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to TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAT, SEPTEMBER 24, 1913. rORILAXD, UKEliUS. Enlrd at Portland (Ortton) Postofflc. a second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invarlaoly In advancs: irtv Uati.) r3l!y, S'indsy Included, one year $S.O0 I ally. Sunday Included. sx month! - . la;r, Sunday Included. thre montba Xai.'y. iundy Included, one month I i-ii 1 y. without Sunday, one year . . . . . penalties of law and hopes to escape by trickery. This is no ordinary war to settle the conflicting; claims of nations, to territory, like that between Russia and Japan, for example. It is a war to decide whether the world shall be ruled by the moral law which dis tinguishes man from the beasts. It is to establish the elementary principled of human right, of mercy and kind- Wiiy. without Sunday, six monthi --Alness to the weak and young, which I'll, y. without Sunday, one month .-I" Rrm.inv Tina ehgllenroil Officers nf W eekly, on year ..... ' '" . 1 . . . .. tumiii on. v.r . s.ao i the law do not negotiate, with, tnev fcunday and weekly 5 io I capture or kill, men who violate those Tv.n- ,,,.', ,5' i V,r . . principles. The Judge does not dis ruy! Sunday included, on month T3 I cuss with a criminal what sentence he 4 .si a no i . 7 .0 la:ly. Sunday Included, three months Iatiy. without Sunday, one year ' IfuKy. wiihout Sunday, three months lJaiiy. without Sunday, one month . laar tn Kmit band oostoffico money or- eir. express or personal check on your local tank, rltamps. coin or currency are, at own er's risk, tiiva poslofflre address in full, in cluding county and state. Potaa-e Kate 12 ta 1C Pa lea. 1 rent: IS -t' i....ra ' pBTt: to 4S DaseS 3 centSl Au to ; Dasi-s. 4 cents: 611 to 7d pages. 5 cents: 7S to 2 pages. cents. Foreign post aae. double rates. '..feai Tti,iaa Of fire VeTTS t! Conk Yin Wrtinaarti-k l.tilldlnc. NlV York! VerrS A onklin. .-'tes-er buildins. Chicago: Verra 4 I n If 1 1 n Vre Pma ttuildlna. LetrolU Silch Kan. i'ranclsco repteaentallve, K. J. fildwail shall impose. The United States did not negotiate with the Barbary pi rates; it burnt their ships, destroyed their forts and compelled them to re lease their slaves. Such must be the conclusion of this war. America did not speak through the article in the New York Times. Its true voice was that of the Mothers of Soldiers and Sailors, who demand that no terms be considered except uncon ditional surrender of the enemy. iow, when we have just begun to win and hen the bullies of the world tremble organization for obtaining and utiliz ing them is now perfected to the high est possible degree. The notion that this might be turned to our advan tage in solving the land-improvement problem is attractive. The cost would be only an infinitesimal fraction of the cost of operation under war conditions. The land-clearer's idea of heaven is a field of fir stumps, with powder at a nominal price. Expensive powder means indefinite delay in reclaiming this land. Labor costs under other methods are prohibitive. Machinery sufficiently powerful to dispense with explosives is both too costly and too ponderous to be practical. But if one might translate, say, a battle of Ver dun into an energy - equivalent in How can that be if gold is the measure SUGAR ALLOTMENTS FOR CANNING f CHARLATANS REAPING PROFITS Th. ":.Y r 71. r. -J. ... le Ht Be for Pnrnoae Porchaaed sod "3I." From Boy. Over.... Bra-en- is tuay nuuD lUB mint price of gold remains the same. Balance Returned, the value of gold has risen. In fact, PORTLAND. Sept 23. (To the Edi- we must reverse the axiom by saying tor.) I would like to knon) if I am that the value of gold is measured by mistaken In my Idea of the sugar al- the price of other commodities. That lowance. I think it was a few months leads to the further i-uninn, n ago, people, for a few days were al- clusion that prices are no longer the !wed " Punda Torl e"l nmmn r,r , . . I but a while later I read in one of our l,g ld.'r which they are papera where lt was found necesSary to v-.w..M-..eca-u.c, uirj tire toe value measured in paper currency. most reasonable explanation o seeminir naraHnr 4a .nntainA,4 latter whioh i-i.,i t,.. m t- I.. ,11,. . .ha,. h hn. tniirfrf I people's personal troubles, but (wink ..n - Ce.,.. a . " ! with h,.a their 100 oounds. in his eye) it costs money to talk to . ---- vo r...i.iCti i v --- - r 'x . me.1 call in sugar that had been thus pur- ly Sold to GnUible Relatives. PORTLAND, Sept 23. (To the Edi tor.) One form of war profiteering has been largely overlooked. I refer to the psychics, fortune-tellers, mediums. auacks and charlatans who make specialty of looking after other people's troubles and worries, and incidentally wax rich because of their kind solici tude. As one of them said to an ac- The chased and each family was allowed 25 quaintance here in Portland not long f this pounds instead of the 100 pounds. ago in a burst of rather Indiscreet in a I signed up for the 25 pounds allowed, confidence, "Yes I look after other Senator Henderson, chairman of the committee on mines and mining, in which ha gives these reasons "why MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at the certainty of punishment, is not the time to relent. It is the time lor "force without stint." Tha Associated I'reia la exclusively enti tled to tfie uas for republication of all newt ciiantchea credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper, and a. so tha local I Itwi published herein. All rights ot republication of special dis- patcnea herein are also reaervea. PORTLAND. TVESnAT, SEPT. tl. IMS. stump-land reclamation in Oregon and I the nominal price of gtild is so low Washington he would be amazed andl today": As no one seemed to