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rf.wka of AtUr.UC Coast porta.
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a-r-41 of traffic la aravat.d by inove
of a"." frn IS- t. the
..aboard after s-ond couaecutlTe
Uir croc ha b' M""'"1
! fullr employed everywhere
evrert on tre 1'a.inc fist. aC 1 there
I. a p..i:ve KJnttir f "' ,,,r
ja s..mo flatter. Wa-a have 4-,t.-..t
and. workln fuU lime and
overtime, men have money ! spend
on mre than arl ''r'
.ae oven-ome the caution which
,41l,l them to hoard th.tr rrof.ts on
in. Hit crop and are becinnir. to
bur iiiar"y.
H.nc w find th- report from
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KrJ Oty MH that -b-i-lneas 1
howlrc i r of trad revival that are
..,.,:(!, satfactory-: ISal -coun-
try towns show a simlUr awaker.lrf
and It eem Vkrlr that at la..t we
hav- entered apoo the speodlrf sea-
ror the South. MempMe reports
rtaraed mrr"v.fnenl In the lumber
lilustry aal collection "'-
roen-hant "f a,e arrourts of ac
count whicft had virtually been writ
ten off a lo-t. Th proaperttr which
b-n with lh- farmera and extended
to the war munition manufacturee
has now spread to sH Industrie-, as
a'l rUwae r1 and farmers
i the Weet have becocna afc'e to buy
" M.Nerair.
O-est'r the volirme of ex ports
ia- ea ewol en by war materials.
i.ra nfoporllnn of their eipan-
hs b n d tv r-cfeas-d lli
of other comrrxHlltl- whcf are only
Ind.rectlv t. conajunc of the war
and whi.-h mav continue I"" after
re.-e refirn. This la welt Illustrated
K the cajie of steel. t.Tilna and Japan
are buTin tare qjrttt!' f"r ship-btj-Mms:.
and m!o to St-h America
are b-voer.ins- heavy. Prospective ree
toratlon ef peace la Mexico premises
t roe demand for reNulLlma of rsll
roajs. All th-"- thtnes are In addi
tion ! th ritroad purchases of cars.
lieomC!ves and traclc material. The
e;nert Improvement In our trade
wr" co'iatrlee ooly partly or indirect
ly concerned In the war Is shown by
an Increase of export t all parts of
h. world evcerl llurop- for tha Bine
tnor.th ending Septe mbee. till and
JttJ respectively, from 1 1 1.5JMH
t- Kn
Th cry of dttr from th rail
road now rrtitra t Uric of fa.ll'tl's
tt tarry rf?U: Instead of to
hrtnkaia In earner, as has ben the
rtu f r two er pa.t. There were
tt Ml- cars on J 1" a t. but every
est In g'-l roffitiori is now In ue
and tia bt-x-hada la fUstera frsight
rmrds sho-s that termiral facilities
r- realetiat to handle the present
'tjtr. t railroad ar brjyirg more
I-Urntnrs of railroa.la Increasa month
t.y morth. groa recetrt of 41 systems
la i vt.bf having hown a gala ef
II pee cent over a year ago.
rhimng erect of peace rumor on
r to.- apecuUtlon ha rfpr-4
point
v.h,?i re'lecfa th.tr Ifietaburtr. This
a ecurred slma'taneously with thel
i..f.T.n t ri:roa.l buaans and i
tm turned sttsntlon of Investor to
railroad securities. New strength has
y-- gfn t- rtl!fl flnanca br at
vasce in prt.-e of gt't-edce bnda
above tha point at which tny stoo.1
tnra tSe wr At tna earn tlie
New York Cl'v bon is av r'jen tree
sat f'or points eeo te Ht prl-e
( l a4 boo "a of amstTer cities
tan ta sol.) on a "j per rent basis
Th possibility f mrketmg railroad
snd tlblt o'.illly saeurltle I thus
rrea'lv Improve! and trkers are ad
(aiB rnenta to let war stocks alone
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ar-wt-a " Vat hao
and ! I irn their attention t th. ace enem! ef tha error of their wy
s'asfer Investmenr. Tha .to. market i In reaortlng to unarmed conClcts."
s t j'!"n la becoming favorable to the! In the opinion of th Montgomery
I rocar.m.ot -f capital for thea. I Advertiser. M.r. Pryan "believes In
entseprl. oti which development eflpaac- everywhere except In th Demo.
rg--n largely dep nds.
Tha monev irrk also favor the
r-ir.Mg of dome-tic securi
ties. 9 great has been lh accum -ltlon
of lit capital In IM country
peod'i-e.t t the t.lul.tatoSi wM.'H
1 receded the war. by the sa of I it
Jeer's crup. by the sal ef wsr m-jnt-ttors
an1 by tl rles ef bank
eaarves slsce th- Tederal reserve
erVenr was put In operation that the
geae. drafa on InveetiMe fund seem
Kd!r t- hsve made an 1-npre.fion
-ft tne tots' sum. The fried Mat-!
bought back sb')t I !.) ).
f eeuriti- from K imp., his lent
firttaln and Pranca I ; ) on
bonfa and ahtt l:.t . mor ea
ark o-. yet tna s-rptue rvservee ef
New Tera bank show but slight
finlnatloo v have Imported atxut
tlllll'll ef g. :j in Hit and the
V. w rttea rf ev-haoee et;ll l-..ll.-ate a
taURe ! er f ag!ot Europe
There la bo ruvn to doubt that
our present prcper:ty will continue
anj grow throughout th wr and
throughout th period of rKwirtruc
lion In Kurop whlrh will follow th
mar. Whether It continue after
thai period depend on whether our
taleerncn and business) leaders how
HJom In re-organtzlr.g our fiscal.
