Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 30, 1914, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextlO THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER SO, 1914. POBTUND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Onion, tostofllce Second-class matter. Subscription Rate Invariably In Advance. fily. Sunday Included, one year . . . . Pally, Sunday Included, six months . XJaily, Sunday Included, three months iaily, Sunday Included, one month XJaily, without Sunday, one year ... Daily, wlthout'Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunday, three months .8.00 . s.liS . 2.25 . -73 . S.00 . 8.5 1.1 5 Daily, .without Sunday, one month. ...... .fell Weekly, one year ........ l-oO funday, one year .....- ttundaor and Weekly, one year .......... (By Carrier) Dally, Sunday Included, one year ...... .99.00 Daily. Sunday Included, one month . . - .75 Mow to Kemlt Send Postotflce money or der, express order or personal check on your Jocal bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give Potstoffice address In full, Including county and state. Postage Kates 12 to IS pases. 1 cent; 18 to i2 pages, 2 cents; 84 to 48 pases. 8 cents; CO to 60 pases, 4 cents; 62 to T8 pases, 5 cents; 78 to 1)2 pases, a cents. Foreisn post, , double rates. , Eastern Business Offices Verres Conk II n. New York. Brunswick buildlns. Chi cago. Stenger buildlns. 6an Francisco Otiice R. J. SIdweU Co. 743 Market street. IOBXLAU, WEDNESDAY, SEPT.. 80, 1814. PENALIZING HWIB INDUSTRY. The Oresonlan Is hard to please. Prob ably this Is the reason that reasonable per sons have stopped trying to please The Ore sonlan. 'When we had a high tariff, The Oregonlan clamored for free trade. Since the Damocratio administration reduced the tariff. The Oregonian clamors for mors pro section for wool, sugar and numerous other articles Salem Messenger (Dem,). We trust our Salem friend Is grati fied with the operations of a tariff rwhich. penalizes domestic cultivation f such important Oregon products as wool, oats, hay, milk, butter, eggs and the like, by making them, all except butter) free of duty, thus inviting- and bringing: about the invasion of the American market by cheaper foreign axticles. The Messenger wants to send Oregon money for eggs to China avnd for butter to New Zealand. The Oregonian objected to the Payne-Aldrich bill because it unrea sonably protected many great indus tries; it objects to the "Wilson Under wood tariff because it unfairly dis criminates against Western products. The Oregonian will not be satisfied iwlth any tariff produced by log-rolling, favoritism, barter, and sectional prejudice. It has favored a no n-partisan tariff commission, which shall arrange tariff schedules based on ab solute economic principles, and on the revenue needs of the country. It ap proves .now such a method. But the Democratic party does not desire nonpartisan or scientific de termination of a correct tariff. It de nounces the corrupt give-and-take methods by which the Payne-Aldrlch tariff is adopted; and then, when Its turn comes, builds its own tariff in the same way. Let the Messenger state, 'for the benefit of. its readers, how well, or bow poorly, the Underwood tariff has buttered Oregon's bread. Or will the Messenger Join in the false Democratic chorus Uat the empty dinner pail is the baffen fig ment of mental overstrain, caused by overeating? GERMANY'S FUTURE. The bitterness engendered.- among deuce' of final victory born of their recent successes and of their suser - iority in numbers and resources have given rise among the extremists to a -demand that not only Austria but Germany be utterly crushed and dis membered. The reason given for this demand is that militarism may be destroyed so completely as never again to be a menace to civilization and that absolutism may receive its death-blow. Maurice Maeterlinck, in an article In the London Mail, calls upon the allies now "to frame our inexorable resolution." He warns them that, "when the enemy is crushed, as crushed he will be, efforts will be mafl to enlist our sympathy, to move us to pity." He says: "We shall be told that the unfortu nate German people were merely the victims of their monarch and their feudal caste that they all have mere ly obeyed, been compelled to obey, , orders that they detested but were un able to resist." H i holds all Germans guilty of iwhat Jie terms "this gigantic crime." : He denies that they are "wretched slaves, dragged along by a tyrant King, who alone is responsible." He says: ' "Nations itave the government they deserve . . . and it Js the ' monster they maintain at their head (who stands for all that Is true in tlieir nature, because it is he who repre sents the eternal aspirations of their race," He - declares the Germans " guilty in tne mass ana ne describes them, as the power of evil, the allies as the power of good. A similar thought has been worked .'out in detail bv the Louisville Cmir. Yier-Journal, which pronounces disso lution of the German confederation necessary to the peace of Europe. .Conceding that the German people must bear their share of responsibil ity for the war and cannot make the Kaiser the scapegoat, holding also that there is no hope of permanent peace until absolutism and militarism bave been destroyed. The Oregonian cannot agree that dismemberment of Germany would promote either peace or human progress. Perverted as It has been by divine-right monarchy, bigh-born aristocracy and militarism, the, German empire is a splendid structure which has - done much for civilization in industry, commerce, art and science. It has taught the world much in the art of government. Its energies