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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1915)
Tnr MonMXf; onnr.oM.vx, Wednesday. November ir. wts. 10 T(ie (Drvtwminu roartvM. vu&ov rii-4t rt .. vjt4e. rescfi 34K.tp aw 4.4-4 1. ! . SS .B) Mast T-s. v 4M4f a.,.., wake - l". y. 'i4r a. a.a . . I -. ... int. t..Mi. lur si.. alia X . si' .....I s.4-f. . I . .:n..,ia .... aaa 1 a ; a. if t4l. s-4 Mwal. . 1 . .4-4. ....... ......... 4nl4(. . . . . . . . . ....... 4J4; 4 VV .4 4... a jse.. SW . rir. a il-' S'.Vl' in ttL . .... '- i . . S. .... a tiur.ta Mi.-r u Mr4t a si 4 i . ' r . . - s ass.. U o.:.i4'ii4l aietw t .i ..- - . t ' ra.-. -1 .a ,4 ...i rs44. a asms. l- . p.. . -. a. j"iib .-t B4-ee Wn Mm tHfWi vfr tesa,. r-.n... ... iiu. .". ; . r t . 4 t..a.l'.4S. .. J. l.4tl, rDHtiiD. a.t .... o. '. -rt.H tMll lOKHIIUI. Thfe pr.r tn Mrthute tha Srater imrrj" in ciirl tra-lo fr"in Itpt Sun.I thr from tha f-'lumbU r:nr t- Ine rtt t)il Aaturu p tuch.r rjtra rr.m the intenr..untin in'irtn tii Irtljii4 pa. HI ltn-1 f r.vf r th..jhl In ao rth'l 4ir.-r ". TuT-n "T irin r"ll -f the f. ifw h S-rth etero Miller, of lmnepll . Mr. Tiffany mo ti-.t r tna an of lM-li lortljni .laaranrea of i'." on .i:i .'.nr: anl tramp rtcmrf -r ..earl ."a'a b.hel 4irt about . ')' ' on the hnuni" tla rn:iua. tarn, i i' t '". " w t.iaM hiaini a w a-'itnaae in .1,4 r 'ia an- pati.-t4.air l.iat a l"' j-rii mc viita e e' -.-.r.: - . 'r 144 1W 41 Ta .44' ! 'i MXll r4. 4Mla '41 ' a d (.... .aro a-i- 4 -f"r id 3i...m4 .ija a ti a fc-i-i'' la -- h . (. ' '" aa a. -I 4-r( ,4. .r1 -. a 1 4 ii'i aa w..t..4. a I l4l rrCaaHl I- .N4l .it ,j4'm.4 La l4) 444,arl'i.ll v,ira M tA4 Guiana iuaa n4 ac ftrai Ir H h.at ir"rta rrorn Tortland l tan in tV an4 I" lH Iarfa4 eia-MwfUa 4,aara-rtaJ ahtra. hila I -! aa ..'jr.J ii't l"t mak !!a firt ahlp nneei ti ! t; n4 dni rot bf.om a amrirer on a aubalantial 'I t'H !;.. rfn bafor trial dale." a.- 3tr. T:frn. Un4 etport a h'it trala aa f firm It entrant h"l l.t tm u,'i Invaded, aa l a.lown by fcer auprma-y to tn.a da." Me tu on ' rj:erui the compara t: JartJi. of tha f..!umbu and l'i.l S'MJr.t. Jiaitln fhipa mn.t be t i up the (Vlumbia. hut they mut sIo ba oe4 up fvert ourd. hl h "I tt n irm and aubjort to t n Hfng fi, lea to ba afe!y raiJaMe ty a ahip utrler sail Also he a-3. raara aa4 ria4teea V 44aeaaa aatea. ri .r- -f. aMaia aa arrf-e 14 l. fc al l'.r aaa, aa fra a- af fxa t4.r r aan t"a Mil'imf "9 f tia-ia4-i ai k. 11.1a t maruia rat a.tluai ia atfa44a a ril ir "'". A d'plh of at I'"! thlrt feet at nr 4tr ha been obtaine-i In th channel. eab!trc tha arahlpa l)re'n and JUryland. lth a drfl of ter.lj mrn feet rlh Inrhea. to come up to fortUn... and a, depth of f-rtr fet I pra.iutaJ hen tha present Im provement la completed Oner the bar. ha aa. there ia "a free) rodav f a pprom.lmaitaly one-half mile In Mth. wtlh an averajTe depth or nearfr f rty feel at low I4. Pujet liound a a'tanlae la handiinr ateajn ahip f-vrjt'a b attrtbuteU to IVrt Und'a lack of a!'iuate coalln? farltiCie. Of Aatorla'a e'orta t become a vheat p'.rt. Mr. Tiffany a thai In tt.t that city eprtd four rirpiri acaint elht-fle from Portland, anj that "from that time to the pres ent day there tiae been pra. tUallv no Incraaae In the number of grain ehipe a'earlnc from Atna." lie teila of trie lmproemerta In tha upper Co 1'imbU anj Prake. operant them to P4vicatt"D alt the ay fro.n Aaton to Prieat KaplJ. atout 1i mile, and f'ora Aafrl to Leajtston. 441 mllee. but he a aa to any prosper! Ue benefit whi.h Atort may derive ftn vievelorment of river commerve: Tara a aa sc su'ti'laat rtee ear- 'es t- 444 of aa ar I4,u4 af N4N4I. 444 l44441 iea-ia'4ara fr,aM w.u-4 lara-'e luixi trta sa-aral s.-aaamr aC a alar e,4rM4e4ai'e. .aama af i4 a aa Sad - aa-tari-n.-a ta t'ur.ain.a H'r .an44l r-- .4a'n.i tt as f rl4e ra'rwr r.i.. aa 4444 444 .a I a4 4S"e4l e ws-el tr-.ra t'lve siaie at ie rat t a ral.. T.. ei:i4 e"1 trtat fe :4t4ih.a ai4 f?via e'e a ft ai.4 trva'i.-rua ecrvaraa la S41 4,4444, nM4.nf 4t4f'l'4 41P4 44P4 414 rl.44a '4at tsat tltM -C tia asaal af M4 aptae ---luir a--aa 4,r -ti e.-ac I1 -1444 44 Ih tl I 14 4"4l ? t4M4!4f .1 44 "I- nana 4,u:,i Sa 4.4414, aaa as.4l 14 14 4..M4 4f 11444 I44M4.4 44 San c4r. -: 4..r I 14 tM ra.T-a f 4ir a aae-r i4fi r'.rt.aae 44 1 4t4.ia at a -aa. aa ' a 44 44 44tl 444 I44- 44 tftal If 144 F44 k 14.4444 al-Ll,4 44U4I 444 r4.4t,4-t Oa I 444 aa 4 44.11 l44 1 4k-al 44 4 II. 4,i.. 44441,1' 444 at '4 tll4t paiat !Wr4 tJ.4 em 4 S441, 4,-- la 'rt.a4. Th'jt la a, lairW Impartial eanvaaa of tha wr'trr :tuation. It diP-4e) of te contcnti.in that ri"f commerce 4 a!d be altra. ted to the iolumbla f.rver fr (.sine terminal ratee on tf-afft.' fion the interior t a'.l points r-a tha rtser f rim prtLnd lo the naiil I'vrtlanda sustained leader a.iip In aiheat export prove that thia p-vrt can retain tha lead in a bra.m'h 4f 4-enrtmee-e fhi-h it taaa Tirat to de velop l! proea that aMp owners and cap'alns have n 4 objartlort la .nmlrif ut a river channel for rartn. an4 that here aa to man. other porta, shlpe vaill f for raryo lo the farthest potn nUn t sthUh the can pene trata. The fa, t -U P"M lha frnrtal state-nert that aTral p-rta (rovr up at lhie point ahull have the creaki est perrenuce of Unl v,tMa a radtoa i.f ! ml'ee. anj to sjhhh ahlpa can go suhout prohibitive mat. Than e must seek other reason fr the graaeer comparative trastii of r-.t i4unj' (e:iera eiport com merce than thoae advanced bv the camplone ef e-iual ral'ral ratava to al! I'nl'imbia rtlver porta, The moat reasonable explanation, la that Pucet nua4 vr a 1 firet to develop the tun .'ir.ons favorahte to tat commerve. Just a Portlarj.l va Cirtt to develop wheat exports Pue (iound rtherd I tk tranevontinental traffic In goeidt f ile to and romlrf from tha Orient, white one ef Portland's rail, roade tirr. Ing over such traffle han Fraaete-4. cnd the other wa helm It to Pitel Jnurid Inbound rt'. s!Thout whl. h fimmtfl Is e. otioTll. st'v Impoaaible, sttt krmi.