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TTPICALLT HO'.
The latest German note Is typically
German. It is a. tissue of evasions
and trickery. It is a proof in itself
that the government of Germany is
in the hands of the same men who
began the war, who conducted It with
barbarity unsurpassed; that their only
regret in regard to their crimes is not
that those crimes were committed but
that they were committed in vain. It
is so obviously of a piece with other
notes which have issued from Berlin
as to betray the so-called Cabinet of
Chancellor Max as a collection of dum
mies with the strings in the hands of
the samo men who have ruled since
the decision for war was formed.
The noto pretends to agree to the
President's demand for evacuation of
occupied territory and to arrangement
of an armistice between the military
commanders, but it assumes that "the
actual standard of power on both sides
In the fjeld has to form the basis for
arrangements safeguarding and guar
anteeing this standard." That obscure
language seems to mean that the Ger
man army should be allowed to de
part with all arms and material from
occupied territory, and that during
the term of an armistice neither Ger
many nor the allies should increase
their forces. Such an agreement would
compel suspension of transportation
of men and munitions from the United
states in reliance on German "honor"
not to enlarge the German army or
armament. The allied commanders,
knowing the quality of German honor,
would never agree to such a condition,
and only brazen impudence could sug
gest it.
There is more about this same "Ger
man honor" in the next paragraph,
but its quality is revealed anew by
denial that the devastation wrought
by the German army in its retreat is
contrary to international law, and by
the assertion that "German troops are
under most strict instructions to spare
private property." It is not necessary
to wreck household furniture and to
rip up bedding in order to cover a re
treat, nor to carry away the civil popu
lation into exile as was done with
15,000 citizens of Lille during the two
weeks preceding evacuation. Nor can
German officers evade responsibility
by attributing atrocities to the disor
derly acts of their men, for the French
have arrested five officers at Routers
whose soldiers accuso them of having
given order to steal goods found in
the soldiers' possession. Such charges
are met with denial of the facts.
"German honor" is sorely hurt by
the President's charge of "illegal and.
inhuman practices," among which he
mentioned, only by way of illustration,
shelling of lifeboats and wanton de
struction. But Germany picks up
these illustrations and denies the facts,
though they have been proved by a
multitude of witnesses.
There follows ant attempt to renew
the discussion of submarine war, for
which tho American people conceived
a positive loathing. Having already
maintained the legality of German
practices on both sea and land. Dr.
Solf thinks to mollify the President
by reviving Germany's old distinction
between passenger ships and other
merchant vessels, although the Presi
dent finally took tho position that it
is impossible to operate submarines
against commerce in conformity with
international law, and he' has not
moved therefrom. The argument can
be summed up in very few words. If
a submarine observes the law, it is
inevitably destroyed; it can escape de
struction only by violating the law.
On the very day when Dr. Solfs note
is published we find proof. The Irish
steamer Dundalk, apparently not a
passenger ship, was torpedoed, and of
the crew of more than thirty only
thirteen were rescued. Those sailors
had as much right to safety as any
passengers, but Germany holds them
of no consequence.
According to Dr. Solfs own state
ment, the establishment of govern
ment responsible to the German people
Is a pretense so hollow that it should
deceive nobody. He professes that the
sew government is responsible to the
people under constitutional safeguards,
and that no government can hereafter
take office without the confidence of
the Iteichstag majority, yet he says
the, first act of the new government
has been to lay before the Reichstag
a bill to alter the constitution of the
empire so that the consent of the rep
resentatives of tho people is required
for decisions on war and peace." So
tats fundamental change is not yet
law, but is only in embryo in the shape
of a bill. Then where are the consti
tutional safeguards which, together
with, "the unshakable determination
ct th German people " guarantee the
permanence of the new system? They
are a fiction of Dr. Solfs brain.
The new democratic government of
Germany is a mask which hides the
same hideous faces of the Kaiser, the
Crown Prince, ' Hindenburg, Luden
dorff. Von Tirpltz and the rest. The
same men still rule Germany and
direct the maneuvers of Prince Max,
the scoffer at democracy; Dr. Solf, the
would-be builder of a German empire
in Africa; Scheidemann, the imper
ialist Socialist who set the Stockholm
trap. The Kaiser has set up these
men as his democratic defense, but
he has given no power which he can
not withdraw when the storm blows
over. The frail structure in imitation
of democracy which he has built in a
month can be destroyed in another
month. So long as the Hohenzollerns
rule, it can truly be said of German
Cabinets: "A breath can make them,
as a breath has made."
This note should convince the Presi
dent, as it may bo expected to con
vince all clear-thinking, right-thinking
people in this and the allied coun
tries, that the series should end with
one brief, blunt word from Mr. Wilson
refusing further correspondence with
Germany. The Max government is
tho old military caste with a new face.
