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TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAJf, TUESDAY. OCTOBER . 3, 1916.
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PORTLAND, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1916.
FROSPEKITY FED WITH" BLOOD.
How completely the present boom
In til foreign trade of tbe United
States, which Is the basis of our pres
ent prosperity", is the artificial product
of war 'is shown by the increase in
exports of the chief commodities used
In or affected by war. This increase
for the fiscal year 1916 over the fiscal
year 1914 the year before the war
Is shown In the following table:
Articles 'Amount.
Aeroplanes and parts of 6.775. 8.
Aluminum and manufactures of 4,542, 3O0
Alcohol 8,717,014
Animals:
Horse .....aa....
Mules
Cattle
Automobiles and parts of
Tt&rhed wire.............
70,142,827
1,736.477
8.82,0e0
lu.stja.oia
Rreadstuffa 270.34,:!41
Brass and articles made from 137,403,568
Cars end railways
Chemicals, drugs and medicines
Copper and manufactures of. .
Cotton manufactures..........
Engines and parts of.. ........
1 5.43. 23
07.2SS.O75
27,728,70
6O,5t-5,S04
19.875.12H
4til,809.731
22,738,876
explosives
India rubber, manufactures of,
including automobile tires...
Iron and steel, manufacture not
included In any of foregoing
Items
Xaeather goods and tanned skins.
Including boots, shoes and
harness
Meat products
Kefined sugar .......
"Wool manufactures ..aa.
Zinc manufactures ..
820,984,028
0,147.554
a23.fii3,7-U2
77.3WI,14
4,193,568
45.4IJU.U48
Total 2, 068,008,537
"Excess In 1916 of exports over year 1914.
The balance of trade in 1916 was
$2,135,775,856, or only $67,766,818
more than the Increase in exports of
war munitions. The balance of Jrade
in 1914 was $435,758,368, or more
than six times that of 1916 after de
ducting the Increase caused by the
war.
So far as the influence of Demo
cratic legislation is' concerned, our
foreign trade has been going back-
" ward. Had not the war intervened,
the balance might have turned posi
tively against us. In April, May and
June, the last three months of the
fiscal year 1914, our Imports exceeded
our exports by $14,215,846. In July,
1914, the excess of imports was $5,
638,344 and in August, the first month
of the war, it swelled to $19,030,382.
Not until September, 1914, when the
first war orders trickled Into this
country. Aid the balance turn in our
favor. The excess of exports has
since grown month by month with al-
most unbroken regularity.
The war brought prosperity to us.
Peace will take it away as suddenly
as it came. Increase of Imports in
1916 was nearly $304,000,000 over
1914. even under war conditions.
When Europe goes back to work, a
much greater increase may be ex-
- pected. undoubtedly accompanied by
a tremendous slump in exports. The
balance of trade is likely to turn de
cidedly against us unless a total
change of policy Is effected by a new
-Administration. The prosperity for
which the Democrats claim credit is
an unhealthy product of war, which
will melt away like snow before the
sun when peace returns. If this coun
try is to continue prosperous, it must
lay a solid foundation in place of that
which is cemented -with the blood of
millions of soldiers and the tears of
millions of women and children.
WHAT THE SOUTH SAID.
The South is traditionally Demo
cratic and for that reason is inclined
to take a favorable view of the acts
of the Wilson Administration. But
the South believes firmly that the
Federal Government should not yield
to threats and dictation from any
quarter. When Mr, Wilson and Con
gress betrayed the principles of ar
bitration and of representative gov
ernment by passing the Adamson rail
road wage law at the dictation of
men representing 400,000 -persons
among a population of 100,000,000,
Southern newspapers heaped denunci
ation on the shameless act. The fol
lowing comment from newspapers in
the South, almost all of them Demo
cratic, shows what the people of that
section think:
Brotherhoods will have reason to regret
arbitrary and arrogant course. Baltimore
Md.) Sun.
Is peace so sweet as to be purchased at the
price or liDertyT .Newport .News (Va.)
Dally Press.
Wilson's Invocation should have been
God help the Republic" Greensboro (X.
C Dally. News.
Most pusillanimous act In history of
American Congress. St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
A pitiful surrender betrayal of public
confidence. Richmond (Va.) Evening. Jour
nal;
Fraught with injustice all the way
through. Staunton (Va.) Dally Leader.
How Cleveland settled It Tampa (Fla.)
Morning Tribune.
Disgraceful act, unparalleled in American
history.. Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union.
Democracy on trial. Charlotte (N. C.)
News.
Made an impossible proposition through
no commendable motive. August (da.)
Chronicle
Under watv-h and pistol. Greenville (S. C.)
News. '
N The humiliation Is complete Chattanooga
(Tenn.) Times.
President was unfair. . . , Arbitration '
Is dead. Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
It is time that a halt was called Green
wood (S. C.) Dally Journal.
