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POXTLAXD. MONDAY. MARCH 8. 1917.
. ; LET OREGON DECLARE ITSELF,
it Through the disloyal conduct of
' twelve Senators, the Sixty-fourth Con
; trress has expired without having: given
: to President Wilson the authority he
asked to protect American citizens and
American ships on the sea from
?. threatened attack by Germany. In an
emergency without precedent these
twelve Senators have basely deserted
the President. They have in effect de
clared that the United States must
abandon the freedom of the sea at the
dictation of Germany; that Germany
lias the right to make the law of the
sea, and that this Nation must obey;
that Germany Is free to murder our
citizens at sea, and that the United
Estates must do nothing to protect them
..'or to avenge them.
If the United States were to accept
' this position, we should no longer be a
free. Independent Nation. Such craven
conduct would be a direct invitation to
i further encroachment. Our National
;i existence would continue only on suf
'f fe ranee. We should have forfeited
m the right to be free, for that right is
!',; founded not only on ability but on
! -' readiness to defend it. A Nation which
'i Is not willing to defend that inesti-
mable blessing Is not worthy to en
joy It.
i The Oregonian believes that the
American people are truly represented
by the 403 Representatives who voted
for the armed neutrality bill and Dy
e 84 Senators who were ready to
te for It, not by the thirteen Repre-
ieentatives who voted against it nor by
the twelve Senators who prevented a
vote on It. The time has come for
the great voice of the American people
.;to be heard. The Oregonian calls upon
ie-. ery public body in Oregon, every or
. ganization of any kind, and every clti
' J ten of Oregon who believes that Con
. ; ' gress should uphold the i President in
: this crisis, to declare themselves. We
! i. owe it to our country to stand by the
President In his defense of our Na-
; tional rights and honor. We can best
do bo by declaring that we stand with
the loyal, patriotic majority of Con-
, gress, not with the disloyal or cowardly
s minority. Action should be prompt,
', plain and emphatic.
As an outline of what will bo ap-
; propriate, The Oregonian suggests that
the declaration bo Introduced by a
; statement that, after exhausting the
; resources of diplomacy, the President
s has now taken the only course con
i sistent with National self-respect; that
war with Germany will not ensue un
' less Germany knowingly violates well
settled principles of international law
l with Intent hostile to the United States;
' that in that event. If war should fol-
low. It will follow, not by our own act
- but through the deliberate aggression
.i of another country; that the responsi
j bility of extending the war to the
American hemisphere will then rest
upon Germany alone; that, lest Ger-
- many act upon possible misinforma
tion as to the temper of the Ameri
can people, that country should be
made aware of the essential unity of
' our people and of their loyal determi
nation to make all sacrifices necessary
to protect our liberty and to maintain
our honor. The Oregonian recom
mends that resolutions to the follow
ing effect be adopted, the form not
. being important provided the sub
' stance is preserved:
First That the act of the Executive In
. sjeverins diplomatic relations with Germany
ls one to be approved and commended by
all who have the best interests of the United
Htates at heart.
Second That the German declaration of
January 31, 1017, represents an unjustified
and unjustifiable attempt to destroy the
freedom of the sea to abridse the com
mercial liberty suaranteed to us by estab
lished law and custom; and that If the Gov
ernment of the United States were to ac
quiesce therein such action would be re
sented by all sood citizens as in the highest
degree pusillanimous and as altogether in
consistent with the spirit and tradition of
- a free people.
Third rThat the President was Justified in
asking from Congress support in protecting
American life, liberty and property at sea;
that the action of those Senators who by
their opposition prevented the Senate from
Slvlng this support Is condemned as dis-
' luyal; that the President In Justified in
taking the proposed protective steps with
out awaiting action by Congress; and that
it Is our duty and that of all loyal citizens
to tender immediately to the Government
II the service of which we severally and
collectively are capable
Fourth That while all should stand ready
. to volunteer If voluntary service Is called
- rtr, yet Congress should not adopt emerg
ency measures merely, but should definitely
recognize the principle that the duty of de
fending the Nation rests equally "upon all
citizens capable of service by establishing
..Immediately a permanent and democratic
system of defense based upon universal serv
ice and training under direct and exclusive
-Federal control.
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, A copy of such resolutions should
; be sent to the President, to each mem.
: ber of the Cabinet and to each member
of the Senate.
To the shame of Oregon, one of our
Senators, Harry Lane, is among the
disloyal twelve. Every organization of
'any kind In Oregon, every citizen of
the state, owes it to the good name of
Oregon to repudiate him as a repre
sentative of the state la his attitude
on the armed neutrality bill, to call
.upon him for support of the President
and to commend the action of Senator
Chamberlain in aligning himself with
the patriotic majority.
Now Is the time to determine where
each man and woman in Oregon, as in
other states, stands. Each Is called
upon to take one of two positions
either with the President for his coun
try, its rights and Its honor or against
"all of these. In such a time we know
no party. We are all Americans or we
. are false to our country. .
; DAIRYMEN SEEK PERFECTION'.
i More importance is to be . at.
