THE MORXDfG OKGOXIAN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913.
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rOKTLAND. MONDAY, SEPT. 13, 1915.
THE BLIGHT.
The map prepared by Senator I. N.
Day for the information of the Water
power Conference and published in
The Oregonian, Sunday, illustrates in
simple form the immensity of the
reservation undertaking of the Gov
ernment and the gravity of the prob
lem the Federal policy has imposed
on eleven Western states. " There is
no citizen but knows in a superficial
way that this is a vast country of
great wealth and population. But
how many are there in East or West
who realize that in the one item of
National forests the National Govern
ment has taken upon itself the task of
building roads, trails and telephone
lines throughout an area larger than
the German Empire in Europe, and of
patrolling it against fire, of selling its
products and of otherwise guarding
and administering it?
Sixty-two per cent of this area,
eleven states cannot call their own.
It is National forests, unreserved and
unappropriated Government land,
Indian reservations. National parks
and monuments, mineral reserves,
water power withdrawals, Carey act
and National reclamation withdrawals
or military reservations, and is not
taxable. While the National forests
slightly exceed the area of Germany
the total scope of Government control
extends in the Western states over
an area larger than that of Germany,
France, Austria-Hungary, Belgium,
Holland and Denmark combined.
Of this vast Government-controlled
domain it is but fair to say that con
siderably more than one half is un
appropriated and unreserved. That
is, it is subject to entry under the
homestead laws. But it is a matter of
common knowledge that little of the j
open public domain is now attractive
to settlers. It is mountainous, arid
or remote. But a considerab'e portion
of it can be made suitable and profit
able for human habitation, and to that
end the reservation policy affecting
other Government land offers no as
sistance, but is rather a deterrent. The
water powers which lie largely within
tfce reserves and which could be de
viated to reclamation are not available
and lands otherwise suitable for Im
mediate settlement are isolated from
mirkets by intervening National
forests or Government preserves of
other character.
The map and the statistics which
accompany it, while Intended primar
ily for the information of the Water
Power Conference, should be equally
informative to the Land Grant Confer
ence. Fortunate, too, would it be if
the lesson told by the two could be
brought home to the now indifferent
East. For the corlditions adversely
affect the East as well as the West.
The conservation policy was inspired
primarily by the need of husbanding
the timber resources of the Nation
for the benefit of later generations.
But in its application the present gen
eration has been shorn of much of
the benefits of one of Nature's
bounties.
The country must now look to the
West and South for its lumber sup
ply. Thirty-five years ago Chicago
could buy white pine lumber, laid
down on the city's docks, for 17 per
thousand feet. Today the freight
alone on Oregon lumber runs from
one and one-half to two times that
sum. The higher transportation cost
of lumber due to the remoteness from
interior markets of the present sources
of supply cannot be entirely avoided.
It might be diminished, however, by
the release of the water powers for
conversion into current for transporta
tion and the initial cost of manufac
ture of the product might be reduced
by development' of hydro-electric re
sources. But the reservation policy has af
fected the price of the log the un
manufactured product. A person need
not be of advanced age to recall the
boom in timber lands caused by the
exploitation of the conservation policy.
The gloomy story of a falling resource
was told to every city and hamlet.
The Government cut its great slice
from a purported scanty supply, and
the speculators bought and boosted
the price of private holdings in antici
pation of a shortage. Instead of put
ting a check on inflated prices the
Government in offering for sale its
matured timber followed the quota
tions of the speculator. And while
timber and lumber were going up
fteel and cement were going down.
The .wedge of the lumber substitute
split the market wide open.
There is enough revealed by history
and common sense to preclude the
idea that the railroad land grant
lands should be purchased by the Gov
ernment and added to reserves bur
densome alike to the Government, to
the manufacturer and those dependent
upon his prosperity and to the con
sumer.
ciated with those visionary Mexicans
who launched the plan of San Diego,
whereby Texas and the territory an
nexed to the United States in 1847
were to be recovered. The presence
of a large Mexican population on the
Texas side of the boundary deluded
these raiders into the belief that It
would rally to their cause and aug
ment their bands into armies. Failure
should have convinced them that
their hopes are vain, and the strong
military patrol now maintained by
General Funston should prevent repe
tition of the raids.
The present situation closely re
sembles -that which President
Buchanan described in his message to
Congress in December, 1858. He
said that "large bands roam pro
miscuously over the Mexican states of
Chihuahua and Sonora and our ad
Joining territory, committing depre
dations. on our remote settlers." He
recommended as the only means of
preserving order along the border
that the United States establish "a
temporary protectorate over the
northern portions of Chihuahua and
Sonora," with military posts in the
occupied territory. Some may be
disposed to revive this scheme, but
it is not likely to meet with favor.
