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FOBTLaXD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916,
PUT TIIE PORT IX PORTLAND.
The Columbia River basin has taken
Its place among the shipbuilding cen
ters of the United States. There are
now in attual operation, or about to
begin operation, seven shipyards on
the lower Columbia and Willamette
rivers five at Portland, one at St.
Helens and two at Astoria. There are
under contract twenty-three vessels, of
which five are to be of steel and the
others of wood with semi-Diesel mo
tors; one ship has already been
launched at St. Helens.
This development of a new industry
Js due to the inherent advantages of
the Columbia basin deep water, giv
ing adequate depth to float the largest
craft; fresh water which frees vessels
from marine growth; an ample, safe
harbor; abundance of the best mate
rial for wooden ships, and opportunity
to lay down material for steel ships
at minimum cost; large plants for
building engines and doing all machine
work; a tributary country offering
plenty of outward cargoes and a good
market for inward cargoes. Shipyards
can be built directly alongside saw
mills, which cut timbers to dimension
and transfer, them to the yard with
out cost or, loss of time. The fir of
the Pacific Coast cannot be excelled
for ship timbers and masts of the
greatest size and strength.. While the
Pacific Coast has hitherto built but
few ships, it has supplied masts for
the Atlantic Coast and Europe. It
can as easily supply the other tim
bers, hence might as well supply the
finished product the completed ship
as send the material to be put to
gether elsewhere.
A most hopeful augury Is that this
new industry has come to the Colum
bia basin without effort on the part
of the community to exploit local ad
vantages. The men who possess the
usinesa have recoETiized these ad van
tgeis aiiu iiu-ve cum ui vueir own irec
win. Anotner encouraging sign is jur.
Hardy's intention to organize a com
pany to own and operate ships from
this port and thus, as he aptly ex
presses it, to "put the port in Port
land." That is a natural outgrowth
of shipbuilding. The history of every
I great port is that it has grown through
f the ownership and operation of ships
I built within its borders by Its mer-
chants, who use the ships to carry
I their wares abroad and to bring back
I foreign commodities for sale at home.
A--,r t ii ii.) a, uiai not i v.. i liiu i.i.li j u
' ,1 ii ri a and Vi r nrnvHIncr f nroi o-n raw
material, they stimulate manufactures.
Thus it is that practically every great
shipping port has become a great ln
1 dustrial center, for factories grow up
I around the source of supply for Im
ported raw material and about the
point whence goods are exported. We
nee this at New Tork. Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco and
i other ports in this country and about
1 London. Liverpool, Newcastle, Glas
1 'pow, Bristol', Hamburg, Antwerp,
Havre, Marseilles, tidessa, t'etrograd
and other ports in Europe. y
But, If we would avoid disappoint
ment, it is imperative that we be not
deceived as to what is essential to
establish this new industry permanent
ly and to promote its constant growth
Its establishment is the immediate re
sult of abnormal conditions produced
by the war. Those conditions are not
likely to pass away entirely until sev
eral years after the war lends, but
they will steadily diminish and, as they
diminish, the influences which dur
ing two preceding generations had al
most driven the. United States out o
ocean-going shipping business will re
gain sway. The cost of building ship:
promises to be permanently, enhanced
In Europe and to be permanently re
duced in the United States, but the
Pacific Coast yards will be in close
competition with those of Japan. They
will be required to offset . Japanese
cheap labor with superior skill and
with mechanical devices. Only the
fullest exercise of skill, ingenuity and
business ability can win success. This
will need to be backed by the entire
c.cmimuntty with its patronage for the
shipping lines to be established, and
with the most economical facilities for
handling material and cargo on both
ship and rail and between the two.
In order that the Columbia basin
may develop shipbuilding and opera
tion to their full extent. It is neces
sary that operation be as economical
under the American as under foreign
flags. If this be not accomplished,
cither the ocean-going ships built here
will pass under foreign register or the
industry will be limited to coastwise
vessels. Equality in operating cost can
be brought abodt only by revision of
our shipping and seamen'sTlaws in ac
cord with expert opinion based on im
partial study.' Obstinate adherence of
the present Administration to Ite pol
icy of Government ownership leaves no
room to hope for anything from it;
we must look to a new Administration
for laws which will restore the glories
of the old clipper ship days.
Should these general conditions of
success be established, it will remain
for Portland to do much if this port
is to hold its own in competition with
other Pacific Coast ports. Not only
will It be necessary to continue deep
ening the channel of the Columbia and
across the bar. Bunker coal and oil
must be made easily available and
cheaper. Modern - docks should be
built with all machinery to give ships
quick dispatch. A belt railway should
connect all railroads and all wharves,
that quick transfer may be effected
between chip and rail. Inland water-
jways should be used to the utmost, and
, quick transfer provided between river
j and ocean vessels. These are the
I means of putting the port in Portland
and keeping it there.
