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POKTLA'I, rjtlDAY, JtXX 21, 1816.
AN EXAMPLE TOR PORTLAND.
Every citizen of Portland who has
given thought to the city's needs rec
ognizes that among- the. principal ones
Is manufactures more of them and a
greater diversity of them. Our chief
Industry lumber is capable of in
definite expansion into all manner of
finished products from ship timbers
to children's building blocks and even
to chemical extracts of wood. There
is opportunity to work into fin
ished products the various raw mate
rials of the entire Oregon country
wool, mohair, cattle, grain, fruit,
minerals, beets, flax and dairy prod
ucts. As the local point where in
terior rail and water lines meet ocean
vessels, Portland is the strategic cen
ter for these industries. That we may
secure them, it is necessary to make
an incessant fight for the full ad
vantage of our geographical position
an advantage of which we have been
robbed by recent rate decisions and
also to bring this advantage before
those who desire to engage in manu
facturing, to assist them in securing
capital and sites and in launching
their business.
An example of what a city can do
In this respect is found in the achieve
ments of Pittsburg. In 1911 the Cham,
ber of Commerce established the Pitts
burg Industrial Development Commis
sion and a fund of more than $136,000
was raised to carry on its work for three
years. That fund has been so care
fully used that it has lasted four and
one-half years, and only now is the
commission seeking a new fund to
continue its work. During that period
its direct efforts have resulted in lo
cation within the Pittsburg district of
thirty-six manufacturing plants em
ploying more than 8100 persons. By
a survey of local conditions and of
available property it has assisted es
tablished industries to make impor
tant extensions and in removing from
the market every idle manufacturing
plant. Other industries were located
through intermediate agencies upon
information and aid supplied by the
commission." It has had no fund to
assist in financing new enterprises,
but has secured for them more than
3, 000, 000 in capital and lines of
credit.
Some of the achievements of this
body are remarkable. A small but
successful concern which had out.
grown its possibilities in another town
was taken to Pittsburg, upon recom
mendation of the coiranlssloni secured
$1,500,000 additional capital and $250.
000 on mortgage on its new plant,
and has become one of the largest
manufacturing concerns of its kind in
the country. A small local concern
which lacked working capital obtained,
through the commission, $50,000 ad
ditional and' now employs 150 men in
Place of fifteen. An individual was
induced to invest $10,000 in a "one
man shop making a novel and highly
successful commodity," increasing the
number of employes to fifty, with
plans to add 100 more.
How has the commission done these
things? With the co-operation of the
City Council it secured removal of
the switching tax, grants of switches,
cross-over tracks, switching privileges
and street vacations "where such con
cessions have not been detrimental to
the public interest." It has discour
aged several important concerns from
leaving the district. It has conducted
nn active publicity campaign, which
includes the largest industrial news
bureau in the world, supplying 170
trade publications with news pertain
ing to industrial activities; a news and
information- clearing-house, including
photographs, for newspapers and all
kinds of periodicals; booklets descrip
tive of Pittsburg's activities, which
Jiave been adopted as textbooks by
schools throughout the country; prepa
ration of data with illustrations for
textbooks to be used in institutions
of learning, both in this country and
abroad; supplying data and illustra
tions for permanent exhibits in the
Royal Academy at Vienna, the Royal
Museum at Rome and other cities;
special booklets for special purposes;
motion pictures to be shown through
out the country; a photographic review
of Pittsburg's industrial activities to
be used throughout the public schools
of the country; compilation of statis
tical data which are in constant de
mmd; a commodity index indicating
all commodities made in the city and
by whom; a detailed industrial map
of an area eighteen by thirteen miles,
showing all manufacturing plants,
railroad switches and sidings and other
data; a compilation of properties avail
able for manufacturing purposes with
full information as to terms of tale
or lease, contour, transportation, avail
ability of labor and other data.
Pittsburg has been a city of one
main industry. Its development com
mission has made it better balanced
by promoting diversity of industry. As
Pittsburg concentrated on steel, Port
land has concentrated on lumber, and
needs greater diversity in order to
strengthen itself industrially.
what Pittsburg has done and is do
ing, Portland can do. No large amount
of money is needed. The great results
which Pittsburg has achieved have
cost an average of a little over $30,000
a year for four and one-half years.
In proportion to population Portland
should be able to attain correspond
ing results by expenditure of one
third of that sum. The principal
requisites to success, however, are not
money, but the co-operative spirit
which moves men to do a civic serv
ice. Civic patriotism should cause
men to dwell on the merits of their
city and to consider its demerits only
for the purpose of removing them.
That sentiment should move our citi
zens to give their energy for the up-
uuiiding of Portland in the manner
adopted 'by Pittsburg. If they should,
they would attain as great results.
refnrlirtp- tHrt TTttllHi frrm K
charge of slowness in mobilizing, the
bpringneld Republican says "an un-
military country's recruits get train
ing more quickly than the machine
can be improved" and that the Brit
ish army's "failures have been due
mainly to the awkward squad of Gen
erals." All true, but a General can
only get training by maneuvering large
bodies of troops, which are not avail
able until an army is recruited. When
an army is suddenly expanded, as the
British army has-been. Colonels sud
denly become Generals and are called
upon to manage brigades, divisions,
corps and whole armies, though their
experience is limited to regiments. An
army is as necessary to the training
of Generals as Generals are to the
training of an army. No wonder green
officers blunder; when they do, they
are learning by practice which costs
many soldiers' lives. TJnpreparedness
means more bloodshed, yet pacifists
favor it in the name of humanity.
