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Kastern Buism Office Veree C"" l;" York, Brunswick building; Chicago, etengcr building. Mn hvaociaro Office R. J. Bid. ell Corn pan.. T42 Market street. PORTLAND, TUESDAY. rtB. 1. ! OIR CONCERN IX THE NAVAL MAR. The United States has been placed in a most delicate position by the at tempt of Britain to etarve out Ger many and by the determination . of Germany to retaliate by extending the naval war to all the coasts of the British Isles and to destroy British mrr.rr.r. even at the risk of sinking I neutral ships with their crews and ; passengers. As a man will resort to desperate means in the effort to ' escape starvation, so will a nation. ' An otherwise honest man will steal ! a loaf of bread to appease his hunger. Much more will a great nation believ- ing that it fights for its life and is ', threatened with deprivation of food ; set at naught all principles of inter- national law in its effort to procure :. food and in its determination to harm ' in every possible way the nation ' which prevents food from reaching It. I In defense of her announced pur- pose. Germany accuses Britain of ! violating the declaration of London, ; but that declaration has never become ' operative, not having been ratified by ! Britain or the United States. Germany i offers to meet the objection of Britain to any importations of food to Ger ; mtny namely, that the government ' food monopoly renders probable its use by the armed forces by permit ting its sale to civilians under super- vision of American consular officers. !llere enters the question of good ' faith. Thus a situation threatens in : which war is to be carried on wlth '.out regard to the rules of war, even to the point of killing by wholesale neutral sailors and passengers, for the simple reason that each belligerent charges the other with violation of those rules and therefore holds itself .'exonerated from observing them. Germany might plausibly contend 'that the perfection to which she has brought the submarine and the condi tions under which alone she can use such vessels have rendered the pre viously existing rules of warfare in applicable to the present situation. !she can make war on her enemy's commerce with submarines only, as the use of her surface ships would probably result in annihilation of her navy. To stop a ship and examine her" papers anil cargo, lest an in- ,,roi with nil on board be limrni ' ....- ...... - sunk, would defeat the purpose of using submarines, which is secrecy and security of movement. Hence submarines must take chances of in juring neutrals in order to make sure of striking the enemy. Yet the rules of war require search and examina tion of ship's cargo and papers. If the ship be a lawful prize and if she cannot be taken to port with safety to her captor, she may be sunk. That rule would permit a submarine to sink all her prizes. But the rules for bid drowning non-combatants or pris oners. A submarine cannot take them aboard, and has the alternative of abandoning her prize, sinking it with all on board, or compelling the crew to take to their boats. The third al ternative involves delay and risk of discovery by the enemy. Germany has not proclaimed a blockade, for she could not make it effective, and therefore other nations would not recognize it. Even if she had done so, she would be required to warn ships not to enter the forbidden waters and could seize and sink them onlv when they ignored the warning. The warning could only be given after a submarine had come to the surface and revealed its presence, which would be the height of rashness with British cruisers and destroyers hover ing around. Hence Germany gives warning to the world's ships that Brit ish waters are a war area and that they will enter at their own peril. Just as a civilian takes risks in entering the zone of fire between two contend ing armies. The State Department did well to warn Germany of the danger that American Indignation might break out against her If an American ship were to be sunk and ir American lives were to be lost through attack by -a Ger man submarine. Since the attacking vessel would not show itself and would slink away under water, we should Jiave no more proof that it was Ger )nan than we had that a Spaniard rank the Maine. But an angry nation reaches its conclusion first and seeks grounds for it afterwards. The con clusion in such a case would be that li German submarine sank the ship, lis the conclusion was that a Spaniard tank the Maine. With that thought in the public mind the atmosphere would be as explosive in 1915 as it was in JS9S. This being the prospect, the ut most caution in avoiding cause of nuarrel must be combined with the greatest firmness in upholding our rights if we are to keep out of the war and are at the same time to lose nothing which is rightfully ours. THE MORGAN PORCELAINS. The destiny of great art collections is to be sold and dispersed unless they belong to public museums. Even then they are not entirely secure, since an invading army may send them flying to some other quarter of the earth or destroy them utterly. Ultimately they will be destroyed like the great library at Alexandria and the ship loads of statuary and gems which the Romans undertook to transport from rortnth to Italy. No doubt by the time the Day of Judgment dawns most of the art treasures that we now value so