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PORTLAND. SATURDAY. JUKE 17. 1916.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLaTFOBM.
The people would be inspired with
greater confidence in the Democratic
party by the platform which it has
adopted at St, Louis if they had not
the opportunity to compare its prom
ises with those which It made four
years ag-o at Baltimore and with the
degree of performance accomplished
during those four years. When we
read, however, of the food work which
It promises to do, we involuntarily
recall that which it promised to do
four years ago but which it has not
done.
In reciting the achievements of the
Democratic Administration, the plat
form boasts of the Federal reserve
law, which is a Republican measure
rehashed with Democratic flavoring.
It points with pride to the Underwood
tariff, which was producing a deficit
and industrial depression before the
war. It adopts bodily as its own the
Tariff Commission policy, which has
been' a cardinal Republican doctrine
eince the Taft Tariff Commission was
established in 1909, but it omits men
tion of the contempt with which that
body's work was treated or of its be
ing abolished by the Democratic Con
gress. The platform indorses the La
J-'ollette seamen's law as a whole, in
cluding those sections which have al
most driven the American flag from
the Pacific, and it extols the shipping
bill which impartial authority has pro
nounced incapable of restoring our
merchant marine. It accuses Repub
licans of having placed obstacles in
the way of foreign commerce, though
the Democrats have rejected every
suggestion for removing obstacles
from the way of the shipping indus
try, which is the most powerful in
strument of commercial expansion.
The voters are credited with ex
tremely short memories when the
Democracy reaffirms its declarations
for "rigid enforcement of the civil
service laws," for economy and for
a. liberal and comprehensive plan'
of waterway development. The party's
record is marked by such flagrant
violation of the letter and spirit of
the civil service law, such shameless
extravagance and by such a series of
pork-barrel river and harbor bills that
it shows considerable audacity in re
minding the people of those subjects.
While the convention was reaffirm
ing Baltimore pledges, why did it not
reaffirm also the single-term plank,
the Panama Canal tolls plank and the
preferential primary plank? Since it
has not hesitated to break the pledges
which we have already mentioned,
why should it scruple to reaffirm that
which it violated by repealing the
Canal toll exemption clause or that
which it had just violated by renomi
nating President Wilson?
But while dragging a few smashed
planks from the Baltimore wreck to
be nailed into the St. Louis platform,
the eonventlon selected one, which it
confesses in the same instrument to
having practically repudiated. This
plank reads:
The constitutional rights of American
c-ittzens should protect them on our borders
and go with them throughout the world,
and every American citizen residing or
havlnr property In any foreign country is
entitled to and must be given the full
Irotectlon of the United States Govern
ment, both for himself and his property.
This plank is reaffirmed by these
declarations at St. Louis:
."We again declare the policy that the
sacred rights of American citizenship must
e preserved at home and abroad. . . .
The American Government should protect
American citizens in their rights, not only
at home, but abroad.
Earlier in the same precious instru
ment it is declared that Mexico has no
ta.ble. responsible government, and
that Americans have been killed, their
property destroyed and American soil
invaded by Mexican bandits, yet the
platform declares intervention to be a
last resort and goes on to say:
The stubborn resistance of the President
and bis advisers to every demand anrt uf-
gestlon to enter upon It Is creditable alike
to them and to the people In whose name
ne speaka.
In order to reconcile these declara
tions we must understand that Amer
lean citizens abroad are to be pro
tected in Mexico, but not until after
three years, during which almost all
of them have been murdered or driven
out and beggared, nor then in face of
the obstinate resistance" of the Pres
ident. The kind of protection which
the Democrats think sufficient for
Americans in Mexico appears to be
' the kind which Secretary Daniels gave
when he ordered Admiral Mayo's
squadron to lave Tampico and when
he said to the pr6testing refugees
from that city: "Aren't you glad
X a. ,... nil.-. 4"
ine long declaration on foreign
rolicy and the denunciation of dis
loyal conspirators, which are under
stood to be a personal manifesto of
the President himself and which form
the body of the platform, must be
read in the light of these contradictory
statements and of the President's own
performances.. Little fault can be
found with the sentiments which he
expresses, but we must judge him and
his party by their manner of translat
ing those sentiments into action. When
120 Americans are murdered at sea
he writes a note; when a leisurely
reply defends the -Heed, he writes an
other note: when the crime is dupli
cated and trebled, he writes again
"When his protest becomes so emphatic
mat tne oirenaer. beginning to think
he really means business, suspends
hostilities, the Democratic party for
gets that one-sided war has been made
on us for a year and rapturously
snouts: "He has kept us out of war."
When his meddling makes Mexico too
hot for American residents, he con
siders that he gives them adequate
protection by telling them to abandon
business and property and flee for
their lives.
