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rflRTUNU, SATl IUIAV. AfKIL. 20. 1918.
THE "OI.LY OF IT ALL.
The people the concerned, impar
tin I and loyal people ought to read
the powerful and unanswerable ad
dress of Colonel Roosevelt, made
Thursday night before the Methodists
in, New York, and printed yesterday
In Tlhe OreRonian. Let us quote a
tingle paragraph:
IT, durinc the few years prior to the
r f 1hl2, the American people had
b-en wiilins to build a fleet of 20 battk.
h!p and to have those battleships manned
by crews thoroughly trained to handle them,
and If thc-y had been willing to provide a
thoroughly -fflclent Army , of even 1(1. (KV)
men. there would have bf-en no "War of 1812
at all. We would have obtained peace, and
would have had peace with, self -respect.
.Ten thousand trained men could
have done successfully in '1812-14
what more than a half-million men
volunteers, bounty men, militia,
fctate troops failed to do. 1,'nprepared
for war, the United States neverthe
less engaged Great Britain, and
though from first to last it had ten
men in the field where the enemy had
one, it met a. series of defeats and
disasters but little relieved by two
successful land battles Lundy's Lane
and Xew Orleans.
The folly of unpreparedness the
cost in men, treasure, prestige and
honor could not be better illustrated
than by our humiliating- and disastrous
experiences in 1812. Yet we talk
glibly and boastfully of raising a mil
lion men over night. What would or
could we do with them but sacrifice
them?
Elf-ECTS OF THE ALLIES BLOCKADE.
.The allied blockade of the central
empires is constantly tightening and
has become far more effective during
the last year. That is clearly proved
by the reports of exports from the
United States to Austria, Germany and
contiguous neutral countries for Feb
ruary, 1916, as compared with Febru
ary, 1915, and for the eight months
ending February of each, of those
years.
Our exports to Austria-Hungary for
the eight months decreased from Jl,
218.675 to J152.466. For February.
1915, they were nil and for February,
1916, only $6670. To Germany for
the eight months they decreased from
?28,577,377 to J283.385, or about 99
per cent, and for February from $4,
S20.426 to 810,452, or 99 4-5 per cent.
During the early month3 of the
blockade many American, exports
leaked into the central empires by way
of neutral countries, as is apparent
from the great increase in exports to
the latter countries for that period.
The measure of success gained by the
system by which the allies limit im
ports to these neutrals to the normal
quantity imported before the -war is
shown by the following table of ex
ports for February and for the eight
months ending February, 1915 and
1316. respectively:
February
Country 1!1 inis.
IVnmark. f 4,"!i.73S $1ft.);1.141
Netherlands 11.721.S4'.i lN.orl,Si
Norway 3.8.4; 7.8"4 4.",1
Sudden 2.44U.l.t 13.6U7.547
Totals 2.S4S.OitJ $.".0,244,404
Eight Mn. Ending February.
Country 1!1I. 1913.
Tenmarlc $ SS.74i,7.''jO 01,322.324
Netherlands ... ;4. 04.002 7S,3"."i,s76
Norway 3o..Vt!l.21 7 27, 4.11.118
fc.eia . ...T. .. u.lH1.3UO 47.3U2.227
Total : J172.273.2UD J203.lll.543
The blockade was not in effectin
February, 1915, the allied operations
against Teuton commerce having been
then limited mainly to direct imports
of contraband, and the system of "ra
tioning" neutrals did not come Into
operation until several months after
the blockade was proclaimed. Con
sequently, Germany -was able to im
port large quantities of American
goods indirectly through these coun
tries during the ante-blockade period.
Thus we canmake a comparison be
tween a period when there was no
blockade and one when the blockade
was in full operation as to both, direct
and indirect commerce.
The measure of success has general
ly increased with lapse of time, as
shown by a. comparison of percentage
in decrease of exports to the neutral
countries in question between the
eight months period and the month
of February. These percentages are
as follows: f
TOecrease In exports from United States,
eight months ending February. 1910. com
pared with eight months ending; February,
luii
four, try Percent.
Tien mark . .............. 24.8
N'o-iherlands 1 4.4
Xnrwiy .............................. -H.!8
Sweden .....1S.1
Average '. lfl.OU
tnrnaie,
Month of February, 1916. compared -with
February. 1913
I'ountry Percent.
Denmark 34.5
Netherlands .......................... .X.Ytt
Norway ........... ........ ........... .50. 8
fcftedtn 82.1
Average , 54.3
The largest indirect trade with Ger
many was carried on by Sweden,
hence that country shows the least
decrease for the eight months, but
the largest decrease for the one month.
