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6 THE MOUSING OREGONXAX. SIOXBAT. AFJUIT 5, 1915, i; s.oe Z.ih .It sou .J: 1. T5 1.50 2. bu -JO PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. OnCWi Pestefflc a -t:iim-ciass matter. Subscription. Kates Invariably In advance 'i'r mil; Xal!y. Sunday Included, oca yr...... Iai!y. Sunday included, six months... Xal!y, Sunday Included. three meatb. Jaily. sunaay included, on montn.i. Xaijy, without Sunday, one year Xai',y, without Sunday, ais months.... Xuily, without Sunday, three months. Iaj!y. without Sunday, oa month.- Weekly, ana year ..,.,....,. Sunday, one year unsay and Weekly, one year,,,,..,. Tnllw E..4ih.lHiliri am. . 19.00 Xaiiy! Suuday Included. OUe month How to Remit Send Postoffle money or er, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflca address In lull. Including county and state. Pmtace Rata 13 to IS pages. 1 cent: Is to pages. 5: cnt; S to 48 pages, 3 cents; 50 to 60 pi;e 4 cents; Bli to Ttf pages. cents; ; to fa pages. It eants. forei.1. post age, double rates. Eastern Busiaes Office Vere Conk lin. New York, bruwwlilt building; Cbloaeu. fatsngsr building. oast rraorisre) Office It. J, id well Com pany, T-t-t Market street. J-OKTLA.VO. MONDAY. APRIL. S, 1915. iVEW YOHK'8 JUDICIAL PIMiBLKM. Approach of the meeting of New York's constitutional convention has opened discussion of the question whether judges should be appointed or elected and of the means for re moving tha unfit. New York has tried both methods. In 1847 tha state turned from the appointive to the elective system as one of greater popular control, but found that it had only substituted appointment by an Irresponsible boas for appointment by at responsible Governor, who was too - often the boss' creation. Among swarm of candidates had Judges slipped through and the New York Globe aptly remarks that "it was only by an accident, because of a alip-up that was not foreseen, that Convict Willett is not now Mr. Justice Willett-" The bar favors appointive judges, but fears an outcry against them. though the Globe believes this fear to be unfounded. That journal says. however, that "if there arc to be ap pointive judges, an easier method of getting rid of bad judges must be pro vided than is furnished by the right to impeach." and adds: v The power to recall must be lodged some vhre; perhaps not in the mass of the elec torate, because of the sixe of the electrorale. but with the Governor or a special body of Judicial censors, whose duty will De to re celve and consider complaints. Our experience with appointive Federal judges has not been more sat isfactory' than with elective state judges, but there has been a decided improvement as the appointing power lias become more amendable to pub lic opinion and as criticism of judges has become more common. The re sponsibility ip either case goes back to the voters.' If judges are appointed by the Governor, the people may elect a bad Governor who will appoint bad judges. If judges are elective, the peo ple may carelessly elect bad Judges. But better results will be obtained on the whole, if the people elect only the Governor and a very few other of ficers and entrust them with appoint ment of judges -am minor officers. Then the popular eye can be focused on few candidates at election and few officials after election, and responsi bility cannot be shirked. A grocer is more likely to palm off a rotten ap ple on a customer who buys by the box than one who buys by the dozen. The short ballot means better candi dates and better conduct by officials. It is not easy for an Oregonian to understand an Eastern man's horror of the judicial recall. It has been at the disposal of the people of Oregon for seven years, but has never been Invoked against a judge, though Its existence has perhaps had a favorable Influence on Judges. There is no par ticular sancity about a judge: like other officials, he is simply an agent for carrying out the popular will. But If New York fears the recall, it may try the Massachusetts plan, whereby on resolution of the Legislature the Governor removes an unfit judge. It may also simplify Impeachment pro ceedings .and may do away with the , absurd practice of acquitting a judge on impeachment unless he has com- mltted a crime. Many acts and courses of conduct short of crime un fit men for judicial office. The main point, is to remove the imaginary halo from a Judge's head. without the intervention of the retailer"; others are selling shares in mausoleums to be erected in country cemeteries and "automobile agents are thick in every Httle hamlet." Cars are sold at the rate of forty to sixty a day in the grain belt and the num ber licensed in Kansas has grown from 50.000 to 70,000. Farmers are beginning to spend some ef their phenomenal profits from wheat sales. They are gradually ex tending the revival of prosperity from these Eastern manufacturers who supply war material to those who make goods-for domestic use and t0 the Middle West merchants. From the Middle West this improvement will surely extend across the Bookies until it reaches the Pacific- Coast, for the lntermountain farmers enjoy the same flood of prosperity which has come upon those farther east. THE SCNDAY CKKSVS. Rev. William A. ("Billy") Sunday, who has been doing his best to save Philadelphia, and who recently threat ened an invasion of New York, has been taking a census of hell, with the discovery that the following per sons occupy positions of deserved prominence in that abode of lost souls: Pharaoh, Voltaire, Nebuchad nezzar, Huxley, Jezebel, John Stuart Mill, Nero, Tyndall, Judas, Thomas Paine, Attila. Ipgersoll, Louis XIV, Rousseau, Louis XV, Ivan the Ter rible, Mme. Pompadour, Catherine de changes ta insure that "the outgoing I machine as fit and strong as either movement of population from the England's or Germany's, and with a rhhsv, Tsi. n,,M t, Airarta to credit capacity unsurpassed." 