should be turned from the pursuit of military glory and terri torial aggrandizement Into those chan nels where it would render good serv ice to mankind. To dismember It would be a violation of the very prin ciple for which the allies are contend ingthe right of each race or nation to a united national existence, and would be a reassertlon of the false principle for the maintenance of which they have arrayed theraselves -against Germany the principle that might is right, that provinces should be carved up by Kings regardless of their inhabitants' wishes and that treaties are "scraps of paper" when they Interfere with "military neces sity." Were the allies thus to prove false to the ideal with which they began this war. it would not end mili tarism but would merely open a new chapter of militarism which would end In another war. - If the allies should be victorious and should then follow faithfully the principle for which they began the war, they could consistently d Ism em ber Austria, but not Germany. .They "could Justly give back Schleswig-Hol-steln to Denmark and Alsace-Lorraine to France. ' They could take away the Polish provinces of Prussia and Aus trla, unite them- to Russian Poland and hold Russia to her promise to re store Poland's .existence as a nation, They could give Servia the Serv prov inces of Austria, give Italy Trieste, Trent and part of Dalmatia, and re store the independence of Bohemia. If Hungary wished to. sever the tie which binds her to Austria, the Teu ton territory of the latter country could be united to Germany. Then boundaries would closely approximate national or racial divisions, and the most fruitful cause of European wars would be removed. But dismember ment .of- Germany would be followed by continual striving for reunion and by intrigues and alliances of the sev eral Germanic states with other na tions. Annexation of any part of Ger many proper to either France or Russia would surely create a new Alsace-Lorraine to serve as a'rallylng cry to a German war of revenge. Europe must surely desire that this be the last great war. Its best assur ance of realizing this desire is moder ation and Justice in making peace. With the Austrian patchwork torn apart, with old sores healed and with Germany brought to reason, Europe could reduce her armaments to pro portions sufficient to serve as inter national police against the Russian menace and against any barbarous or semi-barbarous nation which disturbs the peace. If the allies, upon winning victory, should follow counsels of vengeance and greed, they would only prepare the way for another war. WHY THIS VETO? The purring newspaper, sycophant of Governor West, being Just now en gaged in the pleasant service of printing the Governor's veto record, ought not to overlook the extraordi nary West action in '. disapproving Senate Bill 64, session of 1911. Some vigilant member, being alive to an abuse which the Governor now pub licly laments, introduced a bill mak ing It a felony for any officer, or agent, or employe, of the state to sell supplies to the State of Oregon. Governor West vetoed the bill. His ostensible reason was that it was too far-reaching, and that the present laws are adequate. His real reason is burled in the depths of his inscrut able motives, for with Governor West the fact that any bill came from a political opponent was sufficient prov ocation for a veto. Yet Governor West now "publicly Insinuates that State Treasurer ' Kay desires a re-election "so as to pursue the "old game" of selling supplies to the state. If the laws are adequate, the Governor has a wayto stop the practice. But of course Treasurer Kay is do ing nothing of the kind. The reason the Governor said so is that he has now a violent antipathy for Mr, Kay. JUST A FEW POINTERS. If the value of a Congressman Is to be determined by the amount of ap propriations he brings home, it is fair to debit him with the millions or thousands lost to the state through his oversight or neglect. By the repeal, for which Senator Chamberlain voted, of the original Federal reclamation act Oregon has lost outright the in vestment of many millions in reclam ation projects. Oregon has contribut ed through the sale of its public lands over $10,000,000 to the fund. The law required that the major part of the moneys so furnished be expended proata in the respective states. Now Oregon is furnishing its own millions to the reclamation projects of other states. The repeal of this act, which might easily have been prevented, is the severest blow the state has suf fered ' by any kind of discriminative legislation. Oregon and the Northwest use mil lions of Jute bags yearly. Not a' pound of Jute is raised in the state. Com paratively few bags arevmanufactured In the United States. Yet in direct violation of his own free trade prin clples, and in sharp contrast with his action as to many Oregon products, Senator Chamberlain supported a 10 per cent duty on Jute bags, and It Is now part or tne law. Jute is not a competitor of anyOregon product. The number of Jute bags used for wheat, wool and other products in a single year in the Northwest is about 30,000,000. The producer is thus mulcted in over $100,000 every, year. Last "Spring, with a great outburst of virtue, the House at Washington voted to abolish the 20-cent mileage graft for Congressmen, and substitute actual traveling expenses. When tUe resolution came to the Senate, the economical purpose of the house was defeated, and the 20-cent per mile schedule was restored. Senator Chamberlain voted with the mileage grabbers. The distance to Washing ton from Portland Is about 8300 miles. The railroad fare, exclusive of Pull man and