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PORTLAND. SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 1D13.
WHY WE BHO('U) FINANCE WAR.
The negotiations of the Anglo
i French commission for a $1,000,-
uuu.uuu loan to finance Britain's trade
. balance due the United States gives
Importance to the proposal made by
i iheodore H. Price in World's Work
J "a- me united States finance the
f war. He contends that, as a result
t or the change by which we have be-
f come the world's creditor, "we must
accept the creditor's responsibilities
J nd lend our money upon equitable
I terms to those by whose trade we
prosper.
"Just now our International com-
'"5ii.il ta ueuueaiy one-siaed, says
.ivir. jr-rice. "We are selling much and
'buying little." During the seven
montns ending June 30, 1915, the
balance In our favor was $889,684,719,
etna in me year ending June 30 it
was nearly $1, 100, 000, 000. Mr. Price
makes the following estimate of our
foreign trade for the six months end-
jj ing December 31, 1915:
i Exnorts .
t yhfat 243.000,000
h y,tton , 204,000,000
Com.
anu vimer cereals... 150, 000,000
w ar material
700,000.0 00
Utner exports.
vioue six months
i eutti ta pre
1,290.825,824
Total OEeconcooa
Imports, if eaual to nrevlous
six months sas ten sit
Balance In favor of V. B (1,750,666,879
? On this basis the balance for the
. calendar year 1915 will be about
j, ?2, 500, 000, 000. Such a huge'balance
i." cannot be settled In gold and Mr.
i Price says the supply of American
;? securities held In Europe is nearly
J exhausted. A London letter to the
New York Evening Post dated August
i 17 estimated the total holdings In
Britain at $750,000,000, and the
, decline In exchange has caused heavy
sales since that date. Any substantial
reduction in the European stock of
-: gold would cause "the entire European
i credit fabric to topple." If our ex
; porters are not paid, the distributive
j processes of both domestic and foreign
trade in the United States will be
? checked, producing "a disastrous de
cline in prices."
From these premises Mr. Price
reasons that "self-interest compels a
! popular acceptance of European se
i;curities or promises to pay in tem-
porary settlement of the -bill." As
I shipments to Germany and Austria
rare very small, the balance against
! those countries need not be taken
Into consideration, As Britain Is
I bearing the financial burden for the
' allies, "iwe shall probably be asked
; to accept her securities or promises
j to pay" for the balance due by
j Britain, France and Russia. If we
j decline, he predicts "a collapse of the
; national credit of Great Britain, fol
! lowed by a world-wide deluge of
I bankruptcy, for which there would
i be no Ararat, even in the United
j States,"
Some imposing figures are given
to show what such a financial col
, lapse would mean. The national
debts of Britain, Russia and France
' are about $30,250,000,000. The
j debts of British cities and de-
pendencies are about $10,000,000,000.
1 The government banks of the three
! countries have deposits estimated at
I $2,337,720,000 and private banks a
: much larger sum. There is also "a
i mass of commercial and corporate
i obligations created in connection
i with the business and service of three
empires having an aggregate popula
. tion of about 650,000,000." He con-
tlnues:
The world's trade depends upon the
fluidity of this stupendous volume of credit,
: and if It were congealed, as it would be by
J Knxiand's defeat, commerce would be prnc
tically at an end and all mankind would
revert for a time to barter.
It Is Idle to suppose the United States
i ran put itself outside the range of such a
I debacle, should it occur, and self-interest
J therefore dictates that the people of this
country should do everything In their power
; to avert it.
To that end it is necessary that throuch
the various trade and investment channels
.America should absosb a sufficient amount
. of English obligations to offset the net bal
: ence due on merchandise account.
I This net balance after all deduc
i tions is estimated at $400,000,000 to
! $500,000,000. He maintains that we
! could better afford to lose this sum
! than to stand "an Interruption to our
: trade that would cause a panic and a
j depreciation In values that wouVd
' cost us many times the amount.1,
I But he believes it to be inconceivable
I that the British Empire "can be so
j crippled by any nation or nations
' that it would be bereft of credit and
"have no market for its obligations."
He backs up this opinion by dis
cussing the question whether there
Is any serious risk of loss in buying
British 44 per cent bonds. Even if
( those are right who believe that
j "the English are already decadent
and that the decline of the British
Empire has commenced," he says
j'the disintegration of such a ponder
, ous structure would require cen
turies, ana ne continues:
! The England of today . has required a
' thousand years in the making and cannot
destroyed In a night.
Even if she has reached her climacteric,
England's decline will be punctuated by
long periods of prosperity when the hope
tit recovered greatness will find expression
In commercial and financial expansion.
