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PORTION!), WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916.
the sn&VTsa froo of railroad
RATES.
Railroad rates are regulated by the
Interstate Commerce Commission by
considering a number of more or less
Intangible or collateral circumstances.
There Is no scientific basis. These cir
cumstances include water competition,
discrimination between recelvng or dis
tributing points and. reasonableness of
rates. Reasonableness Is not calcu
lated upon the cbasis of what It costs
per ton per mile to haul a given com
modity but largely upon the general
balance of the company's books, which
may be one thirty one year and, an
entirely different thing the next, de
pending upon general conditions of
trade and commerce.
Kew Issues constantly arise. Thus
It happens that some of the smaller
Atlantic Coast cities are complaining
against New York rates on the ground
that terminal charges in a great port
are large and that these charges are
spread back over the railway lines so
that cities nearer the source of freight
and in which terminal costs are not so
great are discriminated against.
Presumably If this theory is upheld
the smaller terminals will grow Into
large terminals and, smaller cities on a
still shorter haul will then have a Just
complaint against the newer rates. In
time another readjustment may be re
quired and so on to the end of time.
This case is cited to illustrate the
temporary character of railroad rates
under the present system of regulating
them. No Jobber who establishes him
self at a distributing point can feel
certain that his business will not be
hampered! or destroyed 'by some turn
of the rate "whirligig. Portland Job
bing houses and manufactures have
been erected upon the sound theory
that there is a certain advantage in
Immediate access to deep, water and
In locatioa upon rail lines which, be
cause of short hauls and absence of
mountain grades, can afford to give
low rates.
But geographical and physical ad
vantages do not now enter materially
Into the abstract reasoning of the rate,
making body. Portland, according to
that tribunal, is a rate basis for the
entire Northwest. Because of it
physical advantages it was, the first
community to receive railroad trans
portation and therefore, reasons the In
terstate Commerce Commission, all
Northwest terminal rates must have
been based on Portland rates. Freight
from points east of a line drawn north
and south through Pendleton must be
hauled over a mountain range to Puget
Bound, for the same price that, is
charged for hauling it down hill to
Portland. Or It must be carried
through Portland and 100 miles 'be
yond for the same rate as to Portland..
For this Northwest terminal rate
group, all points of which are located
on deep water, water competition Is
but tantalizing benefit, according to
another recent ruling of the Commis
sion. When ships are plying between
the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts It Is
legitimate and proper for the railroads
to meet their competition with rates
lower to ocean terminals than to in
terior points. But when, water traffic
is temporarily halted by slides in the
Panama. Canal or war conditions the
railroads must reform the entire fab
ric of rates so that ocean terminals
shall have rates not lpWer than in
terior points.
The Portland ship builder or steel
contractor cannot with safety figure
ahead on contracts. He does not know
on what day some convulsion! of na
ture or some dispute among European
powers will cause Increased cost of
transporting structural steel across
territory thousands of miles removed
from the scene of trouble to turn proa,
pective profit into loss. Nor may the
wholesale grocer know at the time he
plans his business for the year wheth
er he would 'better order for distribu
tion within trucking distance or for
territory served by rail. Railroad rate
offices are kept In constant turmoil
reforming rates to fit the changing
opinions of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and presumably the time
approaches when they must maintain
unnecessarily large terminal facilities
In numerous cities to care for the
Jumping frog of distributive business.
It perhaps all goes to provide va
riety and spice to commercial and
railroad life, but still we fancy that
the public and the country would find
It advantageous if stability and com
mon sense were injected into railroad
rate-making. The opportunity Is giv
en for Portland to point the way. The
water grade, the short haul, and the
deep-water harbor still exist. Upon
them the city has built its hopes and
aspirations. And they are concrete
factors that enter into the actual cost
of transportation.
Discrimination in rate-making may
tie a potent consideration, when two oj
more cities are similiarly situated. But
there Is no doctrine or theory or smart
reasoning that can offset the hard fact
that it costs less to transport goods
by rail down hill over a short distance
than it does to transport them up hill
over & long distance. Discrimination
In favor of Portland has not been made
by man. but by nature. It is insur
mountable, irrevocable by any form
of hair-splitting argument. It is time
Portland claimed the advantages of its
location. Today it is in . a twilight
zone. It is neither water terminal nor
Inland city. Its advantages are merely
the vehicle on which rival cities ride
Into power and prosperity. Portland's
larger future depends upon its ability
to establish combination, of water
transportation and cheap rail haul as
a permanent factor in rate-making.
To establish that principle the Cham
ber of Commerce and commercial In
terests should now exert their strong
est efforts.
In undertaking an investigation of
South American markets for paper
and its products and for printing sup
plies, the Dopax Cmenfc of Commerce
epens up a field of large possibilities
for Oregon industry. Paper manufac
turers of this state have already en
tered the export trade with large ship
ments to Australia, and will doubtless
be ready to equip themselves for a
commercial Invasion of South. America
and to make use of information which
the Government will supply. In select
ing Robert S. Barrett as the agent who
is to make the investigation. Secretary
Redfield seems te have chosen wisely.
