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TIIE 3IORMXG OKEGONIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1919.
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world consumption, which means at
best near-starvation. Europe has
been under such a terrific strain that
when hostilities ceased, the relaxa
tion was (Treat In proportion to the
jyain. and large parts of the popula
tion are milling- around when work
is the best cure for their ailment. It
is up to America to keep things go
ing and to maintain supplies until
Kurope's nerves are quieted and un
til the old continent Roes back to
work full time and with full energy.
the chemical constituents of success- J tor of a Brooklyn Baptist church and
Ive fruit crops must be provided for. I editor of the Watchman-Examiner.
Even with chemical fertilizers at "God help us when we who are col
high prices, it is expensive to neglect I lege and seminary graduates cannot
this practice. I support our families. Certainly God
The exclusive orchard industry does not expect his servants to go
has brought certain reforms by pro- I half-starved and half-naked while
ducing orchard specialists, but it is serving his churches. The laborer is
paying in other ways the penalty of I worthy of his hire!
abandonment of mixed farming. The I It has been jestingly suggested
Ideal orchard is still one which is
conducted In conjunction with ani
mal husbandry. The tractor and
Hence all interests point the same I condensed milk have robbed orchard
way the interests of workmen, of I Ists of a staple source of fertility, yet
employers, of the American people the orchard without a barnyard must I something is done to relieve their
and of the world at large and that I resort to cover crops and chemicals poverty. Dr. Laws sets this proposal
that all ministers in the $800 per
annum plight Join forces for a strike
ienying their congregations, ag
gregating millions of parishioners.
the solace of spiritual service until
way is maximum production.
SENATOR JOHNSON'S POSITION.
Senator Johnson comes today to a
community which, ha may be con
fldently assured. Is for A league of
nations. Just how far opinion has
cr,.uuna m r ot xxxr, commission and the public dock
oi nations one wouia do rasn 10 ex
press a conviction.
Senator Johnson, If we have con.
MAXIM CM rBODlCTIOX THE n'BE.
Any good result that may flow
from the industrial conference which
opened in Washington yesterday
most depend on recognition by all
elements represented there of cer
tain basic facts, and on action
prompted by that recognition. ITesl
dent Wilson called the conference
In the hope of finding means of meet
ing the high cost of living without
further advances of wages and with
out strikes to obtain them. Ills hope
cannot be realised unless those facts
are recognized and acted on by both
employers and workmen
The first fact of the situation is
that actual wages cannot be raised
unless production is increased. Any
body of men who imagine that by
working six hours a day for the same
wages as they receive for eight hours,
they will actually receive the same
wages for loss work, delude them
selves. Their decreased production
will surely be reflected in higher
prices for" what they consume. They
may place the blame on capital, but
it does not lie there: It lies In the
inexorable natural law that one can
not take a quart out of a pint nieas
tire. Every day lost in strikes, every
hour by which the working day Is
reduced, reduces production and
thereby reduces wages, no matter In
what number of dollars they may be
expressed. It follows that, try as
he may to dodge It, the natural law
that a man earns only what he con
tributes to production will enforce
Itself.
Employers must share with work
men responsibility for the delusion
that production can be restricted
without lowering earnings. While
workmen have aimed at a minimum
w.1479 and therefore have assumed
that there was' only just so much
work to do and that each man must
limit his working hours and the
amount of work he does in order
that it might go around and that
each one might have at least a liv
ing, too many employers have aimed
at a maximum wage by acting on the
theory that a certain amount -per
day Is enough for a working man.
Hence the labor union war on piece
work, and the outcry against effi
ciency systems and the stopwatch.
The truth is that no amount per day
is too much for a working man, pro
vided he produces enough to e?rn it.
