T1TT2 MOItXIXG OHEGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915L
FOKTLAND, OBXCOX.
Kntere4 at Portland. Ontn. Poat office aa
aerocd-ciase trailer.
SseacrlpUos) Bim Invariably la advance:
(Bf Mail.)
Iany. Sunday Included, eoejrear ....- "
X'mi.y, Sunday Included. ix months .
2-ei:y, fcandar Included. tbree moaiha
' 2a:;y, Sunday Included, oaa moatu .
Xai:y. without Sunday, oot year ....
rai;r. vltbout Suaday. al mo&thl . .
lal.y. witaout Ktindtjr, torea monlha
1'atlr. althoul Sunday, ana month
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Veekly. oca aar
tanday, one ear
Sunday and Weakly, oaa year .....
(Br Carrier.)
patty, Sonde tncraded, ana year .
1aUy. Sunday, laciaded. oaa moata
Haw la ln Bead poetoffiee money or-
Car. eipreae order or pereoaal -caeca on yaur
local ban, tttampe, cola or currency ara at
senders ruk. lilve poatoHica address la tall.
including couaty and atate.
secured by the wealth which remains.
Thus It la that in the last year the
Cnl ted States has imported only 1(8,
600.000 la fold, though the balance
of trad in Its favor is nearly S 1,100,-
000.000 for the year ending- June 30
The difference has been made up by
cancellation of credits which Europe
held against this country, by means of
sale of American securities to Ameri
cans and by borrowing in this
country.
Measured by their wealth, the abil
ity of the belligerents to continue the
war is far from exhausted. The na
tional wealth of Great Britain is esti
mated at S8S.000.000.000. of Germany
Jl at 180.000.000.000. of France at 150.-
vvv,vvv,vuv, ok nussia mi iiu,vvv,vuv,a
000, of Austria-Hungary at 825.000.
000.000 and of Italy .25.000.000.-
000. Not until the credit obtained
raalai a states 11 to It'MfHL 1 cant : IS I -airier thaa nimi annrnarhH thft
to j pesea. 1 casta: 34 to pasea, S rente; I v. k . . . .-i
so to u pases. coma; M tola pasea. I amount which bankers and their cus-
cenie; 1a ta n pasea, a seaia. v.a- lomers are wining io lena upon in era
.'ZLZrZ-v.T o. wiU th. nation, hare reached the limit
lla. rlruarwick bulld og. New Vork: Verea I of their ability to flghL Before that
fncfaciWr reached some of the belliger-
Market street.
orm own responsibility.
ents msy have drawn so many men
from productive industry to the flgbt-
POBTIiD. wtotDAV. Ai-G. 4. ISIS. I ing line that they will not be able to
produce or to buy abroad the mate
rials necessary to continue the war.
Thla la nrnhahlv what Mr T.lrtVd
it rcsiaent uson nas canto rep- (nr, h.d ln mlnd h he 4hat
resenianvcs oi uun-AntncM ' victory mlsht fall to the party which
Into cos Terence for the purpose or ob- l could raise the last 100,000,000.
talning the approval of those nations
for measures which he has himself de-1 at Tins bctns of Armageddon.
elded to adopt In Mexico, no objection I Mr. Rooeeveltoellevea a rast army
can fairly b raised on behalf of the I of commentators from an apparently
American people. Their support of I unending task" by defining his own
his policy In advance would remove I political status. He Is a Progressive
any cause for suspicion that the and will remain a Progressive.
United States was serving Its selfish
ends under the pretext of pacifying
Mexico.
But if the President's purpose be
to divide responsibilities with the
Latin-American nations, he is once
more on the wrong tack, for that re
sponsibility rests, and must continue
to rest chiefly upon the United States.
The United States proclaimed the
.MARYLAND SPEAKS FOB DEFENSE
able war between the Modocs and I r na adequate armament ana equip
the authorities. Treachery, assassina- j mxatdef,nlt. naTmJ and mmtarr policy,
tlon and all tha cruelties Of savage I An expenditure of Army and Navy an-
and bloody Strife marked this partic- Pjoprlatlons in such a way aa will Prevent
, u""" - I their uae for political purposes and will
Ular Struggle; but through it all the ,eeure a foil return far the money spent.
Klamaths remained loyal and Steaa- I The creation and maintenance of an or-
faaf Thr hnv lcrt tha faith for n'e" irainea ana luny eiiuippea.
rast. iney nave Kepi me ianu iw Tne oalldlnf. np and trnsthenlns of the
over a half century, and It may well National Guard, "a well-resalated militia
bo believed that they will keep It SO being- neceaaary to the aecurlty of a free
Inn a- a. th- 1. a tribesman left tte-" " u """" to tne ConaUtutlon.
t.. rr, th fair nnlnlon of the The league has received the unquai- mnr. than 200 reDresentaUve men or
state, of which they are an industrious I "ia endorsement or mat staunch 01a Baltimore:
and worthy part. They are esTltlea to 1 u i The war In whIcn an the principal
have it for what thov have done ror ii.ia nuc i im ui vvuuc ... f lhB old World are now en
themselves no less than for what they traditions of the Democratic party gaged Is without a parallel In history.
Leaarae Declares for Araaed Prepared'
ess ta Rlngine; Declaration.
The following; address to the people
of Maryland has been .published by the
Maryland League for National De
fense, which is headed by business and
professional men of all .. parties and
which was organized at a meeting of
have done for law and order.