Mr. Barrett has spent twelve years in
travel in Latin America and in pub
lishing at Mexico City and speaks
Spanish, fluently. He is to begin his
work by conference with manufac
turers, and selling agents 'before .pro
ceeding to Latin America.
TOO LATE.
It la a caricature of Lincoln and a dese
cration -of his memory to robe him out
in armor, put a war helmet on his head
and seek to make him a Caesar. Ha was
not a war lord, -but a great commoner, risen
up from the plain people. From a long
belated Democratic newspaper eulogy of
Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was commander,
in-chief of the Army andi Navy of the
United States from March 4, 1861, to
April 15, 1865, when he fell from the
bullet of an assassin, iwho sought by
murder to avenge himself upon the
great man who most of all had by
force of arms destroyed slavery and
defeated secession. He saved the
Union. If he could have saved the
Union without war, he would have
avoided war; if he could have saved
the Union with war, he would not have
avoided war. The paramount object,
as he said, was to save the Union.
It Is no desecration of the mighty
Lincoln's memory to show that he was
the fearless leader of a great cause,
won through, war. But it is a sad
earicature of Lincoln to deck him out
with a white feather and to picture
him as one whose paramount purpose
was at any cost to keep us out of war,
and not to save the Union.
lELUNG CONGRESS WHAT TOJJO.
The appearance of the President of
the United States, in propria persona,
as a lobbyist in the corridors of Con
gress for any measure, whatever its
merit, is an interesting, not to say sen
sational, spectacle. It is no wonder
that the Democratic Senators upon
whom President Wilson urged imme
diate consideration for the child labor
bill were annoyed. It was not in the
legislative programme, and they
thought they had heard the last of it.
Yet Why should they -worry? The
President is amenable to reason, when
ever a politician or a Southern Sen
ator can show a. good political reason
why a thing should or should not be
done.
A year or two ago the President
tossed, a 'bomibshell into Congress, la
beled the "Presidential primary." He
was for it, and was indeed in some
thing of a hurry about it. But he
was reasoned with. "Where is the
Presidential primary now?
Then there is the troublesome ques
tion of the single Presidential term.
The Democratic party at Baltimore in
1912 went on record in these unfor
gettable words:
We favor a single Presidential term, and
to that end urge the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution making the Presi
dent of the United States ineligible for re
election, and we pledge the candidate of
this convention to this principle.
This plain plank was publicly ac
cepted, but privately repudiated, by
the President, who wrote the Palmer
letter (before he wias inaugurated; yet
that letter, making him a candidate
for a second' term, did not see the light
of day for three years.
We are told that President Wilson
Is not pledged to a single term; mere
ly that the party supports a constitu
tional amendment carrying Into effect
"this principle."
Ah, yes. If that is so, what has the
President or Congress done for a con
stitutional amendment for a. single
Presidential term? Is it in the Presi
dential programme? Or the Con
gressional programme?
PREDICTIONS BASED OS FALSE HOPES.
Organs of the Democracy proclaim
with much, gusto that certain Pro
gressive state committees controlled
by the last-ditch element have re
pudiated the action of the Progressive
National Committee in indorsing
Hughes for President. They profess
to see in this action a sign that the
Progressive vote will go to Wilson
rather than to Hughes. Their predic
tions are founded on hope, not on
fact.
The facts on which conclusions as
to the course of Progressive voters In
the coming election must be based
are the vote of 1914, the vote at re
Cent primaries and the known tend
ency of Progressive opinion.
The aggregate Progressive vote for
Representative In Congress in 1914
was 1,081,624 as compared with 4,
119.507 votes cast for RooseA'elt in
1912. Where did the other three mil
lion odd votes go? Not to the Demo
crats, for their vote decreased from
6.293,019 to 5,839,886, or nearly 450,
000. Not to the Socialists, for their
vote decreased from 901,873 to 557,
011. Some may have gone to the Pro
hibitionists, for they showed an in
crease from 207,928 to 309,808. Some
may have voted for independent can
didates, who polled 80,358. But where
did these millions go?
The Republican vote increased from
3.484,956 in 1912 to 5,635.015 in 1914.
That Is where at least 2,160,000 of the
Progressive vote went. The year 1914
being an "off year," many members
of all parties doubtless abstained from
voting through lack of interest. Many
more among the Progressives, though
their third-party zeal had cooled, were
not yet ready to go the whole length
of voting for a Republican, so they
stayed at home. After all these de
ductions are made, the figures show
that more than half of the Progres
sive vote of 1912 was cast for Repub
lican candidates in 1914.
Only two years after the great split,
although more than 1,000,000 Progres
sives held to their new faith, possibly
100,000 voted the Prohibition ticket
and several hundred thousand, de
liberately abstained from voting, the
return of half their strength, to the
Republican party sufficed to bring its
total vote within a little more than
200.000 of the united Democratic vote.
