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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1914)
"THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAtf, FRIDAY, JTjyE 19, 1914. 10 FOBTL4XD. OBEGOX. Entered at Portland, Orejon. postofflce as Second-class matter. Suda-ctipUaai Bate InT.riably In Advance, IDT 1UIL) . . . , ... 18.00 im.nj, BumAAf un-iuusu, wuv wu - - . Dally, SnDday Included, sta months J-J? Uaily, Sunday included, three months ... Jjally, Sunday Included, one montn ..... Daily, without Sunday, one year J"I Dally, without Sunday. six month , ,T Dally, without Sunday, three monthe .... .t Dally, without Sunday, one month "Weekly, one year Vsu Bunday, one year -"" a 50 T3 V A a RRTRR1 Dally, Sunday Included, one year "'? XaJly. Sunday included, one month ' llow to Kemit Send poetoflice money or der, expreaa order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ) aenaers rlak. Uive poatoiiice A"i" - including- county and state. 1s inui... i- in id niuR& 1 cent, AO to 82 pases, cent; 34 to 48 pages, 8 cenU; 60 to eo pages, 4 cental 02 to .6 P"? rente; 78 to Z cages, 0 cents. iom a- -age. double rates. . Eastern Biuinees Offices Verre Conk II n, Mew york, Brunswick building. Chi cago, steger building. baa Francisco OtXlco B. J. Bldwell Co, 4 Market street. . OKTLAJ.T, IUXDAY, JUK 19, 1914 , THE CAPSHEAi' Ol? FOIXT. The Columbian Senate lias ratified the- remarkable "Wilson-Bryan treaty et apology and surrender between the Bouth American republic and the United States; and It Is to be pre sumed that the Presidential thumb screw will soon be turned on the United States Senate to induce it to agree to the indefensible $25,000,000 bargain. This precious treaty is typical of the timid and cowardly policy of the President and his Secretary of State Coward all foreign nations. An old aore is deliberately reopened, and it is to be salved over with a $25,000,000 soiatinm.'f The good will of an insig nificant and quarrelsome South American republic is to be bought with a. large sum from the United States Treasury and it is to have rights and privileges in the use of the Panama Canal which we deny to ourselves. It is all quite extraordinary. The criticism of the Mexican fiasco, the protest over the tariff, the agita tion over the anti-trust bills, the com plaints about industrial stagnation, the general resentment over the re peal of free tolls, will all be as noth ing compared to the Indignation and excitement of the country when Pres ident Wilson and Secretary Bryan attempt to consummate this crowning blunder. A3f GCTTUOW OF GOLD. In eleven months the United States lias sent abroad 65,000,000 in gold, gtnd the outflow continues, last week's Bhlpments having totaled 118,000,000. We owe the money to Europe as the balance of trade, because our Imports now exceed our exports; for freight, because other nations do our carry ing by sea; and for interest and divi dends. Europe needs the money, be cause French and German banks are In straits and because national treas uries must be prepared for emer gencies of war. Europe pays a pre mium to get more gold, perhaps, than we actually owe, because our market, which is now open, will in a sense be closed by the discount system which the regional banks will estab lish. We can spare the gold at pres ent because trade depression has so diminished calls on available capital that money is piling up in banks. The present outflow of gold demon strates the absurdity of our money system. Any man can take a 5 note to a bank and demand gold, and there Is no alternative but to give it. A bank can take $1,000,000 in green backs to the United States Treasury Department, demand gold and it must be given. Under the regional bank system this will be much changed. An official discount rate will regulate the ebb and flow of money between banks and the public. The Federal Keserve Board will be able, by chang ing this rate, to check any abnormal outflow. Gold shipments will ordi narily be limited to an amount which the normal currents of trade Justify. An abnormal demand from abroad, which threatens to deplete our sup ply, will be automatically checked. But the regional bank system can rot prevent the outflow of gold which Is due to an ill-balanced tariff sys tem. If we buy more than we sell. We must pay in gold or its equivalent If we hire foreign ships to carry our exports and to bring our imports, we must pay the freight to the foreigner, and the amount will figure in the peneral settlement at the clearing house of nations. The nations which buy abroad only what they cannot economically produce at home and the nations which carry not only their own but other nations' commerce and which levy toll at every port are the nations which pile up great accumu lations of wealth. This wealth goes out from the old countries to the new countries for investment, to swell the Incoming golden stream. SANITARY. BATHING. Sanitary science is nothing if not startling in its recurrent contradic tion in the face of new discoveries. It hasn't been long since we were being urged to patronize the family bath tub freely and frequently. Therein lay the road to cleanliness, which is currently reported to be akin to God liness, and necessary to happiness, health and longevity. The poor in particular were urged to patronize the family bath and grave concern was felt that bathtubs in tenement districts were often used for coal bins and not for the propagation of cleanliness. Unwashed persona were held up as a menace to themselves and to others. They afforded