The eight months include the period
when that trade was flourishing, while
before February rationing had become
more effective and allied submarines
had sunk many ships going from
Swedish to German Baltic ports and
in February ice otwitructed traffic. The
Netherlands were the first to arrange
with the allies for prevention of trade
with Germany, hence there was less
scope for the blockade to effect a fur
ther decrease in that trade, yet the
ratio of decrease for February was al
most double that for the entire eight
months. Denmark also proved amen
able, to allied restrictive measures, yet
the growing success of those measures
i apparent in the fact that its Amer
ican Imports were reduced in Febru
ary at more than double the ratio for
the whole period. Norway was doing
a thriving' business with, Germany, but
rationing caused a reduction only sec
ond in ratio to that of Sweden.
Present American exports to Scan
dinavia may Ktill be larger than be
fore the war, but, if that be so. it is
attributable to the fact that we are
supplying commodities which were
formerly obtained from Germany.
Month" by month the Teuton powers
are thrown more on their own re
sources with such additions as thejr
obtain from Roumania, Bulgaria and
Turkey and from occupied enemy territory.
MORE l'ERVCRSION.
Tt (The Oregonlan) say of the Journal's
efforts in behalf of the school fund that
the "design is as obvious as it is con
temptible." Portland Journal.
But not more obvious nor contempti
ble than the misrepresentation by
which the Journal, in this instance as
in many others, wholly perverts what
The Oregonian has aid. The Orego
nlan said plainly, in language not to
be misunderstood, that the design to
place upon the Governor of Oregon re
sponsibility In the school-fund matter
belonging to Congress and Federal of
ficialdom was contemptible. So it is.
It is more. It is outright dishonesty.
The Journal's pompous and self
gratulatory efforts for the school chil
dren, of Oregon consist mainly in a.
systematic and continuous persecu
tion of Governor Withycombe, be
cause he has not done what that paper
desired him to do. That is the whole
story. "What service is being done to
the school fund or the children by
malicious ""warfare on the Governor?
What service to the public?
The controversy is important only
in so far as it has involved some ex
cellent -women -who have been per
suaded somehow that the settlement
or the land grant and related ques
tions is at Salem rather than Wash
ington City.
Yet the only possible promise of re.
suits is from Congress and the Federal
Government. The whole issue is to be
determined there. There is a definite
plan afoot, however, to show that any
failure of Congress, or the Oregon
delegation, or the Secretary of Agri
culture and the Secretary of the In
terior to treat Oregon generously in
the pending Congressional legislation
is somehow chargeable to Governor
v ithycombe. How preposterous and
how reprehensible.
ITHOLDIXC "NAVAL TRADITION.
If half the things carping Ameri
cans are wont to say regarding their
own delinquencies came from some
foreign source, bitter resentment
would be certain to follow. Yet self-
denunciation has become quite a fad
in America, and not least of our in
stitutions to suffer is the Navy. Naval
experts have joined with, laymen In
declaring that the' American Navy is
below par. A few years ago critics
went to the extreme of saying that
the Navy could not make a long voy
age under its own steam, but the
famous trip around the world ended
that charge-. Lately the accuracy of
naval gunners has been questioned by
swivel-chair nautical experts at Wash
ington. In factvthe common picture
given the public of the Navy has been
that of a few obsolete boats manned
by skeleton crews and but poorly
equipped to defend American shores.
Even as the cruise directed by Presi
dent Koosevelt put the critics, inside
the service and out, to shame, the lat
est figures on target practice have
served to uphold the fondest traditions
of the American first fighting line.
The practice was held at Guantanamo,
where the Atlantic fleet pecked away
with its big guns at, a. target some 18,
000 yards distant. The target was at
the moving variety, the shots were de
livered as the big fighting craft
steamed across the course and, not
withstanding the intervening space of
about ten miles from gun muzzle to
target, the projectiles went true, fairly
riddling the bullseye.
American gunners are traditional
for their accuracy and mettle. They
established that tradition in many a
hard-fought engagement in the days
of wooden frigates and later In the
two scrimmages with the Dons in '98.
We have abundant reason to believe
that there are no eea warriors quite
equal to our own. We have reason
to believe the same thing is true of
our land warriors. And in cursing the
system which restricts .them, Ameri
cans should never forget that their
fighting men are a credit to the Na
tion even if the Nation is not al
ways a credit to its fighting men in
its dealings with them.
THE MAX WITH THE HOE.
Poetry and profanity too often
flow with equal facility in the halls
of Congress and readers of the Con
gressional Record are no longer
awed by high-flown verse nor shocked
by strident oaths. Old subscribers
probably did not bat an eye in reading
the remarks of Percy Quin, Demo
cratic Representative In Congress
from Mississippi, whose sympathetic
and vigorous observations upon the
life of the farmer are set down in the
Record. He, a lawyer, was wrought
up because the farmer had to work
too hard, and he compared rural toil
to the industrial methods employed
In hades. "He works all of the time
in the daylight now and puts up a
torch by which to work at night," ex
claimed Hon. Quin, adding that "it is
plain the fellow who gets the farm
er's profits will never discover for
him anything but for him to work like
hell."
