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13 THEMOKMXG OKEGONIAJf, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1914. PORTLAND. OREGON. Cntared at Portland, Oregon, Postofttca as Second-class matter. Aubscription Itates Invariably In Advanoe; (By MaUL Daily. Sunday Included, one year .8-Q Laily, Sunday included, six months . .... &aily. Suaday included, three months Xaily, Sunday Included, ens month ,,,- Cltliv. Kitbaut unnav. dd. vear 6.00 rjaiiy, without Sunday, six months .... -o j-a.uy, without bunuay, tnree roontaa , ... - UallV. wltfon.it K.mitav. ..r... m,.nh . .SO Weekly one year .... ........... l-oo Sunday, one year .,.,....,....... J-y" aunaay ud Weekly, on. year - ,.,,( (By Carrier.) ally, Sunday included, one year .....-1B-0 ('ally, Sunday included, one month ..... '4 llow to Remit Send Postotfice money or. der, express order or personal check on your local bank, stamps, eoin er currency are at sender's risk. Uive postofflcs address la full, Including- county and state. Postage its Lex 1'4 to 16 pages, 1 cent; IB to 2 pages, it cents; 84 to 4 pages, S cents; 60 to (JO pages, cents; (2 to 111 pages, o cents; 78 to pages, 6 cents. Foreign post age, double' rates. Eastern Huainees Offices Verree at foi Un, few York. Brunswick building. Chi cago, stenger building. ' ban aVranclsm Office R. J. BidweU Co., M4 Market street. PUBTIM), FRIDAY, OCTOBER S3, 1914. i MONEY UWVIiJf IT JfiptNO, i The House tried to take the tthackles off the postal savings banks, but the Senate refused its consent and the House has meekly yielded. The Senate has made two conces sions. One is to raise the limit of a single account from $500 to $1000, but no interest Is to be paid on the additional $500; the other is to lift the restriction of an individual's de posits to $100 in one month. A de posit may only be increased beyond $500 with the consent of the board of trustees under the Senate amende irienta, though the House had per mitted the increase -without this pen' vty- The original law permitted in vestment in United States securities of 30 per cent of deposits, and invest ment of an additional 65 per cent in that manner when In the President's Judgment "the general welfare and interests of the United States so re quire." This provision has been changed to read that all ''or any part of the postal savings funds," except the 5 per cent reserve fund, may be so invested "when in the judgment of the President war or other exigency Involving the eredit of the United Slates so requires." Otherwise the funds are to be deposited in private banks which give security and pay 3 V4 per cent interest. The restrictions imposed by the Senate and accepted by the House were inspired by fear that the postal savings banks would injure the priv, ate banks, when in fact the postal savings bank draws into circulation through other banks money which would be drawn out in rio other way. The postal bank is a feeder to, not a rival of, the private bank. Foreigners have confidence in Government banks because of their experience in Europe. They distrust private banks in this country. If permitted without restriction to de posit their money in the postal banks, they would deposit money in much larger amounts which they would otherwise hide. The Government would deposit it with banks, which could get it in na other way, and it would be added to the circulating medium. If all of the postal savings ' fund were invested in Government securities, the money would go into circulation and the banks would get the benefit of it, especially under the new banking law, which requires Government funds to be deposited with Federal reserve banks. The postal savings bank is a valu able protection of banks against runs. With no restriction on the amount of a postal bank deposit, the most nat ural thing for an alarmed depositor tq do after withdrawing his money from a private bank would be to de posit it with the Government. The private bank, having good security, would obtain a deposit from the postal bank and get back the funds It had lost. It could continue paying frightened depositors money which had been withdrawn by other fright ened depositors and ,which had come baok to it through the postal banks, so long as it had securities acceptable to the Government. A solvent bank could thus meet and wear out a enseless run. Numerous postmasters have given the Government concrete proof that restrictions on postal savings depos its aggravated the financial pinch which followed the outbreak of war. During the first week many new ac counts were opened at postal banks in various cities with deposits of the muximum of $100 permitted in any one month. .No less than twenty per sons offered deposits in New York, aggregating $ IS, 800 on one day, which could not be accepted. Four persons at Gulfport, Miss., offered a total pf $2500; one at Philadelphia offered 850; one at Seattle offered $16,000; ten at Allentown, Pa., offered from S300 to J650 each in one week. A Greek railroad fireman at Danville, 111., offered $36,000 in various sums from members of his gang who were in panic regarding banks. The re strictions imposed in the supposed in terest of the banks did not send this money to them, but sent it into hid ing, thus increasing the necessity for issuing emergency currency. If Congress will take off the restric tions and cut the red tape which limit their usefulness, postal savings banks will become of much greater eervice to the public and a valuable aid to the banks. MORE ABOUT CAXCKK. Dr. Bainbridge, of New York, has published a new book on "The Can cer Problem." He is one of those physicians who think they benefit the public by minimizing the dangers of disease. Dr. Bainbridge. announces that some of the increase in cancer cases which has been