1 rni-u : ; i t w the Dominions." Thna Canada would . """' " 5"e" u . . . , .17 , . t nes,n to the reactionaries: nex pica, vl trie . u.u.b. u to hope for tha abontio, of wuiie tut- uimeu otaics. suit:- J. x cm-. ttin poard 'the Feaersl Trade Commission) dent Wilson' vein of tha lmmiirratlon I as It is to hope for tha abolitiea of Fed- bill, must take all comers, provided "aJ, "K"i.tV.n..0f-ri!.r,a.FHth'fn 111' they are not criminal, insane diseased tinue to be sustained, by a tremendous po or paupers' We are yearly receiving litical power, to wit, the voters o the agri- 1 1 , . j . . . i , cultural, wage-earning and small merchant a smaller proportion of the elements alamm' Jt Was the,? influence, regardless akin to our original peculation and a of party, in reality, that forced the estab- larger proportion of the alien elements. I Hshment of Government regulating agencies In the fiscal year ending June 30. 1914. ' ,.S,ai"XY?rirwr5dS ine percentage oi our intqueraui- in the people til era win he so- turning back. Half a Century Ago which came from the Celtic and Teu tonic races of Northern and Western Europe was 26.4 compared with 28.2 in the preceding year, while the per- From The Oregonian of April 5, 1865. The Paris Memorial Diplomatique an nounces that the Emperef Maxmillian has addressed an autograph letter to the Pope, in which ha lays before I'm IX the imperative necessity whioh cam. pelled him to adopt the measure alluded to in the communication to his Minister of Justice as to the conversion of tha church orenerty into crown lands, in young Emperor's letter is couched in terms of profound respect, but he does not yield one lota ef his prerogative a sovereign ef Mexico, and tells his holt ness that the state of affairs in Mexico demanded that he take the action he did, and that he has no idea ef retract whatever may be- the mutations in party control of the Government. ' It is admitted by the Republican that "the final success of this mod- centage of tho Slavic and Iberic races em regulation will be a severe test of hn&. t s.i . j c-TC..nn, I demeeracv itself" and our system is I increased from 87.1 to 68. and the placed in contrast with "an apparently The w res br ng the news at last - -.- successful regulation of business en- tn s riicnmena is taiten oy me union l,"v""'''" ul forces. Grant has struck his memen 1.8 to 2,4. terprise on the paternal plan in Ger- tous blow at the moment when It would The present time is not too early to many." The Springfield paper calls be most effectlV8i gh8rman is marehing lav our nlana fnr attraotinar to the r "an eriprx Dy ail concerned to Paoific Coast and locating the kind of promete the infusion of intelligence, immigrants we prefer. The next wave souna juogmem; una megrrupuoie toy of immigration will come by sea from alty to the public weal into all regulat- Europe, not bv land from the Eastern "Jg commissions, ana says: states and its character will go far to interests that are to be regulated as determine the future character of our regulation be instituted, must see to it that I and that peace is on the way. population and the ruture destiny or I big men are given the big task in order these states. We cannot exereiBe too w o aneaa may un sucuessiuny north with his trained battalions and is invincible, but it needed that Grant should at this moment attack and take Richmond to set the seal of his now Imperishable fame. The taking.of Rich mond carrjea the conviction that soon Lee's army will be routed, and ruined muoh care in its selection, so far as that is possible, nor in its disposal. dope. f The error of the reactionaries is their blindness to the fact that the choice lies not between'' unregulated business and regulated business, but FIWST, CLJSAJfSE TUB MI', The oorrespondept who returns to-1 between regulated business and sa Medici, Mme. de Montespart and Mme. i day to the attack on dancing presents oialism. Public opinion is firmly de Maintenon. some familiar arguments. They are. 8et a"v unrestricted monopolistic Aides Lieutenant Hopkins and San born accompanied Brigadief-Ueneral Alvord on the Sierra Nevada en route to Washington City. Albert Harrington and Miss Margaret Ellen Stormea were married in uiacka mas County, March ?7, by Justice w, i. INorton, goats, are not to be doubted; and it is likely enough that ha haa knowl, edge of the exaet population of the lowTer regions not given to common mortals. Yet it would appear that he Shall we celebrate today over the capture of Richmond? San Franoiseo did net wait, hut set the welkin ringing as soon as the welcome news arrivea. The qualifications of Brother Sunr ... ... . power in private hands. It still day for separating the sheep from the .v. v. - " adheres to that ideal of com. "'f" , petition by individual initiative by Playing, tneatersoing fl.no ouier amuse- Which both the United States and the Z. .t.A . ,.,h- ments, innocent in themselves, but nri)Uh ,, hnmo Mmmar. '.., ml; ..... !,.h k --" "'1"" v. cially srreat. It denies that th a ideal troops under Weltaei at :is o'ciock There must be something wrong , Inconsistent with develooment of Monday morning, April 3. Chief Buch- ra ddu Is either deficient as or that he was in a h made up his roll, for there is q galaxy of historic; personages Vopu. a census-taker with dancing in itself when it becomes puiiifiejui , ,arge nitaj in conformity tel announces that a tap of th. fi mrry when he necessary to have public regulation rn eefconomc methoda. It ls "V"???, Here is quite a of dancehalls," says our correspondent. deterrnlned to put this ideal in prac- tod"00 PorUand " U ,s decl( But has he ever directed his atten- Ueal effet by mearia of such reema, e cele- decided on larly supposed to belong down below l" f " u""' tive bodies as the Interstate Commerce , IE1DER, imcoSISTKMT .. . , . necessary to regulate them as well. In r,. ii .u. t,rf.i t,.,,. I apMH ihauphb lncQ.siatiujit Union Principle Often Badly Applied, as 1st Paving; Bond lsaae. PORTLAND. April 3. (To the Edi tor.) Congratulations to the County Commissioners and their advisers, be- journal asks about Caligula, Napoleon .,heb8enfe of reM!ftion sommen Commission. The machinery of regu- and Alario the Goth, while another ""r , .,- L f 7. 'WOh has not yet been perfected, but rises to inquire the exact whereabouts prepare it in kitchens so insanitary as U carJ Da perfected, and the results so r r-ln Tk. - r,rr.o too wh enaanger me neann ot tneir f, ehiftve.d warrant th belief that it think that Benedict Arnold belongs in s. "er. foraei.ning wrong wi worl 8UCC9asfully. the Satanic host: and Satan himself " "w'. h -n If through obstruction by the reac It I be Oonaries regulation should not realize cause of their good, practical Judgment the hopes ef the people, they are like- must be somewhere around, I Tu. rcsu.u, The Sunday list includes some of c.x, , . the world s infamous characters, and prc.trj pain, ' ly to turn to the alternative of social- others who have not . subscribed to gratification of passion. The man who isnv--d:irect ownership and operation the tenets of orthodox religion. It is wants money and cares not how he of public, utilities and Industries by . . . i pis it in it n r 1 1 1 nn in vand T.rie . . . . . . , . i v.iiib.u mu . u.u. not to be supposed tnat aunaay pre- T" . -7 . me uovernment- une qi ine great vt,r or, two ionirer still it anneared pared it merely for pastime, or that honorable business that seems suueo parUog na8 alrady been infeeted with the large supply of labor would en he intends it to be aught but a bit of to, n!s Purpose. The man of unclean SOciELlism. as we have seen by its ad- able the work to be performed .at a evidenced In declining to be bluffed into submission by paid labor agitators. My taxes are over xsuo In tnis county, and I signed the bonding petition. I considered the roads could be let go a sensational advertising for himself and mind goes where he thinks he may vocacy of Government ownership of reasonable cost. his methods. Certainly the evangelist sratify his desires. He is not found steamship lines and by the advocacy needed employment. Thei has made a vast stir in the East at J;he dance alone. He attends the of Government telegraphs, telepnonep n, g Wins a hsJf lo, af in I osttlon. just like we have t incidentally giving erefore. aside place of no business prop- parks; he slinks despite watchful w? ha" a example of hrw it would Bnn' ii- IlKtr BV m " eves at the theater- he is found . , L examDle et ",ow 11 ou, publie affairs. However, my mind was eyes at tne tnealer. ne tou"a work in the bungling of parcel post lnRCjB up resolutely to vote against the on the street in the person of the ratei( by Mr Burleson. Under the passage, if our Commissioners failed to oorner masher. Many things, estima- . wa, R-rmmiv 1 fast rlrlftins- usa buainnsa luda-ment in this labor in- of It. The laborer is worthy of his an4 necessary, must be regulated itUo outrjeht socialism through Gov- stance. To me it would portend other hire, and there is no reason why Bun- w ?p1"" . - , ernment monopoly of food and Gov. f J" day should decline to be well paid. - - p " ' --ernment operation of various Indus- --'" -"been in favor of labor VZrr rn r.r. T Zn. r'1' necessary to successtul Prosecu- Unions in principle, and I am still of custom for persons of the opposite H f th,, w. Snnlnltats view thsts .. xil..,v, i. t eex to danoe together is due to carnal cflanees yjtlj joy, saying that the em- tain that it is 'often Imprseti'cally ap- nna6in uu pjra w.jj never jje able to return into plied by some dominant person or per ls demand for his services in many places. It takes a lot of money to conduct a Sunday revival, and Sunday is said to get a considerable share WHAT IS HB THERE TORT The acquiescence by a number of impulse? Western Senators to the provisions of mission of feminine society Into his prjvata hands the business of which it sons, whose job as agitator depends the Fwig waterpower bill aa adopted own pleasures except from impure I nag taken control Whatever measure I upon "keeping busy." Think of the un. bv the Senate' committee is surprising motives? As a yduth did he never . ,.i,iJm . ., rf limited, unadulterated gall of these rep. s tr. anmo hnf fx nlhr th la rnrt a vnnnir woman tinma frnm , resentatives 15 insisting upon OlSOrim - - " -a " a paternal monarcny, no success kj n. . ;,, r f rH, i.kn, t w,,.ij,r a plausible explanation. The bill a. church when he could have escorted a pQSPslble under a federa, democraey. f.m. .Sr. a irTm the amended proposes in effect to tax the male friend just as well? Did he tne reactionaries open their eyes original American stocklndian. We consumers of hydro electric energy always share his bounty with male and CBOOBe between privately-owned have heard the story about strain'ng developed by projects in wnicn tne acquaintances at me sirawDerry res- Government claims an interest. Thisjtival? Do those in bis circle of friends is in effect a local tax for govern- never chose the opposite sex for hnoino.. nnii.