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TEAMWORK FOR A DEEP CHANNEL.
The waterways convention, now in
session at Kennewlc. breathes that
spirit of harmony r.nd co-operation
which brings material results. It
shows that real Interest is taken
throughout the Pacific Northwest in
the work of deepening tho channel
over the Columbia River bar. so that
the greatest ships can come unimpeded
to our ports, and of the Columbia
River Itself, and the products of the
great Inland Empire may be borne
by water to the deep-sea ships.
This is not a question of Interest
only to the ports whither deep-sea
ships come; It Is not a question of in
terest only to the dwellers along the
river. It vitally concerns all dwellers
In the whole Columbia River basin.
Every obstruction and delay to navi
gation adds to the cost of ocean traf
fic" every obstacle to continuous, navi
gation of the upper river helps to
keep up freight rates. And the farmer
pavs the freight. Every cent added
to the cost of transporting his produce
to market is taken off the price he
obtain fdr that produce. Conversely,
every cent of freight saved is a cent
added to the price.
The Kennewick convention is proor
that the people of the interior have
taken these facts to heart. They know
that their interest Is identical with
that of the people of the lower river
and of the coast. Hence we find Spo
kane, Lewiston. Kennewick, Pendle
ton, The Dalles and every interior
city and town joining hands with
Portland, Vancouver, St. Helens, Rai
nier and Astoria to work for a forty
foot channel over the bar and a thirty-foot
channel In the river. Some of
them may never have seen a ship, but
they kno.w that ships are their best
and cheapest carriers, and they will
do teamwork with the people of the
lower river to open the way to ships.
Tjnited for a common purpose, as
the Kennewick convention proves
them to be, the people of the Colum
bia Basin will pull together until their
end Is gained. Their united voice will
cause their representatives In Con
gress to pull together for dredges on
the oar and for speedy work on the
Jetty. Thus pulling together they will
have as much influence as a large
delegation from a populous Eastern
state, and Congress must yield. But
the people must keep urging them on,
that they may keep on pulling.
PLANS TO REVIVE SHrPPTNO.
The effect of the rebate of 6 per
cent on duties on imports in American
ships, which has been agreed to by
the tariff conferees, will be watched
closely by all Interested In the re
vival of the American merchant ma
rine. It Is a movement, supported by
members of both parties, to restore
the conditions which prevailed when
American shipping was in its glory.
Under laws passed In the early years
of the Republic, a discount of 10 per
cent was granted on goods Imported
In American ships and discriminating
tonnage dues were collected on foreign
ships. Under those laws we were ear
ning 93 per cent of our imports and
89. per cent of our exports in the
year 1826.
Senator Jones, who upholds the dis
count on duties on goods brought In
American ships and who also would
have retained the discriminating duty
of 10 per cent on imports In foreign
ships, which has been struck out of
the bill, traces the beginning of the
decline of our shipping to tb,e law
of 1828. providing for reciprocal re
moval of such duties by this and oth
er nations. While other nations abol
ished that form of discrimination, they
violated the spirit of the agreement
by adopting new forms, such as sub
sidies and bounties. Mr. Jones, in a
speech in the Senate, stated that be
tween 1828 and 1860 the proportion
of our Import trade carried in Ameri
can ships decreased 32 per cent, and
that of our Ins ports 19 per cent. This
decline antedated the destruction of.
our merchant marine In the Civil War
and the substitution of steel for wood
en ships, to which the practical ex
tinction of our merchant marine is
usually attributed.
Mr. Jones showed that Oliver Crom
well destroyed the maritime suprem
acy of Holland by such discrimination
as he advocates and as the Democrats
propose in their bill. He showed that
from the birth of the republic it had
been supported by Democrats like
Jefferson, as well as by Republicans,
and had been defended as a measure
of National defense by such free-trade
economists as Adam Smith and John
Stuart Mill. He branded as cowardly
the reason given for proposing to
strike out the provisions in the Un
derwood bill namely, that they had
provoked foreign protest and might
provoke retaliation.
Senator Galllnger reminded the Sen
ate that the merchant marine commis
sion had decided against discrimina
tive duties because they would neces
sitate the abrogation of commercial
treaties and would provoke retaliation.
He also showed that they would ab
rogate the free list. The trade which
we most desire to cultivate by estab
lishing American steamship lines Is
that of South America and the Orient,
but the great bulk of our Imports
from those quarters of the globe is on
the free list. If discriminating duties
were imposed they would hamper this
commerce, which we' most desire to
cultivate, while the discount on im
ports In American ships would be in
effective as to the free list, if that
were retained, and would not aid our
commerce in those quarters.
