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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1916.
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PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, JAN. IS, MIC
I CX01E RCI AX VAB IS COMING.
The present time is not too early
for the United States to prepare for
the commercial struggle which will
surely follow the war. Even while
they are fighting, the two groups of
European powers are already pre
paring for the bloodless fight for com
merce. Each group is considering the
continuance for economic offense and
defense of the present alliance for mil
itary purposes. The central empires
are discussing a grand scheme by
which they and lesser states allied
with them shall dominate the world's
commerce and put their enemies at a
disadvantage. Their enemies, under
the leadership of Britain, are driving
Germans out of their commerce and
Industry and are considering a combl-
cation by which they shall have a
preferred position in each other's ter
ritory and colonies.
The central empires are reviving in
earnest schemes for an Austro-Oer-man
fiscal and commercial union, but
on an enlarged scale. Friedrich Nau
mann is the chief of German propa
gandists of the idea, to quote the Lon
don Times' former Berlin correspond
ent, "that Germany and Austria-Hungary
form the natural center of a
great political ana ecuiiuiimj Bjaieiu.
stretching from the North Sea and the
Baltic to tho Alps, the Adriatic and the
Danube, and destined to draw in all
the states on its fringe." He argues
that there is no prospect of the dis
solution of the present groups of
states; that they tend to draw together
permanently and that Germany and
Austria must perfoct their commercial
union before, not after, pea e negotia
tion. Europe is to be given "two long
wails one running from the Lower
Rhine to the Alps, the other from
Courland to either the right or the
left of Roumania." To the smaller
states isolation will be intolerable and
they must sooner or later decide with
which league they will or can march."
Poland is to be restored and taken into
the Central European league as its
"Eastern wall of defense," according
to Count Andrassy, ex-Premier of
Hungary. Naumann does not propose
at the outset to drag in Holland, Scan
dinavia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece,
Turkey, Switzerland or Belgium, for
he says this will naturally follow.
Negotiations for the formation of
this league are already in progress and
tho recent visit of Kaiser Wllhelm to
Kaiser Francis Joseph is said to have
been designed to advance them. The
main idea, says the Times, "is a joint
tariff with special adjustments among
the partners" in order to make Central
Europe more self-supporting and to
perpetuate state control of supplies
and regulation of prices. But the
league mould certainly launch upon a
career of commercial conquest.
That similar preparations are being
made by the allies is shown by the re
cent visit of a French commission to
the United States for the purchase of
material to restore French industry
after the war and by a recent speech
In the British Parliament by Mr. Run.
ciman. President of the Board of
Trade. He said that secret inquiries
were being made "for the reorganiza
tion of our industries when the war is
over and for preventing the penetra
tion of British Industries by German
enterprise." Inquiries were "being
conducted into trade relations between
ourselves and our allies and into con
nections that German syndicates and
the German government itself had
formed." Among the subjects covered
were "the use made by Germans of
the English financial system, the use
made of British ports by German ton
nage, and the position of German own
ers of British companies who claimed
the advantage of our ports and flag
and the ownership of real property by
liens." No tenderness would be
shown to German interests. A repre
sentative was sent to Italy "with the
Idea of capturing some of the trade
previously done by Germany."
But discussion in Britain has gone
fur beyond the limits of Mr. Runci
man's work. Confident of final vic
tory, many British business men and
economists look forward to the extinc
tion of Turkey and to a league which
shall draw around the central empires
a ring of hostile tariffs. By offering
advantages in world trade the allies
would attach to their league some of
the smaller states in Northern and
Southeastern Europe. They would
give preference over the Teutons In
each other's colonies, which in event
of their victory would include practi
cally the whole of Africa. The same
kind of discrimination against Teutons
which Mr. Rnnciman proposed for
Britain might be practiced by all the
allies. The stronger league would at
tract to it the smaller nations, as honey
attracts files, and it could add mem
bers as long as there was anything to
gain by the addition.
No matter which group of powers
wins in war, both groups will be bet
ter equipped for industry and com
merce tnrough the expedients which
war has forced upon them. The Teu
tons will have placed in practical op
eration the ideas of efficiency and
economy on which they lay such
stress, and will thus have gained val
uable experience. Military necessity
has forced the entente powers to ab
sorb a large measure of these Ger
man, qualities, to put them In practice
and to prove their merits. This val
uable experience is not likely to be
thrown away. Britain particularly wil!
be greatly changed industrially and
will have modified its views of politi
cal economy. Free trade will no
longer be Its fetish. When the na
tion has settled down to work its sup
ply of skilled male labor will have
been much diminished by war. Under
pressure of war, machinery will have
supplanted manual labor at many
points and will have proved its econo
my. After having proved that much
stork which labor unions have hith
erto Insisted, uon restricting to skilled
men can be done by unskilled men
and women, employers will not will
ingly return to the old practice. Union
opposition may be overcome by a new
deal with, employers. The government
will take a more active hand in the
direction of industry, both to aid and
encourage it and to make the nation
more independent of foreign supplies.