A shameless surrender of principle to ex
pediency. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
The public will not soon forget it. Chat
tanooga (Tenn.) Sunday Times.
Are people proud of their lawmakers?
Roanoke (Va.) Times.
Will brotherhoods also attempt rape of
the judiciary? Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial-Appeal.
Will react seriously. Richmond (Va.)
Virginian.
A bigger problem opened up. Macon (Ga.)
Dally Telegraph.
Execution first, the trial afterward.
Houston (Texas) Daily Post.
Seta a new precedent. Asheville (N, C.)
Citizen. v
If these newspapers could, have
found-any valid reason for approving
the action of the President and Con-,
press, they would have approved it.
But they saw that passage of the
I Adamson law sacrificed something of
far more vital importance to every
citizen than the right of railroad men
to work reasonable hours and to re
ceive fair wages. They saw that it
compromised the right of the people
' to action by their Government unin
I fluenced by threats from a frac
tion of the people. They saw that
surrender to force struck at the very
foundation of the democratic form of
government, -and they spoke frankly
for American liberty. .-
. " ' A JiOV-rAETISAS jrBlLEK.
'We can imagine nothing likely to
be. more entertaining in a political
way than the Senatorial campaign in
the state of Washington.
Former Senator George Turner,
oncesa Republican, is the Democratic
candidate.
Senator Miles Poindexter, once a
Democrat, is the Republican candi
date. L
.Already this interesting situation
has produced results.- Senator Tur
ner, Democrat, is attacking Senator
Poindexter, Republican, because Sen
ator Poindexter, who voted for the
Underwood bill, aid not keep certain
Washington products off the free list.
Senator Turner, Democrat, has also
extracted from almost forgotten Re
publican "memories the fundamental
Republican reasons why there should
be a protective tariff on lumber, shin
gles and on farm, dairy and poultry
products. He embraces them heartily.
Moreover, he promises to restore the
stricken duties if elected.
But Senator Poindexter is now com
mitted enthusiastically to a protective
tariff on the chief products of Wash
ington. Thus is the issue sharply drawn:
One would not do what the other did
and the other would not do it again
if given another chance.
The state of Washington suffers
from a badly-felt need one that the
state of Oregon has fortunately es
caped. It is a .Senator so skillful with
the glad hand that he does not have
to explain and whose political opin
ions are of no moment so long as he
can correctly hail Jones or Smith by
his first name.
PREACHER OB CHURCH A FA1XUBE?
The public may well suppose that
Dr. Boyd's remarkable declaration
we will not say confession, or ac
knowledgment, or admission, or plea
to his congregation that he is a fail
ure was intended in no literal sense.
but was the eloquent preacher's way
of bringing home the church's short
comings and to accept for himself a
large responsibility. If a congrega
tion is not -efficient, argued Dr. Boyd,
it is because the pastor is deficient;
and there can be no great minister
unless he shall have a great body of
devoted and sconsecrated men and
women working under his direction.
The First Presbyterian Church of
Portland, used as an illustration, was
thought by Dr. Boyd to be 40 per
cent efficient and to be carrying a
load of 60 per cent in waste.
The First Presbyterian is one of
the important churches of -Portland
and Oregon. It has a large mem
bership. It has many activities. It
undertakes not only religious work
but it performs social and charitable
service in large ways. It has in Dr.
Boyd a pastor of singular industry in
all congregational undertakings, . of
particular effectiveness in the pulpit.
of pleasing and gracious personality,
and of high Christian character. If
the church is at fault, it would appear
to be clear that it is through no lack
of effort or capacity by the preacher.
If there Is anything the matter with
Dr. Boyd's church, it is the same
with all churches in similar circum
stances. If they have failed to reach
their maximum of efficiency as a re
ligious and social force, it is because
the preacher is left pretty much alone
to do the job. With him it is a voca
tion and with the congregation an
avocation. They are there on Sunday
and on other public occasions, and
they respond fairly well to calls for
meetings and for certain designated
work at other times; or rather, 40 per
cent do and 6ftper cent do not. But
only a few have a continuous, abid
ing and exclusive interest in what the
church is doing. How will it be pos
sible to change a body of untrained
volunteers Into an army of willing and
entnusiastic woricers inai is wnai
Dr. Boyd wants to know. It is what
he has tried to do and thinks must
be done if the church is not to be re
garded as a failure.
The general opinion in Dr. Boyd s
congregation and in other similar con
gregations, will be that he has done
more than he thinks he has done.
What the church stands for and what
it is are as important as what it does,
What, for example, would our civiliza
tion be without the Christian church
or some great moral, religious and
spiritual force to take its place?
CRETE, CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
Recent-- events in the Island of
Crete, home of Venizelos and cradle
of the new revolution In Greece, bring
to mind the declaration of Sir Arthur
Evans, a noted British scientist and
archaeological investigator, that Crete
4 000 years ago .was the true birth
place of European civilization in its
higher form. Recent excavations on
the island have shown, so archaeolo
gists believe, that the Hellenic civili
zation "can no longer be regarded as
an isolated phenomenon, as had for
merly been assumed." Evidences of
exceptional efficiency in almost all
departments of human art and Indus
try at an early date also have been
revealed.