"MIT SIGEL" AND "MIT HUGHES."
In a moment of unwonted and inex
plicable candor, our pussy-footed eon
temporary,, the Journal, recently be
trayed its boiling wrath toward sun
dry citizens of German ancestry be
cause they have made it obvious that
many of them are against President
Wilson for re-election. "The German
American Alliance," cried the Journal,
"has held meetings in various big
cities to celebrate the nomination of
Hughes." "If the- German propa
gandists can succeed in beating Presi
dent Wilson," shouted the Journal, "in
Germany it -will be regarded as a
triumph." "The day after Hughes
was nominated, they claimed It as a
victory for the German -Americans."
The National Council of Teutonic
Sons has adopted resolutions calling
upon 'all American citizens of Teutonic
extraction or sympathy to give theiir
voice and support to the cause of se
curing the election of Charles E.
Hughes.' "
There was more of sneering and bit
ter reproach for the assumed German
American favor of Mr. Hughes, and
the climax was capped by the Jour
nal's grotesque and offensive burlesque
of a famous and honorable slogan,
classifying all such' citizens as unde
sirables who "fight mit Hughes."
Why the brutal travesty upon the
motto "he fought mit '-Sigel"? Why
the substitution of Hughes for Sigel
ana tne repetition or the slangy and un
couth "mit"? Why the effort to turn
a phrase which is a noble inheritance
of a great war and is designed to
show that Americans of German blood
had taken a splendid part in the strug
gle to preserve the Union, into the
language of insult and opprobrium?
What unpleasant implications are con
veyed by "he fights mit Hughes"?
Are broken words and indistinct ac
cents signs of disloyalty? If the men
who "fight mit Hughes" are bad citi
zens, where do the men who "fought
mit Sigel" belong?
Just now iwe observe that the Jour
nal is engaged in the effort to drive
the editors of the Oregon Deutsche
Zeitung back to Germany. This great
project of National and racial ostra
cism is peculiarly fitting for a journal
which but lately proclaimed that it
was conducted on the principle of the
open forum, where everybody might
have his say. Everybody, indeed!
"Everybody" includes, of course, those
fake letters from hypothetical Ger
man-Americans who approve the Jour
nal s ugly references to German-Americans.
For the sake of truth, let it be
known that the German-American Al
liance has held no meetings to ratify
the Hughes nomination; that the German-Americans
did not procure the
nomination of Hughes; and there is
no such organization as the National
Council of Teutonic Sons.
The endeavor by the Journal to in
troduce racial feelings and National
antagonisms into an Anerican cam
paign is un-American and dishonest.
A statement by the Journal that "Mr.
Hughes had to make himself accept
able to the professional German-Amer
icans" is false on its face. Mr. Hughes
is no pander. He is an upstanding
American citizen, who does not stoop
to demagogic appeals to the profes
sional politicians, or any class or group
of people as distinct from any other
class or group.
THEORETICAL EFFICIENCY.
Debate on the naval appropriation
bill in the Senate this week is
bringing out some important facts
about the efficiency of our Navy that
the people are entitled to know about.
It will be remembered that only a few
days ago Secretary Daniels sent to the
Senate in response to a resolution by
Senator Lodge a report on the marks
manship of the fleet in target practice
for the last year. The showing will
bear printing again, for emphasis. It
was:
Excellent Arkansas, Georgia, New York.
Texas.
Good Delaware, Xew Hampshire. Rhode
Island, Wyoming.
Fair Nebraska, New Jersey.
Vnsatisfactory Louisiana, South Dakota.
Utah.
foor Florida. Kansas. Michigan, Virginia.
Fully to appreciate the significance
of this showing, it should be under
stood that the rating "excellent" is
loosely given; that as a standard in
naval gunnery it does not mean per
fection. The Navy seems to have ac
cepted the one meaning given in the
dictionaries, "meritoriously near the
standard of others." and to have
placed its own definition on "others."
That is to say, the "excellent" marks
men of the Navy were "excellent" as
compared with other marksmen of the
same Navy. They surpassed others
who were not so good. In the test
of battle, it is conceivable that a View
standard would be applied.
But even if the gunnery of these
four ships were "excellent," what of
the other thirteen? In four instances
it was "good." That is as far down in
the scale as we should care to go in
a supreme moment. "Good!" It is
not enough, if the enemy is better.
As for "unsatisfactory" and "poor,"
they carry their own condemnation
in nearly a third of the cases reported.
A Nation that is about to pay the bill
for a Navy on which it will pin strong
hopes is entitled to know why more
than a half of a fleet's gunnery prac
tice Is no better than "good," and why
a third of it will not pass muster, even
with its own Judges.