! He argues that there is no security
In the whole list of American invest
ments less hazardous than an obli
Igation of the British government,
though our favorite investments are
state and municipal bonds and rail
road mortgages, seventeen of our
states and many cities have repudi
ated debts or defaulted and two
thirds of our railroad mileage has
been in receivership, while "the ob
ligations of the English government
since the days of Charles II have al
'ways been promptly and honorably
met." He then says:
But whatever the risks of the venture
we are practically forced to accept them.
rfor wo must export to prevent depression.
jv casoot cigort unless wo to emdj omwjth, t&a &ut s calculating j&a ea-
customers cannot pay us unless we lend
them tha money. Consequently we must
xena mem ins money.
Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of .the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, is held to have shown
"the very quintessence of National
selfishness" in opposing the lending
of money to Europe because "we
shall simply be building up our most
active competitor." Dr. Pratt fav
ored lending to countries "which are
not our competitors, but which are
our customers," forgetting that at all
times, "particularly at; the present
time," Europe is our best customer
and that Britain is the best of our
European customers.
THE REAL TEST.
The Salem Capital Journal, defend
ing the removal of Commandant El
der, at the State Soldiers' Home, re
marks judicially that "the policy of
distributing the spoils among the' vic
tors is not altogether bad because it
also compels them to assume full re
sponsibility for the conduct of public
affairs."
The tempest in a teapot over the
Elder dismissal is stirred up. of
course, by the Democratic papers
which do not want to see the occu
pants of any well-feathered Demo
cratic nest dispossessed. The outcry
is for the most part utterly hypocriti
cal and dishonest. It comes from the
little political group and its journal
istic and job-hunting cuckoos who
want to hobble a state administration
not of its own making and not in sym
pathy with its little games.
It is not possible to defend mere
upoilsmongering by any political party.
But it is to be considered that the
Roseburg commandant had held his
place for twelve years, and he appears
to have been peculiarly in favor with
previous Democratic state administra
tions. When did life tenure in office
become the rule in Oregon? Long
leases on state jobs are warmly ap
proved just now by the political ma
chine which was overturned at the
state election, but iwhich is neverthe
less trying to remain in business.
It is natural enough that Governor
Wlthycombe should desire to have the
principal officials in his administra
tion in harmony with him and not in
harmony with his political enemies.
But it is true also that the state's in
terest is first, and that no removal can
be justified unless the new appointee
shall be qualified to give as good serv
ice as the old or better. That is the
real test.
HARMONY WANTED.
The Oregonian accepts with due
gratitude the -encomiums bestowed
upon it by its friend and critic at
Astoria (see letter elsewhere) for the
patriotic sentiments of a recent article
on the dismissal of Ambassador
Dumba. But it is not on that account
prepared to bow to the chastisement
administered for certain mild and
more or less Jocular references to Col
onel Roosevelt and his refusal to re
turn to the Republican party.
The Oregonian said that the Colonel
did not return because he did not want
to return and interpreted his refusal
to be based on the fact that he was
not invited to come and sit at the head
of the table.
It may be hoped that Dr. Acton has
not so strangely misread the real
meaning of the Dumba episode as he
has the signs of the times in his own
country. It is nothing short of fool
ishness to say that the Republican
party would "go down on its knees"
to get ColoneJ Roosevelt for its candi
date, if that would serve to achieve
that end. It appears to be quite clear
that the party is at sea as to the man
it wants for President; but there is no
doubt about the man it does not want.
But the party as a whole leaders
and followers want harmony and are
willing to make any fair and honor
able concession to get it. No serious
suggestion has come from either side.
however, that the price is a Presiden
tial nomination for Colonel Roosevelt.
EVEN KITCHENER SUBJECT TO BIAS.
Lord Kitchener's statement that "the
Germans appear almost to have shot
their bolt," as indicated by the slow
ing up of their advance in Russia, must
be Judged in the light of former simi
lar statements from the allied side.
Last March the allies said that the
German maximum" had been
reached, that the German forces
were more weakened by the waste of
war than theirs and that the German
morale was breaking down. Near the
end of April the Germans and Aus-
trians on the eastern front won the
first of the most dramatic and effec
tive series of victories which has
marked the war. The advance ren
dered possible by those victories has
slowed up, but has not stopped, and
now threatens one of Russia's greatest
ports. Even with a liberal discount
on German reports of Russian losses,
the Teutons have certainly diminished
the effective fighting power of the
Muscovites far more than their own
has been reduced. While the Ger
mans have been doing this, the allies
have made slight Impression on their
western line. Some territory has been
gained by the French in Alsace and
bits have been nibbled off the German
salients at St. Mihiel, in the Argonne
forest, north of Arras and at Neuve
Chapelle, but the allies' salient east
of Ypres has been reduced in size.
