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THE 3IORNTNG' OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915.
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.PORTLAND. FRIDAY. APRIL. 16, 1915.
TWO TO ONE FOR PROGRESS.
There is more than an assurance of
good roads for Multnomah County and
their attendant benefits in the vote on
the bond issue Wednesday. There is
the promise therein of a general im
provement in business conditions, and
there is an example that is certain to
be emulated sooner or later by nearby
counties which are now submitting to
dust and mud.
The gratlfyingly large majority for
the bonds is the best expression of
community confidence that could be
obtained. The voters have signified
faith in their resources, a willingness
to back faith with money, a determina
tion to progress in spite of retrograd
ing influences beyond their control.
If there is any psychology in hard times
and to the extent that timidity ac
centuates them there is Portland and
Multnomah County have hit it a stun
ning blow.
Jt is but natural that every prospec
tive investor who has been hesitating,
be he home seeker, home furnisher,
manufacturer, agriculturist, a mer
chant who has been marking time,
will derive courage from the emphatic
endorsement of the pull-together pol
icy. It is something that makes every
citizen of progressive spirit square his
shoulders and lopk with confidence to
the future.
For some reasons the size of the
bond majority provokes surprise. One
or two smaller counties not long ago
rejected road bond proposals. Two or
three which accepted them were led
Into adoption of extravagant construc
tion, and are confronted by serious
problems in extricating themselves
from financial difficulties. These
might well have been looked upon as
adverse Influences, and In addition
to them business depression and
strong protest against high taxes con
fronted the bonds. But there was
obviously widespread confidence in the
County Commissioners, confidence in
Road Master Yeon and deep apprecia
tion of the patriotic and disinterested
work of Mr. Teon and Mr. Benson.
The Oregonian believes that that con
fidence has not been misplaced.
Wise expenditures of the bond pro
ceeds will be an impetus to good road
work elsewhere in the state. Defeat
of the bonds would have delayed per
manent road construction In Multno
mah County. We should doubtless
have undertaken work of that charac
ter in installments and some delay
would have been our only portion.
But in other counties the example set
by this, the one county best financially
able to engage in large construction,
would have been disastrous.
Perhaps a season of dull times is a
good influence rather than the oppo
site in such matters as road construc
tion. It .invites Introspection. So long
as there was continued advancement
and every one was prosperous we had
less cause to worry about our road de
ficiencies. So long as other resources
were productive of good business, agri
cultural land, the most permanent and
reliable of all wealth producers, and
our scenic attractions, both lying
waste, did rot impress us. But the
time of need had come, and the peo
ple's thoughts turned to latent re
sources. They are to be developed by
the most approved method. It is the
starting point for a new growth. It is
an enterprise promising immediate
and permanent benefits. It is the in
auguration of a movement that will
not stop with seventy miles of paved
highway In Multnomah County nor be
confined- to this locality. The Ore
gonian does not doubt that when the
advantages of the completed work
become apparent there will be demand
for more of it In Multnomah County
and throughout Oregon. Pessimism
was buried Wednesday. Progress took
tip new work toolsv We are a people
of faith in ourselves and by our works
the world shall know us.
ASHAMTH OF HIS COTTXTRT.
An officer of the New Jersey Na
tional Guard has been so impressed
by reading of the barbarities perpe
trated upon American men and wom
en and of the insults heaped on the
American flag in Mexico that he
writes to the Army and Navy Journal,
referring to personal stories backed
by affidavits:
If they are correct. I for one can no
longer take pride in being able to wear the
uniform, of the citizen soldiery of the TJnitea
States. If they are correct, the uniform
which Indicates United States service is a
badge of ehame, showing service to a dis
honored Nation, and every soldier and
sailor, through no fault of his own or of
his service, should hang his head.
To such-men as this President Wil
son's answer is in effect: "It's none of
our business how many people the
Mexicans kill, outrage or rob." If it is
none of our business now, it was none
Of our business whether Huerta or any
other man ruled over Mexico. But the
President made it our business, going
as far as he dared to crowd out Huerta,
even to the commission of acts of war.
We owe it only to the forebearance of
Huerta that war did not result.
Some Journals meet criticism of Mr.
Wilson's present Mexican policy by
telling us that the only means of giving
effect to the critics views is war, and
that the vast majrjrf ty of the American
people are firmly opposed to war In
Mexico. The inference is that critics
might as well be silent, since they
argue in effect for a remedy which the
J-Jation will positively not adopt. That
may be true of conditions as they now
exist, but it may not remain true,
There is good reason to believe that
Mr. Wilson had some difficulty in
withstanding the importunities of Eu
ropean nations a year ago and that
their failure to intervene was due more
to the critical situation which has cul.
mlnated in the present war in Kurope
than to respect for Mr. Wilson's policy
or for American sentiment.
