TOE MORNING OREGOXIAJT, . MONDAY, JANUARY 17, v 1916.
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IDRTLAXD, MONDAY. JANUARY 17. Ml.
MORK FRANKNESS FROM MR- WIL60N.
The Ions delay in publication of
President Wilson' letter to Represen
tative Palmer will turn public dis
cussion of that characteristically Wil
aonian document to the President's
-ideals with regard to the rule of
frankness and plain speaking: that
ought to exist between public servants
and the public" rather than to his
most cogent arguments against a con
stitutional amendment limiting the
President to a single term. Opinion
will be based on the time at which the
letter is released for the general eye
and on the events which preceded, ac
companied and followed its writing.
On the bearing which these facts
have on the text of the letter and on
the President's political fortunes the
public will base its judgment. The
conclusion cannot be favorable to the
ITesidenfs frankness nor to the sin
cerity of his devotion to popular rule.
As in many other matters, so in this,
the President is ready at framing a
logical argument and felicitous
phrases, but is most unready at trans
lating them into action.
A plank committing the Democratic
party to the adoption of a single term
amendment and pledging its candidate
for President to that principle was
adopted by the resolutions committee
of the Baltimore convention in 1812.
Mr. Wilson, who was tine of two lead
ing candidates before that -convention,
certainly knew before he was nomi
nated that this plank was In the plat
form and would almost surely be
adopted by the convention, but he said
nothing. He remained silent on the
subject after his nomination and
throughout his campaign. Thus he
gave the voters to understand that he
accepted the plank and accepted the
pledge it imposed on him. His silence
continued after his election and until
February 3. 1913, when he wrote the
letter to Mr. Palmer.
When Senator Cummins had intro
duced a resolution submitting to the
states a single term amendment, when
this resolution had been adopted by
the Senate and was before the House
and when many Democrats, mindful
of the platform plank, were disposed
to support it. Sir. Wilson spoke. After
he had gained the nomination and the
office on a platform pledging him to
the single-term principle and when
there seemed to be a probability that
Congress would put that principle well
on the way to actual adoption, he
acted. He repudiated the pledge and
gave his reasons good reasons too
for rejecting the principle, but his let
ter was not addressed to the people
nor communicated to the people. All
that Mr. Wilson's "ideals of frankness
and plain speaking" required of him
was that he write to Mr. Palmer, vice
chairman of his campaign committee.
According to the New York World,
which now publishes the letter, under
conditions that appear to make its
statements authoritative, the contents
of the letter "were made known to the
leaders of Congress and undoubtedly
exercised considerable influence in
staying the passage of the one-term
resolution." Having served the pur
pose of preventing fulfillment of the
promise made by his party and of the
pledge upon himself, Mr. Wilson's let
ter was buried for nearly three years.
Such are his "ideals or frankness and
plain speaking between public serv
ants and the public."
The President made a convincing
argument against constitutional re
strictions, which would forbid tho peo
ple to re-elect a good President or to
get rid of a bad President at the end
of one term. He favored direct nomi
nation as a means of preventing a
President from compassing his own
rcnomination "by patronage or
coercion or by control of the machin
ery by which delegates are chosen."
le declared himself in favor of the
Presidential .primary and of some
means by which the President could
be made answerable to Congress at
some period during his term. After
he had held office for a year he
recommended the Presidential primary
to Congress, hut it encountered deter
mined opposition within his own party
and has been shelved. For two years
he has been silent on that subject also.
At the close of his letter the Presi
dent said:
I am not speaking for my own re-election;
I am speakine to redeem my promise that
1 would sav what I really think on every
public question and take my chances in the
court of public oriulon.
Then why did he not say what he
really thought to the Baltimore con
vention and to the people in the
canvass of 1912? By failing to do so
he avoided taking his "chances In the
court of public opinion." Why did he
defer saying what he thought until
Congress seemed likely to act con
trary to his opinions and to his ambi
tion? Why was his letter to Mr.
Palmer not published when written?
These are the questions suggested to
the average mind by Mr. Wilson's pro
fessed love of frankness and plain
speaking.
There Is no probability that the un
favorable Impression which will be
made by the President's repudiation
of the single term plank in the Balti
more rlatform will prevent his re
nomination. His party has aided him
in ripping other planks out of the
platform: it is Incapable of being
shocked by the fact that before he
assumed office he threw away the
one which most Intimately concerned
himself. His declaration that "there
ought never to be another Presiden
tial nominating convention" will not
hinder him from accepting a conven
tion nomination. His failure to Induce
Congress to adopt the Presidential pri
mary as a necessary means of ensur
ing free choice In renominating a
President will not prevent his ac
ceptance of a nomination which has
no such safeguard. The St. Louis con
vention would do well to build no
ni.irnrm nri to offer no pledges: by
"taklm- the other course it would only
dlract attention to the wrecked plat
form and the broken pledge or Baltimore.
FEAR FOR FUTURE CAUSELESS.