reported Is due to more accurate statistics than we had in former times. He does not believe that the disease is hereditary nor that it can be communicated from one person to another. The environ ment has nothing to do with its prev alence and neither has food. -. Now these are all undecided points. Dr. Bainbridge may be right and lie may be wrong, but it seems to the lav- mind that upon the whole it is better to keep on the safe side in such mat ters. Until we know definitely that cancer cannot be communicated by our surroundings, is it not wiser to act as if we knew that it could? It may or may not be contagious, but what harm is done by acting as if it wereT Caution is certainly more advisable than blundering rashness as Jong as we are obliged to walk in the dark. On one point the judicious public will heartily agree with Dr. Bain bridge, and that is the necessity for treating a cancer as soon as possible after it originates. How ever the dis ease may be caused, it is strictly lo calized lor some time after it begins. By and by the deadly cells migrate to various parts of the body -and form new centers of disease, but at first they all lie in one small tract and can easily be cut out by a surgeon. Hence the immense importance of acting pre'mptly. Any sore that refuses to heal; any tumor, - whether painless or not; any unusual appearance in the neighbor hood of a gland should be interpreted as an incipient cancer until the con trary is learned from a competent ex pert. Nor should there be any Jiesi taney about submitting to the knife. In nearly every case of cancer it is the only safe thing ta do. Radium has its uses and sometimes other remedies are helpful, but the knife alone is to be indubitably depended on. When a cancer in its early stage has been cut out it never returns. This fact every reader should bear in mind. HARMONY AND NO H -MIWO.NV. Brother FJegel asks for election te Congress because he "stands for Wil son," and will be in harmony with the National Adrjiiriistration. The whole Democratic claque is bawling for close harmony between President and Congress. Dr. C- J. Smith seeks ejection as Governor because he says he will not stand in with the Legislature, and there win through hira be definite and studied antagonism between the two branches of government. Here also the whole Pemocratie outfit is shouting its approval of the eminent physician's plan to oppose the legis lative machine which he labored through years of service as Legislator to create, ' Harmony in the National -Adminis tration, but no" harmony in the state administration, is the Democratic slogan. But if there were a Republican President, they would be putting up the good Flegel to go to Washington to fight the Administration. If there were a Democratic Legis lature, the harmony cry would be the only tun Dr. Smith could possibly sing. OPPOKTESflTY NHtHTKD. One half, or more, of a column ad" vertisement for Senator Chamber lain's re-eleetion is taken up in lau dation of his great service to the public in getting Congress to pass the Alaska bill. It carries an appropria tion of $40,000,000 for construction by the Government of a railroad in Alaska. "It was a map's job," de clares the advertisement. No doubt it was a man's job--a Job for many men. The measure was pre pared largely by ethers and given to Senator Chamberlain to handle in Congress. He had behind him the suppat-of the Administration, and the measure passed. But it seems to The Oregonian that service for Alaska is not a prime rea son for re-electing an Oregon Senator. What great thing for Oregon not Alaska has Senator Chamberlain done? " A mignty opportunity for service was deliberately neglected and ig nored by the Senator. He gave up the chairmanship of the public lands com mittee to be chairman of the commit tee on military affairs. The Government's land policy is of vital interest to Oregon. All the great problems of conservation, reclama tion, irrigation, settlement are direct ly related to public lands, The wel fare of every eitizen, - in one way or another, depends on the disposition or development of public lands. It is astonishing and it is inexpli cable that a Senator from Oregon should turn his back upon a ehance to serve his state by industrious and tell ing work, it- an important capacity, far its pu-bllc lands, to undertake the easier and wholly perfunctory labors of the chairman of the military af fairs committee. What does the homesteader, or farmer, or laborer, or housewife of Oregon care about the little social recognition to be had by giving their Senator a standing among the Col onels and Brigadier-Generals and military attaches at Washington? It is well enough to open Alaska. It is far more important to open Oregon. BRITISH SEIZURE OF SHIPS. The theory on whicfi Great Britain has acted in seieing American ships carrying contraband goods to neutral ports is that tne ultimate destination of the goods is alone decisive. Thus, if the John D. Rockefeller had In tended to land her cargo of oil at Copenhagern, whence it was to have been taken by another vessel to Stet tin, Great Britain would hold that the oil was on a continuous voyage to Stettin and was therefore lawful prize together with the ship which earried it to Copenhagen. This doctrine is upheld by- the New York Sun and the Tribune, the last-named paper saying that it was applied by the United States during the Civil War to con traband shipped from England to Nassau in the Bahamas and thence to Confederate ports. The statement of Representative Temple quoted in The Oregonian, to the effect that Great Britain had adopted and applied the London dec- laration regarding contraband ships and that this declaration did not re quire ratification by Parliament, is in direct conflict with statements