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6 THE MORMXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUXT 29, 191G. 2.: .75 6. CO POKTLAXD, OK.KGON. Entered at Portland (Oregon) Postofflce as second-class mall matter. Subscription Rates Invariably " advance. By Mail.) nn Bally, Sunday Included, one year. I'- ally. Sunday Included, six montM i-iauy. bunaay induced, tnree mgnui Iiaily, Sunday Included, one month... fally. witnout Sunday, one year iaily. -without Sunday, six months.... pally, without Sunday, three months., pally, without Sunday, one month. ... weekly, one year Eunilay, one year. Sunday and Weekly, one year (By Carrier.) pally, Sunday Included, one year..... ally. Sunday Included, one month. .. now to uemii &ena pooinc took this provision as a reflection on the paeans that are going up from the them. It is nothing I the sort. It lone-star state. The people nave is simply a recognition of a man's in- turned down blatancy. Both of the ability to divest his mind of bias born contestants 'who will be voted on for of long" years of political strife. It Is Senator are far different types of men. recognition that the qualities -which The majority has had its way at least make a man a good Congressman in its determination to have no more make him a poor tariff commissioner, of Cyclone Davis, who owed his elec- It is protection to the President against tion as Representative-at-Laxge to the those who would importune him to plurality rule and to the fact that he appoint "lame ducks," defeated for re- was one of the contenders in a field I II election, that they may be taken care of nearly a dozen candidates. On that .60 1.60 2.S0 3. SO of. By cutting out this provision the House has thrown the Tariff Com mission into the pork barrel to be scrambled for by its numbers. Toe House has stricken out a val uable feature of the bill by rejecting order, express order or personal check on the provision for a permanent annual I ency has been quite marked for some jour local oanit. oiemps. com ui 1 annrnnrlatln T haa tharahv- risked time. The snow HE under of Cvelone .oo .75 money occasion he received a fourth of the Democratic vote, cast largely by for mer Populists. This time, as an as pirant for Senator, he did not run even one-two-three. Texas is striding forward. The tend- In full, including; county and state. an annual fight for continuance of Postage Rates 12 to is pages. i cent: is tne commission, has lessened the eo to po pagesT i cent." 62 to" 76 chance of inducing the desired type t cents; 7 to S3 pages, fl cents. Foreign c( men to serve and has increased the '"wnce-v. con- risk that the commission's work will Jtn. Brunswick buiidinit. New York; Verree be marred or ended by political strife. &.?a.ni.f.V,.. 'I?' t TiirtweiL Ti2 The provisions which the House has Market street. Davis has brought the nearer to its goal. state much FARM BOOKKEEPING. The trouble with those who insist that the farmer should "keep a set of PORTLAND, SATURDAY. JX1.Y 19. 1916. COINING CHILDHOOD INTO MONEY. channil nr essential to success of the I books" and who scold him for seem' entire Tariff Commission policy. lns iacc or memoa in nis conauct 01 tne Dusiness or growing tnings ior us tt 09t ta that haw 1 ri iT-h fan him a ha xx... ' outset by setting up the example of World's "Work is an important Much has been said and written in monthly periodical, devoted to presen. ,oth tn aiahn-ata tr, ativ in wo jeais aooui conservation -or our tation and discussion or current events, tim tffnrf Th mn.-7- tha natural resources, but this has been National and international. Its pub- resuita obtained, by great corporations io usners are .uouDieaay, rage ee o., nuu with their expansive "cost sheets," and to timber, coal, oil, water power and u, editor from its first issue until he , mini,t.ntii rnPHj mer- material things generally. What great- was amointed Ambassador to Great Lt,.n,,,t1, n wtk.onon whn er natural resource can there be than Britain -was Walter Hines Page, and do nothing else but keep books, with the human race which dwells In this ita present editor is Arthur W. Page. the utter absence of both from the Jand? Of what use is it to preserve it may be assumed that World's Work average small farm, and they draw uur uiiu ranutcra ior Poraj u M, no prejudices against rresioent unwarranted ' deductions. The effect we permit posterity to do cut. oh at Wilson. . I. to discourse the. farmer at the out- iib Bourco uy uestrucuon oi me risme world's Worn in Its August issue set. The farmer is not likely to be a generation? The Government spends has an article on the "Recall of Jus- trained accountant and if he were he large sums of money In protecting cat- tice Hughes," by Burton J. Hendrick. wouid not have time nor inclination ne, sneep, nogs, truit trees, cotton auu The writer belongs to the Lincoln J. to keeD an elaborate get of books. Ob. otner usual plants against disease, steffens school of Journalistic upset- ir.i h ..an anvnwhi.. mnn to cujiy iu I-"' """ ' Iters, tor he was tne autnor or many better advantage, or believes he can, oi pruiecuon agnnsi. uesirutuou mm expository articles during the insur- than in employing clerical help. It is uy ui uiicoc. I ance investigations or lsua, ana ue if nna wa Tnrt h sverm By taking into the factories children once visited Oregon and thereafter fur- m of tender age who should be at school 1 nished the world an elaborate