Industrial ar.4 commercial )tems to
prepare) for the fierce competition
mhich will follow Europe' rehabilita
tion. WHICH WAT?
When the war began. Germany wa
already operating nearly atl the rail
road, telegraph an4 telephone line.
The cities owned and operated their
I puMI- t. untie-. The empire provided
rnmptHMlln for injured and uisamea
;rnploy and p
. Urr,r ,ut of 1
Any pern jti !
withta a certajr
dlecharfed br I
pension for the aged.
the employer pocket.
pers-jo who became a pauper
withta a certmla period after being
discharged by an employer raurt be
i j p ported by that employer.
Tr. foeroment found Jo
foeemment found jooe rir me
anrmDloTed. ftnre the war brran
i the (nfmMil hae d!re t-.l how each
, ptrn ih;I be employeJ. what coi
n-.o.!l'le each fartnrr produce,
hat Unl hatl be cu::iated and with
'what rrop. at whjit prl.-e food ahall
. tx Mild, how rnu. h food each pern
ehall bur an ror.ume and In what
j iLln-Ie and quantltir. Little ama to
rem! a to be don In or-ler that the
whole acherte of aoclalwrn be la full
operation. '
CnJer the preur of war aimUar
advaAcra In the urn direction have
bn ma4e by ranc and pntaln.
thouch they have nl cone so far.
The rIo of the war may find eoclel-
ta-n In auch advanced practical opera
tion by th three among the create!
natior.e of tho aorld that the qu'-
tia bef re them wi; ro loncer be
Slvall e try tmcUlUn? It wl! be
Khali w ahan ton ocUllam or ehatl
we f o the rrt of the way to Its com
plrta a!optin?
TKl TVX I o- rotXT.
A showtrj- that the present ram
paiin in Herbia may prove to be the
turntr.j. point of the war. letter by
I oFonel Jetrem I. Popovifch. of the
Serbian artillery, to the New Tors
Times, is important. lie discerns signs
of Teuton wrikneea on the eastern
and vestem front, and he observes
that "In several sections of one or
the other front they have not had
sufficient ammunition, or even have
rot had any ammunition at all. and
that thrlr enemies In attacking were
de-'imatir.f them." He Irifers two
things:
tl TQte tkve ae rf-r. wtfheef watch
the maafartar. of nv 4t rn ma.ttiAfi. raa
m sa tr4f m ef. arj ij trtmf have ae
mea at If ti-'.-tt tbe sepa la the army
aJ fiir r f--h in 4 ia f.gu4 aad trahea
4aa ssite.
The Immediate purpose of the drive
to tbs southeast, he cnclude, ' vt as
t- rapture the "Urse at 1 re-ourcefuI
copper mine at Itor. w It It ultra-mod-
rrn iRstallatton. and to reach Asia
Minor, "because that great human
rrvervolr will give thent sufficient
numbers of men for ending the war.
whom they will scientifically hurl In
front of the eremite" funs." They
have captured the copper mine and
are rushing engineer to the scene for
the purpose of putting the mine In
operation, and are transporting coke
for the purpose of smelting the ore.
In order to bsr the way to Asia
and to rescue the por mine from the
Teutons, the Colonel aas. It la Im
perative for the allies "to thro, as
soon as poselble. large rontlrger.ta of
soldiers Into the tutsan battlefield.
He reproaches them for having
turned a deaf ejr to the prcpoa:s-nf
Her Man statesmen, "who hsve plainly
called attention to the danger and to
the meana by which the same could
hrn been avoided." He then In
dulges In this fully Justified outbreak
of sarcsam:
Te paft!f if4 i.ri)i rarliame.larr
pr a laaoq Scot far-a. In. :itiiiiiii
ef their ..4 fn.-. 4.rt U'.rm
Ath S.f S. see a'-harevt. afl4 lie lut.
D-ee4ia 4 hr"'e rfc. ..t tr
"4 r-: th Tatoaie na'ancFtt la
M Mel. f I'.rttlvh. S'e-pcii ar4 Rvl
trer. mm as sa tea as fei soaaib.e.
"Vlrtory." h sas. "will rr"n that
side which srall prove stronger In the
military calculation of time and
space." Thoee ar precisely the points
wh.ra th Teutons have had the an-
var.tjge and -here the allies have
p lundered. With greater potential
resources In men and material, the
allies began the war without having
th resources fullv developed, and
even at this lata day have miscalcu
lated In matters of time and spare.
They cannot afford t- make any more
sich stupendous blunder as they
made In their negotiallorj with the
lialkan state
the aotrn arjMT nai .
If Southern newspapers correctly
reflect the rplnton of th South on
Mr. Pryan'a declaration of war on the
president ha will not hate the Kouth
v.1Sh him. The Nebraskan's fouthern
admirer hava ot confidence In Mm.
and t"e nwpapers of the South scoff
openly M pacifist notion
Nr lh- Ilirnilngharn Nr-S he Is
called "unsafe, unsound, tin pract leal."