So also with preparedness. The
Democratic statement of what we
m
need for our defense leaves little to I
i
be desired, but how does it square
with uemocrauc penormance .' w nen
whole nations trained to arms fling
themselves at each other, we are of
fered a Dariielized Navy and an Army
which Is inadequate even on paper,
backed by a paper reserve, a Federal
ized National Guard upon which the
Nation's chief hold is the pork it dis
tributes, and camps where enthusiastic
citizens attend the primary class in
soldiering.
The Democrats won in 1912 by fair
promises, aided by Republican dis
sension. In 1916 their promises will
be compared with their performance
and will be found of no more value
than the note of a bankrupt. They
face a united Republican party, led
by a man who was its untrammeled
choice and whose entire career i3 a
record of duty faithfully done and of
promises kept to the letter. The
promises of the Democrats will be re
jected as the empty words of a party
which has been found false by the
people who trusted it.
A CCCKOO IX THE NEST.
Eagles do not seem to fly so high
in these" degenerate days, or so one
might feel, noticing Chairman Mc-
Combs identification of the American
eagle with the Democratic party.
When Joseph Rodman Drake wrote
"The American Flag" he presented
therein perhaps one of the most ex
alted conceptions ever written of the
bird which symbolizes America:
Then, from his mansion In the sun.
She called her eagle-bearer down
And gave Into his mighty hand
Tne symbol of her chosen land:
Majestic monarch of the cloud.
"Who rearst aloft thy regal form
To hear the tempest trumpings loud
And see the lightning lances driven.
"When strive the warriors of the storm.
And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven;
Child of the sun, to thee 'tis given
To guard the banner of the free;
To hover in the sulphur smoke:
To ward away the battle stroke.
And bid its Mendings shine afar -Like
rainbows o'er tho clouds of war.
The harbinger of victory. . 'u
Considering only the sort of suc
cess the Democratized American eagle
has been making in the past two years
toward carrying out those sublime in
junctions and toward guarding the
banner of the free on the seven seas
and in Mexico, one is forced almost to
a single conclusion.
That conclusion is that there must
have been a cuckoo laying eggs in the
nest of the American eagle since the
old days of the Nation's glory.
irE BIT I
Being Jealous of webfoot reputa
tion for astuteness, it is with some
chagrin that we notice that an ex
Governor of Oregon, a Democrat, has
fallen for the most ancient of Pullman-car
gags which George employs
to make his life happy and prosper
ous. Says the returned traveler:
Perhaps the most emphatic declaration I
heard was marie by a colored porter on the
train back to Oregon. He said; "Well, they
klnda criticise Mister Wilson fo' shoot
ing sd many notes, but Ah's better satisfied
to. have him shootln' notes than fo' this
nigger to go to shootln' bullets." That's
about the nearest to an expression of real
feeling that I heard. ,
And we will wager a cookie that
the ex-Governor slipped George some
thing for that, just as George hoped
he would. The Pullman-car porter.
as the seasoned traveler has become
aware, makes it his business to ascer
tain the politics of the men he serves
and to interject an occasional pat re
mark. You can count on it that
George has something just as good
that fits every shade of opinion.
It is fortunate for the ex-Governor
that he does not wear whiskers. Else
somebody would have sold him a gold,
brick before he left the wicked East.
MB. HUGHES' AMERICANISM. ,
A studied effort is being made by
opponents of the Republican party to
cast doubt on the stalwart American
ism of Charles E. Hughes. Hints are
made that, because he does not de
nounce the German-American alii
ance, he is angling for the votes of
citizens of German birth or de
scent who place Germans above the
United States and would falter In up
holding the rights of the United States
against Germany.
Mr. Hughes' own declarations are
clear and emphatic enough to leave
no room for doubt on this point.' In.
his telegram to the Chicago conven
tion accepting the nomination for
President, he said:
I stand for an Americanism that knows
no ulterior purpose, for a patriotism that is
sincle and complete. Whether native or nat
uralized, of whatever race or creed, we
have bnt one country and we do not for
an instant tolerate any division of allegiance.
When requested to define his posi
tion towards German-Americans, he
said:
My attitnde Is one of undiluted American
Ism and anybody that supports me is sup
porting an out-and-out American and an
out-and-out American policy. absolutely
not tuna- else.
Mr. Hughes is evidently unwilling
to single out for repudiation and de-
nunciation any particular brand of
hyphenated Americanism. To him all
brands are equally objectionable as dl
luted and as having an ulterior pur
pose and a divided allegiance. With
sweeping, all-inclusive statements of
his own sentiments he condemns them
all as inconsistent with "a patriotism
that is single and complete." Any
person who reads any other meaning
into his words is actuated by "an ul
terior purpose." There is no shelter
for advocates of sham neutrality in
his sentiments.
TO PREVENT TAX EATING.