There is not much sign of weakening
there.
We have been informed that Ger
many had become sparing with shells,
that the quality of the ammunition
had deteriorated and that the German.
supply of copper was almost exhaust
ed. Within few months after the
allies thus comforted themselves the
Germans launched their irresistible
phalanx of 2 000 guns at the Russians
in Galicia and fired 74)0,000 shells in
three hours at the Russian lines on
the San. All reports agree that the
chief factor in the subsequent Teuton
successes was superiority in artillery
and lavish expenditure of shells.
The' German food supply was said
to be so limited that starvation might
come upon the people before another
harvest was reaped. The "withdrawal
of able-bodied men from industry was
said to have rendered impossible the
sowing and harvesting of a full crop
this year. . The allies themselves ad-
Lmitted long ago that Germany had
ample food to carry her through till
harvest. The food supplies of Bel
gium, Northeastern France, Poland
and Courland have since been added
to Germany's store, and now we learn
that In the empire itself the crop ex
ceeds that of last year and that the
restrictions on use of iwheat flour have
been relaxed.
Evidently so coel, dispassionate and
conservative a man as Lord Kitchener
could not restrain himself from "jolly
ing the people along" with optimistic
utterances which in our own political
contests would have been termed
"campaign lies. Even he, charged
emy's power and of providing power
sufficient to overcome it, falls victirn
to unconscious bias, or, seeing the
truth clearly, feels the necessity of
coloring it with a rosy hue in order to
nerve a straining nation to greater
effort. The power and chances of the
combatants may be measured more
accurately by one possessing far less
knowledge than Lord Kitchener, but
uninfluenced by extreme desire for the
success of either party and enabled by
remoteness to obtain a truer perspec
tive of the contending forces.
THE PEOPLE AM) THE BAILBOADS,
That there is a community of In
terest between the people and the
railroads was proved to every un
prejudiced mind by President
Sproule, of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, in his address to the bankers'
convention at Seattle. The contrary
belief has grown up from the im
pression that in striking at a rail
road the people were striking at some
"magnate," or at some group of rich
men which owned the road.
'Mr. Sproule showed the truth to be
that every blow struck at the rail
roads is a blow struck at 600,000
stockholders, who' have invested
their savings in securities; at 1,750,
000 employes whose living depends
on the railroads; at 11,000,000 sav
ings bank depositors, and at the mil
lions of insurance policy-holders, a
large part of whose funds. are in
vested in railroads. When these facts
are considered, it will be seen that
striking at the railroads the people
strike at themselyes.
Aside from these facts, the pros
perity of the people is bound up
with that of the railroads, especial
ly in Oregon, where the greatest
need is new railroads to develop our
rich but sparsely peopled wastes.
The surest means of supplying this
need is to insure prosperity to exist
ing roads. A man who has invested
$1000 in a certain place, with good
results, is inclined to follow it with
another $1000, but if the results have
been bad he will be apt to shun such
investments for the rest of his life.
Prosperous railroads give good serv
ice and spread prosperity by buying
material and employing labor, with
which they dispense in times of strin
gency. Since railroads have come under
public regulation, state and interstate,
all excuse that ever existed for pop
ular hostilities to them has been re
moved. This hostility should not
have been felt against the roads
themselves, but against those indi
viduals who managed them in a man
ner inimical not only to the public
but to their own interest. With pub
lic control we now have assurance
that rates will not be excessive, but
they should be sufficient to pay a
reasonable return on the investment.
By so doing, they will attract capital
to further investments of the same
kind.
THE CZAR REBUFFS HIS PEOPLE.
By proroguing the Duma oa the
advice of his Cabinet, the Czar has
dampened the ardent patriotism with
which the most progressive elements
among the masses of his people were
rallying to him. Their purpose was
the same a his to unite the nation
for defense against the Invader. He
invited their aid in supplying the
munitions, lack of which brought dis
aster upon his armies, and he promised
to iwork with a committee of the
Duma appointed for the purpose. The
army is said to be as indignant as the
mass of the people at the incompe
tence, corruption and disloyalty of the
bureaucracy which are mainly re
sponsible for defeat.
This sentiment found expression
in a union of all the Liberal and Pro
gressive groups which compose nearly
three-fourths of the Duma. .These
groups adopted a programme of
moderate reform, which includes
autonomy for Poland, conciliation
for Finland, amnesty for politi
cal and religious offenses, ces
sation of religious persecution.
removal of restriction on Jews
and legalization of labor unions. This
programme, if carried out, would re
move the principal sources of disunion
and disloyalty and would go far to
solidify the Russian people in prose
cuting the war.