"- Prer sa7s ouia
6m Democrat thoroughly share
thl orlnUn." Th Houston Chron-
I. I. sa?s: cannot afforJ to
Jeopardise thl great country for what
Mr Hrywn think may be good" or to
"pl'joge th Democratic party Into
dieeu:s for th sak cf M Ideal."
and It unkindly recal's that he came
back from his lour around the world
"proclaiming to us the prsctlcal Im
poMibtllty of another great war." Th
Austin American l not pleased with
th plan to have thl Nation poo "as
a shlr.lrg evampt of the virtuous
beatitude- of unarmed righteousness.
ith th view of convincing our sav
cratlc party." and of his Idea It says
that "no man In lh history of th
country ever aroaa to a position ef
.National leadership who wa a Ig
norant ef lh hitory. th struggles
and the aeplratloes of hi people."
He Is openly accud by that paper
ar.d by the Charleston News and
Courier ef aiming at the defeat of the
President,
Th Dwllae N and Arkansas Ga
te'te rfeernh M sntlre arg-jment as
on for diabarding th Army sal
a, - rapptn the Navy. The Charlotte
ohaerver rails htm a man of many
Cwd Intentions, but of undoubtedly
k snj faulty political Judgment."
and it calls Iteprvsertatlve KltrMn "
manlfeat misfit" aa Democratic leader
of the lloue. It sugce'. "a avcrlflce
of his ambitions j the preseevstlon
of Ms conv li tlons."
Mr- llrtsn's, gooa .eema to have
ben rooks 1 so tir as the outh If
concerned. The 8outh pevcr loved
him. but followed him chiefly as the
man who could gel most Northern
rotes to enable the South to rule. In
every respect rreslrtent Wilson Is a
man more after the South' own heart.
The old South has always been sound
on SJch questions as the defense of
the NaUon and has only been leJ
astray at times by por!t-barrcl states
men and by plausible sophlntrlcs of
the Bryan type. It sees clearly in
the present world crisis and It aecms
bent on rlvlnj tho Nebraskan hi dis
missal, t
Tvivrr.R bw.iiw.
Chicago's free lodslng-houa '
receiving such heavy patronage that
the authorities conceived the pUn of
extracting a small amount of energy
from the boarders In return for their
keep. A rule was established that the
rtihl to eat and steep must be earned
by a brief turn at the municipal woodpile-
It rained business. Patronage
dropped from more than on hundred
to a Ion pair. Two of the homeless
wanderers were willing to give a re
turn for what they got. but the hun
dred and more were- not.
What became of th others? The
authorities set out to answer this
question. They found their erstwhile
boarders In the nickel and dime rooming-houses.
Idly sitting about the
great stoves. What was the source of
their nickel ar.d dime? Hcgcary.
Rather than perform two or three
hour of light work and become less
of a burden upon the community,
these unemployed or unemployable
eet out on begging missions, shame
losaly halting pedestrian and extract
ing charity through dire talea of woe.
flight hero la where rlUxens and
authorities should get together. No
man of decent Inntlnrts is Inclined to
turn a deaf eir on tho.e unfortunates
mho ask for aid. Nor snould ary
citizen wish to encourage men In hab
it Of shlftlesoneAS and laxlnrs. Pass
ing out nickels and dime to able
bodied men when there Is a munic
ipal establishment where they can be
taken care of without or.g their self-
reopect should be discouraged. Hut
there are thousands of blg-heartrd
men who have adopted the plan of
giving a srnnll sum to every applicant.
With f.ietn It l a flxrd principle. Let
these eharltabl" Individuals provide
themselves with printed tickets en
titling the bearer to meat and bed In
return for a short period of light
work. Pass nut these tickets to appll
rants for alms, 'n such a way the
streets would in dtie time be lid of
the bergar hordes which flourish nt
this season of the year and thou
sand of men would be frood from
that menace to their future usefulness
whlrh lies In a long period of Idle
ness.
rAMFAICV IX rOr.RM KAB.
Tho cslon of Congress which
opens on December promises to
bo on of th. stormiest In re
cent history. The iHunocrntlo ma
jority In the House Is small, the
subjects of loKifliullon are highly con
troversial, and a Presidential election
Is ut hand. This combination of clr
cumstanceji lead us to look for most
determined efforts by the Administra
tion to drive through the me surra on
which It expect to go before the vot
era next Full and rijual determination
on the part of tho Republican to have
full discussion and to defeat. If possl
bl. those proposals which they con
sider vicious.
The intensity of the strife will be
Ihe greater because the Democrats
-111 have only a small majority In the
House a compared with their top.
heavy majority In Ihe last Congress.
They will have a majority of only SI
over th Republicans, or li over all
other parties combined. In the fen
ate the Dt-nncratto majority will be
increased la II In membership of
but the rule of unlimited debate will
give the minority power out of pro
portion to its numbers.
In their desire to make a legislative
record the President and his lieuten
ants In Corgress have forgotten all
about Mr. Wilson's promise of "piti
less pnbllclty" and about the Demo
trallc House leaders' denunciation of
bos rale. The President hns sup.
pressed news In til departments with
unexampled devotion In secrecy. The
House leaders have substituted the
rule of th machine for that of "floss
Cannon." In the last House 11 Dem
ocrats were the majority of the J5
members. A majority of Ihos among
these 2)1 who chose to attend decided
In secret caucus whnt measures the
party should support. Thus it be
came possible for 74 member a ma
jority of a majority of the mJor1ty
of the Hi to declJe how lh Zil
should vote. The same practice of se
crecy rn through all J he proceedings.