The discount provision, as adopted
by the conferees, makes it nonappllc
able to nations with which we have
commerc'al treaties forbidding such
discrimination. These include prac
tically all the great maritime nations.
hence the provision will be ineffective
unless President Wilson negotiates
new treaties setting all nations free
to discriminate. In that case he
would expose our foreign trade to the
risk of retaliatory duties at the pre
cise time when, according to his the
ory, he is emancipating and expanding
It. If other nations should limit their
retaliation to the grant of a 5 per
cent discount on duties on Imports in
vessels of their own nationality, should
we make any net gain? Our produc
ers would secure an advantage in for
eign markets unless the shipowner
added the discount on duty to his
freight rate," but our merchant marine
would have gained nothing. If other
nations Imposed a retaliatory duty In
addition to granting a discount, our
exporters would suffer and our ship
owners would profit nothing.
w mn v h able to extract some ad
vantage from the discount provision.
but we shall proDaDiy una uureeic
fnrfa riar-k to the remedy for our
shipless plight which The Oregonlan
has recommended. We must enable
our shipowners to operate as cheaply
hc. nf nthor nations bv repealing
our restrictive laws and by emanci
pating seamen from peonage, we nave
nnhiori nnr rltixens to buy ships as
cheaply as foreigners. By enabling
them to operate as cneapiy ana t
nnttinr seaman on an equality with
other workingmen we can establish
full equality. Then we enouia sureij
be able to hold our own.
FISTS OB ELOQCENCE.
xr Tnnkriiirst will receive no offi
cial recognition from the General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs when she
visits this country. Mrs. George Bass,
n,.i,iMt nr tho Chimen federation.
expresses the attitude of the organiza
tion toward the sunragetie leaaer ay
saying:
Mrs. Pankhursfa f!ta are her weakeat
nssei. YV II . mrww - ' i
. nnn almost anv
door? I abhor militancy and I think mili
tant methods nave none i -i'uu
or any other country.
fN Tmiriiirxt' nprsonalltv and
eloquence made too slow progress to
nimu nn Imnatipnr woman, hence her
resort to fists, which have undone most
of the work those qualities naa aone
TVi a Kiiffraeettes be
came militant because it took too long
to win emancipation, xney xorgei now
inner (f trtnlr mnn tn win libertv. though
he could and did use his fists, which
were his strongest asset.
WHERE WE LOST OCT.
Sonnfnr Chamberlain Is a non-partl-
san-Roosevelt Democrat, and also a
Democratic party caucus man. He
supported a duty on jute grain bags
with letters indicating that an Industry
that or sewing Imported burlap Into
bass needed the protection of a duty
on the manufactured article.
But the Democratic party platrorm
declares that a tariff for other pur
nnu thin revenue Is Illegal. So,
while as a non-partisan-Roosevelt
Democrat Senator unamDeriain couia
approve protection of an industry that
nriii alaavn ha an infant in substantial
consequence, he, as a party caucus
man, obviously could not support a
rjrotective tariff on an important Ore
gon Industry woolgrowlng.
The conference committee nas now
decided to retain Jute bags on the du
tiable Har Wa would be interested in
knowing what part Senator Chamber.
lain s protection documents naa in
tho Aanisinn hut we are more con-
or nod nver thn demonstrated effect of
a dual political personality on the for
tunes of Oregon.
The farmers of Oregon buy grain
bags and sell wool. The thought may
occur to many that a change to free
bags and dutiable wool would have
preserved the constitutionality or me
toffrr Mil in Tlomnrratle eves and inci
dentally protected Oregon Industry.
Perhaps we would have been better off
with a simon-pure Democratic delega
tion In the Senate.
BITS OFF THFIR TAILS.
An Indignant subscriber asks The
Oregonlan whether the city admtnis.
iniinn in Its doar-muzzline policy has
adopted as its catechism the bulletins
and Journals of the American Medi
cal Association. The Oregonian does
not know, but it Is confident that the
administration is not making a grave
mistake if it has, for why should
any polloy of this nature be founded
on any other than scientific investi
gations? There are numberless the
ories and superstitions concerning
rabies that have no sound sciemmc
hoila hut urn rfliirlouslv held, some
In certain localities and others among
the uninformed generally.
Dnhlai In rinira hail heen variously
ascribed by popular fancy to too much
rich food, to too little food, to thirst,
to putrefied food, to confinement, to
nrvil urinal desires, to climate
and a dozen other things. Here is a
wide field for preventive measures,
yet careful observation by investiga
tors has disclosed that in some com
mnnltipd mhprii pvfrv nhase of treat
ment and care of dogs la found the
animals have been singularly free
from rabies until lnrectea Dy amtnam
imported from other localities.
The climate and dog-day theory,
which "Civls" in his letter seems to
rlv unon. wa relected longer ago per
haps than he believes. An epidemic of
rabies in frigid Greenland Is of rec
ord in 1860. It has been observed for
many years in damp, mild England. It
has never appeared in Australia, where
both deserts and "dog days" abound.
Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia, pub
lished In 1895, quotes statistics com
piled as early as 1856 to prove that
rabies Is not more prevalent in mid
summer than In other seasons. Out
of 2520 distinct and authentic cases,
according to this authority, there oc
curred 704 in the Spring. 621 in the
Summer, 608 In the Autumn and 687
In the Winter. This work pronounces
the dog-day theory absurd.