That caste is still in power, unre
pentant of its crimes and either deny
ing their commission or denying that
they are crimes. Conscious of defeat
and fearful of the penalty, it seeks to
dupe us into an armistice which it
would not observe and into accepting
a submission which it docs not sin
cerely make, in the hope of gaining
time to realize on its eastern spoils
and to prepare for a new assault on
freedom and civilization. The Solf
note is added evidence that the Presi
dent spoke truly at New York when
he said of the rulers of the central
empires:
They hava convinced us that they are
without honor and do not Intend justice.
They observo no covenants, accept no prin
ciple but force and their own Interest. We
cannot come to terms with them. They
have mada it Impossible.
Nor should any distinction be drawn
longer between the German govern
ment and the German people, for the
people have swallowed, and ruthlessly
acted upon, the creed of their rulers.
They did not repent nor show signs
of rebellion until failure, starvation
and ruin stared them in the face.
Fear, not remorse, leads them to
clamor for peace before, punishment
overtakes them when the allied armies
enter Germany. Fear, both of the
allies and of the people whom they
have brutalized and whose bloodlust
they have aroused, leads the Kaiser
and his satellites to heed this clamor.
Force alone can destroy this peril to
civilization, and force to the utmost
let it be.
BPREAD OUT TIIE GOVERNMENT.
The whole tendency of the Govern
ment of the. United States for many
years has been toward centralization.
That tendency has been accelerated
by the necessities of war. Yet those
same necessities have been found to
dictate decentralization of the agen
cies of government. This is true be
cause rapid enlargement of the activi
ties of government has rendered
physically impossible the location at
th National capital of all these
agencies, for they have grown faster
than it is possiDie to erect uuimmsa
in whirh to house them. This ex
plains the Senate resolution requesting
the President to remove some suu
dlvislons of the departments from
Washington to other cities.
The situation which prompted this
request emphasizes the fact that the
United States is overdeveloped on one
ciH. in tho nnint of deformity. The
republic began s a fringe of states
on the Atlantic seaboard witn a vast
wilderness at their back extending to
the Pacific Coast. A location about
midway on the Atlantic Coast was
then logical for the capital, for our
entire commerce and outlook toward
nthor countries was across the. At
lantic Ocean and we were then a sea
faring people. Since then we have
conquered and peopled the wilderness
and have become a Nation of lands
men hut wa still retain the capital
on the Atlantic Coast. We have begun
to become a seafaring people again,
but with an outlook across the Pacific
as wall, as the Atlantic Ocean, and
our intercourse promises to become as
frequent and intimate witn iru.u-
Paclfic as it has been witn xrans-
Atlantle neonles. Yet we keep the
capital in the same old place.
Though a new location or tne capi
tal near the present geographical and
population center of the country
would be no more torrid or insalu
brious than Washington, the seat of
Government may be too firmly estab
lished at that city to make a change
practicable. But it is possible to move
the actual working forces of the Gov
ernment nearer the center of popula
tion and to get them into closer touch
with the people, leaving only the
executive heads of the departments
nn1 bureaus at the capital and dele
gating much authority to their chief
subordinates. Through being on the
edge of the country tne liovernment
has become lopsided, looking at West
am affair thrnnch Eastern spectacles
and becoming a stranger to the West,
like the new fnaraon wno Knew nut
Joseph." Yet the most serious inter
nal tasks of the Government for many
i-om-a hnv bail to do with the West
and its development, and the delays
and deadlocks which have beset West
wen lociciifitinn hnva been due in no
small measure to Eastern ignorance
of and lack of sympatny witn me
West. For example, if the General
Land Office and the Forestry Bureau
had been at some city about midway
between the Missouri River and the
Pacific Ocean, their Western environ
ment might have saved them from
many blunders and would have ex
pedited transaction of their business.
The emergencies of war have forced
thA truths on the attention of the
Government. It has discovered that
demands of war have caused tne
manufactures of the country to out-
r r fh, trAnsnnrLttion and DOWRI"-
producing capacity of the East, where
they are chiefly concentrated, .wnue
the Western railroads and waterways
n wnrkaH far below their capacity
and Western water power is mainly
undeveloped, mis conaiuon restricts
the productive capacity of the Nation
it tne nreri.oe time when it should be
developed and used to . the utmost.
The War Industries ioara realizes
that the way to Increase the output
of American industry is to spread it
more generally through the country
and to make the finished article near
the source of raw material.
t Teslrlont Wilson will act upon
the aussesUoa of the Senate; lift .will
do much to equip the Nation for its
maximum effort in war and for the
great work which the coming peace
has in store. i
A PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION.
