THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914.
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PORTLAXD, THCRSDAV, AUGUST IS. 1914.
WAR'S KWrJUCT OX KEUTBAM.
Derangement of international credit
facilities, disturbance of prices for
staple commodities and almost total
stoppage of commerce between tne
United States and Europe impresses
upon us the fact that the conse
quences of -war cannot be confined to
the belligerents. The United States
has no direct interest in the quarrel
and Is separated from the main scene
of hostilities by a great ocean; this
country is less likely to be drawn Into
the struggle than any European na
tion, but every person In this country
feels the effect already. The bonds
of commerce and travel have bound
the world so closely together, and
communication by modern means is
so Instantaneous that the world has
become as one family. No two
members of this family can quarrel
without deeply concerning all others,
and when a free-for-all scrimmage
takes place among six members, the
others must look out for themselves.
These facts were brought home to
us first by the financial convulsions
caused by the war. The money mar
ket has no sooner adapted Itself to
war conditions than prices of the most
Important necessaries of life are vio
lently affected. In anticipation of a
great demand for wheat, growing out
of Europe's preoccupation with war
Instead of harvest, the price of that
staple rose rapidly, but settled down
when it was discovered that many
hip-owners would not risk capture
of their vessels while carrying wheat
to Europe. Meat producers witnnoin
supplies i rum m.irci "'-' 1
of a boom, and prlcese begin to soar,
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supplies from market in anucipauoi
England's supply of sugar from Ger
manv and Austria being cut off by the
war, that country draws on the Araer-
r-
war, mat country un"o n.i ..... -
l"an supply and promptly the price in
this country Dounas upwara. jluc
European market for our cotton being
CUt Oil or snips lur ji uniwyui i
in either unobtainable or obtainable
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only at high ireignis, mo pune m
commodity is depressed. Ships are
either selaed for war purposes or dare
not move from port, and ocean traffic
is paralyzed. This country, like those
, olmnDt tn-
invoiveo in wm, ucw.n amnion. . - u v 1 1 nn n i . i . . . . i. - .
tally dependent on its own resources, exorbitant prices reek with criminal
War builds around neutral countries ity, and the guilty men should be pur
a barrier almost as impassable as that Bued relentlessly through every court.
which surrounds tne weniBcmm. r eaerai ur euiir, an awm-n
tlons. Our people or our ships pass he reached. By his surrender to the
.. . . . i.i. a itirfloiilf v anli- ... nroalilont TCUintt has dis-
tnis oarner uuii a. sna... i
.,r,a. thronrh a barbwire fence
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Without tearing urea ui
Not only Individual citizens, Dut tne
A. ,J lea a n-y li'l rr'J flffaifi hv I
Government itself, is embarrassed by
o which la not its affair. It must
pour out 11.000.000,000 of new cur
rency, hasten organization of the new
banking system and provide for re
turn of those citizens who have been
caught in the war zone. While all
these added expenses are imposed
upon it, the enormous shrinkage of
Imports cuts down its customs reve
nue. It must impose new taxes to fill
the void the war has caused. The
income tax is to be Increased at the
expense of the rich and new taxes on
leather and coffee, and stamp taxes
on business transactions may be im
posed at the cost of rich and poor
dike.
This is not our war, but wo must
help to pay for it.
the coMMrxrrr srsro. '
A great many people are helping
along the "Community Sing." Their
names are so numerous and their oc
cupations so various that the project
ed evening of song will be a genuine
community affair. The McDowell
Musical Club, the Portland Ad Club,
the Shakespeare Study Club and a
dozen other organizations are inter
ested either directly or indirectly in
piomoting the sing. With so many
contributing streams of influence it
seems as if the effort must result
brilliantly. It is something quite new
for Portland, but it Is also something
quite desirable and it is pleasant to
see so many men and women helping
to make it go smoothly.
The plan is to assemble a great
multitude at Multnomah Field on the
night of August 18 and inspire them
to sing for a couple of hours. They
are not to sing in German, French or
Italian, but In English, and the songs
are not to be taken from grand operas.
They are to be the simple, old Eng
lish ditties that everybody ought to
love. The "home songs" of the United
States are to ring out more vigorously
than any others.
We do not know what particular
songs have been chosen for the even
ing, but if "Silver Threads Among
the Gold" is omitted there are some
who will go home with, an aching void
In their souls. "In the Hazel Dell My
Nellie's Sleeping" is another of the
"Old Songs" which some people can
not sing any more because "its charm
is so sad and deep. Its melody would
waken old sorrows from their sleep."
But when a great multitude sings It
the sorrows will not be wakened. They
Will De lUllea t uccjjci 1 1 ta.iio auu I
over their slumber will float Ue se-
rene joy ui nupe ic-
We wonder lr anytjoay nas tnougnt
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tO pUt V.?ill LllCIItl Ull Lilt 1 n I
xr Vi bM. .,,na I
"Cantilena" on he pro-
gramme, auu i cmciiiiof i . u .. ,
we dare say. "There's not a chord
that trembles around my heart to-
nlgrlt DUt tnrillS vlin uinuiu gmuinTM I
aula eloquent Uriifcii i. v mi J u n innin vaatci, i. .
of a better sentiment for a community maid's knee would be nothing to such
sing? There is one song that every- a universal genius as this physician
body will miss if It is not suag by the must be. His treatments are all sim
big crowd. That is "John Brown's pie, though not so Inexpensive as one
Body." Think of hearing that noble could desire, for he sends every pa
chorus shouted by 10.000 voices. It tient to the hospital. For malaria
would make the beams of heaven "go to the Vanderbilt Clinic." For
bend, as old Lorenzo Dow used to say.
