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PORTXAXD, HXDSESDAY, OCT. S7. 1915.
SECRETARY M'ADOO'S SCHEME.
No person who has given any
thought to the needs of the Navy will
disagree with Secretary McAdoo as to
the necessity of auxiliary ships, which
shall be used for commerce In times
of peace, but which shall be immedi
ately available for war in times of
war. Other nations provide them by
arranging that private ship owners
shall build vessels adapted to naval
as well as commercial uses, officered
and manned by citizens who are mem
bers of a naval reserve. Those nations
make contracts with the owners pro
viding that, for a stipulated annual
mm in time of peace and for further
sums when the ships are used by the
Government in time of war, the vessels
shall be constructed according to cer
tain designs and shall be immediately
handed over to the government on de
mand. When peace is restored, they
are returned to their owners.
Mr. McAdoo proposes to reverse the
arrangement. He would have the
United States Government buy or
build the ships, operate them in com
merce, or lease them to private ship
ping companies in times of peace and
take them into naval service in time
of war. In support of this plan he
: cites the urgent need of ships for com-
' merce, the exorbitant rates of freight
exacted by ship owners, the enormous
sum in ocean freights paia annually
by the American people to foreign na
tions and the probability that ships
transferred to American register dur
ing the war will return to foreign flags
when peace is restored. He also cites
the excessive prices paid for ships
by the Government during the Spanish
war and the heavy loss at which those
Chips were sold.
All of these conditions can be over
Come without embarking the Govern
ment in business as an owner and
operator of steamship lines. Ships to
carry American commerce are scarce
because our laws impose on them ex
Tenses of operation much higher than
those borne by foreign ships. Until
these laws are changed, no perma
nent advantage will be gained from
, the registry law of 1914. As Mr. Mc
Adoo admits, ships transferred to the
American flag under that law will be
- lost after the war. The reason is that,
when normal conditions of competition
are restored, operation under the
American flag will be impossible with
out loss, if the present shipping laws
are retained or if the seamen's law is
not amended. If those laws were re
vised in such manner as to equalize
cost of operation, the ships would re
main under the American flag, more
hips would sail under that flag
and the American merchant marine
would be restored without resort to
Government ownership and operation.
Naval auxiliaries can be provided
under that plan by adopting the policy
pursued by Great Britain and other
nations as we have described it. That
policy gave Britain abundant ships
for movement of great armies and
vast quantities of supplies all over the
world. It did not burden the British
government with the immense cost of
building or buying transports nor with
the loss incidental to sale of ships
when the war ends. Mr. McAdoo may
cry "subsidy" at this suggestion, but
the payments made under the British
arrangement are most emphatically
not a subsidy. They are as truly pay
ment for an equivalent of value to
the government as would be payment
by an individual for the privilege of
taking possession of another man's
ship or building on demand. Subsidies
are payments made to a ship owner
to enable him to do 4 a profit busi
ness which lie could not otherwise do
without loss. The Oregonian always
lias opposed ship subsidies and still
opposes them. There Is, however, no
valid objection to payment of the fair
value for the privilege of taking over
a ship on demand and of dictating
certain details of its oonstmiction and
operation. Such a payment Is the
same in principle as that which is
made to railroads for building mail
cars and placing them at the Gov
ernment's service
Mr. MrAdoo's plan, however",
simply subsidy in a now guise, but
just as vicious in principle as the
subsidy schemes which The Oregonian
has consistently opposed. He pro'
poses that the Government buy 400,000
to 500.000 tons of ships at a cost of
' J60.000.000. Assuming that he could
luiy the larger amount for that sum,
this is equivalent to J 100 a ton.
Foreign vessels can, in normal times
he bought for littl more than half
that sum. If the Government should
operate ships itself in competition with
foreign vessels, it will suffer a loss
equivalent to the interest on the extra
cost of purchase and to the extra, cost
of operation under American law.
If the Government leases the ships
to operating companies, it will be able
to do so only at rates which will in
volve approximately the same loss.
The money to meet that loss will come
out of the United States Treasury. It
will be a subsidy paid by the Ameri
can people to enable American ex
. porters and importers to have their
goods carried under the American
flag. Mr. McAdoo dismisses this ob
jection to his scheme by saying the
loss ""will be a email price to pay for
preparedness and National safety." but
he ignores the fact that it would be a
: subsidy.
" By calling his proposed Government
- ships naval auxiliaries, Mr. McAdoo
simply takes advantage of the popular
demand for National defense in order
to win favor for a scheme which has
already been condemned by public
opinion. We can provide naval auxil-
... iaries by tearing down the obstacles
to investment of capital in ships and
by adopting the British policy. Those
obstacles are ux- siEaiUaciei fcbj
ping laws and those provisions of the
seamen's law which harm the ship
ping business without benefiting the
seaman. Remove those obstacles and
capital will voluntarily flow into the
shipping business without any arti
ficial stimulus such as subsidies, either
in the form proposed by Mr. McAdoo
or in that proposed by Senator Gal
linger. Irritated at the almost unanimous
condemnation of the ship-purchase
bill by the Chambers of Commerce of
the United States, Mr. McAdoo accuses
them of being intimidated by ship
owners who would deny them freight
space if they ran counter to ship
Owners' wishes. That accusation is a
product of the political fanaticism and
Pharisaism which cannot conceive of
opposition prompted by any but sor
did motives. It is of a piece with
t.he attacks which Mr. McAdoo's for
mer associate, Mr. Bryan, makes on
the integrity of all who disagree with
him on peace-at-any-price and Na
tional defenselessness. Such assump
tion of a monopoly of all the virtues
provokes only disgflst and stimulates
inquiry into the purity of motive in
those who make them. All the hottest
and wise men are not in the Demo
cratic party.