It will not have escaped notice that
the average streetcar is much better
ventilated since the influenza epidemic
educated the public to denfanding, or
at least tolerating, more fresh air. A
year ago, for illustration, we would
not have seen two or more windows
in each car wide open with the
Autumn temperature at about the level
on which it is today. We have been
too much controlled in the past by a
minority who have a positive dread ef
a refreshing breeze. The passenger
who insisted on having every window
shut, even when the atmosnJiere was
already stuffy to the point of oppres
siveness, always has seemed to have
his way.
But now enlightened public opinion
is beginning to make a showing. 'The
injunction to avoid crowds cannot al
ways be obeyed during rush hours, and
there are many persons so situated
that they cannot walk to and from
their work, but they always can In
sist, if. they are brave enough, on a
few open windows as a partial offset
to the disadvantage. This they are
doing, and it will be good for the
health of the -community it the prac
tice is continued. Poor ventilation of
crowded places stands next to poor
food as a cause of physical weakness
and susceptibility to disease.
It would seem to be a propitious
time for inventors to busy themselves
with a new scheme of ventilation for
public vehicles. It is not a new sub
ject, but it still offers an inviting field
for research. It could be extended
to railway coaches to the advantage
of everyone concerned. As a people
we have tho habit of insisting upon the
do luxe, forgetting, however, that one
of the greatest luxuries of all of them
is plain fresh air. We know that the
supply of raw material is absolutely
adequate. The only problem is one
of distribution. Some cunning econo
mist of an inventive turn of mind
ought to be able to furnish a solution.
THE MILITARY' SALUTE.
The military salute, among military
men, is now given as a matter of
course.- It is thoroughly understood,
even by the most extreme exponent
of democracy; that it is the rank, the
uniform, the flag and the country
which they represent, which receive
the homage of the salute, and not the
individual. But it is only beginning
to be understood that the salute is a
progressive thing, that it is the meas
ure of the capacity of the soldier, that
it gains a certain indefinable quality
which is not adequately comprehended
in "snap" or "pep" ;is the education
of the soldier continues, and that the
more one knows about it the more
there is to know.
Early in the career of the recruit
he is taught the mechanical require
ments of saluting. Tho proper time
to begin, the right angle of the fore
arm, the precise point at which the
finger should interrupt the line of
vision, the vigor with which the fin
ishing touch is given all these are
practiced over and over again, but
practice in this rite alotae does not
make perfect. There must be accom
panying practice and development In
all that goes to make up the art of the
soldier. The imponderables count, too.
The salute blossoms as the soldier
grows in military stature. To tho in
itiated observer, it reveals the spirit
of the man.
Rear-Admiral Usher, of the Navy,
says in a recent order to the officers
of his command that "the salute is
as much a sign of fellowship among
fighting men as it is a recognition of
rank." He says that when ono sees a
"fellow in uniform" who upon passing
an officer either salutes in a hangdog
manner or else pretends to be too
much occupied with something else
to salute" at all. one may know that
he is neither a real soldier nor sailor.
Similarly, the officer who returns the
salute in a contemptuous or slurring
manner is a man who has yet to learn
the business of an officer. The "good
morning fellow soldier" manner is im
portant to the ceremonial. It betokens
self-respect, respect for the other man,
and respect for the mission of both.
The physical knack can be acquired
hv sl bandv man in a few hours or a
few days, but the salute does not reach
perfection until the recruit nas oecoine
a perfect soldier. And soldierly per
fection is a matter of the inner con
sciousness as well as of training in the
mehanical requirements of war.
PECtT.IX.ARLx' AMERICAN.
The extension system of agricultural
education, to which Secretary Lane
calls attention again in a recent issue
of the News Letter of the Department
of Agriculture, is peculiarly American
in spirit. It represents the insatiable
demand for knowledge on the part of
the American people which is not sat
isfied even with the elaborate courses
of study provided in sixty-seven agri
cultural colleges, which now have a
flat valuation, in endowment, plant
and equipment of 1195.000,000, and
an annual income of more than $45,
000.000, but which still calls for more.
Perhaps the greatest vocational train
ing movement which the world ever
has seen is the one which in this man
ner seeks to place food production
upon a truly scientific basis.
It is not widely known that we owe
the origin of agricultural extension
work to an affliction. It was the cotton-
boll weevil which first inspired
its use in a systematic way by the late
Dr. Samuel A. Knapp, who having
found a practical method of com
batting the crop menace found it nec
essary to go out among the farmers
to awaken their interest. There were
various reasons why the colleges, de
pending upon their professors and
their students alone, were unable to
cover the whole ground. For one
thing, the farmer was often unable to
spare the time to go to college, and
there was apathy, too, and sometimes
there was actual hostility to "new
fangled ideas." In no other country,
perhaps, would it have been possible
so to popularize education of this kind
in a brief period of fifteen years.
The genius of extension work is that
it opens the door of opportunity to
persons who do not attend coHege, and
that it educates by means of demon
stration by doing in the farm or the
home the thing It is desired to teach.
