THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1916.
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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1916.
WHO WANTS WART
The Democratic party is for peace
and the Republican party is for war.
The President says bo, and all the
cuckoo orators and mocking-bird
newspapers are echoing his words
down the line.
Undoubtedly, the slogan "He kept
us out of war" makes a strong appeal.
For, despite the bald Democratic as
sertion that the Republicans want
war, nobody wants war. Everybody
knows that.
But may war always be avoided by
unwillingness to wage war, or a hum
ble display of a spirit "too proud to
fight"?
When it is said that President Wil
son "kept us out of war," It is perti
nent to ask what war?
Not with Mexico, of course, for we
have been in a state of war with Mex
ico for months and have twice ad
vanced upon Mexico with tb.e armed
forces of war.
But Mexico doesn't count. What
our pacifist friends who wish at any
cost to keep out of war mean doubt
less is that Wilson kept us out of the
European war.
How? By his "strict-accountability"
note? By the provocative mes
sage threatening to "omit no word nor
act"? By the threat to sever diplo
matic relations? By repeated declara
tions, or implications, that the "act"
would be suited to the "word ?
Clearly, a belligerent attitude on the
part of Germany toward us or a hos
tile reception of our repeated warn
ings and occasional menacing words,
would have made war Inevitable. -
Germany doesn't want war with us;
nor .Great Britain, nor any foreign
power, now engaged in the European
conflict.
There was no chance to get into
war, and is not now, except by an act
of inexcusable aggression on our part.
We don't want war. We have not
been "kept out of war." We have
stayed out of war because everybody
every party wanted no war and
nobody chose to fight us.
But it is different as to Mexico
Just what particular phase of the
whole sorry Mexican episode for three
and one-half years are the supporters
of President Wilson most proud of?
Are they proud of his assertion that
Mexico is none of our business and
cannot be deprived of the right of
revolution? Or of the fact that we
made Mexico our business after say
ing that it was not our business?
If Mexico is not our business, let
us withdraw our troops and bring our
boys home.
But we cannot withdraw, we hear,
without precipitating chaos and pro
voking renewed border troubles.
Ah, yes. Then Mexico is our busi
ness. We know it is. We cannot help
it. We merely shut our eyes to the
facts and hope for the impossible to
happen a sort of automatic restora
tion of peace there without any effort
on our part. But we know better.
We know that the Mexican problem
presses for solution solution with our
aid and we know that a futile policy
of procrastination and opportunism
for over three years has but served
to postpone the day of final account
ing. A problem avoided is not a problem
solved. Duty ignored is not con
science salved, nor difficulty met and
overcome.
ing, regardless of the rights of others.
He scorns the painful steps by which
others have climbed to affluence. His
parents-in-law have money and his
wife is their heir. He wants the
money; why should a middle-aged
couple stand in his way? So, as he
himself has confessed, he plotted to
remove the obstacles to his own de
sires. If he had . been of a different
type and had lived in another place.
he might have used a club and had
it over with Quickly. Being more
refined," he made a nicer job of it.
Nevertheless, his victims are dead,
and from the extremely modern point
of view they are to be forgotten. Why
worry about them, when we cannot
bring them back to life? We have
before us the living, breathing and
only excessively abnormal Dr. Waite
to grow sentimental over. To be sure,
extreme selfishness Is a crime com
paratively easy to make unpopular, in
the very nature of it; but we are so
tender-hearted Just now as to the
present that both tho past and the
future are ignored.
Mr. Osborne has done a work of
great importance in his chosen field.
He has in fact opened a door of hope
to many a convict who under the
former system would only have gone
from bad to worse. But, like so many
reformers, he has to a very consider
able extent lost the power to differ
entiate. The ideal will not be at
tained by extremists working- alone;
it probably will result from co-operation
of such enthusiasts as Mr. Os
borne and such practical men of af
fairs, not blind to ideals but calmly
sensible about them, as Governor
Whitman.
WORK, NOT WAR.
The ghastly doctrine of the late
Lord Roberts that civilization may be
saved only through blood-letting and
man-killing wars is an echo of the
dark ages. It may be' true that na
tions have lived only because they
were physically fit to live, as individ
uals have survived the inexorable ap
plication of nature's laws; but if that
is so today, the intellectual progress
and moral development of two thou
sand years leave us no better off than
the nations of the pagan era.
No doubt nations become soft and
enervated through over-civilization,
or what is miscalled civilization. There
is too much leisure and too much edu
cation education that teaches the
subject to despise labor that must be
done with the hands and to devise
ways to make someone elso do it.
Education ought not to mean exclu
sive employment of the mind and the
tongue. It ought to mean also not
only skill at physical labor, but a
willingness to do it.
Work is the salvation of a nation
or a people, and not war. We rear
our boys to despise the occupations of
their fathers and our girls to scorn
household service. It is a sorrowful
mistake. .Our boys and our girls are
no better than the young and am
bitious farmer boy of a generation
ago, who rose with the sun, fed the
stocki chopped the wood, ploughed
the fields and passed a long day out
of doors in hard toil to earn enough
for a few months' schooling in Win
tep. Nor are our daughters better
than the woman who a few years ago
helped her mother in tho kitchen and
did her own household work long
after her marriage to the industrious
fellow who had his own way to make.