dining car charges. Is about 2 cents per mile. SAMPLES OF GOVERNMENT WASTE, An example of how the money goes was brought before the House re cently by Representative Humphrey He Induced the House to adopt a res olution Inquiring about the existence of a publicity bureauJn the Agricul tural Department, and gave a few II lustrations of the kind of work done by this bureau. It took a bird census with the aid of voluntary enumerators and spent Government money in send ing out thousands of letters and bul letins. It also Issued a learned article on the life of a milk bottle. As Mr Humphrey said: ' Of oouree. they might as well have had a grasshopper census or a ny census or a mosquito census. That field Is unlimited. Here Is an opportunity to give unnumbered experts a place on the Government payroll, Mr. Humphrey cited the appoint ment of Franklin H. Smith, an agent in the Forest Service at $900 a year, to be commercial agent in the Com merce Department at $3000 a year, with the explanation by his superiors that he is a great expert on the lum ber Industry. Mr. Humphrey remarks that nobody besides those who wished to raise Mr. Smith's salary has discov ered him to be a great expert. This Is how the public money is frittered away. Jobs are created for the purpose of paying men salaries, or, where their creation is Justified men are picked from obscurity, la beled "experts," ' and promoted. The people are becoming habituated to look to the Government for every thing, though Its work is done at dou ble the cost and half the efficiency of private enterprise. If a few fad dlsts desire statistics on some subject. they ask the Government to gather the information, and, if no agency ex ists for the purpose, they agitate for its establishment. The departments are always ready to magnify their im portance by undertaking more work and adding more officials, and there Is always a Congressman willing to expatiate on tne need of a bird cen sus, a fly census or a mosquito census, This waste of money In email af fairs Is a symptom of greater waste In larger affairs. Congress is afflicted with the irresponsibility peculiar to those who spend other peopled money without being held strictly to account. Notwithstanding Indisputable evi dence' of this fact, many persons wish to thrust more work on this overbur dened, unwieldy, inefficient and wasteful machine. It is time to call a halt not only that, but to divest it of many functions it now 111 performs. TWO SAD BEREAVEMENTS. The deepest sympathy of all will go out to Mayor Albee and Colonel James Jackson in their sad bereavements. Each of these men bore the crushing sorrow of having an only son given to the eternal resting place yesterday. Each lost a son of bright promise, prematurely cut off by a grim decree of Fate. Young George , Albee was still in his early teens, possessed of a bright mind, strong body and spotless character. His death, following a fall from a tree, came as a bolt from a clear sky. Rhees Jackson, who by his ability and character had risen to a captaincy in the United States -Army, met with an end equally tragic and unexpected. After having fought through hard campaigns unscathed, it remained for him to be taken away suddenly through a fall from his horse. The breaking of a saddle cinch succeeded where hostile, bullets and tropical disease had failed. There is a tragic coincidence In the taking off of these two young men almost at the same time'. There is, moreover, an overwhelming sadness about it all. Nor are. Mayor Albee and Colonel Jackson the greater los ers; for the burden is one that falls on the whole community when two lives of worth and promise are taken from our midst. THE REED EXTENSION COURSES. The Reed College extension course offer an attractive bill of fare to the public this year. They are-intended to be popular, but they will provide substantial Intellectual food at the same time. It Is not their primary purpose to be merely entertaining, though of course the various profes sors who give them" understand how to please the public taste. Course XIX, "Supreme Achievements in European Literature," will no doubt be particularly attractive to those who enjoy lectures. Three of the Reed College profes sors will participate in it, and they will enjoy the co-operation of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, of Temple Beth Israel. Miss Hammond with the help of two other Reed professors will give a course on "The Development of the Drama," which cannot help being deeply interesting and profitable. These are only samples of the exten sion courses. There are 23 of them In all, and each one has Its own mer its and peculiar appeal. Efforts of this kind ought to be encouraged and largely attended. A WAR VIRUS ANTIDOTE. A new movement for aiding the cause of peace by means of petitions from schoolchildren to the warring rulers is not so impractical as might appear at first thought. The several rulers, to be sure, may not be influ enced by these appeals from Ameri can children. The chances are that not a single ruler will set eyes on these sentimental documents. They will get no farther . than secretaries, who will acknowledge them and con sign them to the official wastebasket. Yet the effort will not be a wasted one. The cause of peace will be sent home in the minds of rising genera tions. The children of the world have been feasted too long on pictures and stories of the so-called glories of war. Here will be a new picture, one that will make a profound impression on young minds. They will see the hor ror of war, will be impressed with the possibility of helping suppress the clash. The lesson will be one to pro vide an antidote