An improved form, ef demonstration
is the requirement that the farmer or
his family shall do the thing them
selves. The extension system, however, was
not made permanent and Nation-wide
until 1914. so that its greatest progress
has been a matter of only a little more
than four years. Complete co-ordination
of the Federal Department of
Agriculture and the state colleges, now
provided for, gives assurance ofenor
mous increase of efficiency. Secretary
Lane points out, for example, that the
number of men county agents has been
Increased from 1131 ta 2435 within a
year, and the number of women from
537 to 1715. This does not take ac
count of the increase in the number
of special research workers made pos
sible by increased appropriations.
It is a far cry from the cloistered
system of education, which made the
educated man an individual apart from
his fellows and created a separate
class for the elect, and that which lit
erally carries education to every door.
We are rapidly approaching the time
when there will be no excuse for in
competency. The needs or war are
impressing upon all the people the
value of scientific methods, particu
larly in food production, but also in
other Industrial departments. It is
through these methods, unattended by
force, that American ideals and Amer
ican culture will i be impressed upon
the world.
DEMOCRACY'S GREATEST TRIUMPH.
A lottery was completed on October
1 deciding which among thirteen mil
lion Americans should become sol
diers and in what order they should
serve. Few of those men contemplated
two years ago that their occupation
would thus be decided for them with
out their having any voice in the mat
ter, and there was determined, vocifer
ous opposition to any such system. Yet
the i at etui lottery was so tasea
matter of course that it aroused no
opposition and little comment and
was consigned to an inside page of the
newspapers.
This system, which most nearly ap
proaches perfection in the United
States, is as many degrees superior to
tho autocratic system of Germany as
the many million sovereign citizens of
this republic outnumber the one sov
ereign of Germany. Here each citi
zen's conviction and will are an active
force in execution of the law. There
but one person's conviction and will
are necessary to execution of a law,
putting the same system in operation
in a far different way, and his sub
jects are but passive instruments in
his hands. The fact that even the
Kaiser, though he has the sole power
of deciding between peace and war,
finds it necessary to arouse popular
enthusiasm for his decision by all
manner of propaganda composed of a
mass of falsehood, is evidence that de
mocracy is 'superior, for he realizes
that his will cannot be carried into
execution unless the people's will is
galvanized into action.
Adoption and successful operation
of the selective service law will be ac-
laimed as the greatest triumph of
democracy, as the strongest proof of
its superiority to autocracy as a gov
erning principle. it is a greater
triumph in America than in any otner
democratic country. France adopted
conscription in face of a constant
threat of invasion. Great Britain
adopted it after almost two years of
the most desperate struggle in her his
tory had driven conviction of the
necessity into the minds of a people
that is strongly opposed to any form
of compulsion. The American people.
after remaining for two years spec
tators of that struggle and after dis
cussing freely the best means of tak-
g a possible part in it, reached, their
decision in favor of the draft imme
diately after they resolved to fight.
They now perform their duty of be
coming soldiers as readily as, perhaps
moro readily, than they pay taxes ana
with less turmoil than that with
which they cast thrir ballots.
The plan for ing soldiers oppor
tunities to become farmers after the
war need not wnlt on extensive drain
age and irrigation projects. The farm
area of the United States in 1910, when
the last census was taken, comprised
about 879,000,000 acres, in which 99,-
000.000 acres was In "woodland pas
ture," and 108,000,000 acres was "other
unimproved pasture, which would in
dicate that there is a good-sized body
of land capable of further improve
ment, even if part of this pasture is
fit for np other purpose. A further
opportunity exists in the introduction
of labor-saving machinery and in the
restoration of run-down farms vhich
are victims of want of capital and
slovenly methods. Only a third of our
farm land is In crop in an average
year, and substitution of scientific ro
tation for idleness would be cheaper
than reclamation and would bring re
sults more quickly. Still further ex
tension of agricultural education will
be as necessary as addition to the num
ber of acres under the plow.
America holds the place of honor
on the battle line, that being the pivot
on which the German army is swing-'
ing back eastward. We look for the
doughboys to smash the hinge as the
British smashed the other hinge before
Arras a year and a half ago.
The old saying, "In vino- Veritas,"
may prove as true of J. Henry Albers
as of many other" men, though the
stuff he had been drinking when his
pro-Hun sentiments Broke .out may
have been plain red liquor instead of
"vino."
As the Germans carried away 15,000
people from Lille just before they re
tired, their failure to take the rest of
the population was evidently 'due not
fto repentance but to lack of cars to
carry them.
As theHun leaves conquered terri
tory the real spirit of the brute is
manifest in wantonness of destruction.
Any story told by relieved people can
be believed, for fiction cannot surpass
Hun fact. '
That lady hog urchehalls way, with
seventeen lively offspring, must have
fed up on conservation bulletins.
The suggestion is good to send the
boys in France American banknotes
rather than "stuff."