If anarchy in Mexico ghould con
tinue until peace is restored in Europe,
we may witness a radical change in the
policy of either Britain or Germany,
whichever comes out victor. The
United States may receive notice from
one of those powers that either we
must restore order in Mexico or the
power in question will. The American
people would be no more willing to
tolerate the presence of a European
army south of the' Rio Grande in that
contingency than they were in. 18C5,
when the army was sent to the border
and the French were warned to evacu
ate. The choice would then be, not
between war and peace, but between
armed intervention in Mexico and war
with some mother intervening power.
Deplorable as would be the former
alternative, it would be far less so
than the latter. This is the choice
which will probably be forced on the
United States by the President's in
effective meddling.
The only chances of avoiding it are
the vague one that some faction will
become supreme in Mexico before the
war in Europe ends or that the latter
war will continue until a Republican
Administration is installed in. Wash
ington. In the meantime Americans,
not only soldiers and sailors, but civ
ilians also, must hang their heads in
shame at the unpunished crimes that
are committed against . their fellow
citizens and their flag.
CHILO WELFARE.
The first biennial report of the Ore
gon Child Welfare Commission touches
briefly upon a number of fundament
ally important subjects such, as birth
registration, delinquent children, the
school for the blind, parental schools,
the boys' training school and so forth.
The Commission does not appear to
favor "parental schools" which are in
stitutions for the education of badly-
behaved boys and girls. The school is
supposed to supply the Darents' place,
a part which the Commission does not
believe any institution can successfully.
The report contains some extremely
Interesting matter upon the boys' train
ing school, commonly called the re
form school. It was conducted, at the
time of which the Commission speaks.
without much regard to the boys' wel
fare. They were required to do menial
work for the greater part of the day
with only three hours in school.
"School work," the commissioners re
mark, "is subsidiary to labor." Nat
urally the boys were not greatly bene
fited by such treatment and when
they were discharged they were "sent
out into the world with no supervision
and help to do right."
The last Legislature appropriated
$15,000 to found a manual training de
partment in the reform school. This
should contribute' materially to make
educational conditions better there but
it will not entirely solve the problem.
The Commission asks for cottages
where the boys may be trained in small
groups and for an adequate teaching
force. These points deserve considera
tion. It is cheaper for the state to
prepare the boys at the reform school
for useful lives than to support them
as permanent delinquents. One of
these two alternatives must be chosen.
There is no third way as a general
rule.
TLMK FOR TRADE TO REACH OCX.
A practical advance is to be made
in promoting American foreign com
merce by a conference of representa
tives of American states on the
financing of trade abroad. The neces
sity for some action in this direction
has become urgent since the war sev
ered Latin America from the -supply
of European capital, cut off the Eu
ropean market for South American
products and crippled Europe's power
to supply commodities to the southern
continent. We have always needed to
unite our energies for the extension of
foreign trade, but the present world-
situation has greatly increased the
need and at the same time has created
the opportunity to extend that trade
rapidly.
The first essential is a change in the
point of view from which the Ameri
can people regard foreign trade. They
are prone to view an American who
engages in business abroad as a more
or less shady adventurer, while one
who obtains a business concession in a
Latin-American state is in their minds
an exploiter of unsophisticated peo
ple, who are in fact decidedly so
phisticated. Any support given by the
State Department to American invest
ments abroad is branded as "dollar
diplomacy," while an appeal to our
Government for protection against in
justice at the hands of a foreign gov
ernment is denounced as an attempt to
involve the Nation in war to protect
private interests.
That is not the way Great Britain,
Germany, France and Holland built up
their foreign commerce. Both their
consular and diplomatic service are
enlisted in the cause of their trade.
German diplomacy aided German cap--ital
in obtaining from Turkey the con
cession for the Bagdad railroad.
When French bankers lent Turkey
money with which to buy arms, French
diplomacy insisted that a certain pro
portion of the purchases be made in
""ranee. When, on the outbreak of war.
Britain set out to capture German
commerce, her Foreign Office caused
the collection of samples of all goods
sold by Germany in British colonies
and neutral countries for inspection by
British manufacturers. When the
personal and property rights of their
subjects in foreign countries are vio
lated, European nations procure re
dress, by force if necessary, as when
they blockaded the, Venezuelan coast.
Changes of administration do not
change this policy, as they have with
us. In consequence, Americans en
gaging in business in Latin-American
countries are advised to "get under
the British, French or German flag."
Foreign commerce of the kind on
which we are now embarking has to
coax capital, and the lack of support,
in the manner described as being given
by other nations, places serious ob
stacles in its way. Our Government
should discover and inform our busi
ness men of opportunities abroad;
should aid them, through its consular
and diplomatic agents, in procuring
concessions; and should exert its whole
power to protect them in the exercise
of their rights In foreign countries.