defense a diary up to date and we know in end at play, manufacturers, both north of Mr. XTRen and the Oregon system. how small a proportion of cases that "u ouui.il, oiimuoi, lurao wuiui en a i may also be assumed tnat Air. lien- i would succeed. puny strengxn, stunt ineir gromn, drick has no prejudices against Presi- A system of farm bookkeeping, if maKe tnem oia oeiore tney reacn man- i dent Wilson. utoou anu womannooa auu mume mem "From-this interesting and tpresum- nf thlti mnr ha. roHni-. tr. tha nim. an easy prey to penagra, nouitworra, ably) informed source we have an ar- plest terms. It will be well if it does luDcrtuiusm, imraijaia aim omer um- tide which contains this paragrapn: eases. - Such employers sap the life of -,.. .,.,,.. wh ,,,ntiT assembled at Chicago, were Just as little free agents as those who made up the conventions named (previous Republican conventions). Their orders came, however. not from the party leaders, but from the great masses who had sent them. In the preceding six months Republican voters had plenty .of opportunity to express their choice for the Presidential candidate. On prac tically every test they had declared tor Mr. Hughes. Erven political scout who haa entered these outlying regions had brought back the same report that the people were for Hughes. These, then, were the bosses. culty In arranging payment. Never theless, it Is known that money never was so ' plentiful In Japan. There has been a hitch in the" Rus sian bond negotiations. Toltio be. lieves. and it seeks an explanation. Rumors of complicated and secret bar gaining, of "playing politics," are rife. I The Japanese public wants to. know; unhappily when direct information Is denied it puts the worst construction on the matter, which Is always the case where the censorship is abused. The great mingling of nations which isf now taking place and which prom ises to continue has renewed demand for an International language and has revived hopes of Esperantists that their language will be given that place. The obstacle In their way, however, seems insuperable. A man learns a language to assist him In communi cating with a large number of persons in one or more other nations, who al ready speak that language. An Amer ican learns Spanish that he may talk with anybody in Spain or Latin Amer ica. A Russian learns English that he may talk with anybody in the Brit ish Empire or the United States. A knowledge of Esperanto is not a key to the minds of any such numbers. The obstacle in the way of an artificial. international language i ls bi m that In the way of a telephone com pany seeking subscribers In an occu pied field. The French language opens the whole of France to one who learns; Esperanto puts one in touch with only the few In France who know it. the Nation at its source. Had the Turks, after murdering the Armenians, flayed them, tanned and shipped their skins to America as leather, they would not have done much worse than do men who coin the lives of children Into money. Objection is made to the child-labor bill on the ground that it strains the commerce clause of the Constitution. That instrument is always the refuge of those who dare not oppose a pro gressive law on its merits. They for get that the Constitution was made to develop the life of the American Na tion, not as an excuse for destroying life. Had the framers of the Consti tution lived and set about their work now, we doubt not that they would NO MATTER FOR TRnXtSG. it ever is to find favor, in the nature of things must be reduced to the sim plest terms. It will be well if it does not put too much stress on such mys terious items as "overhead," which not every merchant understands thorough, ly, and it is not necessary that he should strike a weekly or even a monthly "balance sheet." The chief things he wants to know are which crops are profitable and which are not, all things considered. There are simple ways of ascertaining these facts, that do not involve a com plicated system of mercantile accounts. connected by Invisible wires with the dele- The fewer figures required the better, gates at Chicago who dictated this astound- xhe annual inventory is a good thing, lng nomination. r. rtW If toaz-h a Josson Even the muckrakera are deserting I in the value of caring for machinery the Old Guard. I and Implements, and for the other reason that it will teach him frequent ly that he has been buying on a larger Colonel Emmett Callahan appears . tt,w tv, orin.m dn- have inserted clauses rendering traf- before the public in an extraordinary ,ov -not and what thev flc in childhood Impossible. But if it role. He was nominated in the Pro-1nave eajngd. Every item of outlay stands in the way of a law so obvious- gresslve primary as a Progressive o ht tQ be set down and every bit ly dictated by humanity. Congress Presidential elector, and he has ac-1 t inOIn recorded But this as a should not lie down in Impotence: it cepted the nomination, nut ne "as matter of fact does not require a city snoum propose an amendment per- openiy repudiated tne action oi mc system of bookkeeping ledger, day- muting mis ana an similar laws to De r-rogxessive jMauonai tommiiiee in in- book, journal and all the rest of them. passed, ine constitution was not ae-1 aorsing jvir. xiugnes ana nas an-iTn iE.ht if the -farmer has eigneu to prevent tne ia.i.iuu irum uouucea ms puruuoe tu sujipuii au-. talent for mastering their intricacies