The majority of a committee secretly
framed a bill as directed by the ma
jority of th- secret caucus and the
minority did not see It until It was
presented to th whol committee for
favorable or adverse report. When
Fenate and House disagreed, the IVm.
erratic conferees secret- agreed on a
settlement aa dictated bv their cau
cus. Nearly every committee had a
Fouthem rhairpian. and the South
controlled legislation. In a book on
Vour Congress." Lynn Haines, sec
retary of th National Voters' I-e.ieue.
sss. that out of 14 1 bills pasxed in
the last session of th sixty -third Con
gress, Hi "related to one or both of
the basic element In tha political eas
tern, patronage and pork."
In the fenat the operations of the
majority ar leas rloeely veiled In se
crecy, and the movement of the ma
chine are obstructed by Ihe dearly
Cherished "unlimited debate" and
unanimous consent rutoe. The Presi
dent snd his Senatorial conildants arc
studying plsr.a to remove tha obstruc
tion by mean of the cloture, but they
encounter not only the further ob
struction of unlimited debate on clo
ture, but the necessity c-f conciliat
ing the Republicans In order to griln
their support for the Nstlonal defense
programme. Confronted by pacifist
opposition to thst plan, Mr. Wilson
may b compelled not only to aban
don cloture the only means by which
artl-hlp-purchae filihusterlng ran
be ended but to modify his defense
plans tp, order to meet Republican ob
jections. Old-line Imoorate are as
deeply devoted to Senatorial privilege
as Republicans, and they may Join the
latter In opposition to cloture. Skill
ful pilotage wCI b necessary In order
to steer tne Jreslder.fa two chief
craft through the tortuous channel"
of Congress.
No doubt National defense and ship
purchase -III be th principal num
ber on the programme, but there 111
be plenty of other opportunities for
oratorical storms. Flrt In order will
be means lo ay for National defense
anj to meet the deflrlt. Thst will re
vive th ever-fruitful tariff. Those
sections of the seamen's law which
hav kitted Ameti-an trans-Pocltlc
Mpplng will come In for attack.
Tlier will be discussion front every
angle of our relation with Germany,
Austria and tho allies, and of viol.
lion of our neutrality by plotter
within our border. Mexico will ure
ly not be overlooked, and the vigor
ous acUon of our forces In Haiti will
be placed In contrast with our mee
submission to wrong- In the larger re
public. The Senate will be called
upon to raufy tha protectorate over
Haiti, and the Ill-omened Colombian
treaty may be pulled out of the pig'
eonhole. The Philippine bill will be
pushed forward again and will offer
opportunity for discussion of the
chaos produaed by Democratic mis
rule. Efforts to pass the Kerr! water
power bill will be renewed and may
provoka a determined filibuster by
Western men. The demand for
rural credit law. In which the Preal
i!cr.t showed deep Interest two years
ago, but to which he has since be
come stranrely Indifferent, will be
heard once more. -
While the Democrat In the House
will be weakened by the transfer to
the 6enate of their most astute leader,
Oscar W. Underwood, the Republic
ans will be strengthened by the re
turn of some of their old war horses.
Chief among these will be Joseph O.
Cannon, aged but eombntlve. and
around him will be Ebenezer J. Hill
C.eorge K. Toss. William B. McKinley,
Wllllajn A. Rodenburg. George A
Loud. Cyrus Htilloway, William
Rennet and Nicholas Longworth
There will be no lack of oratory to In
fluenre votes next November, and
Congressional Records f ull of leave-to-
print speeches will pour from the
presses In a eoplou stream.
Let u now have the allies reply
to Bernhardt, something; to thl ef
fect: "Russia, ha not lost near 6
000.090 men, has million more to lose,
did not need those thousands of guns.
anyhow and will not leave a live Ger
man within her boundaries. France
will exterminate the Roches and will
prove ahe ks Invincible. Britannia will
rule the waves and will liberate Bel
glum and Serbia next year. A for
th Indian rebellion and the Moslem
holy war, they are both fake. Italy
can give a list of mountain aa proof
of having occupied more than an Inch
of Austrian oil." The belligerent
with their conflicting; claims, remind
one of a couple of prizefighter taunt
ing each other in tho ring while they
spar for wind.
Tt tCovernor rrithycmbs denies that hs
prnMel to five tha rallrnad lis sz.3 an
cr. and to ilia It in addition an equa,
imtion of the eurplua.se or si 5o 4-rived
from m' if the grant lands, lie ought to
dDjr. i'rr.anu Juurnal.
'The Governor obviously thought he
ought to deny the falsehood. The
Oregonlan think he wa right in de
nying: It. The public doubtless holds
that opinion, and now the newspaper
which told the lie saya he ought to
deny It. to we are all at lat agreed
on one subject. How good It feels!
Samuel Gompers. president, and
Frank Morrison, secretary, have been
re-elected by the American Federation
of Labor. This may be result of
good machine work, but It la also a
testimonial 'to their character and
ability to run the federation In
manner that la conservative when
compared with other labor organ iza
tlons.