The year 1918 has opened with optl
mictii. iitrpmnrpji from ordinarily con
servative authorities and with facts
Justifying them which-cut the ground
from under those who see troublous
times ahead for business and danger
in our present prosperity, ine great
commercial agencies issue forecasts
costaining not a pessimistic or quali
fied phrase. Industry continues to
move every wheel overtime to satisfy
an expanding home demand from
merchants whose customers are sell
ing bumper wheat crops above a dollar
a bushel and other crops at propor
tionate prices, and from workmen
whose wages are being raised volun
tarily and who need never miss a day's
work.
Banks have abundant funds and the
president of the greatest bank sees no
signs of that inflation which leads to
business disaster. Railroads report a
net gain In earnings for November of
70 per cent and 13 out of 15 railroad
presidents predict for 1918 new high
records, in both gross and net earn
inn ti anmA authorities expect to
give large orders for equipment and
for terminal construction.
These evidences that our present
prosperity is healthy and that It will
.nnimiA rnntro r irt forecasts (with
peace the main source of our good
times will disappear and an era of
fierce competition will open. Judge
rtor otatomflTit that 75 per cent of
the Steel Corporation's Tecord sales
are for home consumption
eagerness with which merchants buy
ti that ctnriM nroduce are proof
that we need what we make and are
nnr ntlinr un aurnltlS StOCkS. EXPOItS
in the latter part of December were
rwfrirtvA hv deficiency of ships to
carry munitions and prices of war
stocks fell, but our industries sn"
no slackening of activity.
TnjiiMiriai a n h rtMHiness revival was
KvrHn having- been delayed by the
Balkan wars and by tariff revision.
When the war suspended tne influence
of the tariff and when business be
aiiiatoH to war conditions, the
war gave business the push needed to
start it. The present activity is
normal and healthy, merely gaining
added impetus from the war.
AN" ITHNSTRCCTED DELiXJAnON.
Chanter 124 of the 1915 Oregon
Tjw innarontlT has brought about a
rather curious but not wholly unwel
come change in the pledging or candi
dates for delegate to National party
conventions.
The original Presidential primary
law provided for an oath of office,
proportional election of delegates and
for payment of delegates' expenses.
1 !,., tnIot. nf th 1915 laS lS
AUUbUCL MiayLbt v.
construed to repeal all of these pro
visions.
. .i . i . j TTmicA hill 19 and
was introduced by Representative Ol
son. Mr. Ulson a original lues n
1 ..11 1 1 ti a ,f thforlA Which
repeal u mlv.hui... .
provide for the nomination by petition
or candidates ior omco h-uu. duuouv"
, i f - erotAm Thn hill also
UIUICIUI A iCO DJ ..w
specified new forma for the pledges
of candidates.
But the total elimination of the peti
tion method was objected to by many
members, so tne mil was ameuura iu
make the fee system an alternative
method of getting one's name on the
ballot The result of the amendment
has been to make the new law alter
native in more than the one respect.
a a tim inw t) n w rends a. nerson seek
ing election as delegate to a National
convention may be nominated by fil
ing a petition or by paying a fee. If
he decides to file a petition the form
of pledge required is the one found In
the section of the code (3361) which
deals with declarations and petitions
of candidates. It goes no further than
to bind him not to withdraw and gives
him the privilege to state his promises
or principles. But if the candidate
11-., A nalhinn hilt nflVR fl fPA he mUSt
uica aiv pvuiwu - f -
sign a pledge, us set out in the Olson
law, to use his Dest eiiorts to urms
ohmit thA nomination of his party
choice for President and Vice-Presi
dent.
mi.- f I -e a looat turn men.
i lit! IGIMDA V' L " - - "
who are looked upon in Oregon as of
Presidential calmer, to permit men
names to go on the Presidential
primary ballot would create an unsat
isfactory situation lr delegates wero
1 ,. ,1 I dinnnrt thA nartV choice
piqugcu n . " . - . .-
as expressed at the polls. The ex
pression in Oregon unoer existing cn
cumstances will be but a declaration
of second or third choice of candi
dates. Tet Oregon's first choice, which
i. will v. TtAAn Haolpd thn riht tO
support, may actually come before the
convention.
An opportunity to get on the ballot
with the privilege to voice In Chicago
the. true sentiment oi tne jjcui'jc ui
rwnn If t h A 1 OOrt 11 n 1 1 V RhOUld
virauii, ii . -' i i .
arise, ought to be welcomed by those
who hope to see Justice Charles E.
Hughes nominated as the Republican
candidate for President.
FADING STABS.
Tho HAuth of Ada Rehan in New
Vnrir thn other ri.iv marks the passing
of one more member of that little
niarv of nonular favorites of the
golden days of tho American stage.
Her name will not mean a great oeai
to the new feneration, for It has been
ten years since her work was done and
sixteen years since her notable
achievements were completed at
Dab-'s. But the incident of her pass
im? will awaken brieht memories, and
sad reveries, among those who knew
the stage before the advent 01 vaude
ville and movies.