against the martial virus which poisons the mInds"of the human family and makes for war. THE wnXAJIETTE SOUND. In the October Bulletin of the State University Mrs. Ellen Condon McCor nack has published an Interesting "Study of the Pleistocene Age In Ore gon." Mrs. McCornack is a daughter of the late Professor Condon, who for many years taught geology at Eugene. In the course of his life Professor Condon traveled widely over the State of Oregon and collected fossils wher ever they were to be found. At the time of his death his classroom mu seum was richly furnished with the fruits of his scientific labors. His daughter, Mrs. McCornack, inherits his scientific tastes and has carried on his work with credit to herself and the university. In her monograph on "The Oregon Pleistocene'' Mrs. McCornack mentions one of her father's trips to the Silver" Lake region, where he observed the immense alkali deposits surrounding Summer Lake and some other bodies of water. At that time nothing was suspected of the value of these depos its to the agriculture of the state. Pro fessor Condon perceived their Interest to science, but his mind felt little con cern with economic questions. He found a profusion of fossils, many of which were lying in plain sight on the surface of the ground. The perpetual winds had blown the sand away and thus uncovered them. Mingled with the fossils, both at the surface and below the ground, were obsidian arrowheads once used by Indian hunters. Professor Condon drew the perfectly natural inference that the Indians who made the obsid Ian points must have lived contem poraneously with the animals whose eternal rest they shared. He there fore attributed both the human and the animal remains to "the early Pleistocene period." Since that time, Mrs. McCornack tells us, much scientific study has been bestowed upon the Oregon Pleistocene, and we gather from her remarks that In the main her learned father's conclusions from his re searches have been verified. Perhaps his most interesting Inference from geological evidence was that In Pleis tocene days the Willamette Valley was occupied by a fresh-water lake fed by the Columbia River. The lake disappeared in. the course of the ages, being drained off as the Pacific shore sank downward. Pro fessor Condon deduced from his "ob servations and measurements" that this depression of the coast line must have amounted to several hundred feet. Of course the barrier thus sunk beneath the ocean might once have retained a deep lake. Professor Con don found no evidences of salt water life among the fossils deposited by the lake. In his opinion ths rush of the Columbia was so strong that It ex cluded the ocean water entirely. Mrs, McCornack seems to think that this conclusion admits, perhaps, of some modification in the light of recent dis coveries. However that may be we can hard ly avoid the belief that human beings dwelt In parts of Oregon together with the animals which followed closelj upon the glacial period. "It is an es tablished fact," says Mrs. McCornack, "that man lived In Europe during the glacial age." We naturally expect, therefore, to find human remains of the. same date in Oregon. Prince William of Wied has given up his Job in Albania. Whether he felt too big for the country or found the difficulties of his office too big for him nobody seems to know. The Albanians do not feel it Incumbent upon them to ask the European "con cert" for a successor to the fugitive William. They have taken, the reins into their own hands and elected a Turk for their King. The new sov ereign is a son of Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamld, which promises well if the taste for murder Is not hereditary. Side by side in Portland windows are to be seen large photographic placards of Charles J. Smith and George E. Chamberlain. The former Is properly described as the "Demo cratic candidate fox Governor," but for Senator Chamberlain the only in formation vouchsafed Is that he Is "tried and true." The Democratic nomination for Senator was bestowed on Mr. Chamberlain by his admiring party last May. It was so long ago that he has obviously forgotten it. Speaking of agriculture In the pub lic schools, Superintendent Churchill thinks it can be taught better if a reference library Is acquired. This can be done easily and cheaply. The pupils need only write for bulletins to the Departments of Agriculture at Washington, and Corvallls. They will receive by mail the best and latest publications which can then be of per manent use In the classes. If great wealth disposes people to indolence we may expect a falling off in the energy of the suffrage propa ganda before long, since the Baroness De Bazus has left $2,000,000 to the cause. What has become of the re formed spelling rage since it got Car negie's donation? Enthusiasts should beware of the temptations of luxury. It makes them fat and beautiful, but destroys their fiery ardor. That was a grand military success which the Kaiser's bomb-throwers at tained at Blelostokthe other day, Bielostok Is a Russian town and the children were at school when th Zep pelin flew past in the upper air. A bomb was dropped, for the fun of it, we suppose. It exploded in the school house and killed eleven children. What heroes these bomb-thorwers are. It Is nearly twice as far to the Rodeo at The Dalles as it is to the State Fair and the entertainment will not be nearly twice as good; yet all who can afford the trip should make it to show a neighborly feeling- as well as see something different and worth while. German officers, including a Prince, are. said to have been killed by Ger man bullets. Killing of .martinets by their own