and makes ourselves rl
dlculou.
An Ambassador Is supposedly to set thins;
for his country and to do things for his peo
ple and promote friendly relation. He
can't do this If ha is looked on as a fool or
If tha United States maintains a representa
tion on tha scale of a third-rate power.
A man of such sound sense is likely
to "get things for his country." He
makes a suggestion' which Is worthy of
consideration that Americans living
abroad pay a fee for registration cer
tificates, the proceeds to be used for
the maintenance of the embassies. Why
should not our Ambassadors go on tha
lecture platform to make up the de
ficiencies In their salaries? The head
of their department does it.
Of equal Importance with determin.
Ing the weight is definition of the com
position of a loaf of bread. The city
has undertaken to decide what mini
mum of certain Ingredients constitutes
milk; now let it do the same with
bread. Some bakers boast that their
bread is better than "mother's." So
It is better than the bread made by
some mothers the kind of mothers
whose husbands are driven by dys
pepsia to divorce, but not the kind
whose families eat their fill of home
made bread with gusto. Let ' the
proper officials see that we get a loaf
of a certain weight for a certain price,
but let them also see that the loaf is
really bread and not a spurious imi
tation. It Is not unreasonable to require the
seller of an article to describe it truth
fully. The old 'maxim of the law was:
"Caveat emptor," let the buyer look
out for himself, and it was fair enough
as long as commerce dealt only with
simple products. But most products
are now complex. Even an article as
common as a loaf of bread reaches the
buyer by a devious route which he
cannot watch. Hence It is proper fpr
the authorities to prescribe how much
a loaf shall weigh and what its ingre
dients shall be. The same rule ap
plies to many other things.
Tha European powers have been twitting
u of late with not restoring order in Mex
ico, t'ntll they ran show better results In
tha Balkana, It would be wiser for them
to maintain a discreet silence as to our
shortcomings on this aide of the water.
Baltimore gun.
But the United States Is one power,
while there are six European powers,
which constitute a hung Jury whenever
a decision requires Joint use of force.
If we had to secure concert of action
with half a dozen South American
nations, we should not have gone
even as far as President Wilson has
gone towards pacifying Mexico.
Interference of the United States Is
the issue in the Presidential campaign
in Costa Rica. President Jimenez sup.
ports Dr. Carlos Duran for his succes
sor and has made opposition to Amer
ican influence, as shown by the pro
posed Nlcaraguan protectorate, the
ground of his action; while Iglesias,
Duran'a rival, would welcome Amer
ican capital. The tatter's chances are
smaller for that reason.
The project to form a German ve
reln in Portland deserves encourage
ment. Its purpose would be to study
German literature and' civilization
with a view both to self-improvement
and to promote a good understanding
with one of the' great progressive na
tions. The promoters say that all in
telligent men and women will be In
vited to Join the society. Doubtless
many will accept.
Every government official who has
duties on board ship now has his own
flag. If we will but study flags as coats
of arms were once studied, we shall
soon know by looking at the flag what
official is on a ship we see at sea or in
port. Is this business or an imitation
of foreign officialdom at the expense
of Jeffersonlan simplicity?
The case of the Chicago baby not a
year old. that required an operation for
appendicitis rather knocks out some
of the theories as to cause of that sort
of trouble.
Camp stoves, cots and pther para
phernalia are being overhauled for the
annual migration to the fragrant hop
yards In the Valley.
A purse-snatcher was captured and
beaten by a Portland girl. Thieves
should know enough to leave the
stronger sex alone.
With the tang of Autumn in the air,
the old-timer misses the exposition
that made Portland life pleasant for a
month.
The merit system for city employes
Is worth trying. EVen the man who
follows the brooms can work up un
der it.
Jack Johnson was cheered in Lon
don. For driving his first wife to sui
cide, or for his white-slave connec
tions?
Perhaps the easiest way to appreci
ate the size of New.Tork is to note that
it finds need of 10,800 policemen.
Merit system for city employes.
Truly, these political Jobs are losing
all their ancient attractiveness.
New Tork has added 600 policemen
to the rolls. Those New Yorkers are
fiends for punishment.
Belgium neurologists denounce rum.
But it provides them with a large por
tion of their practice.
The man who gets home late next
week might blame the re-routing of
streetcars.
Thaw has been shut off from inter
viewers. That's something to be thank
ful for.
It is discovered that some bakers
are giving short loafs. Mercenary
loafers.