-M to Puget ftognd. b'l n-t to rnU"J lo sr i.-lent vot jme to loa l at !;. Tpere are no inherent defects In Tertian,! a lecgrarhi' at ifiall n to prevent it fom beeomtnf tie chief ia general, it la tr eiporte ( wheel o parti. uUr. Tuere Is no r- n t r'l l.4t our vtmiiirr" fan o is rr'! bj irrallr le entire 'rr oluiiii.lt t-rio prl. for th a.-n u f liir.!trt immr-' P tt - ColnitU rt tl- Port UrU I" I'urtUn.l tlrlf. Th r-n. IIaIh to 'oath of l"rtUnl crnnrarnt rjr. . tr..lir. .r fort:..!"..! fm-l'l lhmi'lvr. Irt our ral'.r'M'U hrtr.j r for lrim-h!pmnt ! K-n romrnr- htt h nturIIy b'.nne t 11 our rtir h.nt Rive th'lr ikMa lr.'fM t Prtlonl lmihlp in If am ltnirnl of ril t.uid In hr I-I them buy thrtn- ele in re:iolie the hnIirap In - Im.J of mr! auhmittlrtT to It b neujn g thair trrn.- to other porta. !. t our ca.iijli-ti iimnmli iemnhlp line. In onlth they IH at leat b p4Btt owner, anil promote manufar trjrea whirh lit rniunnif lmportel raw material. .Wl that I'nrtUnJ ned In order to attain the commer cial uprem.'t hi.h l hara hv rlfhl cf lAiurl Watln l to t true to herself an. I that I'ortUn.1 a i HUem ert theniaeUea to daelop the a1 Tfntafea of that o-ailin. villvT A4 AM V ro. The demand of Sana lor lot no that Ihe foiled ft-vtee have a Navy strong eno-ish to "Inm k the bio. k" off any other n ilin. b-jl for defensive pur- pt44-e nr.!). UI nt be opP'e. anv where emcpt among the pacillaia. who pj-cfer to run the ri-k of having their own paiinn s 'b!o4 k decapitated; but we womler If anv cniintry anvwhere ever organised an arm or rnnstrut trd a new for purpoeea of aanrreaaloa or j.poliaiicfi. Kvery nation engaged In the pres ent war cor.ten.U that It was. an.l Is the oule.l of Ihe ttesigna of some other naltoft for conquest or g'.orr fi4.lf.de fen e'" is the common slogan. Thev all sa v the other began It. Auetrta-M'jngsrr declare that Ser bia murdered her Croin Prince and was engaged In a conspiracy agalnat her domestif tranojulllitv. I.tissl sought lo prevent the subjection of erbl a a menace to the SUv riue. Herman) corf-nlrrett that Husnla't c tl-n wa suid at her a well as her all). frame wo aid say thai she had to In self-defense. Ureal ftrttaln as obliged to proteel Itelgium' nei tralltt. And so through lh whole list The real purpose of an armv and navy ought to be to enforce the, rffhls of a nation among the nations, and lo protect its vital Interests. No Ameri can hJS an other Idea The treonUn rrprii'K from Ha a:ied contemporarj . tne .vie-IIor fun. a few pointed estra. I from a homily on community toil M mar which thai p4pr tddre-acg .j rj rcaHtf. T4 (rial .jt'4 aiih Va.lf'M la ll kaa I M aiai Ml.l4b.ll. T4 1 Hill Soaaa ase.ied IHerw Muty 4 44 44 441. biu.in.44 444 -4 Irtal4, ii4.b 44 S4 444444.444. r.4l tl4r 44414 4-t- ii4.i4 IS4I S4H.r4 4 aa a mac ctl. 4P0.-4 aaiv rtT4i'4 a lot's l a relura Ih4 rta ef lodr )'44alifw ttfoalnt f4'4 t a 4441. 111 t - a 4 Ta aaiv tviia isai no 4. i'-a ainnri 4.k In (ia .p4r ad ilerv4 p. ace uih saru 44a f-.pia alia inhfcas.a must aa r.pares hr tb.4 4ltit Sac a, b-4.4( ai4 Irrlaatln an4 a. 4v. f 4 r fartarr tnwil S4 taa (irl p f . ) e-ti Iiii4 fr searne"afcnast. Tha tfay mlraci.s ftss saaea4. The OregonSan pa4e along this sensible and significant counsel to other lowne. lucludina: Portland, for w h.ttever good ll may do. No ct.m mur.uy w hi. fi la not prosterliig ar- cordins to Its etpectaituns will be any better o.'f for blaming somebody tse. Th" day when waiting Tor some thing lo turn up was a respectable and even profitable occupation Is past. The only way t to take off one's coat and piUh In. There will bo brul.s on tender hands, slid stiff Joint, and many discouragements, but effort Is worth while alwavs. an.l starvation la pot a pleasant alternative. "Thank i;od. that'a paid," said Mi caw ber. when he stood off creditor by giving a new I. o. V. Hut tt wo not The town or county or state which la forever ft) Ins; kites with lt crs.Ul will reach lis day of reckoning. Lei Med ford and Hogue River buck up. It Is the noblest spot on the con tinent. B it what Nature has done is Bol enoujrtv vatRRiiNti mit mostx. In order to qualify for matrimony ss a profession ll Is necessary to have a little culiict:t. Not mental or moral, lo be sure, but certain con ventional garb Is reo.ulre.1 of the man who would mrry Ma way Into a com petence. A dreaa suit, two or three changes of attire for street wear, an overcoat, several pairs, of shoes and a suppty of linen serve the same func t.one for the man who would marry money as do a library or a stock In trade for the man who would attain sustenance by- the professional or busir.esa route. We have often read In the lives of successful men of the sacrifices they made lo gain a foothold. Money was spent for txmk a that should have gone f..r food, foerae meals were cooked over tiie gas Jet In a hall bedroom. Carving wealth Is a slow anj tortuous process In tha early stage of the game. l-eaa ngnt nas oeen casi upon Ihe hardships of those seeking lo fol low