THE DOER? OB THE TALKER
From a mass of clippings on. the
Presidential campaign we extract this
gem from the Benton County Courier:
Charles E. Hughes says we want "deeds"
instead of "words."
They are having 'deeds" Instead of
words' over In Europe, and bow do they
strike you? - -
'Words" have kept us out or -war witn
Germany and Mexico, and yet (Mr. Hughes
would have "deeds." .
But the people, the fathers and mothers
of the boys "deeds" would murder, prefer
the "words," Mr. -Hashes.
The warning In words "strict ac
countability" to'v"the Imperial Ger
man government was followed by the
deed of the Lusitanla.
The long campaign in words to
get Huerta out of the Presidential
chair had as Its first great conse
quences in deeds our capture of Vera
Cruz. Now. we have Invaded Mexico
with our Army and have occupied the
border with the National Guard. Not
until there was a showing that words
would be backed with deeds did Car-
ranza give the slightest consideration
to our demands. Deeds, not words,
brought Carranza to time.
Right is not a mere abstraction of
words; nor duty, nor service, nor work.
We could all wish that there was a
special magic to words, comprehend
ing all things, seeing all things, doing
all things. But there Is not. The
world looks to the doer, nojt to the
talker, to perform its great tasks. .
was decisively beaten, the purpose saucer that is. higher at the edges
thus declared being to retain the is- I that in the center and tightly tramp-
lands. No attention was paid to the ed down as it is put Into the ello. Tne
Philippines in 1912. If the people ex- I nlore compactly it Is laid away, the
pressed any opinion, it was in favor smaller the liability to damage from
of retaining them, for both Tart and the air.
Roosevelt favored that policy and they The statement that rain may be re-
polled a combined vote exceeding that garded as a real blessing to ttr dairy-
for Wilson by 1,311,064. I man who Is provided with a silo and
That preamble is calculated and de- a cutter is explained by the fact that
Gleams Through the Mist
Br Deem Colli am.
signed to deceive both the American
and the Filipino people as to its mean
ing, and It is false as it will be under
stood by both.
good deal of water can be used to
advantage in putting up silage. Some
dairymen, in fact, fill their silos with
water after putting in as much green
material as possible, on the theory
thflt thA matpr will malrA a nonrlv npr
XlrlCAL TCTXXFTTSa. fort iuIItik mstl!.l Innlh,, mr.ri--
Dr. W. T. Foster, president of the Lt .nn.lrt.,lnn. fnr .,-, Air Resls
Oregon Social Hygiene Society. Is nlmself vouches as the result of years
quoted by a frequently unreliable con- of experience, is that hay that has
temporary as saying that The Orego- Deen eut at tha proper ot matUr-
nian's polity concerning the eugenics lty makea a fair quality of silage, even
marriage taw is narrow sou biiui u- )f,it be.n ured nearly to tha nolnt
sighted." Possibly to obtain this of stoHne- in the barn, in tha event
statement. Dr. Foster was told that
The Oregonlan's policy was something
which it is not. Possibly, too, he has
been misquoted. At all events, we pre
fer to think that a man qualified to
be the head of a university Is capable.
fi he will but devote his mind to It, of
that unseasonable showers should
come. Thus, In a favorable season the
hay may be made as usual, but pos
session of a silo stands as a guarantee
against loss. The farmer makes his
hay If he can; and he makes silage if
the season turns out like the one
CHRISTY KEMYTVTJS.
Except for the friendly offices of an
Indefatigable reader of sporting news,
The Oregonian would doubtless have
overlooked the following Interesting
announcement taken from the sport
ing pages of a. local contemporary.
which has more than once slightingly
referred to the record of Mr. Hughes
as Governor of New Tork:
The famous white and rren colors of
Christy Sullivan, State Senator from the
Bowery for twenty years, will reappear on
New Tork racetracks within the next few
days, for the first time since Governor
Hughes dealt racetrack bettinir a body
blow In this state several years ago.
feullivan left the track altogether at
that time. He has Just bought Nephtys,
a 4-year-old filly by Ialdor-Marest, from
Roxv Ajicorola. He will buv A. bit? strlna-
and eet back Into the same, he said today.
Undoubtedly Christy Sullivan, a
Tammany politician, has been fore
most among those who say that the
service rendered by Governor Hughes
In breaking up the racetrack ring was
mistaken and trifling. Doubtless, too,
he has been loud in his lamentations
that horseraclng, the "sport of kings"
(and crooks) has been so long in
eclipse. But now Christy Is coming
into his own again.
The racetrack has been shorn of Its
glories, or some of theni, and la not
the place it was for touts, tinhorns,
roustabouts, gamblers, thieves and
cheap skates and grafters of all kinds
and descriptions; but Christy appears
to think, nevertheless, that he can
make a livelihood. No doubt he is
right. The pool-box is, after all, not
a necessary concomitant of the race
track.