have read the article I refer to, so they just say, "I were allowed to." Now if all the people soldiers- in France are anxious about .... .1.1 .ii .hi. whn where they are and what their fate Mothers, wives and sweethearts of over a million and a hair American edified by the results obtained. was supposed to be allowed only the That it has been steadily held by law at a I 25 pounds? Those who were too slow price lor two cen- FARMERS BCT CANNED GOODS. Marvelous to relate, farmers of Oregon, instead of producing their own necessities of life, buy and con sume quantities of canned goods each year. Figures gathered in rural dis tricts of Folk County by Miss Edna certain fixed nominal turies. That In those two centuries, owing- to the splendid credit of the great nations, the vast amount of negotiable paper issued by those nations and based on gold has been used exactly as so much more gold coin and as a medium of commercial exchange, we have been uniformly acting on the principle that all the paper issues based on gold are gold. And In effect this action has afforded us a plethora of gold and kept sold at a falselv low Drice leas than its true value as we now plainly see. But - THE FUEL OP FORCE, On the day word came that Ameri cans were engaged in force in deliver- Mills, homo demonstration agent of the Oregon Agricultural College, show m"teVh o till" & Vt thV mat Illieen county groceries sola luitnt moment is the great bulk of these papei armors lust Winter 12939 X1 worth issues IIX'XS AND VANDALS. I . commercially canned fruits and Two items in a day s news have a I vegetables, that should have been peculiarly Prussian flavor. One is the I grown on the home farm and put up record of wanton destruction of a in the farmhouse kitchen supply of sphagnum moss in a Red I Such statistics, which it is asserted I f 33 1-3 per ounce, which he holds to Cross warehouse; the other a relation I can be duplicated in farming com- be its true value, and he says of the treachery of Uerman soldiers, I munities, not only in Oregon put We could dig the needed amount of new to be in on the "bargain," or didn t have the purchase price? I am not complaining, for I have made my 25 pounds do our small family, by using karo syrup In can ning. I have not seen the sugar in any of these homes but have the word of the people that they have it and they surely must from the fruit they are preserv ing. Now, please do not think I am in any way jealous of these people, nor am 1 will be. That Is a perfectly natural feeling and one that we all respect There must be at least three million of these atrxious ones in the United States now. Portland has its share of these troubled hearts. This city also has its share of extortionists who are not averse to taking advantage of this touching anxiety held by soldiers rela tives. All reports show that the psychic quacks are unusually busy, Soldiers' relatives consult them to get "messages" and forecasts. It is easy to -understand why an anx ious mother, wife or sweetheart would i based on gold. Am a matter of criticising anyone concerned 'in the dis- lo this. Her heart is full of sorrow fact, there is no gold on which to ,,,,,,, , ,,,. ,, ,,.,. and her grief drives her to adopt any the great bulk of later issues that is. tribution of sugar, nor our Inspectors, d , m.ans to iret information m t been dug yet but if I am in the right why a great ?"Per,at.a m,?,u,S,, , . .- ... , ,.. .,., ...iiv, i.i. that all is well with him she loves. But plain base the lt hasn Colonel Kennan proposes that the permanent price of gold be raised to scheme. I merely wish to know if I ow fDut ? His slogan, as took the wrong meaning from what I read. READER. who diseruise themselves as Red Cross throughout the West and in manv sec- !i in a way and at a pace that would atr.th.r.h..raP. m.ohina l.l. nt ha. I't .,.ie, 11 tct i f i. be for 0T.a e? An u"c ls- . v. rai.mjin I - J i v.v.. L, . " - small amount or goia ana, 1 1 snout u lng a blow on tne lianic or me uerman instead of wounded on the bat- cation for the biar canninir camDaiern were added to the present price of It. we salient that menaced Paris, there was tlefieid. The Kaiser, who is respon- now being conducted through the agri- .?u1lndw"dadrDroenr1B,hat 'rcT great public gathering in front of I sible for fixing the designation "Huns" cultural colleges of the various states, touch before, and we could make new de- the Liberty Temple. There had been upon his Boldiers. will be delighted, no Its object is not only to conserve food ml e dare not attempt before; and in rnrahnHin. Vorh hour had I doubt, that they are also making them- I and labor but to encourage thrift I we could utilise thousands of old mine ,M .. -,.. .j,. I selves worthy to bo called Vandals. I Results f following out the Gov- . ,. .. ,v ,. The Vandals, in the belief of his-1 ernment's advice will be far-reaching. dumps containing millions of tons of ore already mined which were too low grade an(j not used for thla purpose, and this to be tackled before. A greater boom In I . . stated, is, "It costs money to talk to me." Could anything be more fraudu lent than the "messages" they deliver? Persons who purchosed a 100-pound Often such "messages" cost more than WUU1U Ull UUIUO.1 CHUlCldlll XI uin tno loved one In France. No sound mind, or one not distracted by grief, but can see that all such "news" is sheer lying. The money that is charged for that sort of information is as dishonorably and viciously obtained as if it were stolen from the little fund that sustains some poor widow and orphan. In New York the District Attorney sack of sugar for canning were not re quested to return their purchase and take only 23 pounds when the Food Administration found it necessary to discontinue allowing the larger