THE HAPPT WOO LEX TRUST.
Woolgrowers by wsr have been
given the protection of which they
were deprived by the Democratic
party, the war having caused an ab-
and has not been seized by the delu- The military and naval forces on
sions of the new Bryanic Democracy. I each side are vastly greater than any
It terms the oDDOnents of National de- that ever nerore tacea eacn m
fense vicious forces workinsr strenu- I battle on this planet.
ously and in conjunction with the tool
Monroe Doctrine a.nd Is responsible
n,lnt,n,n That rfrttrlna I tney
Many anxious and not wholly dis
interested persons have for some time
thought otherwise, but Colonel Roose
velt ought to know. "Holding the
convictions I do," he says ln a public
statement, "it will be impossible for
me to take that step" (rejoining the
ReDublican cartv)
If Mr. Roosevelt's convictions will
not permit him to be a KepuDll
can It is to be assumed likewise that
places upon the United States the duty
of seeing that Mexico respects the
rights of Europeans, In order that Eu
rope may have no ground for Inter
vention. The United States, as the
nearest and greatest neighbor of Mex
ico, has suffered more Injury from
Mexico's troubles than any other na
tlon. The United States by Ineffective
meddling hss aggravated Mexico's
disease and Is morally bound to under
take alone tha duty of curing It.
If the President, addressing the
Latin-American diplomats, should say:
This is what I Intend to do. I ask
your approval and co-operation." he
would add strength to his policy. If
he should say: -What shall I do
-1 1 1 . w nan
doctrine I , 5 ... w.i n...i..
aiaaio lur 100 Ariiuuuwu i(aiui
tial nomination. It is clear that he
has definitely set himself outside of
consideration as an actual candidate,
Perhaps that - is what he Intended
to do.
When he was ln Portland the Colo
nel said that If any one would tell
him what are to be the political con
ditions of 11. he would state exactly
what he will then do. There can be
no doubt that he would. Meanwhile,
so far as 1815 Is concerned he Is quite
clear as to some things he will not do,
The Oregonian notes that Its rising
holeonteniDorary. the Oregon Coast Daily
would shirk responsibility and wouia T,det printei at North Bend (Coos
weaxen n.a position, n r Bay), laments volubly the early with
oeciae wnai tne oi;nru oiatea .. .. , T,. T ci-. tha
io. with the approval of other Amer
ican nations If possible, without that
approval if It should be withheld. By
submitting his quarrel with Huerta
to the ABC conference, he has 'al
ready tried joint action, and the re
sult was a miserable fiasco. While
the diplomats were talking, the armies
of Carranza were fighting and they
eliminated Huerta before the con
ference reached a decision.
Even If It were sdvtsable. an at
tempt to obtain from Latin-America
a mandate for the Intervention of the
United States In Mexico would prob
ably prove equally futile. The diplo
mats would hare In mind the danger
of creating a precedent for the grant
or a similar mandate for Intervention
in Internal troubles which may break
out In their own countries. They
would picture to themselves some fu
ture conference to which a strong and
peaceful Mexico
at which Mexico
experience as a precedent for grant
ing a mandate to the United States to
Intervene In Brazil. Argentina, Chile.
Bolivia, Urugusy or Gustemala,
All of these countries, except Guate
mala are so remote from Mexico that
they have slight Interest in her tran
quilltty. and they would be moved
rather by consideration for their own
safety from foreign Interference, for
the heightening of their own prestige,
than "by consideration for the welfare
of Mexico. Guatemala as Mexico's
Congressional race. "We feel, re
marks the moaning Tide, "that had
Mr. Simpson entered the race at this
time, or a little later, he would have
succeeded In obtaining the nomination
at the primaries to be held early next
Summer. xne regrets or our inter
esting contemporary are made all the
more poignant by the reflection that
the "Coast country will.not come into
its own without representation" and
that "Congressman Hawley Is really
a Portland man."
The Oregonian would not discourage
Mr. Simpson or any other live and
honest man, from Coos Bay or any
where else in the First District, from
entering the lists against Representa
tive Hawley. It is a free country and
the direct primary Is admirably de
vised to give any citizen, anxious to
learn, full Information about his exsct
n..t . ..n, ant I standing In the regard of his fellow
, wIm cu-Ph.r owl n- But we will not refrain from
would cite her own i . . . . ,. .... ,. ... n
He is a young- and very useful man
and is said to be rich. He is going to
save a lot of money and be happier
than if he tempted fate by going into J
Congressional politics.
A citizen of Roseburg last year had
tryout in the primaries with Mr.
Hawley. Result: Hawley, 27,4(3;
Roseburg. 10.058. Later a very ener
getic lawyer from Coos Bay, having
obtained the Democralc nomination
for Congress, and being persuaded that
southern neighbor and as a far week- " w" J
er state would fear to stir up the h? ,H7,e? B,e"1 e,in. th"l
n,o r that Th. caaa of Hawley. 61.295; Coos Bay. 82.-
Mexlco calls for vigorous action by this
(2(. There have been other years in
country, but no Latin-American coun- , . ''. .yil.'l ",
try U Uk..y to become openly a party wVnor
It is quite sufficient for Mr. Wilson .... . . .V . .. v.- - .
to Inform the Latln-Amerjcan repub- BU' " " .'-"-.
lies of the emergency which calls for n no vp
.i v- ..- e-i.. c..,.- i aging.