British, French, and Belgians' break
through, while Americans go over and
take all in sight.
The Yanks are facing the biggest
Hun force, and that's just what the
Yank wants.
If you own a dog named "Kaiser,"
don't kick him. It's your fault, not
his.
Denmark has not been able to fight,
but she will get back stolen lands.
Oregon's quota in the united drive
is less than a dollar per capita. ,
.
Why not let Greece) settle that old
score with Turkey?
Keep on remembering the Lusitania
and other boats.
The retreating Huns are piling up
the bill of costs. ,
Everybody get ready to eat munici
pal fish, i
The sign of th Hurt iunkpUa,
Those Who Come and Go.
Dinner parties and similar gatherings
which are part of the routine life at
the larger hotels have been discon
tinued since the embargo was placed
on gatherings by the authorities.
A. C. Callan, who returned a few
days ago from Denver, left last, night
for - Seattle. Mr. Callan says that
around Colorado the people are not
particularly enthusiastic over liberty
bonds because very little war money is
coming to that state. The col vt op
erating is so high that the smaller
mining companies have had to close
down. About every other kind of
metal, except gold, has advanced in
price. There is a 6-cent carfare in
Denver and Mr. Callan brought home
with him the small disk, with a trian
eular hole in the center, which is sold
instead of tickets.
C. J. Farley, formerly of The Dalles,
but for the past seven years a resident
of Los Angeles, came to Portland to
see his .son. on receiving word th
the boy had the Spanish influenza, Mr.
Farley arrived when the boy was un
conscious and four hours before the
young man passed away. Mr. Farley
is at the Imperial.
State Highway Engineer Kunn, who
was in Portland yesterday, stated that
grading on the Three Rivers route to
Tillamook will start soon and that the
work will be carried on during the
Winter. Mr. Kunn also said that the
project of building a new road in Cow
Creek Canyon has been approved and
the contract let and work will soon
start. The State Engineer declares
that the Cow Creek Canyon Job is one
of heavy grading and will be partic
ularly toug-h. This is a project in
which the Government is interested.
W. A. Broom, a financier of Seattle,
Is among the arrivals at the Benson.
J. S. Flint, of Junction City, Is In the
city on business and is registered at the
Hotel Oregon.
George W. Warren, of Warrenton, a
banker of that place, is stopping at
the Hotel Portland during his trip:
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Schimpff, of
Astoria, are guests at the Portland.
Called to Seattle by the report that
his brother is seriously ill. Clerk
Charles Leighton left the Multnomah
last night for Puget Sound.
" Mrs. N. J. Drew, temporarily residing
at Svenson, Or., was in the city yes
terday. Mr. Drew has charge of the
state highway work being prosecuted
In the vicinity of Svenson. '
Accompanying the remains of his son,
who died in this city of influenza,
Victor Groshens returned to llcppner
yesterday morning.
Fred M. Bock, Jr., o8 Condon, came
to Portland to join the Iavy and be
came ill before he could he accepted.
Mr. Bock is now convalescing and ex
pects to enter the Navy within a short
time.
Captain C. M. Wheeler, a resident of
this city. Is on a 20-day furlough from
Camp Humphrey. When he left here
he was a Lieutenant. The Captain
was in the Chateau Thierry battle.
Frank Row"e, the editor at Wheeler,
Or., rushed away from the Multnomah
Hotel yesterday on being informed that
a daughter had arrived at his home
during his absence. The event was the
first of its kind in the Rowe family.
J. L. McLean and J. P. Judd arrived
at the Multnomah yesterday to be with
their business associate, J. H. Price,
who has been removed to St. Vincent's
Hospital with Spanish influenza. The
sick man is interested in the ship
building frm of Kern & Kiernan and
was here on a conference when the flu
caught him.
ISLAND BANISHMENT FOR KAISER
Writer Would Let German Ruler Live
and Die In Solitude.
WARRENTON, Or., Oct. 20. (To the
Editor.) Now that we are looking for
ward to peace on terms of uncondi
tional surrender, the question Is being
asked, "What shall we do with the
Kaiser?' I have asked the question
many times. The answer has usually
been, I cannot think of any punish
ment severe enough for him."
Truea he does deserve the most se
vere punishment No other man has
caused such destruction, such misery
and death. Great Britain has demand
ed that the Huns be punished for their
crimes against civilization. And as the
Kaiser is the supreme head, ire should
be made the example.
To my mind the greatest punishment
that could be meted out to him would
be to put him on a lonely island and
let him live and die as did Napoleon.
His banishment would be a blessing
and living benefit to the world, and
to no nation more than his own, for
he has brought disgrace and contempt
upon his own people. His punishment
would be greater than Napoleon's, for
he would know that the world would
never remember him as it has Napoleon.
DR. OWENS-AD AIR.
1
DISAPPOIJiTJlEST.