Details of this ruthless oppression
of the farmer are missing, but perhaps
the gentleman from Mississippi (using
that phrase in its Congressional sense)
preferred to speak in generalities. He
probably had in mind that such words
are music to the farmer's ears and
that-any employment of facts in the
case might spoil the illusion. For ex
ample, some unfeeling debater might
have called his attention to the in
creasing demand for automobiles
among farmers. The fact might have
been pointed out that Western farmers
are coming to disdain any vehicle of
less than six-cylinder dignity, that the
manufacturers of player pianos, pho
nographs, high-grade fabrics and
otfter luxuries are looking to the rural
communities for their choicest mar
ket, that with prices soaring on ac
count of the war the farmer eats at
the same old price and sells at a fab
ulous increase.
Farmers work, and work hard, to
be sure. But do they work any hard
er than the rest of mankind? Com
pare the hours of toil and the re
wards of the average ' farmer with
those of the average worker in the
centers of population. The farmer is
more independent, he has better
health, his future is more secure than
the average city worker. If he is a
big farmer he enjoys the same boons
as the big business man and certainly
without working as hard. As the
farmer's lands and crops multiply his
labors diminish if he wills. It is pos
sible for him to take long vacation
trips without loss. It no longer pays
him to perform a class of work, that
he can have done for a small wage
payment. Supervision of a farm does
not exact the same eternal care and
pains as managing a great business.
The farmer is a fortunate individ
ual. He is the basis of all wealth
and, of course, it is well that he should
have his rewards. If ninety per cent
of all. farmers failed as ninety per cent
of all those entering business are said
to fail the basis of- the country's
wealth would not be very substantial.
If he has to work hard during most
of his life he can find solace in the
fact that everyone else faces the same
necessity.
Even Southern Congressmen have
to keep their vocal organs in motion.
POETS IX PULPITS. ,
Perhaps the time is ripe for an
awakening in art, poetry and litera
ture; a cultural awakening which has
been manifesting itself la many ways
of late here in America. Revival of
interest in poetry is flourishing. The
eagerness with which the country
turns from contemplation of red deeds
to something more profitable and ele
vating is emphasized by the interest
in ' the Shakespearean tercentenary.
Fqr several weeks the special articles
from France and Flanders havelTiven
way before an invasion of poetic rem
iniscences, criticisms and discussions
from London. Discourses on art are
beginning to attract larger audiences
than dissertations on preparedness.
Another incident which indicates in
a small but significant way the trend
of the times is reported from Man
hattan, where a poet's evehing was announced-
in one of the churches. Poets
were to read from their own works.
And it is recorded that the S. R. O.
sign went up long before the appointed
hour. When the first poet arose every
inch of standing room was gone and
the doors had to be closed upon a per
sistent crowd, which sought to force
entrance when entrance was no longer
possible. Nor were there any great
poets to appear. Not even Masefield
was on the programme. The nearest
approach to a great poet was Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, who is a celebrity at
most. The affair was such, a success
that it is to become a regular thing.
Instead of a sermon and scant con
gregations, the church will have poet
ical effusions and a veritable jam.
These recurrent evidences of a new
artistic interest must have a broad
significance. They must mean that
the popular mind is reacting under the
unwholesome and unending flood of
war reports and diplomatic squabbles;
and it is a healthy sign that interest
turns to art rather than to musical
comedy. Perhaps the psychology of
the time is leading us riot to a greater
brutality but to a more sober con
templation of life. Perhaps the events
of today are not dulling our finer sen.
sibilities so much as they are pro
viding a mental state favorable to a
finer culture.
THE HIGH COST OF. CHARITV.
It has been said that $2 is spent
in distributing $1 for organized char
ity Doubtless this was intended as
an exaggeration and '"merely for the
purpose of emphasizing a point. Yet
the result of a formal inquiry into the
subject suggests that there is more
foundation of fact to the charge than
one might care to believe. The New
York School of Philanthropy and the
Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupation
Investigated some 44 8 organizations
which are dependent upon private
philanthropy. It was found that all
have payrolls; that there are some
most lucrative posts provided by those
payrolls; that the work is light and
pleasant as well as profitable.
Top-notch social workers were
found who receive J 10,000 a year for
their services. ' Nine workers were
found who receive more than J5000
a year, while forty-eight were
found to get $2400 or more. These
supervisors, superintendents, financial
and business managers receive liberal
vacation allowances, many being able
to disport themselves for ten weeks in
the Summer. When the total payroll
of the 44 8 organizations was checked
it produced a staggering total of $4,
000,000. Scores of visitors and field
workers were receiving $1000 or less
a year, but there were enough highly-
paid posts to make the field an at
tractive one to 'workers seeking pro
motion In the profession of distribut
ing alms to the needy.
