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THE NOmSTSG OREGOXIA3T, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1916. 6 PORTLAND. OREGOJf. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Fostofflce second-class matter. Subscription Eates-In variably In advance: Tiallv Rmi'iT Included, one Tear ....$8-?? Dally. Eunday lnc'.uded. six months.... Iail.-. Sunday Included, three months. Daily. Sunday included. OM monu.... X-a.l'. wltLcut Sunday, one year. ... Dally, without Sunday, alx montna.... Dally, without Sunday, three months. -Daily, without Sunday, out months.. - "Weekly, one year. ........ Sunday, one year. - etunday and Weekly, ona year By Carrier.) 4.2S 2. .oo 1.23 1. .HO 1.50 r so 3.50 ailv Sunday Included, one month '5 U n D.mU Anri nOStofflCO mOOT r" ier. express order or personal check on your . 1.ca1 bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's rick. Give poaioiiicw lull. Including county and state. Poetsce Rates 13 to 1 pages. 1 cent; 18 - 3.1 p-ges. 2 cents: 34 to 4S pages. 3 cents. . ,crt n a .,nt- 2 to 76 pages. 5 ecu: 7s to 92 pages, 6 cents. Foreign post Mr ilnnhl. rmfaia. atern Business Office Verree A Coa Hn. Brunswick building. New York; vtrj w Conklin. steger Duuaicg. i.ntwsw. Francisco representative, B. J. BIdweli, 1z Market street, lORTLAVr. MOTAT. JATAKT S4. 1S1. HIGHES THE IDEA!, PBOGKESSITE. More than usual interest attaches lo the address of Supreme Jus tice Hughes to the New York Bar As sociation because of the unique post lion In which he stands before the people. Regarded by the great mass of the Republican party as the ideal progressive, who can hold together Its newlv reunited elements ana leau them in an advance so well and wiselj considered that all the ground gained a-lll be held, he has set his face strongly against accepting this leader, ahip. His address confirms the opin ion that he regards even passive con- Bent by a Judge of our highest court to .his nomination for elective office as destructive of the functions of thai .court and of the confidence reposed :jn it. Yet that address confirms the 'conviction that he is the man to place at the nead of the Nation in these critical times. His very renunciation of the honor which ail increasing number of the people would thrust upon him strengthens their belief that he is the man of the hour and their determination that all obstacles raised by his own scruples shall be pushed aside. ; ' The only passage in Justice-Hughes' "address which can be construed as an Allusion to his reason for suppressing jany personal political ambition Is this reference to the "appropriate provi sion for determining the scope and validity of state and Federal laws": " at the outset care was taken to Insure the permanence of our system by creating a judicial tribunal as far remored as possible "from the passion and prejudice of partisan controversy," -which should observe the tra ditional requirements of reasoned Judgment In applying to the decisions of controversies tha supreme law. That reasoning undoubtedly is sound as forbtdding a supreme Judge to become a candidate for elective of fice, either actively or covertly. But Jt does not forbid the people, of their own motion, to take a man from the supreme bench and place him in some other office where his services are needed. Surely the people can trust themselevs to rebuke by defeat any Judge who, attempting to take advan tage' of such a precedent, may seek the Presidency or any elective office by the means familiar to aspiring poli ticians. That is proved by the suc cess with which they have maintained the anti-third term precedent In the absence of constitutional inhibition. H- not placing any restriction in the Constitution on the number of terms one man may serve as President the people have reserved to themselves the right to set aside the precedent nnd to decide when an emergency de mands that It be set aside. As with the third term, so with the election of Judges to executive office it is for the people, not for any individual, to decide when an exception shall be made to a rule which they have laid down and which they, therefore, are free to break. The great merit of Justice Hughes, ps revealed by his address, is that he applies to every proposal the test question: 'Will this be effectual and useful in enabling the people better 4o govern themselves?" In the light of his ripe knowledge of the law, of his experience as an executive and of Jils unswerving devotion to our demo cratic form of government, he an- ewers this question. No consideration lor any special interest, no desire to do or say the merely popular thing, sways his Judgment. ' Because the people believe that Justice Hughes would continue to follow as President those principles which have guided him as Judge they desire him as Presi dent. One of our most perplexing prob lems is the extension of governmental machinery to cover the ever-broadening and more intricate field created by our rapid development in such manner that the Federal Government hall not encroach on the autonomy of the states nor the legislative- power tie unnecessarily weakened by en largement of executive power. Jus tice Hughes proposes that this be ac complished by restrictions on private and special legislation, by increased local control over purely local affairs, y uniform state laws dealing with matters of general concern and ,y simplifying judicial procedure, fln contrast with those Com gressmen who are Jealous of delegating any of their powers to commissions' exercising both legisla tive and quasi-Judicial powers, he sees the necessity of such delegation, in herder to adapt our form of govern ment to the new conditions, which 'have arisen' since the Constitution was framed. But Justice Hughes is not in sym- psthy with those who persistently strive to magnify the Federal power et