TIIE 3IORXIXG OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY, ' JULY 2G,
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TOO MCCII BKOTHEKIXG.
It was oniy a casual reference that
Mr. Taft made to the transfer by the
peace treaty of the German rights in
Shantung to Japan, but for a casual
reference it was expressive. There had
been a deliberate exaggeration of its
importance, said the ex-president. It
is not a subjugation of 40,000,000 peo
ple, or a violation of the birth and
burial place of Confucius, or a "rape
of China," as has been variously
charged.
Shantung is not the ceded, area. It
is the province in which that area is
located. The ceded area comprises
about 117 square miles, and has a
native population of about 60,000. As
is characteristic of concessions by
China to other countries, certain rail
road and other rights in adjoining
territory go with the lease.
The bay of Kiao-Chau, which is in
cluded in the concession, silts rapidly,
and its commercial use had been prac
tically abandoned by China prior to
its seizure by Germany in 1867. The
principal part of the harbor in use
was the mouth of a stream which went
dry at low tide. Germany established
its harbor at another locality in the
bay, bought out the natives along the
shore and established a modern city
and constructed a railroad into the
interior. The port was mada free.
The influence of Japan over Shan
tung province through acquirement
of Kiao-Chau is offset by the lease to
Great Britain of Wei-Hai-Wei, which
lies to the north of Kiao-Chau and is
also in Shantung province.
Numerous concessions were exacted
from China by the great powers fol
lowing the Chinese - Japanese ' war.
They had induced Japan to relinquish
demand for the Liao-tung peninsula
and had aided China with favorable
loans in paying the war indemnity.
Russia, obtained a' lease of Port Arthur
and as an offset Great liritain de
manded and obtained a lease of Wei-Hai-Wei
of the same tenure as that
of Port Arthur. After "- Port Arthur'
was taken in the Russo-Japanese war
by Japan and held, the "'Wei-Hai-Wei
lease was made to conform to the
terms of the lease to Japan.
In the same year that Wei-Hai-Wei
was occupied by the British, Great
Britain obtained a. ninety-nine-year
lease of an area back of Hongkong,
thus enlarging her possessions and in
fluence in that portion of China.
France in the same year secured from
China a similar lease of Kwang-Chow
bay.
Kssontially, there is no better reason
for denying Japan an assignment of
German rights to Kiao-Chau than
there is for cancellation of the French
and British leasos which are identical
in tenure and similar in form, area
and commercial and military impor
tance. Why work ourselves into a frenzy
over Japan in l?hina? We virtually
exclude her people from our own soil;
we deny her right to concessions in
Mexico or Central or South America;
wo are being worked into a state of
antipathy toward her control over and
exploitation of Corea and would now
deny her rights that other nations
enjoy in China. Here is a proud, am
bitious and energetic people so ad
vanced in civilizing methods that they
can and will develop unused resources
for the benefit of themselves and the
world as well. For America to at
tempt to deny Japan expansion either
west, east, north or south, to attempt
to confine her destiny to her own over-
ropulateJ islands; in short, to insist
that Japan become again the hermit
nation ehe once was is carrying the
big-lirot her-act pretty far.
"CRASS Cl'TTKKS" NO I.ONGKR.
Objection to enlistment in the regular
army in peace time, that it furnished
the men no incontie beyond killing
time, and that duties outside of -drill
consisted chiefly of such inconsequen
tial operations as the cutting of grass
around army posts, will be overcome
by the -new army policy, which aims
to make the army the greatest voca
tional school in the world.
Success of the. present recruiting
campaign will depend largely upon
ability of the recruiting officers to
drive this home. Hope which the new
"college in khaki" holds out is illus
trated by the attitude of a young
sohlior who ro-cnlisttd after having
seen two years of service with the
motor transport branch and with the
field artillery in France, and who after
his discharge decided to resume civil
life, but changed his mind. He is
quoted as saying:
1 soon realized that a man with neither a
trade nor a collfgo education has little
chance to got a go'd .inb. So when I re:td
of 1 he 'Volloge in khaki" I decided that the
host way to make good was to enlist in the
army mid learn a trade.
It wiil be a matter of interest to
intending recruits to know that the
list of trades taught under the new
army plan numbers 193, of which
sixty are in the motor transport serv
ice and forty-live are in the air service.
Courses are adjusted with a view to
their utility in civil life. The highly
useful and practical trades of carpen
ter, surveyor, road builder, bridge
builder and cement and concrete
worker are among them. There is
stroncr emphasis upon the various de
partments of electricity, which is grow
ing in industrial importance. There
are more limited but not much less
valuable opportunities in the near
professions, especially in the medical
department. The special training of
fered in laboratory diagnosis, bacter
iology, the preparation of veterinary
biologies and in chemistry and allied
studies is a stepping stone to higher
professional study. ' '
These are among: the new induce
ments for army enlistments. They
present a striking- contrast to the old
days. It used to be said that peace
pservice in the army either attracted
the unfit or made men unfit for civil
life. If the effort to reverse this suc
ceeds it will remove the chief objec
tion to army training now existing in
the popular mind.
ins figfittxg blood cooltxg off.