The pressure brought to bear upon
Governor Hughes to let the racing and
pool industries alone was enormous.
But he did not yield. He removed
from the limits of New Tork a gang
of gamblers that annually took from
the pockets of credulous bettors mil
lions of dollars. It took courage; but
Hughes has both courage and under
standing.
distinguishing between a newspaper's through which we have Just passed.
effort to cure the defect In a law ana The silo is by no means a new thing
an attack upon the principle or tne I in America. It was Introduced some
law. I thing more than a hundred years ago.
The Oregonlan's "policy" as to the Certain technical considerations have
marriage license law In question will stood in the way of Its more nearly
be quite satisfied if the Oregon Social universal acceptance, among these be-
Hyglene Society be aroused to a sense ing the question of material. Dlscov-
or its responsibility in the matter and I ery that wooden staves were practlca-
the law be made what it purports to ble, with the -use of hoops that could
be. The society -is credited with au- be tightened from time to time, and
thorshlp of the law. . The act's total set upon a carefully constructed foun-
incapacity to minimize a pronounced dation, has done much to simplify the
evil has long been recognized. Its in- problem for the Pacific Northwest, for
effectiveness caused the submission of we produce great quantities of lumber
a bill to repeal it in the Legislature of nicely fitted ror the purpose. It seems
1915. That bill was Introduced by 1 to be a question or taking pains first.
Dr. J. E. Anderson, who Is likewise in building the silo ltseir, and, second
known as author or the prohibition in filling it. After that there seems
law, and was voted" for by Dr. Andrew to be no room for argument of the
C. Smith, one of Portland's eminent proposition that, whatever may be the
physicians. It lacked only three votes preference of the individual dairyman
of passing the House. I as between silage and dry feed. t is
Yet the authors of the eugenics better for him to have his crop safe
statute, like typical uplifters, have in a silo than rotting on the ground-
seemingly been content to point with I In the nature of our Oregon climate
pride to the spirit of the law and I whose moisture Insures abundant
ignore its utter failure to do that I growth but frequently Inhibits the
which it was Intended to do. They making of good hay, the silo Is good
have offered no suggestion of Improve- insurance, even If It is nothing more.
ment, admitted no need for Improve- I There Is, as Mr. Beals has suggested,
ment, until now that The Oregonian no reason why hay should not still
has emphasized its total ineffective- I be made in more favorable seasons.
ness. I The chemistry of the silo Is inter
ir it be narrow and shortsighted to esting, apart from the insurance fea-
insist that a law which Is designed to ture. The changes that take place in
promote social welfare but produces the material are said to be to the ad
nothing but economic burdens, either vantage, upon the whole, of the anl-
be made what it purports to be or be mal to which it is fed. If suitable p re-
repealed, then The Oregonian admits cautions are employed. A considerable
that it is narrow and shortsighted. If proportion of the carbon-hydrates are
it be broad and far-seeing to sit down broken down, oxygen Is absorbed,
in idle admiration of theory put Into which, adding an atom to the carbon,
ineffective words, then we pass the I produces carbon dioxide, and this Is
palm for broad and far-seeing policy said to Increase largely the coefficient
to those responsible for the act. of digestibility, particularly of the fat
And we are also Interested In the elements. The value of the protein
remarks credited to A. F. Flegel and quality Is not disturbed, so that if It is
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise and published in I considered that three tons of silage are
the same contemporary. Mr. Flegel equal In laboratory food value to one
HOW TO T1UHTEX EUGEAICS UW
Jaase Lowell Weald Invalidate Mar-
rlasea iVlwa Provisions Arc Evaded.
PENDLETON, Or, Aug. 1J. (To the
Editor.) After reading your sympos
lura ot opinions on the Oregon mar
riage law, which you are pleased to
style the "eugenics" statute. I am led
to take a hand in the discussion, with
tha remark that the law is the product
of investigation by the State Social
Hygiene Society, and be assured that
any attempt to repeal it will meet with
tha powerful Influence of that body
In Its support.
"The people who desire Its repeal seem
to be of three classes (1) the County
Clerks in some of the border counties.
who see the public revenues reduced by
the securing of marriage licenses l-i
sister states; (2) a limited number of
clergymen, whose perquisites from
wedding fees are lessened by foreign
marriages, and (S) that worthy but
mistaken element In our population
who believe that the state should never
interfere with personal liberty. The
first is not worth consideration. The
Legislature, not. the county clerks, is
responsible for publio revenues. The
whole duty of the administrative of
fleers la done when they perform their
duties courteously, promptly, faithfully
and honestly. The peope are amply
able to take care of the "results of the
laws.
The law can be made effective very
easily, and very surely. It la a good
law, and should never be repealed. (The
people who oppose It might well ex
amine the data gathered by the men
and women who are devoting them
selves to the study of social hygiene.)
The only amendment necessary is to
declare that marriages of citizens of
Oregon contracted in a sister state
shall be deemed void in this state un
less the medical examination required
by the laws of Oregon ahall have been
had. Such is already our law of divorce.