To move the border southward would
simply transfer the raiding to a new
field. The only effective way to dis
pose of border raiding is to remove
its cause, which is Mexican anarchy.
constitutes about two-thirds of the
world's production. The war is a war
of financial as well as military endurance.
"OCR FADJ."
This is the week of the Multnomah
County Fair opening tomorrow, at
Gresham, to run five days. The
earnest men who are conducting the
function are expecting large attend
ance from this city and - deserve It.
For years they have been holding their
little fair, which has grtwn by steady
process- until it has become worth
while.
It is not depending upon high-
priced attractions to draw curious
crowds to enjoy the thrill of disaster.
It is more in the line of the old-
fashioned "Cattle Show" of the East
ern states, with displays of agricul
tural, horticultural and livestock prod
ucts of the farms of this county. It
is a clean show for men, women and
children. It is educational in every
aspect, from the tiny crabapple to the
mammoth pumpkin.
Gresham is not far away. It Is of
easy access, and the fare is low.
There are 250,000 people in this city,
but the management does not expect
all. It is proposed to entertain a good
fraction of them, however, and it as
sures each of them a full day's
pleasure.
Go to Gresham this week. Go
twice, if possible; but he sure to at
tend once at least. '
BLIND ON ONE SIDE.
The value of the work done by the
Federal Commission on Industrial
Relations is reduced almost to noth
ing by the division of the Commis
sion into factions. Chairman Walsh
and the labor representatives made a
purely partisan report, in which they
dealt at length and mercilessly with
the sins of capital, but ignored or ex
cused' the sins committed In the name
of labor.
The Walsh report has not a word
of condemnation for the open advo
cacy of violence, even of murder, as
means for winning strikes, which
marked the testimony of many labor
union witnesses before the Commis
sion. These witnesses defended the
monstrous crimes of the McXamaras
and pictured them as martyrs. Slug
ging of non-union men to prevent
them front working was justified.
The Walsh report- proposes that the
boycott be legalized, though that
weapon Is a plain violation of per
sonal rights and is a fruitful source
of violence. By proposing further
to limit the judicial power of injunc
tion and the power to punish for
violation of injunction, the labor
members of the Commission advocate
immunity from punishment for slug
gers and gunmen employed by
unions.
Scant consideration will be given
to the labor members" report for the
simple reason that it is plainly a brief
for one party to the controversy.
Those recommendations in vMch the
representatives of the general public
joined are worthy of earnest atten
tion and are advanced enough to sat
isfy even persons of radical views, but
their merits are obscured by the rank
partisanship of their authors. A fine
opportunity to devise means of bring
ing about industrial peace has been
wasted and the two parties to the
labor controversy stand in more Ir
reconcilable opposition than ever.
of weakness. If ve e'eslre to avoid Insult
we must able to repel It; If wa desire
to secure peace, one of the most powerful
instruments of our prosperity, it must be
known that , we are at all tlmea ready for
war.
' Small heed was paid to these words,
and the penalty was paid in the hu
miliations of 1812. Mr. Wilson is pre
paring to make similar recommenda
tions to Congress. If they are not
acted upon, like humiliation surely
awaits us, for no prey is more tempt
ing to a nation that is aggressive and
well armed than a nation rich and
undefended.
Some Democrats seem to oppose a
larger army and navy on the ground
of economy. They balk at spending
an extra 1250,000,000 this year on de
fense. History shows us that true
economy demands an adequate, trained
army. Our wars have been inordi
nately expensive because we lacked
trained men and relied on militia and
volunteers. As Secretary Garrison
says In the Independent, In the Revo
lutionary War we enrolled 400,000 un
trained men but could seldom muster
more than 30,000 to face the enemy.
A far smaller army of trained men
could have won independence at less
immediate cost, and we should have
saved the vast sums which we subse
quently paid in pensions "to the great
number of ineffective and useless
men" who were enrolled.
If labor could be properly distribut
ed there would be few unemployed
in Portland next Winter. About 300,-
000 Italians, a large proportion of
whom were railroad laborers, have
gone home to fight, others are going
to the munition factories, where they
get higher wages than on railroads
and labor is scarce on the New York
state roads. All the factories in the
East are working full time, and no
man has any excuse to be idle, if he
can find means to go where work
offers.
NOT SAFE TO COMPROMISE.
If, as Washington dispatches sug
gest, President Wilson is prepared to
compromise with opponents of pre
cautionary increase of the Army and
Navy because the crisis with Germany
has been staved off, he will make a
great mistake. The danger of con
flict with Germany regarding sub
marine war will not have passed until
a definite agreement has been made,
covering all points involved. New
points of dispute with the several bel
ligerents are continually arising, as
the Dumba incident shows, and will
continue to arise so long as the war
lasts. It will be incumbent upon the
Administration firmly to maintain
American rights and it will be able to
do' so more successfully and with less
risk of armed conflict if it has a suf
ficient armed force at its back.