I .. r k- ..il.. .kl.k I Sir. nawicT w iiui a rui iinnu mui.
JV.W. v .". - , , TJI- 1. t 1,1.
he intends to take and to assure them '
that this NaUon has no design of """""r v , u , ' ,
n..t r..rrr,.n.r.t nA-un.tlon. toT doing all he can for that great
If they approve and give their moral wa,erway' Congressman from Coos
support so much the better. If they Bay should do no less. We doubt U
withhold approval. It is still Incum- he ",oul1 doJraore for Co" By than
tent upon him to go ahead with the "
rneasures which he deems necessary.
regardless of their opinion. Let the I OBEYTxa TBI WHITK MAN'S LAW.
event prove the sincerity i of his I Sergeant Brown, Garfield Jack,. Sl-
pledges and the wisdom of his action. mon Isaaca anj stonewall Jackson
jne rreiiotni naa repeateuiy aaiu I .-.- ,hlh rovap a wMa f!I1 of
in most jeucitous language tnai ne ethB0, 0frlcal ,Uggestlon; but they are
proposed to do something to amel- ... ,,K ln1i-n u'h. th.v .t
borate Mexico's condition. His wealth -,mM .,r-nt that
woraa n-a a .a j tney honest names, honestly be
poverty of deeds. The time U long hel cT1U(d decend
past when deeds should replace words mnt- of a mboriglnai race.
ana it,Mgi mk,.i lu. tm. The foup Jolned ,n a ,ettor to Tho
American repuouc. 1-tt.r hlh .rr man anrl aroman In
Oregon ought to read. It Is an eloquent
1TNANCIAL KESOrvCES rOR WAK. I defense of the good name of the Klam-
Tho ability of the belligerent na-lath tribe, and it Is an appeal to their
tlona to finance a war. the cost of white brotners to recognize tne pa-
whlca Is beyond precedent, has al- lnouc maa
...a. ii.i nare ever guiuea ine aumaira m
rady belied tho predictions of treat ...H ,h.ir-naihhora
'MU"" I and their relations with both church
A year ago it was declared that there I ftnd state.
could be no such war as is now be
ing fought because there was not
'enough money In the world to pay for
carrying It to a decisive conclusion.
That statement was based on the false
assumption that a nation's ability to
X tha outlook for The more atrlctly we preaerve neutrality ceeded in avoiding the arousing of some
ayorabla, aa war the mora likely wa are to Incur tha ul will very fierce antagonisms,
veritable Chineaa of the conqueror in tho European strucgie. Th tru. la tnat in a conflict like
With free wool. it raqulrea two to make peace; U needs nehr".T " frlands It is
barred. while the only one to make war. "is th ,ne"tra1, h" ? frIends- 11 19
Tha victor in this areat conflict will.
. n nneeMtt a HAWAr Of
f rVi nnn.ns1tani Tt.PA.nt.iinv.niHj y . -
7. e orrense so great as to piace any cuuu-
fanatics. trv which i not in a condition of rea-
The address to the people of Mary- I sonable Dreparedness againet war en
t j- . . i - inhalland is published ln another column, tlrelv at his mercy.
uurmai uimawi iw w" I w... 7- . I t. n.u I. with HT
soldiers. So long as war conunues. r - " confidence what the feelings of that
they may remain prosperous, but for i-n gm beneflt' of those h0 victor may be toward the United States
uivir jruojcrjkjr mtrjr w ... . I . . . 1 1 ... I vi America.
.v. ,i.J. . dream that neutrality can save the TT , ,h. tim tha Govern
T- "r,V.:.rfc.v-h United States from being; drawn into "t of this country hai exerted its
hen.fU of nrotection both by the tariff th war and that our own ,ove of veTr effort to maintain an attitude of
a ?J t-f- h. r.t,,tinn is - sufficient protecUon. These strict neutrality. We have manifested
and by war. Their happy situation is v entIre ImpartlaUty.. In our dealings with
thus tersely described by the Boston T - - t v ,h contendina- nowers. and yet it must
. . . in v cuuiiiv umm tu ui v ' zxv u b sax u m-m aiv I -
iranscnpt: i frienda be evident to all that we nave not suc-
Wool men era sarins that the outlook fori The more atrlctly we preaerve neutrality I ceeded in avoiding the arousing of some
tne mills la exceedingly xavoraDie.
eondltiona have built up a venti
wall around tha lnduetry. Wit
w-- Mnttntim th .IftmMtlA mih.r, BI annnfr tiau nmrm mt enw Hm If Ih. lUlUiWlUia 1UI II 1 III w ut,o J
woreted and woolen fabrics have all the I other party doea not chooae to name a I This is not a war between monarchies
advsntaces of a hlxu tariff, without most I price. I or governments. It is a war between
of the drawbacks. Ha may prefer war at any pries and re- peonies, in which the whole people on
If the stimulating effect of the war t"" o five us the option. each sIde beueve themselves to be
on demand and prices were withdrawn, I The example of Maryland is com- I f ightlnir for a just cause, for their
th manufacturers wonld still have I mended to Ore iron for emulation. It I dearest rights, and Indeed lor tneir
h- V--.rle nl .,.tu.Hnn h tK. tariff. I le . lima tnr Ihnu whn iMlr. tn IM I Very National existence.
