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PORTIAXD, SATURDAY, SEPT. B8, 1916.
TRAVELING IN A CIRCLE.
Vllla'3 exploit at Chihuahua should
bring home to every person the fact
that in endeavoring to settle their dis
putes and to arrange for joint protec
tion of the border both President Wil
son and General Carranza are travel
ing in a circle. Their aim is suppres
sion of banditry, but the closer they
come to an agreement the more they
Inflame that Ignorant, gringo-hating,
Mexican jingoism on which banditry,
as represented by Villa, feeds. In or
der to keep down these flames of
Jingoism, Carrarrea Insists that the
bandit hunt In Mexico be entrusted en
tirely to Mexican troops. Of late he
has had his way, and the result is the
display of Impotence made by his
Generals at Chihuahua and the deser
tion of 1000 to 1500 of his men to
Villa.
The bandit chief remains uncap
tured and unsubdued, because Car
ranza cannot and Wilson dare not
adopt the only possible means of cap
turing him. Carranza's troops soon
weary of pursuit or melt away by de
sertion to Villa's ranks. Carranza
dare not give the American troops
free play to run down the outlaws
lest his army turn against him, join
Villa and depose the first chief. Wil
son dare not order pursuit without
regard to Carranza's objections, for
he knows that means armed resistance
by Carranza, which means war with
all Mexico. That outcome would cause
evaporation as hot air of the campaign
slogan, "He kept us out of war."
Every movement of Mr. Wilson since
the Columbus raid seems to have been
prompted by a desire to make good on
this slogan. When the use of the
railroads was denied to General Per
shing's army, Mr. Wilson meekly sub
mitted. When American troops were
led Into a trap and attacked at Par
ral, no reprisals were taken. When
Carranza on May 22 demanded with
drawal of American troops and when
General Trevino later gave warning
that any of these troops which moved
In any direction but northward would
be attacked, Mr. .Wilson seemed to
abandon his docile attitude. He mo
bilized the National Guard on June
18 and on June Zu sent a message to
Carranza citing a long category of
wrongs done by Carranza's as well as
Villa's forces and threatening "the
gravest consequences" if the threat to
attack American troops should be car
ried out. But on the next day Amer
ican troops were attacked at Carrizal
and Mr. Wilson contented himself
with a demand for the release of
American prisoners and their equip
ment, for delivery of the bodies of
soldiers killed in the battle and with
an inquiry as to "the course of action"
on which Carranza had determined.
To any ordinary mind Carranza's In
tentions would be plainly conveyed by
the Carrizal affair and the time would
appear to have come for Mr. Wilson
to determine on his own course of
action, not to Inquire as to Carranza's.
The very thing had happened which.
he had said, would lead to the gravest
consequences, but what has he done?
He has complied with Trevino's de
mand so far as to move no troops east,
west or south in Mexico; he has kept
the National Guard on the border; and
he has entered upon negotiations for
joint border protection and for with
drawal of American troops from Mex
ico with the very man whose troops
he accused on June 20 of treacherous
and murderous attacks on American
towns and American troops an of
fense which was repeated the day after
the accusation was made.
Both Wilson and Carranza are at
tempting to reconcile positions which
der against raids and thus afford even
colorable justification for withdrawal
of United States troops from Mexico
Unless he adds such strength to Villa
that the latter may renew his ravages
.en a larger scale and that Carranza's
' power to destroy ihe Villa bands would
itself be destroyed. Wilson cannot
maintain border security unless he
sends troops into Mexico in pursuit of
the raiders, regardless of Carranza's
objections and In defiance of the lat
ter"s armed resistance. If he should
take that course, the falsity of his
"kept-us-out-of-the-war" slogan will
be proved beyond denial. Villa makes
the problem Insoluble for both of
them.
HOME-MADE BREAD.
Increasing price of the loaf of brpad
fcives point to a propaganda to pop
ularize culinary accomplishments once
more. There was a day when every
iiuiisewiis wno vaiuea tne good opin
ion of her neighbors took especial
pride In the quality of her baking.
Middle-aged people can remember the
time when in most parts of the coun-"
try constant resort to "baker's bread"
was looked upon as a kind of shift-
ICBDllVSa. XL WO.E UUUglll. liTSt lO H CI P
out In the pinches, and then to a
greater and greater extent until now
a large proportion of city-dwelling
families know "home-made bread"
only because the bakers have taken
to making an excellent article resem
bling it. Stiil. it Is to be doubted that
can have quite the taste of the loaf
that mother used to make.