The peace advocates who aver that
-kt. -.hii h thn last war have little to
base their conclusions upon. When
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tn war is ueaiij i.-uucu iw cuiuiuw
will survive and smoulder, only to
break forth, perhaps, in a new gener- j
a,tion. The world has a number of
adjustments to make yet before war
can be dispensed with. The peace
Idea Is a beautiful dream but noth
ing more at this time, if history
teaches us anything.
VAI.K, I'ORAKEK.
ft mav tw honed that those spuri
ous Democratic progressives who have
been shedding tneir tears in puui
over the melancholy fate of the Re
publican party for returning to its re
actionary idols will CF-st their lachry
mose optics upon Ohio. Ex-Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker, the cracked
fire-alarm, has been decisively beaten
for the Republican Senatorial nomi
nation by Warren G. Harding, a safe
and sane Republican, without any
qualifying prefixes. The Democratic
nominee is Timothy S. Hogan. Just
what the happy Hogan has done for
the political and social uplift is not
clear.
But Foraker is defeated, and he
should have been. The Republican
party repudiated him Just as It has
repudiated nearly all the old-line
leaders who had forfeited its confi
dence and the public respect. Only
Barnes and Penrose remain. They
will not last long.
But what has the Democratic party
done to get rid of its bosses? What
has it done in the way of effective
hni.eoi-iaaiiinp Ts there a shadow of
showing that the grip of the Big Four
on the machine has been weakened?
Tom Taggart. Roger Sullivan. Jim
Guffey and Charlie Murphy are still
in the saddle.
XEW HAVEN'S SUBMISSION.
Final acceptance by the New Haven
road of the terms laid down by the
Government for dissolution of the
combination by which that road con
trols the entire transportation system
of New England is another in the
series of public victories over the
trusts. The series began with the
Northern Securities decision, the de
cisive battles were won over the oil
and tobacco trusts and since then the
trusts have been surrendering at dls
,rtioTi almost wherever summoned.
with the exception of the hart-ester
trust, which has Just met its fate in
the lower court, and the steel trust,
which continues to hold out.
Since the law has given the Inter
state Commerce Commission author
ity to decide whether railroad control
nf anv nflrticular steamship line re
strains competition, it is as well that
the Attorney-General has leit to mat
estion whether the Sound
steamship line should remain under
New Haven control. On the face of
thin crs thorp spems no reason to
doubt that the Commission will order
uu". -
separation. The steamers are natural
- - - B.iii.i'i A 0mb traffic
competitors of the railroad for traffic
between the principal cities or tne
nT,-h nintin,. fnoBt Th Commis-
nvini mm n .. ....
Si0n can be as safely trusted as the
courts io aeciue m ntLuiuau
the law and the facta.
ne auui ucj-uLi-it" .
in stipulating that the dissolution of
. . . . TT. nAMk(nailnn n01llrl
tne new navcu i,ummj"
not carry with it immunity from crim-
inal prosecution of those who formed
the combine. The proceedings by
whlch the New Haven was loaded
J ,,-i,V, inninfltahla nmnPTtV at
tiu 1 1 umtn. i ...........
sodaled himself from his guilty pre-
j . Jt a m ,l,nr nrta 141s
aeceasuia nu num ,.
name is a guaranty mat tne roaa "i
1 aaatoaM k.aa Itirall QMri Vi Cl T St 1 V mail-
hurpufter be well and honestly man
aged, but his good deeds should not
procure Immunity for their bad deeds.
THE RIGHT TO MAKE WAR.
For twenty-six years Emperor Wll
helm kept the peace of Europe. He
organized a mighty army and he
built up a great navy; but there was
no war with any power.
The purpose of the Emperor, and
the German people behind him, was
to maintain an Invincible fighting
machine to protect the Fatherland.
So they said. So doubtless they In
tended and believed.
But now the forces which the Ger
man ruler created and long held in
leash are turned loose In a tremendous
struggle with three great European
powers. The world for the most part
appears to believe that the German
Emperor is responsible primarily for
the cataclysm of blood and destruc
tion now Imminent. Whether it be
"to reap the harvest of perpetual
peace by this one bloody trial of war,"
or whether It be because Wilhelm's
ambition, like Caesar's, "swelled so
much that It did almost stretch the
sides o' the world," it is true that he
Is the central figure both of the
world's passionate praise and bitter
obloquy.
The moving causes that carried the
German Empire, through Wllhelm,
into this terrible war we do not know,
and cannot, until history gives Its
Judgment We will not at all at
tempt to anticipate the verdict; and
it will be Just and wise for the Ameri
can people to watch and wait. Let
them remember that the German
people are friends, and that the Amer
ican citizens of German ancestry are
among the pillars of the republic.
But it Is not premature to say that
no single man whether Emperor,
Czar or King ought alonelo have the
power to precipitate the nations Into
deadly conflict; and we think the re
sult of the present tremendous war
will be that organized society will de
cree that making war Is not a royal
right.