What can be foreseen as to Britain
will In a measure be true of France,
Russia and Italy. Industry in the two
latter countries is likely to be invigor.
ated bv the injection of British skilL
energy and capital, and they' may be
come more serious competitors of
great manufacturing nations.
These movements of the belliger
ents most nearly concern the United
States, for the energies of each com
mercial league will be directed to
competition first with the other and
then with outside nations, of which
the United States is the greatest. Each
league will strive to take away from
us the trade we have gained in Its
territory and in our own and will go
after that which we have taken from
both in the world at large, especially
Latin-America and the Orient. It is
mperatively necessary that the United
States prepare for the commercial
contest in order that we may hold the
ground we have gained and that we
may gain more. This preparation re
quires careful inquiry into our tariff
and shipping laws as a preliminary
to their revision in such manner as
will facilitate commerce. Inquiry
should begin now in order that the
new laws may be passed and put in
operation as soon as possible after
peace is restored.
A BLOW TO BUREArCBATS.
It is not a long step beyond the doc
trine laid down by the Supreme Court
in the Alabama water-power case to
the doctrine that the right of eminent
domain may be exerted by water
power companies against Government
land not devoted to Governmental
purposes.
Recognition of the authority of
states to vest water-power companies
with the right of eminent domain is
the main factor if other court decis
ions are accepted as precedents. Nu
merous decisions have been rendered
affirming the right of corporations
performing public functions under
state laws to acquire by condemnation
needed Government land. If this con
struction be correct, objections to the
Ferris bill and its purpose to make
Government an exacting landlord are
minimized, for the Intended effect of
the Ferris bill must fall.
But the decision presents another
angle. One of the professed dreads
of the supporters of the Ferris bill is
that if public lands needed for de
velopment of water powers are turned
over to state control the water-power
interests will acquire the power sites
in fee, and hold them out of use. A
law similar to that sustained in Ala
bama would deprive a company of the
right to hold power sites idle in the
face of a desire of another company
to use them.
There could in fact be no water
power monopoly short of the time in
the far distant future when all water
power shall have been developed
Then it could only be a monopoly of
plants engaged in supplying hydro
electric energy subject to state regu
lation.
Those who see barm lurking in that
are referred for consolation to those
local eminent proponents of the Ferris
bill who are now advocating a single
telephone service In Portland on the
theory that the people are served bet
ter and cheaper by a publicly regu-
lated monopoly than by two systems
with the attendant necessity of fixing
rates that will pay returns on dupli
cate investments.
CNROOTD VOIXMES.
While the world may wax enthusi
astic over those whose genius has out.
shone the sun. the humble worker in
the literary field who supplies us with
fleeting entertainment generally slips
by unnoted, even after long years of
useful work. The dispatches barely
mentioned the passing of Jeanette L.
Gilder in New York the other day.
Possibly there are few who will recall
Jeanette Gilder when her name is
brought up. Tet for nearly fifty years
she has been before the public in a
humble way as a journalist and maga
zine writer.
Probably If her writings could be
assembled they would fill a greater
library than the works of most writers
of great renown. Your real literary
person who writes a book a year for
twenty years is hailed as a phenome
non of industry. Yet the writing folk
of the press and magazines write one
or two thousand words a day 300 days
in the year and every year in a
lifetime. What author can boast such
a record? Too often the successful
author permits himself long periods
of relaxation, believing that his pow
ers will become Impaired otherwise.
Naturally, such refinements cannot
be engaged in by the writer whose
daily contribution Is a matter of rou
tine. Miss Gilder was IS when she began
writing. She was 68 when death laid
aside her pen. She began as a re
porter on a Newark. N. J., daily and
continued in that school of life until
1875, when she was given a position
as literary editor and musical and dra
matic critic on the New York Herald.
She pursued this interesting and im
portant work for five years, leaving
it to found Putnam's Magazine with
her brother, Joseph Gilder. Thereafter
she contributed widely to magazines
and newspapers. Two of her works,
"The Tomboy at Work" and "The Au
tobiography of a Tomboy" are widely
known. During the lost few years she
had engaged her efforts toward re
vising the works of young writers and
disposing of them in the open mar
ket, an occupation in which she was
quite successful. Her standards as a
literary critic and broker were high
and she has aided many a struggling
writer over the rough places in the
trail. As an individual Miss Gilder
will soon be forgotten, but as a type
of newspaper woman her memory will
endure.
A WARNING TO THE WEATHER MAX.
There has emanated from the United
States Weather Bureau a suggestion
which should be repulsed by force If
necessary. An innocent little affair it
may appear, yet it is freighted with
frightful possibilities and dire conse
quences, and we must hasten to nip It
while the atrocity is yet in the bud.
The bureau hints at shifting our
weather readings from the Fahrenheit
to the Centigrade scale. An innova
tion almost as drastic as that of Blurt
ing our Government from an individ
ualistic democracy to an absolute
monarchy. No doubt there are argu
ments in favor of either change, but
the public simply cannot permit such
a thing, and there you are.