- tho anKnipa of rpeniln- out gnats ana swallowing camels. I'll Hop which the American people have waSf 9 Pr cent of the union men of -Av...., . J 2..1!. -h..i,ii, Portland carry pocket knives made mental purposes. ' One half -the pro- partners when they play cards, or thpv hft era art of , m ' " r P. 1 ..J -V? ... ceeds. however, are to be given over crokinol or tiddledywinks,. or whatever enln6 embracing the whole Nation and Good pocket knives are made by fac to me states in vvnieii mo pucr ip Happens tu ua men tavunty uivciiuu ; directing every activity of each lnd- torles In the United State. I carry one MYSTERY OP NKHALKM HFEHWAI. Invrstlsrator Says Quantity Too Great to Have Come from Sktpwrork. ASTORIA, Or.. April J. (To the Editor) A whole lot of fellows have haV their fling at the mysterious Ne halem wax and I fancy perhaps my turn has eome. Veur reeent article saying Geologist Washburn had pronounced the wax to be the product of bees will po doubt bring you . wax correspondence until in despair you 'ery quit. I believe very item ever published regarding this mysterious wax hag Interested the public. For the new reader it may be well to say that ever since the whites took Oregon, beeswax, or a wax resembling beeswax, has been on and in the beach sands near the mouth of the Nehalem river. At times digging holes In these sands to depth of ten or twelve feet in quest of wax haa been carried on ss a regular commercial business. The legend runs that this wax was washed ashore from the wreck of a Chinese ship. It really does not make any dif ference whether this wax was made by the busy bee or is a petroleum product, so long as It is beeswax to the users of beeswax. "All the world loves a mystery," In terest in this Nehalem wax Is not con fined to Oregon alone, at geologist and chemists throughout tha world are aware of its existence and many them have attempted to solve the prob lem'of its origin and up to date th vote for Its being beeswax or not is about a tie. Perhaps some findings to tha north ef tha Columbia may cast a light on tnis wax mystery, Jn the low land between Chinook and llwaoo. Wash a number of chunk of wax have been unearthed, which wax is identical wit the Nuhuiem wax except in two par ticulars -it ts much lighter in eolo and carries a heavier external coat of lifeless aspnaltum. If I say petroleum may be a factor In this wax question, some one is sure to unswer, "Th isn't any petroleum in either Oregon or Washington," On the farm of C, A Hawkins, Just four miles north of Chinook, near the mouth of the Bea river, there is apparently an unlimited quantity of hydraulic lime rock heavily charged with petroleum oil One does not need to be a learned man to get oil at the Hawkins farm, fo all he needs Is a pick to dig the rock a hammer to smash the rock and som isollne to soak the rock. The process followed to extract oil from the rock is maceration of pow dared reck in gasoline for a week and then evaporation of the gasoline, the result being a residue of almost color less petroleum with paraffine base. Notwithstanding that this oil ls almos colorless, it nevertheless contains small amount of asphaltum. My belief is that the body or base of this oil at Hawkins' farm is Nehalem wax tberwise Nehalem beeswax, and that in time long past there has been seep of similar oil at Nehalem, result ing by nature's distillation in the wax found thare. If this was made by bees, how did it reach tha Nehalem beach and the Chinook lowlands? If eeswax, why is it covered with a film of asphalt? If beeswax, why is it in every conceivable shape? If beeswax, ow many ships were wrecked at ise halem, as one smalt shipload has been hipped away and probably several hiploads yet remain in the sands? If beeswax, how did it get into the Neha lem sand rock? Is the wax at Chinook float from the Nehalem beach, and if It Is, why Is it lighter in color than the Nehalem wax? Mud from a depth 1200 feet at the Nehalem well, by retorting, yielded the same Nehalem wax. If beeswax, how did it gat to such great depth? W. E. PBMENT. TwerttyFiv Year Ago LAwar MOWERS MfOULP BB TAXED REACTION IlAIUKS ITS HEAD. TIDE TVrtNtNG IN IKMKSTIC TRADE. This country is practically assured that its foreign trade will continue to 'increase so long as the war continues. ' A London correspondent writes to the '-New York Evening Post: You. own activities in foreign trad have probal'Iy only commenced, for If the war continues, orders from your manufacturers must b colossal, while your ability to - finance the movement will be automatically . increased by tha guld Inflow. - Comflrmatlon of this prediction comes in the shape of this report from Chicago: t'nusual activity prevails among manufac turer of tools of all kinds, and machinery ls also beinj trikn with a freedom that has not been witnessed In more than a year. Ma- chines for making ammunition are in active '- demand. Railroads are in the market for Jnera than the usual quantity of shop sup piles, and are in most instances either vp- aratlng their shops to greater capacity, oi - else preparing to do so.. "The largest car- ' butldln- plant here Is now operating at .to - per cent of capacity. Steel mills are work ing at ,0 per cent, with prospects or a lurtber gain. Cotton exports in February doubled those of January and the price has risen to 10 cents a, pound, to the pleased bewilderment of the South. Automobile factories are crowded with war orders. Wheat has been exported at such a pace that the visible supply in Europe exceeds that of last year, while in the United States and Canada it is much less and