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THE SrORXIXG OREGONIAIT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 191G.
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PORTLAND, MOXDAT, SEPT. 4. 1816.
13 IT VICTORY!
The new railroad eight-hour law
will almost inevitably lead to a Su
preme Court decision upon the right
of Congress to regulate hours and
wages of men employed in Interstate
commerce. The question haa never
been definitely passed upon, so far as
our knowledge goes, except in the
particular that the legislative police
power to regulate hours of employ
ment where the safety of the public
Is concerned has been sustained. If it
be conceded that the safety of the
public is not involved, L e., that present
employment hours are not so unrea
sonable that the faculties of men who
have the public's safety in their keep
ing are Impaired, the issue is wholly
new.
For example, the Supreme Judicial
Court of Massachusetts has lately held
Invalid a nine-hour day law affecting
baggagemen, laborers, crossing tenders
and the like as an impairment of the
constitutional right of contract, the
court drawing a distinction between
such employes and those whose work
has relation to the operation of trains
and the safety of passengers.
Late decisions of Federal and state
courts which apply to law regulating
the hours of private male employ
ment, are based on the opinion of
the Supreme Court of the United
States in the famous New York bakers'
Case. There the right of the Legisla
ture to interfere between employer and
employe unless the health, morals,
safety or general welfare of the public
or of those engaged in the business is
endangered, was denied.
On the other hand the legislative
right to regulate the hours of female
employment in private enterprise is
more broadly sustained. But this de
cision of the highest court in the land
la based wholly upon considerations
relating to woman's physical structure,
her maternal functions and the vital
Importance of her protection in order
to preserve the strength and vigor of
the race. The question of state au
thority to declare a minimum wage
for women is now before the United
States Supreme Court.
Statutes limiting the hours of labor
of employes of commonwealths, coun
ties, cities and towns are upheld for
quite different reasons. Collectively,
they are broadly that the law in these
Instances is the voice o" the employer.
It appears from the foregoing that
existing court decisions uphold the
legislative authority to regulate hours
of public employment whether as a
police measure or otherwise, but deny
the Legislature the right to interfere
In private employment except as a
police measure.
But It may be conceded that rail
road employment falls Into a sort of
twilight zone. It is not quite public
employment and not fully private em
ployment. The railroads are engaged
In a public service and moreover, may
be construed to fall within the defini
tion of post roads, which Congress is
granted power by constitution to regu
late. If not upon the post road phase,
the Issue is likely to rest upon whether
railroad operation is sufficiently a
public enterprise to authorize Con
gress to enact employment legislation
therein that does not directly concern
the public health or safety.
If this authority is sustained It
would seem to follow that the au
thority of Congress over the employer
who Is acting in a semi-public capacity
Is not superior to Its authority over
the employe who is acting in the same
semi-publio capacity. If Government
has the power to force the railroad
manager to comply with certain
regulations it seemingly has the power
to compel the railroad employe to
comply with the same provisions.
Assuming solely for purpose of
Illustration that the employes refused
to accept the terms of the eight-hour
law: could they not be forced to accept
them, or at least be enjoined from
concerted rejection of them, if it Is a
fact that the employers can be forced
to accept them if the employers
refuse?
Congress' authority In the premises
Is either sweeping or none at all. The
brotherhoods have undoubtedly gained
a present victory through legislative
intervention, but It is an intervention
which, if its legality be sustained,
means that labor's freedom to contract
or withold its services in railroad em
ployment has become, along with the
railroad employer's freedom to fix
terms of employment, subservient to
the will of the legislative branch of
Government.
TWO KINDS OF PROSPERITY.
Under Democratic administration
peace times are hard times and war
times are good times. The balance of
trade in favor of the United States
during the year ending July 31, 1914,
was only $443,186,130. That was the
year before the war, during the last
ten months of which the Underwood
tariff was in operation. This balance
was mora than eaten up by freight
paid to foreign shipowners and inter
" est paid to foreign security-holders, so
that our net gold exports were nearly
$75,000,000. It was the smallest in
many years and was the reflection of
acute Industrial depression and wide
spread unemployment.
The war brought the first good times
that have been known under Demo
cratic rule. During Its first year, end
ing July SI, 1915, the trade balance in
our favor exceeded 1225 millions and
net fold imports exceeded 70 millions,
but we did not get fairly going until
the war was several months old; that
is, until the allies and the former for
eign customers of all belligerents be
gan to buy from us. These foreign
purchases, entirely due to the war, at
tained their full volume In its second
year, ending July 31, 1916, during
which the trade balance in our favor
exceeded 2273 millions and the net
gold Imports exceeded 441 millions.
But that was war prosperity, not
Democratic prosperity. The kind of
prosperity Democracy brings is the
kind we "enjoyed" during the year be
fore the war. Oregon ira still "enjoy
ing" that same kind of prosperity, so
far as its lumber industry is con
cerned. Democracy has given a large
part of our domestic market to Can
ada, while war, by depriving us of
ships, has almost shut us out of for
eign markets. Lumber is being crushed
by the hammer of war on the anvil of
Democracy. In order to form an opin
ion as to what we may expect if Demo
cratic rule continues after the war,
look back to the first seven months of
1914. That was genuine Democratic
prosperity.