of the British themselves. The London Post of October 5 says: N The people of this country may note that If the declaration of London had been rati fied, instead aa" having been thrown out by the House of Lords, the doctrine of continu ous voyage would not now have applied to conditional oontpaband; that is, contraband consisting? of articles capable of being used either for peace er for war, which either belligerent can declare to be contraband of war at will. The result would have been that the articles declared to be contraband by the British government, Including food stuffs, might now be brought by any neutral vessel to a neutral port and sent through to Germany in any quantity. The public will also now understand why it was that certain foreign powers were so extremely anxious that Great Britain should ratify the decla ration of London. Th reference here is not to the United States, but principally to Germany. The ratification of the declaration of London would have been worth an army corps or a squadron of battleships to Ger many. Great Britain appears to be within her rights, under a precedent estab lished by the United States, to satisfy ing herself that contraband consigned to neutral ports is not actually des tined for German ports and in seizing it if she finds it to be so. But her repudiation of the London declara tion, while preserving to her the right te seize conditional contraband on continuous voyage to an enemy's port, deprives her of the right to seize ships which have been sold by Germans to Americans and which have been transferred to American register, un less they carry contraband. The Lon don declaration would have invalidat ed all such transfers made within sixty days of the declaration of war. I As matters stand, "ships transferred to American register at any time during the war are exempt from seizure, pro vided the sale to Americans is genuine and the ships do not carry contraband to German ports. - ' A NEW MOTIVE FOR PEACE. Before the current European war broke out people used tq think that a three days' battle was something of a marvel. The strain in such en counters as Shiloh and Gettysburg seemed to surpass human endurance. But times change and our sense of the wonderful changes with them. This war has taught us to think noth ing of a three days' battle. The fight ing has been continuous for weeks along a line of many miles and the troops seem to stand it fairly well. Human endurance is a thing that adapts itself to circumstances with astonishing facility. The fat old bachelor, who has to make a painful effort to amble from the club smok ing room to the dining room, will sprint a mile or two when his house is on fire and be none the worse for it. There are stories, that the soldjers at the front have made themselves comfortable nnder the incessant fusil lade. Talking machines have been installed in the trenches and excava tiops made for kitchen fires as well as for shelter. Man's most marked characteristic is his adaptability. If bombardments like that of Antwerp were to become a regular condition of life no doubt we should learn how to accommodate ourselves to them and manage to get along in comfort under the hail of cannon balls, just as people lived agreeably for millions of years with typhoid fever, cholera and the black death raging around them. As long as Mr. Smith is not himself stricken by the plague he does not feel called upon to worry about it. The . continupus battles of the European war impose new duties upon the surgeons. They are obliged to expose themselves upon the field in order to succor the wounded. Formerly the victims of shot and shell were carried to hospitals for treatment. This Is now impossible without long delay and the surgeons must crawl among the fallen with their morphine, their antiseptic gauze and other first aid material for immediate use. They thus incur some of the real perils of warfare. Perhaps one of the most potent factors in forming antl-milltary sen timent will be the growing necessity for the "educated and intelligent classes" to expose themselves to the same perils as the common soldier. STEVENSON AND PICKENS, Henry James, the novelist, has pub lished a book of reflections and criti cisms upon a number of writers of his own time. Usually he speaks ap preciatively, but now and then he al lows himself a thrust of satire. For instance, he says with that indirection which characterizes his literary style, that Zola had no ''taste." He does not put it so bluntly as all that. He merely remarks in discussing Zola how unfortunate it is or a novelist "when he has no taste." But it comes to the same thing for an understand ing person. Mr. James believes that Robert Louis Stevenson was better loved by his readers than most modern novel ists. They cherished him more as a friend than as an author, though of eourse his stories were among the most attractive ever written. Steven son was like Dickens in this particu lar. Everybody who reads Dickens' novels feels drawn to him personally and forms an affection for him. The characters of the stories share jn this human warmth, which is one reason Why they live so persistently. With al Stevenson's capacity for attaching hearts tq him, he could not do the trick nearly so deftly as Dickens, The former is best remembered now for his easy and delightful style and is more read by literary people than by the multitude. Nobody thinks a great deal of Dickens' style. It is loose, careless arid, sentimental. But every body loves his characters and delights in his tales. For one person who quotes freely from a Stevenson crea tion there are dozens who sprinkle their conversation with Sarah Gamp and Pickwick. COTTON COMING OUT RIGHT. Evidence accumulates that the crisis in the cotton market is due less to