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Jitney bus U loan n Thar. ar. t-t.caa that thla Jolun, i.ghtmar. c th. cr.nU.J aT .atloa ompala may "." .IZ a.ther wlta somethln cf that audden-i-.ea. whKh marked Ita appearaBC lo Vaahlctoa tb. jttaey l oa Ita last !. or urea, a-'tar a rouah career of t-o years- dur.toa. Beeulauoa pro file, cbatac-te. which canaot b. met 1 many caaea. If at alU Pond f -fiaairr t th Com p(tai sa - ' -a. a owner aaat.tanc. la meetlnc ,ulremeat. aala they pal P each tn ch t h.la protav-t thant . ta poaathl. damac. salts grow a .at cf acctdeata. t.etma th. aam. ra-iulrrr.ecl 01 tner trrvaportatiof coBcares la tha ... . .tniK'titi ea.ansrs is a fiir harden to ptac. a w w . - B-n.ra tf they ha. not lalbla as. at i?n. i.at to meat poealMe a-c-daat Hab'-Utva thea It l only rU that thay ba r.t"d to p:a tt. sufficient .urity throuer boa iic coneerr. If tha hon-Ilna te"tn tall thara, to on. wut wep tf they dt-ontjauo op erative. ta handHc pabtt trmfTta th. har den .f aafecnarUta: th. publt ta npoa th. tranaportatloa companies. If thla .aealbi:ity t UckinC thea tha nchta an4 weirar. cf tho poblto ar. at etak. aad ahoald ba protected by UctaUtloa. Th. Jttaey-baa ladartry may aot Impreaa ail as aa economic menace- Thar. ar. plenty cf patron, wrto do aot glT. sach eonaldaraUons mu.'h weta-ht .r thought Hut th. ela- mant cf reaponalbltlty is cf th. u I moat imrerttac. aa4 oal th. Jlinevs ran sore, this problem br orraniaatloa. ,rr la soma ether way. th. .ad cf th. hastnaws tn'.4 aot be remote. m wMrvo-ioir nsncra. fer rtBC. th. f rt battl. cf Tpres IK. a:ile h. bea saytnc frora time to tiaa. that th. Teulota have puaI tn bo lot of snaaraaom poaar anj that from that tlrn. they must grow weak er, alaca that hatUa th. Teutons have lirleea th. Itu.atana several hunJreJ mile, eastward and hv. Inst little ground la tha we.t. IUIy h.s been addaj ta th. Bomber cf their enemies wtthoat appreciable effect ca their aacceaw. but Bulgaria ha been added ta their forces with th. reeult that thay ha. atnce.l from th. Danube t. within fitly mtlea cf th. Aegeaa Thea. aaoce. can cnty ha. bB maJe at heary coat ta tnea and ma terUJ much heart.r tn proportion than that to .ach one of th. allies, for the Germans and Austrian, ha, been rghtleg continually on tw. front, whil. .ach of tha attle. ha fought nlr oa on. front, th. WrAajjellee eamcalgn being a st 1. Usti.. Th. cen tra-, empire mut sarery h.r. their last avaiUbl. man In th. r.elt or in flral reaerre. and their toe bar. rrrtatntr been such that th. number ef youths attalnta mUltary tnr cannot ha. nilea ta. gapa franca is th. only on. among the !!'. of which thla can be said, for lintain ha cn bcnn daring tha pat Summer to put her aew leTlee la t. flail, aad will have 3 tt tne,r realy a year hence, white prac tlra:ty th. only Emit to Itoai a a abtt i:t t eroetda armies Is her abil- tr tn trmta ae i entp them. I:aly. frraa have siffere.l no redaction wm .-h a year's new Uvte cannot mak. rfei.l. Tha reetr-! amrlree ha. stre?y fereaeea this poaaionlty aad may be ere.nme! t- haee. dona what wa po. eis:. t. pmet le airlrt It. They have captured thaueanrfa cf raeaoa from R3ata and twrwa. a1flng crttr their peaaent praponderanc cf artil lery and to tha rsmber cf gate tha aMiee ni'l pf.rvtls la crfer to gain th. preponderant. Ther have ailed normtuetr t. their aamber of may rhlra g-ina. hopte by this mar.a to ho(.J traoehe wits a greacry thlaead ttn. af men. Sat with th. whole aeo. tr.1 wertl as welt aa their own fe tartae to draw upon, the a'llea can ma;c-h thm ta thre r"pl Th mora artillery an t m-u-hla. gun th. Tea toes o. th. more copper thr win Bawl fjr ahalte. VTsea the'r Teeerr. ef tMa metl I ahaoe4. th. mine, they ha. captured la ?arbta and re lent wt1 m-a to haa OP thetr euspry They nir ha. found a eub tttut. far cotton ta making ammuel- L.a.' U act. th. b.a-1 6lxde has' M daaa much to 4afal thatn. If tbajr run ahort of ammorltion. thir au partorliy tn artiltry avail thara golhlrf. afj ahonlj thr tcalntJo It. A. K, Hill. In Tr.a Nar. aatlm that nrrmany mni Austria brcan the war with 1.0.00 turn in tha nM ln lira anj that thr I oat lo tha firtt fUtaaa moetha .24.a. umir that II par rBt of tl.a oundKl re turn t J tha front. Thl U or.ly i0 00 mora than tfta loaa affr.!ttKl by 0-r-m4r atona an4 mu. b. brlow tha mark, f r Autru haa I oat mora than that Bunibtr la priaoar alooa. Mr. II :ll ti'lmttM tha alllM aai:abla mn at 11 IM l0. anJ aaya that. If IiuIcrU Into tha war t not connid arad a nat (ala to tha Teutona by Mr. I lit. for tl Jncraaaaa th. extent of frontier thay rou.t defend and It laavaa th. alUea fre. to attack Con tantmopta throaih Ilu!frla- If. aa mni probable, tha Teuton, ha. aU th.lr force, at tha front, tha ai:ia ahould bvta to ahow th. affect of aupertor number during th. new -rear. New armlee wlU ba put In th. fi'Id by Prttaln. ttuaata and Italy. la th. abaenc. of blunder, and procraau a.tloa aura aa c.ua.4 their raveraea at th. Dardanelles and In MACfonla. thay ahould b. able to fore. th. rbl let .c.laet Turkey and Pulcarla. A atmult.neoua attack oa th. French and JCusataa fronts would compel the Teutons to chooa. between yleldlnc rround there and leavlnc Turkey aad l!ularU ta