men. has been common to every firing line. Rumors that the Czar has issued an ultimatum on Turkey sent up the price of wheat at Chicago. Dame Ru mor is a valuable partner of the Chi cago broker. Aviator Beachey made four loops and two flops with the President as a spectator. Was Beachey trying to present the Mexican policy in aerial pantomime? Really, the Kaiser Is not such a ter rible fellow. The English and Rus sian prisoners In Germany insist on their tea and he does his best to give it to them. The Rhelms .cathedral Is to be re paired and renewed and the bombard ments, after all, will add a great his toric touch to this famous edifice. The official announcement from Austrian headquarters that the Aus trian army is still intact is enough to make even a -Montenegrin. Berlin reports say that German newspapers are not permitted to pub lish rumors. Not even of French and Russian .defeats? Despite numerous warlike moves. the Italians appear to be proceeding busily with their spaghetti-making. The Japanese legions are getting into action and the Chinese are show ing increased signs of restlessness. Albania has selected a new ruler. That's a job we'd care even less for than the one of "ruling" Mexico. Dr. Wlthycombe is to visit Salem this -week. Where he will take up his official residence early in the year. How will our great- great-great grandchildren look back upon the bat tles that are being waged today? Only fourteen of the 120 counties of Kentucky are "wet," which, sah. Is a shocking anomaly. It has again been tragically demon strated that gasoline and alcohol do not combine safely. This Is the week of the biggest pumpkins and sleekest thoroughbreds. The Turks appear to have been overtaken by a sober afterthought The suspicion grows that the only President suitable to Villa Is Villa. No more ball this season after this week, and the fan must go often. Another comet Is visible, as if there were not enough war on hand. Tonight the male pheasant may as well bid adieu to the world. The battle . of the Alsne will loom big In world history. The Braves will put a new line In world-series fiction. Salem is in the limelight this week. John Barleycorn Is a bad chauffeur, "Mads Jo U. g. A." Js now the word. TOB IS GOOD BUT ACTION LAGS. President Does Not Follow Up Spirited Words Abant Merchant Marine. PORTLAND, Sept. 89. (To the Ed itor.) I have Just reread President Wilson's letter to Doremus. chairman of the Democratic Congressional com mittee, dated September 4. and cannot but a-dmire. more than ever. Its tone and spirit. But I am conscious, also, that the President has hardly kept pace with his good words and high purposes, so far, by what be has done, especially In the matter of the purchase of foreign vessels and the building up of a merchant marine and foreign trade, for the United States. This very im portant matter, to us. as a nation, he allows to lag. It seems to me. Our unobstructed right to purchase foreign vessels has been demonstrated by a member of his Cabinet, and many vessels of foreign nations are in our ports lying Idle and waiting to be put to service under the American flag Why does the President hesitate? He said in his letter, "The great questions immediately ahead, of us are the build ing up of our merchant marine, and all that that means' in the development and diversification of our foreign com merce, and the systematio conservation and economic- use of our National re sources, subjects much talked about but little acted upon." These were brave, good words, but the President himself seems to have fallen Into the ranks of those who talk, but do not act. Further along in his letter he said he believed "that ways can be found to do these things readily enough," and the country at large took him at his word and has waited. But our merchant marine Is not growing to any consider able extent, and our foreign commerce is not expanding as It should. A sort of paralysis has Intervened while the President waits. What is the matter? We were told In a dispatch from Washington, August 20, that President Wilson's advocacy of the bill to pur chase foreign merchant vessels "has aroused the Jealous attention of marl time nations at war." Does he Presi dent hesitate to move on that account? Is he afraid to do what it is clearly our right and duty to do, as a Nation, because It will excite the jealousy of the warring peoples across the water? Shall we miss our great present oppor tunity for expansion and influence In the world because we may offend some narrow-minded people by our. so doing? Have we not the same right as other people to the high seas, and to help ourselves to the good things of the world? Must we stand back in a corner and wait until somebody mixes our feed for us? The President further says in his letter, to which I have referred, "Amer ica is greater than any party." Most assuredly, and that fact ought to be constantly kept in view. "The time has come for great things. These are days big with destiny for the United States, as for other nations of the world. A little wisdom, a little courage, may, under God. turn that ri.ti ,v,i- or that." Yes. especially f eL wP" u' not be iraid to do what t. and Just "though what we de cide is right for us might not suit sel- Let us go out into the great, wide world, with hope and courage, tobe ana to do amons: th notion. nr to buy the ships in our harbors, without T 'V T.;'" '0' them y,Z 71 " ". wuicn are ours M,iS hor,tance they are for all the - --- ,jv.v ul tne earth. LEVI W. MYERS, 681 East Ankeny Street REJ.IBLICAX LAW AVERTED PANIC, Mr. Flegel Called on Assertion. Con cerning Effect of Act Not in O Derating f?RTLAD' Sept- 29.To the Edi-lr-l1' the Portland Journal there is whith 0t t 8pech by Mr- Fleel " which he makes many very extravagant statements. One is that "even the op. puntrnts ot Juemocratlc meaan,-.. v,;, come to indorse them once they have ?fen their beneficial workings." Will '"is" name one such measure? o aiso says: s r vnn o - nA- -, ned with condition- th.t vrw.:r".T in this country the Demorcatic party is Ill," i "r "em." vvny isn't it? ---- - we naa not Bad McAdoo and Wilson we would have oa,l a nan If. ' ' ' V. ....... 