This does not mean war; it simply
means diplomatic pressure and pos
sibly, on rare occasions, a naval dem
onstration. We must also recognize the differ
ence in conditions governing domestic
and foreign trade. Our anti-trust laws
are designed to preserve competition
and give the little fellow a chance.
They will accomplish this purpose at
home when in full operation, but
abroad they have a diametrically op
posite effect. Only the big business
man can afford to incur individually
the heavy expense of building up for
eign trade. The little business man- is
shut out by the limitations of his own
capital. In order that the small man
may have an equal chance with the
big man in foreign trade, it is neces
sary that all in one industry be not
only permitted but encouraged and as
slated to combine for that purpose
alone.
We are making a good beginning at
development of our commerce abroad.
Our banks have been permitted to es
tablish foreign 'branches, and several
have already done so. The Federal re
serve law has opened an American
market for foreign exchange. Foreign
loans are being made in the United
States. Our manufacturers should
cease treating foreign trade as a side
issue. Our Government should cease
to regard aid to capital in opening
markets as dollar diplomacy and
should cease to answer, "It's none of
our business," when Americans com
plain of being wronged in a foreign
country. Our anti-trust laws should
be relaxed so far as foreign trade is
concerned. If this policy be adopted,
the close of the war may find the
United States in possession of the for
eign markets, and our rivals may face
the necessity of taking away a share
from us. while before the war they
were in possession and we had to take
away a share from them.
ADVANCING BACKWARDS.
Professor Camden M. Cobern, of
Alleghany College, takes' occasion in
the New York Times to reiterate the
old "wheeze" that the ancients were
more modern than the moderns. He
points to the old Egyptian, saws for
cutting stone whose teeth were edged
with a substance marvelously like
carborundum. It has been found also
that some Egyptian riders sat hunched
up on their horses' necks exactly like
Tod Sloan, whose "new" racing seat
excited so much attention in England
not long ago. Both carborundum and
Tod Sloan's racing seat are as up-to-date
as possible but the ancients had
them four thousand years ago.
They had suffragettes too. Queen
Hatshepsu, of Egypt, outdid our most
advanced women In her assumptions
of masculine prerogatives. She wore
men's clothing, called herself "him" in
public proclamations and sported a
false beard. Few of our modern new
women have gone so far, though some
of them are well on the way. Hat
shepsu erected many temples and
monuments to commemorate her ex
ploits. Of course her name appeared
originally at the most conspicuous
places on the columns and walls, as
became a great queen and conqueror,
but her good-for-nothing husband
Thothmes, who unhappily survived
her, stole most of her glory by erasing
the name Hatshepsu and inserting his
own. He was not the first husband to
gain a cheap renown at the expense of
his wife and the example has been
often followed since his day. Thus
Hatshepsu sank into unmerited ob
livion for many centuries but her glory
has now been revealed anew and per
haps it shines all the brighter for hav
ing been temporarily obscured.
At any rate we know that there were
suffragettes long before Mrs. Pank-
hurst's day. Professor Cobern finds
the ancients most surprisingly modern
in war and their treatment of the con
quered. He tells, for instance, of an
Assyrian King who upon coming home
after a victorious campaign gave his
wife a picnic dinner under a spreading
tree with the headless trunk of a
captive King for the principal orna
mental feature. Armies in those days
were accompanied by professional
skinners whose art was applied to
prisoners for the entertainment of
their captors. Evidently the lighter
and more amusing side of war as prac-1
ticed today differs but little from the
ancient Assyrian. It may be a little
more barbarous but we must allow
something for the advances of science
and culture.
TRUE AND FALSE FRIENDS OF PEACE.
One can easily guess the reason why
the women pacificists are unwilling to
publish Colonel Roosevelt's letter on
their propaganda, for the Colonel's
views are well known from his articles
in magazines and newspapers. The
Colonel contends that his policy would
preserve peace far more effectually
than would that of the professed peace
advocates and that, moreover, it would
secure the National safety and honor.
He works to the same end as the
women, but he maintains that his
means are more effective than theirs.
Because his policy includes military
preparedness for defense he is termed
a militarist by those who imagine
peace can be preserved by military im
potence, but he can point to seven and
one-half years' as President during
which his mediation ended a great
war and our National Interests were
protected without war. That is a fairly
good peace record for a man who is
branded as a militarist.
In contrast with the Colonel's peace
policy may be set that or Great Brit
ain leading up to the present war. Ex
plaining the strikes of British work
men in wartime, Robert Blatchford
says in the London Dispatch that the
Liberal party, which is now in power,
gave solid and hearty support to
pacifist doctrines, opposed armament
and ridiculed "the German menace."
When war was declared, the workmen
could not suddenly change their coats.
"They could no longer say it was im
possible, so they said it was unneces
sary or wicked," says Mr. Blatchford,
for so they had been taught for half a
century. When a labor leader recently
declared himself opposed to the war,
he was cheered with enthusiasm by his
audience. The government hiid to
make an army, arms and ammunition.
