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rni5 MORNING- OTtEGONIATT. SATTTRDAT, JUNE 10, 1916. "
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POBTIAND, OBEGON.
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dustry, if it ever becomes important
in Oregon, must be made by those
who have pioneer stuff in them and
it is sadly true that most whiles it is
the lot of the pioneer to sow for oth
ers to reap. Seldom does he profit
prices,"' too, are artilicial. The nor
mal selling price in. American Jobbing
centers is likely to be nearer $13 an
ounce than the $40 an ounce quoted
by enthusiasts as a basis for figuring
profit in the industry.
Distant fields always seem greenest,
and, somehow, untried fields of en
deavor appear more attractive to the
man who is weary of his own present
occupation and its drawbacks. If a
rose industry can be developed in
Oregon, by all means let the "good
work go on, but on a foundation of
sound business reasoning and good
judgment. There is no reason for be
lieving that the average man who has
made a failure of potatoes will make a
success of roses, commercially. In
deed, considering the difficulties he
will encounter at the outset, it is
doubtful if he will do even as well.
There are types of men who are al
to do,
breed selected. Changing ot breeds
or multiplicity of breeds is advisable
only when the dairyman is a man of
large wealth or with a. very large area
of land.
We have in Oregon some very
successful dairymen, men who are
amassing wealth, who would not
change their Jerseys for any other
breed known. Then there are Guern
sey breeders who would not think of
having a Jersey or Holstein on the
place. And the Holstein breeders are
willing to stajce their word and their
fortunes on some one of the Holstein
families. Tet all are equally successful.
PORTLAND. SATURDAY JCNE 10, 1916.
PATRIOTISM.
We are asked a number of ques-
tions by a correspondent whose com- lar&eIy on own account.
iiiuiucduuu appears eiaQtviicLC iuuuj.
"Do you really entertain the belief
that any one of the candidates for the
Republican .nomination can be less
depended upon than another by the
people to 'stake their faith' as to his
patriotism?" "Would you leave us to
PEOPtE PAT THE BILL.
Mr. Thomas K. Campbell, member
of the Public Utilities Commission,
has made a significant statement con-
infer that the Republican party -uf Light s& PoweT Company and Se
growth and prosperity of the city. The
name a candidate 'on whoso patriot
ism the people will stake their faith'
because the Democratic party is not
going to do it?" These questions and
others appear in the letter.
Let' us first agree on the meaning
of the word "patriotism." "Some men
think they love their country who
love chiefly the ease, indulgence, con
tentment it provides for them. True
patriotism includes faith in its people,
belief that they will not use their
strength for unholy purposes; it in
cludes willingness to sacrifice political
fortune, life itiself. that the country's
honor may be maintained, and its duty
well performed. Patriotism means
service for one's country, and there is
no higher order of patriotism than
that service which succors the coun
try's downtrodden and preserves its
people's life and property, on the high
seas or in foreign lands.
We have In America men, fat with
the profits of prosperity, who cry,
"Peace! Peace! and give up nothing
to preserve peace. We have men in
America who refuse a helping hand
to Americans abroad, lest effort
detract from their own convenience
and accuse them meanwhile for
their temerity in leaving the protec
tion of a flag which ought to protect elect to follow.
inem wnere er iney go. vve nave
others who abide with a spirit of dis
content, blame Government for their
own incapacities, and with minds ob
sessed with unsated greed discern
only greed in movements for the pub- otner traffic.
company is operating at a loss, even
figuring on the basis of the valuations
determined by the Commission. Un
less there is improvement it will have
to seek some sort of relief from the
board of which Mr. Campbell is a
member. The possibility of increased
fares from suburban districts is ap
parently not wholly remote.
The plain effects of an increase in
suburban streetcar fares are deprecia
tion of property values in the out
skirts, hardship upon persons in mod
erate circumstances, congestion, of
homes and tenements within the 5
cent limit and more or less sacrifice
of health and civic beauty.
Out of the cream of the business
the short haul the company is now
giving up $1500 a day to Jitney com
petition. It is a cut-throat competi
tion, which gives no service except
where the profits are greatest.
The suggestion has been made by
Commissioner Daly that the Jitneys
be put upon a franchise basis. It
ought to be a simple proposition to
require them to obtain franchises and
make such franchises contingent upon
their operation over the full length, of
any streetcar line which they may
The charges levied
against the streetcar company for
bridge tolls, street assessments and
the like ought to be levied against the
jitney lines in proportion to their
importance and interference with
The jitney may be the coining trans
portation medium, but there is no rea
son why the general public should
finance it without return of adequate
service and legitimate taxes, as it is
now doing.
for services actually rendered." That
policy is so free from any suggestion
of subsidy as to commend itself to
every intelligent, unprejudiced citizen.