PRSD)EXT1AL HEDOLINti.
Engrossed in the felicities of his
approaching marriage and the daily
entertainment of his lovejy bride-to-be,
beginning with breakfast at the
Gait home and ending with dinner at
the White House, President Wilson
has not forgotten his self-assumed po
sition as the "leader of the Democratic
party." He sat down at his desk the
other day and dashed off a letter to
his friend, Senator James, expressive
of his immediate personal interest in
the success of the Democratic nomi
nee for Governor of Kentucky, Mr.
Stanley, and saying:
The. White House. Washington. Oct. 20.
1815. My Dear Senator: I have been follow
ing with the greatest interest the progress
of the campaign In Kentucky and am very
much interested to observe what Just
ground of confidence the party has of suc
cess in your great state. My own associa
tion with Mr. Stanley has given me an im
pression of strength, capacity, intelligence
and integrity, which makes me feel that his
election as Governor of the state will con
stitute a triumph .to which the party can
look back with special pride, because It is
always a matter of prid to serve a great
state by putting the very best man at her
disposal for public service.
Vv ill you convey to Mr. Stanley my
warmest good wishes and my confident
hopes for his complete successT Cordially
and sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILDON.
Thus the White House takes a di
rect hand in the progress of the Ken
tucky campaign and expresses a purely
partisan concern for the triumph of
the Democratic nominee and the de
feat of his opponent.
In the early days of his incum
bency. President Wilson made a lofty
appeal for the support of all "forward
looking men." He has had it in a
measure granted to few Presidents.
But how about him?
Vt H V DISCORD.? -
A few days ago a representative Jf
the Portland Chamber of Commerce,
In course of an address at Medford,
freed himself of the following rather
remarkable appeal for harmony be
tween Portland and Southern Oregon:
Ton accuse us of trying to hog it all. We
plead guilty. . We realize that Port
land can only grow and prosper as every
community grows and prospers. What helps
you ne,ps us, ana wna- neips us neips juu.
Xnthinr can he accomolished by a continu
ation of the spirit of antagonism and enmity.
Anything can oe accompusjiea it vt uur
the hatchet, get together and united put our
shoulders to the wheel for a better and more
prosperous state.
We shall assume that the confession
of Portland's exclusive culpability was
intended chiefly to be rhetorical, or
was due to the enthusiasm of the mo
ment, or perhaps to atmospheric
pressure. Let it go. But let us see
how it was received at Medford. The
Sun, among many Other things, says:
-Vfltitnllv we lire for Medford. first, last
and all the time, but we are not for Med
forJ alone. We are also for the .togue j.iver
Valley, for Jackson -county, for southern
Oregon, and. in the words of Joshua Perkins.
th whole aum state. wiiat wc cu eci
we want; what we cant get. we want our
neighbors to have.
No one can or will find fault with
such an attitude. It is proper for any
community. But it is a little discon
certing to find the Mail-Tribune mat
ins this satirical comment:
Knnris v.rv ftne TCverv little while 1
similar burst of hot air from the metropolis
cheers the small towns. livery little while
we are discovered anew by a glad-hand
junket and sad e-xperirnce has taught us
that one or tnese ouve nram-n iMrnBiuiio
precedes some new activity to dwarf the
development of the stato for Portlands
bcnetlt.
There is an opinion in Portland that
Portland cannot and will not grow un
less the state grows. Any lack of pros
perlty in Southern Oregon, or any part
of Oregon, is certain to rind its direct
reflection here. It is not true that
Portland dwarfs the activity of any
part of Oregon for its own benefit.
Yet undeniably that is the belief of
many good citizens at Medford. It is
unfortunate for them, for Portland
and for the state that it has a news
paper like the Mail-Tribune, which
has deliberately and continuously
sought to foment discord with Port
land and practically rJl of Oregon out
side the Rogue River Valley. It
might bo well for Medford to indulge
in a candid survey of the situation so
as to determine how much of respon
sibility for the ill-r'eeling, if any, in
Medford toward Portland rests with
its own vicious little newspaper. It
will discover that there is no similar
ill-will here. There is no reason why
there should be.
FICTITIOUS F.COSOMI.
We have no doubt but that oc
casional crimes are perpetrated In the
holy name of economy. Perhaps many
are not committed that should be.
Possibly we could not find the heart
to prosecute the- official for almost
anything done in the interest of re
trenchment these days. But the head
of the New York bureau of statistics,
in suggesting that the purchase of fic
tion for the public library be discon
tinued, has.gone over the boundary line
and. attacked the one exception. Cer
tainly New York, if it comes to a test,
will prefer to save the salary paid to
the head of the bureau in question.