We would spare our -children the hard
knocks we had. That is the beginning
of individual and National decline.
When the time comes that every
boy able to work must work and
every girl able to work must work
whether for money or for discipline
or humility tho Nation will be safe.
city-planning commission. But the I ment, in course of time, would be in
movement toward city planning has , evitable.
extended, and such cities as Fort
Wayne, Indiana and Indianapolis are
already laying a foundation by pre
paring municipal exhibitions as the
forerunner, it is believed, of definite
action.
Modern city planning takes account
not only of the arrangement of streets
and parks and public buildings, tout
fie education of people in the har
monies of architecture. There has re
cently been a revival in this direction
in New England, which has suffered,
but perhaps not more than the West,
from the intrusion of the hodge-podge
into the style of its dwellings. These
have borrowed a feature here and
another there until there is neither
beauty nor consistency about them.
The mock-Colonial is doomed under
the new dispensation, along with
much else that is undesirable, and
systematic efforts to cultivate the
tastes of prospective builders have
proved successful in a marked degree.
There still remain certain difficulties
of a practical nature, however, due
to the growing demand for apartment
buildings and houses for two and four
families. It is in these that utility
exacts the most from art. Where each
family demands its own windows and
its exits and its entrances and its
modern conveniences, all under a sin
gle roof, the problem of the architect
is truly difficult. There is hope for
its solution, designers say, and if this
is achieved there is compensation for
the cities that have waited until' now
to make their plans for future sys
tematic beautification.
We in the United States are in a
position to set an example In this re
gard. It is doubtful that Europe, as
a whole, will furnish much inspiration
after the war, judging from past ex
perience. Periods immediately follow
ing destructive wars have as a rule
been marked by absence of the finer
sense of beauty. It has been
smothered by the pressing need for
speed and utility in repairing waste.
Concrete and steel have not yet lent
themselves to artistic treatment to the
extent that we might hope, 'and it is
certain that these materials will be
extensively- employed in rebuilding op
erations. But where new cities are
continually springing up and old ones
expanding rapidly, the situation from
the point of view of city planning is
nearly ideal. There is a broad field
for the combined efforts of the archi
tect, the engineer and the public
spirited citizen.
If not. then why waste time and effort
In trying to get the amendment through
Congress?
The answer was not In the negative.
Besides, why worry about Congress
wasting time and effort? It wastes
enough on other things that it can
afford to devote some time and effort
to this issue.
And what does Mr. Hughes' advocacy
amount to practically ?
It amounts to a great deal. It in
dicates that he intends to be a leader
of his party if elected President, not
a mere automatic register of changing
public clamor. It means that he will
try to guide the thought of the Na
tion; that he is outspoken for what he
believes to be the right, whether the
country has made up its mind on the
matter or not. But perhaps more
practically, it means that the weight
of Presidential influence, which in
the immediate past has, by working
through the dominant party, over
thrown in Congress that party's plat
form declaration of free tolls and has
extorted from it a surrender of the
established principle of arbitration in
labor disputes It means that this
Presidential influence thus shown to
be great will be back of the Anthony
amendment.
And let it not be unnoticed, that if
there had been no leaders, no work
ers, no educators undismayed by tem
porary adverseness of public opinion,
we should not today have direct
election of United States Senators, a
Federal income tax, a prohibition or
woman suffrage in Oregon.
What is herein said concerns the
status of the movement for National
woman's suffrage today. We do not
aver that the South will always be
opposed to the equal suffrage. But
the South modifies its opinions slower
than any other part of the country.
It has maintained an unbroken Demo
cratic record for more than half a
century. The point ought to be clear
that with the Solid South and Presi
dent Wilson opposed to the National
amendment, the only hope for its
early adoption is success of the party
which has its strength in states more
yielding in convictions and whose can
didate vigorously espouses the cause.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Evana.
WiKDEJi OSBORNE'S VIEWS.
The resignation of Thomas Mott Os
borne as warden of Sing Sing prison
illustrates once more the danger that
highly specialized reformers are in
They are likely to close their eyes to
the fact that there are other points of
view than their own. Like the fre
quently occurring type of medical spe
cialist whose professional zeal leads
him to see his pet ailment in a large
proportion of cases, the reformer is
apt, if he is not careful, to come to
believe that his diagnosis and his rem
edy for social ills are the only ones.
Mr. Osborne was loyally sustained by
Governor Whitman when base polit
ical attacks were made upon'- him;
when he was under indictment the
Governor named a successor condi
tionally upon the ultimate restoration
of the warden to his post when he
should be acquitted; and later Mr.
Osborne was without question rein
stated in his office. This should have
demonstrated that Governor Whitman
was in sympathy with the warden in
a broad sense; yet Mr. Osborne now
conceives that the powers above are
arraigned against him because upon
a question of what particular danger
ous criminals shall be chosen for the
bestowal of special liberties the Gov
ernor does not feel justified in giving
him his own unrestricted way.