Added to this, they would have the their country protected against" ag- .?"? "!.df!. b"v'? J fnthaf
benefit of free wool at prices no longer I gression by the only effective means h ifo,rf,. .
enhanced by war. Thus the manufac- a sufficient Army and Navy to set cialmed ourselves the champion of that
turer stands to win in war or peace, i tnemseives apart from tnose wno i freedom, ought now to be on that side,
while the grower has only the tern- I would confide our National safety to
porary shield of war against the com- I bulwarks of paper and high-flown
petition of foreign growers. - - I sentiment. We have seen in the case
The professed purpose of tho De- of other nations how worthless were
mocracy In revising the tariff was to I such bulwarks,
strike off first the exorbitant benefits
derived by the trusts. The woolen I g. Benson Is a business man and his not coming to the rescue.
manufacturers are organized In one I nmniuni tn mn th ritv and nv I Under such circumstances, the more
of the tightest trusts in tne country, 1 11000 a day has the sound of business;
but they are still protected by tne hut it cannot be done. There are too
tariff. The woolgrowers have no such I many laws and near-laws to be ob-
comblnatlon; they do business ln open served, too many places to be filled
The other side believes that It is
fighting for the freedom of mankind,
for the preservation of civilization and
the prevention of a return to methods
of barbarism in war that it is fight
ing our battle and thaf we are false
to our - highest duty to humanity ln
competition, but they have no tariff and too many men to fill them.
protection. v
strictly we preserve neutrality the more
likely we are to have the ill-will of
the conqueror in the Kuropean strug
gle, whoever he may be.
It requires nothing but the exercise
of the most ordinary common sense to
see that we ought to be prepared to
ti,...-. k .,m.i,in. -.I,. defend ourselves, if necessary, against
. " Aim j c OUU.ew.US ... . .,1.1.1. .v.. 11 ,.
OCR Owx SCHOOL BOOKS? the osteopath says about defective .o.inti,.
It Is Impossible to withhold a cer- walking and bad feet. The bow-legged The fB-t th.t ft will ot ha.va be
tain measure of sympathy for the pro- I person toes ln and Is not troubled by I our fault furnishes no guarantee what-
noaal of tha Salem Tvoomnhlcal Un- corns, cut au qo not oecome oow- ever or immunity irom atiacK
: .. . . . . J. leKK-ed and the "Charlie Chaplins" To illustrate
ion mat scnooi oooks do printed I j .ffr
Twenty-Five Years Ago,
Oregon and the great sums annually
sent abroad be kept at home. School
poleon entered
In the year 1805 Na-
upon his celebrated
campaign against Austria and Russia,
which resulted in the complete over
Germany has four millions on the th
books cost too much. There are too battle lines and nearly three millions aiiia.a in tha crownine- victorv of Aus-
many oi mem. -xney are cnnugeu i maklng munitions and quartermasters' terlitx.
often. It sometimes happens it may I "stuff." Everv erowins: bov is hODinu I During that war the kingdom of
be surmised that it frequently happens f, tha timo whn ha ahull h hi Prussia remained absolutely neutral
that books are required to De Dougnt enough, and the war is a long way V lv Tn 7Z
b v - I II Will
used. Altogether, the school-book bur
den is not a light one. Tet parents.
who are anxious that their children be
educated and are fearful that they
may drop behind in their classes, sub'
mlt to the school demands, though
half the time they do not know what
some of the books are to be used for,
T3itt Ana. mav n avarthal A hft rill-
blous about the local printing of text- u
books. Education is not a state but a "." ' . w v .
universal matter. A state standard sity of thj, Eastland affair, but Is rid c
as distinct from a National or general uloua- Th?, "f4 crtm,n' ln the is
.. j.. ohit aster are likely to get away ln the
There is no parent In the stats who squabble over ethics.
will be satisfied if his children get
anvthlna- ahort of the best. What has Of course Air. Bryan win not De
Oregon to offer ln the way of su- I surprised that Alton B. Parker favors
narior authorshin for textbooks? To national aerense. no regards Air.
which wa made upon her by the victor
of Austerlitz in the following year. The
Professor G. Stanley Hall, of Clark I attack resulted ln the annihilation of
University, has good ideas on punish-1 the Prussian military power at Jena,
ment. He says spanking Is best and f1" dismemberment of the kingdom, the
v. f, .ov- i.I Ios of one-half of its territory and
Delayed punishment Is the condition of a dependency of France,
Is best
"warm."
I essence of cruelty.
From The Oregonian of August 4, I860.
St. Petersburg Danger of serious
trouble in the east of Europe seems to
be somewhat increased by the recent
occurrences in Constantinople and the
action of England in persuading the
Sultan to grant berettas of investiture
to the Bulgarian bishops in Macedonia.
The Czar Is astonished and greatly ex
cited over the Porte's defiance of the
St. Petersburg government and its
utter disregard of Russia's protest
against this course.
The machinery in' the power-house
of the Waverly-Woodstock electric
motor line will be running in a few
days and the superintendent expects
to be ready to run cars frorn the foot
of Morrison street to Wootock by
the 10th Inst. The track is ready and
the wires are strung but there have
been so. many delays in getting this
lino started that people will not be
lieve that cars are running until they
see them run. a . ..
