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Newspaper Page Text10 v TITE MORNING OREG ONIAN, SATURDAY, JTJXE 3, 1910. FORTLAM), OREGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Fostofflc a second-class mail matter. Subscription Rates Invariably ta advance: (uy Maii. Dally, Sunday inciuded, one year Dally, Sunday Included, six months... Dally, Sunday Included, three months. Dally. Sunday included, one month... Daily, without Sunday, one year...... Dally, without Sunday, alx months.... Daily, without Sunday, three months. Dally, without Sunday, one month.. .. Weekly, one year. 'Sunday, one year. Eucday and Weekly, one year i&y earner, i Daily. Sunday included, one month. .... .73 Hovr to Remit Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflce address In full. Including; county and state. Postage Rates 12 to IS pages, 1 cent; 18 tn 82 pages. 2 cents; 84 to 43 pages. S cents; 60 to 60 pages, 4 cents; o2 to 78 page, 6 cents; 78 to 82 pages, 6 cents. Foreign postage, double rates. - Eastern Business Office Verree A Conk lln, Brunswick building. New York; "Verree & Cor.klln, 6teger building, Chicago. San i"ranclsco representative. R. J. Bldwell, 742 llarket street. .tS.OO . 4.25 . 2.23 . .75 . e.oo . 8.25 . 1.75 . .60 . 1.50 . 2.50 . 8.50 ... .oo PORTLAND. SATURDAY, JTTNB 8. 1918. THE PREPAREDNESS PARADE. Preparedness does not consist 'whol ly of the establishment of armed forces. National precaution and se curity must nave emotional as well as material manifestations. There must he fostered la the public mind a spirit of unity, a commonness of purpose and a, -willingness to serve and to sacrifice. Preparation of fighting men for land and sea Is after all, sec ondary to preparation of the publlo mind, and spirit -which stand as the foundation of National security. Imagine, for example, the passage 1 two years &go of such Army and Navy hills as now meet the approval of the National Congress. Impossible. The puiblio mind, by the very nature of .American environment and civiliza tion, reflected no such necessity. No need for greater preparation had been . forced upon the National conscious ness by experience. Then came the awakening- In the light of a great ob ject lesson. It has been slow but cer tain. Only now -Is It beginning to take concrete form and iwith Congress providing! sweeping changes in the mediums of National defense the peo ple show an inclination to believe that the legislative body of the country has fallen short of Its duty in not having Cone further. It Is In the development of the vital emotional phase of preparedness that the patriotic parade serves Its useful purpose. The parade of tens of thou sands of Americans crystallizes the patrlotlo sentiment of a community. In order to parade publicly one must be very much In earnest. It may be argued that willingness to parade and inclination to hear arms are two wide ly different matters, yet one Is con ducive to the other. Parading Is an emphatic expression of conviction that America must safeguard Its shores against encroachment. It ia vigorous repudiation of that senseless peace-at-any-prlce idealism which became alarmingly widespread In those days of Isolation and plenty preceding the European upheaval. It Is a direct and unflinching recognition of America's duty to Itself. Having passed through, the speech making stage, Americanism and Its first cousin of preparedness are now at the parading stage. Words are giv ing way to action. Parading will serve its great purpose lnv completing the awakening and hastening that day when every citizen will want to do more than parade In a popular dem onst ration. Every citizen, man or woman, who feels an obligation to uphold and advance American tradl tions and Ideals should participate In the faaturday night demonstration. the reliance to be had on unsupported claims is the admitted loss by the Ger mans of the battleship Pommern. This battleship was reported as one of two sunk by the English In the Gulf of Riga, July 2, 1915. The loss of the vessel was denied by the imperial gov ernment. Whether the Germans lost any capital ship in the battle of Riga is problematical, although it la pos sible that some" other vessel of the same type was destroyed or even that the Pommern was sunk and another vessel given the same name. The loss of the dreadnought Auda cious, by mine or submarine, has never been admitted by the British Admir alty, although asserted by Germany and by neutral observers. Certainly the British fleet now has a dreadnought-Audacious in commission. One story Is current that a Chilean dread nought, purchased on the ways by Great Britain and completed about the time of the reported sinking of the Audacious, has been given that name. Assertions of naval losses, unless corroborated by admissions, therefore give a doubtful cast even to official reports. Each side will admit only those losses which It Is certain the enemy Is fully aware have been In curred. Enough Is now known, how ever, to Indicate that the British fleet has suffered a signal defeat. It Is by no means decisive In the matter of naval supremacy, but It will be a se vere blow to Britain's pride and con fidence In Its navy.