the profession of matrimony for Ihe reason that people have been less Interested In Its devotees. It has re mained for dire and sensational ca lamity lo overtake an undergraduate m he matrimonial school of wealth in ordrr thai we might know some of the extremes to which the profession orteu drtv.e Its aspirants. One famurl nead. a young man itMi.it town In a f h.rtahing California settlement, so. eeede. in winning a a.atthv betre.a and the .l4 was set f- r a lasMonable wedding, so It Is re corded Now. fashionable wedding are an expensive proposition for sit concerned. The groom must have frock coal, silk hit and fault:, as linen for the oi-taaion and must send a bou quet and an attractive pree.nt to the bride Toung fnead. who had been a h imbte salesman of Ihe rlblon counter varietv. found thai his re source., including his ere. lit. were entlrelv evhati.ted bv the demands of court.-htp. and he admits having been bard pot for f inds to meet the re quirements of Ihe approaching nup ti.it. once the wedding had been .'.. ted hi p'n jr) was past, for mothcr-ln-lao-lo-be had promised him a thousand dollars the minute the minister had given him his certifi cate of fj'tsMf Icatlon for Ms new pro fession. .Ho young bread. It Is re rordeil. hit oron w desperate plan of campaign. He pasej a epurlous rhe. k f'r ll'.o. b-ught the necessarv iloth.s and flower and made a 1sh for the s'.tar. A soon aa he got his hands on ttiat fle he could mak g.xl the atno'it-.t and live In h.ipp ei'fi'irn.e forever after . tit 44nietMng is f-.rcver coi.-.ff r""i l'h the tx.-l laid tactics ana ta.-nr4 "ln. funila. n4 aroutnl th iri t. tlm of lh (ranj to point brre ho la'.J thp mottrr brfrc th authoritir. Th mithoritlrsi. havln( nialr1imiil.in.t. promptly put him un drr rr4U mnt ! ' Unguljhr In torn n rlurwx'to luptmd of In the hrHal aim of tha loains hotel. Fur thermore, the wealthy f.unlly whlrh hiJ rnitr4rtel for hl. frnlrM n nm ln-lim' hvr hern an ahm kul by tha In. I, lent that there are to ho no rai ding bell. Tlil la dtr lrate.lv. Hut we d'Mibt If enor tl hwl leara or rxporlcnre renrct.". The uroom-t hat-wna-to-have- . ! ei h t.een ovrrt.iken by it n-trl piinnn peculiarly aimrn i.f tnu ...-c.a of a mrrrenary cud. The family of Iho bride deserve hutiiilMtl"" for ap parent willingness; to w-cd their ttatighter to one hose pro-ire ts were nil and for whom matrimony meant noihitis more than encoiirsgemetit in idle habits. The price of n happy mamase Is .elernsl vtgilnnco on the part of n!l ennrrrned In those. da before tho contrail Is confirmeil. It is not enough to Inquire Into the health of the greom-elet a Is re quired bv tha law In some states. Ilia professional prospects are cnunlly im portant. . rial rmsi.iir.-oiv k v srr.u. In attributing Jits ele tlon to the fact that he la "a Kcpuhllcan of pro gressive tendencies." f ;cvrrnor-elfHl .M. fall, of Matui huerlts. spo lfies the chief renuislte for Itcpubllt an sucfotw i;i Ihe National elct lion next tr. and he correctly describe Ihe trend of public opinion when, he sava that "the peoplb will as re. u Illy turn from thr Iiemocratir Administration to a really prosrvseive Kepubllcan for President aa they alio lo the Republican canili dale for tiovernor in Massuirhusetts." Millie 1513 Ihe Amrrhnn people have nil lost their desire for pro gressive government. They have sim ply become more careful to discrim inate between that which actually Is and that which Is merely called prog ress. They have, learned that some new devices w Men fall under the lat ter head province Bothnia- but "prog ress backwards." One of Iho bene ficial effects of b u in ns depre-.lon Is that It sets people to thinking and lo aniilyajns; the remedies foP their political and social Ills which have be. n noisily touted from the street corners aa progressive. If the Krnublicans nominate for Prc-ldent a man of Ihe tvpe of Mr. Met 'all and of tho type to which he aas the people are readv to turn, and If they elect him wlt.1 Ihe backing of a Kepiinu. an ongrcs rumpwcu 'i hl.c-mlnU.-d men. Ihe country will make much progress In better govern ment and In solid pr-nperlty during Ihe succeeding- four years. There will be less vociferous lalk about procresa than there wa during J'residcnt Taft's term, but there will be more of the real article Jt r M M T W AS .r CTKI, Tho t haotlc t-oiulltion to which tho Administration has reduced the Gov ernment of the Philippine Islands, as reported by representative Miller, 1 only what mlaht have been expected and what haa been freely predicted The initcrvnuVru" which Mr. Bryan advocated for the Klllplnos and which In large part has been granted, could have had no other ending. The Ullplnoa were no more crnnp tent to conduct a democratic govern ment two years ago than were Ihe negroes when mnncipated from slav ery. The small proportion of edu cated. mixed-blood 1-111 plnos had certain capacity to govern, but only after the manner which they had learned from the Spaniards. That was to exploit the people for the benefit of their rulers. They have no sooner been given the opportunity through having a majority of the commission and control of administrative offices' than they have proved the truth of this statement. The Filipinos Have not self-government: they have been handed over to a clique of self-seeking Ftllplro politicians for exploita tion. That clique haa torn down the splendid structure of liberal, enlljfht cr.cd rule which had been built up by a dozen years of self-sacrificing Amer