Colonel James M. Thompson has
furnished a solution of the problem
how to raise money for Increase of
tho Army. Let every gumchewcr
abandon the pernicious habit and send
hi gum money to the treasury. Then
tho funds will have been provided
without new taxes, change In the
tariff or bond Issues.
Dr. Halselden's suggestion that two
or three consulting physicians decide
whether a defective baby should live
or die doe not agTee with his crlti
clsm on the Jury of physicians In the
Bollinger case, that it "did absolutely
nothing." It would be necessary that
the doctor agree and have the nerve
to decide.
The gaiety of the social season at
the White House -111 be greatly
brightened by the efforts of the new
mistress to prevent the diplomats of
the contending powers from meeting
and acting In an undiplomatic manner.
The Bull Moose leaders of Missouri
may have the mournful satisfaction of
voting for Roosevelt and Johnson In
191 for all the Bull Moose party
cares, for the party will vote the Re
publican ticket.
It wa somebody's happy Idea to
fill the bowl with shining silver dol
lar on the occasion of Dr. Simpson's
stiver wedding, for there I nothing
mor beautiful than the practical.
The Postmaster-General gives good
advice regarding Christmas presents.
Msll them early. A package received
few days 1st has lost much of
the holiday flavor.
Germany is presenting to the world
n example beyond parallel, not only
of military efficiency but of Socialism
In practical operation on a grand scale.
General Tershlng's p'arty to the chil
dren of Kl Paso ahowed that his own
bereavement only opened hi heart
adder to the young folks.
Surelv the time are Improving. A
townrlto has been laid out at Coyote
Junction. Long time since a town has
been started In Oregon.
Another year hu rolled around and
nobody ha Invented th four-legged
urkey for edification of the, family
with mny children.
Paying alimony ts something that
cannot be dodged end is an overhead
charge that takes precedence over No.
I's household money.
When the President and Mrs. Gait
make these roadside picnics, who
f-eds th chauffeur, or does he get
th bone?
Th President will spend much
money entertaining this Winter, but
consider what he I getting.
Pretty near time to be sending
Christmas boxes of apples to Eastern
relative and friends.
Hamuel Gompers la establishing a
claim to the title of the grand old mar
of labor.
Terra flrma down Southern Cali
fornia and Arizona way Is terra shaky
again. -
So Mr. Kltchln Is to lend, whether
his party follow or not.
How Is your . ChriMmas shopping
jcttltig on? i
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonisn of November 22, 1S90.
Chicago The Tribune says that there
is no longer any doubt that the con
trol of the Northern Pacific Railway
has been wrested from Henry Vlllard
and those associated with him. All re
ports agree that a combination consist
ing of the Vanderbllts, Jay Gould, the
Drexels, Morgan & Co. and John D. and
William Rockefeller, of the Standard
Oil Company, has secured the control
of the road.
Montreal Louis Cyr broke the dumb
bell record, puttlnar up 109 pounds with
one hand from the shoulder 27 times.
Ills former record was 100 pounds, -0
times.
New York The committee on organi
sation of the .sugar trust announces
that the majority of the certificates
have already been deposited.
The Thanksgiving number of West
Fhore is out. On the back: pace the
Pacific Northwest Is represented as a
beautiful young woman reclining at the
foot of a tree, surrounded by flowers,
fruits, vegetables, grain, etc., showing
what she has to be thankful for.
The work of moving the Alnsworth
School from the old building on Port
land Heights to the new one was be
gun yesterday and will b finished to
day. The new building ts a great ad
dition to the Institutions in the grow
ing part of th city, which, since the
opening of th cable road, has con
stantly been Increasing In population
and Importance.
Jack O'Connor, the engineer who was
scalded In the collision on the Mount
Tabor motor line, was evidently not so
badly hurt as was supposed, as he was
well enough to be married on Thursday
last. He la a lucky man In every way.
City School Clerk. H. S. Allen 1 now
busy making up the as.esBment roll of
the School J ttrict No. 1. The assess
ment this year Is considerably larger
than It was last year.
FISGAH HOME'S PRESSING NEEDS
She sad Keed Variety Mentioned, bat
Iastltntlon Is Tbaakful.
PISOAII HEIGHTS. Scsppoosc. Or.,
Nov. 20. (To the Editor.) As the
ThanksKlvlnir draws near I am sure
our Portland friends would lik to hear
from ua and havq a part In our fes
tivities. I have been at the ranch 10
daya and find everyone working faith
fully at his line of work. I am much
gratified at the amount of work accom
plished. Ko much Is pioneering work,
and much Is still to be done when wc
have more material to do with. All
would be happy If It were not for one
thing: Shoes. loggers' shoes are most
desirable, but shoes we must have.
Wa ar all happy in anticipation.
There Is so much to be thankful for
our land, our home, plenty of fuel to
burn and keep us warm; our houses
(temporary) are very comfortable. Of
course, we have the drawback of a few
leaks lnj roofs now and then, but. that
will be remedied when the boys get
more shakes made.
But there Is the more important ques
tion of table provision. Too bad this
has to come up to mar our otherwise
most sanguine situation. We have to
eat. We have a goodly amount of
vegetables on hand from our Kardens;
not as much as we hope for next year.
when our land becomes more domesti
cated, but we are thankful for what
we have. Tomorrow we ship cabbage,
turnips and carrots to our Old People's
Home at Woodmere. We expect soon
to ship them a carload of wood. And
from this on we can do much to relieve
their wanta. But there are other
wants here. Flour, meat, fruit and
anything that we can get, for the men
get voracious appetites on this moun
tain. Clothlnu. underwear and shoes.
