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TIIE aiORXIXG OREGOXIAy. SATURDAY, MARCH, 2, 1918.
ftafecrtpia rm:
rORTLAMD. OREtOX.
I rrt:n4 Feetofflte aj
if (Di
'seeking at Jobs to fill or scandals to
cipom.
It is a foregone conclusion, how
ever.- that things wilt never again be
with the railroads aa they were before
the war. If the people ahould decide
to return' to-the system of private
ownership under public regulation,
many chances will be made. We have
learned at great cost that, from the
. icorunir la adaca. '
T'. aala tnelu.lot. on rar ... ....
Tvt,, Inrlu'lvil. tit mnnFa .-.
lalT. Ma?air lnc'rt4. thr months ... - '
tJ;:,:;.i"uVtm f Iubc Interest, it does
!!. r-Mui nr. month I not pay to subject the railroads to
l.r. wimoat suauay. on moaia .
ri,n4.. niur J I flic tin g laws and making conflicting
aaoajraaa ' I regulations, nor to starve them of
RT CJrTS r I . - -
rsrr H jnd..T ir"ai. on r.ar V " l neeaea rapitai for improvement. Some
T w i ' r ,mia. (m'iuI! Ana manlB ' 1
Ttlv. al-haul N'in1&T. M Trsr . . ...... 1
Xwif'T. tlbAl Saaaay. eaa nonlfc ...... .a
Ha to mli ail tot:o!fl(i mon.r
C-r. uf c I rmo 1 chira on your leral
proposed by the United States Cham
oer or commerce. Their resources
will then be at their own disposal fo
armament against Germany and that
country will not be able to use those
resources "In arming against ' democ
racy. But the very suggestion opens
such a dismal prospect of armament.
worldwide discord and future war that
It should harden our purpose to fight
the war to a finish, that Is, until au
tocracy and Its offspring, militarism,
are destroyed. Then no trade boycott
will be needed against Germany or
any other nation.
means will surely be found to cen
tralize regulation and to permit pool-
Ins; under strict control. How to getlrlnitora to Mood River, when they uk for
ArTlKS TO PEE, BIT JfOT TO EAT.
rm anyone tell na Just whf It is that
the most out of our transportation
system will be one of the lessons which
otnfri. adima ia I the American people will learn by this
, ,, I experience.
Sraoipa. cola or ffiwr ara at ew
V,e
ea
tsrladiaa 1 -,y sea t
riii iuim is it is rr.
J J . J roof: S4 to- p. canta:
t 4 c.ni. 1 to '. ft.
a t to ml po. S evata, isa
Sjoetace. Sooh'e rata.
lona Baatawoo OffVa Varrre rn.
Jtn. Pr-unaa )- bui'1rnf. New Vera. Vrrre
Jk O" l-v 0ter autl ling. CMraia: Vrr
t'oak la. IM rroaa kal ritna. Da'rolt.
V-V . feaa rttm-tM r-praaaaleuvs, IU J.
ludwall. TJ Mtrku stmt.
MtBr or the awociatfd rr.
To Aunrla-rl Prooa Is tt!mll nl'd
So tho aaa for roaab; ir arlon of all n ll-
fa-rAoa i ! la It or not otoarwiaa err.
Hood River balled applea ran't sat them?
It cannot ba tha lack of demnnil. for the
averag visitor alwaya call for baked ap-
p.ea. ft roataurant kaepar will aar It la be
raus the appla sra not sood. lla ia not
rpurtlnc a aalft drmlaa at the hania of
offended grrowrra. 'l!l aomeona plaaaa slva
ua a raaaon r tlooa itivar Ulacler.
i Probably it Is because the restau-
The Orrconlan printed the other! rant men of Hood River are not con
flay a poem wherein A Soldier I vlnred that a baked apple la a real
Mother" expressed the wtstj that she treat to a visitor. Or Perhaps thtT
might be a bullet, so as to speed across I are the victims of a psychological proc
No Man's Ijind and to kill a Hun. less, not unknown elsewhere, hv
vow we hear from another woman, a I which ther are obsessed with the Idea
mother, we suppose, who tells in I that the Hood River apple Is Hood
rhyni- how much she 1s shocked by River's rift to the world at large and
the dreadful thought of killing an s too precious for consumption at
.-. i. sapor, aad a.o ma locai enemv, and hopes that nobody will be home
a:i niM! l rovMxtrwton of apacal dls- I killed, and concludes with the stir-1 Tno
roimo. n.roia aro roaorvort.
10 moat dlffleult thlnsr to find in
pnitng wish that "we will conquer" Interior California Is a real orange
so that peace may reign again: but she or a luscious peach, or any other of
nTi.up. MiisDii. simh a. isiaiminKs tnere is no excuse- tor "wisninfi l the perfect fruits for which California
r-araioTtHw atirs limbfrmcx.