INVITING TROUBLE.
Railroad car shortage. If absence of
reports to the contrary is fair basis
for Judgment, exists only In Oregon.
In Oregon, car shortage exists ofT only
one railroad the Southern Pacific.
The Southern Pacific, so far as the
public is aware, is not car-poor. The
proportion of Its total equipment to
the amount of business it does, is not
materially different from that of other
railroads.
Probably the true reason for a car
shortage on the Southern Pacific lines
in Oregon is that the Southern Pacific
here is the tail of the system. The
company, presumably. Is reluctant to
provide cars solely for return loads.
In the main the available cars -are
those that have brought freight Into
the state. The shortage is somewhere
near the equivalent of the difference
required to transport state exports and
state Imports. As we ship out or
would If we could more than we ship
in over the Southern Paclflo lines, we
pay the penalty of the railroad's in
sistence that its cars be loaded both
coming and going.
Yet a railroad company which oc
cupies a traffic field has a distinct and
definite duty to perform in behalf of
those who must rely upon it. There
is no more excuse for discrimination
against a community in providing
cars than there la for discrimination
against It In rates. Government regu
lation of rates, which railroad
officials with wry faces profess
now to like, was Inspired by the
railroads' shortsighted discriminations
and undue exactions. If Govern
ment regulation of the railroads shall
be broadened and the tendency Is
that way the railroads will have
themselves, not political propaganda,
to thank for It.
SEEOTATTOX AND ARBITRATION.
Even bo ordinarily well informed a
newspaper as the New York World
seems unable to see the distinction be
tween mediation and arbitration.
There is then no cause for surprise at
the confusion apparent In the mind of
its Portland Democratic contemporary.
This confusion may be wilful, for both
these journals are driven by political
necessity to prove that. In his handling
of the railroad dispute, President "Wil
son has not dealt a serious blow at
the cause of arbitration. The differ
ence between mediation and arbitra
tion is. so plain that no other excuse
for confusing one for the other will
hold good.
Mediation is the intervention.
whether sought or unsought, of a third
party between the two parties to a
dispute In the endeavor to bring them
to an agreement. The disputants ar
range the terms with the mediator's
aid; the mediator does not decide upon
terms whlclt they must accept. ' The
mediator is what the term Implies
a middleman similar to an agent who
brings buyer and seller together.
Arbitration Is the decision by a third
party of terms on which a dispute
shall be settled. The parties In
volved select the arbitrators, but they
agree beforehand to abide by the
award. Having agreed to arbitrate,
they have nothing more to do than to
lay the case before the arbitrators and
take what they give.
Mr. "Wilson intervened In the rail
road dispute without request from
either party. As mediator he tried to
bring them Into agreement and failed.
He did not arbitrate, for they did not
agree on arbitration by him or any
other person. Had they done so we
should have had a case of arbitration
brought about by mediation. Nor is
the action of Congress in passing the
eight-hour law a case of successful
mediation. It is an attempt by force
to Impose terms of settlement which
are accepted by one party and rejected
by the other. Until those terms are
accepted by the other party or until
opposition to them Is abandoned, the
dispute will not have been settled; set
tlement will only have been post
poned. The evil day Is deferred until
after election.
LABOR DAT.
Labor day was Instituted to do more
than give the working people a day
for sport and festivities. It was de
signed to emphasize the dignity of
labor and to afford opportunity for
public enlightenment on what labor
unions have done to better the condi
tion, not only of the working people
who compose them but of the entire
Nation.
It is a peculiarly American Institu
tion, for in this country we regard a
man who does not work as an object
of pity or contempt pity If he can
not get a job and contempt If he will
not take one. Our country is founded
on belief In the dignity of labor. In
other countries men who do not work
are looked up to as a fortunate leisure
class; In the estimation of Americans
they are either loafers, tramps or in
competents. The achievements of labor unions
for social progress are also worthy
of celebration and commemoration. As
population has grown, as life has be
come more complex and as the men
and women who work for wages have
Increased In number, there has been
an inevitable tendency in this new
country to approximate conditions
prevailing in other countries. The
labor union has been a most success
ful counter check to this tendency. It
has secured for the worklngman a
living wage, freed him from excessive
hours and enabled him to work under
healthy conditions where life and limb
are safe and where accident does not
leave his family In penury. It has en
abled him to meet his employer man
to man rather than as a dependent on
the latter's favor.
That would be a narrow view which
would regard the working people as
the only ones who have benefited by
the results of organization. Putting
the matter on the lowest plane of busi
ness, the high standard of living main
tained for labor has made It a good
customer for the manufacturers, the
merchant, the railroad, the steamship
and the place of amusement. Well
being among the working masses
spreads through the entire community.
JSuslness cannot thrive on a large
scale among an illpald, poverty
stricken and spiritless population.
