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PORTLAND. THURSDAY, JIM 13, 1916.
HUMAN BEINGS.
, The money Interests endeavored to force
I vi Into war with Mexico recently, and If
they had succeeded, we would have given
; the blood of our sons to put dollars into
1 their pockets.
This kind of loose talk serves to
' keep a lecturer on the Chautauqua
; circuit. Yet there is never a showing
' of how the "money interests" very
nearly brought on a, war.
What had the money interests to
do 'with Vera Cruz two years or more
ago, when President Wilson sent a
', fleet and troops into ' Mexico ? Or
"; 'with Carrizal? Or with Columbus, or
't Glenn Springs ? Or any provocative
' and murderous acts of Mexican gueril
las and robbers?
We take it that no money Interests
wrote, or inspired the. President or
Secretary who wrote, the note to Car
' ranza plainly asserting American, rights
. and as plainly threatening American
intervention. Nor did any money in
terests dispatch an ultimatum to the
; earns Carranza demanding the release
-- of the captured negro troopers, at an
j hour certain. Nor did the money in
. terests send the regulars into Mexico
or the National Guard to the border.
. To say that they did is to intimate
that President Wilson acted upon the
. behest of improper and unpatriotic
; influences.
I Mexico is a condition, a horrible
' fact, a stricken and despoiled people,
a helpless neighbor, ignorant, unhap
py, deceived, prostrate. Yet this same
Chautauqua lecturer talks of peace
for us, not for them and enunciates
beautiful, but meaningless abstrac
tions, about the brotherhood of man
and our duty to humanity. There is
nothing in recent or remote history
to show that Mexicans are not human
beings.
NEW INTERNA!, TAXES.
It was peculiarly appropriate that,
in raising the additional revenue neces
sary to place the country in an ade
quate state of defense. Congress should
impose taxes on industries which have
s profited especially by our present
prosperity and on accumulated wealth.
3t is eminently proper that those who
profit by war should pay the largest
share of the cost of military pre
paredness. That is the Justification
for the increased taxes on incomes of
individuals and corporations and for
the new taxes on munition profits and
on inheritance provided by the rev
enue law which has passed the House.
Not only is there something repug
i nant to American ideals in unusual
' profit derived from sale of death-deal-
ing implements, but such profit gives
those who enjoy it a sordid interest
in the promotion of war, which ex
plains the 'unfounded suspicion that
the demand for preparedness is pro-
' moted and financed by munition man
ufacturers. Sound policy dictates that
this interest be limfted bo far as pos
Bible, "which can most readily be done
by taking in the form of taxes profits
in excess of normal. There is then
no more. inducement to engage in mu
nition manufacture than in any oral'
nary Industry. The same reasoning
applies at present to practically all
other sources of large fortunes, for
expansion of the munition business
has added to the profits of almost ev
ery Industry, from cattle-growing to
transportation by both railroad and
ship. The Increased income tax is
'therefore equally justified. The prin
ciple is the same as that which bel-
. ligerent nations follow in taxing war
profits-.
While a Federal inheritance tax has
: heretofore been upheld by the courts,
it is likely to cause confusion and con
' flict between Nation and states, for
; many of the latter, including Oregon
. already tax inheritances. It is de-
' sirable on the one hand to limit swol
len fortunes by taxing them more
heavily than those of moderate size,
; but on the other hand not to tax es-
, tates so heavily as to discourage enter
. prise and thrift. These ends would be
: best served by & single, uniform tax
; throughout the country, of which
fixed proportion was paid Into the
, state treasury. An unusually heavy
state tax, added to the Federal tax,
would not then discourage thrift in
any one state, while uniformity of the
tax would deprive the rich of any in
ducement to transfer their holdings
from one state to another for the pur
pose of evading the heavier tax.
While it is eminently Just that.
wnen addition! taxes become neces
sary, they should bear more heavily
on the wealthy than on the poor and
people of moderate .means, the neces
slty of imposing such taxes is a sad
commentary on Democratic Adminis
tration. The present extraordinary
military expenses, with the exception
of those grooving out of the Mexican
troubles, are incurred to make good
the neglect of former years and should
be paid from current revenue. Had
not the Underwood tariff reduced our
revenue at the same time that waste
ful appropriations increased our ex
penditures, we might, with much
smaller Increase in taxes, have pro
vided the necessary funds. Customs
duties have always been our most
fruitful source of revenue.' By dou
bung them and adding 10 per cent th
Government paid the entire cost of
the war of 1812. The low tariff of
1816 caused a deficit until 1824. when
a protective tariff enabled the Nation
to pay off the last dollar of debt "on
January 1, 1832. A low tariff then
drove the Government to issue bonds
In order to pay its expenses, and so
it continued until the Civil War. After
. that war customs taxes enabled the
nation to pay its expenses, including
Interest on the huge war debt, and
also to reduce that debt enormously,
During the Administration of Benja
min Harrison 365,000,000 of debt
were paid off, but during the secon
Cleveland Administration under th
Wilson tariff J265, 000,000 of new debt
was Incurred, By imposing internal
I the Soanish war was paid out of rev
enue by a Republican Administration.