allot ment There has been a call for the re turn of all sugar alloted for canning torians. were of ancient Germanic Home products used release commer- U'; mmmg would follow .han this old is doubtless what you read. Families has interested himself in such no Americans were in acUon dispelled unIike the Huns- whose ,- cia,iy canned goods for American sol- J0iid h" eV" " which do not use canning sugar ex- immediate doubts. The people had cestry was Turko-Tartaric. It is un- diers and their allies. Home canned Tjt o r- in , n -nrino nf elusively as such, according to the faith in the valor of their soldiery. I necessary to take sides in an argument ! or dried food means so much cut from I 0d woui(j disturb vast numbers of Pled&e made, and purchase for culinary They felt mat tne tiae was aoout to turn. A new enthusiasm found ex pression in shouts and congratulations. The tide had turned and it has been ebbing ever since. But with successes that are daily reported has come a I dangerous complacency upon the peo ple. When the allied might was men aced last Spring and Summer those torlous cheats as these quack psychics are. Living is now too precarious and thrift too necessary for anyone to waste of their substance on such frauds. The District Attorney of Multnomah "certain individuals are bound to get member who signed the pledge a per- County might do much worse than keep over which was the more vicious in I the high cost of living, so many more I obligations which are to be met in and table uses in accordance with the order to appreciate the fact that the I liberty bonds or war savings stamps eoi(i as to them Colonel Kennan savs new regulations render the family ut-i uiun.1 si-eiii ucicrmiucu in oiipiu- uuuijii L, cuimeijueuuji mi mv--ii .uuuci priate the vices of both. The Huns I advance toward a competency and were ruthless and cruel, but they per- better times in after years. haps were outdone by the Vandals in I All praise to the patriotic women wholly purposeless destruction. The who are spreading the thrift gospel VandaTs under Genseric practiced vir- through the canning demonstrations'. tually every form of treachery and hurt" in "carrying out any world-1 jurer, amenable to prosecution. If the wide or nation-wide programme," but I Food Administration calls for inven- that this "cannot be avoided." He tories of the amount of canned and pre- piracy of which the mind can conceive. who could not fight felt that they ld made the worJ vandal one of must do something. The most prac most descriptive in our language. ticable thing seemed to be to give of u ,s doubtruI if Attila wouid have their money. So they gave. Is fear countenanced the destruction of hos- APPI.ES IN BOXES. The box pack, in which Oregon Innlo crnivara TOara tViA nlnninrs in more than ever justifying itself in the Prices of other commodities i were left nresont Pmertrencv. In tha first nlace. wholly out of account and he further proposes that in legislating on tne subject Congress should state that "in naming the true value, pre-war con ditions, war-imposed paper issues and post-war conditions were carefully weighed, but that present high war th nnlv thincr that will make the ones I . ., . . . . . . , - . pllal Uppiies, ii mere naa peen nos- - , , v 7 Y - nrnnnwt that- at home give adequately of their pita ,n hls day 0en8eric might have the boa required to contain a given prPse tn- I done so. The Germans may be chafing under discovery that the Huns were not barbarous enough to serve as models for them. A SUMMONS TO EVERT MAN. quantity of apples cost less than bar- "We should stand on the broad. Just ground rels WOUld, and in the next there is hureaftnr falllnir due. In which cold was great economy Of space for Shipping consideration and value received.- were in ,innra tw K advertently made under mutual mistake of the contracting parties as to the true value ana tnac tne t'niie. oiaina served foods in such homes the con sumption of sugar from the sack to supplement the two-pound ration, on which patriotic citizens now get along, the duplicity will be revealed. If you have fruit of your own which might go to waste or can show justi fication for the request, you can ob tain a permit to make a second or even a third 25-pound purchase. To quite an extent the Government trusts to the sincerity, honesty and patriotism of the housewife to utilize such sugar solely a strict eye on these charlatans and protect the relatives and dependents of soldiers and sailors from the mercenary and heartless schemes of these vam pires. Their methods and doings de serve to be closely investigated, and if fraud is discovered, they should be se verely punished by fine and imprison ment. Only in that way will it be pos sible to discourage the brazen activities of these ehameless mountebanks. SOLDIER'S FATHER. means? u they tight only when their backs are to the wall? It would be a disastrous policy on the battlefields of France. No soldier there is dallying or displaying indif ference to duty because the Germans fiave fallen back, tacn is aeierminca I ' 1 i available in reasoname Quantities carried out in goi la finish lh fir-ht and In finish it I The meaning of the. summons to lulion th Inrlmstrv r-nn Vir ranrmnlipii the new gold standard. right every able-bodied man to engage in The barrel shortage, on the other But war prices have affected the ireeiy ten you mat mey nave aevetopeu overronfldence is a dancer on thine some productive occuDation with the hand, is likelv to ners st I value of eold. and the disturbance or an aDsoiuto cnecu on every puunu i W B . I W M I w . to harbor in war time. It should be alternative of being drafted into the The argument of those who clung to values is morally certain to continue siapar from refinery to aining tame. repelled