Wilson might also slap Mexico twice
on the wrist if it doesn't behave.
An east wind in August does not
bring the usual discomforts.
Mexico Is a regular chameleon.
REAL STORY OF A REAL DRY TOWN
Certain Seattle) Libels aa te Golae-eoalc
Effectually Exploded.
A recent article in a Seattle news
paper made the astounding statement
that the town of Golden-dale, Klickitat
County, Washington, has at this time
a single church, but that in former
times, when Goldendale was "wet,"
with four saloons, there were five
prosperous churches. The obvious
conclusion was that, with tha disap
pearance of the saloons, there was a
decay of religious sentiment and a lack
of church support. The condition
described -was so remarkable as to
cause an Independent investigation to
be made by The Oregonlan so as to
elicit the exact facts. Inquiry was
mada of a trustworthy correspondent
at Goldendale, with results that seem
worthy of statement were In full:
"The basis of the matter is an article
that appeared in a Yakima paper some
two or three weeks ago. It was re
printed in a Seattle paper. The Yakima
item stated that Goldendale only had
one church maintaining a regular
pastor, while when there were four
saloons running there were five
churches running full blast; also that
other business had fallen off with the
banishment of the aaloona and that
the town was going dry by a larger
majority each election. I read the Item
that appeared in the Seattle paper and
from the way it was worded took it
tor a sort of a slam on the fact that
Goldendale is a dry town, with the
comparison of church and saloon affairs
thrown in for comedy.
"It Is my opinion that the article
originated In the first place from a
thirsty Kllckltater who went over to
North Yakima and got his . dry bide
lubricated with Yakima barley juice
and was in proper condition to imagine
that ha was saying something very
wise when he met the newspaperman.
I say this for I happen to know the
members of an automobile party who
visited North Yakima Just previous to
the time that the news Item referred to
above was published In the Yakima
paper.
"So far as business conditions are
concerned In Goldendale since the town
has been dry the last time, the mer
chants say (and many of them are wet
men) that their books show that busi
ness has been better, especially col
lections, since the town went dry. Of
course there are a few members of the
old guard among the license element
who will never get adjusted to pres
ent conditions.
"As to the reasons for the town going
so overwhelmingly dry at the last two
elections. I will say In the first place
that Goldendale was always considered
an off-and-on town aa far as the liquor
issue was concerned from thu time that
the place was incorporated in 1S78. The
issue was so close that the town would
be dry a year or (we, then wet for a
while, and vlcea lerta. As the years
rolled alonT and
a personnel of the
people engrafted
dale changed 1
asa at uotaen
at extent, the
anti-liquor
gave them
gains that
The farmers
all the pres
on the busi
and the re
went dry by
in the valley
sure they co
nessmen for
suit was tha
eight votes t
ter fight, and
after a bit.
3 closed, for
the most act
license eleme
that they we.
among the
t that time
the fight
and subaequ
ve been
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"After the Issue terrr.
the general slogan
town Is going to bJ
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reputation of belng. 1
town In the Northwest?
scarce here aa water btj
ultimatum of the - P:
torney doctors' prescri
are limited to one-hal
While the physician
have a right to issue
lamer Quantities they 3-.
to the rule. Of course, thuki
have the booze can get It shi
hut all Hhlnment have tt) bt
to the residence of the consignee. T
is also an antl-treating clause. In )
local option law. Under the ' law
druggist convicted of selling booze
liable to have his permit taken awl,
from him for the second offense, which
has a tendency to inake them ver
careful about dispensing liquor as a
beverage. Public sentiment in the mat
ter is so strong in the town and the
country that a bootlegger don't get
very far until he Is tipped off gtod
and strong. A good deal of beer is
shipped In during the Summer months,
but shipments of hard licker into this
territory are very small compared with
the amount of liquor that was dis
pensed when the saloons were run
ning." DIG CASAL TO ESCAPE THE BAR.
This Woald Solve Oar River Problems,
Suasrewta Writer.
ST. JOHNS, Or, Aug. 6. To the Ed
itor.) Almost every issue of the Port
land papers contains something about
the necessity of improving te mouth
of the Columbia, so as to Insure Port
land her proper place on the map. For
a temporary shift why not complete
the north Jetty as rapidly as possible
and then for permanent improvement
construct a canal from Tillamook
Head to a point on the Columbia, just
below Astoria? From Tillamook Head
a strong sea wall could be projected
into the ocean and so constructed as
to withstand -the ocean storms and be
come a barrier and check to the
northward movement of ever shifting
sands.