a pro lific nesting place for the invisible or ganisms that are said to be more de structive of human life than the com bined armies of the world. But hold. Don't rush madly to the family bathtub for another moment until you've heard the latest. A flash is at hand from a New Jersey health board. It has just discovered that the family bathtub is a most danger ous place. Dangerous at least to bathe Jn, though doubtless it is still safe to use it as a coal bin. It is the promis cuous use of this tub by members of the family that renders it dangerous. It is a veritable beehive of micro organic activity. Countless germs lie hidden in its tepid depths waiting to seize upon unwary human prey. So we are left in a dilemma. If we don't bathe we are in danger , of dis ease. If we do bathe we are in dan ger even more grave. The way out is to have individual bath tubs. This is a small matter, particularly for a small family of twelve or fourteen. Or perhaps collapsible washtubs fash ioned of oiled paper can be devised by some public benefactor who is willing to make a fortune. After use they can be -interred in chloride of jlme the bathtubs, that is. Or, as sureested by the New Jersey sanitar ians, the family might install shower baths, a suggestion that ought to bring Joy unbounded to the plumbing trust. However, before making any radical changes or throwing the fam ily bathtub into the ash heap it might be well to wait a few days. It may develop a little later that the shower is fatal. . inS TBOUBLESOHK LARYNX , The skeptical may scout the idea that a little thing like an Inflamed larvnx will be permitted to interfere with Colonel Roosevelt's plans for an extended speaking tour this Fall; but what is to be said when the Colonel tn th -firtlficate of a distin guished London physician that the Roosevelt larynx has snppea its uui uv oni lnrnmntion about the country is not only going to be difficult, but Impossible, for some time to come : The news will be a great aisap nintnnt nt course, to Hiram John son and other Progressive leaders who are sadly in need of the powenui Roosevelt presence. It would seem that laryngitis has an uncomfortable way of asserting itself in the throats of embarrassed statesmen when a tMiiacnmA nnlltlca.1 campaign im pends; and Colonel Roosevelt is In no position in this case to claim 10 ue no exception to the rule. tt 1. tn Inferred, from the spe cific nature of the news. from London, that Colonel Roosevelt's hearing is as good as ever some think it is even better and there is no doubt that the Macedonian cry from forty-eight 1t to the Progressives has found due lodgment in the Roosevelt tympanum. But alas, he is helpless. What can a voiceless orator do on the stump? His true course is un doubtedly to remain at home and keep his ear to tne grouna. thn rinlonel has not had an attack 'of pen paralysis, and we rather look for nim to wrge "u a few thunderbolts in a direction 1 win An ths most good or harm. The target, if we mistake not, will not be the wicked ttepuDucana, nt fhA ineomnetent and blundering Wilson Administration. One may look at least for a lot 01 gooo. rcauius out of the Oyster Bay sanctum. tAVING OtTB GEORGE. a mIimtax tiAvtmniipr ch&mnion au egBMsfow . . - , . - - l . r- n t Rrnltn rnmnlains that The Oregonian makes no open charges against the Democratic cauuiuie onnnprMnn with that wonderful campaign expense account. Certainly not; certainly not. ne gonian makes no charges at all. It is filled with admiration that so much .. v.r SmltVi managers for was iwu. J so little money, and it has had much pleasure in commencing me uuc.- i.j if thA six citizens. ampieu w- , not all of them rich, who contributed 1500 each to the Smitn campaisu. Tjnn..in- thA Smith snisode in Ore gon politics will soon be over. He is going to be Deaten oy tuo .n.v ottoi- Hven aeainst any can didate for Governor in Oregon, Re publican or Democratic, nui k. then will be compensa-j tions for him. He will be able forever to remember with gratitude tne greii financial sacrifices made in his be half by the noble sextette. xT..-,i.Bi.a it 1 tn he an interest ing campaign,' most interesting in deed.- The frantic enort iu v Chamberlain and the willingness of the Chamberlain group to Jettison the Smith candidacy is to be its most . ThAra are already eaiieut ac.aw. signs of preparation for the great sac rifice. There will do uumiuiu .ua. 1 i! cmnnrt nt Smith, of course, but at critical times our George will be overcome with acute laryngit, V10 ohln onlv to make mo- auu aic " " " " tions that he at least must be saved. Poor Smith. ANTI-TRUST BTXXS COSCPROMISK. win. thn. nendine anti-trust bills are denounced by those at whom they are aimed as restrictive to business, they are criticised by such foes of monopoly as Samuel Untermyer on the ground that they "are too largely 11 n of rnm nromises weak, su perficial, ineffective and innocuous." Mr. Untermyer saia in eyccm o. TttK.,i- n atv 22 that "they will UWUUlg V" - " . not, as they stand, eradicate the in tolerable evils against which they are supposed to be directed." He charges ... . . . f i - .1 V. the subcommittee wmcn araj-ieu lucau with having "mistaken the boisterous activity of a small, selfish, powerful group for the voice of the business world" and with having "timidly sur rendered to the outcry." Take as an example tne iraae- com mission bill. Under the Newlanas bill, a substitute for the Clayton bill, the commission is given authority to investigate, to require annual reports, to act as master in chancery to take evidence in suits, to report findings to the court and to tne Aiiuruey-ucA.