-: tached to the . recent meeting of the
' Western Dairy Instructors Assoc! a
i ; tion in Portland than the casual reader
'. " of newspapers may suppose. It aims
I i at the final, standardizing of all dairy
. products in this section through co
operation by instructors of the agri
cultural colleges and the . dairymen
of the West. We shall then have ona
standard of perfection for milk, cream,
butter and cheese. All persons en-
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gaged In the dairy industry are striv
ing for perfection, but they are not
agreed on what constitutes perfec
tion. The aim, is to make its at
tainment an exact science.
At this time, when the. price of al
most every article of food has gone
soaring almost beyond the reach of
the ordinary citizen. It is noticeable
that all over the country the price
of milk is the same as it was two,
three, four or five years ago. Than
milk and the products of milk there
is no better food.' 1 Somebody has
said that to eliminate the dairy cow
would be to uproot civilization. That
may be overstating the truth, but an
absence of milk and its products
v-ould make the modern table vastly
different. Yet the most essential
thing in good table fare stands prac
tically still in price.
ft seems that to the dairymen we
owe a debt of gratitude not simply
because they do not boost their prices,
but for serving the public well with
milk and cream. No other food prod
uct comes to us so attractively and so
uniformly good. The days when the
dairyman's best friend was the pump
have gone never to return, and pure
milk is as easy to get as pure eggs.
Indeed the dairymen have made such
great strides and handle their bus
iness In such an expensive way that
of late years they have scarcely made
the net returns to which they were
really entitled.
It speaks well for Portland, well
for Western Oregon, that the better
ment of airy methods is to be looked
after here by the experts at least for
another year. The entire North Pa
cific coast is destined to be a won
derful dairy section, for our climate
and soil conditions are practically
ideal for the dairy cow. But we made
no headway in the business worth
while until the changes were wrought
by as intelligent a lot of dairymen
and dairy instructors as ever were
gathered in any business men who
determined to get the best cows to be
had, keep them in the best manner,
feed them with the best food and
then take care of the milk scien
tifically and perfectly. With dairy
men thus determined and instructors
to lead the way the business was
sure to prosper.
TWO MESSAGES.
Through the medium of the reliable
Associated Press, the following repot t
of the patriotic action of Stanford
University was the other day conveyed
to the public:
Stanford University. Cal.. Feb. 28.
Ninety-eight members of the faculties of
Stanford University signed a telegram to
President Wilson today declaring "the time
has come when the highest interests of hu
manity require that all means at the com
mand of the United States be .employed te
defeat the purposes of the nation that sank
the L.usltanla and the Laconla."
President Ray Lyman Wilbur's name
headed the signatures.
"We pledge our support," the message
read, "to whatever action you take to gain
that end."
There are 110 professors and instructors
at Stanford. Chancellor Emeritus David
Starr Jordan, first president of Stanford
and In recent years Identified with world
peace propaganda, was absent from the
campus ana nis name did not appear on
the telegram.
Two days later the University of
Washington, through ninety members
of its faculty, sent the following ring
ing message to Senator Poindexter at
Washington:
Will you communicate to President Wilson
an Indorsement of hjs foreign policy on the
part of the undersigned members of the
faculty of the University of Washington,
and also to the members of Congress from
Washington our request for their immediate
and hearty co-operation with the President?
The Oregonian, with no unfriendly
spirit toward Reed College, commends
to its president, faculty and students
the high service Stanford and Wash
ington have rendered President Wilson
and the Nation In this perilous hour.
THE "GET READY" IDEA.
Good roads enterprise is advo
cated for Douglas County by the Rose
bur? Review. That newspaper has
grasped the full meaning of the J6,
000,000 bonding proposal. It under
stands that the measure is for co-operation
between state and counties .'n
the particulars that the state will do
the paving if the counties will prepare
the grade; it understands, moreover,
that only $1,000,000 of the bonds may
bo sold this year and $2,000,000 next
year.
Therefore, suggests the Review to
Douglas County, it would be good busi
ness judgment to prepare a strong case
for consideration by the Highway
Commission. It would haveDouglas
County busy itself on a through high
way or two:
Every live community will be anxious to
be first served remembering the old adage
that "the Lord helps those who help them
selves." While Douglas County perhaps
needs It worse than anywhere else. It does
not follow that we are going to get any con
siderable portion of this road fund unless a
lot of very active work Is done and specific,
preparation Is made for Its application on
our toads. A paved road clear through the
country le well worth working for. Let's
have It.
It Is the old but golden idea that It
is wise to be prepared to grasp an op
portunity. It is a spirit that other
countries could well emulate. We pre
dict that Douglas County, which be
cause of, its topography and area,
knows so well the dlffir-iiltlps thnt H-
set permanent road construction with
out some outside aid, will be in line
tor early expenditures from the paving
fund.
THE HEIGHT OF IMPUDENCE.
An example of the cool cynicism
of German statesmanship was the at
tempt to induce Ambassador Gerard
to reaffirm and enlarge the treaty of
1828 at the precise time when he
had Just been recalled from his post
because Germany openly proclaimed
the purpose to violate that treaty.
It is a peculiarly Teuton theory of
international relations which assumes
that one party to a treaty will bo
bound tighter when the other party
has repudiated Its obligation.
