'THE MORNTVG OREGONUX, 3HVNDAY, DECE3IBER 14, 1914.
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PORTLAND, MONDAY, DEC. 14,
1814.
A PACIFICIST'S ANAEOTHETIO.
Our old, peace-at-any-price friend,
the New York Evening- Post, asks for
what should we prepareby improving
our means of defense; It denies that
what it calls "the present excitement"
arises out of 'fear that our military
forces are not sufficient to cope Vith
any situation that may present Itself
in Mexico or in any part of Central
and South America." ' In so doing, it
assumes much, for all things are pos
sible with Mexico. It may become
necessary for us to occupy and pacify
that country as the only alternative to
permitting some European' power to
undertake the task; Had ' not the
European war intervened, the choice
between these alternatives might be
before us even now. Should not "the
Mexican situation improve more
rapidly than there Is any reason to
hope, that alternative may be offered
us after the European powers have
recovered from the exhaustion of the
present war.
The Post boldly asserts that "the
military policy of the United States
Is at least adequate" for this' task.
Secretary of War Garrison's report
warrants flat denial oC.this assertion.
He says that the mobile regular army
consists of only 24,602 men and that
the militia totals 127.410 officers and
men, but he declares it inconceivable
that all the militia would respond and
he counts all as available 'only-"If they
were all found fairly efficient in the
first line." That they are not all even
fairly efficient may be inferred from
M representative . Gardner's statements
' that 23000 of them did not even
show up last year for annual inspec
tion; that 31,00p did not appear at.
the annual encampment; that 53,000
-nevcr appeared at the rifle range
during the whole course of last year."
It has been estimated by competent
authority that 250,000 men would beH
required to restore and keep peace in
Mexico, but the statements of Mr.
Garrison, taken in conjunction - with
those of Mr. Gardner, show that we
should be fortunate if we could put
half that number In the field and that
then we should strip the United
States of trained soldiers, except the
coast artillery companies, dur only
recourse would be to volunteers, who,
Mr. Garrison says, could not be ready
for the field in less than six months,
at the smallest possible estimate.
But boldly assuming that there Is
no necessity to Improve our armament
for possible contingencies in Mexico or
other American countries, the Post
says: . - . --
The whole motive and force of . the move
ment, so far as it is honest and consis
tent, are to put this country ia position
to repel any invasion that may be at
tempted bv the most powerful nation, or
crouD of nations, in Uuroue.
The Post then caricatures the pro
posals of men who demand that the
"Nation prepare for defense. It says
they ask "a few more battleships, a
couple of hundred thousand " more
men in the regular Army, & second
line of reserves, more officers, and so
on." It calls this "merely squirting
rosewater on a big fire, if all that they
allege is true." It "tries to frighten
its readers by saying that, "if the
United States is really going to put
itself in a posture to meet and fight
to the death England or Germany or
some possible combination of European
enemies, we have got to raise a
regular army of millions of men. and
to "enact compulsory military service".;
that "the cost of our entire military
establishment will be five or six times
ni0 greater, the income tax doubled or
Quadrupled and additional forms of
taxation devised."
This Is the old game of setting up
a man of straw in order to knock him
down. The task before us is to de
termine what is the greatest military
and naval force likely to be brought
against us, and then to equip our
selves to meet It. We should not need"
a regular Army of millions of men;
Germany never had a million men" in
her active army in time of peace. We
should need an army large enough
and a term of service short, enough to
build up a body of trained' men equal
or superior to that of any probable
enemy. We could do tiis-by enlisting
men for a full term of service both
with the colors and the reserves, pro
viding that after they have become
proficient they shall pass into the
reserves. Mr. Garrison says he has
proved by actual tests "that by in
tensive military training any young
man of good health and average men
tality can be made a serviceable
soldier in 12 months." By thus using
the regular Army as a training school
for men to pass back into civil life as
reserves and by requiring a brief
period of annual training by reserves,
we could increase our available supply
of trained soldiers to a largo total at
much less increase of expense than the
Post estimates.
An attempt is made by the Post to
lull us to sleep with the assurance
that Europe will be so exhausted by
the war that we should have at least
ten years to put our house in order.
Even so, ten years is not too long a
time to reach the stage of military
efficiency necessary to convince a pos
sible enemy that attack on the United
States would be unwise. The hope is
held out that a concerted movement
for disarmament will follow the war.
but how do we knew? A triumph of
militarism would produce the opposite
result, and we must be prepared for
either outcome. Whichever party
wins will be cocky and inflated with
victory. A proposal from us that
all lay down their arms and live In
peace win be far more likely to re
ceive respectful attention if we are
in fighting trim than if our proposal
should be in effect a request to other
nations to lay down their arms and
thereby meet our unprepared condi
tion -
A JOBHOLDER'S PARADISE. '
That Oregon become a sportsman's
paradise and that fishing streams . in
Eastern, Central and Southern Oregon
be supplied- with trout hatcheries
are desires, of the Medford Mail
Tribune. But' it has the odd idea that
these things can be accomplished by
permitting the Fish and Game Com
mission full freedom to expend with
prodigality all the revenues that'ac
crue to the game protection fund. .