- eral and to carry out decrees or courts. It is given power to order reform of interlocking directorates, dissolution of holding companies and to regulate stock issues. That would be a tolerably effec tive law. but the Clayton bill, which has passed the House, is much weaker. It requires the commission to investigate violations of law only AinnT of thn President, the Attorney-General, or Congress, instead of on its own initiative, xnis out aura not require reports from corporations or groups of corporations composing a business unit of less than $5,000,000 capital to make reports, though some of the most oppressive combinations have been those composed of a num ber of small concerns. The Clayton -in ,roa thA pomTTiisslon no author- ity to deal with interlocking director- rates, holding companies av.ua lis covered by the ivewianus um. n does not enable the commission 10 fulfill the function defined' by the President as "an instrumentality aua ji ,,,- tn business where the processes of the courts or the natural . ... . -. ! ,ha .nil.tC forces or correction ouliu a.. are inadequate to adjust the remedy the wrong." In contrast with this bill was the substitute offered by Representative AT.rtwiL. r.r Tfansas. That bill de- XtAUiUf'n, . fined unlawful practices and gave the commission power or its " Ama tive to apply the remeay. auo uia ,i;r mie-ht. after a hearing, order discontinuance of the unlawful prac tice and carry the case into court, ininc thnt n corporation had mo nopolistic power. It might order a change in tne organization, au case of disobedience, might obtain ...ihnrin -from court to carry out the change under its own supervision and insure continuance 01 tne cnangeu condition. The Democracy in opposition nas r years roared like a lion at the trusts, but in office it merely slaps the em on the wrist ana says: 'aushty." It the trusts knew what was irood for them, they would meek ly submit to the tender reproof of mild mother Democracy rather tnan expose themselves to such stern pa ternal discipline as the Murdock bill offers. WHAT THENT If mediation ' fails, as it seems bound to fall; if Villa and Carranza fall to dominate the situation and overthrow Huerta; if Huerta refuses to retire from the head of the de facto government; if the Cientificos feel encouraged to persist in their policy of plunder what are we going to do about it? All these things ap pear at this time as serious possibili ties. After, milling around for an other prolonged period, with "watch ful waiting" persisting In the guise of Bryan-inspired mediation, we appear to have gotteij nowhere. Mexico con tinues in the throes of anarchy, and chaos runs riot throughout the country. -Tiist oua thins has been rained since we stepped boldly into Mexico and then, hesitating to proceed witn -nrVtnt wa rnTTimpTicAd. sat down at Vera Crus to wait watchfully a little longer. That one thing has been fresh military strengtn ana we are nnt thA ones who have trained It. Arms, ammunition and artillery have been permitted to pour into Mexico. War supplies nave reacnea h-u- mo contending factions. The military nr-nhiATTi cnnfrontintr the United States has been rendered many times more complex and difficult. We halt to await the outcome of another Bryanesque peace whim and the enemy sharpens ii Kaher. It Is becoming more and more apparent that we either have got to do something in xuexico nr aIsa leave Mexico alone. Talkfest- lng will not serve the purpose. Nor will watchful waiting ana spineieaa diplomacy. If we are compelled to nrnceed it would be interesting to note what percentage of the Amer ican casualty list is aue to tne nan at Vam Pwit vhlnh AAArnfl to have served the one purpose of letting the enemy replenish his ammunition. THE NEW CENSORSHIP. thn country tia -insst hsin a. little coun nut over on them that is very likely to have far-reaching consequences, ine coup is the work of Ingenious War De partment officials, Army officers on detail at Washington. It is in the form of a cleverly-concealed and nATitTniitAf? ttiiimIa to be nlaced upon the press in time of war. It Is an nounced as a necessary plan to se cure proper co-operation between the press and military forces during time of field operations, but it is filled Tr-itv. inVora D f cnnrse the new regu lations are not without merit, nor is the real purpose aimed at an iaie one. But the avowed purpose of the War Department to gain co-operation is lost sight of in the overpowering bal ance of power placed in the hands of a . nffi..ra ThA wfl.r corresoond- ents are stripped of all rights and are left at the beck ana can ana wnims nf voiHnn.q and sundrv field officers. The arrangement sends them into the field muzzled ana nog-uea. iij might as well stay at home. The new arrangement is set out fully in the new Field Service Regu lations which are now being distrib tA tn trnom throughout the coun try. They were framed, so it is re corded, with the run cognizance nun -nnon. r,f a mmihor of "reDresenta- tive editors and correspondents" who gave their approval. 