the expense of the states, for he says: "We remain convinced of the ne 'Peasity of autonomous local govern ments." The following deliverance on :the evils of over-centralization and the necessity of local autonomy is ; worthy of consideration by those who feek to take local affairs of the West under control of an overgrown bu reaucracy centered In Washington: An evercentrallsed Government would treak down of its own weight. It is almost Impossible even now for Congress in well, high continuous session to keep np with its duties, and we can readily imagine what . the future mar have In store In legislative onrm. If there were centered In Wash . ington a sing! source of authority from h:eh proceeded all the Governmental forces cf the country created and subject to ; change at its will upon whosa permission -all lcelslatlve and administrative action de ' nded throughout the length and breadth cf the hind. I think we should swiftly de mand and set up a different system. If we did not have states w should speedily nave to create them. We now hava tbam. with the advantages of historic background, and in meeting the serious questions of local administration we at least hava tha ad. vantage of Ineradicable sentiment and cher--hed traditions. And wo may well con gratulate ourselves that the ctiTurastanees f the fomiuoo'ot a more peneci lvivd has given us neither a confederation ai tatei. nor a stntla centralised government ut a Nation and vet a I nion of Mates esch autonomous In Its local concerns. To preserve U eseUl tltotsu et this ajs- tea without permitting; necessary local au tonomy to be destroyed by the unwarranted assertion of Federal power, and without al lowing state action to throw out of gear the requisite machinery for unity of control In National concerns, demands the most in telligent appreciation of all the facta "of our Interrelated affaire and far more care ful efforts In co-operation than we have hitherto put forth. No encouragement can be found there for those men who "would have the Federal Government keep tha Western states in a. condition of pen. manent inferiority by becoming the landlord, of a vast number of tenants and by invading the sovereignty of the state In order to exercise govern mental power over those tenants. The following expression' of opinion by him may well be applied to the admin istration of the public domain: Very often the differences that exist be. tween state and Federal laws governing dif ferent phases of the same general activity are due mere to accident or lack of fore thought than to difference In deliberate purpose. Both Nation and states have the same purpose with regard to. water power and mineral land. The only source of difference between them Is disregard by Congress of the state' rights and interests in seeking to at tain the purpose at which both aim. An accommodation is possible if Con gress and the Interior Department will be guided by respect for the rights of the states instead of by dis trust of the states and desire for Fed eral aggrandizement. HIS OWS PLATFORM. A distinguished gentleman once said that the Democratic platform was not molasses to catch flies with." Pass ing events have also revealed that It does not stand as a guidance to a Democratic Congress. But If the Democrats choose to ignore it why do they excoriate anyone else who makes use of it? Why get sore about HT Witness the rebuke administered to Senator Call, of New Mexico, Repub lican, by the Democratic Portland Journal. Senator Call incorporated in a resolution the declaration of the Baltimore platform, that "Every American citizen residing or having property In any foreign country is entitled to and must be given the full protection of the American Govern' ment both for himself and his prop erty." The esteemed Journal capitalizes the words "for his property" and roundly denounces Senator Call as a 'cash register patriot. Who was the cash register patriot who put the same words Into the National Demo cratic platform? It is rather late In the day, but he certainly ought to be exposed, and drummed out of the camp of the faithful. ' As we recall the brave declaration of the Baltimore platform on this subject and on the single Presidential terra, free canal tolls for coastwise ships, enforcement of civil service, its denunciation of enlargement of cen tralized government, and its indorse ment of the Presidential primary we are struck by the remarkable acumen not to say prophetic vision exhibited by the same contemporary a few days after the 1912 convention adjourned. Speaking of the platform and the nominee, Mr. Wilson, It said: He Is not only on a splendid plat form, but he is his own platform." His own platform? He is; he is. AX EVASIVE DISCLAIMER. John Lind's letter to Henry Lane Wilson is a disclaimer which does not disclaim. The basis of Mr. Wilson's complaint was the charge that he knew of the plot to murder Madero before it "was carried out. Mr. Lind was alleged tohave made the charge at a meeting in a Minneapolis church. He does not say in his letter, either, that he never made the charge or that It is untrue. He merely says that he commented on the events which led up to and culminated In the death of Madero, and disavows press reports of his utterances as "misleading and susceptible of misinterpretation." That leaves the question at issue still open. If Mr. Llnd, when he went to Mexico as confidential agent for President Wilson, learned anything to prove that Ambassador Wilson knew that Madero was to be muTdered and was therefore an accessory before the fact, he should speak out. If he learned anything to clear the Ambas sador of the charge, in Justice to the latter, he should make it known. Mr. Wilson's denial of the charge and his demand for a disclaimer Justify pub- pic opinion in muiium su.m OX me evasive mduuci iu -i . Lind has met the