Sidelights often are valuable in
showing real character. One of these,
Mr. Osborne's declared views upon the
case of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, Is
particularly illuminating. Dr. Waite
murdered his wife's parents; Mrs,
Waite is convinced that he intended
also to murder her. The essential
facts of the case are admitted; even
Mr. Osborne does not dispute them.
But the reforming warden finds that
Dr. Waite is not a "bad man"; he is
only "excessively abnormal." So, be
ing only "excessively abnormal," Dr.
Waite would not be put to death,
under the Osborne idea. Restraint,
for the protection of society, is not
objected to; Mr. Osborne does not go
so far as that. But it does not seem
to have occurred to him that there
might be further protection to so
ciety in demonstrating to other "ex-
icessively abnormal" individuals that
for them it is not a good thing to let
their excessive abnormality run to ex-
treme bounds.
Dr. Walte's chief abnormality ap
pears to have been his abnormal sel
fishness. Wita even higher mental
ity, he might be called a "super
man," or something like that; as it
Js, he is simply a man who proposes
..to extract pertain fipjnX.orta put fit Uv-
MERELY A WARNING.
The Oregonlan Is fighting the election
of George Taswell for County Judge and
supporting George M. Mclirlde. In unswer
lng a criticism of its course. It says: "It
does not bow to the verdict of a primary
of 40,000 or any other number of voters
in its selection of a nominee for an im
portant offlre who is not fit." This stand
shows admirable backbone, but the question
still remains; "Is The Oreronian correct in
its estimate of the nominee or are the
voters who n.imed him the better Judges?"
If it has the facts to justify its stand then
it is correct, for a newspaper has a duty
to perform for the public and thiB some
times when the public objects to the duty
kbelng performed. No paper is worthy of
inti namo mat win inuorse a canaiuate
whom it knows to be unfit Just because
the party it is affiliated with s'-es fit to
nomlnato him. There are times when blind
loyalty to party Is treachery to the com
munity. Salem Capital-Journal.
The Orcgonian begs to say to the
Capital Journal, and to any others,
that the records of Tazwell's adminis
tration of the Police Court afford all
needed evidence as to his unfitness
to be Probate Judge. They are avail
able and voluminous. They are in
disputable and damning. Every Port
land newspaper at the time had sur
prising disclosures of the Tazwell op
erations, and every newspaper ought
now to concern itself about his pos
sible, and even probable, election to
a responsible office, calling for con
scientious and judicious discharge of
onerous, delicate and important du
ties.
The Oregonian has no concern about
Tazwell that is not the public con
cern none whatever. It is not doing
much in the way of "fighting" him,
It is a disagreeable task. But it could
not in conscience permit his can
didacy to be approved without a note
of warning to the public.
CITIES BEACTim. ,
Recent cable dispatches told briefly
of adoption of measures for the re
construction, along lines of combined
beauty and efficiency, of the city of
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, and it
is of especial interest that not only
the money to finance the enterprise
but the plans upon which the entire
work will be based will be provided
by the United States. The winning
group of plans placed emphasis upon
the need for new and more adequate
housing facilities, a new city center
and an extensive scheme for reclama
tion of the flat lands of the bay. It
is quite obvious that in undertaking
an extensive work of this nature, for
which the $2,000,000 suggested is
probably only the beginning, it is the
height of wisdom to adopt in advance
a well-co-ordinated system. Thus the
mistakes that characterize the hur
riedly built and unbeautiful cities with
which so many are familiar are most
likely -to be avoided.
New York, the metropolis of our
country and destined to be in some
respects the most important city in
the world, is a fair example of neglect
in this respect. The residence dis
tricts of Manhattan Island are of rela
tively modern development, so the
early settlement with its narrow,
crooked streets xpd the defensive wall
that has given its name to a famous
street, can well be left out of ac
count. But the city always has grown
in haphazard fashion, without fore
thought, until ground values have be
come so high that extensive making
over is as good as out of the question.
People now see too late what mfght
have been done a few years ago by. a
WHERE LIES HOPE?
If the painstaking reader will glance
over another column on this page
he will discover that Mr. R. M. Ross
has fired a whoie broadside of ques
tions at us regarding the Susan B.
Anthony amendment. It is our painful
necessity to remark that Mr. Ross has
trained his gun in the wrong direc
tion. It was Dr. Pohl-Lovejoy who
asserted that the best chance for the
National suffrage amendment was
election of Woodrow Wilson. We
quite humbly disputed the assertion.
Mr. Ross agrees with us in a way
and yet he does not. He seems to
convey the thought that there is no
chance for a National suffrage
amendment if Mr. Wilson be elected,
ojr Mr. Hughes, either. Clearly, he
has a more formidable dispute with
Dr. Pohl-Lovejoy than with The Ore
gonian.
Still we have not the slightest ob
jection to answering Mr. Ross' inter
esting and important queries as best
we can. Here they are:
Is it not a fact that a constitutional
amendment must be ratified by three-
fourths of all the states before it becomes
operative ?