Four million dollars for the paid
workers of charity during a single year
in a single community is a staggering
sum. One wonders if there was any
thing left for the poor, but the records
are strangely silent on this point. It is
hinted, in fact, that difficulty was ex
perienced in getting information as to
the pay scales. Social workers with
$10,000 salaries extracted from the al
lotments to the poor probably did not
welcome the Inquiry into their affairs.
Just how much of this expense is
needless provides a problem requiring
attention. The fact that there are 448
organizations with their high-salaried
staffs suggests the possibilities of con
solidation. Assuming that high-salaried
direction is necessary, at least
the direction can be restricted to a
few hands. The whole affair is te be
considered at the National conference
of charities and correction In New
York this Summer and some means
should then be devised of spending
more for true philanthropy and less
for administration.
SHALL WE KEEP OUR FLEDGE!
In harmony with its usual practice
of misrepresentation and mendacity, a
Portland paper says in criticism of
Representative McArthur's speech on
the Philippine independence bill:
What particularly moves. Mr. McArthur is
the investments - Americans have made In
the inlands. He does 'not mention- the to
bacco and sugar trusts, but we may feel
certain that they have -a, portion in his
sighs.
American investments in the islands
were only one of the minor reasons
given by Mr. McArthur for retaining
control. His principal reasons were
that we had undertaken the govern
ment of the islands "with the declared
purpose of "making the good of the
people our sole guide" and that we
had made great progress "in educat
ing the peoDle and in placing the
government within their hands," but
that the nativeswere not yet fit to
conduct a republican form of govern
ment. He maintained that, if we
abandoned the islands, they would fall
"under the regime of the astute and
selfish mestizo politicians the only
Filipinos now clamoring for inde
pendence and the bloodthirsty tribes
men of Mindanao' and that revolution
would soon result, to- be followed by
Intervention "by Japan or some other
world power." He denied that the
Filipino people want self-government
and said that they are content under
American rule and that the more in
telligent and substantial natives see
in the plans of the ' Administration
"nothing but political chaos and com
mercial ruin" and were signing peti
tions against those plans. He de
scribed the . advocates of independ
ence as "a decided minority' the
mestizos, who "would not lorjg delay
the exploitation of the masses of the
people" under independence.
Not until he had given these, the
principal, objections .to independence
did Mr. McArthur mention the obliga
tion of the Government to those Amer.
leans who had settled and invested in
the islands. He then set human rights
above property rights by saying:
If the liberty of an oppressed people were
at Make, if some great principle of gov
ernment or some right of humanity were
in the balance, there might be somo Justifi
cation for confiscatory legislation, for human
rights should prevail over property rights;
but when no great crisis is at hand, when
none tut tlio politicians of the islands are
crying for independence, why puss a law
that vill mean financial ruin to large num
bers of American citizens?
The newspaper we have quoted en
tirely ignores Mr. ilcArthur's argu
ment about our obligation to the Fili
pinos and about the responsibility to
Spain and other nations which we as
sumed for the rights of their people in
the islands, and taunts him with
solicitude only for American moneyed
interests. Worse, it puts the question
on that sordid ground itself by thus
misstating Mr. McArthur's position:
When you have -mado a stupendous blun
der the wise, statesmanlike and patriotic
act is to stick to it. Never abandon a
bad undertaking, never let go of a tiger's
tall. When you see you are losing money,
keep throwing more after it as long as
you have a, penny left.
This la the McArthur dootrlne about the
Philippines." We havo already squandered
hundreds of millions there. Tc make mat
ters better let ua squander some hundreds
of millions more.
The American Nation is thus ad
vised to 'be recreant to a solemn duty,
to be false to its trust to tHe Filipinos,
to all other nations and to those Amer
icans wh6 have put faith In it, be
cause performance of that duty, fidel
ity to that trust, ' cost too much
money. Scratch an altruistic Demo
crat and you find a dollar-worshiper.
Inroads of reason on the rule of
legal technicality are growing. In
setting aside a verdict for the defense
in a damage suit by a woman against
the Interborough Company, Justice
Shearn, of .the Supreme Court, held
that the woman had be'en in effect de
prived of her day in court through
the absence" of her chief witness, a
physician, from the trial. He held
that, had the doctor's testimony been
heard, a verdict for the plaintiff would
have been "well warranted," but the
witness had been unavoidably pre
vented from appearing until the sum
ming, up was being concluded. The
courts are getting back to the idea
that the purpose of the law is to do
Justice and that rules must be applied
to serve that purpose.
The little hyphenated Oregon paper,
subsidized from sources which have
no friendly or patriotic purpose to
JWard the American Government, or
the American people, has achieved a
curious distinction. Its comment on
the President's latest German address
has been reproduced in the Chicago
Post with this caption: "Worst Edi
torial of the Day." A paragraph from
the Deutsche Zeitung is:
It la tho most hypocritical document we
have ever seen. It probably was written
for campaign purposes, - but Wilson always
has been anxious to doMhinga to aid our
cousins across the sea, and things are in a
very critical condition Jn England.