some exnorters look for a. decrease) 1n shlnmpnts abroad this month. Exports of war munitions promise to Increase to such volume as will offset any decrease in exports of wheat, and though cotton shipments usually slacken at this sea son. they may continue at the Feb ruary pace to compensate for the diminution during the early months of the war. But what of our domestic trade? Chicago says: "The Spring trade with Jobbing houses, and especially dry goods houses, has been rather disap pointing" and is "below last year's," but Omaha reports that with milder weather "there is an appreciably im proved sentiment in the Middle West"; that country merchants "believe there will be an unusually good trade during the next few weeks; and that a dry goods salesman who has been visiting the small towns finds the average merchant "willing to make liberal purchases." Kansas City reports that as -a result of the high rrlces for grain "a small army of promoters is working every community between the Missouri River and the Rockies." One company is promoting "a gigantic co operative plan for buying groceries developed. The other half is to go I Come, come, Let'a be pure-minded into the reclamation fund. enough to admit that there is attrac Oregon is vitally Interested in both tivenegs to men in feminine presence waterpower development and reclama- I and society other than that which is tion of arid lands. It posseses enor- "carnal and impure," and that asso mous possibilities in both. If the I elation of the sexes is not evidence Ferris bill were to become law the per se that something wrong ls going Government's share of the proceeds of on. To hold otherwise puts Us all in water power development in Oregon! a bad boat could be profitably expended in its entirety within Oregon throughout a period of many years. But there is no assurance in the bill that what Oregon consumers paid as a Govern ment tax would be expended in Ore gon. Indeed, past experience indicates that Western states of greater in fluence at Washington would take It away from us. The reclamation law once provided that the major portion of the proceeds from sales of public lands should . be ex pended for reclamation, in each ten- year period, within the state where the proceeds accumulated. But after Oregon's lawful proportion of the rec lamation fund had been diverted to other states to the extent of millions of dollars and before expiration of the ten years during which the law re quired that adjustment of expendi tures should be made. Congress amended the law. The provision in suring Oregon a major portion of the proceeds from the sale of lands in Oregon was stricken out and without a word of protest from the Oregon Senators. Senator Chamberlain now acquiesces vidua!. That ls the real choice before myself. them. Why all this holy horror about not ompiuy intr .ftuterican union i laopr at hicrh WfteAl whan wa aav nnrlnnv si all When it. rains caster, it. rains tur about the thousands of dollars we send seven successive Bundaye, also open-1 annually to "foreign pauper labor' ing day. When rain does not fall on I through buying foreign merchandise, in Easter, the other days. Including open- plaoa of Insisting and demanding our ing day, may reasonably be expected ?wn mf e? Hve any stores ever been tn v, roiv I boycotted or bannered -because It of fered "foreign pauper-made" goods ever their counters, when goods ef the same Mexican armies are liberating the kind oould be purchased from home or Abatement of the agitation for re-other 99 Der cent of Mexico' copula- I American manufacturers? If they have mova.i oi tne aDuses wnicn nave tion by starving them, but Mexico has "r v-.---iiii-ii, marked the development of biff busl- r-it to aortia har troubles in-her I fancy I hear the wail; "Foreign ness has caused those reactionaries to raise their heads and lift up their voices whose one ideal is absolute freedom from Governmental control with the maximum of Governmental aid in the form of protective tariff and subsidies. Simultaneously with this revival of activity on the part of those who term every form of Governmental control "attacks on business" has come a new burst of activity on the part of those who would have the Gov ernment own and con own way, says President Wilson ' are better! o is scaD laBor and the labor of new foreigners In our midst cheaper and The -Dalles is meeting in the best doubtless Just as good as American nf tha Piaatarn union iaqor-put tnat is dlirerent! to establish a The taxpayer is not supposed to "bar- spirit the proposals cannery. It recognizes the advantages tond oT hi. tipes facing tnat jiiuoi. auuiuc ir.ne wan with his hands above his head while arbitrary labor conducts its busi General Secretary Stone, to whom ness of exploring his pockets from the is attributed the great success of the J"'- v"1 ,we eve' experience a re local Young Men's Christian Associa- L0' troi .ev-riUm. "' ia bUfne8S Chri8tIan aniJ .tPat FaV to' non -free o?der who portant branches of business, Reaction finds a spokesman In the New York Times, which says we are offered the choice between "the meth ods of Washington and of Wall street, the methods of business and the meth ods of lawmakers." It continues: The question now ,is whether business shall be allowed to make Its own way, or whether accounts for it. A Tacoma woman saved her dia monds when her home was looted Friday night by wearing them to church. Not every woman is thoughtful. wishes to partake of the viands In the public trough without paying the pub lic price thereof in services? After all. whose town and countv is this? The taxpayers (by this I mean the little as well as the biz- nn) nr tha 80 agitator who says he is poor, has no property and wants work? Who owes the living to the man struggling to pay a i i w ji r i, a balance of 12000 on a $2500 home as It shall be forced to adopt the methods of I . .i ir-,i rmi;r. win ho t. sesseo entirely against the purchaser? those whose strong point is rather spending 1 x Wopder if the labor "leader" assumes money than making or saving it. our law. can to actuuiu any man wuu nu- , ,t , behalf of union labor? makers have sought control of prices and the Underwood tariff of injuring his The facts are. it is not the union and profits, the lawtul volume or Business to Del, . ,. i . ; .. . . . , ' -c- v-.ll ,u.. anna hv indlvlriu.l. th. methods ta ha used uuu' - I""'?'