highly will repose on the bottom of the sea. Some critics think that U the best place for them. Such iconoclasts regard collections of dead art as a distinct hindrance to the creative genius of the present day. Without pretending to pass Judgment on a point so delicate we may wit ness the dispersal of the J. P. Mor gan collection in New Tork in a mood of resignation. Some other million aire will, in due time, gather most of the specimens together again and our children, or at least our granu children, will be privileged to see them again housed under a single roof. There is a story that the Rocke fellers have already bought this famous and- expensive collection of porcelain. But it matters little what the purchaser's name may be. He is certain to appear in the fullness of time. Collecting js a passion that never dies out of the human breast. If a man has not money enough to amass precious porcelains he is fain to content himself with postage stamps or mushrooms. Anything will do. The passion is identical in all its forms. Mr. Morgan won bright glory bv yielding to his bent for vases, while the modest philatelist is more than likely to be ridiculed. But at bottom their pursuits are closely akin. A small representative collection in any department of art is valuable for educational purposes. But immense museums full minister principally to vanity. ABSTINENCE AND PROHIBITION. The Oregonian would probably not h wiiiinc- to admit that nobody needs any liquor as a beverage," remarks oii-rlrv. friend, the McMinnvMle Telephone-Register. Yet The Oregon ian will make unciuaiiueuij me ment that no one needs liquor as a beverage. It has said so many times. But it. is a lamentable fact that many people feel that they must have liquor and many others will have it ...k.v, htr nAri it r not. There are still others who think that their "personal liberty" is rutniessij ihition and they deny vehementlv the right of the state to interfere with their personal habifts. Taken together, all these make a some what formidable group, mej " ' - Mhi).iilnn hut thev. or most mi(jui i s" ."...J-. of them, will resist enforcement of a stringent prohibition law. The duty or me gisi.."' " .... Ar.rnroihlA law. There is al- of oninlon as vva-uy a. viC to the House bill; yet it vould appear that under the electric atmosphere of . ..s.iKlHr,n sentiment, slyly a. lauit-ai jiwiuvt..... - - - sUmulated by the "wet" forces, the Senate will proDaDiy iouow ...c nr th House There are several most obnoxious features in the a m in the ODlnion IttW, M.I1U " w, of The Oregonian, prove stumbling blocks In tne way ol uj forcement. That is what the anti prohibltlontets want. It seems also to he, what the prohibitionists now are determined to have. v The most effective proniDiuon, un- i..... i. iTiHiv-irina.1 abstinence. tier uy . There is nothing under any law, happi ly, to prevent any one prat-wcm; virtues. lKTK OF COIANEL JOHX M CRAKES. In the death of Colonel McCrakcn Portland- loses one of its oldest and best citizens. He had come here in Han anrl had helped the City to grow from a frontier town to a splendid, modern city. He Joined ac tivclv in every work for its upbuild ing, "both in a material, moral and intellectual sense. He served tne ia .i Trnsri staff Marshal, the state as Legislator and Quartermaster General. He was one of the founders of the Portland Public Library, was a close student of Shakespeare ana a promoter of the dramatic art, rose to the highest rank in Masonry and was a pillar of the Episcopal Church. i, .nr-o than i"htv-eifrht years of life Colonel McCraken won respect and affection by ms sterung n at hips and public spirit. In his last illiness he had the satisfaction of being able to look back on a life which had made the world better through its having been uvea, of such men are great cities and great states composed. FORTIFYING THE SPOILS SYSTEM, o nrrn nrofesses a desire to increase the efficiency of the diplo matic and consular service, but he also expresses a desire to increase its "elasticity." This is a very cwuv j .,,. .hot th Secretary meant by it was revealed in the House de bate on a bill to improve tne lutcmn service. tr-hi- wii classifies the ortices 01 secretary of embassy or of legation and all consular offices and provides that appointments shall be made to those offices in general, power being vested in the President to make trans hut the Senate Inserted a pro viso' that no officer Is to be trans ferred to a higher class except on rrmiifion bv the President and con firmation by the Senate. As introduced in the senate, "e om ,,. ..ittari ht nrovlslon. but J1UL VJ wit.... contained other provisions for exami nation as a condition of appointment and for the keeping of efficiency rec ords as a guide to promotion from one class to another, which would have established by law the merit system, latino, nniv hv executive order. The Senate not only left the merit system at the mercy of the i-resiaeni. but insisted on preserving a taint of the spoils system by making promo tion or demotion subject to confirma tion. On the plea that haste was h House committee in sisted on passage of the bill as amend ed by the Senate, inus me ucaueu r Piasticitr will exist, for the President and his Secretary of State can appoint iwithout examination ana can with the consent: or me promote without regard to efficiency. Representative Moore suggested that the