Mr. Blatchford says:
We had not enough guns or - rifles,
neither had the Russians or the French.
The fovernment would not say so. The
censor would not let anybody say so. More
than once I tried to tell the truth In the
Weekly Dispatch, and the censor struck it
out. How were th5 worklngmen to know
the serious need of the cot-ntry when nobody
was allowed to tell them?
The worklngmen had been led to
believe that wars were caused by
financiers and armament rings and to
suspect of a selfish interest in war
every man who urged military prep
aration. When war came they saw
their employers making fat profits,
while the price of food and coal ad
vanced, and they demanded- higher
wages, which the employers refused.
Thus they forced the government's
hand, and Lord Kitchener was allowed
to speak. He spoke well, proclaimed
the need which the censor had con
cealed and promised to see that the
workmen were paid higher wages to
compensate for higher cost of living
and extra exertion..
This recital of what has been hap
pening in Britain -has a direct appli
cation to the United States. Colonel
Roosevelt and others who are urging
that this nation put itself in a condi
tion for its own defense are in the
same position Mr. Blatchford occu
pied for tn years or more before the
war. He -was called a scaremonger
and a militarist because he warned
Britain of her danger and begged her
to arm against it. Colonel Roosevelt
Is called a militarist because he warns
this country to arm against a like
danger. The British pacificists said
then, as the American pacificists say
now: "We don't want war; we don't
believe in war and we refuse to believe
that any other nation is so wicked as
to want war." The very party which
has persistently preached this doctrine
to the British people has now found
itself compelled to accept war.
Britain was amply prepared at sea
and powerful allies compensated for
her unpreparedness on land. We are
III prepared at sea, our mobile army Is
smaller than that which the Britons
sent into the battle of Neuve Chapelle
on a mere fraction of the allied front,
and we have no allies.
- The pacificists, innocently of course,
are not helping to avert war by their
propaganda; they are helping to bring
it about, for no stronger temptation
can be offered to a. well-armed, ag
gressive nation than an ill-armed, rich
nation. They are promoting a state
of public opinion which, when war
comes, will place the same obstruc
tions in the way' of vigorous prosecu
tion of hostilities as the pacifist senti
ments of the British workmen have
offered to the adequate production of
munitions. The whole nation needs to
understand, as Mr. Blatchford says,
that "men employed In making ships
or guns or rifles or shells are employed
in the war; they are fighting for their
country; the better they work, the bet
ter they fight." If when war comes to
this country, Americans employed in
making war material should approach
their work in the spirit inspired by the
pacificists, the efficiency of our army
would be as seriously impaired as is
that of the British army by the slack
ness of British workmen.
Sooner or later all great private col
lections come under the auctioneer's
hammer. There is nothing on earth
with a fate more certain. Only the
other day the great Morgan art collec
tions were offered for sale. Now
comes the famous Moreau library
which Charles C Moreau spent fifty
years in forming. It is particularly
rich In material relating to American
history.
Henry Ford certainly knows a good
deal about automobiles and he thinks
he knows something about war. , He
says, to show his acquaintance with
the subject, that "militarism -is never
patriotism. It is usually commercial
ism." When it isn't commercialism it
is hypocrisy. Many philosophers have
missed the truth farther than Mr.
Ford.
Rider Haggard's books are always
interesting. Readers will be glad to
learn that he has published a new one.
It is about Allan Quatermain, an old
friend much beloved. The author
takes up this time the adventures of
the hero's youth and makes him as
charming as he was when we first
knew him.
Some parts of England seem to be
reasowably well prepared for Zeppelin
raids. A citizen living in an inland
village advertises room for rent in his
"capacious cellars" where "patrons
will find a large stock of wines and
spirits" to keep them cheerful during
the ordeal. We do not know what
more any patriotic person could ask.
Pittsburg ammunition houses are
working day and night filling orders.
Orders from every source except the
United States Government, which
hasn't enough powder for a single bat
tle and doesn't seem to care a rap.
This is a tough old world in spots.
Are Italian out on the Sandy Road lost
his money- in a bank failore and later
buried more in the cellar. Now that
is gone. Here is material for a ven
detta. That probably was a new Zeppelin
on a trial run over Northumberland
the other night. Really, though, it is
time the Zeppelins were doing some
thing. If they can.
The belligerents who are truest to
their toddy are the British and the
Germans, between whom there is the
bitterest hatred. . Does alcohol aggra
vate hatred ?
Arizona took no chances In voting
dry. There is water enough behind
the Roosevelt dam to last three years
If it never rains a drop.
With strawberries from Louisiana,
pineapples from Hawaii and all kinds
of oranges from California, Portland la
reveling in a fruit diet.
The voters who voted against the
road bonds are not easy to discover.