The employer who tries to restrict a
man's wages to less than that
amount defeats his own end, for the
workman will Instinctively reduce
his production In proportion to the
amount out of which he feels that he
has been cheated. The minimum
wage is vicious because It tempts the
slothful workman to minimum pro
duction with the thought that be will
get so much anyhow, so why exert
himself to earn more? The maxl
rr.um wage tends in the same direc
tion by discouraging good workmen
Xrora doing their best. j
At the present time there is prac-
tically no limit to the demand for all
useful commodities
strued correctly the more or less
fragmentary published extracts from
his speeches. Is not for A league or
THE league. He sees in our partlci
pation therein a reversal of a tradi
tional policy of aloofness from for
eign affairs. He supports proposed
reservations not because he can en
dorse any league but to safeguard as
much as possible this country against
the dangers he believes he. foresees
il it is forced Into the league over his
protest.
If Senator Johnson's position has
herein been misconstrued the error
will doubtless be made clear to those
who hear him and to all who will
take the pains to read the reports of
If it is to hold its ground. Not even briefly aside as no fit subject for
the richest soil in the land will in- merriment. He finds but three al-
definitely pVosp'er under a practice ternatives for the under-paid pas
of taking away constantly and put- tors. They may suffer without corn
tin; nothing back. plaint, meekly denying themselves
and their loved ones a proportion of
a vntirT vnn -rtitr vrtn-r me plain necessities oi inc. iy
Decision of the Port of Portland may Pl"n&e into debt, relying upon
tne pudiic coniiaence in ministerial
probity, with the breakers of bank
ruptcy certain to whelm the.ni at the
last. Or they may quit the ministry,
renounce a calling that, however
honored, fails to give an adequate
material recompense, and turn to
manual labor. Personally, Dr. Laws
recommends window-cleaning and
commission to employ a port en
gineer who shall recommend a defi
nite plan of port development is the
first positive move toward systematic
improvement. Sound judgment die
tates that the port should do as Col
onel Kelly said in giving reasons for
employing an engineer for this pur- street-sweeping as two professions
P8 matte every aonar we spend that are emlnemtlv referable to the
on the port apply on a general plan; ministry from the practical stand-
wor on a-aeiinue, iixea policy not Innint.
only for this year but for the next it would seem that the ministry
twenty years. I more than anv other calling, has
Development of a port is a contin- been caught in the backwash of
uous process, on which some work progress. While the current carries
must be done each year. That the other men onward to better wages
om may start rignt ana mat eacn ana improved living conditions, in
new piece of construction may fit in tne arm economic sunshine of the
with that which has already been nnerT channnl. th unfortunate nas-
done. it is essential that the problem tor drift hopelessly in the gloomy
be studied as a whole, and that a I ,jv im cocci hi a onH anna nine
BY PRODUCTS OF THE PRESS
Ptw London Girls Rave Flat Feet
Becanae They Dance Much.
London girls are graceful and gen
erally walk better than their broth
ers because they are fond of danc
ing, according to the medical officer
of the London county council. "Teach
ing of dancing in the public schools
has no doubt greatly helped, if it has
not saved the situation In regard to
the physical development of London
girls," said the medical officer.
"Particularly noticeable is the much
better arched instep of the girls in
comparison with their own brothers
and with country children generally.
The relative absence of flat-foot
thus brought about the foundation of
that grace of carriage which the typ
ical London girl of the elementary
schools exhibits. In the country
schools no dancing is taught, nor do
the children there enjoy those outside
stimuli to an interest in dancing
which are characteristic of London
life."
V. n .) .! V,A J.I-V.H In T,..-I -i n ,1
ills position as herein given possesses fe,neraI.pIanf be ,f 5 w" hich may be financial situation. They are debris,
an element of frankness that is not fo Ioed out without scrapping any derelicts, flotsam doomed to wail
so clearly incident to the position of ' 7 some popular freshet, so long in
those who profess satisfaction with j? '"f' to anJ " coming, that will yield them their
......... ... maces Arain in nronortionate riav-
ment for earnest, loyal service
The thought Is inescapable that sen-K"- -v.. Vc. h 7' Tne days of the circuit rlder were
ttors of that mind either have not " ' ' " , ,, happier ones than these. At the end
lead the opening sentence, of the "hv-.---. "J Tol"1! ' trae.'- na .and. "ast.or
covenant, or else, realizing that there
Is a prevailing, sentiment for A
league, hope to make any league im
possible, yet hold their grasp on
popular favor.