Though considerations of justice,
humanity and abstract right and
wrong may have considerable weight
with a nation which is at peace, they
are lost to sight when the same nation
is at war. Having appealed to force
and staked its life on the result, such
a nation will consider only the effect
of its action on the outcome of the
struggle. If by persisting in disre
gard of the rights of a neutral, it can
gain material advantage over its ad
versary without adding greatly to the
forces arrayed against it, such a nation-
will thus proceed. If the same
neutral had a powerful army and navy
and showed a disposition to use them
in case its rights were ignored, the
belligerent would draw in its horns.
Moral scruples weigh lightly with a
warring nation. For these reasons the
Administration should provide ade
quate force for defense, if only for the
moral backing it would give diplomacy.
GENET AND DUMBA A FARALLEL.
There is a close parallel between
the situation in which the United
States found itself under Washington
in 1793 and that in which the coun
try finds itself under Wilson in 1915.
In the former year France was at war
with Prussia, Austria and Britain, and
sent Citizen Genet as Minister to the
United States. He began a propaganda
in the effort to enlist this country in
the French cause, just as emissaries
of the Teutonic empire have sought
to advance their cause in this coun
try without regard to our neutrality
and our National rights.
In1793 popular sympathy was with
France. That country had just be
headed its King and established a re
public. Enthusiastic believers in that
form of government hailed the event
with joy. Hatred of Britain born of
our own revolution still burned
fiercely in the popular breast. The
two sentiments combined to inspire an
ovation to Genet when he landed at
Charleston, S. C, on April 8, 1793, and
emboldened -him to issue commissions
for the arming and equipping of war
vessels and the manning of them with
Americans.- When a French frigate
captured a British ship off the Dela
ware capes and took her to Philadel
phia the people welcomed it with ex
ultation. In contrast, prevailing sen
timent in 1915 had not crystallized in
favor of the nations which conduct
the propaganda, but rather favored
observance of strict neutrality. The
conditions are parallel, however, in
the organization by Genet of the Dem
ocratic Society and other organiza
tions, ostensibly in the intere.st of
peace, but actually to advance the
cause of France, just as now the pro
Germans have organized leagues and
societies in the pretended cause of
peace, but actually to influence our
policy in favor of the Teutonic em
pires, j
Thus Washington ran counter to
public sentiment when he set his face
against Genet's schemes, writing to
Jefferson, then Secretary of State:
It behooves the Government of this coun
try to use every means in its power to pre
vent the citizens thereof from embroiling
t-s with either of these powers by endeav
oring to maintain a strict neutrality.
Miss Michi Kawai. noted woman
educator of Japan, who suggests re
generation of the race will be found
in marriage of American men and
Japanese women, overlooks one safe
bet the American man will find, if
he cannot be suited at home, a bride
among the superfluous young women
of Europe more to his desire in the
many years following the war. By
the way. how young or how old is
Michi, can anybody tell?
Twenty-five Years Ago
who are: hyphenated citizkxst
From The Oregonian September 13, lssO.
The Government's intimation In a
dispatch Thursday is that if the entire
State of Oregon wanted a recount in
the census the request should be made
by high state and- community officials.
The result of a canvass to learn senti
ment shows that men high in business
and public affairs, from the Governor
iwn, want the recount and feel jus
tified in demanding it. The request Is
based on the material increase in the
recount in Multnomah, which indicates
that the remainder of the state suf
fered similarly at the hands of the
en umerators.
Cheyenne, Wyo. The Australian bal
lot system of voting was put in ef
fect here for the first state election
Thursday and it is expected when the
vote Is counted, it will be small as a
result.
Professor J. H. Ackerman, of the
East Portland schools, has Just issued
the annual directory of schools and
teachers.
W. M. Killlngsworth is having a
handsome residence erected in Central
Albina.
The Albina schools have opened and
on account of lack of room 45 pupils
cannot be ' accommodated. The open
ing day saw 657 pupils enrolled. Pro-
lessor C. W. loung is superintendent.
Henry A. Townsend. of Newport,
R. I., has been engaged as athletic
instructor of the Portland Y. M. C. A.
The steamer Potter left yesterday
for the fiound, accompanied by a tug.
Colonel G. A. Shellenbarger, of
Washington. D. C, is on a brief visit
to Portland.
Among the horse enthusiasts attend
ing the City View races are Dr. E. E.
Goucher, Charles Braley, J. W. Hobb3
and Dick Phillips.
Port Townsend Major-General Nel
son A. Miles, who has been in this
section for several days inspecting
probable sites for the National ord
nance works, left last night for Ta
coma.
Eugene Samuel Mayfield, while
chopping wood, was struck by a bullet
coming from he knew not where. The
bullet inflicted painful injury.
. William Jackson drove the first pile
in the construction work on the new
Grand Central station yesterday.