Since then the process of Progres
sive disintegration has been rapid and
continuous. The fact has been re
vealed y the majority which the regu
lar Republicans gained In the Califor
nia primaries and by the defeat of all
Governor Johnson's iet measures by
popular vote, though that state was a
Progressive stronghold. It has ap
peared in the poor showing of Pro
gressives in the primaries of other
states, especially of Oregon. It has
been hastened by the action of Colo
nel Roosevelt in putting forward the
issue of Americanism against Wilson
an issue on which Progressives almost
invariably see eye to eye with Repub
licans. It received its greatest im
petus from Colonel Roosevelt's letter
to the Progressive National Committee
and frem Mr. Hughes acceptance of
Progressive support.
There remains of the Progressive
party nothing .but a small residuum,
composed of former Democrats and of
the mere skeleton of an organization
maintained in a few states by men
whose only hope of office or political
distinction is maintenance of & third
party. Before the leaders of this party
had resolved to merge it in the Re
publican party, the rank and file had
already effected the merger. The
Democrats cannot hope to pick up
enough votes among the remains to
compensate for those Republicans who
voted for Wilson in 1912 and for those
Democrats who have been repelled 'by
Wilson's Mexican muddle and changes
of front on nearly every issue which
was raised four years aeo.
RBI CROSS AT SEA.
The Red Cross proposes to keep up
with the war procession. Announce
ment made some days ago that the
association in Denmark planned, or
ganization of a great fleet of motor
boats for work at sea is followed toy
.news that the movement already is
under way, that the number of volun
teers has even exceeded first expecta
tions and that the salvage from the
next naval engagement may be ex
pected to be relatively larger than ever
before known in the annals of war.
This will be one of the most revo
lutionary changes of the many the
present war has seen.' It has been a
commonly accepted theory of naval
fighting that the individual fighter
eithen won or lost; if his ship went
down, he reckoned on being numbered
among the dead. There have been
some exceptions, as in the battle of
Santiago, where the Spaniards fought
along the coast, their ships were
beached and the enemy after winning
the victory was able to effect a good
many rescues, but the rule has been
the other way. As in the Jutland bat
tle, ships are too 'busily engaged with
their own strategies to stop to save
lives, even those of their own men.
The battle frequently covers a wide
area and a considerable space of time.
The Jutland fight lasted far Into the
night. It is the idea of the Danish
Red Cross that this time could be
employed in organizing for rescue
work and that a great flotilla of small
boats could be placed on the fringe of
the battle zone in time to save In a
great conflict a large number of lives.
As for the perils of the undertaking,
the Red Cross counts them a part of
its duty. It is not deterred.
Hope is expressed also that the
Danes in initiating their new enter
prise may 'be laying the foundation for
an international Red Cross rescue
fleet. The work of the Red Cross
thus far in he European war has been
confined largely to the armies, al
though some nurses have been sup
plied to the marine hospitals and have
done valued work. The proposed plan,
which may be regarded as an actual
ity, marks the first appearance of the
Red Cross on the (battlefield of the
sea.
FROBLGM OP RETURNING SO 1.1)1 Kit.
Discussion in Canada of the problem
what to do with the soldiers who shall
return from the European battle fields
has attained a high degree of impor
tance because in Canada more than
in any other region affected by the
war there has been a disposition to
assume that all necessary would be
to make a grant of land out of the
vast store the Dominion contains to
the home-coming veteran and leave
him to his own resources. The pre
cise superficial area of the proposed
grant of a "home" is assumed .by some
to be a matter of detail, to -be con
sidered later. The main consideration
seems to be that it shall be arable;
It is assumed that the soldier will be
glace to go back to the land and that
he will proceed immediately to get his
living from it.
But the welling up of a protest
against accepting this solution as all
sufficient and final is beginning to call
attention to the fact that even in Can
ada, a community given extensively
to argiculture, not even a majority of
the young men who have gone to war
are fitted by experience, to say noth
ing of inclination, to take up the work
of farming. There as elsewhere it is
the rural districts that are thinly popu
lated: and there as elsewhere the cities
have furnished a substantial propor
tion of the volunteers. Many of these
men have trades, a good many have
even had a close acquaintance with a
farm: it is estimated that 60 per cent
are wholly without agricultural ex
perience. Unless an unexpected land
boom were to give a high money value
to the lands it is proposed to give
them, they would foe worse off than
they were before; that is, unless pro
vision were made for teaching them
the trade of farming, just as they
would be taught any other trade re
quiring technical skill of a high order.
The situation in Canada serves to
illustrate the point that a back-to-the.
lander when he strikes his favorite
subject is capable of seeing nothing
else In the industrial problem. He
knows that the raw materials for food
and raiment grow on land; he is
filled with sounding stuff about "pro
ducers" and "non-producers," which
means little or nothing; he assumes
that the only kind of production is
the growing of unfinished products,
and he has been told that there are
too many "non-producers" In the
world, in which class he lists about
everybody he does not happen to think
well of. So when, as in this after-the.
war crisis that is approaching, a really
efficient industrial remedy is needed,
he shouts, "Back to the land!" as if
that settled everything. t
The problem is highly difficult and
complex. It will not be solved by any
putting of square pegs into round
holes, on the land or anywhere else.