President Wilson will give "earnest
consideration" to certain proposed res
ervations to the peace treaty and
league covenant. JVhether or not he
will give them favorable consideration
is another matter.
The dilemma which confronts the
president may well cause him to deal
amicably with the senate. His fight
ing blood will be the better for a little
cooling off. The presidential threat
to entangle the peace treaty with the
covenant, and to make the senate
swallow it whole, is apparently for
gotten at the White House; but, un
happily, it is ' remembered at the
capitol.
Air. Taft's letter may tend to calm
the senate, but not the White House.
Trobably it was not so intended. Mr.
Taft had all but broken with powerful
leaders of his party in his support of
President Wilson's peace programme.
It is not so easy to do as it may seem.
He got but faint applause for his
magnanimous attitude toward Mr. Wil
son from its chief beneficiary, though
many cheers from the democratic rank
and file. Yet, after all, Mr. Taft is a
republican. If there had begun to be
any doubt about it, he removed it en
tirely by his frank criticism of the
partisan Wilson policy in the conduct
of the war, and afterward. Probably
that part of the Taft letter was in
tended for appreciative republican at
tention. Certainly it was not designed
to increase the Taft popularity at te
White House, or with the democratic
party.
Mr. Taft has not stood behind Mr.
Wilson for the political benefit of Mr.
Wilson nor of his party, nor of any
other party. But he has not been
blind to the fact that the democratic
party has taken advantage of it. It is
fair enough that he should do what
ever he could to see that his own party
was not a loser by It.
MORE ABOCT INDEPENDENCE.
The Pendleton East Oregonian, which
carries the false label of "an independ
ent newspaper" at its masthead, pro
fesses surprise that The Oregonian
should have found something to com
mend in Mr. Bryan's recent contemp
tuous references to papers of that
class. Says the East Oregonian:
NTot so many years affo The Oregonian
announced editorially that it would hence
forth be of independent political thought,
refusing to he a party organ. Has it become
a backslider and again donned the party
yoke? If so it should frankly hang out a
sign po that those who read may read with
reservations for bias.
The Oregonian is not a party organ.
It never was. We hope it never will
be. It is of independent political and
other thought. Its fidelity is not to
names, nor organizations, but to prin
ciples. It has not found it necessary
to give itself a label of any kind to
advertise where it is at. The public
knows. It practices independence and
leaves it to others to preach it.
If papers of the type of the East
Oregonian have at any ;ime on any
political subject had an independent
conviction or judgment, it has escaped
the observation of The Oregonian. The
fashion in democratic party journal
ism in Oregon is to pretend to be inde
pendent. Under this mask the doc
trines of party are promulgated, and
the. interests of party promoted, six
days in every week. It is this unreal
and dishonest independence at which
Mr. Bryan's honest soul revolted. No
wonder the "independent newspaper"
at Pendleton squirms.
The pose of a spurious and never
realized journalistic independence has
its -dilemmas. The Oregonian tried in
vain to get the Pendleton paper to
express an opinion as to the merits of
the Chamberlain-Wilson controversy.
Not a syllable would it utter. The rea
son was that both are democrats and
neither could be wrong, though one
denounced the war administration of
the other, and was in turn called a
prevaricator. Nor from beginning to
end has there been any discriminating
and sincere criticism of any act of the
democratic administration by any so
called independent paper, either in
Portland or Pendleton.
"Patriotism," said a great philoso
pher, meaning lip-service patriotism,
"is the last refuge of a scotindrel."
Independence is the first and last
hypocritical device of journalistic cant.
A GIFT TO EDUCATION.
"One of the best things about public
education," says a. report of the Gen
eral Education Board, "is the doing of
it by the community itself." This
recognition of a fundamental demo
cratic principle of American education
is evoked by a bequest made twenty
years ago by a philanthropic citizen
for providing buildings to be used for
the education of the poor of Winches
ter, Va. The funds were left in trust
for a certain period of accumulation,
which has just expired, and the trus
tees of Winchester asked the General
lXlucation Board to make a survey of
the city and its environment, "and to
work out a plan for the application
of the funds for educational purposes."
The problem was not so simple as
it seemed. The effort of the board
was directed to devising the wisest
and most effective way of using the
trust for public benefit without reliev
ing the municipality of its duty and
responsibility. The board remarks in
this connection:
Wholly to relieve tbe community -of auch
responsibility would prove nothing . shore of
a public calamity. It would reflect unfa
vorable public Interest in the schools, check
the present healthy growth of Eclf-saerii ice
and keen inchester from performing In-
spired M-rvioe. Private benefactions are best
employed when they stimulate public in
tercst and public participation in social en
tcrprises.
