TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1918.
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MARCH. OF PROHIBITION.
Almost simultaneously with the
claims of the anti-saloon forces that
the recent elections resulted in selec
tion of legislators who will vote state
Indorsements of the prohibition amend
ment in such number as to insure its
adoption, comes the assertion that
when the soldiers return from France
they will overthrow the prohibition
movement.
It will require the indorsement of
thirty-six states to adopt the pending
constitutional amendment for proh
bition of the manufacture or sale o
intoxicating liquor for beverage pur
poses. Fourteen states have already
approved the amendment, and imme
diately after the recent election the
claim was made by prohibition leaders
that a check on the attitude of can
didates shows that more than twenty-
two more State Legislatures will
ratify the amendment when sessions
are held next Winter.
' The states that have already ratified
are, in the order of action taken
Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky, South
Carolina, North Dakota, Maryland
Montana, Texas, Delaware, South
Dakota, Massachusetts, Arizona, Geor
gia, .Louisiana.
The statement that is said to have
come from overseas is that the sol
diers have gained a favorable impres-
sion of the custom of using light wines
in France, and that when they come
back they will want such a custom
established and retained here. Some
returned soldiers have asserted that
this is the view of a very large pro.
portion of the members of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, and that al
though they would not urge a revoca
tion of the ban on distilled liquor and
would not oppose a prohibitory meas
ure aimed at whisky, they will actively
urge defeat of the pending amendment
and substitution of something not so
sweeping in character.
Of the states that have not already
ratified the. prohibition amendment.
all except Alabama win Hold leglsla
live sessions beginning in January, the
last to convene being the Legislature
of Nevada, which will meet January
18. Unless return of the soldiers takes
place more rapidly than has thus far
appeared probable, not a very large
proportion of them will be back in the
United States and in their home juris
dictions before the Legislatures begin
voting on the amendment.
If it is true, as claimed by the pro
hlbitionLsts, that a majority of the
members of more than twenty-two of
the states are already pledged to ratify
the amendment, the arguments of the
returned soldiers would probably be
of little avail, anyway. There is also
the natural conclusion that even if a
large number of soldiers are returned
in the next few months, they will be
so busy readjusting themselves to civil
life that whatever impression on the
prohibition issue they may have ac
quired will seem small in comparison
with the importance of their personal
future. One might as logically expect
them at once to begin clamoring for
French cooking, insanitary plumbing
and other foreign customs.
SHOPPING EARLY.
. Those who still slncerly desire to
be helpful to their fellow men and
women will find opportunity to in
dulge their inclination by doing their
Christmas shopping early. It does not
particularly matter whether the mild
restrictions imposed by the war are
relaxed or not: the fact remains that
the help shortage is still a problem
that mercantile conditions will not be
normal for some time, and that to go
early and avoid the rush, as well as
to carry the package home when prac-
ucaDie. is sun a social duty.
A great deal would be accomplished
ir more shopping were done in the
forenoon hours. There Is no danger
or merely transferring the burden to
the early part of the day, since there
will always be enough who disregard
every injunction to fill the time of
clerks in the afternoons. But it would
be helpful, as has been suggested,
thus to effect distribution of the work.
As to the kind of Christmas gifts
to buy, the stocks in stores are apt to
be self-regulating. More or less there
a success now," can have but one pur
pose. This is, to line up "the 2,300,000
employes" in favor of Government
ownership. In using the recent ad
vances of wages as an argument, Mr.
Price is guilty of flagrant misrepre
sentation. The railroad companies
did not raise wages, because they
could not, and their inability was due
to the refusal of the Government to
permit them to raise rates. Mr. Mc
Adoo raised wages and then used his
power to raise rates in order to pay
the higher wages. He simply took the
money out of the pockets of the con
sumer, payment being included in the
enhanced prices which everybody pays
for every commodity. The railroad
men, as well as everybody else, pay
these higher prices, so that, to some
extent, Mr. McAdoo simply put money
into one of their pockets and out of
another.
The Committee on Public Informa-:
tfon has inlnprl In thin rarrmpi ien. In
order to show how the railroads under berry worm. It is not for me to say.
Mr. McAdoo's direction have recovered I I'm only an amateur berry-grower.
to give the fields up to the enemy, f
And if you ask them if they are going '
to try again their answer will be I
"What's the use?"
But perhaps there is another side
to this strawberry question. One
grower, who had some quantities of
excellent berries in the Portland mar
ket this year, said something recently
about strawberries, and what he said
also is given here for what it may be
worth.
"I have heard of the strawberry
worm," he said. "In fact, I have heard
a good deal about it. I wouldn't say
there is no such worm. I only know
that I haven't seen it yet, and I have
been raising strawberries here for
some years. I have pulled up a good
many apparently ailing plants in my
field and made diligent search for the
strange little pest, but to date I haven't
found any. I have, however, found
evidence of plant hunger.