It will call for a high degree of pa
triotic co-operation and chiefly a
broad vision. Readjustment after the
war will not be accomplished by men
with a single Idea.
THE HOUSE OBSTRUCTS.
One of the great points of conten
tion between the Senate and House on
the development of water power in
navigable streams relates to the degree
of authority which shall be given to
the Secretary of War for granting per
mits. The Shields bill gives the Sec
retary full authority to authorize build
ing of a dam under its terms. The
House bill requires that after those
terms have been complied with, a spe
cial act of Congress must be passed
authorizing construction. The House
bill would continue the restriction im
posed in this respect by the general
dam acts of 1906 and 1910.
That provision in the latter acts
has been fatal to development, though
In other rejects they were far more
liberal to investors than the Shields
bilL Prior to 1906 controversy arose
over terms of each special dam bill,
and the general act of that year was
designed to end such disputes by pre
scribing, general terms, but when, eacfckj
special act came up the controversy
was renewed. In the first year twenty
and in the next year three special
acts were passed, but the Rainey River
bill was vetoed and passed over the
veto, while a veto of the James River
bill stood. Nothing further was done
under that act except an extension of
time for completion of one structure
in 1909.
In order to end controversy the act
of 1910 was passed, 'but it was less
favorable to development than that of
1906 and it still retained) in Congress
sole authority to issue the permit In
each case. Under that act fourteen
bills were passed and an omnibus bill
authorizing fourteen dams died in con
ference under threat of veto. The
Coosa River bill was passed in 1912,
but was vetoed, and since then nothing
has been done under that act.
Every special act did not result in
development. Of twenty-five dams
authorized under the 1906 law only
six were built, and fourteen special
acts since 1910 have brought about
construction of only two power plants.
The remainder of the permits have
lapsed through inability to finance the
enterprises. Only 140,000-horsepower
has been developed under the two
acts.
The reason for this failure was thus
stated by Lindley M. Garrison, ex
Secretary of War, referring to the act
of 1910:
Reasonable development can never take
place under the act. The act prohibits It.
That there bave been applicatlona for per
mlta . . does not constitute construc
tion, nor la H testimony as to the- virtues
of that act. The real test cornea when per
mitteea attempt to raise money under the
act.
The percentage of success was
twenty-four under the act of 1986 and
fourteen under that of 1910. The rea
son Is that the action of Congress is
uncertain and is delayed three or four
years after an application is made. A
promoter cannot finance his enter
prise in advance when he is subject
to such uncertainty and delay.
If the House should continue to in
sist that Congress retain final author
ity to pass on each dam, the water
power controversy would remain un
settled and would be renewed each
time a special dam bHl was. intro
duced. Uncertainty as to terms of
permits would continue, and develop
ment would be prevented by this un
certainty and hy delay. The House is
the real obstruction to development.
Ginseng growing as an industry is
suffering from the peculiar attitude of
the Chinese, who are its only con
sumers, toward the relative merits of
the wild and cultivated plants. Wild
ginseng is still worth its weight in
gold, but the American Consul at
Mukden recently reported that pre
vailing prices for the cultivated prod
uct were from $1.80 to $3.60. Scien
tists of the Occident do not regard gin
seng as having any therapeutic value
whatever, and buyers in China, while
entertaining extravagant notions, are
beginning to reject the imported, cul
tivated article. They still cling to the
idea that the more nearly the ginseng
resembles the figure of a man the
greater is its power to heal every ill.
The possessor of a root which hap
pens to bear a knob on top and four
branches that imagination could call
a resemblance to arms and legs is
able to command his own price. Roots
of this description, however, are much
rarer than four-leaf clovers.
Some sapient Senators would, have
us defer the strengthening of our
Navy until we see whether any nation
is likely to desire a fight with us. Of
course' any such nation would polite
ly wait till w were ready. It w-ould
not do as the discourteous nations of
Europe did catch each other unpre
pared. No, certainly not; that would
not accord with .the new rules of war,
which will prevail in that earthly
heaven seen in the dreams of Senator
Norris and his ten associates.
Let the rube In embryo be of stout
heart, for the big leagues must go to
the bushes for the best material. The
price paid for the Kansas City short
stop toy the Chicago Nationals will be
duplicated many times ere the death
knell is heard of baseball.
Dr. Aked says the war cannot end
hefore Spring, when it may burn itself
out; which shows how little the doctor
knows the German, British and
French spirits. The 'burning-out proc
ess can continue a score of years.
More than 54,000 people have in
vested 25 cents each In the land lot
tery of the Colvtlle Reservation not
to mention carfare, which shows the
inherent spirit of Western people to
take a chance. -
The shipping bill may . be passed,
but it will be repealed" long before any
ships are built under Its provisions.
It will be a case of love's labor lost by
McAdoo and his Congressional cronies.
To be progressive, the dairy on the
county farm at Troutdale must install
a milking machine. This device is
equivalent to adding machines and
typewriters in the Courthouse.
