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ft THE MORNING OREGOXIAN", MSTAY, ; AUGUST 25, 1919. ZV ESTABLISHED BT mil V- PITTOCK labilned br The Otxodiu Publishing Co.. lil sixth etml. 1'orliMO, union C A. MORPCN. B. B. PIPER. juacfir. iwlitor. TTie Ore ironlan Is a fnemtter of the Asso ciated Pre The Associated Frees Is ea elusivels entitled to the use for publlca liea of oil news dispatches credited to It or l otherwise credited In this t-aper and also the incal news published herein. All rights f republication o special dispatches aereta trt also reserved. tssbeerlptlesi Hates Invariably la Advance: Mr lla.l.i Twslly. Sunday Included, one year ...... -I on ralty. Sunday Included, six months .... 4 25 I,lr. Sunday Included, three months ... - 2 Iai:y. Sunday Included, one moalii ..... Iellyv without Sunday, one year ........ at) Ieily. without Sunday, six months ..... a 23 Iaily. without Sunday, one SAoata ...... .M W -eofcly. ene year I 1 fiuaday. one year .................. 2 30 Saaday and weekly J0 IBr Carrier.) Tiarly. andar Included, one year 10 0 1 -ally, Sunday Included, one month ..... .73 I eilv. Sunday Included, three months ... 2 23 leuty. without Sunday, one year 7.u Lelly. without Sunday, three months ... l.t3 XMiir. without Sunday, one month .o3 Hew m Remit Send poetofflcs money or; ney Castle and Shandon church, which shelters "Shandon Bells." Belfast may soon have a formidable rival in athe south of Ireland. CAMPAIGN TO SATE LITES. The Council of National Defense has a highways transport department which in pursuance of an educational campaign is now pointing: out the necessity for measures to reduce the death rate in traffic, accidents. Its conclusion that more can be accoui plished by educational methods than by relying wholly on compulsion is based on the experience of New York, where in 1916 there were 659 deaths from this cause, in 1916 there were 44. in 191T there were 714 and in 1918 there were 679. The city in 1915 began an educational campaign but did not persist in it. With the declar ation of war In 19F7 there were other preoccupations, and the death rate be gan to increase. But Washington, D. C, which had neither an educational campaign nor a police force as effec- other nations will hold the long: lead which they already have and, when we have another war, we shall have to begin building from the ground up, as we did in the war just ended. Conditions governing aviation re quire that it be under separate con trol, and that it be not subordinated to the army and navy. Production of aircraft should be no more under exclusive control of these departments than should production of food, merely because, food is consumed by the fighting forces. The number of aircraft employed in commerce prom ises to exceed the number used for war to the same degree that the ton nage of the world's merchant ships ex ceeds that of the world's navies. As with ships, commercial aircraft will become an auxiliary and feeder of the fighting- forces. Hence they need the supervision and encouragement of a separate department, like the agricul tural department and the shipping board. Secretary of War Baker's objec tions to an aircraft department are those of a bureaucrat reluctant to tive as that of New York to enforce er. xpre or pernaicheci, on your local the traffic ordinances, suffered much l"T ..I iT. el, TT i, a ba.a. stamps, com or currency are at own- I ,-, , , ,: T, . . part with any of his authority, backed rate Increased from 52 in 1915 to SZ in 19 IS. Allowing1 for a population of 42.000 in Washington and 6.000,000 in New York, the traffic death rate should have been 48 in Washington in 1918. instead of 82. to keep it down to the New York rate. Excessive though either rate may be, the Importance of holding the New York rate as a goal rather than that ere risk. Give postofflre address la full. In cluding county and state. Postage. Kates 13 to Is paces. 1 cent: IS to S3 Daces. 2 cents: S4 to Dae. S cents AO to o pases, 4 cents. CJ to T-i pages, ft cents: 7 H to JO pages, t cents. Foreign post age, double rates. f is Baslaess Office Verree A Conk lln. Brunewlca bulldmg. New York: Verree A Coaklln. Steger building. Chicago: Verre A Coaklln, Free Press building. Iietrolt. Alien. baa Kranclsco representative. R. J. Bldweil. a r.rvnvr prni ir uirkft , . , 1 of Washington is shown by the fact The housewives' committee on the!,,,.,, txt ... ' i "wi ii iuo ii aQuiuKiuu raie were ex- public maraei is on me ngnt iraca tended throughout the United States, wnen it considers a scii-pncing sys-i mere would nave been killed in 1918 tern for the public market. If by that 121.221 people, whereas the New York expression Is meent that prices shall nte similarly extended would indicate k k. K-t o tHi. n'y 12.50 for the whole country. . . . ' .. The committee of the Council of Na-I viauai ouyers ana Kiirrj. .ic. uonal Defense believes that this event- by the army officer unwilling to ad mit a new claimant to military honors. It may be wise to keep military air men under command of the army, but they should be treated as a distinct arm, equal in rank with infantry, cavalry and artillery and supplied with machines by a distinct aircraft department. Mr. Baker's opinion runs counter to the policy adopted by Great Britain in the face of powerful bureaucratic and military opposition. Under that policy Britain rose during: the war to unquestioned air supremacy, proposes to continue it, has engineered flights across the Atlant'.c and from Egypt to India and is preparing to cover tha world, while the United States Is only talking- about it. DR. OPLEB. The seventieth birthday of Dr. Wil liam- Osier, which is made the oc casion of a survey of his work In the no place In a genuine public market uaiiy wni make an impression upon for either maximum or