11 sa, meoo nnniit9itim editors and corre spondents" must have been picked with especial care ana line tact "j the War Department. They haven't n- a clncrlA rnnr.ASsion. To be 5DAUCU W sure, the regulations note briefly that the sole purpose 01 tne regulations to prevent knowledge of troop move ments from reaching the enemy. But So much discretion is given comman-nt- Kriradp nr divisions or field armies that the censorship arrange ment can be interpreted to suit tne fancy of the General or Acting Gen eral at the head of a troop movement. To begin with, the correspondent must have had "previous experience" T.iHtn rv mnvements. He III ICuiuus ... j must pass the physical test prescribed for the Army ana must iae me u.m oUoo-iatiaa Tncldentallv he must put up J1000 in cash to cover his field expenses and a Dona 01 -uu to be forfeited in the event he breaks over the censorship traces. Further- .rnnrVHn.r Via wrltAS mUSt be II1UIO, cvcxjv...o - submitted to a censor, who will be detailed from the Army for this pur pose. Anything that doesn't meet the censor's approval goes into tne mm- .(.KmiiAt Tf the clever cor- LAVA y . .V. u u. ..... respondent succeeds in hoodwinking the censor, wnose meuui"ij la-J "" 1 tiA task of discovering adroitly concealed double meanings, the correspondent can De expeuea from the field or. imprisoned or treated with such severity as the of fense seems to require. Now all this is well enough in AhAm- nhvlouslv the press should do nothing in time of war to hamper the military. There snouia De a spirit -aHn and even the ardent desire for a great exclusive story should not lead editors to publish dis patches that mignt provme tne enemjr with valuable military information Av-nA.v, thA medium of international spies and special agents. The great military powers of the world have similar restrictions and apply them most vigorously. But mciaentany tne nA nnnrArn hfLVA real armies and fiicai. 1" require a measure of competence from higher oincers. au-oi wiuch we have not. The contention here is that the powers of the censor should be care fully prescribed and limited. The atih T-ltHrMtv of the censorship B.Vy a,au -CT should be indicated by Washington at the outbreak of war with due con sideration of the gravity of the war. A Mexican war, for example, would not call for a suppression or news .., i- fmnn Tnnvpments in all cases. We would be fighting a foe even more lamentably unprepared ior war man 1- .v TTnit-Aw KtatAfl- Tt would be a slap-bang affair calling for little mili tary genius and less secrecy. xno only value of secrecy in such a con n onnM hA to cover up official in competence and the sad limitations of our military system. t ..rami thousand" men were all but starving in the field because the supply service broKe . aown, as it ii j . ttiA AAncnr rnnlri keen usuany the correspondents muzzled for fear of "giving information 10 ine enemy. "Hell-roarin' " Jake Smiths, Algers and Shatters could revel in their sev eral fields of activity unexposed. In competent civilian Brigadier-Generals, made to order at the political pie counter, could inflict more damage through their incompetence to com mand even squads than the enemy might impose in a lifetime. The cen sor would see to it that the public was kept in the dark. Having the military temperament, the censors could be depended upon for that. All necessary was to extend to them the necessary power. Had such a system as this been in effect at the outbreak of the Spanish imnrliMn War. the public might never have known what a lamentable affair the Army organization was at that time. And if the public hadn't learned then and there it is very likely that the abuses would not have been remedied with as little .delay as riAaeihiA ThA corresijondents are re sponsible in no small measure for the military advancement mat nas itmeu place since our late brush with Spain, in which Incompetence killed more of our men than did the enemy. It is not to be pretended that mntmimni fxhmiM be permitted to flock after armies, vulture-like. But honest reports of blunders in military operations are necessary to continued tniiita i-v AvoiutloD. in which the mili tary policy of the United States is in such sad need. Such reports win not fni-Tttsh a nv tiaw Information to the enemy, for the world already knows. Censorship there should De, ana co operation on the part of the press, nut nnt fiimh an arranrement as that now put out which, in full operation, will serve to shut out from public view the unwieldy operations of our embryonic military organization. , The central figure at the formal opening of the Panama Canal .will Tiatnraiiv h President Wilson, but if honor were given to whom honor is due, ex-President Roosevelt would occupy the most prominent position, with ex-President Taft next in order. All that Mr. Wilson has done with the canal is to give it away. Colonel nnnsAvnit made it nossible and began the work, and Mr. Taft carried con struction along to tne point womb only a few finishing touches were needed after Mr, Wilson took charge. His principal part has been to dim the glory of the Nation's proud achievement. win.. ...... i,a, a man 1e rich VlVeS h!m no help toward public advancement," Am bassador i-age, in ajohuuai. it u ; now wiuui ocuaw. - very different way. Senator Guggenheim? How aDout ex-aeoator aiuhuai Mr Page forgotten the clarion call of George Perkins" checkbook at Armageddon T New York World. Thn World's examDles are ill-cho sen. Mr. Guggenheim and Mr. Al drich have both gone into retirement a atrnl1 a Tin nil 1 H T Rtorm. Mr. PPT"- kins' checkbook has got him nothing but hard word3 rrom Amos rmcnoi, anjt Atr T.nrlfrA holds his Dlace by virtue of his ability, not of his wealth. TTaiiiira of the Lorimer banks in Chicago is one example of the incom noHhllltv nf hankin? with politics. Liorimer's name was regarded as an asset, because or his political power, and local politicians were associated with thn management. In fact. Lori mer