ican tabor. The controversy regarding the Phil ippines Is not between advocates and opponents of Philippine self-government: It is between advocate of two alternative plans of bringing about tout end. The plan which Ihe Repub licans followed was to educate the Filipinos and to train them In self- government by gradually giving them more control over their own affairs, that sll migat take an Intelligent part In the work of government. The plun pursued by the Imoerats Is to hand over the government bodily lo the people before they have had this training. The consequence is Ihst the reins are seised by the educated few. who use their power to rob and en slave the Ignorant many. Thus does altruism tinguided by common sense defeat Its own purpose. jtrsfii.vn o.vt mv Mia hiikmh The Gregorian has not suspected that Ihe City Commission. In requiring Ihe Dm k Commission to make a levy separate from the general city levy this year In contravention of custom. was actuated by a hope of fooling the people with a superficial show of e- onomv. But a confirmed newspaper apologist for the high cost of munic ipal government, the Portland Jour nal, t ow braxenly compare the levy Just adopted, which does not include the dock levy, with Ihe lew of last vear. which doe ln-ude It. Naturally enough, a bik reduction Is shown. The lev-v this year Is s.l mills with out tie d.ck lew. The levy lust year a llli oil the dock lev y was 4 9. 13. Ic Jjetlng from this irafi levy I to 1.2 mills for os of liquor license reve nues and the true comparison shows an Increase. A far belter comparison, however. Is between what the city appropriated lost jear in Ihe budget and what II ap propriated this year In actual dollar. Kxcluding Ihe IMS. 000 Included in last jears budget for the dtx-ka. a comparison shows that the City Com mission has added approximately Il.0v0 to the cost of runnlns- the city proper. It may le conceded that new fixed charges have been Imposed on the city government, but surely they do not aggregate more than 191.000. The beat that .ran be said for the Commission, therefore. Is that it has managed, after much sweating over estimates, lo maintain a dead level of expenditures. Thai level Is much higher than the coal of government under Ihe old form of charter, al though tne voters were promised a saving of 11.000. t0 a vear If thev wculd adopt Ihe new form. The Oregonlan Is constrained still o lcHcve 'lt.it the hlh-inllliJcd cm tlemen who constitute tho city Com- a division of the city levy between the city and the Pock Coramlttoion, that that a t would be made the iafis for a Juggle of figure to place credl where credit ia not due. We even venture Ihe assertion that the mis placed compliment of the newspaper apoloclst is unwelcome It Is well known at least It has often been said that the commission charter definitely fixes. rMonsihtltty. Of course the Conimuiisoners, being aware of that particularity of the charier, would never attempt to evade its moit distinguished merit. We trust the public will pot convict the CommihSion of cheap politics regard less of what its newspaper champion may say. r.xroHT or ntirtr PRonttT". Abnormal conditions created by the war hava caused a revival of the ex port trade In cheese, butter and other butter fats. The. Commerce lepart' ment reports that In the fiscal year Ilia exports of butler, which have recently averaged about 3,500.000 pounds, were nearly 10,000.000 pounds, while. Imports decreased from nearly S.O00 000 pounds in 1114 to leas than 4.000.000 pounds. Kxporta of cheese. which hava usually been about 15,000,- 000 pounds a yesr, Increased to 64. 000,009 pounds In HIS, and Imports were onlv 60.000.000 pounds, a de crease of 13.7j0.000 pounds from the 1114 total. F.xporta of condensed milk doubled and those of Imitation butter more than doubled. England ha become our best customer for dairy products, but the Latin-American countries, the Orient. Russia, Australia, Holland and Belgium are also buyers. The reversal of the tide In our dairy product trade- is without doubt due to the war. Under the low duties of the t'nderwoo'd law we were Importing large quantities of butter from New Zealand, and Britain drew its principal supply from New Zealand, Denmark and Siberia, while cheese came from those countries. France, Italy and S Itxerland. The war haa either with drawn labor from industry or has ob structed the lines of transportation to those countries, thua opening the way for the American producer. Were the influence of the war removed, business might soon return lo Its former chan nels. The Cnltert States might again become an importer of dairy products, a paradoxical situation for a country whleh haa on Its farms (0.000.000 cat tle valued at two and one-third billion dollars, and wtjlch in 1909 produced tl. 119.000. 000 pounds of butter, 321. 000.000 pounds Qf cheese and 5.J14,- 00". 