Much of the region that would be
traversed by the canal is really lower
than the Columbia and easy of dredg
ing, there being a natural canal route
along the line suggested.
With locks at the river no sediment
or sand could enter the canal, and the
jetty or projection Into tha ocean from
Tillamook Head would protect the
ocean end.
After entering the canal. Astoria
would be the first port for ocean-going
ships, and the trip to Portland easy,
with no dangerous bar to cross.
D. C. LEWIS.
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LET WOMEN DRESS AS THEY LIKS
Gaa Gee Eye) Are Marwi Daaaerowa,
Aayway, Tkaa slit Skirt.
PORTLAND. Aug. 15. (To the Edi
tor.) The executive order regulating
slits and slashes in suffragette lingerie
and compelling the fair ones to use
lower case v's in the front elevations of
their shirtwaists, doesn't seem to be
far reaching enough to give us poor
weak men the protection we have the
right to expert.
Of course It will help some, but
other steps must be taken If we are
to enjoy any considerable measure of
security from the blandishments of
the wliy Vivians, and I suggest, as an
extra precautionary measure, that ell
women and girls with bonnle eyes and
cherry lips be compelled by law ,o wear
"blinders" and a "blab." 1
Bring back the Elizabethan collar,
raised to the tiny pink ears; recall the
hoopsklrt of half a century ago. Ml its
ever-widening circles with nether gar
ments enough to stock a dry goods
emporium; and yet let her send a
shaft of sweetened lightning at a frost
bitten prude and she wiU have him run
ning in circles, lying- down, turning
over ana playing ne is a live one. vt rap
a gunny sack around a woman's sylph
like form, until she looks like a bale
of bay; pull a sunlaonnet over her
head and eyes, and yet leave a crevice
through which she may display her
ruoy lips, parted with the faintest lit
tie smile, and she will have nine-tenths
of the he world buying Ice cream and
flowers, showering her with attentions.
neglecting their business and promis
ing to get a divorce.
There are absolutely no limitations
to man's Idiocy following an attack of
goo-goo eye. From the beginning of
time woman has employed It in re
ducing man to a condition of docile
servitude. She needs no other para
phernalia In her hypnotic operations.
She has but to let ner gaze rest for
a moment on a watchdog, then slowly
rise above the stickpin and rest
for one fleeting Infinitesimal Instant
against the pupil of the victim's eye. to
make the most rational beings, the
lords of creation, lapse into insensi
bility. Some mysterious essence seems
to flash and stream and pour from her
half-veied orbs Into the consciousness
of man. pervade his soul, fill the vacant
recesses of bis being with the elixir of
love, and leave mm a DUtnering, prat
tling maniac
Much mora In the goo-goo eye to be
dreaded If it Is aided and'abetted by
a smile, especially if that smile de
velops what is often spoken of as a
dimple, but what is In reality, as near
as description suffices, a maelstrom of
love in a sea of beauty. . What chance
have 1 against a smile?
However, to drop from the sublime
to the ridiculous, I wish to' state that
I havj no very great respect for any
one who sets himself up as arbiter of
fair woman's conduct. To make slighting
remarks about women's clothes is the
pewter badge of vulgarity. Woman
needs no advice as to what she wears,
when she shall wear It, how she shall
wear It, or when to take it off. She
is capable of taking care of her clothes,
and her clothea will take care of her
Woman should not be called to account
for her clothes. '
Away with this balderdash! Avaunt
with your fears of woman's influence
for till Clean up what is left of your
bias - twisted mentality: learn to look
upon woman for what she is the sign
of virtue, the symbol of purity, the
sweetest and best of God a creaturee
and you will throw no moral cat fits
wben a shapely ankle peeps through
tne pickets ol a skirt.
ROBERT G. DUNCAN.
DRESS MA.TOATB BRINGS PROTEST
Womaa Says That Her Sex Should
Dress As They Please.
PORTLAND, Aug. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) It was most refreshing to read
In The Oregonlan the views of a bach
elor relative to the recent inane edict
of our Mayor regarding women's dress,
and it is equally refreshing to reflect
that many others entertain similar
views.
There Is a class of men and boys
(happily in the minority) who are in
spired by the mere sight of women to
vile remarks, but what are the offl
clals for if not properly to chastise
them Instead of pandering to their
license and urging further restrictions
upon women?