Under the Oregon law divorced people
cannot marry legally within six months
from the date of the decree of divorce.
and the Supreme Court of the state has
Sir." aaid tha Courteous Office Rov. decided that this provision cannot be
volplaning Into my presence on a long avoldod bjr "V1"""8 ln a "!st"r
' . . I In other words such a marriage would
What nowr I cried, hoisting the
black flag and beginning to tear the
tarpaulin away that had disguised me
as a peaceful merchantman Instead of
a full-armed frigate.
T have made such a hit with myself
in my philosophical pomes, the last few
days," said the C O. B. seriously, "that
I brought you a lot more.'
And he heaved over a ballast of
verse and shot away before
open fire.
Unrolling the msa. I read as follows,
namely, to-wlt
ma t.i. art. OP TUB INTERROGATORS.
Now, sooth, these times be parlous
times, ft
When boils the pot of politics
And orators ln many climes
Gin to put ln their stoutest licks;
'Gainst Statu Quo they file their
kicks.
And posing questions they let fly
The minds of candidates to mix:
"Are these things thus? And. If so.
whyT"
From evry side tha chorus chimes;
Each club or clique Its questions
picks;
Much printer's Ink the page begrimes
To show that candidates are hicks;
They hurl their questions forth like
bricks.
At Hughes and W 11 sod both they ply
Aimed to Involve them ln a fix;
'Are these things thus? And. if so.
whyT"
For stamps they spend their hard-
earned dimes
To mall the questions forth ln ricks
They question them ln prose and
rhymes
And free verse queries) five or six;
The busy typist dally clicks
New lists of questions they would try
Hoping to nail them at their tricks;
'Are these things thus? And. If so,
why?"
L'ENVO.1.
Oh. candidates, trim well your wicks
When questioners their posers shy.
And tell us, ere a moment ticks.
"Are these things thus? - And. If so.
why-f
oe void In Oregon, although valid
the state where solemnized.
STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
WHAZZAT, POFEI
(Being still more of the philosophical
musings of the C. O. B.)
"Whatever Is. is right," sang Pope,
And. since this was his line of dope.
The movie men would not have roared
Were Pope upon the censor board.
ton of hay. it Is seen that an acre
will produce more units of feeding
value ln the form of silage than as dry
feed. This consideration Is quite apart
from the prevention of waste through
cautions parents that proposal of
a young man to take their daughter
to Vancouver .to be wed is e. signal
warning. Dr. Wise remarks that the
ministers and justices of our neighbor
ing state ought to be inibrmed or the I spoiled hay already emphasized,
Oregon law so they may not traffick
in guilty evasions of it. The epidemic of infant paralysis and
Now which do these gentlemen the heat wave in the East have con
think the more weighty? A certificate tributed to a marked relaxation of silly
of health signed by a physician who restrictions upon the comfort and
does not know whether it is true or health of the people. Boston until
not,' or an affidavit signed by the few days ago found Itself enforcing to
bridegroom that he is not afflicted the letter an ordinance prohibiting the
with a contagious veneral disease? In use of the sidewalks by baby carriages
Oregon the bridegroom must obtain not in motion, and New Tork was
the meaningless certificate. In Wash- putting a ban on the wearing of bath
ing-ton he must sign the affidavit. ing suits by old or young unless they
Washington has every bit as good a were actually on the bathing beaches.
eugenics marriage law as Oregon, The ettect of the Boston law was to
"Whatever Is. Is right." sang Pope.
(An easy way through life to lope)
And yet, this doctrine does not reach
Inn-keepers at the Summer beach.
TIIE WIDOW KETTTLED IT.
It kicked up a deuce of a stir at the
ranch when a female of tenderfoot
etyle.
Cocne out as a boarder a-wearin' good
clothes an' a heart-warmln' sort of
a smile:
I COUld A nut lltflo fritter nrltVi rnvlnliln' KFl
I
an' as smooth ln her walk as a rat.
An' lips of that temptin sollcitln'.
brand any feller' d like to git at
Us cowboys Just cut her all up with
our eyes, she seemed sich a glori
fied change .
In the maverick line from the run o'
the gals we was 'customed to see on
the range.
An' when we dlsklvered the facts ln
the case It made us feel tenderly
sad".
Fur she was a wldder that come from
the states account of a cough that
she had.
In Other Days.
Half a Century Ago,
From The Oregoniaa ot Asimt 1J. lSa
Washington. Aug. 12. Queen Emm,
of the Sandwich Islands, arrived here
this evening.
Ad-wices from the City of Mexico.
dated July 20, state that there is no
doubt that Maximilian and his depend
enta will leave this continent at an
early day.