Were the appropriations for target
practice and other practical incident
als cut below the margin of reason
and safety? Were they wisely ex
pended? What is being done to main
tain such a Navy as we now have at
a high standard of efficiency? What
will be the value of a great additional
force of ships, with the biggest and
finest guns in existence, if they cannot
hit the mark. We need a. Navy in our
business, and it ought to be as good
a Navy as money can buy and human
ingenuity equip, but the efficiency of
its men is, after all, a prime considera
tion. We cannot complain that we
have not the raw material; Americans
are capable of being made into the
finest sailors in th world. The men
at sea have the right, as have the
American people who are looking to
them, to have every opportunity to
perfect themselves in the essential arts
as war.
Secretary Daniels has been filled
with a desire to "uplift" the men of
the Navy over whose destinies for the
time being he. happens to preside. Has
he done anything for them that would
command their respect, or that would
enhance their usefulness, or that would
increase their confidence in them
selves, half, as much as if he had put
aside every fad and devoted time and
energy to perfection in the first things
they ought to be able to do at least
"excellently" ?
WHAT OF THE CHILDREN?
There are unhappily many thou
sands of children in Portland who are
not privileged to spend the long Sum-
tains, or" at other recreational places
iiruviueo ior tne ricn ana tne mod-
erately well-to-do. For these kept-at-
homes there are children's play
grounds; and at the playgrounds are
various devices for sport and pleasure,
and there are also directors and other
adult public employes who arrange
games, keep order and otherwise look
after the youngsters. The playgrounds
are a joy to the children and a boon
to the parents. How could a civilized
community get along without them?
The alarming report comes from the
City Hall that the playgrounds are to
be closed August 11. for lack of funds
to conduct them. There is a shortage
or $jooo, and the Commissioners can,
so it is said, think of no way to meet
the emergency except by ejecting the
children and locking the gates. Com
missioner Baker says he has not the
necessary $2000, and. though he has
asked for it, the other Commissioners
have plainly Intimated that they will
not give it to him. The 200 mothers
who went to the City Hall the other
day to find out why the playgrounds
are to be vacant and silent after Aug
ust 11 got no word of cheer from the
Commission.
But there seemed to be no great
difficulty about the appropriation for
a new automobile for Commissioner
Dieck.
LAST STAGE IN ALUES' OFFENSIVE.
The cannonade which has broken
out all along the allied lines in Greek
Macedonia is likely to prove the be
ginning of the last step in the inaugu
ration of the general allied offensive.
Having forced the appointment of a
Greek Cabinet that is friendly to them
and being confident that the Parlia
mentary election on August 7 will in
stall a Cabinet still more friendly, the
allies have been relieved of fear that
an advance against the Bulgarians will
be the signal for an attack in their
rear by a pro-German Greek govern
ment, and are about to move. They
will then be on the offensive on all
fronts simultaneously, working out a
plan which has been adopted by their
Joint war council.
They began with the Russian offen
sive in Armenia, which drew the main
Turkish army far from its capital, thus
reducing the force with which the
Anglo-French-Serbian army at Salon
ikl must contend. The Russian on
slaught on Austria followed, drawing
Austrian troops from the Italian front.
The Italian counter-offensive then was
carried forward into Trentino. Ger
man reserves were hastened from the
west to help Austria, and promptly the
Anglo-French attack along the Soonme
and the Russian attack on the Ger
mans from Riga southward to the Pri
pet marshes began almost simul
taneously. The hard-pressed Austrlans
withdrew many troops from Macedo
nia, and Bulgaria was left with little
Teuton or Turkish aid to withstand
the allied push.
There is a- decided difference be
tween the methods of attack on the
eastern and western fronts. Russia,
having abundance of men and the
entire munition output of Japan as
well as that of Its own territory at
Its disposal, drove at the entire 250
miles of Austrian front at one time,
thus reducing the possibility of rein
forcing weak points, but brought the
greatest pressure to bear on the wings.
The result has been a bending back
of the Austrian line toward Kovei on
the north and toward Stanlslau on
the south, which may force the Teu
tons to draw back their center from
Tarnopol. Kuropatkin seems to be
occupying Von Hindenburg so com
pletely on the northern line that the
latter can spare no troops to help on
the south. A consequence .has been
the Teuton withdrawal across the Lipa
River in the southwestern curve of the
bulge which the Russians have made
in the line near Lutsk.
In the west the allies confined their
serious offensive to a stretch of about
twenty-five miles north and south of
the Somme River, but they preceded
it with a heavy bombardment all along
the line from the sea southward and
with many raids into the German
trenches. Their purpose was probably
to keep the enemy in doubt as to the
intended point of attack, thus prevent
ing him from massing forces there,
also to feei-out the enemy's line, final
ly determine " its strong and weak
points and ascertain what organiza
tions occupy each part of it. They
have been hammering for nearly three
weeks at one point and now strive to
broaden and deepen the wedge they
have driven toward Peronne and Ba
paume. They have caused Germany
to gather reinforcements of men and
artillery and to begin a counter-offensive,
which has won back some of the
lost ground.
