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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917.
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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY", JAN. 24, 1917.
NATIONAL. WASTERS.
Secretary Redfield spoke plainly to
the members of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce recently, when
he said that the people of the United
States were becoming more and more
entitled to be called "I. W. W.," to
which he gave the novel interpreta
tion, "Industrial Wasters of the
World." People of the Pacific Coast
will be especially interested in his
figures because he mentioned timber
as a conspicuous example. He said
that In the country aa a whole 65 per
cent of every tree is wasted in the
process of turning it into lumber.
There is no accurate way of estimat
ing the amount of waste caused by
failure to make use of "down timber"
before it has rotted on the ground.
Knorraous quantities of scrap lumber,
not suitable for full-length boards, are
put to no use whatever. The Secre
tary's remarks upon the annual waste
by forest fires are more or less fa
miliar to all. but they will bear em
phasis, although in this respect we are
improving as the country is waking
up to the value of fire protection. The
amount of waste connected with the
lumber industry alone is enormous,
but it probably does not compare with
the total of our waste in other, though
individually less important, lines.
The Boston Transcript comments on
the annual practice of the police of
New York and probably of other
large cities of assembling all the re
volvers, knives, burglars' tools and
other confiscated contraband and tow
ing them on a barge out to sea, where
In accordance with the law they are
dumped overboard and lost forever.
There was this year a great cargo of
this material. There were tons of steel
of the finest quality, together with
other metals bronze, nickel, brass
and silver that would have been
worth something if put into the melt
ing pot, where destruction would have
been complete enough to satisfy the
law against possession of the weapons
of nefarious industry, and at the same
time legitimate industry would have
been the gainer. The police are not to
blame, for machinery for conversion
of this material into harmless ingots
is not established, and the police are
concerned only with carrying out the
law as it stands. Still, the system is
wasteful, and as such it is wrong.
There is another minor form of
waste in the enforcement of the so
called dry laws in some states. Great
quantities of alcoholic liquor seized
in raids are poured out into gutters,
when the material would be valuable
for industrial purposes for the alcohol
it contains and the law would be just
as well vindicated if some efficient
denaturant were used to render the
liquor non-potable and it were then
devoted to mechanical use. But we
are not organized to take care of our
waste materials, and so they are de
stroyed. because that is the "easiest
way."
One appealing feature of waste pre
vention is that it does not necessarily
imply stinginess. The really stingy
man is the one who begrudges neces
sary expenditures and who resorts
to cheese paring rather than sensible
conservation. Some men who are
most liberal in the conduct of their
larger affairs are most careful in see
ing to it that the industry yields every
penny that ought to be coming out of
it. , In fact, the careful manufacturer
is in the better position to be liberal
in matters of wages and other things.
because he will have the money with
which to practice liberality. Employes
who fail to co-operate with their em
ployers in preventing little wastes are
standing in their own light
Wastefulness is especially a handi
cap, as Mr. Redfield has said, when
we come into competition with busi
ness rivals who are more thrifty than
we. We may not know just where and
why they are able to undersell us in
the markets of the world, but chances
are it is because they make a profit
out of the very things that we neglect
Vasted effort, wasted material are
going to be big items in the future in
the race for the business of the world.
THE TROCBLE ABOUT EGGS.
Prices of eggs in England are being
depressed at the expense of consumers
in the United States. London had been
paying from 90 cents to $1.14 a dozen
when a shipment of 15,000,000 dozen
from the United States and Egypt sent
the quotation down to 60 cents, and it
was then said that another shipment
of 20,000,000 dozen from America was
expected soon, uncertainty as to the
time of its arrival, however, tending
to hold the market against a further
immediate slump.
At the same time it is said that
English firms have made contracts in
the United States for several million
dozen eggs a week, which will have
a tendency to keep down the number
put in storage next season and may
therefore have a still more far-reach
ing effect upon prices in America for
several months to come. -
The housewives' boycott appears to
have been short lived and eggs that
were not quickly snapped up at home
have found a ready foreign market.
indicating that as to this commodity,
at least, the laws of supply and de
tnand have operated without undue
hindrance. '
All of this goes to show that the
American people are helping to pay
for Europe's war. People across the
Atlantic stop working to fight, begin
buying abnormal quantities of what
we produce, and we must pay more
for everything we eat and wear. That
is one of the consequences of rapid
means of communication "and of our
. means of preserving food. Prices in
all countries have been equalized . by
more even distribution of the supply,
but when war 4islocates the machinery
of production, the same means enable
the fighting nations to deprive the
peaceful nations of a, large part of
their supply. Before steamships and
refrigeration made transport of eggs
across the Atlantic feasible,' eggs re
mained cheap in the United States,
though Europe fought for twenty
years. The same' is true of fruit,
vegetables and other perishable goods.
Rapid transit is a blessing to all
nations in times of peace and to fight
ing nations in times of war, "but dur
ing the latter times it compels the
peaceful to bear, a larger share of the
burden which was formerly placed on
those which fight. '
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
The state of California has in its
National Guard a squadron of cavalry
and four batteries of field artillery.