Presidents Roosevelt and Taft paid
more than half the cost of the Pana
ma Canal from the surplus of ordi
nary revenue. It was left for the
Wilson Administration, while it boast
ed that the Nation was at peace, to
Impose extraordinary direct taxes for
the payment of necessary expenditure
for putting the country in safe defen
sive condition.
The only sure and permanent rem
edy for this prodigal handling of the
National finances is a budget system,
as recommended in the Republican
platform. That system would impose
economy on both executive officers
and Congress by forbidding them to
incur or authorize expense without
providing revenue to meet it. That
system would be a. sure step to busi
nesslike handling of rivers and har
bors, public buildings, Navy-yards and
Army posts, the bottomless pits into
which public money has been poured.
Necessity of immediately imposing
more taxes having arisen, the Demo
cratic leaders have not erred seriously
in the manner of imposing them, but
they cannot escape responsibility for
the necessity.
BRAVE BOYS OF JEFFERSON.
The other day a number of mothers
who have sons on the Mexican, border
met to learn why two instructors who
had been Identified with the Jeffer
son School machine gun company, to
which the boys belonged, had not gone
to the front. They were under the
impression that the instructors, who
were school professors, were slack
ers, oecause wnen trie can to action
came they haQ not responded.
It appeared that one of the instruct.
ors Professor Mangold had served
six years in the Guard and that he
had encouraged the boys to join the
high school company and had himself
signed the roll;, but he had resigned
last February.
The other instructor Professor May
had not been active in the original
organization of the company but. ac
cording to his own statement, he had
later applied for membership, and had
signed a paper which he did not read,
and had immediately resigned when
e had found he had Joined the Na
tional Guard. What he did know was
that he did not care to subject him
self to a call to the colors. As to
the boys under his instruction, that
as another matter.
The mothers felt that the ac
tion of the two professors re
quired "explanation." Obviously it
id. Much explanation. One of them
announced himself as entirely willing
to go to the front if the mothers felt
that way about it. but they did not.
The other Professor May continues
to talk verbosely of the great value
of military training in the schools, and
to defend it, but he thinks 18-year-old
oys ought not to have to go to war.
The Jefferson mothers appear to
have been persuaded finally that the
whole thing was due to an "unfor
tunate misunderstanding." Undoubt
edly it was. What was obvious was
that their sons had been sent to war,
and the professors, who had also en
listed, had got out in time, and were
able to stay at home. Evidently, the
Instructors had had no intention of
doing otherwise. The mothers had
supposed differently, but now they
know better. .
Meanwhile the brave boys of Jef
ferson, who had enlisted in the high
school company, also took the Fed
eral oath. They might have backed
out by refusal to go into the United
States volunteer service, but there was
not a slacker among them.
EXACTLY SO.
"The Oregonian persists in critl
cising the National forest policy," says
Government official, "saying the
people of the Bast are locking up
the West, after exploiting their own
country."
The Oregonian has done Just that
It will continue to do just that. It
will comment upon the results of the
National policy of reservation as It
sees them. It will protest against
administration of the public lands
and the public forests in the states
for the benefit of Federal Treasury
and not for the benefit of the people
upon, them, nor of the states in which
they lie. It protests against the pre
tense of encouragement of homesteads
upon the reserves and against the fact
of discouragement by responsible
officers of the Government. It de
Clares that the scheme by which Ore
gon was deprived of its proper share
of the reclamation fund was delib
erate spoliation of the state. The
highest use to which the public lands
may be put is settlement, including
the arable lands in the forest reserves,
"The Government," says this self
same official, "is spending approxi
mately. J2.000.000 a year buying land
in the Alleghenles at $5 and $10 per
acre land which had been denuded
and upon which the growing of new
forest will require 60 to 200 years
Exactly so. And Oregon pays
share of the J2, 000, 000 in order to re
create forests which Pennsylvania and
adjoining states by their own acts had
lost; while Pennsylvania Insists on
having a hand in the control and dis
position of lands and forests in Ore'
gon, the value of which Oregon per
rectiy understands, and would in no
event despoil or destroy.
BIG GUNS AND BAIN.
Despite the difficulty of framing a
law for storms, theorists are no
oauniea. just now .there Is a re
vival of faith in the power of the de
tonation of great quantities of ex
plosives to cause atmospheric changes,
to precipitate rain, even to set a gale
to work. These, Judging empirically,
point to the coincidence of the war in
Europe with the exceptionally moist
season through- which the United
States has been passing recently. It
might be true if the bombardments
on the war fronts, gigantic as are the
efforts of the artillerymen, were real
ly enormous when compared with our
whole world. It will tax normal
credulity to ask it to accept the theory
that mankind could assemble guns
enough in Franc or Poland to cause
it to rain in Oregon and Washington,
and yet those who do so believe will
continue to point to the coincidence
of our delayed Summer and will refuse
to believe otherwise until confounde
by an opposite experience.