So long as 60 per cent of the land
area of Oregon is held as waste places
by a cautious government we are will
ing to admit that about the best thing
that can be done is to make at least
that portion of the 6tate a sportsman's
paradise. But it is somewhat discon
certing to this noble ambition to learn
that practically two-thirds of the
game protection fund collected in the
year ending November 1, 1914, went
for salaries, and office and other ex
penses of a horde of Jobholders."
The state cannot readily turn itself
Into a sportsmen's paradise and main
tain a Jobholders' paradise at the
same time. It Is too costly. If all the
income of the game protection fund
Is to be "expended for. salaries and
for maintenance" of the hatcheries and
game farms now existing how are we
to acquire more hatcheries and more
game farms? By direct appropria
tion from the general tax money?
HOW TO. spread prosperity;.
Every person in Oregon desirea
prosperity for Oregon. This is the day
to begin putting the desire into prac
tical effect, for it is" Oregon Prosper
ity day. Prosperity is largely the
product of mutual helpfulness, taking
the shape of buying from our neigh
bors in preference to buying from
strangers. 'Apply the term "neigh
bors" to all Oregon producers of every
kind and we shall carry out the spirit
of Oregon Prosperity day.
This is. the season when everybody
is buying things to give and things to
use at Christmas. If each one, when
shown an article in a store, will ask
whether it is made in Oregon and, if
the answer is-"No," will ask for and
buy similar goods made in Oregon,-he
will not only help his neighbor but
will help himself; he will enhance his
own prosperity by' enhancing that of
his neighbor, for in a large sense we
in Oregon are all neighbors. He will
increase the production of Oregon in
dustries and will enlarge the buying
power of their owners and employes.
He will increase the amount of money
wage-earners have to spend, for half
of the price of each article is paid for
labor. :He will ths increase the-pros-perlty.not
only of the manufacturers
and 'their employes but of those from
whom they buy. By providing work
for more men and women'he will help
to settle the unemployed problem.
A long list of articles made in Ore
gon Was published in The Oregonian
yesterday. When buying any one of
those articles ask for "Made-Jn-Ore-gon"
goods. By. so doing you will put
a shingle on your neighbor's roof and
will put him in better position and
better humor to put one on yours; you
will be passing prosperity around, and
you will -surely get your- share.
SIORE OF THE SAME MEDICINE.
Secretary of Labor Wilson tells in
his annual report of a number of suc
cesses in settlement of strikes and
lesser labor disputes by conciliation
and mediation. His work in that line
would alone Justify the 'existence of
his department, but it would have
done far more good and prevented far
more harm if he hadbeen able to
forestall instead of-, to settle strikes..
The Erdman law, as amended by the
Newlands law, lias been beneficial in
preventing . several railroad strikes
which "would have" brought great loss
and suffering to the country- A law
which is gojod for the railroads Is good
for every industry.
The same law should be made of
general application, to all labor dis
putes and should be strengthened in
such a way that they may never go so
far as to cause strikes. This can be
accomplished by forbidding a strike or
lockout until a board of conciliation
has made inquiry and reported to the
parties to" the dispute what it con
siders a fair settlement. If either
party thenSaiects . the terms proposed
by the board, let the strike or lockout
begin, but Let the" board's findings be
published, that the people may form
a Judgment on the merits of the con
troversy. Few men making unreason
able demands will persist when they
must appear at the bar of public opin
ion. The success achieved by Secretary
Wilson and his subordinates with an
Imperfect law Is the best argument
for expanding their power, for a
larger measure of success would then
be possible. The strike' is as much a
relic of barbarism- in industry' as war
is in the relations between nations.
Until we have done our utmost to ex
tinguish strikes, we are not In a posi
tion to condemn Europe for not hav
ing extinguished war.
INFLUENCING Ol It YOUTH.
The Green Bag publishes in full and
pronounces able an essay written by
a Minnesota "boy'.' of 17 which won
for the youth a prize, of $40 offered by
the American Bar Association com
mittee to Oppose the Judicial Re
call. The essay,-is able In the sense
that it presents'' in - remarkably well
chosen English for one so young the
academic theories which the commit
tee would 'doubtless like to see cher
ished in the minds of a coming gen
eration ef voters. But it ignores that
practical experience which is now
available for consideration and which
utterly shatters the doubts and fears
of the alarmists among members of
the bar. - ,
There is to be found in the essay the
preposterous assumption that a de
feated litigant may inaugurate recall
proceedings and perhaps obtain the
sympathy and support of an electorate
which knows nothing about the merits
of his case.' In everyday life the elec
torate of a state or district cares about
as much whether Farmer Smith won
his suit with Farmer Jones over a
brindle calf as whether Farmer
Smith planted his potatoes in the dark
or the light of the moon.
Common sense ought to teach every
body that the recall is a wholly use
less implement In the hands -of the
vengeful litigant, no matter how rich
or powerful. But here are some of
the old familiar doubts and fears that
made Arthur Lee's essay valuable to
the committee opposed to the Judicial
recall:
The Indignity and disrespect to which
our Judges will be made subject under
the threat and operation of the recall will
work disaster on the personnel of our
Judiciary. What successful lawyer will
leave his practice to hold an uncertain
and discredited office? "What class of
Judges will such a state of affair tend to
produce? Docs it stand to reason that
the threat of recall, hanging over the
head of a Judge like a sword of Damocles,
will make him a better Judge? Will men
who possess true Judicial caliber consent
to beins: coddled into accepting an office
whose tenure Is controlled by fluctuating
popular majorities? A
Do the questions answer them
selves? , They do in the mind of the
academic alarmist. They do . in the
mind ' of him who has a practical
knowledge of the effect of the recall.