HOW TO KXP WEI.I.
A physician to whom we wish mil
lions of patients conducts a depart
ment in one of our revered contem
poraries In which he briefly tells how
'to cure all diseases. In the precious
Issue w,hlch has by a happy accident
fallen under our admiring and envious
. Via Jiannaan of malarlfl. rhpuma
fttw.1T lie u . n . i -
tism, blood disorders, enlarged Joints,
an elongated palate. Iritis, uterine dis-
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placement, umisrsuuu "
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ankle. We suppose the rest of the -ills
.11. ji. n. ' i 0wt.A.ww ...v
t . V. ...r.T-1 ,1 ara Omitted ITltTf'I V bC'
u i mi. ........
cause nobody happened to want them
cured when the department was be-
tug wiakt-cii ivi fc.mu.
blood diseases "go to a medical man
Tvhr. fcnnws how to handle them." and
so on down the list. We said this
doctor was a genius. No doubt the
reader thinks so too by this time. A
j i,..... .i i-, . Vi t u wit PTiniich to send
uuvii " " r
even- patient to somebody else and
at the same time make a living by his
profession deserves universal ap
plause. The department we are speaking of
is headed "How to keep well." Not
as physicians but as confidential ad
visers we are moved to offer a word
on the same subject. The one essen
tial rule for keeping well Is to eat
little, drlnkless and breathe plenty of
fresh air. "Drink" In this connection
signifies spirituous beverages. Water
is indispensable to good health. With
in reason the more a person drinks of
it the better for his earthly taber
nacle. All dietary rules might well be
summed up in the precept, "Be mod
erate." An ancient sage of our ac
quaintance teaches his boys to "get
up from the table hungry" at every
meal. They do not obey the lesson,
but that does not matter. Nobody ever
does obey any lesson as he ought but
still we keep on driving them in.
OUTRIGHT RUIN.
The Oregonian again invites the at
tention of every citizen of the state
to the astounding socialist proposal to
throw the eight-hour iron hammer
Into the wheels of Oregon progress.
The wide sweep of the measure, of
fered under the Initiative for the
November election, can best be under
stood by reading Its provisions in de
tail. , Article XV. Section 0. of the Constitution
of the State of Oregon, shall be and the
same hereby Is amended to read as follows:
Re it Enacted bv the People of the btate
of Oregon:
That it snail constitute a criminal nawn
punishable by fine or Imprisonment, or both,
1 11 1 11 1 1 1 I'ri'ru. ail in, i ' i
Hon. or his, her, or their foreman, overseer,
superintendent, manager or any other agent,
to employ. In the State of Oregon, any man.
woman, boy or KtrL for more than eight
. . . , , .. .1 .. n.i.m t h H 11
nours in any one cmwuutii ua, . ........
48 hours In any one calendar week. By this
law. employment lut aS"i .
calendar day shall be confined to nine con--utlvB
hours, allowing one hour for eatmg
and rest. The period of nine consecutive
hours with eight hours tor wora uwrau
and one hour for eating and rest, shall, by
the provisions of this law. be Identical for
..v. ,iv- anii .v.rv calandar dav. ox each.
any and every calendar week.
.'. . . . . . . . v. . i ; . ,- Ihn.anf shall
mis law, ana 111c piviBiwno umti".!
i . . . . u an aanh nnv and
every person, man, woman, boy or girl, em
ployed for pay, remuneration, profit or com
pensation of any kind whatsoever; in, on,
around or about each, any and every cafe,
club, hotel, restaurant, farm, laundry, hos
pital, canning or packing plant, factory,
lumber yard, logging camp, sawmill, oil.
steam or eleotrlo railway, railroad, station,
. . ii tk. ai.ai.Ua anBtriPa.
depot, rOUllUIlOUSC Wl mi a .. , a .
cars or other equipment of an oil, steam or
electric railway or railroad, to express, team
ing and drayiug concerns, to telegraph, tele
phone, engineering, mechanical, mercantile,
mining, foundry. Iron and machine work, to
laborers, domestics, artisans, mechanics and
tradesmen In the bulding trades, to office,
store, barber shop, garage, workshop, snip,
wharf warehouse and waterfront work, any
where and everywhere within the State of
Oregon. By this law neither manual labor,
trades nor the professions shall be exempted,
but every form of labor, skilled or unskilled,
as well as every trade and profession, and
persons working therein or thereat, shall
be included In, by and under this law, within
the State of Oregon.
nnai tho, Oree-on housewife think
she has no Interest or concern in poll-
tics? Or the restaurant Keeper; ur
the hospital board? Or the farmer?
Or any employer or employe or citi
zen whatsoever?
The proposal ought to have been
entitled, "A bill to stop the clock,
limit daylight, demoralize service, de
stroy employment and ruin the em
ployer." t
8IGNIFICAN'rv QUESTIONS.
It Is wondercful how little the fin
ished product of our educational ma
chine really needs to know. If ho
manages himself deftly while the mill
is at work grinding him out he can
emerge with a head far more empty
than It was when he was tossed into
the hopper. The educational process
ran form a hraln vacuum as easily as
a brain plenum and it would appear
from current phenomena tnat tne
first feat is much the more common
of the two. Witness the questions
which educated people puzzle over.
