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rOKTLAND. MONDAY. MAY Z3. 1916.
BUSINESS IX NATIONAL SERVICE.
In his address to the Newspaper
Publishers Association, Otto H. Kahn
made an able presentation of the val
uable part which finance performs in
serving the Nation, and of the policy
which financiers should pursue in or
der to disarm criticism and remove
suspicion. He declared that "men oc
cupying conspicuous and leading places
in finance are legitimate objects for
public scrutiny"; that silence and se
crecy breed suspicion and that finance
should welcome publicity. He con
f essed that it had been too unyielding
in opposing needed change in the po
litical field and dwelt on the greater
service which business, rightly di
rected, could render to Government.
He contrasted the aid which European
governments give to business with, its
subordination to politics in;the United
States. He carried a counter-attack
into the camp of finance's assailants
by saying:
Finance and financiers have had no mean
share in creating organizations and Insti
tutions in this country which are models of
efficiency and which men from all quarters
. of the - globe come here to study and to
admire.
It is the critics of finance and business
who to mention but a few instances have
iven to the Army aeroplanes that are de
fective, to the Navy submarines that are In
constant trouble, who have passed laws
which have driven our ships off the seas
and other laws which have mainly brought
it about, that in the year 1015 leBS rail
road mileage has been constructed in the
United States than within any one year
since the Civil War.
- He urged business men to get to
gether in organization, to "agree upon
the essentials of legislation respecting
affairs," to use their legitimate in
fluences, to "strive to gain the confi
dence of the people" and to "take
their case directly to the people as
the railroads have been doing of late
With very encouraging results."
Mr. Kahn has called attention to
a serious evil growing out of the cam
paign against abuses which accom
panied development of big business.
This is a fixed attitude of suspicion
and hostility on the part of the peo
ple toward men whose success proves
them to be best equipped to give coun
sel and leadership in those affairs
where Government needs the aid of
just such men and where business
needs the aid of Government. ' The
Nation is consequently deprived of
the aid which these men could render.
ana ins evil consequences are "seen
in the examples of Governmental
waste and inefficiency which Mr. Kahn
cites. Despite these notorious fail
urea, Congress proposes to embark the
viovernmeni in new ventures in a
field where it has always failed and
where private enterprise has scored
brilliant success. It has failed in
building aroplanes and submarines
and has made river and harbor im
, provement a public scandal surpassing
tne worst feats or railroad and indus
trial manipulation, yet Congress pro
poses that it manufacture armor plate
and nitrates. It has destroyed the
merchant marine by asinine legisla
tion, yet president Wilson proposes
that it build and operate ships.
This persistence of Congress in fol
lowing a road which experience has
proved to be the wrong one is the
penalty which w are paying for in
discriminate condemnation by the
muckrakers and - politicians of big
business, confounding the- good with
tho bad; for the action of the good in
shielding the bad and for the secrecy
with which business men have cov
ered their operations and their meth
ods of defense when attacked. Hos
tility has grown up where there should
have been frank and open co-opera
tion. Honest (business should - have
aided in punishing the dishonest and
should have been encouraged by the
Government, not attacked by Govern
went competition.
In the intense commercial struggle
which will follow the war, the Amer
ican Nation will need to use all its
powers. Hostility and suspicion be
tween the Government and any class
or between any two classes generates
friction, and friction wastes energy.
"We cannot afford to waste any energy
in the times which are at hand. We
are threatened with the competition
of two great commercial alliances, in
each of which the governments will
have locked all the industrial, com
mercial and financial forces in a pha
lanx against the other and -against all
other nations. The United States will
be the second most dangerous com
mercial rival of each alliance and will
therefore be next to the principal ob
3ect of attack by both.
We shall need all our forces of brain
trained muscle and capital, working
together with the minimum of fric
tion, to hold the ground we already
occupy; in both domestic and foreign
markets, to say nothing of gaining
further ground. In order that fric
tion may be avoided, business must be
content with its just due; Government
must welcome its aid and give aid in
return, and relations between cap
ital and labor must be amicably ad
justed by collective bargains and by
arbitration. The Nation's highest in
terests, both in its political and com
mercial relations with other nations,
demand that all feuds between the
Government and any class and be
tween class and class be buried.
WHY RIBLEE WAS REJECTED.
There was a far better reason than
Benaioriai courtesy for the senates
refusal to confirm George Rublee as
a. member of the Federal Trade Com
mission. He was a Progressive when
appointed, as was another member of
the Commission. In appointing these
men President Wilson acted contrary
to the spirit and intent of the law
which is that the minority positions
should be filled by members of the
principal minority party. Mr. Rublee
is a member of a party which has
only an ephemeral existence and will
pass away with the coming election
The chief minority party is the Re'
publican and the appointees should I
have been taken from that party. I
The President's action is an ex-
ample of his narrow partisanship. I
When he is in a pinch he never hesi- I service by means of a. better system
tates to accept, even to seek, the aid I of volunteer camps than the confer
of Republicans, but he goes out of I ence bill permits. It would have been
his way to avoid appointing any of I a
them to office, not scrupling to vio-1
late the spirit of the law.