- Inquiry Into the mental endow ments of Henry Ford, who has suc ceeded In making himself a National figure, reveal some startling results. The Chicago Tribune has listed the things that Ford dislikes as well as the things he knows nothing about and cares less concerning. There is an amazing similarity between the things he knows nothing of and the things he cares nothing for. Natur ally so. A man seldom cares for that which he does not or cannot understand. For instance, he has given the sub ject of art no thought or considera tion. Music, philosophy, education and the other worth-while things of civilization fail to attract his fancy. He sees no good in banks. Labor, unions are of no earthly use In the Ford mind. Employers should pay a fair wage, as Mr. Ford does, and that is all there Is to the matter. History has no charm for him and consequent ly no lessons. Words that pass very far beyond one syllabi are obnoxious. He does not understand them and declines to look them up. With these sidelights on . the Ford character, It is easier to understand how he would emfaark upon the Qulx. otic errand of stopping the European war as a Christmas present. But It is more difficult to understand how several thousand citizens could be led to consider him seriously as a fit person- for the Presidency of the United States. THE BATTLE OP THE SIvAGITR RAX. Although outnumbered and out classed as a whole toy the British navy. the German navy holds a strategic position which enables It practically to choose Its own ground for battle. Immured In the well-mined harbors and channels of Northern Germany. It Is beyond the reach of a British of- lensive unless It elects to meet it. It Is vital to German Interests, however, that no strong English fleet be at large In, the Baltjo Sea. With the ex ception of a few losses due to activity or English submarines, German com merce with Sweden has progressed un Interruptedly. The Baltic Is the one open road the central empires have to a neutral country capable of supplying zooasturzs ana munitions in quantities The presence of a large English fleet m the bkager Rak may be accounted for in several different ways, but the most probable explanation is that the British were supporting some naval measure in the Baltic for the purpose of tightening the blockade against Germany. Britain's long - distance blockade is clearly Illegal. It has been protested by the United States and there Is evidence of a growing Internal demand for more effective measures fcy the navy against Germany. If this was the objective it was vitally neces sary for the German fleet to resist. even though confronted by a superior force, as the German official report avers. Even so, the position of the German fleet in its larger elements was ad vantageous. It was less than 200 miles from a German base. It could thrust, do as much damage as possible and retire to security if necessary. It was enabled, because 'of Its proximity to home ports, to employ Zeppelins, This type of air craft Js presumably most effective against destroyers and for spying out approach of enemy re inforcements. And once attacking de stroyers are sunk or demoralized there is opportunity for destructive work by submarines. The official reports of the battle leave considerable to speculation. Ac cording to the English version the Germans engaged only the advance guard of the main British high seas fleet and soon fled after the battl squadron came up. The German ver sion implies an engagement with the entire British fleet, capital ships and all. That the Germans at one stage of the engagement had a marked ad- vantage is indicated by announcement of rescue of some of the crews of sunken British ships. Sea fights are not now conducted at a range which permits rescue at the height of battle. Whatever the character of the Eng lish fleet in the beginning of the ac tion it is clear that it was outfought. , Probably It was in retirement when British reinforcements came up. We shall perhaps not learn the exact extent of losses on either side until after the close of the war. It is considered wise tactics to conceal na val losses from the enemy when pos sible. It may be recalled that In the Russo-Japanese War the Japanese lost three battleships off Port Arthur. But Japan at the time admitted the loss of only one and that was a ship known to the Russians to have been sunk. That two others were sunk was re vealed after the end of the war. But a more timely Illustration of moved from there when I was 2 years old to Cattettsburg, K T was educated there and at Portsmouth Ohio, and raised as a Methodist of which mr parents was when about 17 cane to nebraska Lexington Daw son Co about 31 years ago was on ranches ana later a farmer fo about 25 years dif ferent things a short time in the above mentioned was a Member of vangellcal Church in early davs and now a member of Presbyterian here In Lexington Neb for aDout 9 years, have never taken a drink of Liquor nor my Father eather since I was old enough to know till he died yon you preachers ought to get Busy and give mo ueiegates to under stand wnal your Intentions is If thev nominate m. man of Whiskey type or one going it ton faced s some or them Is very truly Robert G. ubs Lexington reb. The possibility that such a literary genius might dictate the policy of the nlted States, write messages to Con gress, draw up dispatches to other nations and personally represent this Nation try his Intercourse with foreign diplomats and other distinguished for- lgn visitors, must be a pleasing sub- ect of meditation to those who admit no defects and .countenance no changes In the direct primary. XTP TO THE UX5ISLATT7KES. Congress having passed revolution ary measures affecting