The other day there was terrible dis
tress In some quarters because teach
ers had been asked to find the diag
onal of a. puhe. aa if that performance
required prorouna eruaiuun.
No doubt it does require eruaiuon
vastly deeper than some college grad
iintPR nnsseSS. but a fairly trained
schoolboy ought not to stagger before
the problem. Here Is another upon
which learned brains are now breaking-
A man on the rear end of a train
going a mile a minute shoots at an
other on the front end. If the bullet
goes as fast as the train will it hit the
mark ?
Imagine anybody who pretends to
be educated stumbling over such a
question. The first lesson we learn
in physics teaches what "relative ve
locity" means. A bullet shot from a
gun obeys every force acting upon it
exactly as if there were no other force
in the world. Leaving all resistances
out of consideration, it will fly along
the moving train Just as It would If
th. train vara at rest. Having the
full velocity of the train as well as the
velocity acquired from the gun, it win
hit the mark, and it will do so In the
same time as if everything were mo
tionless except Itself. We recite these
elementary truths not to instruct anj
body, for everybody is supposed to
know them, but to point a moral. If
education concerned itself less with
the Sirens and the color of Medusa's
hair and more with the vital facts of
life we should not see so many people
unable to answer the simplest ques
tions In practical science.
HARVESTER TRUST CONDEMNED.
Tka Hpplslon of the United States
court ordering dissolution of the har
vester trust is different from many
previous decisions against the trusts
in one essential point. Tnat is, tnat
the company is declared illegal almost
ani.iv on thp trronnd that It restrains
competition and is therefore contrary
to the public policy laid aown in tne
Sherman law. Except tn two minor
particulars, the conduct of the com
pany since its organization is neia tu
have been blameless. Its condemna
tion la not due to anv such acts of
oppression and unfair competition as
were committed by tne on ana 10
haafm trusts and as called down the
censure of the Supreme Court on
those combinations. It is conaemnea
simply because it is a monopoly in
of trade and competition.
and because, as such, It has the power
to oppress.
Thp oWiton Is in accord with pub
lic policy and with public sentiment.
The existence of a combination con
trolling; 85 per cent of the business in
any line is repugnant to the spirit of
institutions. No matter whether or
not the combination exercises its
power to drive out competitors and
to charge exorbitant prices, the law Is
ha camp: the possession of such
power is unlawful. This is sound pol
icy, for the existence of such power
In the hands of the group or men
composing the directors of a trust
renders the freedom of others to com
pete and of consumers to buy at fair
prices dependent on the forbearance
of -that group and on its continuance
i,ontvoi This freedom should be
rendered safe by the law, not be at
the mercy of any set or men. uirec
tors of a trust may change their pol-
icy or may give place to others of less
forbearance, hence the freedom de
scribed would be Insecure so long as
a corporation possessed this power.
This Is the first time any court has
passed upon the question whether a
manufacturing trust is illegal In Itself,
without regard to its overt acts. The
same principle was involved in the
Northern Securities case, which relat
ed to railroad combinations, but as to
other trusts numerous collateral is
sues have been raised, such as over
capitalization, extermination of rivals
by unfair competition, and extortion.
Here it was the simple question: Does
the combination of these several cor
porations in one restrain trade and
restrict competition? The answer Is
In the affirmative. If the Supreme
Court should affirm the decision, no
trust, however harmless In Its meth
ods, can stand.
Attorney-General McReynolds may
object to that part of the decree or
dering the separation of the harvester
trust into at least three separate
parts, although the conditions laid
down are more stringent than those
which marked the oil and tobacco de
cisions. He criticised the terms of
dissolution in the latter cases, because
the stockholders of the several parts
remained the same as those of the
whole. The court meets this objection
In the harvester case by requiring that
the trust be dissolved "into at least
three substantially equal, separate,
distinct and independent corporations
with . wholly separate owners and
stockholders." Mr. McReynolds, how
ever, advocated dissolution of the to
bacco trust into a larger number of
units and he may ask the Supreme
Court to modify the decree by requir
ing that the harvester trust be dis
solved into its original constituent
parts.
One by one the trusts are going,
leaf by leaf the roses fall. The last
one to pass In Its checks Is the la
mented Harvester Trust, which goes
to Join the angel band where Stand
ard Oil and Tobacco have gone be
fore. Peace to Its ashes. No doubt
it will prove to be .quite as good a
Phoenix as Its predecessors. "Resur
gam" is their common motto.
One of the early fruits of the war,
as might have been expected, is chol
era. It comes by way of Servia and
Russia, where it is endemic, and it
will be carried by the troops as they
advance like Milton's Sin and Death
"spreading their bane." Of course
war prevents any proper methods to
check the disease.
Fifty reservists, German and
French, are aboard the same boat
headed for Europe. Why don't they
fight it out here and save the expense
nP n Inna IniimaV Tt WOllld bp 1USt
as sensible as what they are doing and
there d oe more leit ior auivivme
relatives.
The women of Liege, who poured
boiling water on the German invaders,
will go down in history with the wom
en of Saragossa, who fought the
French invaders to the death in tho
Peninsular War.