lack of demand for raw cotton than to temporary lack of tonnage to carry the crop abroad and to difficul ties in arranging terms of payment. It has been assumed that the bot tom has fallen out of the price in this country because the demand has stopped in England, the greatest tex tile country, as well as in the conti nental countries, A Manchester dis patch to the London Post, dated Oc tober 4, says: A general stoppage is threatened in the Lancashire cotton trade In consequence of the high price of raw cotton. A large num ber of mills have been closed for several weeks and the operatives have received no intimation as to when work will be re sumed. There is to be a general closing down in all districts as soon as the orders now being worked off have been completed. Here is a situation of high prices at the point of consumption; low prices at the point of production. The explanation is that something keeps producer B-nd consumer from getting together. Lancashire shuts down be cause the supply of raw material in England is small and cannot be re plenished, so that prices are prohibi tive, not because there is no demand for the manufactured product. Could new supplies of raw cotton be ob tained, prices in England would nat urally fal) and manufacture would be resumed. The obstacle to obtaining new supplies during the first month or two of war was prohibitive charter rates for vessels and prohibitive rates of exchange, the one preventing move ment of cotton and the other prevent ing sales. Government assumption of war riks in both the United States and Great Britain and the removal of danger arising from German cruisers have brought down charter rates and started ships to moving. The in crease in volume of exports and the decrease in volume of imports during September and early October have pressed down, exchange rates some what and they are gradually ap proaching normal. Cotton exports have begun to re vive even under adverse conditions. In August and September they were only 10 per cent of the total for Au gust, 1913, but from October 1 to 17 they were 30 per cent of the total for the same period of 1913. This lm provement is likely to continue and to be accelerated by the arrangements regarding foreign exchange which are being made between Sir George Faish and the United States Treasury De partment and American bankers. As the sections of France which are not the scene of hostilities regain con fidence that they will not be invaded i their industries revive, and that coun try may yet take a large proportion of its normal import, about & million bales. The German North Sea ports are blockaded, but the Baltic ports are open, cotton is absolutely non contraband, and, though German ships are not safe from capture, neu tral ships are free to enter non-block aded German ports. About 15 per cent of New York's exports in the sec. ond week of October went to Den- ark, Italy, Holland. Norway and Sweden--countries which have access to Germany- and part of this 15 per eent may have been eotton destined for Germany. That country may take a large proportion of its supply, which in 1913 was 2,350,000 bales. Reduc. tion in the exports to Germany may be largely .offset by a later increase in exports to Great Britain and by In creased home consumption. Since the cotton situation has al ready begun to right itself and is likely to improve from week to week, there is reason to believe that by the time the scheme of Government aid favored by President Wilson was put in operation, it would already have become unnecessary. It would then stand only as a bad precedent to be cited by growers of tobacco, wheat, corn, apples and other produce when ever they got into difficulties. The Government would do well to hold off from doing a possible, immediate good lest it do certain ultimate Harm. Dr. Latourette, of Reed College, should have all possible co-operation in collecting historical material con cerning Mr. and Mrs. Reed, the found ers of the institution. . He wants' let ters, photographs, anecdotes and ev erything else that can be used in a biography. Do not neglect to send n what you have because it seems triflrng. ' The unspeakable Turks with com mendable shrewdness are improving the shining hour. By playing one power . against another they have gained several points which they will probably keep. Visibly they incline tp the Kaiser's side, but they warily evade definite complications like the astute diplomats they have always been. Mr. Karth dressed himself with ex traordinary celerity when he was caught napping at the station in his Pullman birth, but he is not the only pebble on the beach. We know of a society ornament who can shift from business to evening attire, including a shave and bath, in five minutes. Mr. Karth's feat pales before this. It is found that the United States Navy is short 18,000 men. What's the difference? We are so hopelessly un prepared for possible war that a few shortages here and there add little to the gravity of the situation. Decrease in Transatlantic travel should benefit this Coast. .To thoseJ who cannot remain at home, the Transpacific tour is just as good and the traveler can see much of his country on the way here. An added motive for . the allies to strain . every nerve fpr expulsion of the Germans from Belgium is the burden of feeding the Belgian refugees until they can be repatriated. Another German Prince found dead with bullet wounds inflicted from be hind. The way of the martinet is often rough when- his troops get bee- hind him on the firing line. Another ten days and the political prophets will be able to say "I told you so," or else remain discreetly si lent according to the way they hap pened to predict. The Russians now report that they are driving the Germans from in front of Warsaw. Last time the Russians claimed victory they reported being on their way to Berlin. Obligation to feed 700,000 starving Belgians reminds us that the war is going to impose some serious duties upon us, duties, from which we cannot shrink. 