Rabies was authentically known In
Germany as early as 1271, but in re
cent years it has been eradicated by
muzzling. But the most significant
indorsement of muzzling comes from
England. London in 1889 had 176
cases of hydrophobia among Its hu
man population. Muzzling was made
compulsory and there was a steady
decline of the infection until in 1892
there were but three cases. Muzzling
was then allowed to lapse and twenty,
five persons died of the disease in five
years and 174 patients were sent to
the Pasteur Institute. The muzzling
policy was again adopted In 1899 and
rigidly enforced throughout the United
Kingdom wherever a rabid dog was
discovered. The policy was to muzzle
dogs in each infected district until a
period of six months had elapsed from
the date the last case was noted. Again
hydrophobia decreased and it was
finally exterminated.
Still there are other means of com
bating rabies that may have better
appeal to dog lovers. Back in the first
century we are told by Columella shep
herds believed that a. dog might be in
THE MORNING
sured against rabies by biting off " the
last bone or Its tail tne luruciu uj
after birth. This superstition prevails
. .1.1 . .1.1. jtnr A TintVlH?-
in some localities w
insurance is to cut out a worm-like ap
pendage under the dog's tongue. This
is also an ancient preventive and from
the tradition arises the term "worm of
madness." The operation Is said to be
practiced in some of the Southern
states in this country. It is also a
fairly popular belief that If the dog
that bites one Is promptly killed the
person is safe from infection.
These simple preventives and reme
dies are commended to all sentimental
"dog lovers," provided they secure re
peal of the muzzling law. Judging
from the tenor of some of the "dog
haters," no difficulty would be found
In Portland in finding some one will
ing to bite off the tail joint on the for
.... ji . r- . A Antr'm hlrth. This
lie I II un ' " " o - -
time-honored specific is given particu
lar mention because it ought to appeal
to those who cherish equally foolish
superstitions on the cause of the dis
ease. INTELLIGENT' DETECT1VK WORK.
It transpires that Inspecto Joseph
A. Faurot, who brought the Aumuller
murder home to Father Schmidt, is
something of a genius. He Is the ac
tive head of the new school of de
tectives in New York and uses the
most modern and scientific methods in
H. wnrk. He particularly relies upon
the use of fjnger prints for the detec
tion of crime, but he understands anu
employs all the resources of the Ber
tillon system. The scientific expedi
ents at his command render it unnec
zurvr fnr him to resort to the so-
ooiioH third rlperee. which is a form
of torture and forbidden by the fun
damental laws of the United btates,
although detectives more stupid than
Inspector Faurot often resort to it.
The trouble with evidence extorted by
torture la that juries will not, as a
rule, accept it and Judges often forbid
the officers even to introduce it. Evi
dence procured by the methods which
Inspector Faurot employs is nut omy
nmniotolv ronvlncin. but it is free
from the ethical objections which may
be raised to torture, to De sure u
rxniiirpa a certain amount of mother
wit In the police officials, but that
ought not to be lnsuperaDiy scarce in
a country of common schools and free
speech.
Inspector Faurot has a collection or
inn nnrt flne-er nrints. by the aid of
which hn can auickly identify the
traces which any crook may have left
by chance on objects or rurnuure or
a murdered body. No two human be
ings bear exactly the same conforma
tions of ridges and depressions on
their finger ends. Some are arranged
In regular curves, some In complicated
whorls and so on, but each is distinct
from every other and a trained eye
can easily Identify them. Faurot
iwmoil hLi business !n the great de
tective bureaus of Europe and Is said
to be one of the most competent men
of hla calllnar in the world. He
achieved many notable triumphs before
he perfected the train or evidence
rohh fnrrrt Snhmldt to confess his
crime. In November, 1910, for exam
ple, a house was robbed on West
Tenth street in New Tork. Faurot
iHnpnwrpii unit fineer prints on tne
back of a clock In the house and by
ineana nf them secured tho confessions
of Teck and Cohen, a pair of old con
victs. It Is remarkable that Faurot
finally obtains confessions from most
of the criminals whom he arrests, dui
ha dnM it bv the moral power of the
evidence he collects and not by mal-
traatmenr. Teck and Cohen confessed
In open court, not in a dungeon. Fau
nt hue nnnrpv of trlumohs of this sort
to his credit. He treats his profession
as a science and relies aitogetner on
his brain for his results.
Thn rlPtwtion of Schmidt was as
simple as it was complete. The reader
will remember that the rauen priest
had mir Anna Aumuller's body In
pieces, which he dropped one by one
from a ferry-boat Into the river, une
of these pieces was accidentally dis
covered and wrapped round it was a
pillow cover of unusual pattern, ine
fact that It was unusual suggested to
tnuinr TTmirot that it must have
been sold by some particular dealer
and by him alone. A little Inquiry re
vealed the man who had sold it to a
rtiw and this rierson remembered
that he had disposed of it to Schmidt.