They are either silent or have gone
over to the majority.
That systematized robbery of a New
York Central freight train took place
in an Eastern state, mind you, not in
the woolly West.
"Work for peace" Is the Pope's ad
vice to the American people. "Work
for the pieces" seems to be the Italian
plan, however.
A Mexican gunboat declined to sa
lute the American flag. Having the
temperament of our State Department
in mind.
From the result of the road bond
election it will be seen e that moss
backs are relatively few in Multnomah
County.
A Puyallup "Valley fisherman
dropped dead while trying to land a
12-inch trout. Died happy, anyway.
Mexican gunboats now have such
contempt for American warships that
they do not speak as they pass by.
The way of the public school teacher
in La Grande is rosy. A dozen have
married in the past year.
The mossbacks of Multnomah County
will now scrape off the moss and join
the progressive army.
The F-4 has been located. Some
what late, however, for the fact to be
of much Interest.
British losses in the war already ex
ceed the total of the first expedition
to France.
Portland gets its pineapples from
Hawaii, by the carload and consumes
them.
Neuve Chapelle has provided history,
with one of its reddest pages.
Those Zeppelins are well named
when referred to as gas bags.
This is the weather for the game
that has "ginger."
Now for a strong pull for the Rose
Festival.
"We will have good roads!"
Contributed Oregon Verse
VISIONS.
In boisterous Winter, daffodils:
'Mid city's grime, the green-clad hills;
Labor-worn, before the eyes
Isles of rest 'neath sapphire skies.
The grown man's struggle, childhood
sweet; '
A crowded square, a field of wheat;
Weary slave with dinner-pail;
Farm boy whistling o'er the swale.
Row on row of houses dense;
Sumachs growing by a fence;
Garden made by rule of book;
Ragged robins by a brook.
Blare of band and blaze of light;
Whip-poor-will at fall of night;
Yapping throng in circus" wake;
Lone loon wading in a lake.
The vulgar dance, at maddening pace;
A gentle girl with quiet grace;
Painted face on Lighted Way;
A mother's prayers at close of day.
Tainted cell and rattling keys;
Clover field and hum of bees;
Drifted sand on sun-parched plain;
Glistening foliage drenched by rain.
Sickening toil and tears that blind; -Age
when men shall love their kind;
Bursting shell and dead-strewn sward;
Time when men shall serve the Lord.
Earth, where mortals search for
Truth,
The fountain of eternal youth;
Heaven, where time collects no toll.
And peace at last for the ageless soul.
MARY H. FORCE.
Hillsdale, Or.
OUT OF DOORS.
Oh, the wonderful, wonderful out-of-doors.
It must-be God's delight.
For he hangs the curtains of silver at
morn
And the gold and purple at night.
There's the music of birds, the ripple
of streams.
The minor chords of the winds.
Which the Master Musician together
In one great anthem binds.
Oh, this wonderful, wonderful out-of-doors.
It must be God's delight.
For he clothes the mountains in er
mine robes
And the moonbeams' silvery light.
Oh, to be near to Nature,
Let me flee from the city's strife
And go where the beauty and peace of
God
Appeal to the inner life.
N. S. KEAEBT.
AS OREGON HOSE.
When Nature in her sweeter mood
Gave beauty to the rose.
She ne'er forgot sweet maidenhood.
But lovingly she chose
A dewy rose, a lily white.
And with her own fair hand
Designed a gem of rare delight,
A fay In fairy land.
A spirit of the wildwood
Then breathed upon her eyes
Sweet joyousness and girlhood
Outrivaling the skies.
Her beauty is her dower.
Her innocence her shield;
No fairer, sweeter flower
In bonnie wood or field.
Though chivalry is over
And poets fear to sing.
Will she listen to a lover?
Will she hear the voice of Spring?
GEORGE H. SANDS.
TOO LATE,
Come, talk not of future joys to me
Nor with faith inspire and bid me see
A visionary star on the horizon high
An emblem of hope, new life drawing
nigh.
Thou canst not my soul to hope dispose,
When fates have ordained it to bitter
woes.
Nor stay the hour the fates have de
creed. Conspiring with nature that I never
succeed.
Anchor my tempest-toss'd soul to
peaceful coast
To give it in keeping to some beloved
host.
What need then prolong, and Inward
smart conceal?
Doth not the eye our soul reveal?
Cease then my heart with temptations
rend, t
When it's all too late, too late, my
friend.
ANNA GOLDEN.
TUB PORTLAND ROSK.
The month of June will soon be here.
The fairest month of all the year,
Radiant in beauties each year told,
Oft repeated but ne'er grown old.
Of sunshine bright and birds so gay.
Of droning bees and making hay.
Of all the grand and wondrous things
That to the month of June fame
brings.
No fairer beauty nature shows
Than that of the famous Portland rose.