Thru hundred roles are credited
to Ada Rehan. From the time of her
discovery by that managerial genius,
Augustus Daly, she appeared in come
dies, farces, tragedies, melodramas,
modem and classical. Daly saw and
carefully cultivated the genius of this
vivacious Irish girl, and while many
firnritts were developed by Daly, none
surpassed Miss Rehan In power and
popularity, sne was anotner product
of the days of the competitive stock
nrTtonv for Miss Rehan. In the
twenty years she was associated with
Daly, was really the leading woman
in stock productions and quite inci
jnnt.iiv a hrirht narticnlar star In
companies that boasted Mrs. Gilbert,
John Drew, uua &Kinner, r aany dav
enport, Clara Morris and Charles
Coghlan.
Such parts as Nell Gynne, In "Sweet
Nell of Old Drury"; Lady Garnett, in
"The Great Ruby"; Silena, in "Needles
and Pins," and Catherine, In "Mme.
Sans' Gene." were presented by her
with an irresistible charm, but her
ripest achievement was in Shake
spearian comedies. William Winter,
the critic, was fairly swept from .his
feet by her presentation of Rosalind
and Portia. The public probably liked
her best as Katherine in "The Tam
ing of the Shrew," which part she
stripped, of its aspect of violent farce.
and reduced the character to one of
human attributes. In his "Vagrant
Memories," Mr. Winter is moved to
verse in dedicating the work to Miss
Rehan:
To name her la enough no need t praise
For in that name the living reason shlnea.
Why sbe who won It in her golden days
Stlil haa my homage as the sun declines.
And so one by one the old stars are
declining. We mourn them as the last
representatives of a golden day, as the
last n . ; r. tr tlnlr hfllVMII SL tlma
! of splendid achievement and one that
presents a barren outlook. Why are
there no new stars shining in the
heavens? It would seem that when
the gray finds its way Into the hair
of the generation of today the sweep
of the reaper's scythe can awaken few
such pleasant memories of happy
profitable hours in the pit- Unless,
indeed, they mourn the motion picture
stars whose turn to pass on will come
with the ceaseless flight of time.
THE WAY OF TEE S PE DTiUUFT.
Defenders of the Democratic reve
nue laws are between two fires. They
try to show that the treasury deficit
is due to decrease in customs reve
nue caused by the war: their oppo
nents cite figures showing that this
decrease is insignificant by compari
son with increased expenditures.
The deficit is due to increased ex
penditures rather than decreased In
come. The Democratic party de
nounced the extravagance of Republi
cans, but the latter party at least
kept within its income and turned
over to the Democrats a balance of
over 1149,000,000. The present Ad
ministration has not only spent this
balance, but has decreased income and
increased expenses to the point where
Senator Simmons estimates the deficit
for the current fiscal year at 883,500,
000. Had the late Congress restricted ex
penses to the figures of the sixty-second
Congress, It would have been able
to show a surplus after meeting the
shrinkage in customs and ordinary In
ternal revenue. It could even have
dispensed with the emergency taxes
and still have made good the decrease
in customs revenue with the receipts
from income tax.
The facts prove that not the war,
not the Underwood tariff alone, not
decrease In Internal revenue, but Dem
ocratic extravagance is responsible
for the Administration's troubles.
Though Congress knew that income
was decreasing. It Increased expenses.
That caused the deficit.
MENTAL ASSATJXT.
RIoloiriKtji hava found that abnormal
mental states bring about a temporary
tvnnalnv.an rtf thciGA nrOCARRAR which
produce stimulating secretions, a
subtle toxin being formed instead. The
effect is a poisoning of the body wnicn
laoHo In riAniA:rion Tf thA unhUDDV
state of the mind is continued seri
ous Injury may follow.
It 'has remained for a cnicago jury
tA mab-A ilpaalif A Tllil in t lonR Of thlS
discover-. In' an inquest over the
body of a woman, wnose nusDano nan
h.an civAn to hruta.1 naffdng. the Jury
decided that her death was superin
duced by "a mental assault." From
the facts in the case it appears that
the wife had been in 111 health and
was subjected to violent verbal aouse
at a time when her system was un
able to assimilate the toxins that must
have resulted from her perturbed
Tnontui ciuia An to whether this
wretched fellow will be prosecuted we
are not anvisea, dui it is umiKeiy,
owing to the peculiarities of the law,
which does not take into account such
"mental assaults unless the wile com-
nlnlne Tn thin rasft. Of COUrSe. SUCh
a cAmnlnint is lirmossible. for the rea
son that the nagging husband com
pleted his work.
Tet punishment should follow. , A
M Via mllil cnmonred with
the tongue lashings which some wives
(not to mention some nusDanosj are
compelled to endure. If the victim is
In normal health the depressing ef
fects will wear off. Such is the body's
facility for repairing itself and clear
ing away excess poisons. But if the
victim is not in good health, the re
sults may prove serious, even fatal.
We have no doubt but that many a
grave is filled with victims of peren
niel and persistent abuse, while the
murderers are abroad undisturbed
either by the authorities or tne quaims
of conscience.