It happens, according to the weather
statisticians of the East, that Just a cen
tury ago the country experienced al
most such a season as the present
The year 1816 was a year that tried
the patience of everyone. Winter was
prolonged until farmers were in de
spair. There was a brief Spring, during
which they managed to get some seed
into the ground; then came the rains
again and washed them out, and late
frosts froze them and more rains fol
lowed. It was referred to in writings
of the day as the year without
Summer." People were perhaps more
given to .religious observances then
than, acys, fpe w9 read, tkafc It wM
common that year to hold meetings
to pray for cessation of the storms,
Just as half a century later Kansas
prayed for rain. There were whis
perings by the more superstitious ones
of the coming of another deluge. Yet
the nations of the world were, rela
tively speaking, at peace.
It is recalled also that a man named
James P. Espy, employed in one of
the Government departments at Wash,
ington, framed along in the '60s a
"law of storms." He did not contend
that "rain could always be produced
from a clear sky; certain conditions
were demanded. They were that
there should coincide a season of
drouth and a high dew point, having
Which he proposed to precipitate the
moisture by building immense fires,
which would produce an upward cur
rent. Air would flow In, he said, to
take the place of that which was ris
ing, condensation of moisture would
follow and presently the sky would be
overcast. His demonstrations were in
conclusive and he died in 1860, firm
In his own belief but leaving a world
still skeptical. In the early '80s ef
forts to save the crops In a season of
protracted drouth by bombarding .the
skies in Kansas proved pitifully in
adequate, and the rain cannoneers
were laughed at for their pains.
It happens to be Jrue that it Is
raining a good deal of the time this
season in France and .Flanders, the
weather being so wet as to interfere
materially with the allies in project
ing their great offensive. Also it is
true that there was a great storm on
the Gulf Coast at the time the big
drive was being started. We are hav.
ing an excess of precipitation else-
here. But the law of the elements
still remains uninterpreted; it will take
more bombardments and more drives
to establish ttyat it is anything more
than a coincidence, especially in view
of the experience of the people who
ere here in 1816.
TARIFF COMMISSION FLAN DISFIGURED
Some of the best features of the
tariff commission scheme included in
the revenue bill have been destroyed
by amendments made in the House.
The scheme as it goes to the Senate
not that which was approved by
the National Tariff Commission
League and by the Chambers of Com
merce and the press of the United
States.
.ThTough these means o expression
public opinion had declared for a
commission of men whose ability and
character would assure the people
thorough, impartial inquiry and rec
ommendations so wise that the people
would approve them and would force
Congress to adopt them. In order to
obtain the services of such men. It
was proposed that they be paid 112,-
00 a year each, the same salary as
is paid to members of the Federal
Reserve Board, but the House com
mittee reduced the amount to $10,000
and the House has further reduced it
to $7600. At that salary the Gov
ernment cannot obtain the services of
the type of men required; it will get
second or third-rate men, whose opin
ions will not inspire the confidence
which it is desirable that a tariff
commission's advice should Inspire.
In order to eliminate any suspicion
f political motives for the action of
the commission and in order to pre
vent its becoming a refuge for "lame
ucks," provision was made that no
member or ex-member of Congress
should be eligible for appointment
upon it, but the House struck out this
restriction. Apparently it does not I
wish to close any avenue to the Fed-
ral Treasury against the lame ducks.
no matter if the work of Impartial
tariff revision should be wrecked.
Another essential of efficient, non-
political tariff revision is permanence
of the commission. In order to in
ure it, the bill sponsored by the
Tariff Commission League provided a
permanent, annual appropriation for
its expenses. That would have pre
vented the question from being raised
yearly in Congress, when regular ap
propriations were under discussion,
whether the commission should live
or die. Congress could not kill it by
merely stopping the appropriation;
legislation specifically abolishing it
would be necessary. The House has
struck out the provision for a con
tinuing, annual appropriation and has
substituted an appropriation for a
single year. The effect is to give the
commission a precarious, year-to-year
existence which may be ended at the
pleasure of a partisan majority.
If the tariff 1b really to be taken
out of politics, it Is essential that the
Senate restore the bill to the shape in
which it received the practically unani
mous indorsement of the press and
the business community. Should the
present congress give the Nation a
tariff commission such as this bill
prescribes. It will not have given that
which the people ask; it will have
given something very far from being
"Just as good.
STRAINING THE LAWS MEANING,
The Interstate Commerce was driven
to strain the meaning of words almost
to the breaking point in order to find
legal authority for its decision abol
ishing Pacific Coast terminal rates.