Moreover, to put It on a higher plane,
the spectacle of euch a population
taints the happiness of the well-to-do
who live among it. Disease is first
cousin to poverty and spreads from
the poor to other classes. The Na
tion's "best wealth and strength is a
strong, educated, independent, self
respecting body.' of workers. Labor
unions have done incalculable service
to the Nation In promoting the exist
ence of such a class.
MORE LIGHT ON D YESTCTI'9.
The United States seems not to be in
such desperate need of dyes as the
builders of the Deutschland" imagined,
and, although the quantity brought
from Germany by the pioneer mer
chant submarine was much smaller
than had been reported, a large pro
portion of it remains unsold. The rea
son is that American dye manufactur
ers have gone far toward supplying
the market and that American textile
manufacturers have learned to do
without German dyes. '
There has been much mystery about
the size of the Deutschland's car,go,
but the original estimate of 1000 tons
has been scaled down to 350 and even
as low as 250 tons. The Oil, Paint
and Drug Reporter has learned that
about 125 tons were dyestuffs, many
of them specialties used In the cotton
and woolen industries. But many
manufacturers in those lines refuse to
consider buying, both because the
prices asked are from ten to twelve
times the normal figures and because
they, as well as wall paper manufac
turers, have adjusted their lines of
goods so that with the aid of Ameri
can dyestuff makers "they are getting
along about as well as under normal
conditions." The Reporter makes this
pregnant remark:
It Is generally held that, were It not for
the fear of German cut-throat competition
after the war, American dyestuff manufac
turers could so branch out and develop that
in time all requirements would be met
through domostio production.
The high prices asked for the
Deutschland's dyes are explained by
the high degree of concentration and
by the high freight rates. The de
gree of concentration claimed is
from ten to twelve times the
normal, but American dye manufac
turers say that, while two and one
half to three and one-half times is
possible, ten to twelve times is impos
sible by any known process. One of
the consignees says the freight rate
was eight times the buying price of
the goods, to which various other
charges must be added, the purpose
being to make the first cargo pay for
the vessel.
The Deutschland's dyes served no
purpose beyond breaking the market
and forcing holders of aniline colors
at high prices to let go. It also proved
to what extent the United States has
achieved its independence by produc
ing its own dyes and dispensing with
the Imported article. All that is
needed to complete our Independence
is a protective tariff, the amount of
which shall be based "on Inquiry by a
tariff commission and which shall
continue until the domestic product is
able to hold the home market without
its aid. The pending revenue bill fixes
fiat rates of 15 and 30 per cent for five
years and reduces them 20 per cent a
year during the next five years, though
there is no means of knowing whether
these rates are too high or too low or
should be withdrawn sooner or con
tinued later than the time specified.'
The provision is based on guesswork
and Is what might be expected of a
paafy which does not believe In the
principle applied.
HAPPY HTStCT, GROCXDS. -
This Is the season when the litera
ture of hunting and angling makes
especially good reading. Fishing Is
the natural part of a vacation in the
big outdoors; and the fisherman is
closely related to the hunter, if indeed
he is not blood brother to him. Good
sport within the rules of the game
is of more than physical benefit to the
man who follows it; It has its moral
and psychological value as well. The
season for full-size trout is always
open In Oregon, with only a reason
able bag limit to restrain the joy of
the fisherman; deer hunting is on,
and the quest for birds will soon begin.
Sportsmen owe a good deal more
than some of them know about to
what has been called the "Oregon
plan" of keeping up the game supply
of the state. This is based upon co
operation, through the agency of the
State Fish and Game Commission, of
farmers, ranchmen and the owners of
country estates in the liberation of
game birds In suitable localities, and
substantial results have been obtained.
For example, in the calendar year
1915 there were set free by Individuals
in Oregon no fewer than 2 914 Chinese
pheasants, 973 bob white quails, 959
California Valley quails and a num
ber of mountain quails. It Is noted
by the American Field, which com
mends the spirit of Oregon, that the
true value of this is greater than is
shown by the number of birds alone;
that It contributes in a substantial
measure-to the awakening of the pub
lic conscience to the necessity of obey
ing the game laws and educates the
people In the value of co-operation
in all things.
More game-protection sentiment,
runs the maxim of the Commission,
means less money spent In patrol serv
ice, which means more money for
propagating purposes. Fundamental
ly, a game warden Is Intended to be
an official to enforce laws for the
preservation, according to law, of a
nice balance between the game and
the hunter. Arrests of violators are
mere Incidents of the business of a
game commission. Time devoted to
stocking the streams with fish and
the woods with birds, it is recognized,
is much more in the interest of all
concerned.
The sportsman will derive a good
deal of pleasure from perusal this
Summer of such matter as the official
publication of the Oregon State Sports
men's League and of the Oregon State
Fish and Game Commission. Its pages
teem with plain narratives that read
like romances, and with data far more
interesting than a modern fiction tale.