Whatever may be the outcome of
the present revolution, Crete gives
uromise of toeing a center of historic
interest for a long time to come. 'Sir
Arthur Evans rias given to the newly
discovered period of which he has
written the name of Minoan era, after
a legendary King , and lawgiver of
Crete. It is believed that further re
searches in the excavations now be
gun will throw light on the ways of
the world for a period running 9000
years back. The Hill of Knossos is
the present scene of inquiry. It is
a huge mound, resembling the mounds
of Egypt and Mesopotamia, formed of
layer after layer of human deposits,
But although the remains of, the
later 'ages already disclosed ' are
thought to have-bearing on civiliza
tion extending perhaps to. 8400 B. C,
they represent excavations of only
about nineteen few out of a total o
iorty-llve. 1L Af tstieii Liia.1 it luiurc
work is as productive of revelations
. . -i . . i .T i"l . m -. i
as has been that of the past, it will
do much to clear up the hidden mys
teries of several millenniums prior to
the 'early dynasties of Egypt. Re
markable features- 'of the achieve
ments of the early Cretans include
their comprehension -ot the possibil
ities of combining, the useful and the
beautiful and also -scientific ' sanitary
provisions far in advance of those o
the contemporary period. '
With meager data.now at hand, the
world can only partly visualize the
people of those times, but some things
are known with apparent certainty.
For one thing, it is shown that wor
ship of a mother goddess prevailed
and that this was generally associated
with a divine child, "which," says Si
Arthur, "survived in a classical form
and influenced all later religion." Th
modernness of this ancient life i
also interesting. There was striking
elaboration of domestic arrangements.
Women wore flounced robes and jack
ets. Gloves are seen to have been a
fashion of the women, though not of
the men. The very mannerisms of
these women, as pictured on the un
earthed frescoes, are singularly sug
gestive of the twentieth century. Ani
mated gestures of the feminine fig
ures indicate that women held a high
place in the social economy perhaps
even in affairs of state.
It is improbable that actual war
will foe. carried into Crete, unless there
are domestic disturbances, and these
are not at all likely to be accompanied
by ruthless destruction of these monu
ments to ages long gone by. It is well
that it is so. There will be solid com
fort, after the din of battles has sub
sided. In resuming in peace and quiet
the serious study of the ways and
manners of our ancestors of 9000 or
0,000 years ago.
DELINQUENT YOUTH.
The statement that 57 per cent of
the girls and only 15 per cent of the
boys who aooear before the Municipal
Court have been guilty of immorality.
by which In this connection are meant
sexual offenses, is not to be taken as
giving the proportions in which boys
and girls thus offend. These are the-
proportions in which they are "found
out." In the nature of things, the of
fenders must be nearly equal in num
ber, but the girls are less able than
boys to conceal their wrong-doing.
But the large proportion o-f delin
quencies which is traced to dissolute,
intemperate or deserting parents
points to the need of enforcing par
ental responsibility as a preventive of
youthful crime. When children's
minds are perverted in their earliest
years by evil example and precept, the
task of redeeming them is made dou
bly hard. It should begin with ef
forts to reclaim the parents and, if
this be impossible, with the children's
removal from debasing home influ
ence. Where punishment is adminis
tered, it should be visited upon the
negligent parents, who are actually
responsible, not on the children, who
are fit subjects for rescue rather than
for penal measures.
The Juvenile Court has done val
uable service, but chiefly in the. way
of defining the nature and extent of
the evils with which it is designed to
cope and of pointing to the true rem
edies. Its work should be followed
up by the imposition of penalties on
negligent parents and by provision and
extension of institutions for the re
formation, education and training in
useful vocations of erring youth. The
cost should not deter "the state, for
it cannot equal the moral and eco
nomic loss arising from the making
of possible useful citizens into per
manent public burdens and public en
emies.
SOCIAL PURVEY OF LANE COUNTY.
For the reason that the social prob
lems of Lane County, Oregon, are typ
ical of those of a great many com
munities in the United States, the
rural survey of that county, the re
sults of which have just "been pub
lished by the extension division of the
University of Oregon, possesses un
usual interest. With an area of near
ly 3,000,000 acres, the county is about
the size of Connecticut and almost
two and a half times the size of Dela
ware. It has scenery, says the sur
vey, to delight every taste, and good
hunting is within easy reach. These
points are mentioned, not becaiase
anyone contends that hunting and
fishing are essential to social prog
ress, but because "it can hardlv be
doubted that for a settled population
to have ready access to such many-
sided diversions must in the long run
make for a kind of virility and inde
pendence." In a broad way. savs the sur
vey, the educational situation within
Lane County is typical of that of the
entire Nation. Within the cities,
towns and more enterprising rural
districts a good school spirit exists.
