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Postage Rates 12 to 16 paces, 1 cent: 18 to 32 pages, 12 cents; 34 to 4S pages, 3 cents; 60 to CO pages, 4 cents; 2 to 78 pages, 5 cents; 78 to pages, 6 cents, foreign post age, double rates. Eastern Business Offices Vorroe St Conk lin, New 1'ork, Brunswick: building. Chi cago, Stcger building. ("an Francisco Office R. J. Bid we 11 Co, 742 Market street. PORTLAND, fl-EDSISDAY, APRIL IS, 1914. ANOTHER MEXICAX CRISIS. Feeble temporizing having availed us nothing In the Mexican mess, the Administration appears to have de cided finally upon a bit of firmness. The American. Government is engaged In making It plain to Huerta, Mexican dictator, that there is a limit even to the patience Implied by a policy of "watchful waiting" and that a re peated twisting of the eagle's tail is neither a safe nor profitable pastime. Obviously this latest crisis is one in which someone muit back down or drastic consequences be inevitable. All hinges on the pretty sentiment of sa luting the Stars and Stripes, although, of course, the affront to American ma rines at Tampico was merely the straw' to break the camel's back. If the Tampico garrison fires the required salute all will be well. It will show a proper respect for the dignity of the American Government which has been so repeatedly degraded by the inso lent Mexicans. If the salute is not fired With the whole Atlantic fleet con centrated at the point of the affront, with the determined stand taken yes terday by President Wilson, another hacking down on the part of the Uni ted States would be inconceivable. Doubtless nothing of the- sort is even thought of by the Administration. To hack down now would be worse than the "temporizing and vacillation of the past. Mexico would not take us seri ously again, no matter what we might threaten. Moreover, as "suggested at -yesterday's Cabinet meeting, American prestige would suffer the world over. So, barring a recession by Huerta or his subordinates, sharp action would appear imminent. It might take the form of a shelling of the Tampico fortifications or a landing of marines, or both. What such a forci ble demonstration as that might lead to is not easily foreseen. The possi Mlities are many. With no resistance from the Mexican forces to the land ing of marines the United States Gov ernment might be satisfied" with a demonstration in force as a fearful object lesson to the Mexicans. Tem porary occupation of Tampico would impress the Huerta government with the fact that we are not to be trifled with forever. Resistance, of course, would mean war. Should the Mexicans resist with either infantry or artillery such force would be employed as was necessary to sweep them aside. This could he , done with the ease and severity of a mailed fist brought down upon a fly. Such a situation might easily set off the whole Mexican powder keg and precipitate a war that would only end when American intervention had re established the orderly processes of constitutional government. The whole situation can be regard ed as a logical denouement of amateur diplomacy. We are showing at this late day a firmness that should have toeen emphasized in the beginning. If our display of force wins the day tvJthout a clash of arms it will merely prove that firmness was needed to begin with in the Mexican matter. If we are forced to drastic action it may toe in no small measure because Huerta, in the light of past perform ance, believes that we are spineless, cowardly bluffers. FOR -THE CASUAL,' OR CARELESS READER. In a letter published today a pro fessed reader' of The Oregonian in dicts us on six counts as "unfriendly" to the Wilson Administration. It is charged first that The Orego nian found fault with the President's abolishment of the customary New Year's reception. We did, but ap proved his dispensing with other pub lic receptions which waste time and energy. The Oregonian is charged with crit icising the Underwood tariff bill, espe cially as concerns free wool, and to have claimed it would have a depress in effect upon the price- of wool. We did, and the removal of the wool tar iff has had Just that effect. The third indictment is that The Oregonian criticised the President for declining to take up the question of woman's suffrage. The criticism was directed more against the excuse of fered by the President than against his decision. The fourth pertains to Mexico. The Oregonian, it is charged, criticised the President for not recognizing Huerta or Intervening and stopping war with war. The Oregonian has never favored intervention in Mexico. It believes -that there was a time when either rec ognition of Huerta or & demonstra tion such as now is centering at Tam pico would have .stopped war without war. The Oregonian now has misgiv ings as to the result of the belated stiffening of the Administration's backbone. The fifth indictment is that The Oregonian found fault with the Ad ministration's attitude toward free tolls. Guilty. And so are numerous Democratic newspapers. Finally, The Oregonian is accused of contending that the Wilson Admin istration Is doing nothing for the de velopment and Interests of the North west. The Oregonian has warmly commended the Administration's pro gramme of land laws and has given frequent specific approval to meas ures proposed by Secretary Lane. Its criticism has been directed at the side tracking of these measures to make way for an unnecessary and pro lounced discussion of free tolls. These six indictments, several of which are