The league covenant in its first
article confines membership to
those nations that accede to the cov
enant without reservation. There is
to erect docks and to make other im
provements for which there will be
no business for five or ten years
hence, wise foresight dictates that
as soon as existing facilities are
fully used, others should be provided
for further growth of commerce. The
way to make Portland a great port I
is to start with the conviction and
nfud-splattered but undaunted, he
found a blazing hearth, a laden table
and an affectionate welcome. His
parishioners were his friends and ad
vocates. Because money was scarce
as a medium of exchange, in a
country yet new from the wilderness,
they of the flock saw to it that he
was horsed and clothed, and housed
.i ..uiuui rci.u.b x..c.c n-termination tthat It will ha a t . X,
no ban therein on Interpretations - "J 7' ana weu Kept, essentially me ae-
th.t clarify the true meaning of It. --LT greaj Uands of the modern ministry are
i T., .1 .lies lci r.iLiy miu i n- -reater. T'nnn manv a- com
i.ui uic i.uuuii.iu - 1 s,-rriPHino- tn n nro-arrann-cl nlan tn I . . r. ' ...
reservations Is clear and decisive. 7," . . . piacent pew-renter, his own arrairs
We may accept the covenant or leave i , ..I prospering, rests the onus of backing
it alone. , " ". ' his spiritual faith with substantial
The belief herein expressed as to i . - " ' and timely relief for the under-paid
community opinion has not been in
fluenced by the acclaim given Presi
dent Wilson a few days ago. Nor
will it be influenced by the vocifer
ousness which will doubtless lend In
terest to Senator Johnson's recep
tion. There is a plain undercurrent
of thought that has manifested itself
in various ways, not the least of
line to the oriett has all the traffic
it can carry. Scores of shipping board
vessels have sailed fully loaded to
the orient, the Atlantic coast and
Europe. A party of Scandinavian
merchants . has made purchases
which were limited only by their
ability to secure tonnage. A French
ccmrinv ta ohmit Ia aatahllcTi a lino
these being the symposium of coun- Tndie. and Medlter.
try newspaper opinion and observa-l npln w. rA .. o ro .
tion recently printed in this news
paper. Nevertheless Senator John-
pastor.
son will be given a respectful hear
ing' by those. Including The Orego-
nian, who do not agree with him.
-v
ranean, where there are eager buy
ers for many Oregon products. This
is but the beginning. It is assur
ance that there is traffic here for
which there is active oversea de
mand, and that ships will come for
it if we provide facilities toJiandle
Senator Reed's opinion that it is
impossible to prevent war by means
of a league of nations is the phi
losophy of despair. It is that, since
mankind has not yet succeeded in
living up to the teachings of th
sermon on the mount, it should' give
up trying. Then every nation should
have conscription, every man should
carry a Browning gun and a belt of
cartridges, and the roofs of every
city should bristle with anti-aircraft
guns. The only difference between
this century and the middle ages
would be in the kind of weapons we
use and in their quicker killing
ORCHARD FKRTLLITT.
Maintenance of soil fertility in the turn cargoes. That should present Pwe"-
orchard is a serious problem in some no difficulty when it affords oppor
regions, as will be noted by observers tunity to buy directly goods which I Gary, the present center of dis-
traveling through the older districts we now buy through importers on I turbance in the steel strike, is one of
in which this has been neglected. I the Atlantic seaboard. I the most foreign cities in the United
The difference between horticulture I Although the great majority of (States, being populated by as great
and general agriculture In this re- present waterfront structures is far a variety of aliens as New York
spect Is that in the latter crop rota- from being a credit to the port, that city. The troubles of the United
tion may be practiced; in the former situation has its advantages in the States during the last few years have
the land Is definitely committed to a fact that nothing of any particular been caused by unassimilated aliens
specific crop. Obviously the com- value would be destroyed by tearing who do not know how to use liberty
mon practices by which fertility is them down. Hence in those cases I such, as they never had in their na
restored in mixed farming are not I the dock commission, or the con-1 tive countries, and by Americans
feasible in the orchard. It is an ac-1 solidated commission which we hope who have become converts to the
cepted principle that we cannot go to see in its place, can act as though I German theory of socialism and who
on continually taking from the soil the ground was clear. Extension of find the aliens ready tools for their
and giving nothing in return without modern docks as occasion requires revolutionary purpose,
some day reaching the point of ex-1 can therefore proceed unhindered.