There is. by way of illustration, the
report of the deputy warden in Klam
ath County on his recent experiences
at Four-Mile Lake, where some three
years ago the Commission planted
6000 rainbow flngerlings and where
this year fishermen found it no trouble
at all "to catch the limit allowed by
law, the outlet creek being literally
alive, so the report goes, with trout
weighing - from two and a half to
three and a half pounds apiece. This
is especially Interesting because until
the experiment was made there had
been complete absence of fish life in
this lake, it was not known whether
the lake contained any fish food and
there had been no tests of the tem
perature of the water with a view to
placing trout fry therein. Full reali
zation by. sportsmen of the success of
the undertaking did not come until
this Summer, but its broader signifi
cance lies in the demonstration that
other lakes In the state that now con
tain no fish have promising prospects
under official direction. Incidentally,
the planting of 116,000 fry in this lake
a year ago gives an exceptionally In
teresting prospect a year or two from
now.
Jackson County, In Southern Ore
gon, sends its call to anglers. The
north, center or south forks of the
Rogue River, the two Butte creeks.
Fish Lake and Squaw Lake all prom
ising names, too, for angling are
mentioned as streams in which those
who lost their early trout fishing may
expect to find atonement for previous
disadvantages. Good angling Is re
ported In Benton, where Eastern brook
trout have been introduced and are
thriving. Marion and Polk boast of
cut-throat trout twenty-two inches
long. Lake, Wheeler and Wallowa, In
widely separated districts. Involving a
trip from end to end of the state if
one would visit them all, are described
in terms that would make them, seem
a paradise for sportsmen. In Lake
County there are more deer than
usual; Wallowa not only tells of Its
good fishing streams but has a mod
ern Isaak Walton who, at the age of
73, has made the record catch for the
season in the Mud Creek district. Co
lumbia promises a variety of game,
from deer to bear, cougar and wild
cats. Clackamas holds Its promise for
fishing that is maintained patriotically,
despite the disproportionate ratio of
local sportsmen to visitors from near
by Portland. Tillamook, Its Game
Warden says. Is atoning for a poor
start of the fishing season and prom
ises a plentiful supply of larger game
besides. Incidentally, It Is mentioned
that there has been a big Increase of
elk In Wallowa, and young birds are
more numerous than ever before 4n
Malheur, while Coos, only recently
connected by rail with the outer world.
Is said to have this season the best
hunting In Its history.
The gospel of outdoor life Is being
preached by increasingly large num
bers. The sleeping porch secfcns a long
way from the trout stream and the
hunting field, but it is a piece of the
same idea. Our ventilating systems
are Immeasurably better than they
were twenty years or so ago. No one
would think of sending his children
to such a schoolhouse as was the rule
rather than the exception in the gen
eration before this one. We have what
officials sometimes call "cubic air or
dinances" in practically every city In
the land. Yet these alone are not
enough. Oxygen Is essential but not
all sufficient. The balsam of the woods
exercises a gentle, healing Influence.
Pine needles make the best sort of bed
to lie in once in a while. It Is good
to get out on unaccustomed grades
and find out how soft some of our
muscles really have become. The
simple food of the camp is a desirable
Lchange from the menu at home that
often tempts us to eat more than Is
good for us. These things being true,
and it -being also a fact that we need
something to stimulate us to do things
for our own good, both hunting and
fishing furnish the proper zest.
The definite value of the resources
of Oregon in this regard, as a means
of making the state popular with tour
ists, should not be overlooked. While
game hogs should not be encouraged.
It would be well If we as a state ob
served a continued policy of hospital
ity In our treatment of the visitor.
We have truly a sportsman's paradise,
and we should not be selfish about It.
v .
A sociologist predicts that the war
will change vast numbers of women
into tramps. He thinks there will be
too many women and not enough Jobs
or husbands, hence the tramping. But
there is a deficiency of women In the
British colonies and organized move
ments to plant ex-soldiers there may
Include wives as a condition of land
grants. There has also been some talk
of polygamy to hasten repopulatlon of
Europe. That would furnish an open
ing for the Mormons to move bodily
to some country which'' encourages
them to marry an unlimited number
of Its surplus women. Then the men
might hand over the business of leg
islation to some of the unoccupied
women and go to work. Women could
not bungle worse than the Asqulth
government did at the Dardanelles and
In Mesopotamia.
A "mysterious prisoner" who has
Just died at Salem steadily refused to
divulge the names of his parents out
of regard for them, and the old people
will live on until death comes, expect
ing daily to see the son walk in to a
welcome home, but never to have that
gratification. The prisoner was ear
nest in his idea of regard, but it Is a
poor quality. A parent's love over
looks all errors.
One reason for more arrests for
drunkenness In a "dry" state than In a
state that licenses sale of Intoxicants is
that in the latter the sensibilities are
hardened and a case is very much ap
parent before arrest is madep while in
a "dry" state activity Is spurred in de
tection of lawbreaklng because it is a
"dry" state. This explains the figures
of comparative violations so often
printed.
A Seattle man who found his wife
living here as the "wife" of another
simply had both arrested Instead of
turning loose a lot of "hardware" at
them. If that Is the new Seattle way
It Is much more pleasant all around.