Inaccurate, seem to our EUensburg critic to establish the main charge that The Oregonian has criti cised "practically everything" the Wilson Administration has done. We would remind him that reform of the currency was placed second in impor tance to revision of the tariff by Pres ident Wilson. The new currency law Is one of the distinctive achievements of the present Administration. It has had the hearty support and approval of The Oregonian. The Oregonian has also commended the income tax law and given Mr. Wilson entire credit for Its adoption. It has commended and praised his admirable judgment in managing the anti-trust campaign. It has exulted over the passage of the Alaska railroad bill. All these things are known to the "regular readers of the editorial pages of The Oregonian." Then why review? Because this may chance to catch the eye of the casual or care less Democratic readers, among whom our ELlensbuTg contributor is v obvi ously numbered. THE DREADED COMBINATION. The argument for canal tolls on coastwise shipping presented to the Senate committee by Professor S. S. Heubner, of the University of Penn sylvania, constitutes a gloomy view of the benefits to be derived from the waterway. Shipping conferences, ' he said, will charge all the traffic will bear, ' and if tolls are remitted the shipowners, not the consumers, will benefit. t In other words, the shipowners will combine to charge the highest rates at which cargoes will move from coast to coast! If true, collection of tolls will be but a small recompense to the public for exorbitant rates. It is a poor substitute when what la needed is legislation that will forestall or pre vent shipping combinations". A half way measure is thus approved on the pitiable assumption that we are bound to be held up by the shipowners. But it is plain that If holdup Is prevented, as it must be if it should exist, this particular argument for tolls is swept away. But we doubt that shipping confer ences, tf such things exist, will be so. shortsighted. The . competition in movement of traffic will not end with a combination, of shipowners. The railroads are to be reckoned with. The lower the rates by ' sea the greater will be the volume of traffic that will move out of the interior to take ad vantage of transportation cheaper than the all-rail haul across the Con tinent. The lower the shipping rates the farther inland will the influence of the. canal be felt. Railroad-owned ships are forbidden the canal. Plainly the coastwise ships, whether in combination or not, will al ways opekate in competition with the transcontinental railroads. As well say that they will make rates so high that freight will travel by rail in pref erence to steamship from the Atlantic seaboard to Portland and other Coast harbors as to assert that they will make rates so high as to pass up any business of interior cities that can be made to move by a combination of rail and water routes. DEMOCRATS GROW TOUCHY. Democratic newspapers are becom ing extremely touchy about anything that is said, even in the way of badin age, about the President and his Sec retary of State. When the House was discussing the executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bill Mr. Murdock pinned down Mr. Johnson, of South Carolina, with questions as to whether any or the appropriations were to be used In paying the Presi dent's household expenses. He made some jocular remarks about Mr. Bryan's coachman and footman and their liveries, and Mr. Humphrey sug gested that the country would be -better off If Mr. Bryan would leave the State Department for the Chautauqua circuit. Mr. Mondell suggested that the Union Jack appear on the uni forms of Mr. Bryan's servants. The New York World, commenting on this flow of humor, says. "Congress is in ill humor, but Its manners are worse than its temper." It adds that "such a debate would hardly be tol erated in a doggery," and calls the members' witticisms "vituperative," "legislative ruffianism," a "campaign of slander" and "defaming the Presi dent." There was nothing about Mr. Mur dock's remarks which should cause the World to be so,"het up." He asked plain questions as to whether certain expenses of the President were paid with public funds, and the answer in each case was a direct negative. He thus helped to remove false Impres sions which might exist In some minds. He indulged in good-natured fun about Mr. Bryan's coachman and foot man and their liveries. What he said would not compare, as to offenslve ness, with many things which were said of the Republicans when they were in control. Why can't the Democrats . take a little "Joshing" good-naturedly? Why can't they "stand the gaff" which they have often poked into Republican ribs? Either they take themselves too seriously or they realize that in the canal tolls debate the Republicans have scored on them. That would naturally make them Irritable.' O'SILIJVAN'S WHISKERS. Lawyer O'SuIllvan, of New Orleans; was too dilatory in the pursuit of Jus tice. He committed the fault which his professional brethren in their ex quisite dialect call "laches." In vul gar English he slept upon his rights. Long years ago, or, to be more accur ate, in 1908, he suffered a fearful out rage which it would require' the tragic pen of a Sophocles to describe ade quately. We can only hint at it by saying that he lost hi3 whiskers. Mr. O'Sullivan's whiskers were a spectacle for the gods in their pristine bloom. Of a golden yellow hue, they floated down over his manly bosom like the moss on an Oregon oak. They