The change has been the result of
Improved conditions in bakeries, which
have overcome the old-time prejudice
asrainst them: of the rhsn rrprl wn.
nomlc status of women, so many of
whom are now employed outside the
home, and partly of a certain tendency
of the times to take the "easiest way"
In everything. Some mothers do not
teacn tneir aaugnters to bake because
It is too much trouble to have them
around the kitchen, and other mothers
' are determined that the girls shall be
protected against the hard lot" of
the women of a past generation. It is
tha fashion, in soma q.uarters tat com
plain about -every little difficulty In
stead of going ahead and overcoming
it. People who have no particular
longing for a life of ease on their own
account quite unaccountably seem
bent on preventing their children from
obtaining the discipline of labor. So,
not wholly; but to a larger extent
than it ought to be true, a good many
domestic accomplishments in which
pride once was taken have been suf
fered to languish or die.
Whether it is economy, to bake bread
at home is a question governed by so
many- considerations that each must
answer the question for herself. The
housewife knows how much she pays
for flour and she can ascertain how
many loaves there are in a barrel of
the raw product. The time consumed
is a proper charge against the bread
or not, depending upon how the house
wife feels about it and upon whether
she would be earning other money If
not so engaged. Fuel is a variable
Item, and it makes some difference
whether a fire is built for the ex
clusive purpose of doing the baking
or whether it is used at the same time
for other purposes. These, as has been
said, are for the individual to deter
mine, and are quite apart from the
satisfaction of eating an excellent ar
ticle that has been made at honw.
Some observers say that the old-time
pride In cookery is dying out.
FOUR TEARS MO RET
The higher cost of living is a pain
ful and undeniable fact. The Demo
crats, who promised in 1912 to reduce
it, say it is all due to the war.
The general spread of prosperity
throughout the East and Middle West
is an agreeable and obvious fact. The
Democrats, who promised in 1912 to
sustain prosperity, say the war has
nothing to do with it.
We have been "kept out of wax!':
but we have not escaped the conse
quences of war. The higher living
cost is one of them; the war-made
prosperity is another.
On the Pacific Coast we know to our
sorrow what the advance in prices in
all living commodities means. But,
except in a few articles, such as wheat
and wool, there Is no benefit from
the war.
Let us have a demonstration as to
what the Underwood tariff has done
for Oregon and Washington; or any
economic or remedial measure of the
present Administration.
Has It filled the coffers of the pro
ducer? Or the pockets of the work
ingman? Or the till of the trades
man? "
What prospect of fair profits or
good wages does four years more of
the Wilson Administration hold out
for anyone?
PITILESS rrnt-iciTT.
The facts are the railroads dare not go
before the Interstate Commerce Commission
with their hooks and ask for Increased rates
and The Oregonian knows It. And that Is
the reason why Ripley and other railroad
presidents oppose the eight-hour law. lien
ton County Courier.
Much can be said for the so-called
eight-hour law and much can be said
against the contention of the railroads
in the wage and rate and other Issues
which have In recent years brought
their affairs prominently before the
country. But there is no sort of ex
cuse for reckless and Impudent mis
statement, such as this pestiferous lit
tle socialist paper at Corvallls makes
in this instance as in others. The
Oregonian notices it because it Is typ
ical of the kind of mind that controls
such papers as the Courier.
The railroads went before the Inter
state Commerce Commission with
their books, something over two years
ago, and asked for increased rates.
The petition was denied. They went
again later, and it was granted In
part.
The railroads of the United States
have installed a uniform system of
accounting, under the provisions of
the Hepburn law, which makes their
financial operations at all times ac
cessible to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The dark ages of rail
road operation have passed. The era
of pitiless publicity is here.
THE SCHOOL AS A JOB FACTORY.
If the teachers' tenure of position
law Is as construed by Judge Ganten
bein it is bad law. The ruling in the
nder is that the
School Board has no right to transfer
a teacher from one position to an
other position of an Inferior grade
without cause.
,"Cause" as herein used . can only
mean some overt act or omission of
detriment to proper conduct of the
schools. There can be no such thing
as trial in a higher position of one
whose work has seemed to indicate
adaptability to the more advanced
post. There are intangible but none
the less important elements of ineffi
ciency that cannot be proved as cause
for transfer. They exist not alone in
educational but in every kind of ad
vanced employment. Once promoted
the teacher is permanently placed, un
der the Oregon law. If the teacher
does not make good the schools must
suffer.
If promotions are to be permanent
then .there should be a probationary
period as there is preceding original
permanent employment as teachers.
The law, as construed,1 ignores the real
purpose of the schools, which Is to
educate the young, not to furnish jobs
for Instructors. It is, moreover, ap
parently framed on the theory that
all School Boards are controlled by
prejudice, whim or politics.
If there is reason for such a law
there is small reason for a School
Board. Promotions may as well be
made automatic and appointments to
vacancies be filled in the order of ap.
plication.
THE WORLD SERIES.