There is nothing quite so important
to us as onr weather. Preachers
preach, about It, -writers write concern
Ing it. Lately it has occupied great
areas of front page space. Since the
days of Adam it has been the principal
topic of conversation. Naturally we
have grown accustomed to the Fahr
enheit variety of weather. When
any one says It was five degrees below
zero over in Montana last week we
all know exactly what is meant and
are in a position to offer fervent
thanksgiving that we do not reside
in Montana. Likewise when we read
that it was 102 in the shade in Kansas.
We've gotten the whole Fahrenheit
system not only in our conscious but
in' our. sub-conscious minds. Name
any degree of temperature from forty
below to 140 above and we know in
stantly Just how hot or cold a partlcu.
lar locality chanced to be.
But what would Centigrade mean?
We are told that we need merely mul.
tiply the number of Centigrade de
grees by 1.8 In order to secure the
temperature above or below the i ahr-
enheit freezing point, which is thirty
two degrees. The freezing point for
water in Centigrade is zero and the
boiling point 100. But who is going
to fix that firmly in his mind? Per
haps the younger generation might be
taught. But such a change means
that those of us who have matured
must do without our weather the rest
of our lives. If the weather man
wants to start something Just let him
try that innovation.
TRUCKIXNO TO TAMMANY.
President Wilson has surrendered
to Tammany. That is the construc
tion which his staunch supporter, the
New York Evening Post, puts upon
the announcement that he has decided
to appoint Joseph Johnson, Jr., post
master of New York City. The Post
describes Johnson as "a chronic of
fice-seeker of the microscopic order,'
and continues:
The annotates to the biggest postofflce In
fh country has been for years known af
one ready and willing to tako any political
Job from any man or taction. To say that
be has been after the loaves and fishes Is
to rate htm too high. He has scrambled for
the crumbs that fell trom Murphy's table.
nd been glad to take any llsn-oone tnac
Gaynor might throw him.
Such Is the man whom the Presi
dent will appoint at Tammany's dic
tation to succeed Mr. Morgan, who
was appointed In 1907 to the satis
faction of the business public and con
tinued by President Taft and whose
reappointment was asked by the entire
business community, by the new York
Times, World and Post among the Ad
ministration's supporters and by inde
pendent newspapers. Johnson s ap
pointment is the price which Mr. Wril
son pays for the support of Tammany
In Congress and in the next Demo
cratic National Convention. The Tam
many Representatives hold the bal
ance of power in the House, and their
support is needed for the President's
lejislatlve programme. Ta.nmany will
control New York's ninety-two votes
In the National convention, and the
President needs these votes which he
spurned in 1912. Therefore the Presi
dent rejects the counsels of his friends
and engages in what tho Post calls
bargaining politics" and "barbarous
spoilmongering."
In hia letter to Representative
Palmer regarding the single-term is
sue, Mr. Wilson said: ,
It is intolerable that any President should
be permitted to determine who ehould suc
ceed him himself or another by patronage
or coercion, or by any sort or control of the
machinery by which delegates to the nom
inating convention are chosen.
It is.
A D&EP HARBOR FOB YAQUINA BAY.
The true Oregon spirit is shown by
the people of Newport in their request
that the Board of Engineers recon
sider its adverse 'report on the pro
posed improvement of Yaquina bar
and harbor. They reply with an offer
to pay out of local taxes one-half of
the cost of the survey and of the im
provement, which is to establish a
thirty-foot channel.
The reasons given by the engineers
for their adverse report are most ef
fectually disposed of in Newport's
reply. The inadequacy of the re
turns from the former improvement
was due to the bankruptcy and sub
sequent absorption by the Southern
Pacific of the Oregon Pacific railroad
and to the consequent withdrawal of
the steamers to San Francisco. The
railroad has been put in good repair
and regular operation and Is capable
of carrying heavy traffic from the
Willamette Valley to Yaquina Bay.
The great SileU forest is now open
to loggers and lumbermen and with a
deep harbor oceangoing vessels would
carry its products to foreign markets.
The dairying and fishing industries
have developed and would add to the
port's traffic.
The port s offer to pay half the cost
of survey and Improvement is suffi
cient answer to the engineers' state
ment that "the reasonably prospective
commerce appears insufficient to jus
tify the further cost of an enlarged
project." The people of Yaquina Har
bor might conceivably be willing to
have money wasted on a worthless
scheme if the Government paid all
we decline to believe them capable of
such folly when half the money comes
out of their own pockets. The engl
neers' argument is the same old argu
ment which has often done duty as an
excuse for doing nothing. The people
ask for a harbor that they may de
velop commerce; the engineers reply:
You have no commerce, therefore
should not have a harbor." If that
theory had always been followed, we
should still be in the stone age.
ROBERT BURNS.
Several philosophers have observed
that if permitted to write a people's
songs they would not care a rap who
wrote the laws. Ap expressive senti
ment. But we are led to wonder what
Bobble" Burns thought of that idea.
which was old in his day. He had that
rare privilege of writing a peoples
songs for them and yet we find the
wretchedness of his last days aug
mented by fear of the law and Its
medieval punishments for debt. But
then the law has been wiped out and
Bobble Burns' songs remain. So per
haps the philosophers knew whereof
they spoke, after all.