BUNK IS PASSE.
One revelation of the primaries is of genuine preparedness can be ex
that political claptrap directed against pected from this Administration or
the Legislature and its Important this Congress unless the series of
works has ceased to influence public I
sentiment. Since adjournment of the I
1915 session misrepresentations and
blackguarding have been more than
Incidental. They have come con-
stantly from those whose political
plans were not suited by some of the
Legislature proceedings.
Observe that . Gus C. Moser leads
the field among the candidates for
the Senate. Mr. Moser was the author
of that wise and important law which
has been dubbed the "spoilsman's
bill." He did not conceal it In his
formal announcement. He named It
as one of his recommendations for
re-election.
S. B. Huston stands next but one
on the list of successful candidates.
Mr. Huston it was who, at a. late hour
on the last night of the session, moved
reconsideration of the vote by which
the resolution designed to avoid
throwing the railroad land grant into
the forest reserves had been indefi
T
nitely postponed by the House.
was Mr. Huston who delivered a.
speech In behalf of the resolution,
heard and heeded by all the members,
and won for it an almost unanimous
vote.
It was the house procedure that
gave faint color for justifying the ap
pellation of "midnight resolution" to
this progressive measure, for it had
been passed two or three days before
by the Senate in broad daylight. To
Mr. Huston belongs the credit for its
passage.
Lo, Moser and Huston, the two
men who did most to bring down upon
the Legislature the maledictions of
demagogues, Pinchoites and Demo
cratic machine, lead the rest! Yes,
and Olson, Farrell, Stott and Lewis
who aided and abetted them, are given
an emphatic party endorsement for
re-election.
TILE HYfOC'KIXE,
It is in the minds of many -people
that the saloon business is disreputa
ble. Whether it is or not is beside the
mark for the purpose of this article,
The impression, the belief, exists. It
as to revive this belief to the point
of prejudice that the record of a can- I for and schooled, and the erring and I carloads of fruits and perishable prod
didate's participation in that business I delinquent would be trained for the I ucts must be destroyed by the produce
was resurrected from a distant past
and exhibited to the voters of Mult- I
noraaii uounty.
To some Digots it is immaterial that
man who was once engaged in pur- 1
veying intoxicants nas long since at-1
vested mmseiz or wnatever puDiicithe activities proposed to make every I
odium attaches to the vocation and
has become an efficient public servant, I
keenly interested in public welfare and I
public morals. To them it Is enough I
that once he was engaged in a traffic I
which they condemn. With them there
is no sucn thing as living down a past,
It is in such intolerance that the
work of prison societies and reforma-I
tory organizations finds its greatest ob- I
stacie, although it is by no means im- I
plied that the liquor business and I
riminality are comparable. It was I
gainst such . unforgiving narrowness
that "Les Miserables" was written, to I
become an immortal parable upon the I
cruelty of law and society against the I
minor offender. I
The muckraker is usually a muck- I
raker at heart. His is not a live in- I
tereet in public well-being, but a glut- I
tonous desire to feed on scandal. Nine I The screens prepared by the com
out of ten times he is a hypocrite, a I mission illustrates conditions and
moral cheat. I
Witness the fact that prior to Janu- I
ary x, ixt tour ana one-nan montns I at tne -Liiorary, Jrteea uoiiego ana I n aviator broke the American rec
ago every man in Oregon was In the! Chamber of Commerce, they attracted ord Saturday by flying 416 miles in
sa.iuuu uusiuess. x1 rum me liquor
dealers' profits we, in part, paid the
protectors of the law, supported the
orphans and the Indigent, built up a
free educational system, maintained
our courts of justice, constructed
parks and playgrounds for the pleas
ures of adults and little children. We
acknowledged an undesirableness in
the saloonman's business by levying
heavily upon his earnings, and salved
our conscience by devoting the pro
ceeus to puouc purpose. ,
The Portland newspaper which re
published the record of this candidate
after election after, all political ex
cuse for its repetition had expired
was more closely interested in the
liquor traffic than the public. It took
the liquor manufacturers' advertising.
It submitted its columns for pay to
the encouragement of drink at his
place of business. The Journal, as did
practically ilV, newspapers and the
Government itself, gained plunder
from the misery of drink, the iniqui
ties of the saloon business, if misery
and iniquities there were.
Yes, indeed! The same hand that
to arouse the bigot's prejudice, piously
penned the scourge upon him who
passed the bottle had greedily clutched
its divvy of the dollar that passed over
his bar. "Verily, the world is encum
bered with hypocrites.
a shaji rittr4Bisi)i,s bill.
The Army bill which has finally
been passed by Congress and is now
before the President for approval is a
measure or enam preparedness iorcea
upon the President and Congress by
itepresentauve tiay, wno nas always
been a little Army man.