minimum municipalities throughout the country, prices. The only regulator should be And that the ultimate solution will be supply and demand, absolutely free fo"nd to Adoption of uniform traffic from restrictions by law or by private commnauon. I ply wita force to certain laws and Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hos- In practice the public market has I customs cannot be raised as to traf- I pttal, is a reminder of several things not performed the functions of such I fic laws, particularly as they prescribe I of the progress of medical science, for an Institution. There Is no excuse for I signals and define their meaning. It 1 one thing; of a certain phrase at maxlmum prices where trade is unre- ls essential tnat automobilists of the tributed to Osier which was garbled in . I whole country shall speak a common I the spirit of its re-telling, of a new u H..CU. A au ai U1.1Q o 0i.M 1.0 auu at the same time In such demand that a person must and will pay a fane; language, especially in time of sudden I word which has found its way into peril. The common stake of automo- I the language if not into the diction- bllists themselves in this should make aries, and of the power of a person- price for it, that is an affair for the I agreement easier. It ls plain, for 11-1 ality to strengthen the influence of a buyer and seller, and increased supply I lustration, that if a certain gesture 1 great teacher and scientist. Osier did may be trusted to force down the I means in one city that the driver is I not say, as some will go on declaring price. But if somebody has produced I about to turn to the right, and in I that he said, that men ought to be that scarcity by storing or destroying I another that he will turn to the left, chloroformed at sixty, but he did A large quantity of that article, that I the stranger is not only at a disad-1 point out the importance of availing person should go to jail just as aoou vantage but is quite likely to inflict oneself of the opportunities of the as the law can pnt him there. If the I injury on others not immediately in- I vigorous and fruitful years. And that high price ls the result of agreement I volved. The automobile invites and I he did not himself at sixty cease to among sellers not to sell cheaper, the stimulates travel, no city can expect I be useful to his f ellowmen is shown same penalty should be visited on I every visitor to master-suddenly a new I by the esteem in which he is now them and they should lose heavily by and strange code, and the require- held by his colleagues at Oxford, their rapacity. Maximum prices have merits of hospitality as well as the die-1 where he went a few years ago, and in fact been minimum prices, for tates of safety call for conformity with I by. every pupil who has come in con- growers rarely cut them and if a I common practice wherever possible. I tact with him, grower who ls not in the combination I The highways transport committee The Bulletin contains a sketch of asks a marketman to sell some second was appointed to assist in making the the character of Dr. Osier, written by grade fruit below the maximum price, most effective use of the highways as Dr. W. S. Thayer, successor in the lie i met with a enrt refusal. I a means of strengthening and in- I position formerly held by Dr. Osier The trouble with the market has creasing the nation's transportation I at Johns Hopkins. After reviewing: been restriction of supply by storage I resources. That the problem in war I the achievements of this American or destruction of produce in order to I time was chiefly one of material does man of science and summing up what sustain prices, open or secret under- I not detract from the value of the work I they have meant to medical educa standing among market men not to I now being: done to promote life-sav-1 tion, he says: sell below the maxtmum, and co-op- I ing. In Addition to the great number eratlon of the market master with I killed annually .in traffic accidents, them by fixing a maximum. By this I many thousands are incapacitated for practice the city defeats the prime productive work. The . problem ls purpose of having a public market, both humanitarian and economic And for that ls to let buyer and seller fix It will be worth while to find a solu- I serration or appellation that puts the patient . . . . . I ., - 1 at his ease or brings a pleased blush to the prices. If the mArket master were to Won for it. I faM of tn. an apprehension that grasps In a minute tho kernel of the situ. ation. snd a memory teeming with Instances PROMOTION BT SELECTION. I snd examples that throw light on tha ques- - i . . . I lion: su unusual joer 01 bucuuci biaic- xuo uiu queauon oi promotion Dyiment and picturesque expression, exercised Tf Ton can Dractlre consistently all this. I and then If you can bring into corridor and ward a light springing step, a jcmaiy glance. bright word to everyone you see. arm passed within arm or thrown over the I shoulder, of the happy student or collegue: quick, droll, epigrammatic question, oo- seedllng- of a muen iater period. The? birds may have carried it there, or the squirrels, or, more probably, child may have carelessly thrown an apple core on the ground, where without thought from any human be ing as to its welfare its seeds germi nated and prospered and in the course of time grew into a great tree which bore fruit for an appreciative genera tion of comparative tenderfeet. This tree may not have a record antedat ing 1847 perhaps it is much more recent than that. It is well to be meticulously accurate as to matters of this kind, but the records are totally inadequate. To which of our millions of fruit trees shall we, if we decide to honor one symbolically, build our monu ment? Perhaps to the tlackheart cherry which is said still to be flour