The subject for speculation now is
whether the allies will launch a. new
local attack on some other twenty
miles of the enemy's front which has
been weakened by transfer of forces
to the Somme. The intense bombard
ment by the Belgians near the sea
and recent raids by the British at
other points suggest that such may be
the intention. Joffre and Haig may
hope by this means to drive back and
weaken the Germans first in one quar
ter, then in another, until the entire
line is so wavy and broken that a gen
eral withdrawal and straightening
may become necessary. The allied
Generals may calculate that each new
line of defense occupied by the Ger
mans would be less -strongly fortified
and therefore more easily penetrated
than the last, that their task would
become easier as they progressed if
they should progress and that they
would be able to smash a broad gap
through which troops may be poured
to outflank and surround large bodies
of Germans. As the British are cred
ited with 1,500,000 men to attack the
ninety miles of line they face, they
should have ample force to pursue this
strategy and to hold all ground gained
in one quarter whXo they fight for
more in another quarter.
The material advance made in the
Somme sector may have encouraged
the allies to hope that by persevering
they can break through at that point
and force the Germans into the open,
but there are several reasons to doubt
that this plan will be followed. Their
tactics reveal a purpose to make the
maximum gain of ground and position
at the minimum cost in men. German
resistance has sensibly stiffened Jind
has now turned to a counter-offensive.
Were the allies to continue pounding
away along the Somme against this
strengthened line, they would, unless
unexpectedly successful, lay them
selves open to the same criticism as
they have leveled against the Crown
Prince's drive at Verdun that the
cost in men is out of all proportion" to
the military gain.
Although the Austrians appear to be
everywhere on the defensive, that is
by no means true of the Ger
mans. Their counter-attacks along the
Somme have been accompanied by a
continuance of the drive at Verdun,
undiminished in intensity. Not unless
their enemy should everywhere lose
the initiative will the allies have
gained their main .end. which is by a
practically continuous attack in both
east and west to prevent the Teutons
from using their central position for
rapid transfer of troops from one
quarter to . the other. Germany at
least may have large bodies of re
serves far in the rear, ready to throw
into any danger point or even to con
fuse the allies with a sudden offen
sive. .
PREPAREDNESS MAKES FOB PEACE.
General Carranza's sudden adoption
of a conciliatory attitude toward the
United States disproves the entire
pacifist contention that the best se
curity of peace is not to arm and that
preparedness for war provokes war.
So long as President Wilson neither
made firm demands nor showed abil
ity or willingness to back such de
mands with force, the Mexican, chief
remained truculent and defiant. No
sooner did the President call Carranza
strictly to account, make definite de
mands with an intixnatlion that they
would, if necessary, be maintained by
force, and prepare the necessary force
than Carranza changed his tone. South
American diplomats then found his
mind- open to their mediation and to
their explanation of his folly in under
taking to "lick the United States."
Reason supplanted passion and bom
bast, and a good prospect appeared of
avoiding the necessity to use force
by making a sufficient display of
force. Even the limited amount of
preparedness involved in calling out
the National Guard proved a strong
influence for peace.
That which Mr. Wilson has accom
plished now might as easily have been
accomplished two years ago. A plain
intimation to the Generals, who were
then wrangling over the succession to
Huerta, that, if they did not quickly
get together, the United States would
take a hand would probably have been
effective, if backed by an army of 200.-
000 men. There is no more reason to be
lieve that actual resort to force would
have been necessary than President
Roosevelt found to be the case in his
dealings with Germany in regard to
Venezuela. By flourishing the much
derided big stick Colonel Roosevelt
gained his point without using even a
drop of ink. The same line of action
would probably have succeeded with
Mexico.
Greater and greater war econ
omies are made .possible by the bound
less ingenuity of men. Following the
discovery that the despised nettle could
be made into a useful fabric comes
the announcement that the horse
chestnut is to be utilized as food as
a result of the development of a meth
od of extracting its disagreeable flavor,
due to a product called esculin. This
is accomplished by washing in alcohol
and theoretically has been possible for
a good maity years. The food value
of the horse chestnut lies in its high
starch content, which gives it an im
portant place in the ration, but until
lately interest in it has been purely
academic, because like the gold in sea.
water its extraction cost more than it
was worth. The success of the new
process lies in, the complete recovery
of the alcohol used, so that it can
be employed again and again, and in
a commercial adjustment involving a
minimum of labor. The French dis
covered the possibilities of the horse
chestnut, but a German scientist is
credited with having made it prac
ticable. The British have always been be
hind their continental neighbors as
linguists, but their close association
with their allies, their fighting on for
eign soil and their expectation of closer
commercial intercourse have inspired a
sudden interest in foreign languages.
They are taking up the study and an
institute of Oriental languages has
been established in, London. The
United States must do likewise if we
are to keep up with the procession in
foreign trade.
Every now and then somebody's
boy is killed while "hoboing it" and
buried in an unnamed grave, leaving
a father to worry and a mother to
grieve all her days. The boy who
finds life irksome and thinks of
branching out "would better consider
the chances against him and put up
with the ills at home, most of which
are imaginary.