Robert Burns was not a poet In the
sense that Keats was a poet or that
Shelley and Wordsworth were poets.
He had nothing of Keats' witchery of
words, of Shelley's evanescent magic
of style or of Wordsworth's profundity.
Yet he was a poet, one of the great
est of poets, one whose melodies have
stirred the hearts of millions of high
and low degree. His muse was the
spirit of old Scotland and of new
Scotland, and his harp was the hu
man heart. When he was himself,
writing those homely verses that move
irresistibly to tears or langhter, ac
cording to their mood. Burns' mastery
was complete. It was only when he
took on the airs and aims of a liter
ary man that he failed.
it has been charged that Burns bor
rowed liberally and that even his style
was purloined. But the charge may
be fin'M wits out detracting one
whit from the merit of his work. He
gave a great deal more than he took
and, for that matter, was no greater
offender than Chaucer In pilfering
from the bards of forgotten days. He
ranged from humor to pathos, from
waggishness to sublimity. His tender
ness was infinite, his wit brilliant and
his homely morality irresistible. It
has been charged against him that
he wrote ribald song for private
circulation among his fellows, but
that may pass. If he did his
sin was no worse than that of
many of his predecessors and modern
successors. Whatever his shortcom
ings they may be passed over lightly,
when we consider "Auld Lang Syne,"
"Tam o' Shanter," "Halloween," "The
Brigs of Ayr" and an endless proces
sion of sparkling songs which touch
every chord in the human heart.
Burns was born in 1769 and his
early life was a hard one on the farm.
The Scottish muse having taken up
its abode within him he began rhym
ing almost before he was out of
his swaddling clothes. He was in
the first flush of young manhood
when his first notable works were
published in the celebrated Kilmar
nock edition, which brought three
shillings in the eighteenth century and
several thousands in the twentieth. He
sought money enough from this work
to go abroad to escape the heartaches
of an unfortunate love affair, bnt was
induced to remain at home and- be
came the lion of the hour in Scot
land. With that careless abandon
which has marked many a poet, in
cluding the tuneful Keats, he em
barked upon a course of dissipation
which shattered his health in later;
life. Retiring to Dumfries, where he
had a small official poet which paid
him seventy pounds annually, he con
tinued to write, producing drivel and
gems alternately. He also continued
to live somewhat faster than his con
stitution would permit and at a time
when he should have been approach
ing the zenith of his youthful powers
we find him complaining of "the rigid
fiber and stiffening Joints of old age,"
He passed in 1T96, his life burned out
while he was yet some years short of
forty.
The Ford party has unintentionally
served a useful purpose It has made
the pacifist busy-bodies so ridiculous
that they will receive no more atten
tion. All that was necessary to dis
credit them was to hive them on a
ship under the eyes of observant
newspaper men, just as Mr. Ford did.
Advocates of preparedness owe grati
tude to him.
The pedantic dlplomatlo struggle to
find a suitable phrase as an excuse
for doing nothing about the Lusitania
continues at Washington. When the
phrase is found we are to assume that
the murders are ' avenged and that
American honor is vindicated.
A Puget Sound smuggler who was
caught last Summer with $36,000
worth of opium has just pleaded guilty
and paid a fine of $7500. These fig
ures give an idea of the profits in the
illegal trade, beside which the blind
pig industry is a jitney affair.
There is hope for the boy who falls
n love with a married woman if he
bellows about it and is handled right.
Disappointments that begin early are
soonest ended. Better that way than
when he Is 40, more or less.
A' drop of 70 degrees in tempera
ture in the Winter season is not a
hardship, for people are prepared. A
drop of that much on the Fourth of
July, however, iwould make it too
cold to let off the fireworks.
The much-heralded naval reserve
scheme has been little more success
ful In reinforcing the Navy than was
the Army reserve in holding trained
men for the Army. It gathered in 176
men in six months.
The man twho steals "juice" is tam
pering with hot stuff and must be an
artist in his line. Most people are
too afraid of . being shocked even to
look at the meter.
It is said by a discerning corre
spondent that there were no men of
great Intelligence In the Ford peace
party. We all "knew that from the
first.
AH the border cattle thieves are not
Mexicans, but those who are Ameri
cans should not be punished accord
ing to Mexican methods.
While the honorable Millers may
be reunited, there are several score
outstanding feuds among the faithful
which baffle adjustment.
Old Weyler is chief of staff in Spain,
which Is why that country keeps out
of the war. Weyler was taught
eighteen years ago.
Mexico asks that we punish an
American soldier for alleged misdeeds.
Glad we're not that soldier if Carranza
insists.
There is nothing that can prevent
any Portland teacher from marrying
and not much to keep her off the Job,
Big incomes may be taxed for Na
tional defense. That is correct. Let
Carnegie and Ford foot the bill.