But the Duma no sooner shows a
desire to unite the people behind the
Czar by redressing the worst of the
wrongs which divide it and by placing
the government in the hands of men
who really represent the people than
its members are sent home. The Cabi
net which is responsible for the pres
ent monumental failure is retained,
and with it, apparently, the bureau
cracy, among which a strong German
element is reported to be working
secretly but deliberately for Russia's
undoing. Relegation to an obscure
command of Grand Duke Nicholas,
who executed a masterpiece of strat
egy in withdrawing hls army from
the grip of an enemy planning its
destruction, and who had Incurred the
enmity of many officers by his strict
discipline, implies that the old court
ring has triumphed, together with the
bureaucrats. At the same time as
Russia combats enemies from with
out, she has to combat enemies within,
no less deadly because on them the
nation must rely for the means of its
defense.
In refusing to trust those of his
people who have shown themselves
truly Russian in spirit as in blood, the
Czar displays the same stupid obsti
nacy which brought about the down
fall of the Bourbons In France.
MAPS FOB STORIES.
The practice of attaching maps to
story books in order to give the reader
a clear picture of the scene did not
begin with Stevenson's "Treasure
Island." The author of that fascinat
ing book made excellent use of the
device, but Poe used it long before
his day, and no doubt others had
thought of it. Maps are becoming
quite fashionable now in romances,
particularly in detective stories.
Whether they help or hinder the
reader is a question. Swift's "Island
of Lilliput" needed no map to make
its location and physical features per
fectly visible to the mind's eye. Nor
do we need any guide except his
descriptions as we accompany him to
Laputa and the wonderlands of the
Brobdingnagians and the Houynhynms.
We rather Incline to believe that an
author who needs a map to make his
meaning plain to his readers has mis
taken his calling. He might make an
excellent carpenter or teacher, but hie
lack of imaginative powers unfits him
for creative literature. Stevenson's
map In the "Treasure Island" adds
nothing to the clearness of the narra
tive, and the author was not silly
enough to think it would.
Stevenson attached the map to his
story for the sake of verisimilitude.
He was posing as a highly veracious
narrator who was extremely anxious
uo to depart, for an instant from.
sober fact. The map helped keep up
this little illusion somewhat, and for
that reason Stevenson attached it to
his book. He knew well enough that
his story needed no such awkward
helps to be intelligible. But we can
hardly say so much for our writers of
detective stories. They really need
maps to supplement , their meager
descriptive power.
It is said that Ibsen used little tin
Images to keep the action of his
dramas clear in his mind, but no such
anecdotes are told of Shakespeare
Perhaps Ibsen's need of the visible
figures indicates the same lack of
imagination that we suspect in
lour storv tellers. If thev aaw thinmi
with perfect definlteness In their
minds they would have no trouble to
make readers see them. Dickens
needed no map or diagram to make us
all know the big hotel at Ipswich with
its staircase and winding passages as
familiarly as we do our own front
halls.
There Is some reason to fear that
the springs of Imagination are run
nlng dry in the modern world. Our
theatergoers clamor for tanks full of
water on the stage into which the
heroine must actually plunge. Races
are performed before our dull eyes on
a moving platform. The train with a
real. engine must run out upon the
stage. We want everything put before
us in crude reality. We can imagine
nothing. The popular passion for the
movies looks in the same direction
The films leave nothing whatever to
the imagination. The spectator need
only sit in utter vacuity and watch
the screen.
Shakespeare's audiences could pic
ture almost anything for themselves.
All they needed was a slight hint, and
their minds did the rest. The current
plays published by Galsworthy and
Shaw go Into the minutest descrip
tions, specifying the precise position
of every chair, sofa and flreiron. To
an audience that really cared for the
drama all this would be superfluous
It might even appear impertinent.
David Lloyd George has Just made
a discovery which has been perfectly
familiar to science for many years. He
finds that the output in munition fac.
tories does not double when the hours
of work are doubled, unless he changes
crews. When fatigue begins the worker
Slacks up in spite of himself or does
a poor job. An excessively long work
day is not profitable to the employer
and it destroys the workman.
A man who is ejected from a place
of public amusement because of
his color generally knows before
hand the treatment he will
get. It 13 wrong, to be sure
Dut it is a ract, and the wise one
will not try to force himself where he
is not wanted, be he white, black, red.
yellow or brown.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
If the allies cannot get the round
billion without too much trouble they
will thankfully take half a billion.
Probably that was all they expected to
get in the first place, and all they want
just now. A half billion dollars will
buy a good many shells and machine
guns.
It would not be Christmas without
the customary toys made in Germany.
Even the grownups -who reveled in
them before their world grew serious
would miss them, and are glad the
cargoes are coming through.