The captain of the Algerlne knows
his limitations and does not want to
fight a heavier opponent; yet If he
has to fight he and his crew will go
down with the colors flying. That is
the British spirit.
Hungarlans in Connecticut com
plain that they thave been swindled
by a, man who sold them tickets by
airship back to Europe. A fool and
his money are soon parted. It was
ever thus.
The Mexican federals may peace
fully evacuate Mexico City and start a
revolution of their own. The power
in .-in thoritv is at a irreat disadvantage
In Mexico, it would appear.
"War In the Air," the horrors of
which have been described by theo
retical writers, appears to be about
as harrowing as plngpong under real
war conditions.
War may do more to help the silver
miners than all Mr. Bryan's cam
paigning. New demand for the metal
for coinage is already enhancing its
price.
The Birmingham's gunner who sank
the submarine earned unlimited shore
leave after the war; provided, of
course, he ever gets ashore.
That alleged bootlegger at Eugene
who had 00 quart bottles of beer
"for family use" was certainly a good
provider.
If Emperor William had any feel
ing for his sympathizers abroad he
would let a little news ooze through.
While Carranza prepares to enter
Mexico City, a new storm-cloud hov
ers In the north, where Villa sulks.
The combatants will soon have the
North Sea so thickly sown with mines
that no ships will dare navigate it.
However, departure of thousands of
reservists for Europe should make the
labor situation easier this Winter.
The crew of that vessel which car
ries both French and German reserv
ists should have a lively voyage.
We are having to pay dearly for the
exciting thrills from Europe. Even a
war tax Is in prospect.
OH seems to be dropping as sugar
advances, thus preserving the balance
of high cost of living.
With sugar going up steadily a
sweet tooth will soon require ex
tracting. The censors cannot get a grip, on
the afternoon war news at Sixth and
Alder.
The Goeben and Breslau might be
called aquatic fleas.
Let all become vegetarians and sell
the meats to the fighters.
However, we are growing accus
tomed to this war idea.
The Finnish fort at Sveaborg Is
ready for the finish.
What has become of Prince Wil
liam of Wied?
Now they're harvesting the harves
ter trust.
China may get lost In the shuffle.
Foraker failed to come back.
Stop th$ food grafters.
ntOLICS AT RECREATION CAMP.
Boys Have . Glorlons Time Climbing
Ullla and Swimming.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) If the business man who has
grown up without friendships formed
in the 'open" would take a Sunday off
and visit the Boys' Recreation Camp
at Cascade, on the Cblumbia he would
realize that he has lacked in his make
up something worth while. This ap
plies a fortiori to the man whom cir
cumstances forbid even the meager
pleasures the city has to offer in the
Summer. The location is remarkable.
Agroup of fir trees in a broad plateau
a hundred feet above the river rorms
the community center of the camp. The
boys sleep in regular army conical tents
on springs that were made for rest. The
clean beach makes an ideal place to
bathe, and back toward the hills, only
ten minutes' walk is Eagle Lake, warm
and pleasant for swimming and Just
the place for black bass. On all sides
loom up the red and green of the moun
tains, topped by Table Mountain the
end of the Bridge of the Gods. The
boys at camp do not look at the moun
tains as most of us do from a car win
dow or on a hurried trip, but they ab
sorb the lifting influence of the hills
by quietly drinking in the scene and
they climb the rugged trails with the
feeling of one who visits a friend. A
number of Reed College stalwarts act
as leaders for the boys and long tramps
are taken for those who wish to go.
Even the kitchen is presided over by
college girls an extra inducement to
visitors and there is a rumor that fu
ture menus are to be worded according
to the rules of simplified spelling. That
prime necessity of camp life spring
water is on hand in abundance. What
more could any camper want? Each
night provides its campflre and until
taps is sounded one has his choice of
popping corn or singing around the
fire, or playing games or reading books
of which there is a good collection. And
then to sleep with nothing to disturb
one but the quiet flow of the great
river, ana to aream 01 anutuci u
restful healthful pleasure. The camp
has a capacity of 25 boys and Is only
one-third full. But two or three weeks
remain before it closes. A boy can go
up by boat any morning except Friday
or by train any morning and his only
expense if he comes by boat Is J2.50
per week board. It seems strange that
with the number of boys in town to
whom a week In the hills amid helpful
Influences would mean so much in prep
aration for the Winter more par
ents have not availed themselves of
the opportunity and that more "big
brothers" have not come forward and
given a "newsy" a chance to view life
els it was meant to be. The camp is
...ii.. .... ....(.n.l v.,- Prifaeanv anil
careiuuy buijchidcu " j a
Mrs. Arthur E. Wood, of Reed College,
and Judging from experience a hearty
welcome awaits the Portland visitor
who wants to be shown. loe inurn-
. i .v. ,.i lAnal on thp North
lrig Saw. mo oiuuiuo tu
Pank Road stop at Cascade, beside the
camp, and if one wishes the luxury of
a night outdoors ne can ieavj mo camv
in the morning at 7:20 and be at his
desk at half past nine. It is the wish
.a- . 1. .v. Vi a .ti-ri that hV SundSV
every tent will be filled with happy,
throbbing Doy me.
J. H. HENDRICKSON.
BLAME FOR SMALLPOX IS DENIED.
Antl-Vacclnatlon Propaaiandlst Saya She
la Not to Blame.
aw-nm-r ivn Iwa 1A Tn thp T7!HI.