They are not now in the field.
The United States Government has
stationed at San Diego, doing peace
ful and agreeable garrison duty, two
battalions of infantry.
The state of Oregon has in Congress
member who is chairman of the
Senate committee on military affairs
and who presumably' has unusual in
fluence with the War Department.
Yet Oregon's one field battery and
one cavalry company are retained on
the Mexican border to protect the
state of California or to fight fleas or
to gratify somebody's desire to see
unfortunate men squirm, or for some
other reason, while 25,000 more
Guardsmen are sent home.
The Oregon troop and battery were
among the first, if not the first, on
the border. Other cavalry and other
batteries sent later have been home
for weeks. The Oregon guardsmen
have no duties to perform except to
wait watchfully at $15 per wait.
why cannot California do its own
police work? Or why cannot the
regulars at San Diego be transferred
from their soft berths?
Is Senator Chamberlain doing any
thing or is he content that Oregon
troops be made the goat of the mys
terious displeasure of the War De
partment? THE COST OF BEING GOVERNED.
"It costs something to be governed,"
says the Supreme Court in upholding
the "blue-sky" laws. It is well to
bear that in mind when we are in
clined to chafe at paying taxes. It is
then timely to reflect how much more
it would cost to have no government.
Those who lived in the vigilante days
of California and Montana can tell,
and they are the staunchest uphold
ers, of law and order to this day.
Laws to prevent dishonest business
impose a burden on honest business.
but they also confer benefits. It is
surely much more difficult to sell
good securities in a market that is
flooded with wildcat stock than when
the latter is driven out of the mar
ket by law. When the blue-sky stock
dealer is abroad, much greater pains
are required to establish the reputa
tion of good securities, for the wild
catter generates suspicion which ex
tends to good and bad alike. The
taxes and fees collected from legiti
mate corporations pay for making
their lives more secure, as other taxes
give the citizen security against bur
glars" and murderers. Blue-sky laws
are worth their cost to those whom
they tax.
But government may cost more than
t is worth. We have good authority
for the statement that the Govern
ment costs at least $300,000,000 a year
more than we should pay. It would
cost still less if it were to leave un
done many things which it does but
which could be done better by private
enterprise. Regulation of corporations
is not one of these things. Cor
porations are created by the states
and the United States, and it is
proper that their creators see that
they do not abuse or exceed the pow
ers with which they are endowed.
DELINQUENT TAX PUBLICATION.
A repeated charge that the news
papers of Oregon are the patrons, and
beneficiaries of graft in the publica
tion of delinquent tax lists has been
made by a Portland paper, the Jour
nal, which has set out to secure repeal
of the present law authorizing publi
cation anct1 the substitution of notice
to delinquents by postal cards. Why
not by the town crier?
The present law requires publica
tion in Multnomah County in' "news
papers" of 10,000 or more circulation,
and the District Attorney has inter
preted the statute to mean all papers
able to qualify. Undoubtedly it is
wasteful and unnecessary to print the
list in four newspapers. But it is
sound policy and true economy to
give public notice that taxes on cer
tain properties are delinquent and not
to follow a plan of mere private no
tice to the owners.
It cannot reasonably be contended
that the only duty the county has
when the delinquent property- is to
be offered for sale is to drop a note
in .he mails to the man or woman
who has failed in his payments. Pub
lication of the delinquent list is i
most important step in the process
leading to sale of the property. It
would appear to be desirable, for
obvious reasons, to have that fact
well known. Moreover, knowledge
that one's property will be advertised
for non-payment of taxes is a direct
incentive to prompt payment. We be
lieve any experienced tax collector
will give his testimony to that effect.
Assertion by a newspaper that ad
vertisement, or publication, in a pub
lie journal is without value is a strange
thing, and may be set down to sheer
aberration or perversity of mind, or
a jealous and spiteful purpose to
withhold such publications from other
newspapers, at any cost to itself.
For the public and for newspapers
in general. The Oregonian insists that
publication on their pages is far more
effective and profitable than any un
certain process of private notification
through the malls or otherwise. No
newspaper is justified in charging the
state or county more than its cus
tomary commercial rates for public
business; and insofar as such charges
have been made by any paper, they
are excessive and dishonest, and may
appropriately be denounced as graft.
But we do not think that it is dis
honorable or unworthy for journals
as a class to seek the public business
on the same terms as private busi
ness: and we do not think that pub
lishers or editors who regard their
pages as sound media for publication
of public notices of any kind are
grafters. We think rather more of
such a newspaper than of the otherS
kind which discredits its own pro
fession and discounts its own service
to its readers and to the public by
preferring postal-card publicity to
newspaper publicity.