ishing on the David -J. Chambers estate four miles east of Olympla, Wash., a tree from the first consign ment of nursery stock brought to the Oregon country by Henderson Luel- ling in 1847. Or perhaps to the wal nut on the land now owned by Mr. Lafolett near Wheatland, said by some to have been planted by a man named Hewitt, close to seventy-five years ago. Of apples we have some scores of great age as ages run in this new country but none that can boast the fine old age of 102 years. It would be interesting- to know where the oldest apple tree in this region stands, and something more as to its producing capacity, and also about the care which has prolonged its life. For with a few exceptions, the long life of a fruit tree is not an accident. The affectionate attention of someone who senses the spiritual values of natural things is implied in nearly every tree that has attained a ripe age and is still in fruit- There is speculation as to whether the Ohio ' tree may have been the product of the thoughtful kindness of Appleseed Johnny," who was going about the country planting apple seeds about the time that the tree in question was born. But this is hardly tenable, since it is admitted that the tree is of a named variety, and we have not yet succeeded in producing a thoroughbred apple. On the score of title to the honor of a monument in Oregon, there will be conflicting opinions, even after historical doubts have been resolved. Between individ uals, "Jimmy" Bruce and Henderson Luelling will have rival supporters. Between trees, we are as yet unable to offer a suggestion. And among vari eties that have made Oregon famous, and growers who have put the state on the map, pomologlcally speaking, there is wide variety of choice. Some of the old-fashioned varieties that Luelling brought with him have re markably justified the wisdom of the old nurseryman. New-fangled apples have come and g:one, and it is worthy of note that not a few of the kinds that were good in 1847 are good today. We are in favor If not of an ex pensive monument at least of some formal recognition of the oldest fruit tree in these parts, and of the man or woman most instrumental in intro ducing fruit growing into the Oregon country. Let the horticultural his torians get busy, that honor may be bestowed where it is due. Those Who Come and Go. ME.4T PACKERS DEFEND PROFITS devote his energies to breaking up unlawful combinations and schemes to hoard or destroy food, he would have plenty to keep, him busy, and prices would take care of themselves. Official price-fixing is a pernicious, un-American practice of recent growth. It was started by the trusts. whs could do it to their hearts con tent, since they had no serious com petition. It spread to certain manu facturers, who fix the price all along the line to the consumer, ostensibly to protect the consumer from extortion but actually in many cases to capture a larger share of the aggregate profit for them selves. When the war pro- seniority or promotion by selection I quietly, modestly, and wholly without sensa . . ' tv ' . I tion; If you can bring Into the lecture room has been brought before congress by the war department with a recom mendation of selection by Secretary Baker. The objections to the senior ity rule have often been stated by a succession of secretaries of war, and President Roosevelt dwelt on "the gTeat need, from the standpoint of the an sir of perfect simplicity and directness. and be-hind it all, have an ever-ready store of the most apt and sometimes surprising Interjections that so light up and emphastxe that which you are setting forth that no one In the room can forget it: If you can enter the sick room with a song snd an epigram. an air of gaiety, an atmosphere that lifts the Invalid instantly out ot hJs tils, that produces In the waiting hypochondriac so pleasing confusion of thought that the written list o service and the nation. Of refusing to I Questions and complaints, carefully compiled tn iic, ciucny iinuiii- 1 1( almost invariably forgotten petents." If the lov But the war department ad- lyour visit can make a half a ward forget the . v. . n n - I symptoms that it fancied were Important. niiu. uii v pe-r icui oi army oiucers untl, you are gone. ,f you can truIy Iove your j , fc , v, wifv9CTi i me ooicLUiB Bvaiexu. I ibiiow, niiii nMving sail etu 01 no man. De duced A demand greater than the po.- I eert-ln, that DrODOrtlorl of tha I loved oy all: If you can select a wife with a aible supply, the government fixed nin L e -71 .i el? 18 as big s. your own. whose generous prices for the only purpose for which the practice is justified to meet war emergency. The war ls over, but growers and dealers try to keep up war prices, and the city helps them with its maximum prices. Hoasewrves unconsciously encour age the jugtrllng tricks which draw money from their purses. Leaving aside those with whom the habit of ordering by telephone is Incurable, if they go to market they too readily pay what the dealer Asks. The orthodox practice in marketing Is to offer less and finally agree on a price. The general range of such dealings fixes a genuine market price, which is a com posite of the opinions of many buyers and sellers as to what an article is worth. Marketmen may rebel against such an Innovation at first, but it is up to the women to bring about a revolution. There is no need for the market master to Intervene for the protection of the producer. He is well Able to take care of himself. Organisation of the Market Pro- not in denger of growing into "re spectable, elderly incompetents." They object because they fear that promotion would go by favor, not by merit. They expect that power of se lection at discretion would no sooner be vested In department heads or high army officers than political influence and