Mr. May set out to defeat all real
pians oi prepareaness ana ne nas
won an aiong xne line. -tie taiKeu
President Wilson over, drove Secretary
uaiiisuu Hum unite, uiui.icu iu uie
nuusa iiniiiiii y committee ana iorcea
the senate to abandon the Chamber- Germany since 1898 has built a navy
lain bill. The latter bill would have second in rank. So long as naval con
given us the mobile, combatant Army struction is the victim of politics we
of 121,000 men in the United States, cannot provide a Navy that is a match
which the War College considers nee- for our possible enemies. Since the
essary, after providing 82,000 for
oversea garrisons and 27,000 for coast
artillery. It has been represented
that the conference bill dictated by
Mr. Hay provides an Army of 206,-1 Mr. Daniels proposes, having com
000 men, but this total includes non-1 pleted five battleships in 1915, with
combatants and the Philippine Scouts,
who are a purely local organization,
The bill provides only a minimum
peace strength of 160,000 men, of
whom only 57,000 would remain f or
the mobile Army after deducting
oversea garrisons and coast artillery.
The President is given the option of
increasing the number to 175,000,
which would raise the mobile Army
to-vbe.ooo, or little more than half
the force which the War College con-
aiders necessary.
The chief objection to the Cham-
berlam scheme for an Army or 250,000
men was the doubt whether It could
be recruited to that strength under enlarge their yards promptly if as
the present system of enlistment. It I sured of continuing business. By
was at least an honest scheme to
give the War College plan a trial.
That bill pointed plainly to universal
training as the alternative in case
that doubt should be confirmed, and
it provided for educating the people
to the necessary interest in military
real step forward, but the bill which
Mr. Hay and his friends have hoisted
upon Congress is a sham
The nature Of this bill confirms the
opinion already expressed by The
j Oregonjan that nothing in the shape
demonstrations which are to be held
in all the great cities should succeed
in impressing upon Congress that the
vast majority of the people demand
it, will not be denied and cannot be
fooled. More probably the work will
have to be done all over again by a
Republican President and a Repub-
lican Congress.
CARE FOR THE STATE'S BEST ASSET.
A campaign has been undertaken by
the Oregon Child Welfare Commission
in support of legislation to put in prac
tice in its broadest significance the
principle which John Ruskin declared
indisputable "that the first duty of the
state is to see that every child born
therein shall be well housed, clothed.
fed. and educated until it attains years
of discretion." By means of large
illustrated screens the commission will
show what is being done and what
further should he done to carry out
this principle.
uregon nas a well organized system I
for prompting the breeding of high- I
grade animals and plants.. It needs an
dually complete system of breeding
aim iitLiiuiiK iLiKU'Kietus jiicu aiiu
women. Blooded cattle and fine fruit
trees and plants are a valuable asset j waterpower and from sale of Govern
to the state. Much more to would be I ment land be paid into the Federal
children born of good stock and with Treasury. They clamor for Federal
all their capabilities fully developed control of waterpower, yet they wish
to make them useful citizens. Every the state to develop power at Celilo
effort is made to weed out scrub cattle Falls. They are enthusiastic for Fed
and diseased, sickly orchard stock; the eral reclamation of arid land, yet they
same effort should be made to weed are mortified and protest when Oregon
out scrub human stock by preventing
its propagation. These are the aims
which the commission sets before the
people of Oregon. I
It is proposed that, the training of
all children be placed under the direc.lthe provisions of the land grant bill
tion of the state Department of Edu-
cation. Were that policy carried out,
provision would be made for te .care
and education of every child in" the
state, for the cure of the physically
and mentally defective, and for the
restraint and reform of the criminally
inclined. The lame would be made to
walk, the blind, deaf and dumb would
be drilled in useful employment, the
homeless and neglected would be cared I
development of character. The feeble-
minded would be placed in the instl-
tution provided by the state for them,
would be forbidden .to marry and
would be prevented from increasing
their kind. These are only a few of
child a useful citizen who can be made
so, and to provide for the unfortunate. I
Of no less Importance than the care
and training of the capable is the per- I
manent custody of the incapable. Ore- I
gon is a young state and by beginning
now may avoid the evils which arelsumer.
Idevouring the substance of older states.
England has discovered that the
feeble-minded are increasing twice as
fast as the normal population. New
Jersey has learned that from one im
becile woman sprang 259
feeble- I
minded persons in five generations, the I
majority of whom became public bur- I
dens. New York state spends one
fifth and Ohio one-half of its revenue
in the maintenance of defectives. Ore
gon should prevent the imposition of
such a burden and make the most of
its best asset its children.
needs in a plain way. They are inter-
esting and instructive. In Portland,
i wiae attention. ine collection, is new
I to be shown in the Important towns
of Eastern Oregon
STILL WITHOUT A NAVAL POLICY.