President Wilson Is fortunate in the
enemies he has made. . $
German efficiency is brought acute
ly within our vision when we notice
that the lad who delivers the local
German publication for the exchange
table invariably places it securely on
a table or desk, while several out of
ten times the lad who brings the local
American exchanges tosses the paper
through the door, throws it at a table
or desk and not infrequently sends it
sliding along the floor.
t -
Had President Taft hastened to rec.
ognize Huerta during the twelve days
intervening between the latter's seiz
ure of power and the former's retire
ment from office, the Democrats
would have been abusing Mr. Taft for
committing President Wilson in ad
vance to a course ofwhich he did not
approve. No matter what a Repub
lican President does, he cannot please
a Democrat.'
WThat's the difference between a
speeding ambulance and a car carry
ing a woman with toothache to her
dentist? The Municipal Judge makes
it $15; but perhaps he never had a
real good toothache.
Americans in Europe, whether in
Germany or elsewhere, would better
come home. There is no reason for
an exodus from Germany, but if they
want to come home they will be fa
vored. A man up in Coos obtained a mar
riage license and immediately his boss
swore out a warrant alleging misap
propriation of funds, which is tough
luck fgr the near-bride, if nothing else.
Upstate cities cannot all have rose
festivals, but can provide sane Fourth
of July celebrations. Now is the time
to begin. These give Portland people
a chance to go somewhere.
Du Font's announcement of running
for the nomination on a business
methods platform is joy to the ward
heeler. Nothing1" less than "blocks of
ten" will fit the case.
That great German offensive by
land and sea, said by a Frenchman to
be coming, cannot start too soon now
and settle something before Wilson
gets mad.
As Bryan is not representing any
thing he can just as well go from
Washington as Nebraska or any old
place that does not want him.
California declines the offer of a
pair of the Colonel's whiskered nut-eaters.-
Squirrels do the work to satis
faction. California's desertion of the Bull
Moose standard may be inferred from
its inhospitality to the Colonel's new
bird.
Figures, given of 200,000 Irishmen
ready to fight are wrong. They are
all ready and the number is bigger.
Another British battleship- goes to
the bottom, hit -by a mine; but the
Britons have a number still afloat.
Thirty thousand garment workers in
New York will be locked ''out today,
just in time for May-day picnics.
The Northwestern League broke in
Thursday with a dull thudS, ' The small
towns must have their fun. t
News from Ireland is so censored as
to lead to belief the ruction was stirred
up to stimulate recruiting.
A candidate impatient to learn his
number may get it in big; type the
mornipg of May; 20.
How to Keep Well
By Mr. W. A. Kvaoi.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered in this col
lumn. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped, addressed en
velope Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual dis
eases. Requests for such service cannot be
answered.
(Copyright. 1910, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with Chicago
Tribune.)
I cles State Health Departments.
A man, whether he pays taxes or not,
has a right to expect the health, de
partment of his state to be active in
protecting him against contagion. What
Is the use of having a health depart
ment unless it does that much? And
yet there are nine states Arkansas,
Delaware, Maine, Missouri, New Hamp
shire, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Texas, and Wyoming where in the
opinion of Dr. C. V. Chapin, of Provi
dence. R. I., the state boards of health
are given a score of zero on protection
against communicable diseases.
In these states there are noftdoubt
local boards of health, which do- some
thing for the protection of the people
in their jurisdictions. The people in
the cities and towns have some protec
tion. The peoplo who live in tho coun
try have none except such as they can
give themselves or as isolation gives
them.
Dr. Chapin was commissioned to in
vestigate the different state boards of
health by the American Medical Asso
ciation. In markinjr the boards foi
their control of communicable diseases
he provided that a perfect score should
be 160 divided into notilication, 30
direct control. 60: intensive, work'. 50
On this scale the above mentioned
states got 0.
The honor roll was led by Minnesota
with 130, Maryland 88, and New York
87. Minnesota is a safe state to which
to take one's family. The other states
follow in the order named New Jersey,
Virginia, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Louisiana, Florida, Michigan,
Washington, Iowa, Colorado. West Vir
ginia, Mississippi. .orth Carolina, Con
necticut, Rhode Island, Vermont,; Wis
consin, South Carolina, Kentucky, Cali
fornia, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Okla
homa, Nebraska, South Dakota. Oregon
Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Arizona, and
Texas.
In some states the State Board of
Health leaves the control of commun
icable disease largely to local health
authorities. It is therefore well to
know the standing of the ,'different
states in supervision of local .health
officers. On this point Dr. Chapin pro
vides for a score of 100 as perfect,
divided into: Personal supervision, 0;
conferences, 20; bulletins, 20. He rates
12 states as entitled to zero. In those
states the state authorities trust the
local health authorities to work out
their own salvation.