The Mayor kindly and sagely tells us
that the extreme styles are first worn
by the women of the underworld; but
If those styles possess merit, why ut
terly despise tham? It would be quite
as sane to expect decent men to pro
claim their virtue by wearing Mother
Hubbards.
True womanliness generally mani
fests Itself wherever seen and will ever
manifest Itself. As for. the other class,
they get their punishment as they go
along and their ranks would be made
smaller If more restrictions were im
posed upon the men.
Possibly, if dress reform were tried
' blouses or some similar Innovation, the
t general situation might be improved
t Such a change would be quite as sen-
elble and far more comfortable for the
inwa than were the full, heavy skirts
and tight, high collars formerly worn
y women.
ili is a transitory age In every way,
Ye may rest assured that the "iir-
i of the fittest" will eventually
ill in women's dress, as In other
S. M. C. T.
PATDSXTS.
itorlum ti
District.
. (To th VAt
joro yhe writer fully sympathizes
with the unfortunate victims of "the
1 -
Veat white plague," yet is constrained
6 enter vigorous protest against the
cation or a tubercular sanatorium
lgnt In the heart of the residence por
tion of our city, as the history of sim-
liar institutions, not only in our coun
try, but abroad, has proved conclu
sively ana beyond cavil the sad fact
that they have in every such case re
tulted in inoculating the healthy ceo
pie of such locality with the germs of
mis dread disease.
A patient Is not always confined
within a given area, and in his pere
grinations is suddenly seized with a
paxoiysm of coughing. The dried sput
um, conveyed by the wind, is full of
the deadly - germs of tuberculosis a
menace to the health of the immediate
community, and especially so to the
school children In this locality, as a
large school building Is only 400 feet
from the proposed site of this sana
torium.
The writer has personal knowledge
of this matter in Southern France,
Arizona and Southern California
France, as is well known, was obliged
to legislate against such Institutions,
as they led to the inoculation of its
own inhabitants
As a resident and home-owner In this
district, and after Interviewing a ma
jority of the residents here, I find the
consensus of- opinion is decidedly
against the rank injustice of certain
physicians in attempting to force such
an institution on this densely settled
residence district.
MRS. J. PRESTON ANDERSON.
Jnat "What May Wornea Wear?
PORTLAND, Aug. 25. (To the Ed
itor.) I have been reading of the
Mayor's having passed an ordinance
regarding woman's wearing apparel.
Will you kindly publish some definite
Information regarding the new dress
regulations as ruled by the city legis
lature? I am a citizen and would like to do
my Fall shopping, and do not wish to
Invest in clothes without knowing the
requirements.
If you will publish this new regula
tion I am sure you will oblige a num
ber of ladles who are in the same pre
dicament as I am. SUBSCRIBER.
(LATES TLBERCrLAR
Tv Jectloa Raised to Sana
I ' Thickly Populated
.V. PORTLAND. Ausr. 25
Half a Century Ago
From Th Oregonlan of August 2T. 1S63.
New York, Aug. tl. The Union State
Convention of Wisconsin nominated S.
J. Lewis for Governor yesterday. The
Union State Convention of Minne
sota nominated Colonel Stephen A, Mil
ler for Governor.
Charleston. Aug. 30. The 200-pound-er
Parrott guns of the enemy are too
much for the walls of Sumter, and she
only replied at intervale. It has been
determined to defend the cltv street
by stree and house by house as long
as a foot of ground remains.
Common Council Petition of S. D.
Smith to use a portion of Morrison
street for building purposes was
granted. Petition to continue the
grading of Washington street and
build sidewalks thereon was referred.
An ordinance to grade the Public
Square and the streets adjoining the
same and build sidewalks was read.
One of our most accomplished and
successful sportsmen, while at Clatsop,
shot one of Mr. Lattle's oxen by mis
take, supposing that be was firing at
the branch-horned animal.
Shakespeare's great tragedy- of
"Richard III" will be presented this
evening, Mr. Waldron appearing aa
Richard. Mortimer as Richmond and
Miss Mitchell as the queen.
Twenty-five Years Ag9
From The Oregonlan of August 27, 188S.
San Francisco, Aug. 26. The notori
ous Jury briber and friend of Bob Mor
row. Dick. Creighton, is still in Sydney,
N. 3. W.
Topeka, Kan.. Aug. 26. George Q.