. -"""B -r..y wno nave tne K '"""T . rnsemng. and countless matter, of discr.: v.: J pro oi em or existence confronting them more uregon money snail go into tne reclamation fund. Senators from other Western states which have com paratively little water power to de velop but much arid land to reclaim Join with Senator Chamberlain. They have a plausible reason. One third of the water power of the United States is in the Columbia River basin. It would be a fine thing for Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska and other In selling, and countless matters of discre tion rather than of right or wrong. At the moment the question ls not regarding the policy or impolicy of such whether it is or is not the perity. The Times cites as an example the proposed Government aid to the cotton-growers, which was both unwise, and, as event have proved, unneces sary. It holds up as examples .Eng land and Germany, which, it says, "be- sternly these days. The man'with prop t-iail.v HBWD """-r i.iiV uoo..... ,tv anhlot t !, I regulation, but is making unusual inroads among the of near-pirates has quite as serious way to pros- Oregon pioneers of the '40s and 50s. problems confronting him. Truly, the pioneer is passing. The supply of dukes to wed our heiresses ls becoming terribly reduced. The girls may become content with mere Americans. fama -rsl flnanrinllv hv first -bains' state whose Senators Join with Sena- I eat commerciaUy. In the words of the Times, "England prospered be cause anything the world produced could be negotiated for there at a price" and it continues: Thai f-nmmarrli1 irrM Inau At tlainnasiv One may thus discern an excuse for rests rather upon organization, upon oo- tor Chamberlain, if the Columbia basin waterpowers were developed, and the consumers in the Northwest taxed to reclaim lands in Arixona, New Mexico and Nebraska. Union "leaders." let's turn over a naw leaf and try to be consistent In tha future perhaps some of our bread will then float back to us when we need it. CITIZEN. NAVAL AUXILIARIES ARE NEEDED American officers watching German Recetnmendatlana of General Board battle tactics are not wanted. That is I Md secretary Ttaniai. A f all tiaiA - tf it Th,v will Via V. 1 T a I ALBANY. Or., April S. To the Ed off at home. iter.) I have been Infnrmarl that a.v- eral weeks ago you published an ed Candidates ' for City Commissioner itorial regarding the number of auxll- are multiplying, but noboqy seems "ry resis m our jvavy as compared License for Chimney Sweeps Causes Cor, ' respondent to Wax sarcastic. PORTLAND, April 4. (To the Edi tor.) Mary Antin called the Commer cial Clubs and other boosters for cities "busy bodies." Would that not be good title for eur City Commissioners? It is proposed now to regulate the men who sweep our chimneys, of course at $5 for the permit. Our visitors this Summer will probably see them in bright red uniforms with a badge the size of a dinner plate, and a oertuicate in their hat stating that these pen are an moral, ana peitner cnew, anna nor swear, and that they do not smoke, and are warranted to our chimneys of smoking. It seems ta ma several sources of revenue and authority have been over looked by the Commissioners which should bo tha subject of early ordi nances, I observed some children play ing with their doll carriages, and was shocked to note that not one of them had a license tag on It to indicate that the babies had paid a tax for existing in Portland. Then, there Is a disposi tion en the part of a few brave spirits to build houses, and they seem to love air and light. While there are several permits tacked up on every job, I am surprised that every window and sleep ing porch is not taxed special. After oar chimney sweeps are regu lated, examined and tagged, the crying need is for our Commissioners to meet in solemn conclave and consider how to Improve the morals of the men who mow our lawns and spade our gardens. Every rake should have Its teeth mus zled, and a city license tag should be on evtsry lawn mower, changed every year, with strict laws that those who mow should wear a neat pajama un form and tan slippers and have their hair brushed pompadour. Possibly It would be fitting to require those who would mow grass also to wear green gloves, so that their hands would not be cut on the blades. AN OBSERVER. From The Oregonian ef prll . !. Albany. Or. The session of the Tres bytery of the United Presbyterian Church closed yesterday. Ilev. W. tt. M. Hays. ltev. W. W. l.onan and Rov. A. M. Acheson were appointed a com mittee to undertake the eKtabllshment of missions In Tacoma, (Seattle. Hpo kane, Whatcom, Ellensburg and Warm Springs. The vole on the tobacco over ture resulted in the ban being put on the use of tobacco by any applicant for a license. Berlin. Edward Pamm. of the United Statea Army, is creating a sensation here by exhibiting a monster balloon, which it is