IU:i L ll.l.ll'i 11 " ft xv. w w.ia
tor.) Having been closely confined at
home for tne past tnree weeas. i reau
with astonishment in vThe Oregonian
Saturday, that Dr. Marcellus holds me
'Ml.anllv .aannnaiMa for thp KTTiallDOX
scare in the Mount Scott district." I
suppose T should congratulate myself
that he does not cnarge mo aa bu.il-
ing tho war in Europe, but 1 nave naa
as much to do with the one as the
other.
If he has found a good deal of anti
vaccination sentiment in this part of
tho city, it would be more respectful
... . 1 II ,. .Tlnn, tVinvn a lit
to tnose noiunig it m an" Z
tie responsibility for their own opin
ions. The people out this way do not
need anybody to make up their minds
for them.
In agreeing with Dr. White that I
am "causing more suffering and disease
than any other person In Oregon," Dr.
Marcellus again Insults the alleged suf
ferers. Unlike himself, I have never
sought to force conformity to my per
sonal opinions on other people. I am
more than willing that everyone should
act according to his conscience and the
best light he can obtain in the matter
of vaccination. Hence, so far as I am
concerned people act, as freeborn men
and women have a right to do, on their
own responsibility.
On the other hand, Drs. Marcellus
and White, In attempting to compel pcu
... . . a. . .. . ...1 haanma riirpetl
PI LO UO laLnuaiia, -
responsible for tho evil results that
often if not always iouu lh.l
tion. They are engaged in propagating
disease, and so far as the law allows
In propagating it by force. I believe
in progagating health and in maintain
ing immunity through cultivating
health. - , ,,
Further. 1 am constrained to believe
if anything I have said has influenced
action regarding vaccination, that it is
due to the fact that the popular com
mon sense recognizes argument and
truth in my statements.
LORA C. LITTLE.
CITY LOT nEDUCES LIVING COST.
Portlander Ralaea Bl Supply of Food
on Small Strip.
PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) Pardon me for seeming to come
to your assistance on the city lot gar
den, for your answer to the skeptic
from Sherwood shows you need no help,
but as an enthusiastic believer in Ore
gon climate and possibilities, I want to
back you up by a few actual facts,
which, no doubt, are exceeded by oth
ers in all parts of the city, demonstrat
ing your statement is not an idle fancy.
On a city lot 45x187 feet, 45x80 feet
of same being used for fruit, garden and
chicken park, were produced last year
.11 ih. onnlPB cherries. Dlums, prunes,
Dears grapes, loganberries and rasp-
r . . . . ..i A -v aVip v-. a r
berries tnat were iii" . l..- j
Two examples will serve to show the
production In the vegetable garden.
Nine tomato plants produced an abund
ance for Summer use and 26 Jars for
Winter. Twenty-four feet of Japanese
clumbing cucumbers produced a fine
Summer supply and five gallons of
pickles. Besides these were raised rad
ishes, lettuce, peas, beans, beets, on
ions, potatoes, turnips arid celery, all
in quantities sufficient to save buy
ing at the store.
The amount of fruit gathered and es
timated for this year totals eight boxes
of Waxen apples, three bushels of Ital
ian prunes, two boxes Bartlett pears.
75 pounds of peach plums. 100 pounds
of cherries. 70 quarts of berries.
Twenty bred-to-lay white Leghorn
hens averaged better than $3 each,
above the cost of feed for the year.
The yield herewith shown may be
small for a large family, but I know of
. . ..fan workine rjeoDle. who
a iamnj' n i v..- - - -
claim they cannot make a good living
on a 200-acre Wliiameue "w
An examination of the soil clearly
shows Dame Nature is not the one at
fault. PAUL. A. MCt-ttcrtou.i.
Lucky Marriasse Dates.
v The Club Fellow.
wiggDo jCou believe it is unlucky
to get married on Friday?
AVa&&Certainly; but why make
Friday the exception?
Enconnter With a Barber.
London Standard.
Barber Your hair's very thin on the
top, sir.
Customer Ah, I'm glad of that; I
hate fat hair.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of August II. 1164.
We are glad to learn from Hon. A. R.
Burbank, postmaster at Montlcello,
that since the 3d the time of the new
schedule has been observed and that
there has been no detention of the
mall.
The new Presbyterian Church, re
cently erected at Stellacoom. W. T.,
under ths auspices of Rsv. G. W. Sloan,
is to be dedicated on Sunday next.
Washington, Aug. 10. Reports from
Shenandoah Valley, represent that
Sheridan is pursuing the retreating
forces of Early and there is strong
probability that he will overtake them.
Denver. Aug. 10. Although the In
diana have been very troublesome lately
In attacking unarmed trains and mur
dering emigrants who are unable to
defend themselves, there has as yet
been no attack by Indians on the mall
coaches.
Washington, Aug. 11. Deserters from
Mobile report the capture of the city.
Sherman reports all well. He Is knock
ing Atlanta to pieces with four and
one-half Inch shells. No movement be
fore Petersburg with our forces.
Recently the second vessel of the
first fleet of Iron men-of-war. built
for the United States' Navy, was
launched at Jersey City. She la called
the Monongo and Is a facsimile of
seven ships recently ordered by the
Navy Department.
