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PORTLAND. TIKSDAY, MARCH 2, 1813.
ocr nssrET war bcdcet.
To those who oppose, on the score
of cost, any increase of strength and
efficiency in our Navy and increase
of the number of men trained for
service in our Army it may fairly be
answered that we could almost, if not
quite, pay the additional expense
with money which the Government
now wastes.
Congress is not penurious in appropriating-
money for Army and Navy.
It provides plenty of money, but it
does not expend every dollar in such
a manner as to bring a dollar's worth
of result. Our war budget is as large
as those of some great European mil
itary nations, but it does not yield the
same result in effective ships, men
and guns because too much of it
leaks into such things as Army posts,
Xavv yards and pensions. We have
Armv posts which were established
to fight Indians, though a Sheriffs
pnese could fight all the hostile In
dians w ithin reach. e have Navy
yards which warships cannot reach
because the channel is too shallow
We have drydocks which leak or are
loo small for our ships. We pay pen
sions to old soldiers who served only
ninety days and never smelt gunpow
der: to otiier old soldiers who are
able-bodied and well-to-do and to
soldiers' widows who married only to
qualify for pensions.
We treat war as a trade which a
man follows for a specified number
of vears in Army or Navy and then
abandons for civil life. After making
a large investment in teaching him
the trade, we throw it away by losing
inir hold on him. There are thou
a nds of ex-soldiers and ex-sailors
who would be most valuable to the
Nation in time of war. but they are
not organized and the Government
docs not even know where to find
them. We should regard training in
the Army and Xavy as part of every
able-bodied man's training for his
duty as a citizen, just as we teach
boys and girls in our public schools
to fit them for civil life. The Army
and Xavy should no longer be re
garded as trades, but as schools where
citizens learn how to do their duty in
the work of Xational defense and
then go out to work, as students go
out from college.
This policy would permit such re
duction in the term of service that
the Government could produce sev
eral times the present number of men
now in the service, but at only slight
ly higher cost. It could enroll the
discharged men in reserves, send
them home with full equipment for
service and drill them for a week or
two yearly, as do the Swiss. Then
we could realize Secretary Bryan's
dream of a million men rushing to
arms at the call of the President.
They would be soldiers and navy
men who knew- what to do and would
do it. If Mr. Bryan had his way,
they would be simply men, who did
not know what to do, had no arms
or organization to do it with and
therefore could do nothing.
reduced sales for private use in bellig
erent countries. Whatever .the cause,
cheap tires are added to cheap
gasoline.
Xow comes the invention of a proc
ess by Dr. Rittman, iwhich he has
given to the United States for free use
by all refiners and by which the cost
of gasoline is to be still further re
duced. This process trebles the out
put of gasoline from a given quantity
of petroleum and extracts other valu
able ingredients. It should again cut
the price of gasoline in two and en
able the public to buy fuel for their
cars at 5 cents'a gallon.
The natural consequence of this
evolution of the auto, its parts and its
fuel will be that practically every man
will have his car. It can then no
longer be said that the demand for
good roads comes only from automo
bile tourists: the demand will be prac
tically unanimous. A revolution in
our means or nignway travel win
bring about a revolution in the char
acter of the roads. The American
people "will be as quick to see this
point as thej- were to adopt the auto,
and this continent may be as rapidly
covered with a network of solid,
smooth highways as in the middle of
the last century it was covered with a
network of railroads.
deteriorate. A gravity supply of
mountain water is economy of life,
health and money.
In these days when much attention
is paid to health, the death rate is
the criterion by which the health of
cities is judged. We have the climate
and the resources to rout disease and
to prolong life. The greatest of these
is pure water, and neglect to use it is
waste of. a valuable asset.
The people of Oregon City cannot
do a wiser act than to vote for the
water bonds on Wednesday for the
expenditure would be the truest
economy.
JIIM.K fHAUfllCK'8 ELIGIBILITY.
The possible candidacy of Supreme
Judge Chadwick for the United States
Senate in the State of Washington has
stirred the constitutional lawyers run
ning various Washington newspapers
into an interesting discussion of the
Judge's eligibility. The Hoquiam
Washingtonian rules against the
Judge, for the reason that the state
constitution declares that "judges of
the Supreme Court and the judges of
the Superior Court shall be ineligible
to any other office or public employ
ment than a Judicial office, or em
ployment, during the term for which
they shall have been elected." But
the Takima Republic is skeptical and
suggests that the "constitution of the
State of Washington does not pre
scribe the qualifications of United
States Senators," and appears to think
also that all Judge Chadwick will
have to do to get into the Senate is
to be elected.
What the Senate has done in simi
lar instances ought to be a fairly satis
factory guide for the people of Wash
ington if they are seriously disposed
to take a judge . from the Supreme
bench and transfer him to the Senate.