even when there seems to be I Army is unmistakable. It is that the I the barrel was that it could be roiled for some years. These causes may be I , The fruit jar rubbers will be accepted entire man power of the Nation must and need not be carried any distance. I expected to cause the value of gold to I as salvage. be at the disposal of the Government But this was offset by the many ad-I fluctuate from the new standard and for prosecution of the war, that the vantages of the Oregon box. The lat- to render it as fictitious as the pres- GUARDSMEN QUICK IN EMERGENCY limits of individual choice are to be ter also lends Itself more readily to I ent standard. What is needed is a restricted within those limits, and that honest grading, and is associated in means of making the price paid for the minds of consumers with a su- gold correspond with the cost of pro- perior grade. I duction, varying as this varies. Can It is possible that the "extra fancy; not this be done in such a way as to pack will be neglected during the stimulate production without change This can be done I ing the present mint price and with SAVINGS AND HIGH LIVING COST Money Laid By Depreciated in Value With No Prospective Adjustment. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 23. (To the excuse for it. Today there is no ex cuse. The war is not over. The be ginning of the end may be in sight, but it will vanish if there is diminu tion of the force we have been exert ing; it may vanish if we do not in-1 the Government will decide every crease that force. Our policy must be doubt Work now being done by men to fight fight fight, with ever-irtcreas- I which women can do must be turned ing force until the enemy is over- over to women. Work which can be whelmed. I dispensed with or postponed must be coming season. The engine of force cannot run with- dropped, and those employed in it without harm to the business if the out suddenly giving an unearned profit out fuel. It is fuel that we are now must turn to something which is mili- next lowest grade is well maintained, to those persons who have hoarded called upon to provide. Unless dollars tarily useful. Buyers do well to insist upon honest gold and who are least entitled to a manfntrer anH liWMv to , Government as high court of equity de- for the purpose of adding to the food Editor.) In "New Standards of Value." manufacturers ana are liKeiy to db ..... ,h, fhn. .irRrt, should bn a . . Th j.. 3 quantities carried out In gold at its true value, Le. I , Lraii .t,. k. i,ih uTi- rood Administration omciais win " " .us" i..ns cost ana wages and states . . . the class which has been hit hardest by the rise in prices comprises men whir receive fixed salaries in a unit of value which has become depreciated . . . the prospect is that prices will not return to their former level for several years after the war, if ever . . ." and concludes: "The outlook implies the need of a general readjust ment of compensation for trained, ed ucated brains to the new conditions In Other Days. Fifty Year Ago. From The Oregonlan, September 24, 18A Oregon City Two barns full of grain and farm machinery, together with two horses and a carriage, were destroyed by fire this morning at the farm home of Samuel Miller, about two miles wjest of town. The loss is estimated at about $5000. No insurance. No one has any knowledge of how the tire originated. Mr. Miller had left his house shortly before the lire broke out. Yesterday evening, as wo learn. Mr. Hutchinson met William Tennant, Dep uty Marshal, and accosted him in a rough manner in regard to a cow which had been. taken up pursuant to an ordi nance of the city. Mr. Tennant made some reply, the exact purport of which did not learn. Mr. 11. then struck Mr. Tennant on the head two or three times with a stick and turned as Mr. Tennant fired two shots at him, neither of which took effect. It is the height of folly for persons to take the law into their own hands, as we are informed Mr. Hutchinson did, and such attempts can only result in their own defeat We were unable to witness the splen did play, "Camille," last night, but we learn that the performance was highly satisfactory to the large audience in attendance and fully sustained the rep utation of the popular troupe. The en tertainment last niEht was such an one as would be highly creditable to first-class actors in any of the large Eastern cities. A The George S. Wright will leave for Victoria, direct, at 9 o'clock this morn ing and the Active, for the same port. via the ports on Puget Sound, will leave at noon. Twenty-five Year Afo, From The Oreuonian, September 21. lM, The members of the Portland Bowl ing Club have said goodbye to Dan Murphy, their trairter. who, on comple tion of his engagement, left for Koston, his home, on Thursday last. He has given the utmost possible satisfaction to the club during the season. The Sisters of St. Francis, who have the industrial school in Umatilla, have permission, from the proper authority, to collect in the city of Portland. New York Jim Hall arrived today on the Paris. lie said ho came here fnr he purpose of arranging a match with Fitzsimmofis. Ho was anxious to fitrht him to a finish for any kind of purse and in any place. The British ship City of Tork has ar rived up after an uneventful passage of SO days from Callao and is moored at. Mersey dock. are put into Liberty Bonds there can be no vital thrust Purse strings must be released. Two of Mnlrnomak Organization . Pre vent Fire Damage by Promptness. PORTLAND, Sept 23. (To the Edi tor.) Permit us to bring to your at tention an instance of efficiency and initiative on the part of two members of G. H. Company, Multnomah Guard, of this city. A small blaze started from spontaneous combustion in the plant of a downtown