executing us mi; it was designed to wuson. but extremely simple forms will do as cieiine tne A-Mauon s win. - una to oe i xne question naturaiiy arises as lo well. To persuade- the farmer to keep changed from time to time as prog- whether Colonel Callahan has a right I books as he ought to do a system reffs prumpieu tne I'lauun to win new i to represent tne rrogressives in tne things. , I electoral college and to vote for Wil- The Insincerity of the Constitution-1 son, if he intends there to vote for al objection is proved by the numer- Wilson or for anybody of his own ous acts which Congress has passed, choosing. -A polite suggestion to the believing them to be invalid but put- Colonel that he withdraw as a Pro- tlng that question up to the Supreme gresslve candidate has been met with Court. It has acted upon the theory the response that he will not with draw. The Oregonian is not clear as to what political advantage Colonel Cal lahan and his advisers think they will gain by his surprising course. As a In establishing a Council of Nation- al Defense, the Army bill makes an advance which has often been pro posed and as often postponed, but the adverse influence of Secretary Daniels Is seen In tlye fact that, -while the Chief of Staff of the Army is- a member, merely "an officer" is to represent the Navy. The reason is that Mr. Daniels has so far prevented the establishment of a staff for the Navy similar to that which directs the Army. Addition of six civilians to represent,. Industry and public utilities is a sign that the les sons of the war are being applied War no longer requires merely the en listment of Army and Navy; it rer quires organization of all the indus tries and all the manhood often the womanhood of a Nation for defense. The services of captains of industry are needed for this purpose. In opposing the bill to exclude from interstate commerce the products of child laber, Southern Senators have truck one more blow destructive "Of the Democratic party's claim to be the progressive party or to be the foe of selfish interests. In demanding pass age of this bill President Wilson strives for one of the cardinal principles or progress, "which is conservation of hu man life. That principle is most se riously violated in the Southern fac tory towns, and the Southern states are most backward in enacting law for its enforcement. Until they are emancipated from control of the greedy manufacturers who weave the souls and bodies of children into the fabrics which these manufacturers sell. Federal legislation is the only means of emancipating the children. of the politician who said: "What is the Constitution . between friends?" One may fairly ask: "What is the Con. titution against humanity?" If it stands In the way, change it. wholly devoid of complications is of first Importance. It is in this respect that theoretical advisers of the farmer fail. The farmer has an advantage over the average wage earner in that he has constant employment for his time He need never be "out of a job." When not otherwise engaged, he. can be making permanent improvement of his property. It is in this respect that he often earns more than he realizes He mav count the monev he has left wuson man ne is lineiy to get aa many at tn ftn4 of . round of seasons and votes from Democrats as he is from conciude that he has had a bad year Republicans who accept in good raitn of lu when no has not estimated it nis progressive designation, in tne al, He may have added a thousand a oq oft Vi ft w-tll 4yw -tvrm Via I - . m i i i ji --til tn imepin "'" " "." " " " ooliars to tne value or nis nuiainBs, industrv and American foreign com- uIar democratic nominees; In the oth- in the bulIaln(r of fences and the tarn. er rrom tne regular jepuDiican. it is ln& of wiid places and the greater age a dangerous and doubtful game, and of nis trees and Increased arability it is inconceivable that the Democrats nf ut- iand. and not have given win seen to piay it. it is more man thought to It. It is probably true that inconceivable that they will regard a tha averape farmer never knows what candidate in sucn a position as one or , is reallv worth until he sells out their nominees, and include him as one Rut -when that time comes he will of the regular Democratic five. The have an opportunity to realize on "odd time" that ' most -workers have not had. Bookkeeping properly adapted to the farmer's needs is of value for two reasons. In addition to pointing out the way he should not continue to go, I THE COM ISO COMMERCIAL. WAR. One of the most important tasks to tie done by the next President and industry and American foreign com merce against the economic results of the war. Although these results can not be foretold in any but broad out lines, some are clearly foreshadowed. There will be intense competition in toth domestic and foreign markets by oth "victorious and defeated nations. There will be a great decline.in ocean 0regonlan prefers to think, and does freights caused by return of ships to commerce, but shipbuilding is likely to continue active throughout the world for some years, in order to make good war's losses and to make up the nor mal increase which haa been stopped during the war. For a time there will be a heavy demand for certain Ameri- can products to repair war's ravages, tut when these are made good and when European Industry has been re adjusted the competition of Europe with the