But in one case the answers are the
reverse of the answers In the other.
"Oregon ? has existed more than six
years under the reputed menace of
the recall, yet the most hidebound,
stand pat theorist in the American Bar
Association could not discover the
slightest tendency backward In the
personnel of the Oregon Judiciary, or
the smallest disinclination of men-'of
true Judicial character to seek Judicial
office .because the recall has been
adopted. - -
The wisdom, of encouraging debates
among high school students on politi
cal topics cannot be. .honestly ques
tioned, for both sides .are then con
sidered.; But there is something not
exactly- ''pleasant in a money induce
ment to boys to argue themselves into
a frame of mind antagonistic to new
principles of government. We can
conceive of no other purpose in the
prize essay offer. The. American. Bar
Association committee could not hojpe
to acquire new ideas or profound ar
gument from high school boys. Arthur
Lee. and. the many cfthers who doubt
less competed have perhaps had useful
"exercise in composition, but the tenor
of Arthur's essay leads one. to suspect
that he -has fcost more than.1 her has
gained. He has .learned -that it is
sometimes profitable to employ shal
low theories to combat readily avail
able proofs. He has learned to argue
rather than investigate where inves
tigation's the logical course. He has
formed opinions by the most specious
process available.'.
TARIFF-BUNGLERS REMORSEFUL. .
.' Democrats are coming to a realiza
tion of the defects of their own tariff
and of the fact that most of those de
fects arise from the manner in which
lt'. was ' framed. Some Democratic
members of Congress are said to have
considered the creation of a non-par-
tlsan tariff commission with a view to
further, revision .on scientific- princi
ples while the Democratic' party still
controls Congress. . So consistent a
supporter of the Administration as. the
Indianapolis ' News . commends this
scheme and quotes approvingly from
ah artlcle-in- the Philadelphia Ledger
laying down the lines on which a tar
iff commission should work and polnt
lngput the .advantages to be gained
thereby. ',
These signs of a change of front may
be the result of the chastening to
which the voters subjected the pemo
cr&tic party in November. They are
the fruits of remoise, which a humor
ist defined' as "a humiliating sense of
abject failure." The Republican party
experienced the sam sensations,' even
while it was revising the tariff in 1909,
for the Payne-Aldrlch law Itself con
tained provision for a tariff commis
sion with limited powers. Its remorse
was intensified by adversity until it
made atariff commission'a leading
principle in its platform in 1910 and
1912... Like the- Republicans, - the
Democrats now oeglti to realize thai
by the log-rolling method', they can
make nothing but a botch of tariff
revision, and they are turning to the
advice of that much-reviled Republi
can, ex-President Taft.
-. It is for the voters to take care that
the repentance of both parties shall
be lasting and. fruitful of good works.
An old trick of offenders, when chas
tised, is to promise that they will do
better next time, but the promise is
too often forgotten with the smart of
the wounds. The people will do well
to keeps, the promises of amendment
fresh in the memories of the tariff
bunglers. JEFFERSOJj DAVIS AND SECESSION.
During the quarter century which
has elapsed since the death of Jeffer
son Davis, President of the Southern
Confederacy, .some of the National
policies for which he stood have been
revived and pushed to a successful
Issue. He desired, for one thing, the
annexation of Cuba, and, Although this
has not " been done explicitly, ' the
United States has acquired a dominant
Interest In, that island which at. some
future time may ..easily harden into
possession. Davis also wished to seize
the territory in Panama whre the
great canal is now located, while he
cherished vast schemes for enlarging
our trade with Latin-America and the
peaceful penetration of Central Amer
ica. His youth was passed on a Mis
sissippi cotton plantation in the days
when slaverywas young and vigorous
in that region. His father did not in
herit wealth, but he acquired it by
cotton planting and the exploitation of
siave labor. The family went to Mis
sissippi with the rough manners and
primitiye traditions of the Klentucky
border, -but the ownership of slaves
soon transformed their ideals and they
all became thorough-going aristocrats.
Jefferson Davis, who finished his edu
cation at JVest Point, found the cus-,
toms of that -.military school entirely
consonant with his own feelings.
In the Mexican War he won a cer
tain fame as a soldier and. revisited
his beloved Mississippi to find himself
a political lion.' Governor Walker ap
pointed him to a vacant seat in the
United States Senate, and when his
partial term expired he was re-elected
by the State Legislature. In he Sen
ate Davis began his career among the
relics of an expiring age. ' Calhoun
was there in the vigorous and fanati
cal twilight of his extraordinary ca
reer, and so was Daniel Webster, who
still fanned the hopeless embers of
his Presidential- ambition. Jefferson
Davis Immediately took rank with the
foremost. His 'physique Vas delicate,
his figure spare and his face thin. But
his intelligence burned with a quench
less fire and the acyvity of his -mind
made him a master among men. When
Pierce became President he made
Davis, an old friend of his. Secretary
of War. The ambitious Southerner
thus enjoyed the privilege of planning
the final Mexican campaigns and
reaped the renown of a successful ag
gressive war. From that time until
the outbreak of the Rebellion Davis
represented the wishes and furthered
the schemes of the imperialist slave
holders of the South. His own state,
Mississippi, had replaced South Caro
lina as the most vigorous advocate of
slavery and state rights. In 1850
Davis, as a good Mississippian, was
ready to secede from the Union if
California were admitted as a free
state, but wiser counsels prevailed
with him and his fellow hotheads and
long before 1860 his views regarding
secession had totally changed.