W. P. Bird, of'the Northern Pacific
Rairoad's staff of employes, has been
appointed traveling auditor.
LOGANBERRY FOR CUT-OVER IAXD,
It must be a noble pig that is
worth J 1000. The Duke of Sussex,
sixth of the name, sold for that sum Creation of Market for Juice of Kruit
in Delaware the other day. All his Will Immensely Aid Oregon.
forebears were blue-blooded aristo-) PORTLAND, Sept. 12 (To the Edl
crats and his progeny are expected to
increase the fat of the land. This
duke is a product of the Delaware
Agricultural College. He is worth any
hundred human duke3 that we ever
heard of.
Once more have the Pan-American
mediators in Mexico failed through
too great deliberation in their move
ments. While they talked and wrote
letters Carranza fought and won
battles. Now he says, in effect, that
there is nobody else to confer with.
Diplomacy cannot keep pace with the
Mexican moving picture revolution.
By refusing to consider commuta
tion of the sentences on Ford and
Suhr so long as the I. W. W. continue
sabotage, Governor Johnson, of Cal
ifornia, practically holds the murder
ers as hostages for the good conduct
of the lawless organization. That is
the only possible means of imposing
good conduct on it.
Federal authorities In Brooklyn
have arrested a Portland man alleged
to have cashed a money order for a
large amount that belonged to
another, and as the Federal author
ities never make an arrest until the
evidence is good he will have a free
transcontinental ride this time
A BLOW TO BORDER RAIDING.
By killing Pascual Orozco at the
head of a band of Mexicans, the
American troops have done much to
end the border raiding along the Rio
Grande. Orozco was one of the most
successful among Madero's generals.
His ambition being disappointed when
Madero became President, he led a
rebellion which made much headway
in the north. Huerta, then outward
ly loyal to Madero. was sent against
Orozco and defeated him. but did not
pursue his advantage. His conduct
is probably explained by his subse
quent treachery to Madero and by
the fact that Oroico became one of
his adherents. When Huerta was ar
rested recently at El Paso, Orozco
was imprisoned with him, but es
caped and resumed the bandit life
which American bullets have just
ended.
Orozco seems to have been ass
BURNING OF THEIR WEALTH.
The coming of the Anglo-French
Financial Commission to the United
States Invited attention to the manner
n which Germany and Austria bear
the financial strain of war. The allies
are compelled to borrow abroad in
order to pay for their balance of im
ports over exports. The Teutons need
not borrow abroad, for they have
practically no imports and no exports.
They are thrown on their own resources.
The German people are pledging
their individual wealth to lend the
borrowed money to the government
for prosecution of the war. Each man
borrows on what he owns and lends
to the Government, which gives as
security the aggregate National
wealth. So completely-is all staked on
victory that no new taxes are levied
to pav part of the cost of war out
of current revenue, the Secretary of
the German Treasury having said:
Our -economic future must be freed from
the economic burden of war. The heavy
burden of thousands of millions will be
borne through decades by the Instigators
of the war, and not by us.
That will be very agreeable for
Germany if the central empires win,
but if they lose, their own entire war
expenses will fall upon them as a
fixed burden of debt, with the addition
of whatever indemnity, their enemies
may be able to extort. As the volume
of paper money in proportion to gold
reserve increases, the entire financial
fabric of Germany becomes to a
greater degree founded on the hope
of victory. If defeat should come, the
entire structure is likely to collapse.
The government will be unable to
redeem paper money in gold; the peo
pie will be unable to redeem their
mortgaged property. Already war
loans have eaten up about one-tenth
of the National wealth, and the end
is not yet. The "only outside sources
of war funds on which the Empire
has drawn are forced contributions.
and supplies from conquered terri
tory. In case of victory these are so
much to the good; in case of defeat
their amount w-ill only be added to
the indemnity which the allies will
demand.
Enormous as have been the sums
borrowed by the allies, Britain,
France and Italy still have a large
proportion of their foreign commerce
to sustain them, they are paying part
of their war bill with new- taxes, and
so-j with, the gold of her dominions which
Genet was warned to cease arming
and equipping privateers in American
ports, but he disregarded the warn
ing and equipped eight privftters,
which, with the .-.id of two French
frigates, captured 50 British mer
chantmen, some of which were taken
into American jurisdiction. Genet
claimed the right of French Consuls
to condemn prizes in American ports
and to enter the condemned goods
duty free. Ignorant of the United
States Constitution, he denied the au
thority of Washington to deal with
him and demanded an extra session
of Congress for that purpose. This
demand "called forth from Jefferson a
lecture on our Constitution and a re
minder that "all the questions which
had arisen between, him and us be
long to the Executive Department."