United States will be Intensi fied. The volume of Immigration to this country is likely to be reduced both by scarcity of labor in Europe end by the needs of undeveloped coun. tries conquered by the victors. Re strictive laws may prevent immigra tion of desirable workmen, while leav. lng the less desirable or the undesir able free to come. The work of preparation for this commercial struggle will devolve chief. ly on a tariff commission. Its proper performance and the acceptance by think, that the Democrats will seek an honorable and straight-out contest between their own electors and the Republican electors and abide by the result. The people at large of course desire t will often prove to him that he is the Presidential contest settled on its merits, without any trickery or a ter giversation on false pretense. They will want to know, and they are en titled to know, precisely what the can didates for Presidential elector stand for, and what they will do, if elected. If Colonel Callahan thinks he can pass through A campaign without A candid statement of his position, he is mis- mbre successful than he thinks he is, PRESS CENSORS II IT" TX JAPAX The devious quality of the Oriental mind haa had no better illustration lately than In Japan, where the news papers are fighting vigorously agains; renewed efforts of the Home Office to muzzle the press. This is by no taken: and If he thinks the people means uncommon in Japan, but it has of all parties will look with compla cency upon an attempt by him, or by anybody, to trifle with them, he is equally mistaken. CTfLOXF, DAVIS IS OCT. The Democrats of Texas have deliv ered a body blow upon the political the people and Congress of its logical frame of one Cyclone Davis, and by conclusions depend on certain essen tials. The commission must be com posed of men who combine broad taken a curiously interesting turn from tha position assumed by Count Okuma in Justifying the suspension of a news paper for printing an interview with the Finance Minister on the subject of the financial relations of Japan and her allies. If a newspaper is suspended for printing an Interview with a states man, says Count Okuma, as he is quoted in the Japan Advertiser, it 1 the newspaper's own fault. His rea- HONORABLE MEX IX LKGISLATflUB , Boely Defesdeel asisl Drya Told Hw tm Minimise Drnnkrssns. PORTLAND. July 18. (To the Ed itor.) It waa wltb keetn pleasure that read your editorial :"Kicking a Friend." which comment Is on a letter printed July 27 signed by Minnie I Hide. I have also read the letter, and I must say I sun surprised at onyone coming out in public print with such insinuations on our past legislative body. Now the writer does not use beer. and it is immaterial to me whether they have beer or do not have been in this city. I say this to clear up that point In the the mind of a possible reader. However. I am personally acquainted with many of the men who composed that legislative body which has been so severely stricture! by Minnie L Hide, and to my certain knowledge a major ity of them were honorable and trust worthy men and amply able to fulfill the will of the people asthey knew it. In that grand old Declaration of In dependence we read that our citlxens shall enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and each of us may be thankful that that was not placed there as a tinkling cymbal, but It meant every word of it- How our prohibition friends are going to reconcile their self-righteous laws curtailing a man's liberties under our form of government or constitution is beyond my reasoning. That the abolishment of the saloon as we had it Is a good thing nobody de nles. but It should be left possible for those who so desire the liberty to enjoy the fruits of their labor along the lines of life, liberty and happiness, anvl not have to pay a doctor for a prescription to get It when in need of a stimulant. Our good friends the prohibitionists have ample fields for their labor, but like every other form of labor that calls on for performance Instead of lip service, tney are dodging the work and dodging the issue. If that nranapacdt anything so long as they pay the dues were to busy Itself along the line of into the treasury. Even men v- piuppr instructions ror tne preparation .,ni,.iinn la hsnkruDt I of edible and digestible foods. I would We intend atiring tne tuiiimB - I vuiuro iua assertion ina.1 naign to expose the aosoiuio run.cn-1 in icre man iv years- time arunxenness e -RnMailst ? oarty through- I would be cut In two. Wherever the hu out America. As John Spargo said not man being is properly nourished, unless very long ago "It is more corrupt than he be diseased, there is little call for Tammany Hall " Instead of being the stimulant of any other sort or kind, but nartv for the, WOrKing Class, n. I ..u iuu is onerca hannv hunting ground for parsons all over this country for a man to eat without nulnlts. lawyers without is more than enough to drive him .to ... . . . . ir i,-.