- i
The Gresham Outlook carries a ban
ner announcement of the dates of the
Multnomah Fair on the margin of its
first page, a plan that should be adopt
ed by newspapers In cities and towns
that hold fairs.
Seattle Isn't so big. Only 18,901 per
mits were Issued during the hot month
of August. That number of boozers is
small for a city of magnificent clalcna
on population.
The tricks of the evil-doers are sim
ple. At Klamath a man professing to
buy a motorcycle rode It on trial and
has not returned.
Fifty years hence the recruits who
did not leave Camp Wlthycombe will
be as blg,veterans as those who went
to the border. It's the intent that
counts.
This is opening day for such schol
ars as choose to attend. Therei" are
other attractions for the rest of them.
It is ungentlemanly to call her fool
ish, but a Chicago widow with an In
come of $30,000 has just remarried.
The Third Oregons will not feel at
home if they do not detrain in the rain.
September rains do not let the hop
pickers get more than a day's start.
Garretson would better not stay
away too long.
Enjoyment today will be strenuous
"labor."
Labor does not "march" In automobiles.
How to Keep Well.
By Dr. W. A. Kvana.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, ssnltatlon
and prevention of disease, If matters of gen
eral Interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable, letter will be per
sonally answered, subject- to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for individual diseases. Re
quests for such service cannot be answered.
(Copyright. 1916, by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Trlbune.
Contagion In Food.
A cook In a private family might be
a typhoid carrier without Infecting
many people. On the other hand, a
typhoid-carrier cook In a restaurant
is in position to infect & great many
people. Economlo conditions and other
considerations force & very large part
of a city population to eat one meal
a day at least In restaurants. Further
more, the tendency is on the increase.
Not only is there danger from Infec
tion with typhoid, but venereal disease
and .some other diseases can be spread
by infected cooks and waiters.
The uneven patronage of a restaurant
makes it necessary that every res
taurant should have a large cold re
frigerator. The uncooked meats and
fish of one day are put back In the ice
box. It sometimes happens that a fish
or a fowl will be thawed out and re
frozen several times before being
served. Cases of food poison ranging
from mild diarrheas to violent attacks
are not unusual among patrons of res
taurants. For protection against the danger
from spoiled food the patron must de
pend on his taste and sense of smell,
the reputation of the establishment,
and the competency of the local health
department. To protect against the
dangers of typhoid and other forms of
food-borne contagion health depart
ments here and there require periodic
examination of waiters and cooks.
Kendall, of Northwestern University,
gives the following experience: Among
6000 employes of a large department
store 17 cases of typhoid fever de
veloped within two weeks. There was
little typhoid In the city. Obviously
there must be some cause for the dis
ease among this group. Kendall found
no cause within the department store.
The employes ate their luncheon at a
nearby restaurant. Several employes
of this restaurant had had typhoid re
cently. One of the convalescent wait
resses was found at work. When the res
taurant was closed typhoid ceased ap
pearing among the department - store
employes who had been patrons.
The department store maintained a
large restaurant, employing about 225
cooks, waitresses and dishwashers.
There was a possibility that some of
the restaurant employes might have
eaten in the nearby restaurant, and the
managers were anxious to be on the
safe side. The cooks, waiters and dish
washers were called together for a lec
ture on the method by which typhoid Is
spread. A nurse was employed to see
that every restaurant employe washed
his hands at morning, noon and after
each absence during the day. The nurse
saw that the hand washing was thor
oughly done.
To make certain that there were no
carriers of typhoid among the cooks
and waiters each waa given a Widal
examination. One bacillus carrier was
found. She was a woman who was
convalescent from an Illness of several
weeks. Her illness had not been sup
posed to be typhoid, but the laboratory
examinations showed that she had had
typhoid and was a carrier when she re
turned to work.
Infantile Paralysis.
M. W. L. writes: "1. Are there two
kinds of infantile paralysis, one con
tagious and one which Is not?
"2. How long does It take a case to
develop after a child has been exposed?
"3. Under what conditions do other
children not take It and why,
"4. Should children be allowed at
any public gatherings In the small
country towns?
"6. Should a child who lost the use
of its limbs for several days have been
isolated? No case developed from con
tact with the child. The case was the
only one In town and was about eight
weeks agp. But on account of the
present conditions I have thought it
should have been Isolated, but the phy
sician says it was the kind of Infantile
paralysis which is not contagious- lour
opinion will be appreciated."
REPLY.
1. The disease commonly known as in
fantile paralysis is of only one Kind, so far
as quarantine Is concerned.
2. About eight days.
3. The probability is that every person
in contact with a case of infantile paralysis
pets tne organism In his nose. Some of
those who get the organism In the nose
develop typical infantile paralysis, some de
velop mild infections which are diagnosed
variously as bowel attacks, colds, and mild
fevers, while some carry the disease arouud
but do not themselves get sick.
The reason why one person has a severe
Infection, anothc-r a mild one, and a thlro.
an infection without symptoms no one
knows. Tour observation Is correct. The rule
is that the disease seldom paralyses more
than one mamler of a family. The others
either have it ery mildly or else have the
organisms In the nose, but have no symp
toms. 4. Not If Infantile paralysis Is In the
town.