It seems incredible, even in these
relatively enlightened days, that such
a suggestion should emanate from any
intelligent source. JBut perhaps it is
not so strange after all that the idea
should find origin in the unimagina
tive mental domain of a statistician.
Facts and figures are his forte. Any
thing that can't be added, subtracted,
multiplied or tabulated is mere va
cant babbling. A comparison of this
year's budget with that of a year ago
is the most splendid literature such
a mind can know. The imaginative
meanderings of such creatures as poets
and novelists must seem a prodigious
waste of time. Encouragement of such
panderings to culture not only leads
to waste of time, but waste of money.
when thousands of dollars are spent
for mere works of fiction.
"it i -a. JjOsa-idc," ss-is, ii. ie!en-o
Of fiction Which the library organ .has
found necessary to make. "It is a
false idea of the library's purpose to
think that it exists only to own and
circulate books of fact. The failure to
understand the importance Of books of
imagination in the reading of every
man, woman and child is the failure
to understand what culture really
means The writer might as well
have rallied to a defense of sacred mu
sic in the churches, so needless does
it appear to the average normal and
enlightened person. No doubt we shall
hear next that the New Tork bureau
of statistics favors abolishing the ex
pensive paintings in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in order that the gal
leries may be hung with the .architec
tural designs of New York's buildings.
THOSE SOUTHERN CHAIRJIEN'.
The Oregonian has a note from a
nameless "Friend of the President"
who is disposed to challenge its
statement that the Southern Briga
diers dominate Congress through
control of the committees. "Have we
not seen that the real influence in
Congress is Wilson himself?" he asks.
The Oregonian does not underesti
mate the power of the President
with Congress, though it has failed at
critical times; but it insists that if it
be conceded that Woodrow Wilson
tells Congress what to do, and Con
gress does it, it is through the South
ern Brigadiers, who have an almost
exclusive monopoly of the House
chairmanships and a majority of the
Democratic caucus. The list is worth
perusal by everyone who is interested
in knowing how completely the polit
ical power of the Government has
swung south of Mason and Dixon's
line. Here are the House chairman
ships which, the Southern Democrats
have:
Agriculture Asbury F. Lever, of South
Carolina.
Banking and currency Carter Glass, of
Virginia.
Accounts -James x. Lloyd, of Missouri.
Census -Harvey Helm, of Kentucky.
Claims-"-Edward W. Pou. of .North Caro
lina.
District of Columbia Ben Johnson, of
Kentucky.
Education Dudley At. Hughes, of Georgia,
Election of President. Vice-President and
Representatives in Congress William VV.
Hunker, of Missouri.
Foreign affairs Henry D. Flood, of Vir
ginia. Immigration and naturalization John I.
Burnett, of Alabama.
Indian affairs John H Stenhen. Of
Texas.
Insular affairs William A. Jones, of Vir
ginia.
Interstate and foreign commerce William
C. Adamson, of Georgia.
Irrigation of arid, lands William B. Smith,
of Texas.
Judiciary Edwin Y. Wsbb. of North Car
olina.
Labor- David J. Lewis, of Maryland.
Library James L. Slayden. of Texas.
Merchant marine and fisheries Joshua, W.
Alexander, of Missouri.
Military affairs- J amea Bay, of Virginia.
Naval affairs Lemuel P. Padgett, of Ten
nessee.
Patents William A. OMfield. of Arkansas.
Postoffice and postroads John A. Moon,
of Tennessee.
Public buildings and srounds Frank
Clark, of Florida.
Public lands Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma.
Railways and canals Martin Dies, of
Texas. '
Reform In civil services-Hannibal L. God
win, of North Carolina.
Revision of laws John T. watklns. of
Louisiana.
Rivers and harbors -Steohen M. Snark-
man. of Florida.
Roads Dorsey W. Shackelford, of Mis
souri.
Kules itoDer l.. nenry, or Texas.
Territories William c. Houston, of Ten
nessee.
War claims A. W. Gregg, of Texas.
Ways and means Oscar W. Underwood.
of Alabama, who was succeeded at the close
of the session by Claude Kitchen, of North
Carolina.
Of the remainder. New York has
one and Ohio another; and New
York is about to give way to Ken
tucky.
If the country takes Woodrow Wil
son, it must also take Southern dom
ination.
THE PORT'S BEM.ittK.tBLE RECORD.
In the faint hope of enlightening
those who believe that the unsatisfac
tory showing of Portland's total water-
borne commerce is due to a falling off
n grain shipments, the following fig
ures, already published in the news
columns, are once moro printed
Portland has not lost grain to Puget
Sound. In bushels its water shipments
last year exceeded those of any other
year but one. The percentages in the
statistics are Portland's proportions of
the total shipments from the Columbia
River and Puget Sound:
Bushels.
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p
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SEASON.
2 2
1914-15
1S1S-14
1912-13
1911-12......
1910-11
1909-10.......