nausiron. I A iorciDie illustration oi tne neea with tho row anrnt trio r-itv
ready for all that can be produced,
Herbert Hoover estimates that "the,
population of Europe is at least 100.
C00.000 greater than can be support
ed without imports." He believes
that during some short period it may
be possible for the western hemis
pttere to supply the deficiencies of
Europe, but not if the present defi
ciency in European production is
long continued. A decrease of 20
per cent in American production of
wheat would starve Europe. Then
maximum production in both Amer
ica and Europe is necessary to sup
ply the world's needs. As produc
tion increases, prices will fall, the
purchasing power of money will in
crease and real wages will rise, even
If money wages should fall.
These facts and the plain infer
ences which we have drawn from
tbem suggest the remedy for the
present industrial situation to those
who sincerely wish to do the best for
labor, for industry, for the United
States and for Europe. Each work
man should do a full day's work on
every working day. Every employer
should revise his system of payment
so that each man will get wages
equal to the value which his labor
puts in the product, fixing no limit
to the earnings of the good work
man, no limit below which the slack
er cannot go. That sounds simple,
yet mutual distrust between employ
er, and workman arises from the fact
that in too many cases it has not
been done hitherto. A truce should
be called on all questions as to rec
ognition of unions, closed or open
shop, until the present emergency
ends, and all disputes should be set
tled by arbitration or mediation,
which should work very much faster
than the war labor board has
worked. All the new experiments
like the Plumb railroad plan and na
tionalization of mines should be cast
aside, not only on their demerits but
because the urgent need of maxi
mum production forbids loss of mo
tion in radical changes of system.
This urgent need exposes any man
who incites a strike to the charge
that his motive Is not to better Indus
trial conditions but to cause revolu
tion and to help the enemy by mak
ing conditions worse, both here and
1b Europe.
1 For an emergency still exists, and
tie patriotic) effort of every good cit
izen in this and the allied countries
it needed to meet it. The emergency
is summed up as a deficit between
world production and necessary
The drain on the soil of the orchard I of a general policy is to be found in budget of wage increases brineine
or berry patch consists not only of the decision of the two commissions charges that this one is paid so little,
the fruit taken from it, but also and to add a pontoon to the present dry anj that one by far too much the
in some instances to a larger extent dock and to build another dry dock, householder will scan the column
f the leaves and prunings. That I It is less than a year since the build- I with the comment that manv of
these might possess fertilizing value Ing of a new dry dock was opposed these unfortunate civil service em-
occurred to students of soil chemistry as too far in advance of the present pioyes appear to have been in corn
some years ago, but there is not yet a needs of shipping, but those needs parative clover, even before the in
comprehensive literature on the sub- have already far outstripped the creases were aimed at. But the pic-
jecu it is a conservative, estimate capacity oi tne present structure, a ture of a poverty-stricken city hall
that in the operation of pruning well thought out policy for execution i nathless. a touchine one for tha
consumers are I alone more than a ton of twigs and of a definite plan would have avoided taxD&ver
Holland at last has begun work on
its long-projected plan for reclaim
ing the land covered by the Zuyder
Zee. This will mark the fulfillment of
a Dutch dream of 70 years. The
scheme aims at recovering for tillage
and pasture about SOO square miles
flooded by the sea 70 years ago with
a loss, it is said, of 80,000 lives. The
remaining 500 square miles of channel
between the reclaimed portions of
land will be turned into a fresh water
fed by the river Ijsel, a branch of
the Rhine, and protected against the
sea by a dyke 183 miles long between
the island of Wlerlngen and Piaam
on the coast of Friesland. The re
claimed land will consist of four
"polders" surrounding the lake. They
are expected eventually to supply
living to nearly 250,000' persons. The
work is to be spread over 20 years
and will cost about 8100,000,000. Dur
ing the last three generations the
Dutch have added to their territory
by reclamation 2000 square miles,
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Indian boys and girls from all sec
tlons of California, New Mexico, Art
cona, Nevada and Utah more than 600
in all Jiave enrolled for the year's
work at the Sherman institute, a gov
ernment school for Indians near Riv
erside. Cal. ' The registration is ex
pected to increase to 700 during the
year. More than 60 teachers com
prise the faculty. About 200 of the
students came directly from reser
vations where they were born and
which they never had left before.
