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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.