1S,0T.710
13.3K0.3B6
14.752.221
9.793.351
11.033,222
9.723,31
10.2S0.S9
1R.?44.790
8,204.988
9.892,656
60.5
65.3
65
65
56. g
0
49
58.4
4 5.4
59.1
9,803,944
7,096.000
7.816.79
5.029.586
5.820.944
7.693.158
6,705,836
16.190.686
1908-09
1907-08
190S-07
5,841.019
1905-0
Av.. 10 yrs. .
The figures tell another story to those
who are conversant with local history.
It will be observed that whereas Port
land has shipped for ten years an av
erage of 5 9.1 per cent of the grain of
the Northwest, in the four years pre
ceding 1914-15 it shipped from 63 to
66 per cent. Last year this percent
age fell to 60.5 per cent.
It will be remembered that just be
fore the cereal year of 1914-15 opened.
three different and disastrous fires de
stroyed grain docks and warehouses, in
portlana. A temporary iacK or dock
and warehouse facilities resulted in
diverting to Puget Sound much grain
that would otherwise have come to
Portland.
The quantities and - percentages,
moreover, corroborate anotner tact
also known to grainbuyers and ship
pers. For several years Portland's
grain territory had had more bountl
ful crops than the territory tributary
to Puget Sound. Its farmers were un
usually prosperous. Then came the
European war and a consequent pros
pective rise in wheat prices. The
farmers in , Portland territory were
better able to hold their grain, and
many did so.
Yet, in spite of these detracting ele
ments, the port of Portland more than
held its own. In wheat shipments by
water for the year it exceeded the av.
erase for ten years.
It is perhaps not known to every
body, but it is, nevertheless, a fact
that Portland now ships more wheat
than it did in the days when all the
grain grown in the Northwest went
through this port. This in itself is
remarkable record. The grain terri
tory that ships through Portland con
stitutes the. older wheat fields of the
Northwest.
Whereas the State of Washington
has enjoyed a period of railroad build
ing culminating in three railroads
traversing the wheatgrowlng section of
the state and terminating at Puget
Sound. Portland's record has been de
pendent largely upon more intensive
cultivation of territory already served
by railroads. Little new grain country
bu besot s&aed railroad tba
have terminals here in comparison
with the new fields invaded by the
more northern railroads. The great
potential grain country of Eastern
Oregon is still a blank space on the
map.
It is quite probable that Portland
would handle more of the grain
grown in the Northwest if Portland
had a more attractive rate than Puget
Sound. But to produce an appreciable
gain, that is, one that would make
a noticeable difference in the number.
of grain ships in harbor, extension
would bo required by railroads termin
ating in Portland into territory now
exclusively served by the northern
roads.
Whether a common grain rate to As
toria in itself would promote, wheat
shipments via the Columbia River or
cause a diversion of some of Port
land's present traffic to Puget Sound
is a matter of dispute between the
grand army of volunteer rate experts
and the practical grain buyers. The
grain men hold the latter view. But
we fancy we are expressing a like
sentiment on the part of a majority
of those who are advocating the com
mon rate when we say that if it will
result in giving Portland a better grain
rate than Puget Sound under the lorig-
and-short-haul clause, we are for it.
But the whole effort is one to force
or entice away to Portland's benefit
the business of a competitor. It is a
business axiom, we believe, that it is
always more profitable to build up
one's own neglected opportunities than
to try to forge ahead by tearing down
a rival."
Portland has a number of glowing
opportunities which, if seized, will
build up the port faster and more per
manently than any tampering with
railroad rates. There is Mr. Stra
horn's proposition to build a network
of railroads in Central Oregon, if
given proper local support. The Cham
ber of Commerce is endeavoring to es
tablish , industries that will bring im
ports to the port. It is attempting to
Becure the co-operation of the rail
roads and shippers in the transaction
through this port of the local and
transcontinental business which right
fully belongs to the port.
We have no" grave cause to be en
vious of Puget Sound's grain ship
ments. We are doing pretty well in
that line ourselves. What Portland
most needs just now is a united de
termination to go after and get the
business in which Portland is really
deficient.
Governor Withycombe's military
staff, which is accompanying him to
San Francisco for official Oregon day
at the Fair, is in striking contrast to
the average staff of a chief executive.
There are no gold-'braid Governor's
staff officers in the lot, but active offi
cers picked from various parts of the
state where troops are located. . Gov
ernor Withycvome is fortunate in hav
ing no gold-lace staff, the last of these
flowery gentlemen having been dis
missed by him shortly after he was in
augurated. The officers who give Be--I
rious work to the National Guard the
year around are entitled to these tours.
which in so many states are reserved
for political pets.
At last a religious prophet has blos
somed who foresees a long era before
the end of tho world. Usually they
delight in foreseeing the end of mortal
existence at an early date. This par
ticular prophet makes his prediction
from the ancient biblical prophecy
construed to mean that the Turks
would be driven out of Europe in a
war wherein they would be unaided.
Hence another war must materialize,
sinpe the Turks are being aided at
present. Nevertheless, the Turks have
shown no need Of help up to the pres
ent time, nor has the aid been much
more than "psychological."