We notice a disposition on the part
of our citizens to improve the streets
in front of their premises.
The O. S. N. Company's steamer Julia,
Captain Strang, was employed for some
time on Wednesday last in an attempt
to remove the snags that are lodged
in the channel of the Willamette River
near its confluence with the Columbia.
There are three full-grown trees in
tha locality mentioned at whloh the
steamer tugged and after parting sev
eral cables and hawser ropes she was
obliged to leave them..
The stockholders of the Grand Sul
tana Gold & Silver Mining Company
yesterday elected J W. P. Huntington.
A. D. Fitch. J. C. Hawthorne. A. J.
Chapman and J. B. Stephens directors.
Squire W. P. Watson and Mr. Patton.
while across the river, went out be
fore breakfast yesterday morning and
killed two deer and grouse.
A gentleman desiring to send a sam
ple of Oregon fruit to friends in the
East filled a quart Jar with plums from
a tree In the garden of Dr. Glenn. Ha
succeeded in getting Just three into
the Jar and it was full. Thay' each
measured 7 7-8x6 7-8 Inches.
The steamer Union was launched at
Canemah yesterday after having re
ceived a thorough repairing. She will
soon be ready to resume her old place
In the Yamhill trade.
BOUNTIES FROM A CITY HARDEN.
Array of Tempting Edibles Grown by
Amateur Gardener In Yard.
PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (To the Edi
tor.) Just a few lines In corrobora
tion of your article In The Oregonian
today anent S. M. Kelso's Inquiry about
that back yard garden plot. It seems
almost Incredible that he does not know
what can be done. Allow ma to say to
him that I do raise everything my fam
ily needs. When I was 70 years old I
purchased a quarter block on Wood
stock Crescent near, Reed College. The
ground had to be filled in. I laid off a
spacious lawn and studded it with
shrubberv. I planted two apple trees,
two peach trees, wo English walnut
trees and one cherry trae, so arranged
that very little Interference with the
sunlight affects my garden plot. This
plot Is only 50 by 45 feat. In It I have
usually planted 160 hills of potatoes,
yielding from four to eight sacks of
tubers; 50 feet of Kentucky wonder
beans, which supply us with 52 pint
bottles of preserved beanB, besides
what we use during the growing season,
two strings 45 feet long of edible peas,
an . ,i a m .1... lattiir. Porn and Cab-
baee. with a few carrots and egg plant.
. .., a , i i , , i, . ,,
complete tne setting ui mo .iwia.
garden. Besides this I have about 200
feet of rows of sweet peas from which
I gather about 20 bushels of seed and
from which I could realize easily 50
a i j a a 1. ,1 n an Mv neach treps
11 1 U A i ii i ' aia . a 1
have been bearing for two years. This
year I shall gatner irom tne two ura
about three baskets of as fine Craw
r , ... aawova it.,-,-,1 tha table of any
man. Besides this I have one lone
apple on a Spltzenberg tree, but then I
consider this a triumph four years after
planting a young tree. may see
ing is believing and feeling is the
naked truth, but tasting is still better.
Mr. Kelso is welcome to see for himself
and taste the peaches and sample the
potatoes if he likes.
GEORGE POTKE.
Causes of European War.
GEARHART. Or., Aug. 7. (To tha
Editor.) Will you kindly publish In
The Oregonian a brief statement of
the cause of the present European
war other than the assassination of
the Crown Prince and Princess of
Austria. The accounts heretofore have
been so broad and scattered. I am
sure there are others beside myself
who would wish the same thing.
I have inquired of many and all
their answers were as vague as my
own would ba.
A FAITHFUL READER.
The causes of the war have been
fully explained in Tho Oregonian in
the following articles: July 27, "Eu
rope's Great War-cloud;" July 29,
"War for National Existence;" August
2, "How European Alliances Grew;"
August 3, "War for Their Existence;"
August 4, "England's Causa for War."
Rosea Raised for Festival.
PORTLAND, Aug. 3 I have a friend
who lived for several years In a rented
house .with a good-atsed lot (not
acreage, but a lot right here In the
city limits of Portland). There were
quite a lot of rose bushes of several
good varieties on the place. She began
taking care of these, cutting and
pruning and setting out all the de
sirable healthy young allps for which
she could find room. Soon sift had a
lovely rose garden and sold slips and
young bushes to friends, who told
others. She also ran an occasional ad
In the paper. She found ooA sale for
the roses themselves during Rose Fes
tival week. This netted her from $15
to 125 each season. When she moved
she took the choicest with her for
transplanting. P. r.
Sewing Done for Frlenda.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 1 A very
fine way for women to make money
and stay at home Is to do hemstitching.
She could take orders from her friends
for tablecloths, napkins, handkerchiefs
and pillowslips. There are many so
ciety women who have not time for
this kind of work and will gladly hire
it done. She can also make button
holes, receiving 1 cent each and for
the larger ones from 6 to 20 cents.
ELMA.
Descendant of a Great Family.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Gabe He claims he- is a descendant
of a great family.
Steve Yes, and he Is still descend
ing. Only Personally Peevlah.
(Washington Star.)
Sometimes a man thinks he ts a re
former with a message to the groping
public, when he is only personally peevish.