The case was then complete and the
priest's confession followed as a mat
ter of course, while he will receive
none of that maudlin sympathy which
would have surrounded him if he had
been tortured. It requires some little
intellectual power to solve a detective
problem of this sort, but modern civi
Kvatlnn mnkea demands upon the
brain In all Its departments. To keep
up with Faurot's work our cities will
all have to employ more Intelligent
men in their police forces, which
could scarcely be looked upon as a
misfortune. Faurot's results show
that tha rintprtiva methods which are
so interesting In novels can be used
to advantage in real life ir a man nas
the wit to do It. We see very few
Sherlock Holmeses in our police de
partments, because the officials are
chosen for other things besides brains.
The consequence is that crime goes
undetected and criminals are, for the
most part, unpunished in the united
States.
Thn nn rials of Oregon Justice furnish
an example of astute detective work
which compares very well with any
ihtni. axrar- (liinn hv Tnsnector Faurot.
or even by Sherlock Holmes himself.
A contract w-as offered in evidence in
the Federal Court as having Deen
rawn and alenpd uDon a certain date.
The day, month and year appeared
plaintly written in tne document, tne
signatures were perfect and the wit
nesses swore to them in the most reg
ular way. Still the Prosecuting At
torney suspected that the date was
false, though apparently there was
nothing to Justify him. His doubts
never would have been confirmed and
the falsified contract would have been
regarded as genuine to the end of
time had it not occurred to him to
hold the sheet of paper an which it
was written up to the light and ex
amine the water mark. As soon as
he did this all was revealed, for the
water mark was dated subsequently
to the date of the contract. The ac
cused person was thus placed in the
awkward position of having drawn
and signed a contract on paper which
had not yet been manufactured. This
was one of the neatest pieces of detec.
tive work ever recorded, but it was
too simple to require great analytical
power. Faurot shows his superiority
by piecing together long trains of cir
cumstances which lead inevitably to
the conclusion sought. He does in
real life what Edgar A. Poe's charac
ters did in fiction.
We do not believe that the number
of men possessing this gift is small.
They do not often reach places In of
ficial life, but that is only because
they find employment elsewhere.
Americans are naturally analytical.
OREGONIAN. SATURDAY,
They possess to an unusual degree the
capacity to reason from one circum
stance to another and from effect back
to cause. In time this faculty will
make the United States rich in great
mathematicians as well as in great de.
tectives. We have already produced
more than our share of champion
chess players and miraculously suc
cessful speculators In the stock mar
ket. The speech of Mrs. Moreland on the
subject of disciplining Marsha War
rington and Lola Norris for their esca
pade with Diggs a.nd Camlnetti con
veys a new idea of woman's responsi
bility for such scandals. While the
woman in the -case has suffered social
ostracism, the man has usually borne
the legal penalties when these are im
posed. Mrs. Moreland seems to think
the woman should share the penalties.
The men have already shared the so
cial ostracism, as the universal con
demnation visited upon them in Cali
fornia proves. We are making prog
ress toward the single standard of
morals for both sexes, and the change
promises to work both ways. Woman
suffrage may have a great part In
bringing about the change.
Chairman Glass, of the House cur
rency committee, estimates that re
gional reserve banks will start with
the following capital: New York, 820,
000,000; Boston, more than $10,000,
000; Chicago, nearly $11,000,000; St.
Louis, $9,000,000; Cincinnati, 810,000,
000; Pennsylvania (city not specified),
tlnnnnnn- Washington. 88.000.000:
New Orleans, $5,500,000. This list
leaves four banks to be located, which
would make up the remainder of the
II 04.000.000 he estimates as the ag
gregate capital of the twelve banks. As
resources, these banks would open
with $104,000,000 capital, $400,000,
funds and about $200.-
000,000 of Government deposits, a to
tal of $704,000,000.
President Judson, of the University
of Chicago, found on his recent visit
to Europe that a back-to-the-land
movement exists in England to coun
teract the drift toward the cities. He
attributes to the Liberal government a
design to break up the large estates
Into small farms for sale to country
folk. When that scheme is attempt
ed, the noble lords will rally to make
a l3st stand for their ancestral acres,
where deer feed while human beings
crowd the cities and become Insane In
increasing numbers through the pres
sure of city life.
An excellent factory regulation law,
designed to prevent such slaughters as
those in the Triangle shirtwaist fac
tory and at Binghamton, will become
effective in New York on uctoDer l,
but it will do no good unless enforced.
If Tammany should control the state
the law will only furnish an excuse for
graft.
Bend has Just sold a $23,000 bond
Issue for building a "little red school
house." It will be made of brick
manufactured at home and will house
all the grades. This Is one pointer In
the progress of Bend.
There is much speculation around
Dallas over work of Japanese who are
running lines and setting stakes. It
will subside when it Is learned the lit
tle brown men are figuring on a naval
base up there.
The little Chinaman was not sen
tenced yesterday to be hanged, a tech
nicality interfering. Not for another
week will he know the day of doom.
All this looks like cruel and inhuman
punishment
A New York factory proprietor con
victed of carelessness in the death of
140 employes was fined $20. It often
costs more than that to blacken a
neighbor's eye.
Joy at recovery of his farm killed a
Washington negro. Joy Is too much
for those hapless ones that have been
reared on trouble In this solemn
sphere. '
With the political pot beginning to
boil, Huerta should really rejoice at
the proximity of those nice, hospitable
American warships off Vera Crus.