A clause of the Oregon constitution
(section 30. article 3) provides that
"no Senator or Representative shall.
during the time for which he may
have been elected, be eligible to any
office, the election of which is vested
in the Legislative Assembly. Tet in
1S9S. Josph Simon, a member of the
Oregon State Senate, was elected by
the Legislature to the United States
Senate: and in 1903, Charles . Ful
ton, a State Senator, was elected to the
United States Senate. It is probable
that the framers of the Oregon consti
tution had in mind more particularly
offices created and strictly controlled
by the Legislative Assembly; yet the
prohibition clearly includes the Vrnted
States Senatorship.
But the United States Senate is the
sole Judge of its members' qualifica
tions. Xo question as to the seating
either of Senator Simon or Senator
Fulton was ever raised.
If Judge Chadwick, a Democrat and
a most excellent judge,' shall be hon
ored by elevation to the United States
Senate, the Senate doors will not be
closed to him. But we rather suspect
that Washington will not elect a Dem
ocrat next year. It would bo too bad
to sacrifice a satisfactory judge for
the exigencies of party politics.
HEROIC BERNHARDT.
The press unanimously lauds Sarah
Bernhardt for the courage with which
she has sacrificed her leg to her art.
Her proper appearance on the stage
required the amputation of that mem
ber, and without the quiver of an eye
lash she said to the surgeons, "Cut it
off."
Really she is not yet old. At il a
woman who has taken decent (re of
herself should, still be blithe and
active, with whole oceans of energy
to spare for work and play. Madame
Bernhardt never has neglected her
health or her charms. She knows the
art of pleasing in all its details, and is
perfectly well aware that if she would
charm an audience she must show no
sign of decrepitude. ''Woe to the old"
is the watchword of modern life.
Sarah the divine has therefore re-solved-never
to be old. She will die
first.
There is something extraordinarily
womanlike in her brave resignation to
the loss of a member rather than see
the decline of her art. Women are
proverbially more courageous than
men. They pursue their purposes with
more unflinching tenacity and bear
pain a great deal better. Twinges
that make a man whine and writha
scarcely move a woman at all. The
"weaker sex" is indurated to pain by
nature. Ages of suffering have made
woman patient under deprivation and
torture.
Madame Bernhardt represents her
sex by her bravery better than by her
noble art, though in both she no doubt
foretells the future. Who can doubt
that a day is coming when the most
beautiful work of the world, as well as
its most heroic, will be done by worn
en? With little opportunity they have
achieved greatly in literature, art an
industry. With full freedom to exer
cise their powers they can hardly fail
to carry off the palm of intellect an
genius.
Hague treaty had become operative
through ratification by all the powers
it imposes on the United States no
obligation to defend Belgian neutrality
by force, for it contains this stipulation:
Nothing contuined in this conventiorr-ehall
be so construed as to require the United
States -f America to depart from its
traditional uollcv of not intruding upon.
interfering with or entangling itself in the
political questions or policy or internal
admlnistraJon of any foreign state.
Commenting on the article of Judge
Holt quoted by our correspondent and
on the above provision of the treaty,
The Oregonian said on November 30,
1914:
While the United States joined the
European nations In laying down the, rules
which should govern war, we did not under
take to enforce these rules by force of arms.
We particularly disclaimed any intention to
interfere betwen European powers on their
own continent.
In the same article we said:
If we are bound by The Hague treaties
take up arms for the enforcement of
their neutrality clauses, we are equally
bound to flffht those nations which have
violated other provisions. Every one of the
belligerent nations has been accused by one
or another of its enemies of violating the
rUlea of war laid down at The Hague. Then,
according to Judge Holt's logic, we must
make war on both the contending groups
of powers. - Merely to state the proposition
is to trove its absuraity.
The Oregnian- stands now where it
stood when it published these words,
even at the risk of disagreeing with
such eminent men as Judge Holt and
exPresident Roosevelt.
Twenty-five Years Ago
The eight schools that gathered at
Gales Creek for a' picnic last Friday-
did more than enjoy a pleasant holi
day. They cultivated a spirit of neigh-
borliness that will by and by produce
a great union school with co-operative
marketing establishments near by.
'Get together" as often and as hap
pily as possible. Good neighbors
make good business.
Should all prophecies come true the
California line will be jeweled with
mail-order booze shops before many
months are over. In that case we
foresee a heavy migration from this
part of the state to Southern Oregon.
The trains are slow and two days are
a long time to wait for a drink. Better
go where it is and build a house con
veniently near.
TlfK AITO IX EVERY MAX'S 'EACH.
All circunistancese connected with
the automobile are combining to make
it the poor man's as well as the rich
man's vehicle. When it was new, it
was naturally expensive, and was the
pleasure vehicle of the rich. Its pos
sibilities for usefulness were not at
first realized, nor could they be de
veloped until the price had been
brought within the means of the aver
age man. nor until new types of cars
had been designed for use as well as
for pleasure. Even when the first
cost was reduced, the cost of fuel and
' repairs was still considered prohibi
tlve by many.
But a radical change has come over
the automobile industry. Cheaper
and lighter cars are being made to
answer the purposes for which the
buggy, the buckboard and the farm-
wagon were formerly used. The auto
truck has been made to supplant the
heavy wagon and truck. The motor
bus and the jitney car are making in
roads on the business of the street
car. Steam and suburban electric
railroads are beginning to feel compe
tion. As sales grow in volume and as
machines are simplified and made
according to standard patterns, prices
are reduced and the market is fur
ther broadened.