There may or may not be a straw-
from adversity, it has published
figures of the number of tons hauled
per train and per car, revealing a large
increase. To make this showing, it
picked the best month instead of the
whole period from January 1 to the
last day to which statistics had been
compiled, for which, the results were
far less favorable.
Both the Railroad Administration
and the Cbmmlttee on Public Infor
mation are using their official power
for purposes of political propaganda.
The Government took over the rail-
was abandonment of the manufacture TAa to, wi? th,e war; bfause
which must have priority, not to boost
for public ownership. The committee
was formed to spread information
about the war and to censor news
helpful to the enemy. It is spending
the money of the whole Nation to pro
mote a policy on which, by general
The true Christmas spirit will take PT? " ,Judfment was ' b fu
count not only of the prospective P"ded during the war. and which is
advocated oy omy a pari, ui uic
people.
of useless articles on account of the
superior claims of war necessities, but
nothing will be gained now by com
pelling merchants to carry over any
sort of goods until next year. Gifts,
however, will run more generally to
essentials because there will be more
of these articles on display.
PRESIDENT'S JOURNEY TO EUROPE.
The intention of President Wilson
to attend the meeting of the Peace
Congress at Versailles will meet with
the approval of Americans. The Peace
Congress will decide the future of al
most all nations of Europe and of
some In Asia and Africa, and will, in
effect, draw up a new constitution for
the world. It will be attended by the
Premiers of all the allied countries.
with whom the President will rank.
Mr. Wilson's presence is needed be
cause of the high position he holds in
the councils of the allies and of the
implicit confidence which all the allied
peoples repose in him. He has defined
the war aims of this and the allied
nations in terms which have won ac
ceptance among them. and. finally, by
our enemies. He is best qualified to
Interpret and explain his fourteen prin
ciples and to bring them into complete
harmony with the views of the French,
British and Italian Premiers. He can
render valuable service by establish
ing sympathetic personal relations
with the allied statesmen.
There, is no force in the possible
objection that no former President
has left the territory of the United
States during his term of office. Thl
is a time when new precedents are
being made in war, diplomacy, states
manship and every other field. Never
before was there such good occasion
for the President to go abroad. Nor
will the President's absence from the
country seriously obstruct perform
ance of his functions. He will not, as
would have been the case before steam
power and telegraphy came into use,
be cut off for weeks from communi
cation with his subordinates. The
Toyage will occupy a week at most,
and he will throughout be in wireless
communication with both America and
Europe. He will be able to send In
structions to his Cabinet or messages
to Congress by cable or wireless. If
an important bill should need his sig
nature, it could be sent to Versailles
and be back !n Washington In two
weeks. A journey to France will place
him no more out of touch with Wash
ington than wouid a Journey to Oregon.
Of the nature of Mr. Wilson's re
ception in Europe there can be no
doubt. He will be received as the
head of the Nation which came to the
aid of democracy in the hour of its
greatest peril. His speeches since the
United States declared war have been
an Inspiration to all free peoples and
account not only' of the prospecti
recipient of the gift, but also of the
overworked clerk. Especially because
return of peace will stimulate holiday
buying, it will be well to do the bulk
of it in ample time.
A VISION NEAR REALIZATION.
One of the great results of Ameri
can participation In the war is the
commanding position which the United
States now occupies in world affairs.
To the average man this seemed im
possible five years ago, but some men
of deep insight and far vision foresaw
it in the middle of the nineteenth cen
tury, when the American people were ot sympathy with public opinion from
ONLY A SMALL STEP FORWARD.
The movement started by Senator
Norrls to prevent any Senator who Is
chairman of one of the eight principal
committees from being a member of
any other of those committees is a
step toward breaking down the old
rule of seniority. Its adoption would
tend to prevent control of legislation
by a small clique of Senators and to
keep unfit men or men who were out
But the real pest in the strawberry
fields here, in my opinion, is the hook
worm. In most of the berry fields
about Portland at this time there is a
most convincing explanation of the,
failure of the crop weeds and -evidence
of general neglect.
"The strawberry plant is a heavy
feeder. Provender must be supplied
in one way or another. Fertilizers are
essential, and cultivation also liber
ates plant food. And food, here as
elsewhere, goes a good deal farther
than medicine. This hunt that is going
on for some kind of spray, insecticide
or powder that will kill the strawberry
worm is amusing. Would you give a
hungry chicken paregoric or some
thing to eat?"
Those Who Come and Go.
still absorbed In solution of the In
ternal problem of slavery. One of
these men was Victor Hugo. Address
ing the Peace Congress at Paris in
1849 he predicted formation of the
United States of Europe and said:
having charge of important bills.
But it is only a short step, surpris
ing in its moderation when we con
sider Mr. Norris' record. The real evil
is the system of seniority by which a
Senator automatically reaches the
I .I..I. r . i . - a .