WAR'S EFFECT OX " WOOU
nnA American industry which owes
its present prosperity almost entirely,
if not entirely, to tne war is tne -women
industry. The report of the Na
tinnoi Aenonintfon of Woolen Manu
facturers shows that the number of
idle broad looms decreased rrom zt
ner pent on March 1. 1915, to 18 per
.n on December 1. 1915. At the
same time imports of woolen cloth and
dress goods, wnicn increased . iu
inn at- pant under the Underwood
tariff, have shrunk almost to the pro
portions prevailing under the Payne-
Aldrlch tariff.
But the American woolgrowlng in
dustry still feels the evil effect of the
rATinoKat1r tariff. As about 95 per
cent of the woolen goods used in the
TTnitAr! states is now produced In
thLs country, there is a strong de
mand for wool. Tnis country ui.iia.iiy
consumes about one-fifth of the
world's production of raw wool, and
American mills draw one-half of their
supply from domestic growers, but
under the threat ana tne actuality m
...tni thA HomAKtlo nroduction of
WCU " ', ... " r
wool has constantly decreased. We
have become more and more depend
ent on foreign supply, which comes
mostly from Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa and Argentina, In or
der to prevent wool from reaching
r.rm.nv. Great Britain put an em
bargo on exports to any country out
side the British dominions. This em
bargo was lifted as to the united
st.tu on condition that all exports
from British territory to this country
je consigned to the Textile Alliance,
which made a compact witn nnuiiu
that an wool imported by it should
be consumed in the United States and
that none should be re-exported, j. ne
large shipments of Australian and
New Zealand wool under this contract
have caused -the London Times to
charge that part of them was reach
ing Germany and to propose reimpo
jition of the embargo on exports to the
United States.
This, then, is the effect of the Un
derwood tariff on- the American wool
industry, from grower to manufac
turer. Production is decreased at the
very time when war gives the domestic
manufacturer practically exclusive
possession of the American market.
The American manufacturer is there
by made more dependent on foreign
supply of raw material at the very
time when war Teduces and threatens
to cut off that foreign supply. Only
by the favor of another nation are
we saved from stoppage of that sup
plv. This is the very nation with
.wiuci hd are ticsited ia serious con
troversy about interference with our
commerce- and which might restore
the embargo if our protests became
annoyingly insistent. There Is no in
ducement for the American woolgrow
er to Increase his production, for the
end of the war may at any time re
move the temporary obstacle to im
ports. The American manufacturer
cannot safely enlarge his plant and
expand the .industry, for peace may
at any time expand imports to Under
wood proportions.
UNSEEN SCENES. -
-Even casual readers of contempo
rary fiction must have noted the es
trangement that has sprung up be
tween modern writers and Nature.
When the average writer needs a bit
of landscape in bis settings he "shieks
it in," as the artists say.. Perhaps
some scene is vizualized and reduced
to paper in some such general term
as "the countryside was a riot of vivid
color," or "the mountain stood out
sharp and clear against the spotless
sky." To give any further Illuminat
ing details would require an intimacy
with Nature which is not part of the
average writer's equipment.
Hence the observation of Professor
Dallas Lore Sharp before the Boston
Authors' Club is something that should
be taken to heart by our writing per
sons. He would apply the "back to
the soil" movement to the new genera
tion of writers in order that they
might know the ways, and moods of
Nature first-hand. He says a long
stay on the farm would work wonders
in them. There can be no doubt of it
In concerning themselves with human
nature and human interest, they are
getting entirely away from that Inti
mate communion with Nature which is
food to the poetic and imaginative
soul. They- spend their time in the
cities, where everyone does everything
according to convention and hence
sees nothing of life in Its formative
state, In its stages previous to the
advent of man
When the painter seeks inspiration
he searches it out first-hand in the
country if he has need for landscape.
Perhaps he could "fake" his ' scene
without a single defect of detail. But
the artist knows that It is not enough
to paint the mere externals of things.
He must catch Nature's moods and
meanings. How presumptious of the
writer to put aside this same require
ment, on the assumption that he can
interpret and portray Nature at long
distance. Back to the soil is a man
date modern writers must follow if
they would maintain rising standards
and escape an ultimate charge of In
fection by literary hookworm.
The situation In regard to the Ferris
bill shows that the only way in which
the West can block harmful legisla
tion is by filibustering. The East and
West will not give attention to West
ern rights until the West blocks the
way to the pork barrel. The late Sen
ator Carter proved that.
If the portrait which the Sultan
sent to the doctor who operated on
him was taken after the British evacu
ated Galllpoli, it bore a more cheer
ful expression than would have been
the case had it been taken a few
months earlier.
Hudson Maxim must have been
reading current fiction; yet there is
a line of truth in what he says and
wisdom in his suggestion. This will
be this richest Nation on .earth and
good picking.
A falling icicle in Portland is as
bad as a spike -bomb in . England.
Travel on the outer edge of the walk
or the left side of the street and es
cape danger. If you are a fatalist, go
any way.
Carranza's Ambassador gives assur
ances that the murderers of Ameri
cans will be run down, but we have
had a surfeit of assurances. Action
and results alone should be accepted.
Blackmailing operations under cover
of the Mann white slave act con
stitute good cause for amendments
which will confine that law to pre
vention of commercialized vice.