A semi-official statement is made
that the expeditionary force in Mexico
will gradually be withdrawn. This
will let the Guardsmen home in time
to vote for the next President.
West Virginia Is enforcing prohibi
tion in a practical way by arming spe
cial officers with rifles to resist boot
leggers. A dead bootlegger causes
little trouble.
The Administration party in the
Senate refuses any of the new war
ships to the Pacific Coast. This gives
Pacific Coast people - matter for
thought.
The head of the department of Jour,
nalism of the University of Washing
ton has quit kindergarten to return to
actual work.
There will not be much sleep the
next night or two on board the allied
cruisers which watch the Virginia
Capes. ,
Oregon has $24,000,000 invested in
30,000 automobiles, which shows that
times are not hard in the state.
Governor Morehouse might delegate
Bryan to meet the invasion of Lincoln
by 20,000 I. W. W.
First day the Third Oregons get
home they'll be fed on sirloin steaks
two Inches thick.
Even partisans who are not too
"fierce" will hope the Deutschland
makes it hack.
Goodbye, Hotel Belle. Mllwaukie is
more attractive, if less exciting, with
out you.
Recruiting is slow hern nnulhl
material, wonders, "what okX
How to Keep Well.
Br Dr. W. A. Erau.
Questions pertinent te hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral Interest, will be answered la this col
umn. Where spare wlij not permit or the
subject la not suitable, letter will pa per
sonally answered. sut.Ject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed en
velope Is Inclosed. Hr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe far Individual dis
eases Requests for such services cannot be
answered.
(Copyright, JSld. 'by Dr. W. A. Evana.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
Prevention ( Infantile Paralysis.
In 1911 the section on "preventive
medicine" of the American Medical
Association appointed a committee on
methods of controlling this disease.
This committee was composed of Dr.
Frost, of the public health service; Dr.
Hill, now of London, Ontario, and Dr.
Dixon, of the Pennsylvania health de-1
partjient. I
Most of their recommendations are
good practice today. They recommend:
First The Isolation and screening of
all persons known to .have the disease
or suspected of having the disease. The
isolation period proposed Is three weeks.
The reason for Isolating suspects Is
that paralysis does not develop until
from two to six days after the disease
has started and It may not appear at
all. Therefore, in times of epidemic,
every child who gets sick, should be
held under suspicion until the cause
of the sickness la definitely known. In
order to make a -diagnosis it may be
necessary to examine the blood (in the
very early stages) or the spinal fluid
tin the early stages.) The three-week
period of Isolation should be the mini
mum The virus has been found In the
nose secretion three months after the
disease started.
Second Disinfection of all discbarges
from the patient and of all articles
used by them and their attendants.
This precaution Is of great Importance.
It must be rigidly carried out. Especial
ly does it apply to nose secretions.
Handkerchiefs, towels and clothes must
be dropped Into a creosote solution or
some other antiseptic solution and kept
there until they can be boiled. Flies
must not get to any discharge. All
washable articles must be boiled.
Third Fumigation of the premises
with formaldehyde on release from
isolation. One member of the com
mittee dissented from this recommenda
tion. In his opinion attention should
be centered en the discharges from the
nose and mouth. The trend of the
times is away from fumigation with
formaldehyde and toward wiping the
woodwork with carbolic disinfections,
cleaning with soap and water, sun
ning and airing.
Fourth The exclusion from school
of members of a patient's family during
me continuance of the disease In the
family and for three weeks from the
last contact. The present day practice
as relates to contacts is even more
stringent than the recommendation of
this committee. At the present time
contacts are held to be almost as
dangerous to the community as mild
cases and about as dangerous as se
vere ones.
Fifth Susceptible people and espe
cially children, should be carefully
dieted and otherwise cared for that
they may be in the best of health and
therefore better able to resist. A sug
gestion rather than a recommendation
was that children generally be given
hexmethylenamln as a protection.
Other procedures not included In this
report are: (a) That disease in cats,
dogs and horses be watched for and
controlled, (b) That extra' efforts to
clean up premises be made, especially
that duat be kept down. (c) That a
mouth wash and a nasal douche be
used dally. The advisability of this is
open to question. (d) That very
strenuous efforts be made to prevent
fly breeding.
The keystone of the prevention of
infantile paralysis Is to get track of
the cases and carriers. Paraphrasing
Kipling; "The head and the hoof of
the law and the haunch and the hump
Is to get track of cases and carriers
and to control them."
Ante-lsteilratloD.
Mrs. H. J. W. writes: "Will you kind
ly state Just what auto-Intoxicatibn Is
its cause, effects and If curable? A
member of my family has been pro
nounced a victim of this (to me) new
disease and I can get no very definite
knowledge of It- I've read your arti
cles with interest but have seen
nothing of this and am much inter
ested. Does it cause severe headaches
in temple, at base of skull and also at
same time pain at small of back?"
REPLY.
If yon know what ailed you when you said
you were bilious you will know what alls
the present crop when thay say they have
auto-lntoxicatlon. Auto-intoxication sup
planted biliousness as a term aeveral years
ago. It causes headache. Generally it is
relieved by taking a saline purse. To pre
vent It, exercise more In the open air. eat
lesa meat and more fruit, drink more water,
establish proper bowel habits.