the militia of tne country, the outcome will remain ncertain until the Legislatures of all states have met and passed their own little preparedness bills. Desolte Na tional recognition, the National Guard of the country must look to the local lawmaking bodies to provide working conditions under which Federal re quirements can be met. Congress took the precaution to provide that unless these conditions are provided by each state within sixty days from adjourn ment of Its next Legislature, Federal support win be withdrawn. So far two Legislatures have met the issue. New York went the limit. even providing compulsory service in the militia. Massachusetts has Just enacted progressive preparedness bills affecting Its militia. Liberal financial support and a rehabilitation of the state military laws went through peedily. Provision was made for two weeks of annual training Instead of one. As for compulsory training In the schools, the legislators are feeling tneir way carefully, and a commission win report on the subject before a decision is reached. Of course, there are forty-six Legls. latures- yet to hear from, but there should be no difficulty in meeting the issue successfully, especially when the Government Is holding out an alluring Dag or gold as an inducement. PTJBLIO SERVICE ANT ART. There Is an optimistic note In an agitation Just now stirring New York City. The publlo is complaining bit terly because of Insufficient mail. boxes. Larger numbers of these boxes were promised two years ago, but up to the present not a single box has been placed, and It develops that the delay has been occasioned by a three- cornered controversy in which art rather than public convenience is the bone of contention. In order that a more artistic design for the steel letter boxes might be se lected, the matter was placed in the hands of the Municipal Art Commis sion, which was to co-operate with the postofflce authorities in selecting an attractive design. A sculptor was en gaged to prepare models, and while he has succeeded in pleasing both bodies with a composition for the front of the letter Iboxes, the design which will ornament the sides continues In dis pute. The Art Commission is partial to an American eagle with outspread wings. The postofflce connoisseurs contend that the eagle Idea is too con ventional and are holding out for a raised shield bearing the letters "U. S." surmounted by a wing. The pub He,, which claims an Interest In the Issue, is crying for letter boxes in which to post missives, and is willing to ac cept either design, both designs or no design. Sympathy, of course, will go out to the contending art authorities from all Americans far enough from the scene of dispute to have a true per spective. What the country needs Is higher regard for artistic design and less greedy haste for mere utill ties. The disconcerting aspect of the incident is that after two years of ar tlstic endeavor the arbiters of letter box art have devised nothing more 11 luminating and original than spread eagles and raised shields. Why not a medallion of Wood row Wilson, the world's greatest note writer? A BOON TO FREAK CANDIDATES. One of the results of the Presiden tial preference primary Is to encour age the freak candidate. Under this law no organization, previous public service, reputation or popular support is necessary to candidacy. All that man needs Is the necessary filing fee and the fee for Insertion of his pre tended qualifications in the official pamphlet, the craving for notoriety and the itch for office. These are the sole requisites to the placing of his claims before all the voters by the state officials and to the printing of his name on the primary ballot. Oregon has a sample of the work ings of this law In the candidacy of William Grant Webster, of Illinois, for the Republican nomination for Vice- President. He was willing to run for President as well, provided he would not thereby sacrifice his chances of indorsement for thelower office, but he would rather take the latter than get nothing. An unaccountable defect in the law cramped his ambition What he wanted was a nomination any old nomination and he got It Merely because he alone thought of seeking that for Vice-President and because many persons voted for an unknown rather than leave a blank space on the -ballot or take the trouble of writing in a name, he becomes Ore gon's apparent choice for the second office in the land a sort of heir apparent to the Presidency. Mr. Webster's letter to The Orego nian showed that he can at least write grammatical English and spell cor rectly, but that is not a necessary qualification. Nebraska Democrats were Invited to vote for Robert G. Ross, a liveryman of Lexington in that state, for President, and he re ceived 9417 Democratic and 5509 Re publican votes. Not until after the primaries did any persons Inquire into his views, training and qualifications. Then W. L. Gaston, of Wayne, Neb., wrote a request for this Information and he received the following reply: Tour- card receved and will say that I waa Borned La Repley Ohio. My parents necessary to empower the President to make the declaration when acting as a member of the league and for Its purpose. In order that the United States might be free to act as a mem ber of the league, it would be neces sary that the Senate abandon Its Jeal ous demand that every agreement un der a general treaty be ratified by It; perhaps that the Constitution