A powerful Influence in populariz
ing the automobile has been the de
cline in prices of gasoline and tires;
the two most important items in the
cost of operation and upkeep. When
petroleum was discovered and the
process of refining was invented, the
one idea was to save the kerosene and
lubricating oils; gasoline was regarded
as a nuisance ana was mrown away.
As the use of electricity and gas for
lighting spread, kerosene declined in
value. When the automobile created
a vast market for gasoline, its value
increased and refiners began to save
it and to throw away kerosene. The
entrance of powerful competitors into
the field which was formerly practi
cally monopolized by the Standard Oil
Company has followed the discovery
of petroleum in many other countries
than the United States. Within two
ears the price of gasoline has fallen
from 22 cents to 10 cents a gallon in
Portland, and the jitney has become
possible.
Simultaneously has come an almost
equal fall in the value of rubber and
consequently in the price of tires. At
the outbreak of war it was predicted
that in consequence of embargoes on
exports of rubber from belligerent
countries the price would rise, but the
course of the market has been pre
cisely opposite. The explanation ap
parently is that there has been no in
terruption of exports from producing
countries, while the practical block
ade of Austrian and German ports has
closed those markets. There has been
great destruction of tires in war, but
enforced economy must have .greatly
THE EVEXISG TELEGRAM.
The Evening Telegram was issued
esterday from its own press, for the
first time in its, history. From that
April day in 1877, when it saw the
light of day in an earlier Portland, it
had until now been printed from
The Oregonian presses. It was
throughout practically that whole
period the property of The Oregonian
Publishing Company and Little Broth
er of The Oregonian: but last Fall the
Telegram was sold to the present
owners, and preparations for a physi
cal separation at once began. It has
taken several months to assemble a
modern plant and arrange and equip
new offices; but it has been done at
last, so that now the Telegram in
every sense stands upon its own feet
and controls its own destiny.
The Telegram is. of course, no
newspaper fledgling, for it has sur
vived for thirty-eight years the trou
bles and trials of daily journalism and
it has a record and traditions of its
own. It has filled no mean place in
the local newspaper world, and not a
few men conspicuous in present-day
journalism or in other occupations,
here and elsewhere, are proud to say
that at one time or another they have
been identified with the Telegram. It
has now a well-qualified staff, assem
bled by Mr. John F. Carroll, editor
and publisher, so that its equipment
to get out a metropolitan newspaper is
in all respects first-class. That un
doubtedly it will do.
The Telegram looks well in its new-
dress. Its typographical appearance
is indeed a marked departure from
the familiar paper of past days, but
its old readers will soon get used to
the new style, and new readers w-ill
undoubtedly be pleased by it, so that
the paper is bound to be the gainer
by the change. The Oregonian hopes
so. It has long naa a paternal inter
est in The Telegram. Xow that it has
COLLEGES AND LEADERS.
Dr. David Snedden, the Massachu
setts Commissioner of Education, ad
dressed the v liliams College alumn
the other day on the subject of "Lib
eral Education." The importance of
the occasion was set oft by the fact
that the gathering was in Bostoi Dr.
Snedden expressed himself dul;ousIy
regard to the work the colleges
are doing. He does not believe tha
the outcome of their efforts is what i
ought to be "in terms of broader citi
zenship and current culture. He is
haunted by the fear that the colleges
face backward too much" and he
rather inclines to believe that math
ematics and foreign languages prom
ise more than they fulfill education
ally.
If Dr. Sneddon had his way they
would probably be dropped from the
college curriculum, at least in large
part, and something more directly
profitable substituted for them
"Leadership is the principal product
the colleges should be turning out, in
his opinion. Instead of it they are
producing more abundantly the dis
position to follow humbly in the foot
steps of some dead and gone prophet
Meanwhile living prophets are neglected.
The most remarkable thing about
Dr. Snedden's speech, to our minds,
is the courage he showed in making
it where he did and to the audience
whom he addressed. Home truths
about the defects of the colleges are
singularly unwelcome to alumni, as a
rule. They prefer to hear their blessed
old Alma Mater lauded to the skies
no matter what her tauits may De.
But the time has probably come when
the lauding of the colleges will have
to be foregone for a while and some
little attention paid to making them
perform the duties for which they
were founded.
There never was a time -when cour
ageous leadership was so much needed
in this country as it is now. Nor is
it sufficient that the leaders of the
American people should be merely
courageous. They need adequate in
struction also. The knowledge that
will help them do their work is not
necessarily concerned with Greece and
Rome nor does it pertain to the field
of the higher mathematics. It lies
rather in the domain of good citizen
ship and the policies of an enlight
ened nationality. We hope with Dr.
Snedden that the colleges may find
time before a great while to pay some
effective attention to this aspect of
their obligations to tho community.
OIK OBLIGATION TO BEIXJIfM.
