THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, .1919.
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PORTLAND. SATURDAY. MARCH it. 1919
WEIGHING THE ARGVMEXTS.,
There may be a few charges in the league
or nations draft, but they will b. of no
moment and in all probability iney win
not Include specific reference to tne aion
Hytrin, which the president regard!
as not even remotely threatened. From th.
Paris cablegram ot Herbert isayara owope.
" The covenant, yke the sacred ark,
e'nall not be profaned by sacrilegious
-hands. There will be changes, but
they will be of no moment.
The critics .of the league demand
changesand they will not be satisfied
with immaterial changes. President
Wilson plainly has no notion of trying
to satisfy them.
But the friends of the league also
scree that there should be important
modifications. President Wilson also
plainly has no intention of trying to
satisfy them. He is satisfied. Who
lias a right to ask more? Is anything
else worth consideration?
. President Lowell of Harvard, de
fending the league covenant in his
Joint debate with Senator Lodge, ad
vocated according to the Associated
Press "the insertion of clauses in the
covenant permitting withdrawals from
tho league on reasonable notice, stipu
lating that no foreign powers snail ac
tiuire any possession on the American
ontlnent, and making it perfectly
Hear that immigration and tariff prob
lems are to be regarded as purely in-
frankly, is "very defective" and "easily
misunderstood."
Senator Lodge declared'for a league
of nations, but he is not for the
"covenant as presented." Nor is Mr,
Lowell, nor Mr. Taft, nor Mr. Bryan,
nor anybody on this side of the water
who is entitled to a respectful hearing.
Only President Wilson says there shall
be no "material changes.
Senator I-odge offers the "con
structive criticism" that thero should
le "a larger reservation of the Monroe
doctrine." Dr. Lowell evidently agrees
with him. So does Mr. Taft, who use
' the same language as Mr. Lodgi
""larsrer reservation of the Monroe
doctrine."
Senator " Lodge would "offer an
amendment to-exclude questions af
fecting immigration and the tariff.'
lr. Lowell agrees with him.
Senator Lodge would permit 'any
nation to withdraw from the league
without denouncing or abrogating the
treaty. Dr. Lowell would permit with
eirawals on reasonable notice.
The differences between Senator
Lodge, who is for A league, and Dr.
Lowell, who is for THE league, ap
pear not to be insurmountable.
Now here along comes ex-President
Taft, who is also for THE league, and
tays it is "not symmetrically ar
ranged, its meaning has to be dug out,
una its language is ponderous and in
diplomatic) patois." He finds fault with
the method by which the decrees of
the league are to be enforced against
any offending nation, and he says that
it should be made more definite as
to when its obligations may be ter
minated, and that there should be a
'larger reservation of the Monroe doc
trine." Othertwise it is all right.
Mr. Bryan, too. is for THE league,
v ith reservations. So are all of us.
3lr. Bryan has a few suggestions to
make. So have the rest of us. Mr.
Bryan would specifically "preserve the
Monroe doctrine," he would enlarge
the voting power of the United. States
in the league, and he would leave to
each member nation the decision as
to whether it would support the de
crees of the executive council. Ob
viously, Mr. Bryan is for a league with
the individual right of referendum,
and the implied right of secession,
flood democratic doctrine, both ancient
ii nd modern. He is farther out of ac
cord with President Wilson than either
Mr. Lodge. Mr. Taft or Br. Lowell.
Yet the approach to an understand
ing among the peace-loving, duty-performing
and right-thinking people of
America about the league is evident.
They would prevent war, but they
would not disarm unless all others
tl.sarm. and perhaps not then, wholly.
They would police the world: but
they are doubtful if they would
h willing for the world to police
America. They woiald define .spheres
of influence, but they would not turn
'hina over to Japan, nor Armenia to
Turkey, nor rotund to Germany, nor
Jngo-Sluvia to Austria, nor Russia to
the bolsheviks. They would extpnd
the Monroe doctrine to the world; but
they would exclude the rest of the
world from interference in North or
f-'outh America. The would put eco
nomic pressure on any recalcitrant
nation; but they would probably re-:
.ent in any circumstances the applica
tion of economic pressure to America.
They would have no interference with
the internal affairs of America: but
they clearly would reserve the right, i
cither open or tacit, to interfere In
the internal affairs, say, of Mexico, if
Circumstances warranted.
These appear to be great difficulties,
nd they arc. in fact, difficulties; but
their size and importance may. indeed,
be more apparent than real. The an
deriving moral factor in the situation,
fo far us America is concerned, is that
it Is conscious of the integrity of its
own motives and purposes toward all
the world, and would apply them uni
versally, so far as may be; and. being
t-ure of its own high national virtue,
aind international unselfishness, it
would yet be apprehensive about the
power of other nations, and all of
them, to guide the course of America
j.salnst its will. Being righteous, it
would have others righteous; but. be
ing aware that others are not all
righteous, it would not in the final
analysis yield to any unrighteous re
quirement.