The voters of Oregon have had of
fered to them In the past numerous
constitutional amendments proposing
experiments in taxation. The expense
of putting such measures on the bal
lot does not seem to be a great ob
stacle. The man who has money
along with a hobby is always ready
to contribute to try out his scheme.
But when an amendment designed to
fit In with the existing taxation sys
tem and limit the powers of taxing
authorities to increase the burden of
the taxpayers is offered, its main sup
port is resolutions and indorsements
rather than money.
The State Taxpayers' League is now
making an effort to present an amend
ment which is not experimental nor
visionary, but a plain, straightforward
limitation on increase in taxation. It
has the indorsement of the bureau of
legislation and taxation of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce and of
other responsible organizations. But
some difficulty is found in getting pe
tition circulators. The funds avail
able to the Taxpayers' League are not
sufficient to pay solicitors. It is a
measure that ought to induce volun
tary work on the part of those serious,
ly interested in keeping down tax bills.
The Legislature of 1915 passed a
similar law, known as the Bingham
bill. The measure offered puts the
general provisions of the Bingham
bill Into the constitution with one
change. Whereas under the legisla
tive act any taxing authority may in-
crease the levy In one year by 6 per
cent over the larger of the levies in
the two preceding years, the proposed
amendment makes the basis the levy
of the next preceding year alone.
The same limit of 6 per cent in
crease is included and, like the legis
lative act, the measure does not ap
ply to levies made to pay bonded in
debtedness or interest thereon. Under
its provisions a majority of the legal
voters voting upon the question may
authorize further increase. Any un
usual demand upon the public funds
caused by disaster or other unforeseen
agency may thus be met. The limit
is not on the people's right to in
crease their own taxes, but upon, that
of their elected servants. I
It is a measure that ought to go on
the ballot.
A FRANK OF FATE.
Of those grotesque pranks which
fate is continually playing on men
none is more grotesque than the whim
of fortune which has thrown Li Yuen.
Heng at the head of the new Chinese
Republic. There is, perhaps, no post
in the world that demands a larger
ability, if success Is to be had and
China is to be saved from the fate of
Mexico. A stable government must
be established where one does not now
exist. An army and navy must be
provided and trained in loyal support
of the government, sound diplomacy
must be established, flimsy finances
require Immediate and heroic adjust
ment in fact, a weak and ailing in
fant of a government must be nour
ished into thriving health and virility.
This summarizes the problem which
LI Yuen-Heng found confronting him
when he was pitchforked into the
Presidency. He has had no experi
ence as a statesman. His one official
exploit was that of filling the Vice
President's office; and in China the
Vice-President is of even less conse
quence ' than in the United States,
granting that such is possible. More
over, his selection as Vice-President
was more or less of an accident rather
than the result of mature considera
tion of a suitable successor for Yuan
Shi Kal. Another handicap is his lack
of knowledge of Occidental affairs, for
his life and experiences have been
confined mainly to the Orient.
Just how he will fare among these
difficulties remains to be seen. Added
to his other problems will be that of
defeating the endless intrigues which
thrive in China as at a medieval court.
Overthrown dynasties will" try to un
seat him. Bold plotters will follow in
his wake, seeking to seize the reins of
government. He has the one advan
tage of standing well with the south
ern revolutionists, but a single act
may lose him that favor. Untried
men, thrown into posts of great re
sponsibility, have succeeded before
this, but as a rule genius finds its way
instead of having greatness thrust
upon it. If the new President suc
ceeds it will prove that untried men
may blossom forth into genius under
the stress of necessity and circum
stance, although the world's verdict
will be that fate gave to China its
man of destiny.
CHEaSTBY IN PEACE AND WAR.
Demand for preparedness that shall
take into account the benefits to be
derived In peace times from industrial
plants equipped to serve the country
in time of war gives especial point to
a review of the relation of chemistry
to peace and war, written by an
anonymous but evidently well-informed
American scientist and pub
lished in the London Lancet, one pf
the foremost British medical journals.
The writer points out that the "crux
of preparedness" consists in ability to
manufacture explosives of high qual
ity and in tremendous quantities. The
essential element of all explosives is
nitrogen, explosion being produced by
the "nitrating" of a suitable organic
compound, a chemical happening in
which the oxygen of the nitrogen
oxygen group is detached and rushes
over to unite with a carbon atom of
the organic substance. Of course, the
technical reasons for this are exceed
lngly complicated, but they lead to
interesting disclosures concerning the
Importance of both nitrogen and car
bon in warfare.
Germany s pre-eminence In the
manufacture of dyestuffs, it is ex
plained, is directly related to its solu
tion of the problem of manufacturing
explosives in enormous quantities
while war is in progress. It was Eng.
land that made the beginning In the
modern dye industry, for it was an
Englishman, W. H. Perkin, who in
1858 obtained a patent on a mauve
dyestuff made from anilin. This, how
ever, was chiefly important because it
stimulated great activi- in chemical
research, and it was here that the
Germans excelled.