9 France reports that very few am putations are necessary among her wounded soldiers. Thanks to the small clean German rifle bullet.' British troops are being supported by British ships at Ostend. If the British navy could only move inland things might be different. Berlin announces that we are at liberty to ship food to the Belgians. Kind of them to let us take up the work where they-left off. The Krupps are perfeoting a new sixty-centimeter gun. Must plan to blow the British Isles out of the water. The British promptly released the captured tanker John D. Rockefeller. No doubt it was the name that scared them. The warriors resemble the gam blers, who are vociferous about their winnings but silent about their losses. No doubt German-Americans will help liberally in the charity fund be ing raised for homeless Belgians. Men and women interested in the welfare of Oregon will go early to night to the old "Heilig Theater. California cannot have all the Bel gian immigrants. Oregon has the land and climate of their need. Harvard is too close to the cradle of liberty to let Munsterberg go for a few contingent million. Business is reported to be reviving in France. Particularly the under taking business. The "British-German Friendship Society" of London Js hardly flourish ing this season. Another pugilist killed In the ring. Still, the fans must have their sport. The Beavers need some kind of "series" money to stir their ginger. Up goes the price of imported cheese. Holes, odor and all. The Balkans are balking at being drawn into this war. And still our peace prayers remain unanswered. Harry will have to hurry to help GCorge. COy, WEST'S INSINCERITY' SHOWN HI Attacks) am Dr. Wlthyesaibe Arouse Prmer Newspaper supporter. Governor West's utter lack of sincer ity and his inclination ta throw politi cal mud without regard to the truth or justice Involved is made the subject of considerable comment at Corvallis, where Governor West, previous to the campaign, took occasion to praise Dr. James Withyeombe in the highest terms. West's dual attitude in the case of Dr. Withyeombe ta gone into- extensively by- the. Corvallis Gazette-Times, which supported West when he was a candi date for Governor, but which now turns from hia because of what it terms hia hypocrisy. Here la what the Gazette Times has to say under the caption "Governor West and Governor-to-Be Withyeombe": Two years ago. Governor West, In a speech made In the building now occupied by the Gasette-Tlmes. proclaimed the vir tues of Dr. James Withyeombe, and weat so far )n his laudation of Dr. Withyeombe as a man of aonur, ability and state use fulneji. as to say that if the assembly, which indorsed Jay Bowerman, had indorsed Dr. w itayeumbe, he, himself, would not have felt the need of being a candidate. At that time Governor West regarded Dr. Withyeombe as an ideal man for the Gov ernorsbip. Today, Governor West is going over the state making addresses in which he charac terises pr. Withyeombe as one little better than a horsethlef. He finds Dr. Withy combe te be a man lacking all the quali ties a Governor should have and he tells the people of the great danger there would be in the elestioa of this man. Dr. Withyeombe is exactly the man he was two years ago perhaps a little more widely known and a little jnore universally respected. He is the man of high ideals, splendid experience, matured thought and ability that he was then, and Just as fine N, citiaen in every respect. In the two years nothing of any sort reflecting on his character or his ability has been brought to light and yet . the Governor has reversed himself. These facTs make Governor West a hypo crite two years ago, or a hypoorlte now. They make him a politioal schemer. tricV ster and bidder for votes at a sacrifioe of personal honor, Integrity and good faith with the people then, or it makes him that now. The people who know Dr. Withyeombe know that Governor West is a hypocrite now and sincere two years ago. They know that Dr. Smith was nominated more largely through his efforts than any other, and they know that Governor West Is now stooping to low and vile methods, common to dirty politics, to secure his election. They know that Governor West ia unfair, untrue to himself, untrue to the people of this state in his outrageous castigatlon of Dr. Withyeombe, whom he lauded so highly two years ago. 1 The Gasette-Tlmes is an Independent pa per with Republican tendencies. In city, state and county affairs it has ever picked men rather than parties. It supported Os wald West in his candidacy for the Gov ernorship and has supported bins warmly, even when the public was inclined to re gard his judgment and action as somewhat strenuous and erratic, but it cannot refrain at this time from expressing its belief that Governor West is absolutely not to be trusted wben his own interests and those of his political friends are at stake. The clarity of his vision and the fairness of his judgment become warped under such stress and ho becomes the politician who stops at nothing to attain his desires. Governor West's attacks on Dr. Withy eombe are vicious, mean, contemptible, un worthy of such a man as many believe, the Governor to be. His attacks are for polit ical advantage only and should not be given credence. Ha is warped, sadly warped. The people Of this state know Dr. Withy eombe for a man of honor, uprightness, of distinguished service to the state, of splen did ability, a proper dignity, reasonable conservatism, and one above reproach in his personal and public