Yet. withal, it is the clear duty of
America to enter a league of nations
to keep the world's peace. It is also
the duty of the American people to
give the entire question their most
thoughtful and prayerful considera
tion; and to givedue weight to all the
arguments, favorable and unfavorable.
It will be most unwise and most in
defensible to enter into any covenant
with other nations without a. full pur
pose to live up to its terms; and it
will be equally unwise and indefensible
not to seek an understanding of them
in advance. Above everything, it will
be indefensible for America to notify
the other nations that it will not join
them in good faith in an effort to
prevent war.
A DESERVING MOVEMENT.
In the effort to complete Portland's
quota for the Jewish war relief fund,
which -has nearly been attained, mem
bers of this faith deserve not only the
good tvishes but also the active co
operation and the material aid of all
good citizens who bear in mind that
Jewish leaders in the past have given
loyal support to all of the patriotic
and humanitarian movements in which
the people as a whole have been interested.
It is well to call attention in this
connection to the fact that the high
privilege of contributing to the relief
fund is not confined to . Jews alone.
out that it will be esteemed by others.
The funds obtained are to be used
to meet urgent requirements, arising
during and since the war, in Poland,
Galicia and the near east, where
6,000,000 have been subjected to Jlr
usage, and now are confronted by
famine. Tne purpose of their coreli
gioni3ts in America is to enable them
to help themselves, and the task is one
which appeals to the broadest instincts
of benevolence.
safe" fo predict that, whatever it may I We are not. Our Chinese exclusion
be, it will not prevent the voyage, I laws are a breach of treaties and our
which would be made from land to anti-Japanese laws are an insult to a
land in something less than ten hours, friendly nation. We can undo these
In the summer time it could be made wrongs and yet can more effectively
in daylight without special effort. gain the ends sought if we adopt a
If the ocean can be- crossed, then I law of the kind described. The peace
the last corner of the world can be
explored. H. G. Wells once predicted
that aircraft would permit the build-
conference is more than an assem
blage to make peace and form a
league of nations. It is in effect
ing of cities on plateaus now inacces- general summons to all nations to
sible. One may wonder why anyone bring their treatment of each other
would want to build a city on a re- into harmony with the principles
mote plateau, but that is beside the I which the league is to enforce,
point, which is that men are never! We can do this', in strict accord
satisfied until they have attained the with our own rights and interests,
unattainable. Development of the air- and these call for revision of immi
plane will be the means to the reali- gration laws from a new viewpoint.
zation of a great spiritual ambition. Hitherto the doors have been wide
The mazama, the arctic explorer, the open, originally on the theory that
delver into mysterious caves, and now immigrants were refugees from politi
the aviator are cast in the same mold, cal oppression and came here to en-
It is to be hoped that our navy de- I joy the blessings of American liberty.
partment will do the thing right while I For several decades past immigrants
it is making its plans. We want a I have come simply to make money, not
non-stop, continuous flight from shore caring enough about our democratic
to shore. This will challenge the institutions ' to learn anything about
imagination of the world as nothing them or to become citizens; on the
else could do. To trust to a machine contrary, after making their "pile"
which would- need to pause in mid-1 ntany have gone home to buy land
ocean to take fuel would be to win by and become members of the hated
a fluke if we won at all.- What we bourgeois class. More recently the
want to see demonstrated is not that supposed refugees have no sooner ar-
some flyer taking a desperate chance rived than They have loudly informed
can get across, but that the venture the American people that the republic
is practical and can be repeated, is all wrong and must be radically
Doubtless it Is and can be. One is reconstructed according to the crude
tempted to venture the guess that it ideas of these novices in freedom,
will be done some time in 1919.
It
A SAD CHOICE OF MEANINGS.
Evangelist Dickson, from whose ser
mon a statement on the distribution
of wealth was quoted and severely
condemned by The Oregonian Tuesday,
protests personally that a wrong con
structton was placed upon what he
said. This was his statement:
In 18B0 statistics show that 2 iter e.nt
or our population owned mora than seven
tenths of our entire wealth. Today one per
cent 01 xn. population own mor. wealth
wan no in. other ya per cent.
The statement is a familiar one.
has been so widely quoted to purport
the centralization of wealth that it is
certain authorship does not lie in Mr.
Dickson. It has been cunningly con
ceived for the oovious purpose of ar
raying capital against labor. It con
veys to the casual reader or auditor
the immediate impression that 1 per
cent 01 inc. people now own 99 per
cent of the wealth. On the theory that
that was its intent, from which theory
iM Uregonian does not now recede,
it was refuted with statistics and con
demned as pure bolshewsm.