Sympathy was at first so strongly
with Genet that the prosecution of
Gideon Henfield for enlisting at
Charleston on board a French priva
teer ended in acquittal amid great re
joicing, and Washington was lam
pooned and caricatured in the news
papers. But he persisted, and the peo
ple came over to his view. -They were
nfluenced by the conviction of his
wisdom and respect for his character;
also by Genet's outrageous invasions
of American sovereignty by raising
recruits and fitting out privateers.
Finally two of Genet's agents were
arested, the French Consul at Boston
was expelled and the recall of Genet
demanded.
There is a decided resemblance to
Genet's proceedings in the acts which
have led up to President Wilson's de
mand for- the recall of Ambassador
Dumba. He has attempted to dis
organize American industry and to
direct the action within our territory
of men whom he regards as Austrian
subjects, but many of whom are
American citizens. " He has cajoled an
American citizen into using an Ameri
can passport to cover efforts to fur
ther his violation of our sovereignty.
The parallel between 1793 and 1915
goes further. Then, as now, we had
disputes with both parties to the war,
for Great Britain's measures to cut
off supplies from France and action
in holding certain points south of the
Great Lakes almost caused trouble.
Washington, while maintaining our
National rights, skillfully avoided war.
but the danger moved him to write
these words of warning, which apply
as forcibly to the situation now ex
isting as they did to the crisis of his
time:
The TJnlted States ought not to indulge
a persuasion that, contrary to the order of
human events, tfcey will forever keep at a
distance from those painful appeals to arms
with which the history of every nation
abounds. There : a rank due to the Vnited
-Slates among naM-.r.s. which will be wil't
Leld, U not absolutely, lost, b reoutatjvo
In obsolete warfare, the chain shot
was an effective missile. rue nign
explosive shell has put it into the
discard. Now comes a Portland man
with the idea of the chain bomb for
aeroplanes. Anything that will kill
is to the good.
When the Turks discover that their
enemies took advantage of their relig
ious devotion to land another army
they will be strongly tempted to de
sert the faith. Allah should have
guarded the faithful more carefully.
Tips to stewards on ocean steam
ers have received the official approval
of the United States Government. With
no other restaurant than the ship's
dining-room open, how else would
person get anything to eat?
The fatal burning by alcohol In a
lamp used in dressing her hair by
a well-known New Tork woman leads
to the wonder why up-to-date people
are not using electrical contrivances
for the toilet.
The New York subways have proved
big money-makers. In the year end
ing June 30 the net income was 23.05
per cent on the capital stock, and the
World predicts an early Increase to
25 per cent.
"Three times and out" is the result
of charging murder to Dr. Hyde. The
Kansas City end of the state of Mis
souri has no more money to spend on
trials and the doctor will go free.
Borah-"has incurred the wrath o
the universal suffragist because he
opposes a National rather than state
law, but that he cares little Is shown
by the frankness of his opposition.
In recommending the tithe, th
Puget Sound Methodist Laymen's Con
vention gets down to putting religious
finance on a practicable basis.
Rossman will stay out of Orego
this time, and perhaps Governor
Lister's refusal to extradite is th
easy turn In the case.
A food lecturer is coming from
Seattle to tell how to secure a 5
inch chest expansion. Not on "bird
seed" surely.
tor.) I am informed that the Willam
tte Valley nas produced an abundance
f loganberries this year, and. finding
o market, Jhe growers have converted
them into loganberry Juice.
Everyone who has tasted this new
nd delicious beverage is emphatic in
saying that it is far superior to grape
uice or any similar beverage, but the
manufacturers are again up against the
tone wall of no market, and conse
uently are depressed in spirit. This,
too, since two carlo--- of the bottled
Juice have been shipped to New York
city.
This is a new product, and there is
no reason for any apprehension as to
the demand that will grow for it, as it
is as yet unknown, xt took years of
advertising to put grape juice in nearly
every house In the country, and what
was done for grape Juice can be done
or loganberry juice; but car be done
much quicker and-at a less expense, as
grape juice has paved the way for bev
erages of this kind.
Prohibition will set In" in several
of the states January 1 next, and in i
ew years, I have no doubt, will be gen
eral over the United States. People
who have the habit of taking some
thing with their meals, and occasion
ally between meals, will be looking for
substitute, and nothing better than
loganberry juice can be found. Hence it
will be comparatively easy to create a
market for it.
It goes without saying that the Ore
gon loganberry is the most palatable.
Juicy and prolific of any, consequently
every Oregonian should be Interested in
assisting in advertising and securing a
market for it. I believe the loganberry
can be produced on any of our Willam
ette valley lands as well as In some
other parts of the state; consequently
much of our logged-orf lands, as wen
as other lands not producing now, can
be made to yield a profit.
The man with a small five or 10-acre
tract can secure a comfortable revenue
from his land, and the problem of back
to the land would m a measure be
solved. In order to make the farm at
tractive, we must have a profitable
market for the product.