pull would be- used. The war de partment plan Aims to neutralize fa voritism by entrusting promotion to boards of five officers appointed by the president, which would be limited to selection among officers recom mended by their superiors and would examine them. If this process should not result in filling the vacancy, it would be filled by seniority. That system, fairly administered. should eliminate favoritism as nearly as ls humanly possible. In fact there is good reason to believe that where selection has been followed, the num ber of cases where influence out weighed merit was far smaller than is popularly supposed- General Leon- welcome makes your testable a Mecca If you can do all this, you may begin to be to others tne teacher tnat "tne chier' is to us. That Dr. Osier could have found ttme to do so much aside from the purely professorial duties of his call ing has been the wonder of those who do not understand that the truly busy man nearly always has time to do one thing more. It is the idlers who are always "rushed to death" and are never getting anything done. The in fluence of the personality of this physician and teacher would be diffi cult to estimate: yet the inspiration which he has managed to convey to others is quite Jikely to yield divi dends long after he is gone. He has been in particular an ideal teache and incidentally it will be noted that he had to go to another country to obtain the reward which a great teacher deserves. A MOXCMINT TO A TREK. The Indianapolis Star tells of the arrl Wood was nm mot fir over the dedication In the little town of Proo- hH. e ,.- .- i, ,. I torville. Ohio, of a monument to the ducers' association by dealer, m the open,y cnarKed tnat present Roose. first Rome Beauty apple tree in that ""''" "' " " y- " : velt was actuated by personal friend- town, me tree was piamea ii years to the demand of the jomen for a snip yet Wood ,a ncoeDize botn j ago. We are without information as ,1-iiums si..1. this country and abroad, as one of our to tne cnaracter or, tne monument, has been their practice, they will fall foul of the law, and the law officers of city And state should take action. There may be some particulars in which they can "assist the authorities And Join with the public In creating proper conditions," but no assistance Is needed from their Association in creating- "equitable prices": any com bination among them Is more likely to create Inequitable prices. All that is needed in order to create equitable prices is open bargaining between each Individual buyer and seller with out dictation to the latter by Any as sociation. There should either be An open, public mArket. or TAmhill street should be cleared. A burst of enterprise has struck the ancient city of Cork. Ireland, since Henry Ford decided to build his trac tor works there, and its chamber of commerce has published a neatly bound handbook of its trade and com merce, perhaps In hope that it will attract other American manufacturers to expand the old city into a Cleveland or A Detroit,. It shows Cork to have grown into a thriving- port with its subport, Quetnstowrjf After centuries of struggle with political unrest and civil war And with ctupid, restrictive lews, which stifled Industry as soon as it sprang up. The old port ls now prosperous, well frequented by ships of the British navy and of the Atlantic lines. Queenstown was the American naval base In the Anti-submarine cam paign, and will live in the memory of many a "gob." The book is well il lustrated, among the pictures being those of such famous, scenes as Blar- j greatest treneralA Similar charcres ana also as to wneiner n was aesigueu were made when General Pershing Primarily to give voice to the people's was pushed ahead by Roosevelt, but reverence ror tne Koine . xseauty, or the tetter's Judgment has been ?bund- for apples in general, or whether the antly sustained by the general's con- f'rst Rome Beauty was the first apple duct of the war. Even when a man tree, or the first of all fruit trees to wins bv favor, there is a f Air chance take root in this congenial soil, me tnat Via hns murit anri It Is i m nrnhu HI o important point is that a monument that improper Influence would orevall has been erected in honor of a tree. in more than a few of the thousands The people of Proctorville are not of cases which would come before a Prithut the" spirit of the late Joyce board, unless that board was thor oughly corrupt or subservient to politicians. While such influences might occasionally sway the judgment of the board, it Is highly Improbable j that they would succeed as a rule. If they should, there would be such an uproar as would soon effect a change. Kilmer, who fell heroically in France, and who once sang: I think that I shall never see A poem lovely ss a tree. It would be difficult to overesti mate the importance of fruit trees to any community. The time-worn story of the planting of the first fruit tree seeds in the Pacific northwest is one that we like to hear over and over BUILD CP AIRCRAFT SERVICE. again. Doubtless if any of the origi- Rapidly growing use of aircraft in I nal stock were still in existence on commerce and mall service and the I the site of the old Hudson's Bay corn- concert of opinion among military I pany post at Vffncouver it would be authorities that the next war will be I the one to deserve the monument, if won by the power which begins with I any were erected to a tree hereabouts. supremacy in the air constitute fair Unfortunately, though, there is a dis- notice to congress that it must act on pute on that point. There is no doubt the matter this year. That is the only that "Jimmy" Bruce planted some conclusion to be drawn from the re- apple seeds thereabouts in 1825, and port of the mission which has been that they grew, but as to another studyinr