printing house (that of I wish you had touched on the de preciation in value in the past four years of about one-half the savings of a very large, desirable class of our in dustrious and comparatively poor peo ple which are deposited as U. S. postal savings, in the savings banks, life in surance companies, building and loan A GREAT NETFSPAPEB FALTERS. A most astonishing exhibition of mental blindness or faintness of heart has been given by the New York Times in its discussion of the Austrian peace proposal. Alone among great Ameri- - can newspapers, it described the pro posal as one "which the allies may honorably accept," which should "re ceive the most serious" and respectful attention." The Times could not "Imagine that the invitation will be declined." What has come over the Times? Before the United States entered the war, it was a staunch champion of the cause of the allies and of the defense of American rights. Since we accepted the Kaiser's challenge it has not faltered until this time. What has happened to weaken its heart? Austria proposed that the allies send delegates to exchange views about peace with delegates from the four central powers that is, with men whose sovereigns have declared a treaty to be a scrap of paper and who have proclaimed and acted on the belief that wholesale massacre, mutilation and starvation of women and children, wounded soldiers, peace ful seamen, are legitimate methods of warfare: who have violated all the rules of national hospitality by em ploying their diplomatic agents to de etroy the lives, industries and ships of their hosts: who bought the basest citizens of Russia, installed them in power by violence, corruption and in trigue and then negotiated a sham peace with them at just such a con ference as the Times would have the United States and our allies enter with the central powers. Austria pro posed a secret discussion at a confer ence similar to those which President Wilson has denounced, at which the rights of nations were bartered away among the agents of despots like pawns in a game of chess. By asking that this proposal be 'ac cepted the Times preaches defeatism the same insidious poison- which Bolo Pasha spread in France and for spreading which he died the death of a traitor; the same poison which caused the defeat of the Italian army last October; the poison which re duced Russia to her present horrible condition; the poison which Lord Lansdowne spreads in Britain. We know from past performances and from former intrigues of German agents what would happen at such a conference. The only hope of the central powers to escape the punish ment which they have earned lies in division among their enemies, and they would use their utmost guile to divide the allies by offering conces sions to first one, then another, with bo intention to keep faith with either. This is no mere assumption inspired by prejudice. It is the logical conclu sion from the acts of both Germany and Austria, and from the doctrines which they have taught their own people, to say nothing of the estab lished record for perfidy of Turkey and Bulgaria. The Austrian proposal came from no sincere desire for peace or to re-organize the world in accord ance with the aims of the allies. It was inspired by terror at the immi nence of defeat and of destruction of the monstrous system of . tyranny which has been built up by the Ho henzollerns, Hapsburgr. the Ottomans and their satellites. It is the cry of the trapped desperado who has been brought face to face with tha stern When we consider that war Indus- methods, but this is not the time to sudden access of wealth? tries are from a million to a million be finical. It will be a good thing. The end might be attained by pay- Bushong & Co.. on Park street), the institutions and th liko unit th r and a half men short of their require- however, if buyers will content them- ment of a bonus for production of (ire starting in a metal waste can on responding reduction of income to them ments, and that two and a half mil-I selves with the lower grades early in I new gold equivalent to the difference I the first floor of the building. The "fixed salaries" will be adjusted, lion men will soon be drafted into the season. These do not keep so between its present fixed price and the The fire had gained quite a little I but what about these savings and the military service, the necessity for this wpll in storae-e and outrht to be cost of oroduetion. Miners would then headway, and was blazing up Drigntiy income xrom them? If that is not ar drastic measure will be obvious. Our utilized in a vear when we are trvine extract trold from the earth as wil- when the alarm was turned in. It hap- ranged, what will be the incentive for Army is defending the United States to minimize waste. Extra sound fruit, lingly as the Colonel predicts, for they Pe"ea Multnomah Guard were in as surely by fighting in Europe as if which need not be "extra fancy" to be would bo assured against loss. The L0;,,, onrt P.in h riar from it were fighting in America, and the good, can wait until later on. rate of the bonus could be changed th( hnnrtine- nromotlr broke in the necessity of the Nation is the supreme I Shortage of other fruits, and also I from time to time as conditions Ljoor and carried the blazing can Into law for each citizen. For the dura-1 of sugar, should increase apple con- changed, though it should always be the street with a little hand truck. tion of the war no man belongs to sumption. By buying them we help maintained at the difference between I When the department arrived there himself: he belongs to the Nation, and I one of our key industries and keep I the mint price and cost of produc he must be ready to serve where the I more of our money at home. The ap- tion. Wo