As soon as everything is in readiness
for beginning work upon the Van
couver bridge, a large force will be
put at work in the Butte quarry to
get out rock for the massive piers of
the bridge. As the foundatiens of
those Diers will be sunk far down in
the bed of the river and the piers will
be large and a good many of them, a
large amount of rock will be requirea.
Vice-President W. H. Holcomb, of
the Union Pacific, is at the Portland.
He is h :re to attend the meeting of
the Northern Pacific Terminal Com
pany, which will be held today to per
feet organization.
The Willamette River claims another
victim as its own. Charles Clayson,
Jr., the 23-year-old son of Charle
Clayson. proprietor of the Pacific Llv
ery Stable, at the corner of Front and
Salmon streets, was drowned wnue ou
swimming with two companions near
Powers' furniture factory about 4:45
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The amount of money contributed to
sufferers by the Johnstown flood and
accounted for by the treasurer of the
fund was $4,116,801.48. The most care
ful estimate made of the number of
persons lost by the flood puts the total
at 2142. Loss of property, as nearly
as can be estimated, was $11,872,605.
The famous olay. "The Old Home
stead." which from its remarkable
three years' run in New York has be
come noted in stage annals, will re
ceive its first production in this city
at the Marquam Grand tonight.
Half a Century Ago
it
be sure, there are Oregon authors, but Parker as a reactionary plutocrat and
thav com not a ln the renerat educa- will not grudge the additional title
tional field, as they should, and not . Jingo.
ln the state alone.
It Is possible that promoters of the Among the State Court, the Federal
condition in which it remained foH
seven years.
The idea that we can be assured of
having peace by remaining peaceful
ourselves and unprepared for defense
has no warrant whatever ln human his
tory. . - -
It requires two to make peace:
needs only one to make war.
We cannot have peace at any price
If the opposite party does not choose
to name a price,
He may prefer war at anyprice an
refuse to give ns the option
All military and naval authorities
concur in the opinion that the United
States at this time Is not prepared t
defend itself against an attack by an
first-class power. That it ought to be
so - prepared is a proposition which
plan porpose to adopt standard text- Court and the Department of Com- .,,. to ha too niain for areu
books, but merely to require tnat tney imerce, oieamooai .inspectors rteia ana I ment.
be printed In the state. If it can Echllff will be fortunate ir tney come
be done, and if the cost to the buyer out of the Eastland inquiry alivo.
Is not thus Increased, there can be no
objection. But it may well be sup- I Every time the Turks lose a thou-
posed that publishers of textbooks I sand men on the Dardanelles they
would not easily accede the demands I console themselves by killing a few
that they print their works sepa- thousand Armenians, who are always
rately for the various states, though the goat.
to an extent they adopt that policy for
naMLnla. mtatihm TJ I , Ih.p, I n. I tVli.n A vw. a n In a 0 11 nrvt rhKtt A la
rrl nnhltahlna- houso . hnrlArl nn. hundred fat hv a loco-
-. I H'rsi rt cm r.Armnv anrl H:n CI nnrt w A
nen -we nave an uregon literature, motive it would seem mat. me iron ha. th nH mmtarv
an Oregon arithmetic or an Oregon j horse wag going at a pretty fast rate. equipment which we require at very
grammar distinct from the. great Doay little additional expense.
A definite military or naval policy
should be decided upon and put ln
force without delay.
Our standing Army should be of such
size as those most competent to judge
such matters advise to be essential for
our safety, when taken in connection
In order to be so prepared it will
not be necessary, according to th
opinion of the most competent experts,
to establish or maintain a standing
armv of dangerous size, or to increas
to any material degree the burden or
taxation.
It has been demonstrated that if th
money which we are already spending
upon our Army and Navy were applied
as Judiciously as that which is now
of standard literature or mathematics
or grammar we may wisely' have our
own textbooks, and not before. ..
How easy it is for a man to forget
his political and business grudges
when he has retired with so ample a I
fortune as that Of Thomas F. Ryan.
LKAGrED TOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Maryland has stepped to the front
aa a leader In the movement to or-
canlxe the Nation for defense. A
meeting was held recently ln Balti
more, ln response to an address to the
A red sweater is handyto put on
and becoming, but is not a garment to I with the proper system of military
bo worn in a region where "the gen- training ror our citizens.
tleman of the herd" is loose.
The President has said that our main
reliance ln future, as in the past, must
be a citizenry trained and accustomed
to arms.'
There is no pretense that we have
such a citizenry at this time. Mani
festly it is the duty of Congress to see
that there shall be no delay in taking
The occasion for the rubUc address
Is a homicide ln which Joseph Brown,
Umpqua Molalla Indian, had
stabbed to death Eugene Isaacs,
Klamath. It Is significant that the four
Klamaths, one of them a brother of
continue fighting Is measured by Its I the slain Isaacs, express themselves
supply ef gold- las desirous that tho law take Its or-
Financial power Is not measured by I derly course. They hava no vindlc-
roid but by credit, and credit t I tlve desire for revenge against the
measured by wealth. As an Individ- I Umpqua, but they are anxious chiefly
- val's financial resources are not ex-1 that the public understand that for
hauated until he has borrowed the last I fifty-one years from the date of the
dollar for which he can mortgage his great treaty of 18(4 which gave their
possessions, a cation's resources are I tribe the Klamath reservation as their
not exhausted until It has pledged Its! heritage they have sought to obey
a r ere sale wealth to the full extent as the white man's law and they feel that
security for loans. The wealth of a they nave succeeded, in tnat time leere"
. nation consists not merely In gold, but I have been twelve homicides on the
Jo - natural resources, commodities, reservation, half of them due to
houses, land, factories, ships and I liquor, which the white race also gave
debts due by citizens of other nations. I to the Indian. Of these murders, five
Ths war Is not consuming money;! were by men not by blood Klamath
there Is as much money metal in the I Indians.