A letter published in The Ore
gonian yesterday shows the same con
fusion of thought" as to our obligation
to Belgium which we have in several
former articles tried to dissipate.
Five European powers, including
Great Britain and Prussia, became
parties to a treaty, in 1839, which
specifically guaranteed the neutrality
of Belgium by name and thus imposed
an obligation to maintain that prin-
The Turks have held Constantinople
462 years. They took it by the sword
and by siege guns they are likely to
lose it. The city is full of Christian
churches where Mohammed has been
worshipped for more than four cen
turies. Probably the representatives
of the original owners will resume
their property if victory smiles on the
allies.
The 221 passengers on the American
liner New York will have a story
worth telling all the rest of their lives.
To be escorted amid threatening sub
marines by four destroyers is a grand
and glorious experience, all the more
delightful because, as it turned out,
the escort was not needed. But it may
be next time.
The spectacle of the Turk marching
bag and baggage out of Europe will
draw no tears from this part of the
world. He was a freebooting intruder
to begin with and his conduct has
never changed. We know of nobody
whose departure would be universally
enclured with such cheerful resigna
tion.
From The Oregonian. Slarch 2, 1S90.
Chehalis, Wash. The man arrested
by Sheriff Degler, at Toledo, on suspi
cion of benig Silcott, the cashier of.
Congress who is missing, appears to be
C. F. Shafer and not the absconding
official
Berlin A serious scene occurred to
day between the Emperor and Prince
Bismarck. The latter protested against
unofficial influences, alluding to Privy
Councillor Hinzpeter, the Emperor's
tutor. The Chancellor "is reported to
have said his majesty must choose be
tween Councillor Hinzpeter and Chan
cellor Bismarck.
New York Chauncey Depew was put
forward as Presidential timber last,
night at the banquet of the Sons of the
American Revolution. Mr. Depew ac
cepted the honor, but said he feared his
friends would find opposition, from
Western delegates and that he feared
they would have their way.
The Board of Trade met yesterday to
receive the report of the committee
named to make recommendation on G.
W. Hunt's proposal to extend his rail
lines (the Oregon & Washington Ter
ritory Railroad Company) to Portland.
A mass meeting was recommended to
allow the public at large to share in
the bond issue Mr. Hunt asks be taken
by citizens of Portland.
Harry Holgate. ywtio has been assist
ant cashier of the First National Bank
of East Portland for the last three
years, tendered his resignation yester
day and the vacancy has been filled by
L. C. Slocum.
i The residence of David Cole, on Co
lumbia Slough, burned down yester
day. J. W. Cusick is spoken of as a candi
date for State Treasurer.
E. t. McDonald, a painter, fell from
a ladder at 168 First street yesterday
and broke his leg.
Charles Esplin, Jr., a very popular
member of Company G, was elected sec
ond lieutenant of Company L last
night. Mr. Esplin is recognized as one
of the best-drilled men in the three
premier companies here.
Miss Jessie Gill went East last night
over the Northern Pacific lines.
R. S. Oakley, formerly a resident of
PROK1TS OF COl-VIRY MEHCIIA VI
Correspondent Figures Retailer Better
off Than grower or Jobber.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. Feb. 27. To the
Editor.) A recent letter to The Ore
gonian Dy the "Country Merchant'' pro
poses an analysis of a very trouble
some question, one tha has been a bono
of contention since the. good 1 oni
Sawyer, of Middleforks, Kentucky, in
scribed on a signboard that hung over
the door of his place of business the
following notice: "For the edification,
peace and prosperity of the community,
viz. postotfice, general merchandise,
liquors and cigars, and headquarters
for general information to the public."
It was a conspieious sign and tradition
tells us his place of business was lib
erally patronized. The question as to
whether large business or monopolies
outside the sphere of bis own activi
ties had a baneful influence in .the
matter of stale eggs, rancid butter Hiid
other products of the farm is not men
tioned by the historian, neither will I
undertake to question the country mer
chant as to his denial that large busi
ness has any control over him or his
methods, but pass that phase of the
situation aside with the thought that
perhaps he is right in part.
But I will take up the more impor
tant question at Issue, namely "The
relationship of the country merchant
to the farmer." aiii the methods usual
ly employed in the conduct of his busl
ness. First, let me say, that as a buyer
of farm produce and as a fanner for
more than la years. 1 have had ample
opportunity to study every phase
the question- I will promise you that
imagination has no place or part in
the discussion.
The relationship of the country mer
chant to the farmer is much the same
now as it was in the days of Tom
Sawyer, save the ability to dispense the
firewater which made his place a run
dezvous for the thirstv and meant so
much for the edification, peace and
prosperity of the community. His skill
in the' other ti ts goes unquestioned to
a very large deisree.
As to the methods in practice. I
read with some amusement the admis
sions of the merchant. Listen: "Well,
if a woman wants $10 worth of goods
we can afford to throw away a roll of
questionable butter occasionally." .Now
mark the admission: "Throw it away."
Why? He failed to enlighten us. So
here again my experience stands me
to good purpose; for the reason that
his profits enable him to do it. That's
plain enough, isn't it? Then a little
further'on he complains that the mail
order house threatens his business uud
wonders why?