The Legislature ought not to be
dragooned into hasty or costly action
in this business. ' Let there be due
consideration of the question op its
broad merits. There ought to be pub
licity of delinquent tax lists, on fair
terms, and it ought to be uniform in
method and reasonable in cost. If it
is worth while to a county to take
the best means of avoiding ' general
delinquencies, and of making the most
satisfactory and expeditious disposi
tion of such properties after delin
quency, it will not abandon the pres
ent scheme of public notice.
THE RIGHT TO BE AMUSED.
It is well said that the law is a liv
ing thing. Our constitutions. Federal
and state, and our statutes innumer
able, big. little and medium-sized, all
breathe the spirit of growth. We are
no longer bound by the dead prece
dents of a past that is gone. Our hopes,
our aspirations, our longings for bet
ter things, and prettier things, and
sometimes for useless things, are all
embodied in the outgivings of our
legislators and the decisions of our
courts.
Only a few years ago a husband and
father who provided pretty well for
his family in the way of necessaries
of life, such as food, clothing a,nd
shelter, and meanwhile laid by some
thing for a rainy day, was regarded
a useful citizen. At any rate, the
courts would not have stepped in to
interfere with him. It is different
now.' A judge in the state of New
York has granted to a complaining
wife a decree of separation they do
not have divorces except for a single
cause in New York because her hus
band had not taken her to the theater
in five years. This judge, imbued
with the spirit of the "living law,"
finds that whatever may have been
the conditions of bygone days, times
have so changed that life without its
motion pictures may be regarded as
intolerable." Of course no woman
must be subjected to that which can
not be borne. A couple of hundred
years ago a husband would have been
punished, for beating his wife if the
stick ho used were thicker than his
thumb. But we progress. The more
refined cruelties are also barred now.
Theater tickets are among the ln-
dispensables of life as indispensable,
for example, as silk stockings and
nourishing food.
A motion-picture man has compiled
figures showing that one out of seven
of the population attends some motion-picture
show every day in the
year, on the average. Half the people
of some cities see a show on Sunday.
The New York judge knows which
side his bread is buttered on. He will
come up for re-election one day, and
he is not going to fly in the face of so
important a political element in the
community as the movie vote.
THE INTERNA!, STRIFE IN RUSSIA.
Appointment of Prince Golitzin as
Premier is a victory for the bureau
cracy in its contest with the people
for control of the Russian govern-1
merit. It was brought about by what
are called in the Duma "the dark
forces" the monk Rasputin and his
like, the Germanophlle court, the
bureaucracy and the other reaction
aries, who would rather see Russia
defeated with themselves in control
than see the empire fight on under
the guidance of the Duma.
When General Trepoff was ap
pointed Premier, it seemed that the
Duma had won. That body, aided
by various social organizations, had
been working for prosecution of the
war, when Sturmer, a Germanophile.
became Premier and began system
atically paving the way for a separate
peace. His methods are described by
Isaac Don Levine in the New York
Times. He fought the social organ
izations which were building up the
army, muzzled the press, caused the
circulation of stories which would in
spire hatred of the allies and printed
proclamations containing false infor
mation favorable to Germany.. His
policy caused a union of parties in the
Duma which had been considered ir
reconcilable. When the attack on him
began on November 14 the Progressive
block, constituting the majority, passed
a resolution demanding the resigna
tion of the Cabinet and was supported
by the leaders of the Conservatives,
by the Council of the empire, which
is the bulwark of the autocracy, and
by the Congress of Nobility, represent
ing the great landlords and the oldest
families. That evening Sturmer pro
posed to the Cabinet that the Duma
be dissolved, but had only one sup
porter. Had not Protopopoff. Min
ister of the Interior, arrived too late,
he would have had two. He then de
cided to act alone in obtaining the
Czar's signature to the decree, but for
eight days he was prevented from
having an audience- During that pe
riod the Ministers of War and Marine
appeared before the Duma and an
nounced the army's desire to co-op
erate with the people in prosecuting
the war. While Sturmer was on his
way to see the Czar, he was met by
a messenger with the decree retiring
him and appointing Trepoff.
Trepoff is not a Liberal, but he
would co-operate with the Duma and
the social organizations in working
for victory. These forces were ready
to support him and were backed by
Franco-British diplomacy, but the
"dark forces" returned to the attack.
They insisted on the retention of Pro
topopoff, and he was not only kept
in office but given added authority
in defiance of the Duma's demands
for his dismissal. Sazonoff, ex-Minister
for Foreign Affairs, was sum
moned by the Czar and his reappoint
ment was expected, but did not come.
As a staunch pro-ally, he would have
been acceptable, but the people were
satisfied with Pokrovsky, who was ap
pointed, for he is pro-ally and Pro
gressive. The "dark forces" then
sent Rasputin to the Czar to turn him
to a separate peace, but he failed, for
the Czar was at General Headquarters,
surrounded by army officers who fa
vor fighting to the end.
Then followed the assassination of
Rasputin, which was hailed with joy
by the people, but it proved the oc
casion of victory for their enemies.