The zero states are Alabama, Colo
rado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Mis
souri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and
Wyomintr. The honor roll is led by
New York 35, Massachusetts 75, North
Carolina 65f Maryland 60, and Pennsyl
vania 55. The other states follow in
the order- named: Vermont, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Kansas, Indiana, New Jer
sey, Ohio, Wisconsin, Louisiana, New
Hampshire, Montana, California, Con
necticut, Maine, Oregon, Minnesota,
Texas, Virginia, Washington, Rhode
Island, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee,
Utah, West Virginia. Arizona, Iowa,
Nebraska, Arkansas, South Dakota, and
Florida.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Mrs. M. W. writes "I am 50 years
old, the mother of one child. My habits
are frugal and I lead a normal, sane
life. I am fond of highly seasoned and
rich foods, but try to abstain from
them as much as possible. I use salts
and sal hepatiea frequently and drink
much water and buttermilk. The lat
ter has a tendency to make me consti
pated. In face of my precautions, to
my regret, my knuckles on my fingers
at joints seem to be getting more
knotty. This condition has been get
ting worse the last year, but have had
some appearance of same for a number
of years. Is there any real remedy or
cure for same? Kindly advise and
oblige."
REPLY.
Tou have a mild, progressing case of
rheumatoid arthritis. You should have gotten
busy years ago. Go to your dentist and
have your teeth put in order. Cavities must
be filled, teeth cleaned, pyorrhea tseated,
and pockets at the roots searched for. Have
your tonsils and nose attended to. If you
have an mfected gall bladder, pus tubes, or
appendlctls, it should be cared for. You
must change yc-ur diet and your habits so
as to get rid of constipation.
Consumption Symptoms.
C. J. S. writes: - "As I read your col
umn, have decided to write you for
some advice. I have been told I am a
consumptive and I believe 1 have
asthma with it. I am very short of
breath and unable to do work of any
kind such as sweeping or washing.
Would appreciate i- very much if you
could tell me something "that would
help me."
REPLY.
Consumption increases the scar tissue i-i
the lungs and ilius makes people short
winded. Sometimes this difficulty in breath
ing or exertion is called asthma. If you have
consumption you should not be sweeping or
washing. You should go to the state sani
tarium or somo hospital. Your hope lies in
fresh air. good food, rest, medical super
vision and good nursing.
IT. J. writes: "Three months ago my
left cheek was badly slashed with a
raor. Is there anything to remove such
a hateful scar?"
REPLY.
Yes. Small scars can be made Incon
spicuous by massage begun early and per
sisted in. A skillful plastic surgeon can re
move your soar and leave in its stead an
Inconspicuous scar capable of still furthex
effacement by massage.
Little Peril In Books.
Belgian writes: "A friend of mine
who died a year ago of tuberculosis
gave me a present, a set of old books,
while he was still living. Do you
think by using these books I could con
tract the .tuberculosis disease, or what
would you advise me to do witn them?"
REPLY.
The danger Is not great. If you will sun
the books thoroughly for three days there
will be no danger.
Payinar the War Tax.
PORTLAND, April 28. (To the Edi
tor.) Please inform me publicly as to
the following: A dispute has arisen
as to who should by law and Consti
tution of the United States pay the so
called war tax charges on express
packages, telegraph messages and tele
phone conversations, the companies
serving as common carriers or the
users, and why? P. F. R.
To argue that the common carrier
should, pay your personal war tax
woulid be to argue that the Govern
ment 6hould pay the postage on your
personal letters. The Government asks
only that the tax be paid, and if the
common carrier paid it, you would in
directly, pay it in increased cost or
charges. A war tax is meant to exact
its toll from the masses; to bear light
ly over a great area.
l eft in Bis Spar.
ASTORIA, Or., April 2 6-. (To the Ed
itor.) Please state in The Oregonian
the number of feet In-the flagstaff sent
from Chehalis, Wash., to New York.
-J. T. T.
The spar was octagonal in shape, 28
inches in diameter at the base and 14
inches at the top, the length being 16.
feet. There were about 2800 board
feet in it, exclusive of tile waste.
NEED OF LOBBY W1THIS LOBBY
Taxpayera' Leasrue litis Work to Do In
Its Own Ranks, Says Defecate.
BANKS, Or., April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian has pointed out
the work to be accomplished by a tax
payers' lobby before the 'Legislature,
which the State Taxpayers' League has
agreed to maintain, and, I suspect,
there is necessity for the right kind of
a lobby within the league itself.