MRS. E. B. W.,
Box 113, Silverton, Or.
TO THE "1913" TOURIST.
If you contemplate a visit "to the Ssn
Francisco fair, just travel via Portland. Tou
will find a welcome there, and share with
us the beauty and rVagrance of her rose.
Tls the, emblem of that city, as the whole
world knows.
Then view the Columbia River with its
scenery so grand
A sight itself worth seeing -unsurpassed
in any land.
At her mouth, the town Astoria, then
Flavel soon you'll reach.
And further on the coast you come to
Clatsop's famous beach.
One hundred miles from Portland, all
the way a scenic ride
Will land you in five hours or less at
Gearhart or Seaside.
Now Seaside it is famous as an all-year-round
resort.
'Tis there you surely can indulge in
every kind of sport.
There is bathing, boating, riding, autos,
' lots for hire
To view the lovely scenery, of which
you ne'er will tire.
The fishing in her rivers and her
streams we proudly boast.
And the ocean fishing Is the best there
is along the Coast.
If golfing is your pastime and your ball
you'd like to tee.
You will And a splendid golf links up at
Gearhart by the sea,.
And facing towards the ocean Is a cas
tle styled hotel
Where the cuisine it is perfect, the sea
foods, they are swell.
Now come along and visit us. you are
welcome to our shore;
Besides those things I've mentioned
you'll find there's hundreds more.
Her mountain peaks and valleys are a
sight to gaze upon.
You'll remember long your're visit to
the shores of Oregon.
P. M'KELLAK, Seaside. Or.
RELIGION.
For the place we call our home,
And all the kindness there.
For all the food and drink we have.
For all the clothes we wear.
For all our toys and pretty thngs,
For books, and songs and play.
For things they do when we are sick
We can say thank you every day
To our fathers here.
But for that place we call outdoors
And all the "lovelies" there.
For yellow sunbeams and gray rain.
Glad light and flying air.
For flowers and trees and singing birds.
The changing, windy sky.
The stars and moon between the days.
We surely, surely ought to fry ,
To thank sur Father there.
FRANCES GILL.
A WAV FOR THE "DOWS-AXD-OIT'
Self-Made Man AdvUea Able Street
BrRifri to Serk Work em Karma.
PORTLAND, April 15. (To the Edi
tor.) Last night as I left the office I
was confronted by a man who wanted
help. A strong man he was; so was
his breath. Before I got three blocks
away, two more had encountered me
on the same errand.
Seldom aday passes that a similar
incident does not occur. I try to argue
with them and find the cause of their
sorrowful plight. Their stories usually
bring nothing new. I advise them to
go out of town, but they refuse. Their
number is increasing daily and their
helplessness is increasing, also.
One of the men I met last night
claimed to be an American citizen and
a Spanish-War veteran. He declared
that every contractor hires foreigners
in preference to Americans and in many
other ways discriminates against Amer
icans. Now the question with me Is, what
shall we. do with them? Also, more par
ticularly, what shall 1 do for them?
There are certainly two Bides to the
question. Truly I am comfortable and
they are in need, therefore, I should
divide up. On the other hand, why
should I deprive myself or my family
of a dime for their support? Do I
owe them anything?
I came to Oregon when a mere boy
in my teens with $7, when the hard
times of '93 began. Money was scarcer
then than now. I never asked a man
for a dime in my life. I should have
thought such an act the vilest disgrace.
However, I did not deem it a dis
grace to work for my board until bet
ter times appeared.
The first work I did in Oregon was
to clear two acres of land for S20 per
acre. At this task I earned 65 cents
per day, which did not quite pay for
my board, room and washing. But,
remember, I cleared the land. 1 worked
out my surplus boardbill later. It is a
source of gratification to me now to
drive by this place occasionally and re
new my memory of those happy days.
Happy? Yes, indeed, those ere happy
days. I owned not any man. nor did
I auk favor of any man. Care free,
debt free and healthy!
Being too old and overgrown to at
tend the public schools, I got my edu
cation at private school, where I paid
my tuition much of the time by work
irvg half a day and attending school
the other half and reciting at night.
I go into this detail in order to
state my case plainly, I have always
dealt honestly and have gained a small
portion of this world's goods. Not
wealthy, but comfortable. I have a
wife, and four boys that I am trying
to educate not to be hobos. It is not
an easy matter to make both ends
meet these times when the monthly
bills come rushing In and an occasional
call for a new Kaster bonnet and a
baseball bat or two.
The question is, where shall I Invest
my spare dimes and quarters? I be
lieve I have a chance of making good
citizens of my boys and prefer to in
vest it there. On the other hand, I
honestly believe that the hope of im
proving the citizenship or easing the
suffering of those who now are walk
ing the streets is very small.