The Mexican War was fought in. the
Interest of the elave-oligarchs who de
sired to retain the whole country as
conquered territory with the Intention
of colonizing it with their slaves. Davis
favored this plan," but Calhoun, who
opposed it, retained enough power in
the dominant Democratic party to
carry his point. There is no question
that Davis saw more clearly--than his
rival. Had Mexico been retained and
built into the slave- empire the oli
garchy would have been able to defy
the free sentiment of the country and
could have done whatever it liked in
politics and . war. Davis' plan, i'f it
had been" followed, would have made
the United States a -slave-holding em
pire throughout and it would have
been the most powerful Nation in the
world. Davis abandoned his early .se
cession ideas for what seemed to him
the best of reasons. He believed that
the great property interests of " the
South were more secure under the
Federal constitution than they could
possibly hope to be under a separate
government. These interests con
trolled the -Democratic party,.' which
had a seemingly secure hold upon the
Senate, the Suprefcie Court and the
Presidency All the slave oligarchy
had to do' was "to sit tight" and rule
the .. country, gradually conquering
everything by the policy of "peaceful
penetration."
It was .by "peaceful penetration"
that the slave imperialists expected to
gain' possession of Kansas and New
Mexico. ' Governor Wise, of Virginia,
told the -whole secret of their policy
when he said that the winning of Kan
sas would double the value of every
slave itt Virginia. - Jefferson Davis ex
pected, to extend slavery throughout
the Mississippi northwest by the as
sistance of Douglas, who had a great
following among . the big-. commercial
men and the small farmers'. " He-was
not a pronounced imperialist as far as
slavery was concerned, bul lie was a
born compromiser,' and Davis well
.knew that he. would always yield to
adequate pressure from the -South. In
the struggle ' between Lincoln . and
Douglas, Lincoln stood for radical
morality. He. was the" idealist of his
day and he won because through long
agitation idealism had . momentarily
triumphed over compromise among
the people. But even after Lincoln's
election" Davis did not join in the mad
cry" for, secession'-, which resounded
through the South. "He relied on Sew-
Jkp"d to secure the Interests of the slave
oligarchy and tone down Lincoln's
radicalism.
Seward despised the new President
and was himself a slaveholder.. Davis
therefore felt reasonably certain of his
favorable influence. Up to the last
moment he shunned the thought of
war and labored for a peaceful "settle
ment. It was only after the firing on
Fort Sumpter had made war Inevit
able that he finally gave up hope and
turned his attention to military meas
ures. ' The -fatal shot was not fired by
hla order. It was the.-work of stmie
military hotheads who feared that
Davis' negotiations w'ith Washington
might issue in peace. We cannot hold
Davis accountable for bringing on the
Civil War. His real crime -was ; the
cherishing ef ambitions whose conse-
quences to thexcountry would have
been infinitely worse than war.
There may be some truth in' the
suggestion that Italy Intends to come
to the aid of the losing side in the
war. With a fresh army equipped to
the', last point and profiting by the
experiences of the war, Italy might be
able, to dictate to the belligerents,
which will be battered, bleeding and
"broke." The Balkan states may be
reserving their strength to play a sim-.
ilar part, remembering how Roumania
acquired a piece of Bulgaria, though
she scarcely fired a shot.
. The Louisiana parish with eight
lynchings this year is the record.. That
the victims were negroes is matter of
fact and to be expected. -That all evi
dence of crime was circumstantial is
also to be expected. When a commu
nity has the blood lust, the sole requi
site is the color of the unfortunate
object.
The farming communities of Oregon
have opportunity to help the needy of
Portland from their abundance. Any
thing in the vegetable line, boxed or
sacked and delivered at a depot, will
be carried free.
The next Congress, with an eye to
the election of 1916, may take kindly
to ex-President Taft's economy sug
gestions,' but not this Congress. It is
lined up for its last grab at the pork
barrel.
The Fashion Art League of America
whatever that rnay be decrees
from Chicago' the return to the styles
of 1830. This is comforting to the
bowlegged woman.
Judging by Admiral Blue's figures,
in case of war, our entire merchant
marine would be needed to supply coal
and food to our Navy. What a grand
merchant marine!
Lassen Peak might as well subside.
By comparison with the eruption in
Europe it cannot create any more ex
cltment than would theeruptlon of a
soda syphon.
Two thousand striking miners In the
Eastern Ohio coal district get their
Christmas presents this morning in the
shape of their old jobs.
In Portland 50.416 people take
water and pay for it. This does not
mean that all are prohibitionists. They
use it in everyday life.