world now as tilers was before the war I It la a remarkable record for a race
began. Tha war Is consuming the but recently emerged from a condition
commodities used and tha property of savagery and superstition. It Is
destroyed In tho coarse of Its opera- to be recalled, too. that less than half
tlona Payment for this consumption a century ago that section of Ore-
Is made, not In money but ln credit! son was desturbed by a most remark-
The Duma Is for continuation of the
people of Maryland, and organized the 1 war to Russian victory. -The .mem-
Maryland League for National De- bers could not be for anything else
fense. The address is Itself an un-I and keep out of Siberia.
answerable araument for the cause on
the behalf of which It was issued and One American and thirteen Tilexicans !! " " vl . X." lrnl"- ne
was signed by men. without regard to were killed ln the latest border brush, ey8?em-a Vhoroughiy up!to-date Navy
party, who stand in the front rank and the proportion of the American nd .tannine- rm f mndAmt. i.
among Maryland's citizens. loss is too great. backed by a vast bbdy of citizen soldiers
More than 300 of the states repre-I I men whose business is not war. but
sentatlve men assembled and launched I The Bersaglierl met the Kaiser- who have been trained to the use of
the organization on such plans and jaegers and ate 'em alive. The Bersag- arms so tnai tney win oe avauaDie as
with such purposes that every patrl- nerl. be it understood are the great "ldier case of need is not mill-
otic citizen, rich or poor. Powerful or ItalIan fighters. thTi' win burnish " thl
iiuiuui., v.u - " " , I best security against war that the hu-
nonparusan cnaracier oi mo orjm- i any person who surfers rrom a ae- man wit can devise.
ration Is emphasized by the fact that I ficiency of expletives should take, les-l And there is one fact which appears
it was born in tne stalwart uemocrauc sons from the lawyers ln the Dodge to nave been developed by the present
war mat i mosi encouraging lo tiose
wno are desirous mat our country
snouia be insured against beincr ex
posed to the horrors of war. It seems
"a trial.
as though" It had been named after
him,
city where woodrow w ilson
nominated for President.
The need of such an organization
was Impressed upon the meeting by
Judge Henry Stockbridge, of the
Court of Appeals, He said that ag
gressive . organizations were being
formed ln various parts or tne coun- London has women mall carriers
try with the avowed purpose of send- and women be ln all lines of ac-
ing a formidable lopoy to waamngion Uve endcavor before hostilities cease.
next winter to prevent, ir possime.
any action being taken tnat would put . -rA t foP th Sena-
tho Nation In a position properly to LorlaI succession in Kansas. That Is
ueiena liseu au w "j much better. One would be a Joke.
appropriation ior BLrenginemnK mo
Fair Commissioner John F. Logan
Is as enthusiastic about the loganberry to have been demonstrated that in war.
under modern conditions, with tha use
of modern arms and scientific agencies
or ail sorts, such as the repeating rifle,
machine gun, barbed-wire entangle
ments, aeroplane, telephone, etc., the
position of the defense is so much
stronger as compared with that of the
offense, or attacking party, than it
was in former times that it has become
practically impossible to overrun -any
country which is ln a reasonable state
of preparedness against attack.
Army and Navy. He cited as proof w Admiral ' Canerton has dis- bolioYed, ,tnt eve so small a
of hi. at.tameats the recent peace Wh.en. Ad.mlPai . C?P?r!?.n .S country as Switzerland could not be
.7 T n r ir.larmea tne nayiiens, mey win navo
meeting at Madison Square Garden in
New York, which w-as addressed by
V. J. Bryan and similar meetings ln
other cltiea He read the resolutions
adopted at one of these meetings,
which some of his hearers said were
"pretty close to treason." He said
that shrinking from the duty of put
ting the country in a condition to
defend Itself was "little less than
treason."
The league intends to be as aggres-
successruiiy invaded at this time by
either of the gigantic combatants ex
cept at a cost which would be prac
tically proniDitory.
All that it would seem necessary for
tne united states to do. therefore, in
order to secure to its people the bless
ing- of continued peace, is to nlaca ttxelf
They aren't blanketing the corn- in a similar condition of preparedness
stalks in Iowa as yet, but there s no against attaca. xnis has been accom-
telling. - . pnsnea by Switzerland without mlll-
iei.1 ism in any .enape or iorm. we are
nothing- to do but work.
Tho young Italians starting from
here for the war zone are patriotic
but rather foolish.
How about fire sales on candy and "rD. -H!!e Ahala."y':
K ua luiouua tw "ftn' i ..... , , -i s Diiui uai fcv, wet vuk ii l iu ua
slve as the peace-at-any-price ai- i j aaopiea in America.
t.tM T7n11ka tha ArffunlcHtlnn fnrmarl I alcl
I.IV1 W ...v w.0w.