-t, quor traffic should be regulated, tiling to hands of our men whom-1 vote for to make our aws. If I did not trust them I would not vote for them, and inasmuch as women are now voting in this state, it is a sad reflection on her judgment that Minnie I. Hide should vote for people she could not trust. Ia. A. HILDEN. GRAFTS HAPPY HrSTRQ GROTJXD Rea-nlar Socialist Party Permeated With Corruption Over "Reela." PORTLAND. July 28. (To the Edi tor.) The publicity accorded the let ter from the so-called "Socialisf party. wherein this organization is attacked, gives us an opportunity to state our case. We are called rebels. We are not ashamed of that name. To be Socialists. we could not be anything else. We cut ourselves adrift from the "Socialist party, because we could no longer stullfy ourselves by supporting the re form policy of the organization in in is tats. The whole of Branch 1 left witn us. The decision was unanimous. Dry rot of the mentality would nave ar- fllcted us just as It has those wno have remained within that party. We refuse to allv ourselves witn an or ganization that stands for capitalist domination. A party advocating re form, hnrdlv as far advanced as those on the Prohibitionist platform Is not one that the working class cars taae much stock In. We contend and we are supponea by the works and writings or ixari Marx. Frederick Engels .and Wilhelm T.iohknerht that there should De no AmnromiaA anri no nolitical trading. We are out to explain the process of capitalist exploitation and not act as the hacks of the reformers in society. tv can leave the reformation and palliation of the present system to the various philanthropists, such as Rocke feller. Carnegie and the nusseii dko ir-oiinrlaMon. The official Socialist party in Its superficiality Is seeking to modiry tne errects oi ti-nai-"-It deals with the effects to abolish the causa. We. as Socialists, point out that only by abolishing the cause can we obliterate the effects. The party in Oregon is full or people wuu n i i,nAWiBH of the science of So- Tt la a nartv that takes In briefs, doctors without patients, cock- drink. ,? t without custom-I The li Its Dersonnel being uneducated and I for one am perfectly w scientific lines is an easy prey leave that regulation in the 1 roach business men era h mn n H women who fatten To vote in the forthcoming election for a member of the Socialist party i. vs for the continuance of slav- nr. wiuinc to find a hall, a an a larsre crowd for the j. .in thi letter. If that so called Socialist party care to choose their champion to defend themselves against these charges. B PORTLAND SOCIALIST CLUB. Mrs. Mae Morris. Secretary. MA XT TROUBLES LAID TO AUTO In Other Days. Twcatty-Itvo Years A(o. From The Orearoalaa of July SS. 1S91. For over six 'months the lumber manufacturers and shippers of Portland ave oeen trying to secure a reduction a rates to Colorado common points rom the union Pacific and. falling. have decided to appeal to the Western Traffic Association. Through the reckless driving of three drunken men. Ada. the little S-year-oW daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Jones. hovers between life and death. She was run over at the corner of Sixth and C streets yesterday afternoon.' A Scandinavian laboring man, named John Asplund. was run over by a butcher's wagon at the corner of First nd Washington streets yesterday afternoon. , Ines Brasee, the 17-months-old child of Captain and Mrs. Brazee. of the steamer Topsy. rode to her death in a baby carriage yesterway afternoon. The child was in her carriage on the lower deck when the carriage and its burden rolled off the craft into the river and disappeared. A meeting of the Oregon Bar asso ciation has just been held to arranse for a reception to Chler Justice Mel ville W. Fuller, now in Tacoma, should he decide to visit Portland on his way East. A nartv of young men will leave the city this morning for Mount Hood. It is their intention to make the ascent f the pea It at night, so as to stana on the top at break of day to see the sunrise. They also Intend, putting a copper box on top of the mountain. They "will descend Into the crater by means of ropes on their return down the mountain. Earnings Squandered, Taxes Raised Because of erase for Cars. TERM ORIGIXAIXY OF DERISIOS ,, am disappointed that no on. . has anything to say about the letter Mr. Geer Enters Humorously Into tae wrttten by T. T. Geer on July 20. Webfoot-Beaver Question. l x nope at least that everyone read and Bfra-tivT! juiv 28. (To the Edl- digested Its contents. Every observing ZZ -t.trh fh oreeonlan Mrs. person Knows that all he said Is true. a mi -V. H m I IrPEUlliciu Mauie Smith Porter, of Fort Rock. Or., quite vigorously criticises those re sponsible for the change of the Ore- t.,i,.t "Webfoot." to that of "Reaver." blaming me somewhat for it and concluding by requesting me to explain why it was done and if tne Tnat is not a perfect example to follow of the Aberdeen man wno shaved himself three times a week for fifty, years, saved the price of the shaves and invested the money and has .11.000. A fellow, might die be fore the allotted half century, had run and others would, get the money. A barber would have the last whack at him, also. . The bald eagle is not a game bird nor Is it much of a pest. It does not run in flocks that can be butchered by wholesale. To bring down one may he considered quite a teat, ana to ar rest a man for so doing is rather of ficious exercise of imagined duty, con fiscating the trophy is rubbing it in. British officers to the number of 1108 have fallen in the past tnree weeks. As many French officers un doubtedly have been killed, "while the German loss is unknown. All tnese are the bravest of the brave and die on the front line. Kansas City is to have a park for women exclusively, men Deing ex cluded at all times. Then what