Jefferson County has official exist
ence. There is yet room for creating
more counties to be named for the
Presidents. '
The captain of the Hanalei is sus
pended for two years, but the twenty
three victims of his neglect stay dead
forever.
There Is one comfort for the crew
of the stranded German cruiser Dres
den; this la Summer in Patagonia.
The eloquent silence of Austria im
plies that there is some foundation for
Servia's boast of victories.
Eastern Oregon will provide rabbits
for Portland poor. The Valley can
supply the vegetables.
The allies must leave a few German
warships afloat for the big Canal pa
rade in March.
Neutrality of the Canal Zone must
be preserved, if we have to fight for it.
In this week before Christmas there
are many days in which to do good.
The man who donates a load of fuel
Is an up-to-date Samaritan.
Have you got your specimen of the
new currency?
The Pitiful Prospect.
By Dean Collins.
Oft have I wailed the woes of war.
And fated Przemysl's fall,
And wept in deepest sorrow for
The foes that camped about its wall.
The Austrian or Russian crowd.
Or Germans press it everywhere.
And Prsemysl, bent and cowed.
Keeps falling, falling here and there.
Yet all the time it was my wish
That fate would spare proud Prznasnysz.
In vain. In vain I hoped and prayed. .
To fend it from the bullet's whistle.
Today Prznasnysz, I'm afraid.
Is in the fix of PriemysL
The German banners flap and swish.
So the dispatches lately run.
In the confines of Prznasnyss,
And foreign foes her walls have won.
Woe to Prznasnysz! What, and how
And who shall stem the war tide now?
May not the enemy advance ''
- Next to Przlbram's peaceful town;
Or shell the 'walls of Przemyslana. .
Or batter fair Przhedborcamwn? -,
Or. since" Przn&snyse now is low,.
May not the. German army soon-V' '
Through peacef al-Przlbislav go, ' '
Mid flying bullets-fearful croon;
Or, dashing into Przewprsk, . ' '.
Charse Russia's troops clear 'back to
Orsk?
Oh. how, oh, how can I be calm.
When German, battle banners dance .
About the town of Frzibram,
Or maybe threaten Przemyslanz? t
Amid the shrieking; shot and shell '
And bullets darkening the "air.
You know ho:Pnemyal fell, . -
Some seven times;, both here and; there;
And Oh, whaf sour and- bitter-;dish!
Look. what they did to PrznasnysxJ ' .'
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alcohol is'- Ain ijt diphtheria
Specialist Ia Quoted on Value of Stimu
lant In Grave Canes. 1
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 (To the Edi
tor.) Let us stop' and reason a minute
before we utterly condemn alcohol as a
medicine. A good deal is to be said in
favor of the claim that, under proper
conditions with careful administration,
alcohol as a medication is far from be
ing looked down upon by some of the
best physicians -in the world.. Such a
statement as "alcohol has never been
incorporated in a legitimate prescrip
tion" represents nothing less than Igno
rance. Is. it not time we were recover
ing from our "alcoholophobia?"
Let me quote from an article on "Al
cohol Medication" by Dr. Abraham
Jacobi, president of the American Medi
cal Association, in the Medico-fharma-ceutical
Critic and Guide, May, 1914, pp.
189-192. Dr. Jacobi is recognized as
one of the greatest living- authorities
on children's diseases. He has had
more than half a century of experience"
In his specialty. He enjoys the well
nigh universal respect and esteem of
the medical profession.' It ts his delib
erate Judgment that "there are condi
tions which, absolutely demand the use
of alcohol as aprominent part of medi
cation." Dr. Jacobi says further that In diph
theria cases,- classinnd as "mixed infec
tion," the patient ' is not amenable to
the action of antitoxin. It would take
too much space to. tell why Dr. Jacobi
holds that success in a few cases has
been only apparent. But the outcome
of treating diphtheria for many years
In various ways Is that he is willing to
go on record in theserwords: 7
After 60 years of -practice when I trnst In
alcohol as a powerful remedy In caaes of
diphtheritic and other sepsis. I may be cred
ited with ample experience both In. -auo'
susses and failures extending over half a cen
tury. What I offbr is no theory, and noiab
orRtbry experiments on well or -sick gru'inea
pigs. . My, laboratory has been different. My
M fe has been spent amongst sick humanity
only, and the recovering; and dying. -
- The dean of American medicine then
gives a few detailed cases showing how
the proper administration of whisky In
diphtheria cases saved the lives of pa
tients actually given up .for dead.- I
will cite one case in Dr. Jacobi's own
words:
' Boy, aged 5. restless In- his semi-coma,
tossing: about, feet bluish, .not cold, cov
ered u-ith erosions and subcutaneous hemor
rhagres of different sizes. His -whole sur
face discolored, from drab to blue;' hemor
rhages small and large in and under the
skin. No Intestinal hemorrhage. Urine
could not be obtained. My friend told- me I
was not called by him. but by the family
of the dying boy; he was going down town
and on his way would order the undertaker
to Bend the coffin after dark. I begged him
not to do that,, but to wait until tomorrow.