Trepoff showed his leanings toward
the popular side by lifting the censor
ship on publicity as to Rasputin's per
sonality, and he did not prosecute the
assassins. Suddenly he was dismissed.
and for the time the reactionary, pro
German element is in control. The
new Premier, Prince Golitzin, is de
scribed by Mr. Levine as "more of a
literary man than a politician, de
stined to play the role of a puppet
in the hands of the court circle" and
to be "used by the dark forces as a
tool." He is called "the nominal
Prime Minister" in Petrograd, while
Protopopoff is called "the real power
behind the throne." Golitzin has de
clared against reform and has dis
missed Count Ignatieff, the most
liberal member of the Cabinet, and
has replaced him with an arch-reactionary.
The bureaucrats probably reason
that yielding to the Duma now would
lead to steady increase of popular
power until they would be completely
overthrown. Their inclination to a
separate peace implies that they would
rather accept defeat for Russia than
for themselves. Their sympathies are
naturally with the militarist party in
Germany and Austria, and a triple al
liance of the three Emperors would
be more to their taste than the pres
ent alliance with the democratic states
of Western Europe. The central pow
ers could afford to make liberal terms
in order to buy off . Russia and be
left free to deal with their other
enemies.
But what would the army do? It
is not the army of 1914, officered by
aristocrats who are in full sympathy
with the bureaucracy and ready to
do its will. That army almost dis
appeared in 1915. It has been sup
planted by a new army, drawn direct
ly from a nation enthusiastic for war
and officered very largely by men
drawn from the liberal middle class,
men who fraternize with their sol
diers and imbue them with liberal
sentiments. It is possible that this
army, while holding the Teutons at
bay with one hand, would crush the
"dark forces" and force a. constitu
tional government on the Czar. The
struggle in Russia has only begun,
and on its result may hang the result
of the war.
Estimates made recently that bad
colds alone cost the people of the
country $10,000,000 a year through
lost time and other incidental ex
penses suggest a form of conservation
that is measurably within the reach
of all, especially at this season when
colds are so prevalent. There is an
other factor of loss whlch is not in
cluded in the estimate, and "that is the
poorer work done by the victim while
he is "coming down" and before he
is compelled to stay away from his
work. . This in the aggregate is also
very large. The possibilities of pre
venting a large part of this waste are
within the reach of all, by adopting
obvious precautions, such as avoid
ance of Infection when other mem
bers of the family are ill, providing
plenty of fresh air in the living and
sleeping rooms and seeing to it that
houses are not overheated. The last
item suggests automatically another
way of reducing the high cost of living,
since investigators have come to the
conclusion that too much fuel is used
by most of us, and that many "colds"
are the direct result of going from
too warm rooms into, the cold, damp
outside air.
The United States Government has
no desire to change the color of the
paper money in common use in this
country, and for this reason has taken
the trouble to obtain the consent of
some of the belligerent nations of
Europe to the importation of certain
rare colors employed in the printing
of bank notes. The stir created in
iVe-trade circles, however, has been
shown to have been quite out of pro
portion to the importance of the is
sue, since the amount consumed is
quite small in proportion to the entire
consumption of colors of various kinds
and it is said that it would not be
profitable for any manufacturer to
make them when the demand Is so
small, and the colors are not used in
any other industry and are not likely
to be. Meanwhile some progress has
been made in the manufacture of
other coal-tar dyes in the United
States, as is shown by the fact that in
1916 nearly 20,000 tons were sold in
the open market. The United States
is the largest producer and consumer
of coke in the world, which gives it
one advantage in the manufacture of
dyes.
Some smart Yankee farmers are
accused of giving the state of Massa
chusetts short measure, in selling a
site for a school for the feeble-minded.
The state paid for 8 88 acres, but sur
veyors found only 619 acres. The Attorney-General
accepted old records
without surveys and the commission
paid on that basis. The commission
was abolished, and a new one, estab
lished under a consolidation scheme,
discovered the shortage, but -nothing
will be done to recover the excess pay
ment. That is the fruit of having too
many commissions.
The war may settle down to com
petitive bidding between the Germans
and the allies for the aid of Russia.
The promise of Constantinople was
made known by Trepoff to unite the
nation for war and to defeat the
bureaucratic peace party. It is now
Germany's turn to make a more at
tractive bid. By prolonging the com
petition Russia might come off better,
though defeated, than if victory had
been. won.
The life of a man who puts up at
a cheap hotel is as valuable to him
as is that of the guest of a first-class
hostelry. If it cannot be safeguarded
it Is up to the officers of the law to
do something before the man is
burned to death.
There is much to be said in favor
of the daylight-saving bill, but there
is not much to be said In favor of
people who can only rise early by
making the alarm' clock tell them a
lie every morning.
Organized labor through the Ameri
can Federation approves tho proposal
to push the clocks ahead an hour
May 1 for the five warm months. This
will give longer motoring time for
the barons of the workshop.
The-1 half-million women making
munitions in England are earning and
handling money of their own and
will not easily drop into second place
in the family when the war is over
and they are out of jobs.