By proposing a constitutional
amendment placing all transportation
lines, both interstate and intrastate,
under Federal control, the convention
shows its progressive spirit. Develop
ments have necessitated this change
In the interest of both the public and
the railroads, and only blind bourbon
ism can oppose it.
The planks relating to economy, the
budget system and the civil service
put the Democracy on the defensive
where it ia most vulnerable, and em
body policies which accord with the
progressive spirit of present-day Re
publicanism. The specific measures in the inter
est of labor which are indorsed show
earnest devotion to that social and
industrial justice which the Repub
lican party has always practiced and
which the Progressive party made
prominent four years ago.
By declaring woman suffrage to be
just, the party places itself abreast of
the most advanced thought on the
right of citizens to vote. By saying
that it "recognizes the right of each
state to settle this question for itself"
it shows a wise reluctance to force
BATTLESHIP DESCRIBED BT JOB
Promise of Coming; Leviathan Given to
Man 3436 Years Aao. '
PORTLAND. Juno 10. (To the Ed
itor.) With battleships in the harbor
and a carnival on, I should like to have
attention called to a description of a
modern armored battleship found In a
book you have in your library that
was written 3436 years ago while our
forefathers were in Egypt and before
they began to trek to -Northwestern
Europe by the land route that led
STUDY OK GRAMMAR DEFENDED
Writer Makes Pleat to Retain Formal.
Ity of tansnis."
PORTLAND. June 9. (To the Ed
itor.) I note in an afternoon paper
that "grammar is in a bad way." and
that some "Education (?) Board" has
condemned it. A commendable accom
plishment and a finishing blow to cor
rect writing and speaking. Now we
shall expect to learn that the binomial
theorem "is in a bad way"; that the
39th problem of Euclid has been con
FREEDOM OF PRESS ATTACKED.
Free speech, and the free press are
attacked from two different angles in
the United States and Great Britain.
In the latter country the exigencies
of war are pleaded "in defense of a
censorship which forbids publication
in the newspapers 'of any reports or
discussion of proceedings of the Cabi
net or of Parliament in secret session.
New regulations make such publica
tion a crime punishable by heavy pen
alties. The press in Great Britain is
gagged as it has not been since the
days of Charles I.;.. 'The .censorship
is defended on the ground that it is the adoption of that principle on any
necessary to preveSt publication of community before public opinio, is
information useful to the enemy. In ripe on the subject. j
fact it is used to suppress facts which Comparison of the Republican with
are well known to the enemj, but the Progressive platform emphasizes
which form the basis of legitimate the fact that the two parties are but
criticism of the government, which two divisions of the same party. They
thus confounds its duty to defend the express the same sentiments and
country with its interest in perpetuat- enunciate the same principles in dif-
lng its own power. ferent words. Both give ' the first
Similar restrictions on liberty of place to foreign policy, preparedness
the press are attempted in the United and staunch Americanism. Otherwise
States by public officials grasping they differ only as to the prominence
after power and by bigots, political, given to some planks over others. They
religious or social, who cannot endure even agree in proposing full Federal
criticism of their own beliefs. The control over all transportation. This
perfectly proper interdict on use of I close agreement adds force to the dec
the malls for fraud or circulation of laration in the Progressive platform
obscene or seditious matter has sug- that "any man may propose its prin-
gested to these bigots a censorship of ciples, but that "we must choose a
all adverse comment on their own man who, not alone by words but by
creeds. A hill has been introduced in past deeds, gives guaranty that he can
Congress, one section of which pro- and will make these things good." The
vides that whenever a written com- same sentiment doubtless animates
plaint is made to the Postmaster- the Republicans. It is Inconceivable
General that any publication "making that either party will risk defeat of
use of or being carried through the the principles which both hold in
mails" contain any article therein common through obstinate insistence
which tends to expose any race, creed, that but one man can be found who
or religion to either hatred, contempt, fills these requirements,
ridicule or obloquy," that official shall
forthwith cause an Investigation, and When the Serbian armies, beaten
lr tne allegation maae is xouna cor- and battered after having held out
reci ne snau witmn iwemy uaja fox months against insuperable odds,
"the further use of the mails to any were driven from Serbia, the world
such puDiication. thought that it had heard the last of
This bill would make the Postmas- the most heroic force 6ince the day8
ter-General a censor of all writings on of Sparta. Serbia's warriors shared the
race, religion or creea, ana creeu same fate tnose of Belgium. With,
might be construed to cover any Bub- out country, without arms or ammuni-
throueh Paioatino ih. Unj tt.fl i, Ucnined ; that the procession of the
and across Central Northern Europe. equinoxes has been suspended, and that
Wo it in ih. miHHU nf nm- the multiplication table has been abol
Rihio th. imnir r Tw t?oh K.ntl isbed because, forsooth. Bom boy
41 about something Jehovah promised whoso total research and study of math
to help man make: ematics has extended only to a half
"Leviathan: Can you draw him out p ba fa"fd to master the subject,
with a hook, or with a pin on a string rV"f1.I,r- F J"? er ys grammar "is
whir-h hnH i riw? T h 1 futile as an aid to correct writing and
k a k - speaking
hook? Is that which you see when you
look (at the Oregon) a maiden's toy or
a child's plaything? Is this a fish to
be used to provide a banquet or to be
cut into steaks and sold as merchan
dise, even though it does ride the ocean
paths and sail over the whale roads in
Possibly so to the doctor,
and in precisely the sama manner that
a pail hasgins in a garret would fail to
aid In milking a Jersey cow. Does the
doctor not know that grammar is not
claimed to "be an aid to correct writing
and speaking" it is correct writing
and speaking.