be amended to remove the ground of its demand. Before Congress will con sent to this restriction of Its powers and this enlargement of the executive power, it will be necessary for Mr. Taft's league to educate public opin ion to the point wherelt will force Congress to yield. This will require a long and persistent propaganda ex tending over years. An earnest disposition to undertake this propaganda and practical prepara tion to undertake It are shown fcy the league. A Nation-wide organization has been formed, pamphlets are pub lished, meetings held, lectures given and the aid of Influential men Is en listed. Mr. Gere does nothing of this kind; he proposes that Congress ex press. Its sentiments, but nothing more. His resolution will accomplish nothing toward removing the serious obstacles which we have described; the league's plan of action will do much. The loudest shouter for peace Is not Its best promoter. Deliverance of the world from war requires work by earnest, able men incessant, pains taking work. The Tafts do this work; the Gores only move resolutions. An enemy of the divorce court Is found in the girls' department of the Benson Polytechnic School. Girls who can make their own gowns, trim their own hats, cook well and occupy them selves in basket-weaving, lace-making and oth-er artistic work, will be able to make a living and, when they mar ry, will make good homes and have happy, contented husbands. The wom an who Is a bad cook and becomes grouchy or a gadabout through lack of occupation at home Is only too apt to have a quarrelsome -husband. Each quarrel is more serious than the last until the divorce-court is reached. LABOR HAS ITS INXTNGS. These are the days when labor has Its Innings. In normal times there Is not usually more than enough em ployment for the existing population. but Immigration yearly throws about a million persons a year on the labor market as a "bear" influence on wages. At the present time every in dustry Is swamped with orders, the ex. lsting population is fully employed, many foreign workmen have returned to Europe and immigration has prac tlcally ceased. Hence Industries com pete for labor by raising wages volun tartly and those which do not raise them enough face strikes. The New York Industrial Commission reports that on May 1 wage increases went into effect aggregating 54,426,500 year and benefiting- 705,500 workers n that state alone. On that date the American Federation of Labor re ported 336,500 workers involved in la bor disputes and 1,700,000 concerned in further disputes which threatened. An impressive statement of the boom in employment and wages is made by the New York Commission as to that state, and may be taken as fairly representative of conditions In the country at large. Wages paid In March were 30 per cent more than In March, 1915, and that month showed for the metals, machinery and conveyances trades 35 per cent more , operatives and 51 per cent more wages, while business had increased one-fifth. The Increase In wages was 80 per cent for rolling mills, steel works, cutlery, tools and firearms factories and builders of boats and ships; 60 per cent for gen eral machinery manufacturers, rail way repair shops and railway equip ment manufacturers. Iron and steel works employ 36 per cent and boot and shoe manufacturers 20 per cent more persons than a year ago. The demand for labor has increased to this extent and Immigration has ceased to replenish the supply. With Austrians fighting beside Ger mans, Germans beside Turks, and Brlt ish and Russians beside Frenchmen, the nations are becoming decidedly mixed. Who knows what the result of this brotherly intercourse may . be on the future relations of nations? Even those who are arrayed on oppo site sides may become fast friends, for nothing Inspires respect, which Is the basis of friendship, more than does a good fight. The move of the "drys" to bar all alcoholic beverages was to be expected and Oregon will thrash It out again. One side or the other which Is un certain will receive the aid of many who find the substitutes far from ex pectations and the long-distance traf- fic more or less a nuisance. They will go the whole thing or quit altogether, It's a long time to Novemlber and a hot Summer due. Mr. Knox, appointed to succeed Frank Vaille at the head of the rail way mall system of the Pacific North west, is an efficiency man from the fflce of the First Assistant Postmas ter-General. His appointment may mean much or little. The service is fflclent now. The recall of Mayor Robinson, o Boise, shows the head of a city can ot play favorites. In a number of raids by the moral squad many were caught and punished, but one promi ent citizen went unmolested. The desire to "get even" Induced the re call. 