11 these may be forgotten In your
ttle or basement that would bring
comfort to someone at this Thanks
giving time.
As ye would that others should do
unto you, do ye even so unto them.
HATTIK R. LAWRENCK,
PlMgah Mother.
DAILY EXPENSES OF THE WAR
Britain's Share SI.I.OOO.OOO Kxporta
aad Imports Jn Normal Times.
PRINEVILLE, Or.. Nov. 19. (To the
Kditor.) Wil you kindly give me an
estimate on the following subjects
through the columns of The Oregonian:
(a) The daily expense or the allies.
(b) The dally expenses of the Ger
man-Austrian combination.
(c) Th value of our exports In
normal times.
(d The vslue of our exports dur
ing the present year.
LUBXAST 11EAWSH.
(a) No estimate of the daily ex
penses of all the allies is available.
In a recent speech Premier Asojulth es
timated the war expenses of Great
Britain at 5,000,000 (about $25,000,000)
day.
(b) We can give no estimate of
German-Austrian expenses.
(c-d) During the fiscal year ending
June JO, 1813, which was the last com
plete fiscal esr under the Psyne-Ald-
Ich tsriff. our exports were vsdued at
:.50S,S4.149 and our Imports at $1,-
13,008.2:1. As the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1)14. was a year of transi-
ion from the Payne-Aldrlch to the
Underwood tariff, and as the first
three months were under the former
nd the last nine month under 'the
latter tariff. It cannot be considered a,
normal year. For that year the ex
ports were valued at I2.34,579,l 28 and
Imports at $1.89S.:5.657.
Brewery Warkera Well Paid.
PORTLAND. Nov. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) Either Captain Hobaon was wil
fully misstating the facts, or he had a
ery poor knowledge of actual eondl-
lons when he staled, as reported In
your paper: "That brewery-workers are
inong the poorest paid In the country.
I wish to state that we received the
um of J4.25 per day for not to exceed i
n eight-hour working day; that we
work all the year around, and, with
possibly few exceptions, w ar all sat-
sfled with our work and the condl-
ions under which we are laboring, and
If Captain Hobaon could look into our
omes and so the hsppy contentment
around the fireside of tle brewery
worker he would be more able to give
an intelligent expression upon a mat
ter of this kind. If there is any doubt
as to these statements they can easily
be verified by anyone interested.
MICHAEL KLEINER.
95 North Sixteenth street.
Idaha Prohibition Law.
PORTLAND, Nov. II. (To the Edi
tor.) Please tell me through the col
umns of The Oregonian what the pro
hibition law Is In Idaho. Is liquor al
lowed to be shipped In? Are the rail
roads and express companies allowed
to carry It InT L. F. BARZEE.
Th prohibition law of Idaho pro
hibits the Importation or possession of
intoxicating liquor. This law has
been upheld by the Supreme Court of
Idaho. A similar provision In the Ken
tucky -prohibition law, however, was
not sustained by the United States Su
preme Court, which handed down a de
cision June 27 of this yesr.
Haw Far Money Core
Boston TrsnscripC
Tuylng on margin, a little money
will go a long way in The stook mar
ket." "Yet It frequently goes so far you
never seo It again."
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Evans.
By Dr. TV. A. Evaos.
(Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanita
tion snd prevention of diaease, if mattera
of general Interest, will be snawered In thia
column. Where apace will not permit or
the subject la rot sults-blo, letters Mil be
personally answered, euUJt to proper limi
tations and where s stamped, addressed en
velops la Inclosed. Pr. Evans wltl not make
diagnoses or prescribe for Individual tils
ae. Kequeais tot such service cannot be
vnsered.
(Copyright, IMS, by Dr. TV. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with Chicago
Tribune.) ,
GALLSTONES The beginning of gall
stones is in a very mild Infection of the
gall bladder wall. Tha cause of this tn
fection Is the typhoid bacillus or one of
the ordinary bacilli of the Intestines.
The gall bladder is a natural home for
the typhoid bacillus. This bacillus will
not live long In water. Ice, milk or even
sewage, but It lives, grows, thrives
and multiplies In bile.
As the result of a very mild Infec
tion of the wall of the gall bladder a
small plug of mucus Is formed and
around this crystals deposited from tha
bile collect to form a gallstone. In
some cases but one gallstone forms in
the gall bladder, but more frequently
there are many and there may be hun
dreds. So long as the galstones remain at
rest In the gall bladder they give no
symptoms or, speaking more accurate
ly, the average case la without pain
or any other considerable disturbance.
Somewhere between one-twelfth and
one-sixth of all the grown people have
gallstones. Two - thirds of the cases
are in women. Fat women between 40
and 0 years of age are the special gall
stone subjects. Take fat women over
40 as you meet them and probably one
out of every three. If not every other
one, has gallstones. Probably not
more than .one man out of every 20
is similarly affected.
These conclusions are based upon
tens of thousands of reports of autop
sies. If you were to aMi a hundred
fat women over 40 If they had ever
had gallstones, 99 of them would
answer no. A few would answer that
they had had one or more attacks years
before, but they had been so free from
symptoms for so many years they had
almost forgotten about it.