Facilities shade down from medium to
poor and no educational facilities
whatever. These latter facts, how
ever, seem to have been mentioned in
no spirit of carping criticism, but they
give emphasis to the need of equaliz
ing the opportunities of children in
the cities and in rural communities.
That the county as a whole is doing
its part Is shown by the fact that it
ranks in the state above the average
county in the amount of money Wpent
per school Child, although having less
than the average wealth. "Oregon,"
says the report, "cannot hope to
equalize the burden of school support
until the state gtves greater aid to
the individual school districts." Un
fortunately the present tendency is
not in this direction. It is eminently
necessary that the burden shall be
shifted in the opposite direction.
Intimately associated with the so
cial fabric of a community because of
its bearing upon the prosperity of the
people is the management of soil. This
is criticised, the conclusion being
reached that one-cropping isrlndulged
in to an extent too great for the ulti
mate profit of the farmer. Not enough
clover is raised, says the survey, and
not enough corn, or cows or pigs.
There are evidences of lack of atten
tion to drainage in some districts, but
this problem is sometimes more than
individual and calls for community ac
tion. Thus, in another way, the inter
dependence of the people is shown,
and .development of the community
life "is seen to have its very founda
tion in the soil. But. in respect of
ownership of farms by those who
operate them. Lane makes a showing
of which it may be proud. Operating
owners represent 8 3.2 per cent of the
number of farmers, 74 per cent of the
improved acreage and 67 per cent of
the investment. It also is encour
aging to note that the percentage of
tenants is decreasing.
Roads, schools and churches. These
are three prime factors in the devel
opment of the American community,
as typified by Une. Its road prob
lem is made difficult by the topog
raphy of the country, but It is helped,
on the other hand, by abundance of
road material within the countv boun
daries. Attention is called to the ob
vious value of a co-ordinated pro
gramme. It is easy to see how im
portant is the part played by the road
system in development of social . as
well as industrial life. Of great Im
portance, too, in development of com
munity spirit is the Grange. "To a
rather greater extent than is often
the case with similar organizations,"
says- the. survey,'. -"there is shown an
intelligent and active interest in many
of the problems of fundamental con
cern to the ' farmers of the county."
There Is a wide variety of fraternal,
literary and dramatic organizations.
There seems, upon 'the whole, to be
ample provision in most communities
for recreation.
Interesting comparisons are made
between the social activities of the
neighborhoods. The older settled com
munities, it is. declared, seem to be
lacking in "fleyibility." . The com
munltleSWhlch are the most effective
socially are those which are accessible
and provided with reasonably good
transportation facilities, "which are
not old enough to be too thoroughly
crystallized, but - where there is a
nucleus of old residents sufficient to
give stability, but not sufficient to
dominate the social situation and
check the efforts toward change and
improvement, and where there is a
fair degree of social compatibility, but
not a sufficient degree of inter-relationship
or likeness to promote clan
nishness unduly." This is illustrated
by the oldest and most compact com
munities of the' county, which it is
said have shown relatively little in
terest in' agricultural ' improvement,
while at the same time there has not
been, for various -reasons, much prog
ress in the undeveloped regions. It
is the fairly well developed. but com
paratively young communities that
give the most promise- from every so
cial point of view.
It would appear that the young
people of Loj-ie County are fond of
dancing, as Judged by the number of
gathering places devoted in part to
this form of recreation, and it is said
that "a pitched battle . between &
church, particularly a weak and
struggling church, and. for example.
a community dance hall, is a very un
equal contest with the odds in favor
of 'the dance . hall." The suggested
course, given as a result of the survey.
is for the church to proceed by in
direction to undermine the amuse
ments of which it disapproves by sat
isfying the needs which they satisfy
and doing it better. In this problem,
too, Lane County is shown to be typi
cal of much that is American.
No account of the development of
the county would be complete with
out reference to Elijah Bristow, first
settler, about whose farm grew up the
Pleasant Hill neighborhood. He and
his family entered upon the land and
"possessed It with a thoroughness
which must be considered the most
significant factor in establishing tbe
Pleasant Hill community." For half
a century it continued so. There was
a tendency toward disintegration as
the farms filled up with people who
"knew not Elijah." but quite appro
priately a high school has taken the
place of this sturdy pioneer as an in
fluence for integrity. This- has pre
served the community against the
counter influence of the small towns
by which it is surrounded,- and has
held it together in an enduring bond
newly forged, but made of the character-building
material that can still
be traced to good Elijah Bristow's
day.