in ducement is there for the women to ro there? There will be nobody In the park, so it might as aven ne cioseo, entirely. There is more money in selling ball players than In playing. Gulsto is wanted by Pittsburg for $12,000 and the same club pays $5000 for a Ta coma outfielder. original word cannot be restored. biiuy wnere -- a keep cne to Bay nothlng of tha tlme but my recollection is that tne mea squandered them bility where it should a taonl I &t 1 rtn ifl originated with George H. Hlmes. At quar any rate, the suggestion appealed fav- - e nmhlv to mv sense of euphony an;l. fy- v" " a.ll It . v. ,i,n,,.uT,a or orners. x ic think It has now been permanently accepted and I believe tnat it is rni imnrovement. itta Pnrtr asks "if It takes more water" for a duck or a frog than It does for a beaver." Probably not, inueeu, tuu sid sma. v. tt ... . niaaallra the any given animal as a faultless model hv ha amount or water n. co - oesn t use, we are certain iv. uo-v,...- ubmersred in countless a.rricumes. The entire question rests upon a mere Idea ck.rnlv resent being cauea a ouca certainly most men would and to be denominated a frog wouia i o -,, a riisnosition to revive the duelling code with Us bloody sequel u ,, Ha l,u-pnprt to a Deaver la uii- frnnt. In addition to Deing an ons- io i ,.im in the Oregon country, tha kr is the nersonilication gi persistent industry, is intelligent, clean ly mm . . .. . . , . ahnlild ha no nt-ota.10n fnr tha .,!. Mrs Porter will recall tnat wnen nn t - . "works like Ta beaver" he is sure to A bounty of $20 is none too much for Its tion or industry. Their names and known character must inspire Instinct ive confidence. As proposed by the Tariff Commis sion League, the sections of the rev- their flat, expressed at Democratic pri mary, ahave let it be known to the world that he Is no longer the kind of I sons are typically Japanese, which is knowledge of business with broad a man they would have to represent to say that they are difficult of corn knowledge of fiscal affairs and with them in the councils of the Nation, prehension by the mind that works In statesmanship of high order. Its mem. His name will not appear In the "run the Occidental way. Newspapermen, hers must be Interested in arriving at off" primary at which the Senator he observes, should always know what the truth, not in bolstering up precon- from Texas will finally bo designated the effect at home and abroad will ceived opinions which have become for nomination in that state by the be of an Interview if It Is given by a wedged In their minds by active par- Democrats is equivalent to election. I Minister of State. They should al- ticipation in party controversy. Their Whether Mr. Culberson or Mr. Col- Ways study diplomatic questions. If motive should be to serve the whole qujtt shall be elected Is retarded by I they should act insincerely, carried .Nation, not any particular state, sec- many Texans as an issue of minor im- away by momentary impulses, the portance by comparison witn tne fact value of the press may be questioned, that Cyclone Davis will not be in Con-I The Advertiser counters neatly by gress next term, either as a Senator I turning Count Okuma's words around or as a member of the lower house. At a time when Texas was seriously enue bill dealing with this subject trying to live down Its unmerited repu provided for these requisites, but by tation, won in theearly border days. Its amendments the House has injected as a "bad man" state. Cyclone Davis the very evils against which it is es-1 threatened to be a real obstacle to eential to guard. The salaries original- achievement of that worthy ambition. ly proposed were $12,000 a year, the I He was a Populist of the school whose I carried away by momentary impulses, same as are paid members of the Fed. I stock in trade was appeal to class I their value may be lessened." era! Reserve Board, but the House hatred. He had the roughness of Cole True enough. It would seem Incon- committee reduced the amount to $10,- Blease and the crudities of "Sockless trovertible that the same government 000, the same as members of the Fed- Jerry" Simpson without much of their I which assumes the power to regulate brains. He was uncouth to a hign I the utterances of the press should rea I degree. His idea that coarseness I sonably be expected to regulate the marks one as a "man of the people I outgivings of its own Ministers at the was outworn twenty years ago. In the I fountain head, and the ministry that early '90s he counted on denunciation I admits indiscretion by censoring the of the provident and the thrifty to I press after it has printed the state- bring him applause and commenda- ments of its own men would "seem to tion. One of hla oratorical tricks was throw itself wide-open to the charge misoronunciatlon - as if Ignorance of "acting insincerely" which It haa were the hall mark or every prole- I made against tne press itseir, tarian. This was not complimentary I The unfortunate feature arjout tne to hla audiences, but It served as the I Japanese censorship is that It already fashion, of a certain day. is sowing seeds of distrust. Japa- Now, it appears, he has been re- I nese newspapers are telling of private iected bv a decisive vote, and one orders, presumably from Russia, that fives, e-iil4a diEUmca can, almost, fc.saf: I have, besn decUflsd. becausg s: d.tr,- Wlnnemucca was the ideal Summer resort yesterday, with