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tk. bmb'c of Oregon
mar well
hep. that tier
til
b. prompt re
piiuiioa by m th ttm;!":
fr.ditad to cttu.a
statement
that
be
rath. Oftoa bAllo for 111
pl-.t!, th.t ay cltu.o U prep-.
, pcmoa to b COMJd.M-1 1
10 primary
that tar ltUo mr P-w-om ca-lldi-"fof
IT-W.nt. er th-t tl
iu 7 r- -
,Mk caadlUt. b.lor.- ndoubt.
kl" iirt ua to . Juc.
rJ.M-.bl. thai th.r .ui w
la tha eouraa tfc P-""1-,ttmlnata
hln from pr-nl or fu-
ar. 11 w !amln n
Mia P-,
proToka aira to aUmiaa
If tha r.oaabtjr Pta nn
nr.lt. ah-pa. tb. .upcioa
that .UaHnaUoa cf a powar-
aa to JtrcT cse.
Th. 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. -