Hundreds of Guardsmen at the bor
der are acting wisely in taking advan
tage of the order to release them to
go home to care for dependents. This
opera bouffe war has no place for pos
sible suffering of non-comibatants.
Child labor is much of a Southern
institution and Wilson would elimi
nate it, but a Senate controlled by
Southern members cannot agree to
hazard a questionable prosperity.
The policeman who arrested a man
for deliberately blowing cigarette
smoke in his face acted within his
rights. Even a horse would "kick" at
such an offense.
The rural credit bill . has been
signed, and that should accelerate the
back-to-the-soil movement. The coun
try storekeeper, however, still prefers
cash.
A Spokane woman believes she can
transmute silver into gold. The idea
is aged. Even Bryan thought he could
do it at the ratio of sixteen to one.
The man who now sprinkles on the
wrong day does it from lapse of
memory. Cost of treatment is 12 a
visit-
Total Canadian enlistments number
350,657, an excellent record for the
Dominion.
Who -will be the first man to wear
an awning-striped Summer coat?
Prohibition and religion make a
poor political mlxture-
The raingod considers the prostrate
hay crop and is good. -
How to Keep Well.
Br Or. W. A. Evans.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention ot disease, it mattersNif (ear
eral interest, will be answered in this col
umn. 'Where apac will not permit or the
subject Is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and whera stamped addressed .en
velope la inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe, tor Individual dis
eases. Requests for such servleet) cannot be
answered.
(Copyright, 1018. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.
HELPIXO PARALYTICS.
MW. HAD been an inmate of Mon
e tefiore Home for 25 years. A
year before he entered he had a stroke
of apoplexy, paralyzing his right arm
and leg. He could not speak, as the
hemorrhage had involved his speech
center. His right arm was drawn and
bent. Hl right leg was oontracted.
Following his paralysis he was given
no exercises or massage and when he
entered the home his limbs had already
contracted.
Ha insisted that something be done
for him some five years ago. where
upon the surgeons. Drs. Elliott and
Boorstein, operated on his leg and arm,
drew them straight and held them In
position, and then "began with active
and passive exercises and massage to
develop his muscles and the nerves
which control them.
He had been bedridden for ct quarter
of a century. They got him so he could
stand, then so he could walk around.
He has some use of his arms and a lit
tle use ot his fingers. They first used
the hot air apparatus on his arms for
10 days, then massage and movements
were begun.
This case shows anew that much can
be done to help paralytics regain the
use of their limbs. The old teaching
was that after nine months or a year
from the stroke there would be no fur
ther gain in muscle power and control
by a paralytic. Some authorities placed
the limit at two years. These sur
geons say. "The favorable results in
this case indicate clearly that there la
no time limit for Improvement in hemi
plegia." A patient who has had a stroke of
apoplexy should receive proper ortho
pedic treatment aa soon aa he has re
gained consciousness. Ilia paralysed
limbs should be exercised and massaged
every day. Light massage should be
used and as soon as the patient is able
he should be urged to stand up. The
exercise and massage must - be per
sisted in.
If there is any tendency to contrac
ture the drawing limb must be pulled
straight and put in splints. Patients
with limbs Just beginning to show con
tractions are able to wall, in a short
while after being put in splints. The
splinted limbs are to be massaged and
exercised daily. Even in old cases ef
forts to restore the function of the
limbs should not bo abandoned without
a prolonged trial at betterment.
' Wants te Gallst.
C. O. H. writes: "Could you please
tell me if 1 would be eligible to join
the Navy or Army? I am 21 years old,
5 feet 3 inches tall, and weigh 125
pounds stripped. I am in good condi
tion, as I have been rather keenly In
terested in athletics for the last five
years. Have good teeth, good eyes,
good lungs, and never have had a
venereal disease of any kind. Three
years ago I had pneumonia and I pulled
through in a few weeks, but It seems
as If one of the after effects of .thli
disease left me sterile. Would this con
ditlon bar me?"
REPLY.
Nothing; named In your letter would bar
you. Five feet, 4 Inches is the minimum
height according to the specifications, but
I am informed & man. 5 feet. Synches and
otherwise sound has no trouble in getting in,
Nettle Rash.
C. B. P. writes: "I have had stomach
trouble and a sluggish liver for several
years; this Spring have been drinking
sassafras root tea, and something like
welts raised up under the skin as large
as a 25-cent piece; they itch and burn
for one or two hours and then go away
and come in another place. Kindly ad
vise what it is and the cause. Do you
think the tea is valuable as a tonic?"
REPLY.
You have nettle rash or urticaria. It is dus
to something you are eating or drinking.
Possibly it is due to the sassafras tea. sas
safras tee. Is not goor as a tonle or for
snything else. Sometimes when persisted In
it causea nettle rash. Among other foods
which are to be strongly suspected are
strawberries, other berries, buckwheat, sea
food. etc.
May Mean I. Icer.
J. H. A. writes: "Is there any cure
for a diseased stomach? Will fasting
cure it? If not. please give me a cure,
if there is any. The symptoms are a
soreness in the stomach, spitting up of
food, and a general run-down condi
tion."