said the Germans will adopt for army use. The balloon Is called Bismarck, and la electric lighted and capable of signaling a great distance. J. J. Carle has been appointed post master at lone. Marlon County, Oregon. J. W. EJder has been named for ths oftice at Nooksack, Whatoom County. Washington. Dr. Edgar roppleton, an old-time res ident of the city, who since 10 has been living at Lafayette, Or., has re turned to Portland to live. The residence of 8. L. Cohn wss en tered by a burglar and robbed Wednes day night. The Mount Tabor Water Electric Company has been oraanlsed by Messrs. H. C. Campbell, C F. Hwelgert. J. H. Smith. O. Royal and 8. I. N. litlman. A well is to be sunk on the Mealy tract and powciful pumps installed. L. A. Loomis, of llwaco. Is registered at the Holman. Rev. Mr. Howell and wife, nf the Con gregational Church at Hood River, ware burned out of house pud home last week. Their entire household effects. Including some money, were destroyed. Lawrence Rsrrett Is to go from Nice to Paris In further pursuit of "mptele health. RIOtill.ATION 1UKANM IT IS NAU the attitude of certain colleagues of operation, upon co-ordination of export and anxjous to run against City Auditor to the number recommended by the Senator Chamberlain on the Ferris bill but none for his. It is as inex plicable as his failure to protest against the amendment to the recla mation act which deprived Oregon of its Just share of Government irrigation. Import and transportation, largely in th msthods of "combinations in restraint of trade." Nowhere la there such keen watch ing for opportunities to buy and sell as In Germany, and nowhere are trust Kartels as free, not in free trade England Itself. The Times casts envious eyes at Germany's governmentally licensed trusts and holds out prospects of un bounded commercial expansion if DIRECTING immigration. business is granted the kind of free- Caftada Is already beginning to con- dom Jt enjoys in that country. sider attraction to her shores of a large That Journal merely hints at what proportion of the immigration which the New York Financial Chronicle will surely come to the New World frankly says, for that ultra-reaction- after the war closes. In every bellig- ary paper proposes that the Interstate erent country there will be turned Commerce Commission's powers he loose many thousands of discharged curtailed, if the Commission be not soldiers who will not quickly find a abolished altogether, and it rails at place in civil life Into which they may the Federal Trade Commission. drop. The routine of their lives will The Springfield Republican ex- have been broken and an opportune presses surprise at "the unwillingness time will have come for making a new I of some of the organs of the old start In a new country- Homes will regime of unregulated individualism have been destroyed, families broken up and conditions of life will be more arduous in some, if not all, of the belligerent countries, A Toronto correspondent of the London Times calls attention to Can ada's need of farmers and- especially farm laborers and suggests the organi zation of imperial immigration ex- to accept certain things as irrevocably settled" and It calls the programme bf reaction fantastic. It remarks that "for some reason the new banking sys tem has made a hit, so It Is consistent ly ignored by chronic kickers against Government regulation." The point is well taken, for the Times extols the Federal reserve system as "a financial Barbur. Why should Croker, that veteran of matter? many bloody battles of New, York's I also would East Side, fear to enter the war zone? General Board of the Navy. Could you refer me to the date of this Issue or give me some Information upon this As all the generals see certain vic tory ahead, some of them must see a mirage. Just as well this is traveling day. The Big Smoke beclouds the scoreboard. It's the seore by rounds today that tells the story. The eyes of the country are on the White Hope today. Come on in, St. Johns, being Bull Run. is fine. The water, Where's your Booster button? Meat Helpful Books. Judge. Williamson What books have helped Hooker most? Henderson The ones he borrowed from me, I suppose. He never returned them. ike to know the nun ber of aeroplanes recommended an nec essary by the General Board. - VIRGIL A. FARKER. The Oregonian published on Decem ber 13 a comparison of Secretary Dan iels' and the General Board's recom mendations for increase of the Xavy. On December 26 we pointed out the need of auxiliaries and on'Deember 28 the need of cruisers, degroyers. sub marines and aircraft. The General Board, In its last report, referred with approval to the recommendations of a special board on aeronautics made In October, I13. This hjar-J recommend ed the establishment of an aeronautic school and station a-. Pensaoia, the purchase ef B0 aeroplanes, one fleet dirigible and two small dirigibles for training. The General Poard did not propose any specific number of air craft, but recommended an appropria tion of at least Ja.OOO.OGi) "for the purpose of establishing au efficient sir service." Congress appropriated 1500,- 000. THE VIEWPOINT. ("In the skirmish before L , the com pany was called upon to mourn the loss of its gallant young Captain, the son of General Sir John, etc., etc. The other casualties were very slight, just two soldiers wounded. I believe, and one Killed.' ) Hardly worth telling, the paper has said, Just two soldiers wounded and one sol diar dead. Yet the young private soldier they omitted his name Met his fate just as bravely. The bullet that came Speeding to greet him and bring him his death Was faced just