1 . . B'ti no says: "It we had not h cAdoo and Wilson w w. had a panic" Why would we h hrt avia unv OLIier mannn AvAAn the universal distrust the country has of the Democratic nartv' A ni j.j McAdoo or Wilson do ih , . . . J VA.AVA n c or eecrgtary Would not have u.i uuuur me Aiancn-vreeland cur. rency law? What prevented the usual Democratic panlo excent th m. gency currency issued unit,, .h. i. j.iiv m wu passed in 1908 under MpuDiicos Aoministration. Mr. A. L. Mills, whom he quotes, . gave credit to that law for preventing a panic that naturally threatened us as soon as the uimoiwuou tarirr jaw was passed. Mr. Mills also explained that freedom rrnm panics ua not mean freedom from tight tnuney, or ousiness depression. Why does Mr. Fleeel. whn h mm.. r Mills, omit Statins- all h. rat.t . " the people entitled to 'hear the whole story or only a Democratic version of ne says. 'Wilson has given us the Dest currency law In th hiitn,. ua.aicu o ib. tea. now ooes he know? The law i not yet In operation and al luadyAA.'lve aro hearing1 the suggestion mis taw, coupied with an amend tueiii to tne AKlrlch-Vreela H passed last month, la llnhi t r..i uauserous innatlon ot the currency, a taiiuut cite us an instance of any Democratic law passed in the last 60 years that has done the people ' -" tuiimry any gooa. we are al ways being told of something good that is going to come out of Democratic legislation in the Indefinite future, but they have nothing In their past record to Inspire confidence. We are also told that "President Wil son Is responsible for constructive laws to support business." What are they? His "watchful waiting" policy "has been vindicated." How? Are Carranza and Villa vindicating it? Mr. Flegel cape the climax by saying that "big business is making a con certed effort to depress business before election." and "certain women have been imported into the state paid by big business." That Is exactly the kind of talk we heard for months from the I. W. W. soap-box spouters last Winter ana oprm. r. flegel is challenged to produce one Iota of proof to sustain either one of these charges, or to show that they are not absolutely wanton and gratuitous. Such charges are bad enough coming from the element that usually inauiges in them, for the tnclt mg ot class hatred is their stock In trade, but they should never be heard irom any one aspiring to a seat in jongress. unless accompanied by spe cifio proofs. While everybody recognises that the Congressional race in this district Is between' McArthur and Lafferty, even a Democratic candidate should care fully weigh his words before giving iura utterance, uxaoirt vtn. Real . DansTer Overlooked. TOLEDO, Or.. Sept. 29. (To the Edi tor.) I notice in a Portland news paper a roasi ry . uovernor West on everybody in general In connection with, the Republican party and the danger of tne destruction of the lnltia ttve, but he did not say a word about the greatest danger that threatens the initiative the bill to be voted la the next election to consolidate th Corporation Department and the In surance Commissions. If the Corporation Commissioner can be deprived of his office through th initiative because he does his duty anybody can initiate any faithful offl car out of office. The blue sky law has done some good work in this sec tion, JOHN I WILSON, ALL IS OIL. FOR THEIR MACHl.VE Democrats Condemn In Republicans What They Land in Democrats. PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Edi tor.) Your Inquiry whether West is not crazy opens up a question as to the mental soundness of the entire anti- Republican outfit. It has come to that condition where any man who dares publicly to declare himself in favor of the primary choice of the rank and file of the Republicans for their party candidates is hopped onto with a vlciousness that is unprece dented and a vehemence that implies a rule or ruin policy that would shame the worst characters of the old regime of "machine politicians" when bosses gave the orders and that was the end of It In the frenxy that possesses the Jour nal and West, through fear that the ittle coterie of Democrats might lose their grip on the public affairs of a trongly Republican state the Uemo- c ratio machine has turned its batteries loose In a furious charge against the next Legislature, which not only has not yet made its record but has not been elected. At the Armory Sunday afternoon West called the next Legislature a gang of soaks" which Dr. W ithycombe would have to carouse with in order to have any degree of unity of action in legislative matters. To be eure. that body is not yet elected, but Mr. West is so certain that the people do not know enough to choose reputable and competent men that he bestrides his broncho and makes a headlong Don Quixote stab at the electorate through an Imaginary Legislature. In similar strain the Journal recent ly urged the election of Dr. Smith for the reason that.' notwithstanding bis own record as the most extravagant of legislators, he would be needed in the Governor's office to curb ihe "wild eyed" legislators who had not yet been elected. , Booth is charged with being unfit for Senator