The first Prussian-American treaty
was made in 1785, was revised in 1799,
expired In 1810 and was revived in
1828.
Article 12 of 1785, reaffirmed In
1828, directly applies to the rights
now in controversy. It reads:
If one of the contracting parties should
be engaged In war with any other power.
the free intercourse and commerce of the
subjects or citizens of the party remaining
neutral witn the belligerent powers shall
not be interrupted. On the contrary. In that
case, as In full peace, the vessels of the
neutral party may navigate freely to and
from the ports and on the coasts of the
belligerent parties, free vessels making free
goods, insomuch as all things shall be ad
Judged free which shall be on board any
vessel belonging to the neutral party, al
though such things belong to an enemy of
the other; and the same freedom shall be
extenaea to persons who shall be on board
a tree vessel, although they should be en
emles to he other party, unless they be
soiaiers in actual service or such enemy.
So far from recognizing that . "the
vessels of the neutral party may navi
gate freely to and from the ports and
on the coasts of the belligerent par
ties," Germany now decrees that such
vessels shall be sunk on sight without
warning. So far from "the same free
dom" being "extended .to persons who
shall be on board a free vessel", they
are killed or wounded by torpedoes
or shells and at best are driven to open
boats, where many of them perish of
cold, hunger or exposure. Other ar
ticles of the 1799 treaty which were
revived In 1828 provide that contra
band carried in neutral bottoms may
not be confiscated, but must be duly
paid for; and that after a contra
band cargo is removed, a neutral ves
sel must be allowed to proceed to Its
destination. In practice, Germany
sends both ship and cargo to the bot
tom of the sea without even examining
the cargo to "determine whether it
is contraband.
Germany not only violates the ac
cepted principles of International law;
it violates the express terms of a
treaty with this country, the obliga
tions of which it has assumed from
Prussia, .Germany treats this explicit
agreement as a scrap of paper so far
as her obligations under it are con
cerned, yet she has the Impudence
not only to assume that It is still
binding on this country but to ask
the United States to reaffirm and ex
tend its obligation. This is the spe
cies of diplomacy which drew Great
Britain into the war by violation of
the Belgian treaty and which prac
tically released Italy from the triple
alliance by a war of aggression. Ger
many's troubles are the direct result
of the crimes and blunders of her
own statesmen.
HICKS AND 8CIEXCK.
A stockman of Grant County writes
The Oregonian for comforting assur
ance in a period of anxiety. No, his
perturbation has nothing to do with
war clouds. It is with rain clouds.
It appears that an almanac predicts
disaster for that section. "Many stock
men, he Informs us, "rely entirely
upon Hicks and are scared by the
forecast for March and April, think
ing haystacks will not last over the
awful storm period predicted."
"Could you," asks this stockman.
"state what is the opinion of scientists
and astronomers about weather fore
casts such as made by the almanacs of
Hicks and others?"
Let it be repeated once more that
as between science and popular opin
ion. The Oregonian maintains an
armed neutrality. With that position
well understood we venture to diffuse
our Information on the position and
assumption of science on this im
portant subject.
The United States maintains a
weather bureau. It is a bureau com
posed of scientists. The Rev. Iri R.
Hicks Is not a member of that bureau
nor even a consulting scientist. Prob
ably he will not be until the recall.
the direct election and the direct pri
mary are applied to bureaucratic of
fices. The coldly scientific weather bureau
does not ordinarily make predictions
more than a week ahead and such as
are made are severely guarded. This
attitude, we think, is.fairly representa
tive of the attitude of science in gener
al. But If more information be re
quired it may be said that a prominent
encyclopedia asserts that, except
among the ignorant, the astrological
and other predictions of almanacs ex
cite amusement rather than stronger
emotions.
This Is, of course, a dogmatic asser
tion and obviously was written by
someone who was not acquainted In
Grant County, Oregon. If anybody
desires to start a referendum on the
question of boycotting this encyclope
dia for the implied insult we shall be
glad to furnish its name, but in subse
quent proceedings will continue to pre
serve our well known position of
armed neutrality.
THE NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY.
Riots In New Tork caused by food
scarcity and high prices have forced
the attention of the American people
to production, distribution and waste.
Just as depletion of the forests forced
attention to conservation twenty years
ago. This Nation is in the position of
a man who has inherited so vast a for
tune that he has embarked on a ca
reer of reckless spending under the im
pression that the supply cannot be ex
hausted, but who finally discovers that
his income is reduced to an amount
which is only sufficient for his rea
sonable needs.
For many years we produced such
an abundance that we could sell all
that other nations wished to buy and
could waste without restraint and still
have plenty left. Production was 60
cheap and the general standard of
prosperity was so high that we could
permit the intervention of a chain of
middlemen between producer and con
sumer, each adding his profit to the
original cost, and we could still pay
the final price. Our transportation
was so excellent that It constantly
poured a stream of food from the agri
cultural districts into the cities without
serious interruption. We could waste
without stint and without thought of
the morrow, yet still not want, and
waste we did.