A hope came to dwell In my bosom
one day ,
And it grew with the passing hours,
And 1 nourished it there with the ten
derest care
As a gardener watches his flowers;
Till it blossomed one day in a com
monplace way.
And I viewed it with anguish and
fears;
Then I hid it from sight ere the dawn
. cast its light
And I watered its grave with my
tears.
GRACE E. HALL.
Stack Measurement Formnla.
PRAIRIE CITY. Or.. Oct. 19. (To the
Editor.) Is there one standard Gov
ernment rule for measuring of hay .in
stack? If so, please quote it. Some say
there is just one rule to measure by;
others say there are several standard
rules and that there Is no one rule used
exclusively by the Government. G.' B.
Three rules are recognized for meas
uring stacks, namely: the Quartermas
ter's rule, the Fry-Bruhn rule and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture rule.
The last is the one in most general use.
It contains a variable ranging from
.25 to .37 depending on the shape of the
stack, with .81 as the most commonly
used figure. The formula is as follows:
Variable (generally .31) times the over,
times the width, times the length equals
the volume of the stack in -eubic feet.
The volume divided by 512 after 30
days' setting gives the number of tons
in the stack. For further Information
write to U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D, C, and ak for
circular 67.
Prices) of Wood Palp.
FORT COLUMBIA, Wash., Oct 20.
(To ihe Editor.) To settle art argu
ment; please state the prices of wood
pulp of today and the price before the
war. A READER.
There being no market here, local
quotations are lacking. Transmit your
question to the Paper Trade Journal,
10 East Thirty-ninth street. New York,
for authoritative answer,
WHAT OF INDUSTRIES INJUREDt
We Can Show City's Capacity for Otner
Work by Rehabilitating; Them.
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (To the Edi
tor.jlt has recently been made known
that the United States Government is
soon to establish hospitals and schools
for the rehabilitation of our crippled
soldiers. Every Portlander knows that
this city would be an excellent place
for one of these plants, but what in
ducements can we offer to the com
mittee appointed to select the various
sites? There are at least four excel
lent answers to this question.
In the first place, Portland is the
medical center of the Northwest. The
Rockefeller educational board some 10
or 12 years ago set in' motion a plan
to improve the medioal schools of the
country. They first made a survey of
the schools and found that there were
far too many schools and in most cases
they were poorly equipped and had in
ferior instructors. Their plan was to
consolidate sthools wherever It was
possible and to discourage others from
organizing. The one school recom
mended for the Northwest was the
medical department of the University
of Oregon, in Portland.
In the second place, Portland has
gone further in the way of industrial
education than any other city west of
Chlcaa-o. All ot the Government oin-
cials who have investigated schools for
the technical training of soldiers agree
that the Benson Polytechnic School
is the best in equipment end buildings
west of the Mississippi Kiver.
In the third place. Reed College and
the Portland Art Association have al
ready begun to train aids in both phys
ical and educational rehabilitation.
In the fourth nlace. no other city In
the world can surpass Portland for
healthfulness and patriotic activity.
Our water supply Is the finest in the
world and it has been Portland and
Oregon that have fcd in almost everj
patriotic movement during the war.
But two' questions come up at once.
What can the citizens do to aid in the
re-education of the crippled soldiers!
And what can they do to convince tne
committee that Portland is the place
for a rehabilitation plant?
The one thing that can be done and
should be done at once and ought to
have been done long ago Is the re-education
of our industrial cripples. They
are in our midst now. they havo been
in our midst since industry was es
tablished and they will be in our midst
as lontr as we have industry. AVe must
remember that there are more cripples
from industry than from war.
We do not have to wait until some
future time to begin this work. The
need is urgent enough already, as is
shown by a few cases we have found
this week in our hospitals:
Case 1. A youns man 13 years of ajee:
railroad accident: right arm gone and left
broken in three places. He will bo able to
learn to write by tho muscular movement.
Ha was at ono time a bookkeeper and can
go back to that work if ho is able to at
tend school for three months. He has no
support. Two or three hundred dollars will
put him back at work and will make him
self-supporting. But where are wo to get
the two or three hundred dollars?
Case 2. A young woman about 20 has
been paralyzed from the hips down for the
last seven years. She has a good mind and
can be trained for any work that one may
do who cannot walk or stand. Sha ought
to attend a commercial school for a year
or so. But as she has no support, where
can we get the money to send her?
Cass 3. A man 35 years of ago with a
family of three children has had his les
so badly crumpled that he can never do
work that requires standing. Ho has done
only manual work and has very little means.
Where can ha find the vocational guidance
and schooling that he needs?-
Case -i. Man 35 injured in back and leg
by fall. Has a very good mind, but no
support. At times becomes very despond
ent. Training for self-support would make
a happy and useful man of him. But how
is ho to get this training?