The Oregonian cities how officers
arid clerks are out in force with rea
sons touching the importance of their
positions. There were out in force be
fore the meeting Saturday spokesmen
for one of the most, expensive depart
ments of the state government who
stood up boldly iind eloquently to say,
"hands off," the moment the trend of
debate touched those departments. In
the face of their oratory the rest of
the delegates were rebelllously sub
missive. They knew their convictions
but dared not express them. The hall
buzzed with those convictions after the
meeting. The representatives of this
department prevailed - in meetin' and
the rest prevailed outside of it. This
is somewhat analogous to the situa
tion The Oregonian has referred to in
the Legislature. Those that know what
they want and what is expected of
them by their constituents wait upon
some other member to take the initia
tive, and nothing is accomplished.
The department referred to is tha
educational department and the gentle
men in mind are C. E. Spense and W.
N. Pierce, regents of the State Agri
cultural College, and E. Hofer, regent
of a normal school. Whether or not
there is economy to be effected in
these institutions is not here in point,
although there are taxpayers, myself
among them, who believe there is.
The State Taxpayers" League has a
task of magnitude .before it, but unless
it can eliminate or reduce to a mini
mum that predominant trait in human
nature selfishness, it will go on the
rocks. This trait manifests itself in a
tenacious clinging to one's own pre
conceived judgment, superinduced by
particular interests or affiliations; an
unwillingness to give ground, to con
cede a point, often to admit the sin
cerity of a disputant. K is the atti
tude that says: "I'm rig.ht; therefore
you must be wrong."
Thomas Jefferson, when the Consti
tutional Assembly became deadlocKed,
told them that a carpenter -wishing to
put two boards together usually finds
it necessary to pare a little off of
each. This fact, also, the Taxpayers'
League will have to recognize Jf it an
ticipates achievement.
To my micd there Is need of avnother
meeting of. more than one da v. to be
held before the meeting at Salem in
January to define and set a generally
agreeable programme for the work of
the league, if the league's existence is
effectively to be felt after the next
Legislature .shall have adjourned.
L. A. FERNS WORTH.
PORTLAND HAS RIVAL IN EAST
Charleston. IV. V... Plans to Become
"Rose City" on Elaborate Scale.
The Charleston Mail has started a
campaign to make Wrest Virginia's cap
ital the "Rose City" of the East, as
Portland is of the West. The news
paper started the campaign late In
March with an editorial, alluding to the
fact , that the climate of the Kanawha
Valley is especially well adapted to the
raising of roses, and inviting attention
to the advantages of general rose cul
ture by the residents as an advertise
ment for the city.
The city shows to advantage to
travelers passing through on trains,
since the greater part of the city is
situated on the north side of the Kana
wha River, while the tracks of the prin
cipal railroad extend along the south
bank. The north river bank is skirted
by fine residences on one side, but the
river side of the boulevard is reserved
as a parkway. It is proposed to plant
roses in profusion on the river bank.
The Mail, as a part of its rose city
campaign, obtained the endorsement of
all public and private bodies, and
printed "from day to. day the names of
hundreds of citizens, each of. whom
pledged himself to plant a certain defi
nite number of rose trees on his prem
ises this Spring.
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Uncle Sam's
Described in
The' Sunday
Should a hostile fleet appear off the coast of the United States
tomorrow, how lonfr, do you suppose, the defense guns that arm our
forts could, engage the enemy ?
Read the answer in tomorrow's big Sunday Oregonian. The an
swer will surprise you. If you are at all interested in the defense
of the Nation you will, when you read this story, realize the neces
sity of immediate and adequate preparedness.
HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE When you have finished the able de
scription of what this country has failed to do you will be able to
learn, by reading another story in the same issue, that Uncle Sam
himself realizes his inability now to cope with a possible enemy
and that he actually is making some preparation to remedy the sit
uation. This is an interesting story by a Washington correspond
ent of The Oregonian, who tells of the war munitions that the
Government is arranging to purchase. This offering, too, is il
lustrated. REGULAR BOOM TOWN IS ANCHORAGE A new frontier town
has been developed at Anchorage, Alaska, the tidewater terminus of
Uncle Sam's new railroad now being built in the far northern terri
tory. Frank G. Carpenter, in tomorrow's Oregonian, will describe
conditions there. This will be. another of Mr. Carpenter's series of
Alaskan stories. This subject is of unusual, dramatic interest. It
is illustrated.
THE IRON CLAW This is the fifth installment of the sensational
motion-picture drama running simultaneously in The Sunday Ore
gonian and the moving-picture theaters. The text of the story is '
by Arthur Stringer, whose reputation as a writer is well known.
People who have been following this story, either in the paper or
at the theaters, will be interested in tomorrow's episode. Those
who have not been following it can cover the lost ground by reading
the brief synopsis.
BIRSKY AND ZAPP The latest developments on the political hori
zon form the basis of discussion for Birsky and Zapp Montague
Glass' inimitable philosophers in tomorrow's Oregonian. It is
funnier than ever. Read it.
OLD POEMS AGAIN Scrapbooks throughout Oregon and Washing
ton are being filled with clippings from the page of favorite poems
The Oregonian prints weekly. Don't miss this page tomorrow.