Little Editorials
on Business
Mistaken Again.
The speculative element is found
in nearly every human heart.
Some cnil it "the framblins; in
stinct." Every day scois lof people take
a long: chance in buying- somethinr
that is represented to be 50 to 100
per cant more than the pre asked
for it. They soon realise their
mistake.
In most eaaes the purchasers of
these so-called bargains prin and
bear it, but they patronize an
other store.
No concern ever built up a per
manent and constantly increasing
business by misrepresentation in
its advertising. All the advertis
ing in the world will not make a
continuous repeater of an inferior
piece of merchandise.
The continuous advertising of a
trade-marked line is the strongest
evidence in the world that this line
is better than unknown merchan
dise of the same claaa. Advertis
ing standardizes both the value and
the quality of the goods.
It is rarely necessary to offer
the standardized trade - marked
lines at cut prices. Their value
has been established. You know
you got your money's worth.
One of the moat hopeful signs of
the times is the growing tendency
to apply the Golden Rule to busi
ness. Honest advertising laws have
been passed by many states and
municipalities. They will protect
honest merchants and manufactur
ers nnd force frnudnlent advertis
ers either to come clean or go out
of business.
The Oreg-oninn is u manufacturer
in as tnie a sense as is the man
ufacturer of shoes, brooms or
clothing. We are manufacturing a
newspaper.
Our customers are our advertis
ers, and our readers are the con
sumers. When we sell space to advertisers
we offer honest values backed up
by good sen-ice in helping our eua
tomers sell goods at a profit.
The small advertiser in The
Oregonian receives the same cour
teous treatment accorded the great
department stores who use pages
of space.
Twenty-Five Yean Ago
From Ths Oratonlan of Aufutt 11 ISM
Colfax, W. T.. Aug. 12. Th frlands
of C. B. Hopkins, Mayor of Colfax, are
urging him to try for tha lowar house
of Congreas.
Astoria. Aug. 12. Charles H. Htork
ton was elected chief engineer. Frank
H. Surpranant first assistant and Ed
ward Hallbck second assistant anglnaer
of tha flra department.
Han Kranclaoo, Ana. 12. Commenr
Ing August 11. tha Union Pacific will
run Pullman dining-room cars batween
Omaha, Ogden and Portland.
Truckee. Cel., Aug. If. A disastrous
fire occurred this afternoon, burning
all east of Brldte straat and north nf
tha railroad to tho roundhouas.
Olympla, W. T Aug. It. Tha con
stitutional convention today rejected
a woman suffrage clause for tha con
stitution. The work of cutting out aamplaa has
ommencad at tha boot and shoe fa. -
tory at Hunnyslde.
iUr.il wiiann who haa been con.
nected with the East Portland WatT
Company, has accepted a position a
manager of the Astoria ilea Company.
Dr. George M Walls returned yes
terday from Baker City.
A. B. Steinbacb was tn New York
August 6.
Mrs. Richard Clinton and mother,
of East Portland, start East August 15.
F. E. Beach, of Baach, Armstrong a
Co., has Just returned from Spokane
Falls.
Liverpool. Aug. 12. Monday. August
2. has been fixed aa tho day for tha
execution of Mrs. Maybrlck.
Hon. Sol Hirach. the recently ap
pointed United States Minister to Tur
key, returned from his European trip
yesterday.
W. C. Cllne, proprietor of the barrel
stave factory In Stephens' Addition, had
been adjusting a Dana un a puncj
terday when he stepped backward
against a burs saw whloh was In mo
tion. The saw did not cut him, but
tt played havoc with his trouaera.
Tha Oregon Pacific ateamar Three
Slaters ran Into tha free bathhouse yes
terday and did damage to the extant
of $400.
Clerk John W Duff, of the State Cir
cuit Court, and wife and County Clark
X. C. Powell and wife will leave this
morning for a hunting and fishing trip
on Salmon River.
Margaret Mather will commence an
engagement next Monday at the New
Park Theater.
The Board of Trade yesterday
adopted a reaolutlon Indorsing the pa
tltlon of tha Council for prompt action
in providing a flraboat.
A GARDE! OF riUIBNDMIP.
A Garden of Friendship I planted
And fragrant tha flowera of It ware.
It grew In my heart all sweet-ecenteu
With Affectlon'a ambroalal myrrh.
A smooth-flowing river ran near It
The watara of Sympathy'e tears.
Like those which fall on a friend',
hand
When Care comes, or harrowing
fears.
The aoft winds of Faith ever fanned It.
Hope's rosy daw klaaad each bud.
(I can sea them now In my fancy.
Fair lilies and rosat of blood!)
Aye. that was a sacred cloister
a ...... fr.m tha world's crtiel leers.
Where you and I loved to wander
In the Long Ago t near niaa ..
It stood through the blasts of Wlntera.
And the aherp acid test of Time.
Resplendent with good deed, glowing.
Its beauty attained the sublime.
Death came with hla gleaming cycle
And left not a flower I had sown
Yet through my grief steala the per
fume Of sweet blossoms withered and
blown!
Jo Hartman. Santa Monica, Cel.
SoleSBB Thought.
Before this cruel war ts o'er.
I'd Ilka to make a little bet
That Kipling will cot looee once mora.
Lest we fcarget, leat we forgot.
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