Although Indications point to a
world's baseball series between the
Boston Americans and the Brooklyn
Nationals, these clubs by no means
have clinched their respective pennant
struggles. The contests in both leagues
this year have been remarkable. With
less than a fortnight to go, three clubs
Boston, Chicago and Detroit- have
a chance to win the American League
championship, while Brooklyn, Phila
delphla and Boston are still In the
rumiing for the National burgee.
The American League champion
ship race reminds veteran fans of the
terrific struggle In that league in 1908
perhaps the greatest ever staged. In
baseball. On September 2 3, Cleve
land's team stood two or three games
ahead of its nearest competitor. Two
defeats at home while Detroit was
beating the weak Athletics cut down
this lead to one-half game. This was
swallowed September 27, when Detroit
beat Philadelphia while Cleveland was
resting, and Detroit gained the fore
by a margin of .001.
The season closed October 8, and
when that fateful day dawned the
fans found Detroit opposed to the Chi
cago Sox in Chicago with the pennant
hinging on the outcome. If Detroit
woo. tha pennan,t was, Detroit's, IX
Chicago won, the pennant belonged to
Chicago.
Bill Donovan, now manager of the
New York Americans, sent Chicago
down to defeat with a two-"hit game,
and Detroit won the pennant. The
margin between the leaders was so
slight that Chicago slipped iback to
third position, Cleveland taking second
place.
The American League race this Fall
closes October 4 and the National
League October 6, so the world's se
ries likely will begin October 7, or
perhaps October 8. Baseball has eYi
joyed a most prosperous financial sea
son in the East this year. The usual
series throngs and ticket scandals may,
therefore, be expected.
KCSSIA TO ABOLISH THE PALE.
Russia's reported determination to
abolish the pale Is a not unexpected
result of her recent wider participa
tion In world's affairs. The bill to
extend the rights of Jews throughout
the empire, which will be pressed be
fore the Duma, now has the support
of the more enlightened members of
the Government and it Is expected
to pass. The w.r has done this much,
at least, for Russia, In Impressing
upon her the necessity for a broad
vision in domestic matters if she is
to take a truly important place In
international affairs; for Russia not
only has come in contact with strong
nations by fighting against them; her
allies, too, are excellent examples for
her to follow. In some respects. Many
millions of Russians are absorbing the
spirit of brotherhood in its larger
sense. Soldiers to whom existence of
any world outside of Russia was hard
ly a reality a short while ago have
been developed by their new experi
ences. They now constitute much
better material for a regenerated Rus
sia than they did before the beginning
of the war. V
Russia has long been handicapped
by an almost fatalistic belief in her
own self-sufficiency; by the prevail
ing opinion that if a thing were not
Russian it could not be desirable. This
was the feeling in Japan for long cen
turies, and Japan did not progress un
til the way had been opened for the
exchange of ideas with other nations.
The benefits of human intercourse
have been well exemplified in Japan's
case. China still labors under the
disadvantage of the closed mind. Cer
tain countries of South America have
been held back in the march of prog
ress In the same way. With nations
as with individuals, those who'assume
superiority and refuse to learn are
doomed to stagnate.
Proposal to extend a greater meas
ure of Justice to the Jews of Russia
results from two main incidents. The
visit to America of Count Witte was
important, for that statesman was
able to see for himself what could be
accomplished by the Russian Jew in
a free atmosphere. Previously the
Russian government had assumed that
its Jewish population was a menace to
the nation; Count Witte found that the
same people were making headway in
the United States and that no cata
clysm had come to pass. - But Russia
was exceedingly conservative, and lit
tle was done as a result of Count
Witte's trip, although public opinion
was appreciably modified. Then came
a tour of the countries of Europe by
a committee appointed to devise ways
to promote union of action among the
allies, both during and after the war,
and it is this committee that has de
cided among other things to intro
duce into the Duma the bill permitting
Jews throughout the empire to live as
do other Russians, subject only to the
same laws and to the same penalties
as other Russian citizens.
Like the small boy whose father
whipped him for his own good, Russia
probably has derived more benefit
from her reverses than from her vic
tories. An invincible Russia could
hardly be expected to offer reforms.
But a good deal has come to pass
since the war broke out to undeceive
the people of that great country and
to show it that numbers alone are
not everything. Some Russians have
been compelled to admit that perhaps
for years they might have been wrong
and if wrong in one assumption of
superiority, why not in another? The
Russian conservative is perhaps the
most conservative man in all the
world; but once the crust has been
broken much is possible,- as is indi
cated by the latest promise of right
ing a great wrong.
HAT AK.XT FLAX DISCREDITED.