Interest in the coming world series
does not grow as it did in the days
when Connie Mack and John McGraw
were the contenders. Even last year's
"miracle" man is barely close enough
to be mentioned.
It is up to the next explorer to dls.
cover elevators, steam heat and other
modern conveniences in cliff dwellings,
and to prove that modern science has
only rediscovered what the prehistoric
Americana knew.
That unlucky number, 13, has
bobbed up in connection with the
resolutions in the Land Grant Confer
ence. Hurry up, somebody, and intro
duce another to lift the hoodoo.
Grapegrowers in the Fresno country
who are feeding their surplus to hogs
will produce a prime quality of pork,
just as does the Oregon applegrowers
in time of overabundance.
Having recalled all the F submarines
from active service. Secretary Daniels
should see that they are removed from
the active list of the Navy. Paper
ships win no battles.
The Russian Cabinet's objection to
the Duma probably was that it insisted
on talking about things which the
government wished to keep secret.
It costs $1.30 more for a ticket to
Chicago than to St. Louis, which, how
ever, is not the proportion in value
of things to be seen on a visit.
The British study of fatigue will
not be complete unless it Includes
study of the Industrial Dodgers of
Work in the United States.
The threatened strike of the plat
form men at Oakland may be means
to an end to help the company more
than the men.
Five hundred shots were fired in
a skirmish opposite Brownsville and
one Mexican was killed a great waste
of lead.
Sending Bryan on a mission of peace
to Europe will be useless butting in.
Somebody wants to make him a goat.
Managers of athletics overlook valu
able material to make into sprinters In
the boys who run the milk wagons.
Military training will not hurt high
school boys. , It will teach them prop
erly to walk, for one thing.
Steam may be lacking from the San
Francisco fair but there is unlimited
electrical energy.
City people must become accustomed
to noises in the night. This is not a
village.
Suppose, Just for a Joke, the street
car company got in on the Dollar day.
Why not give clerks in. cigar stores
Sunday off as well as the bartenders?
Evidently the Arctic can't kill Stef
ansson. He is doomed to die in bed.
The young men of America go to
college as those of Europe go to war.
Will merchants ask a premium on
California grape-fed pork?
w0 have Haiti, ia fcocJt.
WHERE THE 940.000 "SAVING" GOES
Robert G. Dnncan Ansirers G. C. New
berry on Public Market Question.
PORTLAND, Sept. 17. (To the Edi
tor.) G. C. Newberry, writing in The
Oregonian, makes a. very common mis
take when he says a $40,000 loss to
retail grocers means a like saving to
consumers. Nothing is further from
the truth. The loss of the grocers is
the gain of 278 subsidized market ten
ants. The profits have merely been
transferred from grocers and clerks to
the pockets of a heterogeneous mass
of foreliin-born vendors, who are
given a special privilege. Not one dol
lar has been saved fo working men,
and even if there has been such saving
it represents that much loss to land
owners, property holders, grocers and
clerks, who In turn use that much less
of the laboring man's product, and ao
he pays the whole bill.
In order that Mr. Newberry may
"connect where landowners and insur
ance men come in," I will state that
I own 40 per cent of the stock of a
corporation that rents six buildings to
retail grocers. The money that paid
for the land was brought here from
California and Texas. The buildings
were erected with money borrowed in
New York. We invested In the expec
tation of making interest on our
money. We helped to build the city,
hard-surface the streets, put In sewers,
telephones, gas and electricity, used
Oregon materials, employed Portland
labor, bought insurance policies and
are paying taxes.
During 1911 and 1912 we made 6 per
cent Off our investment, not allowing
for depreciation. In 1913 and 1914 we
made 6H per cent. This year we have
been compelled to reduce rent twice
or bankrupt our tenants and will come
to the end of 1915 with less than 4
per cent. And as we are paying 6 per
cent on one-half of the money in
vested, we will have less than 2 per
cent on the money we brought to Port
land and distributed to resident la
borers. There. Mr. Newberry, is the connec
tion. Is it plain enough? The insur
ance? It plans do not go wrong I will have
several thousand dollars in hand this
Winter, but not one red cent of it will
be invested in Portland. , No Portland
laborer will handle a dollar of it.
Rather than invest in a city whose
government deprives taxpayers of
their property without due process of
law. I will buy the bonds of two war
ring nations, for I believe that even
the vanquished would ' see that I am
repaid the principal, if not the interest.
And speaking of prices being lower
in the public market. There Is not
even a fool but knows that produce is
rotting in the fields this yeaV. The
canneries cannot handle the surplus.
Canned tomatoes and corn are 20 per
cent cheaper than in 1913. Peaches
and grapes are beinsr fed to hops.