the lowest tem peratures but it's quite a Journey to the Nevada city. With the mercury at IBS, the Guardsmen will conclude transition of Mexicans la mere Incident of a -few degrees of heat. It develops the cinnamon bear that worried Hood River fishermen was a Jersey heifer, so it must all have been in the bait. Middle Westerners suffering from a "Bermuda high" will Just as much despise the "Medicine Hat low" next Winter. Austria is simplicity itself. She protests the sinking of her merchant men by submarines of the allies. Milwaukee was one of the hottest cities In the Union yesterday, but Mil waukee has a famous panacea. I a bit. "Ministers," it says, should al ways know what the effects at home and abroad are of an interview if it is given to a newspaperman. They should always study diplomatic ques tions." This thrust is particularly keen. "If they should act insincerely. eral Trade Commission and the Inter state Commerce Commission receive. The House further reduced the amount to $7 500, less than Is paid to any of those bodies. The Government can not get men of the required character and ability at that price and keep them. It may get such men to serve for a few years, but then it may lose them when their value has been fur ther enhanced by experience. The House has further defeated one of the purposes of the commission by striking out the provision which dls aualifies members and ex-members of Cj"Rgrega forr'aoinmeaU jJ,mt?gra ihe visit within the Capes of th warship shows Britain thinks this country is "Just America! Showing the gamble in the land lot- terv. the crowd dwindles when th best winners are picked. They do not work for the O.-W. R & N. teday they Just play at Bonne ville. The Oregon peaches In the mar kets look good enough to eat, and they are. Colonel Callahan win be in at the end If he haa but a leg left to stand on. Take thirty days out of business life and enlist for American Lake. When Oregon has good weather It Is of the glorious sort. Puter would not be normal if not under indictment. Lipts fit rora at iba beaci.6S, I know a family of renters, who are living In a tent, who have been carry ing their wood home at night on their shoulders. This they picked up from the street. Yet they are building a garage. If people can't mortgage a home for a $3000 car they can go in debt enough .rd cannot u i to btiv a Foro anri that I. not .11 it 1 have no desire to avoia r'w''- lik. -,-' -.t", " .iVkhoV. i . .vioki ra anuuiuciu, o ... - - - po world is at war. Discontent, hatred, destruction are on evers hand. I believe the auto is indirectly responsible. People who are the foun dation of existence are taxed bevond reason to build faultless driveways. I know nothing of Mr. Geer. but if he will run for any office directing finance I will take a season off to worm for his election regardless of party. I was . ... . . , t .r. eiecLiun regarmess or party. Jering that the two first 1a bom and raised a Democrat nailer than the last, most surely less, i TjVDERW'i it if we measure the desirability of . ,.755. PRELIMINARY TO GRAND ASSAULT That Is Bow Writer Interprets Submla- - slea of Beer Amendment. SALEM. Or., July 27. (To the Ed itor.) From Henry F. Joslin. of Gohle. Or., come comments on an article writ ten by a woman concerning the pro posed amendment now to be offered by the Brewers' Association to the liquor law now in force. In these articles it is easy to see which side the woman is on. but I must corifess it is not so clear as to .which side of the conten- . tion the man is on. He speaks of the temperance people as the great body of the people and of their growing discontent on the temperance issues, but attributes this discontent to a bunco. He avers that the prohis are responsible for this buncoing, and are now launching a more drr.Btic law against the liquor traffic at tha expense of the brewers. - If he had stopped at this we would then have known clearly which side ha is on. but when he goes on and talks of that Joker and of those who are howling so much about it, it is hard to tell on whom this huge joke rests, or who is the father of the joke. No greater mistake could be made than to charge the good temperance peoplu with buncoing when they now offer an amendment to the present amendment, for who does not know that the tem perance people of Oregon, who by a large majority put the saloon out of our beloved state, now offer an amend ment to this (their) amendment for the reason that they believe firmly that an effort is now being made to repeal their law on this liquor question? That the amendment now to be offered by the Brewers' Association is only to take their first line of defense, which if successful wouVl be followed up y storming the second line, and eventu ally a return to the dreaded saloon, with all its blacklist of death and ruin. In full blast again? God forbid. D. J. GOODE. 