I passed through Westfleld. N. X . (the
home of Welch's grape juice) a year
ago, and I found them doubling the ca
pacity of the plant; and I found also
that the land was planted to grapes lor
at least 20 miles in all directions, much
of the land being such as would scarce
ly produce any other crop; but every
body was making money from his land.
The same can be done here, ana trie
breweries that wiil soon be idle can be
utilized for the manufacture of logan
berry juice.
What we need is advertising let tne
world know what Oregon loganberry
Julce is, and .no better opportunity
offers than at the Panama exposition.
Each of the producers should furnish
from one to five barrels of the juice,
and two or three carloads should be
sent to the fair and there dispensed
free to all. An attractive booth should
be set up in the Oregon building, and
the attendants should also be attract
ive and clean, and the glasses in which
it is served should be clean, as there Is
nothing so disgusting as dishing out a
lot of beer to be swilled by the thirsty
throng.
The Southern Pacific Company. I feel
certain, will transport the goods free
of charge, since no charge is to be made
for the Juice, as by the growth of this
industry here they will be benefited.
There will necessarily be some little
expense attached, such as advertising
matter, distributers, etc.: but I believe
$1000 should cover all expenses, and I
believe there is still some of the Ore
gon appropriation left which should be
available to take care of this. If not.
I believe our Chamber of Commerce
could not do a better thing than to raise
this amount and assist in putting this
product before the people.
THOS. McCUSKER.
Writer Profeaxes to Thtnlr Sympathies
as Between Foreigners May Be Teat,
PORTLAND. Sept. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) Owing to the recent introduction
of' the "hyphenated citizens" and the
attendant features of disloyalty plas
tered on the hyphen, it becomes con
venient to inquire of The Oregonian or
any one of the public upon the ques
tion, just who are hyphenated citizens?
Ones attitude may be governed Dy un
demanding who they are.
For instance. I have a rnena wno is
a Scandinavian by ancestry. His mother
was & Swede and his father a isor
wegian, both, however, from families
which have been in the United States
for many years. All members of both
families have been American-born since
the early part of the 19th century.
They are thoroughgoing American citi
zens, both by loyalty to this country,
by their works and otherwise. How
ever, this friend has no reason for being
favorable to the cause of Russia, and
considerable reason for being at least
an admirer of the cause of Germany.
He is not an Anglo-Saxon, and because
of the present high-handed policy of
the British on the high seas in cutting
off the American commerce with Scan
dinavia and the Baltic, both from his
inherited sympathies and from his
Americanism, he is much opposed to
the cause of Great Britain.
Another friend, a Mr. Donovan, Amer
ican born, whose father fought in the
Civil War on the Union side, and, later
on, fought in tbe Western Indian wars,
and eventually settled in the West and
pioneered the West. This Mr. Donovan
is a useful and unquestionably a loyal
citizen of this land, as his forefathers
have been. His son is in the military
service In this country. The Donovan
family are unmixed with Anglo-Saxon
blood, and, in fact, for centuries have
been of pure Celt blood. As American
citizens the men and women of this
American family have been taught in
tbe United States history in the public
schools that England has been our
enemy. They have seen many occa
sions wherein England showed a spirit
of aggressiveness against this country.
From ancestry they have no reason to
love England. The ideals advertised
by England as those of freedom, gov
ernment by the people, etc., have never
been seen by the people of Ireland. The
Donovans have always seen England
as a tyrant and an oppressor who
would not give even home rule until
Irishmen became strong enough in the
British Parliament to take it, and then
the Tory lords did everything to pre
vent it, right up untIL the beginning of
the present war. The Aimerlcan citi
zen Donovan is not an Anglo-Saxon,
and although unquestionably a loyal
American, is not favorable to the cause
of Britain, and individually favors Ger
many solely because Germany is pun-
shing the enemy of his ancestry and
of his own native country, as he sees It.
There is another man .here, named
George Washington Brown. This gen
tleman is of negro descent. His family
has been in this country for many gen
erations, having been imported origi
nally in a British ship to Virginia as
slaves. Later, during the rebellion, his
father and himself; then a small boy.
saw the cause of the Union deliberately
blocked by the action of England in
fitting out commerce destroyers, filibus
ters and blockade runners, and giving
open sympathy for the South and
against the best interests of Mr. Brown
and his fellow slaves. England tried
to keep them slas, as he sees the
matter. Since that time he has noted
the action of England with regard to
this country, taking the side against
us. He has noted recently the terrible
crimes against the negro in the Congo,
owned by the King of Belgium, wherein
tyranny and torture of the worst kind
were rampant. This American citizen
is not of the Anglo-Saxon persuasion
and has no love for England. He favors
Germany. He Is loyal to this country,
however, and is a good citizen and a
useful one, having adopted the law for
a profession and doing good work
among the men of his color here.
1 recall another friend, a Russian
Jew. This man is a very industrious
worker and native born also. He has
no country to be called his own. No
chances exist of this country ever go
ing to war with the nation of the Jew.