'Democrats Shun Office," says headline. The situation is clearer. however, when it is explained that the offices are those of a party club and carry no remuneration.. A grain of comfort In the waterfront strike Is that longshoremen and deck hands settle trifles with their fists and the damage is not fatal, but highly diverting. PRACTICAL WORK FOR PEACE. A good example of the distinction between the merely theoretical and the practical advocacy of peace is found In the resolution submitted to the Senate by Senator Gore and in the programme of the League to Enforce Peace. Mr. Gore's resolution would commit Congress to the expression of a desire to maintain "an honorable and last ing peace with all the nations of the world" and to approval of "all sea sonable efforts to promote permanent peace among the warring nations upon such principles as would best in sure International Justice for the fu ture." These are only what the New Republic terms "pious aspirations, and their expression does not promote peace unless they are followed up with some definite seasonable efforts." The League to Enforce Peace, and President Wilson by indorsing its pro gramme, make such an effort. The league strikes at causes of war. The prime cause of the present war, as between Germany and Britain, was economic rivalry;-as between the other nations It was racial antagonism. These causes led to the armament race which loaded such a burden on the nations as to have hastened the war through their desire to throw It off. By reducing very materially the risk of war, the league's plan would make possible the reduction and future lim Itatlon of armaments. Its plan of. ar bitrating Justiciable disputes and of conciliation in all other cases would render peace more secure the longer it was in operation. It would reduce the friction among nations, improve their neighborly feeling and thereby lessen economic rivalry, or at least the risk that that rivalry would re sult In war. This plan offers a de cided advance toward realizing the pious aspirations of Mr. Gore, who of fers nothing. There are serious difficulties to be overcome before the - United States could become a party to a league o nations bound together as is proposed We should be obliged to discriminate between such a league and those entangling - alliances against which George Washington warned us. We should then find it necessary that Con gress empower the President to Join other members of the league in mill tary action against any nation which began hostilities before its claims had been passed upon by the World Court of Arbitration or the Court of Con ciliatlon. In order to be effective, th military power of the league would need to act promptly and could not await the deliberations of Congress on a declaration of war. An amend ment of the Constitution might be Ql'AKEIl DK11.VES WAR STAND Faith Lived up to 1b Ked Cross Work, Writer Says. NEWBERQ. Or.. June 2. (To the Ed itor.) In The Oregonian, June 1, you said on the editorial page: "If the Quakers object to military training. let them buy guns and uniforms lor those who do not object." Will you kindly allow me a little space In your paper to state Drieiiy our stand on the question of war and military training that our attitude may be more correctly understood? As a church, the Quakers have stood opposed to war and all that tends toward militarism, throughout their entire history. " Their objection has never been, and is not now, becase they are cowardly or disloyal to their gov ernment, it Is duo to me iact mat they believe before God all war and al preparation for war Is not only morally and spiritually wrong, dui that It Is also an economic and eugenic waste to society, which It can 111 afford to suffer. As a church the Quakers always have opposed war. and always will. In times past they have suffered all kinds of persecution, even death at stake. rather than act contrary to their con victions. And tha same loyalty and de votion to truth which characterized them In other generations character izes them today. The majority of our membership today, if the testing time should come, as it has already come In England and New York, will go even to death rather than do that which vio lates the will of God as they under stand it. Furthermore, the Quakers will not buy guns or uniforms "for those who do not object." We believe It is Just as wrong to hire and equip otners to do killing as it is to do it ourselves. The nald assassin is never more guilty before the law than the man higher up who hires the work done. That Quakers are not cowaTdly, but that thev are patriotic and loyal to their government, is shown by the fact that more than 300 members of London Yearly Meeting of Friends volunteered for and are doing relief and ambulance service at the front In France and Belgium. And that since conscription went into effect about 400 more have chosen to go to the front unarmed and risk their lives in saving rather tnan to go armed with the intent to kllL That God honors their testimony against war Is shown by the fact that only one has met death, although they have been under fire almost continu- ouslv since the war. began. The Quaker testimony against war It not. and never has been, altogether a nesrative testimony, for they have always held that there is a better way of settling international disputes and have been active in their efforts to nnlnt nut that wav. As a church we are praying God to spare our beloved country from,"the awful calamities that follow in the past of militarism and war. We will continue to oppose all that would in any way lead to war and to labor as we pray for all that will In any way contribute to the peace of the world. But should our nation ever become involved in war we would be found servlnsr It lust as loy ally in the peaceful pursuits of life and ministering to the sick and wounded as the soldiers who. would .be com oelled to do the flsrhtlne. That war and preparation for war are wrong we cannot doubt. We know that truth cannot die and that in the end the cause of truth will triumph. Till then we must be true to our con victions. . A QUAKER. OR EH; ON FISHING