T imneinA "a wnmnn -a-i n had l-nrnA
tne seai v uo aares 10 try ana ninuer out half a page of grammar" would not
him? lie is led by a bridle within know whether "a train ran slow or
him. His face has doors in it and his slowly," and I know many people, even
caiy armor is nis prioe. at is n usm though they compass many half pages.
logetner ana ne is water tignt. nis never learn that "had better won't
shining sides reflect the light, and parse." When I read the columns of
lights shine upon him. an afternoon paper I am reluctantly
And his eyes are like the eyes of I forced to the conclusion that someone
morning and burning lamps are in his connected therewith has tried to mas
mouth and sparks of fire leap up from Iter grammar in a half day and made a
him. And from his nose goes smoke I wretched mess of it, or else has fore
like from a seething pot or caldron. I stalled the good doctor and abolished
His breath fans coals of fire, and flames it altogether. I submit some samples
shoot from his mouth (search lights and of this paper's so-called grammar:
fire flashes from his guns). "This will insure them reaching Eu-
"Strength is in his neck and sorrow rope-: "and prevents them seeing the
is turned into Joy when he defends. sights '; "without them being written"
"Internally he is as hard as mill- responsible for him poisoning Peck
stones, and when he raises himself (to and so on ad nauseum, ad infinitum, in-
flght) the mighty are afraid. And he ciuaing tne surgical operation tney ai
breaks them and fears no spear, nor
dart, nor arrow, nor Iron, .nor brass.
nor slingstone, but spreads sharp
piercing things across sea and mud and
sarlh '
He makes the deep to boil like a pot ",ar " " 0 "now mueor noinins
and a path shines after h inland he "' "r uavc ",aa"J""
turns the blue sea gray.
ject of discussion. He would be the
sole Judge of what would "expose
any race, creed or religion to either
hatred, contempt, ridicule or Obloquy."
He might stretch his powers to the
suppression of discussion on the char-
tion, with no immediate source of sup
ply, they were expected to scatter,
some going into the grain fields of
Southern Europe and some Into the
armies of the allies. But this has not
come to pass. The rehabilitation of
lie welfare.
It may be that these be few, but
they are noisy. And some candidates
heed clamor more than they do the
swift, strong, silent current of real
public opinion. But sloth, selfishness.
indifference have unfortunately found
root in America, slender though It
may now be. We think that a patriot. THE UNIVERSITY'S FORTY YEARS
ic renaissance is upon.the countryi - That the best asset of a state is a
designed to tear it loose. It is not I high quality of citizenship is the truth
seeking a President among the polit- upon which a few public-spirited cit-
ical diplomats. I lzens of Eugene acted . when they
It is conceivable that either or both started the movement which resulted
parties might nominate a candidate I forty years ago in th foundation of
whose patriotism is not built" of oak. the University of Oregon. Their de-
But to answer a specific question of sire was to establish an institution
the correspondent, it is necessary that which would serve as a producer of
the Republicans do so whether the citizens, well equipped by moral train-
Democrats do or not, if they would ing and intellectual attainment for
preserve the traditions of the party honorable careers and by following
and attain success at the November I such careers to serve the Nation and
polls. We would neither pit a molly- Oregon. The Nation aided them with
coddle against a mollycoddle nor a I gifts of land and the state took up and
acteristics of various races, on any , srvinrl armv i,9S honn offortori
religious creed or on any political or It te holding. an important sector on
economical tenets which might be the, Sa.loniki front and never was in
termed a creed. A law such . as is
proposed would destroy liberty of
speech and of the press one of the
dearest rights for which the Revolu
tionary War was fought and which.)
are guaranteed by the Constitution
The law provides ample remedy in
the courts for any persons who ore
damaged by abuse of this right. To
give a partisan official authorily over
transmission by mail of all contro
versial matter would be to set up an
intolerable tyranny.
finer condition for a fight nor more
strongly desirous for a chance at its
Teuton enemies.
mollycoddle against a patriot.