- Prodded by public Indignation at the
massacre in Mexico, the Democratic
mule presented the unwonted spectacle
of dragging an unwilling rider into
action.
A man who was up early yesterday
and saw the sturdy young chaps de
livering the papers says the man who
does not clear his walk should be put
in jail. -
A few submarine disasters will dis
pose the people to demand that the
entire old flotilla be scrapped and
that we begin again with the newest
type. "
4- - n nrlmlnol " f-ra
o i.uiu.i ii.Lu .
Pankhurst is a joke. Being harmless
on this side, the autnormes wouiu
better let her land.
i
The film that gets past forty-one
nrnmAn anA ffllir TT1 All CenBOrS Will be
as harmless and as thrilling as the
prattle of a child.
.Cream separators and apple cider
stores should be viewed with sus
picion since the combination produces
alcohol.
The strenuous woman of the Uni
versity of Oregon waits for no trains
and is daunted by no blizzard.
One of the gubernatorial candidates
in Idaho is promising too much. All
those things cannot be done. ,
Seasonable slogan: Snowdrifts huge,
but snowdrifts rare; drifts in Port
land everywhere.
Andrew Carnegie is spending the
Winter in Florida Along with the
other "paupers."
The latest Importation of Russian
ballet dancers cannot show us any
thing new.
Really, all needed to moderate the
temperature is "snow, turning to
rain." - .
The former Jitney patron picks the
seat over the radiator in the street
car. .
Only kin of the Christian martyrs
attended services yesterday morning.
Cheer up! Spring will be along in
the course of a couple of months.
Used grain bags will be high enough
this season to be worth stealing.
But just suppose we had to depend
oa the jitney this weataeri
How to Keep Well
By rT. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, II matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered In this col
nmh. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letters wiU be per.
sonaliy answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where clomped, addressed en
velope is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual dis
eases. Requests tor such service cannot be
answered.
Copyright, 1816 by Dr. W. A. Efans.
Published by arrangement with Chicago
Tribune.)
Seaaom ef Peril.
Of course, everybody knows that a
grip year is a season of peril for old
people and drunkards. Ia it a season
of truce for babies? No.
At this season of the year colds and
pneumonia kill more babies than "does
diarrhoea, teething or anything else.
Diarrhoea is the Summer terror to the
mother of a young baby. Colds and
pneumonia are her Winter terrors.
Grown people get much of their pneu
monia from crowds. Babies, except
hospital babies, do not get pneumonia
from crowds. Babies catch colds from
other people. The older children come
home from school with colds or the
father sets a cold at the office. The
chance Is excellent that the suscept
ible baby will have a cold a few days
later.
The first lesson for the mother to
learn is that colds should be quaran
tined out of the nursery. No easy job,
I admit, where there are several chil
dren and the house is small and the
servants few.
Babies catch colds from overheated
rooms. If a young baby develops a
cold the chance is that the cause is
something other than an ordinary in
fection. A physician should be called
at once, as the probability is that the
baby-haa a serious congenital disease
After the first week in the Summer
time and after the first month at other
seasons of the year the baby should
have some open air during every day
that is at all fit ,
The temperature of the nursery should
be several degrees lower than adults
permit of. Temperature over 70 which
adults stand for months without seri
ous disadvantage cause babies to get
a cold within a few days. Perhaps the
reason is that every adult not a shut
in gets a bit of open air every day.
The baby is a shut-in unless somebody
makes it a business to see that it is
not. The windows of the nursery
should be opened and the air Hushed
out at short intervals.
s Probably Defective.
Mrs. J. V. writes: "We have a very
nervous girl 3H years old. She is
.liirktl- nlnhtnnl.a and nanruit OTAt Ollt
and play with other children. Could
this account tor a general Dacawara
ness? She memorizes well and obeys
Inctrnctintia fnirlv WAll. hut. SeemS VerY
alow to understand and very dreamy,
refusing to leed or help nerseii in any
way.
"TViaa .t i turn .i.nnnaodlv normal
children in my mother's large family
(10 children;, one was leeaie-rainueu
and we were taken away from her for
.Taa ("in- I nth., AhUitrAn l t f 1
in early childhood, but seemed bright.
would tnis cniid De more nauiu i
be defective? Both parents are ex
tremely nervous."
REPLY.
I think an examination will show this
child to be mentally defective. Inheritance
Is responsible. It not infrequently happens
.. . i . iJ .111 .Irln twnm art 11 fl -
mat ieeDie-iiuui"o.o 'i- " o
parent to grandchild, the parent in between
being normal.
"Chicken Pox.
C. E. W. writes: "Would like to
know if there is danger of a child
taking chicken pox after being sent
i i . . -,rw--A i , f- Tf a n 1. thorn
1Q cb liuuao 1 1 i; i u i . . - -
anything that would keep him from
taking It? I have a swollen upper gum;
it seems to be a lump; it is real bard
and extends over the three large teeth;
It does not pain; tne teem mc uccu
and ache sometimes; the lump has been
there several months. What could it
be and what would remove it?"
REPLY.