SPORT THRILLS tw York Blaa Pleads for Legislation Protecting; Willamette. NEW YORK, May 26. (To the Edi tor.) While I was visiting in Portland few weeks ago I enjoyed the won- erful sport of landing the limit of our royal Chinook salmon with light tackle. On' several successive morn ings I arose at 8 o'clock and Journeyed to Oregon City, accompanied by Messrs. Henry Metzger and William L Cole, of Portland, to fish. Wo all had excel lent sport and lue-k until May 1, when the glllneta were allowed to be placed In the Willamette by commercial fish- rmen. - From that Cay on the fun topped. In offering to the sportsman such rare sport as catching your gamy Chi nook salmon with rod and reel. Oregon has an attraction that can, beyond question or a doubt, be made as world famous as the fishing In Southern Cal ifornia or Florida, why not take ad vantage of this opportunity and Influ ence tha enacting of legislation pro hlbtting commercial fishing In the Wlllametto and encourage the amateur port? If I understand correctly. The Colum bia River offers more salmon to the commercial fishermen than they know what to do with, therefore why not keep them off of the Willamette? If Oregon can offer the tourist sportsman the necessary protection, you will find them flocking to Oregon City during each open salmon season. There is one thing I know and that Is, you will find yours truly right on the Job again next season, as the cport Is second to none. I have fished for tuna. tarpon, swordfish. etc, and believe me when I say your Chinook salmon does not have to take a back seat when it comes to gamene.s. I trust you will be able to Interest eome member of your Legislature in the direction of protection and encour aging this srort. THEODORE JAEGER. 612 West 112th Street. New York City. It Is a wonder City Hall employes do not organize and adopt a minimum scale of $5 a day the Ford figure and save bureau heads a lot of bother. The force of the wind that blew a fast mail ' train from the track In Illinois yesterday ma'y be estimated from the rate fast mail trains travel. No doubt the man who won the nomination for District Attorney of Lake County toy one plurality in a field 6f four Is glad he voted. The Oregon delegation will not blow out the gas, but must watch waiters and porters who have a habit of keep. Ing the change. A grocer who acted as If he be lleved any old thing was good enough for the poor paid $25 to learn differently. If the war map Is the basis of Ger many's terms of peace, the dove might as ..well get on the roost and stay there. However, Villa has entered no for mal objection to presence of General Pershing In Mexico. If Briton ana Teuton keep it up, uncle Sam will have the No. 1 navy. A man cannot march in a prepared ness parade by riding in his car. The sweet girl graduate will be In our midst in a few more days. Pretty much all. Including clocks, are striking in Butte. the The Hughes hue sweeping crescendo. Is rising in a The weather is shaping Itself for the Rose Festival. Fall In tonight! in the procession. ' You are welcome Portland harbor is rapidly recruit ing a real fleet. Verdun must take a back seat for Chicago now. The Hughes tidal wave is about to hit Teddy. Chicago makes a whole day's Job of parading. The rose grows twenty-four hours a day now. Get in line on time and stick to the finish. It is up to Carranza again! Tonight is tha night. LABOR'S STAND ON PR EPA RKD NESS W. C. Aylsvrorth Protests Mr. Petten- re II Did Not Reflect Sentiment. PORTLAND, Juno 1. (To the Editor.) In addressing the Chamber of Com merce last Wednesday on preparedness E. E. Pettengell, president of the Mu slclans' Union, is quoted as saying When you go down Into the ranks labor as I have done, and ask them 1 they favor preparedness, five of six will answer, 'Yes.' " I ttent "down Into the ranks of la bor" by attending a meeting of the Central Labor Council last week, and after a full and free discussion of the subject lasting two hours a vote wa taken which resulted in 5 for and 2 against "preparedness." The Central Labor Council, as Petten gell knows. Is composed of represen tatlves of the various labor unions, and there is no doubt that a, referendum vote of the entire membership would show a corresponding percentag against "preparedness. As a member of the Musicians Union and of organized labor I protest agains such unauthorized statements of the at tltude of our membership on this, o any other question. W. C. AYLS WORTH. In Other Day. Tireaty-five Tears Ago. From The Oregonian of June 3. 1-S91. The people are not satisfied to stop with their consolidation victory of Monday. They art determined to go to the polls on June 1 and defeat bosslsm again and elect officials who will give consolidated Portland good government. London. Juno 2. It Is no secret that the court would gladly dispense with the visit of the German Emperor. which, for many reasons both publlo and private, will take place at an ex ceedingly inconvenient time. The state or oiilclal visit of the Emperor and his wife will bo limited to 10 days, during which they will be guests of the Queen at Windsor Castle and Buck ingham Palace. The favorite steamer Teler which has been off her route for two weeks, has been thoroughly overhauled and repainted throughout. She is now one of the handsomest boats on tha Columbia River. The long-promised history of the life and achievements of Governor Pennoyer has at last been published. It seems to