We are now brought up short by
hard facts. Urban has outgrown rural
population, bringing producers and
consumers of food near a balance. The
virgin richness of the soil has been
exhausted, and farmers must use fer
tilizers and rotate crops. The open
range has been brought under culti
vation, and we raise meat animals on
the farm. Cold storage has enabled
middlemen to withhold the surplus of
Summer and Fall for cale in Winter
and Spring, and, when there Is no
surplus, - to extort exotbitant prices.
Growth of population and industry has
overtaken and exceeded capacity of
railroads to carry traffic, while river
transportation has been almost aban
doned. Before the war came all these
conditions had combined to reduce
supplies, increase consumption, dimin
ish the surplus for export, create arti
ficial scarcity in great cities and es
tablish prices above our ability to pay.
The war has in two years brought
us suddenly face to face with the con
sequences of our National improvi
dence. Nature, not our own fore
thought, gave us bountiful crops In
1914 and 1916, but practically all of
the surplus above our own needs was
poured into the great vacuum which
the war had made in Europe. The
wheat crop of 1916 was barely enough
to feed ourselves and to provide seed
for the next crop; we had available
for export only the carry-over from
1915, but high prices and Europe's
urgent demand have tempted us even
to cut Into our reserves for seed. The
potato crop is also short, the seed re
serve is impaired and the price of seed
potatoes is twice that of a year ago.
The same statement Is true of onions,
and seed corn Is reduced below the
margin of safety. Blockades and em
bargoes hinder our buying other vegj
table seeds abroad. To maintain the
productivity of the soil we must have
fertilizers, but we can no longer get
potash from Germany, and high
freights and war demand have sent
Chilean nitrates to- enormous prices.
The Industrial boom has drawn labor
from agriculture to other Industries
while the war has cut off three-fourths
of the immigrant labor supply. If
this country should throw its whole
strength into the war. as may happen
this year, the labor supply will be still
further depleted. If nature should
be ever so kind the prospect of greater
aggregate production of staple crops
this year is not bright, but Europe
threatens to draw still more heavily on
our supply as war ravages more of Its
area and destroys more of its people.
This, situation has turned many
minds to consideration of plans for in
suring, that all our people shall have
opportunity to buy enough food nt
reasonable prices. Government and
states are already doing about all that
is possible to increase production. The
present need is improved means of
distribution. Some cities have resort
ed to direct purchase or transporta
tion of food to meet an immediate
emergency, but this does not seem
necessary as a general, permanent
remedy. Enough food is now produced
In this country to feed all our people.
The difficulty to be overcome is that
of getting it into the hands of all the
people at reasonable cost. Warehouses
in some sections are choked with
goods which people In other sections
urgently need. The goods in question
are prevented from getting to these
people, either by the refusal of the
owner to sell, or by the failure of the
railroads to transport them. Choked
with traffic of all kinds and in many
places blocked by snow, the railroads.
like the rest of s, are governed more
by self-interest than by the public
needs. States and cities can provide
a remedy in only a limited degree.
For example, the lines of trade by
which New York City obtains its sus
tenance extend to Oregon and Cali
fornia on the west and to Florida and
Texas on the south. Only the supreme
National authority can meet the case.
Somebody in the National Govern
ment should have power to compel the
sale of goods that are withheld from
market when they are needed any
where within our boundaries to
sustain life. Power is also needed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to enforce peremptory orders that in
emergencies food and fuel for our
own people shall be carried in pref
erence to all other traffic. The Com
mission should also have broad power
to regulate the distribution and use
of cars that they may be fully load
ed, promptly loaded and unloaded, so
distributed that one section shall not
monopolize the supply to the injury
of another section, and that the supply
be ample to carry the peak load of
traffic.
Some have suggested an embargo on
food exports, in order that our domes
tic supply be not reduced below our
needs, but that remedy might easily
prove worse than the disease. It would
be construed as an unfriendly act by
the nations which are our best cus
tomers and it would powerfully aid the
cause of Germany, which has done us
such grievous wrong as to drive us to
the verge of war. It would greatly
damage our foreign commerce and
consequently our industries, anl would
provoke retaliation from those nations
which would suffer by it. Possibly a
limit might be placed on the quantity
of foodstuffs which could lawfully be
exported, though that measure would
be fraught with many difficulties.
One remedy is a National campaign
against waste, which Secretary Hous
ton says costs us the immense total of
$700,000,000 a year. In this the Gov
ernment can do little beyond spreading
Information and appealing to our con
science and self-interest. It must be
left to the voluntary action of the in
dividual and the family. Each ono
must realize that in wasting that which
is useful he injures both himself and
the community. We must learn the
lesson which war is teaching the na
tions of Europe. If we refuse to learn
except from that teacher, then war
will have some compensation.
The car which killed a woman
Saturday was said to be coasting, go
ing south on Tenth and Washington,
which demonstrates It must have had
considerable initial speed on an up
grade. There is small chance for those who
derive their incomes from fashion in
Europe these days. Styles are grad
ually gravitating back to the aborig
inal blankets or skins of wild ani
mals. The Germans chuckle at the thought
of the difficulty the British will have
in making trenches in the abandoned
territory on the Ancre. It has been
reduced to mush by shells and rain.
The name of the Austrian premier.
Count Clam-Martinic, suggests one
way of relieving the food shortage.
He might eat the first half and with
a slight alteration drink the other.