were his pride and glory. .When he arose to address a jury Jie could al ways fill up a pause In his language by artistically pulling them. If an op posing witness happened to be a woman he could beguile her to his side of the case by expanding his al luring ..whiskers as he put his ques tions. Mr. O'SuIllvan, In the days of his splendor, was known to win many a doubtful case by skillfully empha sizing the harmonious beauty of his facial saclornments. But, alas, the spoiler lay in wait for him. Naturally, his legal brethren were bitterly Jeal ous of his professional advantages and sought eagerly for an opportunity to bereave him of them. It came in 1908. when Taft was elected. Mr. O'SuIllvan bet his beard on Bryan and lost. Imagine the fiend ish glee with which the forfeit was ex acted. Shylock whetting his knife to cut off the pound of flesh from poor Antonio was merciful compared with these ghouls. The wretches who de spoiled Abelard were angels of love compared with the lawyers who sheared O'Sullivan's whiskers. For six weary years he pined in solitude over his defacement and then sought tardy justice from the 6tate courts. - Did he get it? Ask of ths winds that far around with whiskers strewed the Louisiana cane fields on that fear ful day when O'Sullivan was pillaged. The court told him Icily that "he had waited too long." Great goodness, how soon Is a man expected to recover sufficiently from the loss of his whis kers to begin a lawsuit for their value? Such grief requires years to begin to heal. If O'Sullivan had be gun his suit the day after he was de spoiled the court would have told him it was too soon. Any excuse is enough when, it has been resolved to rob a man of his just dues. OO TO CHURCH SUNDAY. ..We do not believe that those who make a radical change in their usual Sunday habits and go to church on April 19 will be sorry for it. The presence of large congregations will inspire all the ministers to preach their best sermons. Every pulpit wfll bristle with new and inspiring ideas expressed in eloquent language. The religious movements which are bub bling and seething in Germany and England will no doubt be discussed adequately and their merits set forth for the entertainment of the congre gations.' We dare say one minister win explain Eucken's doctrine of "The Inner Life," which has attracted students from all over the world to the little university at Jena, where he teaches. Some other pulpit will elab orate the arguments by which Berg son has restored faith in God and the soul. From still another we may ex pect to hear instructive comments on that flood of religious books of which "The Call of the Carpenter" is a fair sample. These books seek to explain mm strange pnenomenon which Is sometimes known as "the failure of Protestantism." In other words, they seek to account for the general falling off in church attendance and the re grettable weakening of Fretestant in fluence in modern life. ' . There is no reason why the"' large congregations which will be called out on "go to church Sunday" should not continue to go to church all the rest of their lives. If they find In their experimental attendance - anything worth going again to procure, as they certainly must, they will return week after week and thus become regular members of some church if they are not such already. Inspired by the hope of making their congregations habitually as large as they will be on the 19th, the ministers will put new life into their pulpit efforts all the year round. Science, scholarship, his torical criticism will flourish in our pulpits. Modern thought will drive out ancient routine and the churches may undergo a veritable revival in consequence of this one day's effort. There are many Intelligent persons In Portland who never have seen the inside of a church except at some funeral or wedding. They know as little as the Hottentots about what is really taught by our ministers. "Go to church Sunday" may prove a great surprise to them and correct-numberless misapprehensions about the na ture and value of preaching. OUR HARMLESS WEAPONS. In those Incessant preparations for war upon which modern nations spend so much money two opposing tend encies are noticeable. For one thing, we seell sorts of mechanical invent ors busy devising the deadliest weap ons that science and human Ingenuity can contrive. A gun that will kill tvUce as many men -at one shot as any be fore heard of is welcomed with shrieks of rapture from military men all over the world. The airship and dirigible have been valued by our artists in warfare mainly because they offer op portunities for slaughter never par alleled In all previous history. The new wireless waves are a source of keen delight to professional soldiers because by means of them tens of thousands can probably be slain where only hundreds were slain 'be fore. ' This is one tendency. Side by side with it we see something like the ex act opposite. While we are putting Into th hands of troops weapons sup posed to be 'more deadly than they have ever used before we are busy teaching them the rules of hygiene. How to preserve their health, how to treat fresh bounds, how to escape the ravages of fatal bacteria are questions that no army thinks it safe to neglect. Thus Death and Life fight face to face with one another in every mod ern military organization. It even seems as if Life were gaining a little on his foe. The zeal to make the modern gun' scientifically perfect has perhaps lessened its destructiveness. It shoots farther and more accurately