see
Shops In Jermyn and Bond streets,
which cater to London's ultra-fash
ionable men's trade, are displaying
fantastic arrays of dressings gown
gowns whose gorgeous colorings and
barbaric patterns baffle descriptions.
Demand for these garments Is de
clared to have been unprecedented in
former seasons. They are being of
fered in the most flimsy of gossamer
fabrics or more substantial, but quite
as highly-colored, washable silks at
prices which vary from $10 to 835.
One writer, commenting on the vogue
of'these garments, declares "the bath
room parade at fashionable hotels is
going to be worth the entertainment
tax."
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A theory founded on superstition
has been exploded at Gallatin, Mo.,
and at the same time the last public
hanging in Gallatin, 33 years ago,
is being recalled here. All of this
was brought about through the splen
did growth of corn at the outskirts of
the city. The corn , crop covers the
ground where the execution took
place and where It was declared noth
ing would ever grow because it was
the scene of the gruesome affair. For
many years the spot was looked upon
with awe and no one seemed to want
to go counter of the queer traditional
belief. As a result It was left to lie ir.
idleness. This year a man, who said
he did not believe that the theory was
well founded, decided to put the
ground to corn. Instead of proving a
failure the corn turned out better
than any of that around it, due, no
doubt, to the fact that the ground
had been in disuse so long and was
rich in fertility.
branches of fruit trees will be taken that situation. It would have pro-
from a well-kept orchard annually, vided that, when business ap
in addition to the crop itself, and it is proached the capacity of the existing
interesting to know that these prun- dry docks, construction of another
ings contain definite quantities of should begin. The site would have
basic fertilizing ingredients. Reports been chosen, possibly detailed plans
of the experiment stations of Can- would have been ready, funds would
ada. Montana and Missouri, covering I have been available from the com
analyses of apple twigs show that mission's bond credit, and a vote to
they contain .7 of 1 per cent of nitro- proceed with construction of unit
gen, 1 per cent of potash and .5 of 1 No. of the general plan would
per cent of phosphorus. The quan- have sufficed to start work. The
tity of nitrogen in the leaves Is about port would also be able to time its
the same as in the twigs. But there is construction work in such manner
less of the other elements .09 of 1 as to take advantage of seasons when
per cent of phosphorus and about .2 labor is abundant or when material
of 1 per cent of potash. The per- Is cheap, and incidentally to relieve
centage, although small, becomes im- acute unemployment crises.