His grandfather, however, was robbed
of his fortune in Russia by the Rus
sians. He was maltreated and - his
grandmother killed in a pogrom. The
grandfather escaped to this country,
and the friend in question is the second
generation born ,in the United States.
He is very much opposed to Russia and
favorable to the arms of Germany. He
is a loyal American citizen, and has
done good service in the public posi
tions to which he has been selected,
and is a hearty giver in every good
work. He is not an Anglo-Saxon and
is not desirous of being classed with
this race. lie is proud of the race from
which he comes.
The question is. Are these four men.
American-born for several generations,
all of bloods entirely not of the Anglo
Saxon race, to be called hyphenated
Americans? If so, who are unhyphen
ated Americans? Who calls them
hyphenated Americans, and upon what
authority do they do so?
GEORGE SHAPIRO.
Second and Yamhill..
Hali a Century Ago
The meaning of "hyphenated citizen,"
when used as a term of reproach, is so
plain that everybody ought to know it.
The "hyphenated citizen" is he who at
tempts to maintain a dual allegiance
and whose sympathies with some for
eign country lessen his loyalty to
America. All sensible men know that
hyphenation is not defined by a person's
desire to see. one side or the other win
n the European war, but by his atti
tude toward his own country when it
becomes Involved In controversy with a
foreign power. The correspondent says
the four men are loyal American citi
zens. He has answered his own qaes-tion.
LIFE'S SPAJJ.
Eugene has the best fire record in
the state, and that is something of
which to be proud.
Is it the old silver heresy that
makes Mr. Bryan oppose gold loans
to Europe?
Scio is not a big
knows how to handle
to success.
city, but it
a. county fair
Ten days to Dollar Day.
dime a day for the purpose.
lo tbe family dog missing 1
Life's a span so short and quickly run
With all the work there is to do;
I feel that I have scarce begun.
And here I am past fifty-two.
I have tried to live an honest life.
And others' wishes heed.
And shun this everlasting strife.
And all dishonest greed.
So very many of mankind
Will lie and cheat, that we
Should search and search until we find
A way to make such people see
The wrong they do. and make them
heed.
And honest lives hereafter lead.
This world is large and full of good,
So let us share it. one and all;
We can help each .other if we would
And when we hear the final call.
Instead of meeting it with fear.
We hasten on with irladson-.e cheer.
HAKKI" CUilMINUS, Heppner. Or.
From The Oregonian of Sept. IS, 186S.
The South Carolina representative, of
the New York World says that Frances
W. Pickens, late rebel Governor of that
state, manifests a very amiable dispo
sition in reference to the turn of events
and that he will honestly and tentr-
oualy give the negroes, formerly his
slaves, every opportunity to prove
themselves worthy ot freedom. He la
a large planter.
Richard Hildreth, the historian, died
at Florence on July 11 in the 5Sth year
of his life. He is well known s the
author of a history of the United States
and a number of miscellaneous works.
At the time of his death he was filling
the post of United States minister at
Trieste, in the Austrian dominions. He
was known as one of the most labor
ious of our literary men. His great
history of the United States bas long
been a standard work in our country.
Steam has been raised in the boilers
of Mr. Vaughn s new flouring mill in
this city and the machinery tested.. In
a few weeks the milling of wheat will
be commenced.
Dartmouth College has recently con
ferred the degree ot doctor of divinity
upon Rev. George H. Atkinson, of this
city.
Mr. McCraken, as chairman of the
committee on ways and means, has se
cured tne services of Mr. Moulton. nf
San Francisco, for the purpose of sup
erintending the work of our dredging
machine. Mr. Moulton arrived in this
city on Monday night.
The number of pardons so far grant
ed by the President will -pot exceed
The Navy department intends sending
the ironclad steamer Monadnock to
San Francisco. She will be accompanied
by another vessel carrying the coal and
other supplies.
The Corvallis Gazette says that a
line of stages will soon be running
from Salem to Yaquina Bay.
Brevet Major-General E. M. McCook
has been ordered to report by letter
for duty to General McDowell, of the
Department of the Columbia.
DOCTORS SHOULD GET TOGETHER
Observer Thinks Good Would Come If
Different Schools Co-Operated.
PORTLAND, Sept. 12. (To the Editor.)
Several conventions cf doctors have
convened on the Coast this Summer
ana some have met in our city. From
the discussions, it appears that the sev
eral schools of medicine are not In
sweetest fellowship wlth-one another.
In tills day of progressive science and
strong union tendencies we think the
doctors ought to get together. No intel
ligent doctor claims to heal anybody.
It is a power beyond the doctor that
cures. You may say it is nature or It is
God, according to your faith. The doc
tor is only a helper. He is a mediator.