A day will come when we shall see those tuB'r "L tt """ virtue ui iuiiS
immense groups, the United States of Amer- service, "mat system IS responsible
lea and the United States of Europe. In face for the worst misfits in both Senate
or eacn otner. exienaing nana to nana over -nJ, tt..10 i, ,. T. , j
the ocean, exchanging- their products, their "fd Huse during the war. It made
commerce, their industry, their art: their I me iaiu oeuaiur oiguo ciiairmau oi
genius clearing- the colonizing deserts, and I foreign relations, though he opposed
n-.,- " caUon uuaer m. eye oi u the war, and it affected all of our for
. . . . I eign relations. It made Representa-
vridt progresa iu Been maae in l t.-,,.),;. mt , !,.,
the last two years toward realization of an means to measures
of the United States of Europe, and. , wo, ,i0 h Tonnt.tiv.
. Dent, an opponent of conscription,
rcpuunu. xiusua preuicuon would not. hn,p nf tha ml,..orv -nmmirtoA
seem such a dreamer's vision. Almost
all' of the few remaining monarchies
are so democratic in fact that they
would prove small obstacles, for the
tidal wave of democracy would soon
overwhelm any King who ventured to
oppose the popular will.
The most uncertain quantity is Ger
many. Other nations will watch keenly
to see whether that country has be
come
root ou
lutism and privilege, will renounce
aggression and brute force, or whether
its republic is merely camouflage as
sumed to deceive the allies into a soft
peace, to bo cast off at the first ap
propriate juncture in favor of restored
Kaiser ism.
which drafted the war Army bill.
Election of each committee anew
by direct vote of each House upon the
organization of each new Congress
may be undesirable, as it would lead
to confusion and log-rolling, but
way should be found to avoid such
absurdities as those mentioned. This
might be accomplished by permitting
a oemocracy ra xact ana win at tne opeinff of each Conffres8i wlth
ut tne last remnants VI auso- . , .nin. .mha.
VUI) liClCICUV-0 avis kit V 0sus.ua, a-uva-u vVa
of the majority party. The House
elects its Speaker in organizing, and
there is no valid reason why the same
custom should not extend to commit
tees. Then the misfits could be pushed
aside, and a man of proved ability,
who is In harmony with the prevailing
policy of the dominant party, could be
pushed to the front.
PROPAGANDA FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
Although the Government under
took operation of the railroads solely
to meet war emergencies and although
Congress, by limiting the period of
Government operation to twenty-one
months after the close of the war, de
MORE STRAWBERRIES NEEDED.
There is no fruit so welcome in the
Spring as the' strawberry, and not
many that are more easily produced,
Tn ttA ennntrv h ftrpahmita flrA tn be
clined to prejudge the question whether found the conditions that make for
u snouia oe continued, mere are , ev,- perfect strawberries land that in
dences. In the utterances of officials every way ls sultabIei exposures that
of the Railroad Administration, of a provide adequate air drainage and thus
purpose to use their power to make .,,,, tha ,..!, of lata frosts and
Government operation permanent. -oinfaii tht invnrinhlv Is sufficient
In an interview published in several f th -rODvet thB .trawberrv here
newspapers on October 6, Oscar A.
Price, formerly private secretary to
Director-General McAdoo and recently
appointed his assistant, said:
is a neglected fruit.
Few if any fruits are more highly
prized. It comes at a season when
man has particular need for something
We hare the positive Intention that never I f that nrt nnrl th Foneml verdict
gain shall any American railroad, at least . ... . r1m ,
hile under the" present management, re. I " "-..
vert to the conditions of a by-gone era fullest possible way. xne. strawoerry.
when "public be damned policies prevailed. jn fact often is referred to as perfec
l-ersonany. i leei sure in., m. va.i ma- ,, , mrt,ar. T.,j,,f tfcot e
omy of the 2.300.000 railway employes In I "
his country feel at the present time that all virtue SKiniess, coreiess ana, so
hey are more on their mettle than ever. In I SB.ri. Brt s. drawback, seedless
talking with them In all sections from coast I . ,. ,. . l. . - ,
to coast I come to the unmistakable con- a fruit all good Vet the fruitgrow-
lusion that, as a body, they are determined ers in these parts appear to have
to make the present test of Government con-I "nnsspd It ud "
rnl end operation a success. It Is but I , . . m .
atural that this should be so they never xnere la u uuii muis " uciuo.nu.
fared so well tinder private control and op- I its season is a short one far too short
eratlon as they are faring today. Their d , recebt years it has ended with
nrosoerts for the future were never so bright J . ..... ,
as they are now. I am sure that they are the demand lar irom sausiiea. nis
more anxious to obey, not only the letter, year, last year ana tne year Derore
seV'than trTiLl there was an Insistent call for straw
been to obey the orders of their respective berries in the Portland market. Every-
revious executives. ... I body wanted strawberries, ana tne lew
Railroad employes are not devoid of a I . in rvnm nmo-nro.-a
knowledge of politics, a. their past record w.-w
proves. They are thoroughly aware that if were picked up almost before they
Government operation and control are to reached the market. And with Port-
c7nowPeTnh:rar.tnowr"iadath.i; land's increasing population the de-
success or failure, to a large extent, ls in mand naturally is growing, yet straw-
the hands of the 2.300.000 employes. berries do not seem to be available.