po riant where heavy pruning is prac
tlced. A ton of limbs and twigs, for mist MINISTERS BECOME MENDI-
example, appears to contain from ten cants r
to fourteen pounds of nitrogen, ten I In Kipling's "Kim" the holy men
to twenty pounds of potash and two of the east are pictured as mendi-
to ten pounds of phosphorus. cants who squat in the dusty shade
Every experienced orchardist knows and hold out their begging bowls for
the great, weight of the prunings coppers and curry. They are simple
which are taken from the orchard souls, content with the "wheel of
each spring in the course of routine life" and their dreams of Nirvana
operations, yet those who value! who pay their way with proverbs
time and labor will be slow to adopt land bits of abstruse spiritual
without careful consideration the advice. What layman of Ameri-
practice recommended in some quar
ters of returning the identical prun
ings to the soil. Mechanical diffi
culties loom large and plant food in
the form of wood is not readily avail
able. Comparisons of chemical con
tent of twigs with other materials,
can churches would wish a similar
situation for the university trained
dominies who lead our spiritual
flocks? Yet the ministerial wage of
today is so insufficient as to prompt
many a lean and hungry pastor to
yearn for the full begging bowl, how
such as barnyard fertilizer, while ever much his own self-respect may
they are not seriously to the disad- seal his lips with silence,
vantage of the former, may be de- Pastorates that pay salaries com
ceptive for practical purposes. Only mensurate with the dignity and re
in a term of years could results be sponsibllities of the ministry are con
expected from prunings which would fined to the larger towns and cities,
be equivalent to those from standard leaving the smaller debt-haunted
methods of fertilization. churches of the country, thousands
Warning against neglect of fer- of them, to be supplied with pastors
tilization of orchards is especially who must renounce the simplest
timely now, however, when numbers comforts and conveniences in order
of orchards are reaching the age be- to serve their church and congrega
yond which best results cannot be tion. Their means are so meager as
expected from continued soil-rob- practically to prohibit marriage, and
bing. A short crop of prunes, for il- should they choose a consort and
lustration, when due to neglect in make a home in the humble little
this regard is almost a tragedy In parsonage their wives are doomed to
this year of high prices. A good drudgery. It is the fact that many
many orchardists are now paying the country ministers are now receiving
penalty of neglect. The same is true ; no more than 8800 a year, a sum
of other fruits, and it ia true in lesser
degree of berries. The point to be
emphasized is not that prunings
themselves should be allowed to re
main on the ground, and plowed
under after having been laboriously
reduced to convenient size, but that
if this has not been done their equiv
alent In chemical values, as well as
that common laborers would sneer
at. The mouse that tenants the
church basement, relying for pro
vender on the scattered crumbs of
the semi-occasional sociable, is in
happier state than they.
"Something must be done imme
diately for underpaid ministers," de
clares the Rev. Curtis Lee Laws, pas-
Rather amusing to read In a daily
exchange that "a crime wave men
aces Portland." People are moving
about In their customary sincerity,
doing business and eating and sleep
ing regularly, unconscious of a "men
ace" outside police headquarters.
Thousands of laundry workers are
on strike in Now York with pros
pects of "two bits" for shirts and 6
cents for collars. Suppose that was
a local prospect; yet it may come.
People who die from effects of a
"home brew" deserve little pity and
get little: but as long as they think
their systems "need something" they
will continue to experiment.
Possibly when the moon changes
all this killing of negTOes will cease.
There is no connection, of course,
but anything is good enough upon
which to hang a hope.
If Sergeant Yorke stumps the
country against cigarettes, people
will turn out because he will be a
curiosity and not to hear any argu
ment he may make. '
California, that was to suffer great
loss In grapes through prohibition,
has ceased wailing. Her grape ship
ments already are 2400 cars more
than last year.
The supreme egotism of the Ta
coma man is shocking. One tried to
get by Roseburg the other night with
350 quarts in his car.
The big leagues soon will be out
of the way and the league of nations
can reappear on the front pages.
Anybody ever write a poem on
"Oregon in October"? Nobody can
do it justice.
Portland is the city of orderly
strikes, of which there are three or
four running.
Hood River sticks to the old price
of milk, but how about cider? That's
important.
e
The United States needs a man of
Lloyd George caliber to settle strikes.
At last, the war is over! Colonel
House started for home yesterday.
George Meredith, poet as well as
novelist, once wrote a poem that was
a semi-eulogy of the rat, in which he
pictured the verminous creature in
much playful detail, cleaning himself
on a mudbank, "as anxious as a maid
to show a decent dress." It was cer
tainly ill-advised of the poet to en
courage the world's worst pest In
any way. The Uqtted States public
health service is now working over
time devising means to destroy the
rodent population. The rat census
guesses there are as many of these
plague carriers in the United States as
there are human beings and their an
nual upkeep costs the country $180,
600,000, the estimated value of their
pillage. There will have to be co
operative efforts to Conquer the rat.