These intermittent snowfalls are de
vised to allow the industrious wife op
portunity to sweep the walks.
The stale joke about "ribbons for
the typewriter" may become worse if
prices rise much higher.
The Democratic warhorses are rest
ing easy. Bryan will not camp on
Wilson's trail.
The Lake County man In the peni
tentiary saw his way to freedom and
sawed out.
In less than four weeks of prohibi
tion the system of blind-pigging Is
crude.
With the logging camps and saw
mills In operation, pessimism will fly
away.
President Wilson urges Congress to
hasten its work. Can't be done.
Prosperity is hitting Seattle, for 250
shipbuilders are on strike.
The autos are on dress parade at
the Armory this week.
Taxlng of incomes on a rising ratio
is decidedly British.
This snow business is beginning to
get on our nerves.
The tail end of that Seattle snow
storm- . . - .
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Evaas.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
ana prevention ol disease, lr matters 01
Aral lntarftnr. will Km answered In this col
umn. Where spare wUl not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped, addressed en
velope is inclosed. Pr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for Individual dis
eases. Requests Xor such service cannot be
answered.
(Cons-right. 191S. by Dr. W. A Evans.
Published by arrangement with Chicago
Tribune.)
Typhoid ia Winter.
This is not the typhoid season, but
anyone who relaxes his caution against
typhoid by reason of the season is likely
to run into trouble.
Fly-borne and vegetable-borne ty
phoid is eliminated. Since oysters do
not feed when the water is cold, the
danger of oyster-borne typhoid is about
eliminated. In spite of the temperature
of the water in Winter water-borne
typhoid persists. In fact, certain weath
er conditions may Increase the amount
of water-borne typhoid In Winter. For
instance, a number of years ago, when
the harbor at Cleveland would freeze
over the ice would direct the sewage
stream straight toward the water in
take. In the absence of ice the wind
and waves protected the water Intake
trom sewage a good part of the time.
Typhoid in Winter Is often typical
and diagnosed with difficulty. The dis
ease. Winter cholera, from which cer
tain communities suffer in Winter is
a form of typhoid fever. If a commu
nity suffers from water-borne typhoid
fever in Summer, and individuals take
Certain precautions to protect them
selves in the warm weather they should
continue them ia cold weather. If the
community chlorinates It must continue
to do bo. It Individuals heat the water,
or distil it, or drink distilled water,
they must keep it up.
Winter weather does not suffice to
stop milk-borne typhoid, though it de
creases it. The December number of
New York Health contains an account
of two small epidemics of typhoid fever
which illustrate how milk can spread
typhoid.
In October, 1914, J. M. had typhoid
fever. .He lived on a dairy farm where
13 cows were milked. The milk was sold
to a milk dealer who handled the milk
of 13 dairies. Evidently J. M. remained
a carrier of typhoid bacilli, but he did
not Infect the milk produced on his
father's farm until the middle of the
following June. Between July 6 and
August 25 18 cases of typhoid devel
oped among the customers of the milk
depot selling the milk from the M.
farm. r. Sears, of Syracuse, and Saw
yer, of Auburn, satisfied themselves
that the 18 cases of typhoid in Auburn
were due to Infected milk from the M.
farm. They stopped the milk from the
M. farm and caused the balance of the
depot's supply to be pasteurized, where
upon the epidemic stopped at once.
Another illustration of how pasteur
ization protects a milk s'upply was re
ported by Dr. Sears. For three months
last Summer W. D. C. suffered from
typhoid fever and after effects due to
the typhoid bacillus. Ho was a milk
producer, but the milk from tils' farm
caused no disease because it went
throuarh a pasteurizing before being
marketed. Pasteurisation of milk as a
means of preventing typhoid cannot be
discontinued during the Winter.
Another group of typhoid cases Is re
ported In the December Health News,
George G. had typhoid fever during De
cember, 1910. Another member of his
family had the disease in 1911. A third
had it in 1912 and a fourth in 1913. In
1915 three farm employes had typhoid.
This was getting serious, so the health
supervisor, Dr. Berry, investigated the
farm thoroughly. Everything was in
good sanitary condition. Investigat
ing the people, he found that George G.
was a carrier. Probably he had been
a carrier since bis attack in 1S10 and
was responsible for the disease in the
other members of the family. As the
milk from this farm went to New York
City, It was probably pasteurized and
had, therefore, done no harm. The pos
sibility of typhoid from carriers is
somewhat less In cold weather than In
warm.
Depilatories.
G. G. writes: "What do you think of
the inclosed remedy for removing su
perfluous hair? There Is another rem
edy called 'De Miracle.' Would you rec
ommend the use of any so-called rem
edies?" REPLY.
We have on file letters written by people
who have been Injured by depilatories. The
Inclosed dipping contained a hidden ad.
advertising a medicine. I want to take this
occasion to warn against all medicine adver
tised by hidden ads. As straightout adver
tisements of medicines have lost their draw
ing power the medicine people have adopted
a form of subterfuge known a hidden ads.
Articles of merit are not marketed by
methods Intended to deceive.