The OreffOhlan worries over Dcmocrarv
abandoning the doctrine of "states rights.-'
At the same time our big contemnorarv is
abandoning its old stand and is becoming
trie i-aaing cnampion or rnc old uemorratlo
doctrine. Surely it should be broad-minded
enough to grant to others the same privi
leges It takes for itsclf.Salcm Capital
journal.
.The Oregonian has long been the
only true exponent of sound Demo
cratic doctrine, and it wants to see
the states something more than petty
provinces of a great central autocracy
at Washington. But where, oh, where
ao you hnd a Democrat nowadays who
stands for state rights.
The vandal who would "get even'
by poisoning a man's dog has a coun
terpart in Linn County, where he
sawed so nearly through a number of
apple trees about to come into bear
ng that an extra high wind broke
them. He will bo discovered. In
gloating some time he will tell of it.
A woman has again won the world's
championship operating a typewriter,
in a contest lasting an hour. Only a
woman can do that: a man would have
to stop to light his cigarette or bite
his plug, set his tie or part his back
hair. Men are so frivolous!
The institute of anatomy of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania may be doing
goodwork in some lines, but when its
researches lead to suggestions as to
marriage of blood relatives, time and
money are thrown away. ,
in mis war, wnenever ones own
towns are bombarded, they are open
towns and the act is barbarous; when
ever the enemy's towns are bombard
ed. they are fortified and the act is
simply war.
The New Haven road wanted it all,
according to Mr. Mellen, and almost
went bankrupt, which is a warning to
all hogs.
Hereafter American boys who land
in Britain on horse boats and want to
join the army will be spanked and sent
home.
A rainbow by night in Oregon is an
unusual phenomenon, yet this' is the
land of rainbows as well as of realiza
tion.
Activities of German spies and plot
ters are no sooner stopped at one
place than they break out in another.
If A. P. Bateham is not proud of the
agricultural exhibit at the Land Show
he is an extraordinary man.
That "1916 bar" at the Land Show
is just in time for the man who needs
practice after December 31.
Secretary Garrison yesterday ap
proved plans to make the Chicago
River run uphill.
The ' Canadian steamship Donna
Conna has been torpedoed and is
gonna.
Poor Tabby has a gloomy outlook.
J ileal fuxa iiave Advanced 10Q pet -cent.
Twenty-five Years Ago
(From The Oregonian of October 27. 1S80.)
Konaout, . y.. Oct. 26. The Hudson
River today showed the highest tide in
40 years. Brickyards suffered enor
mously. Millions of brick were lost.
It is estimated that 4,600.000 brick have
been lost in the Kingston district,
A Dartv of fiiirvprnrs pn7Ml In
locating Huntington's proposed road
between Portland and eiilverton are
camped just below the Clackamas
hatottery on the Clackamas River. It
is understood that the greater portion
of the road is already surveyed, but
the exact route is as much of a mys
tery as it ever was. A bridge is to
span the Clackamas River just above
the hatchery.
The body of the dead Vnion Pacific
engineer, John O'Brien, was "Shipped to
Carey, Pa., yesterday by Coroner River
after beinT embalmed. It was accom
panied by Engineer Robert Hunter, of
Aibina.
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club of
Boston give their concert at the Unita
rian Church this evenmsr. under the
auspices of the Ladles' Society.
All those who had the pleasure of
hearing Rev. W. H. Milburn, the gifted
blind orator, when he was here some
10 years ago, will embrace the oppor
tunity of hearing his lecture on Sar
gent Smith Prentiss tomorrow evening
at Grace Church.
Moses" Hull will lecture tonight at
Elks' hall on "God's Revelation: What
It IS Not, What It la"
The Interesting drama. "Forgiven,
the work of the well-known play
wright. Clay M. Greene, will be pro
duced at Cordray's Theater tonight, and
will run for the week.
Thfl fntnnnrtlntf Af t i tr-tv-Act will
give a dance next Thursday evenina;.
Invitations can be procured from any
lexnDer ot xne circle.
RELIGIOIS LIBERTY SOT IX ISSUE:
Writer Holds Suaday Closing; la Matter
of Health Expediency.
PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (To ' the Edi
tor.) Now, as in times past, since the
Very beginning of time, I judge, there
s someone to bring forward that plea
of "religious liberty' and "freedom
of conscience" in opposition to Sunday
closing. , -
The saloonmen of Oreeon emDloved
the same hackneyed argument. Eo did
they of Chicago. It is their only am
munition. They have no reasonable
defense and must rely upon emotional
prejudice to carry the day for a com
mercialism that is at variance with all
religious doctrines.
In this day of highly organized so
ciety it is Imperative that all business
men be bound by certain rules. To
bind all, the rule must be prescribed
by a supreme authority, we look to
the state. The business man who ex
ercises freedom of conscience by open
ing his store on Sunday denies to his
competitor that precious privilege.
seven-day competition cannot be met
by six-day competition. Those who
break the rule take advantage of those
who observe it. If the statutes fixed
Wednesday as the weekly holiday there
would be those to say it interfered
with their religious liberty.
bunday has Ions; been designated as
a day of rest. It should be given an
atmosphere of quietude. As nearly as
might be the wheels of commercialism
should be stilled on this day. Those
who demand rest phould not require
others to work. Those who would
work should not be allowed to inter
fere with the business, pleasure or
comfort of those who rest from labor
one day in seven. The man who can
not compete on equal terms must
perish. - Kurely, he Is unworthy of
place in organized society.