the subject in Europe. I apple tree which long survived on the The wat has left us in possession of I site of the old reservation, but at a greAt capacity for making Aircraft I some distance from the original and of large numbers of trained air-1 orchard planted by "Jimmy" Bruce, men. These ere the foundations on I that is a different matter. David which commercial, military and naval I McLoughlin, son of the old factor air fleets must be built. If measures I whom we all delight to remember. are not taken to set commercial a via- I told Historian Himes, whose bailiwick tion going under fixed -rules and to I is by no means confined to Oregon, provide An Adequate air force for the I that the tree i question was not the army and navy, this foundation will result of the original planting, but simply crumble away. In that event I more .probably was an adventitious matoes? The present congress is in danger of going to extremes in the reaction from its predecessor's prodigality. It cut from ,20,000.000 to $7,000,000 the ap propriation for salvage of $500,000, 000 worth of plant, buildings, fixtures, manufacturing equipment ot the ordnance bureau of the war depart ment, the total of such property and material stored in the buildings and yards and left over from the war being $3,000,000,000. The smaller sum allowed for salvage is said by the Army and Navy Journal to be utterly insufficient. All manner of costly material, such as guns, is exposed to the weather, sergeants have been put in charge of depots worth many mil lions, and the newly organized techni cal school for ordnance officers will soon be dissolved. The people want expenses cut, but not with an ax. Sometimes a traveling salesman is Inclined to long for something besides a suitcase to live in on the roaa, ana such Is the case with W. J. Camp bell of Salt Lake City, who is at the Oregon. At present Mr. Campbell wishes he had made his last trip with a safety deposit vault for a companion en route, for he is Just now bemoaning the loss of a valuable diamond pin. When he stopped at a hotel just be fore coming to Portland his bedroom was entered at night and the gem re moved from his tie while he slept. The jewel happened to have belonged to him a number of years and he was much attached to it. About a year ago Salem had a big celebration when the Marion-Polk county bridge over the Willamette was opened and the town chose Frank T. Wrifehtman to manage the affair. It was one of those open purse, open heart stunts and all the proceeds went to the Red Cross. It wasn't any small sum that the organization cleared the day and the man to whom is du much of the credit for it is stopping at the Seward. Mr. Wrightman has a farm near Salem, but recently he has been connected with the C. K. Spaulding Lumber company. Next spring there ought to be plenty of hens in the United States, despit the scarcity this year, according to A. P. Watterson. who has a poultry farm at The Dalles. He is at the Perkins few days while having an eye treated. Mr. Watterson- lays the present high price of eggs to the cost of feed and the shortage of hens throughout th country. "The price Isn't any higher than it should be when you consider the supply and demand." he declared The poultry raiser came to Oregon three years ago from Spokane, rre vious to that time he was advertising man on a newspaper down in Nashville, Tenn. Roads down the valley are thickly coated in dust, according to V. Selig, who drove in from Falls City yester day with his wife and two children. Grading has already been begun for the hard-surfacing to be put in be tween Salem and Dallas. Mr. Selig runs a store in the lumber town, while his son, Maurice, who came to Portland with him, attends the University of Oregon. Maurice is just back from a vacation at Newport. The family will pass several days at the Oregon hotel- While the Perkins hotel is getting a coat of paint all over the Interior and s blossoming forth in new carpets, its clerks are also getting rejuvenated on vacation jaunts. Eugene Farmer, who has been clerk at the hotel for eight years, has just returned from Seattle, where he passed a week. He was no sooner back at the desk than George I. Thompson, another of the greeters. departed for Roseburg for his vaca tion. Mr. Thompson puts it all over on his fellow clerk, for he has been employed at the Perkins 20 years. Low Rate Declared Key te Lew Prices to Public (The following communication was commented on editorially in Sunday's Oregonian, August 24. but was unad vertently omitted from that paper.) CHICAGO, Aug. 14. (To the Editor.) We have read with a great deal of interest an editorial in The Oregonian of July 12. This article, printed under the heading "The Food Combination," criticises meat-packing organizations in the light of reports submitted by the federal trade commission. The Oregonian accepts as conclusive j Athletic club. packers by the federal trade commis- new Phase of the famous Terwilll- Elnn Th a la nil,,,, huii irnvpm. 6" v.111 wiau, I II V U 1 V 1 II IT an eSTAtei Vfl ment agencies are supposed to be dis.