flrht their own battles un aided. Only by that course can tha alii, prerent their e n e ml ea from plavtr.c tha itt-n gm which cored spectacular eurceaa this year. ?t raov True amxjucax wnsuc. "Th. laadlrg of tho peace expedi tion la Europe." say. Henry Ford, "will he recorded as on. of tha moat benevolent thine, th. America re public ever did." This l more than a modest dis claimer from the Derolt Don Quixote that he alon. Is entitled to th. credit, or the blame, for th. Uteet coloaaal Ford Jok.. It is a direct declaration that It i fathered by tha American people. It 1. not. Th. Ford argoay Is th. product of cn. man' addled benevotenca. H. ha recruited a lot cf aeatimer.tal men and emotional women, and of other adventure-ceding Indlvlduale. to go to Europe) and meddle. They have been eold-ahouldered by President ttlUort aad they bar. been dutinctly Informed that they ara not wanted ta any belligerent country. Tet they hava set out on their linpoaslil. er rand, and have arrived somewhere In Norway. A. mlchl hav. been ex pected. Uey hav not agreed among themaetve. etther a. tn their pur poses cr their plan. There U sr'.m humor la th. tatemnt In aa Associ ated Pre rfi.pauh that after pro longed clecuewinn aad general all around dlaaenslon among them, "final ly a reaototlon declaring that th. dete- ritee wer. unanimous tor pe.o in Europ. wa adopted. Tha Amertran people are disposed to treat tha Ford Junket lightly aa a sort cf ) on Ford, who foot th. bill, on Europe, and on themaelve Put It has a aertotia apecu which 1 that Europe rrgarria the whole fan- thay hava loaf, mm many aa vna poa!Uon of hla thrr. arm r.m.lt. men. or n "lowlnf: nearly doubt, tha .mlnlr. Teuton -- 1f"n r " . . ar.ay. but llu.U ..on. haa Sillli " to. by tha a-l-nlmlon of bar War Mln. 01 BB4 cit'i.a aoiira joaiitr ltr. Tha antranca cf Turkey and o aria-tuisr a '-' "';,ci"I . ih.Staatlc schema aa b'lt another ebullition cf th. IncorrKtM American rplrlt and temper. What will thoave fool Ameri cans do pent ther aak. EOCCATIOXAL fBrrtct.. Th. OregoaUn ml her auapects that the eorreapondent who write from Cathlamet complaining cf tho criti cism af Th. Oregonlan ca .ducaUoa al topic I hlm:f a pedagogue. II may well r-e eurmUaad that complaint that Th Oregonun. or any other pub lic ntlc. I not aa aaperl In peda gogy would not com. from any other source. But w. are aot raaJr to admit th. gertle Impeachment Wa know q.ilte enourh about paJagogV and peda- ai least one cf them haa r.a.t The OreconUn with o llttl. un deratandlng that h. fan.-le tht Ks crttUUma ar. alwaya ctsiracuv, sou net constructive. It ta the function cf a newspaper to eettlcta.. If Its crttlclams cau do con struiTttve. well and gooi: ir not. wen and good If TitlvU.m I oe- aerved. In any event, a newapaper ought to Bay what It think, about th. merits or demertta of any public o,iea, tlon cr public Inrtltutlon. It happens that ona of th. two article mentioned by our Cathlamet educator in ap. croval cf an innovation inuoa-icea iu th. New Tork pubUc schools to cor rect the defective speoch of certain nuM'a: and the other was to evpresa cfe5)l about th. practicability or wis dom of a auggeatlon by ea-rreaweni Tafl that ther D-e a i.uim.uu bureaucracy for th. purpose or .co erdlBatlna th. work of th. school In tha various state. If such comments ara not helpful, appreciative, discrimi nating and upbuilding. TB fjregoniao would Ilk to know what are. t la not easy to answer mi The Oregonlaa would offer in tne way pi -sweeping changes In order to make tha public echools efficient. Not sweeping ehacge. pcrb.pe. But an Ideal may be Bought: It will never b. attained, nor even approximated, wim out ceaaale effort. Marled experience. profound study, unsetfl-ih eiersni aU attended by sound crltlct.m. EXIT ttlJ-- It Is asver saf to speculat upon tost when r wher. th. bandit ill. la going to turn ap next, but leaving aside mer. matter cf detail, his pres- ar.i eondttlon ts a precarlou one. Tar ago t. popular hero of Mexico, with tha presidency Ma tor ine aaair.a. he la bow reduced to the state or a man without fottawtnr. home or coontry. Th. trtunipUaet Villa of a few months ago stands cut ta tragic coBtrsst with th. broken villa noverma aooui u MexU-aa border, fearing to venture lata the felted 5tata without assur ance, ef protection and fearing to turn back Into hi own country where he bo longer I welcome among hi troop. Crraaia. HusheJ by mlhor military tucc and American recoer.lt Ion. dectlae t grant amaeaty to hi ere while ally sod later foe. The other, re wel.ema to enter the Carranxa camp: but not Villa Hence It I a tiitiat. to Villa, sound Sana, that he eaeka an asylum In the t'nited tate Now that hi power h been broken, it. mo( know all tea well what fate h. caa expect In Mexico. A trtng TJat or a stlletta thrust ta his bark. ta th. Carted State, when a man potl'.U-al anemia gala th. upper hand, they ar. content wtti e'lmlnatlng him from hi jx- Hot he Mexican point .r iaw la nulla dlffertrx There a leader U a.v.r .atirely broken utt.lUit country a tiie mokxtno onrnoyiAy, Tuesday, jiecembeb 21, 1915. ha 1 dona away with. Th. wonnda of vituperation do not arra- It take a kiufa thruat to rlo.a tha Incident. CX IT BE DO-vE? Tha N'atlonkl Short PoJlat Orfanlxa. tlon haa favorrd ua with a copy of tha application of Mr. Walter KruaM for tha poarion of city manager at M aenr fal.a. It ha baon rproduce4 and dUtrlbutad bacauaa It rapraaenta "la a concrrta way tha nrwr atmoaphara In clt'ea ror-tar.rsal un.ler th. commit ionmana(r r ajatatn." In thla appllcaUon. Mr. Krueai In dlcataa with conalderabta ar.thuatajim local proo- fita.a an talrhlulaeaa to daiy. The eljr . ri-maeetraten aaa huu.d tvol ealr ta a nxxi-i , a rarrfjl e-iactk. ei ua e'"'7- -.