Several lobbies are pulling against
each other at Salem, in spite of all
that has been said against lobbyists.
As long as here are Legislatures there
will be lobbyists, by whatever name
they may be called.
While the Honorable Myers, P. M,
finds a journey to Washington neces
sary, the Honorable Milt Miller, the
only serene Democrat in the vineyard,
stays - on the job for the full eight
hours a day.
Joseph Supple is late in getting into
the ocean shipbuilding business, but
he is an old hand with river boats
rand with steamers for Puget Sound.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
might put skates on its cars to get
them over the ice of Madison River.
An Ohio man has demonstrated
how cheaply one can live, but wisely
he arranged first for hjs funeral.
Bethlehem Steel is dividing:$30,000,
000, and It cannot be said to be
spelled with an "a," either.
Poor old Chris Evans finds the way
of the transgressor is over the hill
to the poorhouse.
Britain is calling the boys of 18,
and they are the scrappy lads.
A united
wrons.
'country press" cannot be
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Evan.
Questions pertinent to- hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease, if matters of gen
eral intfreet. will be- answered In this col
umn. Where apace will not permit or tna
subject is not suitable letters will be per
sonally answered, subject to proper limita
tions and where stamped addressed envelope
is Inclosed. Dr. Evsos will not make diagnosis
or prescribe- for individual diseases. Re
quests for such services cannot bs answered.
(Copyright, 191U. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published, by arrangement with, tho Chicago
Tribune.)
PrRB WATER ON SHIPS.
A BOUT 10 years ago Dr. Cobb called
attention to the fact that fresh
water sailors had more than their
share of typhoid fever. He ascribed
this to the objectionable method of
taking water by snips. Either they
Oiled their tanks with water known to
be polluted, or else they waited until
they got Into clean water to fill their
tanks, but pumped the clean water
through polluted seacocks and water
pipes.
Agitation for control of the water
supply of ships plying fresh water wag
started by the Lake Michigan water
commission in 1909. Prior to that time
no traveler was gate unless he had the
habits of a camel filled up on water
before he started and then went dry
while on boats and trains. To 'drink
water on a fresh-water boat is not
safe yet, but it is becoming so.
Cobb. Williams and Letton say that
much the safest and best method of
purifying water for fresh-water boats
is the use of stllto of the type used on
all salt-water boats. The Investigators
did not find any fresh-water boat that
used the still system.
The next best method is a properly
regulated apparatus for pasteurizing
water. Thirteen samples were ' taken
from laks vessels making use of heat
treatment. All were free from colon
bacilli.
The third best method was proper
sterilization by means of violet rays.
Two hundred and forty samples were
taken from vessels using this method.
lity-rour and three-tenths per cent
was free from bacillus colL Although
many of the ships are equipped with
this method of water sterilization, the
results were not good because of
faulty operation.
Treatment with bleaching powder
and with liquid chlorine were also
found to kill the bacteria, but in oper
ation the method did not work well.
Complaints of chlorine taste were fre
quent., am methods of mixing: were
bad. About . 20 vessels were found
equipped with eand filters. These fil
ters were found extremely unsatisfac
tory.
Probably the bes; of all methods is
that required by the Toronto authori
ties. All boats calling at Toronto are
required to fill, their drinking water
tanks from the city mains.
Owners and operators of boats ply
Ing fresh waters can get this bulletin
from- the public, health service. The
title is Drinking Water on Interstate
Carriers," by Cobb. Williams and Let
ton.
The public can drink water on res
lar passenger lake boats with mod
erate safety. The danger Is, say, 10 per
cent greater than from drinking Chi
cago water. The public had better not
drink water on freight lake boats with
out llrst learning that it is safe. The
probability is that it will not be. Since
the new regulations went into effect It
Is safe to drink water on any passen
ger train anywhere.
Diet for Diabetes.
Mrs. A. W.C. writes: "Will you srive
me a list of the foods a man of 45, who
has diabetes, can eat? What chance
has a patient of this age for recovery
The patient is a train conductor and has
always been a man of good habits."
Reply. ,
It Is easier to say what he cannot eat. H
cannot eat ordinary breads, desserts, sugar.
sweets, and potatoes. This, however. Is not
enough Information on which to base a diet
for diabetes. I have given such a diet sev
eral times. I suggest that you get Hill'
small book entitled, "The Starvation Treat
ment for Diabetes." It gives diet lists and
other detailed Inaruetlons.
Tuberculosis Symptoms.
R. E. P. writes. "What are the symp
toms of " tuberculosis, especially the
first stage? (2) Is it contagious from
tho beginning?"
Reply.
1. A tendency to become tired without suf
ficient provocation, slight pallor, alight loss
of weight, temperature low In the morning
slightly above normal tn the afternoon.
slight cough. These symptoms are enough
to excite suspicion and call for a physical
examination and a sputum analysis.
2. No.
Drink Milk.