5. Tes. The paralysis might have been due
to another cauee, but this should- only be
decided after very thorough examination.
Including laboratory testing.
Bright' Disease.
Ellen writes: "Am a woman of 43
years. Hands swell night and morning,
especially morning. Feet sometimes
swell. Face a little puffy from lower
part of nose toward corner of mouth.
Heart beats 89 or more per minute.
Occasionally it beats slower and loses a
beat. Kidneys act frequently, but
very slightly. Soon after retiring per
spire very profusely, regardless of tem
perature of the room, and at same time
lower limbs are nervous and Jerky.
Rather wakeful, and rarely go to sleep
until an hour or more after retiring.
"Have taken Horsford's acid phos
phate for nerves, and It seemed benefi
cial. Have taken llthla tablets, with
no perceptible result. Is It harmful to
take the drugs above mentioned on the
same day? What would you recom
mend?" RBPLT.
1. Bright' disease.
2. They will do yon neither rood nor
harm when taken on the same day or on
different days.
S. That you have a careful examination
Including urinalysis.
Worse Than War.
PORTLAND. Sept. 3. (To the Ed
itor.) I see by The Oregonlan (which
I have read for the last 80 years)
where Congressman McArthur in hla
speech In Maine declared the vascillat
Ing policy of the Administration had
cost moro American lives than soldiers
and sailors killed in the late Spanish
American war. Is he correct? Can you
publish the "number killed In each un
pleasantness? This Is the best argu
ment I have heard against "He kept ua
out of war."
CONSTANT READER.
The same statement Is made by
Theodore Roosevelt. The number of
American soldiers lost in the Spanish-
American war, not Including those who
died of disease, was 306. Senator Fall,
in a speech in Congress, asserted that
he has personally verified a list of 267
civilians killed in Mexico, and that
others who had taken more pains and
had bitter opoprtunlties to obtain in
formation, placed the figures at more
than 500. These do not Include losses
of marines at Vera Cruz, or of soldiers
at Cawizal or Parral or other Army
casualties incident to the invasion of
Mexico in pursuit of bandits.
"OLD FOGY" METHOD SUCCESSFUL.
Practitioner Telia of Experience With
Infant Paralysis Epidemics.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Sept. 2. (To
the Editor.) f have been solicited
many timee to publish my experience
In the diagnosis and treatment of mye
litis (infantile paralysis), and menin
gitis. It is often difficult to disting
gulsh one from the other as the patho
logical lesion ia the spinal cor'd In both.
Either may produce paralysis. As stat
ed above, the disease is in the spinal
cord. Hence we should search without
ceasing for the cause, and then the
remedy. For without a knowledge of
the cause, we are only groping In the
dark.
Now for my limited experience with
this dreaded disease and treatment. In
1872, at Hills Ferry, on the San Joa
quin River, California, I treated 62
caees. Not all were infants, but one
third of them were from infancy to 20
years of age. In 1894. I had 12 cases
at Junction City, Oregon, and two at
Cottage Grove, Or.
In the inclplency of the disease. In
a majority of cases, the temperature
Is below normal pulse, rapid oplstholo
mus and pain In the back, with delir
ium and In many cases spasmodic
twitchlngs In the limbs or even a gen
eral convulsion may occur. Walking
soon becomes difficult. A paraplegia
develops in a few hours and the tem
perature will go as high as 104. The
sphincters are disturbed and there is
constipation and Incontinence, etc.
It would be folly for me to attempt
to explain the cause when modern
medical science' Is not able to do so.
However, I have noticed that my ex
perience always has been In a ma
terial district. May It not be possible
that aome Insect, euch as the mos
quito, as In malaria or yellow fever,
or the flea, or the tick, la the spread
ing agent?
My treatment was suggested from the
symptoms as I knew nothing of the
cause. ' Hence I used what would now
be called by the profession old fogy
treatment. Perhaps so. but I lost only
5 per cent of the patients. I gave a
purge of calomel and bicarbonate of
soda In all but the. small infants, blis
tered the spine from the neck all the
way down the spine. The serum or
fluid that came from the blister was
of a yellow, turbid conelstency. I
continued to use the fly blister in al
most every case with good result
I followed up the purge with sulph.
qulnla In large dose with opium to
relieve pain. After a few days I gave
strych. sulph. with chlo. of Gold et so
dium. I am only 80 yearn old and do not
claim to be a medical writer, but my
patients mostly got well. If I had a
case today, I would give the same radi
cal treatment. Fog will seldom extin
guish the flames of a burning building
or bread pills cure myelitis.
W. W. OGLEPBY.
City Health Officer.
BOTH AMENDMENTS DANGEROUS
Blr. Churchill Believes In Letting Good
Prohibition Law Stand.
COMPANY C. U. S. CAMP OF IN
STRUCTONS, American Lake. Wash..