Sunday opening of business houses
is a special privilege to a very small
minority. It places many lines of mer
chandise at a disadvantage. A day of
rest is impossible for business men
unless all observe the rule. No one
would be injured except those who
take an unfair advantage merely for
pecuniary gain, and not to satisfy the
demands of conscience or protect re-
Iiigous liberty, statements to the con
trary notwithstanding.
There is not one sensible theory to
be advanced in favor of religious lib
erty or freedom of conscience with
reference to commercial pursuits unless
we state flatly that a weekly holiday
is unnecessary and tends to retard
prosy-ess.
'litis cunaay ciosinx nas no bearing
on liberty, conscience or religion. It
is purely a question of expediency in
maintaining the physical condition of
the people, and should be brought un
der the police power of the state.
ROBERT G. DUNCAN.
VISITOR IMPPKF.!iKD BY HIGHWAY
Portland to Heap Larcte Bene-fits From
Boulevard Alontr Columbia.
ABERDEEN' Wash.. Oct 25. (To
the Editor.) It was the pleasure of
the writer on Sunday. October 17, to
view the Columbia River Highway
leading from Portland along the south
side of the river, as far as the road is
now completed, a distance of about 40
miles. I accepted an invitation from
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Dabney, of Port
land.
Mr. Dabnr-y's car carried eight of us
on this trip and tho entire day was
taken up viewing this wonderful road
construction and the greatest scenic
route I believe in the United States.
About 23 miles out from Portland
we stopped for lunch at Dabney Park,
which comprises some 50 acres of land
on the Sandy River just across from
the Portland Automobile Clubhouse;
after this we proceeded on to Crown
Point, a most picturesque spot and
from there to Dabney Cliffs where the
crowd seems to enjoy spending the
most of their time. It surely makes
one dizzy to stand at this spot and
look over the perpendicular walls onto
the railroad tracks directly below.
distance of 725 feet. At this point I
was told that the Columbia was visible
for a distance of more than 30 miles.
It seems to the writer that this i
perhaps one of the most costly roads
to be. found anywhere in the Pacific
Northwest, the great amount of ex
cavation from the hills of solid rock
and all the bridges being of concrete
constructum. There are a hundred
spots alonsr' this most beautiful high
way where one would be content to
stop and camp for days and never tire
of looking at the river, high moun
tains, wonderful waterfalls and the
throng of people all the time travers
ing the road.
I was impressed by the law-abiding
way in which the automobile drivers
obeyed the traffic laws. It was esti
mated on this day that 2010 cars trav
eled over this highway and not an ac
cident occurred. There was no speed
ing and the drivers at all times kept
on the proper side of the thoroughfare.
w ltn the proper advertising. I can
see where Portland will benefit to
large degree by having this wonderful
thoroughfare and pleasure drive. Ore
pon has been asleep from Its Infancy
as to road building but it is plain that
new blood has been born to the com
monwealth and a highway like this is
the direct result. Tourists should not
miss the opportunity of seeing the
Columbia River Highway when it is
their pleasure to visit your beautiful
city. FRANK O. DOLE.
The Other Way Around.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Miss Sereleaf tells me that she
tends to take up settlement work.
"Then, she doesn't intend to get mar
ried? "I'm well a man waiting fo
a train can't get aboard if it fails to
The Mollycoddle.
Br J It- Kendall.
My friends, do you know What a "Mol
lycoddle Isr
Well, they say that it won't bite;
Nor kick, nor scratch, nor fight;
But is just so goody-good
That it seems to' have Bo blood:
As for turning t'other cheek, it will
offer the whole phis.
The 'possum, of my boyhood, was a
hamming nypocrite.
Playing "sure" dead to cave its life,
Without a sign of defensive strife;
But a "Mollycoddle" could never be
that.
For it seems to act on "standing pat."
With the door unlocked, in a sort of
fiszle fit.
But Nature sure declares it must either
fight or run;
If Its lege are like the hare's
It bas no cause to fear the wars.
Because, as you see, though it
couldn't climb & tree.
Nor wield a flaming sword nor loud
artellery.
Yat could beat a warring Kaiser to a
"place in the eun.
And it could not be a tortoise, with its
armor on its back.
Though its gait is very slow.
And its carriage very low.
Yet its case is not so bad;
It's a walkinar ironclad.
And prepared for any Kaiser in the
pack. 4
Nor a tiger, nor a cat, nor yet a long-
tailed rat -For
they're armed for instant strife
To protect their young or life;
S9 you can plainly see
A "Mollycoddle" couldn't be
E'en that mammal bird With teeth.
called the bat.
Where're I look I see. In animal or tree.
That defense has made them what
they are:
That the peace of life means armed
for war.
. Munition shops must never close.