We have a larger proportion of
American seamen than some of us
thought we had. The total number of
seamen shipped on American ocean
going vessels in the fiscal year recent
ly passed was 252,681. This takes
into account reshipments, so that the
same sailor often is recorded more
than once. Of the number, there were
76,956 native Americans, or 30 . per
cent, and 31,877 naturalized Ameri
cans, making a total of 43 per cent of
Americans of both kinds. It is some
what surprising to note that the next
in the list are Spaniards, with a totsr?
of 33.139, for while the Spaniards
once were famous navigators they had
been supposed to have abandoned the
sea largely for other pursuits. British
number 29,523, Scandinavians 25,194
and Germans 12,415. Americans com
prised 4 7 per cent of the total num
ber of sailors on American ships be
fore the war, showing that the pro
portion ' of foreigners has increased
rather than diminished since the war
began, which is another- surprising
showing made by the cold statistics.
Tf Europe continues to leave us
without ships much longer, we shall
have enough of our own to carry our
own traffic and we may have a few
to spare for Europe's use. It is pos
sible that the rise of the American
merchant marine is to be due to the
present war, as its decline was has
tened by the Civil War.
What possible chance has President
Wilson of fixing up matters with Car
ranza before election day, when the
first chief's soldiers take pot shots
at our Army officers? Really, Car
ranza should keep his men better in
hand, at least until the protocol is
signed.
If the accident Sunday near Sing-
hampton had occurred to the grand
stand of a ball park, there would be
fatalities to record; but as It involved
the floor of a church, all will recover.
Much depends on where you are when
the earth bumps into the sky.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, repre
sented the decency In Democracy and
was not swept off his feet by Execu
tive hysteria nor knocked off by party
club. His death is a National loss.
As there are only 4 0,000 members
in the six shopmen's unions, on twenty
Western roads, it Isn't worth Wilson's
time to interfere and Insist they be
given the eight-hour day they ask.
King Constantlne is hardly In the
mood to indorse Byron's eulogy on
The Isles of Greece," as he learns
daily that another of them has re
volted against him.
John Bull is gaining skill at potting
Zeppelins, and he finds it exhilarating
sport, but the ratio of hits must be
more than one in ten before the Ger
mans stop raiding. ' . -
Approach of cold weather records
many escapes in night clothes from
dwellings on fire. A "defective" flue
is another term for a dirty chimney
The worst recommendation a Presi
dent can have for re-election is to
have his pet candidate defeated in
the state where he is best known.
Portland streetcar traffic has an
important thing to learn. It is to
leave the car through the front door.
When caught in a raid, one name
is as good as another. The main
thing is the alibi for the folks.
"Hughes will rest," says a head
line. And Wilson will brace himself
up for the next round.
'
When the Czar is at war, he gives
the Jews schools; when at peace, he
gives them pogroms. ,
Wilson' this week will visit Ne
braska. ' where . Bryan ' has failed to
keep up the fences. '
Russian population - is mora than
182.000,000, less trimmings by the
Teuton and -rum. - -
The unregistered citizen la a man
who does.not care to vote and rrum
bles. at results.
The Friars' Club has as many lives
as the proverbial cat.
Gleams Through the Mist
By Dean Collins.
THE BARBARIAN BARBER.
Hooray, the villain barber
When he prunes about my arbor, .
And trims it short about the ears and
' snicks his shears Immense,
He shall not flam nor film me.
Though he trims he shall not trim me.
He shall not raise to thirty-five the
haircut charge for gents.
The Barbers Union helps me.
Seeing that no barber scalps me.
Forbidding him to raise the price
upon the cuts of hair:
So, while soars the cost of living,
I am feeling quite forgiving
Toward the suave tonsorlal artist
'cause he's got to treat ma square.
Hooray, the villain barber
'Gainst my purse no plot can harbor.
He cannot plan to stick me for the
thin and extra dime;
Though be whittles me and flays roe.
On the price he cannot raise 'roe.
And I still can get my haircut for a
quarter any time.
Serenade.
(To be played on a comb and brush.)
Awake, ye barber man, awake
And ope your dopey eyes. ;
And hear the melodies that break
And from my comb arise.
You dream, in sleep,
That you shall reap
My hair at higher rate;
You're wrong, sir; it's
Still Just two bits
To shear my shining pate.
Ah, barber, had ye made the raise
To thirty-five, I fear
That I myself In future days
My hair had had to shear.
I'd mow Its shock
Around a crock
As in the days of yore
But ah, two bits
The price that fits
You're pledged to. and no more.
Sonata Juvenile.
(To be sung to the accompaniment of
a tin pall.)
When I was a lad
All the haircuts I had
I got from the hands of my brother.
My sister mayhap
Held me up on her lap
And sheared it, or else 'twas my
mother.
The barber's grim wiles-
missed "em by miles.
For I never went Into his shop;
But my turbulent poll
They would mow 'round a bowl
Or
tin pail turned over my top.
What cared I for cost
In the days that were least.
When mother was wielding the
shears;
No worry I felt.
Lest in trimming my pelt
They should get it too short round
the ears;
And now when my eyes
See the barbers devise
New projects to charge me forsooth,
long for the crock
They turned over my block
In the jubilant days of my youth.