I believe It is true that contractors
do employ mostly foreigners. This,
however, is a result of which the Amer
ican laboring man is undoubtedly the
cause. The American laborer is In dis
repute in many sections, and a large
portion of the foreigners are In the
same class. Their recent demand for a
$3 wage for 8 hours of unskilled labor
is but additional proof of the above as
sertion. If there ever was a time when
organized labor could ill-afford to make
such demand, it is now.
I enjoy work, and in that respect 1
admit that I am old-fashioned. Before
I came West I worked on a farm for
$15' per month. I worked on the 8
hour schedule, but it was S hours in the
forenoon and 8 hours in the afternoon.
Two 8-hour shifts, of course, is too
much for any man, but I thc-ight noth
ing of it at the time.
In my work now I come In contact
with farm conditions a great deal and
I know that the farmer's greatest prob
lem today is that of getting good, re
liable help. It is simply unobtainable.
..ow why should such a condition pre
vail when there Is absolutely no other
occupation where a man can begin at
the very bottom and In 15 or 20 years
reach an Independent position some
where near the top? If I were without a
cent today. I would never waste a mo
ment in doubt of the success of such
a venture. A young man can today go
into any county in the state, outside of
Multnomah, and by working for his
board long enough to convince the
farmer of his Integrity, he can get all
the work he wants at reasonable
wages. By saving his earnings he can,
in a few years, buy a small outfit and
rent a farm. Or he can rent one all
ready stocked as soon as he can con
vince the owner that he has brawn
enough to make a shadow. In 15 or
20 years he can buy a 40 or 80-acre
farm and be Independent.
Of course, all this cannot be accom
plished on Broadway nor can it be ac
complished by spending half the time
In the movies or in the thirst em
poriums. I have written more than I intended
to and have said much less than might
be said. I have pointed the way by
which some hungry "1k" can win suc
cess and independence. It cannot be
said that this plan will not work, for
hundreds of us have made it win. My
happiest days were those when I was
getting my start, and if I were down to
bedrock today I would gladly go the
same route again.
If I meet a hungry "bo" tomorrow,
what shall I tell him?
SELF-MADE MAN.
(Which DeWitt Miller once said was
slightly better than one not made at
all.)
As to Incorporating.
DRYAD, Wash., April 3. (To tho
Editor.) (1) Will you kindly tell me
what advantage it would be to an ao
stract firm to incorporate? It is now
owned by one man and there is one
other abstract company In the town,
which is incorporated. (2) Would it
be wise or foolish to incorporate? (3)
Is there any way Jn which a man can
incorporate and still own all the busi
ness (dummy partner or something of
the sort)? (4) Doesn't It tie one's hands
to incorporate, as far as selling or
making changes of any sort? (5) Has a
woman, in Oregon, any claim to her
husband's bank account? For Instance,
if she wishes to leave him. Is she by
law entitled to any of it, and if bo,
how can she get It? () Whera can i
procure copies of the questions given
in the last teachers' examination in
Multnomah County? - H. V. A.
A. (1) The Individual would not be
held liable for the debts of a corpora
tion. (2) That is a matter of opinion.
(3) There must be three stockhold
ers, at least. One person may own
all but two shares and in this way
control the corporation.
(4) That Is for you to judge. Ask a
lawyer for advice.
(5) Only by a court decree in a di
vorce or separation suit.
(0) Write to J. J. Krapps. Salem'. Or.
Cushion of Love Letters.
Kansas City Journal.
"They were married kneeling on a
cushion stuffed with their love letters."
"1 should think such a cushion would
be full of angles."
"No; those letters were very, very
soft."
Nearly Out of Does.
- Judge.
"How many dogs have you, Wooli
ver?" "I Isn't got but six now, cuhnet,
since de white men took to shootin
'em for killin' fheop. Looks like l'a
mlghtynlsh out o' dogs, eah."
Twenty-Five Yeart Ago
(From The Oreronlan of April 18. 1 !.)
The delegates for the Republican
state convention are all here. They will
begin work at .Masonic Hall at 11
o'clock this morning. The ticket ap
pears to be the following: Congrcm
man, Biuger Hermann. Ro.eburg; Gov
ernor, David I'. Thompson. Portland;
Secretary of State, George P. McBrldr.
St. Helens; State Treasurer. Phil
Metschan. Canyon City, or J. P. Fuull.
Baker City; State Superintendent ot
Public Instruction, E. B. McKlroy, nf
Salem; State Printer. Frank C. Baker.
Portland. State Senator Tongue, of
Waohington County, will probably be
chosen chairman.
Friends of J. W. Cusick. of Albany,
are pushing him for the nomination
of State Treasurer and R. S. Bean, of
Eastern Oregon, Is evidently the choice
for Supreme Court Judge.
James J. Corbett, Instructor of box
ing at the Olympic Club. San Fran
cisco, has knocked out McCaffrey lit
four rounds and will be glvenarou.slr.sj
reception upon his return home, not
to mention a lino token of esteem In
the form of a gold watch.