than guns did in former times, but its wounds are not so cruel. For this interesting fact we have the authority of Dr. A. De Page, pres ident of the International Surgical As sociation. This distinguished medical man says that the horrors of modern warfare have "been greatly decreased from a surgical standpoint." He adds that the latest guns are "comparative ly harmless." Even when they wound they are not nearly so likely to kill as old-fashioned weapons were. These guns, he says, "are humane weapons," and he tells or wounds through the breast and the head which have proved almost innocuous. It would be almost amusing If the military spirit in its rage to perfect slaughter should banish ' slaughter from the battle field. OPEN SESSIONS NOT FAR OFF. Only by a majority of one did the Senate lay on the table Senator Ken yon's motion to consider confirma tions in open session. The vote was thirty-one to thirty, and of those who voted against Mr. Kenyon eleven were old line Republicans and twenty were Democrats, with few exceptions, from the Eastand South. Of those who voted with Mr. Kenyon fourteen were Progressive Republicans, eleven were Democrats, chiefly from the West, and five were old-line Republicans. Bo narrow a majority for the pres ent rule as to executive sessions pre sages a change In the near future. The tendency is toward greater publicity in all legislative proceedings, and the flimsy excuses made for secret consid eration of appointments must soon give way before It. The rule is bro ken with Impunity, and, so far as It Is observed, it serves to shield Senators from responsibility for their acta and words. Thecxcuse "is made that it would be unjust to Presidential nomi nees to subject them to public discus sion of their ' qualifications. In fact, the attacks on them leak out, while the attackers often hide behind the cloak of secrecy. Good nominations are often rejected for personal or po litical reasons which would probably have been confirmed if voted on open ly. Publicity would have a restrain ing, influence on Senators who make unjustifiable attacks, while it would prevent some from approving bad ap pointments. The appointment of" Mr. Daniels to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which provoked the present discus sion. Is a case in point. It was criti cised because of the views be had ex pressed on the principles which should govern valuation of public utilities. As the Commission is entering upon the work of valuing railroads, his opinions on the subject are of great public importance and are a proper subject fo open discussion. Oppo nents of his confirmation were confi dent Of defeating it, but wen Induced to consent to one. day adjournment of a vote. The President's friends made use of the delay to win over enough votes to carry confirmation, the Identity of the -men who changed their views in a night being hidden, behind the cloak of secrecy. Had they been compelled to vote openly they might have feared to support & man of reactionary views. The vote on Mr. Kenyon's motion once more. shows the Administration Democrats In the same lobby with the standpat Republicans, while the ma jority of those who supported the mo tion were Republicans. This fact shows who are the true friends of progress and of the policy of doing business in the open whereof the President was so eloquent an advocate when he wrote "TJie New Freedom," but which he has so soon forgotten. One of the Ohio farm papers has a very -sensible editor. He is courageous, too, or he would not dare to speak out as he does against the pest of dogs. This editor says "that the dog is the principal enemy of the sheep industry In Ohio and many other states. Farm ers who have tried to keep sheep know that he tells the truth. A single good-for-nothing cur will often ruin a small flock In a night. Sheep never will become as common in the United States as they ought until our mania for dog worship abates a little. Every community, large and small. Iri" Oregon and Washington should fix upon a day this Spring for "good roads day." It should be a day of deeds, not talk. Muscle makes better roads than hot air. Every able-bodied man. boy and horse In the neighborhood should spend the day draining mud puddles, filling up holes and laying tiles. Perhaps the best place to be gin the agitation for a good roads day is the public schools. We never shall know what feats can be done safely with the aeroplane until we know what ones are danger ous. This requires daring experiment and entails loss of life. So the avia tors who .perish "looping the loop" are genuine martyrs to science. They sacrifice their lives for the good of humanity. Each of them adds a brick to the rising temple of knowledge and earns his meed of gratitude from those of us who profit In safety by his death. A New Orleans mar wants to sue practical jokers for $60,000 for clip ping off his whiskers. The value of whiskers is not to be sneezed at. Where would J. Ham Lewis be at to day, for example, were It not for whiskers? The success attained by Mrs. J. F. Kelly and her co-workers of the Parent-Teacher Association in locating the new Shattuck school on the best site shows what can be done by wom an working for the right. If Grover Cleveland or Theodore Roosevelt were President or James O. Blaine Secretary of State there would not be a Tampico incident dragging out a lingering death, or. for that matter, a Mexican situation to cause It. Huerta urges rich Mexicans to fur nish trousers to peon laborers who are without apparel.' It