It is now insisted by Mr. Dickson
that this portion of his statement be
given an exact mathematical analysis.
cry well. To analyze it may mean
that no more than 51 per cent of the
wealth is now owned by 1 per cent of
the people while the other 99 per.cent
own 49 per cent of the wealth, or it
may mean that 1 per cent of the Deo-
ple own 60 per cent, or 70 per cent, or
o per cent, or 99 per cent of the
wealth. Definite? Very!
So analyzed the comparison with
890 statistics becomes meaningless.
purposeless and asinine. If both
premises are true and they are not
one may deduce from the comparison
that wealth is now more widely dis
tributed than in 1890, or he may de
duce tnat it is not.
The first premise is the flat state
ment that in 1890 2 per cent of the
population owned more than seven
tenths of the wealth. Let us use an
illustration that can be understood by
any schoolboy: One hundred men In
890 had a total 'capital of $100. A
possessed 60. B possessed 110. These
two, or 2 per cent of the group, had
io or seven-tenths of the wealth of
the 100, while the 98 per cent pos
sessed a little more than 30 cents each.
This is a correct Illustration of the
rst assertion, now let us nroceed to
tne second:
ioaay tne same men still possess
100, but A's capital is reduced to
a0.50; B's is reduced to 60 cents and
each of the other ninety-eight hag 50
cents. A, who represents 1 per cent
of the group, now has more wealth
than the other ninety-nine. The second
premise has been complied with with
mathematical exactness, yet A is not
so wealthy as he was in 1890, and the
inety-eight underdogs have more
than they had in the earlier year. The
rich have thus grown poorer and the
poor have grown richer.
The same percentages mav be used.
na Dy employing other arbitrary ex-
amples the opposite in wealth distribu
tion can be shown to have occurred
the same group. In short, the illus
tration is as clastic as a rubber band.
et it was employed by the evangelist
to support .the assertion that wealth
as been accumulating in the hands
of the few in the last nineteen years.
nen, in tact, it may seem to prove
e exact opposite.
Nobody deliberately originates a de
ception except for a definite purpose.
The purpose of this one is so plain
that the wonder is anybody would
dare to doubt it or dare to employ
the statement. That purpose, as al
rcariy said, is to present a sensationni
contrast, in order to confuse and sway
the unthinking to array class against
c'sss. No matter whether its intent
or its mathematical construction be
considered. It has no statistical foun
dation. The figures as to 1890 have
again and again been refuted by usa of
government census statistics and estimates.
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THE RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
IT not this month, then soon at any
rate, some aviator is going to cross
the Atlantic in a heavier-than-air fly
ing machine. The desire of the United
States navy department to be first to
accomplish the feat is highly com.
mendable., and It is -to be hoped that
its ambition will be achieved. It would
be in keeping with our traditions for
us to be first to cross the ocean by
air, after having sent the first steam
ship across the water, and after hav
ing led the world in the development
of transportation by rail.
It is the belief of an aviator whose
opinion is entitled to high respect that
only three obstacles now impede the
making of three hundred miles an
hour by air. Two of these are me
chanical; the third is the feeling akin
to Htcnse hunger which attacks the
aviator flying at the high rate of
speed. Tho feeling, has not been
analyzed; if It were simple, hunger it
could be overcome by taking a supply
of food along; the explanation prob
ably is sound that it is an affection
of the nerves of the stomach caused
by excessively rapid motion. But it is
CONDEMNED BI EXPERIENCE.
. The rock on which the coal and oil I
land-leasing bill was wrecked after the
conferees had reached an agreement
in the last congress was the option
given the public either to buy or to
lease land containing these minerals.
who know nothing of democracy by
experience.
These are sufficient reasons for
wholesale deportation of would-be
reformers a la Karl Marx and for
total exclusion of any more of their
kind. If they want to. mak.e com
munist experiments, all of Russia is
open to them and they may get a
chance in Germany, the German rem-
or.e of the most staunch upholders of nan' ? Austria or the Magyar rem-
the conservative policy, has been con-
Those Who Come and Go.
verted by a letter from Secretary of
the Interior Lane, in which the latter
says in. regard to the experiment with j
leasing coal land in Alaska that it is I
"not entirely suitable to conditions"
and continues:
nant of Hungary. They need a prac-
tioal, forcible demonstration that the
American people do not intend to
make this country a socialist, com
munist or bolshevik! experiment sta
tion. As a safeguard against such at
tempts the bill suspending immigra
tion entirely for four years should
be passed pending enactment of a re-
There has been but little inquiry for these
lands and onlv limited rinvnlnnmpnt Fmir
leases were granted under the present law I strictive law on the lines proposed,
ana out two ot mem were aDie to .xtnance
the small operations that had bezun.