And sentinels must 'never doze
On land or sea this is the price of
Liberty.
In the forest grand, those splendid firs
that stand
Straight and tall without a limb.
In the woods so deep and dim.
Stripped to run the race of life
Born and bred in jungle strife
Are victors of the race, a Marathon
band.
In the head and breast man is some
thing best,
His lust for human flesh has changed
Since his food is wider ranged;
His taste is rather Belgic now
It's what you HAVE that makes the
row;
For this he'll pray and fight you can
have the rest.
The lock upon the door does hot invite
to war.
Nor does the farmer's defensive fence
Invite assault in any sense.
Would you have the crawfish take
off his crust
As an invitation to hunger lust?
All Nature is averse to such an open
door.
While life was very young, just start
ing on a plan.
It made the defenseless jelly fish.
For the rest of the sea an ever-ready
dish;
The "Mollycoddle" of the salted deep
That can only moan and wail and
weep.
In a sort of Bryan strain, up to man.
Gold Hill, Oregon.
WHAT FIGHTING SPIRIT HAS OOXE
Treasured Institution I.lve Only Be
mom of Pant Military Organisation.
PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (To the Edi
tor.) When over 30 years ago I cast
my first vote for women suffrage, I had
a fear that an emergency might come.
when women from 'a mistaken philan
thropy might oppose .the taking of
measures necessary for National secur
Ity. The women of Oregon have recent
ly been admitted to the suffrage. The
constitution imposes on the National
Government the duty of taking
measures to secure domestic tranquil
ity and to provido for a common de
fense against all enemies foreign and
domestic. Kvery citizen should share
these obligations, and since women
have been given all the rights of
citizenship they cannot escape their
share of responsibility.
nut we are told by our sentimental
sisters that the danger of militarism
weeps aside every other considera
tion. And yet without the militancy of
Cromwell and hia Puritan warriors
England of today might be a despotism.
Many claim that without the mllitar
am of Gustavus Adolphus Kurope
might still be under the blight of
reliKious intolerance,
There ia an historic jest that when
the Puritans landed on the coast of
New England that they first fell on
tnetr knees and then on the aboriginals.
Without the Puritan fighting quality
sachem of the Narragansetts might
nave his wigwam where Faneuil Hall
now stands and a Pequod medicine
man might be healing where the
Temple of Christian Science raises its
marble front. Certainly history gives
instances where military organizations
have been made to sustain unjust
privilege and despotism, but it also
tells us of many instances where mili
tancy has successfully resisted these
attempts. Such was the militarism, of
Washington, Green and Wayne, and of
James Monroe and John Marshall. Such
too, was the naval militancy of Perry,
McDougall and Farragut. But we are
told that such dangerous precedents
must be cut out of our National history
And our flag which we have loved and
cherished, which stands with us for the
honor of men and the security of wo
men shall be tolerated only as a bundle
of colors. But by the same token, the
Bible also should be expurgated. Our
girls should not read of Judith and
Holofernes of Jael and Sisera or of the
mother of the Maccabees. But I would
hope to spare the pages of Roman
history that tell of the mother of the
Gracchil and of Volumnia the mother
of Coriolanus.
Was it a misfortune to our country
that the mothers of Grant, Sherman
and Thomas raised their sons to be
soldiers? I would also beg to retain
that! page in our history that tells how
72 years ago a Provisional government
was formed and how the women of
that day approved the militancy of the
men who laid the foundation of this
state. Let us retain another page of
our history, I beg, tht which tells how
Oregon soldiers were present when
Manila was taken and the portentous
banner of Spain came fluttering dow
like a wounded vulture and our banner
of beauty and glory went up in its
stead.
When have American soldiers proven
so false to their trust that they should
be compared to the Pretorians of Rome
or the Janissaries of Turkey? Yet I
lately saw a lot of women teachers
clapping their silly hands whenever a
socialistic sentiment was uttered. It
would be sad to see the honorable
record of Oregon, women marred by
weak sentimentality, women whose de
votion has transformed this western
wilderness into a paradise of homes
Whom would you trust to defent you
foreign mercenaries or your sons
When your boys come to you for you
permission to strengthen their arm
for this sacred duty send them forth
like the heroines of history with you
Ibiessln
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian- of October 27, IStio.
The New York Times, which is sup
posed to be in the confidence of the
Administration, says: "It is now set
tled that Jeff Davis will be tried for
treason and as soon as practicable.
Ample time has been given for all
popular excitement to subside so that
his jury may be as dispassionate as
possible; and for the complete prepara
tion by his counsel of every available
defense in law and the facts."
The Government at Washington is
determined to put a stop to the prac
tice ot selling captive Indians Into
slavery in New Mexico. The superin
tendent of Indian affairs in that terri
tory has given notice that all his ef
forts will hereafter be employed in
abating and preventing the traffic con
trary to law and incompatible w-itJs
Republican institutions.
The late pirate. Bennett O. Burler.
who as confined in the jail at San
dusky, O., succeeded in prying open a
window and making his escape on the
afternoon of September to. He left a
note for the jailer, saying, "I have gone
out tor a waix; perhaps I will return
shortly."