Cannon, the well-known Mormon lead
er, who is a fugitive from Justice, be
ing wanted for a violation of the Ed
munds law, has been In this city for
the past three days, secreted in the
house of an old acquaintance.
Olympla, Aug. 24. At the Republican,
primaries tht Allen ticket was elected.
The. register of the Holton House
bears the name of P. Gatena, who has
brought some interesting specimens
from the Coeur d'Alene mines. These
comprise gold, silver, lead and carbon,
including a silver nugget from the
mine of the GoodseU-DeLashmutt-Knowles
Company.
One of the men identified with the
birth of Oregon as a state Is '-lsiting
In the city Mr. Lucien Heath. The
Oregon Democratic convention of 185S
met in anticipation of the territory's
admission Into the Union as a state
and placed in nomination for Secretary
of Stale the then Clerk of Polk Coun
ty Lucien Heath. His majority over
his combined opposition was over 2000.
Charles K. Woodard, the old and
well-known druggist, has returned
from bis European trip.
SPEED THE AWtL HUNGRY SETE.V,
Their Timeless Air Are aa Ontrac
Agalauit Good Music
PORTLAND, Aug. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) As a professional musician I
wlsb to Indorse the piquant and clev
erly written editorial of August 23
anent the "Hungry Seven," and am sure
its sentiment wiU find echo In the
hearts of hundreds of our local musi
cians who are striving with their tal
ents and energy to advance the cause
of good music in Portland.
Music is an art requiring years of
untiring study and practice to perfect
therein, and aa such should not' be
abused. We would not think of offend
ing good taste by presenting to view a
caricature of a beautiful piece of stat
uary or. other work of art; why then
should sensitive ears be offended by
the howling of such fellows as the
"Hungry Seven"?
It Is a desecration of the holy name
of music, and the worst of It is that
the good professional artist suffers be
cause many well-intentioned people are
not able to establish proper compari
sons. Speed the "Hungry Seven' and If
they ever come back to this town, let
the Immunity plan suggested by the
editor be presented, to them at once.
They will make money and we will
have peace and quietness. Respect
fully, ' H. G. KNIGHT.
LION'S BTIGHTLY ROARt PLEASES.
Correspondent Finds Inspiration In
Kero's Ranepna Serenades.
PORTLAND, Aug. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) Sell Nero, the king of beasts,
because he makes too much noise! How
foolish and how cruel a thought. As
I lie in bed at night, and hear that
roar, It appeals to me as the greatest
gift the City of Portland could ever
extend to me.
How natural It Is! One can picture
himself from a great city, close to
Nature, with an inspiration from the
roar, to be strong and courageous, and
to make tomorrow a better day.
I live close to the park, and to sell
Nero would be a great mistake. Nero
In his present haunt is a gift to the
community which the city can be proud
of His voice is the gift of God.
LOVER OF ANIMALS.
Kear-Skortage la Robber Supply.
Indianapolis News.
A large part of the world's supply of
crude rubber comes from the Repub
lic of Brazil, which has hitherto paid
little attention to the manufacture of
that commodity. Another day is com
ing. Brazil is about to engage intelli
gently in the manufacture of rubber,
an enterprise which, in the course of
time, may affect the manufacture of
that material in the United States and
in Europe, by bringing In a new and
formidable competitor. Le Bresil Eco
nomique, of Rio de Janeiro, says that
under favorable conditions offered by
the government refineries of caout
chouc (rubber) will be established in
a number of states and factories for
the manufacture of rubber articles In
the cities of Manaos, Belem in Para,
Recife and Bahia. There will be spe
cial exemptions in the way of duties
upon articles imported for the carrying
forward of this enterprise.
Clever Hts at Charity Fair.
New York Herald.
"Why won't you bur something at
my table?" demanded the girl at the
charity fair. '
"Because I only buy from the homely
girls," said the man. "They have a
harder time making sales."
The girl was not offended, and he
worKefl tnis ri:nt down tne line.
Serving the Public
Every business depending upon
the patronage of the pubiic owes
the public a certain consideration
which should be the prime motive
underlying that business' relations
with Its patrons.
That is, the people who patronize
a store, or bank, or any other
kind of business have a right to
know all of its news that will in
any way facilitate tbe public's deal
ings with it
There is no reason why the pub
lic that supports so many kinds of
business should not receive every
help in the matter of information.
Advertising Is performing a dis
tinct service to our readers. As a
matter of fact, one really is not
well informed nowadays unless he
reads the newspaper advertising
constantly and intelligently.
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