and his friends were a liability. for nolltlcs caused things to De aone contrary to sound banking and thus caused the crash. WhAn a San Francisco scavenger developed gout an Investigation was promptly made. It was louna mat he had been accepting gratuities tvnm a. ernwrv firm. Gout belongs exclusively to the well-to-do, and when the poor man develops it he is rightly subject to suspicion. President Wilson may well hesitate to go on the stump for Democratic Congressmen next Fall. He might hear some unkind remarks about Mexico, canal tolls and the Colom bian treaty, and out West some ques tions might be asked about unlocking the public domain. Th Washington Welfare Commis sion reports that telephone operators get an average of J 8.43 a week. Yet who will- deny that Central earns ssnno a rear, considering tne nnmoer of irritable freaks she has to cope with. TTiiATta la rADorted to have threat ened Sir Lionel Carden with arrest for suggesting that he resign. That, ot Iaiu la a nleasant variation to the recurrent tale that Huerta is about to resign. RairirairA airenta in convention issue a protest against fancy and ornate trunks. Perhaps the fancy styles do not lend themselves to smashing as readily as the other types. A London militant shackled her self to a statue in order to attract attention.' Now supposing someone should not find the kindness of heart to file her shackles. a collision between liner and freighter off the coast of England tataa similar to the recent mishap in the St. Lawrence, except that neither boat sank. ThA 'Panama Canal is already col lecting tolls, but it will be some time before the amount in tne xreasury is large enough to tempt the cashier's cupidity. fnrrp-rAaa la lmneded by difficulty in ..ninir a nnonim. So many have gone to mend their political fences that the others are neia at me pout. Thn, renort that someone is promot ing a gold mine on Senate stationery leads us to inquire as to the where abouts of Julian Hawthorne. T-Amior Rlhot's Cabinet has the record for short tenure of office even in France, which has had rorty-eignt Cabinets in forty-three years. Thn mUnir of the Wisconsin Su preme Court that blood tests before marriage are legal ougnt to save tne world a lot of misery. sn thn Colonel's larynx needs a rest. We thought he .was overtaxing him self trying to explain that river dis covery. T.ntric is with the Huerta delegates in their arraignment of the American policy. But what's mere logic? ro-tn tha rooA shlD Piffle carry Sec- r-AtAr-ir Rrran in the naval parade through the Panama Canal? The Turks are again on the war path. Aren't they fiends for punish ment, though? ThA wnT-lrl nilarht to srofit. tOO. by a resting up of . the Colonel's vocal apparatus. The very Idea of Villa's pet puppet trying to get out of hand. All honor to the brave people who founded the state. WHX MORE DONT GO TO CHl'RCH Writer Believes Departure From Old Orthodoxy Keeps People Away. OSWEGO, On. June 18. (To the Edi tor.) Just now an unusual number of persons are asking why people do not go to church. The relatively popular section of the Protestant clergy in particular are asking themselves why workingmen and other socially un important people do not care to listen to their output. I know why I do not go to church and suppose tha same motive" or lack of motive controls o there. It is not worth while; I hear nothing which does me enough good to pay for the trouble of going. Why does the popular preacher expect roe to listen to him? He does not even pretend to offer me any great bargain some immediate, extraordinary hope, help or reward. I have come to the conclusion through examination of my own in stincts and reading the latest philos ophy and criticism that 'the old ortho doxy in its fundamental assumption was on the right track, after all. It preached the measlanlo and millennial hope of the early church. It looked for a new heaven and a new earth coming down out of the clouds. The popular divine of today scoffs at this trans cendent' ideal as vulgar, unspirltual or materialistic and otters for my com fort vague promises of an immanental development toward an indefinite secalar goal. An invincible subjectiv ism nullifies every positive and en thusiastic element in the good news of Jesus, which we are invited t6 hear reproclalmed. The kingdom of God we are told was not an actual concrete hope, but an Inner disposition. A bet ter world was not an immediate ex pectation but distant Borne thousands of years at best. These and like dull platitudes are what we have to listen to. I believe we would be wiser in this matter to rely on the instinct of the men of the primitive church, which is, in fact, the instinct of all primitive men. They want what they want when they want it and see no reason for being ashamed of such desires. It re .moinc, fnr thA nvAr-refined moderns to discover that this is a sign of infe riority and contrary to tne message of Jesus. In fact, these remarkable mAA-na lannvAr tha oroof of the di vinity of Jesus in the fact that he taught what they teacn wmcn no am not. Nothing less than deity could possess a penetration equal to theirs convincing proof of their own modesty. For critical and traditional reasons a Presbvterlan) I cannot find satisfaction ir. Catholicism or the evangelistic secta, although I believe they express reality in their insistence on the ascetic ana uuainiic. the heroic and transcendant. If the npo9fh,rR want me. and I believe I speak for many others, to listen to them, let them develop some modern equivalent for the