All the Union papers of California
are advocating the passage of a reg
istry act for that state. We need the
same kind of an act for Oregon and we
trust that the Legislature will see to
it that we have one.
Hon. E. D. Holbrook. delegate to. Con
gress from Idaho Territory, called upon.
us yesterday. Mr. Holbrook is en route
to vvasnineton Uity and will take his
departure from this place tomorrow by
steamship Sierra Nevada. He is a yourtsj
mart ot considerable acauirementa and.
outside of his political proclivities,
worthy.
The dredge lighters are Undergoing
repairs. New and more substantial
falls for the bottom are heincr nut in
by Mr. Bruce at the wharf, foot Of Pine
street.
MIL,WAtKIJE LANDMARK'S HISTORY
Known as Veranda Hotel, and it
Built Until 1S51.
PORTLAND. Oct. 26. (To tho
tor.) In his communication to The
Oregonian in regard to the early his
tory of the old' building at Milwaukie
now being torn down. George H. Himes
corrects some erroneous statements.
but makes others equally erroneous.
uet me say that durinsr the whole
Of the year 1850 my parents and their
lamny uvea at Milwaukie. I was a
boy of 12 years then, and my memory
is still pretty good.
ine building mentioned by Mr. Himes
as having "been built in 1850" was
really built in 1851. It was intended
to be the best hotel in Oregon. It Was
three stories high, and had what was
considered the best hall for dancing In
Oregon. Those were pleasant social
affairs and were attended by people
irom baiem to Astoria.
It was named the Veranda Hotel. It
had a wide veranda clear along the
west front, but I cannot say whether
the owner gave it that name because
he had built the veranda or built the
veranda because- he had given it that
name.
Mr. Himes says this, house was "called!
the Milwaukie Hotel," and that "W. R
B. Cotton was its first lessee"; tbat he
advertised as such in the Western Star
November 21. 1850. It is true that at
that time there was a "Milwaukee
Hotel." It was built in 1850 by Samuel
I.. Campbell, who came from Massa
chusetts in the year 1849. -I was In
Milwaukie yesterday looking over the
ground and found, to my satisfaction,
that the old house stood probably 300
feet to the southeast of the "Veranda
Motel," and in the next block south.
There is now a good two-story house
of concrete blocks occupying the site
or the old Milwaukie Hotel.
Neither did the Western Star news
paper office occupy any space in the
"Veranda Hotel," as that paper was
moved lo Portland before the "Ver
anda" was built. The paper occupied
the small buildlnf lust south of the
'Veranda." It may be that there were
others interested with Mr. Whitcomb
In building the "Veranda." but he was
surely the leading spirit in its con
struction, as he was in nearly every
thing else around there at that time,
but he did not build the hotel in 18."0.
He did. however, build a real steam
boat that year, and named her "Lot,
Whitcomb."
Neither the "Veranda Hotel" nor tho
steamer "Lot Whitcomb" was a paying
venture, and Whitcomb died poor soon
after their completion.
ED C. ROSS.
WORK, NOT REST, IS GREAT NtSEU
Correspondent Is Suspicious of Intent
of Proposed Sunday Lin,
'PORTLAND. Oct. 26. (To the F,di
tor.) 1 feel many of tis will be pleased
to see Mr. Tufts' bill. The introduc
tion of such a measure st such a time
suggests to us there may be behind
said bill a motive other than the wel
fare of suffering humanity.
The introduction of any measure, at
the present time, which tends to lessen
employment may be looked upon in
the same light as would furnishing
an extra supply of Ice to a polar ex
pedition, or furnishing fur coats to
those who depart this life and are ex
pected to be subjected to a superheated
atmosphere in the next.
Can one be sane who contemplates
laying off 26.000 (Mr. Tufts' figures!
persons one dny each week, when un
der existing conditions they can barely
hold the soul contiguous to the body?
What we need is work, not rest- 1
have no desire to be judged, therefore
no Intention of judging; yet despite
this there comes to me the feeling
that behind this measure is a scheme
to force us to attend church through
legislative enactments. J. HAROLD.
fbrlntlsn Science Practitioners.
PORTLAND. Oct. 26. (To the Kd
itor.) U) Kindly inform me if a Chris
tian Science healer is required to reg
ister, as other practitioners are? The
one who has given her services when
requested has done so without asking
anything for her services and was only
doing good wherever possible. (2) Is
there anything wrong about such
work? MRS. R.
(1) No. (2) We think one has a
moral right to seek any relief from
illness that is honestly rendered, pro
vided he docs not thereby endanger the
health of others. Any remedy that
cures is a good thing.
When Wife Is Away.
Life.
"What do you do with your car when
your wlfe is away?" "Everything."
Pedigree
Merchandise is increased in
value by the good, name of its
progenitors.
Pride of ancestry carries with
it assurances of good buying
from posterity.
Pedigreed merchandis is ad
vertised because advertising is
not only profitable, but helps in
the upbuilding.
People turn towards adver
tised goods because they have
faith in them.
- Pedigreed goods can be made
known through newspaper ad
vertising with greater efficiency
than any other way.
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