-"-air m. mi. I. In, ib.ir value aad la Jt aed lair tr.atmaou r".eftnir a noble sentiment, but ofi. difficult to put Into practice. A change to th. commlMtoner-manager system generally leaves th. .ntlr. city or ganization Intact, except for th. head. Th. manager takea control cf a corp. f emnloves already proviaea mr . there because of Influence. Th. commissioner who employ the manager are not. cannot be. under any system cf popular .lection yet devised. hollr fre. from suncepiioiiur m - power of offended voters. Th. dim cultle. confrontlnr tho Ideal w ob vious. . . Ther. 1. on. distinction oeiween municipal aad private corporations generally overlooked. Tho chief bought In mind when stocsnoiaer. elect director. In a private corpora tion Is th. profitable conduct of the business. In a municipal corporation election the main Interest Is generslly n th. personality of th. candidate, ror office. In Ashtabula, however. n-r- her hav. proportional election to gether with tho commission-manager plan. th. business weirar. oi m coi noratlon la subordinated to th. pur pose to give. employ-Tienta. relltlons. tionalttlea. political paniew mn other division of tho body politic rep resentation in tha City Council. The election of on. Ashtabula newspaper over tha election la not that economy and efficiency ar. now to prevail but that "th. rroteeiani. tno liuiviui, i" business, professional ana laoonng men. th. nepubllcaji.. PemocraU. twede and Italians, ar. all repre sented." Conceding again that Mr. Krueei a ileal Is worthy, w. would not wish Mm tha Ill-luck of trying; to put it Into effect In Ashtabula. Ana recent .ni indicate that he would be promptly Investigated or have nis sai arr reduced If h. tried to do so In rortlnnd. Hut perhaps numan mm s different In Niagara Fall. A FAKADOX E vTAta FCtASCE. a mint Inrenlous rroces. of reasoning. Tbeodor. M. JTice. in mu address before th. Western Economic Society at Chicago, reached the seem Intfty psradoxlcal conclusion that bor rowing to patf war expense has In. rreased the aupoly of banking credit, lowered Interest and enhanced the nrtc of securities. He even ventures it. omnlon that thla condition la not merely temporary for tho period of ih war. but will continue during peace tlmea. . Mr ITtce say that, though the na t.ns at war hive Increased their Ccbt k, n Sou l lIT.ISr.OOO.OOO. discount p.iea have remained low. bank d poe.ts In Oreat Britain and the Vrlted s:te have Increased about Z9 per cent and th. gold stocks of th. gov ernment bank, of Europe nave grown. In spit, of export to the fntte.1 states. Trices of bonds and stocks have rlnen at the same Um. In conformity with economic law. Increase In bank deposit ana ue .una in Interest rates contemporane ously with enormous governmental borrowing he terms a paradox, which nromnta him to ask whether in. ir crease of national debt, enhances the supply of credit and to say that this seems lo b. precisely what haa hap pened thus far during th. present war- Its aavs "w a should recon struct our. Ides with rerard to tn. character of a National debt" In order to understand what ha. n.ppcnea. e thus define It . i- .naM a eatrftaltsatlea ef the Nacloaal alalia ar reur-ea. aad a lone ma IMeeeel r wnwn - - . ik. iaia that caa ba col:et4 tram the ple-1tr Natlaa. II aupslla a aiabla teaia e eredit loal eaa be etpaaded airaoac laJ.t.Rit-lr Th proceeds of Government loans m tn swell bank deposits, nana re- acrve ar. "simply a psychological nrntrctlon against panics," and In practlc. a bank neea oniy m eder to mak. a loan of $10,009. though that loan swell, th. total, of both deposit and loan, py ua iuii atuouut. Apply tn. .arne ru.a v wai lnm totaling bltllona. and w. can understand "why loan, and deposits hav Increased so enormously- ana whv Interest ratee hav. fallen. He aourrea hav. been mobltlxed also by ...i,ii.iiim of reaarvea. both tn the rmted Ftate and Europe, by volun lirv an rrendrr of gold to the bank. In EurojCo and by popular accepttne. of notea aa money. iTiee ot ecurine. both during and after th. war. depend on the Interest rate, wnicn in turn -term to depend on the ability of the horrowtr. nation, to .upport in. in. tegTlty of their obligation.." Thea. nation, "believe themselves to b. ol- ..m an.t anDarcntlv ar. .oivonu Hence "tho financial experience of this war has carried us Into wnst may be described aa tho fourth dimension of credit In considering th. economic effect. of the war. Mr. Trie. say. Wa a'l eea-imed mat It leaa in in general hm;e ef gold, aed thai eoormani loan waul eeadl r aiert all Iba dieen tae.J capital aad advance tnlereel rata la Uspaaslb a I.gueee. -We overlooked the atupendou In rruu In wealth during the "art hun