Having taken advantage of the
Mexican emergency to give about 100,
000 men of the National Guard ten
weeks of constant training, the Gov.
ernment has recalled some and sent
others in their places, that all may
go through the mill. So far, good
but many Incidents of militia mobili
zation combine, to prove the utter In
capacity of the Hay Army reorganiza
tion plan to provide trained forces of
sufficient strength, or even to provide
enough trained men who might be
organized into such forces. No sooner
was the militia summoned to serve
than excuses were made for discharge
of many men, and, in the absence of
the thrill given by actual war, enthu
slasm was so dampened that by rak
ing Oregon from north to south and
from east to west only a mere handful
of recruits was obtained. When the
returned Guardsmen are called upon
to take the new Federal oath, binding
them to serve three years in the
active force and three years In re
serve, hundred balk, the ranks are
further depleted and some companies
are reduced to mere skeletons.
This is no way to make an army
The Hay plan has failed at the outset.
It has shown the Guard to be com
posed of splendid material, but the
results of mobilization, taken in con
junction with the failure to recruit the
regular Army to full strength, are
the utter condemnation of the volun
tary system as the means of providing
enough trained men to defend the
country. The people are not alive to
the need of training, and will not un
dertake it in sufficient numbers until
actual war proves its necessity. Then
they will begin to do that which
should have been completed already-
fit themselves for military service.
The New Tork Times takes the Re
publican party to task for having first
conceived the idea of forming "a great
political machine on the groundwork
of the organized militia." This is no
occasion for partisan recrimination,
for both parties have been negligent
and have done wrong the little which
they have done. Some Republicans
joined with v the Democrats in passing
the Hay bill and they were able to
put it over because the' people have
only recently awakened to the need of
preparedness and are not yet fully in
formed as to what is necessary. The
onlj special blame attaching to any
person is due to President Wilson for
having dented the Nation's defenseless
condition until popular demand .com
pelled his attention, and to the House
for bavins failed to supply that lead-
ership which Senator Chamberlain
gave in the Senate.
Our last blundering attempt to pro
vide an Army by old methods is added
proof that nothing short of compul
sory training will meet the case. At
much less cost than the Hay law Im
poses we could drill boys while they
attend school, and by the time they
reach manhood we could make them
trained soldiers. That training should
insfire enough Interest in military af
fairs and enough sense of civic duty to
keep the ranks of the regular Army
and of a second-line citizen army full
by voluntary enlistment In peace.
Compulsory service would be neces
sary only in case of actual War, and
In adopting it we should have millions
of men already trained who would re
quire only organization and brief ad
ditional training to fit them for serv
ice. The experience of Switzerland
and Australia proves that the ad
ditional cost would be slight in pro
portion to the added safety of the Na
tion and the added, efficiency of the
Individual.
CHARGES OF EXTERMINATION.
German charges that the allies have
adopted a policy of extermination In
the big drive in the west indicates a
misunderstanding of the methods be
ing employed in the greatest battle of
all the history of the world. Exactly
what is being done Is explained by cor
respondents at the front. The' truth
is not discreditable to the tenacity of
the Germans, nor. It appears, to the
humanity of the attacking armies, if
it be admitted that killing the enemy
in action is an essential object of war.
When the French and British ar
mies attack, after the usual artillery
preparation, it appears that they fre
quently find themselves able to sweep
through the trenches captured in the
first rush and on to territory beyond.
But the Germans, with their usual
thoroughness of preparation, have dug
practically indestructible recesses, in
which ammunition and machine guns
have been stored and these are manned
by volunteers Inspired by the re
solve to die in the effort to Inflict the
greatest possible losses on the enemy.
Thus, when the attackers have been
carried by their zeal beyond the lines
they seem to have captured, the hid
den defenders emerge from their hiding
places and the attacking parties are
caught in the rear. After a few ex
periences of this kind, the command
ers of the allies naturally took precau
tions, and squads were detailed to re
main behind and "clear the trenches"
with grenades and bayonets of every
vestige of a foe. It is these parties.
with their naturally drastic methods.
that have won the name of extermi
nators.
The essential cruelty of warfare Is
not-to be denied; yet it appears in the
Instances mentioned that neither side
has gone beyond the rules of the fight
ing. There Is no contention that the
defenders who remain behind have
surrendered; on the contrary, their
purpose is not to surrender while
there remains a chance to inflict any
losses on the enemy. This being true,
it Is the legitimate right in war of
the opposing side to kill. The brave
men who volunteer for the service do
so with little or no expectation of sur-
-viving. It Is part of the fortunes of
was.
The farmer still stands out as our
most thrifty citizen. Investigation
shows that while others are guilty of
various extravagances that undoubt
edly play their part in increasing the
cost of living of the whole people, the
tiller of the soli has thus far resisted
most-blandishments except that of the
automobile. Sales of automobiles.
however, show their greatest relative
recent gains In farming communities.