"r.irrv" Sullivan has lost the suit
for custody of a grandchild. He has
been a steady loser since he quit tne
strenuous life in Portland.
Senator Works demands protection
for Americans In Mexico. Save your
breath, Senator.
Constantino of Greece will meet
with British men of power today and
then go home again to whip the Turk
and Bulgar.
Probe In the civil service scandal
may show what a fraud can be made
of the system when needful to "help
things." '
WnnnnlHrts are acain threatened.
They won't take. The dress tendency
runs altogether in tne opposite direc
tion. Tn a fnrtnlirht thn arnnv iwlll be over
and families will no longer be divided
on the merits or uiants and Atnieucs.
Rumor has it that Roosevelt will
return to the Republican fold. They'll
all be back before 1916.
An Ohio man has produced an odor
less onion. The course of true love
should run smoother.
North Yakima physicians refused to
act as baby show judges. It's a dan
gerous post.
Heavy attendance marks the milk
show. Exit high Infant mortality
rates.
President Wilson believes moral
suasion has won in Mexico. Wait a
week. .
We hereby launch the boom of Colo
nel Mulhall for President of Mexico.
The Sulzer trial is on. Wonder if
this generation will see the end of it?
An open Columbia lets the world
into a veritable gold mine.
The (weather was too good to last
and the rains are coming.
Aviator Steele Is both a clever and a
fortunate chap.
Millionaire Bixby Is either a rogue
or an ass.
The racket will come today from
Rochester:
Baseball Is In the home stretch.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1913.
REAL SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION.
Saving An Neceaaary Bat Are Not
Real Life of Movement.
PORTLAND, Sept. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) In the editorial, September 14,
on "Why Don't We Co-operate." you
give three reasons, vis.: Migratory
habits of our people, lack of interest
in the management of a co-operative
store and lack of the necessity for
small economies.
The first drawbaok, migratory habits,
can be overcome by oo-operatora
In. the same way that It Is
overcome in other organizations,
namely, by making the membership
transferable. Lack of interest, and lack
of necessity for economising can be
classed together as lack of interest.
Neither the problems connected with
managing the store nor the small econ
omies effected on purchases are suffi
cient to keep an interest alive in the
majority of the members.
The problem then is, what is there
in co-operation that keeps other people
Interested and even enthusiastic? And
why can not our people take up co-operation
in the same spirit? I do not
think it Is true, as your editorial puts
it, that in the old world necesity has
driven people to co-operation. Neces
sity may make men do certain things,
but It does not make them enthusiastic
in doing those things.
The fact is that co-operation Is us
ually presented to us as being simply
a means of "saving a few cents on each
article purchased" (see your editorial),
whereas this saving, and the dividend!
distributed each quarter or each year,
are Incidental. These profits are In
deed necessary. They are the food on
which it lives, but not the life and the
spirit Itself.
In any store there are four classes
Interested, the capitalist, the laborer,
the producer and the consumer. The
capitalist is entitled to Interest on his
money. The laborer is entitled to
wages for his labor. The producer Is
entitled to the market price for his pro
duce. The consumer pays the bills. He
should pay for his purchases a price
which includes the amount paid the
producer, the Interest paid the capital
ist and the wagea paid the laborer.
Then everybody gets a square deal. The
consumer is Invariably charged an ad
ditional sum, which is known as profit.
He is charged the same In a co-operative
store as in any orher; but that is
merely for covenlence In accounting
and to avoid antagonizing competitors,
and the profits ' are periodically re
turned to him in amounts proportion
ate to his purchases. In other stores,
the capitalist gets all the profit. This,
we claim, is on the face of it, not a
square deal. It puts all the profits
in the pockets of a few, to the great
detriment of the many; makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer, and Is
largely responsible for the problems
confronting the American people today.
When the World's Conference was
here, a set of maxims was published in
which all Christians could concur. If
I remember right, the first one declared
for "Justice, Equality and Fraternity."
In our limited sphere, what they
preach, we do. And that Is the spirit
of co-operation. W. A. REED.
TWO SIDE ELEMENTS IN EUGENICS
Reform in Drink and Dreaa Would
Promote Better Race, Says Writer.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26. (To the Ed
ltor.) I felt quite a thrill of pride
when School Director O. M. Plummer,
in his address at the Portland Milk
Show, made the statement that Oregon
was the first state to become Interest
ed In eugenics. When one realizes that
there is nothing more wonderful or
beautiful than the perfect in health
and' body, Intelligent, pure man and
woman, eugenics should rank far above
great inventions, fame and wealth.
After the lecture mentioned, when the
subject of sterilization was discussed,
how I did wish that mothers and fath
ers could be instructed In a few simple
words on the laws of nature, and espe
cially the effect drink has on the off
spring. Then there would be less need
of sterilization. Mere sterilization is
not going to bring about the desired
results. It is said the Grecians would not
allowwine to be used even as a toast at
the wedding, for fear the bride and
groom would have an offspring with a
foolish, feeble mind or weak, wobbly
body. Also when one stops to think
that the Inherited appetite for liquor
Is hardest to master and that the ma
jorlty of the crimes and diseases are
directly or Indirectly the result or arms:
or Its influences, it is time that we
wake up.