be a very concise and accu rate history of the Governor, prepared With exceeding care. There will be a meeting of the Inter state Commerce Commission here to morrow and Friday, at which evidence, will be taken in regard to the com plaints of the Spokane Board ot Trade, which asks that Portland merchants ha not allowed to receive goods from the East at a less freight rate than that charged to Spokane merchants. WHAT PRIMARY LAW HAS DONE Personal Ambition, See-ret Societies and Irresponsibility Some of Its Fruits. Bend Bulletin. I. N. Day, of Portland, was the strong man of the last Legislature, lhrougr. the abuse heaped upon his head by th Portland Journal, which pretty con sistently abuses everybody who disa grees with its policies and acts inde pendently- of Its desires, Mr. Day i well advertised.. He has had plenty o publicity. Perhaps from his stand point he has had too much. At all events, he didn't run for re-election the other day. Mr. Day is a big, able, interestln man, aggressive and remarkably well Informed. He is worth listening even when one heartily disagrees with him. So we reprint an outburst he perpe trated Just after the recent election egarding the direct primary. Like all the Day literary effusions, it has plenty of punch. We don't altogether agree with Mr. Pay, but we do realize tha there Is much food for thought in his excoriation of this feature of the pop ularly beloved Oregon system. Mr. Day says: The direct primary has abolished party government and substituted irresponsible popular government; eliminated the party boss and substituted a myriad of straw bosses and apprentices. It has substituted: Personal ambition for public preferment; public Indifference for publlo interests: mi nority rule for majority Tula; extravagance for economy; incompetency for efficlencyl the favor of the press for the will of the people: candidates with slogans for parties with platforms and principles; the trench. the ambush, the mine and the poison gas of slander for the field of fair discussion and rostrum for debate. It has substituted: Secret societies, exclusive class assocla- tions. select clubs and religious creeds for regularly, openly organized political parties. It has eliminated the conference, the con vention and the public assembly and substi tuted therefor the cabal of religious big otry, the secretly operating organised place hunters, the irresponsible recommendation of hired employes, the mlschevlous activi ties of disloyal hyphenates. It has exalted creeds and accredited re- llglon. it has substituted class hatred, religious Intolerance and bigotry for frater nity and brotherly love. It has substituted the star chamber, the lodgeroom and the church vestry for the publlo forum and the political convention. It has substituted invisiDie government ror the orderly administration of publle af fairs by party rule; It has abolished the golden rule, shattered commandments and has made a travesty of the declaration of rights. It has substituted tns "Hymn or Htt" for -My Country, Tls of Thee." It has made the Oregon system a joks and raised bell. This does not mean mat the direct pri mary should be abolished. But It should be adopted In conjunction with the convention system. The direct primary should be made as powerful for good as It has been made powerful lor evil. Nevertheless, the direct primary has come to stay. Its virtues and advan tages overbalance its faults and abuses. "SAVING DAYLIGHT" PLAN CIIAFUS T. Wallace Bulst Says It Is Pronounced Inconvenience to Families. PORTLAND. June 1. (To the Edi tor.) Permit me to lodge an emphatic protest against the new rule compel ling our children attending high school to be at their desks at 8 A. M. Is there any valid reason for such an innova tion? If there is I, as well as a good many more taxpayers, would like to have it It is a most pronounced inconven ience to the majority of families hav ing children attending high schools. It necessitates. In a great many in stances, two breakfasts and "one grand rush" to get them off on time. Were any material benefit to be gained by such an Innovation we would not grumble. If there Is any benefit It certainly Is not apparent. View it from every conceivable angle of common sense, it Is ridiculous and useless. Ia there no end of the experiments of the Portland system of education, or. more correctly speaking, "lack of education"? T. WALLACE BUIST. 589 East' 17th Street North. MORE RIGID DRY LAW WANTED Eliminate Loopholes, Says One Wbo Realises Good Already Done. PORTLAND. Juno 1. (To the Ed itor.) Now that we have had six months of prohibition, many of us can testify as ta its merits and results. All are unlversaly benefited by the doing away with the saloon that is an un questioned fact. But that the law as it now stands is weak in many points we can as equally assert. Liquors are sent for and the stronger the better, as a little will go a long way. Each person can easily evade the law by sending in the name of other people who do not want it, for many times more than they are entitled to. This cannot be prevented as the law now stands. It seems too bad that a law so uni versally approved for the betterment of ourselves should defeat lf own pur pose. Would we not all willingly agree to an improvement in It, not only to- guarantee its permarrency but to do the full good It was intended and also to stop a new wrong many of us see coming upon us? SUBSCRIBER. e Cartoonists and