GROWING ROSES FOR THETK OIL.
Attractive as it may seem to be in
theory, growing of roses for their
active principle, or attar, extensively
employed in perfume manufacture, is
not an industry to be entered upon
!!Ut,CtvefUl cnslaeratIon of many oth&r c(mntrlea
correspondent, who has talked with
Father Schoener on the subject, that
there is room for this industry in
Oregon i3 particularly timely in this
week of Rose Festival: but before
much capital shall be Invested or a
large amount of time consumed in the
actual effort to produce rose oil com
mercially in this state, there are nu
. merous preliminary problems to be
solved.
Not all roses, to begin with, are
suitable for this purpose. Beauty of
fQr"Ct" dtUCaCy ?f, tin,,Pef" similar institutions, Oregon, though
carried on their work by providing
liberal funds until the university has
become, as Governor Withycombe
said, the state's best asset.
This institution has enriched the
state by providing it with nearly 2600
citizens who have served it well- at
home or have reflected honor upon
it by their achievements in other
It is a
factory whose output is efficient citi
zens and, as such, it is the most val
uable industry in the state. It lies
at the foundation of other industries
and of all professions, for its output
makes them possible. By spreading
the fame of Oregon as a state where
education is highly esteemed and lib
erally provided it attracts hither men
and women who value those oppor
tunities for their children, for like at
tracts like. Thus , it helps to main
tain- a high standard for the state at
large. Without the university and
The only way the Wilson Adminis
tration can think of to prevent Mex
lean atrocities on Americans is to for
bid Americans to go to Mexico. On
the same principle the Portland -po
lice should forbid citizens to leave
their homes lest they be held up by
highwaymen. That might "be easier
and would be less hazardous than
catching the highwaymen, but how
the TWO PLATFORMS. 0ng would the citizens tolerate a po
The platform adopted by the Re- I lice force which practically Imprisoned
publican convention at Chicago is a I honest men while rogues enjoyed full
plain, straightforward declaration of freedom.?
the manner in which Republican prin
ciples should be applied to the present 1 Oregon postmasters are liable to
situation of the Nation. In discussing I punishment by Postmaster-General
every important issue it pledges the I Burleson for lese majeste in even lis-
party to certain policies without tening" to George Kindel's demincia-
equlvocation. it is remaricaDiy iree tion of his parcel post rates. Mr.
from those straddling planks which Burleson thinks he is- qualified" to run
are designed to have the appearance not only the Postofflce Department,
of promising more than tneir authors Dut the railroads, telegraphs and tele-
intend to deliver. It is the platform phones. There is no- limit to the
of a party having convictions, having things he thinks he can do
the honest purpose to put them in er-
rect ana naving tne aggressive spint . The ftvo point9 of distinction in all
haps unfortunately, count for little in
rose production where the thing
sought is the essential oil and that
alone. So the first care of the pros
pective grower would be to procure
rich in material things, would be poor
indeed.
It will become the present and fu
ture generations of Oregonians to con.
t t m, r. -T J. ... 1 fathers -have given to the university.
mnii.i, k,, t,.,i,(1,. As the student roll has grown in forty
t. .iicnt v-. fV-m ISO to 900 Bn urltV. rto-
known to be successful in the present
habitat of the perfume-producing rose.
for it is established that this char
acteristic is not always carried with
the plant to a new home. Soil, cli
mate, length of growing season, etc..
have been known to have an impor
tant effect in reducing profit to loss
in new conditions. It is highly proba-
velopment of the state it should con
tinue to grow, yearly pouring out into
active life a swelling stream of the
pick of Oregon's young men and
women.
CHOOSING DAIRY COWS.
Very often there appears in agrl-
ble that ultimately it would be neces- I cultural exchanges Inquiries from per.