The undertaker, however, came after dark
and left disgusted. Meanwhile. I had per
mission to act. The boy's stomach retained
my whisky, from one to two teaspoonfulB
every 15 or 25 minutes, diluted in water, oc
casionally In milk and coffee, and his rec
tum retained a few doses. Within a day
he took a pint and a half, perhaps -.more.
No amount of alcohol will intoxicate a thor
oughly septic person. We kept -on, the boy
and I. He was alive when I happened to
meet him 20 years afterwards.
Ho closes the article in these words:
My cases : of thorough sepsis relieved or
cured by alcohol extend over more than half
a century. My cases have not all been cured,
for I belong to the class that has to. meet
failures. But I have seen what was con
sidered hopeless take a favorable turn. There
are diphtheria cases which are not in
fluenced by antitoxin In small or big doses.
That class of cases Is not always hopeless
when the doctor has hope and discrimination
and the courage to fight infection and to
cheat the undertaker. I refuse to deal in
theories. I cannot tell the cause of the ac
tion of alcoholic beverages when adminis
tered in sufficient doses. I merely refer to
occurrences and observations extending over
half a century and more. Let somebody else
explain. Meanwhile, take the hint.
After testimony like this from one of
the world's most eminent physicians. It
Is either the height ,of folly or the limit
of sanctimonious pretense for any drug
gist or practitioner to declare that alco
hol has no place in modern therapeutics.
- . MED1CU&
RX'-LE THAT SHOULD BE ENFORCED
Conversation With Dlotarmsn Hot Con'
dnelve to "Safety First."
PORTLAND, Dec' 12. (To the Ed
itor.) On my way home recently I saw
the unfortunate victim of a car acci
dent. Whether this accident could dos
sibly have been avoided I am not in
a position to say, but, in view of the
company's "don'ts" all over town and
on the cars, and their appeals to the
public to help them to avoid accidents
I would suggest that as a very consid
erable factor to obtain this much-to-be-desired
end, they should enforce
their rule: "Don't talk to the motor-
man. And, in order to be sure of en
forcement, exclude the public from the
motor end of the car.
More often than not the motorman's
end of the car is crowded, and even if
not in actual conversation with a pas
senger (which, from personal observa
tion, I should say was generally the
case). the conversation going on
around him must necessarily divert bis
.attention from his work, which I
should think, needs all the concentra
tion of mind he can give It.
On board ships, with generally plenty
of searoom, the rule "do not talk to
the man at the wheel is rigidly en
forced. Surely on a streetcar in a
busy town, with people, motor cars.
motorcycles and other vehicles liable
to pop out around any street corner,
this rule should be still more rigidly
enforced. F. BAYARD.
Convenience for Water-T7srrs.
PORTLAND. Dec. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) Inasmuch as economy and re
trenchment seem to be the order of
the day In city government, why not
designate Ffre Department stations as
offices for the payment of water rent?
WILLIS MAGUIRK
Critlelam. on a Bad Cigar.
Indianapolis News.
Brag I'm smoking a terrible lot of
cigars lately.
Snag (with conviction) You're right.
lit that's one of them.
HIGH SEAS MtST BE FREE TO ALL
Peace Cam Be Iasorcd by Pact of All
1 National to Scare Common JUsjktsv.
PORTLAND. ,Dec. 15. (To the Ed
itor.) War stirs human nature to its
deepest depths. It compels men to
think as nothing else can. It raises
fundamental questions In every field of
human interest. Nothing escapes.
Forms of government, religion, morals,
international relations, industries,
trade, manufactures, all come forward
for review, readjustment, new interpre
tations and definitions. The war in
Europe is shaking the whole world,
even supposed neutrals, as well as
those actually engaged.
- But one or two points press for con
sideration at this stage of the conflict.
One of these points of supreme Importance-
is, vVhat of the high seas In
future?" How are they to be con
trolled, and who is to control them?
It must be apparent now to all thought
ful and observant ; people that this
question lies at the foundation of the
present war among the European na-'j
1 1 15. Aiuuuion tor oominton on two
thirds of the earth's . surface, wbere
ownership Is Impossible, and where all
men should -meet as equals, is the tap
root of the whole difficulty.
Great Britain,-' because of - her geo
graphical position, her limited territory
at home, and the necessity for terri
torial expansion abroad, has, as her
overseas Interests have increased, grad
ually grown into the thought that the
seas were hers, and that she had a
right to dominate and control them.
Britannia has claimed the right to rule
the wave, and up to the time of the
Boerwar delighted in the thought of
her supreme Isolation. The October
number of the Edinburgh Review, in
discussing' the British and German
question,, said: Cv-' --.
' tr the German government had been given
to understand, beyond the posbibllity of er
ror, that there could be no friendship, or
guarantee of enduring peace between Great
Britain and any nation that sought to chal
lenge our supremacy at sea, it Is conceivable
that it might have desisted from a costly,
dangerous and entirely misdirected enter
prise. It is thus clearly demonstrated what
Is the Immediate cause of the present
war, and the causes that may create
other wars In future. For the Review
plainly tells us, "That there could be
no iriendsmp or enduring peace be
tween t.reat Britain and any nation
that sought to challenge our supremacy
at sea." In looking for the foundations
or permanent peace among the nations,
therefore, one of the very first Ques
tions to settle is: Is this claim of Great
Britain valid, and must it be acknowl
edged and allowed to stand? Are the
nign seas hers, and must all the n
tions bow to her authority? Or, are
tne nign seas, outside of territorial
limits, to be owned and used by all
men and nations alike and kept free
and open to all? These questions must
be settled before there can be the most
aistant chances vfor peace.