The reference to the "public be The prices that have been obtain-
damned" policy is a perversion of the able for strawberries the past few
truth and is an unmerited slur on the years one would think would stimu
railroad executives who are managing late production. In June of this year
the railroads under Mr. McAdoo. Tears good berries were readily salable at
before the war Howard Elliott, presl- $2.50 to $3.60 a crate, and last year
dent of the Northern Pacific, adopted the price situation was about the same,
the motto, '"The public be pleased," The few sellers in the market reported
and required all his subordinates to buyers not only not demurring at the
put it in practice. Railroad man-1 price but rather clamoring ror more
agers in general followed his example, I than were to be had. Clearly enough
and the relations between the railroads there is money in strawberries yet the
and the public showed distinct im- supply Is wanting.
provement. Men who persistently re- The situation would appear to be a
fer to the "public be damned utter-1 strange one, but there ls an expiana-
ance of the long-dead Commodore tion perhaps a lame one and it is
anderbilt deliberately Ignore the fact given here for what it may be worth.
that a radical change came over rail- Many of the sinall fruitgrowers, if
road policy after passage of the Hep- you take the trouble to ask them why
burn rate law of 1906. The railroads they cannot or do not raise straw-
ubmitted to public regulation and berries, will tell you that in recent
thev turned from the secret methods years a very small but marvelously
of the lobby and the caucus to the vicious white worm, known to many
open methods of publicity In the effort as the strawberry grub, has been
to Influence public opinion. They have ravaging the strawberry fields in
as much right to set their case before every direction, attacking the center
the public as any other citizen, for of the root system of the plants and
they are simply large aggregations of in a little while literally eating away
citizens, mostly of moderate means. It the vitality and life of the plants, and
ls unjust to appeal to obsolete preju- so making strawberries all but lmpos-
dice, the cause for which has disap- sible.
peared, in order to sway the public on These growers, further, win tell you
present-day railroad problems. that in the past few years acres upon
The references to the high wages acres of strawberry plantations nave
nd bright prospects of railroad em- had to be plowed up, all because of
nloyes and to their "knowledge of l the pernicious activity or tnose pesny
politics," and the statement that "they microscopic nuisances. They will tell
are thoroughly aware that, if Gov-1 you they have tried every imaginable
ernment operation end control are to insecticide and spray to eradicate the
become permanent, they must prove I pest,, but that la spite of all they had
The death of the head of the Mor
mon church is a reminder that, quite
apart from the religious phase of the
movement, the Mormon leaders cher
ished certain economic ambitions
which were among the most interest
ing developments of the last century.
It was their aim to create a "self-
supporting state." Brigham Young,
under whose direction the great emi
gration to Utah took place, was an
organizer of marvelous capacity. He
projected cotton, woollen and glass
factories and dreamed of the time
when everything that his people
needed or desired should be produced
by themselves. Co-operation In buy
ing and selling was practiced in high
degree, and settlers were always en
joined to practice thrift as one of the
cardinal virtues. President Smith
who has just diedf was a nephew of
the original "prophet," and the last
of those who were prominent in the
church before the movement to Utah,
which occurred in the late '40s.
Reports from Bohemia say Jews are
being assassinated. It ls likely true.
A disorderly crowd seeks the most
inoffensive victims. This war has
shown the Jew can fight, and some
day the baiters will find themselves
up against the real article. Speed the
day.
Release of I. W. W. disturbers at
Spokane is decidedly premature. They
can do as much harm during peace
negotiations as during war. Germany
will surely start a new peace offensive
through secret agents, and would find
use for these American Bolsheviki.
Descriptions of Scotch banquets re
mind us that the Scot in business and
the Scot in social life are two distinct
persons. In business he Is keen and
will hold out for the last bawbee, but
as a host he is most generous and
genial.
The navy of Great Britain, largest
in the world, will be more so by the
Hun surrender, and there is none to
say she does not deserve the power
and glory. If It were not for that
navy, all of us would now be doing
some powerful scratching.
Colonel Faville. editor of the West
ern Farmer, called to Washington by
Secretary Houston to tell of agricul
tural conditions In the Pacific North
west, probably is the best-posted man
that way of all in the Oregon country.
There ls still much work for the
allied armies to do In Russia. The
right of nations to self-determination
is being changed there to self-exter
mination.