sary to develop an acclimated rose, by I sons who contemplate a'venture in the
a process of selection, until the high- I dairy business as to the best breed of
est possible yield of essential oil had I cows to purchase. Frequently these
been attained. What this would mean, I queries are answered directly and
wrhat details of laboratory tests and I breed is recommended. Tet it seems
minute and arduous work of choosing a wiser policy to advise that there is
and perpetuating and rejecting and no great difference between the three
trying over again would be involved, leading breeds Hoistelns, Jerseys and
can be appreciated best by those who Guernseys. We say leading strains be
have had experience in those lines of cause in this country, more particular-
endeavor in which scientific research ly in the West, those are the prevailing
is combined with plain, hard labor. I breeds so far as numbers go
The natural home 'of the oil-pro-1 In the first place, nobody has any
ducing rose is the southern slope 1 business to embark in the dairy Indus-
of the Balkan Mountains, now cut off try on any considerable scale unless
by the war, though the industry has he actually has or can cultivate a real
flourished on a smaller scale in other affection for his cows. The high-bred
parts of Central Europe, in Egypt and 1 milker is a sensitive animal, and as a
India, and more recently in Germany rule the higher the strain the more
and France. It will be a revelation to acute this sensitiveness. It is not ex
many who lightly contemplate the pected that the owner will caress and
prospect of entering perfume farm- kiss his cows as he should his wife and
ing to learn that under most favorable children, but they should be treated
conditions the average yield of 100 In other ways as tenderly and as gen
pounds of rose petals is only three tly as an infant. No blows, no harsh
drachms three-eighths of an ounce language, no signs of temper should
of oil. The yield of an unadapted rose I be employed even when the cow seems
would be much less, of course. How i stubborn and calcitrant. That must
many hundred pounds of rose petals be understood and practiced, no mat
could be produced on an acre? What ter what the breed may be, if we ex
costs for labor and fertilizer would be pect to attain success,
involved? The apparently high price With these thoughts in mind the in
of attar of rose may prove deceptive tending dairyman should choose the
when all Items of expense are consid- breed he fancies most, the breed that
ered carefully. Nor are the market appeals to his better instincts as the
quotations a complete guide. They most likeable. In truth, the whole
The convention has recognized that
gro lies near death in Umatilla County
foreign policy and preparedness are fop callInff a cowboy "a sheepherder.'
The buckaroo can be called much
harsher names ana smile; but any
thing woolly gives mortal offense.
As President Wilson is writing this
year's platform himself, it should be
a programme, unlike that of Balti
more, which he regarded as a list of
policies to be avoided.
The substantial settlement made on
Ethel Lorraine Belmont will encour
age other showgirls to marry other
rich men's sons with expectations of
like settlements.
the foremost issues on which the com
ing campaign will be fought. The
platform leaves no room for doubt
where the party stands. Vigorous de
fense of American rights by a Nation
united in loyalty is offered as a sub
stitute for phrase-making and true
kling to bandit chieftains who murder
and rob our citizens and insult our
flag. That this policy implies no mill-
tary aggression is proved by the decla
ration in favor of a world court to
settle international disputes. Re
affirmation of former Republican pol.
icy with regard to the Monroe Doc
trine. Latin-American relations and
the Philippines is -a necessary appli
cation of Republican doctrine to con- Mexicans burned an American, con
crete cases. . sulate and dragged the flag in th
As regards the Army ana Navy, no mua a t&vr nights ago. but the affair
room is left for doubt that expansion wm n(t be mentioned at St. Louis
of our armed forces Is desired solely next week.
for defense of the Is a tion and its
rights abroad. Tet it is insisted that
these forces be ample, for the end de
sired. The contrast is plain between
this definition of preparedness and
that which has been put in practice
by the Democracy. That party, in
simulated dread of militarism, does
not provide forces adequate for sim
ple defense.
In again setting forth and more
clearly defining the Republican doc
trine of the protective tariff, the party
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Orcsonlan jA 10, 1S01.
A peculiar accident disturbed the
uiet and composure of Sunday at
Pendleton. A church was being moved
across the railroad track, when Just
as it was squarely on the track, a
train came along, carrying an opera
troupe, striking the church amidships
nd of course splitting it open. Tti
fireman was slightly injured.
Ottawa The body of Sir John Jlac-
donald. late premier, is lying in state
at the Senate Chamber. Sir John Tup-
per is talked cf as the most likely
uccebsor.
From London it is dispatched that
Buffalo Bill's success at Brussels has
been phenomenal. 11a is about to en
ter Englrnd. The German Emperor
and Empress alo will soon go to Lon
don for a visit, and will take with them
a bite of 60. accomodations for which
are taxing the ingenuity of the mas
ters or ceremony.
The comedy "Checkmate" and the
farce "Not if I Know It" given by the
Choral and Dramatic Union at the
Marquam Grand Monday night was re
hearsed by Mrs. Nina LaRowe. who
also attened to the stage management.
London The suit for libel instituted
by Sir William Gordon dimming grow-
ng baccarot. went to the jury this
ing baccaret, went to the Jury this
morning. That body after being out
15 minutes returned a verdict for the
defendents. The verdict means social
ostracism for Sir William," as he was
accused of cheating in a game in which
his friend the Princo of Wales sat.
ways perform on the unoffending in
flnitive.
From "a series of llfelons: observa
tions" I am forced to the conclusion
that only those despise or ignore gram
day. These people who ecoff at gram
mar recall vividly a man I once knew-
a County Judce a miserable speller,
who always excused his lapses by de
claring a man was a fool who could
to find such vivid v.. ,,
book sol old? No.
"There is not his like on earth (the
dreadnought) and is without fear.
He is chief defense of the children
of pride."