By. edict of an imperial commis
sion, German women may wear last,
year's -costumes without disgrace.
This Is sacrifice that should be re
warded when opportunity arrives.
The Honorable Myers and the Hon
orable Miller, did not furnish a uku
lele duet at the Hornibrook banquet
at Albany, but the harmony was
there just the same.
One woman certainly will forego
the habit of reading In bed after tip
ping the lamp and making a hurried
exit in angel clothes; or she will In
stall electric lights.
Reprisals on prisoners seem to the
dispassionate spectator poor tactics.
They only provoke the enemy's sol
diers to fight to the death rather than
be captured.
Dutch newspapers think Germany
will be "nui vomica" with the United
States after the war. It Is possible
she may be too small to count.
Douglas County prunes are going to.
the allies in large quantity. While
they may not Impart the fighting spir
it, they are excellent fillers.
The boys of forty-five In the Ef
ficiency Club are determined they
shall not be crowded by the old men
of lesser years.
England wants all the surplus
cheese of Coos County. The English
man knows good stuff on the first
bite.
So there are professional ethics even
among Jitney drivers, and they may
be enforced with bare fists.
Suffragettes contribute the humor
in an otherwise solemn affair at
Washington today.
If the people could vote now, many
of the dozen disloyal Senators would
be left at home.
Wilson Is doing some swearing Just
now, but the "iob demands it. It's a
four-year cinch.
The groundhog was right. This la
not Winter: it's a mild Spring.
Regular Inauguration weather here.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. Enuk
Questions pertinent to hygiene, sanitation
and prevention of disease. If matters of geo
erl interest, will be answered In this col
umn. Where space will not permit or the
subject is not suitable letters will be per
sonally answered, subject .o proper limita
tions and wirre atamped addressed envelope
Is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis
or prescribe for Individual diseases. Re
'juestv for such services cannot be answered.
(Copj right. 1918. by Dr. W. A. Evans.
Published by arrangement with the Chlcaso
Tribune.)
PAINTERS PERILS. .
ARE you a painter? Does your work
brine; you In contact with lead, tur
pentine or benzine? Or is your husband
or any relative a painter? If the an
swer to either of those questions is yes,
then you are ;nterested in some facts
brought out in an investigation made
by the New York City health depart
ment. The facts may be a little misleading,
for the following reason: The health
department sent out 30,000 circulars
and tried to get every painter in the
city to submit 4o an examination. Only
338 came forward. Those who stayed
away might have done so because they
knew they were sick or, on the other
hand, because they thought themselves
well. Then let us understand that the
following results were obtained by ex
amination of 280 painters. Just how
far the conclusions drawn can be ap
plied to the trade in general remains
to be decided.
Of the 289, 14S had some one or
more eisna of lead poisoning; 146 had
none.
The report calls attention to certain
bad conditions under which painters
work. Speaking generally, they work
in places where there is a poor supply
of drinking water, poor toilet facilities
and poor washing facilities. They are
compelled to eat in the place where
they work. They store their street
clothes In the rooms where they are
working.
Backache was the moot frequent
sign of lead poisoning. Constipation
was present in more than half the
cases. Headache was present In nearly
half the cases. Fifty-three had colicky
pains in the abdomen. Loss of muscular
strength was prominent as a symptom.
When the lead line on the gums is
present It Is almost certain oroof. but
only 10 of these several hundred had it.
The result from testing the urine for
lead was found to be satisfactory.
When there were signs of lead poison
ing the urine was nearly certain to
give a test for lead.
Sixty-three of the men examined
complained of symptoms attributable to
poisoning by turpentine or benzine or
both. Some told of being suddenly
overcome (fainting or becoming faint)
while at work In confined or Illy ven
tilated places. Some suffered from
naueea, vertigo or headache. In a
number of instances men told of fall
ing from ladders or scaffolding as a
result of being overcome by the fumes
of turpentine. Generally the painters
were disposed to complain more of
turpentine than of lead. The symp
toms of 'turpentine poisoning are im
pressive; those of lead poisoning are
subtle and insidious.
It was found that painters do not
live long. Men enter the trade early.
In most cases they had never had any
other trade before becoming painters.
Having become painters, they stuck
until It got them, and it got them in
most cases before the average age for
disability and death. Essentially the
precautions required for painters to
prevent poisoning are cleanliness of the
skin, arid especially the hands, eating
with clean hands away from the work
shop, refraining from the use of tobacco
and good ventilation in the work place.
TRAIN YOUR HIND.
W. J. writes: "I have been told that
I have neurasthenia, but would like
your opinion. My symptoms are dizzi
ness, periods of depression, lack of
mental concentration, this seems to be
my principal trouble), and at times a
choking sensation in my throat which
Is only relieved by a fit of crying.. I
am also bothered with pains in my
chest which move about at various
points. I will be troubled with one of
these spells and others will keep oc
curring In succession until they seem
to reach a climax and I am practically
'all in,' then I am better for a while.
Do you think I have neurasthenia? , A
course in physical culture with special
diet has been advised.- Will it cure me?
What had I better do? , am a man 23
years of age and have always been in
good health and taken good care of
myself. I am employed in a factory
where I work at a machine 10 hours a
day and In the last three manths have
put in considerable overtime."