The fourth section of the law of 1906
forbids a railroad which has reduced
rates in competition with water routes
to raise them again unless the- Com
mission finds changed conditions other
than elimination of water competition
to warrant the increase. The Com
mission's decision was based wholly
on elimination of water competition,
but it overcomes this obvious conflict
with the law by saying:
The Commission Itself fixed the relative
measure of the rates
It cannot say that it made the rates
themselves and further on It admits
that the railroads made them, for it
says:
The carriers have proceeded In this case,
under the authority of the Commission, to
make only such rates to the Coast points
as would enable them to compete
The decision is obviously contrary
to the plain Intent of the law. Evi
dently Congress intended that, com
petition between water and railroad
lines having once been proved and
formally acknowledged, its existence
should not again be questioned. It
permits the Commission from time to
time to prescribe the extent to which
the railroad may be relieved from the
obligation to charge no more for
shorter than for a longer distance, but
water competition must be treated as
an established fact so long as the
water route is open. Further changes
in railroad rates are permitted only
when conditions other than water
competition had changed.
The Commission s reasoning , is
faulty In another respect. It says the
purpose of that part of the fourth
section permitting exemption of rail
roads from the long-and-short-haul
clause when water routes compete
was "to preserve and promote com
petition by the water-carriers." Per
mission to railroads to make compet
ing rates has the precisely opposite
effect; It preserves and promotes com.
JfieUtifln of, railroads, ovilh, ivajer-c&r-
riers, and the entire tewor of the
fourth section and of the discussion
which preceded its adoption shows
such to have been its purpose. But
the Commission reads into ic the con
trary purpose and adopts a strained
construction of the law's meaning in
order to disturb a fundamental con
dition of rate making for the sake
of conforming to a merely temporary
absence of water competition.
Before the Commission had had
time to frame its decision, one of the
grounds for that decision the clos
ing of the Panama Canal had been
removed. For all the Commission
knows, the remaining grounds may be
removed before the decision can be-J
come effective. In that event, the de
cision . would be left suspended, like
Mahomet's coffin. In mid-air, without
support in either law or traffic con
ditions. It Is not conceivable that no relief
can be obtained from a decision so
contrary to law and fact that the
courts would refuse to take cognizance
of its manifest injustice and perversion
Of the law to defeat the plain purpoao
of Congress. While the courts have
refused to review orders which plainly
come wlthin the broad discretion
vested in the Commission, they would
surely review such an order as the
one in question, by which the Com
mission has exceeded Its powers to
defeat the purpose of Congress.
A SOLDIER'S FUNERAL.
What spectacle could be more in
spiring to sentiments of patriotism
than that of a soldier's funeral par
ticularly the funeral of a soldier who
has fallen in valiant fight against great
odds? The slow-pacing escort, the
riderless horse, the mournful, wailing
music, the flag-draped caisson all are
eloquent of that ready, unquestioning
sacrifice of all for country which the
soldier pledges and freely makes:
These are reflections inspired by
witnessing the funeral of Lieutenant
Adair. He did his duty In full meas
ure, running over; he did not hesitate
and consider whether it was worth
while. He did not vacillate, nor watch,
fully wait, nor seek the-easiest way out
of a desperate situation. He struck
hard at the foe who attacked in front,
qn right and on left, and received his
mortal wound facing his enemy, as a
soldier should. He proved once more
that a soldier's life is measured not by
the number of its years nor in any
other way than by the quality of its
deeds. Though it be short, if it be
filled "with duty faithfully done, with
battles bravely fought and if it be
finished with death unflinchingly
faced, it is complete, a perfect whole.
So long as men can die as Adair died,
the age of chivalry la not dead, for he
was as truly "without fear and with
out reproach" as was the medieval
Chevalier Bayard. America has its
chivalry no less valiant than had me
dieval Europe. This republic owes it
to its chivalry that the lives of men
such as Adair shall not be frittered
away by timid, halting statesmanship,
that its brave sons shall not die in
vain.
Phosphorus, one of the three most
Important elements required by plants
- the others being nitrogen and pot
ash, which have been made scarce
and high in price by the war comes
into prominence again because of the
general discussion of our resources in
tertiilzlng materials, and It is com
forting to note that in this respect,
at least, we shall not in all probability
uffer because of the disturbance of
trade with Europe. The output of
Florida alone has exceeded in recent
ears the production of any foreign
country. The manner of the forma
tion of the deposits is not yet thor
oughly understood, but it is supposed
to be connected with the existence in
a prehistoric time of living organisms
in sea water, and with the mastodon
and rhinoceros, whose. teeth and bones
furnished the material which nature
in subsequent geologic periods con
centrated into their present form.
When the Chicago depositors lost
money in Lorimer's bank the first
time, it was his fault; if they lose it
a second time, the fault will be their
own. But Lorimer surely has hyp
notic power or he could not induce his
own victims to back him.
AU that was mortal of a gallant son
of Oregon was placed within the shel
tering "bosom of his native soil yes
terday and his death in a foreign land
Is a direct charge against the mockery
of the shallow ambition of the Ad
ministration at Washington.