begins to look like running shoes will also be needed by the Mexicans. Train "robbers should confine their operations to the effete East. There's too much danger , of running into a little Veand" out in the Coast country. Dancing masters In convention are devising a new form of the tango. Which they will be ready shortly to impart at 10 a lesson, no doubt. - John LInd, the silent man, probably lost his tongue down In Mexico, where he was not permitted to speak out of his iuriiy Maybe If we all go to church Sun day the weather will be more propi tious on important festival days of the future. An Illinois prohibition town will drive out "soft drinks" and liquor on prescriptions. That's real prohibition. Guns used In modern warrare are represented as humane. Oh, yes, they use sucn Kindly mtie missiles. Small comfort to the fan to know that If the rain was not needed It would not fall. - Japanese players beat Columbia 3 to 1. There's the first real hint of a Japanese peril. Postponed games may be the lucky ones to land the pennant. A Beaver booster In a raincoat is enough to make the fkles weep. A moving picture of lha Twenty fourth and Vaughn Park would show Just one drofj after another. Mexican rebels are reported to have withdrawn from Tampico. If Is not their funeral. Saluting the gringo flag will be a bitter dose for the Greasers. Water polo should be provided as a substitute for such occasions. American dignity bids fair to be come a reality once more. By the way. too many of you peo ple haven't registered. Thaw and the Mexican situation are" hard upon us again. But possibly Huerta thinks we are just teasing again. Save the bets until the wind gets out of the couth. Just now the fans would make Ore gon a dry state. Make the'Greaser salute the fla J. Pluvius won the first game. AUVANTAGKS OK ftlKlTtU ROUTE Mm, Moo res Defeads lilos Aveane Arscesek to Vaaroavrr Bridge. PORTLAND. April H. (To the Ed itor.) A large amount of space In The Oregonian has recently been given to arguments In favor ot a reconsidera tion, by the County Commissioners, of ths action In locating the approach to me interstate bridge bv way of L'nion avenue. This is a vital question In which all of the taxpayers of Multno mah County are" interested. It would seem that the judgment of disinterest ed engineers and the vote of S to 1 by tha Commissioners after mature delib eration and exhaustive hearings ought to be conclusive. To open up the mat ter again can only provoke recrimina tion and delay. Everybody cannot hope to be satisfied. The attempt to introduce matters en tirely foreign to the issue cannot be ex cused. The statement of Mr. Hyland that "everyone who has I taken sides stands for one traction comDanv or an other" Is a remarkable admission for him to make. So far as it applies to the proponents of the Union avenue ap proach it Is absolutely without founda tion." They will protest by unanimous vote against' any discrimination being made In favor of any traction company, and they will fight any attempt to mo nopolize the bridge, or any of its ap proaches, or any attempt fo have the bridge money of the taxpayers used In any way as a subsidy for amy railway company, or landed Interests. In this connection, too. it Is but proper to say that the Portland Railway: Light &. Power Company has not asked for any exclusive franchises, and has explicitly announced Us willingness to grant common-user privileges over its lines. Public sentiment would compel the company to do this In any event. No traction comDanv hu. mn vet snv franchise over the proposed bridge, or approacnes. They fin only get a franchise by the consent of the tax payers and the Commissioners of Clarke and Multnomah Counties. In fact the proposed approach to the bridge runs a half mile west of the right of way of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. One corporation is no better man another. The way to nrevent mo nopoly and to see that all traction com panies are given equal privileges is to not make the demand a Iocs or a sec tional question, and divide and dissi pate our strength in that way. but t present a. united front and so present the question as to secure the support of every taxpayer without reference to locality. The demand for fair plav Is not confined to the Peninsula. ItS universal demand, and an approach by way of Union tveiuit will not hamner In the slightest degree the development ui a great interurban system of car- lines throughout Clarke Countv. Mr. Hyland proposes to show bevond question that $100,000 can be saved by auopung me ueroy street-Patton ave nue route. That alleged fact was to have been established at the meeting of me uora or commissioners, at which tne nnai decision was reached twi weeks ago. but Mr. Howard, renresent ing Mr. Harrington, met even lnonirv made. anJ demonstrated the correctness of the engineers' figures. In the earlier campaign Mr. Modjeskl was quoted as saving a fatton avenue approach would be cheaper than one by way of Union avenue. This was snectflcallv iinnM by Mr. Modjeski. who declared he mougnt an approach by way of Union avenue could be more cheaply con structed. Here we have the judgment Of Mr. Harrington and of Mr. Mod jeskl, two brldgs englneera of National reputation. In favor of the Union ave nue approach. The table of distances submitted by Mr. Harrington has been Ignored en tirely, apparently for the sufficient rea son that It cannot be successfully dis puted. The approach should be con structed where It will conduce to the greatest good of the