A mother writes: "1. Have Dr. Holt'e
book on care of infants, but noticed
you gave some one an address in Wash
ington, D. C. where they could writ
for booklet which would be of help in
taking care of infant. Please publis
the address again. Also my baby (
boy 10 weeks old and breast fed) seems
to be hungry most of the time. My
milk does not seem to be scant, but
does appear watery that is, sort of
poor looking. Baby does not refuse it
but seems irritable at times. .2. Please
advise how I can tell if my milk is good
or not. What appearance must it have
to be poor? It seems to have' a lot o
water and baby passes lots of urine,
Reply.
1. Children's Bureau, Department of La
bor, Washington. D. C, many state boards
of health, and some city boards now give
away baby books.
2. It appears that your milk is not nutri
tious enough. There Is no way to be cerajti
except to have It analyzed at some privat
laboratory. Drink less water; drink milk
instead. This will better the quality
your milk.
of
Treatment of Sprains.
W. C W. writes: "In case of a wrist
badly sprained in consequence of a vlo
lent fall, what Is the true wisdom about
exercise of the Injured member? Should
the wrist be exercised even at the ex
pense of considerable pain? How soon
after the injury would you advise com
menclng the exercise? Tho accident
occurred eome 10 or 12 days ago and
the wrist is considerably swollen still,
though steadily growing less and less
painful. Much relief from the first has
been obtained by plunging the arm u
to the elbow in water as hot as could
be borne."
Reply.
A sprained Joint should be carefully -amlned
to be certain that no fracture
present. It should b covered by wet com
presses. Within three days gentla massage
and passive motion should be begun. Th
exercise should be so skillfully and. care
fully done aa to reduce pain to the mini
mum. This can be done.
BILL, SAID TO HAVE NO TEETH
Mr. Schubel Criticises Ad Club Meas
ure snd Defends House Bill.
PORTLAND. Jan. 2S. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been asked by several
business houses is this city to take
cognizance of the article appearing on
page 4 of Tho Oregonian this morn
ing concerning "Two Ad Bills Rivals"
and that one now pending at Salem is
backed by the Ad Club to take tne
place of the present one which is dif
ficult to enforce.
I am familiar with the proposed bill
which the Ad Club seeks to enact, as
being a reproduction of the famous
1ms law about which so much has
been said in and out of place. I have
copy of the proposed law known as
Senate bill No. 116, and am free to
state publicly that the proposed law
not a copy of the approved Nlras
law. If you would have the time, space
and inclination, the "deadly parallel"
would, upon careful reading, become
apparent. The carefully guarded state
ments appearing In the article, made
by W. B. Shlvely, attorney for the Ad
Club, is that the bill proposed by a
very large number of business houses
in this city "would be very difficult to
secure conviction under Wcauas of
provision that a guilty intent to de
fraud on the part of the advertiser
must be proved."
Since when has it become the policy
1 the law to make easy convictions
for crimes? When has the law ceased
to deem the accused innocent until he
proven guilty? The statement that
the Ad Club's proposed bill is the ssme
as the Kims bill is misleading. The
very fact that some members or uie
Ad Club find it necessary to re-enact
law in lieu of the existing statute is
an admission that the present laws are
Ineffectual.
The Item referred to warns the puo-
IIo not to sign the petition or indorse
the proposed California statute. ine
Ad Club have not seen fit to publish
their oroDOsed law. The leading busi
ness houses of this community wno
ava indorsed the California law. ana
those having the proposed measurer in
charge, are willing to take the public
Into their confidence. Tho "copy" of
the Ad Club's proposed law is not a
copy. It purposely leaves out a very
Important provision, thai is. oi tne peo
ple "knowingly" violating tne law. etc
In other words, tne sting 10 ura
of the law, and the entire statute is
like the play of "Hamlef wun nan""
eft out. The Dill introauceu m
House was prepared by Mr. Woodhead.
president of the National Ad Club. Mr.
Woodhead is editor of the Sunset Maga
zine, and resides on this Coast, at Oak
land, Cal. I dare say he is in pretty
close touch with the needs of the pub
lic on this Coast at least.
The law was lntroaucea. ana i
workable one, and has so been proved
in the state of California. It Is fair,
treats all alike, plays no favorites, and
discloses no ulterior motives such as
Senate bill llfi glaringly shows. If
any people interested have any sug
gestions to make either one way or the
other. I am sure that part of the public
having this bill in charge, as well as
the legislative committee wno win uo
it tm for consideration, will gladly lend
an ear and have an open discussion.
CtlAS. J. ra.x -- u.
MERCEXARIES GRAB INITIATIVE
Brownell BUI Would Free Direct leg
islation. Says Sir.- I.evxellliut.