at. vear." 1. adds, "the effect of tha us. of check. In place of real money and the confidence bred by the .n.i.rifv of bank, which haa re- ,,1 reaervea." In such a situation ha holds "that atl the world'. we.Ith If safety caplialUed. might b. uaed aa a basis for loans and that tha mobility and efficiency of what we nw rail flxel capital would b. Immensely in craased." Tha - "fourth dimension cf credit wouM then apply, for the war h fceoueht us nearer to a "raaervelaa' banking system under which "the only restriction upon th expansion of loan would b th. valu. of the prop erty pledged and th. Interest-psytng ability of the pledgor." It then aple these tesl. to ut whether we hav. reached the limit of tb. immerse expaneton of credit wnicn hae occurred since the wsr began, ana take the raea of Jlrlt-Hn as typical At th. do, of the Napoleonic war debt was nearly inree . . ( M V. . . tlmea It annual national Income wa tha Interest was one-fifth of the In come. Ttil burden bora o Hehtty that Britain, population ha. in creased from 80.000.000 to 47.000.000. It income haa multiplied eight tiroes nd It ha reduced the debt by S9.- 000.000. though It ha fought many war. In tha Interim. Th. population nd wealth of tha colonle. have im mensely Increased and one-fourth of ha world', inhabitant live under tn British flag and ar. helping to fight nd oar for th. war. It Is estimaiea that by March SI. 191C. th. British debt will be rl. 000. 000. 000. or less than on. year. Income, against na tional wealth of tIS. 000.000. 000. and the Interest will b. only one-tenth of the national Income, as compared with one-fifth In 115. Mr. Price'. conclusion Is: Oraat Brltala haa not yat approached tta wbaa tbe ponderous atablUly and coherence of bar present banking organisation ara , . h-r datit-auntxtrf inc aoiui. ban Into consideration w era " aasuratng that a National debt of even rour er rie ballon paunda atarlins weald ba r.latlva!y lishter tbaa tha burdra aha aa umed in ridding the world of the Corsleaa aeourga. ... Approximately tha earn a ataiemeai appiy to aa u Natlona at war. Even If tha war laxta two year longer, he sa-s. tho war debt, will not prove Insupportable and ar. likely to mak. for lower Interest rates ana higher price, for .ocurlties. The exi gencies of war. In his opinion, "ar leading to an extension of credit tucn aa would not have been possible in peace." and which "1. doing good, be cause hug. masse, of fixed capital are thereby made productive, and .r. circulating with tho Increased velocity that always Quicken enterprise ana accelerate, th. wheel, of Industry." He say. further: All tha Droeedenta ef history ladlest that accelerated actlMtr will coma with peace and eonflooe antll tha exuberanoe of uc eeas haa led men to balld teeter tha tbs world has grown ana to dtmiaa creau bpb. he bad of future rainer man praeeu. values. It seems paradoxical to say that credit, as a substitute for money, can become more abundant when nation, mortgage themsolves, "blow In" the borrowed money in war and assume a seemingly perpetual annual burden for Interest. The abundance or money thus produced resemble, the flushness of a man who mortgage his property and squanders tho money Instead of Investing It. H. la liable for interest. hut lack his former mean, or earn Ing It- Wer. th. transformation of fixed capital Into liquid capital made for th. rurpo.e of using; it in proauc tlv. enterprise, it would be of benefit but It la difficult to conceive how mankind can profit by the absolute destruction of so much wealth, Tha Drivate dwelling may be said to express the tastes and individuality of Its owner. It la particularly true that the residential sections of a city exnress the character of tho people. If that city Is on. areai array oi brown and gray apartment, then there must be a falling av.uy or in dividuality, a tendency- to sameness and a dlsrcrard if those tender de- itrht which belong tt tho home wun Its lawn, and flowers, where children and grown-ups may romp and play hand In hand with Mature, i-orxiana. heinir cltv of orlvate dwellings, can understand these delight, and sense a pity for those cities that are trading away their birthright or nomes tor re stricted and soulless dominions. If w. should hav. a war with Aus tria wa could send our whole army tn help Italy in takln Trent, but it would not amount to a much as the Itelztan army on th. western front. Th. only other way we could get at Austria would be by tending our fleet to help th. blocked of the Adriatic ports. That blockade has not been a atartllng success, for ship come out occasionally aud bombard Italian or Montenegrin ports. Austria 1 o in accessible that she may aay 'Tooh. pooh!" to us Abandonment of th. Dardanelles campaign la a bitter pill for the Brit ish to .wallow. It ha. several parai lei. in British history, on. of which th. withdrawal from Fpaln after tha defeat and death of Kir John Moore at Corunna ha. been Immortalized In verse. When a Greek see a Bulgar. It seems Impossible to prevent him from fighting. Ail the allle need to do la to "sick em on" and tney win ngni. regardless of King and statesmen. Judge Stevenson", tentative ruling yeeterday that a huHband can compel a wife to pray for