Naturally Britons praise the skill
of Captain Koenig in bringing the
Deutschland across the Atlantic. That
is the strong feature of British peo
ple. They applaud Individual merit
of a foe, even when obliged to kill
him.
If the National Guard Is to be re
cruited quickly to war strength, the
recruiting officers should be where
men are to be found, not twelve miles
away. Things will move more swiftly
with offices in Portland.
Democratic officeholders in Oregon
are reported to be slow with offer
ings for the campaign fund. SThey
need much Jogging to make their con.
tributions purely voluntary, but they
will get it, never fear.
Why is it necessary for Americans
to seek protection under the British
flag In Mexico if we are not at war
with that country? If the necessity
exists, why are we doing nothing?
The one safe incentive to the placing
of a stopper on eloquence in Congress
is the desire of its members to turn
loose their eloquence on the voters in
the campaign.
Commissioner Daly's water inspect
ors are surely daylight savers or they
could not catch water-users sprinkling
at dawn.
If the United States has no right
to "butt into" the affairs of Mexico,
neither has it that right In regard to
Panama. ' .
It is little wonder big sums are of
fered for passage on the Deutsch
land to Europe. The novelty Is dis
tinct, and that appeals to many.
Turkey has so many wars on its
hands that it is not only unspeakable
but is almost speechless.
Castro has called the ex-dictators
of South America to meet in a lodge
ol sorrow.
This will be a Juicy state when all
the loganberries are squeezed.
Buying a car is the easy part of it.
You must learn all the traffic-rules.
When Cipriano Caetrft arrives, pin
hixa, to a board, . . ,
Northwest Verse
POLITICS AT HAROSCRABBLE.
We had met fur our We'nsday night
season o' prayer an' song In ol"
Hardscrabbla church, ,
Not dreamin' our brotherly love 'd git
knocked from its roost on the
piety- perch. -An'
never suspectln' ol' Satan was .there
a-lyin' in wait, as you'd say.
In the shadders o' sin like a ravenous
beast o' the Jungle a-watchln' fur
prey.
The sperrit o' grace was at work in
our hearts. Jus' seemed like a
mantle o" love
Had fallen as soft as a feathery robe
from the land of immortals above
On our worshipful heads, till the min
ister called on ol' Deacon Aminl
dab Ware.
(Who had bin a wheel hoss In the Hard.
scrabble church half his life, fur
to lead us in prayer.
He opened his plea in the usual way by
a-askin' the Master to bless
The sick an' afflicted, the lame an' the
halt, an' them that was bowed by
distress,
Thewldders an' orphants come in fur a
word, an' widdowers raournin' fur
mates.
.(Him bein" bereaved in that manner
himself, his wife bavin' skipped
to the states.)
fThen come without warnin what I
.must admit was a most ropernen
sible break.
VHe prayed that the comin' election
might give the Republican party
the cake.
An asked o the Master to open the
eyes o' the masses that they
might behold
T9ie weakness o' spine o the shepherd
that guards the sheep o' the Dim-
mycrat fold.
When Brother McNulty was called on
to pray I felt it 'way down in my
Bones
That trouble was brewin', he put such
a ring o defiant accent to his
tones.
He prayed fur the cause o' the people
at large that was eatin" Prosper
ity food
Because o' the fact that the heaven-
raised man in the White House
was sure makin" good.
He offered his thanks fur the cool-
headed man who by use o" the
cable an' mail
Had sidestepped a war an' had twisted
some kinks in Germany s war-
wagin' tail.
An said that the hosts o this peace
lovin land, despite the mad ele
phanfs roar.
D make him stay put In the pruv-ament
chair in which they had put him
afore.
You'd ort to a-heard the "Amens"
ringin' out from the friends o
the Dlmmylcrst cause.
An heerd how the close o' hla eloquent
plea was drownded with cheers
an' applause.
An Brother McNulty was awellln' with
pride at the way he had yanRed
'em to taw
When a hymn book let fly from Amln
Idab'a hand caught him close to
the base o the jaw.
The brethren supportln' o' nominee
Hughes won out in the ensuln
fight.
Just put the supporters o' Wilson to
what was a sure ignominious
flight.
N I reckon until tha election has
passed we must give our devo
tions the shake.
Fur religion an' politics never Vln mix
In a dose that Is pleasant to tune
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
LIFFS ROSE CYCLE.
They brought my mother a rose tha
morn
She oft has told ma so
Of the sunny day whsn I was born.
In that Summer long ago.
The rose was dainty, pure and white.
The sweest flower that blows.
And. because her heart with Joy was
light.
My mother named me Rosa.
They placed a rose within my hand.
And bade me look serene.
And proudly In the limelight stand.
That day they crowned me queen.
It was the marvelous Portland rosa.
With its wondroua shell-pink hro;
And. in that selfsame town there grows
j. similar one for you.
Then, on tha day a maiden deems
The sweetest of her lite.
When earth to her a heaven seems.
And naught but Joy is rife.