as fairly. He gave his last breath With Juts as much courage as his leader could do. Though he was a private whom nobody knew. And, oh! in my heart, his mem'ry's more dear Though I be the only one to give bim a tear. Give fame to the Captain for what he ras done, But the poor private soldier he wi:s my son. HORACE WILLIAM M'NEAL. Beesttst Pulille Dane CrMm far l.avra. Writer Holds Ilia Case la Proved. PORTLAND, April 3. tTo the 1M itor.) May I be premltted to say that the whole point of my communication on the evils of dancing, whl-h yuu kindly published in the Issue of March 31, lias been missed by those who have criticised me. Probably thnt la my tali It, for my letter may have lacked cloarness- What 1 wished to make plain Is ttisl there must be something wrung Willi dancing llselt when it bowmea neces sary to have public regulation of danre- halls. Two years ago a new regulstlve ordinance was passed by the City Com mission. It was carefully framed and was raid to have been called forth by the urgent necessities of the situation. Among other provisions vf that ordi nance was regular Inspection by an of ficer with polli-e powers. Now we nnd that. In spite of this regulation and inspection, further leg islation is necessary, act'orriing to our "social workers" and others, who pre sumably have InvrstlKiited riancrhali conditions before demanding additional action by the clly government. now do theaa evils come Into being if not from the fact tluit when the sexes are thrown as closely toget ter as they are In dancing It Ik inevitable ihst axuy or oumiui't will result? Wbv should It b necessary every so ofln to puss more laws, only to tlnd thnt they are ineffective and that new regulations-have to ba enacted, which hi turn euro nothing? Ho It goes Indert-nltely. riie explanation nf this uuxsla la thut dancing by persons of the opposite se bring to the surface those thoua-hts and Impulses wMrh by the common consent or mankind liuve heart called cnrnul and impure. There may ba exceptions, bet generally speaklna my statement Is correct. For proof I need only suggest that dances ut which man dance with men and women v Ith wom en would lack lest and flnvor for the dancers. People who are given to dan- sing would be the nrst to laugh at tha suggestion thut members of th same sex should dunce with arh. other, otir pi t snt-l:iy dancing has a dis tinctly sexual basis. On need only onsult the wrltltms of a sex psycholo :ist like Haveloik Kills to have lh proof for this set out In detail and with scientific clearness. When 1 was a younger man I at tended a number of dnnres In this rltv. The conversation which 1 overheard among the yung fellows about llieir various darning partners snd ths rafty and Insinuating methods they mployad to lure these Innocent arliis from the path of virtue so illsgusted me with dancing that, with the grace f uod to aid me, 1 resolved never to How nny dmmhter of mine to ba ex posed to such terrible temptations. primarily thnt Is the reason 1 wish te see the public dsncehall sluilishail to save young women from noealhln In anil soul rorruntlon. I sneak from personal observation and not from any theoretical book knowledge- ff w wlnii o De pure men and women, as Oed l- Ires us to he, we should work for coti llions which make nur tv easv and infulness difficult, lust as In tha Itary arrangements of our city we hould make It easy to keen well anrf hard to get sick. As for having "municipal dances." I venture to say that such "social af fairs" are quite out of the question In Fortland. There are enough rle-hl- eous men and women In this city, with votes, who would make themselves heard were the authorities to try to go into partnership with sin. Municipal dancelialls, in my opinion, would i about on a par with municipal saloons. ONE WHO KNOWS. EXEMPLI GRATIA. To us It matters not at all that ship herds tolling In the night Looked upward from their lowly tasks and saw, above, a new star light. Lest w from it the lesson learn to look beyond our care and grlaf And let the unerring star of faith guide to the source of all relief. And tho' thnt night a bab was born of sinless maid in placs most lowly. And wise men hastened from afar to Offer aifta and railed him "hnlv " It will to us no blessing bring, nor will It Better our condition, Unless In us the Christ ,i born, tho' closely wrapped In old tradition. And tho' he bore lis heavy cross up Calvary's Mount and on It died. Then rose triumphant over all "slf" crucified, "soul" purified, ' We each of us must bear our cross until we reach the heights where we Can nail our sslflsh senses on It snd In love's light and truth stand free. MAUD SPAFKORD BUKLEY. Swimming Pools Are Needed. PORTLAND, April 4. (To the Editor) A swimming pool In the Laurelhurst or Mount Tabor Park ls a much needed improvement, as those already installed ar remotely situated for the children living in the central part of the city. Boys will swim, and the river is un safe for this pastime. BOYS' FRIEND. little Society of Nat. Indianapolis News. Where were you last night?" asked one girl of another. "I was out riding wtih father In his car." "But I didn't know your father had an automobile." He hasn t; he ls a molorman." Sales Senae For Manufacturers Out of every 100 persons only a certain percentage will buy your product. This percentage may average about the same all over the country or It may vary. Soma sections msy offer better prospects than others. It Is sound sense to seek nut the sections that offer the best percent age of returns. -And by the same token It Is aotind business sense to use newspapar ad vertising in preference to any othsr.