000 gallon of milk. Only by timely preparation for peace can we retain even a part of the new- foreign trade In dairy products vhich Ihe vvar has given us. A readjustment of the duty to fit post-bellum condi tions should preserve the American market for American dairymen on sta ple products, whllo affording them op portunity to enter foreign markets on at least equal terms with other lor clgn producers. Now that a California Judge ha held that a married man may be mulcted for breach of promise to marry another woman, some of the masqucrnders will get wise and re form. The Idea Is rather startling. however, for If he houU avoid the breach by marriage, the same Judge would he the first to give him the limit for bigamy. When the War Department conies to select training sites for tha pro posed continental army, the friction betw een the- cost of carrying troops to remote army- post where there are no people and the Congressmen who wish to saddle those Army posts perpetu ally on the Nation will be terrible. In addition to being an expert in medicine. Indian wrongs and munici pal affairs. Senator Lane ia also an expert on the Navy. He could have given Admiral Dewey pointers on how to smash the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. He is a doughty old sea warrior. The example of Dave Moylan. the armless municipal Judge of Cleve land, is commended to the attention of the able-bodied, able-Jawed and fully equipped with limbs but helpless men who continually appeal for help on the streets. The Sultan Joins the other belliger ent sovereigns, in thanking tho. Al mighty for standing by him in the war. They surely cannot all refer to the same Almighty. The Navy Board was more success ful than the Army General Staff in securing adoption of Its plans by the Administration. The cost seem to tie the sticking point. Alfred r Jennings, a Kansas cattle man, ha 'tie foot and mouth disease and I quarantined. William Jennings has it ora and is at large. The rains have reinforced the dew and there is a good boating stage to CorvAl.is forthc man whose mlnutgs are not precious. Asquith says he does not fear con scription will be necessary, but they hinder emigration over there Just tho same. A cashier In a North Dakota bank Is gone with 1100.000. but think of the thousands of cashiers who stay! Those British cruisers near New York are displaying too much activ ity within the three-mile limit. If Commissioner Daly succeeds In putting loud stripes on city-owned cars, the Jovrliies will cease. Probably the meanest crime a man can attempt 1 to force attentions on his wife's hired girl, a The man fined yesterday for "bor rowing" an umbrella evidently does not go to church. If the Kaiser were aware of the pernicious activity of Austria, he would stop It. A Prltish steamship Is reported missing. Use the German wireless to Davy Jones. The rabbits which are a pest In Kastern Oregon would be a boon to Germany. Yes. Monday was wet. but It was a tjplcal November dnv. As an investment, top tho market. Portland bonda r..ir---ilJ Mr, Jfr.h.snr.L . Twenty-five Year Ago. rrnm Th Oregonlsn of Nor. 17. 1S!0. Laondon, Nov.. 18. The Karl of Aber deen has written General Booth, of the Salvation Army, expressing approval of his scheme for tha relief of Kn in lands poor and promising to give $6000 to a fund in accordance with the proposal of A?tor Bancroft, who of fered lo be one of 100 subscribers of that amount. General Boom ia still receiving many and ltneral donations for tbe inauguration of his system. Falem. Or., Nov, 1. On the bip: steel bridge hers tho contractors are work in:? every day putting up spans. On the loner soan this evening they had raised the three sections and all the first ones will be ready by the time the olisdor piers can be made. Minneapolis. Nov. 1. The Tribune's Mandan. N. TV. special says settlera living on the border of the i-!loux Res ervation bring stories of the armins of Indians, which Is borne out by Jo seph Buckley, who speaks their lan guage. Buckley came in today and says every Indian on the reservation will shortly go on the warpath, and thev have got possession of Custer's rltles. which the United States never found. Tha fall from the third story of the Marquam Qrand building Saturday noon proved more of a shock to Jack Weaver, the carpenter, than hla sys tem could stand, aad yesterday after noon he died from the effects of his injury. General Manager McNeill. General Passemrer Agent Lee and General hu perlntendent Crocker, of the Union Pacific, have gone up to the Cascades to decide upon repairs which will be made to the blockhouse there. The bnildine to be erected at Third and F streets by Henry tVeinhard will he of pressed brick, four stories In height and will cover a quarter of a block. T. T. Oeer. of Macleay, the "tall syc amore of the Waldo Hills." wa In town yesterday and was glad to see the me- tronolis lookinir so lively. He will he In tha lower house of the legisla ture from Marlon County in January and is a candidate for the Speakership. I.OVKRXMKXT IS OT TIIKOfHtCV, fnaday InMblllos af lawful Purauita la Religions Law. AMITY. Or.. Nov. 15. (To the Kdi- tor.) In the disrussion of the Sunday rlosinar law It seems to me some un derlying principles have Been over looked. In these days all governments are purely civil. There has been no true theocracy since Israel. Civil rovernment has to do only with our relations with each other. Its duty is to secure lo each his Individual rights. It should see that no one in fringe on the personal or property rights of another. Kvery man's rights stop where the other man's begin. Government helnB civil not theocratic It can make crimes of such acts onlv as are uncivil. To strike another is uncivil. It in fringes on personal rights. He who steals violates property rights and rovernment Justly deals with these thieves for their incivility. Now any uncivil art is uncivil in itself. It does not depend on the day on which it is performed for its inciv ility. It 1 Just as much a crime to murder on Monday as on Sunday. To steal on Sunday Is no greater crime than to