Myocarditis.
Mrs. O. H. M. writes: "Kindly give
me such information as you readily can
pertaining to the seriousness and char
acter of the heart affliction known as
myocarditis. Is there a cure?"
REPLY.
Myocarditis means inflammation of the
muscle which makes up the heart wall. The
term as most frequently used means slow.
chronlo Inflammation. It is a serious con
dition, as it means that the heart muscle Is
weak and worn, A person with myocarditis
should devote a part of each day to tne busi
ness of getting- well. Many of those who
make getting well their business succeed In
being- cured.
Not His Liver.
C. E. L writes: "My husband is trou
bled so much with glimmering spots
over his eyes when he lies down, and
the white of his eyes gets red. He has
tried everything for his liver. He is
nervous. (1) Would that cause nr tz
Would you be kind enough to suggest a
remedy?"
1. Nervousness might cause It, but It Is
not likely.
2 Stop promiscuous "doctoring. Get
"How to Live." by Fisher and Fiske, and
follow its teachings. Learn to eat, exer
cise and sleep properly. If you are really
sick, go to physician who will study your
case, after a neao to ioot eHniinLwu, -"
will tell you wnat is wrong uu w v.-
rect It, who will not call It "liver."
Sort Drink Democrats Control.
PORTLAND, Jan. 25. (To the Ed
itor.) Concerning this Bryan scare,
J. Hennessy Murphy et al. should
take judicial notice that since the ad
vent of prohibition and the extremely
cold weather, the toddy gentlemen of
our party have remained indoors and
the loganberry Juice brigade have run
things to suit their own sweet will.
but heaven Is above us, tne eartn Deiow
and the Government of Washington
still lives. T. T. THORNTON.
Mr. Taft Poor Guesser.
CORNING. Cal., Jan. 23. (To the
Editor.) The Ban Francisco Examiner,
January 23 quotes ex-f resident w. u.
Taft as saying, "With Colonel Roose
velt on the Republican ticket I would
not hesitate to say the Republican
party would be .beaten.
That ex-PreBldent W. H. Taft Is a
very poor guesser Is proved by the
fact that he ran lor resident in jmz.
A. J. MUiS.
Criticism on a Horse.
London Punch.
Horse Dealer Well, sir, of course you
must take the 'oss or leave 'lm. There
'e is, with all 'is imperfections on 'is
ead as tne poet says. rrospecuve
Customer Ah, your friend the poet
can't have looked at his legs.
Making a Living.
Life.
Look here. Sam: don't you believe
that an honent man is the noblest work
of God?" "Well, sah, I'se done giben
up de idea ob bein' de noblest work of
God; all I asks is to make a UvinV
CLUB STARTS OUT AL'SPICIOESLY
Mr. Moores Encouraged by Desisculc
Type of Efforts to Belittle It.
PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer stands charged with
having attempted, at the meeting in
the Library on Thursday last, to "rail-1
road through" the election of Charles
A. Johns as president of the Oregon
Republican Club. He was caught red
handed in the attempt to consummate
the dastardly plot by a reporter for
the Portland Journal.
It is useless to deny the charge, for
the fairness and accuracy of the Jour
nal In regard to anything pertaining
to Republicanism cannot be success
fully Impeached. This exposure should
serve as a lesson to all would-be politi
cal conspirators.
Another well-known criminal was
also exposed with a set of by-laws in
his pocket by-laws that were not only
"cut," but also "dried." These were
confiscated - by the club and unani
mously adopted. Whatever else may
have been concealed about his person
is still a dark and hidden secret.
The Journal keeps a sentinel posted
at the portal of the American Temple
of Liberty all the time, and It will be
Impossible ever again for any member
of the "old guard" to succeed in his
nefarious work. The -sentinel may
lose his life in the discharge of his
duty. If he does his legatees will In
herit his Carnegie medal and his "pre
cious memory," and another hero will
be put In to fill the gap. The jig
is up.
According to the press the meeting
on Thursday last was a pronounced
sucoess. There was not a dull minute,
and It is a pleasure to read that, "aside
from the fireworks, it was the biggest
gathering of old-time Republicans that
has been seen for lo these many years."
Thero were "tumult," "yells" and "moose
calls." "Lids were slammed," "slates
were smashed," "great sobs arose," and
that favorite old bogle of prehistoric
time, "the old guard," was dug up,
divested of his oerements and sub
mitted to analysis and dissection.
All of this indicates vitality, courage
and confidence that the Ilopubltcan
hosts Intend to do business In the com
ing campaign, and this Is no time for
any Republican who has got beyond the
silly age to throw a fit over any sug
gestion of the Democratic press and
allow his perspective to be spotted all
over with visions of "slates" and
"gangs" and "plots" and "old guards."
Let every Republican do his part, and
any slate can be smashed that has for
Its object the making of this club a
source of revenue or a harbor of refuge
for any hungry aspirant for political
favors.