have reason to expect a pie has a valid claim for considera-1 material fall in prices after the war. our people to continue to be the prudent, saving-for-a-rainy-day, thrifty ioias we nave always admired? OBSERVER. Government places him This stern summons is a needed rebuke to those whose superficial over- optimism leads them to imagine that because the allies are winning at all points, the war is already won and that the time to relax has come. It is still possible for us to lose by relaxing our efforts too soon. The fact is that we have just begun to win, and. to use the vernacular of the prize-ring, the time to get in your best and hard est licks is when you have- got the other fellow going. No doubt should be entertained that Germany will press into the ranks every man, even tion. HOW TO GET MORE GOLD. One of the most complex problems with which the world is confronted is which would warrant a reduction in the bonus. The conditions leading to the rise In value of gold had been operating for many years before the war. They may cnange unui proauc- tion cost closely approximates the mint ,k.i - : . : ..a 1 1 ........ 1 .. n 1 .1 iliai. ui luuieasiuir int. suptiijr ii sum ., (k. K,, ,1,4 CQot in order to establish a safe basis for Christmas Gifts to Soldiers. CURTIN. Or., Sept 22. (To the Edi tor.) 1. Has any arrangement been maue so we can sena our boys "over there" their Christmas present? Will packages be accepted if full letter post age Is paid? 2. Please tell the significance and wny our boys are called "doughboys, I don't see the appropriateness. A MOTHER. 1. Announcement of details of the ths vastlv inflated su-nnlv of Daner currency and credit which the war has There is no baiaain to prevent me produced. There is a broad and con- twentietn century tjrusaaers irom re stantlv widenine tran between the"ex- covering the holy places of Christen- istine- snnnlv of eold and the amount dom. and we may reel sure mat. mis them. of Government and nrivnts naner time the recovery is final. But the PACIFIC STATES FIRE INSURANCE n,v.ih.a n-i--hi in roi Thic ro n Daradoxical thing is that the Arabs COMPANY . J ... i j :; ' whn ancestors drove the Christians J- B. Bridgeford, Assistant Manager. a - . . alias Lauacu uc ui ctia.iuu J l ux uc . i - t ;'n- "h .l.t , h which is expressed in enhanced prices from the Holy Land are now helping peoples, and that every appeal will be , mmHiti. onH t tht enh.n. them in the work of reconquest and made to the patriotism and fear of the German people to induce them to fight as long as an army can be held to gether. If through laxity at home the for commodities, and to that enhance- them in the work of reconquest, an ment ia added n. further enhancement that the Christians are ready to help due to demand which in many cases the Arabs in driving the Turks from Editor.) Please inform me what is the exceeds and in any case equals supply, the holy cities of Mahomet. Government scale of wages for a log- lrtrouirml?. wid.er that S-P bemes the higher winter mlirhf wt ffi,r Prices 1 ise. HID Illut o curieucj reverses. The way to win, and win quickly, is to make each blow harder than the last and thus to give . the enemy no respite for recovery. That which has been said of men and of human effort is true also" of money and financial effort The need of money grows as the Army and Navy grow, and their continued growth to the maximum requisite to crush the enemy will require every dollar the people can lend over that sum which is reasonably necessary to liv ing. Slacker dollars are as contempt ible as slacker men, and money should pour into the treasury in a swelling stream until the allied armies enter the Hun capitals. Not till then shall we be able to say that the great work of saving the world for democracy is finished. was little to do except to see that the flames were entirely extinguished. The writer has no doubt, however, that if the waste can had not been removed as promptly as it was. considerable dam age would have been done to the paper stock contained in the building. We feel, therefore, that it is due to Multnomah Guard that the damage done was practically nothing. Their work in this particular instance was at fin. r nf thai, ,aaHlnica a n A wr i 1 1 ingness to jump into the breach at any plan under wnlch one Christmas pack- emergency, and we believe lt to be s ",ay un sent to eacn American sol fitting that they should receive the Idler was made In Washington Septem- credit that is without question due ber 21, and was DUblished the next morning in The Oregonlan. A coupon for each soldier will be sent back from France. Provided with this and with a standard container, to be obtained through the Red Cross, the relatives may mail one package. It would be of no avail to affix letter-rate postage to an ordinary package. The term "doughboy," according Wages of Logffina; Camp Cook. SKAMANIA, Wash., Sept 22. (To the ging camp cook, where up to 25 men are employed; also what scale of wages to gold will be needed as a basis for the currency, and so we shall continue to travel the vicious circle. The Federal reserve law adopted 40 per cent as a safe ratio of gold reserve to paper currency, and in effect declared that any less ratio was inflation. The actual ratio is far less than 40 per cent, and the extent of that excess is the degree in which the gap has be come unsafe. The danger lies in the near future, when the world will . have stopped fighting and gone to work. Then prices will surely begin to fall, and the man who now can pay a specified debt by working so many days must work twice as many days to pay the- same sum. Govern ments have piled up debts in order to pay inflated prices caused largely by inflated currency, and they will be LSE FOB explosives. called upon to pay in deflated cur- A form of Government subsidy to I rency which the taxpayer must earn at which there should be no serious ob- deflated prices. In order to lighten this jection after the war would be a plan after-war burden, the governments of under which commercial explosives the United States and allied countries would be furnished at nominal cost I can now begin to remedy the inflation to bona fide owners of stump land, I of currency by stimulating production engaged in preparing the land fori of gold. This would give relief from tillage. The countless billions of foot- j that part of the inflation of prices Those irond fellows wearing the but- r,7" VI- Tr-iT " " j . ' lu lu" P'ausioie explanation wilt V, neeri-erl to nv them the more I ton or. wnrVlne- fnr the honor and .rjlw.