life. It is to his in finite credit that in all the vilification that has come from various sources as out rageous in their treatment. Dr. Withyeombe has maintained his poise and conducted him self with the dignity the people of any state would aver like to see in their chief executive. ' THINKS SUBMARINE WAS COPIED Krupps Infrlnurd en American Pat ent and Wert Seed, Ia Stated. New York Times. The ingenuity of an American engi neer and the Bkill of Frenchmen are largely -responsible for the destruc tion of the three British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy--by the German submarine or submarines, in the opinion or lsaao jj. nice, preiunv of the Electric Boat Company, which owns the patents for the Holland sub marine boats. Mr. Rice thinks it is quite possible that one submarine did the whole job, as asserted in the official German dispatches. And Mr. Rice's company has a claim against the U-9 and the other German "uuterseeboten." "This war is the first real opportunity the submarine boat has had to show what it could do." said Mr. Rice. "Yet, while it has surprised the world, it has not exceeded our expectations. "The Germans have always kept the details of their submarines secret and the rest of the world had not been apprised of what they had accomplished before the outbreak of the war. I am of the opinion we shall hear a lot more. Some people seem to have an idea that the U-9 is a larger vessel than the submarines we have in this country, but as a matter of fact our latest types are quite as large. "We have never sold a Holland sub marine to Germany, our foreign customers having comprised Great Britain. Austria. Holland, Russia and Japan. We had all our inventions patented in Germany, but that did not protect us from the Germans taking advantage of our patents. I do not know the German engineers who have figured in the development of their under-water eraft and so far as I know the only name of the German type is 'the' U boats,' from the initial of unterseeboten." But it is interesting to mention that the German boats have infringed our patents and. we have suits for infringements in German courts." Bssence or Stinginess. New York Sun. 'Is old Doxey as stingy as they say he is?" ''Yea. He won't even buy a calendar for fear he may not live the year out to use it up." SONG OF THE WAR HOSTS. Ever on, and on. In withering flight toward A goal of tragic deeds Where purity, love, kindness. All human joys and blessings Have fled. Where sin and avarice Corrode empowered gold. Polluting wealth and commerce. Defying wisdom's laws. And reason. Religion! What is it? Why, the space o'erhead Holds naught but dark clouds And cold, mocking stars At pight. The ground beneath. Spongelike, absorbs our deeds. Yet relents a foothold to Fleeing steps on vicious Privilege bent. The air we breathe, " Fouled with hate ef beauty. Feeds our lust, and Nature pleads A willful, eovetous treachery To God, Trees and flowers -whispering In perfumed tenderness Like voices of virgin women. Are sentimental snares for Weakening minds, The world? Bah! A place for seeking death. For death we deal. And then A shallow grave, a gleam in a Weakling's eye. Beyond? A place of rest; Another ajrinning skull to Testify of peaceful sleep But none on earth we'll just Pass on, and on. W. B. Scott, Seaside, Or. NORMAL SCHOOLS ON NEW BASIS. Some of Meat Important Differences Are Outlined by Supporter, PORTLAND, Or., Oct. CTo the Editor.) Tne attention of the voters of the state should be called to the fact that the normal schools, if re-established, will be on an entirely new basis of efficiency as compared with the old schools of 10 years ago. Some of the moat rVrrportant differences are the following-; First, the new schools will be under the entire control of the Gerferal State Normal School Board. Consequently, there will be no possible lowering of standards to attract large numbers of students who have no intention ot teaching, for the purpose ot boosting business in the particular towns where the normal schools are located. The present State Board has made a dis tinct success in its- administration of the existing Normal School at Mon mouth, which has attained a standard of effectiveness comparing favorably with normal schools in other states. There ia no recaon to believe that its policy would be any lesa effective if normal schools were established in Southern and Eastern Oregon. Another point of importance is the millage tax voted by the people them selves which takes the entire question out of the legislative arena. The now normal schools will have no occasion to appeal to the Legislature for finan cial support and, therefore, can in- no possible way interfere with general legislation. A third factor to be considered la the change of attitude in regard to general high school education. The old normal schools provided this for their localities. At Monmouth the high school education ia now provided for in a separate institution supported by the Monmouth district, and is in no way a charge on the taxpayers of the state. Ashland possesses one of the strongest high schools in the state and is in an admirable position to train the future teachers along general lines, thus rel egating to the normal school only the purely professional work, undoubtedly a similar provision is in view at Wet ton. This Insures that the state money be spent wholly for the professional training ef teachers. The value .of dividing the state sup port between three schools may be questioned by sonie. There are in the main, two reasons favoring such a di vision. First, throughout the United States, experience has shown that the students of a normal school are very largely recruited from the immediate region where the school is located. Or dinarily, normal