kind of elasticity desired had been n. hv Mr. Brvan's notorious letter to Mr. .Vick. Representative Flood replied with a rranK maorse ment of that letter, saying: It meets my hearty approval, and I be lieve it meeta tpe approval of red-blooded party men tn this country. Democrat or ltepublicans. The "red-blooded party man,' Rep resentative Mann, dissented from that opinion, saying: . . r. r ...inn rtAnmf?rats That was n Jobs as aga'nat Republicans. It was a case of trying to wiiiwii . country In order to furnish ward workera for t'i Democratic party In this country, it was case of trying to make the poor neocha of Santo Domingo pay the expenses I Till not say or the Democratic party, but of the political beelere ot the Secretary of State. . House Democrats then fell back upon the plea that, if the amendments proposed in the interest of the merit system were adopted, the Senate would object in conference and the bill would fail. So these obstacles to elas ticity were removed, and the execu tive orders, upon which alone the merit system how rests, may be re voked at any time when President Wilson finds them to be obstacles to his giving Jobs to "deserving Demo crats." Dr. D. S." Jordan has revised his opinion of the French. They must be greatly comforted to learn that he no longer thinks them- "decadent." France has certainly shown an as- nr. , n n-i the rate "WHAT HARM CAX AMERICA DO? Althoueh Germany may carry out her threat to blow up American sh attemntinir to navigate British wat waters, there is no probability that the event will lead to more than a diplomatic controversy growing out of an An ran rlomanrl fnr pennration. But Ameri our demand would have the more we if Repmanv knw the United St eight States had the force wherewith to back it She knows we have not that force, the Berlin Montae Zeitung, comnv for nent Ins on our Drotest against the German proclamation, asks: "What harm America do Germany?" and contini She has no army and her fleet would dare to approach nearer our shoes than 111" .II(JUMI. 1 , America would mean her ruin, and America threats are simply ridicuioua ana n i u than ridlcuiouf for us to take them M rn at ,n Tiil snpr is the more stinging be- cause it is true. Our Secretary of W says that we could only put a nt as onn men in the field mobile That is 1000 less men than Germany cap tured In one victory over the Russians in East Prussia. Wo linnrlsh the delusion that ou Navy is prepared to give a good ac count of itself, but Admiral Bradle: A. Fiske, who surely knows what he Is talking about, said to the House Naval Committee: It would take about five years to get read with our Xavy to fight successfully and e eady iy r . - -.. . . . . . .nl1lr1 t th Navy up to a state of efficiency, for in stance sucn as mat oi one oi me -Europe now. I doubt It very much. While the world is aflame with war, while the hostilities touch our inter ests at many points, and when the greatest nations show that their re spect for other nations is proportional to the armed might of those other na tions, Congress dribbles away money on non-essentials and fritters away time on trifles. ' Take one issue of the Congressional Record as an example. The House considered the sale of an old Postoffice at Jersey City, a bridge across the St. Louis River, false ad vrtislnfi. in t he District of Columbia, claims of the United States against the State of Tennessee, puduc ounu ings at Grand Junction, Colo., St. Petersburg, Fla., and Honolulu, Las sen National Park, transfer of Alca traz Island to the Department of La bor, regulation of traffic during parades in the District of Columbia, improvement of the foreign service, i ft Vatiftnai frtretft for recreation. creation of Rocky Mountain National Park and stookraislng homesteads. As Vorn firlrllerl wh ile Rome burned. Congress trifles while the world is aflame and exposes tne united tsiates to such well-deserved jibes as that of the German paper quoted. DEilt BEEF. rnufirninr the Drice of beef the slow moving wits of the Federal De partment of Agriculture have finally reached the conclusion that The Ore gonian announced a long time ago. In a new bulletin soon to appear the De partment experts will say that cheap beef will never be seen again in the United States and the familiar old ex planations of high prices will be abandoned for something nearer the truth. The high cost of beef is not so much the work of the beef trust as of economic conditions which are inevi table as population grows denser. A .frtix'Hori rtnrtnln firm means dear land with intensive agriculture. Farming in the United states is not yet very Intensive compared with that of Hol land or China but still it is not nearly so superficial and wasteful as it was twenty-five years ago. The more' faithfully the land is tilled the less room there is found upon it for cat tle. The space that suffices to raise nourishment for a steer will equally well provide food for a human being and the lower animal will be crowded out of existence. Of course it may be said that the steer himself can be eaten after he has devoured land products for four or five "years but that .is no answer. The food that the steer affords after he has been slaughtered has been manufactured at a ruinously heavy cost. He eats as much each year as a mn llrtnr. Un V'hAI h !. f I fl R 1 1 V slaughtered his flesh is not particu larly nutritious, it is tasty, we