Strange is it
description in 1
Jehovah made the earth, and directs
the deeds and thoughts of men. and
uncovers the hidden : things to men of
his choice. He knew 3400 years ago
and that every man had a. right to spell
his words his own way. I have in mind
a newspaper that not so long ago de
clared any grammar was good enough
if the reader could guess what the
writer meant to say; an idea that might
what he would later help men to make h. ,iht n th. int v.aat siri. hut
and allowed this writer to sea a mod- lt wouid scarcely be tolerated on Fifth
era uiniieBiiiy ana aesunue il as xie 1 avenue.
saw It. When we abolish the "formaJltv of
Hear ye now. I beseech thee." saith I lana-uasre." whatever that ma-o- mean.
he. "I have given thee much. I also I we should at the same time abolish all
have demands to make of thee." Job law, all order and all beauty; let 2 times
41. EDGAR I. CRAWFORD. 2 be 4 today and 5 tomorrow: let Krass
be green this week and blue next week
let murder be a felony on week day
and a sacrament on Sunday; let music
be melody sometimes and discord be
times. Shades of Horne Took and
Lindlay Murray protect and defend u
WHITE SPACE IS STOCM J.V TRADE
Free Publicity Is Expensive to News-
. paper Publisher,
A Wot Tnrlr nhln-news renorter onCBUrnm ih,, tinnnHniti
interviewed John McCormack. the Irish
tenor, on the latter's arrival in this
country. The matter of moment upper
most in the singer s mind was this: On
the voyage he had beeq asked to sing,
without emolument, at an entertain
ment organized to raise funds for some
charitable purpose. He refuted.
"Art for arts sake may sound all
rignt.
P. P. SMITH.
PATRIOTS ALREADY IX BIAJOKITY
Writer Observes no Danger, Regard
less of Convention's Choice.
PORTLAND. June 9. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Orefronlan. June
said he in justifying his posi- commenting editorially upon the re
tion. "But there w-as a si.k manufac
turer on that boat. Did they ask for,
and expect him to donate a bolt of
silk?"
There are those Just, now who are
inviting and expecting the daily
newspapers to contribute their white
space free of charge for "patriotic pur
poses.
heedless to say such an invitation
marks made by Justice Hughes to
graduating class In Washington, D. C
you say:
After all, the chief concern of the Re
publican convention is that it may cnoose
this year for the nomination a man
whose patriotism the people will staka their
faith.
Do you really entertain the belief
that any one of the candidates for the
In Other Days.
WISE FOR SACRAMENT OT MEAXT
Mrs. 1nruh Says Prohibitionists Do In.
tend to Prevent t'lif.
TORTLAX D, June 9. (To the Ed
itor.) The report of the Woman's Pro
hibition Club meet in ir held in the Public
Library this week, while absolutely cor
rect, yet conveys a wholly incorrect
idea in one particular. As presiding
officer I am reported to have said that
alcoholic liquor is not necessary for
the church communion." This was in
answer to a question as to whether in
our proposed .initiative we did not ask.
for absolute prohibition, that is, lor all
purposes. I answered that of course
the most of us believed that intoxicants
were out of place and unnecessary for
medicine and not warranted by Scrip
ture for the holy communion, that nev
ertheless many good people did believe
such to be needed for medicinal pur
poser? and for the communion, and that
for that reason we would not contem
plate asking for prohibition for these
purposes.
It is easy to change the apparent
meaning- of an address by taking a
statement out of Its setting and report
ing it as an independent utterance.
There is no thought upon the part of
the prohibitionists, now or at any time,
to seek t,- prohibit the use of wine for
the sacrament.
ADAH WALLACE UNRUH.
automatically daces the newspapers in Republican nomination can be less de
false position. Some publishers are penaea upon man anotner oy tne peo-
admittedlv In a nuandarv. hesitating: to I Pie to "stake their faith' as to his
follow a strictly businesslike course
lest in a National crisis too close an
adherence to sound business principles
patriotism? Do you honestly thUnk
that the Democratic party will nom
inate a candidate whose patriotism is
may subject them to insinuations of any less dependable for the people to
being money-grabbers.
To be sure the publisher has an obii-
stake their faith" than the nominee
of the Republican party? Would you
gation to his readers as citizens. But leave us to infer that the Republican
there are others to whom the publisher I party must name a candidate on
owes equal allegiance; to those who buy I whose patriotism the people wil stake
and pay for his sole salable commodity I their faith" because the Democratic
white space; and to his brother publish- party is not going to do it7
ers who In common with himself are Patriotism is not an issue in this
mutually concerned in maintaining: the I campaign. No party will name a can-
standard of value of that commodity-ln didate whose patriotism will not be
the public mind. genuine ana wno win not 00 ior
When a state.' townshln or countv I "America first." It will not be nec-
drives a road through, or appropriates I essary for any party to save us from
part or the whole of a man's property, I a recession of patriotism, because we
by right of eminent domain." thev pa do not need to be saved. We are ai
for property so taken. I ready saved. Those among us who
The newspaper publisher is handling I may not be patriots are so few that
a commodity the manufacturing cost of I we can take care of them without
which is probably as unstable as could I partisan intervention
When a Douglas County woman of
75 can marry for the fifth time, these
girls who remain single do not seem
to have a leg left to stand on.