A haircut that fits
Is worthy two-bits;
Tis paid without kick any time;
But over and o'er
I should bellow and roar
If they called for a still extra dime.
If such were the case
I'd pass up their place
With a look both disgusted and cold.
And I'd do the old job
With a bowl on my nob
As it was In the brave days of old.
dropping the tonsorial motif entirely.
we pass to a subject which is quite
unrelated to it. and, twiddling our uke
Icle, we sing:
Till OLD SONGS.
I cannot sing the old songs;
They say it Is not right.
Because in all those old songs
There's too .much talk of fight,
How'd you like "A Warrior Bold"
done in modern pacifist style like this?
In days of old. when nighrs were cold.
And folks were nice at play.
A warrior cute in a sheet-iron suit
Sang merrily his lay-hay-hay
Sang merrily his lay.
'My love is young and fair;
My love is sure a bear;
Her eyes that gloat would get your
goat,'
And' none with her compare;
So what care I; I cannot lie;
I live for love, that's why;
So what care It I cannot lie;
I live for love, that's why."
So this galoot in a sheet-iron suit
Went gaily out to play.
He stubbed his toe, alas and woe
His soul was on Us way-hay-hay
His soul was on Its way.
The plighted ring he wore
Vent to a broker's store.
But ere he died he bravely cried
The same old guff some more:
"Oh, what care I; I cannot lie;
I live for love, that's why;
So what care I: my soul can fly;
I live for love, F live for love,
I live for love, for lu-hur, I-hy
dle-e-e-e-e."
IWEET HOME.
"There's no place like home, O, there's
no place like home!
Sang Payne, who Is famous from Osh-
kosh to Nome.
When the screen has 'a hole and mos
quitoes all bite.
There is no place like home. In the
midst of the night.
"There's no place like home," so sang
Payne. He was right.
I'm Informed by a friend that I met
t'other night.
Who lives In apartments and solemnly
Swears
There's no place like home when they
tango upstairs.
"Oh give, me my lowly thatched cottage
again,?
Sweet homing, thus sang our old friend.
Howard Payne.
But if It were given Til bet the poor
goof
Would tear off the thatch and put on a
. new roof.
"Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage
again,"
Sang Payne, but his grandstanding
gives me a pain;
He's used to two stories and so I expect
His talk about "lowly" is just for ef
fect.
A Society of Noe.
Boston Transcript.
"I saw your wife and daughter the
other day, but they didn't see me."
"So they said."
WHO SAID IT?
There Is no calamity wblcb arreaat
navtlon can Invite which midsI that
whlc-h follows a supine snbmimvion to
wronjr and InJnMlrte, and tbe ronne.
quent lows of National self-reepect and
honor, beneatb which are ihlelled
and eWended a people's safety end
greatness.
The foregoing are the words of
adistinguished American. Who
was he? "Under what, circum
stances were they uttered? What
. was" the result Of their utter
ance? . V.
How much do you know about
American history? Can you
answer the foregoing questions?
Try your hand at an essay on
patriotism and National honor
confined to 250 words, with the
quotation as a text. The Orego
nian will publish a limited num
ber of such contributions.
Conditions of acceptance are
that the name of the quotation's
author, the cause of the utter
ance, the date it was made and
the consequence shall be cor
recently given, and the word limit
be not exceeded.
BREWERS' AMENDMENT OPPOSED
Mr. Newell Says There Is Nothing; to
Prevent Opening: Dottle Ilonncs.
PORTLAND. Oct. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) In a communis, tion In The Ore
gonian nine prominent citizens, supt
porting the brewers' amendment, pro
test against the injustice of charging
them with a desire to open the door
again to the saloon. Two years ago
these gentlemen protested against clos
ing that door, declaring it would injure
the state. Unless they have experi
enced a change of heart it is no injus
tice to cay that they now want to
bring the saloon back. In fact it is
only crediting them with consistency
to say that they are seeking to have it
restored. But what the Authors of the
bill wish or intend will not be of the
slightest importance if It is carried.
The courts will construe it entirely by
what it says and not by what any ono
intended it to say or thought it said.
Much breath and printers' ink have
been expended in speculations as to
what the Legislature will and will not
do if this amendment passes. The mot
to of the cautious legislator dealing
with the liquor question is "stand pat."
Th amendment professes to be com
plete in itself, containing a provision
for operation until the Legislature acts.
If it carries, the Legislature will re
fuse to take any action at all on the
ground that none is required to put the
will of the people into effect. e are
chiefly interested to know in what
condition we shall then find our
selves. Eight distinguished attorneys have
undertaken to tell us. They Join in a
statement remarkable for the truth it
contains and the false conclusions
which will be drawn from it. Let us
analyse it.