A fine spirit of pjtrlott.im has been
sfiown by the lumbermen of the I'a
mnfr Northwest in voluntarily placing
decision of the elght-hnur question in
XJ- a hands of Colonel Inaqne and
agreeing to abide by any sytcm which
he might adopt. They did w. fully
recngmaing that continued unrest In
to kill one's fellow man."
It Is well enough to say a word or
two nout killing one's fellow man.
beraiiae the thoughts in her mind are.
we suspect, held In common by others.
If there is any way to end the war
so that we will con'iuer." except to
llcht It out with the Kaier. it tshould.
atxl douhtless would, bo adopted. But
there is. alas! no such way.
justly claims fame. They are reserved
for the markets of the cities, and find
their way to the tabtes of the well-to-
do. The theory of tho fruit-grower is
that he cannot eat his oranges, or
peaches and sell them, so he sells
them. It la the samo at Hood River,
pcrhsps.
Any baked apple Is good: the Hood
River apple, fresn or rakel, is ani-
tha lumber Industry arising from the
trht-hour dispute would seriously re-1 It out wllh the Kaiser, it should be
dure the output of spruce for airplanes I adnpted. but t here is no such w
and fir for ahir-s. and would mnw-1 The only way to fight Is to fight
cientiy htru-t the military efforts I and In lighting a war. men are killed
of the Government. They probably I women suffer, children are orphaned,
realized that Colonel Iisiue w;is likely I communities devastated, states ruined.
to decide arainst the baste d.vy fori The oue-tion wMrh confronts the
which the great majority of them have I allied popes. fighting for existence, is
contended. But they saw in him the I whether to yield to the K.tli-er and live
man to whom tbe Government looks I to a Germanized world, or whether to
If there is a way to safeguard the I hroHla for the gods and Is not too good
pea'C of the world, except by fighting fnr Hood River people who are the
fr the spruce wlurh is absolutely
necessary to win tbe war. and they
cast said ail other considerations In
their determination to do whatever he
thought most helpful to him in his
work. The highest praise whirh can
be given them is that they have de
served well of their country.
In deciding on the basic eight-hour
ay. Colonel In--que took one of tho-
steps which are often necessary In
war. bee ansa war demands that all
eher considerations be swept aside for
the sake of military success The lum
ber Industry had got Into a tangle
salt of earth. The salt of earth, in
deed. To mlr the metaphor, ambro
sia I apples should be eaten by the
salt of earth.
There Is. or was, at Hood River, a
place where the Hood River apple. In
all Its beauty, was on exhibition. The
visitor who saw often wanted to re
main and eat. But where, oh, where
in Hood River could he get an apple
ruring the coming Spring and Sum
mer. with the extension of the Colum
bia Highway to Hood River, there will
he thousands of-tourists who will ex
pect to find there apples both to be
hold and to eat. A word to the wise
ought to be sufficient.
but In peace time this motive would
have slight Influence. Politics would
step in and would inevitably lessen ef
ficiency and produce waste. The in
centive to display Initiative, energy.
Inventiveness and faithful industry,
which springs from competition and
from desire to make good with an
employer who Judges by results, would
be removed. Important inventions and
their prompt . Introduction have
marked American railroads under pri
vate ownership in strong contrast with
those of other countries where the
state is the only market for- railroad
devices. Canada has a political sys
tem closely resembling ours, and that
country has a standing example of the
workings of government ownership in
the Intercolonial road. It has added
other examples In the extravagant
cost of the newly-built roads of the
West.
The American people nave had their
minds so fastened on the faults of the
railroads that the merits are lost to
view. When we compare the Ameri
can "railroad system with those of
other countries we find that it gives
better service at lower average rates
and that it has greater mileage in pro
portion to area and population. Its
faults are the heritage of pioneer rail
roading days, when there was no reg
ulation, or are the product of imper
fect' or excessive regulation. A, per
fected system of regulation would cen
tralize in the Federal Government
control over all Interstate roads and
their connections, to the exclusion of
stato authority. It would permit pool
ing of traffic under close Government
supervision. It would so adjust rates
thnt railroads could raise capital to
enlarge their facilities as the demands
of traffic grew. It would brand dis-
DIRECT ACTIOX 19 ONE REMEDY IT IS LIKE LECTURING THE WI3iD
If Voir Wife M ill Kiss Other Men, Get
After the Men.
PORTLAND. Or.. March 1. To the
Editor.) I notice a few men have an
swered "An Earnest Man's" letter, and
I would like to give my opinion.
I am 30 years old and am far from
being a 'prig, but under no circum
stances would- I kiss any of my male
relatives, with tho exception of my
husband, father and brother. I was
married at the age of 19. and off and
on for several- months at a time my
two brothers-in-law have made their
home with ua and while I have the
deepest admiration and respect for
them, I have never thought of kissing
them. I didn t even kiss them when
they came to tell us good-bye after
enlisting in the Army.
A woman can't demand as much re
spect Irom men, and why wouldn't
a warm handshake answer the purpose
Soldier's Mather Incenaed by Court's
Attitude Toward I. W. W.