He brought me yet another rose.
A rose of crimson red;
Its glorious heart with passion glows,
As mine for you, ne saia.
Today they bring a rose to me.
A rose whose niteness cnarms.
Then turn tha covers back to sea
The babe within my arms.
HORACE WILLIAM MACN'EAL
SHAKESPEARE IJIMOKTALE.
Master Will. I pray thee grant but Just
a moment
To one feeble tribute to thy wit.
That from the soul a meed of praise
be sent
As incense offered to the gods
By mortal man.
Thy philosophy, greater than any other
attribute.
Hath oft ordained events.
The coat doth oft proclaim the man,
But thy mantle hath not been fitting,
Had it graced other shoulders.
Thy soul with tender wit and grace
aflame
Oft In epigrammatic, rhyme
Banished the seed of cant.
And gave to wisdom, life.
With hope eternal.
The truth emblazoned by thy pen
Proclaimed Itself aloud.
And through songs of Jest and mirth
Yet shone resplendent
In thought, in verity.
Thy mind still binds in tender grasp
The mental powers of earth.
And knits in closer lines anew
Thy birtb. thy merits, ami thy fame,
In oweet harmonious whole.
BERNARD MULRINE.
PREPAREDNESS.
Some say there is need for prepared
neas;
Some say for Its use there is none.
We know its need in our "Home, Sweet
Home."
Ere the battle for comfort is won.
And the running of this great Nation
Is much like the running of a noma,
Wa need this forethought of protec
tlon.
Not the peace for which blood must
atone.
If only our Army was strengthened.
Drawn up In formidable array.
The enemy would stop and listen
' Would "respect" us for many a day.
C. T. BAKER.
THEN AND NOW.
(Sursested by readtnir "Pipes o Pan.")
In happy days of long ago
Pan piped adown a sylvan glade.
While Nymph and Satyr, to and fro.
Danc'd. as be play'd.
Today that erstwhile tranquil nook
Is filled with Hade's discordant roar.
The woosl folk shun its sullied brook
Pan pipes no more.
J. T.-DILLON.
New.llaughty Dame.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Who is that haughty and aristo
cratic dame?" "Ssh! A real personage.
Regent of tho Descendants ot tho Ford
Peace, Party.
BORDER RATIONS SOT VARIED!
Mr. Srhnabrl Hears Oregon Boya Not
as Well Supplied aa Others. I
PORTLAND. July 11. (To the Edi
tor.) I have information- from a re-
ponsible. source that the soldiers of
the Oregon Guard now at the Mexican
border do not receive food proper to
their welfare under the existing cli
matic conditions. . Their daily bill of
faro consists of bacon, beans and po
tatoes no fresh vegetable of any sort,
and no variety at any meal excepting
the kinds mentioned. They are said
ot to be recelvinsr anvthinsr like aa
good faro as the Government provides
lor tne regulars.
1 leel that n.lria frnm the liirHchln
thus imposed unon nil r men 1h Kitn-
atlcn involves a serious reflection upon
the people of this state. It is said
that the troops from other states than
Oregon have the beneftt of what is
known as a "mess fund." This fund
a provided by the liberality of the citi
zens of the other states, and is used
O supplement the meaarer and unsuit
able fare which would otherwise be
only available.
It appears that mir hnva nrA -unrfer
the Imprrsalon that some such fund is
being collected here, and their com
plaint, goes to What thev assumA tn be
merely a delay in forwarding such pro
vision for them. Conalderlnsr their
ransfer from the mild vmihep nre-
valling hero to a temperature of 138
to 150 degrees in the shade, when shade
can be found, with the hard work and
constant drilling they are required to
undergo, it does seen to me that some
thing should be done to provide them
with suitable food.
I have several relatives in th Third
Oregon, and have made donations for
them in conjunction with others out of
my own funds, but I realize that there
are very many of the boys who have
no ouch source to draw from. I urge.
therefore, that publicity be sriven to
nis mat'er. and that we he nn r,H
doing. Let the Chamber of Commerce
take action and wire funds to Calexlco
at once. We should also call upon our
Congreasmen to take the matter up
with the War Department without de
lay. CHARLES J SmxAHfl.
PROVIDE FOR MEN'S DEPENDENTS
Correspondent Would Have States Levy
Special Taxes for Purpose.
fASCO, Wash.. Julv 10. (To the
Editor.) A news Item savs that Kew
.Mexico a militia units encamped on the
ooraer threaten to be demoralized bv
large numbers of men leaving the er
vico under Secretary Baker's orders to
discharge all militiamen having de
pendents.
This is a matter In nreDaredness that
Fnouia De taken up at once and I be
neve it is the duty of each state to
provide by taxation for the dependents
or those who risk life and health in
the defense of their country.
ine timid money arrabbera and nroo-
eny noiaers wno stay at homo in com
fort, while the patriotic volunteers are
risking their all for their country,
should at least be made to pay for the
maintenance of the dependents of
heir defenders. We have laws tiro-
vidlng for dependents of worklnermen.