steal on Tuesday. From these statements, which all must acknowledge to be true, it is evi dent that any act tnat is civil and con sequently leital on week days cannot loKically be shown to be crime if done on Sunday. If selling goods otany kind is a civil and lawful act on six days of the week, what makes It a crime on Sun dav? Does It not at once appear that the criminality is not in the act, but in the day? But what Is there about the day that makes the act a crime? The answer is the day Is sacred. It is the day se lected by the majority as a day of wor ship and religious service. That be InsT the case, the law is a religious law and outside of the Jurisdiction of a civil government. It Is evident from George Going's letter in The Oregonian November 13 that he believes we are under a the ocracy and all violation of the ten commandments should ba punished by death. This Is but the logical outcome of the belief that reHsrion is a fit subject of legislation. Government should protect all in their belief, but force none. rAiuicn. THREK 'R'S- GIVK WAY TO FADS Witter Thinks fundamentals Are Sac rificed la Schools for Frills. TOKTLAND. Nov. 16. (To the Ed itor! I saw an article in The Orego nian in which Mr. Alderman, the Su perintendent of Schools, is quotes as still upholding what I and a great many other taxpayers regard as "fads." Times have not changed a particle in the last 30 years, as he would have us believe, in retrard to the three R-s. I readin. 'ritin' and rittimetic. ine are taught today as they were 30 years ago, only not enough of them. That's hv I rejeard manual training, aomes tin science, commercial form and the other vocational training in the puonc Rj hnnk as "fads. Ha iiva: "Ana yei mere ire peuiou tirinir in this age of rapid transit, of high motive., power ana oi minuieu sDecialixed industries wno wouia eraa utile our boys and girls from the pub lic schools about as well equipped ior the bread-and-butter problem as the farmer with the ox team." But look at the business men mat were made 20 or 30 years ago and see where and how they got their educa tion. It was not from faddists, but through the old system ot learning readin?. writing, arithmetic and geo irranhv. Why teach music, art and a whole lot of such unnecessary fads when nine-tenths of the children's parents cro not in circumstances to continue these courses for them? Does he think that a boy could take hold of any one of rapid transit. hlRh motive power or specialized . industries and a lot of oihcr such industries by know ing muiic. art. lookinn. sewing, man ual training, swimming. Kurdening and a lot of other such truck? Let the children learn reading, writing, arith metic, geography and mathematics, and after they have mastered these studies they are In fit condition to face the bread-and-butter problem. CITIZEN. Ktlsuette Taward Escort. PORTLAND. Nov. 16. (To the Edi tor.) Is It considered good form for a vouna- girl to invite a young man in under the fo!owing circumstances: She and her mother have rooms In a city where they are acquainted with very few neODle. The girl has been escorted to a school social by a young man of whom she knows little except that he is a student in the same school. They have returned and are at the entrance of her place of abode. Haa he a right to be offended If she docs not invite REaVDER OF THE OREGONIAN. Tt is not necessary to ask him in nd ha has no cause to be offended if she does not. It would not be improper, however, if her mother is at home and is expecting her to do so. No young Slrl should entertain company unless her mother Is present. If the young nan is considered fit to be a girl's escort, we see no ressoa why he shotijd cs'at-riafcllM. ag Half Century Ago. From The Oregonian of Nov. 17, 18tj,"i. We have received a number of the Sonor Herald, a new paper published at Sonora. Cal. I', has a neat typo graphical appearance and i, withal, a slrong Union journal. We learn by the Sacramento Union that Dr. J. C. Hawthorne was mar ried in that city November 2 by Kev. Fred Charlton to Mrs. Louisa Hite. People Tesiding at the Bay Ciiy should look out for another earth duake. Mount Hood was steaming voluminously yesterday, as was at tested by numerous persons in this city who witnessed the repeated puffs of black smoke as it Jelled forth. Quiney A. Brooks, of Portland, is ap pointed a special asent of the Postof tlce Department for UreKon, Washing ton and Idaho. The fact that he is directed to report for instructions to Colonel A. H. Markland sussests the inquiry whether or no this appoint ment is the first fruit of that gentle man's visit to Ihe Pacific states. Captain James Giilis.s, assistant quartermaster. United btates Army, has been ordered to Fort Walla Walla from the Fast. Captain Gillius was a Lieutenant of the Fifth Ilegunent of Artillery before promotion. He will re lieve John F. Noble, First Oregon Cav alry Volunteers. The fleet craft Harvest Queen is tak ing a cargo of brick at Knott's wharf for the improvements goinar on at the mouth of the Columbia Kiver. McCorniick's Almanac for Oregon and the adjacent territories for the year 1886 lias been received at this of fice. HIS 19 .OT MATF.RIAI. GlIDANCK Br? a a l.aoks te fleligioB Rather Than jeieace far Peace Plans. POnTLAXD, Nov. 1.