The tendency to borrow money with
which to buy luxuries, which has been
noted in cities, is not observed in the
farming districts, for it is said that
the number of . farm mortgages is
about the Bame as in previous years,
while at the same time there are more
purchasers of them. Farmers have
demonstrated that time la money and
have , made the automobile save them
time enough to pay for the cost of up
keep, while at the same time It has
added to the pleasures of country life
and is expected to be an Influence In
keeping the young folks on the farm,
It Is now up to Germany to improve
on the British tank cars, as the Brit
l6h and French have Improved on the
German big guns and aeroplanes. v The
advantage or each new Invention ac.
crues to a nation -only until Its an.
tagonlst adopts and improves upon the
idea. After all, the tank car Is simply
the adaptation of the Idea of the
wooden horse with which the Greeks
assailed Troy to modern inventions in
motive power, armor and guns.
County Superintendent Hamilton, of
Harney, is a believer in practical
methods. He has ordered the schools
of the entire county closed duping the
week of the county fair at Burns, that
scholars may attend with their par
ents. Agriculture Is In the curriculum.
and those lucky children will see some
great results of work In the big county.
The Elmlra girls made the best
biscuits in the cooking contest at the
Lane County Fair, but the Marcola
girls had the highest average. Is it
necessary to say. more to the young
man whose thoughts wander Into a
future state?
One warhorse, the Honorable Mil
ton Miller, seems to be Old Serenity
himself in the wrangle over control of
Democratic campaign money.
There will be a pony at the State
Fair only "8 inches high and weighing
35 pounds. He's a regular little
eohlppus.
The Authors' League objects to
union with organized labor, and the
latter probably will not give a rap.
This is said to be a poor season for
hunters and it may be true. Fatal
ities, even, are negligible.
When the Kaiser visits the fronts
his movements are not recorded
the "personal" colnmn.
In
Feed the pullets, though grain is
high. Predictions are made of dollar
eggs this Winter.
Nothing but bad weather will pre
vent the State Fair from becoming a
record-breaker.
. Occasionally a comic" Is furmy
enough to get a laugh out of a tired
man.
If Great Britain were not busy, no
more Britons would be killed in Mex
ico. A contract marriage certificate is
something to show to the folks.
King George should come to Peq
dletoa and learn, tat rida.
SI.VGLB TAX BILL IS DEXOOCED
Oregta Gruges ana Commercial Bodies
Adopt Strong; Resolutions.
PORTLAND. Sent. 22. (To the Ed-
Itor.Xs It is gratifying to note the in
terest being taken throughout the
state In the "people's grab and loot
law." especially by the granges and
commercial bodies. Within the last
few days a large number of organiza
tions, have passed the following reso
lution: Whereas, the so-called people's land and
loan law. If adopted by popular vote In
November, would become -part of the con-
atitutlon of Oregon, and v
Whereas. It would make all larmownera
and homeowners mere tenants of the state.
possessed of empty titles and burdsnea
with the obfisation of saying; each year the
full rental value ot their lands Into the pub
lic treasury, and
Whereas, by Its provisions lor loaning
$1300 cash without Interest for five years to
anyone who, with his family, has failed to
accumulate property of the total value of
$2250, It penalises thrift and puts a premium
upon snirtlessnesa ana extravagance at tax
payers' expense; therefore, be It
Kesolved. That we urge our membership
and all other Intelligent eitlsens to give at
tention to the revolutionary proposals of this
radical measure so it may be voted jown
by so large majority that the promoters
of this single tax legislation may be brought
to realize the futility of encumbering the
ballot with their visionary, but dangerous
schemes at every general election.
Not only has the foregoing resolu
tion been discusssed and passed, but
in addition to taking action one or
ganization, the Carlton Board of Trade,
has had it printed and is distributing;
it by the hundred among the farmers
and townspeople of their part of Yam
hill County.
To cap the climax, the Vale Chamber
of Commerce has adopted a resolution
the terms of which are so clear and
forceful that it should be read by
everyone and taken to heart by all who
desire to have Oregon continue to
flourish and develop. The resolution
reads:
Whereas, the single tax promoters and the
anarchistic clement of the state of Oregon
have combined to enlist votes under tne
standard of single tax and force an amend
ment to Ihe Oregon constitution which will
result In complete abolishment of private
ownership of land, elevating the state into
a istia monopoly demanding all profits from
production as. a tax; and
Whereas, the people of the state are not
yet ready totally to disrupt their govern
ment, or to dispossess themselves of property
earned by years of hard labor and Intelli
gent management, turning the full rental
value thereof over to those who have been
unable to advance their own material inter
eses; and
Whereas, the time has now arrived when
It Is advisable to put an end to freak legis
lation, ana to rebuke the use of the Initia
tive power, for selfish ends, for the rreatinn
of turmoil and expense, as well as publicly
to renuite trouoiemakers or busybodies of
whatever party or ciass; and
Whereas, the people of Oregon are not In
favor of putting a premium on shlftless-
ness, extravagance. Idleness or Indifference,
and desire every citizen to have an equal
opportunity to provide for the present wants
ana ruture Happiness and comfort of their
families; therefore, be It
Resolved, That the Vale Chamber of Com
merce will urge upon Its membership end
all citizens of Malheur County with whom
they conic In contact to discuss publicly and
privately the proposed destructive amend
ment to the end that all electors shall thor-
oustniy understand Its evil Intent, Its Insid
ious bid for votes from the thriftless; Its
attack upon private ownershln. its imme
diate introduction of single tsx. In order that
tne electorate ot Malheur County may over
whelmingly express Its distaste and objec
tion to class legislation, visionary schemes
and dangerous meddling with Intricate gov
ernmental affairs without prior examina
tion and consideration. Leo H. Schmidt,
president; John Rlgby, corresponding secre
tary. There's philosophy as well as sound
sense In the foregoing.