a neighbor' corn (on the foot, not on the cooi enouia go to a much higner court. By threatening; to refln. radium the Government has put aa great a damner on that business a. It. snip ping bill hs put on the expansion of the .hipping business. In Georgia 6unday a Sheriff died from wound, received in a battle with nerroe. The next installment will contain the new. of a fatal epidemic among the bl.irks. Dropping Into the political phase of the thing, whet would Soloman have done when severs of hi. wives simul taneously went Into hysterics? On. of th beat suggestion, of "pre paredness" la found In the new. of flight of half a million Serbian. Into now-covered mountains. Another fool man. at Ccntralla this time. ha. been given sixty daya for drawlnr a gun. and he goes to Jail rather than the asylum. If some of th. rabbit, killed In the rantral Oregon drives could do sent to the Serbian refugee, they would b. devoured with avidity. Ther. 1. danger under the umbrella especially on the crossing, of street. that ara very wet jusi now. in ui lance lie, safety. Posaiblr Jupiter FIuvlus. Boreas and Snta Claua are standing In for a demonstration of the proper tnnst. mas weather. The cows In Eastern Multnomah must wear their horns straight, with a county agent to watch tnern. At. there any eyebeam. elsewhere that are crystallising to cause a Disas ter like that In Spokane? Chrlstmae I. Just right this year for those who would go home for the holiday. ! . Th snow Is In th Grande P.ond and that mean, a ripping big crop. Cooenhsgen bsrely give Henry Ford standing room. WI.VTEK I1LE FOR ARMT KECRV ITS Pr.vtal.nal Battalloaa Conapoeea mi tBesaplyew Bagaeated. PORTLAND. Dec 20. (To the Edi tor.) In regard to the enlargement of the United States Army. I wish to state that ona means of securing a great number of trained men for mili ary aervlce in case of need wouia De to have provisional battalions or V. S. constabulary comprised of tho unemployed men. All our large cities each Winter become overrun with Idle men who outlines have to depend upon th generosity of the public and charit- bla Institutions to live througn me Winter. This Is demoralizing in aev- aral wava. Now. If the Uovernmem would enlist and train these Idle men for military aervlce it would relieve the Urn cities from a trying burden and b a boon to the men themselves, aa they would be earning their way. which every man enouia ao. These men would also pront in omei- ways. They could be tausin to and write where cases of illiteracy oc curred, and also cleanliness and mili tary diaclDllne. We would all profit by thla arrangement. The Government would have trained aoldlera and better ritn.uL Tha men themaelvea would hava good quartera, food and clothing. with training wnlcn in numoera oi in stances would be of individual value, and the, things would bsve been earned by their own efforts. The cities would be freed cf great numbers of Idlera I think thla clan Is Quite ieasioiw, as the present citlxen-soldlery the iii.i. m-T who are engaged in various occupstlons during tho day and report for drill one nignr. eacn wt. and In time they mak soiaiera oi reasonably good caliber. I am an ex-aoldler of the United Statea Army myself, and a veteran of the Spanish war. I was a non-commissioned officer and had men under me who had lived hard lives previous to their military aervlce. They made good aoldlera, and I feel satisnea urn the military discipline and training re means of bettering meir wu These battalions could be recruuea in th Fall each year, and the men could receive from five to six monins oi mili tary training, which ts sufficient for infantry service. J. A. M. a 50 HELP IS SEEX IX CRITICISMS Writer Think They Phonld Be Accom panied by Constrwetlve Suggeatlona. CATHLAMET. Wash, Dec. 19. (To the Editor.) The oregonian na al ways taken a keen Interest in educa tional matters, and almost daily we see auch edltorlala as "Training the Tongue." "Educational Shortcomings." and ao on, discussed in a very pleasing manner, but somehow lacking In peda gogy. The editorials In nature have been criticisms directed, against ou present school system and Its manage ment, with not one suggestion for Ita betterment. Tha trend of the art is tOWSfd CXltl clsm. People criticise institutions and acts without suggesting what could be substituted In their place mat tney mlihi ha Improved. The writer is de sirous of learning from the standpoint f the dally newspaper what rciorm. r.nniH ha hrnutrht about In the present.. day school which would Increase Its efficiency, and make It an organ which would better serve society. t la an admitted fact that the preas, which Is the most powertui asrem in mniriimr nubile oDinlon and advancing the beat Interests of society, lacks the proper Insight when it comes to dis cUKsimr educational problems. ' 1 have read many editorial in wnicn you devote much space to wrangling over how such words aa "through." oheaeant" and the UKe snouia do spelled and pronounced. It la Inept to criticise the mecnanics oi any branch of lesrning. for it Is "thought" which we are after. You aevoie mucn space to me eauormi, i lamma, Tongue." aa though the tongu were the ruling spirit of th body. You should have apent