They -say. "the title and language
of the beer amendment clear
ly express the Intention to give to the
home brewer the sume rights as the
outside brewer and no more." Prac
tically the outside brewer is restricted
by the limitation on the Oregon citi
zen importing. Legally he Is under no
restrictions whatever, for he is outside
our Jurisdiction. It is the lecral and
not the practical restrictions which are
to be applied to the home brewer, for
the title of the amendment says, "giv
ing the home brewer the Identical legal
privileges a'lowed to the outsider."
The lawyers say: He must himself
manufacture and sell and deliver."
Docs this mean that he must himself
drive the beer wagon? Of course not.
The outside brewer transports and de
livers to the citizon of Oregron entire
ly by agents. He ships to a fixed point
and the consignees go there and get
their beer. If the home brewer is 'to
be placed on an equality with the out
sider he muMt do the same. It is a
well-known principle of law that what
one may do himself he may do by an
agent. If the manufacturer may legal
ly deliver beer at a private house he
may hire a man to do it. If he may
deliver at & central point, he may put
an agent in charge at that point. If
he may take orders for liquor by word
of mouth, so may his agents. He may
receive money for beer at any place he
chooses and so may his asrents.
They say further: "He must
sell and deliver to the properly quali
fied person . . ." The brewers'
amendment permits delivery of Intoxi
cants to "any person or Individual."
and makes no restrictions. Therefore
under the proposed amendment any
person in the state of Oregon, be he or
she minor, idio lunatic, or drunkard,
is a "properly qualified person" to re
ceive intoxicating liquor. ,
They continue: "He must deliver
under the same regulations as
now prescribed for the outside manu
facturer . . ." This Is a mistake.
The amendment says: "... It
shall be lawful to manufacture and sell
and deliver ... in such quantity
and ujider such regulations as may be
prescribed by law. Until otherwise
prescribed by the Legislature this risht
of sale and delivery shall be limited
to the same quantity as persons sre
now permitted to import . . ." The
use of the wod "regulations" in the
first sentence and Its omission in the
second make It clear that no regula
tions will exist until they are pre
scribed by the Legislature. No regula
tion of the existing law will be effect
ive under the proposed amendment ex
cept that limiting the quantity to be
purchased by one person. This cuts
out the affidavit system and all th
machinery for the detection of breaches
of the law, and destroys all power to
enforce the limitation of quantity. The
Legislature may provide regulations,
but will not be under any compulsion
to do so.
Moreover, the provision In a consti
tutional amendment that the permitted
quantity shall remain as now fixed un
til It is changed by the Legislature
makes It impossible to chance It by
the Initiative. Curiously enough, the
words "by the Legislature" are omitted
from the description of the measure
which will appear on the ballot, so
that any voter obtaining his Informa
tion solely from the ballot will not
know that he is being asked to tie
the hands of tbepeople and to put the
control of this important matter en
tirely into the hands of the Legisla
ture. We would like to inquire the
reason for this significant omission. It
illustrates the unfairness which char
acterizes the presentation of this
amendment.
The attorneys reach their climax in
this statement: "Any attempt to open
a beer saloon under this law under pre
tense that the saloon was the agent of
the manufacturers would ... be
futile ..." How apout opening
bottle houses? There Is nothing in the
proposed law which forbids the brewer
establishing as rhany depots or store
rooms as he pleases, with an employe
In charse of each, or which presents
him making delivery"' thereat of beer
in original packages containing any
where from one gill to 24 quarts, to
any person or Individual, without any
regulation whatever, either under the
proposed amendment, or by continu
ation of the existing law. A 10-year-old
boy can go into such a place, can
legally receive a quart of beer, legally
borrow a glass from the bartender,
and legally drink himself drunk.
I challenge my learned opponents to
dispute this assertion.
J. P. NEWELL, .
820-23 Spalding building.
Her Face and Her Fortune.
Detroit Free Press.
"Is she homely?" "I wouldh't say
that exactly. But if her face was her
fortune she'd be in the poorhouae."
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Yean Aco.
From The Oregoclan of Oct. 3. 1891.
Newcastle. Oct. 2. Over 4000 per
sons packed in the Tyneslde Theater
tonight to hear Gladstone. The ap
pearance of the noted statesman and
his wife was the signal for a pro
longed ovation, with which Gladstone
was obviously delighted.
Salem. Oct. 2. Dr. L. L Rowland on
August 1. took charge of the Oregon
State Asylum for Insane as superin
tendent, having been appointed to suc
ceed Dr. Harry Lane, the term for
which he had been appointed having
expired.
New Tork. Oct. 2. Renewed con
firmation of the story to the effect that
Jay Gould had broken down physically
and that his health is in an extremely
critical condition have, according to
the evening papers, been received to
day. The work of placing stone on the
Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
Kiver Is being pushed with vigor. Dur
ing the past month the contractor fur
nished 22.000 tons of rock, about 3000
tons more than was ever furnished in
any one month before.
Mayor Mason adheres to his deter
mination to accept no salary for his
service. Auditor Branch drew a war
rant for $375 for the Mayor's salary
since he took office on July . but he
positively refused to sign or accept it.