. C. C CHAPMAN.
IT IS EVOLUTIOX OF INDUSTRY
Writer So Depicts Collective Owner
ship of Tooli of Production.
PORTLAND, Sept- 22 (To the Edi
tor.) The human race in Its onward
and upward march from aavazerv
tnrougn DarDansm to civilization did
one great thing that changed the whole
taDric or society, cleft the race in
twain, destroyed equality and paved
tne way lor many a future catastrophe
as well as laid the foundation for
future progress, refinement and hap
piness. This great act of the human
racp was the invention, the ushering- in
upon the stage of history of the iron
tool or production. Then did woman.
owing to her physical inability to wield
that heavy, awkward tool fall from
her high place, all the weaker in the
male sex falling with her. Thus did
the classes arise in society and in
equality usurp the place of equality,
It Was partly through instinct and
partly through necessity that the. hu
man race permitted this thing to hap
pen. The classes and competition were
necessary to develop that awkward
cumbersome tool of that day Into the
gigantic tool of today requiring only
the pulling of a lever or the pressing
or a Dutton ror its operation..
But as this Iron tool Is still being
devoloped and Improved competition be
comes keener and strife and war upon
a vaster and more deadly scalo than
ever before Is tha logical result
Then seeing that the demons of
slaughter, of poverty, crime and sufi
ferlng are ever seeking wider fields of
action; devastating whole countries and
destroying happiness with a greater
fury than ever before seeing all this
and more and knowing that it is as
unnecessary as it is undesirable and
detrimental to the human family is it
any wonder that some people lose faith
in human reason and Intelligence and
conclude that "the world is going
mad?"
But nothing of the kind Is happening.
The world was never saner than It is
at the present moment. Tho whole
trouble lies in the fact that the people
do not as yrt understand evolution well
enough to take her by the hand and
then hand In hand with evolution rise
to higher and higher levels of civiliza
tion. Evolution is a blind but irresist
able force in which we figure aa the
principal factors though lacking the
power to direct this force that Is in
part our own creation.
The iron tool has. however, carried
man forward and upward. That tool
found the human race living in equality
but it was. equality in poverty. It
promptly destroyed that equality and
increased the poverty, but it has swept
man irresistibly onward and upward to
the point where It is possible to have
quality once more, not equality in
poverty but equality in abundance
without arduous toil. The Instinct of
the human race Is for equality. The
collective ownership of the tool of
production (co-operation) is the only
remedy for all our social Ills.
PATRICK OHALLORAN.
LET CONGRESS ADOPT ALB EE PLAN
Relief for Hard-Preased Avtn Owners
Everywhere Is Suggested.
PORTLAND, Sept. 21. (To the Ed
itor.) I had long wondered why some
"wise man from the East" didn't rise
up and solve this perplexing problem
of maintaining an automobile, and I
am proud to know that the honor of
solving this heart-breaking problem
has fallen to our own good and wise
Mayor.
Now that Mr. Albee has found a
way for city . employes to maintain
their own cars, let us send him to Con
gress that he may Induce the United
States Government to endow each and
everyone of the 5.000,000 car owners In
this country with the modest sum of
$10 a month. The Government can
stand a mere bagatelle like $600,000,
000 a year quite as well as the city of
Portland can afford $10,000 a year,
which Is what It will cost the city
under the Mayor's plan to give each
car-owning employe of the city $10 a
month for upkeep.
How long are we to have this sort
of incompetence In our government in
Oregon T Are we never to get back to
the rational thing in government?
R- L. REMINGTON.
128 East Twenty-second street North.
TWO ROAD TYPES OS OXE GRADE.
Concrete Strip for Anioi, Macadam for
Teams Give Satisfaction.
OSWEGO. Or., Sept. 22. (To the Edi
tor.) Not long ago I traveled south
across the state of Oregon, then east
to Klamath Falls. Crater Lake' and
Bend, and returned by way of The
Danes ana Columbia Highway to Port
land. I took this trip in niyautomo-
olle.