-r-(To the Kdi tor.) It is some time since I have read anything so illuminating) as Mr. Ford's letter in The Oregonian on Bryan, his piously-f ounded peace plans. When religion gets into poli tics we must naturally look for dis aster. I am not prepared for a world without sentiment. Dut certainly as politics should be the science of Rov ernment we must shed our escliatology. Fundamentally, the house of faith cannot do without its creeds, its mys teries and its emus' detachment from the literal. Modernism and enlighten ment of course say wash your hands and they will probably he clean enough. I am not of those who sneer at our mothers. No naturally constituted man can teat out the devotion in his heart. The muM; of the church lautrhs at all competitors. Its moral teachings have lived through the cen turies, but it doce not understand the material world of production and great principles. Probably our worst foe even today is ienorance. Mr. Koosevclt summed up Tolstoi as a mas. who never read a textbook of s tene. I should say the same thing of Mr. Br van. These are the days of the political opportunist, and I am sorry to add ot those who will get there somenow po litically. Naturally my admiration for shipbuilder whose Bryanisms was more conspicuous than hiR thorough ness and science would he very re strained. I imasine the educated part of the Christian world might after all have some similar convictions. But it requires courage to urce indictment scainst this new propaganda. We all lone- for peace. 1 ho likes to find fault with an Utopian proposal? But we must wake up or the master builder will condemn and not a brick will be left upon another. B. B. CLAKKb. TO A C'OVOTE AD THE WKST. My bandit friend, for such you are. With hidden home in barren wild, My heart for you is still ajar. You are akin to nature a child. Oft have I seen you on the slope Of some lone ridge when far away, Surveying, as with easy lope. For miles around tne closing oay. Perhaps a straying colt, is near Enough to tempt you to tne ira. Providing that the way is clear. The hapless victim then to slay. Or bossy, feeding far perchance Her sleeping babe she thought se cure. Its cries are hushed as with a lance. And filled you plide along for naught; but sure. The stockman's foe, your pricely head Does many a liberal bounty draw, And I have dug into your bed For many an infant upper jaw. Oft have I heard your evening sons. Mv ears recording every sound. And dancins eyes that watched the throng Of listening hills that sat around. Lake jealous kids my eyes and ears For beauties rare they fondly strove, And gave their all In smiles and tears, A tribute never paid with gold. And often I have heard you sing. When captive for the passersby, I knew the old familiar ring. But missed the sagebrush and the sky. Out in the hills the stockmen live. No four-rintred circus to admire. But fleeting steers escaping give, A race for life, you could not hire. The cowboy on his flying steed. Along yon ridee on duty bent. Thinks only of increasing speed. And not of charms to others lent. With beads and buckskin all aslow. The Indian round his tepee sits. Or hunts his own dear buffalo With gunless hands and naked hips. While you in all your blending greys. And dark that's made to fool the eye, The Master hand of nature plays. As with the ocean and the sky. All are a part of one great whole. The brook is numbered with the rest. My bandit friend is near the goal. I love the frontier days the best. H. H. BOWER. Oregon City. ot I nehrlstlsn to Defend. H FLLSBORO, Or., Nov. 15. (To the Editor.) I notice your very good edi torial of the 8tb. "France's Position in the War." and feel impelled to say that it is a splendid brief of some of the vital principles upon which our Na tional existence rests. I am glad that you touched upon the great truth, that a nation ' under God baa the divine privilege of protecting its birthrifrht against the spoiler as has the home, the family. Moreover, when any nation or group of nations attempts to violate or teach to violate the divine prerogative of na tional existence under God it is a Christian privilege yes. a Christian duty that a millstone be hung about the neck or sucn raise teachers and they be cast into the midst of the sea. Our Lord Jesus Christ came not to zring peace to the Devil and his angejs; but to his own. whom he has chosen and kept out of every nation, trihe. toneue and people. He has also vouchsafed peace to all nalions that reverence and acknowledge his inex,- frtablo atpirituat-and, noral laws. - How to Keep Well Hr Hr. VV. A. Kvans. (I'npcriKht, 1 f t ... .v nr. Y. A. Kvanc. rui I'alu'd Liy arrar.tf.-meitl with the ruica'i Tnl.una.) Scarlet Fever. In the nature of things tho amount of scarlet fever will trivi to slowly in crease until the middle of next Spring. The disease is at a minimum during hot weather. Shortly after the children come together in the Kail the disease increases. The natural increase can be expected to continue until Springr, by which time the number of susceptible children will be fewer. Perhaps even a larger factor in the decline of the disease in the .priu is the fact that with the warmer weather Ihe children jrot out of the warm houses into the sunshine. That scarlet fever is due to beoonio more prevalent as the Winter sues on is the heaitii department way of look ing at it. The parents of children look at it from the standpoint of their children. It means to the mother that her children will he in increasing cancer of scarlet fever as the Winter s;oes on. She is interested in knowing how she can protect them against this disease. Last Winter and. Spring1 Pouprhkecppie. X. Y.. and the towns nearby