After further study of the situation I have
come to the conclusion that perhaps the
field would be more inviting to coal oper
ators If title were granted as in the states,
especially since Alaska'n operations are so
xar away from the bases of labor and supply. I
I therefor, recommend that Alaska be I
placed on the same footing as the states in
the pending bill, and that operators in that !
tieia nave the same choice of lease or pur
chase as granted elsewhere: otherwise.
Alaska coal lands will remain In a disad
vantageous position.
What is the value of the national
forests of the United States from the
point of view of health and recreation
alone? Frank A.- Waugh estimates
that 3,000,000 persons visited there
forests in 1S18, and that they spent
there an average of twenty-five hours
each, hunting, fishing, picnicking, etc.
At 10 cents an hour the total would
The proposed bill would give miners! amount to $7,500,000, but who is there
the option of either buying or leasing who doubts that the true estimate
in AlasVa as in the states, and would would not be vastly higher than that?
thus let experience prove which is the The "woods" of America surpass those
better plan to promote development, of any other part of the accessible
Mr. Lane concedes that experience has world. Our national forests are not
already condemned leasing in Alaska, only forests, but they also contain
which is one reason why tho optional I mountain scenery which not even in
system is proposed for the states. I Switzerland can be surpassed. We
Without regard to this unsuccessful I should be inclined to agree with th
experiment, Gifford Pinchot and his estimate of another-advocate of out-
diminishing coterie of fanatics Insist I door recreation that it is worth at
upon leasing exclusively for the states least a dollar an hour to the person
as well as Alaska. The purpose of the! enjoying it. and that on this basis our
bill and of Mr. Lane and the desire I forests yielded at least $75,000,000 last
of the people is that the coal land be I year from this item alone.
developed. The determination of the
t-mcnot clique is tnat it shall not be one of the wonders of the interval
developed at all except on his plan. 1 hWRen -,nr Hnd rteace is the sneed
xiieir persistent looDying nas reaucea wth which the Czecho-SloVak state
to -waste paper ail oi tne worn done na8 become established in authority
Dy congress in tne last two years, ana I a rinonniii nnwer. Tt -has floated
haa condemned the coal and oil Indus- ijDerty loan, which was oversubscribed
tries ui mo west to stagnation lor an- neariy four times by 191,410 persons,
other year. I and it has adopted a currency system.
The Pinchot crowd are nothing but pPonle are f lockine from Vienna to
obstructionists, and it is to be hoped prague by" tens of thousands in the
mat tu new congress win seno. uiera belief that the Bohemian capital will
to me rear ana mane tnem stay tnere. become the commercial capital of cen
tral Europe, and probably because
MAKE the SAME LAW FOR ALL. I large numbers of uzeens wno rormeriy
Viscount Ishii's nlea for action bv lived in the Austrian capital are going
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the peace conference to do away with nc-me to enjoy noeny.
race discrimination brings to the
front an additional reason for adop-l Antwerp has come to life again as
tion by this country of an immigration I a port after four years of suspended
policy based on the fitness of the indi- animation. The Germans did not do
vidual for citizenship and on the abil-1 as much damage as expected, though
ty of the country to assimilate him they stole twelve electric cranes ana
for its own benefit, not on the aues-lother things. Steamship lines are
tion whether he is a member of any again running to New York and Phila-
.particular race. Any valid objection delphia, and they wear no camouflage,
to Immigration from any race or na- Great changes among the business men
tion can be met by conforming to are in prospect, for the Germans who
these rules. Japan protests against formally held a large place win not go
exceptional treatment of its people, I back, many Belgians were killed in
not -because it wishes them to come the war, and British and French firms
here but because our law is so framed I will be more numerous.
as to put a brand of inferiority on
them. We can practically exclude! The greatest difficulty about devis-
Japanese and yet remove ail appear- I ing a fit memorial to Theodore Roose
ahce of placing this stigma upon I Velt is that he shone in so many ways
them. 1 as to render impossible a representa-
This can be accomplished by re-1 tion of all his many sides. Perhaps
striding the number of immigrants of I as good a memorial as any would be
any nationality each year to a certain I a family of stalwart sons so .well
percentage of the number of that na- trained in citizenship that, if another
tionality who are already citizens, I war should come, all would volunteer
either by birth or naturalization, as I to fight for their country, as all of
proposed in the draft of a bill made I Roosevelt's sons did. That is the Kind
by the national committee for con- of memorial that any man and woman
structive immigration legislation. Not can raise.
less than 5 nor more than 15 per cent
of the number from each race which Almost all Datrons of utilities, cor.
had already been naturalized would porate or governmental; can complain
De aaumteu, uie exact percentage to i 0f ill-treatment received some time.
be iixea rrom year to year oy an lm-1 rr.i,e wrathv Datron never gets "chief,
migration commission, which should and the man at the stamp window
nave regard to tne labor conditions pta t slammed shut in his face at
in the United States and to the main- quitting time, regardless of the size
tenanoe of the American standards of of tno jine. one might complain to
living and wages." This commission prcsident WiVson about these things
might admit skilled labor of a craft anH no harm. He likes to keep
in which it was scarce or exclude la
borers of a kind of which there was a
surplus. There would be added to the
present literacy test other tests in the
principles of personal and public hy
giene, the history of the American
people, the methods and ideals of the
government of the United States and
the rights and duties of citizens.-
One of the chief merits of this plan
is that it meets the Wishes of those
in touch with the people.