The school authorities of Winchester
have agreed upon a plan, the outcome
of which will be watched with interest.
The trustees of the fund are to devote
its income, in co-operation with the
board of education, to "maintaining a
superior system of public schools."
The idea seems to be that Winchester
shall pay for at least as good a school
system as it ordinarily would have,
and that the bequest is to be treated
as a kind of educational "velvet." The
taxing authorities will provide an
agreed minimum for the support of
tho schools. Choice of a "competent
superintendent, who shall be duly and
legally authorized to assume the man
agement and administration," is made
obligatory. The board believes that
the plan will make for the best use of
the fund and at the same time respect
democratic principles and the duty of
the city.
So Winchester, Va., is made an edu
cational observation point for the
whole United States. Much more will
depend on the spirit in which the fund
is administered than on the amount
of money which it supplies. Meanwhile
it will be wondered whether the "exist
ing arrangement does not, after all.
lend itself ,to avoidance of part'of the
responsibility on the part of the people
themselves. There is bound to be dis
agreement over what constitutes a
really "superior system of public
schools." It may be discovered that
the money would have been most
wisely devoted to creatirag the desire
for education. It has been found that
people who are in earnest in demand
ing education usually contrive a way
to get it.
JVST BOY a.
A questionnaire sent to fifty em
ployers by the editor of the American
Boy, to determine why young fellows
lose their jobs, hows nothing so
strongly, perhaps, as lack of home
training. It would be impossible to
devise a school system which in the
limited time at the teacher's command
would furnish a remedy for most of
the shortcomings of which complaint
is made. Most of these derelictions
may be summed up in the phrase,
"Boys will be boys." They are highly
annoying to employers, nevertheless.
and instinctive sympathy for the young
ana nopeiui win be tempered in the
minus or many by feeling that the
employer has a right to expect better
raw material.
We derive a good deal of satisfac
tion from the showing that only seven
of the fifty boys were dishonest. Not
all of the seven were thieves. " One,
indeed, was so zealous for the interests
of his employer that he resorted to
questionable methods to make sales,
but every cent that he garnered went
into the employer's till. Two gave
overweight and overmeasure to their
friends. Of the fifty only two were
lazy. One . was profane. The com
monest single offense was undue devo
tion to outside interests, including the
laudable purpose of obtaining a higher
education, but without keeping duty to
the employer in view. We can sympa
thize with both sides in the case of
the undertaker . who discharged the
youth who persisted "in whistling at
funerals. The boy who was inaccu
rate at figures may have been only a
round peg in a snquare hole. Just
"thoughtlessness" got a good many
boys in trouble: but thoughtlessness
is a common failing of boys and of
men as well.
We do not.' despair for any of the
boys on the lis't, unless possibly those
who were flagrantly dishonest. Thomas
A. Edison was "fired" a good many
times because, although he was a bril
liant and rapid telegraph operator, he
wJs too fond of fun to stick closely
to business and too much given to
making experiments to heed the rules
of the offices in which he worked.
Notwithstanding this he has made
what most persons will regard as a
conspicuous success in life.
It probably would be useless to try
to point a moral to the talo of these
fifty boys. The data are incomplete.
With accurate information as to their
home lives, wo might hope for better
success. Example is better than pre
cept in bringing up the young. It would
be profitable to know how many of
the fathers of these boys knew or very
much cared how they were faring, or
took measures to supplement their
formal education. There is a growing
tendency to expect miracles of per
formance from the public schools, and
the age of miracles has passed. Wo
should like to see a survey made of
fifty boys tvho lost their jobs, with all
the facts that pertain to them. It
seems possible that a degree of pa
rental inadequacy would be revealed
which would furnish the moral which
the canvass made by the American
Boy does not.
REAL CAUSE OF NATAL VICTORY
One of the greatest revelations In
regard to the war is contained in
Admiral Jellicoe's book, "The Grand
Fleet, 1914-16." It is that the British
fleet was not fully prepared at the
outbreak of the war and as regards
some classes of ship and material was
actually inferior to the German fleet.
Balancing all the material factors, the
Germans had a good fighting chance
to win a decisive victory early in the
war. Their failure to do so is ex
plained by their own naval expert,
Captain Persius. who expressed fear
of the moral effect on the German
seamen of the long traditions of sea
manship and victory which inspired
British seamen.