demand. In place of the "pitiless publicity," which Woodrow Wilson promised before he became President, we have from his confidential agent cruel evasion which leaves under grave suspicion a man who served the Nation under most delicate circumstances. Mr. Lind's conduct is of a- piece with that of every other man 'con nected with the Administration's Mex ican policy. There is a studied effort to keep the lid on Mexico- to conceal the truth and to deny or explain away the truth when it becomes known. The natural inference is that the Ad ministration dare not let the whole truth be known lest an indignant peo ple compel it to act decisively in an affair where It has shunned action and practiced indecision. If the facts should not Justify that Inference, the Administration has only itself to blame. OREGON AS A CORN STATE. If some Rip Van Wlokle who had gone to sleep in Oregon thirty years ago were now to wake up and see the strides we have made toward making corn the king of agricultural crops in Oregon, he would no doubt think our statistics were but the romances of a disordered brain. For the corn crop in Oregon thirty years ago was about as great as the peanut crop -Just an experimental patch of a few rods er maybe an acre or so here and there. Perhaps now and then a real enthus iast, say from that greatest of corn states, Illinois, might have had as much as a 20-acre patch. Where do we stand now? As to total production our crop of last year amounting to 1.155.000 bushels looked rather small by the side of the Illinois crop of 374.164.000 bushels, or the Iowa crop of 303,000,000 bushels. But those states long since reached their maximum yield, while we are but be ginners. Look back only three years and it will be found Oregon has prac tically doubled the yield, while the area has increased only about 50 per cent. In 1913 our area, Jjf corn was J 1,000 acres, in 1914 it was 23,000 seres and last year 33,600 acres. We are Just learning how to grow corn. But the figures that ought to open the eye ef every land owner who has land which he thinks will produce corn are those relating to the value of the corn crop per acre. Figures Just made public by the Agricultural De rm rtm wit show that the Oregon yield ' h j VQinA acre of of last year had a value per acre OI I jjg yft. That lOOKS small Dy tne Side I nromises held OUt that Certain lot promises oetn uui uw. fruits would net the orchard owners anywhere up ' to well, say a thou sand dollars or so per acre. But let us get down to solid ground and show what the "trifling" sum of 328.70 per acre means. To begin with, it is 310.05 per acre more than we got per acre for wheat last year, more by 312.95 per acre than we got in 1913 more than any wheat land in the United States yielded save In Nevada, where but little wheat is grown and that little sold to the miners at fabulous prices. In the greatest of all wheat states, North Dakota, the yield was only 315. 8 3 , per acre, which is about the average. In 1913 the so-called corn states ran along In yield value per acre about the same as Oregon around 20 per acre. In 1914 it was much lower in the corn, states, reaching $11.66 in Kansas, Oregon being 324.60. in isi the values were but a trifle better throughout the Mississippi Valley while Oregon waa Increased to 138.70 To look at it in another way there were twenty-nine states which got bigger returns per acre than Oregon in 1915. Oregon outstripped the corn states by an average of about 312.S0 an acre. The prices in -New York and the New England states are not a criterion, for there Is but little corn raised there and the most of that little is sold on the New York market for table use when green or is used for canning. These -facts are given to show that Oregon is one of the coming corn states of the Union. Every land owner ought to be glad of it and help the movement along, for there Is no gainsaying the fact that to take a bushel of corn off of land really costs but a trifle in fertility value, while to take a bushel of wheat costs practically 30 per cent of what the wheat sells for. In other words, the wheat farmers must soon resort to fertilizers to get a good yield- year after "year. By growing corn and feeding it on the land, as should be done wherever pos sible, land will improve each year in condition and the crop will Improve in feeding value. ' MEANINGLESS INSTRrCTIONS. More than a majority of the dele gates at the Republican National con vention will have been elected by the primary method. Tho New York Times puts the number 'at 597. In the convention there will be 991 delegates, six- of whom, being representatives of Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip pines, may not be given the-Jtght to vote. An anomaly exists, in that several popular candidates, including Justice Hughes, Elihu Root and Senator Borah, object to the use of their Dames as candidates, while all but one state, Wisconsin, require the election of instructed delegations. In Oregon, according to one construction of the amended law, the delegation may be instructed or uninstructed, according to the will of the people as expressed at the polls. That is to say, a candi date for delegate by filing a nominat ing petition may get on the ballot without signing a pledge to support the party choice for the Presidential nomination. But if the candidate od tains his ballot place by paying a fee tothe state he must sign a pledge to exert Ms best efforts in behalf of the party's preference. But other states have more curious provisions. As the Minnesota law is construed by the Secretary of State a delegate's nomination cannot be ac cepted unless he makes oath that he will support some aspirant for President whose name has been filed in the secretary's office- The papers of one candidate for delegate have been returned becamse .no Presiden tial candidates