Sept. 2. (To the Editor.) Will you
permit me to express my appreciation
of your editorial. Tuesday, entitled
"Why Change a Good Thing?" In which
you call attention to the successful op
eration of the dry law of Oregon and
question the wisdom of any change. 1
hope you may regard the situation as
so clear that you will feel Justified In
throwing your columns 6trongly be
hind the slogan: "Let the Dry Law
Alone."
Aa you know I am bitterly opposed to
the brewers' amendment, or Colonel
Woods' self-christened "Nursing Moth
ers' bill." I believe It deliberately con
ceived, to undermine the dry law and
as an entering wedgo to disgust the
people and ultimately make the state
wet again. The arguments advanced
for It are shallow and will not stand
analysis.
On the other hand, I consider the ef
fort of the Prohibition party and other
"ultra dry" forces to prevent importa
tion of moderate quantities of liquor
for Individual use to be Ill-timed and
of doubtful wisdom. If I were assured
that nine-tenths of the people would
vote for and support such a measure, I
certainly should favor its immediate
adoption. But I fear that If this car
ries it will be by a small majority and
that a large minority will consider it
an unwarranted attack on their per
sonal right. Such an opposition would
resent enforcement and condone boot
legging. One man with such senti
ments on a Jury nils lie' destroy chances
of convicting and a half dozen failures
to convict, backed by public sentiment,
would make this, or any other law, a
Joke and a nullity.
Kansas, with a law exactly like ours
in all essentials, has always been con
sidered the banner dry state. People
who have lived there say that our Ore
gon law Is better enforced thus far than
that of Kansas even; and that that is
true even In Portland. & much larger
city than any In Kansas. The citizen
ship of Oregon is almost unanimous in
supporting the present law. It unan
imously condemned the Schulze verdict
and thousands who voted wet would
now vote dry.
By all means then let'a let the present
law alone, at least for the present. It
Is a success, and supported by public
sentiment. While the committee of
one hundred has ceased to exist. I
know I speak for some of them at least
as individuals as for myself. In asking
that you strongly urge that the present
law tie left alone.
ARTHUR M. CHURCHILL.
Northwestern Bank Building, Port
land, Or.
SQUEALS. MEAN THEY ARE ITUUT.
Excitement of Democratic Newspaper
and Writers Encourages Republicans.
PORTLAND, Sept. 8. (To the Edi
tor.) It Is certainly going to be
Hughes. The signs are forming fast,
crystallizing as It were.
When the "noun" dog'1 begins to yelp,
and the purity Journal gets all excited,
and the character assassinating News
shows sign8 of being stepped on, the
indications are that somebody Is being
hurt.
This rot about the Progressives or
ganizing for Wilson and flushes and
sending cold chills down the spines of
the spineless; the eminent writers rush
ing into print lambasting everything
and everybody that Is Republican, and
the pork barrel being unloosed for
paid "ads" for eminent Jurists crying,
"Answer, Mr. Hughes, answer. What
would you do?" Glory, don't It look
good?
The only hope the peaceful waiting
bunch had on earth wae that the Re
publicans and Progressives would split
wide open. Now comes the finish of
the much-touted revolt In California:
Johnson nominated for Senator, Booth
congratulates- and pledges support;
Hughes refrained from embarrassing
either candidate and Johnson wisely ac
cepted the Hughes situation, and both
extend courtesies by wire. Thus an
other gas-bag Is winded.
There may be a few Jerry Rusk's,
highly ffended because their saga
cious virtues are not organized. but
these carplngs are the signs of the
times. C. W. STULTS.
Flectrical Storm Fires Forest.
COVE, Or.. Sept. 3. (Fpeeial.) Fire
started at the head of Clarke's Creek
in Minam National Forest, during the
electrical storm of Thursday night, the
31st, and already Is spreading over
three to four sections, despite the
strenuous efforts of one of the most
efficient forces of firefighters in the
Forestry Service In the state. V. D.
Foreman, -of Grande Ronde District
No. 3. -rode in from Mount Fanny sta
tion this morning, and engaged addi
tional men-
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan September 4. 1S91.
The matter of increasing the pay of
the City Councilmen and Mayor is
creating considerable discussion and
many are opposed to the schedule
now up.
At a meeting of business men and
others interested in maritime matters
last night It was decided Oregon should
have the Naval Reserve which has beeir
so much talked of of late.
Fire at The Dalles September 2 de
stroyed 17 or 18 blocks of valuable
property and threw the town into the
wildest excitement.. The loss Is put at
more than $530,000.
Colonel J. M. Wood, architect of the
Marquam Grand Opera-House, Is at the
Portland.
Harold Gilbert, son of W. B. Gilbert,
and Hosmer Arnold, son of E. K.
Arnold, have left for the East to enter
Phillips Exeter Academy.
Major and Mrs. B. B. Tuttle have re
turned to the city after an absence of
six months.
A. Marshall, one of the oldest resi
dents cf Albany, was thrown from a.
load of hay the other day and severely
Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. TV. W. Terry. Mr. and
Mrs. A J. McMasters and Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Minor have returned from an out
ing on Mount Hood.