When the Britiws fleet put to sea
in 1914, people generally took for
granted that it at least was amply
prepared and decisively superior in
every respect to that of Germany. But
In his second chapter, in which Jellicoe
says the first objective was to destroy
the enemy's armed naval forces, he
relates how far short was the grand
fleet of unquestionable ability to ac
complish this purpose. It could r.ot
cruise constantly off the enemy's bases,
for a large ship "would fall an early
victim to the attacks of submarines
Destroyers could afford some protec
tion, but they could not remain long
at sea and there were not enough of
them for constant relief, and the ships
would be open to attack by enemy de
stroyers at night. Hence blocVade
from a distance was adopted. - This
must be maintained by a double patrol
line, in order that ships might be
compelled to pass one line in daylight,
but cruisers were deficient. The fleet
was stationed at Scapa Flow, far to
the north, in order both to control the
North sea and to bring the German
fleet to action If it should put to sea
and cruiser sweeps far to the south
were made. But it provod'that the
German submarines were far superior
to the British in speed and radius,
while the British destroyers available
for protection against them were out
numbered more than two to one. Ger
man mine laying and British lack o
mine sweepers also forced Jellicoe to
keep his fleet far to the north. If the
latter with inadequate protection
against torpedoes and mines had
cruised in the central and southern
i part of the sea, the German policy of
I attrition might have been "carried out
' with such success as to produce
equality, or even inferiority, on the
part of the British fleet in a compara
lively short space of time."
But even the Scapa Flow base was
In a "defenseless condition, bolh
against destroyer attack and subma
rine attack," having no guns at th
entrance and no searchlights, and no
repair facilities. The British navy in
general was short of drydocks large
enough lor capital ships, having to
Rend vessels long distances from Scarpa
Flow to dock, while Germany built
docks to fit big ships before they wero
built. Jellicoe was convinced that "in
material the Germans were ahead o
us," and he knew "how efficient was
their gunnery and torpedo work, an
how rapid had been its advance i
the year or two before the war." He
learned later, at Jutland, that they
had shells which did not explode until
they had penetrated a ship's armor
and which, therefore, were far more
destructive than those of the British,
which exploded on or before impact,
that their decks were better protected
and that their fire direction was
superior.
Jellicoo was so fully conscious of
his own fleet's deficiencies notwith
standing Its superiority in capital
ships, and of the German fleet's ad-
antage in important particulars that
he expresses surprise at German
failure to interfere with the movement
f the British expeditionary force in
the first month of the war. and he
admits having expected raids or at-l
tempted invasions on the English
east coast- He also apprehended sub
marine or destroyer attacks on Scapa
Flow, with the entrances to which the
enemy was believed to be familiar.
But the Germans only made hit-and-run
raids on the coast, they made no
attacks on the first fleet of transports
and only ineffective raids subsequently.
and only, one, apparently false, alarm
of submarine attack on Scapa Flow is
recorded. If the British had been
prevented from landing in August,
914, the odds against France were
already so serious that Just that dif
ference might have given victory to
Germany, and it would have been
worth many ships.
So at the close of the battle of
Jutland there might have been a very
different story if the Germans had
remained to fight it out Instead of
retiring in the darkness. In addition
to the points of superiority in mate
rial which Jellicoe mentions, the Ger
mans had observation by Zeppelins
while the British had no aircraft in
that battle. But the Germans re
treated from Jutland because their
losses were far heavier than they at
the time admitted. Captain Persius
said after the armistice that they were
severe," and that "on June 1, 1916,
It was clear to every thinking person
that this battle must and would be
the last one."
When we add that the. German sea
men on October 31, 1918, mutinied
rather than make an attack which.
according to Admiral Scbeer, com
mander of the high seas fleet at
Jutland, promised the utmose success,
we are led to the conclusion that the
victory was due to the men of the
British fleet and their morale, while
the defeat of Germany was due to
the men of the German fleet and their
lack of that Incorporeal thing. Secure
In their knowledge of the sea and of
their craft, fired by long tradition of
victory and possessing the "initiative
and resource and seamanlike charac
ter" which Jellicoe says the Germans
lack, they simply assumed a naval
supremacy which was not absolutely
theirs from the viewpoint of fighting
material, and the Germans in effect
conceded it to them. Tike British navy
rapidly made good Its deficiencies,
especially after its experience at Jut
land, but the margin of safety in
capital ships and destroyers did not
become sufficient to justify Jellicoe
In disregarding torpedo attack until
the American battle squadron Joined
him with assurance that he could de
pend on tho whole battleship strength
of the American navy.
Thus from the beginning the men of
the British navy dominated those of
the German navy through their calm
assumption that they were superior
and by the Germans' tacit confession
of the fact, and through their skill in
concealing weakness in material behind
a bold front. It is an interesting sub
ject for speculation what would have
been the conduct of the respective
navies that is, the men of them
had their positions been reversed.