In New York, it dqes not recommend
the expenditure of any specific sum by
. Now famine threatens that chocolate
Congress, but It trusts the President republic across the Gulf.
mw,A hi, ailvlaftn trk formulate tha da I "
u. of a nrorramme for the defense Germany seems ready to fight as
of the country. It will urge the per- 'Q"g as sne n. a tr.
fecting of a plan aa soon as possible
Winding Up a War-Talk.
Life.
Herr Hammerschlegel (wlndina up
the argument) I think you iss a stupid
fool! Monsieur And I sink you a po
lite gentleman; but possible, is it. we
both mistaken. ,
and will use Its Influence to secure the
adoption of such a plan by Congress.
The outlines of the programme it fa
vors are:
Increased enlistment la tha Army and
How dearly do aU the nations love
Bulgaria these days!
The British submarine now has Its
Innings.
Idea of a Roarlns; Business.
Club Fellow. .
He does a roaring business." "What's
his HneT' "He blows the megaphone
on a sightseeing bus.
From The Oregonian of August 4, 1865.
The loss of life occasioned by the
sinking of the steamship Brother
Jonathan has caused much sorrow in
this community. The pain of mind
produced at the loss of friends is Bard
to be borne at any time, but when, an
event as calamitous as this has been
strikes down those among us, who
were loved and respected for their
virtues, it is cause sufficient for the
whole community to grieve that their
earthly career was so suddenly and
disastrously terminated.
The present is a most opportune
neriod in the year for a trip to th
seashore. The city is boiling with
heat, dust In powder penetrates every
where. neODle ttet sick of home, the
business disposition languishes and.
nothing Is more Invigorating to the
system than the thought oi an excur
sion to the seaside.
Messrs. Haight & Newby obtained a
judgment in Circuit Court yesterday
for the sum of ?14uu against tne ae
lectable swindler, champion Chlv. and
would-be pirate Benjamin it.' ijrown,
Esa. Brown is at large In conse
quence of a loss of power to prosecute
his case by repealing tne late law in
such a manner as not to save the
clifase for punishing certain offenses
committed prior to May l. moo.
Chief Engineer Buchtel, whose dili
gence and promptness in attending to
the duties of his office and whose sug
gestions, if practically carried Into
effect by those having the authority to
do so would save much valuable prop
erty ln time by prevention of fires, has
lately submitted a very able report
of the workings of the Portland de
partment for the past year. It is full
of Interest and contains words of cau
tion to everybody.
The clrcU3 troupe expected yesterday
did not arrive on account or a aeten
Hnn in reaching: The Dalles from Uma
tilla with the baggage wagons and
navillon. the party coming overiana,
The delay cannot be long, however,
and the company will shortly appear
as advertised in this city.
One of the many curs frequenting
the streets of Portland was run over
by a heavily loaded wagon yesterday,
the wheel passing directly over his
hniv. it was a most unfortunate cir
cumstance that the dog was not killed.
such is life:.
"Hurrah!" cried the Exclamation Point,
"I'm gilng to start something in this
quiet joint;
How stale and unprofitable reading
would be
If authors should try to write without
me!
Is that so?" the Question Mark pertly
inquired.
"Either take that back or consiaer
you re fired;
I'm the emblem or . progress ana
'twould be a poor woria
If in it my banner were never un
furled.
Said the Colon. "That's false; all things
follow me.
Wherever I am. I'm a leader most a
colonel, you see.
It's natural, therefore, that I should
feel nettled,
But it's all over now. Mr. viuesuon.
you're settled.
" "Go to', as the Immortal Shakespeare
so oft repeatea.
Said Quotation Mark, in a manner
quite heateo.
I'm over all literature, you must
asree:
If you're greater than I. you'll have to
show me.
Yes, yes. yes, you all think you're
smart.
But to make reading easy is the nobler
part.
Quoth the Comma. "Though my work's
never nnlsneo.
Through my efforts poor reading is
greatly diminished.
"Stop right where you are," the Period
said..
"Your silly contentions are hurting my
head.
How you came by such notions I can't
comprehend.
When you know to them all I can put
an end.
Then Parenthesis rose and threw in a
word.
Though his voice in the place was not
often beard.
(He's pretty exclusive, you know).
simply stating.
You're tiring me quite with your en
vious prating.
And then the Dash came In and
said "Boys he said
Here he choked up a bit "Boys the
devil Is dead.
And say boys when the feelings ara
deep and there s little to say
That's where I come in. Every dog
has his day.
MARY H. FORCE. ,
WAY OF DOING BUSINESS WRONG
Mr. Cammlnri for Home Trad Ins, but
Thinks Principles Should Be Changed.
HEPPNER Or., Aug. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) I did not see A. E. Grelner's let-
ter until last night I know nothing
about the conditions in Echo. In my
former letter, I confined my remarks to
my own personal experience. There
are quite a number of men in Heppner
that work for a day's wage. I do my
self at times, and when I am working
for others I have been put to much in
convenience by the Heppner stores'
closing at 6 o'clock sharp. I .have
often remarked that if one man in each
place of business would keep the place
open 20 or 30 minutes it would be a
great accommodation to these people.