"As infinite patience and the fac
ulty of minute and careful observa
tion" are necessary to success in this
line of work, German ' universities
aided in fostering the scientific basis
of the dye industry and special conces
sions were made by the government to
encourage general development. And
this was largely because, it seems, the
dyestuff industry used in times of
peace the very raw products most
needed for the manufacture of ex
plosives when war should come. Gov
ernment co-operation with dye manu
facturers was so complete that the en
tire trade could act as a single cor
poration in fighting its foreign com
petitors and their factories were
ready when the nation's crisis came.
Benzol and tuluol are derived from
the distillation of coal. German dye
stuff makers have had agreements
with the cokeoven men for their sup
plies. Production of the carbons is
thus steady in time of peace, and
when explosives are needed for war
it is necessary only to suspend dye-
making and utilize the invaluable
products of coal tar, the output of
which already has been standardized
and established.
The writer in the Lancet also points
out that almost any organic body con
taining a hydrogen atom which may
be replaced by the nitro group can
be converted into an explosive. Thus
carbons and hydrocarbons grow in
chemical importance, and hence the
great demand for glycerine, starch.
some 8uga:-s and cotton. But it is al
ways essential that there shall be
nitrogen, and Germany met this prob
lem by perfecting methods of obtain
ing nitrogen from the air. Thus the
cycle of peace and war was com
pleted. Nitrogen Is a valuable fer
tilizer, for use in peace time. Ger
many co-ordinated her coking and
nitrogen fixing industries. From the
distillates of her coal she made either
dyes or explosives, as needs required;
from the gas given off in the process
of coking she drove huge gas engines,
which were coupled. In turn, to mam
moth generators to manufacture the
electricity required for the! manufac
ture of nitrogen compounds. Thus the
industrial-chemical, war-peace cycle
was complete.
An important point is that the mere
training of men is only a small part of
the preparation of a nation to main-
tain itself when resort to force is
necessary. The United States has no
dye industry worth mentioning at the
present time. As the Lancet's contrib
utor shows, one dye plant started in
Buffalo in 187 9 was kept alive for
16 years only because an exceedingly
wealthy man with a hobby was will
ing to pour a continuous stream of
capital into the business. During this
time no profit was yielded, and unul
now it has not made even a fair in
terest on the investment. Other com
panies have succumbed in time to
the pressure of German competition.
It is this practical phase of the ques
tion that confronts us if our prepared,
ness is to amount to anything. Active
co-operation and real encouragement
of industry are imperative requisites
of success. Nothing will be gained
by the policy that refuses to make
conditions profitable for doing busi
ness for fear that somebody will make
some money out of it.
It must be quite obvious that we
cannot manufacture explosives in an
ticipation of a possible war and store
them away In practicable quantities.
The storage point would need to be
too remote, and the goods would de
teriorate, besides. It is by encour
aging, as Germany has done, the
peaceful industries that, while enrich
ing the people in time of peace, can
be Instantly converted to elements of
defense in time of war, that the end
can be accomplished most efficiently
and with least waste.
LEARN TO STVTM.
Setting aside of special days and
special weeks in which to call public
attention to this or tb,at cause or re
form is a practice that has been over
worked. But a new one has been
added to the long list by New York
which is worthy of emulation in every
city which boasts a river, lake, sea
shore or other public swimming place.
Learn-to-swim week is being made tho
subject of elaborate preparation. The
whole town will be urged to master
the intricacies of keeping afloat a
useful bit of skill, easily acquired, and
one which may mean the difference
between life and death one flay. An
army of free instructors will tender
their services during the seven days
that Gotham will devote to swimming.
Thousands are expected to take ad
vantage of the opportunity and the
occasion will serve the further pur
pose of directing attention to the dan
gers that attend bathfcig in deep water
when one does not know how to re
main on the surface.
Last year, it is recorded, 458 New
Yorkers were drowned while bathing
It is said that every one of
them would be alive today had he
known how to swim. A few strokes
would have saved several of the vie
tims who sank vhile assistance was
near at hand. No doubt the number
will be greatly reduced as the result
of educational propaganda this year.
Obviously if everyone can. be taught
to swim before venturing into danger
ous waters a prolific cause of mortal
lty will have been removed.
Learn-to-swlm week would be an
especially valuable innovation for
Portland. With an alluring river pass
ing through the heart of the city and
innumerable other swimming places
close at hand, the number who take
to the bathing places during the hot
months run into the tens of thou
sands. Barely a week passes during
the swimming season when a victim is
not claimed. There is no training that
Portland people need mo-e than that
In swimming.