Two-cent postage for airplane mail
sounds better than it really is. The
everyday patron of the postoffice does
not expect it. and will hardly welcome
a movement that makes extraordinary
service a charge against the general
expenses of the department. It is dlf
ficult to see, on tho other Band, how
the authorities will be able to dis
criminate between' the patron who
nays 2 cents for forwarding a letter
and gets only train service, while his
neighbor for the same price has bis
transported at twice the speed, and
makes connections even though he has
overlooked the regular mall. The
essence of equality is in equal service
for an equal price, and the extra
charge for those who demand unusual
facilities is in keeping with It- It would
seem mat tne air man wouiu uu inuio
likely to be firmly established if it
were put on a business basis from the
start, and this is not done by the latest
Burjeson order.
The house of lords dropped tho bill
giving women the right to vote when
they are 30, and that branch of Brit
ain's lawmaking power shows sense or
fear. Thirty, forsooth! Imagine an
American woman waiting until she Is
30 before she can vote!
The army Is selling platinum at
$105 an ounce, and being worth sev
eral times the price of gold it ought
to be in demand for Jewelry for those
who are still engaged in profiteering.
Now and then you find an aboriginal
who is degenerating. One at 1 he
Dalles is suing the second time for
divorce. His ancestors would better
have handled such a case.
Nothing wrong in the boxing bout
staged by the pastors at a church
picnic in Eugene. Muscular Chris
tianity might bo a help to salvation
at the' right time.
German bankers have the nerve to
try to place a loan of 100. 000,000 in
this country, and may succeed. There
in no sentiment in finance when a war
Is over.
A man not wise to woodcraft when
lost In the woods would better camp
until he is missed. Searchers can
more easily find him. -
More trouble for Burleson in the
airplane mail strike. Yet who better
shall Judge of working conditions than
the men. who fly?
Hawlcy earned his salary in tha one
act of getting reduction of the tax on
juices, which mostly are of Oregon
production.
Heading of "barefoot Russians." we
know of one people who are not re
sponsible for the present famine price
of shoes.
The visit of the Pacific fleet will be
for all Oregon and. incidentally, for
much, of Washington.
There are a good many monarch!
these days who are signing their name
with an "ex."
I Say "war prices" no more. "After-the-war
prices" Is much mora expressive."
Those Who Come and Go.
"Not one person in 10,000 in the east
knows anything: of the attractions In
the west or In the national parks." as
serted Clinton L. Babcock. assistant
manager of the travel department of
the American Express company. "It is
my Job to swing; travel this way,
through the parks, and we will have
between 250 and 300 tourist here this
season. There Is a party of 74 here
now. under the auspices of the Massa
chusetts Forestry association, and in-
other will be along in a few weeks.
Next year there will be a stampede for
Europe, but all who want to travel will
not go abroad, for they will realise
that accommodations will be hard to
secure and travel will not be as con
venient as it was before the war.
Therefore I believe that an Immense
tourist trade will swing to the west
and as everyone who comes and sees
the country will return home a boost
ers, they. In turn, will Induce others to
visit this territory."
"We've got It all over the neighbor
ing states on roads." declares W. J.
Weaver, proprietor of the Hotel t'mp
qua at Roaeburg. who, with Mrs.
Weaver, was at the Imperial yesterday
on his way home. For three weeks the
Weavers have been touring Idaho and
Washington and Mr. Weaver says now
that hia vacation la over he is going
home to rest. The sight that impressed
him most on his trip was at Sand Point.
Idaho, where a "home-coming" celebra
tion was staged for the soldiers,
Everything in the town was free to all
comers. There was a free vaudeville
show in the hla-h-achoor playground,
free baseball, free motion pictures, free
races. Klarhty members of the Elks
raised $5000 among themselves to give
the all-free entertainment
A log nine feet In diameter was about
to be sawed at the Eastern & Western
lumber company yesterday when
crowd of tourists from New Kncland
appeared on the scene. The sight of
such a large stick caused a sensation
in the group and nearly every man and
woman pulled a camera into place and
began snapping. The clicking of the
camera shutters sounded like a ma
chine-gun nest In full blast. Frank
Kansome, who was piloting the visitors
through the mill, had to suspend opera
tions for several minutes until the log
was thoroughly photographed from
three-score angles. In the crowd were
several lumbermen, who were even
more astonished at the size of the log
than were the Jewelry manufacturers.
who were also busy with their cameras.
Albert Abrahams, attorney and poli
tician of Koseburg. la looking around
Portland. Mr. Abrahams served two
sessions of the legislature as a member
of the senate and he was elected
dclepate. to the republican national con
vention three years ago. It was Mr.