One of the first tasks for Adjutant-
General May in reorganizing the Ore
gon national guard should be to form
an airplane squadron to be manned
hv some of the states most noted
highflyers.
While we are' establishing memorial
. . t . , , . i nienwa.vs. wjiv uui uavo -
wno oppose Japanese, imuese anu i - - - . .,,:,. f
Hindu immigration and at the same a"7 i T ' tVin to
if K..rfi r.r I Admiral Sims?. It will cost nothing to
nationalities to nrpsont lu-a fnr their Pvc -""
exclusion. Fewer than 2000 Chinese
and Japanese combined would be ad- Every Presbyterian church In the
mitted yearly on a 5 per cent basis, land will have on its war-bonnet to
that being a smaller number than is morrow afternoon, and, it is needless
now admitted. We should no longer to add, the $39,000,000 .will be a fact
deny citizenship to these races, while by night.
granting it to Tartars, Turks, Syrians,
Sure thing. If gambling is to be
done by white men, the Mongolian
must not be allowed to profit by it.
Keep it for the dominant race.
Hindus,. Persians, Mexicans, Zulus,
Hottentots and Kaffirs. On the con
trary, we should guard against whole
sale immigration of these latter races,
as well as Chinese and Japanese, by
establishing general rules with which Any American who is tempted to
but a limited number of them could sen supplies to the bolsheviki should
comply. remember that their gold' is stained
-ine American people are called I with the blood of millions.
upon to adjust their treatment of
other nations to sound general prin
ciples of equality and justice. We in
common witn other nations have a
duty to make our practice square
with these principles. By Insisting
that the terms of peace shall con
form to our principles of. "consent of
the governed ' and by raising the ne
gotiations to a high moral plane, we
have turned attention to our own
practices. When we call upon other
nations to forsake territorial greed
and punitive indemnities, they nat
urally turn the searchlight on us and
inquire whether wc are without, fault.
Government must "dig" to the tune
of $70,000,000 next month to help in
railway financing. Good old govern
ment! And easy, too!
Germany can take it or leave it. The
allies have had a good rest and can
renew at any time.
Thev yet may need Henry Ford and
Jane Addams at the peace table.
Mayor Baker finds New York a bit
more rapid than Portland.
"Mr. Spence, t master of the state
grange, came into Tillamook county to
knock our proposed $430,000 for road
bonds," explained Senator Thomas B.
Hanley at tho Imperial yesterday. "He
also said 6ome harsh things against
the state highway commission. I heard
he was billed to talk at Wheeler and
went up there in the afternoon with
members of tho county court, but when
we entered the hall Mr. Spence began
talking oleomargarine, and then an
nouncement came that it was to be a
closed meeting to discuss grange mat
ters. When we were starting back
home a telephone call stopped us, say-
Ins to meet Mr. Spence that night.
when he was advertised for a road
speech. Lj-e turned to meet him and as
I fortunately had all the road record
of the legislature and the statements
Mr. Spence had made in the committee
meetings at the legislature, I soon had
him on the run. He finally threw up
his hands and said that if Tillamook
wanted the bonds instead of taxing
themselves, tbey may as well bond."
Yamhill cojmty has the road fever,'
admitted W. B. Dennis of Carlton, who
was in the city yesterday. "An im
promptu meeting was held a few days
aKo at which about 300 people attended.
They wanted a road built and the coun
ty court explained tnat tnere was t
shortage of funds to carry on the pro
posed project. Someone moved that a
bond issue of $400,000 be voted, and
then someone else moved that the is
sue be $200,000, and the crowd hooted
down the $200,000 man. A standing vote
was taken whether the people wanted
a road bond issue and every man pres
ent got to his feet. And this hap
pened in the ultra-conservative part of
Yamhill county, the most conservative
county in Oregon."
Ketchikan "subscribed to three times
its quota in the last liberty bond
drive," said Warren Lucas, who came
in from California yesterday, ana is
at the Imperial. "Ketchikan was ex
ceptionally prosperous last year as
there was a big pack and everyone was
makinsr money. It was the most pros
perous part of Alaska, owing to the
large number of canneries in the town
and in the distriet. This season the
packers do not expect such a heavy
run as they have enjoyed the past two
years, but no one ever knowe what
the fish will be like until the pack
has been made." Mr. Lucas left Ketch
ikan a few weeks ago and dallied in
California before heading back toward
the north.