admit, but graharn bread contains more nu triment pbund for pound. So do white beans. Even the humble and odprous cabbage compares fairly well with prime steaks as far as nutriment is concerned. Evidently therefore beef can only be produced as a luxury in the future and it will be eaten mainly by those who care more for their palates than they do for the family budget Fortunately the world abounds with foods which are better for us than beef and which, artfully cooked, taste tolerably well. WHERE THE JfAVVS MONEY GOES. When more money is asked for the purpose of increasing the effective strength of the Navy, the cry is al- raiser) that monev spent on arm ament is wasted. Congress, however, s does not grudge money spent nom inally for the Navy, even though it contributes nothing to the effective ness 'of that arm of defense and is therefore absolutely wasted. Ex-Secretary Meyer explains how these things are done, in writing for jthe North American Review. No ap propriation could formerly pass the Senate without the consent of both a Northern and a Southern Senator, the Southerner, Mr. Tillman, being still at the ' helm. They were primarily responsible for a large share of the waste, but a deceased uuuisiaua xvcv - resentative and Senator .rerKins aia their share of the spending. The re sult Is a collection of useless Navy Yards, the cost of which would have nnnt nn O 1 1 1 P Q Vl t TH tn gone iar, il tJ-" " maintain the -rank as a naval power which we have lost- The J? rencnmaH uaj tooiing 010.-1. tlon in Maine, now dismantled and practically unused, cost 6J4,65U. on the Portsmouth Navy Yard in New Hampshire there has been expended $10,857,603 in fifteen years, though it was discovered after a dock had been built at a cost of $1,122,800, that $745,300 more must be spent on blast ing out a channel. As Boston Navy Yard was only seventy miles distant, ...I- .-nnriitnrp was unnecessary. Under "reciprocity treaty" with the New England Senator, .Mr. .tinman procured the expenditure of $2,275,000 on the naval station at Port Royal, which has been abandoned, and a ....ir' heen built tilt navai - Charleston at a cost of over $5,00d,- 000 A dry oock, duui at himl c-ny . ' 't ti e.SO.OOO. was intended for battleships, but is fit only for gunboats and destroyers. K Navy Tard was established at I New Orleans. 100- miles up MississinDi River, and "with a inr rlnr-lr of no service to dread- noughts," through the intiuence oi Louisiana member or tne nouse committee, who is now dead. That vkI nvar IS 000.000. The Pensa- cola Yard had cost $12,200,000 up to 1910, but there is little snipDuua iing Sen- IU . . u . I . . u. wv ator Perkins, being on the .onnir UTtrlr rrt tshOW IOf 1U naval enmmittpe. has continued me good arnfir aW Mar a Tsland. which has cost e. 3 AAA 000 sinra 1SR0. but which has r a not produced water deep enough for capital ship. All these items ma the respectable total of J68.702.5 make 33, AnAitffh mnnov tA nave DUUL five dreadnoughts. We cannot afford to officers ' u .111 u o ' .... pronounce necessary to our defense "ense, mil- but we can arrorn to nmg ay lions on useless Navy Yards and docks. dry the ir Mevw ns Secretary of v.w nrnrfiraitv closed seven J Naval l1 totiV.i inniiirlinB- those at Port .? I 'n.niainiii n nH New Orleans n " , ias but his successor, Mr. ijanieis, n reopened the Pensacoia ana x New Orleans stations, no doubt out oi ten- Act focmrrl for the feelings Of Florida and Louisiana Congressmen, w vhose constituents need money Wnman is a creature of complex troitu she nuts her money in her I A nlni hor IfWClS tO h er v nether garment and they are off her the mtA until aha misses inem anu iiTno nf TniiniiMimlitv are called to t, ral.iii With man it i3 different. ir he tied hi wealth to his pajamas t- and lost it he would consider " " .i. the joke so ghastly he would tear to el . . i AnAla let i- people Know ne yu) -i . Mr. Herrick, the author. Is giate- r..i ts. Ihi war ulnce "it B-ives US something to talk about." Something to wrangle over, he snouia nave iii. Most peopled opinions about the war are so warmly held that they are ready to quarrel for them. Conversa tion i hiirrllv asreeable on such a theme. Like politics and religion it dropped by discreet interlocutors. is A contemporary has made the sur prising discovery that "good times al- rniin horl " We shall be told next that good times always precede bad and that a vauey lies . i . m rri.H ciinn announcement v v niiis. nc - " of these great truths tends to unsettle weak minds. It were ueuci close them gradually after a course of mental preparation. hv 1nd fires dispose of so few cases promptly is their fear of being "rsversea on appea.1. ""'- reversals are, like lottery drawings, a pure matter of chance they should not be such a terrible bugbear. Judges ought to learn to face incalculable contingencies with more fortitude than they usually show. The Woman's Home Campanion for March tells how a woman "can con tinue to please her husband." She 4. ,t nhoerful. attentive and so- on. We doubt the April number will tell how husbands can continue iu please their wives. The secret would be valuable if it were disclosed, for few seem to know it. Potatoes are a fruit, according to a decision of the Supreme Court at 1 uhnnlrl now be pleased to "hear a Supreme Court decision as to whether potatoes grow m ncc. The Germans are about to launch a new advance in