If intelligent and scientitlc. he will
claim no more. He aics nature in the
struggle to overcome disease. Ho sug
gests many helps, one of which, when
the disease is known, is worth vastly
more than the doctor himself the
nurse..
Dr. Dyre, In an address delivered at
the Oklahoma University, is said to
have referred to medical practice as an
unsolved problem.
Drugs us a curative are very much
discounted in this day, and hundreds
of drugs once used as remedies are
abandoned now. The difference be
tween the homeopaths and the allo
paths is mainly a difference in the use
of drugs, and the difference is now so
small that it is the judgment of the
laymen that they should get together.
Why so many schools of healers? The
knowledge of all of them is very in
efficient when we remember that mil
lions ot people have suffer- through
out their lives and died without relief,
and millions are suffering now and no
help is found.
Lawyers set the professions a good
example. They are one. They are for
the law. They search libraries, and
when they find something new that
may be useful to the profession it is
common property. They d not organ
ize a new society to put the new Idea
in lest it should not keep, but throw
it into the common budget for the use
of all. Rev. Thomas, D. D., of the Peo
ple's Church. Chicago, used to say that
some preachers, when thev discovered
a new idea, thought they must organize
a new church in order to keep it. So it
is with the healing profession a new
idea often means a new school, when
one school would easily hold all their
ideas that can be classed as scientific.
Why not have a convention of all
schools of healing and have a hand
shaking and a pooling of all helpful
knowledge, and make the healing art
worth while? Is there not a common
scientific basis for all healers?
UNCLE DENNIS.
The Eyes of the Army.
Napoleon always longed to be able to
ee over the hill," that he might not
fight the enemy blindly. Today the
army has "eyes," and those "eyes" are
the aeroplanes.
"What we see, the enemy sees, says
Claude Grahame - White. "Whatever
maneuver we may attempt he sees and
is ready with a counter move. All the
cards are' on the table.
"The airman looks down from his
vantage-point of 7000 feet and sees a
low, thick cloud of dust which hangs
over the road. 19 looks opaque In the
sun and. snakelike, it is creeping slow
ly forward. This, he knows, means in
fantry on the' march. On a parallel
road not far away he sees another
cloud of dust. This, experience telle
him. Is the cavalry moving forward
Then he sees a series of isolated, heav
ily hanging dust clouds. These are the
supply wagons and guns. So, from this
dust picture, the airman deduces the
passing of an army corps."
The science of flying in the great
war and the experiences of some of the
men who fly are exhaustively dealt
with in a new book by Mr. White and
Mr. Harry Harper, entitled "Aircraft" in
the Great w ar. Just published by A.
C. McClurg & Co.
Tbe Conquering Aeroplnne.
(From St. Nicholas.)
It will be the future mail carrier.
It will be part ofthe equipment ot
every exploring party.
It will be the overwater "bus" of the
future.
It w ill be increasingly used by armies
for scouting and reconnoitering, and
for dropping bombs and for other
forms of aerial attacks.
It will be used in patrol work, and
for the inspection of transmission lines,
railroads, large engineering works, etc.
It is now used in hunting game and
in taking panoramic kinetoscope pictures.
It furnishes a most valuaole means
of studying meteorological conditions.
altitudes of over zu.uuu ieet navies
been attained.
Last, but not -east. Is Its useiuinew
in bringing tne pnysician wnn rapus
first aid In cases of accident In l
country.
Mosquitoes vs. Barbers.
Christian Herald.
Some farmers of the West, especially
Kansas, have returned temporarily to
the fashion of wearing long whiskers
and hair to prevent the mosquitoes
from interfering with harvesting. The
farmers and their helpers report that
this, is the only protection they have
from these insects. The continued
wet weather has caused stagnant
water in the fields and along the road
sides and great numbers of mosquitoes
infest the fields. The farmers say
these insects are unable to bother
thorn tviien trjeir faces n.l:I nock- me
J uovered with long hair.
Copy Book
vs.
Real Life
Opportunity may go round
knocking in the copy books in
real life men bunt for it.
Sometimes they don't see It
when they find it and such poor
eyesight means failure
Business nowadays goes out
and makes its own opportuni
ties. It creates or at least dis
covers wants and then fills
them.
Its great weapon Is advertis
ing and the most efflcfent means
ot advertising ! through the
newspaper.
Join the army of opportunity
makers.
DO IT NOW!
Municipal Lodslntr-House.
Glasgow (Scotland) Herald.
Glasgow has seven municipal lodg
ing-houses, six for men ana one ioi
women. They are stone building
three to five stories in height, ana ol
the most substantial character. cacn
lodger has a separate room witn De
and chair. The bed has a wire spring,
a hair or fiber mattress, coarse sheets,
a blanket, a coverlet, a pillow and t
pillowcase. These are aired, . cleaned
and washed after the lodger has gon
in the morning. The total number ol
bedrooms in the seven honsea is 223i.
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