Mayor Mason has credit for that much
money.
Half A Century Ago.
New Tork. Oct. 2. The Herald says
Santa Anna Is now negotiating a loan
of J5.000.0u0 for the purpose of carry
ing out his plans of reconstruction In
Mexico, and he Is assured of success in
negotiating the same in a row days.
We noticed upon the arrival of the
Hunt last evening a number of emi
grants from Iowa. Their teams were
mules and horses, and were in splendid
condition. They report many more
coming.
The boys had their fire engine out
for drill last evening on Stark stteet.
Their engine, as usual, attracted a
large crowd, and did splendid work.
Their engine is rapidly growing in fa
vor. Many who opposed Us introduc
tion now confess their error and say It
is a splendid thing.
We call the attention of the proper
officials to the fellows who cry about
the streets at each arrival of the river
boats for the past few days. These in
dividuals fill the ears of decent citizens
with the vilest language in the slang
vocabulary.
The meeting in the Presbyterian
Church yesterday at 2 o'clock for the
purpose of letting the pews for the en
suing year was sparsely attended.
Many keep the same pews, dating their
year back to June. Others were sold,
bringing quite a premium. The bid
ding was quite lively for some choice
seats.
PIBLIC-SPIKITED CITIZEN CONE
Death, of Mr. Coovert Inspire Sbort
Sermon on Appreciation.
PORTLAND. Oct. 2. (To the Editor.)
The passing of an estimable charac
ter, such as E. E. Coovert proved to be.
is a regrettable loss to Portland and to
Oregon. His splenald co-operation with
S. Benson. Samuel C. Lancaster. John
H. Veon and others in the building of
better roads is known to but few.
Men are born and grace us with their
presence. It is only when their work
Is done and they have departed this
life we who are left awaken to an ap
preciation of the good deeds they ac
complished. There are in our midst several public-spirited
citizens -who are daily giv
ing of their labor and means in an
endeavor to make Portland the prosper
ous city she should be. Shall we wait
until they, too, have been called to
their eternal homes before we strew
roses at their feet? These worthy men
do not ask us to bow down before
them; they are too bin and generous.
What we should give them is but what
we owe thern our good will and
heartiest support in their activities.
Our chief fault lies in the practice
of-censuring or rather criticising. In
stead of acquiring this habit we should
do our part in the upbuilding of this
beautiful city and also help develop
this, our wonderful state.
"He that is least among you shall be
greatest."
"By their deeds ye shall know them."
W. E. CONKLIN.
More Molaaasea for Flies.
PORTLAND. Oct. 2. (To the Editor.)
I have been a reader of The Ore
gonian for tlae last nine years and this
is the first time I have asked for space.
1 saw in The Sunday Oregonian the
speech of President Wilson to the
young Democrats from New Tork. I
read the speech twice, but could see
nothing in it except a partisan speech,
full of molasses to catch flies with,
just as were his speeches four years
ago.
Compare his promises"with his deeds.
Mr. Wilson said his Administration
began the process of liberation for
the business of this country. And so
it did. It also liberated the American
working man from his work and did
It so wcl.l that for 10 months before
the war started there were souphousea
all over the United States. In New
York City alone there were 300,000 idle
working men.
Mr. Wilson is trying to be friendly
with the working man now because he
wants his vote, but where was he the
rest of the time?
Mr. Wilson says the people of the
United States had been frequently
fooled by the Republican party. But in
my Judgment the American people have
never been fooled so before as by
Woodrow Wilson. Compare Mr. Wil
son's deeds with his party's promises.
As Mr. Wilson put it himself, the peo
ple are not likely to be fooled twice
in the same way. I agree with him on
that. The majority of the people will
not take his word, for they would be
afraid of being fooled again.
J4E F. HOLT.
128 Thirteenth Street.
When Queens Sold Almanacs.
London Chronicle.
The sale of almanacs was once a lu
crative monoply. Queen Elizabeth
granted the sole right to publish "al
manacs and prognostications" to the
Stationers' Company, and James L ex
tended the privilege to the Universities
of Oxford and Cambridge, but for cen
turies only these three bodies were per
mitted to issue printed calendare. The
monopoly ended when tho claim of the
king to the- privilege of granting or
withholding permission to issue cal
endars a survival, perhaps, from days
when kings asserted their right to
regulate all things, including even the
times and seasons was definitely dis
proved and proclaimed nonexistent.
Now anybody can say who's who any
where. Mr. Tlarlta Opposes Brewery BUI.
PORTLAND. Oct, 2. To the Editor.)
I was surprised to read In The Ore
gonian today that I took part in a de
bate yesterday and supported the brew
ery bill. How such a construction could
be placed an my words 1 am at a loss
to understand. I actually attacked both
!des and pointed out that both speak
ers before me were wrong.
I sincerely hope that this correction
will be given an equally prominent po
sition to that of this morning's report.
MOSiiS EARlTii.