-. oriBinatea uuring tne L1V11 War Irom creait oi rvi Liatiu a-iin txi a uumg men i a. tjan an employer cut a cook s Fni'lEDOH CALLS. Freedom calls with voice rnmniflndinc She beckons fur phe speaks to than! Frcdom calls with cry expanding, Lift tho world to liberty! Break the scepter of oppression. Smite injustice everywhere! From the mountains of the morning. Shout, "The way of Cod prepare. Oh, forbid that human brothers Should ever hold a brother chained Unto service nil unchosen, Hopeless, helpless, poor and pained! Level down the rimited pathways. For tho weary, mak them smooth; Loose tho fetters of tho prostrate. And the woes of ages soothe. Bid the heavy-laden, siphinjr, To lift their K'aze to liuht above; God hath heard their bitter crvlne. And will show his gracious love. Soon must come ttie heavenly armies God's own clock will surely sound; He will rule the world with justice. Then shall righteousness abound. MRS. FRANK A. UUECK. 384 East Fbrty-second street North. Number of Sons In Srrvtre. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 23. (To the Editor.) I have heard that the presi dent has said that when a mother lias given two sons to fight for liberty the third son could remain at home. Will that hold good? I have two sons in the infantry, one in France and at the present time in a hospital, having been disabled temporarily. T.he third son is engaged in war work in the fir camps. He is 19 years old. Will thev take him, too? A MOTHER. We do not know of any utterance by the President such as you cite, nor of definite authority by which he might promulgate euch a rule. Your young est son may be entitled to claim de ferred classification because of his work. If his wages are a necessary part of your support he may claim de ferment on that ground and doubtlos with success. There have been many Instances in which one or more- broth ers entering the service have delegated to another remaining at home the main burden of supporting a parent, thus entitling him to deferred classification. pounds of energy which have been expended in pure destruction since the war began suggest the beneficial re sults which would flow from diversion of only a fraction of this energy into constructive channels. No true stump land pioneer can read of shells costing $175 apiece without mentally calculating what he could accomplish with $175 worth of powder under some of the stumps that ho was forced to dig out by slower methods. It would be interest ing to calculate the number of acres of logged-off land which could be brought under the plow if the explo sives consumed in a single prelimi nary barrage were directed to their clearing. The number undoubtedly would be very large. It will not be contended that the high explosives of military science are either desirable or safe for industrial purposes, but in certain fundamentals their ingredients are similar and the which is due to inflation of currency by narrowing the gap between gold reserve and currency. As the Uni ted States produced 22.6 per cent and the British empire 63.6 per cent of the world's gold production in the year 1916, or S6.2 per cent for the two nations combined, these two na tions could, by co-operation, decide the matter for the whole world. It has been accepted as an axiom that prices of other commodities are the value of other commodities in gold. That is an- assumption that $20.67 worth' of other commodities, plus a fair profit, iuo consumed in producing an ounce of gold. But for many years the price of commodities has been rising, and a greater value in them has been consumed in produc ing an ounce of gold. The great dis turbance of prices caused by the war has so enhanced the cost of production that it no longer pays tc work low grade mines, and they are closing. a practice of mothers and bakers of host Weir, them bv doinir vours. wasres at the end of the month without producing oougn caues modeled in tne which means a little more than you notifying her, and what steps can be shape of a soldier. Tje sobriquet at- have done. ' taken to collect the same wages as fori the month preceding A CAVOT.VT T TT- rTT-T iiiAU wills iiau i i . ui lumug c toilet preparation containing aiconoi j Tno wages of a camp cook are was found dead, and a Deputy Coroner optionali but are presumed to be above tached itself to the men of the infan try and persists without regard to ap propriateness. thinks he died of acute alcoholism. The Deputy Coroner is an acute official. No doubt an alien enemy set the bomb that wrecked the Seattle plant; In. fiction he always is caught, but in real life seldom. Seattle can make another record by landing him. those of a second cook, fixed at $100 per month. The scale for dishwasher and waitress is $96, Use of One's Own Wheat. WHITE SALMON. Wash.. Sept. 22, Cio tne i.aitor.) (l) some time ago The Oregonian stated, when speaking of raising wheat as compared with 2. Take up the matter with the local I other crops, that a man could lawfully Loyal Legion secretary for considera tion of the local council. There are many who do not need to be importuned to buy bonds or to buy more. It may be matter of honor and pride, and both' will win before the final day. , Men In Merchant Marine. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 22. (To the Edi tor.)!. Please tell me if the Gov ernment allots anything to the wife whose husband has joined the mer chant marine. 2. Also, must the husband who be longs to this branch take out insurance for his wife? CONSTANT HEADER. 1. The wife of a man in the merchant When a car is stolen while a man is at church, the victim shows a proper disDosition by wanting to fight for a fiehting Christian is a holy terror for marine receives an allowance just as In good. the case of soldiers and sailors. The compulsory allotment irom tne nus- Feed the children all they can eat. band's pay Is $15 per month, minimum. they need it for growth, but make the and the Government adds $15, grown folk leave the table a bit hungry it's good for them. ... use all the wheat of his own raising. grinding it on a handmill. Please state whether this applies to one who has his wheat land rented out to a neigh bor? (2) Is there any restriction on the use of wheat germs: F. CARLSON. (1) The person renting his land to another enjoys the privilege the same as though he raised the wheat himself. (2) It you refer to breakfast foods of the wheat germ type the restric tion is placed on the output of the manufacturer. There is no restriction as to sale or use of these foods. These are not the melancholy days " far from it Buy another bond and tnake them joyous. We may run short of bacon and beans, but we may certainly be sure of enough prunes. The weather prophets are punsters. They predict "fair" weather. Hope they make it. You need not catch influenza to be up to date, tjuymg anotner bond is better. Salary and Need of Chaplains. COQUILLE, Or.. Sept 21. (To the l?itnp I .PIphkr tAll niA what la Mio 2. It is compulsory that men of the nv f ' chaDiain the United states merchant marine take out insurance If Army. Is the Army short of chaplains, they are attached to a vessel traversing or do they need more? I. C. T. the war zone. ,, ,,... , rank, $1700 . for Second Lieutenants, $2000 for First Lieutenants and $2100 for Captains. They are practically all now commissioned only as Lieutenants Tin spectacles will be in fashion if gold conservation continues and grows. A peace proposal from Turkey is in order. No Excuse for Bond Kailure. PORTLAND, Sept 23. (To the Edi tor.) When we consider that 100,000 DeoDle by digging up an average of $50 each per month can raise $20,000,000 in at the start Statements that the sup the four months allowed for the pay- ply of chaplains is inadequate have re ment into the United States trcasifry, cently been given publicity. or its agents, tne DanKs, it is noming short of ridiculous that Portland should fail to pledge that amount as fast as the solicitors can get around. There are several ways to figure it and make our response look ridiculous, but I think this is about the shortest. Why, even if we had never heard of the meaning of patriotism- out pride in our city ought to enable us to raise $20,000,000 in four months. Our failure to do it would not only be ridiculous, but positively disgraceful. J. A. CLEMENSON. , Stamp Tax on Deeds. WHEELER, Or., Sept. 22. (To the Editor.) Please state the amount of revenue tax required on a deed where the purchase price is $t00. How much per $100? A SUBSCRIBER. The tax is 50 cents when considera tion exceeds $100 and is not in excess of $500, less incumbrances assumed by purchaser; each additional $500 or frac tion thereof, 50 cents. Compensation Not Possible. PORTLAND, Sept. 23. (To the Edi tor.) To settle dispute phase answer the following: A says Foundation em ployes take out more liberty bunds than Chamber of Commerce. B says. No. Who is right? R. CHAPMAN. Assuming- that the query has refer, ence to Chamber of Commerce member ships, a comparison such as attempted would be unfair to the workers in nny local industrial plant, however patriot ic their reply to the liberty loan may have been. Memberships are held by the Port land Clearing House Association, all Portland banks, the individual ship yard corporations and by all leading business and financial firms of the city. Tho banks alono subscribed $3,000,000 in the last drive. For obvious reasons the exact amount of Chamber of Com merce subscriptions ha3 ntver been compiled. Service Star for Illnalii.-il Soldiers. "PORTLAND, Sept. 23. (To the Edi tor.) Cannot you rtiggest a plsii which would have the sanction of authority v hereby mothers niisht wear a service flag with a silver Klttr for a son who his answered hi.-t country's call ami has been discharged for disability in curred in tho line of duty? There are many who would like to continue, in their associations and auxiliary work, but who feel that they no longer leally "belong," and where one's in terest is enlisted, mere one s money ant to follow ana vice versa. H, F. TUKNIGR. The suggestion has already been made and haB tho approval of the- Judge Advocate-General. 1 on under stand, of course, that service flays and pins are not official but that their ue is encouraged by military and iNavai authorities. Ills Drram-of-Hcr I.lvcu. Dallas Lore Sharp, In the .Atlantic. It is now long past October, and where is the bluebird's) mate of Juno? She has forgotten him, and is foiu'ot'en by him, but be has not forgotten ills dream-of-hrr; for I saw him in tin) orchard, while southward hound, pom; in and out of the applo-lree hol.'t, the lover still, the dreiim-of-ber in his heart, holding over from the Summer and coming to meet him ahead of her, down the WlnUx, out of the coming