"I understand that the third wave of
flu is coming to the coast," announced
B. J. O'Reilly, traveling for the Boze
man, Mont., Milling company. "I had
four months of it myself and want no
more. I found out something during
my tussle with the disease. The medi
cal men have an apparatus, something
like an X-ray, by means of which they
can look at your insides. They can
see your heart and lungs working.
That's going some." Mr. O'Reilly left
the Benson last night for Puget sound.
"I'm going to drop off at Chicago to
see my old f Hands, Hinky Dink and
Bathhouse John." declared Douglas
Fuller, last evening. "I have received
my orders to go to Camp Meade, Mary
land, and enter the ordnance depart
ment." Mr. Fuller was clerk at the
Hotel Marion during- the recent session
and got to know most of the legislators
and all Of the third house members by
their first .names.
"I gave Portland its first motion
picture show," was the statement of
Joseph A St. Peter, who now operates
the Rose theater at Everett, Wash. "I
operated the Nickelodoeon opposite the
Oregonian building on Sixth street, and
I also had a show up where the
Pantaires now is." In his Everett the
ater Mr. St. Peter is playing Hippo
drome, circuit vaudeville acts. ,
Once upon a Rme F. H. Hoillster of
Coos county ran against Congressman
Hawley in the first district, but there
were not enough democrats to put Hoi
lister over the plate. However, he is
convinced that someone will yet get
Mr. Hawley. Mr. Hollister is at the
Imperial on a business trip.
"Two-thirds of our county Is In for
est reserve and we want the Roosevelt
highway -to open up the county and
show the world what we have," said J.
C. Johnson of Gold Beach, Curry coun
ty, who was at the Imperial yesterday
attending the road meeting.
A California millionaire. Joseph W.
Sefton, president of the First National
bank at San Diego, was at tne Benson
yesterday. He is a man in "his 30's
and succeeded his father as president
of the institution. This is his first trip
to Portland. -
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Metschan have
arrived from Klamath Falls to partici
pate in the birthday anniversary of
Phil Metschan next Monday. They are
registered at. the Imperial where the
family gathering will be held.
G. W. Griffin of the Commercial club
at Eugene- is registered at the im
perial. He was selected as -onS of the
delegates from Lane county ta partici
pate in the discussion of a. .proposed
coastal road " -
Mayor E. N. Hurd of Seaside,', mem
ber, of the legislature, was registered
at the Multnomah yesterday, with D.
J Moore, E. S. Frouty ana jvi. Mar
aesty. They were on hand to boost for
the Roosevelt highway.
Mrs. W. F. McGregor and daughter,
Miss B-jrneica, are at the Benson. They
are well-known residents of Astoria.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. A. Churchill is 'a Multno
mah arrival from Salem. .
Syl Jones, -who was christened Syl
vester, a timber man rrom tjoos say,
Is registered at the Perkins.
To buy a new stock of goods, G. W.
Cooley, a merchant of Paisley, is in
town. He is at the Perkins."
I. W. Lester, a Salem merchant, is
at the Imperial, accompanied by his
wife.
Unsatisfied Patience.
By Grace . Hall.
I first met Patience when as a child
sitting beside the window in a tiny
bedroom of a. dreary home I watched
the sun sink below the horizon beyond
a skyline of giant Cottonwood' tree.
I watched that scene full many
year, yearning for the west and the
beyond; yearning for knowledge of that
great unknown world outside the con
fines of my narrow sphere; yearning
for the Somewhere wherein I should
figure and play a part in Life, as others
unestimated distances beyond my view,
were already playing parts.
I met Patience again when Love went
away bruised and suffering and hid its
broken pinion from my longing, search
ing eyes. Long years I waited, hoping,
with Patience ever nigh to urge and
comfort; but both of us gave up, for
Love died.
The third time I met Patience I sat
by, the couch of one who was near and
dear and watched the shadows turn
from gold to gray and from gray, to
black, while the glow on that loved
face went out, hour by hour, until only
a thin ashen shell remained.
Patience waits outside my casement
still, struggling ever with a spirit with
in which will not rest. Years, like
fallen leaves, lie all about me, a fading
carpet of one-time brightness; the sun
shimmers downward towards a skyline
of frazzled pine; "and beyond is the
west, still the west! '
I yearn as of old for a more imposing
role in the play which is going on be
yond the limits of my restricted view;
the restless spirit which even patience
has never conquered, presses onward
towards a visloned Somewhere when
Patience itself shall be absorbed and
cease to be a factor, in a great and un
fathomable Peace!
In Other Days.