MILWAUKIE. Or.. Jan. 23. (To tho
Editor.) Tho account or tne puouc
hearing on the various oms auocuus
.v.- initiative and referendum before
the legislative committee, appearing ln
Th Oreeonian January 19, states that
Mr. TJ'Ren says it costs fully $1000 to
initiate a measure and that tho
Brownell bill (H. B. 89) should bo raised
from $500 fee to $1000. inis geunc
mnn 1AR nreed with Mr. Cordon to
support Houso bill 67. which does not
make It any easier to inmate) meo-owi
rni- lawmakers should have a care
In actinir unon his advice, since tne
creation of an initiating trust tods out
nrru-tit law of its virtue, Even now
Mr. U'ren. his lieutenants and profes-
innal circulators are trying to control
tho initiating of measures. Tho price
for circulating petitions oerore women
voted and the largo vote for Supreme
Judge at the last state election, which
has about doubled the number of slgn
, moulred. was in the past from $800
to $1500, according to tne popularity
nf tlm measure. Could it Be that nir.
U'Ren and others wish to increase tne
difficulty of Initiating measures in or
der to demand a higher price?
Should tho Lesrislaturo pass the
Brownell bill it will free the initiative
from the mercenaries who now have it
almost in their control. This Dill pro
vides that money now paid to the cir
culators of petitions would be paid to
th. rnt and would remove the incen
tive' to fraud. Tho money so paid would
be applied to tho cost of printing and
mailing of, tho election pamphlets.
This bill deprives the. people or no
rights under the present law; It is only
an additional metnoa wuereuy xiieu-a-ures
may bo proposed.
Mr. Brownell. who fathers the Din
Introduced tho original direct legisla
tion bill In tho Oregon Senate in 1901
and it is largely duo to his efforts that
wo have the present law. He has never
received tho credit and recognition due
him for this work, except in Clackamas
County, the birthplace of tho law.
House bill 89 is a sensible and meri
torious bill and should be adopted.
S. V. LEWELL1.N6.
Population of New York.
TOPPENISH. Wash., Jan. 22. (To the
Editor.) (1) Kindly give tho present
population of New York City compared
with London, also on what census or
estimate these figures are based. (2)
Will tho World s Almanac tor 1916 or
1917 give this information.
(1) New Tork City, Including all
boroughs, on December 2, 1915. had a
population of 5,253.885, according to the
census of Police Department; accord
ing to New York state census, 1915. the
population was 5.006.484. making the
estimated population of Greater New
York, including Westchester and New
Jersey suburbs. 7,500.000. Population
of registration London in 1911 was
4.522,964. and with metropolitan and
city police districts (Greater London),
7.252.963.
(2) Yes. .
Lincoln's Famous Remark.
1LWACO, Wash., Jan. 22. (To the
Editor.) (1) Kindly give the full
name and address of Mr. For J. the au
tomobile and peace magnate. (2) To
settle a doubt, did Abraham Lincoln
say, "All people can be fooled part of
the time" or "Part of the people can
be fooled all the timer'
DISTANT READER.
(1) Henry Ford, office Woodward
avenue. Highland Park (Detroit) Mich.
(2) "You can fool some of the people
all of the time, and all of the people
some of the time, but you cannot, fool
all of the people all of the time" Is .a
remark attributed to Lincoln. It does
not appear In any of his formal docu
ments. Lease on Railroad Bridge.
SALEM. Or Jan. 22. (To the Ed
ttor.) Please tell me whether or not
the O.-WR. & N. Company Is leasing
any bridge property to your county or
city and what property it is and what
is th consideration; i. w. G.
What is commonly known as the
Steel or Harriman bridge spanning the
Willamette at Portland is owned by the
O.-W. R. & N. Company. Trams use
lower deck and the upper deck is
leased to Multnomah County a
rental of 48.867.SS a year.
In Other Days
Half si Century As.
From The Oregonian of January 24. 1887.
On Monday a man calling- himself
Murphy was arrested at The Dalles
for passing bogus gold dust. He was
committed to await the action of tho
grand jury.
Portlanders enjoyed themselves yes
terday in the good old-fashioned way
of whacking each other with snow
balls. "Whoever ventured upon tho
street was pelted. From street
corners, from doorways and from
housetops the balls flew in. every di
rection, hitting all manner of people.
crashing now a window, then smashing
a plug tile.
The enterprising citizens of the)
flourishing town of McMinnvillo are to
have a semi-weekly mail.
Tho Union convention of Washington
Territory V.MU be held at Vancouver on
the Sixteenth of April instead of tho
Eighteenth, as heretofore) published.
Corvallis is said to be rapidly im
proving. Many new buildii.gs are go
Ing up In the town.
Twenty-flTe Years ' As.
From Tho Oregonian of January 24. 1802.
At the matlneo today of the Marquam
Grand that splendid spectacular piece,
"Michael Strogoff, the Courier of tho
Czar," will begin its second week.
Thursday afternoon tho rarlors of
the Hotel Portland were 'filled with,
enthusiastic and representative ladies
who met to organize a Woman's World
Pair Society of Portland, which will
represent tho woman's work of our
city and state At the great Columbian
Exposition.
Tho city was enveloped in a foar all
day yesterday which last evening be
came so dense that it put Londoners In
mind oc home. Persons riding on
street cars could hardly discern tho
outlines of buildings along the street.