Some people use too much water
on the lawns. They seem. to think
the turf must be kept soggy all the
time. It should not. The idea of
moisture Is to release the plant food
so the roots can assimilate it, but the
roots need a certain amount of air
to do the work, and continued soaking
prevents this. Grass is not an aquatic
plant. The every-other-day rule of
the Water Bureau ia a real benefit,
and a thorough soaking once a week
would be still better. Another point
in the care of the lawn Is that the
clippings should not be caught up and
thrown away. They will benefit the
grass if left for a time where they
fall, to serve as a mulch for the ten
der blades that will otherwise suffer
from the hot sun.
The killing of a cow led to mar
riage of the owner's daughter and the
man - who slew the bovine in Baker
County, but rural swains are advised
not to depend on the precedent,' for
some men think more'of their blood
stock than of their womenfolk, and
the course of true love may follow the
time-honored course.
The threat by a Baker clergyman to
publish the names of people who im
port liquor Is causing needless alarm.
More than likely' the rwspapers there
will refuse such advertising matter.
The change from street dress to
bathing suit this year involves small
trouble. Just a little off here and
there and a few kicks and, lo! the
transformation is complete.
If Morgan can get a quarter-million
for a few moments' advice, a lot of
War College men and soap-box or
ators are real profligates without
knowing it.
A " medical writer says potatoes
cause idiocy. A conclusion based on
personal experience, no doubt.
The long vacation begins with the
worry of mothers over keeping the
children out of mischief.
Who said Europe was ready for
peace? Apparently the Russians are
just getting started. .
Really, though, at the St. Louis con
vention Mr. Bryan was as handy as a
pocket in a shroud.
Nothing like Bull Run water for a
satisfying drink on a warm day. Its
flavor Is lasting.
The Mexicans continue on the of
fensive, despite American military
safeguards. '
Woodrow may have to fight to sup
port his new pose as a fire-eater.
So far the Czar's General has not
sent in his "regret to reportsky."
Bryan wept at the convention..
They'll all weep in November.
It is a risky time for Carranza to get
cViesty, with the campaign on.
Anybody sending poor children to
the country this year?
The captain .of the Bear was true
to form and tradition.
Hot weather for a warm
election.
school
It's going to be a glorious Fourth-
OLD SAILORMEA NOT ALL GOVE
One Who Una II era There Says There
Are Plenty ef HlKKers Left.
PORTLAND. June 17. (To the Edi
tor.) Regarding your editorial about
the scarcity of old-time sailormen and
ship riggers. I beg to say there are
plenty who know and can ris; any
thing afloat, from a one-topmat
schooner to a full-sized ship, and do
it in a heavy sea at that. There are
plenty, including myself, that sailed
in the old hell chips when the decks
were fitted with spare epara. yards
and booms and carried a carpenter.
who was busy all the time getting the
spare spars and yards ready for heavy
weather off the River Platte or off
the "Corner." as we used to call the
"'Horn.1' ready to send up at a mo
ment's notice, as the old captain used
to drive, and. as everything was in
sured, they carried away yards and
masts and thought : othlng of it. They
carried nothing but A. B.'s picked up
along Cherry street on the waterfront
of New Tork and East street of ban
Francisco.
Some of us old-timers served our
apprenticeships In such ships as the
Shenandoah, Susquehanna and Ho&noko.
11 three sister ships, four-masted
barks, with three skysail yards.; the
old Carlton, bark; V. F. Chapman, ship;
Tillie E. Starbuck. ship, and the Old
bark Heaper. whose yards and masts
still bear the bulletholes of long ago.
Yes. there are lenty who can make
a decent eye splice, or long splice, rack
off the rigging, put on double wire
seizings, that know the difference be
tween the keelson and the dolphin
striker, the flying jib downhaul. or the
"crojack" lifts and many others.
I beg to remain a sailorman of the
old school, and not too old yet.
J. A HAMMOND.
SENTIMENTS APPLY TO HUGHES
Writer Kinds Apt Quotation In The
Oregonlan Uack. In ISttG.
PORTLAND, June 16. (To the Ed
itor.) I find in my scrapbook.the fol
lowing clippings from The Oregonian of
July 16. 1SS6:
Old Colonel Zelf lit the time Grant was up
for the Presidency, and when the Democratic
watchword was anything to beat Grant, was
-HH h t. ...I -.1 .Im. rnm
stock Republicans, when a Democrat who I
was hanging on the verge of the crowd sang
out. "It's easy talking. Colonel, but we'll
show you something next Fall."
The Colonel was a Southern man, of the
ultra school, and an admirer of Grant. He
at once wheeled about and with uplifted
hands, hair bristling and eyes flashing fire,
cried out:
"Build a worm fence round a Winter sup
ply of Summer weather, skim the clouds
from the sky with a teaspoon, catch a
thunderbolt In a bladder, break a hurricane
to harness, ground sluice an earthquake, bale?
hell in an Icehouse, lasso an avalanche, fiz
a clout on the crater of an active volcano,
hive all the stars in a nail keg. 'hang out
the ocean on a grape vine to dry. put the
sky to soak in a gourd, unbuckle the belly
band of eternity, and paste 'to let' on the
sun and moon, but never, sir. for a moment
delude yourself with the idea that you can
beat Grant."