CORVALLIS, Or Feb. 28. (To the
Editor.) The only son I have has gone
to serve his country. It is his duty to
go. He may or may not come back. I
can't telL He is the only source of
comfort and support I have to look to
In old age. After making such sacri
fice as this and doing all I can in the
way of saving food. Red Cross work
and whatever else I find that I can do
to help win, I was filled with indig
nation when I read in The Oregonian
how lenient Judge Rossman had been
with the I. W. W. brought before him.
But I was very much gratified to see
on the editorial page of The Oregonian
a word of disapproval of Judge Ross
man's judgment. Only I don't think
you said half enough.
The mothers of the country are tired
of slush. Why spend the time and
trouble to run these traitors down, if
Just as well, for if she allows herself I they are to be lectured by our judges.
to be kissed by men, other than her
husband, father or brother, she is
cheapening herself in the eyes of
everyone.
- And we also lenow the dangers of
Kissing uetween boys and girls of the
adolescent age, but how can a woman
teach her growing girls the dangers
of such things if she doesn't set a good
example serseit?
If I were the "Earnest Man." after
asking my wife to desist, and that fail
ing, I would 6ee the men in question
and tell them exactly how I felt about
it, and give them to understand I meant
business and it had to be stopnedi It
is Just such things as this that are
then released to set fires in our forests
and do every other vile deed that their
minds can conceive of as soon as oppor
tunity comes. When we want Judge
Rossman to lecture to the wind we will
tell him so. But when it comes to th
I. W. W. we want him to do justice to
the country.
I hope you will continue to criticise
such procedure and feel sure that the
parents of the country are back of you.
SOLDIER'S MOTHER.
In Other Days. !
Twenty-Five Year Ago.
From The Oregonian March 2, J89S.
New York The Princess KaiaulanI,
niece of the deposed Queen Liltuoka
lani, of Hawaii, is here. In a statement!
she makes an impassioned plea for the
throne. Her guardian complains of the
heartlessness displayed towards the
heir-apparent.
Berlin Emperor William in his adw
dress at the banquet of the Brandon
burg diet said: "The living generation!
Is fond of comparing the monarchial
traditions of the past with the present,
regime, to the disadvantage of the lat
ter. This is a fruitless task. Let us
look back upon the past without use
less regret-' Let us endeavor to become.
worthy of our ancestors' deeds. I my
self hope to establish a state of thlnps
with which all Germans who desire to
be content will be contented."
Fleur-de-lis.
We did -not think the heather.
O'er them would shake its bells:
the cause of lots of home trouble that lnTat they would lie together
ends in the divorce courts.
A Wlr'K AND MOTHER.
In Reply to "Wishes."
I read a little poem.
And "Wls-hes'l waa 1t nama
honest managers as felons, but would Which made the warm blood rise- and
not punisn ail roads lor tneir sins, ill flush
would co-ordinate railroads with! My cheeks for very shame.
WAter linen.
Knthusiasts for Government owner-I TVi9 "asty little poem
ship predict that the Interval between - 7 a . i , . .v
the end of war and return of the roads " "ch. ' J ' , " -
to their owners, which the new law I
provides, will be used by Congress to I To wish one were a bullet
rhrrh must ! rut. for time was too I a soldier fighting in a bad cause.
defeat the Kaiser and live In an eman
cipated world. There Is no alterna
tive. One or the other will occur. It
Is no small task, no light Issue. It is
the mo.-t momentous problem ever of
fere.l arbitrarily for solution'.
Thero Is no esrnpe from the conse
quences of the war. It must be fought
throurh to the end. It msv be well
enough to pttv sorrowing German! "r
moihrrs. but there must be no pitv or K.v passing the bill for Governmen
mercy for the soldir son of the Ger- I operation of railroads. Congress con
an mother who shows no mercy orlVT tho entire transportation system
nit v for the sol. her son of the Ameri- I of the country, rail and water. Into
can mother not while the Hun is yet engine or war. W ith the railroads,
las wim otner industries, military ne
precious to be spent In unraveling it.
The sword with which it could best be
rut was adoption of the standard
working day. which hss already been
established In other Industries and In
some logging ramps and sawmill.
This step la also a mark of appro
nation for the patriotism displayed by
the Loyal I-egton of loggers and lum
bermen in coming to the aid of the
Government and the Industry, when It
had been sadly demoraliir-d by the
acts of the I..W. W. The Ia-glon lias
put the "wooMlri" on tbe run and Its
members work with such right good
will that their output In eight hours
promises to exceed that of auy "wob
Mv gang In ten hours.
This Arrangement opens a period of
good will on all bands which will he
markeJ by patriotic co-operation In
making rood Colonel Insqiie's predic
tion of "maximum and uninterrupted
production throughout the period of
the war.- Gool feeling will !c
enhanced by the rare for the com
fort, health and entertainment of the
workmen whirh la shown by em
ployer, either on their own Initiative
or through the Colonel's inspiration.