eschatologlcal, revo lutionary expectation 01 jcsub aauia uumn T t laast and I am not al together ignorant of modern processes of sophistication am convinced that these Utopian instincts are an inerad icable Inheritance of humanity. LJ. J! luunu. PLACE NOT FIT FOR WHITE MEN Oregon Man Finds Isle of Plnea Test Ridden and Unhealthy. TT A tt A M A nnhA .Tunn B. fTo the Ed itor.) As a humane man I will ask you to print tnls aDout tne isie da mra and help me to expose the conditions there. - The Isle of Pines, In the West Indies, has been boyfht up by land specula tors, who are advertising It widely in the states as a tropical paradise and selling land unsight unseen to many people. Hundreds of American families have been ruined, both financially and physically, by going to the island. I have Just returned from there, and I declare It is not a fit place for white 1 - iivA ThA land is nearly all a sand bed, with streaks of coar.se gravel. There is haroiy any son wormy of the name. It Is necessary to fertil ize extensively and continuously in or der to grow anything at all. Grape fruit and pineapples are grown and marketed only at a loss. All over the Island are hundreds of homes that nave been deserted and left to go to waste after hundreds and In some cases thou sands of dollars and years of toil were spent on them. Now they can't be sold for the price of the wild land. There is no water fit to drink, and nothing 1. a err'ntarn In thA Slimmer Oil aC- count of the heavy rains that beat all vegetation into tne grouno. mmt practically no meat or milk or butter a taaA frn- atnek. The land Is cov ered with a wild sour wire grass that stock: can t eat; a ku luiucu " the Isle would starve to death. There are numerous large snakes that get to be as much as 15 feet long, and they devour chickens and pigs. The Insect pests are terrible, and they last the year around and are very poison ous. One woman I heard about lost the sight of both eyes from Insect bltea Often the Island Is swept by fierce tropical storms that last for days and destroy everything. The island Is not American territory, and It never will be. The people have no schools worthy of the name, and no mall service that can be depended on. The cost of living is about twice as high as It is in the states. I am coming back to the states to try to prosecute the land companies for using the U. S. malls for fraudulent purposes, and I want the address of everyone in the Northwest who has bought land in the Isle of Pines, for they have all been swindled. I lived and practiced medicine In Mer rill Or., before making this trip. DR. A. J. CRAIO. Hotel Savoy, Oakland. Cal. MEETING HAND-PICKED VARIETY. So Charges Nr. Blowers as to Hood River Road Gathering-. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 1. (To the . v t in ThA nreflronlan that rjtliwr,; A huiw " " one of the most enthusiastic road meet ings ever held In tnis county iimi aa ...ni tr at which about 100 repre sentative 'orchardlsts were present. There is no reason wuy n-m should not have been enthusiastic. The persons present were invited, and those having the matter in charge very care fully refrained from inviting anyone who was not in sympathy with the movement. Very easy to hold an en thusiastic meeting when sucn proceo ure was followed. In fact, I suppose that an enthusiastic meeting might be held to hang all the Judges and officers of the law In the state if the proper care was exercised in Issuing the invi tations. I am told by one gentleman who ln- i . h.lnff nrARAnt- thOUBTh in - HlBiCU "A, formed by the secretary of the Com mercial Club that it was a meeting, that by actual count there were 48 present and in the language of our esteemed friend "Bill" Hanley, they were "hand picked." N c ...roiin thAV all ale-ned the bond election petitions. That is exactly what they were mere tor. Tt.i. i. thA situation. The nrudent citizens who kept out of debt and did not indulge in any nign nnancienus when times were good object now to having their homes bonded and them selves treated like a lot of Mexican peons for the benefit of tne recxiess m imnrovident. Some of us want to stay In Hood River. If Mr. Benson or any otner respon sible person will bind himself, heirs or assigns In proper legal form to com plete the road the objection to voting a $75,000 bond may disappear, but n-AmlaAe rtraAt corner soaalD and informal letters hinting that we will receive assistance are nui euiii- cient, and in my humble opinion will not be accepted at face value by the intelligent voters of this county. LAWRENCE N. BLOWERS. WHAT IT MEANS TO DECORATE CAR To Mitt lTUe In Floral Parade Means Cost of Time and Money. PORTLAND, Or.. June II. (To the Editor.) Referring to the article In The Oregonian June 14. by "Subscriber and Prise Winner of Former Tears In the Rose Festival," I wish to say that I do not believe this person has given a great deal of thought to the Im portance of our Rose Festival and parados. If our parades were constituted of vehicles decorated In rosea only. It would eliminate 60 per cent ot the competition, as It Is Impossible for them to obtain sufficient roses, and would also eliminate the use of hun dreds of other beautiful flowers that are In abundance and are as slitniflcent of Portland as the rose Itself. Our carnival la known as the Rose Festival, but the parade always has been and always should be known as the floral parade In reply to his question "why should one Individual receive first prise year after yearl" would like to suggest that the writer of this article