.. a A w D.iat Hnnsrer r t
inero is wiiisi " " .D., o .
that. There Is nothing that yon can do. The
child will eitner nave tne uisco m "
not, and what you do will make no dirrer-
. . . . i . .. K1la will Hin n
ence. xour nope mat j.uu.
Is founded on two points. Possibly your
cniia oio not cmo i.
sick person. Possibly your child Is not sus-
..1.1- . - .ki.v..n mnv A method OI
CepilDie lO tun.ncn u .
vaccinating against chicken pox has been
. . .. i v. .. J ..I itaMnri
devised, but it nas nui wi
trial in everyday use.
2. Have your dentist see this mass. It
must be an epulis or some other form of
tumor.
Alnrry.
M. M. H. writes: "Would you .please
inform me where one could have an
nn.Diinn fn. fiinlA ruoture at a small
cost? And would it be successful?"
REPLY.
Suggest that you write the state hospital
at lawn CMtv and also one or more hospitals
at Omaha.
Reducing Weight.
D. G. writes: "1, Kindly advise a
good method in reducing the paunch
when engaged in gymnastic work.
"2. My present weight is 163 pounds
stripped. Would getting down to 145
Tioiiorln he exertinsr myself when exer
cising every night?
"3. While in training wouia nuionius
two or three cigars a day be harmful
if I did not inhale the smoke?
"Am a constant reader of your column
and an early reply will be appreciated."
. reply. -
Bending exercise, rising from the prone to
the sitting position, raising the legs to a ver.
tical position wniie lying uu J"":;":
with the head end lower than the foot. The
effort should oe ooiu w
the muscles of the back and to straighten
out the curves in the backbone.
You cannot lose 18 pounds by work
alone. Yon muet diet In addition. You do
not give your height. Eighteen pounds from
1B3 may be Inadvisable.
3. Yes.
Something Elae.
R. T. writes: "I have a very inflamed
. la n.ra roil A TI ft TTIV f Vl r D .1 1 iS
tongue, it ict 1 1 " " : . , .
a little sore. I have used peroxide, but
. - i i manA nnta thl
does not seem to 1
as I am anxious to get well."
"TtEPLY. '
I expect you arc shooting at the wrong
mark There are one or two diseases of the
tonau'e such as cancer and leukoplakia in
wMch the disease Is limited to the tongue
But. speaking generally, the tongue Is . .
wnguein general diseases than it is to trj
to sret warm LCI
1 b . . t- tnui'iiA mv mean
PeUrTetVVs,b;you-"h.ve .
tongae, tnougn u -
your case as In that of younger person,
your in vmintc Dersons.
?5r.ubjec "thm growing
especially suuj .-..ntions of the skin
pains, rnemn.uaiu --;":-, --i
And in 1 miaht go on. The point l aim at
"a.J- when vou treat red tongue.
The tongue is the wrong place.
Conscription in England.
' PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 16. (To the
Editor.) D Does the conscription bill
now being voted on In England apply
to Australia. Canada and all of Great
Briton's colonies, or does It only affect
the British Isles?
(2) Do the laws between the mother
country and its colonies allow the
mother country to enforce conscrip
tion In the colonies?
u A SUBSCRIBER.
' (1) The bill applies only to Eng
land. Scotland and Wales. . Ireland is
excluded.
(2) Existing acts under which the
colonies operate do not permit Parlia
ment to extend conscription to them.
It is perhaps legally possible to amend
these acts so that Parliament would
have that authority but it is not polit
ically, possible.
THEORY OF TRADE IS 2VECESSARY
Trade School Boya Learn It Where Ap
prentices De Kot.
PORTLAND, Jan. 1,7. (To the Edi
tor.) I write this arUcle with the view
of asserting the contrary of some
statements made in an article by O. G.
Hughson,' secretary of Builders' . Ex
change, concerning the School of
Trades. The boys who go, or would
like to go, to a school in which trades
are taught are usually of the type
that are inclined toward mechanical
and electrical contrivances. The
mothers and fathers of these boys are
apt to see this technical inclination in
their sons, but are more apt to . dis
suade them from such a state of mind
especially the wealthy class of people
upon the plea that It is dirty work
and that if the boy wants to take up a
trades course he will be put with a
rough class of boys, the sons of trades
men. But upon investigation it will
be found that a large number of trades
boys have very high Ideals.
Thus the rich boy is kept out of the
school of his choice, the school that
might make a man of him. The reason
why many boys who leave the school
do not get positions in keeping with
their chosen course is because they are
too young. For instance soma times
whole classes of grammar school boys
will be brought to see the shops and to
watch the students at work. Now. these
boys are young, perhaps 13 years of
age, more or less. These young fellows
see the electrical apparatus and the
machine shop equipment and are per
mitted to stay and watch the boys
operating the machinery. The little
fellows are actually dazzled by the
great variety of playthings apparently
at the command ef the students. The
electric and machine shops attract the
childish eyes admirably, hence the
overcrowded condition.
The boy IS or 19 years old has out
grown these childish fancies. His
brain has developed and ia then per
fectly able to absorb the difficult in
tricacies of his trade, while the
younger boy is still childish and passes
lightly over the theory of his work.