because he is rich and Cham berlain is especially worthy because he Is poor, though Smith is the very beat material for Governor on account of his wealth, secured through bis busi ness management, while Witbycombe Is unfit for the position because he is poor. Gus Moser is censured for his loy alty to the results of the primary law, while Grant Dlmick Is belittled because he was defeated in the primaries, though Just where this would land Judge Bennett and John Manning and Colonel Bob Miller If they should at tempt to form a harmony club is yet to be figured out. Dr. Wlthycombe Is roasted to a fin tsh because he took part in a Repub lican assembly a few years ago, while he got his inspiration for such a move, as did all Republicans, from Chamber lain himself, who in 1906. wrote to A. D. Etillman. of Pendleton, that he be lleved It best "to hold an assembly of Democrats to suggest to the voters the names of capable and trustworthy men to be voted for as candidates at the direct primary." The Journal shouts daily that Smith should be elected Governor because he will be out of harmony with a Repub lican Legislature, while it Insists that Flegel should be sent to Congress from this district 'because he will be In har mony with Woodrow Wilson." It is highly desirable that harmony should exist between Democrats but "an independent newspaper" and a "non partisan office holder" can see nothing but disaster to the people unless a perpetual war can be stirred up be tween Republicans. Senator Booth has been required to Inform the public where he got his wealth, such as he has. in order to sat isfy the innuendos of a little assembly of painfuHy virtuous Democrats, while a half dozen public requests that Cham berlain show where be has spent his money during the past SO years are lost as they are shattered on the unrespon sive ear drums of the said groups of spasmodic patriots. Chamberlain is the embodiment of all that is admirable in public life. West Is the last word In all that goes to ex empllfy the possibilities of perfection in what may be called an uncritisisable model, (indeed, he admits as much him self). Smith Is the only living man who believes In law enforcement ; all others lacking the blown-in-the-bottle brand of genuineness, while the Journal Is the victim -of dally spasms lest the wicked Republicans should prove false to the primary law, (and West sees the same frightful visions) while, to save the primary law, that paper advisee thousands of Republican voters not to support Booth, Wlthycombe and McAr thur as their candidates though they were selected by the people In perfect compliance with all the provisions of the Oregon system. The only enemies of the primary law In the entire state of Oregon are those who are advising the Republicans to prove false to It and ignore the voice of their party as expressed at the polls TAXPAYER HAS MORAL OBLIGATION Vote for $1300 Exemption la Repndia, tlon, Declarea Correspondent. PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Edi tor.) Taxes are paid to the govern ment for Its protection of our lives and property, and for such public Improve ments for the comfort and convenience of the people as they shall by their votes demand. Lives and personal property need more protection than land, which needs almost none. The obligation to pay' for this pro tection is quite as sacred as any obli gation to pay money on any other ac count. ' Voting for exemption from these taxes will be an act of repudiation, and. Inasmuch as the taxes must be paid by somebody, the act of voting for the $1500 amendment is a loading on oth ers the burden that such voter should As' an Instance of such Injustice: A and his wife own and live upon a single lot In Portland. Their dwelling and all their personal property and the im provements on the lot are about of an assessed value of $3000. This would all be exempt (See the explanation of the amendment by Mr. ITRen and other supporters in the voters' pamph let.) B and his wife own two lots near A s lot: upon these lots B, who Is a labor ing man, has a small dwelling in which he and his wife and their family of children live, and the whole value of their personal property and Improve ments does not exceed $1000. The two lots aranecessary to the support and rearing of their children, while A and his wife have no child. But B and his wife would have to pay twice the taxes that A would have to pay because they own two lots, while A and his wife own but one. Now A very well knows that when he votes for the $1500 exemption amend ment, he will be repudiating a large share of his just taxes, and loading them on to his poor neighbor. C. a speculator, owns a lot in the same block, unimproved. He would pay but one-half the tax that B would bave to pay. The taxes on all the lots will be very high on account of the -vast amount of personal property exempted, and B's taxes under the amendment would be more than they are now. If A and B vote for the amendment, A will be acting the part of a rascal, while B will be a fool. What effect on A's credit will be his vote for the amendment? If he repu diates his obligations to the Govern ment, will he not repudiate his other debts? Will not his "moral risk" be bad? E. F. RILEY. Beating Him te It. Barber You hair's very thin on the top, sir. Customer At, I'm glad of that; I hate Zst hair. Twenty-Five Years Ago From Ths Oregonian Sept. ?S. 18S9. Tacoma, Sept. 27 To the Editor of The Oregonian, Portland: I am con vinced that the capital would be detri mental to Pasco's growth as a commer cial city. She withdraws from the race to devote her energies to building up Pasco. L. C. FRET. The Lafayette Post of the Grand