Once more the House naval com-
mitteo has ignored the recommenda
tions of the General Board as to new
construction. The Board, in its report
of last July, which was suppressed by
Secretary- Daniels, recommended the
authorization this year of four battle-
I ,, , v,0
I Dill JO CkUU V. 1 LUb I -3
Instructed by Mr. Daniels to reduce
this programme and to submit a five-
year programme. It accordingly cut
these numbers in (wo. The committee
acts contrary to Its advice in both re
ports by proposing no battleships and
five battle cruisers.
This is another case of mixing poli-
tics with the decision of questions so
vital as thos"e concerning National de-
fense. The majority of the Democrats
gave up the battleships in order to
squeeze one more battle cruiser out of
the five little-Navy Democrats, headed
by that freshwater sailor. Represen
tative Hensley, of Missouri. In the
process Mr. Daniels much-tooted five.
i'ear,Pr5ramme, wnt by.ne board,
for it had no friends on the commit
tee. Democratic or Republican.
The Navy certainly needs more fast
ships in order to meet the late Secre-
tary Tracy's objection: "What Is the
use of building ships that can't run
I away from anything they can t whip?"
I European nations have been building
battleships of twenty-five to twenty-
six knots, while our lp-test contracts
call for only twenty and one-half
I knots; battle cruisers of thirty to
I thirty-three knots against our none,
and destroyers of thirty-five to thirty-
i eignt Knots to our tnirty Knots.
i nut wjiat our wavy neeas most is a
building policy prepared by experts and
aanerea to consistently uy congress,
tjy aanering 10 sucn a programme
war began construction in both Brit
I aln and Germany has Increased tre
I mendously. France is building faster
j than either the House committee or
I nine more under construction. These
new ships are of the very latest type,
I with every improvement suggested by
the actual experience of war. Japan
I has provided for eight battleships and
eight battle cruisers in three years.
Unless construction is expedited, all
these nations will distance us and we
shall be fifth in rank as a naval power.
The excuse made by Secretary Dan-
Nels for not adopting a larger pro
gramme is that, even if the one he
proposed were adopted, it would tax
I our shipbuilding resources. That
statement is not borne out by the
shipbuilders, for they are ready to
taking them at their word, the Gov
ernment would not commit Itself to
construction of more ships ithan
needs; it would simply build the
needed ships faster and more method
ically, bo that the yards could operate
continuously for a term of years and
therefore more economically.
We need nourish no hope ofan ade
quate Navy built according to a defi
nite programme so long as the Gov
ernment is in the hind3 of a party
which must continually compromise
with its pacifist and little-Navy mem
bers. 'Our defenses, both naval and
military, will not be based on our
needs 'until an Administration takes
charge with a mandate from the peo
ple to provide fully for our defense.
THEIR OWN MEDICINE DISTASTEFUL.
The men -who have been striving,
by support of the Pinchot conserva
tion policy, to establish the "Govern
ment as a permanent landlord in the
West, are now in a most embarrass
ing position. In order to retain favor
with the people of Oregon they find
it necessary to demand that the Gov
ernment sell the entire railroi land
grant to settlers and pay 40 per cent
of proceeds to the state and 40 per
cent to the counties. By taking this
position they place themselves in di
rect opposition to the Pinchot policy
which they continue to advocate.
This contradiction between policies
favored at the same time toy the same
people arises from support of general
theories which these people are un
willing to. apply in concrete cases. They
shout for reservation of all Govern
ment timber land and for lease by a
Federal landlord of all ' waterpower.
out iuey uam wucu -ii ia pruiwaeu uiai
the forest land in the railroad grant
be added to the National forests, that
the waterpowers in the grant be re
served and that the greater part of
the money derived from lease of
projects are rejected or stinted of
funds while revenue from Oregon pub-
lie land is expended in Arizona, New
Mexico and Nevada.
They are in no position to denounce
which the Interior Department and
the Forestry Service recommended,
Those provisions are quite consistent
with the policy which they have hith-
erto supported. They have cried for
the Pinchot pudding; why should they
turn from it with aversion when it is
served up to them under the name of
the land grant bill?
it occasionally happens that whole
men because buddIv has exceeded de
mand. The perishables cannot be held
pending a relief in congestion.
produce men appear to regard
it as inexpedient to give the
surplus away and so the garbage
incinerator offers the quickest and
easiest solution. Last year Jons of
peaches were destroyed in Oklahoma;
hogs fed on apples in other sections.
of course effective methods of dis-
tribution would have prevented this
great loss to both producer and con-
The plea, made by Biologist Finley
to destroy cats and save the birds
should be heeded. The felines are
parasites. A mistaken idea holds them
aB nets, but once the cat nature breaks
out and scratches the dream- dirai-
pates. ' Birds aid mankind even the
sparrow has its use, though obscure
as yet. Song birds should- be pro
tected from the four-footed maraud
ers. One grown cat In the block will
scare away all the birds. Two half-
grown boys on the same area can
dispose of all the cats for a con
sideratlon, which must be adminis
tered with caution
i fv.., ,nnrs with a militia rffiof
I weighing 1 200 as passenger. That
mode of travel is not popular. Com
mon people lack the nerve, as well
as the insurance incidentally neces
sary.