It is.
Is It likely that the members of Congress
from auy given state could be Induced to
support the Susan 11. Anthony amendment
If a. majority of the people of that state
were opposed to It 7
Why not? Did not Oregon's Sen
ators vote for the Underwood bill?
No Northern state has such violent
antipathy to woman's suffrage that
it would hold a Congressman to "strict
accountability" for voting his honest
convictions in support of it.
Is It rot a well-established principle that
each siato should determine ihe qualifica
tions of its own voters? And if that be true,
la not the President consistent when he
says the woman suffrage question Is one
to be determined first by the several states?
It is an established principle that
the states shall determine the qualifi
cations of their own voters subject to
the limitations in the Federal Consti
tution. The Federal Constitution pro
vides that the right of suffrage shall
not be denied because of race, color
or previous condition of servitude. We
think there is no more reason for
basing voting qualifications upon sex
than upon color, and that means none
at all. The bar to disfranchisement
because of color was deemed of suffi
cient consequence to put into the Fed
eral Constitution without waiting for
individual state action. If the Presi
dent approves the fifteenth amend
ment we think he is inconsistent in
opposing the . Susan B. Anthony
amendment.
What evidence have you that the President
has changed his mind on this subject?
None at all. It is the one subject
on which he seems to stand pat. That
Is what caused our puzzled inquiry as
to how the amendment could best be
secured by electing a President who
is openly opposed to It.
How many states do you Include In the
South 7
Another "lifelong Lincoln Repub
lican" who is going to support Mr.
Wilson is confronted by the record.
Witness this little communication to
a local newspaper which makes a
specialty of anonymous letters from
"Wilson Republicans." It is from
Pilot Rock, Or., and is signed by
E. B. Casteel:
" Having read In today's Journal your
editorial relative to G. S. Andrus. of Grant
County, being a lifelong Lincoln Republican
and going to vote lor Wilson lor r resident.
I want to inform your readers that Mr.
Anrirus'has never voted anything but the
Democratic ticket. While it Is his priv
ilege to vote for Mr. Wilson for President,
yet it is unfair for him to pose as a Lin
coln Republican.
Let us have the names of other
"Lincoln Democrats," that their neigh
bors may come forward and say a
word or two.
If the building of ships at Portland
continues at the present pace the rail
roads will soon be begging the ship
pers to join them in a movement for
genuine competitive rates, while the
shippers will be supremely indifferent
whether they use cars or ships. The
Interstate Commerce Commission,
meanwhile, always a lap behind de
velopments, will still be considering
what rates should be made in conse
quence of elimination of water com
petition. It is impossible to beat
Portland; it can always take to the
water, for it is an amphibian in com-merce.
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
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 services cannot be answered.
Copyright, 1918. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chicago
Tribune.)
CERfc.BRO-SPI.VAL. MEXISGlTU.
THE great epidemic of infantile par
alysis is coming to an end. The
reports from all parts of the United
States except Holyoke, Mass., show the
disease to be rapidly declining. In the
history of epidemics in tho United
States there has never been any out
break after the middle of October. On
tha other hand, cerebro-epinal menin
gitis Is a disease of the Winter months.
The disease can be expected to begin
to Increase in October, to gradually
mount during Autumn and Winter, and
to reach Its maximum during April.
England had a rather severe epidemic
of It last Winter and Spring.
Cerebro-spin&l meningitis ia duo to
nfeotion with a coccus similar to tho
pneumoccus. This coccus enters the
body through the nose and, in some in
stances, reaches the membranes cov
ering the Drain and cord. If it reaches
these coverings it causes cerebros
pinal meningitis. If It remains on tho
membranes of the nose it causes
cold.
Cerebro-splnal meningitis starts with
soreness In the muscles of tho neck
A day or two later, usually in tho af
ternoon, the real onset of the disease,
comes with a fever, headache, vomiting,
and. In some instances, convulsions.
Tho fever continues. Tho patient be
comes delirious. His head, neck and
back bpw backward. Fever blisters
develop on tho skin of tho face, rarely
n tho rod lino of tho lips. There is no
paralysis of legs or arms, as in infan
tile paralysis.
The death rate ranges from 30 to 80,
orae people who recover loso tho nso
of one or both eyes and some loso their
earing. There Is no wasting of the
muscles of the legs and arms subse
uent to recovery.
There Is a serum antitoxin for this
disease. Tho reports are that It is very
effective.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis is apread
by tho noso secretions. Tho cocci get
Into the nose and may remain there for
long time. It Is like infantile paraly
is in that it carries and contacts are
more potent In spreading the disease
than are cases.
Nicholls tells us, in tho Public Health
Journal, that there are three classes of
carriers first, those who have recov
ered from cerebro-splnal fever, but still
arbor the cocci; tests have shown that
the cocci may persist In tho noses of
uch for more than: three months. Sec-
nd, those who have been in contact
with cases of the disease and have ac-
uired tho germ. Third, those who ap
pear to be in good health, who pre-
umably havo not been In contact with
known cases, and yet who harbor tho
germ.