When woman suffrage carried In Ore
gon it was said "woman will now vote
out the saloon." I am not in favor of
voting out the saloon entirely as the
first step to remedy this evil. I think
that there should be rigid laws passed
reducing the number of saloons to a
very few and those few having open
doors and no furniture of any kind, not
even a chair; that no loafing or treat
ing be allowed and no drink of any
kind be sold to anyone showing the
least sign of intoxication and no drinks
served at grills at restaurants.
I surely agree with Miss M. P. M. and
Mrs. Laura Wilson that there is some
thing radically wrong with the men
who have nothing to do but stand and
comment on women's dress. If the
X-ray gown were not noticed there
would not be a single one in existence.
Men should be subjected to that awful
"third degree." for they have far less
excuse for Immorality than women, and
should be made to feel the disgrace and
suffer to a greater extent than women.
If John would stop saying "Wifey,
why is it you never look as stylish as
Mrs. So and So?" and Bob would leave
off remarking, "I won't be seen with a
girl unless she Is a swell dresser," tho
"high cost of living" problem would be
partly solved. Men forget that they
have been demanding overdressing on
the part of woman.
Also If more men would reform and
uplift themselves, think more about
their own and the world's advancement,
then woman could wear simple gowns
of comfort, individuality and good taste,
which would not only enhance her
beauty and charm but she would de
velop natural grace, health and beauty,
and eugenics (which means better ba
bies), instead of being a process, would
be a result of nature. A READER.
CLASS INFLUENCE! ON ATHLETICS
English Cast Distinction Held Baale
Canae of Poor S ho wine.
PORTLAND, Sept 25. (To the Edi
tor.) I take Issue with the editorial,
September 22, as to the reasons for the
poor showing of English athletes In
competition with those from the
United States.
Amateur athletics in England are
hedged about by conventions and rules
which are unknown In this country.
One of the qualifications of the Eng
lish amateur Is that he must be a
"gentleman1" and It has been athlet
ically decided that one who labors
with his hands for gain is not a "gen
tleman"; henee, the amateurs of Eng
land comprise men of leisure, bank
clerks, students of and members of the
professions, but the brawn of England
is kept out by the "rule of class."
This may not be the rule with all
sports, but It is largely the rule
throughout the tight little lale.
It can easily be seen what this rule
produces clean, gentlemanly sport, I
grant,- but not the best of muscle and
frequently brains could be recruited to
advantage. England cannot hope to
produce the best tn athletes until she
allows free competition among her
young men, whether their hands be
stained by honest labor or by the
cigarette of the "gentleman."
HAS BEEN.
After the Anto Accident.
Exchange.
Motorist (after accident) I'm afraid
one of my lungs is punctured, Dobson.
Chauffeur (hopelessly) Lord only
knows where the tire kit is, sir.
HUMAN FORM IS NEVER INDECENT.
Comments Are Inspired Among Low
jiuoii - , - - "
GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 25. (To the
Editor.) Since your correspondent, F.
a n . nf Rosebursr. in his letter of Sep
. wA -mvi Whnt the ureaa. i
tember 16, appearing in The Oregonian.
took occasion to use my name and ad
dress therein, I think it but fair to
give me space to reply.
Thn continual aaaooiation '
the
"imiooiicv" in connection w
ith
the female form and female apparel
has an unwholesome effeot, by way of
suggestion, upon mlnd3 that are sus
ceptible to such suggestions, and the
fake moralists and purists who make
ninitv nf ralilna- the attention of
the people to the Indecency of female
dress and females In certain kinds of
dress, ought to be shut up Dy
aelves! or elsn Dlease them (maybe) by
"transporting all the women far be
yond the nortnern sea,
What of the moral caliber that
gives expression to such drivel as this:
"I wish she (Miss M. M.) could hear
what men say about the X-ray gar
ment and their opinions prevalent re
garding the wearers." What putrid
nesi must dwell in the minds of the
men who have nothing to think about
or talli or excepting ineir u i
al
desires and mental and physical filthl
ness. Such loafers always see Just
what they want to 6ee whether the
dress Is opaque or transparent. Any
way there Is no statute prohibiting
the male brute from closing his eyes
or looking in some other direction and
U... n.ii.iiiinY "fnilaiiAnt" RllPCtaClei. if
that would help him any, but I rather
think that such perverts wouiu yieio
to keep the "indecent" picture in mind
and talk about It to others of his kind.
The grossneas is in the mind of the
onlooker and the following scriptural
text supports this opinion: "To the
pure ail things are pure." F. A. B.
ays: "We are not yet In heaven,
where all things are pure and outfits
of the X-ray order will always at
tract undue attention from the aver
age male." When the day of resurrec
tion comes and all the "good and
chosen" appear in heaven in their
carnal forms and since dress and
burial robes are not immortal, the
carnal forms will appear In the nude,
i am thinking there will be a grand
rush by F. A. B. and his satellites to
build textile factories and establish
tailoring shops so that they may cover
up their "indecent" selves quickly as
possible from prying eyes of prudery.