Has the public market brought about
these reductions? I hope so, as it may
serve to convince the farmer that he
may expect living prices when he gives
others a chance at-ihe same. And, Mr.
Laboring Man, you may do well to re
member that public market sheds re
quire neither paint nor mortgages, and
that you may get a living wage when
you quit chasing to price cutters with
your union dollars.
Furthermore, we can but hope and
pray that a veritable muMitude of these
bargain hunters will find ways of
eliminating; the grocer when sickness
overtakes the family and the workers
are out of work.
At this time the wholesale and retail
grocers are carrying an army of ex
travagant unemployed. In the asso
ciation offices we have $150,000 of de
linquent bills, most of them against
working men, all very nearly worth
less. In appreciation of this service to
the unfortunates we are made to ap
pear as being a combination of ex
torters. For this we must submit to
the Insults of our debtorB an1 the Hom
ination of non-resident Japanese, Chi
nese and mongrels.
Convert the foreign labor element
Into subsidized merchants If you will;
take your money where you can get a
bargain;- scoff at our Investments, but
please remember that if we are driven
to the extreme we can import the pro
duce of California Jap farmers, sell it
cheapen, than you can raise it on your
higrh-priced land; that our clerks, when
out of work, will compete with you;
that there is no bottom to the cut
throat well, no end to the low-price
war, no way to get without giving.
ROBERT C. DUNCAN,
Manager Portland Grocers' and Mer
chants' Association.
GROWER OP LOGANBERRIES WARNS
Invratlgrnte Irkct and Get Contracts
First, Sara Woodburn Man.
WOODBURN. Or.. Sept. 16. (To the
Editor.) I have read the articles on
loganberries, one written by Thomas
McCusker and "one also by G. Wynn
Wilson. It seems to me that these gen
tlemen have not investigated the logan
berry business from a growers' stand
point very much, nor have they inves
tigated the market conditions. Of
course, their ideas sound very well on
paper. I would like to give you a few
facts In regard to loganberries. I have
20 acres, and I could not find a buyer
in the State of Oregon for my fruit.
I sold SO tons to the Puyallup canners
and had 60 or 70 tons go to waste.
There were about 500 tons that were
never picked In the northern part of
Marion County. I know parties that
offered their berries to the canners
for 1 cent a pound and could not sell
them at that price.
What we want in the State of Oregon
Is a better market, and a market
for what we have grot now, before we
go to booming any logged-off land
scheme. As the loganberry stands to
day, there Is no market for plants, and
there are a .great many patches-that
are taken up. Outside of a few with
long-time contracts, very few made
more than $a0 per acre net. They are
an expensive berry to handle. I would
advise anyone who Is thinking of set
ting out loganberries to do a little In
vestigating and not to set out any
without a long-time contract for at
least $50 per ton. They will go from
one-half to six tons per acre, but the
average is not more than three tons.
W. L. BENTLEY.
Open Mufflers Prohibited.
PORTLAND. Sept. 16. (To the Ed
Itor.) Please inform me through the
columns of The Oregonian whether or
not there Is an ordinance prohibiting
the operation of motorcycles through
the streets of Portland with muffler
open, and. If so, the penalty for viola
tion. Who is responsible for the en
forcement of such an ordinance? This
everlasting nuisance is driving me
crazy. Win you suggest a way. if it
be possible, to put an end to this prao
tice without discommoding anybody?
A SUBSCRIBER.
The city's traffic ordinance provides
that "no motor vehicle shall be oper
ated with offensive exhaust or Vwith
muffler open." The term "motor
vehicle" is defined in the ordinance as
a vehicle propelled by any power
other than muscular. The police bu
reau is responsible for the enforce
ment of all ordinances. If you cannot
get results there, complain to Mayor
Albee. . '
Plea Made for Park Zoo Animals.
PORTLAND. Sept. - 17. (To the Edi
tor.) It is a pitiful sight and appeals
to any human being's sense of com
passion to behold the poor sea lion.
the most Intelligent of all animals
even above the elephant floundering
in the muddy water with those semt
reptiles, the mud turtles, at the Washington-street
entrance to the City Park.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals should certainly
take pity upon this seal and give it
more comfortable, if not more humane
and suitable quarters.
. RHfilNBERGER,
LETTER PRAISESi CENSURES TOO
J. If. Acton Ssys Dumbs Editorial
"0-K" Remarks on Roosevelt Xot.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 16. (To the Edi
tor.) I congratulate you. Your edi
torial "Send the Plotters Home" should
be read in every American home, and
nailed to every public school door-post
in America; but you should have added
another paragraph; It is this:
If the tradesmen anc manufacturers
of this country are so Indifferent to the
question of personal loyalty to their
country as to pay no attention to the
class of disloyal help they employ,
then it is about time the Government
should show its hand here also, and
close- these concerns up. It is not a
cause of wonder that such attempts as
those of Dr. Dumba'a should be made, for
the desperate straits of these bellig
erents warrant them going to any dis
honorable lengths to carry their point.