After I left Ashland, passlntr over
the SUklyou Mountains, for a short dis
tance there was a concrete roadway
eight feet wide. This concrete was on
the hillside; on the other side was ma
cadam. The horses and wagons were
using the macadam and the automo
bile were using the concrete. The con
crete was placed on the side of the
road which waa solid: the other si.le
toward the edge had the loose dirt or
new fill.
I talked to the people uslna: this
road, and they seemed to be very well
pleased with this arrangement. Where
a road Is used by trucks, automobiles
and horse traffic, and the authorities
do not feel they have money enough, to
build a 16-foot roadway, it appears to
me that it would be wise to build a
narrow roadway from eight to 10 feet
and piece it out with macadam.
We have completed an Improvement
on Front street In Oswego costing
about 1(000, which has Just Ujeen
opened. On the north end there Is
about 400 feet of concrete 10 feet wide.
We Invite the people of Portland Inter'
ested in goxl roads to come up on these
beautiful Fall days and Inspect the
new work. If they have time they can
turn at the right at Fulton, go up the
hill between the cemeteries, take the
Boone'a Ferry road, and seven miles
out you will find a sign on the left
hand side of the road, not very plain,
facing the wrong way to parties from
Portland, which says: "Oswego two
miles, Portland seven miles." Turn
sharp to the left.
If you have time you might take a
look at the new granite fountain in
front of the schoolhouse recently pre
sented by Mr. Smith in memory of hia
late wife, Laura Kvans Smith. It is
attractive and shows the spirit of the
people of the town.
On your return trip It Is possible the
county authorities will allow you to
travel over the new road which elimi
nates Elk Rock from the Pacific High
way. We Invite you to see the Improve
ments, the new street, the new foun
tain and the new tmrrovement around
Elk Rock. ; A. KIXG WILSON.
Mayor.
Mr. Protsman Replies.
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 22 (To the
Editor.) I had not intended making
further comment upon the Maine elec
tlon. feeling that the analyst of expert
ence would readily appreciate the
premises upon which I made my fore
cast, but as Mr. Moores has kindly
offered me the opportunity I will, as
soon as The Oregonian gives us the
full vote, furnish the facts which were
in my mind when I made my state
ment. I will suggest, for his benefit, that
the veteran campaigner does not ac
cent, or rplv linnn flnnrKHio rnnH 1 1 i c
or conditions in making estimate of
hopes, or his fears, in the forming of
plans and preparations for the strenu
ous battle of a National campaign.
This reminds me of an article by Mr.
Moores in The Oregonian about two
years ago upon depressions, etc. If he
will please father it again in The Ore
gonian I will agree to show that each
separate statement therein was based
either upon misinformation or lack of
information.
EUGENE C. PROTZMAN.
Still m Citizen.
CARLTOX. Or.. Sept. 20. (To the Ed
itor.) A woman born in Austria, came
to the united states to live, later mar
ries a naturalized citizen from her own
country; raises a large family, all re
siding in this country continually, but
later Is divorced. Does this take away
her right to citizenship? If bo. what
course should she take, to become a
citizen? PERPLEXED.
Acquirement by a foreign-born wom
an of citizenship by marriage stands in
the place of naturalization, and makes
her a citizen to all intents, and not
merely a person who Is deemed to be a
citizen during the continuance of the
marrtaee relation.
A Nickel to Any News Dealer
Buys
The Sunday Oregonian
A Complete Course in Current Events
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CARTOONIST If royalty finds time to rapa
at lesser thing3, amid the roar of the gTeat war, surely the satir
ical shafts of the cartoonists must have pierced many a pedigreed
hide. In the Sunday maprazine of The Oregonian are reproduced
the caricatures that European journals fling at the foe, with an
article on the origin of each.
PERSONALITY EXPRESSED BY IIAIR The rebellion against
accepted modes of coiffure is rampant, eaya Barbara Craydon,
writing in the Sunday magazine. To express individuality by the
wave of a curl, or the clasp of a tendril, is the game in many a
boudoir before the charmer goes forth to conquest. Hence tha
flustration of good Dame Fashion, whose edicts in this respect
are totally disregarded. With illustrations of the hair-dressing
styles adopted by famous beauties.
BEAUTY, BABY AND THE HERO The Btory of a strange tangle in
the English peerage, whereby the captured paladin of Kut-el-Amara
may lose the marquisate, is told in the Sunday magazine
section of The Oregonian. Major-General Charles Townshend
versus the titled infant, little Lord Raynham with the House of
Lords as arbiters in an unprecedented predicament.
TOE SEARCH FOR TnE IDEAL FIGURE Tender your regrets to
Venus de Milo, who is about to be evicted from her pedestal by
modern artistic research. Eleanor Mason, writing in the Sunday
magazine, declares the latter-day sculptors unhesitatingly reject
the ancient ideaL A chat for the dilettante or the uninformed,
with illustrations of the revolution in art.