Tho disease is very much more prev
alent among children than amonir
dults, but the disproportion is not so
great as In tho caso of infantile paraly-
ls.
The passing of Judge Thomas II.
Brents at Walla Walla removes a
figure long conspicuous in Oregon and
Washington. He was a pioneer, who
had the usual early-day experiences of
the old settlers; he was a lawyer, who
had In an exceptional degree the con
fidence of his clients: he was a Rep
resentative in Congress, who wastwice
re-elected (an unusual record In a
territory like Washington); and he
was a judge whom all classes trusted
Implicitly. He had a long life, and a
busy and useful one. A good name is
his principal heritage.
The Department of Agriculture
again is telling . housewives how to
mix - potatoes with flour to produce
excellent" bread. Potato bread is
poverty food. What tho housewives
of the American Nation want is wheat
bread of the best, and that is what
they will have following the exodus
of poverty stalkers from this Govern
ment In March and as soon as affairs
can be put In shape for renewal of
prosperous times.
A good substitute for the spelling
bee would be a contest among the
mathematical sharps In the schools to
decide who can count the most broken
Democratic promises or who can
count the President's numerous Mex
ican policies
Eleven-
If. as you seem to think, the South can
defeat the amendment in Congress, could
not that same Houth defeat ratification of
the amendment If passed by Congress?
We have not said that the South
could defeat the amendment in Con
gress if Mr. Hughes is elected. More
over, an amendment once submitted Is
pending until it is adopted. Nor is
the South individually strong enough
to defeat the amendment either in
Congress or in the subsequent ratifi
cation. The point is this: No Re
publican Northern state not now hav
ing woman suffrage is likely to give
the cause any aid if it shall happen
that the women's vote puts normally
Republican states like Oregon, Cali
fornia and Washington into the Dem
ocratic column. And the South is so
hidebound that no Democratic vie
tory due to women will now change
its course of opposition.
Have ' not recent elections shown that
certain Eastern states are strongly op
posed to woman suffrage?
Tes. But so did elections not long
since show Oregon to be hostile to
woman's suffrage. Yet persistence
and education carried the day.
If the South be solidly against It and
also some of the Eastern states, would
It be possible at this time to secure ratifica
tion by three-fourths of the states?
Perhaps not immediately. But the
pendency of the amendment would
not prevent individual state action
Not a thing in the world would be
sacrificed by those slates which de
sired to try woman suffrage on their
own account. The movement would
spread and ratification of tb.e amend'
By the same rule which made) Bill
O'Hara, the ballplayer, a great bomb
thrower, baseball should become pop
ular among European soldiers and
the war should develop some great
ballplayers.
The Southern Pacific might take a
hint from the Union Pacific as to the
best means of relieving the car short
age build cars in Portland and load
them as fast as they are finished.
Railroad men not under the benefit
of the Adamson law are wasting time
In petitioning the President. To give
in was plain bunk, but to respond to
an encore is absurd..
After two weeks on a test diet of
alligator pears, a Berkeley student ad
mltted he was very hungry. So, too,
did the horse trained to eat sawdust.
Just before he died.
To counteract a high cost of living.
eat plainer food and less of it. Come
to think of it, that always is the way
toward the end of a Democratic Ad
ministration.
Does Samuel Gompers take the
stump for Wilson as an ordinary
Democratic speaker or as president of
the American Federation of Labor?
This thing of being kept out of war,
but with all the disadvantages and
discomforts of actual warfare, is not
the benefit some profess it to be.
The Portland Commission has quali
fied for honors In a Democratic Ad
ministration. The chief requisite is
ability as a spender.
For a one-legged bandit. Villa cov
ers a surprising amount of ground and
keeps Carranza's two-legged soldiers
on the Jump,
WHAT MR, WILSOX SAID OF LABOR
Trade Unions Contemned on More
Than One Occasion In Past.
RAYMOND, Wash., Oct. 21. (To the
Editor.) (1) A saya a boy born in the
United. States of foreign parents will
havo to bo naturalized in order to vote
unless tho father was naturalised be
fore tho boy was 21. B says if the
parents' home was in this country a
boy born hero can vote whether the
father was naturalized or not.
(2) A says President Wilson never
made a remark about the labor unions
being a detriment to tho country. B
says ho did, but cannot remember Just
when and where, aa it was aomo time
ago. If this la true, will you please
state when and where?
W. D. FULLER.
(1) Tho boy la a citizen of the
United States unless he prefers to
chooso the citizenship of his parents.
Ho need sot bo naturalized in order to
vote.
(2) Mr. Wilson, before becoming
President, several times voiced un
pleasant things about labor unions.
among others that because o? trades
union policies the economic supremacy
of this country may be lost.
In an address delivered at tho Wal
dorf Hotel. New York. March 18. 1907,
he Bald:
We speak too exclusively of the capital-
Istlo class. There Is another as formida
ble aa enemy to equality and free
dom of opportunity aa It Is, and that Is the
class formed by the labor organizations and
leaders of the country.