school students do not go more than 100 miles away from home to secure professional training. In Michigan, where several years ago a number of new normal schools were added to the system, these schools se cured a large constituency in their re spective distrlots without In any way cutting off the support of the large central school in Ypsilantl. A powerful factor in securing effi ciency in the training of teachers is the presence of large opportunities in the way of practice facilities for teaohers. While the work in methods and professional subjects like psychol ogy, school hygiene and child study is valuable, after all the average teacher learns most through imitation and suggestion as well as practice. Every normal school needs, therefore, not only some model classes In its neighborhood, but a considerable number of other classes where the young teachers may do apprenticeship work. A town of ordinary size can only offer a certain number of such openings. As a conse quence, when huge normal schools hava been located in small towns, as has been the case in several .states of the Middle West, the practice facilities have been altogether inadequate and the teachers have been only partially trained. It Is therefore advisable in Oregon that we have a number of nor mal schools which will attract the teachers of the three main geograph ical divisions of the state and which can at the same time give the neces sary opportunities for efficient work. HENRY D. SHELDON. WHY THE TIMES ARE SOT BETTER Farmer Blames Icmocratle I'olicles nnd Gives Reasons for 60 IIoIds;- SICKLE AND SHEAF RANCH. R. F, D. No. 1, McMinnville, Dr., Oct. 2L (To the Editor.) I have been favored with a copy of the statements of the political candidates who are to be elected or defeated in November. Al low me to make a few remarks on the industries that the cut-Democratic tariff has crippled- First, why wool is a trifle higher. Wool is higher be cause of the world shortage. Had not the tariff been tampered with by a Democratic Administration wool would have been from five to ten cents higher in the markets. I wish to say at this writing that an increase of from five to 10 cents in the producer's pocket for wool means that he can purchase more wares with the result that the wheels of industry would not be as stagnant as they are today, and labor ing men in both the city and on the farms would net be out of work. I have only given a slight account Of what free wool has done, but dairy ing has also felt the effect of the low tariff. Many farmers have become dis couraged and have closed out their herds and hundreds of cows have gone to the shambles, as shown by the heavy shipments last Summer to the Portland yards. Our egg industry has felt the tariff decrease. One big poultry plant has thrown up the sponge here at McMinn ville and many ethers are quitting the business and are selling out their stocks, as shown by the unprecedented run of fine poultry on the Portland market. I could go on about other industries, for instance the mohair industry, and on other kinds of farm produce that are affected by the low tariff, but it is up to the voter to study the situa tion well before he casts his vote, and vote for the return ot better times and not listen to politioal twaddle. I for one will vote the straight Republican ticket; it does not pay to mix your drinks. There are many of our candidates in all parties who are good and upright men. Their platforms look good and most of them are clean-cut to the score line. F. M. Gill's statements sound right and I would surely vote for him but he is- not on my ticket, and we have a good and true man1 by the name of Dr. James Withyeombe whom there is no -discount on and who will make Oregon a most worthy Gov ernor. There are others who aspire to the Governor's chair-. W. S. U'Ren rolls out a good sized platform and his pledges are many and frequent, as shown by his single tax promises. He has said before that his (Jacob Fels) sinerle tax scheme was for the benefit of the poor. The tlSOO exemption measure Is right up against the poor man, for it takes a well-to-do man to own 11500 worth of taxable personal property, which represents about X3000 of first price stuff. Therefore If a man can't make a living with such a start h does not need an exemption but should pay his Just tax. Mr. U'Ren's poor men have voted down single tax two or three times and yet he swears he is the poor man's friend. Mr. U'Ren Is the rich man s friend. The poor man who buys a small tract on time will never get it paid for under this rule, for land taxes will still be on the in crease. W. J. GARRISON. What We Hay Expect This Winter. London Sphere. "Are you going to the Wallerby re ception tonight?" "No. The Twobbles will be there, so I declined my invi tation. "Why do you object to the presence of the Twobbles?" "I don't object to their presence particularly but 1 have already heard them tell the story of their escape from Berlin 10 or 13 times, and I don't feel equal to another recital. Twenty-Five Years Ao (Prom The Oregonian. October II. llt.) Victoria, B. C The steamer George vv. Elder arrived five days overdue ' from Alaska, with 500 returning can ners and miners and 2S.UU0 cases of salmon. Among the passengers were J. W. Sperry and R. c. Rose, of Fort land, returning home from Yukon. In company with A. Ingram and F. C. Young, they started from Forty-mile down the river In a boat for Juneau, a heir provisions gave out. Young and Ingram died of privation and exposure. w- J- Rly. A. E. Geist," H. BeaU Frank Nord. Dick Clinton and R. Jen nings bairereri 1 fcl i .. . - in one day at The Willows. " There were B5 prisoners in the Coun ty Jail yesterday. W. L. Whitmore. of Walla Walla, will Shin his rim 11m.. L , . . , r. - -""" Loimt ana