Dr. K. B. O'Brien, a" crazy physician
at Vancouver, Wash., tried to kill
Father Becker, president of Holy An
gels' College, by shooting at him on
the street.
Biekmore Leroy, aged IS years,
whose parents reside at Brownsville,
and who has published a .comic paper
at Albany, called the Joker, yesterday
cluared out for parts unknown, giving
no reason for his sudden departure.
Colonel Van Cleve, of Sclo, has told
The Orenonlan that a rich vein of coal,
10 feet thick, haa been discovered at
the end of a 30-foot tunnel near his
town.
Tillamook Is beginning to be recog
nized by the Government and the es
tablishment of a llvesaving station
ne'ir the bar will be of great service.
Councilman Tyler Woodward.
friends are considerably Interested in
the report that lie Is paying his East
ern hotel bills with street railway
franchises. W. fcs. Ladd said that he
thinks that Woodward and Parrel I
must have agreed to let the blanket
ordinance go through.
Tho Pile foundation for the pivotal
pior of the Madison-street bridge is
being sawed off.
Two and Two Not Four, Says He.
PORTLAND, April 15. (To the Edi
tor.) "Would Mr. Barzee vote a man
guilty of crime or a litigant large tor
Mmall, either) damages if he were lit
doubt?" Most certainly not and thi
is just why "In doubt" voters should
keep their doubts where they will
damage no one.
The Oregonian's comparison Is not
a. fair one. An elector's vote on elec
tion day takes, entirely, in every re
spect, the attitude of a witness before
a court or Jury. If it did not never
in the history of this or any other
state have laws been legitimately
made, as in all jury oecisiorjs every
man's vote must be counted. No de
cision is accepted unless every Juror
has opinions and expresses them by
his vote. And when once he has voted
the consequences pass from his power
to repeal or change. Thit is not so
with an elector vote. He may vote or
not vote, as hs ehoosen. and he may
reopen the case by petition on further
Information or new evidence as a wit
ness and hold another election or trial,
as the case may be. while a Juror
passes entirely, legally, out of the canr.
The Oregonian should get right on
this question. Its demand that people
Inform themselves Is Just. So much, m
good. Its advice that they should vote,
at all, uninformed, falsifies every such
witness on election day. It docs nor.
tend to such statesmanship as would
move a city, a state, or a nation for
ward with the progress that Intelli
gence found In all ages dmnds.
C. W. BARZICK.
Mr. Barzee Is painfully arguing that
black is white. An elect'on result Ik
universally termed the "verdict" of the
people. Witnesses do not render ver
dicts. If the voters are witnesses there
is no court or jury, for no one Is left
to decide the case. Mr. Barzee admits
that as a Juror in court he would vole
no If in doubt and thereby possibly
damage a litigant or the public, but i
a Juror In elections he would "keep his
doubts where they would damage no
one."
Community Property States.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. April 11. (To
the Editor.) Please Inform me if theio
Ik any state where a man having a
wife living and not divorced can sell
land and give a deed without her sis
nature. A READER.
Washington. California and several
other stares have what is called the
"community property law." t'ndcr thl
law property possessed by either party
before marriage may remain Folely in
his or her possession, and the other
party has no right to it. Property ac
quired after marriage, except by spe
cial bequest to cither party, becomes
community property. Ordinarily, how.
ever, the signature of the wife Is re
quired to any deed, the "right of don
er" being recognized in common law.
The only exception would be non-com-munlty
property In any state having
such a law. Oregon haa no community
property law.
Admlolatrator'a (Marges.
PORTLAND. April 14. (To the Edi
tor.) My father died in the State of
Missouri. There was no will. A pub
lic administrator was appointed '-y the
court. Does the court limit tho admin
istrator's charges, or can the- admin
istrator charge as much as he pleases?
SUBSCRIBER.
A certain fee, based on a percentage
of the valuation of the estate, is pro
vided by statute in every state.
Claaa In Literature.
Life.
"Who was Shylock. Aunt Kthel?"
"My dear! And you go to Sunday
school and don't know that!"
"To Be or Not to Be?
That Is the Question."
Whether or not the flare, circular,
slx-yard-around fklrt has come to
stay or whether tho wore practical,
more economical and more trim
looking narrow skirt will come back
again.
Where the former style of nklrt
In used in the building of a dancing
frock, or a light Summer gown of
soft, fine material, the effect Is,
without doubt, attractive.
But for the plain, smart, tailored
suits of serge, shepherd checks,
woolens, gabardines and the like,
the more narrow skirt will rontlnua
to find limited favor.
As a matter of fact, as the adver
tising columns of The Oregonian
will show, coats and skirts of al
most every variety are being worn,
and their selection will depend upon
the wearer's individual taste.
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