What Is the answer? The answer
has already been indicated. Gallstones
of themselvea do no harm, cause no
symptoms. Gallstones caught in any
part of the cystic duct or the common
duct produce very violent symptoms.
It Is In consequence of these facts
that so many quack gallstone remedies
are on the market. A man has an at
tack of gallstones. His pain is agon
izing. He vomits and sweats and his
pulse shows that he Is profoundly
shocked. He has a rigor, his fever goes
to 102, and he becomes .deeply jaun
diced. To get relief he takes morphine
or even chloroform. His Illness makes
a profound Impression on his mind
Somebody recommends a gallstone
medicine, saying that it will prevent
him from having any more attacks. He
takes It and never has another oj,
tack. Naturally, he concludes the medi
cine did It. He does not know that
many people who have one attack
never have another, or that most of
the people who have gallstones do
not know it, or maybe the proprietor of
the gallstone medicine is an ordinary
confidence man. Maybe his remedy
consists of olive oil and an alkali which
in the Intestines make masses that look
like gallstones. If the man happens to
take a gallstone medicine of this class
he finds the stonelike masses in his
bowel movements and Is certain that
the medicine is a wonderful cure.
So medicine taken Internally will
dissolve gallstones or otherwise re
move them. If the gallstones are caus
ing symptoms severe enough to demand
the removal of the stones it is done by
operation. There is no other way. The
symptoms which may be severe enough
to make operation advisable are: Re
peated attacks of severe gallstone colic,
frequent recurrence of pain in the gall
bladder less severe, than a colic, but
severe enough to somewhat disable one:
jaundice, chills and fever, indigestion.
Infection of Gall Bladder.
The gall bladder Is frequently in
fected. The Infection may run an acute
course similar to that of appendicitis.
It is well to know thHt in this type
of th disease the gall bladder may
fill with pus and rupture in a few days,
just as the appendix does. The symp
toms of thia type of gall bladder Infec
tion are much the same as the symp
toms of appendicitis.
A few years ago Dr. Charles Mayo,
one of the best surgeons In this coun
try. was taken sick when away from
home. He was operated on by another
very able surgeon. He operated on his
appendix, when his trouble was in his
gall bladder, and It was necessary to
operate on the infected gall bladder a
few hours later. If the symptoms of
the two infections were confusing snd
led to error in that case it is liable to
happen in any case.
But acute violent Suppuration of the
gall bladder of the type similar to acute
appendicitis is tho exception. The gall
bludder is a larger bladder than the
appendix. It drains much more easily.
The ordinary type of infection'of the
gall bladder is a much milder disease.
Note the symptoms, for It may be what
Is ailing you. Let us suppose a case
like this: A middle-aged woman some
what too heavy for her height has
fever periodically. The. fever does not
go very high. Sometimes it starts with
a chill. More frequently it sneaks up.
It does not cause as much aching as
does a malarial chill. The feeling is
rather like one of fatigue and a gen
eral no-accountness. The fever is not
sweated off. There may be a little
pain or tenderness or heaviness in the
liver. There may be a little Jaundice.
The first thought is that the case is
one of malaria. But quinine and calo
mel have no effect. The next thought
may be that the case is one of tubercu
losis. But there is no cough, no ten
dency to emaciation, and physical ex
amination shows no evidence of con-
sumDtion.
The disease lasts for months ana
even for years. ine patient, ieeia
worthless, energylees, constantly tired
never well, always Just bordering be
tween sick and well a enronte state
of halfway Invalidism. Not having the
strength or energy to exercise she gets
fatter all the time, and the more rat
she puts on the more disabling her dis
ease becomes.
Perhaps Vichy. Carlsbad, Saratoga or
some other carbonated alkaline waters
help some of these cases, but for most
of them the only treatment that is of
service is operation. This they know,
but they find it difficult to decide be
tween the drawbacks of operation and
those of semi - invalidism. Decision
would be easier if it were not that the
days are much alike. There is always
mild fatigue, but never a definite emer
gency or any other occurrence which
serves to crystallize a decision.
Cancer of the' gall bladder Is the
only osiier disease of the gall bladder
of importance. It Is one of the rarer
forms of cancer.
Live Dogs, bnt Mechanical Men.
'POKTLAND, Nov. 21. Hy! What's
this? I've Just been reading the edi
torial in The Oregonian on mechanical
dogs. I agree with the writer and go
him one better by suggesting that
now somebody get busy and perfect a
mechanical ptan nnd leave out all the
Imperfections that those dear he crea
tures possess.
Still, on second thought, I have
known so many lovable dogs (not
men), which, in spite of their Imper
fections, were infinitely preferable to
the most perfect mechanical contriv
ance that could be made and imagine
depending on a mechanical man for
kisses (or pat pats).
I take it back, I don't agree at all.
OTLY A WOMAN.
Half Century Ago.
From The Oregonian of November 22, 185.
The San Francisco Call says that the
total losses of the persons who have
dealt in the once favorite min
ing stocks for the last two years will
swell up the sum of more than S40,000,-j
000. j
The Marysvllle Appeal Bays that C.
W. Foster, residing near Tuba City, one
day laat week cut down a beo tree con
taining 150 pounds of honey, nice and
fresh.