Abrahams, by the way. who In.-istcd
on having the name of Charles Evans
Hushes placed on the presidential pref
erential ballot, and not withstands i; In
objection of Mr. Hughes that this be
not done, Hughes received the popular
vote of the republicans an thus se
cured the solid Oregon delegation at
Ohlcafjo. and the Oreiton delegation was
the nucleus upon which the Hughes
sentiment in the convention developed
Howard Russell, one of the most
popular players in stock that Portland
has known, passed through the city
yesterday on his way to l'uget sound
Mr. Russell was for several seasons
with the original Baker stock company,
along with the Gleason family, Donald
Howies and the rest. It was while in
1'orlland that Mr. Kussell wrote a play,
"The Jap." deuling with the oriental
situation, which has since been re
flected In many stories and several
movie films and a play ot- so. Mayor
tieorce 1 Paker, then proprietor of the
stock company, produced the piece.
King's valley, which same is on the
Luckiutnute river, in Benton county,
was represented In town yesterday by
James W. Dunn. The chances are that
a small percentage of the children In
the schools of Oregon know where the
Lucklamute river is or whether there
Is such a stream. King's valley reg
isters 120 people when all are at home,
and when they leave they have to go
by Ftage to Wren. And as for Wren,
It will be more generally known when
the highway is built from Corvallls
to Newport.
No longer does he wear sombrero, a
green shirt, green tie. green suit and
green boots. Tat Foley, formerly of
La Grande, has abandoned the color
scheme for which he was noted for
several years east of the Cascade range.
Recently the Foley hotel, which also
affected green wherever possible, was
soia. ana now Air. r olev is manae-er
I of The Dalles hotel. He is at the
Imperial while in town buying addi
tional equipment for his latest enter
prise. Punny Jim" Is the wav he Is called
In Shrine circles. Otherwise he regis
ters in J. P. McCnndless of Honolulu.
Also Noble McCndles Is an officer of
the Imperial council of the Shrine,
which is putting; him amonar the most
active vons of the desert. The visitors
are on their way to the Paradise of the
Pacific, but are loath to leave the Pa
cific coast.
Bacons, Hay Creek and rioneer were
three Oregon town with representa
tives in Portland yesterday. Mrs. F.
Petersen and Olga Warren were at the
Imperial from Bacona. w-hlchsame Is
a town w-lth a sawmill anil 70 people
in v asmnKton county: while fc.. v .
Jacobs sicned up for Pioneer, and
George H. David represented llav
Oreek. In the sheep country, at the
Oregon.
Conrad Stafrin, merchant of Dallas.
former member of the legislature, for
mer major In the army doing his bit
across the water and at present ad
Jutant-general of the national guard
of Oregon, is at the Imperial.
On a tour of business and pleasure is
J. J. Braat. a business man of Rotter
dam, who is an arrival at the Uanson.
With the endlna- of hostilities and the
resumption of travel, Mr. Braat lost no
time In packing up his suitcase and
taklnsr Mrs Braat for an Inspection of
the L'nited States.
SVGGFSTKIi PRICE IS EXORBITANT
Two (! to Ilopplehera Wostla Take
lraflt of Growers Who Coatraetea.
GERVAIS. Or.. July 24. (To tho Ed
itor.) Referring to the article In The
Oregonian where a hoppicker asked for
2 cents per pound for picking hops, let
me state that this is out of all propor
tion to the net earnings of the hop-
grower who has struggled on to main
tain an Industry that threatened Onan
cially to wreck him.
Iast year tho outlook of tho bop
business was so deplorable that after
the grower had spent his good money
and time to produce a crop which bung
on the vines ready to bo harvested the
bankers positively refused tho money
to harvest tho same, leaving tho grow
er in many Instances to suffer a com
pleto loss.
Under these conditions many grow
ers accepted contracts that would en
able them to pay a reaaonabla price
for labor and leave to themselves a fair
profit. The exorbitant price for pick
ing which this hoppicker asks would
drive the growers to the walL
The few fortunate ones who did not
contract are entitled to tho advance
that they may recuperate with a liberal
profit from last year's adventure.
Tho price for hopplcking has net as
yet been decided, but will be above the
normal price of SI per hundred or SO
cents a box. A HOP GROWER.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jinrs J. MeataarBO.
GRANDMA'S l'ETIOX.
When grandma found that sirloin
steaks
Were up to seven cents a pound.
She murmured. "Goodness gracious
sake!
I gtiesa we'll have to live on round."
And when the round, on which we fed.
ent up a cent, or maybe two.
She lifted up her hands and said:
"Whatever are we coming to?"
When grandma bought a fowl to boil
Ana paid a quarter for the same.
With Indignation she'd recoil
And swear such prices were a shame.
"Them kids won't get no chicken stew
tjnless's these here prices drop:
Whatever are we coming to?"
She d murmur as she left the shop.
When grandma found that bacon cost
Ten cents a pound, or maybe more.
With haughty rage her head she
tossed
And stalked in fury from the store.
v natever are we coming to?
She cried with lightning In ber eye.
"Those butchers are a thieving crew;
But as for grocers, goodness my!"