HOUSEHOLDER SAVES NO LIGHT
Another Woman Protest. Against Be
ginning Day's Work in, Dark.
HOQUIAM. Wash., March 20. (To the
Editor.) They say every little bit
helps, so I will "do likewise" and add
my objection to that of "Former South
ern Girl." Like her, I kept still about
it when it was a wartime measure, but
I must say if it is meant as a daylight
saving plan that it dismally fails of its
object.
At present I arise and dress by day
light. This has been the case for two
weeks. On the first of April I will have
to go back to dressing and also cooking
and eating breakfast by electric light,
for at least three weeks. It may save
daylight for someone, but not for -me,
and besides it is more expensive, for
my electric light bill, instead of dimin
ishing, as it ought this time of year,
increases again.
It is too early for us to make garden.
and so the gain is "nil" for at least
three weeks. Before the war my hus
band and boys worked a short time, an
hour or so, evenings, in the garden.
After-the time was changed- last year
they worked about the same length of
time and then there was nothing to do
but go to bed by daylight! '
As for the industries, I do not know
how those in Portland were affected,
but those on Grays Harbor did not save
daylight so you could notice it! Those
that ran two shifts had them from 8
A. M. to 5 P. M. and from 8 P. M. to
4:30 A M. If the government would put
off this changing time till May 1 it
would not meet with so much opposi
tion, for many of us like the early day
light hours, but really it would seem
to an observer that the necessity for it
is Dast.
I do not believe we improved on tne
old order by the trial last year, but
perhaps those in power know a .whole
lot more than I do.
I would add I object to a statement
vou made Sunday editorially. Was it
Wilson who defeated Taft. in 1912? 1
am not politically partisan, but I do
read the papers. A HOUSEWIFE.-
Tweity-flve Years Ago.
From The Oregonian, March 1894.
Washington. President Cleveland is
very much disgusted with the Oregon
Democrats and that is the reason why
appointments have been slow at Port
land and Salem.
Three days mail and a number of
passengers arrived yesterday over the
Union Pacific from Nampa, Idaho,
where they were delayed eight days as
a result of a break in. a long trestle,
which tied up main line traffic.
Washington. Representative Her
mann haa had reported from the com
mittee his bill to throw open to settle
ment land3 in the Siletz reservation
amounting to 175,000 acres not allotted
to the Indians.
The nomination of Eugene C. Protz
man to be postmaster of Portland has
been confirmed in Washington, D. C.
Validation of Marriages.
PORTLAND. March 21. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly tell me the meaning of
senate bill 242, passed by the last leg-
slature, and where I can get a copy of
this bill. E. . C. R.
Marriage entered jnto within less
than six months after issuance of de
cree of divorce is now illegal. Senate
bill 242 will legalize such marriages
when contracted prior to the passage
of the bill if they are otherwise regu
lar. By "passage" is meant the day the
bill becomes law, which will be 90 days
after close of the legislature. The sec
retary of state, Salem, can probably
supply a copy of the bill.
SPRING COMES TO IVMBEB CAMP
Cries of Hungry Cougar. Give Place to
Twittering of Bird.
DEE, Or., March 20. (To the Editor.)
After months of isolation, marooned
in several feet of snow, and aroused
every night by the blood-curdling
screams of numberless cougars and
mountain lions, which threatened to
raid the quarters, the monotony was
broken today when the winter keeper
for the Oregon Lumber company of
camp No. 1 and two companions heard
the welcome scream of a locomotive
whistle, which Was sufficient evidence
that the deep snow which has hidden
the ground since early in January had
given way to Oregon mist, which has
fallen in torrents for more than , n
week.
The winter keeper and companions
felt somewhat relieved after suffcrinpr
the hardships of hermits for the past
two months to see a real locomotive In
camp and to feel that the presence of
a crew of loggers would come in handy
in battling with the vicious cougars
which had a trail packed hard in the
snow around the building in which the
men were housed, as they patroled the
building at night watching for a
chance to feast upon the inmates.
Mingled with the screams of the hun
gry cougars could be heard the howling
of timber wolves and the barking of
great bands of coyotes on every sTde,
while the winter keeper and his com
panions, with doors and windows
barred, stayed inside and wished for
springtime, when they could hoar the
songs of birds and see the beautiful
sunshine Instead of gazing at the deep
snow and listening to- the cries of the
wild beasts which Inhabit the moun
tains in northern Orceron. ' H. T. L..-
Timekeeper Camp No. 1.
A SEW BATTIjE IIVMX . OF THE
RKPl'BMC.
I can hear the mslrching millions With
their babylon of tones,
I can hear the crush of legions, and
the crash of falling thrones.
But I hear the captain's "forward.
march" above the yells and
" groans.
For God is marching on!
Refrain, Glory,. Glory, Hallelujah, etc.