Chief Clark might give the entire
force a day off in which to rest up,
and let the old town tuq itself for
twenty-four hours.
If Miss Blssell- had carried her
Is fortified by the evident purpose of money in the safe place, where some
the one great free trade Nation to
abandon that principle, by the disas
trous effects of the Underwood tariff
on both industry and revenue and by
the obvious disposition of the free
women carry theirs, she would- not
have lost it.
Senator Borah ts too young for the
shelf, so he bursts his own Vice-
trade party to act In a small degree Presidential boom
on protective lines. The Tariff Com
mission policy is Republican in origin, Tiio parade yesterday gave demon
but Democrats propose to appropriate stratlona of all kinds of plain and
lt for campaign purposes. securing fanCy marching.
tne inoustnai inuepeuueut-a 01 tne
United btates is a logical ronowing The Bull Moose act like a herd of
out of the Republican principle of Na- Wud cattle which the cowboys try to
tionai aeiense ootn oy ar-ineu lorco corral.
and by tariff protection, ine party
which nas always oeen true to tnis Belmont's son has a rich father to
principle is more likely to be trusted sett,e financially his domestic troubles.
Dy tne people man is me party wmcn
be found, and in a field where competi
tion is especially keen. To take just
one pnase or his problem: .News is no
toriously a fickle quantity, as is the
bulk ot advertising. And news costs
can positively not be standardized. An
expensive editorial and correspondence
staff must be kept on hand at all times
.through the slack tide periods of news
development, so that when news floods
suddenly again, it won't be necessary
to send out the legendary office-boy
on the biggest murder, or wreck, or fire
of the season. And a two-stick item
may cost I-200, where a column story
may represent no more than 10.
The cost of this editorial staff con
unites, wnetner news Do plenty or
sparse.
We have said nothing of mechanical
costs, or the expense of maintaining an
advertising department: of material
costs; of depreciation on plant, equip
ment, ana Duiiaing,
At the recent convention of the Amer
lean Newspaper Publishers' Association
memoera reported the paradoxical posi
tion of increased advertising and heav
ier issues threatening their profits be
cause of the increased cost of produc
tion ana materials, such as paper, inks,
metals, etc
In the licrht of thess elrniimatsn,.
this paragraph from a letter addressed
to the editor of Printers' Ink by the
vuuuaiuer ot tne xoroRio Ulobe, com-
menting on our recent editorial, "War
Patriotism, and Free Space." is aDt:
This so completelr and irrnrii,!, ...
pressed my owa view. a well
perlences of the Toronto publishers, that I
feel anything I might now say would ba
vain repetition. AVa think that a very Im
portant progressive step has been taken In
ths matter of educating the public on the
subject of the cost of white space In many
vuiouiui umcs aunui me past lew months.
The Canadian publishers have not
damaged their standing with their pub
lie by their courageous attitude in in
sistlng on charging for advertising
space devoted to furthering public
ends. Canada and England have shown
the way.
GEO. L. MYERS.
That Vice Divine.
Flirtation is an evil stunt;
I like it;
Policemen for the masher hunt;
I like it; -
It gets you Into prison cast
If on the corner you stand last
And lamp the girls as they go past;
I like it. kobekt ts. r.
Cat Befriended Asraln.
PORTLAND. June 9. (To the Ed
itor.) After reading an article of great
length, on June 5, on the cat subject,
I would like again to defend the cat;
a cat is called a disease-carrying pest,
but as a child a cat was my companion,
and we were not afflicted with any
disease. In our home today is a cat
II years old and we are in splendid
health. While I never lived in the
mountains, I have lived on a farm, but
I have no recollection of our neighbors
fiaving kept 17 cats to destroy mice.
We had two cats that kept the squirrels
from eating our peas, and the cat wo
have now keeps the mice out of our
flour bin.
Comparing a cat with a dog Is amus
ing. Let a dog be gnawing a bone, and
you or your child try to pet It; it's the
Pasteur treatment and sometimes death.
Possibly, though, the cats referred to
on June S were a hallucination caused
by living in the mountains.
GEORGIA BLAIR.
Happy AH Day.
I know a man who does what he can.
Who works and has little to say;
Not much on the dress, but his steps we
1 all bless.
And his name Is "Happy all day."