Army of the Republic last night, on the suggestion of General Egbert L. Viele, appointed a committee to perfect the plan for the completion of General Grant's tomb, through the medium of subscriptions to be made and secured through the Grand Army of the Re public. Spokane Mayor S. D. Waters was today bound over in the sum of $1000 to appear before the grand Jury on a charge of stealing supplies sent here lor the relief of the fire sufferexs. Spokane. Alisky A Company, of Portland, yesterday bought the Ruby mine in the Salmon River country from H. W. Fairweather. William Singleton and Jack Clunie for $30,000. Wasjhlngton. Captain T. W. Symons, of the engineering corps, has been or dered from this city to Portland. Or., where he will relieve Captain Willard Toung. Vassar, died Thursday at Providence, R. aner a Drier illness. New York. The Union Pacific Is to build Its line to the Pacific Coast, pen etrating Southern California, It was re ported here yesterday. Eugene. George T. Hall and family. have arrived In Eugene to make their permanent residence. They came from Chautauqua, N, Y. Tom Williams, who has been serving sentence in the penitentiary for shooting Peter, the Poet of the Long Creek Eagle, has been pardoned . by Governor Pennoyer. W. H. Simpson, who lives three miles east of Salem, received in the mail re cently -the Testament lost by him at tne Jaiue or tiettysburg 26 years ago. Mr. Simpson recalled that the boys had been ordered to throw away their knapsacks before the battle. The second day of the North Pacific Industrial Exhibition drew 6000 yester day. The newspaper men of the North west Interested in making Newspaper day at the Exposition a big success will meet at the office of L. Samuel, of the West Shore, this morning at 9 o'clock. The brown hnrsn "Tlnndv" will Ka raffled tonight at the Pantheon saloon at 9 o'clock. Construction work on the Fifth street cable line will start today with rorce of 150 men. J. M. Thompson said cars would be running by Christ mas day. C. J. Smith, general manacer of the O. R. & N. Company, confirmed the re port today that a line paralleling the Northern Pacific to Puget Sound would be built by his company. Half a Century Ago. From the Oregonian Sept. SO, 1864. Sir Archibald Allison in his "Princi ples of Population" has laid down the principle through which everyono can read the unavoidable doom of the Con federacy. According to the London Spectator the available fighting strength of Ens land is small. Nominally there are 84,000 regular troops, 152,000 militia and 160,000 volunteers, but really not more than 50,000 are available for for eign service and of these but 20,000 would be troops of the line. Army pies are so terribly tough that the soldiers call them leather pies. Emperor Louis Napoleon, In a recent conversation, told the rebel Ambassa dor Slldell that he never would recog nize the rebel states (even snould they achieve their Independence de facto) unless the rebel states determine to abolish slavery, free all the children born of slave parents and totally abol ish slavery within ten years from the date of recognition. Wherever General Hooker goes he is seized upon by the enthusiastic crowds bent upon doing him honor as the hero of a hundred battles. William K. Dupee and Miss Rosena Burch were married at the residence of Colonel Frush September 27, the Rev. P. E. Hyland officiating. The Yreka Journal gives the follow ing appropiate and sharp notice of the Consolidated Circus troupe, which is now on the boards for exhibition. "The great Domocratio Circus troupe, having- been reorganized at Chicago, will perform every afternoon and even ing until November. Vallandigham is ring master and Seymour and Wood, clowns. McClellan will appear in- his great double equestrian act of riding the two horses, peace and war Dem ocracy, while they go around the ring in different directions. Rev. W. F. Boyakin, for the last three years chaplain in General Grant's army, who recently came to Oregon to live will give a series of lectures through out the state. Paid Workers Harm Cause. PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (To the Edi tor.) It is a reflection upon the in telligence and judgment of the noble women of Oregon for Mrs. Stubbs to come here to tell us how to vote. Paid agitators, such as Mrs. Stubbs, are a detriment to the cause of woman suf frage. The women of Oregon don't need to be told how to vote. They un derstand the situation here far better than, does .Mrs. Stubbs. and have Judg ment and sense enough to go to tiie polls on election day and cast their votes In accordance with the demands of the times, without any outside as sistance. I don't approve of Importing profes sionals into our state to teach the people how they should vote on any question. To my mind this is one rea son why prohibition will fall to carry, not only In Oregon, but In Washing ton and California as well. While this is not in accordance with my desire and wish. it Is true nevertheless. These states have been flooded with a cheap lot of paid professional agi tators. JULIA E. SIKKS. News of "Where to Buy" A large manufacturer of man's clothing, whose brand has been made nation-famous by newspaper advertising, writes to a retailer, saying: "Advertising experts everywhere agree that . newspaper (advertising, even where the medium is only fair ly efficient, is the best means of getting trade "In the old days, the merchant depended on his personality, his ac quaintances, for trade. You know how times have changed, how peo ple read the newspapers, how men depend on publicity, how they look in the daily paper not only for gen eral news, but news of 'where to buy." "