I think these sentiments will apply
aptly to the present situation Sir
Democrat, do not for a "moment delude
yourself with tho idea that you can
beat Hughes. W. H. UU.NLOP.
CATS PREFERRED BY PRODUCER
Birds Pick at Ilia Berries and Devour
Ripening Vesetable Seeds.
PORTLAND. Or., June 15. (To the
Editor.) it seems that the cat has
many friends among city dwellers. 1
do not believe the birds lack friends
either, but from the standpoint of a
producer 1 think the cat is more neces
sary. Last Winter I fed the birds, even
though 1 knew their failing..
This Summer they have bitten almost
every strawberry as soon as one ride
turned red on three rows, each 100 feet
long. These I have given every care
and attention for two years. The birds
also take the seed we are trying to
ripen from onions, radishes, lettuce,
kale and also the seed from a whole
patch of sunflowers which I planted
for chicken feed. They bite the cher
ries and blackberries and leave sticky
juice all over the leaves and remain
ing berries. At the same time it is a
constant fight to save the crop from
bugs and worms. Between bugs, worms
and birds it is hard to save anything.
Cats may be taught what they should
do and will usually obey.
Robins are an expensive luxury. Cats
earn their keep by keeping down rats
and mice. Consumers may rest as
sured that if ,it were not for the cat
all food would cost more than it does
now. PRODUCEK.
JIST A SAMPLE CURE.
When he came to the Willamette he
had run the ailment gamut from
a pedal corn collection to a touch
of Bright's disease.
He was threatened with gastritis, suf
fered from peritonitis and the
rheumatism stiffened up his hip
joints and his knees.
On his face there was a pallor of the
cast of old beef taller, and his
. eyes seemed as a pair of putty
marbles in his head.
And hrs painful indigestion in his mind
had raised the question if his
liver was but sleeping or was
numbered with the dead.
To the doctors he had given all but
just a scanty livin,' all but just
enough to keep his soul and
body arm in arm.
And the specialists had bled him whle
on nauseous stuff they'd fed him.
and he'd taken patent dope
enough to Irrigate a farm.
He'd obeyed one doctor's notion of a
trip across the ocean and had
tried the Carlsbad waters that
are touted over there.
But his aliments clung unto him till
he thought they would undo him
and he sought his home far
much the worse from travel's
wear and tear.
Oh, it almost knocked him dizzy when
our Western air got busy recon
structing the machinery inside
his osseous frame, s
And his eyes began to twinkle as each
disappearing wrinkle In his
shrunken hide assured him he
was winning In the game.
Soon his diabetes vanished and his
Bright's disease was banished
from the system upon which it
had so ravenously fed.
And the rheumatism quit him and his
clothes began to fit him. and his
old beef taller cheeks assumed
a healthy flush of red.
Now he wears a pair of muscles on his
arms like old-time bustles and
his other muscles are as hard and
firm as polished rock.
He
can lift a billiard table and be
thinks he will be able by and by
to lift the mortgage from his
Eastern farm and stock.
And his anger sorely grinds him when
his memory reminds him of the
doctors on whose raliures he
coodlv fortune spent
When the climate of this section cured
him of his large collection of af
flictions he had gathered and it
didn't cost a cent.
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
Offer of a Financier.
Boston Transcript.
Creditor "You say you can't pay me
that J20.000 you owe ma Why don't
you marry Miss Oldglrl; she's worth j
twice that amount." Brokeleigh j
"Can't do that, old chap. But. I aay!
you might marry her yourself and pay
me the difference."
Her Hnihind'l Income.
Judge.
Maude "See Mra Fashun in the stage
box? They say every cent her husband
earns goes on her back." Jack "Poor
chap! I thought he was doing well, but
if he doesn't earn any more than
that !"
ABSOLUTISM DOCTRl.VB FEAK-ED
Idea oC State's Superior Demands De
clared Danaerona Phenomenon.
"PORTLAND. June 15. (To the Edi
itor.) The most dangerous social phe
nomenon of the present moment Is the
attemptetd conversion of the American
people to a belief in theoretical and
practical absolutism. At tho moment
that the majority of Americans are exe
crating Germany as the fountain-head
of all evil, noisy agitators, abandoning
our revolutionary traditions, are try
ing to transplant the idea of the state
as a supernatural entity before which
complete submission is the only allow
able attitude to American soil. Sov
ereignty, unconditioned and absolute,
says President Wilson, Inheres in the
state. That can only mean logically
that the individual shrinks into noth
ingness in comparison. Not the state
for man, as we have been taught for
150 years, but man for the state is the
new doctrine which ia being pressed on
our attrition with such fury.