In 1864 Illinois produced more than
one-fourth of ther corn, more than one
fifth of the wheat, and nearly one-seventh
of the oats In the United States.
The late severe storms have Inter
rupted telegraphic communications in
every direction. At present the line is
working no farther north than Van
couver and no farther than Oregon City
on the south.
The Molalla and Pudding rivers are
so swollen by the recent rains that the
stase from Salem was unable to reach
Oregon City until late last night. The,
boats will commence carrying the mail,'
today, in accordance with the usual
Winter arrangements. The mall of
yesterday will arrive by the Senator;
this evening. 1
The new mill of Mr. Vaughn Is nowi
running daily. The Tour seems to be
the best In the market.
SACREDNESS OF LIFE REAL ISSUE
If Right to Kill Defective Infant, Why
Not True as to Adults f
PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 20. (To the
Editor.) I have read your editorial on
the case of the Bollinger baby in Chi
cago that was permitted to die because
it was terribly deformed and would
probably but (as 1 read it) not posi
tively be-defective through life. 1 am
indeed glad to see you take the side' ,
of the helpless infant and the saered
neas of human life. But it is astound
ing and horrifying to read the inter
viewf. of prominent citizens, and espe
cially of ministers who Justify the
murder.
Not one or al these supposed lead
ers In thouKht seems to realize the ;
tremendous principle at slake in this(
case. It Is true that for many years :
we have had a school of physicians
who claim the riirlit to sit in Judit- J
ment on the rest ef mankind, and to .
kill as they would a brute ;uiy who I
are "unfit" or are "a menace" to the (
rest of mankind. It Is hard to under-
stand the reasoning of these men. who ;
set themselves up as able to Judge ',
when a life that God has given should -be
taken away, not for any crime com
mitted, but because the misfortune of
nature has not given it mental power
equal to the one who sits in Judgment.
But it is much easier to understand
the reasons that actuate these men
who worship nothing but "science."
and value human life just as they do
that of the lowest brute or Insect in
proportion lo its "usefulness," of which
they feel able to be final judge.
But that the ordinary mortal, who
professes tho belief in a deity thst
gives us life and of a Christ who re
lieved suffering whenever possible, and
even raised the dead and brought beck
the cold clay to its loves ones, even
though it would mean the mortal
should go through the pains of death
again, should justify the doctor and
the unnatural mother. Is beyond com
prehension. But the reverend prates
about the murder being "a blessing."
arid the cugenist prates about, the
"elimination of the unfit," and not one
of them says a word about the sacred
ness of human life, nor the mother
love we have a right to expect.
If it is right that a "terribly de
formed" baby may be left to die. when
a physician thinks best, it is right that
a slightly deformed baby may be mur
dered in the same manner "when a
physician thinks bet." And if law
allows the murder only when a "board"
of physicians pronounces the death
penalty,- the principle Is not altered.
Life that cannot be given back is
taken. If it is right that infants can
be allowed to die for "the the com
mon good," then older persons can be
sacrificed for the game reason. And
human life is safe only so long as
doctors are perfect and not subject to
influence, prejudice or bribe.
HORACE ADDIS.
Ulr. Itooncvelt In Nominated.
SALKM, Or., Nov. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) 1 am greatly interested in the
efforts being made to find a candi
date who can lead tiie Republican par
ty to victory in the next Presidential
campaign. Great and good and tron;J
as is Associate Justice Hughes, In
view of his recent declaration, if we.
have any respect for his rights snd
convictions as am;!ii and a c-'tizen.
we will let him alone.
Whether of the Progressive or Con
servative school, we are all FIcfM. Mi
cans. Let us get together on some
platform " conservatively progressive
on vall questions national and inter
national, of our great Kepnhlic and
nominate the only man, sufficiently
qualified, who can defeat Mr. Wilson
in the approaching contest, a man who
has a domestic end foreign policy
worthy of mvl satisfactory to probably
eighty per cent of the American peo
ple, who has done more for a righteous
peace for our own and other lands
than any other living statesman. 1
place in nomination Theodora Itooee
velt. n. N. AVISON.
Transpire and Perspire.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 20. (To the
Editor.) Do the words "transpire"
and "perspire" mean the same?
A SUBSCRIBER.
Transpire and perspire are used in
terchangeably and with quite the same
meaning in a physiological eense.'-Many
teachers in a fine choice of words pre
fer transpire, but perspire Is more com
monly used. Transpire also has addi
tional meaning. Consult a good dic
tionary for further information.
Control of Mints.
ACME. Or.. Nov. 20. (To the Kd
itor.) How are the mints in the United
States managed and controlled, and
do the Guggenheim people have any
thing to do with any of the mints?
FRANK T.KING.
Mints in the United States are owned
and controlled exclusively by the
United States Government.
The "News" of
Business
Truman A. DeWeese, a well-'
known business builder, says:
"In the modern, up-to-datj news
paper the 'news' value of the ad
vertising columns almost dominates
the paper and this is very natural,
because there are more people in
the town who are interested in
store news than in happenings.
"The fact that Ivanez Snoskoski
was shot in a saloon brawl in a
neighboring town"is not haTf as in
teresting as the news of the won
derful array of new Spring fabrics
which Templeton & Davis have
broughjt to town."
Just look through the advertis
ing columns of The Oregonian and
prove it for yourself.