come out and compete against us. We enter for competition and invite It. It seems lmpossi6Te-to think a person so foolish as to ask such a question when the only way possible to further a carnival and parade is to get as many entries as possible In the different features and this certainly cannot be done by elimination. One and all persons cer tainly have an equal chance. I grant the Jeffery's cars have won their share of prizes and personally feel that we had no competition, but until we are fairly beaten by one that surpasses ours we certainly are entitled to win. The average person knows little of the time and expense required to put In a winning machine. This year our prise awards amounted to $100 for the grand prise and 150 for the Automo bile Club prise. Our cost for ma terials and Incidentals alone will exceed $100. This does not Include any of the expense for the trip to Government Camp after flowers, upon which trip we completely ruined one tire cost ing $64. Previous years our car has cost about $100 and our reward has been silver cups In actual- value of less than $30. Now this does not Include any Items whatsoever tor labor and our personal work which required 13 of my family and friends working on the car from SAM. until the time of the parade. To put a car In the floral parade does not mean work and expense only, but also the use of your car for several days at Just the t'me of the year when the majority of people want to use It- It Is my opinion that people who have entered a car continuously in our floral parades most certainly have been public spirited people, work ing for the cause of a greater Rose Festival and have done their share to make the automobile parade a grand, feature. I am a booster for the automobile parade of our carnival and feel that It will be one of the greatest features of our carnival week and to this extent I have given two weeks of my time for each year In the past three years and an expenditure of personal funds that run Into four figures, and It seems to me that to change the plan would be ridiculous. What we require now Is more entries and keener competition and this lack of selflshnesa The majority of people are Inclined to wait until parade time then enter their machine with a flag and some withered ferns on It and be cause they do not win a prise, proceed to criticise the management and Judges for the awards they have made. O. K. JKKKERT. BEKGER IS READ OUT OK PARTY Contributor Declares Wisconsin lis Congressman Mot Socialist. PORTLAND, June II. (To the Kdl tor.) Your editorial referring to Vic tor Berger as a Socialist Is all right In every way, except that Mr. Uei Ker can not properly be classed as a (Socialist He Is a politician looking for votes and these votes are supposed to get him power and place. He is a natural-born autocrat and in reality has about as much faith In the capacity of the work ing people to govern themselves as the Czar of Russia. Berger says Rockefeller Is not to blame for the Colorado outrages, be cause Rockefeller Is only "part of the system." This theory comes In very conveniently at times to excuse "big business" and to explain crime. Thus Berger has told us Socialists dozens of times that criminals ore the result of the "capitalist system." and placed in another environment that they would be good citizens. In other words, they are not to be personally held responsi ble, being only victims of misfortune and hardship. This Is a good line ot talk for Berger to put up when look ing for votea It appeals to the sym pathies of the working people. But what does Berger do when he Is elected to Congress? Does he apply his theory In the bills he proposes? Not much. Berger Introduced Into the lower House an old-age pension bill, but It had a provision that made It Inapplicable to persons who had served terms In a penitentiary. I ask why this unfair dealing with ex-convicts if they are, in Berfcr's opinion, only victims of economlo mis fortune? Either Berger's theory Is wrong or his bill was a Joke. In either case he ought to square his deeds and his words. But what poli tician ever does that? RUDOLPH KOPPEN. Deer Is Pet. BUXTON, Or., June 17. (To the Edl. tor.) On page 14 In Tuesday's Orego nian appears an article about a deer wandering Into Tom McParlane's yard In Buxton. I wish to correct this arti cle, having been present at tha time It was caught. Last Fourth of July the baby fawn was brounlit In by Oscar Shlffer amidst a crowd enjoying themselves at Timber, Or. It has been housed and fed ever since except at Intervals going Into the woods, where none of the hunting dogs In that vicinity bother It The deer has a big cowbell around Its neck and was driven Into town In front of Fire Warden Schmidllng and put In Tom McParlanes yard, wnere it left last night. Oscar Shlffer was down In quest of It today. The deer has been the center of attraction be tween here and Timber one year next Fourth and eats from the hands of strangers. It Is already a prlvlloged pet MRS. R. H. BULLOCK. Prices Paid for Coins. PORTLAND. June II. (To the Edi tor.) Please tell If there Is a premium on the following coins: Fllver l-cent piece, dated 1841; copper l-cent piece, dated 1866; copper Canadian 1 cent, 1869; copper 1 cent, eagle on one ride, 1857. E. M. Collectors pay from t to. 0 cents for some of the coins listed. Send an Impression to some dealer or write to Scott Stamp A Coin Co., New York. Baseball I'snplre Named. (Kansas City Journal. "Luella, I don't want you to associ ate with Mrs. Wombat any more. To day I beard her husband called a thief." "Now. ma. you are In too big a hurry. Mr. Wombat Is no thief. He Is a very respectable umpire. Looking for a Bank. Puck. Mrs. Johnson Jes' hide youah money In a Bible, Mis' Jackson. Nobody even looks In a Bible, you know. Mrs. Jackson (with a gasp) Oh. Lawd! I'd lose It suah! Men ole man's ve'y religious an' reads de Bible twice a day. Twenty-F.ve Year Ago From The Oregonian of June U, 1. Philadelphia. June II. The prohibi tion amendment to the constitution i deleated by a majority of about JOS.tet. Baker City. June II Judse leer to. day sentenced Clinton lnnlntoa to be hanged on August I for the murder of Charles Balrom. Fulem. June II. The Tolk CotiMy Bank filed articles todsy; capital stoca. 