Imf antile Paralysis. '
W. S. writes: "We are advised to
use a nose spray as a means of pre
venting Infantile paralysis. What is
a good wash for the purpose?"
REPLY.
One in common use la made by dissolving
Seller's tablets In water. All drugstores
carry Seller's tablets. They contain bichlo
ride of mercury, and are, therefore, danger
ous. A better aolutlon la Dakln'a fluid. We
have published the method of making Da
kin's fluid, but aa some drugglxta may not
have the formula we republish it:
Dissolve 218.6 grains (14 grams) of dry
sodium carbonate In one quart of water.
Add to this SOS gralna (20 gnama) of good
grade bleaching powder. After half an hour
siphon ort the clear liquid Into another bot
tle through a cotton plug or filter paper,
and then add 411.6 gralna 14 grams) of boric
acid to the clear filtrate. The solution ahould
be neutral In litmus paper. If it la alka
line, add enough boric acid to make neu
tral. The solution la ready for use.
It can be used as a mouth or nose wash.
If Daltln'e fluid is' not available, Javelle
water or Lafearracqutes solution, diluted
according to the directions on the bottle,
can be aubstltuted.
Infested With Fleaa.
A. E. H. writes: "Every Summer the
factory where I am employed Is In
fested with fleas. Can you suggest a
way to exterminate the pests?'
REPLY.
Get rid of dogs and cats. Clean up. Fleas
breed Is duat and dirt. Wash all floors with
lye aoap and water. Duat crude naptha
lene powder around. If the circumstances
permit of It. put down rugs or carpets.
Sprinkle th- napthalene powder on these.
Leave the room Closed ever Sunday. Take
up the rug .and recover the powder. The
powder can be used many times.
BAKDOK, Or.. July 1. (To the Ed
itor.) Does the fact of. a Chinaman
or Jap being born in the United
States make him a citizen?
li&SCBXBER.
NATl'RE ONLY KEEDI ASSISTANCE
Simple Treatment Wlthent Drais Is
I'rsred far Iafaatll Paralysis.
WILHOIT, Or., July 17. (To the
Editor.) Let us take up our medical
dictionary and see here it is. on page
463. polioencephalomenlngo myelitis,
meaning Inflammation of the gray
matter of the brain, spinal cord, and
their membranes. Following this sim
ple word we have "poliomyelitis (pol--o-ml-el-ltls).
Anterior P. acute In
flammation of anterior horns of gray
substance in spinal cord: acute infec
tious diseases of children, marked by
fever, paralysis and muscular atophy."
There you have It. with all Its trim
mings, the delight of the medical stu
dent In his sophomore days.
This disease has prevailed extensive
ly in New York and Brooklyn during
the past few weeks, and according to
the daily press the deaths (our text
books claim it to be a rare occurrence)
reached as high as 170 per week. We
hear of Its ravages also in various
parts of the country In some cases
eeveral children stricken In one family.
In view of the recent epidemics some
of the dally Journals are intimating
that -the medical profession must be
Ignorant of Its nature, or they could
treat It with better results.
Error Is the proper word, not Ignor
ance. The medtnal profession enter
tains an erroneous theory of the na
ture of disease Itself, and. as a neces
sary consequence. Is In error concern
ing the Intrinsic nature of every pos
sible form of disease. And no one will
be so absurd as to pretend that a suc
cessful practice In relation to any dis
ease can be built on a false theory of
its essential nature.
So long as the medical profession
recognises diseaae to be a thing for
eign to the living organism and seek
ing its destruction, so long; will the
drug system be mora efficient than all
the maladies of the world In filling the
graveyarda prematurely. Until physi
cians get a new and true theory tit dis
ease, they can never treat Infantile
paralysis or any other disease properly.
Ana they will never have a true theory
of diseaae until they learn to discrimi
nate between the cause, the nature and
the consequence of disease. When they
attain that they will very soen learn
that poisons, which are the cause of
disease, are not proper remedies for
sick people.
During the Spring- of 1906 we had an
epidemic of Infantile paralysis In Los
Angeles, Cal.. and in over a dosen cases
brought to me a small enema, cold
sheet pack, and the sipping of warm
water or oatmeal tea was all that waa
required to reduce the fever.
Simple? Yes. So very simple that
several of my medical friends asserted
that while the symptoms were similar
to poliomyelitis, they were not "true"
cases of the disease.
Soon the news will appear In the
daily press that Dr. Blank, an eminent
physician connected with the Rocke
feller Institute, hag "discovered" the
germ or serum that will "Isolate" the
disease and take Its place among 606,
the turtle serum, etc., all "discovered by
eminent physicians," only to bo dis
carded By the every-day practitioner.
Success in the treatment of aick nao-
ple requires of a practitioner, as a first
and pre-eminent qualification, no mat
ter wnat his educational attainments
are, that he shall recognize the first
errand principle, v!x.. that all healing.
as well as all preservative or construc
tive power, resides In the organism of
he affllctevl one. and In nothintr that
can be administered to him.