Cincinnati. Aug. 10. Since last even-
ins- at 6 o'clock the report of the health
officer shows 40 cases of cholera, nine
only being new cases. The health of
ficer declares the disease to be on the
decline.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 15. The United
States Naval officers made their of
ficial entry Into the city yesterday and
had a grand reception. Fifty thousand
people turned out to witnesa. their en
trance. They were welcomed by a
magnificent ovation. with music,
cheers, display of flags, etc The great
est enthusiasm prevailed.
Dr. W. E. Whitehead, of Cape Disap
pointment, arrived by the steamer John
K. Couch last evening. Ho brings with
him an aneroid barometer and con
templates a visit to Mount Hood, leav
ing Portland this morning in company
with- Professor Wood. Rev. Mr. Atkin
son 'and others. The party will take
a little pains to ascertain the exact
height of this most famous mountain,
as with the use of the barometer, the
altitude can be determined.
which Is not saying much for it The
chief difference Is that the affidavit
in Washington costs 60 cents, while
the certificate and acknowledgment
doom the babies of the crowded dis
tricts to life ln the alleys, which was
the worst possible fate that could be
fall them in a plague-stricken com
"Whatever Is. is right." sn:r Fope,
But did he ever have to cove.
Until his neck and chin were raw.
With collars laundered a la saw?
Whatever is. Is right," sang Pope.
But what a hard swipe would be swope
At his belief, if forced to stop
And argue with a traffic cop.
"Whatever Is, Is right," sang Pope,
He did not kick, complain, or mope.
Which makes me fancy, by the by.
The town he lived ln was not dry.
"Whatever is. is right," sang Pope
And I deduce from this here dope
Contained within his little lay
There was norea verse ln his day.
A GRATIS KESFONSIBIUTI.
President Wilson regards the threat
ened railway strike as an immeasura
ble calamity. So does the public. The
President is wholly Justified in taking
the extraordinary course of personal
Intervention. Indeed, no less could be
expected of him, for he, and he alone.
Is in position to represent the supreme
interest of the people in this grave
crisis.
It has been difficult to believe it
has been 'all but inconceivable that
either party to this gigantic contro
versy would carry its contention to the
extreme actuality of a strike. It has
been Inconceivable, too, that either
party would reject outright the prin
ciple of arbitration. The men say that
the proposed methods did not guaran
tee a fair arbitrament by competent
and independent investigators. The
public is not so much Interested ln the
form asin the fact. It desires arbitra
tion a genuine and effective arbitra
tion -and will not Justify either the
men or the employers in recourse to
a strike, unless It shall be demon
strable that the plan, or plans, of ad
justment through arbitration were un
fair to the one side or the other.
The President should not, and
doubtless will not, yield in his pur
pose to bring the disputants together,
so long as it shall appear that media
tion through the executive has any
chance of success. The Nation is
hopeful that he will succeed. It be
lieves that ne must succeed, since a
strike Involves consequences so vast
that it is clear that either side will
hesitate to assume the tremendous re
sponsibility of provoking or Invoking
It.
in Oregon cost $3.50. The parents I munity, and New Tork was working a
whose daughter goes to Vancouver to I hardship on all classes in this season
be married know Just as much about of intense heat and high humidity.
the physical fitness of the man their Comprehension of the fact that neither
daughter Is to wed as if the license babies nor comfortably clad citizens
were secured in Oregon. And they are anything to be ashamed of Is
know Just as little about the physical shown by executive orders ln both
fitness or their prospective son-in-iaw i cities relaxing tne rules. It seems
if the latter Is wed ln Oregon as if he probable, from the approval with
is wed ln Washington. The ministers which this course has met, that both
and Justices of Vancouver are no more I ordinances will remain dead letters
guilty of trafficking in evasions of the henceforth, if they are not formally
marriage law than the ministers and I repealed.
Justices of Oregon, which is not at all.
Both laws are honored most ln the
breach, and no man but the guilty
man knows at the time that the law
has been evaded or defied.
It is strange that men will talk so
voluminously about things they know
so little about.
One of the issues concerning Green
land to be settled by the treaty with
Denmark by which the United States
hopes to acquire that country's islands
in the West Indies will be control of
TRICKING THE ITLIPINOS.
The Administration is making an
eleventh-hour effort to square its acts
with its platform by rushing through
an amended Philippine bill. In place
of the Clarke amendment setting a
definite time for independence, the fol
lowing statement has been inserted in
the preamble:
It is the purpose f the people of the
United States to withdraw their sovereignty
over the Philippine Islands and to recognize
their independence as soon as a stable soy-
ernment can Tie esiaousnea. therein.
The meaning which any person will
attach to this declaration is contingent
on the meaning he will attach td the
phrase, "stable government." Prob
ably no two persons would construe
that phrase alike. Certainly American
and Filipino ideas of stability are far
apart. It is designed to be read by
the American ln an American way, by
the Filipino ln the Filipino way,
Therefore it is a fraud.