I love to meet this old man on the
street.
For his smile Just helps me along.
And his whistle clear when he's coming
near.
Tells me this old world ain't wrong.
I look for the sound when he's coming
"round.
A-feeling "all down and out."
But, my! when I hear that whistle
come near
I oould yell for joy and shout.
"Happy all day" meet us on the way
And teach us to live as you do.
We all can be' bright and make our
load light.
If we whistle away like you.
P. O. R.
represent what a buyer must pay for
the refined, finished product, usually
of a high grade. The grower would
be confronted by a different situation
were he to attempt to put on the mar
ket the more or less crude output of
his unskilled - toll. . Present "war
problem resolves itself into a wise se
lection of the best animals obtainable,
and then a constant upbreeding for
better and better results. To succeed
in this it is always wise for the novitiate
to take constant advice from those
who have succeeded with the same
has been suddenly converted, after
long opposing it and after violating
almost every pledge given in its last
platform.
A clear-cut issue is made with the
Democracy on the relations of the
Government with business. The pres
ent Administration is ruled by sus
picion, practices persecution and fa
vors Governmental competition. The
Republicans favor punishment of law-
breaking business men, but encourage
ment of honest business.
As an alternative to the vicious and
ineffective scheme of Government
ownership as a means of restoring the
merchant marine. Republicans pro
pose encouragement to private enter
prise by giving "liberal compensation
Wilson writes the platform
Bryan must look pleasant.
and
Probably some of last night's revel
ers are not home yet.
The next exciting event is the an
nual school election.
Take the little chaps aboard the
warships.
Time to figure on the beach vacation.
How the lassies love the sailor boys!
Gracious! Is it over.?.
Another Crest American Habit,
From the Omaha Dally Bee.
The dclegato to the suffrage confer
ence ac St. Paul who drew attention
to herself by admitting she had left
her church because her pastor did not
agree with her views on the question
has plenty of company. Her compan
ions if this matter are not all suf
fragibts. either, nor are they confined
to th femiDine portion of our people.
The great American habit of listening
only tc one side of the question is so
ingrained that It Is accepted generally
without protest. Professing our de
votion to the tenet of free speech, we
generally decline to listen to the
preacher who doesn't extol our indi
vidual Judgment and foster our preju
dices by telling us we are right and
the other fellow is wrong. This tend
ency is deplorable, for it denots a
narrowness that is not in keeping with
our theory of self-government. Con
clusions based on ex parte testimony
are not good guides for action. If we
followed a little more closely the ad
vice to. "prove all things, holding fast
that which is good." we would gain
both in speed and permanency of our
progress ...
Six Pages of Rose Festival
Pictures in
The Sunday Oregonian
The Oregonian this year has outdone its enviable record in photo
graphing; the parades and other events of the Rose Festival. Six full
pages will be devoted to snapshots caught in the midst of every event
of this year's big show. Those pages will give your Eastern friends
an excellent -idea of the Festival.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. The graduating classes of Port
land's high schools will be printed in attractive layouts.
"THE POETRY OF POSTURE." A lively tale dealing with Pro
fessor Emil Geroux's ideas on the arts of physical grace. He laments
the fact that so few women study this important feature of feminine
beauty. This unusual feature is illustrated in a full page in colors.
ARTISTS 5IODELS. Miss Margaret Cusack, who has posed for
famous artists, reveals some of the inside facts about how models
live, work and pose, their rate of pay and other facts about their pro
fession. This is an attractively illustrated page of unusual interest,
"THE IROX CLAW." The eleventh episode of tha thrilling novel
by Arthur Stringer. This story has gained Nation-wide attention be
cause of the gripping way the novel and exciting episodes are told.
"THE NIGHT NOISE." Another of the poems written by Ben
Hur Lampman, and attractively illustrated.
"TO THE KLONDIKE BY RAIL." Neither Frank G. Carpenter
nor his articles need introduction. He presents another three-quarters
of a page with illustrations on the activities of the great North.
ZAPP AND BIRSKY. Montague Glass has put laughs in every
sentence of this week's presentation of his interesting characters.
This time they tap the telephone wires of His Majesty, the Kaiser.
MILADY'S FAN. Do you know the wonderful part fans have
played in the history of the world? Gustav Kobbe has delved into the
subject and presented an interesting illustrated story.
THE TEENIE WEENIES. Again the interesting Teenies get into
trouble. It is over a spy, whose life is saved by the Lady of Fashion.
Of unusual interest to the youngsters this time.
OTHER FEATURES. The Comic Section, with Doc Yak and
other funny people; another page of timely hints for women, and topics
of interest to motion picture fans; more sketches from life by Temple,
and the usual grist of Society, Sport, Automobile, Real Estate, Market
and other features.
Don't miss the Festival pictures!