REPLY.
Tou are either neurasthenic or hysterical.
A course In physical culture may help you,
but It will not cure you. Neurasthenia and
hysteria can .only be cured by mental train
ing, since they are the result of bad mental
habit.
BUNION SUFFERERS.
E. I writes: "I am 12 years of age.
Since about a year ago I have a bun
ion. It gradually grew larger, and is
now quite big, and lately it hurts in
the morning when I put on my shoes. I
have been rubbing it with musterole
and there is a blister on It now. Please
tell me if it can be cured and if It can
not be cured how can it be prevented
from becoming larger?"
REPLY.
We get a great many letters about banlons
We have picked this one for an answer be
cause you developed this bunion when you
were 11 years old. Bunions result from wear
ing tight shoes, especially those which pinch
the toea together at the front. A pointed
shoe draws the front end of the toea to
gether. This throws the back end out and
widens the ball of the foot. When the
hard leather presses on the hard bone at
the ball the soft tissue builds up a protect
ing pad. This pad la called a bunion. - Take
off the pressure and the bunion disappears.
How can you take off this pressure? By
wearing shoes that are broad lb the toe and
In the ball. Separate the toes by wearlns
cotton or cloth between them. If this does
not cure you you must have an operation
on the ball of your foot to draw your foot
bones back together. Rubbing stuff on the
bunion does no good.
ELECTRICITY IN HAIR.
Miss A. H. writes: "I have so much
electricity in my hair that when I
brush it in a dark room you can see
the electric sparks. When I comb it
my hair snaps. 1. Is this beneficial or
harmful? 2. What explanation is there
for so much electricity in the hair?"
REPLY.
1. Neither.'
2. Your hair is dry. The matter is of no
consequence.
GALLSTONES.
C. M. F. writes: "Can gallstones be
successfully disposed of without an
operatlonl Are they dangerous? I have
been having attacks withi increasing
regularity. For the last six weeks they
have occurred every week, usually
coming on after midnight. Have had
X-rays. The stones did not show in
the plate, but operator saw them
through rays. I am 41 years of age."
REPLY.
Gallstones cannot be removed except by
operation. However, gallstones that have
been the source of pain are liable to be
come fixed and cease to cause attacks. TTie
operation for . gallstones is" not especially
dangerous. .
SALTS NOT FOR RHEUMATISM.
J. O. S. writes: "Will you kindly
Inform me through your paper if salts
are good for rheumatism? If so, how
much should be taken at one time and
how often?"
REPLY.
No.
COPPERHEAD RANKS ANALYZED
Civil War Recrultlmir Officer Dissects
Breeds as Found Today.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March S. (To
the Editor.) I. have never voted for
President Wilson, yet in the present
crisis my voice, humble though it be,
will uphold him in any or all efforts
to maintain the rights of the people
of the United States.
. Few understand the true 'definition
of ."Copperhead" better than does the
writer. I was engaged in the recruit
ing service during the period when
this venomous and loathesome reptile
Infested the land. My experience in this
branch of the service afforded excep
tional opportunity of studying adverse
influences to enlistment. In those days,
as now, the popular song and dance
of the Copperhead was religious paci
ficism. . They were at all times as full
of Bible peace platitudes as a cur dog
is of barks. But under all this their
hope, aim and sole purpose was to pre
vent men from enlisting in the Union
cause.
President Wilson is "at this moment
confronted by a species of Copperhead
equally . venomous and much more
numerous than those which confronted
Lincoln. First, there is the hyphenate
who in the fatherland 'glories and
eulogizes military preparedness and
thorough efficiency. Yet, wonder of
wonders, and seven hands around! This
hyphen Is today. In our United States,
a pacificist of the first water, pure
and undefiled, undiluted and uncontam
inated, a man who loves peace, abhors
war and mocks at any attempt, (by the
United States) toward National de
fense. Surely the leopard can change
his spots and the Ethopian his skin,
and Saul is not among the prophets.
We next come to the Quinns and Cal
loways, to whom you refer editorially.
While this element 4s not numerous it
is particularly dangerous. It Is at
tached to no Country or flag in par
ticular. In 1862 its efforts were ex
erted to drive us Into war with Great
Britain over the Trent embroglio. In
1866 and again In 1S70 It attempted "to
force war between the two nations
through an invasion of Canada. Dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war It, for
reasons, was rabidly anti-German. To
day, for reasons, it is avidly pro-German.
Next we come to our domestic Cop
perhead. This product was not made
in Germany nor Imported from the
United Kingdom It is our 6wn make.
Yet we are ashamed of It. While this
home-grown product is a self-conceited,
vain and simple-minded creature, it is
probably the most confusing of the
Copperhead family." Its sole aim is
spot-light notoriety. With a plow
share In one hand and a pruning hook
in the other it delights to pose as a
"holler than thou" in the public places.
It assumes the role of John the Bap
tist, and we may believe would also
assume his scant style of dress, or
even less, if doing so would attract
public attention. While this being is
inoffensive and thoughtless, it is par
ticularly annoying to the Administra
tion. As an instance of its mentality
It asks President Wilson to send Dr.