Guido, to San Francisco, to be entered. ... '"ctMii5 ui tne ciooa Horse As sociation. Cv Xftiiiow n-m . Daly and Moses B. WH" i9'" Tho Fall has been one of the meat delightful Imaginable. The roseate sunsets remind one that: Evening red and morning gray Will help the traveler on his way: But evening gray and morning red Will bring down rain upon the head. John Kelly, commissioner to tho Paris Exposition, arrived home Saturday, having beep gone six months. He vis ited Berlin and Vienna, and spent a month in London and two weeks in Ireland, which he says was in very good condition, but that there did not ap pear to be as much fun there as there was 3d years ago. A large audience attended the sacred concert given by Liberates band at Floral hall Sunday. The first of a series of German the atricals was given by the Portland So cial Turn-Verein at Turn hall yester day evening. Half et Century Ago. (From The Oregonian October 24, 1S4.) Joseph Buchtel and Mr. Lewis will run a match of 100 yards, on November 12 on the East Side of the river, for 1300 a side, Lewis to give 10 feet at the outcome. G. W. Walling has left a sample of sweet cider at the office, which all hands have letted and pronounced skookum. Our boys set him down as an A No. 1 farmer. Deer skins, deer horns, beaver and other skins will be received In trade by Henry Hughes, San Francisco. Ad vertisement. The rebels are watching with intense anxiety for the election of McClellan. It would, perhaps, be Impossible to find a single traitor in arms who does not ardently desire the triumph of the Democratio party. A bill to provide for the Incorpora tion of the city of Jacksonville was kpassed by the State Senate October 20. Dr. R. H. Bruney haa returned te Can yon City, from another unsuccessful ex pedition in search of the "Lost Emi grant" mines. New York The Herald has the fol lowing concerning Sheridan's late vic tory: After taking command, at about half past 3, Sheridan commenced driv ing the rebels, who were apparently hoarse from their efforts of the morn ing, their yellj being few and far be tween. The charge which decided the fate of the day was made at 3:45. The rebels fled through the streets of Mid dleton. Sheridan ordered tho pursuit to be kept up. This is the most crush ing defeat that he haa ever tuflicted en h.arly. Custer has jusV sent word that he will need help to guard taa pris oners taken by him. PERILS OF ANIMAL TKAIXERa Beasts Only a Few Removes From the Jungle Cannot Be Trusted. Detroit Free Press. The dangers incident to the handling of wild beasts held in captivity have been thrice demonstrated recently. Em erson Dietrich, in Chicago, was at- tacaea Dy live lion cubs when he en tered their case to feed them and ia dead. At Mount Clements Captain Jacob Lorenzo was set upon by a young lion ne nan trained, and he is dead. Deviliah, an animal tamer of reputa tion. Is dead from wounds inflicted by a lion during a circus performance at Binghamton, N. Y. In the two cases first mentioned the beasts were re garded as perfectly tamed and there fore harmless; the lion that killed De viliah had a bad record, having pre viously killed one keeper and seriously wounded another. Seldom does the "show season" gp by without some similar instance be ing recorded. Familiarity breeds, not contempt, but carelessness, and the penalty is paid with a life. No wild creature, two or three removes from the -jungle, can be trusted. It seems a fearsome occupation, this subjection of the most savage of ani mals to a point where they will obey word or gesture. Yet mm, and women. too, undertake it, and often profess a genuine attachment to their savage pets, though bearing the scars of wounds inflicted by them. And so the training and performances continue. There are many who enjoy seeing lions and elephants and floppy seals put through their tricks at the crack of the trainer's whip. We admire the tri umph of man's will over the beast's will; we acknowledge the tractability of the animals that perform and the patience and courage of the trainer, and possibly the thought of the peril fared-: may add a little pleasurable thrill to our interest. For the animal trainer may say to himself, as Aviator Lincoln Beachey said, that the public paid the price of admission, not exactly expecting to see men killed, but quite fully realizing the possibility of such a catastrophe. BIG YACHTS IN WINTER HOIMMJ Cup Contestants, Costing; S1.500.0OO. Can't Be l ied In War Time. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Stripped of their spars and rigging, with their sails stowed away and their decks boxed up for the Winter, the three cup defenders and the challenger. Shamrock IV, lie at different ship yards in the United States and serve as pathetic reminders of the great Amer ica's Cup contest that was to have been held in September of this year. While the exact amount of money Involved is not known, the three racing yachts, with the money spent in elimination races. In preparations for the final race and in the numerous changes in rigging and equipment, are thought to represent an investment of at least Jl. 500. 000. The contest has been officially post poned to 1915, but if the war should last two or three years, the money in vested is as good as thrown away, as in that event the deterioration of these yachts would be such that it is not likely any of them would be in condi tion to use in the cup race. Explanation of a Bad Angler. Boston Transcript. "Just throw me a half-dozen of those largest fiBh," said Simpkins to the fish dealer. "Throw them to you?" said the dealer. "Yes," replied the other; "you see. I've been out fishing and I haven't had one :atch, so if you throw them I can truthfully tell the wife I caught them. I may be a poor angler, but I'm no liar."