Some means should be found to-
continue work on the north Columbia
River jetty without Interruption. A
work that is so near completion should
not be delayed by the struggle to
1 nrevenr. wast of fundi nr. rtrcm.
I r "
iwmcn cannot, mcome waterways,
There is abundance of clews to
the murderer of Mrs. Jennings, but
none of them lead to him. We need
I some of that scientific detective work
I by which European governments trace
criminals
I Aside from the loss of life, the last
I German air raid on England did little
I more damage than a gang of boys
would have done on Hallowe'en.
Six hundred carloads of nickel and
chrome from the mine near Riddle
I going to Pittsburg is another way of
putting Oregon on the map.
A Roseburg man has produced
strawberry six and one-half inches in
circumference, tho kind eaten with
knife and fork
I PruneKrowers seek a remedy for
I rot. while the defeated candidate of
Friday would trace the blight to its
source
xot even the yellowest Journal can
induce Hue-hes secretary to loosen
,,n nd none, rinreit to fake, him
Th. u-in v, , mem
or. course tomorrow j.ght, but the
i also-rans do not need to attend
As a home for retired railroad presi
dents, Portland has attractions which
Mr. Mohler could not overlook.
Republicans generally remembered
that Gus Moser was a good Republican
after defeat two years ego.
Sending would-be-citizens to school
that they may juallfy will cause them
to value citizenship.
Five months' time is necessary to
get some people to the registration
office.
The election In Roseburg today will
settle the question of that city's prog
ress. Mauna Loa having had Its eruption,
Mount Lassen's turn comes next.
The Kaiser has gone to Berlin
to
"lick" hisminlstry into shape.
By the calendar Summer is due in
nine days.
Llttlefield is a good loser and is
itJyouriS.
How to Keep Well
Br Dr. W. A. Evan.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral interest, will be answered in tnis col
umn. Where space wilt 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 ba
answered,
(Copyright, 1918. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
- Comfortable Shoes.
Recently, In lecturing to a group of
young women, I made the statement
that Women who wear tight shoes doom
themselves to obesity and bad breath.
Such was the conclusion. Perhaps
the reasoning may Influence some
who would refuse to be guided by the
flat statement of conclusion.
Every woman wishes to be attrac
tive wants to be pretty if she can
in any event, aa near it as possible. If
she cannot be pretty she wants to de
velop at least one pretty feature. A
small foot with a narrow toe appeals
to some. A young girl Is liable to
yield to the temptation to cramp her
feet. Suppose she gains that end let
us see what she pays for It.
When she cramps the front end of
her toes together she spreads the bones
of the ball of the foot. This makes
corns and bunions. When she wears
shoes that are too narrow or too short
she disarranges the structures of her
feet and in time she develops fallen
arches or some other form of painful
feet.
When she wears heels that are too
high and too narrow she Induces pains
in the calves of her legs. No one with
bunions, painful feet, or flattened
arches will exercise. Exercise is out
of the question when the feet are un
comfortable. The woman who does
not work, or exercise has soft, flabby
muscles. If her leg and arm muscles
are glabby her abdominal muscles, are
certain to be flabby also. A woman
who does not exercise and who has
flabby muscles is reasonably certain
to get fat. After 40 she is very apt
to become obese. If the abdominal mus
cles are flabby the abdomen is liable
to sag, displacing the abdominal organs
more or less.
A woman whose feet are uncomfort
able, who does no physical work, takes
little exercise, has soft, flabby mus
cles, and a sagging abdomen, will prob
ably develop constipation.
The cause of bad breath rrray be the
nose, the tonsils or the teeth. Al
though the proof is not conclusive?, the
probability is that the most frequent
cause is the absorption of certain sub
stances from the intestinal tract. The
proof is conclusive that under certain
circumstances aromatic substances are
formed in the intestines, absorbed into
the blood, an-J excreted by certain or
Bans. We know of certain aromatic
substances formed in. the body and
present In the breath in diabetes. One
way temporarilyt to relieve bad breath
is to take a purge and eat very lightly
for three days. Bad breath is often
present in the constipated.
The girl who wears tight shoes gains
what she is after for the time she has
shapely foot. But here is what she
pays for it in time: misshapen feet.
painful feet, bad posture, flabby muc
cles. obesity. Is It worth the price?
It happened the lecture was given to
girls. It applies to boys as well.
Opens) Kyfs Vnder Water.
D. D. S. writes: "I find it impossible
to see anything when I open my eyes
under water, in lake, tank, or even in a
small basin.. My eyes water profusely
when opened under water, and this Is
accompanied 'by sensation of pain simi
lar to that of having some one touch
the ball with a finger. Both the pain
and watering of the eyes continue for
some time afterward, until by energetic
rubbing the water seems to disappear
and with it the irritation, although it
the eyes are held open for more than
minute under water they become rather
bloodshot.