Let me enlighten my readers a little
Half a Century Ago
From The Orenoniun March Uu-..
New York The rebel new sr-apei i
have been ordered to suppress military
news and us a result we are without,
anv new advices on Sherman s ad
vances. From Cairo it is reported that
nriiiadior-General Meredith has been
reinstated It Is also reported from
Ca.ro that there has been no evacua
tion of Mobile by the rebels.
Joseph Dorse v ami John Hern, in ad.
vertisiiig the Fashion Saloon, do to ir.
poetry the first stanza of which m
Wlu-re maidens rolun m palni bri-lu
To lell'l l-ll.-lil'lllliu-ill to Hie toirlM.
Mnl e-rv Ihouiilil of '"' hi-ttui.e
With Im-.iuM'k f..!U-eutl'.r:illllK Mill '-
The last stanza noes on l explain.
The nniKle rl. li ih'v I" -"'".
Ake 111.- b'i'll'" eiHHPlilir-l B..
;h J ceriliHl pirn iw.i.i.i
oiir li"' n cruiaia win'".
Ami vK
Tliey
From Superintendent Atkinson re
port wo learn there lire 12!) -chool
ihildrrn in I'nrtlan.l between the BSC"
of 4 and -v-
Mr. I'.obett l'ltto" k hus laid us under
obligations for :i fin parcel of razor
clams fresh from Clatsop.
Wc learn by pnate ti'le rnui from
Fort Vancouver that Urtgailler-GiMierHl
Alvord has been ordered to report at
WuUiiimtoii City and will leave a soon
as possiolo.
Unise. Mr. Mnnh. County K"-. Old
er. Informs us thai ilurlni lh l't
week nearly -00 quart elalini liu
been recorded.
The U. S. X. Company rMiday com
menced work of rciiiin imr pai ls of ma
chinery, steamer furniture, etc., f out
White's old warehouse, below I-. Mrcri.
where it has been ueeuinulaltnu l"f
yea i-.
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hut Other ire Inliirnl.
POIITLAXP. March 1. --(To the i:.li-
toi ) have been rminiu m ' -
gonian of the City Council a pan-In -n
ordinance v hereby ninoieia weie
erlve the minimum ( of $-1 per day
f.,r ei-lit hours' work lor nil worn in.
perforin for tb
Portland, now living at Spokane J ans, further. 1 sold nine boxes of oranges
nassed through the city from San Fran- to a country merchant, ranging in
Cisco yesterday. price from ii.a tor me eixni-ao.en
case to S2..i0 for the larger count. I lie
L,. T. Barin. the newly - appointed (einht-dozen case) he retailed for
United States Marshal, was down from 50 cents per dozen and in less than
Oregon City yesterday. half-dozen lots 5 cents each, and the
Officers sent to investigate a bur
glary in an East Side home report
their belief that the thief escaped in
a jitney, as the vehicles continually
pass the house. This is astute deduc
tion, and provides an alibi for the
streetcars on the same road.
If this Government still owns the
Vesuvius, which was designed and
built to shoot dynamite, why not
leave it where it can be captured by
one side or the other ajid have the
test that our naval men were afraid to
make?.
The Germans drive the Russians for
a while. Then the Russians drive the
Germans and nothing comes of it but
provinces bestrewn with corpses. "The
sun goes up and tne sun goes aown,
and what is it all when all is done?"
others on the same basis. Figure tho
profits and consider that his sales
amounted to 10 cases a week. Along
in the Summer I sold the same mer
chant eight crates of caiUeloupes In
one week, each crate containing 1."
cants, for which I charged him .r0 cents
per crate. These he sold for l.i cents
each, or 12.23 a crate. A snug little
profit wasn't it? How- much do you
suppose the grower received?
That same day a farmer sold I1I111
Miss Kate Randall has returned from three 10-lb. pails of lard, for which the
farmer received 12'u cents per pound
in merchandise. The merchant retailed
the lard for IS cents per pound, so tho
merchant had it coming and going.
On another occasion I witnessed tne
sale of seven dressed hogs to a butcher.
for1 which the farmer received ! '- cents
per pound. The butcher retailed Hie
same for 1 to 25 cents per pound and
the nnlv loss to the butcher that I
An elaborate banquet was tendered
Judge George M. Sabin. United States
District Judge of Nevada, last night by
members of the bar. The banquet was
in honor of Judge Sabin's coming, not
without personal sacrifice, to hold court
during Judge Deady s aDsence.
-vna .Teannette Williams, of The
Dalles, is visiting Miss Lena Morgan.
four months' trip to Oakland, Cal.
LINES TO THK CIIOC'I'S.
Sweet crocus: Gladsome naroingci ui
Spring!
With joy we gre
nnrn more!
Thou speak st to us of coming sunny
brtlll-A.
Of birds, and leaves, and Winter's pass- t.ouij determine was that peculiar curl
et thy dainty form
inir o er.
Of longer days and gayer Summer
flowers.