These improved conditions have at
tracted, and will continue to attract,
a better element to the industry, should
prolong Industrial peace and maintain
a high standard of efficiency after the
Impulse of patriotic duty has ped
with the war.
The fine spirit displayed by the
fomhermeo Imposes a debt of honor
on tbe Government. In normal times
about per cent of their product en
ters Into competition with that of the
Foutb, where employes work ten or
more hours a day for a much lower
wage, and It pays a far higher rate of
freight. - Enforcement of the eight-
hour day In the Southern lumber
region. In order that competitive con
ditions may be equalized. Is the least
that It can do, both In appreciation of
the sacrifice made by the lumbermen
of the Pacific Northwest, and in bare
justice to them.
"We will conquer" only hv the only I cessity must control, nnd all uses fo
method of victory in war by superior
prowesH. by unfaltering determination.
by facing our dutv and doing it,
other purposes must be subordinated
to use for war.
Adoption of this extreme measure
does not imply an indictment agnins'
he private operators of the roads.
They havo done the most that could
have been done to sesvo their coun
try's needs under the restrictive laws
and the industrial and financial con
ditions to which they were subject
IMMK.RATION-S StlirTINQ TTP-Bi
A complete change has come over
Immigration Into the I'nited Stales in
the eleven months since this country
declared war. In the fiscal year ended
June 3rt. 1S17. w hich included part of How much they have done may be
the war period. II. ooo more aliens Judged by the statement that their
arrived than departed. But in the! traffic during the first six months of
first live months of the new fiscal American participation in the war was
year the guln of population was less 20 pVr cent greater than that for the
thsn liO. and Tre-isury Ifepnrtnirnt corresponding period of the year 1916,
oRicials estimate that the lirst six I and was 60 per cent greater than for
months of the hscnl year, the last six the same period of 1915, when the
of tho calendar year 191 , will show war boom in trafflo began. If the In-
net falling off. I Irrst.ite Commerce Commission had
The most retnnrkahle feature of the taken a broader view of the relation
statistics, however, is that the people I of the railroads to the public by per-
showing the greatest net gain In im- mining them to make earnings suffi-
mlgration are negroes from Africa, cient to Improve and extend their fa-
Three thousand more came Into the I cilltles as growth of traffic demanded
country than left it In the five months I the railroads would have been able to
of last year from June to November. I handle the present flood of traffic
Mexicans, largely because of dis-lwith much less congestion. If not to
turbed conditions In their own coun-1 avoid any congestion at all. But they
try. contributed " 1 00 to our net In-1 entered the war half starved phys-
creaso of population. Uut ajlde from I Ically and financially, and that fact
these, our gains from an country chiefly caused resort to the drastic
have been negligible. I remedy upon which the President and
The Russian revolution has stopped I Congress have agreed
emigration from that country. The I The advantages to be derived from
pressing need of Italy, manifested by I operating the railroads as a unit for
the disasters on the Isonio front, was the benefit of the Nation are great.
answered by 2900 Italians who left fori There being no competitive Interest
home In the month of November alone, between different roads, traffic can be
The English also answered the call sent over the shortest and least crowd
of the blood. More than 10.000 left led line Into the nearest and least
the country between July 1 and No- I crowded terminal. Export and import
vember L It Is surprising that the I traffic- can be transferred - between
war has not entirely checked. Imml- ship and rail at the nearest or least
grutlon of Germans Into the I'nited
States. From June to November 1154
entered and 604 emigrated.
The entire fiscal year, which will
end Juno 30. next, promises to show
a net loss of population by emlgra-
congested port. Cars and locomotives
can bo used on any line where they
are needed. The director-general of
railroads being given sole authority
to decide which traffic should have
priority, he can move traffic In the
tlon. This will be a new record for I order, which will best jneet the needs
COFKMET AND H ILKOAIM.
Congress is acting so promptly on
the bill establishing Government oper
ation and financing of railroads that
it has evidently begun to appreciate
the value of time in war. A certain
amount of discussion Is necessary to
the proper consideration and framing
of laws, but all oratory which is
purely ornamental and all discussion
the country, and a particularly sharp
contrast to 1307. In which year. Im
migration renrhed its high tide, with
l,:3.3t9 aliens admitted to our shores.
HOW BANKS CAN HKI.P.
Purchase of I'nited States treasury
certificates by the banks Is no less
necessary to successful financing of
the war than Is purchase of liberty
bonds. As subscriptions for each liberty
bond Issue are taken within a month.
whh h Is not rermane to the present woun cause .erious aisiuroance
emergency should be cut out. 1 1 business If all tho money in pay-
rtH suoata anrf iiiIU K... a- I mtit of first installments were col-
rlied wisely In extending the period lrcttl ,hBt Un,e- In or,lor to vo"1
r Rnv.mm.ni aneration to eii-ht-n this disturbance, tho Governmen
mn.it.. ft.r ih. riow. of ih. mr it I spreads the payments over a longer
of the war and of the most essential
industries.