These few cases selected from a list
made at a brief visit to the hospitals
could easily be multiplied many times.
We should take care of these people
and sh'ow the committee that we know
how to do this work. We should take
care of them because they deserve it
and because it pays society to help
every individual In it to be self-supporting.
' I R. ALDERMAN.
Superintendent of war work of Port
land schools.
HOME CARE IX IXFXTJEXZA CASES
Good Nnratng and Drs. Diet, Quiet and
Rest Are Essential.
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (To the Edi-
uivinir hpin ETaduated irom mo
lUi.l Ail . ...o
London Hospital, White Chapel Road,
and taken a degree in medicine
McGill. Montreal, may I give some
pointers in this state of epidemic and
reassure others: . ....
During the severe epidemic ot ibss,
1S90 and 1891 I did very severe work in
London under eminent doctors. i
noticed no cases ot sneezing or rauB
, .i..- tmpmailv. Indeed, it is
the' advice of Sir Henry Thompson (a
strict physician or tne iemiieiii.
School),' "never curb a sneeze it is an
effort of the heart to restore circula
tion."
In England the symptoms were very
sudden severe pain in the head and
, t nA nnnila Ctt the eVeS.
followed in a few hours by discharge
i ...i.i. ..1c rvf torn.
from eyes ana uoc, -
perature.
rr-oc laetad foiir to five days. Then
a sub-normal temperature and conse-
nuently carelessness ot duiu
ntirsM. The door opens to pneu
monia.- There is error in getting about
too' soon. Patients snouw resign
themselves to 14 days' careful nursing.
Now as to diet. Milk, malted for a
change; a pinch of salt, always; milk
pudding's, ice cream, lots of onion
soup with milk: quinine in fever, two
grains every two hours and emulsion
of Castor oil in small doses. This latter
was much used by Dr. Andrew Clark,
Dr James Farr and Dr. Williams, the
consumptive specialist ot cavenoiba
Square. The feet should De Kept warm
ta thr should be great care of a
hT,,rmal temperature. For those
who are unaBle to Duy not water uui
Hrifkn wranDed in paper to
the feet a.nd paper inserted between
blankets or cover win answer. iu
white of an egg, beaten in a glass of
. -i ta rn net Rlron?tllATlinS.
lemunuuc, 1 J ...www c -
Spinach, well chopped, with butter and
lemon Juice tempts tne appetnu auu
acts on the -bowels. Meat soups, good
chocolate, not made with milk, but
cooled with cream or conaensea muK,
are good in such cases.
RAai1 nuroA . a. medieal one. has
always three good doctors who stand
at her back ana respona evoi nr..
Diet, Quiet and Rest.
t j tiling oIucapaIv that Americans
have laid themselves open to so many
fatal terminations by their habits. The
iAnl..o- In hoated rnnrnn: the -use and
abuse of automobiles and the ridiculous
dress! Silk .socks lor worKing men
and women, on feet subject to per
petual draughts and the short skirts
and immodest waists of women all
lead to weakened health.
E. CARiUCHAifiL JJAV1S.
To an Aviator,
nnnil TTnisRekeeninc:.
High, high in the dream-bound sky
you sail,
Tearing the silver - tinted clou da
Brother you seem to some etrong-
heartea gaie,
Kin to the lightning flashes and the
thunder. ,
All of the earth lies in a mist below
you.
Love and the world are little things.
How can I, just a. speck, reach up to
enow j uu,
Dear, that you cannot rise above my
heart! ;
In Other Days.
Fifty Years Ao.
From Tha Oresonlan. October 23. 18S.
San Francisco A severe earthquake
shock occurred this morning at 7 : t5
o'clock. Several buildings were de
stroyed. The City Hall Is in unsafe
condition and will not be occupied to
day. London There are rumors of a large
reduction in the French army, which
imparts confidence in the maintenance
of peace and expectations of a declara
tion in favor of libertl reform by Em
peror Napoleon.
About BO tons of flour were received
in the city Tuesday. It Is estimated
that the wheat crop of Oregon would
yield 1,000,000 barrels of flour.
It costs Multnomah County J1000 per
annum to supply the Court House with
gas and water. The County Commis
sioners dem this too heavy and talk of
having a well dug on the promises to
curtail expenses.
Twenty -five Tears Ago.
From The Orcgonlan. October 22, ISM.
Washington Professor Hazcn, of the
United States Weather Bureau, has an
nounced ho will make an aerial voyage
across tho Atlantic in a balloon formed
of strange material and directed by
means of propellers and a rudder.
Frank Stevens was shot yesterday
morning while pfowling about the Bur
roll mansion by Walter Burrell. and is
now resting on a 90t in tho City Jail.
He will survive.
George B. Markle returned yesterday
from Ellensburg. Wash., and announces
that the Ellensburg National Bank." ot
which he is president and which close,
its doors on Juno 9, will resume busi
ness today.