REPLY.
There are many kinds of diseased stomach.
You should have an examination by a phy
sician. Perslcvent soreness in the stomach
with spitting up of food may mean uloar
or cancer.
Wasserman'a Test.
If. L. E. writes: "If a Wasserman
has proved positive and the party is
later treated with salvarsan and inunc
tions of mercury and while no notice
able symptoms have appeared in a
year's time and then a Wasserman is
negative is there any danger of symp
toms showing in time to come?"
REPLY.
One negative Wasserman Is not enousb.
Walt three months and then nave another
wasserman. Ask your physician as to a
provocative Wasserman when you see him
three months from now.
Iuereaslnar the Burdra ef Juatlon.
PORTLAND, July 20. (to the Ed I
tor.) Does- Commissioner Dieck or the
Common Council want to start a riot
among the taxpayers, already over
burdened to distraction? This idea
of buying new automobiles at the ex
pense of the city and the absolutely
unnecessary rounding of corners at
the expense of taxpayers is maddening.
especially in these times the worst
Portland has ever experienced. In the
language or ne of our Circuit Judtres.
"What is the matter with Portland"?
Some people are jailed for being lib
eral witn oilier people s money
CHARLES J. SCHNABEt
Tne Rival Monotheisms.
Christian Herald.
If Islam and Arab Influence advance
with the sword In one hand and the
Koran in the other, Christianity and
American civilization go to Ethiopia
witn tne til Die in one nana and the
rifle or the rum bottle in the other.
We think of Islam as Inseparable from
the slave trade; the open-eyed heathen
think Christianity the slave of com
merce and the rum traffic. Christians
they say are drunkard-makers, and
missionaries are but brothers of trad
ers, hence they prefer to remain un
civilized.
DEMOCRATIC LOVE. OF LINCOLN
Present Attitude Marked Change From
Vilification la 1S3S.
PORTLAND. July 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been greatly amazed of
late to see the Democratic press tak
ing such an advanced stand on Lincoln-
So far have they gone that it
seems that they have actually forsaken
Jefferson as their patron saint and
taken Lincoln in his place. And when
say tne Democratic cress let it be
distinctly understood that I include the
so-called "independent" press, for in a
somewnat extended experience I have
never yet seen one of these "independ
ent" newspapers that did not turn out
in tne pinches to be found working
for the Democratic candidate and the
Democratic measures with the sinarle
exception of the New York Sun under
the management of Charles A. Dana
and his immediate successors. But the
Sun was so big, so great and so fair
mat it stood not merely as an excep
tion, but as a model for what a big
man can and may do in the editorial
chair.
When Lincoln was nlacetl in nomina
tion for the Presidency in 1S59 the
Democratic and the "independent"
press with one accord began to vilify
and defame him. During the campaign
that followed the vituperations that
were heaped upon him were of a char-"
acter actually indecent. He was called
about everything low. mean and vile
that inkalingers and scandal-mongers
could think of. it might be supposed
that the papers of the North would
have changed, or at least softened their
course after hie election, but instead
of that the abuse became fiercer and
had not Abraham Lincoln nosseaaed
one of the Kreatest brains ever en
closed in a human head he surely would
have gone crazy under the strain.
lnis vilification was kept uo until
the day ot hlsi death and would, have
gone farther yes, they were ready to
pursue him even into the grave and
beyond but the people called a halt,
and before night on the day of his
death the Democratic and "independ
ent" papera. and all of his defamers.
were stopped by a. public opinion so
overwhelming that every last one of
tnem had to don the colors of mourn
ing. During those few tense days the
loyal people of the North a well u the
South would stand for no more dis
loyal words.
Now. Just half a renturv lr- Ihn.
ham Lincoln is claimed as the great
patron saint whom the Democrats and
independents- delight to follow! They
even go so far as to say, or at least
Intimate, that the Republicans and the
Republican press can lay no claims to
the Immortal Lincoln, that he was and
Is and always will bo a arrest Demo
cratic leader, a product in reality of
the Democratic party.
from all such claims nil rf tVi ivi
friends of the name and fame of Lin
coln ought to turn in itUruit K-,.
only that, but we ought to try to find
some- way of showing the people who
do not know the facta that these for
mer iraaucers of Lincoln would tnmor.
row again begin to vilify him if my so
k mcy couio secure the re-election
of Wilson. For they despise and ab
hor the name of Lincoln Just as much
now as they did in 1859. He stood
squarely against them In everv in
stance. Just as his record stands against
mem now. L,.M.VU ft E PUB LI CAN.
MONEY SEVT AWAY FOR AITOS
sal sa
Conclusion That Prosperity la Thereby
ih questioned.
pnRTi.ivri T..i- on ,. . v -
- . . . , .., . 1 1 u me r.ni-
tr The Oregonian this morning
" " . iirpni uregon has
li Ann nnn 1 . - j 1 .
- : w .1 1 ,11 oi,vuu automo
biles, which shows that times are not
ictu 11, 1,11a male.