Of course it may be hoped that they
then will be like the "naked savages,"
or the animals of forest and field, or
birds of the yard and air, all sexually
pure as nature intended. It is a
travesty 'on civilization that sex Im
purity is found only in and among
the clothed animal kingdom of man
kind. Women themselves are the best
judges as to w.hat Is best to wear for
their own comfort and convenience
without Interference by male mental
"Indecencies."
The only contention of Importance
. v. v, inrHu, rinirnM to make is
that the human female form In itself
13 not and nevjsr was and never win oe
an indecent thing.
W. W. TRUAX.
TOO MUCH MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
Dog Lover Protests Scientific Gnldance
of City Health Department.
. PDRTI.AND. Sent. 24. (To the Edi
tor.) In commenting on the letter of
"A nor Owner" in The Oregonian Sep
tember 22, reference Is made to the
American Medical Association bulletin
in order to substantiate the continu
ance of the dog-muzzling ordinance. As
one citizen 1 wouia line to jwiuw .i
the Health Department under the pres
ent elty administration has adopted as
Its catechism the bulletins and jour
nals of the American Medical Associa
tion. If SO let It De Biateo iraiiKiy.
Then let some of the extra 60.000 Dr.
Marcellus Is asking for for his depart
ment be devoted to reprinting these
i ki. AA.imAnta o mi snntfllnsr them
vaiuaum wwwi,ci.b, "
broadcast so that uninformed citizens
may all know to how mucn respect
. L. Aw. Bnlltliul
TUa knllatln l-AfniM-M? t(l StateS that
dogs have been muzzled with great
success in Iroaen Bioeria ana equmuim,
Egypt. But because dogs have been
muzzled m tnese enngnteneu coun
tries for 12 months or more, and per
i.nna nn in 7nncihsF and Patagonia.
if0, -
. v, ., . .-..i . o vfiolr nrern SB II n (1 n whicn
to base a health law in Portland. We
are told that the American juecicai As
sociation says climate and dog days
i nAiKin tn In with rabies now.
though we were told they were the
chief causes a lew years ago. wiw
ii.i.. hut what within a vear from
now the same association will elalm
that rabies Is due to tne color or a
dog's coat or to his ancestral lineage.
.i.nln irnvrnmunt la on the
iuuiiiii.T'inii o
whole undoubtedly a step toward more
efficient government. It, nowever, rc-
v. oosn whnthfer the nresent
commission will make the policy of
Its health department conform to a
common sense standard of efficiency
or surrender it to the dogma of the
American Medical Association. Concen
tration of authority Is probably a wise
step if officials including neanu um-
va fnnnd who are broad
ucia wo -
enough to see more than one side or
a question. let US nope uur prescui
Commissioners and their appointees are
in this class.
Clvjs may with profit read the arti
cle on hydrophobia in Johnson's Uni
versal Cyclopedia for Information on
the climate and dog day tneones.
Some extraots from it are given In
another column on tnis page.
DEBATES ON CITY DOGS OFFERED
Opponent of Urban-Kept Cantnea Will
Ar If Given Police Protection.
PORTLAND, Sept. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer Is no hater of dogs,
but thinks the city Is no proper place
for their habitat, muzzled or unmuz
zled, mad or sane.
There has not yet appeared any log
leal argument Justifying the keeping
of doga in the city, xnere is notning
that can be said In their favor as in
habitants of the city except a lot of
weak sentiment and a little along the
watch dog line. On the other hand
excepting objections on account of
rabies and disturbance of neighbors on
account of barking at all hours The
Oregonlan would not print the plain
facts If submitted to you that almost
any observant citizen couia lurnisn,
and nn hoard of censors would pass foi
public exhibition In a moving picture
tnootor a. aeries of actual photos of
the city dogs in action on the public
streets and on neighbors' property.
If you will agree to publish them the
writer will get a pocket camera and
furnish you certified photos with dates
and owners' names of the city dog at
work and play and there will be no
need to go off the streets nor trespass
on any citizen's property to get the
views and yet every picture will rep
resent an insult to some citizen, some
lady, some schoolgirl a trespass on
some neighbor and a dirty outrage to
every sense of decency, sanitation and
good taste. (Note tne word "taste.
Twenty-four persons have been in
lured and one has died from dog bite
but at the same time thousands have
been shocked, humiliated and disgust
ed by the chattels of "Dog Owner" and
his kind.
The writer's experience with the
city dog is rather limited but he Is
ready to debate the proposition .Dog
gone" or "Dog gone-nlt," on the "dog
gone" side, with a negative argument
note that word "negative lor an
affirmative proposition at any time and
public place that Chief Clark will allow
and provide protection.
O. G. HUGH SON,
Rosa City Park.
Twenty-five Years Ago
From Tbe Oregonlan of Sept. 27, iss.
Boston, Sept. 26 John L. Sullivan
shows no improvement. His friends are
beginning to feel anxious about him.