Their employers are obliged to Insure
them against accident, the cost being
commensurate with tha risk.
Can the state do less than Insure
the volunteers that their loved ones
win not suffer7
The general Government provides
small pensions lor maimed survivors,
but the careful man will hesitate to en
list when the Nation la not actually at
war. no matter how patriotic he
may be.
We are an extravagant and snend
thrift Nation and statistics will show
that a small percentage of workers are
torenanued enough to leave their
families beyond the- reach of want
while the wage-earner is defending the
country. Our women and children (un
like those of war and soldier-ridden
Europe) are not the almost universal
brend-winners.
jur poorest noma Is as sacred as
mi oi me ncnest courtier, king or
potentate. Can we lower our standard
by neglecting to provide for the da
pendents of our defenders?
W. P. GRAY.
MORE CORNERS BEING CVT OFF,
Protest Made Aaalnst Continued
Chances That Pile Ip Coats.
PORTLAND. July 11. (To the Edi
tor.) The city is cutting again atree
corners on Morrison street, after
having operated even in residence dis
tricts where there- is little traffic I
is reported that the city hns already
spent over (200.003 and will have spent
sjuu.uuu Deiore it is over.
Ia such expense really justified by
tne reason mat it will afrord more
facility to fire ladders to turn corners
rapidly? Expensive firo ladders! How
do they manage in Boston. New Or
leans, .New lork and other old cities,
where many streets are so narrow
xney seem to get along pretty well
with their fire service. Maybe there
are other kinds of firo ladders which
do not necessitate an expense of S300
000. Half of that money or less would
probably have bought Council Crest or
made other roads or improvements fo
which there would be something to
snow more man cut street corners,
manholes and the like.
Aa a taxpayer The Oregonian should
be interested in this question. How
can the taxpayers' league let such ex
penses go by without at least making
an inquiryT PORTLANDEK.
DEPOSIT GUARANTEE LAW LIKED
Former Nebraska Banker I'rgea Its
Adoption by Oregon.
SHERWOOD. Or., July 10. (To tho
Editor.) Having just recently moved
from Nebraska, where I have been "a
country banker" for 18 years and hav
ing operated a state bank In Nebraska,
where guarantee deposit law of state
banks is operative. I want to write a
few lines in favor of this good law.
State banks in Nebraska are "forging
ahead in great shape." due In a large
measure to the Nebraska guarantee de
posit law covering stats banks.
The law has now spread till it covers
Oklahoma, Texas. Kansas. South Da
kota and Nebraska. Depositors now
placing money in Nebraska state banks
have full confidence that they will
get their money back whenever they
call for it. This confidence is bring
ing money into Nebraska state banks
from adjoining statea and from many
depositors who formerly "hid their
money at home.
Why can't Oregon have this good
law? Let's get together and sea if
we cannot have It. If Oregon can get
this law on her statute bocks It will
be pulling off a great stunt for our
Northwest country. F. N. AUSTIN.
Enlisting In Canadian Army
OAK POINT. July 1L (To the Edi
tor.) Where and how can a man
enlist in the Canadian army?
SUBSCRIBER.
It would be absolutely necessary for
the correspondent to go to soma Cans
dlan city and offer hia services. Re
cruiting In tho United States for a
foreign army, if attempted and de
tected. would be punished under the
neutrality laws.
Qualifications of President.
PORTLAND, July 11. (To tho Edi
tor.) Can a Roman Catholic become
President of tho united Statea? Can
Jew become President of the United
States? If not. why? C. V. W.
The only qualifications of the Presi
dent prescribed by the Constitution are
that he be a natural born citizen, at
least 35 years old and that he have
been a resident within the United Statea
for. J years.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Asro.
From The Oresonlaa July 13. 1S91.
New York. Smalley's special cable
gram to the Tribune from London
ays: "Probably tha most important
incident of the German Emperor'a visit
to England Is that which begins Sun
day and ends Monday his visit to
Lord Salisbury at Hatfield. Then, if
not before, it is "certain that business
will be done. The absolute master of
the most powerful army in the world
and the virtual master of the most
powerful fleet, wil not meet and sep
arate without exchanging views on
several subjects.
Gladstone, it is now stated on good
utharlty. will not retire. Ho will
taka an active part In the struggle for
supremacy in the Commons.
Professor L. P. Henderson, the well-
known botanist, formerly principal of
the Portland High School, but now a
resident of Olympia. is in town. He
Is assistant World's Fair Commissioner
or the state of Washington.
Rev. G. Do La Matyr, of Akron, O.,
preached in the Taylor-Street Metho
dist Church yesterday. His subject
was ' The Glory of Human Mature.
Captain J. M. Gilman, a well-known
pioneer, died of heart trouble yester
day at noon.
It has been discovered by someone
with an inquiring turn of mind that
Goethe wrote Charlotte von Stein a
thousand letters in ten years.