William Apperson, old Portland resi
dent, who has been with the Rainbow
Division in France for the past few
months, was the happiest man around
the Multnbraah Hotel yesterday. The
War Department cheered him up with
a wire advising that he need not return
to France and that his discharge papers
would be forwarded here. Mr. Apperson
went back to his fruit ranch near
Spokane last night, but will be back
in Portland for the Winter. When the
war began he joined the United States
transport service and made 12 trips
across the Atlantic with American
troops. Then he was transferred to the
Rainbow Division and went into the
first battle which the boys from this
country participated in. He recently
came home on a furlough and expect
ed to return immediately. "I'm glad
to ibe out of it. That work is too rough
for a man almost 40 years old," said
Mr. Apperson.
August H. D. Klie. of Hoboken. N. J.,
the expert curer and Importer of her
ring, is at the Imperial Hotel. Mr. Klie
has been in Alaska instructing students
for the United States Bureau of Fish
eries in the Scotch cure of herring. He
visited all the principal salteries in
1917 in this work and ls in Portland
this season for the Government, to
further encourage this work.
Wf M. Klinger, of San Francisco,
arrived yesterday at the Benson. Mr.
Klinger ls representing an automobile
concern and is on a business trip to
the Northwest.
Charles A. Murray, of Tacoma, and
C E. Arney, of Spokane, both promi
nent in railroad circles, arrived at the
Hotel Portland yesterday and will be
here a day or two. a
Arthur - Jerome Beecher. an adver
tising expert of wide fame, is at the
Multnomah. He is here to aid the
Chamber of Commerce in making a
market lor Oregon products.
Henry CMalley, formerly fish war
den of Oregon, has returned to the
Pacific Coast from Washington, D. C.
Mr. O'Malley is now in charge of the
Bureau of operation, with headquar
ters in Seattle.
O. A. Wamsley, of Hamilton, Mont., Is
the first of the big Influx of wheat
growers to come out for the Winter.
He arrived yesterday.
J.- H. Porter, of the contracting firm
of Porter Bros., came up from Seaside
yesterday. He is no longer supporting
his fftictured leg by a crutch and all
that is left to Indicate the broken leg
is a football player's limp.
J. T. Varkalay, accompanied by his
family, came to Portland yesterday
morning and devoted yesterday after
noon to a trip over the Columbia River
Highway. Mr. Varkalay was represent
ing the International Harvester Com
pany, at Warsaw, when the revolution
broke out. He remained until ordered
to leave the country by the America
authorities. Arriving in Chicago, h
was granted a furlough of 45 days and
is using it to see the vvest Coast.
lii. S. Kobe, manager of the leading
hotel at Prinevllle, is registered at the
Hotel Portland.
A score of men from the Spruce DI
vision came to the Imperial yesterday.
They have been working in the camps
around Newport and vicinity. Withou
.exception, every one of these soldiers
is an Eastern or Southern man and
most of those who came to the hotel
have not been out of the woods for th
past eight months. They expect to be
discharged from the service within a
short time.
Americans are as ready to cheer for
King George V as they were to fight
against King George III. Progress of
British democracy has much improved
the breed.
It was a Roosevelt boy who said
when dad was at a funeral he wanted
to be the corpse, and when at a wed
ding the best man. There are others.
Assurance is given express business
will not be merged with parcel post.
People are not ready to surrender the
greatest convenience ever given them.
The Germans may soon eaf some of
the Australian wheat which their sub
marines kept out of England, if the
rats and mice have not eaten it all.
The kernel of truth In recent and
current affairs is that Oregon is being
paid In backhand slaps for voting the
Republican ticket.
The Kaiser can gain nothing by re
turn to Berlin. The lowest in the land
will kick him in the ribs if given
opportunity.
With two-thirds of a million slain.
and Miss Cavell, Great Britain will
not be disposed to lighten the terms
to the Hun.
There must not be question of Teu
tonic ability to pay. Just make them
pay, and so answer the propagandists.
The automobile followed the bicycle
of thirty years ago in natural progres
sion. Soon airplanes will be common.
When a million Chinese are arrested
for gambling there will be another
million playing the game.
Portland swings Into the decency
column by declaring off a peace jubi
lee on Thanksgiving day.
The cost of the war is figured to be
$175,000,000,000. but the right kind of
debt is healthy. -
Discovery of a cure of "static" is
slow. Bryan found it long ago, politi
cally. '
What do you think of the little re
public of Uruguay lending to the allies?
Portland ls. over the top with the
war work fund. -Next!
Must we beware of the Hun yelling
"Peace!" T
BRAGGADOCIO IS OUT OF PLACE.
Unpardonable to Ignore Deeds of Other
- Nations In Great Wnr.
PORTLAND, Nov. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) Hearty congratulations and
warm compliments are overdue, and
are hereby tendered my long-time ac
quaintance and friend, C. B. Mooree,
for his timely and genuinely humane
article in The Oregonian, November 13
on the perfidy of a more than senseless
braggadocio about .what the Tanks
did" in the late great war.