greatest number. Is it not true that at least SO per cent of the population of the Hast Side, not Including anyone outside the cltv lim its, lives east of Union avenue and does not this 80 per cent Constitute nearly 20.000 more than one-half of the popu lation of the entire city? Will not every one of these people In making a round trip to Vancouver by way of rerby street -be compelled, according to Mr. Harrington's undisputed figures, to travel one mile and IKS feet (nearly two miles) further than If going by way of Union avenue? Would not every one of the J0.O0O people of the West Side, and all of the tens of thousands Of peo ple coming from Clarke County, In making a round trip between Vancou ver and Portland, and crossing the Broadway bridge, have to go one mile and 308 feet more If going by way of Derby street than by way of Union ave nue? If going by way of the Harrl man bridge would they not have to travel one mile and 1584 feet out of their way? If going by way of the three south bridges would thev not have to travel one mile and 41S4 feet out of their way? Would not at least 85 per cent of the people of Portland probably 235.000 of them, lose from over one mile to nearly two miles on every round trip to Vancouver by wa ofTJerby street? How- many hundreds of thousands of miles of unnecessary travel does all of this mean to all of the taxpaylng travelers ever the Inter state bridge in all f the years to come? Does this or does rt not mean the impo sition of an enormous, a continuous and unnecessary tax upon those whose money is building the bridge? CHARLES B. MOORES. GRANGE OPPOSES KIGHT-HOI IJ LAW Resolntloaa Adapted Showing That Lei station Would Iajure Producers. LYONS. Or.,- April 14. (To the Edi tor.) Fox Valley Grange, No. 174. of Lyons, is very much interested in the eight-hour law petition, and the mem bers have drawn up a resolution which they wish to see printed In The Ore gonian, with the hope that your many readers will give more careful thought to this law, before voting on It: "Whereas. The Initiative petition now filed with the Secretary of State to be submitted to the voters of Oregon, to amend the constitution, making it a criminal offense to employ any la borer, man, woman, boy or girl, more than eight hours in one day; this day being defined - as nhA rnn,UI.i.ti... "hours, with one hour for eating and rest; ine penalty oelng from 1100 to $1000 or Imprisonment from 30 days to one year, or both fine and imprison ment for the slightest violation of the law; the said law applying to every In dustry In the state, and, "Whereas. This community, consist ing entirely of farmers and dairymen, would have to keep two shifts of men, paying each man by the hour, and much less than is paid now, or he would soon be bankrupt, and that would work a hardship on the laborer, for he would not only receive less per day, but he could not work overtime, if he wished to provide that much more for his family. "Whereas, The threshers would also be compelled to run two shifts, run ning 18 hours per day, or else not ac complish their work before the Fall rains. The dairyman would be un able to keep any help when he most needed it, and therefore would be compelled to get rid of his cowa, caus ing unfathomable Injury to that Indus try In the state: therefore, be it "Resolved. That Fox Valley Grange No. 374. " Lyons, is unanimously op posed to such a' drastic law, becoming a part of our constitution, and that we will do all in our poyer to de feat It." EDNA R WATERMAN, Secretary. Lgle of the Bride-to-Be. Baltimore American. "Dear, when shall I Install you as the mistress of a dear little homer "You may as well understand now Srst as last, John Henry, that there won't be any home on the Installment plan." "TOO MUCH CRITICISM IS FAClfcI1 Writer Xaaaes Six Policies The Orrara- j alaa Dees Sot la-dora. ELLElt?BCEG. Wash.. April . (To the .Editor.) Any regular reader ot the editorial pate ot the daily edition of The Oregonian cannot very well es cape the conviction ths.fr yourpsper Is not Very friendly to President Wilson and his Administration. The writer may be mistaken, but It would seem that practically everything (hat Mr. Wilson has done, or has attempted to do. has been criticised by your paper. First, if the writer mistakes not, you found fault with the President's deci sion not to hold the customary New Year's reception at the White House. Second, you opposed and vigorously criticised the Underwood tariff bill, es pecially upon the ground of free wool, which. If my memory serves tns cor rectly, you claimed would have a de pressing effect upon the price of wool. Third, you criticised the President for declining to take up the question of woman's suffrage. Fourth, you have criticised him rather severely for his attitude toward Mexico, claiming that he should have recognised Huerta or intervened arid stopped the war with war, I am not sure which. In Tact. It Is not very clear from any of your numerous edi torials on this question Just what your Idea of handling Mexico Is. Fifth, you are Just now finding par ticular fault with the President for his determination to repeal the tolls ex emption on American vessels through the Panama Canal; and. Sixth, you have contended on sev eral occasions that the Wilson Admin istration Is doing nothing for the de velopment and Interests of the North West. It may be that, Mr. Wilson Is wrong in all of these matters and that you are right: but to say the least. It hard ly looks reasonable, and one Is natur ally disposed at times to wonder If you are not Just a little bit opposed to a Democratic Administration on "general principles" and under any and all cir cumstances. The writer cheerfully concedes your right as a Republican to criticise Mr. Wilson and his policies and It is a. proper and rightful pre rogative of a great newspaper, such as yours is; but don't you think that a less violent and general criticism of Mr. Wilson, who seems to have at least average ability and a Volerably clear conception of the duties of his office, would serve your political purposes Just as effectively and at the same time make it a little more pleasant for some of your readers who do not hap pen always to agree with you? READER. For the benefit of this contributor and a few other Democrats who either read carelessly or are so party hide bound that they are not satisfied with less than blind adulation of a Demo cratic President, the following excerpts from the leading editorial of The Ore gonian March 4, 1914, are printed: In procuring; P - of the Income tax !7,.Mr- Wilson complied with sn undoubted public demand and lis success Is placed en tirely to uis credit. , No achievement of President Wilson re I ,C,1 m,r "onor on him than the new 1. ,T.,my TnU !" ' al-a,. lYiT,P ndm" one or ,h mo" "iln evidences ot his control over bis party. The President has shown admirable Juds ment In his manasemenl ot the anti-trust campaign. Ths President has moved persistently to Better the condition of agriculture and pro mote development of the Wtiu He no longer permits public receptions ta wants time and energy which can be ap plied more effectually to the publio service. The accusation of captious criticism applied by "Reader" fits his- own In dictment of The Oregonian. EVII. IX LEASUva GHAEINU LAUD System Would Fa or- Urge Oitiera Alfse says SMekgrower. WEST ALL, Or.. April 14. (To the Editor.) Have read in Ths Oregonian a statement regarding- a conference nt the Governors of seven Western states at DeYiver on the disposition of our pub lic grazing lands. In which Governor est or Oregon wns ths only Cover nor who. expressed himself In favor of leasing the public grazing lands by acreage, which would make it possible r larn jivesiocK companies to con trol and monopolize the livestock In dustry as It Is conducted on the open ranges of the United States to the ex clusion of thousands of small stock raisers and farmers who now occupy and utilise the open grazing lands ot the Western ranie states. Governor West surely does not un derstand the conditions pertaining to the grazing of livestock on the free ranges of the United States.' In the first place, no small individual stock raiser could afford to lease grazing lands, aa the cost of fencing would make It prohibitive, and without fenc ing his leasehold he could not receive the full benefit thereof, whereas large livestock companies by the force of unlimited capital could, and undoubt-, edly would, lease vast amounts bf range, which in Itself would make II unnecessary for them to fence the same, which would make it leal for the holder of an immense leasehold to drive his smaller neighbors out of his reacnand which would soon force any small stockraiser to sell his holdings to the large leaseholder or whatever be might offer. Some will say we will limit the large livestock companies. That would not protect the small stock owner, as the Dig stock companies would readily or ganize subsidiary companies, and there. by get control or all the grazing lands they might desire. Rich corporate companies know how to protect themselves, but common pco- via iicwi protective legislation. Let the Government take charra a the open ranges similar to ths system now in force under forest reserve grazing land now In use, lay off graz ing Districts in community allotments. charge a per capita tax, and leave It open to an who live within tha dis trict, under Government supervision and regulation as to how It should be grazed, and make such- rules as will guard it against overstocking. Let the Government charge a reasonable price per capita, to create a revenue to de fray the oost of supervision and give all an equal chance to get the benefit of grazing their livestock on the open ranges, and not only preserve but in crease the grazing capacity of the open ranges. By eliminating the leasing by acre age possibility the gracing bill now before Congress covers the case en tirely, and It should be passed. It Is hard for us to believe that Governor West, wbo should be the guardian of the rights of the people, who elected him to the Important office of Governor of the Brest state of Oregon, would knowingly and intentionally favor any measure that would put a large por tion of the people at the mercy of grasping corporations who already own and control too much of our public domain. But we lay It to his Ignorance of conditions pertaining to the grazing in dustry of our Western range states. By all means favor the farmers and small stockralsers who live here, who pay the taxes, build roads and school houses, raise their families here, who have gone through all the hardships and privations of the far Western range states, as against great foreign live stock companies. I hire been engaged exclusively In the raising of livestock in this country for 40 yeara, and ought to know something bf the conditions under which the grazing of tha public domain should be con-iucted. CHARLES BECKER, Stockraiser. - Twenty-five Years Ago From the Oregonian of April lilSSs. Washington. April. 