The revolution In Chill Is ended and
a form of government seems to have
been restored.
naif a Century Ago.
From The Oregonlan September 4, ISM.
Ve were glad to meet our friend
Joseph Buchtel, on the street yester
day, after a few days' confinement oc
casioned by spraining his right ankle,
when making the only "home run" ac
complished at the match game of ball,
played In East Portland on Friday
evening. The casualty did not Inter
rupt his business, as Mr. Poliearpo at
tends to the picture department.
On the Fourth of July last, while en
route for Portland from Oregon City,
the Washington Guards, of this city,
lost overboard an artillery drum It is
understood that the drum was picked
up by some person, and we are author
ized to say that the finder will be suit
ably rewarded by leaving the same at
the Armory of the company, on Wash
ington street in this city.
A company of ladles, with an "Order
ly" made an excursion on horseback,
some ten miles north of Vancouver, on
Saturday last. Everything progressed
finely until In passing through woods
where Bruin was seen sitting on a log
growling defiance. The horse of the
orderly slipped from under him and put
off at the rate of 2:40 until out of sight.
The lay who marshaled the company
gave her charger to the orderly, and he
proceeded ater the missing animal.
Seward, ln" correspondence with a
lawyer, of Nashville, says that this
Government can do really nothing to
protect its naturalized citizens from
military conscription In the countries
of their birth.
The Johnson meeting held in Mead
ville. Pa., on the 27th of July, was a
failure, says the Journal, of that town.
Resolutions indorsing the President
were voted down and the most radical
resolutions were adopted.
WOMAN WniTER MAKES REPLY
Any . Indulgence Ulunts Finer Percep
tions, Snys 3lrs. Albln.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 1. (To the Edi
tor.) In a letter to The Oregonlan J.
Gallbralth holds that the condemna
tion of drink and its effects is the
ideal attitude of "our splendid Ameri
can womanhood." but that surh an at
titude is impractical in a world of
men, and that our sons will be taught
to remember mother's teachings an-l
"opinions" with amused tolerance. It
is scant encouragement for a mother to
be told that her effort to give her son.
a moral training will be set at naught
in this world of men with the super
cilious statement that "mother is a
woman and doesn't know." He speaks
of the vice of Impartiality." It Is indeed
a vice insofar as it is made synony
mous with sitting on the fence, vacil
lating of mind, or as being neither hot
nor cold, but Just lukewarm, either of
which terms indicates mediocrity.
From his letter we learn that h
favors the hypocritical double moral
standard. That which is an ideal mor
al standard for a woman Is also an
Ideal moral standard for a man. In
other words, "that which is sauce for
the goose Is sauce for the gander."
The physical body of humanity of
either sex, and regardless of consti
tution or occupation, is composed of
Identically the same kind of matter.
Anything which has a disintegrating
effect on this matter differs In effect
only as to quantity. That is, the re
sult comes sooner in some instance-
than others, with lesser application of
the destructive substance, or in less
time, yet the effect is Identical. An
athlete who imbibes in moderation may
withstand the apparent results for a
time, but the very nature of his activi
ties aid him in throwing off the physi
cal effects of the poison; It Is also
true that his unnatural activity de
mands artificial stimulant. Thus he
develops muscle at the expense of men
tality. Mr. Gallbralth quotes a list of "au
thorities'" who favor moderate Indulg
ence. Just what is an authoritative
statement. As a physician the corre
spondent must know that to be authori
tative a statement must be based on
scientific demonstration. What, then.
Is scientific demonstration? The re
sults of the application of a principle
or substance or element on another
element. In this Instance the result of
application of alcohol In the human
organism. We have had. and continue
to have ample opportunity to observe
Its destructive and disintegrating ef
fect on the physical and social or
ganism; and through such observations
we recognize its degenerating influ
ence on the mental, moral and spiritual
man. We have demonstrated to our
selves Its nnnihilatlnir effect on con
structive thought. Thus the writer'
"personal opinions" contain the ele
ments of authority, while the "author
ity" her opponent quotes are based on
personal preference, or just opinions.
It Is to be hoped also that by th
time the next generation is ready to
enter the colleges of our country they
will have something more inspiring
to offer in the way of traditions, some
thing more worthy than athletic beer
parties.
Out of two evils the lesser Is. of
course, more desirable. As between
whisky and beer, beer is the lesser
evil. But why nny evil at nil? Be
cause Germany used beer to the exclusion-
of stronger alcoholic liquor and
has thereby been enabled to maintain
a better physical standard through a
longer period than some other nations
using more alcoholic beverages, how
does that prove that Germany would
not have progressed at nn equal or
faster rate If she hnd eliminated beer
also?
Any Indulgence blunts the finer per
ceptions, and so much more so when
the Indulgence consists in so destruc
tive a principle as alcohol or alcohollo
beverages. Anything Is indulgence for
which there Is no constructive neces
sity. For the interest of all humanity,
then, let us make the world free from
alcohol. In drinking form, or in any
form that destroys.
MRS. M. A. AL.BIN.
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