HERBERT KAUFMAN'S PAGE If you have been reading this page
each Sunday you will need no reminder to look it up tomorrow. If
you are not familiar with Kaufman's writings lose no time in get
ting acquainted with "his unique style.
TEMPLE'S SKETCHES Three more pictures from real life are
offered by the artist Temple tomorrow. That announcement ought
to be sufficient.
THE TEENIE WEENIES Yes, they will be here again tomorrow
those quaint, original little characters that do so much to entertain
the young folks every Sunday. Watch for them in a new series of
' adventures. '
FRONT-COVER PAGE Thomas Hunt, the artist, has produced a re
markable picture, entitled, "A Dream of the World's Daughters,"
which will be reproduced, in colors, on the front cover of tomor
row's Oregonian. ' It is an allegorical drawing of the work the
women of Europe are doing in the present war.
ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS The big Sunday paper will devote
the usual space and attention to motion pictures, sports, the drama,
society, automobiles, real estate, marine and market news, politics,
women's activities, the work of the schools and churches and all
other specialized forms of life in which the readers are interested.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian April -, 1801.
- E. J. Mendenhall. the well-known
attorney, has returned from a business
trip to the bound country.
The farmers in the vicinity of Prairie
City, Grant County, have subscribed
a $3030 bonus for a roller flour mill
and it is now in process of erection.
It will have a capacity of 50 barrels.
Frank Haffey. the defaulting Union
Pacific clerk, has been brought back
to this city from Denver.
A meeting of the board of school
trustees of the Episcopal diocese of"
Oregon was held at the chambers of
Judge Deady yesterday. Those present
were: Right Rev. B. Wistar Morris,
Rev. Potwine, Rev-. Loveridge, Judge
McArthur and Judge Deady. -
The death of Jacob Wills, which oc
curred at Willsburg Monday evoninj.
removes another of Oregon's eturdy
pioneers and respected citizens.
Representatives of the Westinjshouse,
Thompson & Houston and of the Kdi
son Electric companies have been fig
uring of late on a contract for supply
ing the necessary plant for electrify
ing; the system of the Transcontinental
Street Railway Company.
LAWS DELAY IS POINTED Ol'T
Case Batted Around Local Courts Tno
Years and End Is Not Yet.
PORTLAND, April 26. (To the Edi
tor.) A local corporation having be
come insolvent, made an assignment
unlier the state statutes December 31,
1913. The case was assigned to De
partment 6 of the Circuit Court, of
which T. J. Cleeton was then- Judge.
Since that time, among other things
the following proceedings have become
matters of recorl: June 2, 1014, order
signed by George N. Davis. Judge; June
20, 1914, order signed by T. J. Cl-eton,
Judge; June !. 1915. order signed by C.
IT. Gantenbein. Judge; January 22,
1916, order signed by J. P. Kavanaush,
Judge: February 21, 1916. ordr sicned
by Gilbert W. Phelps. Judge: March 27.
1916. order signed by J. P. Kavanaugh,
Judge. A further hearing of the mat
ter is set for May 22, 1916, before C. U.
Gantenbein, Judge.
Here is a case that ha3 been batted
around the courts for two years. Five
Judges whose salaries aggregate $20.
000 annually, have shed some of their
legal light upon it in different phases,
and the end is not yet. What of tho
system; is it law?
EDWARD L. MOSES.
SHOP GIRL RESENTS CRITICISM
Remarks by Rev. George Darsle on
Highway Tour Answered-
WOODBURN. Or.. April 26. (To the
Editor.) I just read in The Oregonian
the criticism of the shop girls' tour ui
the Columbia River Highway on April
16 by Rev. George Darsie. I having
teen a shop girl at one time, can't help
bot resent his inult. And, further
more, if some of the Ad Club members
don't make him apologize there is
something wrong with them. Things
arc -coming to a pretty pass when a
minister can get up in his pulpit and
slur t.he working girls, though 1 daro
say Rev. Mr. Darsie would have ac
cepted their money had thee same
chop girl- gone to church this same
Sunday, insteaU of the tour on the Co
lumbia Elver Highway. Portland is
my home town, where I worked as a
shop girl, and was proud of it. for sev
eral years. SHOP GIRL
Opposition Is Withdrawn.
PORTLAND, April 27. (To the Edi
tor.) The officers and members of the
Ninth Ward Protective- Association
have agreed to withdraw their remon
strance to the Broadway grade and re
pairs on the griund that the repre
sentatives of the City Engineer's of
fice said and guaranteed in public
meeting at Albina Library Hall April
26 that all lots 50 by 100, in tho dis
trict subject to assessment of said Im
provement, would not cost over $3.80.
We think this Is reasonable and for
that lesson withdraw our opposition.
J. LANDIGAN. Vice-President.
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Unpreparedness
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