"As this sensitiveness of the eyes re
moves much of the pleasure from swim
ming. I would like to harden them if
possible. Can you suggest an eye wash
or some other means of overcoming it?
If eye wash is recommended, please
give formula.
ncpi,y.
If vou must cive ud one or the other.
keep your eves and let swimming go. Vou
cannot harden your eyes wltu washes. Don
try it.
Uric- Arid.
Mrs. l'. lv. iv. writes: "Will you
kindly prescribe an alkaline drink
which may be used every day as a pre
ventive against excess uric acid? Will
two or three lemons neutralize it? Mow
much water should anyone drink a day
who is subject to too much acid?"
REPLY.
If you have too much acid the best
way to overcome it is to eat more vege
tables and less meat. The very best wa
te neutralize uric acid "im to eat freely of
potatoes. Tho best drink to overcome uri
acid is a solution of bicarbonate of soda 1
watei, preferably rarbonated water, but 1
dnubt the advisability of taking soda wate
habitually for anything, you should tak
sis pints of water a day. Has your blood
been examined for excess of uric acid or are
you Just guessing at it? Few people suffer
from excess ol unc acid In the blood.
lVfiw,
Reader writes: "J have a wen on th
back of my neck which I have ha
about three years and seems to grow
larger. It pains but little. Do yo
think it advisable to have an opera
tion? Is there any danger?"
REPLY.
Most wens are fatty tumors. Fatty tu
mors are not dangerous. They grow alowl-
and cause little trouble. It is rather bette
to nave sucn tumors removed.
PreHldentiMl Primaries) In 11H2.
' VALK. Or., May 20. (To the Editor
(1) Did the names of Roosevelt, Taft
and La Folletto appear individually on
the primary nominating ballot in Ore
gon four years ago?
(2) Who won in the primary? Wha
was the vote on each of the three?
(3) How many and what states ha
the three above name on the state
primary ballot and what states did
each candidate r.-.rry in primary?
A. B. M GILLIVRAY.
(1) Yes.
(2) Roosevelt 28,905, La Follett
22.490, Taft 20.517.
(?) Presidential primaries were held
In 12 states. Roosevelt carried Califor
nia, Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, New
Jersey. Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania.
La Fgllette carried North Dakota an
Wisconsin. Taft won in Massachusetts
La Foilctte's name was not on the bal
lot in Mary-land and Pennsylvania.
Girt CKtaenahip.
PORTLAND, May 21. (To the Ed
Itor.) Will you please tell me throng
your columns whether under the pres
ent laws I am an American or German
citizen? My parents came to this coun
trv manv years ago, but have neve
been naturalized. I was born in Amer
tea and am past 21 years old. Have
the right to vote, and if not what steps
must I take? MISS DOUBTFUL.
You are an American citizen and in
state where women have the right 1
franchise. It was not necessary for
your parentes to be naturalized
order for you to be an American.
Case of "Money Talks."
Buffalo. N. Y.. Courier.
"For $2 1 will foretell your future."
"Are you a genuine soothsayer?" "I
am." "Then you ought to know that
I haven't got 12."
Our Constitutional Itighta
Louisville Courier-Journal,
"I have Just been reading the Con
stitution or the United States." "Well?."
"And 1 was surprised to find out how
many rights a fellow really has."
ISSUE TAKEX WITH 1ECTIBER
Bible Not Believed to Indicate Knowl
edge of Physiology.
DALLAS. Or.. May 19. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian recently gave a
synopsis of a lecture by a versatile
lawyer-preacher, of Portland, under the
caption, "Science Proved to Be- Old."
The lecturer apparently took the
ground "there is nothing new under the
sun" and that the learning of the mod
ern world Is but a rediscovery of the
wisdom of the ancients. Of course,
such an assumption would be absurd,
but some people delight in being ab
surd. The most interesting point raised by
our lecturer was his contention that
the author of the little elegy in Eccle
siastes, "The Coming of the Evil Days."
refers to the circulation of the blood
in the stanza:
"Or ever the silver cord be loosed.
Or the golden bowl be broken.
Or the pitcher be broken at the foun
tain.
Or the wheel be broken at the cistern."
The lecturer is Quoted as saying that
the last line of this Btanza "allows
learly that the writer had in his mind
the heart and circulatory system and
was familiar with that system, etc."
Because the Hebrew poet used rhe
torical metaphors in speaking of man's
bodily dissolution is no evidence that
he had any special knowledge of phys
ology. The lecturer s thought Is far
fetched when he assumes that because
the poet used the simile, "or the wheel
be broken at the cistern." he had in
mind the circulation of the blood as
understood in its modern sense. This
quotation can be Interpreted in a half
ozen different ways, and either of
them would be more in harmony with
the probable thought in the poet's mind
than the one given.