Even understood in the American
way, the statement is false. The only
occasion when the American people
ever declared their purpose on the sub
ject of the Philippines was the elec
tion or 1900. - Mr. Bryan made his
fight in that year on the issue of anti
imperialism, which was understood to
mean the policy of scuttle embodied
In the rejected Clarke amendment He
The long delay in satisfying the
Sherman County settlers' claims may
be interred from the number on the
list against whose names the word
deceased" appears. The record Is one
of hope deferred by the Inexcusable
inefficiency of Congress.
THE 6II.O AS CROP INSURANCE.
Sam Hill says Canada will receive
Disastrous experience of dairymen la heavy Immigration from England aft-
during the past season, in which thou
sands of tons of hay were ruined In
the field, has revived interest ln the
silo, as might have been expected. Re
flection has come too late for this
year, but doubtless It will have a prof
itable result ln years to come. It ap-
er the war. A large percentage will
drift over the border into the land of
plenty,
Chairman Wllleox's election fore
cast Is so moderate ln its claims for
Hucrhes that it appears he has left &
pears mat in some parts oi tne state naA martrin for asrreeable surprises.
so large a proportion oi tne nay crop
has been lost irretrievably, or so dam
aged that It 'must be utilized with great
caution, as to cause serious concern.
Quite obviously, production of milk
and butter and cheese is a matter of
dollars and cents. The dairy, properly
conducted. Is nothing else than a fac
tory, ln which soli elements are con
verted Into finished material.
Nobody Is so foolish as to suggest
the strike Is engineered by Germany to
delay munitions to the allies, but that's
what it will do.
Oregon paid more than $1,000,000
into the internal revenue fund to help
In the keep this government running during
interest of profit to the dairyman, and the past year.
ultimately ln the interest also or a
fair price to the consumer. It Is essen- I The speeder from another state who
tial that all preventable waste be pleads ignorance of the law pays a
eliminated. With the possible excep- good price ror the first lesson.
tion or the boarder eow, no preventable
Item xosts more than the loss of hay
uue-xo rain in nits iiurvesi nt-itauii,
Writing in the Tillamook Head
light, which is published in one of the
important dairying centers of the
West, F. R. Beals, whose experience
makes him an authority on the sub
ject, ofrers the striking statement that
not a drop of rain falls ln this coun
try during the growing season, if we
are prepared for it, that is not a
blessing to the dairy industry." He
makes a strong plea for "prepared
ness," from the point or view or the
dairyman, the essence or which Is that
the silo Is the natural agency for mak
ing rain do good instead of harm. Its
use Is perfectly feasible. To the state
ment made by some dairymen that
they ha-e experimented with silage
and found it a failure. Mr. Beals re
plies that this has been due, in nearly
every instance, to mistakes ln silo con
struction. To obtain high-class silage,
observance of a few Important prin
ciples is necessary. One of these is
that the silo shall be as nearlji air
tight as possible, and that its height
shall be at least twice its diameter.
This Insures tight packing, helping to
exclude air. The second principle Is
that the silage should be fully ma
tured, as to food value, when cut for
storage. Third, great care should be
exercised in cutting and storing. The
material should be cut .into pieces not
exceeding half an Inch long and it
Should be packed in. the shape of a
Many men ride ln on Jitneys so they
can smoke. If barred the privilege
the trolley cars will get them.
When mother and soq. go to college
together, there Is no room for doubt
that they are chums.
The Jag ship outside the three-mile
limit off Coos Bays means a rocky
road to and fro.
Judge Jones' schedule bf $50 for
speeding on the Columbia Highway
is about right.
Bon voyage to the thirty-seven civil
ians who become tars on the New
Orleans today.
The last of the Iroquois has not
gone, but one has departed at the age
or 104.
Every one of the 83S buyers who
visited Portland last week will come
again.
The Austrians are said to be full of
fight if they are in full flight.
The millers will get their embargo
on wieat if the strike goes .
Do not shoot a warden tomorrow by
mistaking him for a buck,
.
OCR. POR SOCIETY.
We believe In sticking right with
the vanguard of civilization and taking
on anything that the car of progress
picks up on its fender.
The latest thing that has turned up,
appears to be the pastime of baiting
presidential nominees with lists of
questions. The writers' society has done
it and the artists' society has dona it.
and now everybody is doing it.
So we are going to organize a Poser
Society, solely for the purpose of
making the heads of the presidential
candidates rest uneasy for the next
few weeks.
Every member is allowed five posers.
r nnsiance, the first man who ap
plied for membership In the Poser So
clety, addresses the following Important
queries to President Wilson:
First Do you do your note-writing
by the Job or by the day?
Second In what direction has the
watchfulness been directed while the
waiting was going on?
Third Can you give some of the
salient characteristics of the dodo? Tha
eohlppus? The dinosaur? The Ameri
can Merchant Marine?
Fourth Would It be possible to give
a psychological salute to the flag and
If so, was this Huerta's procedure at
Vera Cruz?