are officially listed in St. Paul. In Massachusetts all parties may participate in the selection of Repub lican delegates and In the expression of the Massachusetts choice of a Re publican Presidential candidate. A legal test of the Minnesota law has been In contemplation, but there is now doubt of seouring a basis for the action. Presidential candidates may there be nominated by petition without their consent. Petitions have been under way for the nomination of both Root and Roosevelt. It was ex pected that both would ask the Sec retary of State not to put their names on. the ballot and that he would com ply with the requests. . xnen man damus proceedings would be insti tuted and an effort made to have the law declared unconstitutional. But so far as Roosevelt is concerned this plan seems already to have failed. He has induced his friends In Minnesota to drop their petitions. The almost certain outcome will be a convention majority variously pledged to candidates who rank sec ond rate with the voters. It will be almost sheer luck if any state's in structions produce more than a com plimentary ballot or two by its dele gation for the ostensible state prefer ence. AMERICANS TO THE KOBSCPB. The American people were horrified by the danger that 7,000.000 Belgians would starve and they went splendidly to the rescue. More than twice as many people in Poland and Western Russia are not only in danger of star vation, but their homes have been destroyed by the government which was supposed to defend them, every building has been wrecked, the coun try has been laid waste and the entire population driven out lest It give aid or information to the Germans. These people millions of them are not only deprived of food, for some effort is made to feed them, but they are forced to travel hun dreds of miles in the dead of a Rus sian Winter wtih no means of trans port except what they can hastily pro cure or such railroad trains as the government grants to old, infirm and children, and with scanty food and clothing. Had not the sympathies of the American people been dulled by tales of herrer, during the last eighteen months, they would long since have rushed to the rescue as they responded to the need of Bel gium. The people thus driven out by their own government, in order that the Germans might find they had con quered only a wilderness and might find no human being to perform any labor for them or to give them infor mation, are principally Poles, Jews, Letts and Lithuanians. Gregory Ma, son, an eye-witness of the exodus, says in the Outlook: They come from all ranks and rtationsl of life, rich and poor alike, now all poor, thrown from their homes with nothing but the clothes on, their bodies" by the grim chanoes of war. ' Nearly all of the able-bodied men having already been drafted into the army, the millions of fugitives are mostly the old, the sick and Infirm) the women and children. They starve and freeze to death on the roads by tens of thousands. They pour into Petrograd and Moscow: in, numbers beyond the power of those cities to care for. They camp- in the freight cars which have carried a for tunate few or in barracks which have been built for them. Many are fed by th- Russian committee of which Princess Tatiana is the head or by a British committee, but the work of relief is more gigantic than that of Belgium. It calls for an outpouring of American generosity exceeding that which saved Belgium and for an or ganizing genius equal to that of Her, bert C Hoover. " - Military necessity demanded that these millions be driven out, though the countermanding too late of the devastation order is an admission that it was a blunder. Humanity demands that these people besaved, that they be clothed, fed and sheltered and that new homes be found for them. From their plenty Americans can surely spare a part to be applied by another Hoover to this noble work. This Nation cannot remain Indifferent to the fate of these innocent victims of war. ' A TAX ON .EXPATRIATES. On Its face the proposed special in come tax on expatriated Americans is commendable. The expatriates take everything from this country, but give nothing in return. They do not pro. mote understanding of us by the peo ple among whom they have chosen to dwell, for they are not Americans at heart, hence do not fairly represent us. They cannot be termed spokes men for America, for they speak more in disparagement of their native land than in praise of it and are more or less frankly ashamed of it. Probably the only good use the -United States can get out of them is to penalize them by taxing their American-made incomes. There Is one drawback, however. This tax would be an incentive t some of them to remain in America or to return hither. We should then re tain as citizens some who lack the first essential of citizenship loyalty to their native land. They would con tinually extol foreign institutions and introduce foreign social customs. They would be out of tune with the Amer ican spirit. But their yearning to hobnob with the old, but now somewhat depleted, nobility would be so strong that they would probably pay the penalty and trade American fortunes for shopworn European titles. The American Treas ury would be enriched and American citizenship in no way impoverished by their voluntary exile. Discontent In the Senate with Pres ident Wilson's Mexican policy has had more influence with Carranza than all of the President's notes, warnings and admonitions. The first chief shows real energy in executing murderers of American cattlemen and in pursuing- murderers of American miners, lest watchful waiting should end in inter' vention after all. Those Japanese who occasionally are held up and robbed in their homes on the outskirts of the city no doubt feel that.it is all In the game and sub mit; but one of these days there may be a -strenuous one who will object and kill a robber or two. He will have nothing to fear when he does so. A man at Pendleton who attempted to commit suicide but missed when the bullet was deflected from his heart by a rib, is said to have "been drinking." The name of the beverage that causes such poor marksmanship in a "dry" state must have a near danger sound. Malheur has Just sent three men to the penitentiary for 'stealing sheep. That may or may not be the proper destination it depends on the point of view. . However, it shows a state of feeling in the big county that is com. mendable. " It the Senate refuses to confirm Mr. Fletcher as Ambassador to Mexico, the reason will, be that Mexico has no de facto government to which he can be accredited. On what grounds can the embargo on export of arms to Villa then be continued? What Js the matter with the can didates, anyhow? The Colonel has forbidden the placing of his name on a primary ballot to be voted on for President. Is the cause modesty or is it disloyalty to the direct nomination system? The Democrats are trying to hand the mestizos of the Philippines the same kind of gold brick they handed to the labor unions when they for bade expenditure of trust prosecution funds in suits against unions. After the war there will be great opportunities in Europe for people of alien blocTfl on this side; but it Is a question whether they will be wanted with the political Ideas they have Im bibed and cultivated here. Deaths from petromortis are re placing those of men who went sleigh-riding, got full and froze on the way home. Joy riding is dangerous from any aspect? ' The Baker boys and girls who were snowoound at Pocahontas showed the true spirit by dancing all night to keep warm. The poor fiddler was the object ht pity. North of the state line a man who arrived at almost any time beyond a dozen or two years ago is a pioneer. South of it, 1859 is the date. The operation, which is part of the sentence given a Pierce County crim inal, should be performed about two Inches below the ears to be effective. .With National and state guaranty of land improvement bonds, many drain age schemes like that for Long Torn Valley would be carried through. Any reference to a poor editor in Oregon is a poor pun. There is one at Hood River Just chosen president of a National bank. Attrition brines the Ford party down to twenty-two at Copenhagen, a healthy reduction. There may be people who object to this sort of weather. . They do not belong here. Telocaset Hill is a great place for enow and so is the Grand Ronde Valley. Ere long reservation must be made ldng in advance at the penitentiary. ' Good time to register. How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. Evass, Peril la Iliist. TEB - violent rainstorm Is looked upon as a blessing by some. It washes off the flat roofs, cleans the pavements and purifies the air. The opinion is often expressed that epi demics of colds and pneumonia are made worse by the dust. These are not medical opinions. They are not based UMn scientific oninion. What may be construed as support for this opinion comes' from two sources. Bacteriologists report that they find streptococci abounding in the sputum of people sick with the pre vailing disorder. Streptococci are found in street dust. As an ingredient of street dust they get Into the nose, throat, and lungs, causing colds, sore throax and rjneumonia. A committee of the New York Acad emy has reported on the harmful ef fects of street iust. This report was made to Commissioner Featherstone and is published in the Medical ReC' ord. The Conimisaion finds: " 1. Numerous bacteriological exam' inations made in this city, as well as elsewhere, show that street dust con tains a variety of living pathogenic organisms, such as tubercle bacilli and various types of streptococci, which are recognized as causative agents of many resDiratory and other diseases. " 2. Persons free- from exposure to, city dust are lees liable to suffer from respiratory diseases than those so ex posed. 3. Dust has for a long time been universally recognized as an injurious merhanlca-I irritant, and as a cause or lowered rodily resistance, and one of the first prerequisites of publio health has been the elimination of dust as far as possible. "4. Dry sweeping should be entirely abandoned. An adequate system of street flushing should be introduced in street cleaning procedures of our cities snd effort should be made to apply all available means ,to make the streets as free from dust as possible." Among the diseases which may re sult from street dust are the follow ing: That group of Inflammations of the eye generally called pink eye. There ia some reason for holding that con numotton is sometimes caused by the inhalation of street dust. The prob ability is that breathing of air Infected with tubercle bacilli from being sprayed by 'sneezing, coughing patients is more important as a cause of con gumption than is breathing f air filled with street dust. "This does not, however," says the commission, "mean that dissemination of gorm-laden dust is unimportant as a factor in endangering public health." On the subject of streptococci in dust, thev speak as follows: "To summarize, briefly It is not only the tubercle bacil lus that in to be feared, as insisted upon bv Prudden, but also in cities such as New York the pathogenic strepto cocci as well." The streptococci found are capable of causing colds, sore throats, bronchitis and pneumonia: There is considerable prool mat wnen infantile naralysis and cerebro-spinal meningitis are epidemic in a community one of the measures of control which has proven helpful Is street sprinnung and flushing. Hew Much Protein 1 A. L. writes: "Will you oblige me by notifying me just flow much protein the system needs dally, how much starch and sugar? I am greatly in