Alsace-Lorraine, says an official bulletin. Really, the official press bureaus weary us with their constant repetitions. With our powder concern in this country spending millions to enlarge its plant, the prospect of peace is dim. The men who make and sell powder know their business. The Divine Sarah.'it develops, has been laid up some time with an in jured limb. We thought something must be wrong, having missed her annual farewell tour. ottlmatp.l cost of the war for the year, $10,000,000,000, Great Britain spends the most, wnne net allies suffer most "in loss of men. China is standing firm against Japanese demands. Much the same as if the toad should show a stiff front to the garter snake. The observer of events in Mexico must now be fully alive to the coward ly weakness of our past course in that distressed country. It's a long way to Canada from Germany, but the chief ports are be ing mined as if a raid could be a common occurrence. fm Tiher and the spring branches of the kingdom are taking the Italian mind otr war-iiKe aiuns. tm,. irlministration's "one great success" in Mexico is now bearing trangely ominous fruit. Two weeks since the grpund-hog made his debut and he reckons he knows what he Is doing. Aihonluns are marching into Serbia. W L-hence thev will turn around and march right out again. The Balkans having gotten a few ' square meals ahead are now spoiling for another fight. , About Saturday somebody will move j 1 to adjourn sine die and attacn tne emergency clause. r.. mnre of our d all vine ith Mexico will not be permitted by I a notlont world. 1' " v ' Germany is giving Italy two weeks which to decide wnetner to iisn or cut bait. The Kaiser will seize all oats in his cou ntry. Wait till ne gets to ieei- ing 'em. Von Hindenburg's latest is to cap- ture 40,000 MoujlKs. vvooi: wooi: Slowlv but surely our foreign policy is drii Tiir us towards tne aoyss. .. Vinrkened and her Min- ur" " . ister has leit Constantinople. Canada is in fit shape to be seared iv b on the Aurora Boreans. This week the fur is certain to fly Salem. Remember the Maine, Mr. Wilson. From The Oregonian February 16, I860. The Union Central Committee o. Washington Territory has called a con vention to be held at Claquato, April 4. 1865, to nominate a candidate of the Union party for Delegate to Congress. Citizens of Portland have renewed their application making this city tne port of entry for the Columbia River country, instead of Astoria, une Treasury Department will report against the project, as the banks o trie Columbia between Astoria and tne mouth of the Willamette would afford extraordinary facilities for smuggling operations. San Francisco iev. Thomas Pearne, of Oregon, editor of the Christian Ad vocate, and head of the Methodise Church, in that state, as well as a lead ing pioneer in the Unconditional Lnion party of the state, has been here lor several days on business. ..... . . . 1 . . 1 . n 1, csil. is. I air. Wallace, 01 '"p " ' making a strong effort to procure the 1 , . Vtt,ni secretary of removal 01 r.muu 1 - Washington Territory, and it is thought by some he will succeed. There is to be a new district school house erected in the Third Ward this coming season. It will occupy the north half of block 160. recently deeded by General Coffin for a schoolhouse site. Among the passengers who left with the steamer yesterday was the Rev. Dr. J. Eckman, a gentleman, who. by nla scholarly excellence and liberal dispo sition has during his residence nere not onlv endeared himself to ail wno knew him. but by his departure severs himself from his congregation, who will regret his going. Special orders were received from headquarters yesterday summoning Surgeon W. H. Watkins. of this city, to attend a meeting of the Medical Board at Fort Vancouver today, for an examination of Surgeon Edward Stor ror who is a candidate for appointment as surgeon of the First Oregon Cav alry. Matthew Hall was accidentally shot while hunting ducks at some unpro nounceable place on-Puget Sound. The contents of the gun entered his head, causing almost instant death. Victor Smith has faithfully dis charged his rluties as Collector of Port Townscnd, W. T., and having given a full accounting, has been indorsed by the Government. It is said he will re ceive some substantial proof of exec utive confidence. ROBERT EMMET PATRIOT WRITES. Representative of e "Volunteera" Amover Other Irish Faction. PORTLAND. Feb. 13. (To the Edi tor.) 1 presume the columns of The Oregonian are open to both sides of a question. Regarding the meeting of the Consolidated German Societies and the Robert Ehinict Society on March 7, two individuals, one Shanahan and someone under the non de plume of "1. T. D.," have arrogated to them selves the right in two recent letters in rri... rt,.n.-M.