Fifth Why is Josephus Daniel
and how long?
In organizing a Poser Society we feel
that we are filling an acute want. No
We all got to wearln our genuine
togs when not Id the saddle, an
tried
To jhow her that though we was
rough in our ways we yit had some
gentleman pride.
An first thing we knowed we was
locoed with love fur the neat little
feminine prize
An was goln around with a sort of
a shamed an' a babyish look in our
eyes.
Whenever she'd meet with a rider the
smile she would bunch on her beau
tiful face
"D seem to go right to his flutterin
heart an' joggle it clear out o" place:
O" she was a pedigreed, thorrerbrod
gal, a blue ribbon winner, by gad!
That slick little wldder that come
from the states on account of a
coufj-h that she had,
We all got to scrappin' about her at
last, got ugly an' Jealous, you know.
Big Bill got a sluggln' from Tennes
see Jack and Texas punched Mex
ican Joe,
An' Rough Rider Rankin, that fit ln
the war with Teddy, got makin' so
free
With the dame got laid out by one o'
the gang I don't mind admittin was
me.
Sam Pope tuk a shot at Montana
Magcc. which let him clear out o'
the game.
Him havin' to light in the saddle an
skip 'fore the sheriff could hear o
the same:
A spell o' hostility knocked us plum
out, we all had it plenty an bad
Account o that wldder that come
from the states because of a cough
that she had,
The gals o the range got to klckln'
like steers because we neglected em
so.
They got up a dance fur to bust up
the game, but none o us fellers
go.
They'd smile and be powerful nice ln
their talk when we'd meet 'em ln
hope
We'd drift to their favor agin, but
we'd shy when we saw 'em a swing-
In the rope.
I reckon a seventh dame born with
a veil an gifted with mystical
powers
literary qualifications are prescribed I Could scarcely have told what the
for members. One need not have writ
ten a love story or muckraked any
thing ln order to get his question be
fore the Presidential nominees through
the medium of this society. We play
no favorites. Anybody Is eligible who
can submit an embarrassing question
to any Presidential candidate.
Being keen for uplift and public
welfare we have selected the movie
censor board to pass on all questions
of doubtful morality.
The selection was made because that
board has had lots of practice and
there is no appeal from Its decisions.
Republicans.' Democrats, Progres
sives. Prohibitionists and Socialists .will
realize that now is the time for all
good men to come to the aid of the
party. Send ln your posers.
THE OLD SOXGS.
I cannot sing the old song
Quite properly. I fear.
For ln my dear old school days.
I learned those songs by ear.
future d bring with rattled up feel-
ln's like ours
If the cause o' the row hadn't settled
the scrap ln a manner quite sudden
an sad,
An' the only dumed way that H could
have bin stopped she died from
the cough that she had!
JAMES BARTON ADAMS.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
Prom the Oregonian of August 15. 1S91.
London. Aug. 14. Air. Spurgeon Is
able to ait up for a brief period dally.
The best opinion at present Is that it
will be many months before he Is able
to preach.
9
Tie annual session of the Oregon
Frees Association Will be held at Aa- -torla
August 27 to 29. We desire to
make this the banner meeting of the
association. The attendance of each
member is earnestly requested. L Sam
uel. President,
The new achoolhouse in Alblna home
stead Is being finished. It is a fine
uliding and the people in the vicinity
are greatly pleased with It-
One of the trolley wires of the Wash-
Ington-street electric line broke at
Fourth and Washington streets ester-
ay and In falling struck tha horse of
Dr. F. Wort man. The horse ran away
and smashed the buggy. Dr. Wortman
usied himself yesterday afternoon get
ting witnesses to the accident and says
e will sue the company for damages.
Nashville, Aug. 14. Surrounded y av
few loving friends end relations. Mrs.
James K. Polk, relict of the tenth
President of the United States, died at
:S0 this morning.
Miss Frances WUlard approves of bi
cycling for the fair sex and she doesn't
like to have a girl on a wheel compared
to an old woman riding her broom.
COXSCIEXCE AWAKXXED BY LAW
Correspondent Sees One Good Effect 1st
Pre-Martlsgs -XsbI1oii.
PORTLAND. Aug. 14. (To the Edl-
or.) The prerent eutcenlcs law is ad
mittedly defective, and yet we have to
concede that it has served a useful pur
pose If it doea nothing else. It at
least calls attention to the rt that
that whenever two persons decide to bo
married that the state of their physical
health Is an Important thing to be'
considered. True, the law applies only
to the male and deals only with vene
real disease. Tha law ahould really be
National, should apply to both sexes
equally, and should Include examina
tion for all serious atimenta capable
of being Inherited by offspring and dla-
eases which woul,d produce weaxenea
or derectlve onspring, sucn as con
sumption, Brlsrht'a disease. dlabetea.
epilepsy, heart trouble, several kinds
of Insanities and feeble-mindedness.