Illustrators. STITES. Idaho. May SO. (To the Ed itor.) Will you please tell mo about what cartoonists get for such comics as "Polly" and "Doc Yak." and how are they paid, by the series or for each week? (2) Art illustrating and design ing as well paid for as cartooning? (3) Is such work done in Ink, pencil or water colors? (4) How are the pic tures taken from the original drawings and how large are the original draw ings for a two-column comic? (5) Are the large Initial letters we see in some magazines sent direct to the publishers by someone, who is drawing for them, or do some publishing houses make a specialty of such work for other houses or magazines? (6) Friend says all the cartoons and Illustrations we see are photographs to begin with, and I say they are drawinga (7) Does R. V. Outcault make 175,000 a year from his drawings? B. E. L. (1) Cartoonists of such features usu ally are on a salary which varies from $50 to $500 or more a week to as high as $25,000 or more a year. They ar employed by the larger newspapers or syndicates. (2) It depends on the artist, (3) In various ways, depending on the use for which It Is intended. If the cartoon or design is for black and white production it is done In crayon or black ink. (4) By processes known as etching, half-toning, electrotyping and various other forms of engraving. The six varies, but better work Is done If th original drawing Is larger than the re production. (5) Doth ways. Typo foundries make specialties of initial letters also. (6) Soma illustrations are pho graphs; cartoons are always drawings. (7) It has been reported that Out cault has an income that large. Ho does commercial work as well as his newspaper comics, and Is stockholder In companies and syndicates. Sanitary Precautions Are Taken. PORTLAND. June 2. (To the Edi tor.) Please Inform me why the Board of Health permits the Sisters of St, Vincent's Hospital to wear those black, germ-laden robes, going from con tagious wards to their duties in th main building as they do daily. M. P. J. The Sisters of Charity at t- Vin cent's Hospital change the gowns which they wear In the sanitarium in which communicable diseases ar treated, thesame as surgeons do when performing operations, and no case ot communicable disease has been trans ferred from one part of the hospital to the other In the knowledge of the City Health Office. Her Social Face. Philadelphia Press. Business Caller (looking at .photo graph) This Is a picture of Mrs. Peck Ington, I suppose? Peckington Yes; that's ber when she is er getting her pictures taken. All About the Rose Festival The Sunday Oregonian This is Rose Festival week. The authorities in charge of this year's entertainment have provided something new, novel and at tractive. Full particulars of every festival detail will be presented in tomorrow's big Sunday Oregonian. AMERICAN ARTIST'S WORK William R. Leight is an American artist whose work i3 just beginning to grain public attention. Two of his most notable pictures as well as a picture of the artist him self, will be reproduced in tomorrow's paper together with a story describing the career of the artist. AUSTRC-ITALIAN WAR Here is an accurate description of the battles that have been fought within .the last year between the Italian and the Austrian armies on, the Alpine heights. HERBERT KAUFMAN'S PAGE Don't fail to read the page of edi torials by Herbert Kaufman that are a regular feature of The Sunday Oregonian. Some timely thoughts will be presented to morrow. THE IRON CLAW This is the tenth episode in Arthur Stringer's entertaining drama now appearing concurrently in The Sunday Oregonian and at the theaters in story form in the former and in pictures at the latter. PAGE OF OLD POEMS Interest in The Oregonian's weekly page of old poems shows no signs of abating. A steady stream of favorites continues to come in. They are printed one full page each Sun day. Send in your old favorites. STORY OF SKAGWAY FraVk G. Carpenter now has reached the interesting city of Skagway in his travels through Alaska. He calls this city the gateway to the Klondike of 1916. In tomorrow's paper will appear Mr. Carpenter's description of the modern Skag way and late pictures of the town. TRAINING POLICE DOGS Did you know that the dogs used in modern American cities are trained to do their work just the same as the men? Tomorrow's paper will tell how these dogs are edu cated to aid in the detection of criminals. It will be illustrated. MONTAGUE GLASS Another Birsky and Zapp story will appear tomorrow. Montague Glass is the author. Aviation is the subject. That ought to be enough to make you want to read it, TEMPLE'S SKETCHES Every student of human nature is inter ested in the pictures that the artist Temple draws. Three more of his sketches will appear tomorrow. NEWS FROM YOUR SCHOOL Now that the schools are about to close for the season, interest in their activities is keener than ever. The Oregonian tomorrow will supply you with late information re garding various schools of the city. TEENIE WEENIES Get a Sunday paper for the little folks and let them enjoy the latest antics of the Teenie Weenies, the diminutive characters created by "Bill" Donahey, a clever and original young artist. OTHER SUNDAY SPECIALS In this class can be included the Sunday comic supplement, a handsome front cover page, a com plete review of sports, society, the drama, moving pictures, auto mobiles, real estate and other seasonable activities.