Every Intelligent man old enough to
grow whiskers knows that the "old
guard'' is no longer an entity. It is no
longer even a "lamented memory." It
is simply a sort of hyphenated expres
sion that is used extensively as a Jour
nalistic asset. Turn this expression
and a set of by-laws over to any young
reporter with the slightest trace of
journalistic talent and you can get a
splendid political story at any time.
Let him have exclusive use of it. It
may result in a raise of salary.
When even an aggregation of 278
officeholders like the Jackson Club,
onlv 235 of whom, according to the
Journal, ought to be on the payroll,
can. In these Democratic times, main
tain a auorum. there should not be tne
slightest question of the success of the
Oregon Republican Club. In the Jack
son Club, the postal department fac
tion walked all over the Internal reve
nue department faction, but "the cohe
sive power of public plunder" keeps
them together. No terms of surrender
are demanded. The single condition
of compromise Is that no member of
th Miller family shall be abridged in
the exercise of his favorite pastime of
constantly "shooting oft his bazoo.
In sDite of criticism the Oregon Re
publican Club has been started in the
right way. It was not organized as a
close corporation with its officials all
elected before an Invitation was ex
tended to the public. Republicans were
nubliclv Invited, not to Join, but to or
ganize, a club, and every believer in
ReDubllcan principles was urged to be
present at the initial meeting. It Is
not to be wondered at that aspirants
for club officers appeared, and that their
friends showed an active Interest in
their support. There can be no or
ganization without consultation of some
kind. A club cannot simply nappen
thu result of spontaneous combus
tion, and there is nothing in Darwin's
theory of evolution that will apply.
The club is organized solely for the
Advancement of the Republican party.
Any man who Joins solely because he
expects it to land nim in some omce,
or who Joins to advance the personal
interests of some candidate, or his
choice for the Presidential nomination.
should be Invited to the rear. In elect
ing club officers the sole aim snouia
be to make the club effective, and to
absolutely Ignore the ambitions of any
Individual, and to stamp our any at
temot of any faction or of any lndl
vidual to get even witn or to aavance
the interests of any other faction or
individual. Any man who will invite
antagonisms or discord should step
aside. Success to such a candidate
would be Injury to him, as well as the
club. Let every Portland r-epuDiican
attend on Thursday evening, not as an
individual nartisan. but as a plain Re
publican without a prottt or any Kino.
UlArtLH,o JD. jiuuftco.
No Word of Force in New Testament.
PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (To the Ldl-
inr In reading over The Oregonian
of Monday, January 24, 1916. I notice
some statements concerning "Prepared
ness" by one Dr. Morrison, which I
think are rather misleading and should
be given some attention.
Speaking in a general sense, I think
Dr. Morrison is quite correct regard
ing our loyalty to our flag and our
country, and It more oi our people wuu
live under the shadow of the United
States flag would assert their loyalty
to It we would not be the subject of
criticism that we are today by other
nations. But when we come to bring
ing in the Bible and the teachings ot
Christ and say that the use of force
was ever taught or advocated at any
time by Christ or any of his apostles
is going far beyond the bounds of any
authority. Jesus said on one
occasion (Matt. xxvi:52): "All they that
take the sword shall perisn witn me
sword." There is a prevailing opinion
among many so-called Christians that
"might makes right," but there is not
even one reference In the New Testa
ment that will substantiate this theory.
Christ's mission on earth was "Peace
on earth, good will to men."
Paul said (Rom. 1:16): 'T am not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it
is the power of God unto salvation, to
every one that belleveth."
Then let God's power do its work ot
love and not try to pervert it for use
in the carnal affairs of this life, for
in so doing we fall under condemna
tion of that same power. QARXETT
Bachelor Apartments.
PORTLAND, Jan. 25. (To the Ed
itor.) Will you kindly advise If there
Is a bachelor apartment hotel In this
cltv and If so. Its location?
city ana & HARTWELL.
There Is no apartment building In
Portland given over exclusively to
bachelors, although such a building has
been suggested. Portions of the Trin
ity Place Apartments are occupied by
bachelors.
Gold in Doable EaaTle.
ROSEBURG-. Or., Jan. 23. (To the
Editor.) To settle an argument, now
much gold is there in a zv froia piece;
W. W. CARD WELL.
A fraction more than 819.98 worth
of pure gold, figuring gold at t.'0.67
per ounce. United States gold coins
are 900 fine and weigh zo.s grains 10
the dollar,
In Other Day.
Twenty-flve Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of January 26,
Rome. Jan. 25. Volcanic disturbance
In the sea between Genoa and pezzie
culminated today In a submarine vol
canic eruption.
General Superintendent K. McNeil
and General Attorney W. W. Cotton,
of the Union Pacific, left yesterday
morning for Eastern Oregon to investi
gate the circumstances connected with
the outrages upon Chinese section
hands in the employ of the company.
In accordance with the permission
granted by the Council, the horse cars
have been taken off the extension of
the Third street road beyond Sheri
dan street, and this piece of road, will
not be operated until the whole line
has been electrified.
Rev. I. D. Driver tonight at the T. M.