It matters not that In so doing lie
may expand the profits of one road
enormously while shrinking those of
a parallel road to nothing, for. under
the guaranty of the average earnings
of the three pre-war years to all roads.
the surplus of one road can be used
In making good the deficit of another.
He practically can commandeer the
output of rar and locomotive plants.
for the Government is their only cus
tomer, and he has but to arrange a
division of their output with the War
Department and with the agents of
the allies. He can adjust wages and
orking hours so as to Insure indus
trial peace, for if the cost should re-
fasten their doctrine permanently on
the country. It will more probably be
used to revise the interstate commerce
laws in the light of our war experi
ence by removing the legal obstacles
to best service to the people by both
railroads and waterways and by per
fecting the system of regulation, which
has been adopted as an alternative to I Compare, then. Oh! you resders.
Government, but which lias not yet I This one who wants to be
had a fair trial. Congress will then
have the benefit of our own experience
with 'Government operation. It will
also have the benefit of personal ob
servation, by many wide-awake young
Americans, of the workings of gov
ernment ownership in France and, we
hope, in Germany. Those young men I It wrings her soul with sngulsh.
may bring home new Ideas to he di- To think that war must be.
gested by men who want the Govern
ment to run everything.
That one might kill a "Hun"
Is nothing elsa hut wishing
That murder might be done.
Somewhere some other mother.
remaps across the seas.
For her soldider son Is praying
On old and tired knees.
An ugly, murderous bullet
And speed across the sea.
With any "Soldier's Mother"
Whose heart with love Is filled
Till she prays for all Uod's children
That none of them be killed.
And so she gives her pity
To all humanity.
Amid suffrage triumphs nearly
everywhere, a voice has been raised in
England by a woman, who warns her
sisters against going to extremes in
bringing about changes which will
cause the country to seem less like
home to the soldiers when they re
turn from the war. She predicts that ADELAIDE McXAMARA NEUVTLLE.
these men will be changed in all kinds
MARCH AHEAD.
No woman who Is tender,
Or gentle or refined.
Could cruelly wish to murder
Another of her kind.
We all hope we will conquer.
Thst pesce may reign again.
But there's no excuse for wishing
To kill ones fellow-men.
In Scotland's broomy dells.
That Scotland's bonny Issses
Would weep above them there.
Or sow their graves with grasses.
And make them soft with prayer.
That old and troubled ocean.
Which mutters of its crimes.
Would sound its deep emotion
ior them la distant climes.
Here hy our Western fountains
They dreamed their early dreams:
Clean as our drifted mountains.
Pure as our dancing streams.
I Bowed down and broken-hearted
Txow many a woman's eye.
Prom whom they sadly parted.
fcnail streaming neer be dry.
. a
O. roldenrod wave brightly
Above tnem by the sea;
There shed thy sweet breath lightly
u purple lieur-de-lls.
There spring the Scottish thistle.
Kude as its northern land:
And Irish shamrock nestle.
Soft touched by memory's hand.
I And there among the others
Plant England's blood-red rose.
(The hue that makes men 'brothers.
And roes of freedom s foes.
I For by those mounds low bending
The surf his rights shall learn:
I And truth their fame defending
A fadeless star snail burn.
For long as wind and water
Round Albins coast shall war
I Must sorrow's stricken daughter
bend her wild grief from far.
. GUY FITCH PHELPS.
of ways, but that they will value their
homes more than ever, and count with
some confidence on a restful return to
the old conditions. If men are to re
ceive the women workers as comrades,
she says, the latter must not try to be
'sham men," but must cultivate a dif
ferent spirit and be patient if their
ideas are sometimes not accepted with
all the enthusiasm the women them
selves now feel. "Infinite understand- Time nor youth will ever whisper,
ing. infinite patience and "boundless "step aside, your work Is done!"
love" constitute her recipe, which can I They will push you gently forward.
be pretty well summed up In the one! ! oil' wing 'til the race Is won.
word, "tact." which goes a long way
toward solving domestic problems of Wrinkled faces are not bluffers-
Age and time are simply emblems
Of a life that s nobly run;
Touth is but the budding floWret
In a life that's just begun.
Onward take your stooping shonlderj
Halt nor waver on the way;
March ahead, the youth will follow.
If you 11 guide them day by day.
every sort. Even if it is not a return
to the old conditions, it is safe to say
that It will be welcomed by those who
left the country with the militant suf
fragette agitation ringing in their ears.
They are pages of the past.
Calm, serene, they view the marching.
Bomb Dropped Front Airplane.
PEXDLKTOX, Or.. Feb. 28. fTo the
Editor.) In an argument A states that
s.n aviator in an airplane a mile high
drops his bomb as nearly as possible
exactly above the target at which ho
alms, while B claims that if an aviator
did that his bomb would strike the
earth a mile or two miles away from
the target aimed at, and in a direction
of course, from the target in which he
is flying. Both A and B assumo that
the aviator is flying rapidly at least
60 to 100 miles an hour. Is either per
son correct, and if not, what is the cor
rect solution? , . E. L. S.