For months there has been no mystery
about this phase of the subject. But
is there not something lacking among
American manufacturers, that they
allow their firms to be run by foreign
sympathisers who are subject to the
bid and call of any offended nabob of
Europe? Are there no loyal Ameri
cans to fill these places? Our real
danger is not from abroad, but because
of .,the conditions at home. What can
loyal executive officers of our Govern
ment at Washington do, with indif
ferent subjects under them; leading
business men who, for the sake of the
extra nickel, will employ disloyal for
eign help, while the country is over
run with Idle Americans seeking em
ployment in vain?
And why is it that The Oregonian
cai blow cold and warm with the
same breath. Within one-half Inch of
this noble editorial, right in the next
column, is a slur on Colonel Roosevelt
an occasion never let pass by the paper
'"cn is aDsoiuteiy misleading in in
ference and untrue in statement. If
this has any meaning whatever, it is
that the ex-President is out of the
Republican party, because the party
won't have him in It, while every well
informed man in the country, not
blinded by prejudice. knows the
leaders of that party are utterly at
sea for a desirable candidate for the
approaching Presidential election, and
if they saw the shade of a shadow of
a chance to secure the Colonel, would
get down on their knees to do it. And
Inasmuch as they see no such chance,
above all things they desire to elimi
nate him from the field; for well they
knovf he must be disposed of in some
way or the hope of the Republican
party has already gone "where the
woodbine twineth." What utter non
sense it is. therefore, to pretend that
he is trying to get Into the discredited
party, when as a matter of fact the
leaders have done their best to get him
back, and see with perfect clearness if
they don't tret him that party's cake
ia dough. When Roosevelt again be
comes an active Republican, it will be
when that party comes to his crib, and
not by his going to theirs. This arti
cle contains one truth. "He can go
back whenevr ha wants to" yes and
at the "head of the table." with more
than one ."calf." t j. h. ACTON.
KrKrstratInK Japanese Race.
,J?.AY CITY' ' r" Sept- " To the
Editor.) Kindly tell where I can find
the article about Miss Mishi Kawai
educator of Japan, who has a theory
of regenerating her race by marriage
of American men and Japanese women
AN AMERICAN.
In The Oregonian September 12
1915.
Women Held Efficient.
HOOD RIVER Or. Sent. Ifi (Tn h
Editor.) I have read your recent edi
torial on lait and woman s rights. So
far as I see vnn arrt rie-ht i n h n
the constitutional amendment eivincr
the negro the rieht to vote was a little
"too previous," but I think women are
as good mentally and morally as men.
J. Al. BLOSSOM.
The Psychology of a Shoplifter
Discussed in
The Sunday Oregonian
Whenever a shoplifter is caught in the act the time-honored cfe
fense is a plea of kleptomania.
But now .comes a writer of authority who ridicules the klepto
mania theory and advances the argument that shoplifting is noth
ing more or less than plain, downright stealing. He will present
his theories in tomorrow's big Sunday Oregonian. The story will
be presented from both its humorous and its serious phases. Many
cases of typical shoplifters will be discussed.
AN INTIMATE VIEW OF J. P. MORGAN With the eyes of the
whole country turned upon the big financiers of New York in their
negotiations with the agents of the British and French govern
ments who want to borrow $1,000,000,000 from America, attention
once more is directed to the reigning head of the banking house'of
Morgan. A correspondent of The Sunday Oregonian recently vis
ited Mr. Morgan in his office and wrote a humorous story of his
impressions which will appear in the paper tomorrow.
GENERAL DODGE WRITES IMPRESSIONS Civil War stories from
actual participants must obviously grow rarer with the passing
years, and stories from post commanders of those eventful years
must necessarily grow rarer still. There is living today but one
man who had charge of a military post in the Civil War period.
He is General Grenville Dodge. He is 84 years of age, but hale
and hearty. He has written his impressions in picturesque style
and they will appear in tomorrow's big Sunday issue.
AMERICAN BOYS IN EUROPEAN ARMIES Since the outbreak
of the war in Europe scores of intrepid American boys have en
listed in the armies of the warring nations. In tomorrow's paper
will appear a story of a group of college men who went from
America to serve in the ambulance corps attending the French and
English armies. The tale is very realistic.
HOW TO BE GRACEFUL This is a subject upon which Lillian
Russell writes with some degree of authority in tomorrow's issue.
Miss Russell, whose contributions are appearing regularly in The
Sunday Oregonian, tells women readers how to appear graceful at
table, at social functions and in everyday life. She also answers
a number of questions submitted to her by women readers.