The
orf a vet unouickened by the
w-n rmt h
Of earlv Soring, hath given thee life.
dear flower.
r.ri KARk to hold that life upon its
breast
i-.itii its own shall make for thee a
bower.
Wherein thv withered form may sleep
and rest.
Thou hasteth from our, longing eyes
too unon.
w fain wnulrl keeD thv- .sweetness In
our power.
Thy subtile form too quickly fades
and dies:
But life is short for all on earth, sweet
flower
And time but severs the most precious
ties.
of the tail.
Let me inject a liltle outside flavor
into the situation by calling your at
tention to a communication from l.os
Angeles, found in The Oregooia 11. en
titled. "The Orange Hollar Divided."
which savs. in part, that :13 cenls out
of the dollar goes to the retailer, the
grower gets L'B cent and tho jobuer
8 cents. Now that is a clean-cut tact
and 1 can prove it to your cnttro sat
isfaction. And on. this basis, shaded
as the situation demands, can it he
said that the grower never receives a
price commensurate Willi mo proms
received by the merciiaiit:
Now if the country merchant desires
further information on the "high cost
of living I am ready and agreeaii
disposed to furnish it.
AX OIlliUO.NlA.N liEAUHIl.
People who have deferred buying
automobiles, fearing exhaustion of
gasoline supply, are reassured by the
Government that the stuff will be
plenty and cheaper. AH they now need
is the price of a machine.
our brief life's alloted
round us
Carranza is now being permitted to
do precisely as he pleases in Mexico,
watchful waiting" evidently having
given way to a policy of utter aban
donment. '
Cheaper postage is being urged on
the Government. Enough to give the
Administration a nervous chill in the
face of the present deficit.
It will now be as hard to get "coke"
and other dope with a physician's pre
scription as it is to get booze in a
dry", town.
Science is to treble the gasoline out-
ut, it is announced. Whereat the
high cost of joyriding may fall oft
perceptibly.
itv(.i;it may i.ntK ix TooTiinm su
enure of Cheap Article, nil. I e Fiona
Innlrnil ut Toothpleka.
PORTLAND. March 1. (To the Edi
tor.) The average man pays nine at
tention to his teeth until reminded of
his negligence by twinges which brook
no delay in attention. Dental practi
tioners throughout the country have
for years given unselfish service In edu
cating the children In our schools, ana
by maintenance or Tree clinics nave
greatlv aided constructive work along
these lines. This is particularly truo
in our own city, which stands today
well to the front by reason of the un
selfish work of these men.
lira few. even among the so-called
You have made this beautiful land or rclined. educated class, ever appreciate
ours that the ordinary toothbrush Is a piece
To blossom in grain and iruit ana or animal matter, principally bone nun
flowers: - bristle from the hog that the brush
You have felled the forest and bridged which is sold on the bargain counter at
Could we.
sDan,
The cheer diffuse, to those
here.
That thy sweet form and color doth
impart
To the dull sward, so barren and so
bare:
More precious were that life, more
true the heart.
EDITH J. PERNOT.
Portland, February. 1!U".
ARCHITECTS OF TUB BVCOM DAYS
(Apropos of John Minto.)
Itv n well lis tor
work thnt was to he performed for con
tractors doing citv work. It Is now m
to the Citv Council to p ' ordinandi
Hint t.. l.thorern are to do l worth
of work In that length of time, or a
value received.
I am a firm believer in high e".
in fact. 1 believe in paying a man
little more than he actually carim. but
it Is quite evident Hie gentlemen pac
ing thi- ordinance 11 re novices in 1
business world, either that or they lack
the capacity of thinking straight on
this siiblect. I look upon It nM one of
the most harmful blows that the labor
ing man has revel veil in a long time.
Probablv their experience has never
taught them that there is no such thing
tut legalizing by ordinances or law a
eqmilitv of mind or of body, and if their
experience has never directed H10111 to
the fact that some men can mul do per
form their work more intelligently, anil
are endowed physically to do more
work than others, liubt hero we want
to point out this to them.
This law- or ordinance, will hae the
rr.,..t i.t KMiltiiiiz the man who I fit
mentally and physically, and degrading
or eliminating tho other fellow
may be just as worthy morally
from .-l Klntlclliolt't of necessity
endowed physically and menially s in
his eo-lnborer to do I no exaclinu wort
,-n.iiiire.l to return tin contractor
worth of work each da. v. II will throw
him mil of the lace entirely.
If you have ev.er been where puhli-1
work has been performed Mn know
tho proc.- of elimination I tin I te
place daili In get a good crow. The
ordinance will ultimately produce luoi .1
harm to tlios.- )oil intend to benefit
than it can ever do uood. The phys
ically and mentally fit can and il" lake
care of tlicniselv es.
SollcilHtlon should be f"r Hie other
fellow, but tills ordinance proclaim I lie)
Council as bis enemy. I mifest that
the next time our Counc ilim-n' bosoms
heave with a noble feeling toward their
fellow- man. before they try to pnsa or
dinances in bis behalf, they throw fit
their w hile shirts ami M nil a month
In the trenches with the men dolus Cm
actual work. From such experience
thev will learn move fully how to bn
of help to their fellow man and on a
more, sure and certain foundation tor
his and their future welfare.