Whether Roosevelt and others who
are furnishing the theoretic justifica
tion for the present agitation are con
scious that their ideas are lifted from
German sources I cannot say. but sucb
is even the case. Professor John Dewey
quotes the following from Bemhardi's
noted book: "While the French people
in savage revolt against spiritual and
secular despotism had broken their
chains and proclaimed their rights, an
other quite different revolution was
working In Prussia the revolution of
duty. The assertion of the rights of
the Individual leads ultimately to Indi
vldual irresponsibility and to a repu
dtatlon of the state. Immanuel Kant,
tne rounder of the critical philosophy
taught In opposition to this view the
gospel of moral duty, and Scharnhoret
grasped the Idea of universal military
service." Sounds quite Roosevelt Ian.
does it not? Dewey comments: "The
sudden Jump, by means of only a
comma, from the gospel of moral duty
to universal military service. Is much
more logical than the shock It gives
to an American reader would indicate.
I do not mean, of course, that Kant's
teaching was the cause of Prussia's
adoption of universal military service
and the thorouah-Kolnsr subordination
of Individual 'jappiness and liberty of
action to that capitalized entity, the
State.
But 1 do mean that when
the practical political situation called
ior universal military service in order
to support and expand the existing
state, tne gospel of a duty devoid of
content naturally lent itself to the con
secration and idealization of such sne
cific duties as the existing National
order misrht prescribe."
Is the National state god on earth?
This is the question at issue when, for
instance, a flag, the symbol of the
state, is offered with the demand that
it be accepted and waved aloft. Such
a putting of the question is unfair. The
alternative, all or nothinjr, is unfair.
Not many would refuse to carrv th
flag if It were understood that no such
alternative is Involved. The state is
relative, not absolute. If it were clear
ly understood that the state, partlcu
larly the United States of America, .
an Instrument In the hands of it rltl
zens for the advancement of their free-
aom ann happiness, we could salute the
flag with a good conscience. Although
not perfect, our government is the, best
instrument we have at DrracnL
Not many of us have any intention of
emigrating, ouch a course, is unthink
"'- i netner tor weal or woe. our
destiny lies here. The suggestion that
those who are not ready to confess the
absoluteness of the existing state leave
the country Is a quibble. Hlstorv shows
that a violation of the rights "of con
science is resented as the greatest of
an eviis. ir our militaristic agitators
o not want to stir up animosities
which In the end only physical force
can still, they would better "not be over
nasiy in pressing melr absolutist doc
trines upon the American neoulo Th.
doctrines are clearly- contrary to our
national traditions and individual in
stincts. D. E. YOUNG.
Blrda Pay Their Wit, Do Cntsf
PORTLAND. June 13. (To the. Erii
tor.) I had a day off Saturday, and
gazing Into the prize cluster of back
yards, saw my neighbor's cat stalk
a robin working in the turf. I feared
for tne oira and was reaching for
bit of wood when the cat leaped. Tb
oira got away and the animal showe
Its discomfiture. This recital is merely
incidental. That cat l.s a pet. Is fed
on cream and never has eaten raw
meat. Instinct put it after the bird.
All cats are alike under the hide. Just
as some sour woman once said all men
were, under the veneer.
Mr. Flnlcy Is right. Birds pay their
way, but who ever heard of a city
cat catching anything but fits, fleas
and birds? W. J. CUDDY.
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INDIAN ARTS REVIVED
In The Sunday Oregonian
Boys and girls of future generations are going to know much
more about the history and legend of the American Indian than the
boys and girls of the past. The campfire girls and the Woodcraft
League are two of the organizations, composed of school children,
who are active in the movement to preserve the traditions of the
Indians. Read the illustrated story about them in tomorrow's paper.
ANIMAL STORY IN PICTURES A whole page in the big Sunday
paper will be used to reproduce some remarkable pictures of a pair
of cute little kittens. Their queer antics in a series of remarkable
poses form a most attractive array of pictures.
PAGE OF SCHOOL NEAVS A peculiar interest attaches to the re
ports from the public schools this week, as the schools are ready
to close for the season. This page will be up to its usual standard
tomorrow.
SOCIETY IN THE MOVIES "Veda, the Vampire," is the title of the
moving picture that is being made by Portland society leE.'lers. No
other fad that they have taken up has aroused such general in
terest. An article tomorrow will tell all about it, -with pictures of
some of the young people who are going to be screened for the
first time.
HERBERT KAUFMAN AGAIN No present-day writer is read with
more pleasure or profit than Herbert Kaufman. If you are not
following his weekly page in The Oregonian you are one of a very
small minority. Start tomorrow.
AUTOMOBILING IN ALASKA The land of the dog sledge now has
been invaded by the automobile. Frank G. .Carpenter, the well
known traveler, author and historian, who is describing the won
ders of Alaska for The Sunday Oregonian, will tell tomorrow what
progress has been made in the transportation service of the north
ern territory within the last few years.