.w j tin,, tuin 1 union
Is correct? That amount of money
un. ui a, uiaie witn less than
One mlllinn rnn 1 n t .
- ii iiicitiis a ter
rific drain Mint not only Hoa not in-
u,..i.o uiai nooa nmes prevail, but
presents a strong factor in the de-
...B..... in ai. ,.- icvuniirn oy every
one. The trouble with the "invest,-
...c.i. mm. n iS one wnicn is not
a "revenue producer" In one case out
of a hundred. Twenty-four millions
of dollars, sent cut of the state per-
....... .H...,, n Bum tnat, it
knr at hnm on i . -
- ..v.... ... ,, vm. ,1 in proauc
tive industry, would make the entire
aiio nvai mo Garonne restout In Its
uiwmiiiK iweimess. inaeed. It is
, t inuutuUB sum to De
squeezed out of our struggling state
with H . ........ ..1
...... u,.vjv.v,i,,ru resources ana
scattering pop. Hat I n. and surely can-
- ...... inaL Rwua times prevail
after the aiifaino- nr.A.. i 1
c . tin,! UCCU
consummated.
A Montana stockman who. after 30
" ; . . l nil, uilV'll 10 nis
business, and who. durlnar that time,
had continued his purchases uniformly
- . -" " mm marcs, was finally
persuaded to pay $3d00 for an automo
bile, but the next day confided to a
Clone frlonrl K .. , v !..., .
. - - "ami awruiiv
to put that much money Jnto a thing
that doesn't breed."
Tne people of Oregon have put $24 -000.0(10
i . v,. i ' . '
. . " ""wumhi ana
no doubt, as a whole, are now feeling
the unwelcome effect of such weak
ening drain on the state's industrial
vitality. Does anybody doubt It
x . r. ueer,
SOCIALIST PARTY" CHALLENGED
Orator Sara Oresroa Organisation Is
Merely Reactionary Body.
PORTLAND. July 20. (To tha Edi
tor.) Will you allow me. as the
Canadian "orator," to reply to the let
ter of W. C. Aylsworth, of the local
Socialist party?
If. in my attack upon the American
Socialist party. I have made "absurd
and false statements," It is curious that
those assertions have never been chal
lenged at the meetings,
y These public meetings are always
open for questions and any person so
disposed is requested to occupy the
Platform in opposition. The fact is
that there is no Socialist party at all
in Oregon. It is Bimply a reactionary.
anti-Socialist organisation, whose main
function Is to perpetuate capitalism
and not abolish it.
If the so-called Socialist party thinks
that it deserves working-class sup
port and espouses the proletarian in
terest, I challenge them to a public
debate on the following question:
"Resolved. That the Portland Social
ist party is unworthy of working-class
support."
I will take the affirmative. Let them
prove they are on the side of the work
ing class by accepting this debate and
exposing my absurdities.
Meanwhile the platform at Fourth
and Alder is open to anybody who
cares to oppose by contentions. Come
on now. MOSES BARITZ.
Plea Made to Help Irelaaal First.
PORTLAND. July 20. (To the Edi
tor.) With regard to the news items
in The Oregonian saying that the Rob
ert Emmet Society is sending milk
and money to buy milk to the German
babies. I would like to inform them
that there is at present widespread
distress In Ireland and no doubt many
Irish babies crying for milk. and.
therefore, that as an Irish Society it
would look better in the eyes of the
American public, outside of their Ger
man friends, to send this money to
Ireland instead of to Germany.
EDMOND CURTIN.
Bounty eat Moles.
PORTLAND, July 19. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) Is there any bounty, county
or state, on mole hides. If so, how
much? (2) Are their hides of any value?
'a reader,
(1) Ten cents each In Marion Coun
ty, e . cents In Tillamook. There Is no
state bounty.
(U) Communicate with one of the
leading furriers.
In Other Day.
Twenty-five Years As.
From The Oreronlan July SI. 1S01.
Nashville. Tenn. The striking min
ers have captured the state militia, the
100 state soldiers surrendering to tbo
1200 miners without a fight. As a re
sult the miners have lost public sym
pathy.
London. July 20. While tha dress re
hearsal of Lara's new opera, founded
on Sir Edwin Arnold's "Light ot Asia,"
was In progress this morning at Covent
Garden the composer received a letter
from the tenor, Maurel, brusquely de-
clininp to assume the chief role. Maurel
said ho didnt have time to learn the
part. Miss Karnes is in the leading
heroine's role. The tenor's action was
death blow to all concerned and law
suits are expected.
Dr. Harry Lane. Democrat, has been
succeeded as superintendent of the In
sane Asylum by Dr. L. L. Rowland,
Republican. Governor Pennoyer, who
appointed Lane four years ago. voted
to oust him on the ground that tane
had assumed large ideas ot his political
importance.
Ernest L. Bickford and Miss Anna
Ileuse obtained a marriage license yes
terday. George Cleveland was drowned In the
Santiam Sunday between Thomas Creek,
and the South Santiam.