There is no rational justification for
ssuming that the writer possessed oc
ult knowledge of a physical fact un
known to the science bt his day and gen
eration, or for putting thoughts Into
is mind of which the physiology or
la time knew nothing. The ancient
Egyptians filled the arteries and veins
of their dead with an embalming fluid.
but this is no reason why we should
assume that they wero familiar with
the functions of the arterial system.
The lecturer's quotation from Shake
speare Is as irrelevant as his Biblical
gem. His specimen brick from "Julius
Caesar" reads: "More dear to me than
the ruddy drops that visit this sad
heart." Suppose the quotation to read
this aching toe." Would not the
simile be just as applicable to our lec
turer's pet hypothesis? Even in Shake-
peare s time it was common physiolo
gical knowledge that ".'the ruddy drops
visited the various organs and extrem
ities of the body, but the theory of the
irculation of the blood was not under
stood.
I disclaim any disposition to snatch
single gem, scientific or otherwise.
from that magnificent body of litera-
ure known to the English-speaking
world as "the Bible," nor do I wish to
purloin a single, flower from the brow
if the great bard of Avon. I leave all
such ghoulish work, to the "infidels"
and Baconians.
That the modern world is indebted
to the ancients for many scientific
gems of thought I know full well, for
scientific historians have recorded these
facta This is a great debt which we
moderas owe to the Greeks, we owe to
the Hebrews, and, in the light of recent
archaeological research, we see that
hose two great epoch-making peoples
wero indebted somewhat to the Egyp
tians and Chaldeans. Why, even the
Chinese were once a science-exploiting
people and had invented the noble art
of printing when Guttenberg s an
cestors were nomadic savages roaming
the German forests. But "the world do
move." J. F. FORD.
K,V LKllOll LAW IS SlUUESTED
freedom to Drink, With Life Term for
I'rralstent Drunkenness. Advocated.
PORTLAND. May 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Having watched with great in
terest the result of prohibition for the
last four and one-half months, 1 take
the liberty of writing yo a few lines
on the subject.
While reading a local evening paper
a few nichts ago I noticed on one page
three different violations of the prohi
bition law. Also on another page of
the same paper, I think it was, 1 read
of 23 people being arrested in some
thing like 24 hours for being drunk
and they say that Oregon is dry. As
a spectator I visited the police cour
not long ago. A man was brought be
fore the judge, charged with being
drunk. As evidence the arresting offi
cer produced a bottle that had con
talned Jamaica ginger. (The bottle
was dry and so was the man.) "Ten
days," said the wise judge. Another
fellow was called up for being drunk
in a prohibition state.
The cause of this fellow s Jag wa
alcohol. He said that a friend had
iven it to him. Perhaps his friend
was a druggist. In another case of too
much booze, a desk in the courtroom
was covered with empty bottles of all
kinds. It seems that the stronges
evidence, a full bottle of whisky, was
missing in this case, but no one seemed
to know what had become of it. in
my own mind I figured that perbap
some trusty had poured it into th
radiator of the police patrol. And these
arc the conditions under the prohibition
law in OreKon.
Mv idea of a model liquor law is this
Either a prohibition law that will make
all their tongues hang out a foot or
none.
Establish family liquor stores, allow
beer or wine to be sold with meals
under license In hotels. Allow a man
to buy all the liquor he wants under
the following conditions: That the first
time he got drunk be would go to Jail
for ten days; the second time, six
months, and the third time, life in
prison. Terhaps then the man or wom
an that likes a little drink can get it
and keep the privilege of getting it
without the chances of having It taken
aWay again on account of a few booze -tizhtcrs.
But by all means, I would
open up our home breweries and make
the "Made-in-Oregon" talk sound like
it meant something. .
The idea of my having to send out of
the state for liquor Just because some
other fellow made a hog of himself gets
my goat. But even that fact hasn't
helped matters any under our present
prohibition law. On the contrary, it
has only Increased the consumption of
whisky, the very thing It was supposed
to hit the hardest. The largest brewery
in this city is trying to make both ends
meet making near-beer.
The alcohol that Is driven out of this
beer floats through the air like so
many silver dollars, yet no one has a
right to catch them because it's against
the law. The fine, big brewery at
Twenty-third and Washington is as
quiet as a graveyard, while in Cali
fornia they are Jumping sideways try
ing to keep OregoTi supplied. But war
is war and law is law; no matter how
foolish, we are supposed to live up to
them.
Now. Mr. Editor, if I were guilty of
having anything to do with the fram
ing of such a law I would put a sign on
my back sayinK. "Kick me." and stand
on Sixth and Washington streets.
Yours for a better and bigger Oregon.
THEODORE H. EMIG,
1173 Detroit avenue.
A la Right
FORT CANBY, Wash, May 20. (To
the Editor.) A pays for one year's
subscription to a paper. They send
the paper after subscription runs out.
Can they collect? A says no.
BERNARD CLARK.
Married Thla Mornlne.
London Ma'll.
"Gladys Frosrles was married this
morning." "Who's the happy man?'
"ller father."