The indirect effect of the Oregon law
Is better than Its direct effect, as con
ditions are at present, with Vancouver
so close and with the examination fee
so low. It has a power of auggestion
that causes a certain number to stop
and think of the responsibilities ther
are assuming In being married and
bringing children Into the world, wno
should at least have a good equipment
of physical health.
The medical profession anouia worm.
for a fair and comprehensive law. Tha
profession should also eee to It that its
own members make nonest examina
tions when examinatlona are made at
all. I know positively of one case
where a Portland man went to a physi
cian in a nearby city, received a heaitn,
certificate, and was married on the
strength or It. notwithstanding that, as
later developments proved, he was at
the time suffering from an uncurea
disease.
The Question ot marriage fees ror tne
county Is the least Important of the
defects in the operation of the eugen
ics law. On the whole the effect la I
believe good, but the law needs to be
much improved. Still, it Is better than
no law. It helps to educate publio
opinion IT it does nothing else, and
publio opinion is more powerful than
any law.
I do not think our present eugenics
law should be repealed until we hava
something better in its place. The law
establishes this principle which we
should not abandon, namely, that if the
state has the power to regulate marital
relations at all (which Is generally '
though not universally conceded), then
it has the rlpht to insist upon a mini
mum of pood health for all persons en
tering Into that relation.
But after all education Is more pow
erful than law. Take two peraons suf
ficiently drawn to each other to want
to marry, 'even though they could not
pass the eupenle test, what would pre
vent them from having extra-marital
relations and even children? Nothing
in the world, except their deeest
moral convictions that such conduct
would be wrong. If they became con
vinced that their conduct were Justifi
able. I doubt If any possible legislation
would keep them apart.
T. J. JrCABE.
MnltKnde of Wlakem.
Puck.
Mrs. Nswcim "Before we were mar
ried you said that my. slightest wish
should be your law." Mr. Newcum
'Exactly, my love; but you have so
many vigorous and weli-aeveiopa
wishes that I am as yet unable to de
cide as to which Is the alightest-
PremlSM and Poll! Ira,
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Of course, you try to remember your
promises 7" l es. replied oenator not
ghum. "I try to keep track of them
orettv closely In order to avoid promis
ing the same thing, to people who are
liable to compare notes.'
All the Year Amid,
Judge.
v-i i A Ttrsitrv keens on his co'.t talk
recently Informed us that I alI tne yeaJ. around." "Why. he plays
Of R THTTMBX ATT, CEOGRAPtnCAL
SOCIETY
"Boa B.'
be had acquired a Boston accent from
his recent reading, which makea us
suspicion- that ha Is the author or the
following:
Tve never traveled to Peru;
It's ports I've never seen;
I've sever been to Lima,
Ah. ne'er to Lima been.
Another member who signs himself
for identification "B. K." attains mem
bership ln the Thumbnail Geographical
Society, with tne following:
I've never been in Ireland.
But ln the Winter gray.
Tou're pretty sure to see me
In old Ulster, svery day.
only from April to November." "I
know, but ne runs a dsiht lurnaco
from November to April."
Babbits and Toharro.
Baltimore American.
Father (impressively) "Do you
know, my son. tnat a single drop o
nicotine would quickly kill a rabbit?"
Son "Well, nature's fixed that, all
right, for rabbits don t smoke.
lis Excnae o Moracr.
Sun.
Mother "If you fell In the- water,
wh v are your clothes dry?" Tommy
"I took lis ell in (ut f accident,'
TARIFF OPINIONS OCT Of D ATT
Corresnondent Ftmti That War Has
suspended Tariff Effect.
PORTLAND. Aug. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) Why all this talk of Mr. Hughes
about a protective tariff? What com
modity that Is now produced in Ore
gon would sell for more money than It
la now selling for If we had. an In
creased tariff on that article? Do wo
need a tariff on lumber when we are
exporting it In competition with the
world, and none la being Imported?
Do wa need a tariff on wheat, hops or
salmon that wa are exporting? Do wo
need a duty on hides, which have oon
stantly advanced since the tariff was
reduced ln 10? Do we need a duty on
wool, which is now selling at 40 eenta
a pound In Oregon, although every
man. woman and child In Oregon uses
wool, and only ona person In Oregon
out of J00 is engaged in producing
wool? Why all this tariff humbug?
The Payne-Aldrich bill had a duty of
14 cents a pound on hops, although we
were exporting hops ln large quaatltiee.
It had a duty of S5 centa a bushel on
wheat, although we were exporting
wheat in large quantities. It bad a
duty of IS a thousand on lumber, al
though we are exporting lumber in
competition with the world to Austra
lia. South America. China and Japan.
Do Mr. Hughes and his Republican
advisers think they can fool the people
anv longer with this tariff humbug,
which taxes the necessities of life un
necessarily In order to produce revenue
without an income tax?
GEORGE ilITH.-