Washington. Jan. 23. The statement
that an ultimatum has been sent to
Chile is now a recognized fact. Presi
dent Harrison Is awaiting with great
impatience unties response to our de
mand as to whether she proposes to
apologize and make reparation for tho
Santiago affair.
There still remains over 12000 to be
subscribed for tho appearance here at
tne Marquam Grand Opera Houso next
month of lime, Adeline. Pattl and her
company.
LAW WOULD E.VO PETITION FRAUD
Mr. Stevens Comes to Support of
Brownell Kee Bill.
PORTLAND. Jan. 2S. (To th Kdl-
tor.) Tho bill Introduced by Mr.
Brownell in tho lower houso at Salem
simplifying the method of initiative
petitions should have the support of
every legislator. We have had here
tofore all manner of bungling mistakes,
of forged signatures, of wholesale man
ufacturing of names from residences
where none existed and a. hundred nrt
one blunders intentional and otherwise
rolsted on tho voter. Tho Brownell bill
goes direct to the point, does away
with tho necesstiy of circulating peti
tions, removes the temptation to for
gery and wholesale padding, and in
every way leaves nothing to fraud, and
error.
In justice to Mr. Brownell it must
bo conceded even by his enemies that
he was the first man to introduce di
rect legislation in tho Oregon Legis
lature when it seemed that Its puta
tive father had disowned it and that
he (Mr. Brownell) has since worked
for its retention and perfection. Tho
bill he now sponsors In my opinion will,
when carefully cosidered, meet the ap
proval of all intelligent voters. It la
to write out the proposed measure, fll
it with tho Secretary of State, deposit
1500. which will cover all expenses of
printing, and does away with examina
tions, comparing of names, criminal ac
tion on the part of name solicitors.
Jobs for district prosecuting attorneys,
etc. No labor union, grange, lodge, as
sociation or corporation of any kind
but has an eqnal right under tho bill
should it become a law.
Mr. ITRen thinks $1000 would be bet
ter than $500. Surely not for a labor
union or grange. I am satisfied that
even Mr. U'Ren. If he- will give Mr.
Brownell's measure the same thought
and consideration that he has some of
his own proposals single tax for In
stance will see tho measure In tho
same light that I do. J. D. STEVENS.
Circuit Judges In Oregon.
PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Edi
tor.) (1) How many Circuit Judges
In tho state of Oregon? (2) How many
new circuits or districts were created
by the Legislature two years ago?
(3) What counties are embraced in
each circuit? (4) Was a bill Intro
duced in the present session reducing
salaries of judges from $4000 to $3600.
and if came to a vote, please give vote
In detail if possible. H.
(1) Twenty-five. "
(2) The 1915 Legislature created tho
Fourteenth. Eighteenth. Nineteenth and
Twentieth Judicial districts.
(3) First. Jackson and Josephine;
Second, Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas.
Lane, Lincoln; three judges: Third.
Linn and Marion, two Judges; Fourth,
Multnomah, six Judges; Fifth, Clacka-
as; Sixth, Morrow and Umatilla; Sev
enth, Hood River and Wasco; Eighth,
Baker: Ninth. Grant. Harney and Mal
heur; Tenth. Union and Wallowa; Elev
enth, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler;
Twelfth. Polk -and Yamhill; Thirteenth,
Klamath; Fourteenth. Lake: Eigh
teenth. Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes:
Nineteenth, Tillamook and Washington;
Twentieth. Clatsop and Columbia.
There are no Seventeenth. Eighteenth
and Nineteenth Judicial districts.
(4) S. B. 13. by Senator J. C. Smith.
reduces salary of Circuit Judges to
$3600. The Senate. January 13. re
ferred it to the committee on revision
of laws, after that committee had
unanimously reported unfavorably on
tho bllL The committee Is instructed
to Investigate tho practicability of
modifying It to fit only those judges
whoso duties are light.
Orlarln of "Bar Sinister."
PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To tho Edi
tor.) Your editorial headed "Tho Bar
Sinister" makes me ask authority for
thi caption. I ask simply for infor
mation. I cannot trace it, althqugh I
know it has been used ever since I can
remember, and I am no Spring chicken.
In fact long ago I remember to have
read two books under the title of "Tho
Bar Sinister."
In heraldry I don't believe you can
find it, but you find "IJend Sinister"
(or band), which is used in relation
to bastardy, the very subject on which
you are writing, which shows the di
rection the bend or band is drawn on
the escutcheon or shield. As this title
has been ueied so long and so often. I
am anxious for light on the subject.
K. M.
In heraldry the bar sinister Is an
honorable ordinary. It Is a horizontal
striDo crossing the shield (In any posi
tion except in fesse or In chief) and oc
cupying one-fifth or less of tho field.
Bend sinister in heraldry Is known also
as baton and is a mark of Illegitimacy.
Probably "bar sinister" derived its present-day
popular meaning from errone
ous understanding of tho heraldic yni
bol so designated.