Again Mr. Wilson, speaking to grad
uates of Princeton University. June IS,
1909. said, as published in tho Now
York World (Dem.) Juno 14. 1909:
Too know what the usual standard of the
employe Is In our day. It la to give as
little as ho may for his wages. Labor Is
standardized by tho trades unions, and this
Is the standard to which he Is made to
conform. No one Is suffered to do more
than the averaga rworkman can do. In
some trades and handicrafts no one is suf
fered to do more than the least skilled of
his fellows can do within the hours allotted
to a day's labor, and no one may work out
of his hours at all or volunteer anything- be
yond the minimum.
I need not point out how economically
disastrous such a regulation of labor la.
It la so unprofitable to the employer that
In some trades It will presently not bo worth
bis while to attempt anything at all. He
had better stop altogether than operate at
an Inevitable and Invariable loss.
Tho labor of America Is rapidly becom
ing unprofitable tinder Its present regula
tion by those who have determined to re
duce It to a minimum. Our economic su
premacy may be lost because the country
grows more and more full of unprofitable
servants.
Food for Baby. I
Mrs. M. K. S. writes: "My baby la
now 11 months old and weighs about 19
pounds, having weighed only six und
one-half pounds at birth. Ho is breast
fed every four hours, and all he gets
n the meantime is a graham cracker
or plain cookie. But now I think he
needs more -besides the breast, and I
would like to have your advice through
he 'column.' "
REPLT.
A baby 11 months old requires some food
In addition to breast milk. Give him orange
uice and prune Juice, spinach chopped fine.
clear vegetable soup, a little well-mashed
vegetables from the soup, mashed potatoes.
zwieback, graham crackers, cookies, well-
toasted bread, butter, cereal, a little finely
chopped meat, meat soup, a little egg. Begin
giving him meat by letting him suck a bone,
then give meat soup, finally a little chopped
meat. Begin giving vegetables by giving a
clear vegetable soup. Begin cereals with a
thin cereal gruel. Not. 1 begin giving cow's
milk from a cup instead of letting him
breaat-feed. Begin with milk diluted with an
equal part of water. Increase the strength
later. Do not feed too often.
Whooping Cough Vaccine.
Subscriber writes: "I have several
small children. Tho youngest has
whooping cough wlthoUt question: tho
other two are showing symptoms. What
shall I do to relievo the whooping and
strangling? Have been greasing chest
with camphorated oil and administering
syrup of wild cherry bark, rock
candy and lemon Juice."
REPLY.
Whooping cough vaccine Is sometimes of
service. That la about all you can give with
any advantage. Oreaslng the chest with
camphorated oil does no good, neither does
it do any harm. About the same can be
said of wild cherry, rock candy and lemon
Juice.
Should Inquire Further.
Worried writes: "I havo & very good
friend who has been troubled with
chronic bronchitis since she was
child. She takes cold very easily, and
lately she had a severe one, and one
day she spit blood. What treatment do
you. advise? One doctor told her she
had strong lungs. Nona of her family
had weak lungs. If you will kindly
advise her, I know she will appreciate
it- Ia olive oil good, for building up
REPLY.
Do not fee satisfied with one opinion. A
bronchitis accompanied by spitting of blood
Is auspicious, even though It Is of long
standing. Olive oil Is a good food, about
as good as butter, but not batter.
Meaning; of Provision In Bill.
MONMOUTH. Or.. Oct. 23. (To the
Editor.) Will establishing of a normal
school at Pendleton re-establish the
normals that have previously existed
in the state? The last part of the bill
saya "and ratifying tho location of cer
tain state institutions heretofore
located away from tho State Capital."
E. E. SICKAFOOSE.
i
Not in the sense that those now
closed would be reopened. Tho provl
slon Is incorporated to remove any
question aa to the legality of locating
the several institutions in places other
than the capital.
In Other Days
Twenty-Five Yeara Ago.
From The Creeodan of October 25. 1891.
Berlin. Oct. 24. The Reichstag will
reassemble on Tuesday, November IT.
The leading feature of tho speech from
tho throne will be- congratulations upon
tho formation of a commercial union
between Germany, Austria and Italy.
It Is now definitely determined that
Bismarck will again make hia appear
ance in Parliament.
San Francisco. Oct. 24. Tho United
Stn-tts Fish Commission steamer Alba
tross, which has been employed In mak
ing soundings in connection with tho
proposed laying of a submarine cablo
between tho United States and Hawaii,
returned today, havtng accomplished
the objects of tho cruise.
Washington. Oct. 24. Secretary
Blaine returned to Washington today
from his unexpectedly prolonged ab
sence from tha city since May last.
Honorable Solomon Hlrsh. TTnlted
States Minister to Turkey, is coming
home via tho Union Pacific and is duo
noints tomorrow or Tuesday. -
The caso against Professor G. A.