If dear old grandma chanced to go
In quest of food supplies today
And found out what they cost. I know
Shed just curl up and passsaway.
"Whatever are we coming to?"
No more would ask the gentle dame.
The future's black instead of blue.
We are not coming now we've came!
What's the Vse.
It Is idle talk of coining 7-cent pieces
for street car fares. It would be only
another year before we would have to
discontinue them and. begin to coin 14
cent pieces.
Bark to Normal.
Berlin now has a trolley strike, which
indicates that the practices of clvllixa
tlon are being resumed in Germany.
Whea They Make the Price.
The packers suggest that if we eat
more meat prices will come down.
What's a little thing like the law of
supply and demand between packers?
Sweet Peas.
By Grare E. HalL
The pastel artists worked last night
wnen an earth was still.
From mist and dew and pale moonlight
they wrought with wondrous
skill;
From patterns which the fairies cut
from cobwebs, one by one
They fashioned dainty petals that
that should crinkle in the sun.
And with the sweetest nectar that is
sipped by honey-bees.
They touched each spray and stole
away and leri the rweet. sweet
peas!
Oh, radiant bits by artists rare, each
one a masterpiece.
We find you nodding everywhere with
charm that does not cease;
Tour cheering breath is wafted In be
hind the prison wall.
We find you near In places drear whe.-e
walling voices call:
Too know no caste the rich and poor
alike your blossoms please.
in every tona-ue your praise In sung,
oh. fraa-rant sweet, sweet-poos
Release of Drafted Mrs,
BAKER, Or.. July 24. (To the Ed
itor.) tl) How long can tho govern
ment keep a drafted man after the
peace treaty is signed?
r) Why are part of the 8th division
now sent to Germany and- the old reg
ulars sent l-.omeT
(3) Will the remaining part of the
8th division be returned as soon as re
cruits are sent to Europe, or are any
more recruits Being rent there?
A SCBSCRIBER.
(1) Drafted men were taken for "the
period of the emergency." While no
time limit was set In any of the en
actments of congress, the war depart
ment has Indicated an Intention to have
all duration-of-the-war men released
In 90 days after the signing of peace.
(2) The th division was the last to
reach Europe and after demobilization
plans were Anally worked out it was
arranged, as a general pollcv, to re
turn the troops In the order In which
they went over.
(J) Drafted men remaining in the
American forces In Europe are sure
to bo sent home soon, being replaced
by men now going over so far as thl
may bo necessary.
Reoalt or State Bar Exasalmatloi
ASHIjANIX O.-.. July 21. (To the
r-Ultor.) I request that your new-
columns give some Intimation of the
results of the recent bar examination
held May 27 and 1. As yet. nothing
has appeared In regard to them, or to
tho progress the examination board ha
made toward completing the looking
over or the papers from such exam
Inatlon. INTERESTED.
No intimation of results of the state
bar examination Is possible at thl
time, as the attorneys upon whom fall
the task of correcting tho examination
papers have hot completed their work
and when they do. they will report
direct to the supremo court. Correc
tion ordinarily takes from six weeks
to more than two months, but It Is pos
sible a report may be made before the
end of tM mnrlh.
I
"What Happened to Europe"
If civilization is to be saved during: these coroIhr critical years of
reconstruction, America and Americans must know and understand
the grave problems which confront a war-torn world. For without
the help of America, European civil uation is doomed.
These and other etartlinsr facts are revealed in tho clear, yet
praphic portrayal of European conditions as viewed by Frank A.
Vanderlip, nation-renowned financier, who has just completed a
searching five months investigation of conditions in Europe. His
storyt which is of vital interest to all America, starts in The Sunday
Oregonian tomorrow.
XORTflWEST HEROS AND HEROINES Oregon and the northwest
have reason to he proud of the men and women who won richest
honor for distinguished service- overseas. De Witt Harry, himself
the holder of a distinguished conduct medal, reviews the accora-
plishments of the sons and daughters cf the northwest in an
entertaining article, profusely illustrated.
WnO WAS FIRST BOLSHEVIST Bolshevism is as old as the
pyramids, and it was a problem 30 centuries ago just as it is today
in Europe. H. C. Norton has delved into ancient historical lore to
show that bolshevism flourished back in 1S00 B. C. Readers of
The Sunday Oregonian are due for a readable historical treat in
Mr. Norton's special article.
NO PLACE FOR A MAN Women war workers in Washington, D. C
had a careful and observant guardian in L'ncle Sam. He provided
well for their comfort. Ada Austin Carter writes of how 1800
women lived together in a massive community house in perfect
harmony. And the only men were those employed in the kitchen.
AMONG US MORTALS There is no artist before the American
public today who depicts everyday human nature so faithfully as
does W. E. Hill, creator of the incomparable "Among Us Mortals"
sketches. This week he gives us pen sketches of Washington "stuff."