Ed Long has walked off with tha
championship medal of Yamhill Coun
ty for being the best shot at clay
pigeons.
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oreronlan July 13, 1G".
Washington. Nesmith of Oregon
has offered a resolution which has been
adopted, asking for information con
cerning certain disorderly proceedings.
robuerleei and murders on the road from
the Arizona line, to Guaymas, and di
recting the military committee to In
quire into the closing of that routs
by the opposing forces.
New York. The Pacific Mail Com
pany s steamer Montana has left for
San Francisco.
Ottawa. July 11. There was an ex
cited session of the Canadian Parlia
ment. The opposition assailed tha gov
ernment with great force and effect
end the project of annexation to tho
United States seems to gain favor.
John A. Frarer. State Senator from
Polk County, died of consumption at
Salem, Wednesday. A special election
will no doubt be called to fill tho va
cancy. It has been suggested that our peo
ple framn and circulate a petition-
notwithstanding what has already been
done asking Congress to establish a
port of entry at Portland.
D. C. Ireland, local editor of thlo
paper, left last night on the steamer
Oriflamme for a "winged" trip to San
Francisco.
WHY STOP .MEISIRED WATER I
laer Seea 'o Reason for Restriction,
If Consumer Para.
PORTLAND. July 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The lamest duck of the city ad
ministration has charge of the water
department. The martinets who run it
are allowing water to run to waste by
the tens or thousands of gallons; are
bemoaning the fact that the revenue
this Summer Is below normal and at
tho snme time are sending inspectors
round shutting off water of persons
running their water through meters on
off days. One would suppose that tha
householder who has a meter and must
pay for - what ha uses, should be en
couraged to use all he will, during tha
present superabundance of water in
the reservoirs.
Why not turn over to this manage
ment tho Job of supplying tho people
with electric light and gas? Then they
would doubtless notify the consumer
that he must not use gas except on
certain days or electric light during
certain hours, even though the pur
chaser pays for every bit of gas or
light he uses.
It looks as though the water offi
cials make useless rules Just because
they can as a Czar would, without any
possible explanation of the reason for
them. One can see some reason tor in
sisting that people using water for
sprinkling on a flat basis should bo
restricted as to days and hours. But
what is the reason for restricting those
who use through a meter, when water
is so abundant? WATER-USER.
CANNING FRUIT WITHOUT SIGA
Oregon Agricultural College Ex pie I jo
Points of Process.
CORVALLIS. Or.. July 11. (To tho
Editor.) A recent editorial in Tho
Oregonian on canning fruit without
sugar recalls the fact that the Oregon
Agricultural College has prescribed a
method of doing this, which is aa fol
lows: Sterilize the jars by boiling in water.
Prepare the fruit and put it in tho
jars; adjust the rubbers, pour boiling
water Into the can to fill brim full.
put or covers without clamping down
tight, and put Jars in washboiler or
steam cooker. Cover boiler and cook
fruit required length of time, which
varies with different fruits. A table
of cooking time for Oregon fruits and
vegetables can be had by sending to
college for free copy of bulletin, 'Can
ning Fruits and Vegetables."
Tho problem of keeping fruit la on
of sterilization and sealing. Although
sugar is not essential to preservation.
it is a necessary article or nutrition
and palatahility, and unless sugar Is
unreasonably high in price it Is gen
erally Best to use a email amount.
Sugar demands may be distributed
more evenly throughout the year by
adding more when the fruit Is eaten.
A sack or so may be purchased lr Win
ter or early Spring, before the demand
grows heavy and the price goes up. If
consumers would only remember that
beot sugar is in no wise different from
cane sugar, that it has the same sweet
ening power, is Just as good in fruits
and Jells and juices as cane sugsr. that
It is Just as good in every way arl
costs less, tho demand for cane sugar
at canning time would be still further
reduced. M. S.
Telling the Plain Truth.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Because, forsooth. The Oregonian
ventured to trace tho history of tho
Mexican Imbroglio leading up to tho
late crisis and culminating In the call
ing out of the National Guard and
truthfully analyzed that history, with
some critical comment, in passing, one
of its contemporaries in a passion ot
protest called it a "copperhead and
questioned its loyalty. With war seem
ingly Imminent, such outcries, from
partisan zealots unable to defend tho
record, emanated from other sources
as well. A concerted effort to silenco
honest criticism by this means was
clearly In evidence. But these outcries
fell upon deaf ears. It was all too
plain that if truth-telling spelled trea
son, and the locating of responsibility
for tho Mexican mess exactly where it
belonged meant copperhead Ism. then
nine-tenths of the newspapers of tho
land were daily inviting the odious ap
pellation'and stout and sturdy patriots
of all parties could not escape tho
traitorous and treasonable character
ization. People had not been reading
about Mexico these weary months
without becoming adequately enlight
ened. Hence such buncombe failed to
appeal, and the proposed Copperhead
Club languishes.