Adams, principal of tho Stephen
School, for assault OH Tom Blonmnr.
alleged to have been committed In tho
scnooiroom. was tried in Justice Bul
lock's court yesterday. Tho Jury de
liberated about three minutes and re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Chaplain C. C. Bateman. United
States Army, closed his work with a
farewell sermon at Vancouver Barracks
last Sunday afternoon. The chapel hall
waa packed with soldiers and their
f ri'.'nds.
SALVO OF QUESTIONS IS FIRED
Mr. Rosa Aiks If Fresldent Is Not Con
alatent on Anthony Amendment.
PORTLAND. (October. 26. (To the
Editor.) In Tho Oregonlan there ap
pears unaer tno caption neaaing n is
Mind." an editorial dealing with Dr.
Pohl-Lovejoy'a statements regarding
the position President Wilson has
taken on the woman suffrage question,
and a careful reading prompts me to
ask a few questions.
Is It not a fact that a Constitutional
amendment must be ratified by three-
fourths of all the states before it be
comes operative? Is It likely that the
members of Congress from any given
state could be Induced to support the
Susan B. Anthony amendment if a ma
jority of tho people of that state were
opposed to It? Ia it not a well es
tablished principle that each state
should determine the qualifications of
its own voters? And. If that be true,
is-not tho President consistent when
ho says the woman suffrage question
is one to be determined first by the
several states? What evidence have
you that the President has changed his
mind on this subject? How many
states do you include in the South? If.
as you seem to think, the South can
defeat the amendment In Congress,
could not that same South defeat ratifi
cation of the amendment If passed by
Congress? Have not recent elections
shown that certain Eastern states are
strongly opposed to woman suffrage?
If the South be solidly against it. and
also some of the Eastern states, would
it be possible at this time to secure
ratification by three-fourths of the
states? If not, then why waste time
and effort In trying to pet tho amend
ment through Congress? And what
does Mr. Hughes' advocacy amount to.
practically?
I have voted for woman suffrage at
every opportunity, but it does appear
that all this agitation for the passage
of an amendment by Congress ia like
a proposal to build a house by erecting
the superstructure first. It 1 am
wrong, I would like to be put right.
As a matter of Information to me and
to your many other readers, I trust you
will answer these questions through
your columns.
R. M. ROSS.
S35 Kenllworth avenue. v
The questions are answered In an
other column.
WHAT A WOMAN SAW IX MEXICO
Mra. O'ShauKhneaay Telia Why She Haas
Declared for Hug bra.
Mrs. Edith O'Sliaughnetay, wife of
Nelson O'Sbaughnessy, who was United
States Charge d'Affaires at Mexico City
while President Wilson was eliminat
ing Hueria. gives thesu reasons "Why
1 Am for Hughes :
I am for Hughes because with my o
eyea:
1 havo seen the destruction of a nation;
with my own ears 1 have heard tho cries
of that bleeding, agonized remnant of what
three years ago was the Mexican people.
I have seen, under the auspices of the
Democratic Administration, organised gov
ernment destroyed in -a sovereign state
whoso greatest misfortune at this time la to
be our neighbor.
I have seen authority deatroyed as cer
tainly a if wo bad taken the machinery
of administration into our physical hands
and broken It. And In regard to ail this
have seen Installed an organized campaign
of misrepresentation where the wrongs of
thla sister nation are concerned whereby
the cries of the people have been stifled.
their agonies concealed, their rights their
human rights trampled to earth.
1 have seen the house of God profaned, the
ministers of Christ cast Into ignominy, holy
women felled. And last, but mil least
I havo seen our citizen, whose rights to
protection there Is aa indisputable as that
of tho sons of Kngiand. Germany, t rance.
Spain, Japan, despoiled if the fruits of
honest labor.
Our women have been outraged, our chll
dren tortured, our men left to Ho In their
blood. Now. with the help of God. and con
fidlng In the underlying greatness of our
Nation, I hope for the vindication of our
honor where other nations are concerned
and the performance of our duty where our
own people are concerned.
1 am for Hughes, because I believe a man
has arisen who, as our (Jhier executive, wi
safeguard our most precious possession on
land and sea, at noma and abroad our
national honor.
Half a Century A to.
From The Oregonlan of October 2-5. lSOA.
WALLA WALLA. Oct. 19. Tho build
ing hereafter to bo known as tho Whit
man Seminary was dedicated last Sat
urday with appropriate ceremonies.
The building Is two stories, with a
cupola on top, and is possibly tho most
Imposing structure east of the moun
tains. . y
Tho subscription list for tho balloon
ascension is now being circulated and
good success has been found. A large
number have already subscribed.
There was a larso crowd at tho cir
cus last night. The Hook and Ladder
Company had a "bumper" sure enough.
Good for the boys we are glad of your
success.
Tho dredcer will becrin operations at
Swan Island bar on Friday. Tho com
mittee on river improvements will
visit tho mouth of the river today ror
the purpose of making a thorough ex
amination of the work.
The Marquis de Larochejaquelin has
published in pamphlet form in Paris
what would have been pronounced In
tho form of a speech in the French
legislature but for his ill health. Tho
substance of his argument is that Eu
rope is on the verge of a general war.