Nature Is sufficient to her own needs.
All that Is to be done Is to supplv her
with what she wants and let her alone.
She never asks poisons, but only pure
air and water, sunlight, good, simple
food, rest, exercise, etc.. in such man
ner and degree as she can use.
Infantile paralysis, what is It? Any
medical student can tell you that: but
I challenge any physician to improve
on the dietary and hygienic treatment,
which is the only safe and competent
way to heal our diseases, and does not
obscure reason. DR. W. H. M'COT.
DECISION WAS EMPTY VICTORY
Bradlaugh Printed ! Mere Birth Con
trol Seeks After Cenrt Acquittal.
ELMA. Wash.. July 18. (To the Ed
itor.) In regard to the article on vol
untary motherhood by Elizabeth Oulr.
ley, I herewith submit a correction of
her statement. In which I quote from
exact iacts.
In her article she writes that the
Englishman. Charles Bradlaugh, fought
for the power to enforce his right to
disseminate information concerninlg
"voluntary motherhood." Forty years
ago Dr. Knolton wrote a pamphlet
which he named the "Fruits of Philoso
phy," in which he told of drugs women
might use to prevent motherhood. Dr.
Knolton then asked Charles Bradlaugh
to publish the pamphlet, which he did.
"The Holy Willies" then tried to ruin
Bradlauirh for publishing an obscene
pamphlet. This brought him into
court, where he had to fight to keep
from going to prison.
During the proceedings he brought
into court books and pamphlets which
contained the same matter which Dr.
Knolton used In his pamphlet, which
the holy people themselves had pub
lished previous to the annearaneo of
Dr. Knolton's pamphlet, published by;
naru-s xsraaiaugn. ine result was
that the court decided in Bradlaugh's
favor and he went free.
Now let It be understood that Brad
lausrh and Besant were the heads of the
N. cS. S. Publishing Company, of Lon
don, England. Mrs. Besant. talking
here, is talking for Mr. Bradlaugh.
When the court decided the case, Mrs.
Besant happened to be traveling In
Scotland on a lecture tour, and In a
certain town the members of the N. S. S.
talked with her after the lecture about
the "Fruits of Philosophy." All had
not received copies and they asked her
if they were going to print any more?
She answered no.
They had round out that the philoso
phy was old. untrue and misleading;
that it would not be right to print any
more. Other questions were asked Mrs.
Besant. I cannot give her exact an
swers, but gathered her meaning.
She said that ore might use drugs or
In other ways prevent motherhood, but
that would cause a miserable afterlife
and was not to be thought about- She
also said that "had married people
knowledge of nature's laws so thev
could limit the supply without injury
to either party it was no one s busi
ness!" The writer of this article Is a native
of Scotland, and personally heard Mrs.
Besant. on her lecture tour, some 40
years ago.
WASHINGTON" MOSSBACK.
When Paper Ia Forced.
PORTLAND. July 18. (To the Ed
itor.) A wife forges her husband's
came and a third party acts on th
paper as genuine for more than three
years. Does the time limit for penalty
for forgery expire from the time of
date of paper or from time of discov
ery of forgery? How can one protect
himself against forgery if time limit
expires before discovery of forgery
and debt incurred under forged paper
is aeniea as legat aeDtr
SUBSCRIBER.
Criminal action cannot be Instituted
after lapse of three years from date
of forgery. If money has been lost
through the forgery civil action may
be instituted for recovery from the for
ger at any time within six years from
date of loss.
Removal et County Seat.
PRINEVILLE. Or.. July 16. (To the
Editor.) Just to settle a dispute does
the state at large vote on the removal
of a county seat from one point to
anotnerr or does lust the one county
affected vote? Or is it put on the bal
lot so the state can Vote and Just the
county ariected counts?
H. W. FAIRCHILD.
Only voters within- the- xounty Totaj
In Other Day.
Twesrr.liTe Years .tzs.
from Th Oregoalan of July i. 1S1.
The annual report ef Major Hand
bury, of the Unit fiii states Engineer
Corps, which has Jwst been submitted
to the chief of engineers at Washing
ton, is full of interesting facts- It
tells that It will not be long before
there will be a 30-foot channel on the
Columbia River bar.
The English Hebrew authorities In
London have taken atepg to relieve the
great distress among the Russian refu
gees in Palestine.
The fish exhibit at the World's Co
lumbian Exposition is to be a wonder
ful one, and not the leaat interesting
portion of It naturally will be the
aquarium or live fish display.
Several of the brave Knights of
Pufti a V, r imt-A An tr a -.-I.,. n
Oregon City to participate In the dedi
cation oc tne new nniftnts or Pythias
hnll litvi nnl vef nti.lv ,au r A
from the shock sustained in the col
lision ot ine steamer Aiiona with tite
Madison-street bridge on the return
trip.
One of the most Important 'duties of
the new Council will be the renaming
and renumbering of streets. It is
generally conceded that the revision is
sadly needed, as there has been con
fusion already and this will Increase
as people drop out of the habit of re
ferring to the annexed districts as
East Portland and Albina.