Aked to the trenches in Flanders to
play "Sweet Hour of Prayer" on a
Jewsharp in order to have the soldier
throw down his arms and go home to
his plow.
Yes. the President is located be
tween the devil and the deep sea, and
very close to a lunatic asylum. All
worthy of the name American will sup
port him. AN OLD SOLDIER-
DUAL CITIZENSHIP ENACTMENT
Correspondent Calls Attention to Re
puted Law of Germany.
MMINNVILLE. Or., March 3. (To
the Editor.) The "Living Age" for
February 24 publishes, from the "Nine
teenth Century and After." an article
on Germany and South America, writ
ten by a Brazilian, which contains
much that Is of interest to the people
of this country. I wish to call atten
tion to one point made in this article,
relating to the naturalization of Ger
mans. This article quotes from a law of
Germany said to have been passed on
July 2. 1913, called the Delbruck law,
the following passage:
A German citizen need not lose his na
tlonality If, at his request and before the
acquisition of his foreign nationality, he
shall have received the written consent of
competent authority.
If this is the German law, a German,
desiring to become an American citi
zen, for economio or other reasons, may
apply to competent German authority
and obtain the consent of Germany
thereto, and he may then receive nat
uralization in our courts and become,
an American citizen and still remain a
German citizen. That seems to be the
effect of the German law referred to,
and that is "the construction put upon
it by the writer referred to.
It is possible that the writer referred
to may be in error, but if the German
law is as he represents it to be, it
seems to me that those who have
in charge the naturalization of foreign
ers should give it serious attention.
Every German naturalized in this
country, when he takes the required
oath expressly renounces his allegiance
to the Emperor of Germany, etc.. but
these would-be citizens may take this
oath "with mental reservations."
It is a little strange that any gov
ernment would snact such a law as the
one referred to. AMERICAN.
Turnip Soup.
Four medium turnips, two ounces of
butter or vegetable butter, two ounces
of grated stale cheese, slices of bread.
Peel the turnips and cut into thin
strips. Melt the butter and fry the
turnips until hot. not browned. Cover
with as much water or stock as you
require soup and simmer for three
quarters of an hour. Cut some fingers
of bread, sprinkle with cheese, toast
till the cheese melts. Pour the turnip
soup over them. Serve at once.
The Copperheads.
By James Barton Adams.
When tralt'rous hands were tugging
at the sacred union chain and striving
on the fields of war to rend the links
in twain, some hissing snakes through
out the North would nerve rebellion's
hand and aid it in disloyal way to
wreck our troubled land. Our noble
president was but a tyrant who should
be dragged from his seat and shorn of
power and cast into the sea, our gen
erals were butchers who but sneered
at women's tears, and cries of abject
misery were music in their ears. Our
gallant men who wore the Blue and
battled 'gainst the Gray were "Lin
coln hirelings" who but cared to draw
their monthly pay; all through the war
these copperheads ejected tralt'rous
slime; the warfare waged against the
South was an infamous crime. They
spat their venom viciously, to Union's
foes gave aid and for secession's tri
umph with their snaklsh voices prayed.
And when at last the sun of peace cast
rays athwart our skies, their glory was
reflected In all loyal patriots' eyes, and
he who led the Nation through those
dark and bloody days raised up his
voice to God on high in words of grate
ful praise. His heart was free from
malice 'gainst the crippled, bleeding
South, no words of conqueror's triumph
reached the vanquished from h!smouth,
and when the grievous burden had been
lifted from his soul, when hand of
peace had from his lips removed the
bitter bowl, he fell by an assassin's
hand, a deadly bullet sped and blot
ted out his noble life the hand of
copperhead. Again our flag has been
assailed by kingly ruler's hand, again
the patriotic fire Is felt throughout the
land, again the leader who'd defend
Old Glory's blood-bought fame, hears
protests from the tongues of men
who'd see it smirched with shame, and
some there are of rabid speech who
seem Inclined to tread within polluted
footsteps of the olden copperhead.
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In Other Days
V Tweaty-flv
W" 7oal" t March 5. 1S92.
rell "tu- d Thoraf" Far
excuVioZ t2 iest1er?a5from a hunting
shot is J bachelors' Island. They
samel Jnv"back "d about the
umber of other ducks.
inhTd1.". ' f H"vard men was held
Savings "r,f Tm of the Security
afternoon" Ji , J Company yesterday
President x,,ecld ,how to receive
who will vi.i of. Harvard College.
- Portland about April 1.
Frank J. Mo. ,
nection with tii"re J"11 "ever his con
1. He will gclatho": Sentinel April
take editorial cl San rFancisco to
succeeding Stephtse of tne Monitor,
merly of Portland- McCormlck. for-
The Portland poli
paid in silver, and t.wer yesterday
always glad when ugh they are
around, they prefer to"' daV comes
paid in gold.
Quite a number of P.
cluding Messrs. A. G. janders, ln
McGuire. J. A. Logan and w- W.
made a trip the first of t?-. House,
that home of horses. Spring wek to
in Washington County. H farm,
E. E. Cooper, of the Sheridai
lng Mills, was in the city yeJ"r-
Dpnutv fitpa. c.n i. , . .
j k'uctiui?uucai J.VL
and a force of men cut down 134 Vr
transparencies, barber poles and aV
lngs yesterday and 30 on Thursd.