The momentum of the airplane would
obviously be contributed to the bomb,
but would soon be overcome by gravi
tation. How far beyond the mark this
momentum would carry a bomb dropped
Though their Dace mav lar at last directly overhead we are unable to in
By launching a ship every day or
two. Portland is showing the Shipping
Board where It can get ships, and al
most all our shipbuilders have built
their yards with their own capital, not
on the Hog Island plan. If there -are
any Mlssourians on the Board they
will be satisfied with this showing, will
"Step sside!" no never! never!
March ahead and lead the line!
Leave as did Longfellow bid us
"Footprints on the sands of time."
ALYCE ROSALTEE RUSTUNG.
gant.
Commitment of Feeble-Minded.
BAKER. Or., Feb. 28. (To the Edi
tor.) I have a son a little over 5 years
old. feeble minded, and have had much
trouble with him for three years. He
upsets and overturns the whole house
no longer rely on the South and will I and seems to get worse all the time
use Oregon shipbuilding resources to I It is impossible to keep house with him.
the limit.
That German scheme to corner the
wool market shows the need of seek
ing out and commandeering all hid
den stores of staple commodities and
of closing all secret channels by which
money may be sent to Germany. Deep
policy causes Germany to keep a belt tne Chii(j
f small neutral states on her border,
for they are the underground railroad I So long as the institution for the
by which goods and money enter the I feeble minded is full there is no way
His mother Is sick and unable to take
care of him any more.
I tried to send him to the feeble
minded Institution In Salem last year,
but they said he was too small. I have
had an application in since October last
and have not been able to send him
away yet. as they say there is no room
What Rhall we do? Is there a law in
a case like this requiring them to take
A SUBSCRIBER.
Pareela to Soldiers Overseas.
PORTLAND, March 1. (To the Ed
itor.) When sending packages to our
boys in France, can they be sent in
care of the Adjutant-General of the
Army at Washington, D. C. I have
heard that packages sent In this way
always reach their destination. Kindly
state just how to address the package.
L K. N.
Give name and military address, add
ing thereto "American Expeditionary
Force," and nothing more. '
Kier Hardy, M. P., still adheres to his
little eccentricities. Ha comes to the
House in dirty miners' clothes and
greasy little cap.
The London Optician says that great
men are usually blue-eyed and in
stances: Shakespeare, Socrates, Locke,
Bacon, Milton, Franklin, Napoleon. Bis
marck, Gladstone, Huxley, Vircbuw and .
Renan.
The name of C, A. Cogswell has been
brought forward as a likely candidate
for the governorship.
Chehalis, Wash. Ex-Senator J. H.
Long and Miss Henrietta Stewart were
married yesterday morning at the horns
of the bride's parents.
An oldtimer yesterday pointed out
that there was no use making a fuss
about the hoopskirts which have ar
rived In the city. The more fus-s that
is made, he said, the more determined
the ladies would be to wear them and
establish the fashion.
Work for Women In France.
CANYONVILLE. Or., Feb. 2S. (T
the Editor.) Is there any chance for
women to serve In France other than as
Red Cross nurses? I can cook, drive
an auto, use a typewriter and ao
numerous things if they would he of
use "over there." SUBSCRIBER.
The only general calls for women for
duty In France have been by ths Red,
Cross for nurses and by the Signal
Corps for telephone operators who
speak French. Other opportunities are
extremely limited. One unit . composed
of women was authorized by the War
Department for special work among the
civilian population. A few "who were
qualified in certain trades or profes
sions were enlisted. You can probably
obtain information as to whether one
of your accomplishments is needed b
writing to the War Department, Wash
ington. D. C.
Should Hire Ha.lL
PORTLAND. Or.. March 1. (To the
Editor.) I havo been wondering, since
reading the discussions on the tubject
of osculation appearing in The Orego
nlan. If it wouldn't be to better taste
for such people to hire a hall where
the public can, through curiosity, go
and see what the participants loolc
like, instead of hiding behind a noiu
de plume in a newspaper.
There are some subjects thst are
threshed out in the open columns of
our papers that are worthy of the at
tention of the reading public, and
auite a few are as about as edifying
as a dog biscuit in a livery stable.
Star of the Service Flag.
I am "star of the service flag,"
Millions in might,
I gleam and I scintillate
Throush earth's deepest night
With the light of a soul
"Somewhere" thick in the fight.
IIALLIE IIOYT JOHNSON.