If any one nation is, allowed to con
trol the waters of the! earth, that will
give it control of the commerce of the
whole world.and, in fact, of all other
international busines relations. It will
in short, make It master and supreme
ruler over all. If other nations shpuld
send out ships they might be seized
and detained, or confiscated, by the
supreme power, and there would be no
means of redress. The supreme ower
could make up Its own list of contra
band articles that might or might not
seen transit from one nation to an
other, and that list must stand, whether
fair or foul, for there would be none
to dispute it.
InT-short, to rule the seas is to rule
the earth and jail its people. Is fhe
United -States prepared to accept the
view that Great Britain, or any other
aation, snail rnle all others? Or rather,
shall we not contend that the oceans,
from one continent to another, shall
be declared free and open to all. and
that dominance and piracy shall be
swept from the face of the great
waters forever? .For it is little short
of piracy to seize neutral ships on the
great highway of the nations on some
trumped up trivial excuse.
At the close of this war all nations
ought to combine, and I believe they
will, in a pact to secure their common
rights In the use of the waters that en
circle the glober They must do It if
they want peace. The oceans ought to
be as open and free to the man in'his
canoe as trr the most formidable dread
nought that was ever built. This Is the
only pact with other nations that I
would have the United States enter. In
all other affairs my view Is that we
should deal with the nations individu
ally and In our own way. But here Is
a common Interest that we ought to
take part in and exert our strength
to the fullest extent. And we ought to
assert our rights by what we do. We
ougnt to load our ships with merchan
dise for- foreign neutral nations, and if
they -were Interfered with by anybody
on the ocean, we should see about It
and. call them to account. We. too.
have some long shore lines around this
contiTrent and overseas interests, and
we ought not to be willing to play
second to. anybody.
With conditions as we find them
Great Britain in control of the water,
and. therefore.' of ocean trade, the
United States Is compelled by these
circumstances to be her ally In the
present war. For to feed and 'clothe
an army is quite as necessary for that
army's success as to arm it, or to take
part In Its ranks, and the allies in this
war are free to receive all the bud
piles they want and can pay for from
this country, while Germany and Aus
trla are wholly cut off, and we are de
prlved of the business of furnishing
them such necessary supplies. It is a
striKing illustration of the Importance
of sea control. We, In theory, are neu
tral. In effect we are quite as poten
tial as any of the allies. The high seas
of the world must be made free and
open to all, and no-one power must be
allowed to dominate them.
LEVI W. MYERS.
681 Eas't Ankeny street.
Why Not State Cement Plants?
CORVALLIS. Or.. Dec. 12. (To the
Editor.) Portland cement composes
the greatest item of cost In the
construction of hard - surface roads.
Would It not be a wise plan to ask
the Legislature to Investigate the cost
of Portland cement and ascertain the
actual cost of the manufacture of
cement, using prison labor to operate
the mills and handle the limestone and
shale?
Is It not true that the State" of Ore
gon can manufacture cement in state
mills as successfully as any public
service corporation, and save all the
counties of the state the monstrous ex
tortion which construction companies
have charged on our people here in
Corvallis for the cement and other ma
terials used in the construction of our
cement streets and walks?
Why bond our counties to do what
the state can do better at half the
cost? T. J. THORP.
Kftt the Same.
ST. PAUL. Or.. Dec. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) As a result of a question which
lately arose. I wish to know if the
Winston Churchill connected with the
English Admiralty and the author of
"The Crossing" are one and the same.
SUBSCRIBER.
Winston . Churchill, author of "The
Crossing." is an American, residing at
Cornish, N. II.
Qnlntillan. .
KNAB. Wash, Dec 12 (To the Edi
tor.) Please state when Quintllian, the
author, lived. Also mention some of his
writings. A. B. KINGSBURY.
, .Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Roman
rhetorician, was born about 35 A. D. In
Spain. His reputation In modern times
is based on his work entitled De Insti
tutlone Oratoria Librl XII, a complete
system of rhetoric
Twenty-Five Years Ago
V !. l-.l. u I. T-.n.T.uv 1-1
New Orleans. b universal request
Jefferson Davis received a funeral in
full accord with his military rank as
an officer here Thursday. Numerous
civic and other organizations joined,
to make the ceremony most impressive.
Throughout the South the hours of the
burial -were observed fittinjtly and me
morial services were numerous.
The Baker City (Or.) Democrat says
Mayor DeLashmutt. of Portland, has
the gubernatorial bee buzzing In his
bonnet. 1
Away back In '54 tSam Sterling was
well known In the -Rogue River Valley
as the discoverer of the old- Sterling
mine. Sam has just struck a rich placer
at the head of the Coqulllo, it is re
ported. S. Blumauer exhibited at this office
yesterday an oW and somewhat faded
copy of The Daily Oregonian of April
21, ""1861. The cop v came from tho
cornerstone of the old synagogue build
ing recently removed from Fifth and
Oak streets.