that time and apace on dealing with "mina training. m the editorial, "Educational eihortcom- Incs." we would alt wnat sweeping chances you would maae in oruer mai the echool might be brought to an ef ficient state the Utopian acnooi. J. B. OA1111. CHRISTMAS AT DEVIL CANTOX. Th hot discussion started when l' Arizona hite. Havtn" reference to Chris mus, saia iws itothln more n ngni Fur to celebrate the 'casion In a patrl- ntln. War When Gineral George Washington fust saw the llht o' day. Then Brock y Bill retorted In a rather scornful style That slch a lack o' Knowledge maae him feel Incllnea to smue. That Chrls'miis. as he saw It, waa to honor the event When Chrla Columbus landed on this Yankee continent. Arizona up an" answered In sort o' way a snappy wouldn't he could after oi' That Brocky a Information stand a close assay. An then Mlssoury said 'at prove by day an" date That rhrin'mus was named Chris Krlngle that was straight. This brought tbe scornful ha-ha from the lungs o wnisKy um, Who raid It marked the battle that war fit at Bunker Hill. An' so the arsufyin' got a start, an e after awhile The fists begun a-fiyin' in the hottest sort o' style. A finer bit o serappln Devil Canyon never saw. Arlsona'a nose war buated. which the same war Brocky's Jaw, An you'd ort to seed Missourys grand dlsplsy o' damaged eyes They waa bunged an' laseyrated an' a whole lot oversize. When the battle bad subsided an the stove put back In place Doctor Jim. as takes a paper, said we all war off our base; That tha day war celebrated by com mand of Uncle Sam Aa the day that Gineral Jackson throwed it into Packenham. This official presentation started up the talk agin. But about that time the parson, little daughter happened In On a hunt to find the doctor, an Mls soury asked o' her. In a sort o' Jokln' manner. If .he Vnowed what Chris'mus war. Then ebe told a Bible story In a childish 'sort o' way. Got to slinsMn' childish preachln. an right here I want to say When she eased up on her talkln' you kin bet a stack o' reds , That a shameder lot o' sinners never hung their cursed heads. JAMES BARTON ADAMS. Man a facta re of Toilet Article. PORTLAND. Dec 20. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly let me know If there 1. any law or regulation to be complied with before I can manufacture and put on aale by agents a toilet article for whlcb I have the formula. Do agenta have to have a license and. what Is the cost of HT i. J Manufacturing Is encouraged by the City of Portland and no license Is re quired by the city authorities. A li cense of 15 a week Is Imposed for each and every salesmsn who solicits orders and delivers the articles Immediately. Th. license bureau, before the issuance or a license, has the discretionary power to pass upon the merit and value of the articles, wnetner mer ar ao iu verllacd and alleged to be. ENGLAND JfOT DOVE GOOD Tt'RX Manltlana Trade Baakruptlna; That Coontry In Hopeless Cauee. CLACKAMAS. Or.. Dec 20. (To th Editor.) I have read the communica tion from ex-Governor Gear and the editor's interesting reply thereto. 1 agree with Governor feer s viewpoint that the United States should have placed an embargo on arms and am munition at the very commencement of the war. We are committing a great moral wrong and sooner or later it will react on ua In this connection will say most of the ally sympathisers in this ;u"Ury imagine that America is doing England a good turn In providing her with mu nitions of war. but let's look into this subject a little closer and see If that is the case. American bankers and manufacturers are making fabu ous profits out of England and her allies war orders. Naturally these inter est look with favor upon a contin uance of the war so long as their war erased customers can pay .for tneir purchases. - ... - ... Tha I. en.rlne- Britain $25,000,000 per day and a good part of it goes to America and other neutral countries for supplies. England is now mou.i I-.. . ma-ioan -furitten held In Eng land. Stated In plain terms. England is forcing her people to turn in a Amartcan aecurltles and exchange ..ma (nr war hnnda. With theSO SB curltlesi she will hereafter pay for her purchases In America. Of course In H.i tim thla hupdIv will be exhausted. and with It England's credit. No more money and credit means no more war supplies. American oanaera nnu uf.ffturen are merely relieving Eng land of her wealth and she seems war erased enough to fall for it. unis wuo.o thing Is but a colabiooaea Dusmeoa proposition. There is no Bciiuii.i..i.. lsm about it. as some would have us believe. Herein Germany has a dis tinct advantage over her enemies. She perforce depends upon her own re sources and can keep on issuing war bonds indefinitely and force her peo ple to absorb them. As the situation now stands no In formed, unprejudiced person will con nt that the allies can crush the cen tral powers. France and Italy have proven themselves Incapable of doing anything effective. Russia is hopelessly defeated and It may be assumed that with the opening of Spring the Austro Qermans' drive, probably augmented by Roumanla and Sweden, will be re sumed and Russia crushed. England cannot reasonably be expected to main tain an open