(an tn nnp&k for the Irish X people. Who issued tho authority to them is not clear; pernaps me urucia merely took this bombastic way to ex press their own views. I'ndoubtcdly Ireland has her Tories, as America had for it will be recalled that there ...j.i. ftf TnrUs tn Canada at the time of the Revolution. Tho Irish Tories or the present, icticteui "j the above letter-writers and by John li Redmond believe that Ireland 1.1 and should be a subject nation, the tall of England's kite; and their national aspirations are satisfied by a home rule bill unworthy the name, and which may never go into effect, and in any event will exclude Ulster. Such a mess of pottage is not sufficient considera tion for the sacrifice of the aspirations of a nation. Ireland is not satisfied to be a subject nation. She has the same right to be free that England or America has. In America we believe that all government is based cm the consent of the governed And t this principle is right. It applies irt lrela.nd as well as here. England s right In Ireland is based on force. Ireland has the right to meet this force with force, and to accept the aid of the great Ger man nation to overcome this force, as America accepted the aid of France at the time of the battle of "ktown. It did not reflect any credit on the col ored man to be a ! time of the Civil War. It does not re feet any credit on these so-called "Irish" Tories to be preaching loyal y to "lie hand that smote the Irish people eoTrwVs i-'ebeUion sprung our great and i glorious v-.tion The irifn uiun - neither advice nor aid from Irish Tories nelw mu. th.rt l'.mmet Society wSj follow such men Robert casement, r.. .,, lin and who is the successor of Wolfe. Tone and Robert Emmet. 252 Broadway. EDWARD KlA-. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT LAW NEEDS. Reader Propose, to Let Laborer. Feel More of ResponaibilHy. PORTLAND. Feb. 13. (To the Ed itor.) After being asked to express my opinion on the state industrial accident law by several parties, and invited to ' to Salem to influence our legislators. I recefveT a circular statement from tht Commission of the business trans acted up to January 31. 1915. nvlnS acted u. r i h b t melium ?uh whlcn to Slcuf. public ques Uons?l aTk you to publish the follow- '"whatever laws our legislators may enact they should not treat the wage worker an inferior .one J . n r t of- one who is w orKing ior Inrne one ele But he should be made to feel his responsibility by levying at Ea.r.0 Per cent, it not 75 per cent of th ,e assessment on - -bursentenroiefuwoulde nclined to be more watchful of his fellc r, Ssible pern.' notnke a like orneotherething that should be in the aw u tho amo. nt t y-'-'.'y-.-rj" Commission is a"';. ' tive expenses, a cei i. gross 'hrT,Vesent'commissioners' report I. The present v.u collect I $ that they spem. ,5,, ,05.75. onsidengWconitioofcoU W lections, seems " ..." V,. T durance misinessis -- able e to give this -' 414 Broadway. .pellsr" come. From Dntch. Indianapolies News. The abreviation "Ps." to signify "s was the origin of the American ssos, 0.rrtirlH. to a SDanish- American scientist. When America was AlHeniO" r,,,tr.h anil lh StlSII- fi is epttleo. tne J " " ' . . ,t seviicui r.otltnr! for the were s..ru - . .. trade but a corruption 'of the Dutch "tha- or "thaller." a coin much used In - -4. ,v,ot norind. and which is let the Vieces-of-eighf of sh coinage. The peso or plaster I su g ...nh was the Spanisn nam "p " ma tely the same an -o-. - 1 . . . tn Dutcn nam" rl a place in our language in the na a ,pi,U ,, i,ii ihe abbreviation fou Soothe peso remained a. tho sole re minder of the Spanish mintage in our financial records. Right, of Voter In Interest of Clean Polities Made Issue. PdRTLAXn Feb. 15. (To the Edi tor.) A bill is now pending in the Leg islative Assembly at Salem providing that hereafter the voters of Oregon, who are entitled to 10 delegate. 1" tho National conventions of their rcspec .,,,!., ,oii hn entitled to express their preference for the entire group of 10, instead of being entitled to vote but one. It is reported that Mr. U'Kcn, the sage and lawgiver of Oregon City, i.-- . a hi. nrH.ru that this legisla tion must be defeated. At the risk of being denounced as a standpatter, a i . mnovla and everything else that 'la dastardly and disreputable the writer ventures to " -,''- substantial reason can be given, for pro test against this bill. ll;w de It In any way "violate the spirit ' of the d - rect primary: in vwiai " ... "imperil the liberties' of the Ppl. Every voter In the State of Oregon .1 ... . -.! a u allowed to vole in l.lil. riovii.'i. for four candidates for Supreme Judge. Every voter in Multnonian vu..w .. vftiinir for a doiicn can didate, for the lower house. The peo ple, by a heavy vote, turneu uu.. r.,.; 1., r,.r,ortional renre- acntation. Yet that measure, propot. n as it did to give better u""""7 r to minority parties, had mcllt. iKh .. , 1 hl,l. as to nliie- tnat laxt 11 - . . tenths of the delegates to our National conventions, disrrancniscs ....... in tiia matter the exist- in INC Bl"". . . 111.. ing law has no effect except to nullify majority rule, ana o pronu.10 p.. .j -cord Ten candidates, none of them polling more than a bare surplus over 10 per cent of the party vote, in a field of 11 candidates, might secure creden tials as delegates. If the Held of can didates were large enough it would be possible to send an entire delegation not one of whom received 5 per cent or the party vote. A slnglo candidate might poll 75 per cent of Hie vote, leav ing the other nine delegates to acram ble for the remaining 25 per cent. Eet every state adopt this method nd every delegation would bo a hotbed of war ring factions. The majority will In no state would find fair expression. Party discord is not In tho interest of decent politics. Tt is a thing that petty poli ticians fatten upon. It forces compro mises that always bring mediocre men to the front. No method that offers a premium upon the cWcat