LAW FOR. CLASS WITHI.V CLASS
A d am son Art Helps 400,000 and Ignores
1.600,000 Railway Workers.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct- 23 T th
Editor.) Tie writer has for a genera
tion been a e-oldicr in tho warfare for
social Justice, a supporter of the propa
ganda of union labor, and an advocate
of a universal elsht-hour day.
inereiore he claims the rieht at thla
time to protest on behalf of the av
erage Workingmnn. in behalf of the
common weal, against tho Injustice of
tno class legislation, for the enact
ment of which tho President in appeal
ing for the support of labor.
The Adamson bill Is In fact a Wilson
bill. It became a law becausa of tha
insistence of the President, and not
otherwise. As usual with Mr. Wilson.
ho followed the line of leoet reststanco
and played tho game of personal poli
tics, in public supposed, until after
tha bill had been signed by tha Presi
dent, that it covered all tho employes
of Interstate commerce rillroads. and
mereiore tor u, season tne law waa approved.
when the text was given out to tho
public, analysis demonstrated that ita
benefits were limited to engineers,
firemen, conductotrs and brakemen.
Thereafter no fair-minded man of any
party could support or approve it
American .citlzenn believe in Justice.
There are 2.000.0O0 people in tha em
ploy of interstate railroads. Of these
400.000 aro by this statute selected for
special privilege, and 1.600.000 aro de
nied tho beneflta accorded their fel
lows.
While the bill was before Congress
Pennsylvania Congressman offered..
the following amendment: "Add to sec
tion 1 tho following languacre, 'Pro
vided further, that this section shall
also Include and apply to station
agnt, train dispatchers, trackmen,
office employe, workers in railway
smops and all other employes of a rail
road carrier engaged In interstate car
riage of passengers and freight." "
This amendment was voted down.
Could thre bo anything clearer than
the purpose of Mr. Wilson to deny equal
and Jurt laws to the worklns people
of the land? He dominated the Demo
cratic majority of Congress absolutely.
A word from him would havo secured
the adoption of that amendment.
STEPHEN A. LOWELL.
Xot Compulsory.
LA GRANDE. Or., Oct. 22. (To the
Editor.) To settle a dispute kindl;.
state whether It Is compulsory to give
your party affiliations when register
ing. J. R. BROWNE
The County Clerk Is authorized to
register voters who refusa to state
their party preference,
Lumber Imports Large.
SK AMOK AW A, Wash., Oct, 3. (To
tho Editor.) 1. Please let mo know
how many cars of lumber and shingles
came into this country, from Canada
tho last year. 2. Also when waa the
tariff commission passed. Respectfully,
SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Wo cannot glvo the car-load
quantities. Tho last available statis
tics are for tho eleven months ending
Ma 31. 1916. Our Imports of lumber
from Canada totaled 1,080.360.000 feet
valued at $20,107,172. Shingles Im
ported from Canada in 1915 aggregated
1,487.116,000. as compared with 660.
297.000 In 1913 under protection.
(2) The tariff commission provision
Is Included in the new revenue law
passed last August,
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DEFECTS IX RURAL CREIJIT BILL
Chance for Sharp Practice Offered.
Cost to State Laurite.
WARRENTON. Or.. Oct. 23. (To tho
Editor.) Tho rural credits amendment
to bo votod on November 7 is nearly as
bad as the single tax amendment,
though it docs not evoke as much criti
cism. It ia clearly class legislation and I
see no reason why the prosperous
farmer of Oregon should be made a
preferred class.
It Is proposed to Issue 4 per cent
bonds and loan the money to farmers
only at 5 per cent. I am not a financier,
but it seems to me the margin of 1 per
cent allowed the state for handling this
money is altogether too small.
Section 5 provides that the money
shall be loaned (a) for the payment
of lands purchased; (b) the purchase
of livestock and other equipment, etc.;
(c) for tha satisfaction of incum
brances, etc.; but section 6 says:
"No failure to apply such funds to
tho purposes stated anall Invalidate
a loan: but if he shall violate hi con
tract by applying the moneys borrowed
to purposes other than those stated in
his application" the loan becomes
payable upon six months' notice.
. A borrower could, then, secure money
from the state and reloan it at a great
er rate and he would be getting tho
money at 2 V4 per cent for six months.
The money is to be lent for S6 years
and the state will have to keep track
of all changes in title.
The borrower Is to pay 1 per cent of
the loan granted for appraisal and ex
amination of title, including, I assume,
the making of abstract and an attor
ney's opinion. One per cent of 1000 ia
110. and. as small loans are to bo given
the preference, wo may assume that
this $1000 will be tha average loan.
Will It pay for appraisal and abstract,
and. If not. will not thla item bo a big
expense to the state?
I notice It has the Indorsement of
the State Federation of Labor, which
also indorses the single tax amend
ment. E. II. FLAGG.
January 27. 150. '"'
PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 24. (To the
ditor.) When was Kaiser Wilhelro
born?
" AMERICAN.