had an epidemic of scarlet fever. Pr. North investigated the epidemic and two of his conclusions should help mothers to protect their children. One is that milk spreads scarlet fever. The wise mother will not give her chil dren any except pasteurized milk until the danger time has passed. The second is that many cases of what appears to be ordinary sore throat are cases of masked scarlet fever. Tho wise mother will keep her children away from all children with sore throats until the danger period has passed. Ordinary sore throat is not a report able disease. But, though the health department may not have information. school and neighborhood jrossip Kcn erally warns us whenever there js an undue amount of sore throat. The wise mother will heed the. warning. One conclusion drawn by Dr. North is, "Two persons can easily be in fected from the same source, one con tracting sore throat and the olher scarlet fever." The report quotes Pr. .yzontas:h as follows: "No sharp boundary lin can be drawn between angina (sore throat) and scarlet, fever. The difference, be tween simple sore throat and scarlet fever is a difference in decree. Malig nant scarlet fever is simply the most severe form of ordinary sore throat." We may not auroe with the extreme to which this statement goes. B'if. we do arree with one practical policy which It susrgesta and that is- that chil dren should not he exposed to cases of sore throat. And another, when ever sore throat is very prevalent, look out for scarlet fever. lOxerelse as Meei Foe. J. J. writes: "T have Ion been troubled with sleepiness after supper in readinir. 1 snore and dream even when I go to a theater. When this spell comes on it is almost impossible to keep awake. And when I set outside all this disappears. What is the cause of this and what am I to do about it?" KEPl.Y. Diagnosis in this case la easy. Tou aro catmg too much, cxcr-i:in too litl!?. anil eu do not pot enough frosh air. Kat a !iffht supper. Instead ot Koinir to th.-j theater pass two hours bowling or walk a few mile.?. Take a cold shower in the mornini;. Some nearness Curable. L. B. W: writes: "I am 70 years old, have good appetite and sleep well. Kighteen months or two years ago the. hearing ot" the right car became affected and now I am unable to hear a "watch tick. There is continuous ringing and noises in the ear. (1) Are the deafness and noises curable? (2) If so would you advise examination by specialist? (3) Is there any merit in the so-called Vaporator treatment as advertised by the Swiss - American Vaporator Company of 102 North Fifth avenue, Chicago. REPLY. 1. In some cases, yes. -'. Yes. ro not waste your money on such so called treatments. Relief for Inability to Sleep. J. W. H., of Dayton, O., writes: "For years I have awakened between 4 and 5 o'clock each morninsr and find it im possible to go to sleep a?ain. During the day I feel drowsy and sleepy. Kven ings after dinner 1 find it almost im possible to keep awake. What should I doV" REPLY. Your complaint is not an Infrequent one. I have known people to cure themselves by the followins: Remain awRk until 1 0 : " o'clock, stuff cotton in the ears, bandaso the eyes lightly. Retire. Or select a quiet room in a quiet part of town and draw tho cur tains befor retiring. Tlw trouble is that when tleep has become light noises and light reach tha brain. f.ood In Raw Apples. F. C. H. writes: -Should raw apples, peeled or unpeeled, form any part )f a child's diet? My boy of 6 and my girl of "j are both healthy children of regular habits. They like a part of an apple at breakfast or a whole, apple between meals. ;I have been told that no one should eat raw apples, even adults." REPLY. If the apples are ripe thev may be ealcn with advantage even by children Si- year of age. Unless yon ar careful your lilt.e girl will swallow her apple in chunks, some oider people have fermentation from eatinar freely of apples. Raw apples are wholesome for all neople .except the members of tha group indicated above. Ylsl'ins Norse Association. PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (To the Edi tor.) Please give me information re garding "visiting nurses wno go to .ne. homes of very poor people aim oo.u in sickness. Who sends them out? Are thev naid for their services and by w horn? A READLU. Tk vicitinET Nurse Association, lo cated in the Medical building. Portland, sends out nurses to needy cases. Appli cation may be made to thcin. They are a great power for good. Their nurses are trained women, paid by the asso ciation. The organization is supported bv its members. Mrs. Robert G. Dieck is president. No worthy case will he. refused help. Last month the nurses made U01 visits. Prices Paid for Coins. PORTLAND, Oct. 16. (To the Edi tor.) Please let me know if there ia any value in a 50-cent piece made in. 1829 or one coined in, 18JS more than, the face value. SUBSCRIBER. Write to New York Coin & Stamp Company. 11 West Thirtieth street. New York, enclosing stamp for reply. October 1, JSS.t. PORTLAND. Nov. 18. (To the Edi tor ) please state what year the 3- cent stamp was changed to 2 cents on it A RLAJ3LR. Planting the Seed in Succeed When the manufacturer advertises his product in the newspapers he is doing this. He is pettinsr the interest of deal ers in his product, because he is reaching- the dealers' customers. He is niakir.s a market for his goods that will he permanent. He is establishing- s future stock of sood will. He is building present and future profits.