of tho v.ill of the majority Is In the public Interest. If there are in deleB.tes to be elected to the National Republican Convention, every Republican in the state Is en titled to vote for 10. If there are 10 delegates to be elected to the National Democratic Convention, every Democrat in the state is entitled to vote for in. If there are 10 delegates to be elected to. the National Progressive Conven tion every Progressive in the slatu Is entitled to vote for 10. and in no ease can the party will get fair expression except by naming as delegates tho 10 candidates polling the highest vote, with every voter having had tho privi lege of expressing his opinion upon every one of them. It la no longer lose majeste to sug gest an occasional amendment to th direct primary law, although we still have among us time-serving politicians who always turn pale and take to the brush every timo they see Brother U'lten. Tho press has reported Senator Wood as having given out tho broad Intimation that "tomo of our legisla tors haven't linio enough tn their back- v. .. .. . ,...: n4 uh Ihnlp li a 1 1 1 tiesrlM.' Il.llll'a I." 1, iiitn n.-i. ...v.. - Tho action of the Legislature upon this proposition to re-cuiranciiiso tun voters of Oregon in the matter of electing dele gates to our National conventions will have some bearing upon tho question as to whether or not Dr. Wood's diagno sis is correct. CHARLES 13. JIOOUEA MAlniL:i TEACHER IS ADVISED Experienced Mother t'ommrni on Sit uation Now llefore School Hoard. PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (To the Edi tor). One cannot see how a teacher after signing a contract not to marry while she teaches gains anything by suing at losing her position. She probably would not have thought of vin.h a Vhlnir hurl the man she married been other than a lawyer. The major ity of wage-earners Is undouuteaiy, nt present, on the side of the School Board for. dropping the educational phase of the case, why should a com munity dole out two Joha to a young couple when there are not half enough for men of families. Every employer should be careful. In times of economic stress, not to waste positions, in other words, not to give them to daughter of well-to-do parents, or to wives ot men who have positions. Were tho employers to practice this economy we would then seldom her such distress ing tales of family men a wo have lately. Weren't we all sorry to see .uch small gain in our last census. It should pay every employer to put a premium on the man with a family; that is. give him employin.nt in preference to the young couples, who, by both working, are able to live In $15 to $50 apartments mid who fill our show houses night after night. My advice to Mrs. Jt. I. If your hus band is not yet established, but a struggling lawyer, Btart your home nest on as modest a baais as your mother, no doubt, did. EXPERIENCED MOTHER. Caustic Compliments Paid Pill. TORTLAND, Feb. 13. (To the Edi tor.) Congratulations on your stand on tho ship subsidy or shipping bill. Evidently we havo not yet had enouRh crank or half-cracked measures foist ed on a suffering public by the present nondescript administration or apol ogy for same, which is always looking back or lauding up old Tom tJeffer son) for his anti-government monop oly or state's rlKhts ideas, now In order to stave off what it scents to be sure defeat resorts to a measure of tho rankest kind of Socialism and one which many after all believe to be un necessary Anything to win or "beat Grant" seems to be tho motto. But it will fail, as It hns in the past.- It has the elements of Its own dissolu tion it only given free rclcn to hanir itself. It them go to It, we tay, and the sooner the better. E. W. B. IF I (Not by Kipling.) If we planned and. planning, labored To help others on their way; If we sang and. Ringing, lessened Frets and worries of the day; If we did and, doing, lifted Just a shadow from a friend; Would we not, and 'others also Happier be when day should end7 If we knew and. knowing, followed Rules of kindness, paths of love; If we hoped and. hoping, trusted In tho words of him above; If we thought and, thinking, quoted Only good of those we know; Would we not. and others also. Have a heaven here below? HORACE WILLIAM .MACNEAL. Minister and III. Practice. Judge. Little Elsie "Mv papa's a minister, and that Ib best." Little Grace ".My napa'a a lawyer, and that's bet too. Little Elsie "No, your papa Is not a really lawyer; he Just practices law. . U a vA-jllv mlnistr. h- liut my pal'". " - w - cause he Just preaches and never prac tices. My mamma says su. Nrvt.p.prr. In Aii.tr.il.. PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (To tho Edl- tor ) will you kindly publish tho name of a newspaper at Sydney or at .Mel bourne. Australia SUBSCRIBEl:. Tho Bul'ctin nt Sydney; tne Argus at Melbourne. Krom The orcitrnlnn February lMft Spokane Falls The tpok.nn Mill Coinpujiy's extensive sawmill propel I r and a part it their watrrpnwer imi virtually been sold to the lUnk of t.ne. land. Tho mills and a portion of Dm witterpower mo to o at Jhi'O.nnn, . -cording to tho option wliiiii run l" March 1. or nil the watn power an.J properly at ll.HiO.imu. Salem Mrs. C P. tiatlon. d e.l here last nlKht. Sli. was the moth' of Julius Slratlun. of fcc.lllr. n. crossed tho plain, in IN..:. In en Interview General Xrl.ou V Miles sus: "A proposition been al. to expend 1 1 ...OUH.imiO 1. r delrn.e of tho Pacific and Atlantic Costs. Tli'i sum of money could be disposed ad vantageously in tho course of four or five icars. but If the usual court- w 11 1 appropriations Is pursued nearly . uen elation will h.vo passed bailor. ny practical results are accoinplisluHi. 