467 North Nineteenth Street. - Salem, Or. OOD. 618 Columbia Boulevard. Bounty Rather Than Protection PORTLAND. July 28. (To the Ed ltor. An Item In one of the news- For Instance, most people would I papers tells of the arrest of George L Lockwood for killing a bald eagle. The boy thought he was not breaking any law, but was doing a worthy act. It Is too bad that the bald eagle Is protected by the game law, as there is no bird nor wild animal so destructive as the eagle Is to all birds and the young of all animals. Wild geese, ducks, lambs, calves and even the young colt at its mother s side are victims of its appetite. There be going some and is on the Job Jay and night. The word "WebfOOt" was Iirsi ne stowed as a term of derision. Indicating that It rains in Western Oregon all tha time, whereas. . this is positively known to be Incorrect that Is. a part of tii time it is. I nave never ois- ussed this matter with Mr. Mimes, oui ersonally. I would much prefer being l heaver than a duck or a irog an things else being equal, and they usu allv are. t mav arlrl that this Is the best I can do to sooth the feelings of your fair correspondent at Fort Kock tier pres tnt habitat being in a semi-arid sec tion of the state, doubtless she longs with an lrrepresslng yearning for our a.-alooma showers. She should at once return to "Webfoot," where the changed name has not altered climatic condi tions In the least. T. T. GEER. rtcalp As for the eagle being the National emblem, that does not mend the matter. A FRIEND OF BIRDS. Vade Mecum. It is miles and miles and miles away. But not as the crow would fly A goal for the foot that waits to stray From the sordid tasks of a humdrum day A spot 'neath a tree near-by. Where the path may end, though steep the grade, Or though it wind down the hllL A haven waits in a sylvan glade. It is hung with green and sun-ratched shade It is here, it Is there where you will! In Its fastnesses no eye shall pry. As no consciousness shall prey; And sound shall silently sanctify. Though the whole noisy world go rat tling by In that near-by spot far away! HORREL HALE. RILEY. The lonelv old house Is deserted and they good as a till. Aid the villagers mourn case: For its master haa gone. master will. When the life-sands are run from his e-lads. Yet still in the hearts of the comrades he knew Happy songs that he sang In his Joy Are re-echoing true, as the laughter will do In the Jovial heart of a boy. v The swallows that shouted him chal lenge at morn Onlv stammer and flit In the eaves. And th-s urchins truage by. saa as pil grims forlorn TTndcr condolent foliage leaves. The pets that were his vainly wait his caress. And the chambers are hushed as a tomb: And his dreams and his quests are a lesrion of guests. - Whire a poet once haunted his room. No more the dear sound of his pace will they hear, Nor the Jest of his lips that he said: And his lute lies unmaatered. nor tuned to the ear That is listening now with tho dead. And only the clock on the mantel sur veys Where he sat. In the spell of his song. Singing sweetly his lays of the halcyon days When the twilight would linger too long. The streets and the meadows his feet loved to roam Lie as hushed as a valley of snow. They are mourning today, for a soul has gone heme From a mansion in Lockerbie Row. And fondly they wreathe for him gar. . lands of love To remember the garlands, he flung. For the dreams that he wove in the chamber above Ever live with the old and the young, . ERNEST EYERMAKT BAKER. Salem, Or, Two Years of the World-War A concise and interesting summary of the great European con flict to be printed in The Sunday Oregonian Two full pages of history you should read. Volumes condensed into a brief story of the greatest epoch of time. You can refreshen your memory by reading The Oregonian tomorrow. Remeiftber, two years ago today the Old World conflagration started. Each day since then has been an absorbing page in history. METCHNIKOFF Do you know how much this great scientist, who has just died, did for humanity? Read in The Oregonian Sunday an intimate account of Metchnikoff and his work by a Portland man who spent a year with him. 30,000 ENGINEERS LISTING U. S. WAR RESOURCES Howard M. Coffin is the directing head of the greatest survey of war material ever made in the United States. His picture will appear in The Oregonian tomorrow. OVERHEAD CHARGES Birsky and Zapp have a talk about condi tions after the war. There is some pungent philosophy in their dialogue. THE ARTIST WHO KNOWS LIFE Three more human and intimate sketches by Temple. They tell volumes. See them in The Orego nian Sunday. FORT STEVENS AND THE COAST ARTILLERY ENCAMPMENT Read an instructive and interesting account and description of Fort Stevens in The Oregonian Sunday. Learn about the big guns from a writer who knows. THE HOOSIER POET James Whitcomb Riley is dead, but his poetry lives. Ben Hur Lampman has called up some memorable verses from Riley's notebooks and has built them into a mighty interest ing story. Read these verses tomorrow. They will carry you back into the land of sweet memory. FOR THE MOVING PICTURE FANS The Oregonian is unexcelled for its moving-picture news. THE KLONDIKE Frank G. Carpenter's story of the frozen, golden North continues tomorrow. There's a reason for learning about Alaska. , ' FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE The Teenie Weenies make blackberry jam. Here's wholesome reading for the children. FOR THE GROWN-UPS TheAssociated Press is the greatest news gathering source in the world. It is the most reliable, thorough and comprehensive. The news columns of The Oregonian tomor row will carry happenings of the world to you and your family. The local pages ar accurate chronicles of the day at home. FOR THE WOMEN Read about the latest fashions. The Oregonian s carries a naire each week of especial interest to women. You will also find beach news and social happenings that you will want to know of. ORDER NOW. J