Perhaps he finds that he is intended
for another walk in life altogether.
Boys at such ages should, to my mind,
be excluded from the school till more
mature.
Show me the apprentice that really
learns the theory of his trade. Theory
is necessary to make a proficient
workman. 'The apprentice can go no
higher in knowledge than his instruc
tor in that particular trade. Does the
master mechanic have an apprentice?
No! Does Colonel Goethels have an
apprentice? I don't think so. These
men learn the theory of their trades
from competent instructors and hire
men that have had skilled instruction.
Some young "squirt" may think he has
solved perpetual motion, but if he
knew the law of conservation of en
ergy he would think otherwise.
The real energetic student will en
deavor to get a college education. If
popper's and Mommers pet does not
make a success after leaving the Ben
son Polytechnic School it will be due
to his own personal shortcomings.
C. H. McCASLIN.
Electrical Student.
HOME FITEI SHOULD BE BOUGHT
Writer . Draws Lesion From Shortase
of OH at Schools.
PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 16. (To the
Editor) I see by the papers that sev
eral schools in this city have been
closed for the reason that the oil com
pany could not deliver fuel oil to heat
the buildings. This shows how little
the public knows what the men they
elect for office, are doing, and yet
there is a constant howl coming up
eternally to take care of the unem
ployed. In former times cordwood was good
enough to heat the buildings, and our
former officeholders had some regard
for the people they served, through
buying cordwood, as it made it pos
sible to employ large numbers of men
throughout the Winter months in cut
ting cordwood, and also aided the
farmers near to Portland to clear their
land and extend farming operations.
Instead of sending our money to the
state of California to buy oil it should
be paid to our own laborers here to
cut wood; tho farmers for the wood,
and the woodmen for making the de
liveries. Keep some of the money at
home and employ a great number of
men who are idle during the winter
months, also assist the farmer in clear
ing his land, and also shut off excuses
for closing schools for which the tax
payers are paying. E. B. MATSON.
Phases of Prohibition Law.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 16. (To the
Editor)-WIll you be so kind as to
answer the following questions? I
know this is not. alone for my own in
formation but for a great many people
I have talked with. There has been
a good deal of discussion but the
points of the law are not clear in a
good many respects to the layman.
(1) How many quarts of beer per
month is one allowed to ship in?
(2) How many quarts of liquor
(whisky for example) per month?
(3) If one orders, say, two dozen
beer, which I understand is the allow
ance, and two quarts of whisky, would
they be allowed to ship in anything
like port wine, sherry, etc, or if beer
were not ordered could one ship in
whisky, that is, two quarts of whisky
and two quarts of wine, say either
port or sautern, or anything of that
nature?
(4) Is it necessary to go to the
Courthouse and obtain a permit before
ordering the liquor? What are the
regulations regarding same?
(5) Suppose a man wishes to ship
in beer and whisky, while his wife
or son might wish to order port or
some other liquor. What are the re
strictions regarding this?
(6) Is each adult member of the
family entitled to the regular allow
ance or does one allowance apply to
an entire family regardless of. the size
0l(7miB there any law prohibiting
three neighbors ordering at the same
time their beer, for example, and hav
ing same come in one large package
to effect a saving In transportation?
I am quite sure that a great man?
of your readers who are not habitual
but do like to have a little In the
house and wh'o wish to conform to the
law, will appreciate a concise state
ment as to Just what can and cannot
be done. D. V. A.
(1) The limit is 24 quarts of malt
liquors or (not "and") two quarts of
vinous or spirituous liquors in any
four consecutive weeks. The consumer,
cannot lawfully ship in both malt and
spirituous liquors in these quantities
in the same four weeks. I
(2) See answer to question No. 1.
(3) No The limit of two quarts on
vinous and spirituous liquors includes
whisky, port wine and sautern.
(4) No The consignee signs a re
ceipt and' affidavit which is forwarded
by the express company to the County
Clerk's office.
(5) No family can receive more
liquor than the limit fixed for the Indi
viduaL (6) One allowance applies to the en
tire family.
(7) It is unlawful.
Germany and Munitions Trade.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 15. (To
the Editor.) please let me know If
the German government ever protested
to the United States on the manufac
ture and exporting of munitions in the
Present war. ( A. GRENDAL.
The German government has never
made protest.
In Other Days.
Twenty-Five Tears Ac.
From Tha Oregonlan of January 17, 1SS1.
The first swan of the season and!
Jackrabblts from Eastern Oregon were
on the market yesterday, as also wild
geese and big lack curlew. As to ducks,
there is no end of them.
The Olympian skating manager, R. J.
Aginton, will on next Friday night
tender the Portland newsboys a benefit.
Tho idea originated with "Senator"
Morgan, who has given several such
benefits in the East for the boys who
are exposed to the cold and rain while
earning a livelihood.
At the First Baptist Church tomor
row evening Dr. John Gordon will
preach on "The Possibilities of Young
Men."