1 in" is an important subject, and Conar.n cannot do a wiser thing than to u thorl.e a speedy outl.y It proti-ciion of the largo cities of the L'nlied State . now almost detenselcss." Congressman Anderson, of Kans. has introduce. I a bill In t'ongrri. ap propriating $.".0,000 lor the purchat. of . icsltlcneo in er near WashinKloii for tho President. The Merchants' ExcliRiisn Assorla . ..,r,.vinn . ,v ..iiurt.rs In th. Pacific postal building, on Kirsi. between Pin. and Ash ptiurts. winism J. J.ca.hy, tnsiisaer, esys th. ni"ltie task Is prnclli ally ended. Jel t Hayes, manager or tho Portal, attnouno lh telegraph offices will he elegantly fin. ished and eulpp.d. On (Saturday. Mar. h t. No. I of t h new weekly paper, th Itral Kst.t He view, will ! Issued by tin well-known real estate firm of HurIics, :rown Co. Ia-o Peterson will linn ch.tR of th paper as manager. At 10 o'clock yesterday morning lie. Dr. Abrahams began the eerrinonica of confirming In the Jewish lalth ih. twin sin and daughter of Mr. and Mrs Main Wolf, at th Ci'iiKieRstion Ab.vl siholom, sixth .nil Ash sircein. I h candidates are Just 1.1 ears of . Mr. r.lchard Williams and datirili'e" have genu to Callicrnt. for . brief vh'lr. T. A. Md'.rl.le. 1'iose. utlng Attorney of Clatsop Counts, vain, down troiu Oregon City yesterday. City Attorney Adam, who left thu cltv several days lor Woreestri. Muss will be absent several weeks, looking after th inlritst. of th h.irn of William Hates, deceased brother ol th Into ex-Mayor John Uatcx. T M llurlhurt. County Sjrveor, bss beeii ill fcr th past tk at his resi dence In East Portland. lie Is HI" confined to his bed. Mr. and Ml. C. A. Malarkoy bav llt for Jlot Sprints. Ark., on a two niontl s vacation. N ,1. l-ovlns-on cam over 1mm Pot l Townscnd during tho week to attend the opei a at the New Marquatn . Miss Greteheii Heck g.iv an Infot nuil whist Twi'tV Tuesday evening m honor of Miss Elta Tiacy. Miss Salll. Stetson and Chauiuey H Winslow will be married at th le.i denco of the bride's lather in Frunciscu, tomorrow jiigl.t. M'lHHH. SVSTIM JOT ' Voler. Mill I phuld Mr. Alderman Itrltuko Politician", U View. FOIST LAND, Feb. li. (To th Edi tor). In he da) a when the penpl. are looking inoro sharply thuii er after their Individual property Inter etB. It l to b hoped that they will not loso sight of .erlsin thinps whim rclat to the pul.llo welfare. Now turn fact Is that Portland s best Investment ia hr public school system, and th. services ot the present City Superin tendent. U K. Alderman, are. srmp.l in value only to tho r.vstutii ILvll. " I. rxtromcly doubtful If I here Is another man of liko nblllty anywliero lu Him west Mr Alderman already has a national reputation, an an educator, and such men are !') In demand In the larger rields or education. Portland will bo fortmiaio In retaining Mr. Al derman, and ho w ill be n lainrd bevau. the people, M-cuum bis vsluo . ''" head of the school sjstcill here. This la 0110 position tho proplo will not tol erate U bo t'l " ,h, Poll"'" I cne.s boaiil or as a reward for personal lav ,s or as an asset 111 tho spoils sjsteni Mr Aldeinian IS now City Miperin tciident be. uuse be Is tho best 111101 that could he had Mr the place. Ile has won this distinction purely 011 merit, and I very mm It mlMuko tl. temper of th" people If they permit hU dis placement. It l gratifying to l.io that when there was R s'ie8f llon that he might possibly he displaced th. prompt protest of the people put qu?"tu on any movement line. t.lii-i... Th ew lnelrr.lr. POl'.TLAND. Feb. U.-(To tor ) I note In Th Oregonian th.it the residenls ot Mar.ju.rn iuh h . ompb.lhd of th sto.i.h caused by CoiiimisHo.in Daly's experimenting. How about U the refuse dumped It. veiy vs.snt 1. In AVoodstoi k. Urooklyn .nd Lb hmon l districts? It Is Impossible for th ... .- ..t ti.n .i.ovo districts to dipos of their garbage, as ther .r no gal- bage collectors to n nu. it . time that Tho Oregonian should sro t" it that Uitlv get the new lni.lnci.to. Into operation. It would be, a soo.l thing for the city i''d ho health o, .. . ii... 1.1 tlM irinitv of .11 tllOso wno ,. - thes" dump b.aps. Th bond. Imve bren voted on more man - mvi - It I. high time that soinetl. m I s h.n done. lA.MAiii'. I .ing Telrar.i.h Iil. POr.TLAND. 1 b. 1?. (To the Edi tor. I "m planning to erect n .ens. for wireless telegraphy. Am I prnnli- Got permission In writing from the telegraph or telephone company which owns the pole and he sure ou do imi violate hliy e'tv o.di.isn.-e What's A Dollar's Worth? A dollar is a token, a medium of exchange. It is worth Just exactly what you can buy for it no more, no less. People who acquire affluence ai people with thu dollar sense they know how to mak euch cent meas ure valuo plus. Values are measured by compinl son with certain standard, to Judg b'- People who spend money wi-eiy think first. They net all the knowl edge they can. They are advertising rcadeis. They measure tho rliilms ina.l III print and form their own JuiUincuU. Tho Issue of this newspaper I. . splendid place to bcnln thn money saving habit of reading ad crtlsliig.