LAKKV o. mooih;.
w ho
and
l ut not
ii
,rk
II
tit
ru-
nlnla M- fntii. ThP 1 11 1 P I" Tl il 1 1 f 1 Fl H I OO-
left the family roor-tree to make iu ,igations of Prussia have been as
own way in the world, it has the bene
diction of this newspaper, and it will
deserve to have, we are sure, the good
will of the public.
VOTE FOB PCKK WATER.
Pure water is one of Oregon's most
valuable assets. It flows in exhaust
less supply from the Cascade, Coast
and Blue Mountains. In the present
stage of the state's development any
city can take it almost for the asking
and can secure perpetual protection
from pollution of the sources. By
delay a city may lose the opportunity
both to secure and to protect a supply.
for population and industry are stead
ily creeping toward the mountain sum
mits and they unavoidably pollute the
streams as they advance.
The Pure Mountain Water League
of Oregon City has therefore acted
wisely in procuring the adoption of
plans for a gravity mountain water
suply and the submission to the peo
ple of a proposition to issue bonds for
$375,000 wherewith to pay for the
plant. No known system of filtering
or purifying can free from disease
germs water taken from a stream
which flows through a well-populated
country, as does the Willamette. The
cost of pumping is a steady annual
drain on the citizens' pockets, which
will increase with growth of popula
tion, .while the QualitA' of .watex jvilJ
sumed bv the German Kmpire. The
United States was not a party to this
treaty. Germany invaded Belgium
and Britain made .war on her in ful
filment of the obligations of the
treaty.
This treaty was re-affirmed in
1870 by the special treaties between
Britain and France, and between
Britain and Prussia. Bernhard Dern
burg has erroneously said that those
treaties entirely supplanted the treaty
of 1839. as they expired one year after
the war of 1870 closed. We have
already exposed this error by quoting
from "the treaties of 1870 express
stipulations that after their expira
tion the neutrality of Belgium should
rest as before on the treaty of 1839.
The Hague conference of 1907 drew
up fifteen treaties, each, dealing with
a separate subject. The fifth of these
deals with the rights of neutrals and
is the one from which our cor
respondent quotes. Each of the fifteen
contains this stipulation:
The provision of the present convention
do not apply except betwen contracting
poweri. and then only if all the belligerent
are partie3 to the convention.
France and Britain did not 'ratify
the fifth treaty, therefore their en
trance into the war absolves Germany
from observing it, and the neutrality
of Belgium depended for its security
on the treaty of 1839 alone.
But, even assuming that tho fifth
-One City Commissioner is a candi
ate for re-election, but the date is
early for announcement of scores -who
will enter.
Teddy would raise a division of
cavalry. Watson, we "shall have to
summon you and your needle once
more. i
That proposed "American legion" of
300,000 vets for war service would be
the military joke of the universe.
With Constantinople in the jackpot,
wonder how long Russia and Great
Britain will continue to agree.
The allies' blockade means increased
submarine activity. Many can play
the starvation game.
The State Railway Commission is
setting the pace by trimming- Its help.
Will others follow?
The $450,000 Federal money for the
Deschutes proposition develops into
Senatorial bunk.
Uncle Sam will continue keeping
store. Somebody will buy the goods.
Something to worry about:
bonnet season approaches.
Easter
'For the Chinese to boycott the Jap
anese is to play with fire.
Are we really going to get mixed up
in the mess?
Ho-w
to be..
peaceful .Mexico continues
the stream.
Till the landscape smiles like an art
ist's dream.
You have labored with heart and pen
and brain
You have left your mark upon hill and
Dlain:
Anrl in these last days may your reet
be sweet.
For tired hands and weary- feet.
And there are those who have passed
to rest.
With folded hands on a pulseless
breast.
Thev have finished their record; their
work will stand
As long as the sun shines over the land.
They sleep in the valiey
plain.
a nominal price, for a few cents, is mis
ceptible of enough harm to absord a
man's annual salary in treatment by a
throat specialist! Many a cheap tooth
brush has caused obscure and painful
disorders by the lodgment of loose bris
tles in the delicate and sensitive mem
branes of the throat. Many insist on
c.sins: a toothbrush months after it b
lonirs in the tarbaife ca u. Often the
toothbrush is placed in such a position
that it is neither dried nor ventilated
from day to day. and as for sterilizing.
such a precaution Is never thotiRht or;
all of this through inattention to the
warnings of their dentist or Ignorance.