IX) NT FORGET THE KIDDIES The new comic section of The Sun
day Oregonian is making thousands of new friends among the
boys and girls. It's brimfull of colorful comics that, the grown
ups enjoy as well as the youngsters.
In Other Days.
Twttty.ie Tears At.
rre.ro Tbs Oresonlaa of July a. 1S!M.
Disgruntled because rommmter
Protsmaa has retained a republican
on his force, three of his bondsmen. E.
Jeffery. Thomas Whalen and Joe
Bergman, have asked to be released.
The Chautaaua at Gladstone was
very largely attended yesterday. It
was patrlotio day and Grand Army Aet
erans and members of other patriotic
societies were there in force.
It Is probable that Noel II. Jark-a.
who recently resigned aa secretary of
he Portland Y. M. C. A., will be suc
ceeded by Marion IL Meyer of Tacoma.
Commander-in-Chief Adams of thy
Grand Army of the Republic Is expect
ed to visit Portland In a few days white
returning to bis home at Santa Monica,
Cal.. from the east.
Fifty Years Ate.'
From Tho Ore eon lan ot July ICs.
Chicago. The Chicago directory con
tains US, 000 names, or 10,000 more
than last year.
New Tork. Rev. Henry Ward Beeche-r
addressed the "bulls" and "bears" of
the gold room this afternoon.
In the reratta held Saturdav tw
Monnle won first place. Tho Elsie was
second, tho Nettie third, the Fleetwtng
fourth and the Turtle last.
Tho Right Reverend Louis LooirmL
bishop of Castaballa and vicar apos
tolic of Idaho territory, preached yes
terday at the cathedral of the Immao
ulate Conception.
THERE I XO MAGIC IV NAMES
Bat ThU Correspondent F1o Coaafort
la Calling Theaa.
BANpON. July 21 (To the Editor
In the days of my youth, vendors ot
strange dopes and three-card monee
men made a business of visiting cora-
munitles where "suckers" were easy tx
catctt. Their success denended on tin
magic contained in names, smoothness
of talk and. most ot all. the gullibility
of the crowd, and their success at t linen
was astonishing.
Our executive baa proved the magfcs
contained In the word peace, also thaet
all tho rumbles and snickers are not
dead, for tho cry that he kept us out
of war made him president the second
time. Now he makes his appearance In
America with a nostrum, prepared from
the formula er a Dutch quack oC South
Africa, and tells us this nostrum Is a
cure-all for some of tho great ills of
this world. He would have us place
more confidence in this Dutch .quark's
cure, and his own estimate of its effi
cacy, than in the ripe experience of an
fcimo Koot and numerous other Ameri
cana whom we have often tried and
trusted, and never found wanting, but
ha doesn't seem to realise that with hin
affirmation goes the burden of proof,
that platitudes and glittering general
ities are not argument.
1 say burden of proof, for this is a
strange departure from our traditions,
and it Is his business to prove conclu
sively that tho Dutch quack's cure is
tha thing. Hero wo have a school pro
fessor, an ex-presldent of a college
whose word was law, trying to handle
110.000.000 of free Americans as he did
atudent body. That this Is true Is
proved by his ignoring and flouting an
integral part of our government, nut
co-equal in treaty-making power, and
this insult to the senate is also an In
sult to this 110,000,000 of Americans, for
this Is supposed to be a government of
tho people, for the people an-i ty tne
people. FRED N. PERKINS.
It Is no argument against the' lea cue
covenant to call those who approve tt
gulllblea and suckers and those who
had a part In drawing It quacka Nor
Is It a conclusive argument against it
that so able a man as Mr. Root has crit
icised It. Mr. Root at first approved
It provided certain amendments were
made. Almost all these amendments
were adopted In substance, but he now
carries his criticism further on two
pointa On the other hand. Mr. Taft ap
proves tho covenant, and he Is neither
gullible nor a sucker. If the "Dutch
quack of South Africa" referred to ts
General Smuts, he is far from being a
quack, but has proved high character
and ability both as a soldier and a
statesman. He is by no means the only
author of the covenant, however, for
It Is the Joint work of a number of man
He contributed some Important fea
tures, but so did others.
But tt is Immaterial who drafted tho
covenant, or who is for and who against
It. The document Itself Is before us In
plain English and It Is Incumbent on
aach ot us to form his own opinion of
It In tho light of tho world sittietion
which It Is designed to rectify. That
opinion should not betnfluenced by our
likes or dislikes for any man, but we
should be ready to consider what Is said
for and against It by men who are well
Informed on such eubjecta
"Salary Ilraf la Iarlalaurr.
Nebraska State Journal.
A Joker In Boston has scandaPaed the
legislature by chana-ing one of the eicns
in the capitol corridor. "Fafety firl'' It
read until the other morning when tt
was found to have been altered to
"8alry first."