terested in this matter, and tnanK you in advance for your kindness." REPLY. It is figured that a man at hard work re quires 100 grams protein (whites of eggs, casein of milk, gluten of flour, aud lean meat), 100 grams of fat. 02O grams of car bohydratea (sugars and "starches) to meet the demands of the system. This is 1.2 the food requirement of a man at moderately active muscular work. A man with light muscular work and a boy of 15 to 18 years of age eat-h require 0.9 tho food of a man at moderftely active work. A man at sed entary occupation, a woman at modarately active work, a boy of 13-14. and a girl lo 1 each requires 0.8 the food of a man at moderately active muscular work. Atwater estimates that a man engaged in moderately active muscular work needs about c.400 cal ories ef heat daily. One gram of protein equals 4 calories, 1 gram of carbohydrate equals 4 calories, 1 gram of fat equals . calories. Cr 1 ounce protein equals 114 calories. 1 ounce carbohydrate equals 114 calories, and 1 ounce fat equals 2p3 oalorles. Clogged Noatr'ls. Tt 7. n writes: "Will you kindly tell me why Is it that I always seem to have a cold or. one of my nostrils is so clogged up i can't breathe through it I Bnrav mv nose daily, but it seems to relieve Just for a time. My eyes seem so watery, aitnougn i Datne them. Is that from my nose? I have such terrible noises as of ringing in my ears that I sometimes cannot fall asleep. Have I a bad cold in my head.'" REPLY. It is probable that you have a polyp or some other cause of obstruction in your nose. wh- i Ih removed all three of your groups of symptoms should disappear. Spray ing win not um jvu. Tapeworm. F- PC. writes: "Will you please tell in your 'How to Keep weir column in what way I can get rid of a tape worm? I have beanr bothered for almost a year." REPLY. The following treatment should be used tinder a" doctor's direction: Supper before treatment is to consist of a light liquid diet. No breakfast is to be given, sixteen minims Ox Oil OI cnenopouium are j,ii;,3u uu sugar. The sugar is uiviueo. unoo pw,". The portions are taiten at iiitei hour. Two hours after the last sugar ,1s given half an ounoe of castor oil and 43 minims of chloroform are given. Science or Art. STT-VERTON. Or.. Jam-22. (To the Editor.) To settle an argument please state whether music Is an art' or a science. The dictionary tells us that continual researcher is a scientist. that one who has his work down to nariMtion ia an artist. It also tells us that a painter or sculptor is an arusu B claims that music is nothing more-K,er nor less than a science, on the grounds that a musician is continually research ing. C claims that common sense teaches that music Is an art in, tne sense of the word that a picture painter is an artist. He holds that for an, artist to acquire more art does not make him a scientist. . ' I hold that music is an artistic science. Artistic m tne laea- as j nrensaa It. science in tne laesv as a expresses it. Who is right? f. A. iilOUtl. A science teaches us to know, and art to do, and all the more perfect sciences lead to the creation of corre- sDondlnir arts." Jevons. Your contro versy probably arises over the fact that a musician employs science in proauc- ing art. Ability to apply skill ana taste in producing beauty of sound Is art. In strict discrimination, a real musi cian is an artist rather than a scientist. ' Making: the Slosjam Mean Mere. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edi tor.) I wonder if there is not some one in Portland whose Droaa Drain can ng ure eut a way to make the Rose slogan, or all it stands for, be a lasting Joy and benefit and pride to all Oregon and Portland especially. I am thtnkiner of the many possibili ties which might be accomplished. Sup pose, for Inetance. every vacant space In Portland and en the beautiful and much-advertised Highway were set out to rosea, and the petals were gathered and manufactured into the many ar ticles that are made elsewhere of them. Would it not be a real, beneficial ad vertisement, one that could not be ob literated? A few days ago some Eastern firm talked of buying, or trying to buy, rose leaves out here; but we should be en terprising enough to manufacture them in our own state and sell the finished product, thereby advertising our great rose state on a perfectly solid basis. J, 3U , PUNISHMENT FOR OVER-INSURED Ac-eat Should No Be Only 0e to Sai ler, Says Mr. Sondhelm. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edi tor.) I have noticed considerable In the papers of late relative to the sub ject of over-Insurance and the sensa tional acts of Fire Marshal Stevens. Mr. Stevens merely presents one phase of the situation, but not a new one by any means, as every fire marshal that ever held office in any part of the coun try has had his little fling at over Insurance. Now, as a matter of fact, over-insurance play a very small part in the total fire losses throughout the country, ac cording to statistics of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Why. here In Portland last year 1800.000 of the annual total loss was caused by four downtown fires and even Mr. Stevens does not contend that over insurance entered into any one of them. Over-insurance offers little incentive to property owners to commit the crime of arson, tor the very good reason that few losses are settled for even the full value of the property, let alone any excess sums. But, if agents are to be punished for insuring property for more than its actual value, Jhen why should not'-the party securing the in surance also be punished? Granted that property should be more carefully inspeoted before being cov ered by a policy. What will be the practical outcome? Companies will have to pay better commissions and the property owners will have to pay more for their Insurance, The idea of in surance is to offer protection at the lowest possible cost consistent with the solvency of the companies. On the other hand, if a property owner wants to misrepresent the value of his property, personal Inspection will not necessarily prevent him from doing so. Suppose his house contains valu able antiques: if he says they are worth twice as much as they really are, how can the agent determine otherwise? Fire Marshal Stevens is rendering ef ficient services, but less of the spec tacular would not detract from his ef ficiency, by any means. LOUIS SONDHETM. Editor Northwest Insurance News. substitute' for alcohol bath Mother Gives Simple Preseriptiom Which Has Proved Efficacious. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Ed itor.) Just a brief article concerning the case ef the sick young man who was at the point of death and whose physician prescribed alcohol baths. We are told that "the new prohibition law was laid aside" in order that alco hol enough for the purpose might be bought at the drug store without the recognized preliminaries being gone through with. Being a mother of live grown chil dren. 1 am- asked what I would use in stead of alcohol? This is a physician's prescription also and I never knew it to fall: One-half teacup of table salt, one-balf teacup of ground table mus tard and one-half pint of good cider vinegar; put Into a quart, bottle and fill nearly full with water; place where it will keep warm, shaking it occa sionally until all is dissolved and blended together. I would bathe the patient with warm water in the morning and at bedtime, massage gently, then at noonday and midnight. If patient was restless, would apply the mixture plentifully, and would expect a cure speedily. More frequent applications would do no harm. MRS. NEAL B. INMAN. S65 Eleventh street, Portland. Or. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM SCORED. Party Newspaper Flays It Over the ' Shoulders ot Senator Fall. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Some time since Senator Fall, of New Mexico, introduced in the United States Senate the following resolution: "Resolved, That the constitutional rights of American citizens should go with them throughout the world and that every American citizen residing of having property in any foreign coun try should be given the full protection of the American Government both for himself and for his property." In the Portland Journal there ap pears a long editorial ridiculing this resolution and denouncing Senator Fall as "a cash register patriot." It so happens that this resolution is copied verbatim from the National Democratic platform of 1S12. That same platform has something to say about a single Presidential term and freedom of coastwise ships from Panama Cana) tolls This same platform has also the fol lowing plank: "Our platform is one of principles which we believe to be es sential to our National welfare. Our pledges are made to be kept when in office as well as relied upon during the campaign." Senator Fall is certainly a victim of misplaced confidence. REPUBLICAN. An Indefinite Problem, HILLSBORO, Or.. Jan. 23 (To the Editor.) Please publish the correct so lution of the following problem: A man buys 10 cows for J500 and. then sells eight for what the 10 cost. Find his gain per cent "A" solves it thus: 10 cows cost $500; eight cows sell for $500; 2 cows produce no money gained; but the gain Is two $50 cows or a value of $100 on an outlay of $500 or 20 per cent gain, "B" solves it thus: 10 cows cost 1500; one cow costs 150; eight cows sell for $600, one cows sells for $62.50; $62.50 minus $50, equals $12.50 gain on an outlay of $50, or 25 per cent gain. A STUDENT. There can be no definite answer to an indefinite . problem. If the gain cent in cash obtained in the trans action were , specifically called for, B'a answer would be correct But assum ing that gain per cent in capital wealth is desired, A's answer is passably cor rect. Tet it might as reasonably be figured that the two cows retained had increased in value in the same propor tion as the ones sold, in which event the gain in wealth would be 25 per cent Are Rabbits Fit For Food! PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Ed itor.) Are the rabbits you buy in the various Portland markets free from tuberculosis and other diseases? Are they inspected by the State Meat In spector? Are they free from tho large grubs that are so often found in their necks and backs? Do you know how long they have been killed before be ing put on the market? Have you visited the Front street markets to see the condition in which they are re ceived and handled? If our local market inspector ia not familiar with these conditions It would be greatly satisfying to the mind's of many people if he would make an in vestigation and report on the subject A, W. SCHLADOK. OnrxWeaBer. Snow, snow, the beautiful snow But we're mighty glad to see it go; For the weather we've had has been no joke And with fuel bills we're nearly broke. We'll take the rain, let the south wind blow "For the love of Mike" dbn't send us snow; Our weather so far. this fresh New Tear. Has certainly proven to be most dear. But let us cheer up, forget this spell The pipes are thawed and all is well: Soon Spring will come and the roses bloom With joy. lor all in the business boom.. In Other Days Tvrraty-f ive Years Ago. Front Th'e Oreconlan, January 24, 101. Washington. Jan. 23. The success of the Republicans in getting the cloture rule resolution before the Senate, while it is reassuring, does not bring any complete assurance that the passage of the elections bill is a certainty. John N. Russell has been appointed postmaster o the recently established postoffice at Woodstock, Multnomah County. Olympia, Wash., Jan. 23. A startling sensation is hatching, lb pertains to the late Senatorial fight. Representative Metcalf's charge that he was paid 1500 to vote for Calkins has angered the Calkins men and they are getting ready to spring a mine that will, they say. rock the state. They assert they will show Senator Squire secured his re election through the grossest kind of bribery. Nelson Bennett, H. E. Hough ton, Thomas Payne, W. H. Doolittle, Miles C. Moore and Thomas Ewlng have signed a statement In behalf of Calkins. Dr. D. H. Randhad a brief battle with a fire at 6 o'clock last night He conquered the flames, but received sev eral burns. Mrs. Rand discovered the fire while sitting at the supper table. James Laidlaw.