FREE SERVICE A5fD IXFOR
MATIOX. The Oregonian has established
a bureau of information and serv
ice at Washington City for the
benefit of its readers. No charge
is made for a reply to any ques
tion relating to Governmental af
fairs or for procuring any avail
able Government publication. For
reply send 2-cent stamp. Address
Frederic J. Haskln, director
Oregonian Information Bureau,
Washington D. C. Do NOT write
to The Oregonian at Portland.
inpire.
thus leaves Congress an ample margin Txrio,l by sale of treasury certificates duc) npt earninirs be,ow. the amount
of time for passage of laws, drawn in
the light of present experience, to gov.
ern the railroads in future, ily mak
ing the Interval between peace and
the expiration of the law much shorter
it would have required return of the
railroads to their owners without
proper readjustment of their relations
with the Government, while by mak
ing it much longer Congress would
Jiave dangerously prolonged what must
necessarily be a period of uncertainty.
Tbe interval of eighteen months will
extend over one full session of Con-
greasy which should be ample for all
needed legislation.
ItKuaaKn of the question asa to
duration of Government operation has
revolved around that of Government
ownership, but such matters should
not be considered '1n time of emer
gency. Public opinion Is not ripe for
Oevernment ownership, and cannot
bvcoroe ripe until after the atJcct
has been thoroughly threshed out on
the platform and in the press. The
measure of success which wilt attend
Government operation may be ex
pected to have much Influence in
shaping public opinion, but the condi
tions are so abnormal that the ex.
perirnre can hardly be a safe guide.
Taking ever the railroads In war-time
and kcn their organisation Intact
when parrotlm makes the strongest
powible appeal to every man to keep
politics out. to make operation a sue
ess sod to be lenient in criticism. Is
a very different matter from taking
then over permanently and in peace
time, at the close of earnest contro
versy, aad wtca PuU-cns w.14 t
to the banks and retTeoDis the certifi
cates with proceeds of bond sales or
with the bonds themselves when the
next bond issue is made.
The operation Is similar to that by
which a bank makes a loan to a big
Industry in order to keep it going until
It can sell long-time securities. If the
industry could not get the money. It
might be compelled to shut down, to
the serious loss of the community, the
bank included.
Secretary McAdoo Is now offering
from time to time treasury certificates
to the total amount of $3,000,000,000
In anticipation of the third liberty
loan. They should be bought by every
bank. Industrial corporation, business
house and capitalist aa an aid to the
country In the war with Germany, as
an aid to business by reducing the dis
turbance w hich Is caused by a great
bond Issue, and as good Investment
for themselves, which can be con
verted into bonds or cash in the near
future. Every bank, whether In the
cities or the country towns, should do
Its part, and ran do it effectively by
setting aside one per cent of Its re
sources each week for this purpose.
Ily taking the certificates In such
homeopathic doses it will not Interrupt
the ordinary flow of business.
As each Issue la announced, orders
for certificates should be wired to the
Federal Reserve Bank at San i'ran-claco-
guaranteed to the railroad companies,
the President will have the power to
raise rates sufficiently to make good
the shortage.
Senate and House have disagreed as
to whether the President or the Inter
state Commerce Commission should
have final authority to fix rates, but
that will make little difference. If
the President should Inform the com
mission that more revenue was needed,
that body would doubtless provide it
by raising rates. If the authority
should be vested in the President, he
would probably consult the commis
sion and let it work out the details.
Mr. McAdoo has already effected much
improvement -by doubling demurrage
charges and by reducing the free time
for loading and unloading cars. He
can secure capital needed for improve
ments and rolling stock more easily
and more cheaply than could a rail
road company.
These are advantages so essential in
the emergency of war that they are
properly decisive in favor of Govern
ment operation. They have caused the
shouters for Government ownership to
proclaim with confidence that after
the experience upon which the Nation
has now entered it will never return
the roads to their owners. These en
thusiasts overlook certain- undeniable
evils which have accompanied Gov
ernment ownership in every country
where it has been tried, also certain
benefits which can arise only from
private ownership. Every man who Is
now connected with the railroads is
si i a pi to aunorainaie nia aemsn enas. in
U will to ie, tratio boycott wtici is I some decree at least, to patriotic duty.
The time may not be ripe to impose
the death penalty for desertion from
the Armv. but. as the United States
becomes more actively engaged and I available.
as duty to display the martial spirit tbe County Judge.
becomes more Imperative, severer pen
alties will surely be imposed. The
young men must have the fact im
pressed on their minds that they can
not quit a job in the Army at will.
of compelling custody of a defective
person by that institution. Those
formally committed by county exam
ing boards are admitted In the order of
their commitment as soon as room is
Take up the matter with
There la a Way to End I. W. W.
PORTLAND. March 1. (To the Edl
tor.) The writer was extremely
pleased to read the editorial In The
Oregonian February 28. under the
heading "Mistaken Leniency." As you
The man who calls the American I state, the sentence passed by Judge
or any other flag "calico" must not I Rossman on the Silent Enemy" Is to-
be allowed to make a public address, tally inadequate.
Let him talk to four bare walls, with
the usual grating.
The Canadian veterans at the To
ronto meeting did not know Bryan,
that was the cause1 of the trouble; but!
it is unlike Bryan to let- himself be
howled down.