Many of the so-cniled tooth powders
on hill ana are made of material wlilcn injures tne
tooth enamel: dentifrices are often of
Neath the Summer sun and the u inter la character which neither clean nor pre-
r.in. serve the teeth: are merely aromatic
And Mount Hood w ill stand with his washes, lending a passing sense of cool
white arms spread. ness. of no hygienic value to tne mourn
To watch o'er the living, and guard .ic or teeth.
rtead. . Toothpicks are oilen an aoominanon
wo . ntnnd of our land, and the long. Those who use the wooden pick spend
Innsr line part of their time removing particles of
Of heroes' names that in history shine; food from the teeth, and then in p
Rut no nrouder name on that list ap- fane moments without limn, in remov
ing fragmentary silvers rrom tne crev-
ces where the food once was. I he best
and most efficient cleansing, sanitary
agent is a sectioin of dental lloss, which
made now flat, like a small tape.
ather than round as of yore, on the
CORVALLIS, Or., Feb. 2S. (To the principle that it is easier to wipe a aisn
Editor.) In a brief description pub- w-itn a nat ciotn man nun a piece oi
u.hori'in The Oreaonian a few days round twine. Floss of this character
pears
Than the name
neers."
of "The Oregon Pio
M. C. F.
Credit to Cabinetmaker.
ago of the poultry husbandry exhibit comes In varying lengths and in neat
that is heinir Dreoarea by tne poultry
department of the Oregon Agricultural
Colleee for the Panama-Pacific expo
sition, .mention was not made of the
fact that A. O. Jackson, of the college
eahinet shoDS. constructed the cabinet
and designed the meciianical parts for
the operation of the trap-nest and fold
ing charts.
The mechanism is most complete and
Mr. Jackson deserves great credit for
the skill displayed in working it out.
By means of these mechanical inven
tions it was possible to crowd into the
space a great amount of practical in
formation and results of investigations
of poultry hsubandry problems.
JAMtiS DHYDEN.
( ritlelam of Shakespeare.
Boston Transcript.
First Young Thing "Don't you just
dote on Shakespeare?" Second Ditto
I adore him. Our club gave his
School for Scandal last month and it
was perfectly lovely."
packages, at a nominal price, and should
be obtained at any store where supplies
for the teeth are carried. Dental tloss
is cleanly and so Inexpensive that suc
cessive sections need never be used but
once, and is more thorough in its cleans
ing possibilities than any toothpick.
Nothing, of course, can ever wholly sup
plant the well-constructed toothbrush
and those approved forms of tooth
pastes and powders which contain no
corrosive or abrasive elements.
WILLIAM F. WOODWARD. .
AM I iTKII I'll USX AI.WMS l'llt
Head nt ln.liil rial Iti lalliina ( omiuU-
ion o mm 'ml "! Anencj.
editor and Publisher.
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the In
dustrial Relations Commission, which
is eiicncd in inquiring Into t(:e atate
of labor In tlio loading Ind lift ties atiil
as to tho i-nuses of ImluMnal dissatis
faction, in a talk with Cbarl-s II.
Grastv last week, niter compl i ment inir
the newspapers upon tho ac-urac
their reports of the committee'
ceediims. txald:
"I want to say a won! about tho As
sociated Press. That is Mich a big in
untii.al ion and covt-ra so large a part
of the newspaper field and p'oute dcnl
Inir with mailer requiring publicity
are so ignorant as to what press as
eoeiations can handle anil ni wspapei
print, tiiat everybody who gels lo.s
publicity than hn would like takea a
whack at tho Ae.-ooiattd Press.
'It would be a very serious thina.
indeed, for the American public, and
especially for such public Interests
I happen to represent, tf the Associat
ed I'rees were, as has been ao fre
quently charged, subject to corporal
Influence or bias of any kind. I h"i
ha"l a better opportunity to stinlv tl.ti
Associated Press than perhaps unyotia
else has ever had. and I am rcadv to
give my final verdict upon its man
agement. It Is fair. It Is Hbtoluloly
on tho square. And it. is on tho Job,
too. Kverywhere we bava hel.l meet
ings the Associated Press has boon
capably represented and has sent out
intelligent and adequate reports o ar
its wires.''
"evt- Tnx I, an.
POF;TL..n. Match l.-(Tn tho l-ali-tor.)
As there seems to bo con.ldei
able difference of opinion, as to the pa v .
ment of taxes this year will you ktndly
publish what changes have boon mailt!
by the Legislature.'
A concise statement of tlin present
tax situation was published In suction
1. page HI. of The Oregonlaii Sund.iv,
February -ft.
o.
PORTLAND. March l.-lTo the Kdi-
tor.) Can an ex post facto law ho en
forced? OLD SI'HSi.-RlltlCII.
Freeae-Out for Claran.
EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly tell me if It is legal for
a cigar store to allow Its patrons to
play freeze-out for cigars or checks,
and if a man refuses to pay a bill
so incurred if same can be collected
by law. A. C.
Freeze-out for cigars is a form of
gambling and is illegal. Debts so con.
traded cannot be collected at law.
THE PATH OF
COMMERCE
Commerce consists In transporting
things from where they are to where
they are wanted.
Newspaper advertising is the mod
ern main line of commerce.
Readers of a newspaper all have
w-ants and some have goods to cell.
They look on the advertising col
umns as their meeting place. Tha
man with something to sell tells
about it there.
People with wants to fill read
about it there and the Current of
Commerce moves on In its natural
course.
e w i a i e r advrrtlnlnis the
Kreateat modern liiisiitraa aural.