His physicians consider his condition
critical.
Washington, SerTt7"26. The President
today gave a special reception to Hon.
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the
members of his Wild West show.
McMinnville. Or.7sept. 26 James F.
Bewley, one of the wealthiest citizens
of this county and a pinneer of 1S46.
was shot in the streets of Sheridan last
evening by W. McCune, a young man
on the quarantine force. Bewley lives
in McMinnville, and McCune notitled
him to leave Sheridan, as they were
afraid of smallpox.
George Taylor. P. C. Schuyler and
William McFall. the Hoard of Trade
committee appointed to investigate why
the Astoria telegraph line is not kept
up regularly, yesterday paid an official
visit to Manager J. W. Hayea, of the
Western Union,
Judge B. F. Dennison, of Vancouver,
will address the Harrison and Morton
Club, of East Portland, next Saturday.
The Willamettes will play the Pen
dleton baseball club four games.
J. G. Warner has sold the Cartwright
place, 21 acres on Hawthorne avenue,
for $15,000.
George W. Force has gone into part
nership with Joseph Burkhard, of the
L-street packery.
The appraiser of customs, Mr.
Sclineck, has found It necessary to have
more warehouse room, and has rented
the store occupied by Mr. Koshland for
16 years.
Mr. Coursen announces his second
series of concerts to begin Friday, Octo
ber 20.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonlan of 6epU 28, 1S63.
Washington, Sept. 22. After two
days' fighting. In which Kosecrans'
forces bore the shock of 140,000 rebels,
comprising the armies of Bragg, John
ston, half of Lee's and all of Pembor
ton's that could be gathered together,
he deemed it prudent to fall back to
Chattanooga, which he did in good or
der. He had opened communication
with Burnslde's cavalry, who is severe
ly censured for not having arrived
earlier.
Victor Smith, collector of customs for
the Puget Sound district, was relieved
from duty last Tuesday by Dr. Gunn.
J. Ross Brown accompanied the new
collector to Port Angeles.
We do not believe there la a city on
the Pacific Coast which possesses a bet
ter natural location for constructing
an ample and cheap sewerage than
Portland. Still, there is hardly a sewer
in the city, and after a half day's rain
the streets are flooded with water.
The County Commissioners on Satur
day levied the tax, total 18 mills. The
assessed value of property la upward
of $3,600,000.
The flags of the different engine
houses were at half mast yesterday in
respect to the memory of Peter Mc
Quade, an old and respected resident
and a member of Vigilance Hook &
Ladder Company.
The stage was stalled in a mudhole
about a mile from town, and the driver
was compelled to leave it and bring tho
mail to town In one of Mr. Carr's mud
wagons.
TO THE CITV OF PORTLAND.
I bow down to thy beauty, fair city,
Thou queen of this glorious West,
With thy winding, silvery river
And mountain with snow-clad crest.
Thy fir trees so tall and so stately
Night's mantle they seem to enfold;
Thy roses most gorgeous and fragrant.
That rival famed Sharon's of old.
I gaze from the heights on thy beauty
Till thy lights, like stars, come to
view,
Spread a city of magio before me
As If Aladdin's lamp wrought anew.
From thy fairness, ever Increasing,
Thy mistakes by the years blotted
out.
May a city of grandeur and beauty
Arise, such as men dream about.
C D.
No Immigration Law, Then.
Baltimore American.
"My ancestors came over with Wil
liam the Conqueror." "But they
wouldn't, you know, If they'd had a
good immigration law tnen.
Cuban Campaigns
By Colonel Roosevelt
In The Oregonian next Sunday the
Roosevelt autobiography enters
upon an unusually interesting and
graphic stage, dealing with the
days when he won his spurs in the
Spanish-American War. His own
story of the Cuban campaigning
is a tense narrative which throws
much new light on the conflict.
Suffragist Adventures They are
from the pen of Sylvia Pankhurst,
who describes her thrilling strug
gles with the London police and
tells of a term in prison.
Honeymoon Danger Points Rita
Reese writes entertainingly of
dangers that beset newly wedded
couples and points out many ways
to avoid early marital clashes.
Too Many Pretty Women They
are the cause of much of the
world's woes, says noted psychol
ogist. John J. McGraw The "little Na
poleon" of baseball who has
never met his Waterloo, is dis
cussed in an elaborately illus
trated page article which all the
fans will want to read.
Waste and Inefficiency They are
dissected in a scholarly article by
Mr. Frank Koester, who charges
that the toll of inefficiency is
enormous.
Would You Live to Be 150? Half
a page is devoted to an illustrated
article on some remarkable old
people and how they got past the
century mark.
Checking in the Immigrants A
page in colors on the people who
knock at the door of the United
States for admission.
Two Short Stories "Mclissy and
the Milliner" and "Purple and
Fine Linen." Complete Sunday.
Haystack Rock A color page of a
wonderful scene on the Oregon
Coast.
Old Doc Yak has a new adventure
with his automobile and two little
bears.
These Are Only a Few of Many
Futures.
Order today of your newsdealer.