- uej at more than $500,000, came before interested and unbiased. But in this Ju?se ' Northup in the action of Clar- instance the commission conducted this lnaa u. amitn, et al. ill v oaiiKnuuu, iivi wuu liio mta J I . ascertaining and making public all of ,r,a"c.appllcants.ror th lb the facts, but rather with the idea of "n,uninspector include Willis suppressing- all evidence which by mis- " "" wope ana jonn . In Other Days. Twenty-five Yesu-a Age. Tnm The Oregonian, August 25, 1S84. Seattle An explosion and fire in the mines at Franklin caused the death of 37 miners by suffocation. The bodies have been recovered. Wheelmen from all over the state and many from Washington have been arriving the past two days for the big racing tournament to- be stasred thia afternoon by the Multnomah Amateur Hotel employes at the Multnomah are congratulating Scott Wheeler of Rose burg on his recent venture into mat rimony. He registered at the hotel Saturday with his bride of a. few hours and will spend his honeymoon there. Mr. Scott is just out of the army and is assistant manager of the Umpqua ho tel. The hostelry has just opened up a coffee shop for the accommodation of tourists coming in at almost any hour of the day or night. In the lobby of the Oregon yesterday was to be found a real war hero in the person of C. W. Morris, of Calgary, Alta. He was accompanied by W. W. Evans, of the same place, who is travel ing with him. Mr. Morris has not yet been given his discharge from the Ca nadian army, as he is Btill receiving treatment for a wound in his right leg. He saw four years' service. Hotel managers, who devote their working hours to making it pleasant for tourists who travel for pleasure, and other folks who travel for reasons of business necessity; are necessarily walking bureaus of travel informa tion. John F. Shea combines in his personality atll of the talents that con stitute the superlative in the greeter and that is why he is secretary of the Northern California Hotel association. He is at the Multnomah and claims San Francisco as his home. No matter what the senate may say, the fact remains that Japan is in possession of Shantung and Is not likely to withdraw solely in deferenco to the opinion of the senate. Unless the senate Is prepared to follow up the logic qf its action, China will be no better off, but some very serious consequences may occur to the United States. The membership of Germany's pro- posed league reads like a roll of the international cave Adullam club. It Includes - all the defeated, outcast, sorehead nations. Portland can handle the biggest of the warships. She has entertained cruisers in plenty since the Baltimore and Charleston dropped in nearly thirty years ago. If there is no "undue, elaborate os tentation" about the prince of Wales' special train, what sort of a train would answer that description? Tes, the soldiers of the 'first di vision love France next to America, but they are in a desperate hurry to get back to their first love. It would be just the Seattle way to make the reception of the fleet bigger than San Francisco's. It would be an outbrurst of the "spirit." A person can so easily be hit by an automobile on a crossing the wonder is not at the number of accidents but that they are so few. If that prospect near McMinnville should develop into an oil well. It will be only another feather in the hat of old Yamhill. More than ever you need to keep your eye on Pasco since they have begun to find two-headed snakes up there. The Tillamook fair opens tomorrow and in these automobile times every day ought to be a Portland day. This probably is the best time to buy furs and furnaces in this con trariwise old world. . Has the hot trail already cooled. that the troops are to return from Mexico so soon? The forecast -for this week is "nor mal" weather. Get your ice into the cellar early. This is the weather that brings out the pentatomidae to ruffle the atmosphere. Another war! A Vermont man has picked up a new comet. Have you got your government to- Four weary stock men from Heppner were almost out of luck yesterday morning when they pulled into town at 3 o'clock on a cattle train, tired an sleepy. They went over to the Im perial and found every room was taken. Rather than hunt other berths, the camped on cots in one of the parlors the remainder of the night. The men were Joe Hayes, Charles Vaughn, Les ter Doolittle and Rolfe van Bibber. They say Leroy Alexander, of Pen dleton, tries to imitate his father, but it's too much for him, he simply can i do it. The elder Alexander, whose whose first name is Reuben, is one o the most widely-acquainted men in the state and runs a big general merchan dise store up where they "let er buck. Young Alexander is registered at the Imperial. Miss Ruth Hoerr, of Lebanon, was at the Portland yesterday before leaving for the middle west, where she will at tend normal school this fall. She was accompanied as far as Portland by her sister, Miss Arline Hoerr, who will re turn home Wednesday. The latter is a student at the University of Oregon Their father is engaged in the lumber business at Lebanon. First glance at the Imperial register would almost convince you that some one had got his poets mixed up. The reason is simple. Before the town of Hiawatha you will find the name of Robert Burns. Hiawatha, apparently doesn't refer to Longfellow's hero, for it has after it the word, Kansas. Most people would have to look on the map to find out where Dunevin, New Zealand, is located, but Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Spence and Miss Spence, who are at the Imperial, could tell you in a minute. The reason is that it s the place they make their home. Before getting ready to face the rush on the opening day of school when he has to supply most of the youngsters of Eutrene with text books, Morris Schwarschild ls passing a day or so in town, enjoying life at the Oregon. Mr. Schwarzschild has a large stationery store in the university town. Corvallls couldn't have had much of the Cooper family left in it yesterday, for a good share of it drove up to the Imperial Saturday night. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Cooper. With his three daughters, the Misses Sybil, Elsie and Lena Jones, E. R. Jones of Shreveport, La-, ls touring tne west, stopping yesterday at the Multnomahv They are accompanied by Miss Leslie of Plaquemine, La. From Alaska to sunny Tennessee Is a long jump, so Dr. Arthur G. Jacobs is taking his time about it and stopped at the Benson yesterday -on his way home to Memphis, lie Is accompanied by his family. Three young women from Saskatoon, Sask way UP in the middle of Canada, are taking a long vacation trip. They stopped at the Portland yesterday, reg istering as the Misses J. Little, L. B. Isbister and A. B. Shaw: T. H. Austin and family of Anaheim, CaL, motored to the Multnomah on their way to Vancouver, B. C. They live near the Mexican border and are making their entire trip by automobile. A. S. Frieze is a Fossil stock man at the Perkins over the week-end. j representation or insinuation could not be used against the packers, as though it were a prosecuting attorney seek ing to convict, rather than a govern ment agency charged by the president with the task of making a thorough survey of the meat industry from pro ducer to consumer. These are serious charges to make against an accredited government agency, but bwilt & Co. has published an analysis of the com mission's report which supports our ar- Bristow. Fifty Years Ago. Prom The Oregonian, August SS, 1S40. Halifax Price Arthur arrived todav and was welcome by Governor-General loung and Lieutenant-Governor Doyle. Gettysburg Governor Geary and oth er participants in the war have arrived here for the observance tomorrow. Gan- ral t.c. v..- ., . gumerits and exposes the methods used Wa,ker Harrison, a confederate, is here. No fair-minded person will accept tne commission s report as final until he has studied bosh sides of the case and reached an dependent conclusion. We shall be glad to send copies of this pamphlet free of charge to any person requesting them, ington guard will be held this even- Ac is or course lmpossioie in tne i ing m their hall on Stark street. space ox tnis letter to answer an. 01 the commission's charges quoted this editorial, but we do wish to reply to the most serious misstatements. "The brick work on Captain Ankanv's building on Front street has been com pleted. The anniversary ball of the Wash- More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Montague. This paragraph in particular has ar rested our attention: I THE ACTOR'S STRIKE?. The packers frequently tell what a modest Two gray haired parents sit in tears r."i tr."'" amid the gathering gloam: m is only proii- ou turnover. i ncy nm; i . ki.-i.... - , , . . , , . - ,.. turn over their capital 10 or It times a year, whiskered sheriff knocked without- multlplymg their published protit 1U or L I a -"" iw im iiicir noma. times. Nor do they tell of the profit on the I rle holds A mortgage in hla hand. many other commodities besides meat prod- which, back in '17 ucts In which they deal. By telling only Tha rnn.nl. nlH nr.. ,. i part of the truth they arouse suspicion as i Hmr.,ioi ' to the nature of the part which is . untold. Complete facts as to profits made by packers are officially recorded in gov ernment documents and they may be checked up at any time. The United States Food administration, in its re port for the year 1918, says: "The profits on the controlled products of the packers subject for this control during the first year of such regula- limousine. And now the crop of hay has failed, the price of gas is high. And there is nothing left for them but Kiss tne place good-bye. But hold! the wayward son walks in ne s Just about to cough The money that is requisite to nar the mortgage off- Alas! the finish of the play must Btlll ce lett in doubt tion from November 1, 1917. to Novem- U walking delegate appears and calls ber 1, 1918, as shown by audited ac counts were $40,934,935 on an invest ment average for the year of $714,187, 204, a net profit on the total invest ment for one year under the rules of the food administration of 5.6 per cent or considerably less than the man mum allowed by those rules. the hero out! A flaxen-headed little child ls playing in the lane,. ' The villian. whom her fond ma mm ah once spurned with deep disdain. To reap his devilish revenge, abducts the tiny maid Figures which have been subject to I And ties her to tha railroad track. Will audit by the federal trade commission Bo one come to aid? prove that the average profit of the Yes! yes! We hear the train approach packer on every dollar of sales has been about 2 cents. On each pound of meat sold the packer's profit is a fraction of a cent. This means that if the packer sold eat without making any money at all, the price for each pound would be practically the same. There would pe no material benefit to the consumer but with a pruning knife A farmer comes to cut the rope and save the baby's life. Will there be time? Our hearts stand till ; the engine throbs and hums. The ten-' heeled messenger of death each second nearer comes But ah! we never shall know what the denoument was like even if the packer continued without a For Just before the train appears the profit for a long period. Few successful businesses can show so small a margin oi pront. -ine packers' volume of sales alone makes t possible. The man who suggests breaking up the packing industry so as to divide profits among more peo ple is suggesting a change which would inevitably lead to a higher rate oi profit and increased prices. baby joins the strike! The hat check girl, when tempted by the rich and aged rake Says rags are royal raiment when they're worn for virtue's sake. But when he buys the restaurant and throws her from her Job, And she has starved for three long weeks she murmurs with a sob; It may seem surprising that the I "Ah me! forever must I face privation packers have been losing money on and despair, heir beef operations, after crediting I'm going to the river side and drown sales of hides and all by-products as myself! So there!" well as sales of meat. Yet this is the And does she carry out her threat? fact. I Does not yon gentleman Who hears her threat show up In time Atrain. The Oregonian says ."The