. A local editor came down last night
to know who I got the bucket of and
if we had used it, as merchants don't
lake back merchandise that has been
used. I don't think it was over 20
minutes from the time I got the bucket
until I took it back. I explained to
the merchant that I was sent to buy a
dishpaii; that the boys sent me back
with the bucket. I had no doubt that
be would have taken the bucket back
in exchange for other, goods, but he
positively refused. I then went up and
explained to Frank Gilliam, of the firm
of Gilliam & Bishee. Mr. Gilliam sold
me a large granite dishpan for 90
cents, and told me if it did not please
the boys he would take It back and
refund purchase price. The pan was
just what was wanted, but I was com
pelled to keep an, unused bucket I did
not want.
My family is living in Portland. I
have been here two and a half months.
Am baching. I have paid the busi
ness men in Heppner during this time
over $50.. The pair of shoes of Sears
Roebuck, the leather belt my wife
bought on Front street, and the two
rolls of poultry netting of Jones Cash
Store are all I have bought outside of
Heppner during this time. .My gasoline
and distillate and oil, atid all other sup
piles I have bought in Heppner. The
belt and shoes could not be bought ln
Heppner. and I tried to buy the poultry
netting here but it was priced at $5 a
roll. I got the same kind of netting of
Jones Cash Store, laid down in Hepp
ner, for $3.65 a roll. ,
Mr. Greiner says the Echo merchants
are selling as cheaply as the mall-order
houses; I ask why in the name of good
business don't they advertise the fact.
If the Echo merchants will send me a
list of the goods I need at such prices
I pledge them all of my patronage.
There is $100,000 and probably 200.000
sent out of Morrow County every year
to pay for those things the consumer
would gladly buy of the home merchant
if he could buy thera for nearly what
he can lay them down, here for. Send
me placards setlng forth the facts, and
I will post them ln the most con
spicuous places. If we can't build up
our own town we will make Echo
famous.
Mr. Greiner says I take those things
that I am sure of the prices. Practi
cally everything I have shipped ln the
home merchant did not have in stock at
the time. I can effect a large saving
on quite everything I buy by sending
off for it, but I have tried- to help the
home merchant, but I think the time
has come when he must apply business
principles.
This controversy Is distasteful to me.
All that I have written is absolutely
true. I am not a cat's paw for any
mail-order house; no person dictated
any part of what I have written or
knew I was going to write It.
HARRY CUMMINGS.
BUY AT HOME, ONE-SIDED POLICY
Writer Accuses Bis Local Merchants
of Violating Principle.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Aug. 2. (To the
Editor.) As the subject of trading at
noma is public property I make no
apology for adding a few words to
the Cummings-Rowland controversy
which appeared in The Oregonian
Wednesday and Saturday. , This Is not
a reply to either. To argue with a
man who glibly admits that be knows
nothing about the facts he . disputes
would be futile.
I nearly always trade at home. The
theory looks good to me. But like all
other questions, preaching and prac
ticing are two different things. Now
those who plead with us to trade at
home or try to bluff us into it are
generally looked upon by us sus
picious hayseeds as hypocrites. We
ask of ourselves, "Why in Sam Hill
are those fellows so awfully worried
about us being "took in' by the mail
order houses and seem to care so little
about any other kind of bad luck that
happens to us?"
Now to get right down to business,
have a friend ln Washington County
who told mo one day of his success In
getting advertising in his paper from
Portland business nouses. I remember
especially a leading clothing house of
Portland, that, at his solicitation, gave
him an ad. While the ad was still run
ning he printed a "write up" in his pa
per condemning trading out of his
home town, thus "killing," -as it were,
the city advertisement that he had
solicited.
I have lived adjoining Hillsboro for
several years. We eat baker's bread.
We have two home bakeries here. I
do not know either baker by name nor
by sight. I like their bread. I want to
patronize especially what is made at
home. Every merchant in the city
says that is the patriotic way. But
they all sell Portland bread. Some
don't handle home bread at all. I have
to specify and watch or they all will
put up Portland bread for me when I
buy of them.
In everything else they do the same
way. . When ' they put up a buildinff
they send to the city for workmen of
the mall order house price and quality.
although when we buy goods at home
our merchants send the larger part
away to the wholesale houses, while
If they would pay their money for
home labor or goods the whole "wad"
would stay at home.
We have three canneries, one . large
and two small ones, in the county, and
our merchants do not try to get us
consumers to buy that which is grown
and put up at home; hence before they
gain the confidence of us consumers,''
the mouth that cries "Trade and keep
your money at home" must not bo
filled with outside products which are
readily obtainable at home. In other
words, get the spirit into your heart
to help the other fellow and your town
and the co-operation that will follow
will make further need of talk un
necessary. THOS. H. BROWN.
Notice to Vacate,
HOLBROOK. Or., Aug. 2. (To the
Editor.) If A rents a house from B
and the rent is paid until August 19
and B serves written notice on July 27
to vocate on or before September 1, un
der the Oregon laws must A vacate on
September 1 or can he stay until Sep
tember 19? SUBSCRIBER.
"A" must vacate on September 1. Tan
days' notice Is all that is necessary. '
I V
Is It Hot Enough
For You?
You can't control the thermome
ter, but you can dress according to
its dictates.
You can provide comforts in at
tire and home equipment that will
minimize the heat.
Among the warm-weather foods
there is infinite variety. I
All of these Summer comforts are
standardized to a large degree. They
are made by reputable manufactur
ers and sold by reliable stores.
- During these August days you
will find the advertising columns
of The Oregonian a good index to
the book of Summer comfort.
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