sea, finance the allies and besides do the fighting on land. Con sidered from all sides, about the wisest course for England would be to get from under, and the quicker the better, and she should not be overscrupulous what happens to her incompetent al lies. The following lines from Chaucer are applicable to nations as well as individuals: He who natters thea Is no friend In misery. Everyone will ba thy friend Whilst thou bait wherewith to spend. But if thy store of crowns be scant Quickly they will look ankance. Thoce who fawned on your beror Will seek your company J ElBOPEAS WAR. NOT C.USELESS It Is Result of Attempting to Govern Without Goveraed'a Conaent. PORTLAND. Dec. 20. (To the Edi tor Mr rieeil In his lecture before the Civic League December 18. began his talk with tne statement that the war now raging in Europe was cause aemtelexs and purposeless. I pre sume we nave nau imo na....... hundreds of times beiore. r-ow is ima true? Is It likely that several millions of men would be fighting acspcraicij for longer than a year wnnoui cause or purpose? Is It likely the Govern ments of seven leading countries in Europe would continue mis wnr i. months at the cost of billions of money and millions of lives without cause or purpose? - , tv, In the columns oi inc i ir.""" statement has appeared several tlmea that the Holy Alliance, a hundred years ago. divided Europe geographically without regard to what we call the consent of the governea. inis jr an attempt at national re-aujusimcni-The lower we go in the scale of civilization the more fiercely men fight for personal freedom and privilifes. ir I.adil. Mr. Wilcox and their kind are willing to subordinate their per sonal riaht to uovernmemai i-uuuu.. Not so the digger Indian or the Apa che. HO prelers to Ilgnt pernuunuj for his rights. But tne oepuica iorm of Government under wnicn no jive we trace back to the consent of the mv.rnpil. This Is sometnmg a large part of the population of Europe have not had. The war will, or should, continue until they get It -mere arts wv.vw..fw - ---, rnrnii. without political rights: Poles. Bohemians, Croats. Celts. Servians. Belgians, Alsatians and others. Be the racial problem there are economic questions to be settled. And vet people ssv tnore is no tausc im the war. THOMAS M. ANDERSON. Doty to Help One Side. HILLSDALE. Or., Dec 19. (To the Editor.) Allow me to thank you for the able manner in which you have answered T. T. Geer. and may I be permitted to add that I am quite con vinced It is our duty to supply Great Britain with all the munitions she asks us for. Great Britain lias been fighting since she fired the first shot into the Ger mans for institutions which we are proud of and hold dear. We all know, but sometime.! we do not like to admit, that the British House ,of Commons is the most democratic government agency in the world. We all know what the mailed list would do with ft If It could. We have evidences a-plenty of what the same mailed fist would do to us If It got the opportunity. From my point of view these people who would put an embargo on the helping hand we are giving the allies are aiding and abetting such terrible murder as the Ancona affair. I would like to ask, have the muni tions mada In the United Stat-ss ever been guilty of uch dastardly exploits as killing babies and drowning women on the high seas? W know where the munitions are coming from that do things that way. I take it that every pound of powder and Inch of gun the allies get from us helt to free the world of the mailed fist. WILLIAM VILES. If Mr. Vlles thinks The Oregonian defends or excuses trade In war muni tions on the theory that we have a duty to aid Great Britain to attain victory, he is mistaken. It merely pro tests against overthrow of established laws of neutrality and finds itself un able to perceive how an embargo would save lives In tbe aggregate or do aught but make losses disproportion ate. Meat Inapectloa I.ltlaatlon. PORTLAND, Dec. 20. (To the Ed itor ) I am a stranger in your city and have been reading the recent ac count of trichinosis, and the dreadful calamity resulting from it was as tounding. If there was a city meat in- IPK 'you have one, what has. he been dolna- to prevent such from being in markets? Surely the city I. able to have this very valuable officer for tha protection of its citizens. lne H. SINCLAIR. A meat inspection ordinance was passed by ' the City Council and con tested by certain meat dealers. The case Is now on arpeal to the State Su preme CuurU In Other Days Twenty-five Years Ago. ' From The Oregonian of December 21, 1890. Mayor De Eashmutt in common with other breeders and owners of valuable horses views with concern the delay which is apparent in starting a move toward establishing a first-class race track near Portland. To an Oregonian reporter be said yesterday that he ha a tract of land all cleared near Beaver ton that he would assist In making into a race track. J. Gales Holcombe. an engineer who has passed three years on the Nica ragua canal, is now in Portland, and has come out to this Coast to enter tho service of the Government under Cap tain T. W. Srmons. Ifr. Holoombe. with his charming young wife, is at present stopping at Frindle's, corner of Eleventh and Morrison streets. Company E, First Regiment. Oregon National Guard, held an election at the Armory Friday evening last to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieutenants Hirsch and Esplln. C. E. Morgan waa elected first and J. T. Moores second lieutenant. The Pavilion Club will give Its first grand promenade and masque ball at the Mechanics Pavilion on Christmas night. The Marine Band has arranged a special concei t programme. Bids for the construction of the grand union station on the terminal grounds will be received at the office of the architects, Banbrant & Howe, Kansas City, up to the 25th of December. Fifty Years Ago Todsy. From Tha Oregonian of December 21. 