PEARLS AT REDUCED PRICES Now draws near the day, says
Rene Bache in the Sunday magazine, when every woman may at
tain to her desire and wear real pearls ropes of the many-hued
gems, such as are now reserved, for the favorites of fortune. How
- the Bureau of Fisheries, through its experiments at mussel-breeding,
expects to bring this to pass.
TnE CABIN ON MOUNT HOOD A full-page story in the Sunday
issue, with the scene laid at the summit of Oregon's proudest and
most picturesque peak. How the days are spent at the little
cabin that is the upper outpost of the Forest Reserve service.
Illustrated with photographs.
WHERE THE ILVLIBUT COME FROM Interesting facts and pic
tures of the Oregon halibut banks, where the big fellows are
captured for the fish market.
A FAVORITE PAGE The tonic talks of Herbert Kaufman, philoso
pher of cheer, are read by thousands of The Oregonian's family.
A Sunday feature that is invariably virile.
PORTLAND'S PUBLIC- SCHOOLS th.e weekly page of school news
that enables its elder readers to keep closely in touch with what
the young idea is doing in the classroom and on the athletic field.
A Sunday feature throughout the term.
HOT SPRINGS OF ALASKA Another tantalizing travel yarn from
Alaska, by Frank G. Carpenter, who tells of the boiling water
that breaks through the sheathing of prehistoric ice in the North
land. With illustrations.
A Feature for Every Member of the Family
in
TnE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years A so.
Prom tha Oregonian of Sept. 23, 1S0L
Guthrie, O. T., Sept. 22. -Simultaneous
with the arrival of the hour of
noon, the home-seekers gathered on
the border and made a headlong rush
over the line and Into the coveted
country. The rush was a mad one and
Waa made so by the fact that the num
ber of home-seekers greatly exceeded
the number of quarter-sections avail
able for settlement.
F. A. E. Starr, one of the attorneys
Tor the free bridge commission. In the
suit Instituted by H. D. Winters to
have the proposed Issue of bonds de
clared illegal, says the case will be
taken to the Supreme Court without
delay.
Notwithstanding all the representa
tions and efforts made to secure tha
much-needed extension of room at the
postoffice. and the promise made by
rostmaster-General Wanamaker, while
on his visit to this city, the Depart
ment has done nothing and the trans
action of business In all departments
Is seriously hampered on this account.
The cars of the cable road are being
furnished with pa.tent indicators which
display tho names of all streets
crossed by the line helf a block before
they are reached. This arrangement
will be a great convenience to pas
sengers on dark, rainy nights espe
cially. Guthrie, O. T.. Sept. 12. It is re
ported here by two Indians that they
were passed on the road 14 miles east,
by the Dalton boys. Guards have been
placed around all the banks as It is
feared the desperadoes are planning an
attack.
Montana Divorce Law,
PORTLAND. Sept. 22. (To the Ed
itor.) A woman married in Montana
left her husband and came to Oregon
to live. About two months ago. after
lapse of a year, her husband secured a
divorce in Montana on grounds of de
sertion. If she ehould marry now In
Oregon or Washington. Is it perfectly
legal anywhere except Montana, and
when can she legally marry again ac
cording to laws of that state? If she
should marry now, will It be necessary
to have another ceremony performed,
after legal period in Montana, to make
the marriasre legal in that state also?
If so. would she use name of divorced
husband or of the one married here
in securing license for second ceremony
to second husband? A READER.
Remarriage in Oregon or any other
state of persons divorced in Montana
Is void here, as well as in Montana and
elsewhere. If contracted within the
prohibitory period prescribed by the
Montana law. The one at fault may not
remarry within three years and th'e
one not at fault within two years of
divorce under the Montana law.
When Msrtgage la Outlawed.
PORTLAND, Sept. 22. 1T0 the Ed
itor.) (1) If a mortgage and note,
payable In one year, have not been
paid, how long do the note and mort
gage hold good. If Interest Is paid reg
ularly? (2) When a mortgage has been fore
closed, in what length of time can It
bo redeemed? EL'ESCKIBER
(1) Tha statute of limitations expires
on a note in six years after maturity;
on a mortgage in 10 years. When in
terest, but no "part of the principal, is
paid after maturity. It Is customary
for banks to require a new Instrument
of the debtor before the note or mort
gage is outlawed. There is some con
fusion In court decisions as to whether
interest payments suspend the statute
of limitations.
(2) One year after confirmation of
sale on foreclosure.
License Is Required.
PORTLAND, Sept. 22. (To the Ed
itor.) Please let me know If a man
who lives rn Clackamas County and
buys fruit and sells it in Portland must
have a license? If so, where can he
get it? O. C.
Tes. At the license bureau. City Hall,
Portland.