The June Bride-Elect
By James Bartem Adams.
There's a flutter of excitement in her
breast.
There's a timid sparkle in her pretty
eyes.
She is like the IittUj birdling in its
nest
Fluttering its untried wings before
it flies.
She can see a rosy future in her dreams.
With the songs of love her heart is
all attune.
All the land a world of fairy beauty
seems
To the maiden who will be a bride
In June.
How the passing days seem laggard In
their night.
Seem to move along on listless, lasy
wing.
Seem conspiring to delay the glad de
light Of the morning when the wedding
bells will ring.
'Round her couch at night the Cupid
angels hum.
In her dreaming ears a tender song
they croon
O, the most delightful visions ever
come
To the maiden who will be a bride in
June. '
There's a glint of Joyous triumph in her
As her girlie chums gaze at her wist
fully With their bosoms almost clogged with
envious sighs.
Wishing they were playing in such
luck as she.
And they tell her how the little god
of love
Has conferred upon her head a prlce
lesa boon.
And she coos her sweet responses like
a dove
As her glad thoughts wing their way
to rosy June.
Never comes a viBion of domestia
spats.
Never comes the dark'ning shadow
of a fear t
That they may quarrel like Kilkenny
cats
E'er they've worked in double harness
for & vear.
Never comes reflection that there'll' be
an end
To the dreamy .pleasures of the
honeymoon-
Future cares and present raptures
never blend
With the maiden who will be a bride
in June.
In Other Days.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oresonlan of May 22. 1S66.
Col. W. W. Chapman. who has-
lately made a tour of the Boise region,
has returned. He reports a state of
great activity in the mines.
S. E. May. Secretary of State: E. N.
Cooke, State Treasurer, of Salem; T.
Monteith and J. Barrows, or AiDny,
called upon us Saturday evening on
their return from the meeting of the
grand lodge of the Independent Order
of Oddfellows held last week at Dallas.
The river is rising so rapidly that
teams were pressed into use yesterday
for the purpose of removing goods ex
posed to the flood in Dasements or.
buildings on the levee.
' W. C. Johnson, of Oregon City, re
turned by the steamer Sierra Nevada
yesterday from a trip to Washington
City on business connected with .the
Hudson Bay Company.
There will be a schoo.' meeting in tho
first ward of this city this evening to
determine whether the district will
purchase grounds and build a new
schoolhouse in the ward.
The meetings of Union men at the
clubrooms in this city were largely at
tended. Saturday evening oeneral
Hamilton and others addressed the
meeting. There will be a rousing meet-
4ng this evening.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oresonlan of May 2"J, 1891.
Detroit. May 21. The one hundred
and third annual meeting of the Presby
terian general assembly convened
here this morning.
Portland had an easy time with tho
Seattle "Swipers" yesterday, winning,
7 to 3. T. Parrott pitched for the
winners.
San Dlogo. Cal. May 21. Ex-Attorney-General
of the United States
Alohzo Taft died this morning at 4:10
o'clock. Judge Taft leaves a widow,
one daughter and four sons.
All efforts to recover the body of
Elizabeth Whitfield, the daughter of
Engineer Whitfield, who was drowned
in the Willamette River Sunday, have
been of no avail.
John Walsh, a florist at Multnomah
and Woods street, was quite seriously
injured yesterday when the horse he
was driving ran away.
Representative Hermann and family
left Washington yesterday for Oregon.
Wheat Deed la -Not Kecorded.
PORTLAND, May 20. (To the Ed
itor.) A woman owns real estate, on
which there Is a mortgage. She has
warranty deeds made out in the name
of her daughter, these not having been
filed. Would it bo legal to have these
filed immediately at her death, to avoid
expense of probating a will, there being
no other property? M. G.
IT actual title has passed from mother
to daughter, and the latter is in full
enjoyment of her rights under the deed,
the real estate would not be a part
of the mother's estate. .ven though
deed had not been recorded.
Inheritance tax cannot be avoided,
however, by the owner of the property
signing a deed and withdrawing deliv
ery of possession until after death.
Uooda Uouarat on Credit.
pnnTLAND. Or.. May 21. (To the
Editor) tl) A person buys goods on in
stallment plan, such as clothes, fur
niture, etc.. makes one or more pay
ments and then leaves the state before
completing payments. Can he be prose
cuted or brought back into the stater
121 if not. what recourse has tne mer
chant got to protect himself? (3 After
I vote at primary election ana men
move into another precinct, can I vote
at the next general election?
(1) No. (2) A civil action.
Yes. but you should register again.
(3)
What' in a Name?
A name made fami!!r through
advertising carries with It a cer
tain pedigree. It breathes re
spectability and responsibility.
Dealers find that they are
moving with the popular current
when they display goods of
known make and name.
When those goods have been
made known through the col
umns of their home newspapers
the dealers know they are carry
ing wares that have been intro
duced to their customers, and
that are desired by their cus
tomers. The logic of good merchan
dising is to give the people what
they want.