PICTURES FROM REAL LIFE Harry Temple is a young artist
who sees life as it is given few men to see it. He has the additional
faculty of recording his observations in truly lifelike pictures.
Three more Temple sketches will appear tomorrow.
ALL ABOUT "PREPAREFULNESS" Here is the late dope on a
question now foremost in the public mind. Birsky and Zapp will
explain it in detail. Montagjie Glass invented Birsky and Zapp for
the purpose.
ANTIQUE FURNITURE COMING TO AMERICA This is a story
about a million dollars' worth of furniture bought by a rich Ameri
can who proposes to bring it to this country for sale to collectors
and dealers. And it isn't very much furniture, either.
PAGE OF POEMS Another page of old-time poems is scheduled for
tomorrow. Your favorite may be in the lot.
TEENIE WEENIES This time the Teenie Weenie army indulges in
some harmless social pastimes. It is one of the most amusing ex
periences in which the artist Donahey's characters have appeared.
FOR THE CHILDREN The Sunday paper will include its usual comic
supplement, its half-page of entertainment prepared especially for
the children and other items of interest for the young folks.
MOVING-PICTURE NEWS If you are a moving-picture fan you
will appreciate the service of The Sunday Oregonian, which covers
every department of the local f i!m world.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS Principal among them will be Ben Lamp
man's poem entitled "Don't You Care," besides the usual complete
departments of sporting, society, dramatic and automobile news.
In Other Days,
Twenty-five Years At,
from The Oregonian June 17. 1S91.
Columbus, O. Major William McKin-
ley has been nominated for Governor
by the Republicans. It is no secret that
Foraker wants to succeed Sherman in
the Senate.
New York Slavln was declared win
ner over Jake Kilrain, who wae prac
tically defeated in the third round last
night. The fight went nine rounds.
when Kilrain was practically knocked
out
General Lew Wallace, of "Ben Hur"
fame, announces he Is not a candidate
for the Republican gubernatorial nomi
nation In InOiana.
A Chautauqua association has been
organized with Professor Stratton. of
Portland t niversitv. as nrthfcirient an1
Mra Narcissa White Kinney, of As
toria, secretary. William Wadhams. of
Portland, is treasurer.
Philip S. Batea has announced ha la
no longer connected with the Oregon
"n ez a rust company.
James Williams and Henry Watson.
arrested in Butte City. Mom, charges!
witn tne murocr or William M. Bar
bour, of Lebanon, will come to trial
this afternoon.
Oakland. Cal., Michael Davltt. of
Ireland, ia visiting here at the residence
or Mr. and Mrs. James Canning, whose
niece. May Yohe. he married.
I'VE CHANGED SIT MIND.
Against protection I have been
The high as well as low:
Our platform said It was a sla
And I believed It so:
But as to tariffs, let me say.
Of the protective kind.
I have. In this, my latter day-
Well, somewhat changed my mind
Our platform had a one-term plank.
as you win now recall.
Put there by some pestiferous crank.
nut I indorsed it all.
Then why. you ask. today seem 1
bo visibly inclined
To run again? I'll tell you why
I ve simply changed my mind.
Once peace-at-any-prlce to me
v as patriotism s height:
And ohce. it will remember be.
I was too proud to fight:
But somehow, toward these theories.
The publics not inclined.
And since 1 would the people please
1 ve had to change my mind.
I was against preparedness once.
As everybody knows.
And hinted him a knave or dunce
Who dared me to oppose;
But now I sing another song.
For I the people find
Are for preparedness right along;
And so I've changed my mind.
My views how many have I had
Regarding Mexico?
Let's see let's see well, that's too
bad
Does anybody know?
Well, be their number what it may.
And be what may their kind.
I stand me ready night or day.
Again to change my mind.
The mind, the mind that's changeable.
That is the mind for me;
The mind that Is arrangeablo
To suit an urgency;
One that can turn a somersault
And light upon its feet;
One that can change or call a halt
And beat a safe retreat.
W. II. BRASHEAR.
Bowling Green. Ky.
Portland to Seaside by Auto.
PORTLAND. June 16. (To the Edi
tor. Please state whether road is open
to Seaside for auto travel; also state
the principal tow ns on the route.
J. MA1"E.
Several parties motored to Portland
from Astoria during the Rose Festival,
and they reported the road through the
Nehalem Valley to be in good condition.
Almost all of the distance between As
toria and Seaside is paved? In leaving
Portland for Astoria proceed via HMls
lioro, Timber. Vernonia. Jew-el. Mist and
olney. It Is possible to drive through
Banks and Buxton to Vernonia. but the
drive through Hillsboro and Timber is
u.jaily in much better condition. The
Lower Columbia River Highway 1 re
ported as hopelessly impassable below
Clatskanie. "
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