The new Refuge Home In Holladay's
Addition was appropriately dedicated
yesterday in the presence of a larprc
number of friends of the institution.
The night sohool will be started this
evening in the Alblna Central School
house, on Mississippi avenue. All under
the age of 21 years will be admitted
free.
IT BECOMES HABIT AFTER WHI1.K
Over-Age Work-Seeker Tells What An.
vrerina; of Ads Leads ta.
PORTLAND. Oct. 21. (To tho Ed.
itor.) I wonder if it is too late to add
a word to the "over draft age. gray
hair" controversy. For many days now
I have been 6pening tho Oregoniiin,
rooking for consolation in more letters
from ex-bankcrs, ex-ministers, ball
players, etc, but maybe they all havo
jobs now but I.
Just to encourage those who may
still be leaning against the want col
umn I will state that I havo answered
25 blind ads. and I might truthfully add
that. 23 of them were doaf and dumb
ads also, with nothing to show for it
but the pleasure of carefully writing
out my autobiography that many times,
together with the joy of waiting until
tomorrow every day. I have the habit
now of answering blind ads and I can
recommend it to my friends as a harm
less pastime, which if properly han
dled can easily be made to take tho
place of "coke."
Jf I forget it one day I am -miserable
and feel just like the "flu" would sure
ly get me before night, but on the con
trary, if I drop a little white envelope
(no postage at The Oicgonian window
early In the morning directed to a
number gleaned from the morning pa
per I borrowed the night before I aim
filled with new hope, for I have told
my story again and hope all that day
that it may reach a sympathetic ear.
Still I am happy, because I have act
ually received two answers in the last
six months and may receive another
before election.
I will never give up the fight, for
nearly every day I think of something
new to, put in my letter. Of course
I always state that I never drink, nor
smoke, etc., but tomorrow I am going
to enclose a copy of my letter of recom
mendation from "Pop" Anson, former
captain and manager of the White Sox,
in which he describes me as the prince
of backstops, in hopes that the ship
yard managers may see my letter 'and
pick me up for Winter training. (I
prefer to train where the fish bito free
ly all year.)
I said I got two answers. One was
from a pleasant gentleman who offered
me a 10 per cent conVnission to sell
stock in a very large corporation Just
organized. The promoters were to get
$100,000 for thinking of the scheme and
the selling organization $62,600 com
mission, from Which they were to pay
their agents the 10 per cent. I did
not take this job, because it was too
much of a job and besides I am opposed
to promotion fees and 25 per cent for
selling. Furthermore, If this corpora
tion passed the State Commissioner in
theashape it was put up to me, I would
be glad to sign a recall, if that office
were subject to such action.
Then I had an offer to allow me to
out ud the capital and take a half in
terest in a patent medicine, which was
perfectly legitimate, but not in my
line.
While this letter is written in a light
vein the principle involved is a serious
one. and it is my opinion that large
employers of labor are trying to ap
ply an obselete system to entirely new
cpnditions. The applicant is required
in the old way to give his history,
previous occupation, etc., and immedi
ately the employer decides that the ap
plicant will not be satisfied with the
work he has for him and gently turns
him down.
I happen to know Mr. Smith, who
lately wrote an article to the Ore
gonian on this subject, and he has told
people that he is a former bank cashier.
He is art honest man and was prac
tically forced to disclose his former
business, which has been a handioap
against him for reasons given above.
I suggest that shipyard'and other
managers employing men for all kinds
of work revise their codes and simply
ask the-applicant what he can do best.
and put him at it, without embarrass
ing him by making him tell whether ho
is a former minister, doctor, banker or
what not. His presence before them
is enough to show that he wants work,
and that he is still out ef jail. Why
not put him to work at what he says
he can do, without knowing all about
his grandmother and let the boss da
the 'rest? BACKSTOP.
Outfits In Marine Corps.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Oct. 20. (TeJ
the Editor.) (1) Please tell me what
boys in enlisting in the Marine Corps
and ordered to Mare Island would be
allowed to take with them. Would they
be supposed to take any clothing witii
them to keep there?
o thov not need tneir small
toilet articles and towels?
(3) What color ot u
use? Also of socks?
(4) Could they use sweater and socks
from home? ANXIOUS MOTHER.
. . . . . j- .n .!., anlt. nf n n
llj A-sias -"
derwear, these reorults are not encour
aged to take any clothing with them
other than what they wear.
(2) A kit of toilcf articles will be
nrovlded. but the recruit may take
them from home.
(3) Wlnterfield shade is official, but
olive-drab sweaters are much usod.
There is no need-totake a sweater, as
i i j 1.. Wa Aiitlt Anv pfilnr
one as lnciuucu " "
of socks may bo worn until outfit is
issued.
(4) Tes, If they conform closely,
enough to regulations, A