Ilalt rentary Age.
From The Oregonian of July 19.
Within the last year the number of
horses, eattle and mulea atolen in Baker
County alone reaches near 400. A cor
respondent writes that it Is nearly Im
possible to keep horses without keep
ing them locked up every night.
Berlin, July 6. The victory of Sadowa
produced great enthusiasm. The army
under the Prince Royal, although
driven frem tne field of battle, suc
ceeded by a great effort in arriving In
time to take part In a direct attack
against the Austrian, which act de
cided the victory. The king decorated
the prince on the field with the order
of Military Merit.
A very fooliah man proposes to walk
across Niagara Fa 11a thia tSummer on a
small wire, carrying bia wife and son
on his back.
Ruby City, Idaho. July . It is re
ported that a man named Green was
killed yesterday by the Indians on
Long Gulch, within a short diatance
of Silver City. The Siwashes are seen
in small equarts nearly every day.
Yesterday, the Fourth, was celebrated
In good style here. 1 question wnetner
the celebration waa equaled in many
placea on this Coast
Yesterday quite an accident happened
to the machinery of the steamer Cas
cade. When near Cape Horn, on her
way up the Columbia, one of her crank
pins broke and the piston rod was
driven full force through the cylinder
head. Bits of Iron flew In every di
rection.
MEXICAN RACE MAY FOLLOW BISOX
American Writes That Situation (
People la Deapernte.
PORTLAND. July 18. (To the Ed
itor.) In enclose copy of letter re
ceived from John I. Copeland. a prom
inent business man of Frontera, Mex
ico. Conditions in Mexico are such that
he has decided to abandon all his hold
ings rather than take a chance of los
ing his life by returning to look after
his interests. Mr. Copeland ia also in
terested In a mahogany aawmill at
Frontera which dpea a good business
with England, or did before the Euro
pean war. This property, however,
he owns Jointly with Mexican inter
ests, so I presume he conaiders it aafe.
It seema an outrage and . a shame
that all this is allowed to go on while
Americans are murdered, their prop
erty abandoned and they lose every
thing they have worked ao long to ob
tain. What dependence can a man
place upon his country's flag? Our peo
ple I am sure do not realize the des
perate condition of Mexico no food,
no credit, no money, starvation, mur
der, anarchy. chaos, destruction of
property. Then the Administration
says in the Washington dispatches that
Carranza is stronger than ever and has
control of the situation.
C. V. COOPER.
Baltimore. Md., July 14. Mr. C. V. Cooper.
Portland. Or. Dear Sir and Friend: aiave
been quite busy since coming back to the
States from Frontera loking after the re
pairs and docking of the steamer Frontera,
and before finishing the work busier still
to ret her out of American waters. As the
present Administration claims to have such
a tender feeling for the poor Mexicans and
la doing all It can to make them poorer,
so It can lavish more sympathy on them,
thought the ship would be safer up here
than down In Frontera. But the papers
here started In with the Inclosed picture,
and daily speculated as to selxura in event
of war of the ship until she waa escorted
to- the high seaa by the 4,'nlted States cutter
Apache. Needless to say that the owner, who
was with her. was very uneasy until be waa
safely in Havana.
Have my family here and am making ar
rangements to "camp out" indefinitely, for
I believe same aa all others who know the
situation in Mexico that there is no other
aolutlon. but that the States or England
take a hand and atraighten out the tacgla.
The country ia now In a state of anarchy,
with no money or credit, nor even food, and
unless they are helped from the outside thay
will gradually starve and murder until the
Mexican goes the way of the American In
dian and buffalo.
Am certain all thia could have been
avoided had some firm stand been taken
long ago and the aame done aa was done
In Cuba. The country Is worth the trouble,
but aa It Is. have decided that for an Amer
ican, at least, it la not worth going back
to until aomething is done. I have prac
tically abandoned my 70-acre lima grove,
four houses In Frontera and my mule ranch
with 40 mares and 'the whole outfit. Some
day will have to go back and aee what la
left of them.
When 1 do go back if I can do anything
for you let me know, and It will be a
pleasure. I am, yours very sincerely,
JOHN L COPELAND.
Marrlaice License Fees,
BORING. Or.. July 18. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Must one get marriage li
cense In the same state as he wants to
be married In? (2) If license Is issued
In Portland do both man and woman
have to be examined? (S) How much
are the fees for examination on one or
both, also the amount of license feet
(4) Can my home doctor perform such
examination as Is required to secure a
license? (5) If man only Is required to
be examined, why is It that the woman
Is exempted?
OLD-TIME SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Yes.
(2) Only the man.
(S) Legal fee for medical examina
tion Is 83.60: license 83. -
(4) Yes, If a physician regularly ad
mitted to practice.
(5) The Legislature In its wisdom
passed a law affecting males only. That
is the only reason that can be given.
Henpecked Men.
Exchange.
It is possible that many of the hen
pecked men attain that atatua be
cause they are too. .proud to fight A
woman.