100.000: Incorporators. I). T. Manler, T. O. Walker, A. B. Urtags. J. M. I'oere'.i. E. Bldwell and Lyman Damon. The seventeenth annual reunion ft the Oregon 1'loneer Association naa held In this city yesterday. Fred It. Strong arte.! as grand marshsl. r. K. Arnold. II. Oreen and l. HurnsKle, ss aides. Tito procession was heeded tr the First Kealment Band and l'svl.1 Crawford, carrying the tsnnr of the sssoclatlon. The oMest In line were: IK24. Dr. M. C. McKay; UJJ. Oeorae V. Ebberds; 134. V. li. Gray and I 'on. aid McKay; 1I3S, J. 8. Orlfftn. "quire Kbberts. 8. B. I'arrleh. Oenrge W. Kb berts. D. B. Gray: lUO. Mrs. Caroline l-ooney. William Abernethy, Mrs. J. H. McClane. 3. A. Parrleh; 141, Mis C. 1. Hood. Samuel Williams; U4l. Mnlorm Crawford. J. R. Robh. 1". X. Matthleu. II. Glrty; 14I. J. T. lienibree. J. H. Mr Clane. Hiram Btralght. Martin Payne. John Hobson; 1144, John Mlnto and II othsra The Orand Fnrampment of Indian War Veterans met yesterday, f. t". Shaw, vice-grand commander, presid ing. Comrades J. 11. MrMlllen, P. K. Castleman and M. K. Hathaway wore appointed to tender to Colonel W. W . Chapman sympathy In his great afflic tion. Comrades H. XI. Che. John Kel say. J. McMIUen. J. B. Walt and 1 baughlln were appointed a committee on constitution and by lawn William Gray died at Ms home. 1" Hood street, yesterday. Ha wa asso ciated wtth his brother In the boot and shoe business. Among those who were In the pio neers' procenlnn ere Secretary of Ptate George W. McBrlde and Hate Printer Frank C. Hsker. Both wero born In Oregon In lf4 and yesterday was Mr. Baker's thirty-fifth birthday. The closing exercises of the High School will take place Friday evening. Miss Mabel Haselilne will deliver the valedictory and Miss Bailie Macs the salutatory. Following are tha gradu ates: Misses Nellie Bain, l-aina North, rop. Ldnelta Chara, Clara Clark, '.da Shockley, Annie Farrell, rarrle Hay den, Ida Brownton, Alice Wells, Agnes A I A .n. XIabaa I'nrA Kill d AT. Jessie Wlllard, Lettle reterson. There locum, Kditn loung. nessio rewen. Zulette Ilolman and Master John Wal lace. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. K. L Thorpe died very suddenly Monday. Louis Paquet Is constructing a steam er for Buchanan Co. to run on the La Camas and Washougal route. Forest Grove, June II On Kalurday evening the pupils of the murlcsl de partment gave a public recital. There were three candidates f'-r graduation: Miss Day Fmlth. Mrs. Dr. Ward and Miss Kthel Merryman. The marrlnge of Frank O. Norlhmp, elde-t son of the late K. J. Northrun, and Miss Mary Rlner was solemnised at the Taylor-street M. K. Church last nlsht by Rev. Alfred Kummer. The steam motor for the Hawthorne avenife railway has arrived from Chi- cnao. Features For J Sunday 300 Miles in Ilour. Wave cushions for track r tlie sturtlinff ivoMiuility ut for ward by JrVrnoh inventor who is demonstrating: that trains may cross continent in a lew hmir one of these dsys. American Typn. What is the true American Pt Are you representative tif it T Tb matter ii being made the gubji-ft of extended inquiry by nieniifie investigators and the record of their novel work is piven a full psjje in colors. Paper Yonr Own Boudoir. That is the latest, and now the humble paperhanger is feel-rij the encroachments of faohinn. An in teresting front-papj frstiire. in colors. Exploring the Earth. This exploration expedition delves down into the center of the earth. A record of intricate achievement. Illustrated with photos. Wonder, of... Science. . . An illustrated pane.' devoted to the very latest discoveries and re markable tacts in the realms of aoientil'ie investigation. An inter esting and instructive page. A New Fisher Seriea. Harrison Fisher, the famous il lustrator, takes up a new American girls' aerie Sunday, "The Ameri can Girl Abroad." The firt pic ture, presented in black and white with all Fisher' censummat charm, show the American girl "On the Thamea at Henley." With VlUa. An Orejrnnian corrpondMit in Northern Mexico writes of the mounted warriors of Mexico. They are now the loading force in Ihn stricken country, be finds. Il lustrated with action photographs. Pink Tib. Does your wife or eister tell themt The women who tell while lie and pnle blue exonerations are dissected by Kita Kw. Settling With Bogga. A short etory about a claim agent' dangerou interview and the happy thought that pro longed it. Sail. Some interesting facts about them are a feature of the C'luld ren'a page, hich baa a number of illustrated torif and special ar ticles. New Comic reatnre. Uncle Jim, Tad and Tim anj the district achool are the subject of two new-color comics which are ure to make a hit. Trace out the ingenious, if mischievous, devices pf the youngster in the district school. Many Other Teatura. Order early of your newadealer.