In every moor and mountain from the
pampas to the pine.
In the ships that sailthe ether, and In
boats beneath the brine.
There are God's benighted children,
"and jewels all are mine,"
For God is marching; on! ,
A hundred years of training in the";
art of holy war!
A hundred years of gazing on the glory
of a star!
A hundred years of halting at the
golden gates ajar!
But now we're Inarching on!
Thou hast led us o'er the battlements '
of freedom's brazen foe,
Thou art leading us to victory o'er
rampant rum and woe.
We re-enlist for service, and our mil
lions we bestow.
For God is marching on!
I can see the league of nations with
the flag of Christ unfurled.
The badge of human brotherhood upon
the cross impearled:
I see .the conq'ring army as it swings
around the world,
For God Is marching on!'
WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON.
Income Tax on UO.OO0.
GRAYS CROSSING, Or.. March 20.
(To the Editor.) (1) Do all public of
ficers figure their salaries in their in
come tax report?
(2) The president of the United States
draws a salary of $75,000 a year and
$25,000 expenses and various extras.
How much income tax would- wooorow
Wilson as a citizen under the law of
his country pay? L. M. H.
(1) The salaries of public officials
and employes are exempt from income
tax, according to the ruling of the
treasury department.
(2) If there were no deductions for
interest on indebtedness, taxes, chari
table contributions or other specified
payments, a married man with no mi
nor children, whose income was $100,-
000 in 1918, would pay a total income
tax of $35,030.
' When Does Albatross Sleep f
London Tit-Bits.
The albatross spends its life, with
the exception of a few weeks given
each year to nesting, entirely at sea,
and is on the wing practically all the
time. Furthermore, it does not progress
by flapping its wings, as most birds do,
but seems to soar at will, rarely, if
ver. eiv-nig a stroke of the wing, seem
ing to need no impetus. At nesting
time, which is early in the year, the al
batross repairs to an isolated island,
such as one of the Crozet islands, in
the Southern Indian ocean, or Tristan
da Cunha, in tins South Atlantic ocean.
"With the Help of God and a
Few Marines"
, 'APPEARING IN
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN
When the children. of today are telling children of their own, how
America tipped "the balance in the world war, fighting and dying for
the cause of humanity, there will be one word, one battle, above all
others Chateau-Thierry. Magnificent as was the victory at St
Mihiel, glorious as was the stubborn, desperate drive through the
Argonne tangle, the Chateau-Thierry fight will be first on the shrine
of memory. Brigadier-General Catlin, commanding the 6th regiment
of marines at Chateau-Thierry, tells his own story of the fight that
saved Paris and determined the issue of the war. The first installment
appears in tomorrow's issue of The Sunday Oregonian.
HOW WILL YOUR GARDEN GROW? Now comes the season when
the rake and spade and hoe are burnished again in the good,
" s brown soil of the old backyard. Everyone will be planting gardens.
Gardening is as inseparable from spring as is the first twitter of
the birds. In the Sunday issue The Oregonian presents a garden
section, with articles of informative value on the subject of what,
when and how to plant. It is not exactly a text-book on the subject,
but all gardeners will find it replete with helpful advice and timely
hints.
TWO ARTICLES FOR LAND LOVERS Poplars are lovely trees, tall
' and graceful, and court-lady-like, with a pleasant shade; about
them. Albert Radding Sweetser, professor of botany at the Univer
sity of Oregon, tells about them in the Sunday. issue. "Outlawed
Weeds " is the subject of a valuable article by Helen M. Gilkey,
assistant professor of botany at the Oregon Agricultural College.
Those who read either, will find it wise to clip them and file away '
for reference as many readers, particularly students, have been'
doing with the Sweetser series of botanical talks.
"THE GERMANS MAY YET WIN." Before you poo-pooh this
amazing statement, pay reflection to the faqt that it is made by
Mary Roberts Rinehart, foremost of America's women WTiters,
teller of delightful tales, and one of the most astute of her sex.
No real regeneration exists in Germany, declares Mrs. Rinehart in
an interview appearing in The Sunday Oregonian. Unless America
and her allies move warily, despite their military success, the fruits
of that magnificent fight for freedom may wither before they are
attained, warns the celebrated author who . knows a great deal
, about present conditions in Germany. . '
AROUND TOWN. Take a jaunt around town with W. E. Hill, that
most frantly human of all illustrators, whose series, " Among Us
Mortals," has long been a favorite feature of the Sunday issue.
You'll meet a lot of people you know, and there is both laughter
and thought in their masterful depiction. For the matter of that,
you may find yourself. x
CHURCH AND SCHOOL. A page to each in the Sunday issue, re
plete with up-to-the-moment information about Portland's houses
of worship and Portland's public schools.
All the News of All the World s
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN.