TIIE MdRXINO OBEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1919.
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their own to the cause, tvhich ought
by no means to be ignored.
There aro precedents both ways.
There is a granite shaft on the battle
field of Lexington, scene of the open
ing of the American revolution, erected
by Americans to the memory of fallen
British soldiers, who still lie there. In
the recent war with Spain large num
bers of our own dead were brought
home, although the Spaniards elected
to permit most of theirs to rest in
what to them was foreign soil. We
may suppose that to the dead them
selves, all ground is consecrated, and
that to the soldier himself the battle
ground is peculiarly sacred to him and
his profession. But if there are Ameri
cans who will be comforted by the
nearer presence of the dust of their
loved ones, then it is our melancholy
duty to respect their wishes. Doubtless
there are many to whom removal of
the bodies will be more distressing
than to let them lie where they now
are: but the circumstances are. fortu
nately, such that the desires of all can
be met
Jected th finished work, saying that the soldier, who 'wins as Instinctive
the artist had. failed to duplicate the sympathy among the civil population.
Sl'PPLY AND PRICKS OF WHEAT.
It is important that in the war on
high prices no random blow should
he struck. Care should bo taken to
hit at the right place. This is to the
point in considering the price of bread.
There is much talk to the effect that
the government should buy wheat at
t ;e guaranteed price and sell it at the
i irket 'price, paying the difference
cut of the treasury. In a statement
, iblished in another column Julius
t :rnes, the United States wheat di
rjjtor, shows that the market price
i i at or above the price guaranteed by
lie government to the farmer and
t lat therefore no relief can be ob
tained at present in the manner pro
posed. - . .
In dealing with prices, it is impos
sible to get below the cost of produc
tion: the best that can be done is to
prjvent excessive costs and profits
fr.:rn being added in the course of
in: nnfai'ture and distribution. If we
attempt to buy below cost of produc
ticn either the producer will stop pro
ducing or the difference must be made
up from the national treasury. We
should then add to taxes what we
saved on prices and should be no bet
ter off in the end.
The world wheat situation is still
affected by the war as well as by
weather. Mr. Barnes shows that North
American production has fallen far
short of June estimates, that there
ha:; been a vast shrinkage in Euro
pe n production of wheat and other
bi -ad grain and that, so far from
lowering the European price, Argen
tii e wheat sells in Europe at 50 cents
a bushel more than American wheat.
11. o comparison of growers' prices in
thi3 country and Europe shows us to
be fortunate in being able to buy
w'eat as cheaply as we do, for our
t'l'owers' price is below that of Eur
ope, yet it is so fur above the price
. gn.ranteed by the government that of
10 1,000, 000 bushels ot the new crop
.iich was sold to July 25 only 15,
100,000 bushels could be bought by
Mr. Barnes at tiie guaranteed price.
Thus there is no difference for the
feovernment to make up and give to
tl.3 consumer by buying at the guar
anteed and selling at the market
price.
- But government control has justi
fied itself, for it caused a decided fall
in the price of both wheat and flour,
f. r below other food staples, and has
k pt flour steady. It could not bring
. , v.. a price of bread down to five cents
' ' ii loaf unless the flour were furnished
' f i ;e. Britain, France and Italy have
k.-pt bread at a price below the equiv
;i ent price of wheat, but only by sub
sidizing the farmers from the treasury,
t'onditions in this country do not war
r; nt this expedient, but the control
ol grain still proves effective as a sta
bilizer. It will continue to do so, as
"is proved by the offer of flour at
'. low prices where prices are too high.
All the facts go to show that sub
stantial relief from the high price ot
-bread will not be obtained until the
immediate effects of war have been
'.overcome. When the wasted countries
have been supplied with seed and
trm implements, when the unfilled
acreage is again producing and when
the idle men and the fighting men are
again at work, the supply will increase
;'.nd the price will fall. Until then the
best that can be done is to insure that
. prices are not enhanced beyond the
ooint which circumstances warrant
The profiteers take advantage of gen
eral expectation that prices above nor
r al must be paid in order to screw
them up several notches and blame
the war. The part of the consumer is
to be informed of the legitimate new
level of prices, and he should be
backed by all the forces of govern
ment in holding the profiteer down to
that level.
inspiration of the origrnal, but offered
an insignificant sum for the picture.
The artist In desperation accepted;
Mrs. Blakelock indignantly cast the
check into the fire. That night Blake
lock was taken to the asylum.
The Blakelock incident created a
stir in ait circles when the movement
to obtain his release was under way.
The tragedy of it did not, however,
result in permanent reform. It remains
to be determined whether his death
will reawaken interest in a construc
tive art policy. Perhaps it will. But
there is a good deal to be done.
The morale of the soldier, which con
sists of the will to fight and win. Is
now recognized as a most important
factor to guard and cultivate. In these
days of universal education and rapid
Those Who Come and Go.
Writing paper has joined the high
costs of hotel expenses and people
wishing to write letters must apply to
communication, it is open to attack by .ne clerks for material. Ail applicants
all the methods of propaganda, which i for Paper are accommodated, a fact
have become an effective weapon. 1 w' know" V',,?'"' P"V ?S
. , . , , . , , " . hotels have to furnish writing paper to
though unknown in-the days of the hundreds of people who are not guests.
Romans, or among the British until A hotel man attended a card party in a
(11ITK ;kmink.
The echoes of The. Oregonian's re
cent symposium on the republican
presidential candidate continue to re
sound through the newspaper sanc
tums of Oregon. Here and there some
one rises to question the validity of
the result: but as a rule it is taken
to indicate the actual state of repub
lican opinion in Oregon.
Let us caution some of the journal
istic commentators against their ob
vious misunderstanding of the poll. It
is not correct to assume that Mr. Taft,
or anybody, is now the majority choice
of the republicans of Oregon, as dis
closed by the canvass; nor has The
Oregonian at any time indicated that
it intends to support Mr. Taft, Mr.
Hughes, Mr. Wood or any other, for
nomination in the Oregon presidential
primary. The Oregonian had no inkling
whatever that a plurality of republican
and independent editors would be for
any particular candidate;, and it per
formed only a journalistic service in
publishing the returns and in announc
ing the leader in the race.
Let it be recalled that some forty
five editors made public through The
Oregonian their respective preferences,
giving their first, second and third
choices. Mr. Taft had 15 votes on first
choice (a plurality, not a majority),
Mr. Hughes 12, and General Wood 11;
while Mr. Taft had for his total of
three choices the figure 30, but he was
pressed close by General Wood with
29 and Mr. Hughes witrt 20. Thus it
was evident that, while thirty oditors
would be satisfied with Mr. Taft as
the nominee, but one less would be
content -with General Wood, and
twenty would be happy to support Mr.
Hughes. The primary disclosure or the
poll was, of course, the popularity of Mr.
Taft, but its largest significance lay
in the fact that to the majority Mr.
Taft or General Wood would be accept
able, while to nearly- one-half Mr.
Hughes was by no means out of it.
Xot less meaningful was the general
proscription of those possible candi
dates who have taken a position of
open opposition to the league of na
tions. It can scarcely be doubted that,
except for their active warfare on the
league, the sectional appeal of men
like Borah or Johnson or Poindexter
would meet with a considerable re
sponse in Oregon.
The doubters who thought that the
presidential poll was not a reflection
of journalistic opinion in Oregon will
be obliged to revise their ideas if they
will nake a canvass of present st.tte
press expressions. It is in exact har
mony with the revelations of the
symposium.
NO BENEFIT TO THE CONSIMKR.
Profiteering is practiced chiefly by
those who handle food n its travels
from the p'roducer to the consumer.
The Portland public market was estab
lished for the professed purpose of
reducing the price paid by the con
sumer by providing a place where he
could buy directly from the producer.
What does theproducer save?
Reports of those who have bought
produce on the public market and have
compared the prices with those charged
by their local grocer are that there is
no difference. On the market a nomi
nal rent is charged for stalls, and
water and garbage collection are free,
while the storekeeper pays normal rent
and other expenses. The consumer
should get the benefit of these econo
mies, but he does not. A regular cus
tomer at a store runs a monthly bill
and has goods delivered. The market
dealer gives neither of these accommo
dations. Their value in money should
be deducted from his prices, but it is
not. Stores in buildings directly front
ing on the public market pay all the
usual expenses of a retail merchant.
but they sell as cheap as the market
man. The consumer who buys in the
public market pajs cash and pays car
fare to carry his purchases home. What
benefit does he get when he pays the
same price as he would at the corner
store ?
There have been reports that men
who ran market stalls were mere stool-
pigeons of commission men or mer
chants, placed there to get some of
the profits from the "good thing"
which the city offers, and to prevent
the market from serving its original
purpose, but the truth has never been
run down. There have been rumors
that peddlers who never did a day's
work on farm or garden were posing
as producers in the market. It is time
that we got down to the bottom facts,
and that none but actual producers
were permitted to sell on the public
ma rket.
When the public market was pro
posed the people were led to expect
much from it by reading of the great
things which such institutions accom
plished in Indianapolis, Des Moines
and other cities. Tables of prices
"before and fter" in those cities were
published, and there was a marked
difference in favor of the consumer.
In Portland "before and after" are just
the same. There ought to be a differ
ence equal to the difference between
the cash-and-carry plan and the eredit-and-delivery
plan, plus the saving on
rent and other expenses, also plus any
middleman's profit which is elimi
nated. The market was established
to save money for the consumer, not
to make an extravagant profit for the
producer. The consumer is tired of
being the goat.
recent times. A system of military
justice which fills the soldier with a
rankling sense of tyranny and injus
tice renders him peculiarly susceptible
to the influence of propaganda, and
therefore defeats its purpose.
One of the great services which the
American Legion can render to the
country is to use its influence toward
modernizing and humanizing the
court-martial, and toward making the
army of the American ' democracy
democratic in fact.
private home a few nights ago and was
surprised when the host produced a
large stack of hotel paper to use as
score cards. A woman borrowed paper
and envelope at the Hotel Portland yes
terday and then asked Manager Childs
for a stamp. He didn't happen to have
any at the time and apologized, where
upon the woman said she would wait
until she returned to her own hotel,
a small establishment, where she knew
the manager would give her a stamp,
"We counted 94 cars that we passed
while motoring from Crater lake to
Medford." reports H. M. ravis of New
The importance of the trade-mark i Haven, conn., at the Multnomah. "These
problem in the future of our foreign I cars were evidently filled with dele-
trade is illustrated by the action of Ktes or the .-sationai tentorial associa-
noil. i lie i villi wi tui, up anu tun ui
dust. The succession of passing cars
"Klore Truth Than Poetry.
By JimM J. .Montngiif.
In Other Day
Germans in Argentina, as reported by
the Boletin Oficial of the Argentine
republic, in registering there the trade
names of many American manufac
tured articles. The efforts of the inter
national registration bureau at Berne
and of the Pan-American Union trade
marks office at Washington have been
unsuccessful in stopping this form of
piracy, in the absence of comprehen
sive international agreement on the
subject. Registration in a form which
is immoral, but not illegal, covers a
wide variety of commodities from well
known automobiles to established
brands of temperance drinks, and its
possible effect on future American
commerce is heightened by probability
that Argentina is only one of the coun
tries in Latin-America in which the
practice is being followed.
Representative McArthur draws at
tention to a cause of the high cost of
living which is generally overlooked.
This is the low cost of money, due to
inflation of the currency to meet war
needs. Small liberty bonds have the
same effect, for many of them have
been used to pay current bills. Busi
ness is no longer carried on at war
pace, and therefore a large amount of
the currency issued to finance war
work could well be retired. If less
money were available, lessrof it would
soon buy a bushel" of potatoes and
prices would start downward.
churned up the dust in clouds until we
had to wrap our heads with blankets to
strain the dust out of the air we were
breathing. Notwithstanding this, the
view of the lake was well worth the
inconvenience. The pictures I have seen
of the lake do not do it justice, and ths
deep, blue water which the painters
depict is not exaggerated." Mr. David
Intimated that he will move out here
because of the scenery.
The victory of the bolshevists over
Kolchak was won jiot so much in
Russia as in western Europe and
America, where red propaganda fright
ened the governments not to help the
forces of democracy and civilization
against the red terror. Democracy
may yet pay dearly for having shirked
a war by having- to fight a war equal
to that which has just ended.
Ben Lawrence, the Indianapolis
newspaper man now in Oregon on a
visit, is one of the numerous Orego
nian "boys" making- good elsewhere.
There are graduates of The Oregonian
at all three points of the compass
doing the same. Good men come out of
the west.
WHERE SHALL THE BEAD LIE?
Determination of the final resting
place of the American soldiers and
sailors who died in foreign lands will
in its last analysis rest with the fathers
and mothers of the dead. General
Pershing has been quoted as pointing
out that provision for their burial in
consecrated ground ne;ir the battle
fields is adequate and that this meets
the sentimental requirements of the
soldier, but it is likely that he meant
to voice only his own feeling:. Colonel
Roosevelt said that he would desire
that his son should rest where he fell,
but he, too. spoke only for himself
and those who agree with him. and
not for others who may hold another
view. French law is adequate to meet
any policy that e may adopt. Under
it there are three years within which
we may remove the bodies of our dead.
Undoubtedly the time would be ex
tended if we requested it.
The bill introduced in the national
house of representatives to appropriate
as much of $50,000,000 as may be
necessary to bring home the bodies of
our liead renews interest in the ques
tion. The issue here presented is not
one of uarrow policy, for it is unneces
sary to run counter to the wishes of
any one, where those wishes are ex
pressed. General Pershing's assurance
of the permanency of the American
cemetery in France and our own
knowledge of our relations with the
French are not needed to guide us in
our attitude toward the pending bill.
All that we need to ascertain is the
wishes of those who have the right to
have their wishes consulted in each
Instance. The matter is not to be deter
mined by any cold procss of logic or
by poring over precedents. There are
the sacred feelings of those who gave
A TRAOKIY OF GENIUS.
Ralph A. Blakelock, ' who died the
other day in his retreat in the Adiron-
dacks, had been an inmate of an
asylum for the insane fourteen years
before, a few years ago, lie was
elected an associate member of the
National Academy of Design. This
belated affirmation of the genius of
a great American painter came only
after one of his paintings for which
he had received a trifling sum had
been sold for $13,000. The Toledo
Museum of Fine Arts later paid $20.-
000 for his "Moonlight." At an exhibit
of his works conducted in 191 S to ob
tain funds to restore him to surround
ings favorable to development of his
artistic temperament forty-three paint
ings were shown, and at the same
time a sale of a smaller number of his
works was conducted, the private 1
exhibitor in this instance having agreed
to make a gift of his entire profits to
the benefit fund. Too late for his
clouded mind to grasp the .significance
of it all, Blakelock had "arrived."
The career cf Blakelock is an Im
pressive commentary on the spirit of
commercialism in art which is said to
possess Americans, and it perhaps goes
fax to explain why art has not been
developed in America. The French
have a better way, their law providing
that from every sale of an artist's work
there shall be set aside a certain,
though small, percentage of the ven
dor's profit for the benefit of artists
or their estates, and that in the event
that there are no heirs the tax shall
be paid into a fund for all needy
artists. Such a provision in American
law, invoked in time, might have saved
the artistic genius of Blakelock. The
charge is not made that the artist was
cruelly treated during his detention;
but there is reason to believe that his
early financial misfortunes cost him
his mental poise.
Professional art dealers were not the
only offenders against justice in Biake
lock's case. At a time when its ro
mantic aspects were prominently be
fore the public, it was. brought out
that two of his paintings 6f merit had
been bought for $17.50 each by a col
lector who had made gifts to the public
of $300,000 worth of pictures, and that
another well-known collector had
gloated over possession of a "Blake
lock for which I paid only $12." He
was proud of his bargain," although
otherwise noted for his benefactions.
Meanwhile Blakelock. mildly insane.
was immured in a hospital for th,e
mentally ill at Middletown, in sur-
rounaings wnicn made creation impos
sible for him. "Art," he said. is emo
tion, not industry." This perhaps fur
nishes the keynote of his work. His
genius was that of the poet rather
than the craftsman: the remarkable
quality which at last won him open
recognition wa due to an unusual
mingling of the two faculties.
Blakelock emerged from his asylum
at 70, after detention of seventeen
years, to be cared for privately, for
he had not been cured. The strain
under which he gave way was de
scribed at the time the movement to
obtain his transfer to. other surround
ings was begun, a little more than
three years ago. On the eve of the
birth of his ninth child he had received
a commission to repaint for $200 a
work which a collector of small pic
tures had refused as being too large
for his collection. The collector re-
REAtHOXAKV MILITARY LAW.
No better work could be undertaken
by the American Legion than promo
tion of reform in administration of
justice in the army. Recent discussion
of the flagrant injustice committed
by court-martial has brought to light
the fact that they are undemocratic in
the source of their authority, in their
methods trnd in their results. They
are a relic of the days of absolute
royal power, when soldiers were mere
serfs of a king. Such military law
flatly contradicts the principles of
democracy, which treat the army as
an instrument for execution of the
will of the people and as at all times
subject to the civil power. Under that
theory the army is democracy under
arms, and it is inconsistent with that
theory that when democracy takes up
arms it should become subject to
despotic rule.
The contrast between the two views
of military justice is well set forth in
an address delivered by Colonel S. T.
Anscll before the Pennsylvania Bar
association and published by order of
the senate. He shows it by making
this quotation from the ordinances of
King Richard II of England:
The army Is the army of the kinir. to ba
fl .::! pilned ny lum and lila commanders un
der his ordinances and at his pleasure.
He defines the contrary view by
making this quotation from the con
stitution of the United States:
Congress shall have (the exclusive) power
raise and support armies: congresn phail
have (the exclusive! power to make rule!
for the regulation and government of the
land and naval forces.
The former is the reactionary, mili
tarist, monarchical view, which re
gards the soldier as "a serf, a personal
retainer of the king or of a subordinate
commander"; the latter regards him
as "a citizen serving the state in the
highest capacity of citizenship." It
will be a shock to most Americans to
learn that the essential principles of
the American military code are those
of the reactionary view, and that they
are derived from the iron code of the
Roman army which conquered the
world and established and maintained
the empire. Yet John Adams, one of
the signers of the constitution, is au
thority for that fact. He is quoted as
saying:
There was extant one system of articles
of war which had carried two empires to
the head of mankind, the Roman and the
British, for the Hrttih articles of war are
only a literal translation of the Roman.
Those words were written in re
lating the adoption by the continental
congress of 1775 of the British articles
of war as revised in 1774. Of the
code then adopted the executive com
mittee of the American Bar associa
tion said in February, 1919:
Our military code Is the British code of
1771 praciicaily unchanged: it has long since
outlived lis time and whatever usefulness it
may have had: it is archaic and cruel; it
is not worth) of the name either, of law or
justice.
Judge Advocate-General Crowder is
quoted as saying that the American
code as it existed in 1912 "was sub
stantially the code of 1806," which
was "systematically the code of 1774,
and the revision of 1916 is shown to
have been a mere codifying and mod
ernizing of language with not one
single fundamental change." But Gen
eral Crowder said that "meanwhile
the British code has been revised al
most out of recognition."
Our army is thus ruled by a system
of justice which has been derived from
the Romans and which has been aban.
doned by the British without impair
ing their ability to win victory, as they
have lately proved. Applied to the
army of democracy, in which all men
of military- age are incorporated, it
is destructive of discipline, for it pro
vokes instinctive revolt In the mind of
When we read of $1031 an acre for
loganberries we begin to get a sense
of the possibilities of industry in a
great industry. But those who are
looking for an easy way would better
keep out of loganberry growing. It is
safe to say that Salem man worked
hard for his money.
The bakers score in taking the peo-
pie into their confidence in the matter
of the 1-cent increase in the price of
the loaf. One cent may keep many
crusts from the garbage can. In that
event the rise will be a disguised blessing.
The best of them weaken sooner or
later. Hamby, who bragged that he
wanted to be executed, and "the sooner
the better," has decided to permit his
lawyers to appeal. A few weeks in
the death cell knock a lot of the ro
mance out of the outlaw business.
Well pleased with the progress being
made on paving the Columbia highway
between Astoria and Portland, J. S.
JDellinger of Astoria was in the city
yesterday. There are five paving plants
on the work between Rainier and the
city by the sea and the "hot stuff" is
being spread and rolled as fast as theJ
crews can hal.dle it. At trie present rate
of progress, most of the distance be
tween the two points will be finished
before the rains arrive.
"What's your name?- inquired the
Imperial clerk. "Gesa," answered the
stranger. "Haven't time to guess," an
swered the clerk. "We have to check
out about 250 people a day and checR In
about as mapy more, so we've no time
for guessing. "What is your name?"
"Oess," reiterated the new arrival.
"Smith, Brown or Jones?" sighed the
clerk, trying to be patient. "So." said
the visitor, "Gess." "I'm tired of guess
ing." confessed -the clerk. "My name Is
(iess W. H. (Jess of Nampa, Idaho."
Eighty-two-year-old Mrs. H. A. Knox
motored over the Pacific highway from
her home at Sacramento. Cal., and ar
rived yesterday afternoon at the Mult
nomah. It is not the softest trip in
the world at present, owing to road
construction work being in progress
almost the entire distance in Oregon,
but when Mrs. Knox stepped out of
the car she was as spry as a "chicken"
would be.
Brighton is all fussed-up over the
prospect of seeing the coast highway
avoid that point by going along the
Miami river. Under the law, the high
way should pass through Brighton, but
the highway commissioners hava de
cided not to make a definite location
for the time being. Charles Painter of
Brighton arrived at the Hotel Oregon
yesterday. (
J. H. Hall of Helena. Mont., who came
to Portland with his wife to benefit
his health, died yesterday of heart dis
ease. He was a past grand commander
of the Knights of Pythias for Montana.
As the couple had come, to the Imperial,
Phil Metschan Jr., arranged details
so the grief-stricken widow could start
for home last night.
H. C. Edwards of Jamieson is at the
Imperial. This is a town of 10i peo
ple in the northeast corner of Mal
heur county and is located on Willow
craek there are Willow creeks In half
a dozen Oregon counties. Jamieson
hopes some day to see a flock of oil
gushers in that vicinity, as the lay of
the land has always appealed to oil
experts.
"During the influenza we had a
touh time trying to get enough flow
ers, observed A. B. Chebney, florist at
La Grande. "One day a woman handed
me $100 and said she wanted $100 worth
of flowers to ship out with a body. I
rummaged the greenhouse and all I
could find was $25 worth." Mr. Chebney
is at the Benson.
MY 1VKALTI1Y NKIGHBORS.
When, nose to the grindstone, 1 must
sit.
Engaged upon my daily labors,
I cannot help but sigh a bit.
In envy of my wealthy neighbors.
They live up yonder by the hill
Until October never later.
For when the autumn breeze, blows
chill
They're off to follow the Equator.
They never have a thing to do
But gad about with lordly leisure.
The whole delightful summer through.
Their life is just one round of pleas
ure. I see them often in the lane
That winds along the vale below us
And want to speak but 1 refrain.
For they don't seem to care to know
us.
They'd not, receive me should I call.
Their maniers are extremely airy.
And this I can't explain at all.
For they're so full of life and merry.
All day I watch them hurry by.
.Among the fields and trees ar.d flow-ej-s.
And when the sunset paints the sky
They'll often sit and sing for hours.
I envy them their happy lot.
I'm sometimes filled with base re
sentment That these exclusive folks have got
So much that makes for sweet con
tentment. But when a tomcat happens by
; And home the frightened father hur
ries. No longer do I sit and sigh.
For even robins have their worries!
Twenty-five Years Atn
From The Orejrnntan of Aunut; IS. 1594.
Vancouver. K. A. Wtswall. j'tiiJSiS of
the superior court of this district! was
drowned at Clatsop beach while in
bathing there today.
Kdward Teesdale. moving: spirit i
the rei-;nt strike in this city which re
suited so disaMrously to the Rromoters.
has left Portland and gone to Wall
Walla.
M. Odagiri. chancellor of the Im
perial consulate of Japan at San Fran
cisco, is in J'oi-lan nd announces
that a Japanese consul may be sta
tioned here.
The Portland Federated Trades as
sembly, meeting in the headquarters of
the Musicians' I-rot,;;c-Uve union, asifl
that all unions of the city affiliate in
the central body.
If the Senate Inn't Careful.
The first thing we know a lot of us
are going to have to find out where
Shantung is.
Lettine 'Km Off Light.
Fining a bartender $10 for selling a
bottle of whisky is really only taking
his profit on the sale.
Or to Anybody Klne.
There doesn't seem to be much hope
of an effective union among telephone
girls. They'kl never listen to the lead
ers long enouph.
(Copyright, litlil, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Fifty Yean Ajro.
From The Oresonlan of AUKUst 14. llc.n.
New York. Robbers last nij-ri-.t ran
sacked an- express car on the Cent.'.l
railroad near West Allvtny and are re
ported to have taken $140,000.
London.-
seashore at
health.
Ola It; one has gone to the
"N:Umr to recruit his
William II. Seward has been formally
invited to Portland by the city and is
expected to come here before long.
At a meeting of the Portland Yacht
club last night it was decided to hold
the last race of the season August 2S,
when several new' boats will participate.
The Outcast.
11 y Ornce K. Hall.
The whole nation is united against
the high cost of living except those
who make it high, sjid each of them
wants to make all the others come
down. The human stomach has only
one party.
The genius of the movement to get
more salary for college professors is
that they want to be puUon a parity
with unskilled labor in opportunity to
get hold of the necessaries of life.
These are the days when the small
taxpayer begins to have a sense of
what it would seem like to be a real
capitalist when payments are due at
the collector's office.
The bolshevists, having reduced the
population of Petrograd from 2,000,000
to less than 800,000, are making no
bid for the support of the population
clubs.
Congress may permit the "home
brew," but it will have to go some to
make folks drink, most of the home
brew that has found its way into con
sumption so far.
President Wilson's vote on the Shan
tung affair counted for more than
those of all four of his peace delegates.
Though he does not say "The state, it
is I, like Louis XIV, he acts it.
There's melodrama in the suit for
half a million damages against the
striking actors in New York by the
showmen. The actors think it comedy.
and now is the better time to laugh.
The day was bitter cold, the wind a
lash that left, each blow, a keen
and burning sting.
The snowflake, turned to pellet hard
and bold, no longer fell like
dainty, feathered thing;
The field was. bare save where, against
the sky, there stood a hill of
straw built wide and high.
v hue black rocks rose in smaller
roughened mound to break the
else smooth surface of the
ground
Rocks formed of frozen clods the sun
should broil again to softened
earth and steaming soil.
'Twas there I saw him. outcast lone.
neglected, bis haunches towards
the storm, his head dejected.
Burrowed as best he coujii into the
straw, which was the only food
for empty maw:
His ribs showed through his black coat.
each a rope that lashed his empty
framework to his hope.
For, though ignored, he turned his
wistful eyes towards distant
barn his old-time paradise.
And as the day drew down the shades
of night, he saw the farmhouse
shed. its beacon light.
And leaning hard againsfthe yielding
stack, he sent a plaintive, plead
ing whuiney back!
O God! that man could ever turn adrift
the horse that served him loyally
in spring.
That spent its strength each heavy load
to lift, 'til broken, aged, a half
blind, worthless thing.
Robbed of itn giant power pathetic
sight It stands, a monument of
outraged might.
Denied the shelter that it helped to
buy mute outcast, left alone to
starve and die:
Dead in the snow he lay when morning
came, and all my soul rebelled
and cried "For shame!"
LITTI.K OHOt'ER. IS HARD HIT
rrlcea riled to Iterate Charge That
He la a Profiteer.
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. To the Edi
tor) I have seen a report in your pa
per that they are going to investigate
the high cost of 'iving. especially as
to the poor grocer. I think that is the
tail-end of it. I run a little grocery
and I would like to give you an ex
ample cf the way prices run.
Flour costs me $11.40. and I sell it
fir $12. a profit of 60 cents. Sugar,
for which we pay $9.55. we sell for
$9.TT, a profit of 20 cents on $.T5.
Bacon we pay 47 cents for and sell it
for 55 cents in 10, 15 and 20. cent pieces
nt a time. Cheese we pay 4S cents
ror ana sell for 5a cent In small lots.
Sruds cost us $2.75 a sack and we sell
eight pounds for 25 cents. Butter costs
us 60 cents and we sell it for 65 rents.
Canned tomatoes we pay $1.50 a dozen,
ar.d we sell as little as one can at a
time for 15 cents a can or $1.80 a dozen.
Soaps that we pay $6.25 to $6.40 per 100
for we sell for 6 cents, or two for 15
c?;its. And so on with 100 or more dif
ferent articles. This says nothing of
wrapping and so forth.
We pay &5 cents fo- peaches today
and sell them for 93 cents, after hauling
them from the warehouse to North
Seventeenth street. Tomatoes, green or
rire. may be $2 50 a box of 32 or 33
pounds, and we sell them for 10 cents
a pound, to say nothing of the paper
hairs. If u grocery store keeper takes
in $"'0 to $70 a day and makes $7 to
$5 clear he Is doing very well. Then
he must take outrent, water and
l;i.ht. aad if he comes out even at
the end of the year he is doing fine.
If anv one can show me a better way
ihj!i this. I would like to hear from
him. H. J. BELLARTS.
The Hiram Johnson campaign must
not get so warm it will work against
the man who may beat him. The re
publican party had its fill of California
spite three years ago.
Mild national prohibition enforce
ment laws will bring small comfort to
the wets in states that are dry under
their own acts. They will remain as
dry as they ever were.
An alligator has been caught by a
Connecticut fisherman, with prohibi
tion less than two months in force in
that state.
When policemen declare the "shim
my" dance is too awful, it must be so,
for a policeman is supposed to be case-hardened.
Wouldn't you like to be an Elk in
Klamath Falls just now? Wouldn't
you ?
Calling these Vdog days" is highly
complimentary to the canine species.
The profiteer in bad fruit should be
tried before a jury of women.
"Man and Wife" is the way a chap
registered at the Multnomah. "Patsy"
Clark, who was on the desk, -explained
that the identification was insufficient.
The visitor explained that he had never
been at a hotel before and that some
one had told him that he must reg-
ster as man and wife.
Cecil, on Willow creek, in Morrow
county, is the place from which J. J.
McEntire registered at the Imperial.
Cecil hasn't hardly enough population
to count, but it has a graded school
and is in the heart of a wheat-raising
and livestock country. The old Emi
grant road runs through the town.
L. L. Scott of Airlie, Polk county, is
at the Hotel Oregon. They built a
branch of the Southern Pacific that far
and then quit cold. Being in the midst
of a vast timber and agricultural re
gion, Airlio originates more freight
than most places in Oregon of five
score population.
Labor leaders from the east who are
in Portland on business connected with
their "international" are Frank A.
Whaley of Kansas City and Walter
Nash of El Paso, Tex. They are mak
ing their headquarters at the Perkins
while in the city.
Everyone around the Bend country
knows Alex L. Mrlntosh, who is at the
Perkins. Mr. Mcintosh, in addition to
having interests in Deschutes county,
has an immense sheep ranch in Alaska.
Having taken in the sights at
Rainier park. Mrs. W. K. du Pont and
party from Wilmington. Del., returned
to the Benson yesterday and will leave
for the south. They spent a week in
the Rose City before going to Rainier
park.
Returning from a trip to Puget
sound, R. A. Booth of Eugene was in
Portland yesterday. Mr. Booth used
to be in the lumber business, but for
the past year he has devoted his time
exclusively to state highway work as
one of the commissioners.
The Misses Bertha and Marie Green
of Zig Zagr are at the Multnomah. This
is a point on the bas of Mount Hood
where tne government expects to soon
have work under way on the proposed
loop leading to Hood River county.
Mrs. C. A. Smith of Astoria is at the
Benson. With her husband, Mrs. Smith
conducts two department stores in As
toria, having purchased the econd one
recently.
There is plenty of grazing land
available," reports Will C. Barnes, as
sistant forester, branch of grazing.
United State3 forest service, who is an
arrival at the Imperial.
Representing a syndicate of 33 stores
in the middle west, for which he "is the
buyer, George E. Kibler of Columbus,
O., is at the Multnomah on business.
Captain Leo Peronl of Portland, who
was a member of the old 3d Oregon,
has returned from overseas service and
registered at the Imperial.
OLD DICSIRE FOR LAND WAXES
When It Returns Living; Problem, Will
lie Solved. Sayi. Writer.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 11. (To
the Editor.) During most of my life,
which began at Oregon City 67 years
ago, and was lived within 60 miles of
the starting point, people have been
striving to obtain possession of land.
Those who had no means to buy with
took up or bought at small cost, on
time, wild land nnri cleared it by their
own labor, feeling assured that the
home obtained would repay the labor
expended. Some years ago that move
ment practically stopped.
When it begins again the crest of
"the high cost of living" will have been
passed. For a long time the boys and
girls have been leaving the farms to
work in town, and a great many of
the fathers have gone along, their
sound common sense teaching them
that the wages paid in town, mill or
logging camp justified their leaving
the farm. On every road leading into
Portland or Vancouver many auto
loads of men can be seen coming in
to the shipyards in the morning and
returning in the evening. Many of
these men tried to make a living on
the land but found it did not pay.
Even now, with prices as they are.
It takes a considerable Investment to
return an income that will support a
family on a farm. There is small de
mand for the "acre tract" unless it is
highly developed and offered at a sac
rifice, and there are no buyers for un
cleared land. Living is high, but it is
a question whether it requires more
work to live now than in the past. It
is easier to formulate a theory or lay
down a rule than to make a plan that
will work. Two rules would. I think,
set the world on the road to peace and
prosperity.
Everyone should be paid all that he
earns, and every one ue ui . - .....
all he gets.
Ilnnira for Old People.
WINTHROP. Cal.. Aug. 9. (To the
Editor.) Please give me the addresses
of a'.l old ladies' and invalids' homes in
Oregon. CLARK GREEN.
There are six homes for old people in
Portland, which are as follows: Patton
home, 975 Michigan avenue; Old People s
home. Thirty-third and Sandy boule
vard; Woodmere Old People's home,
7511 Sixty-fourth avenue southeast,
Altenheim. 2001 Division; Mount St. Jo
seph's home for the aged. Thirtieth and
East Stark streets; Oddfellows' home.
Thirty-second and Holgate streets. Al
tenheim is for Germans exclusively and
the Oddfellows is for members of the
lodge only. Mount St. Joseph's is con
ducted by the Sisters of Mercy, a Catho
lic order. The Patton home receives
slate aid and anyone over 65 may enter
for life on payment of $1500. The regu
lar monthly charge for room, board,
laundry and medical attention is $35.
The Old People's home has a life charge
of $2000 for anyone over 65. The
monthly charge is $45. To enter for
life one must have lived in the state
five years, but the rules are less strin
gent for shorter periods.
Judge Woodward Man of Parts.
PORTLAND. Aug. 11. (To the Ed
itor.) 1 wish to deposit a sprig of
myrtle in memory of Judge John H.
Woodward, who passed away August 1.
1 have know n Judge Woodward for
more than 25 years, having officed in
the same building with him for many
years. He was a lawyer of the oft
quoted old school. He served his coun
try in the sectional war with honor to
himself and credit to the cause. Being
very democratic and possessing a
splendid dignity a poise unrestrained
he was easy of approach. During his
career he served this community as
probate judge, also United States com
missioner. He was able and just. He
won the esteem of the laity and bar.
Peace to his ashes.
CHARLES J. SCHNABEL.
Marriage Net Le&ral.
TROUTDALE. Aug. S. (To the Edi
tor.) What is the nearest state to Ore
gon where a person can be married
immediately after securing a divorce
in Oregon. OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The Oregon law cannot be evaded by
going elsewhere to be married. The
marriage so entered into would not be
recognized in Oregon.
E. T. HATCH.
ROT 0LY WOMAN TO PBESIOE
L'tah and Colorado Have Candidates
for Parliamentary Dlatlnotlon.
S LT LAKE CITY'. Aug. 9. (To the
Editor.) In a recent issue of your
paper I notice that Mrs. Alexander
Thompson is reported to be "the only
woman in the United States who has
ever presided over a legislative body.
That is a mistake which should be
corrected. ,.
Dr Martha Hughes Cannon, the first
woman senator in the. world, who
served two terms in the Utah legisla
ture, was the first woman to wield
the gavel over a law-making body.
Since that time here in Utah there
have been several women legislators
jwho have had that distinction the
last ones being Mrs. Elizabeth Hay
wardj senator, and Dr. Grace Stratton
Airey. representative in the legislature
of this year.
Years ago Mrs. Ring-Robinson of
Colorado presided over the senate of
the Colorado legislature.
I am sure that it was a lack of
knowledge of these facts that
prompted Mrs. Thompson to accept
the gavel without a -protest and thus
unwittingly give the error her sup
port, rather than with deliberate in
tention of misleading the public, and
that is why I am writing to correct
the mistake.
ELSIE ADA FAUST. M. D.
Sweet Thing Dora Her Best.
London Tit-Bits.
"Y'es. grandma." said the fair young
thing. "1 am to be married during the
bright and gladsome month of July."
"But. my dear," said the old lady,
earnestly, "you are very young. Do
von feel that you are fitted for mar
ried life?"
"I am being fitted now, grandma,"
explained the prospective bride, sweet
ly. Seventeen gowns and three costumes."
LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Do the dead communicate with J
the living?
The war and the influenza i
brought this question to the fore.
Has it been answered? t
Beginning next Sunday. August t
17, The Sunday Oregonian will
present to its readers the first' J
of a series of articles on this sub- 4
ject, all by noted writers.
Here are the writers: T
Y'es Sir Conan Doyle. Sir Oli- T
ver Lodge, Dr. James H. Hyslop. J
No Rupert Hughes, Sinclair 4
Lewis. t
Perhaps Booth Tarkington,
Harvey J. O'Higgins, Olla Toph.
The first article is by Sir Conan t
Doyle. J
Another big feature: J
The Oregonian also will begin 4
publication next Sunday of Rob- i
ert W. .Chambers' novel, "The
Dark Star." J