It is far beyond question the right,
privilege and duty of American patri
ots fully to appreciate and duly pro
mulgate the fact of American patriotic
heroism and efficiency in the activities
of the war.. Nevertheless, while so
doing, it ls most decidedly out of place
wantonly to ignore, and thereby deny.
by any phase of unfair braggadocio, the
eacred rights of those of our allies who
merited as much, if not more, than did
we ourselves in the glories of the re
cent victories crowning our united ef
forts in the world s greatest and latest
struggle for human liberty.
The spirit of brotherhood, so beautl
fully exemplified in the activities of
the allied forces, representing universal
human liberty, was such as to make
the unfair spirit of self-laudation seem
if possible, more repugnant than ever.
What a paradise on earth would be
brought about if for once the spirit of
brotherhood should become universally
prevalent in which alone the "Golden
Rule" can ever become the abiding
habit of all the people. If the war now,
so signally won, may be the means of
such reconstruction, and reformation,
its red-handed cruelty in which huge
villainy reigned will not all have Been
In vain. A. J. JOSLTN.
HOW TO PRESERVE SALMON EGGS
Simple Process Keeps Them One Tear
tn Prime Bait Condition.
ELMA, Wash., Nov. 18. (To the Ed
itor.) I note an inquiry from one ot
The Oregontan's subscribers at Kerry,
Or., asking for a preservative for sal
mon eggs, and your statement that you
did not have a satisfactory recipe.
I am assuming that the Inquirer de
sires to take the rolls of eggs as they
come from the fish and preserve them
so that they will last until the follow
ing season, that is, for one year. In
this section of Washington we handle
it in this way:
Secure a wooden receptacle, prefer
ably an old candy bucket. Take, two
quarts of finely crushed rock salt in
which ls mixed four tablespoonsful ot
saltpetre. Place some of this mixture
on the bottom of the bucket, then place
a layer of the egg rolls; then place a
coating of the mixture, and so on.
Variations of quantity may be mixed
in same proportions. When completed
keep the eggs covered with a damp
gunnysack or other cloth. Eggs treated
in this manner and kept in a cool place
will keep for one year, and as thej
cover themselves with a liquid, they
are admirably adapted for bait. They
hang to the hook as well as the canned
eggs and are more efficient as a bait
for they throw out a milky juice when
they hit the water, which the fish
readily detect and follow up to the
eggs. a- AVJKr.
Singers' Inflamed Throat.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 18. (To the Edi
tor.) Please describe "singers' throat."
How does it start and what is the
cause? MRS. H.
It is misleading to speak of "singers'
throat" as a disease, because singers
have the same kind of throats, gen
erally speaking, as non-singers. If
you mean inflammation of a singer's
throat, that affliction may be caused
by faulty voice placing In singing, by
singing to excess and causing inflam
mation of the vocal chords, or it may
be due to adenoids, catarrh or in
fected tonsils and Is often caused by
colds, 1
WOMAN IS SUPERIOR TO UA9T
Sex Rivalry Will Vanish When Men
Understand This, Says Writer.
PORTLAND. Nov. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) You encourage one to make a
frank statement and clear up one's
own ideas on the subject by your edi
torial on sex rivalry or co-operation.
I am a self-supporting single woman,
a college graduate, with an income
which gives me a measure of inde
pendence. I work because I like to,
not because, as things are, I am abso
lutely compelled to do so. Hence I
bring more than ordinary enthusiasm
into my work. I think myself compe
tent and capable far beyond the aver
age, and so I have positive opinions on
what women have the right to be oc
cupied with apart from being wives,
mothers and housekeepers.
Let it not be suspected that I am
averse to any part of housework. On
the contrary. I have conducted a
household on my own responsibility in
a manner to satisfy the most1 critical
standards. I yield second place to
none in the field of housekeeping,
ranging all the way frtfm selection of
interior decorations to scientific food
preparation and dishwashing. 1 can do
it all and do it well.
But this field is too limited for me.
It is too narrow for thousands, even
millions, of the most intelligent, most
ambitious and enterprising women of
America. They can no longer be re
stricted to the necessary but rather
dull routine of housework. Education
and training have given them a
glimpse of other work to be done,
work more interesting, more stimulat
ing to their latent capacities, and more
remunerative than housekeeping or
rearing a family.
It can be seen from this that I have
no objection whatever to married wom
en, working outside their homes. For
one thing. I do not fear their compe
tttion. I could probably go into most
of their houses and improve vastly on
their domestic management. So why
need I fear a married woman as a
wage-earner in the business of pro
sessional worm, wnere standards are
more exacting than in purely domestic
work?
There need be no rivalry between
women as workers if the less compe
tent are willing to take orders from
the more competent, and faithfully
carry them out as directed. Neither
need there be sex rivalry between
women and men. if men are prepared
to recognize and render obedience to
the superior woman when associated
with her in an industrial, professional
or business way. Sex rivalry is likely
only when men go on the theory that
being a woman ipso facto disqualifies
her for doing certain kinds of work.
I admit that is a prejudice among men
which dies hard. This war. however,
has given it a bad Jolt, although it
would be going too far to say that the
prejudice has been entirely destroyed.