If German militarism cannot be de
feated in war. the best defense which
democratic nations can make against
Those caulkers at Aberdeen who get
S7.70 a dav and walked out for SS.70.
probably did not get half that in the further members of the I. W. W. fra-
In March, 1915, the writer heard of
an Instance In France where a young lad
1 years old was found at his post In
the front line asleep one morning about
2 o'clock. Unfortunately he was dis
covered by the officer commanding
the battalion. At 6 A. M. the same day
the firing party was ordered out, and
that poor lad received the full penalty
of the law. His record says "accident
ally killed."
The writer has a suggestion to make
to Judge Rossman as regards any
old days, but need it now to buy this
year's models.
First time anybody tells you an im
probable story of the war or the serv
ice, make a memorandum of his name.
date and facts. He may be a pro-Hun.
ternity that may be brought before
htm. and if he likes I will give him an
outline of the programme which would
effectually, once and for all, stamp out
these contemptible curs.
A BRITISH ER.
nerve.
Xumber in Aero Squadron.
SOUTH. BEND, Wash., Feb. 28. (To
Th rtot-aor. with a alnfran in tna 1 lno u,Lur ' ' '"""' -"'-
. , . . I pose an aero sqaudron?
head but too modest to turn it in. y (2) Ia thero anythins that will re-
might be the winner if he had morejneve the soreness of feet that have
been frozen and which swell every time
It turns a little cold? C. S. K.
(1) There are 154 enlisted men In an
aero squadron.
(2) A remedy was given in the "How
to Keep Well" columns published on
page 8 February 22 in The Oregonian.
When Commissioner Kellaher's boat
gets back, every day in the week will
be fish day until tbe stock is sold.
"Don't talk!" is a war-time sugges
tion, but a man does not dare suggest
it at home.
No disguise is sacred to the pro-
German propagandist.
laformatioa en Income Tax.
PORTLAND, Or., March 1. (To the
Editor.) Would a man with a de
pendent parent earning 11200 a year
have to file an income report? If so,
who would he send, it to?
SUBSCRIBER
Go to the office of the Collector of
The tornado season is starting early I Internal Revenue, Custom-House, and
in Kansas. I state your case more fully.
The fish cater is distinguished by
his brainy "front."
YANKEE NAVY ON THE QUI VTVE FOR CLASH WITH HUN
A FEATURE OF
The SUNDA Y OREGONIAN
Land fights and- sea fights there are but first of all, to stir
the blood of romance, is the clash of fleets in battle, or strife to
the death between the spurting turrets of rival ships. The Prus
sian submarine, lurking in the sea like an assassin in the dark,
has stirred the blood of American seamen to keen longing for
open fighting with the German war fleet. Charles W. Duke tells
about the Navy and its spirit in The Sunday Oregonian.
UNCLE SAM, BUILDER Plans that are beyond the wildest dream of
Aladdin, that cast all historical records into the discard, are those
of Uncle Sam, master builder, declares Frank G. Carpenter in the
Sunday issue. The war construction plans of America, comprising
cantonments and barracks for the new National Army, are ably
discussed by Mr. Carpenter in the Sunday issue.
A5I0NG US MORTALS A great deal of fun from life is what W.
E. Hill, noted illustrator, finds in the commonplace incidents of tha
day. And he shares that joy through his talent with readers of
The Sunday Oregonian. Take a look at "Examining Class A," in
the Sunday paper.
WHAT IS CAMOUFLAGE? Within the past few months this ques
tion has vied for frequency with "When will the war end?" Rene
Bache answers it fully, with a wealth of interesting detail, in the ,
Sunday issue, describing this strange new craft that seeks to
deceive the enemy by disguising of men, positions, airplanes and
guns. With illustrations.
THE WONDER WORK OF THE RED TRIANGLE Every soldier
knows the "red triangle" for the sign of the Y. M. C. A. and for the
certainty of warmth, rest, food and fellowship. Ask the man just
back from France what he thinks of it. In the Sunday Oregonian
is a special article of the work of the organization at the front
and in the home 'camps. '
AT THE HOUSEBOAT ON THE STYX "Settling a Burning Ques
tion" is the relation of certain recent events aboard John Kendrick
Bangs' celebrated craft. The notables of all ages, who long since
hailed old Charon, fall to talking of German "kultur."' Delight lul
in treatment, whimsical, yet with the keenest cutting edgof
satire, these contributions are literature of Kohinoor quality.
LETTERS FROM THE FRONT Right from the camps of France,
from the fleet at sea, come the letters that are published each Sun
day by The Oregonian in a special department. More than all
else, they give to us a glimpse of the high spirit and undimmed
courage of the boys who left their jobs and professions a few
short months ago to take up the business of battle.
SEEK AND FIND Your favorite hobby is somewhere among the ,
departments of the Sunday issue. Churches, schools, sports, soci
ety, clubs, gardens, music, drama all are there. And with them i3
the news of the world, here at home and "over there" complete,
authentic and as recent as cable and telegraph can supply it.
A Nickel and a Nod Buys
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.