OLIVE FREMSTAD BUILDING HERSELF A HOME Portland
people will be interested to know that Olive Fremstad, the prima
donna, who has appeared here at various times, is helping to build
herself a home with her. own hands in the Maine woods. The
Sunday paper will present a picture of Madame Fremstad at work
with pick and shovel.
DOGS ARE WAR HEROES Every element of warfare has been
pressed into service in Europe within the last year. Even the dogs
have been forced to do their share. This story, which will appear
tomorrow, deals with the "canine heroes of war-torn Europe."
SUNDAY MOVIE PAGE The Oregonian continues to present its
regular Sunday moving-picture page, which has proved of so much
interest to devotees of the silent drama. Tomorrow's issue will
carry a picture of a popular. film star, together with the latest
information and gossip regarding plays and players.
DR. HUTCHINSON AGAIN Oregonian readers have been enjoying
the series of popular discussions by Dr. Woods Hutchinson, formerly
of this city, and accepted now as one of the leading medical authori
ties in the country. In tomorrow's paper he will tell "Why We Get
Tired Sitting Still."
STORIES FOR LITTLE ONES A half page will be given, as usual,
to stories, pictures, jokes, puzzles and other forms of entertainment
for the children who read the Sunday paper. They will also appre
ciate Donahey's full page of stories, illustrated in colors.
OTHER FEATURES AS WELL Among the regular departments
that will appear with their usual attractiveness will be the sporting
section, replete with the latest news; the society pages, telling of
the recent movements of persons prominent in social life; the au
tomobile section, devoted to expert discussion of the movements of
men who motor; the dramatic, real estate, women's clubs and vari-
ous other popular pages.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From Tha Oregonian of September IS, 1880.
New York, Sept. IT. Henry E. Abbey
says that Bernhardt will begin an
American engagement in February, and
on May 2. 1S91, will sail from San
Francisco for Australia. He thinks it
Is not Impossible that Mary Anderson
HJay return to the stage. Patti will
begin a series of concerts In Novem
ber. Lane County West Hon. Binger
Hermann has introduced and carried to
a successful termination bills that ag
gregate $140,000 for the Sluslaw. and
the immortal (24) who voted against
him will share the benefits.
London. Sept. 17. The Chronicle's
Vienna dispatch says the prospect aris
ing from the passage of the McKinley
tariff bill, combined with the fall in gold,
has lowered the price of mother of pearl
13 per cent. Mother of pearl manu
facturers have closed their establish
ments in order to avoid running at a
loss and 30,000 persons are thrown out
of employment.
Articles Incorporating the Pioneer
Wood Company were yesterday filed
with the County Clerk by Charles H.
Piffgott. Dan J. Moore, A. M. Brown
nnH Clio rlno IT C n .. . . i . . .
" ' J- wmn, wuu a. capital
stock of $20,000.
Columbia. S. C. Sept. 17. The Re
publican state convention effected a
temporary organization tonight after
a long struggle with ex-Congressma
nutans in ine cnair. There are nrns
pects of a big fight on permanent or
ganization tomorrow.
New York. Sept. 17. The World has
a long Interview with Jay Gould. He
does not thrnk there has been anv
fifianclal stringency. The trouble is
that borrowers have tried to effect
loans on non-dividend paying securi
ties, and whatever stringency existed
was really confined to speculative pur
poses. Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of September IS. 1S65.
That lively little Frenchman Pierre
G. T. Beauregard, has perpetrated sev
eral unfortunate sayings. His boast
that he "would blow Plymouth Rock
out of existence" as soon as his army
captured Boston, has not yet been
made good. Likewise when "Beaurv"
said that he would water his horse one
nignt in Tennessee or in hell." h
was, owing to an unfortunate compl
cation oi circumstances, unable
water In either place. Another emart
saying of that doughty warrior must
terrify even himself when he con
templates it nowadays. It was as fol
lows: "Let the execution be with the
garrote."
New York. The latest advices from
Haltlsay that though the revolution
has held out longer than was expected
the rebels must submit. The rebellion
is being prolonged at Cape Hatlen be
cause President Jeffrard by investing
Alone hoped to weary out the rebel
garrison without Inflicting on the cit
izens the horrors of bombardment. The
President y now. however, has decided
to take more decisive measures.
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Da
vis, it develops, were born In the same
Congressional district of Kentucky
and within the same year.
There will be a trotting match over
the Multnomah course this afternoon
between Challenge, entered by B. B.
Acker, and Boston, entered by G. B.
Bryant.
Miss Sarah M. Dutcher has opened a
select school for young ladies in the
basement of the Baptist Church.
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