C. H. Meyers- add Thomas Loudpn.
while fishing in the Columbia a day 01
two ago. hooked and succeeded, after
much trouble, in landing a sturgeon
which weighed 638 pounds. The head
alone of this monstrous fish weighed
130 pounds. The roe weighed 88 pounds.
Messrs. Russell & Macleod, real es
tate brokers, yesterday purchased for
local clients, at the price of 880,000.
the Breck property on the northwest
corner of Fifth and Morrison streets.
Joseph Young has just returned from
a tour through the mining districts of
Old Mexico.
Professor James Corbett, late instruc
tor of the Olympic Club, of San Fran
cisco, and William Smith, champion
middleweight, of Australia, fought a
six-round sparring exhibition contest at
Mechanics' Pavilidnhest night. Corbett
won the contest on points. Corhett la.
ready to meet anyone in his class for
10 rounds for points. He would like
to meet either Joe McAuliffe or Dave
Campbell.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian. December 18. 1864.
The Columbia River road leading
from Portland Is available for the.
travel of stock through Dalles City.
Laborers are constantly engaged in im
proving the worst parts of the road'.
There - is a good ferry on Dog River
and one on Sandy River. N
New York, Dec. 7. The steamship
Fulton will leave tomorrow with a
heavy mail for Sherman's army. She
goes under sealed orders, as the exact
point of Sherman's arrival on the Geor
gia coast is not yet divulged. .
The ladies of the Sanitary Aid So
ciety request us to say that all those
who have been preparing socks for the
soldiers may leave them at Mr. Fail
ing's store. No. E5 Front street.
The friends of Rev. S. Cornelius In
this city will give a donation visit at
his residence this evening. We are re
quested to urge upon all who desire
to aid the clergyman In his efforts to
be present this evening.
Since our last, which was at 1 A. M.
Saturday morning, we have had snow
and ice, three days' colc. some skating
for the boys, etc. Bat yesterday there
was any amount of slush on the cross
ings, and we venture to say the present
fall of snow "won't do to bet on."
The Washington Artillery will hold
a special meeting this (Tuesday) eve
ning. We acknowledge a pleasant visit
from Miss Lisle Lester, the cheerful
editress of the Pacific Monthly, of San
Francisco. We are much gratified at
such a pleasant visit and indorse fully
what is said of her by a contemporary:
"She is young, cheerful, talkative and.
full of sarcastic pleasantry, a delicate
figure and a true patriotic soul."
DRUGGIST WODL11 AVOID ODIUM
Honest Sales of Alcoholic Stimulants
Not Worth the Bad Reputation.
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. (To the Edi
tor.) I note the alacrity of the vari
ous champions of Old John Barleycorn
In their promptness to tell of the me
dicinal uses of alcohol stimulants. One
is lead to believe that whisky is the
only stimulant that can be used inton
valescent cases or as an antidote for
poison. Get out your-Materia Medica
and look up the long list of tonics and
stimulants, and don't try to mislead
the public into believing that the
knowledge of the medical and the
pharmaceutical profession Is confined
to the therapeutical value of whisky.
In respectable drug stores the re
ceipts on the sales of alcohol and
whisky do not average S3 per day, and
the honorable drugclst will with pleas
ure banish the traffic just as soon as it
becomes unlawful rather than subject
his family and profession to classifica
tion with the blind-pigger and boot
legger. At the same time he; -will eie
vate the drug business to an Irre
proachable stature It never before en
joyed. I never voted for prohibition, as my
experience In dry communities has
proved it to be an absolute failure as
far as reducing the consumption of
booze is concerned. It also has made
malefactors of hundreds of physicians
and druggists.
The public does not stop to realize
what it means to build up a business
or a practice, only to lose it to the un
scrupulous uucior or aruKgiai. uy lueir
refusal to write prescriptions for or
sell whisky unlawfully. Ask yourself
this question: If a friend was ill In my
home and asked for a drink of whisky
what would I do? Then place yourself
in the druggist's position. Morally
speaking, it is the same thing, as
everybody is not a booze fighter.
Just so. the store's customers of
years' acquaintance will ask the same
favor, neve thinking that they are
asking the physician or druggist to
break the law. The only way to avoid
such occurrence is not. to have liquor
in the store. - Clerks often -"violate the
confidence of their employer by se
cretly selling to their friends.
Alcohol for medicinal purposes can
be carried in the hospitals or by the
physician in his office or case, so there
will be no great need for writing pre
scriptions for it. Druggists may carry
it for technical or manufacturing uses.
The law 1b not Intended to restrict such
usage, but to prohibit th use of It as a
beverage.
So friends. druggists, physicians,
here Is an opportunity you. should wel
come. Go on record as being opposed
to writing for or selling booze and
honor your Alma Mater, family and
profession.
JOHN P. KELLY, A.M.. Ph.D.,
429 Jefferson St.
"Just As Good
Beware of the dealer who begins
to say 'just as good."
Beware of the man who tries to
pell you something: else instead of
the articles you asked for.
The trade-marked article has built
a substantial reputation on merit.
The substitute is seeking1 to live
in that good name.
You are only protecting yourself
when you take a firm stand and re
fuse to be cajoled.
Get what you ask for and insist
on it.
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