Miss Jennie Johnson, of Colfax,
Wash., while 'teachlug a young man
how to dance last Tuesday, slipped and,
fell, breaking one of her ribs.
John Sylvester, aged 77 years, died
at his home at Corvallis January 1L.
He was one of Oregon's earliest pio
neers, having arrived in this state in
1S45.
The Multnomah Street Railway Com
pany im now operating its cars on the
Eleventh and Fifteenth-streot branches
by electricity.
Halt a Century Ago.
From The Oreronlan January 17, 1966.
Next In Importance to the President-"
message is the report of the Secretary
of the Treasury, Mr. McCulloch, In
which be says: "The opinion that real
prosperity Is advanced by an increase
of paper currency, beyond what is ab
solutely necessary as a medium of ex
change, is so fallacious that few sane
men entertain it whose Judgment is
not clouded by the peculiar atmosphere
which an inflation is apt to produce."
We observe that restrictions under
which some of the Southern bishops
who had refused to pray for the Presi
dent, were placed by the military, are
now removed.
Since the Democracy lost General
Sherman they have but two generals
left general failure and general des
pondency. I Judge ,Yv". Lair Hill arrived in the
i;iiy yeoitirutiy iruin Alie innes, win
ing on the steamer Fannie Troupe.
The disclosures which show Thomas
Jefferson as the real author of the
famous Kentucky resolutions of 1798
have Just been written in an Interest
ing way for the New York News.
The report of William Dcnnison.
Postmaster-General, show revenues
for the year ended June 30. 1S65, were
$14,556,158.70. and expenditures $13.
691,728.28. '
Corvallis fleeted a copperhead city
ticket last week as follows: Mayor,
Benjamin Pilbean; Recorder, W. H.
Johnson: Marshal. Sr. H. Bell; Treas
urer. 'William Flledner; Counctlmen,
John Burnett. W. P. Dyer, Robert Llps
:ombe, W. B. Hamilton, Charles Gay
lord and Levi Russell.
MAN WITH NO STRI'GS ATTACHED
Young Republicans Want John P. Lo
gan for Delegate.
PORTLAND. Jan. 16. (To tho Ed
itor.) Candidates are announclne:
themselves for delegate to the next
National Republican convention In Chi
cago. It may be said of them: "They
are all honorable men": but there are
many of the rank and file of younger
Republicans who would like to see in -the
field some representatives of that
element of the party not associated
In the public mind with old factions,
fights or prejudices.
Many of the younger Republicans of
the state, and particularly of this coun
ty, would like to see as one of the rep
resentatives a man courageous, honest
and sound, who is not known as an
office-seeker or office-holder, but is
free to represent the Republican party
as a whole. Such a man ought not to be
suspected of becoming a delegate in
the Interest of any candidate for the
Presidential nomination, but should be
free to be governed by the choice of
the people of Oregon, be ready and
able at Chicago to express the popular
choice of this state and give to that
choice all the Influence possible.
Such a man, many believe, can be
found in John F. Logan. He possesses
qualities that seem to make him pe
culiarly available at this time for such
a position.
We hope this suggestion will be
taken up and that Mr. Logan may be
Induced to announce his candidacy for
delegate. In the interest of thousands
of Republicans who have no axes to
grind, but only want to see the party
of intelligence and sound doctrine once
more put in control of the affairs of
this country.
I am speaking for several younger
Republicans, who have conferred about
this matter.
HAMILTON JOHNSTONE.
Tiew Naval Inventions.
' PORTLAND. Or., Jan. 16. (To the
Editor.) Quite by accident I have con
ceived of an idea, which I think would
be of great value to our country in
naval warfare and for coast defense
purposes. One feature of the idea is
an apparatus for securing the range
of an object on the water.
Unlike the range-finder in present
m. which only secures the approxi
mate distance, my contrivance would
find the range very accurately, in fact
to within a few feet- Because of its
simplicity I have wondered wny mis
method has never been used for range
:
flndlmr.
No doubt you will think me one o
those fools who are always suggesting
wonderful and improbable schemes to
defend the country. Possibly I am.
but as a patriotic American I feel that
It is my duty to inform the proper of
ficials of the idea and allow them to
do with it as they please.
Will you kindly advise me to whom
I should write in regard to the matter?
AN AMERICAN. ,
Communicate with Secretary of Navy,
Washington, D. C.
A Pat Crlhliaue Hand.
r-rTT- rTr i-i- Tun 15. (To the Ed
itor.) Please give us the proper count
for the following nana in cnoDage:
One 4. two 5s. one 6 and a 5-spot turned
up. R. & H.
The 4 and combined with each 5
count three 15s. the three fives another
15, total 8; three runs of 4, 5, count
a. .tipaa Ka count 6: total, 23.
The New Freedom
Manufacturers are learning that
it pays to cultivate their market
by sections.
They are freeing themselves from
the old bugaboo of sweeping a con
tinent at a time.
They are applying Intensive
methods to their advertising.
And that explains why they are
turning towards newspapers in
greater numbers than ever before.
The newspaper not only opens
the way to intensive selling but it
also brings an Influence to bear on
the local dealer that would other
wise he unattainable.
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