R. D. Hume, a Portland man, trot
left at the depot Satarday. It was
absolutely necessary that ho come to
Portland, and bo here by 7 P. M. He
telegraphed for an engine. It cost him
ISO.
Half at Century .Aato.
From The Oreconlan July 21, IS;.
Washington James Speed has re
signed as Attorney-General of the
United States and in a letter to the
President expresses appreciation of the
kindness and consideration shown him.
The Jury in the case of ex-State Sen
ator Strong agaist G. G. Bennett, of
the Williamsburg Times, for libel re
turned a verdict of 6 cents' damages.
Baltimore. C. L. Vallandigham, J.
D. Bright and C. Faulkner passed
through here en route to Washington
to Interview the President and. it ta
supposed, to recommend the appoint
ment of J. B. Weller, formerly of Ohio,
now of California, as Secretary of War,
in view of Stanton's anticipated resig
nation. Captain Palmer, of B Company, Ore
gon Infantry, is expected at yort Van
couver today.
James McCreary and Miss Minnie
Messman. niece of L. Pfeifenberger. all
of Auburn. Baker County, were mar
ried July 10 at the residence of Charles
Wall in Payette, Idaho Territory.
Dr. R. Glisan has removed his' resi
dence from Stark and Third streets to
that formerly occupied by Colonel A. P.
Dennlson.
PEOPLE'S VOTK ON PROHiniTIOV
Model License Leaaue President Saysj
Anti-Saloon League Is Inconsistent.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. July 13. (To tho
Editor.) Great stress is being placed
by the anti-saloon orators in certain
sections upon the importance ot letting
"the people" vote upon prohibition.
One might think from these speeches
that the Anti-Saloon League was tha
champion of the down-trodden people.
Yet at the same time, in Missouri,
Rev. W. C. Shupp, state superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, is trying to
force prohibition by the legislative
route, thus avoiding submission of the
issue to the people under the state's
referendum law.
Down in Alabama, this same desire
to avoid a vote of those same people
who are now so loudly championed
was snown oy tne Anu-aioon League
last year when the prohibition law
was made more drastic. But in Ala
bama, prohibition leaders were more
outspoken as to their reasons. Asked
why the question was not submitted
to the people, B. W. Eicelberger, state
superintendent of the Anti - Saloon
League, gave desire to avoid delay as
the first reason and added:
"The second was that it would have
brought into the state a 'slush' fund
of enormous size to corrupt the
voters."
Yet. in the face of this distrust of
the people in the different states, tha
Anti-Saloon League now urges sub
mission of the Nation-wide amend
ment to the people of the states. Its
orators are even trying to make Con
gressmen believe they have no duty
but to submit the question to the) ,
states; that the framers of the con
stitution, though they required a two
thirds vote by Congress. Intended that
the duty of that body should be noth
ing more than clerical or mechanical,
no matter what its views upon the
amendment proposed.
Does this attitude as to Nation-wido
submission indicate a trust in major
ity rule that is absent when a state
fight is made? Inasmuch as 36 of the
smaller states. with less than half the
country', population, may ratify an
amendment to the constitution, per
haps the Anti-Saloon League is not de
parting from its state attitude. If it
can talk rule "by the people" and
yet get the Nation-wide amendment
adopted by a minority of the people,
living in the smaller states, it will be
overjoyed. T. M. GILMORE.
President National Model License
League.
Great Combination, That.
KENTON, Or, July 19. (To the Ed
itor.) I read an article in a leading
Democratic journal in which a corre
spondent signed his name as a Lin-
coln-Grant-Garfleld-Wilson Republican.
Is this not a wonderful combination?
It appears to me aa great a freak as
if lightning had struck a trea and
knocked out an ax handle.
If this correspondent should ever
aspire for any office, with the states
manship of Lincoln, Garfield and Grant,
with their executive ability and their
American protective tariff Ideas as to
the manufacturing industries of this
Nation, he would perhaps overcome the
weak, vacillating. Mexican, tariff-for-revenue-only
policies of Mr. Wilson.
Any person aspiring for office on this
combination should be able to hit tha
grit on the bound and keen it up.
J. E. JOHNSON.
NEW STRAWBERRY RECORD MADB
Tlgard Grower Prodacea Arrrata at
One Crate to SB Square Feet.
TIGARD. Or., July 17. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonian July IS I
note that A. O. Adams, postmaster at
Cascade Locks, lays claim to the rec
ord strawberry yield of Oregon.
I think that I can safely dispute his
claim. Mr. Adams harvested It crates
from a strawberry bed containing 2400
square feet, being an average of one
crate to 150 square feet. From a bed
containing 6138 square feet, I have
picked and sold, during 191$. TO crates
Of strawberries, netting me $87, be
sides using five crates for my own
family, being one crate to each S3
square feet. F.' J. WILLIAMS.
Property Goes Widow,
PORTLAND, July 20. (To the Edi
tor.) What is the law in Oregon if
a husband has the property before he
marries and there are no children?
Does the widow receive tha property
or do the sisters and brothers receive
part. . OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Answer If there is no will too
widow recieves the property. In case
of a will the property iocs to the lega
tees of tbe will.