I do not hesitate to say that women
can do all things that men do, and
many things that men cannot do. In
a word, woman is the superior sex. My
biological studies at college proved
conclusively that in all animal species
the female is far more important for
survival purposes than the male. This
is just as true in the human family as
In any other, although the world seems
Just waking up to the fact. Males of
all species occupy a relatively depend
ent and subordinate position.
Humanity is no exception to this
rule. The sooner this fundamental fact
is recognized and fully understood,
especially by men, the less sex rivalry
and more co-operation we shall have.
D. H. B.
In Other Days.
Twenty-live Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, November 20, ls!3.
The roof is being put on the .new City
Hall. Fire-prooling covers one-third
of it, which is now ready for the con
crete and composition roofing to cover
all. The roof cannot be completely
finished until the red granite pillars for
the lodge on the west side arrive from
California.
John T. Conley, assistant general
passenger agent for the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway, with
h headquarters at St. Paul, is visiting the
Coast and spent yesterday in Portland.
The old People's Theater, at Third
and Couch streets, which was recently
closed by the authorities, will be dedi
cated tonight to the use of the Pacitio
Gospel Union of Portland. There will
be nearly 100 singers on the stage, un
der the leadership of Mr. Wadhams, of
the Calvary Church.
El Paso, Tex. The Mexican revolu
tionists have scattered circulars
throughout the valley on both sides of
tne ilio uranae. oncring each man
$2.50 a day to fight, each man to fur
nish himself 200 cartridges, and J5 a
day to all men with both rille and pis
tol. The Idea is to offer inducements
to the great army of the unemployed
which is passing through this point
from California. The paper is signed
by Santa Ana Peraz, General-in-chiet
of the North.
WAIYTOIV DESTRUCTION1 OF TREES.
Highway Brnnty Sacrificed to Engi
neer's Mania for Straight Lines.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Nov. 18. (To th
Editor.) The Oregonlan's splendid
editorial on planting shade trees alon
our highways can not fail to meet with
the hearty approval of all tree lovers
in Oregon, but I can not refrain from
alluding to the ruthless destruction of
seven of these grand old walnut trees
about 50 years of age on an old farm 1
Clackamas County which is situated on
the Pacific Highway. Their grand old
trunks from three to four feet in diam
eter now lie abandoned by the road
side and the towering branches have
been burned and destroyed.
We were told by the road builders
that a slight curve needed to preserve
such trees would spoil the scenic
beauty of the road.
If you could pierce the intellect
some of the self styled "engineers" em
ployed in the building of our publi
highways In Oregon and impress upon
them the Joy and beauty of motoring
on highways lined with shade trees
such as one sees in England and th
rugged and wonderful highways
Switzerland, the property owners and
home builders would enter into th
movement with zeal and make Oregon
roads the prettiest in the world. Bu
while we are called upon to submit to
such practice as I have refprred to
above, it ls well nigh useless to start
such a movement either through legis
lation or concerted action of tree
lovers.
In countries where some Intelligence
is exercised, the trees of good old age
are walled in, protected and if neces
sary. watered by paid care-takers. In
Oregon if they fall in a line of road
ways they are cut down and burned,
On our new Pacific Highway south
of Oregon City we have a long stretch
of pavement, glaring in the hot Sum
mer sun, stripped bare of all that Isa-
ture added to its usefulness and beauty
After one has planted and cared for
trees for 50 years and witness their
wanton destruction, one ceases to be
arduous in the cause as it truly
merits. . A TREE LOVER.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, November 20, 186S.
The contractors for the new wharf
at the foot of Main street are putting
up a very substantial structure and
they havo nearly completed the job.
The grade from the street down to the
wharf is easier than that leading down
to the others.
Salem The work of grading on the
railroad -is being rapidly pushed for
ward, for the purpose of getting as
much done as possible before the con
tinual rains set in. They have graded
some nine miles south of Salem.
Since the beginning of the agitation
of the project of a railroad to Puget
Sound the value of lands in Washing
ton Territory have begun to advance.
The Commercial of last evening says
it is informed that In the town of Ta
coma lately Commencement City
lots are rapidly taken. The purchaser
pays $50 down and the balance to be
paid when the railroad terminus is lo
cated at Tacoma, taking a bond for a
deed.
The Postmaster-General having or
dered Postal Agent Brooks to take
charge of the Postoffice in this city
until further instructions, we are
pleased to know that the agent has
designated our worthy townsman, John
R. Prindle, Esq., to act as postmaster
during the suspension of Mr. Randall.
SWIFT PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMES
GERMANY MUST SHOW PENITENCE
Return to Family of Nations Depends
on Real Reformation.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Nov. 18. (To
the Editor.) The present temper of
America and the allies is that Germany
should be punished for her crimes. Just
how long this economic punishment
should last depends on the German peo
ple. So far as the American people
are concerned, unlike Germany, we are
ineinsr no "hymns of hate.