188fi. Quite a large audience was in at tendance, notwithstanding the stormy evening, to hear Judge Deady lecture ou "Politics and the Pulpit" Yesterday at 10:30 A. M. the steamer Fannie Troup under command of Cap tain Turnbull. well nrovisioned and equipped, undertook to overcome the tremendous difficulties of navigation between this point and Vancouver, which nature in her harsher mood has interposed. After a delay of a few minutes at Springville we steamed on and soon reached the Columbia River. We found an opening direct across from the Willamette to the territory shore and on either side ice varying from six Inches to a foot in thickness with no less than 10 Inches of snow upon it. Reaching the Washington shors we exchanged passengers and freight and returned not without much difficulty, however, for the Ice closed in behind the Fannie Troup. Tassing St. Johns the other day wo had an opportunity to get a peep at the flourishing place which has sprung up very rapidly into some considerable proportions of late, chiefly owing to the improvements of the Pacific Barrel Factory there. O. B. Severance, super tendent of the works. Informs us that they are making 250 barrels a day. The steamer Cascade which left at noon on Tuesday for Astoria with Wells, Farsco & Company's express, some few passengers and a quantity of freight for tho California steamer farled to go through and returned aC noon yesterday. Captain Wolf reports the ice very dangerous below St. Helens. Yesterday the sleighing was excel lent. About as much snow fell during the night of Tuesday as for the night previous which made the roads ex cellent. CHRISTMAS LULLABY. There's a song ever old. yet new. And It reaches the hearts of men: Tnas baby's song from mother's heart. In the manger at Bethlehem. The flocks were herded; it was night When its melody rang alar Along the hills of Galilee. Beneath each ehining, radiant star. The shepherds listened in surprise; Brightly the stars shone out above. When, like a blessing over all. Came this sweet song of mother love. And its melody rencheth far, .To those in bondage and the free; To those who dwell near mountain top. And the toilers upon the sea. And may Its gladness ever keep Pure and true in the hearts of men. As when its message first rang out. At midnight o'er fair Bethlehem. JLWE M'MILLAN ORDWAY. Possession of Intoxicants. PORTLAND, Dec. 20 (To the Edi tor.) After January 1, 1916, does the law allow a person to have for personal use more than two quarts of liquor in his possession at any time? LAW ABIDING CITIZEN. Mere possession of a larger quantity will not be unlawful. That is, a per son may stock up now in any quantity for Individual use next year. Tho law prohibits tho importation by any indi vidual after January 1 of more than two quarts of ardent or vinous liquors or (not and) 24 quarts of malt liquors In any four weeks. A person may im port the maximum every four weeks even though part or all of his previous shipments has not been consumed. Liquors may be stored, however, only in a private dwelling-house not usl in connection with a place of business. Qualifications for Presidency. KIDGEFIELD, Wash., Dec. 19. (To the Editor) (1) When I went to school. 42 vears ago, they told no one could be President of the United States until after the third generation. Now, I read In different papers that President Wilson's mother was born in England, as were all his grandparents. Pleasa eX?ltl wha t does the G. O. P. on tho Republican elephant stand for? P. S. (1) Your teachers misinformed you. Any natural-born citizen of the United States 35 years of age or older Is quali fied to become President. t2) Grand Old Party. Talk With s Puck. Poet "Now I Poet. The. know what is ,.nt hv the poetry of motion. These poems are it." Hie Wife "How so. Tupper?" The Poet "They have been going the rounds of the editors for two years." At a Training Camp. London Punch. Near British training camp. Sentry -Halt! Who goes there?" Rustle. "Friend!" Fen try "Pass, friend. All's well." Rustic "Thankee, air. I'm sorry to 'ave Ti-oke' ee, sir." Only Three Days More Too late now to do you shopping early. But still time to do it well and make your list complete. minutes count now. The stores are busy and short cuts are imper ative. What a satisfaction to have a shopper's guide like the advertising in The Oregonian! Make out your lists with Its aid. Go directly to the right store. Fill your wants with comparative comfort and be ready to enjoy a merry Christmas. -