food to thwart ber awful plan? of the nation, above all things, should Who knows? The hapless maiden's free from absolute control bv any ena must always De uncertain small group of men. The people can- She Joins the Actor's Equity before the ot be exDected to view with equanim- iinai curtain: ity the extension of this control from meats to poultry, then to vegetables and fruit, and even to ice, packing ma erials, refrigerator cars and ships. It is not true that the packers are constantly extending their business by UULilllllllg HI llmtj v..tj ... tide of food consumption. The large packers do not control any single food Tirnriim.r. Rnnh items as thev handle. whether closely related to meats or not, coming of the prince of Wales, are ohtained in the onen market in comnetition with other buyers, and are But the Government Has Unit. handled in a legal manner and along There is merit in the contention of lines that are open to everyone. the railway brotherhood that they The rjacker eells articles other than couldn't possibly run tne lines worse those produced by the single operation than tne government aia. of slaughtering. Just as the grocer, tne A Bonansa. The man who paid $26,000 for a race horse will make a lot of money that is if he cuts up the horse for the beef steaks that are in him. e e Of Course. At Newport they are already putting vintage nut sundaes on ice against the druggist, and the hardware dealer sell hundreds of things aside from gro ceries, drugs and hardware. All ar ticles handled by the packers have been added to utilize more fully existing equipment and raw materials. We be lieve we have effected material sav ings for the consumer in this way. Only one motive prompted the pack ers to invest in refrigerator cars; to obtain efficient service for fresh meat. The railroads refused to construct enough cars, and the packing firms The Chasm. By Grace E. Hall. They speak a different, language. though their thought Is dressed in words learned from the self-same book; One quotes the meaning that to him ls brought. Although it has to others not that look; But as his mind responds to visual were actually forced to provide their l- ..',,.,. snited to his need. own facilities. v-. -. knnws. so limited his reach. These cars have often been operated , tw r-i.rf. tk.r. ntt ... at a loss and they have never been an mains a breach, attractive investment. tit, crossed forever, through Every transportation service, which the big packers have, is open to every body else. The packers' cars move on the same trains and are treated in the same way as the cars of competitors. Packers became interested in stock- the era- passe That comes when naught ls grasped of what we say. They speak a different though they aim language. yards because this was the best way to That othere. ehall consider It the same; obtain efficient administration. Pro- As each has iiVed. has learned, endured ducer, packer and consumer profit , by, an(j striven, economy in management, and its re- So words to best express that life are suiting benefit to the market. - In the I given; case of at least the Fort Worth and St. Tnoge having dwelt' In narrow stilted Joseph Stockyards, the livestock in- sphere terest, including producers association, o,,it fail to crrasn tha crux of what actively solicited the packers to inter- they hear; est themselves in the development of They struggle tor amalgamate, but less yaras. naught The low rate of profit, we believe, is v. rA,,iv changed in life's aueer melt- the most convincing evidence that the I ing-pot; market is governed by competition and Each through his speech makes vsry that there is no domination of any sort In concluding. The Oregonian re marks, "We need to learn the whole truth about the food combination and to apply the rational remedy without further resort to declamation, and sug olaln the facts Of what he's struggled for, acqulred- , or lacks. Organisation of Telephone Company. PORTLAND. Aug. 24. (To the Edit- whole problem by such a man as Charles J J ZtPZV'LJ? K. Wuirhes. f-"ji - - - . -- The packers would welcome such an investigation covering all phases of the industry from producer to consumer, and have repeatedly recommended this course. This association pledges its wholehearted co-operation as well as that of its individual members in any comprehensive survey such as sug gested by The Oregonian. In the interest or lairness we be lieve that the readers of The Orego nian will wish to know the facts on both sides of the case. We are anxious to meet squarely all questions that may arise, because the packers justify them selves on actual conditions and on services rendered, and not at all on general denial. W. W. WOODS, Associate Director Bureau of Public Relations, American Meat Packers Association. Dampening Worlc of Beer. Passing Show. We learn without surprise that beer was successfully used, the other day. in nutting out a Lambeth fire. Being unable to distinguish it from the fluid usually employed, the flames promptly subsided. companies in a financial sense? (2) Are the earnings of the light and pow er department of the street oar com pany separate from the earnings of the cars? (3) If they are losing money all the time, why don't they go into the hands of a receiver or give the city a chance to buy them out? SUBSCRIBER. (1) It Is a separate company opera- ting only on the Pacific coast but a majority of its stock ls owned by the American Telephone & Telegraph com pany, popularly known as the Bell sys tem. (2) Yes. (3) If there are In fact losses the stockholders have the privilege of ab sorbing them. Secretaries ef State, BAY CITY, Or., Aug. 23. (To the Editor.) Please tell me the name of the secretaries of state in Washington and Idaho MRS. C. R. Idaho, William T. Dougherty, Boise; Washington, I M. Howell, Olympla, .