C. A. hall will give his great lecture
on "Ingersoll's Mission." Dr. Driver
has become famous East and West for
hia ability to combat Infidelity.
Ira Goodnough was yesterday issued
a permit for the erection of a six-story
brick and stone building on Fifth and
Yamhill streets, cost $100,000.
George P. Taylor, of the t'nlon Faciflo
ticket office, will not be home before
next Saturday.
Captain T. W. Symons ha returned
from a trip to Yaquina Bay, where he
went to inspect the Government works
under his charge there.
Prince George of Wales will soon
start for Jamaica, where he will open
the exhibition the last of this month.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian of January 26. 18S&.
Yesterday the Oregon Broom Factory
shipped a large quantity of their man
ufacture to various parts of the coun
try. We are glad to see this; it looks
like stability.
We were favored yesterday by an
agreeable Visit from our friend, II. B.
Kelly, the accomplished postmaster of
Oregon City. We learn from him that
matters are flourishing proppcrounly
among our neighbors at the falls.
Opposition has firmly set in on tho
Willamette River. Rates of Irelglit
and passage have become greatly re
duced. The steamers are making their
regular trips above and below the falls,
but no freight of great amount Is taken
in consequence of the present high
water.
Several tenders for placing direct
steamers on the route between Victoria
and San Francisco have been submitted
to the Colonial authorities.
It is said that Alexandor Dumas, in
conjunction with 11. Jallais, Is working
on a ijrand military drama called "Na
poleon," which Is to bo produced at
the Theater du Princo Imperial.
A mortgage deed for J300.000 wae
lately recorded at Warren, Ohio. It re
quired 81000 worth of stamps and was
from the Atlantlo Great Western
Railroad to John R. Peon, of New York.
NEW KIND OF MILITARY ACADEMY
One to Make Reserve Officers ot 'Non
Corns." Is Proposed.
PORTLAND, Jan. 25. (To the Ed
ltor.) It seems that one of the diffi
cult problems In developing an ade
quate reserve army for our deiense is
in finding any considerable number of
men capable of commanding it when it
is mobilised.
While the idea Is not original with
me, I have often thought that instead
of a second West Point, or in addition
to it, a school could be established
where capable and ambitious men of
the non-commissioned ranks could be
given the training necessary in qualify
ing them to command companies in a
reserve or volunteer force.
There are. In every organization of
the regular Army, men of sterling qual
ities who If given the technical train
ing required of officers, In addition to
their practical knowledge of soldiering
in the ranks, would be ideal otficers of
a reserve army. ... .
Such a school could be established at
some accessible military reservation,
and non-commissioned officers (ser--geants
and corporals) who possossed
the necessary requirements of prior
education, ambition and industry, could
be sent there and instructed by regular
Army officers In military technic The
extra language studies and "fancy
frills" of West Point could be omitted,
for they would mainly be useful in
social and diplomatic fields and are not
essential to the efficient handling of
a company.
Upon graduation tnese men coum do
sent back to their respective organlza
unna so "nnn-eoms." where they would
be ready to take command of a com
pany battalion wnen tne occamun
Respectfully, D- C. MILL1CAN.
Game of "BOO."
SHERARS BRIDGE, Or., Jan. 24.--(To
the Editor.) (1) In the game of
"500" is there such a thing as single or
, , - .- ,nH if so. what is
made by it and what has to be bid to
overbid It? .
" which suit Is highest? What
qrder do they come in?
(3) now xnucn is fcv 1,1 v 11 ...... .
CARL NELSON.
(1) A "no-trick" bid, without trumps.
- .nn,.titn admitted as a deviation
in BOO upon agreement of all players
before the game begins. The bidder
plays alone, his partner laying down
his hand. If no trick Is taken by the
ht.. ?r.rt nnints are made. If one or
more tricks are taken his side is set
230 and the opponents score 10 for
each trick they force him to take, A
bid of eight Is required to overbid
no-trick." We are not familiar witn a
double no-trick bid.
(2) There are several schedules. The
'ivnnfla.li," now probably tho most
popular, runs as follows on a six bid:
No trump 120. hearts 100, diamonds 80,
clubs 60, spades 40. One hundred Is
abMed in this schedule for each ad
ditional trick bid. Thus seven no
trump is 220, hearts zuu. aiamonuo
clubs 160, spades 140.
(3) See answer to No. i.-
i
Even This Year.
Judge.
Some athletes first athletics hail
And wisdom half despise.
But all the athletes down at Tale
Are eager to get Ys.
Selling the Retailer
Creating consumer demand is a
vital requisite of successful adver
tising, but an equally important
factor consists of winning the in
telligent support of the man who
runs the store where the product
Is sold.
"Selling the campaign to the
dealer" is a familiar way of refer
ring to that great problem of bring
ing . into line the man behind the
counter.
The Bureau of Advertising,
American Newspaper Publishers'
Association, working for the past
three years with the newspapers of
North America, has focused the at
tention of local merchants every
where upon newspaper advertised
goods. These merchants have been
shown that it Is a direct local de
mand In other words, newspaper
advertised merchandise.