14 Lsll "TTil lom. Cleveland's unconfirmed acting collector of customs at Port Town send, has telegraphed his resignation. Washington. April 14. Cyrus Dolph. of Oregon. Is In the city a guest ot his brother, Senator Dolph.' Washington. April 14 The appoint ment of Max Pracht. of Oregon, to bo collector of customs for Alaska. Is highly gratifying to that individual. Walla Walla. Wash., April H. At 1 P. M. today Sheriff McFarland and Constable Morse overtook two men charged with burglary about nine miles ensi of Walluia. The men fired snd the officers returned the fire, kil ling Tom Williams. They.-arrested the other, Dave Murphy. Los Angeles. April 14. Mrs. Lizzio McCalla. daughter of the late James B. Stephens, of Kast Portland, is living hers In abject poverty. Rev. J. V. M'.lllgan. of . Portland, preached at ths Presbyterian Church. Alblna. yesterday and read the letter of resignation of Rev. W. O. Forbes, the pastor. J. B. .Montgomery has granted the right ot way for a bridge across Mont gomery Slough. connecting Lorlng street, Alblna. with. Third street. Irv- Ing s Addition. Robert Menefee has gone to Fan Francisco on account of Illness of his mother. W. N. Pat ton has gone to Tillamook, The ' Albina Flouring Mills have closed down. The Congregational Church in Hol-d-y's Addition will soon remove ths benches and replace them with cush ioned pews. Road Commissioner Redman is mak ing some very substantial Improve ments on ths St, Helens rsad. Ths road will hereafter be macadamized. . About ;o Swiss Immigrants arrived yesterday. K. A. Habersham leaves this morn ing to locate the line of tha -Columbia Valley & Ooldendale Railroad from GoldendsUe to a Junction with ths Northern Pacific at Pasco. Oeorge A. Lederle. engineer In charge of the O. R. N. Co's. steel brldgs across the Snake Klver at Rlparla Is In the city. McMahon 4k FarlniX Australian Cir cus united recently and will exhibit on Ninth and Clay streets. E. Lewlston, proprietor of the In ternational Hotel, has sailed from New Y'ork for Norway to visit relatives. Half a Century Ago (From ThsOregonlan ot April 13. 1S4.) Wa notice in the Eastern papers ths sppointment of ' Henry Oellinicer as Collector of Internal Revenue tor ths district Of Oregon, in place of L. W. Coe. resigned. Mr. Dellinger has been until very recently editor of tha Jack sonville Sentinel. Salem. April 11. The Democratic State Convention at Albany adjourned this P. M. The following are ths nom inations: James K. Kelly, of Wasco County, for Congress: A. E. Walt, S. F. Chadwlck and Benj. Hayden. for elec tors: Benj. Stark. Wm. Hfgbee. Wm. McMillan. Jefferson Howell. John Whlt aker, X. T. Caton. delegates to the Chi cago convention. For Judges Second Judicial District, Stukely Ellsworth; Third District. J. S. Smith; Fifth Dis trict. J. H. Slater: Prosecuting Attorney for Fourth District. L. Wolff. - Married On Monday. April 11. at ths Church of the Immaculate Conception, Mr. Patrick Flynn to Miss Margaret McKune. both of Portland. At ths Synagogue Beth Israel, In this city, on Thursday, April 14, by the Rev. Dr. Eckman. Julie Heyman and Jaques Bauer. .The Mercantile Library Association hag their rooms In Stark's building, on First street, near Stark, In a forward condition, and by May 1 tha reading room will be opened for the usa of members. The funeral of the lata B. B. Decker was attended by the Washington Guards In full complement and repre sentatives of the other military com panies yesterday afternoon. The funeral sermon was preached at ths Methodist Church by Rev. Mr. Rutledgs. T1in evening the drama of "Vlctor Ino" will be performed for the benefit of Miss Francos R. Goes. Julia Dean Hayne will conclude her engagement this week. The Presbyterian Church organ was unpacked yesterday and placed in po sition. .i, Captain George H. Flavel purchased ths schooner Ellen yesterday for tjooo. She will be used in csrrylng building materials and supplies to the new for tifications at the mouth of the Colum bia River. The cargo of the schooner Ellen sold to good advantage yesterday. The po tatoes brought 30 cents a bushel, de livered on board, and the bacon 15 H to 14 cents per pound. The telegraph wire was down be tween Levens Station and Jacksonville yesterday, which has cut off our sup plies of news for today. Our Dalles neighbors are troubled with smallpox. The new City Council last evening elected John McCraken President and II. R. Meeker Clerk. Hose Palae la Saggested. HUBBARD. Or., April 14. (To ths Editor.) Through The Oregonian I should like to make a suggestion to those who have ths Rose Festival features in hand. As it has been de cided to have some central place for receiving visitors, would it not be ap propriate to make this a Ross Palace? Ths Idea appeals Jo me and such a pal ace could no doubt be made without much more outlay. A palace would be a suitable offering to the King and Queen and their retinue. MRS ALICB PARKER CASSIDY. The Enthusiastic " Traveling Man Mr. Manufacturer, when your road men come 1n from their trips, and sit down with you In your office, and go over their trips, town by town, pay attention to what they have to say on the subject of ad vertising help for the retailer who sells your line. Nine out of ten salesmen will tell .von that the re tailer prefers newspaper aiOvertis Ing because It covers the ground, his ground, with thoroughness and convincingness. If you want the best retailers to prefer your Rpods to any other, ad vertise In the best newspapers. , Thresh this subject out with your frsreling men if you want to aes some real enthusiasm.