-British Vice-Consul, has received a letter from London Ire-quiring- for Neville Vaughan, who la thought to be In Portland. The Alblna School clerk muddle Is assuming a more serious aspect, espe cially so far as T. W. Blelck Is con cerned. Two directors seem to want his scalp. C. W. Roby, ex-postmaster of Port land, has leased the new Holton House and will conduct one of the best hotels on the Pacific Coast. The committee appointed to secure a location for the Portland University has decided that Portsmouth is the most desirable place. Half m Century Ago. From The Oregonlan of January 24, 1866. Much interest has been manifest of late in the matter of securing for this section the trade of Montana Territory. Among prominent causes cited by Secretary Stanton as exercising a de moralizing effect or the hopes of the rebellion during the last year of Its existence was the signal defeat inflicted on McClellan as the candidate of the pro-secession party of the North. The Louisville Journal gays: "Bu- . chanan has committed a foolish waste of time and toil and money in writing and publishing a book to vindicate his course as President just before and after the breaking out of the rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Campbell were the recipients of a tin wedding party last week. The divorce of Edwin Forrest, the ' actor, has taken a novel shape. He appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States to set aside the action of the New York court which granted his wife a divorce, his grounds being that the marriage occurred in Kngland and the courts of the United States have no business to meddle with it. W. Carey Johnson is goinr to Wash ington City soon, and will transact business for a number of local citizens. MUMTIOS MAKERS MlfiHT PAY Old Story Culls Up Prepared ncaa View point and Suggestion. MARSH FIELD, Or., Jan. 21. (To the Editor.) Anent the discussion at this time regarding an enlarged Army ami Navy, I hand you a story which I acci dentally came across In an oki copy of the Saturday Evening Post, dated Sep tember 4, 190: "Former Senator Dubois, of Idaho, who had been in Washington for a time this past session, heard an ar gument out in Boise 'City between two Irishmen concerning the advisability of a great Navy, it was the time ot the Japanese scare and the people in the Far Western country were all wrought up. " 'I'm wid Teddy on this.' said one. 'We must have a big Navy. The bigger the better, say I. No nation can be thruly great wMont a navy. No nation ever has.' '"Whist!" put in the other Irishman. 'No nation has never boen great wld out a navy? Luk at Ireland an' th' Jews, an' thim widout a rowboat be chune thim!'" It Is sometimes refreshing: to see the viewpoint of other days during theaa strenuous times. The writer Is not prejudiced either way. hut thinks that if the Army and Navy of this country are to be enlarged at a great expense, the manufacturers of munitions should be called on to divide some of their ex cessive profits with the taxpayers, some of whom are vastly worse off than they would have boen had the present war never have started. c L. W. JACOBS. ROSE SLOGASf IS HIGHLV PRAISED Contestant In Late Contest Pays Trib ute to Woman. PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (To the Edi- - i i i ,,- hMn n contestant for the honor of furnishing the slogan for the Rose festival tor tne year t jACiPA ia take off mv hat to the lady whose poetic genius produced the one worthy slogan of all that have so far gone out to the world from our Festival authorities. The adoption of the slogan offered by Mrs. Slater Smith does credit to tho good sense of the committee having the matter In charge. "For you a rose In Portland grows Is a personal Invitation which must appeal to the finer sensibilities of every person who shall have the good fortune to receive it; and, that the largest possible number may receive it. I would suggest that the Festival authorities have printed letterheads and envelopes containing the slogan. .tK smnhaslzed. and distribute the same free, so that all may be en couraged and enabled to send tne otii- cial slogan to their friends. LEWIS C. GARRIGUS. Columbia Highway Slogan. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 23. (To the Editor.) I note with pleasure that the t-, T?,.-.i.,-i pammiMfn has selected a riose p cm, most fitting and appropriate slogan for tae romanu nmo Now in view of the fact that deal cation 'of the Columbia River Highway is an event of equal, if, not paramount. , , h nennle of OreKOn. 1 suggest the following "classic rally cry lor tni uidwih, v,,-...",., - i. in fail in Attract immedl- Hur ii. " 1 14 . , ate and pleased attention: For the lova ot lime. Come and see our yk pYK - The Guide Post If the guide post said: "This way to tho place you wanted" that is the way yon would go. You would not let some stranger persuade you to go the opposite direction. When you read an advertisement in .thi newspaper you are looking at a series of guide posts. One of these may give you Just the information you are seeking. And when it does ask for the article you want by name. Do not take something "just as good." '' 8tick to the guide post that points to the road of satisfaction.