They made a clean sweep of Chim
town on Second and on Alder and re
moved about 100 signs and hanging
lanterns. The Chinese made no re
sistance. Fifty Years Aeo.
From The Oregonian of March. 5, 1867.
"The Oregonians lately gave to one
of their mountains the name of Mount
Hood. It at once turned volcano and
has been spouting: fire ever since." The
foregoing interesting and wonderful
piece of Intelligence is from the young
man Just beginning to be known in the
Kentucky settlements as Prentice. He '
has recently started a newspaper called
the Louisville Journal. When we get
Mount Hood finished we hope that
Prenty may get his mama's consent to
come out and see it.
The articles of Incorporation for a
company to construct a wagon road
from Portland to Tualatin plains have
been agreed upon and only await the
signatures of two or three men to be
complete for filing, according to law.
The names of the incorporators are
Messrs. James Emery, T. R. Cornelius,
Amos N. King. J. P. O. Lownsdale, Levi
Estes, A. H. Johnson, T. J. Carter and
William McMillen.
William P. Blake. Deputy Sheriff of
this county, returned from Salem Sat
urday evening, having taken up on
Thursday four prisoners sent from this
county.
Messrs. W. E. Cooper & Co., of this
city, have made and shipped a coach
for the use of the Pioneer Stage Com
pany, of Eastern Oregon and Idaho.
The Concord coaches are too high and
heavy for a mountain road, hence thir
order for an Oregon-made coach.
We learn fron outside parties that
the Turn Verein Society of Portland
will give a "Calico Ball" at their hall on
the evening of Friday, the 22d lnst.
Messrs. F. Osthelm, D. L. Walter and
N. A. Hlrstel constitute the committee
of arrangements.
PATRIOTISM FOUND IN TWO SIZES
One Fits Men, the Other Boys, and Lat
ter Kind Is Taught In Colleges.
SALEM, Or., March 3. (To the Edi
tor.) Back in the '70's there was a
prominent writer on political economy
named Van Buren Denslow. I well re
member this saying In one of his ar
ticles: "There were two kinds of po
litical economy In the country, a man's
size and a boy's size. The former was
that learned from experience in busi
ness; the latter was such as was taught
in the colleges and based on theory
alone."
It now occur to me that there are
two sizenof patriotism In the country,
a man's size and a boy's size. The
former is that which Is represented by
men of nerve and love of uountry, with
a determination and a willingness to
defend its honor at any cost; the other
Is that taught by college professors
and based on theory alone.
It Is the veriest nonsense to talk of
peace when there is no peace. The
sermon on the Mpunt serves as a text
to preach peace from, but a practical
application of the doctrine would wipe
the Christian religion from the face of
the earth within a generation. If the
doctrine of that sermon had been strict
ly adhered to by those professing
Christianity from the early days to the
present, there would be now no Chris
tians except those hiding in the caves
and catacombs of deserted regions.
Christianity prospers and flourishes
best where liberty of person and con
science are most widely recognized and
observed, and this liberty was gained
only by bloody warfare. Christians
themselves may not have taken active
personal part in the wars, but they are
and have been beneficiaries of those
wars and could not have existed had
not men who loved their country and
risked their lives in defense of Its
honor, organized and prosecuted those
wars to victory. . D. WEBSTER,
CHAIR OF MOLLYFINICS PROPOSED
Grand Opportunity for Some Millionaire
Pacifist. Says Writer.
PORTLAND. March 4. (To the Edi
tor.) Judging by recent utterances
of the heads of some of the educa
tional institulons of the Pacific Coast,
it would seem timely for some of our
most ardent millionaire pacifists to
endow a chair of mollyflnlcs in one or
more of our colleges, to the end that
we may all be Instructed in the proper
mollyfinlcal atitude to be maintained
by us when any perfidious rascal,
while professing undying friendship,
tries to bribe others to slip a knife
between our ribs. Or how to maintain
that much vaunted honor while we
stand idly by and see mothers, wives
or daughters wantonly murdered.
What sublime intellectual heights
must have been atained to enable a
man calmly to contemplate the repeated
wholesale murder of fellow citizens,
and yet to be able to extend an inter
posing hand to prevent retributive Jus
tice from rudely shocking tne super
sensitive feelings of the assassins.
Yea, verily! The man whose con
science will not allow him to make an
effort to protect his family, hoLte and
country needs a new conscience.
S. L. OSBORNE,
60 Killingsworth avenue.
Savagres and Laws of War.
WENDLING. Or.. March 3. (To the
Editor.) In view of the present situa
tion in the world. I think an extract .
from Lewis and Clarks Journals, writ
ten on August 21, 1804, would be of
interest to your readers.
"Thus we find even among savages
certain principles deemed sacred, by
which the rigors of their merciless
system of warfare are mitigated. The
importance of preserving the known
and settled rules of warfare among
civilized nations. In all their Integrity,
becomes strikingly evident; since even
savages, with their few precarious
wants, cannot exist In a state of peace
or war where this faith Is once violat
ed." A CONSTANT READER,
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