If Germany shows repentance, if sne
repudiates the false leadership of the
Hohenzollern. the Junaers ana tne mm
tarists, if with a chastened spirit she
reates a government genuinely reRpon
ible to the people and shows a desire
to make amends for the past, she will
he sooner be received back into the
familv of nations.
It is with the German people we snail
ave eventually to deal, and it may be
years before they reach the Etage
where they can be trusted. The pres
ent temper of the American people
concerning trade with Germany is re
vealed in the universal protest against
receiving a shipment of German-made
toys from Rotterdam and the resolu
tion of the toy manufacturers of the
United States that Congress pass a law
prohibiting the entry of any German
made goods into this country until the
central empires have submitted to an
allied peace.
Had Germany fought fair in her trade
methods before 1914, if she had been
an honest and clean fighter In the war
ad If there were reasons to believe she
intends to fight fair in trying to get
back her former world trade, it might
then be safe to treat her as President
Wilson suggests in the third para
graph. W. J. R. BEACH.
When Soldier Is Wounded.
McMINNVILLE, Or., Nov. 18. (To the
Editor.) Please Inform me where to
write to get information regarding a
soldier wounded in France.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Take up the matter with your Red
Cross chapter. I
Kalner and Gang Should Be Handed
Over Promptly to Justice.
SALEM, Or., Nov. IS. (To the Edi
tor.) Usually, when a murder is com
mitted and the criminal escapes, posses
are formed and he is hunted until
takpn, dead or alive.
Why not apply the same to this
hellish Hohenzollern, who Ir the direct
cause of more deaths, suffering and
misery than all the murdet-ers and
pestilencies in the history of the world
combined?
A fugitive from Justice, we read of
him living in a castle, surrounded by
luxury and a retinue of servants and
bodyguards, right under our very
noses, so to speak.
Being one who has lost many rela
tives through the crimes of this Berlin
beast and his gang of Prussian pol
troons, I voice the sentiment of mil
lions of othfrs, similarly afflicted,, in
demanding that they be handed over
and receive adequate and swift punish
ment.' In order to guard against any ten
dency toward leniency at the peace
table I suggest that the following list
be given prominence in daily papers:
Ravaging of Belgium.
Lusitania.
Treatment of prisoners of war.
Edith Cavell.
Sinking of hospital ships.
Bombing hospitals.
Crucifixion of American and allied
soldiers.
Firing on lifeboats.
Mutilation of babies.
All of which crimes have been proven
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
HENRY LEE.
KAISER WILL NOT BE EMULATED
To Punish Him Deservedly Would De
grade Us to Hun Status.
PORTLAND, Nov. 19. (To the Ed
itor.) There is a great deal of discus
sion at this time as to the proper pun
ishment that should be given to the ex-
Kaiser. We all know that any pun
ishment that could be indicted upon
him would be far too mild in compari
son with the suffering and sorrow he
has caused.
If the Kaiser could live a million
years and were punished all that time.
he could not make amends for what he
has done.
But as I said before, there Isn't any
kind of punishment that could be put
on him that would be equal to the mis
ery he has caused the people in this
great war.
But we, as civilized people, can we
inflict upon him any such punishment
as he has caused to be inflicted upon
others and be classed as civilized peo
ple? I say "no." And do we wish to
emulate the Germans in that respect?
Everyone no doubt would answer in
the negative.
I would suggest that the Kaiser be
tried before a Jury, preferably an in
ternational one. LURA L. WARD.
Appeal From Classification.
MAYS VILLE. Or., Nov. 17. (To the
Editor.) A young man who ls now in
he service was farming and had been
for four years before the war and
owned part of the land he was farm-
ng. and was raising all kinds of live-
tock, but on account of spite work
by the local board he was sent to camp
with his card marked farm hand.'
They wouldn't even give him credit as
being a producer, and he has affidavits
rom the best men of the city to the
ffect that he was and had been
producer for four years. Would there
be some way to rectify this wrong,
which was willfully done?
. AN OREGONIAN READER.
The district board, not the local
board, passes on Industrial claims. The
nly remedy of injustice is through ap
peal to the President; but there ls a I
hort time limit in which appeal may
be taken. Upon a showing that he was
aeded In agricultural work, the in-
ucted registrant might be able to ob- I
tain a furlough.
Questions of Cltlaennhlp.
WESTLAKE, Or., Nov. 18. (To the
Editor.) (1) Foreign-born parents I
come to mis country ana resiao nerei
ontinuousiy, but never take out their I
aturalizaticn papers. Can their chil-
ren. born here, enjofr all the rights of I
i American citizen.'
(2) A foreign-born man comes tol
this country and marries an American I
woman. He does not take out his nat-l
ralization papers till his children have I
become of age. Does It make his chil
dren, by that act, cltiiens?
A SUBSCRIBER.
(1) Yes.
( 2 ) The children ar citlsens if born
in this country.
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