Norfolk, Va., recently got good re
sults in a community rat eradication
campaign.
. Farmers at. work in a field near
Kenton, O., witnessed an interesting
battle between a large chicken hawic
and a snake. The hawk swooped
down to the ground and caught the
reptile in its talons. The anake suc
ceeded in getting a hold on the bird's
body, burying it's fangs under one
of the wings. The wounds inflicted
by the reptile proved too much for
the hawk and after a hard fight of
several minutes the odd pair fluttered
to the ground, the snake being car
ried to safety on the body of its
victim.
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Congressional Investigations of war
expenditures now being conducted by
house committees cout about $10,000
a month, the house appropriations
committee is informed. One investi
gator was paid $50 a day. During the
last four congresses when democrats
were in control 20 inquiries cost
$288,791.
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Blighty, London, offers this little
anecdote as a possible solution of the
servant problem: The dowager:
"What! you kept a cook for a whole
month? How did you manage it?"
Her friend: "Well, you see, we were
living on a houseboat at the time and
she couldn't swim."
"The study of the occult sciences
interests me very much," remarked
Prof. Todd, the new boarder. "I love
to explore the dark depths of the mys
terious, to delve into the regions of
the unknown, to fathom the unfathomable,-
as it were, and to" "May I
help you to some of the hash, profes
sor?" interrupted Maggie. And the
good woman never knew why the
other boarders smiled audibly.
Boston Post. - .
Those Who Come and Go.
"In the Willamette valley people
are more willing to pay $ a yard
for silk now than they were formerly
to pay $3," says A. J. Toimie, who
deals in that material. "Between
Portland and Eugene the country had
the name of 'Death valley1 among
traveling men who sell the higher
quality of goods. People in that sec
tion are rich, but in the past they
have refused the best. When the rest
of the -country was buying heaVily,
the Willamette valley was not.
never could understand the reason.
Of the silk in this country, u per
nt crimes In the raw state irom
Japan, the Japanese furnishing today
75 per cent of tne worm b ouppij u
raw silk. The Japanese govenimoin
regulates the quality. The price has
jumped 50 per cent. There is a snort
age of production, for the silk weav
ers, who now receive in a day more
than they formerly did in a ween, win
work only two or three days and
then lay off because of their pros
perity. And yet the public is more
willina? to buv silk now than ever
before, notwithstanding the increased
cost. Mr. Toimie is at tne jeenson.
"Medium - priced ready - to - wear
clothes are not wanted by the public,"
asserts F. J. Marontate of Cleveland.
O.. at the Benson. "This is especially
trire of the ready-to-wear clothing for
Women. Only the highest-priced stuff
is in demand. The women want rur
trimmings' and the like, and are
willing to pay the price. The house 1
represent, for instance, figured that
there would be a demand for medium
priced clothing and turned out a large
quantity for the between - seasons
period. Well, we were poor guessers,
for the medium-priced goods do not
move, the demand being entirely for
the most expensive. Next spring the
consuming public will pay even high
er prices for clothing. This is due to
the increased wages, shorter hours,
decreased production and increased
demand, everyone insistingon having
the best."
'The doctor gave me up. Then a
good friend said to me: 'Get away
from home and forget business; your
firm will still be alive and prosper
ous after you are through.' I took
his advice, and look at me now. 1
never looked better nor felt better In
my life. If more of these 'too-busy'
business men in the cast would come
west and remain a few months they
would add 20 years to their life," says
Charles M. Day of Manchester, N. H.
Mr. Day, who is at the Multnomah, is
in the insurance business and was
so occupied with the advancement of
his company that his health broke
down. For months he has been
drifting around the west and is now
heading homeward In a leisurely man
ner by way of the Canadian Rockies.
Mrs. Day is with him.
"For the past ten days we have
been rocking the Drain-Yoncalla sec
tion of the Pacific highway," reports
Albert Anderson, contractor, who is
at the Perkins. "We are connecting
tne new roan with the old where it is
necessary to accommodate traffic. Be
ween Drain and Leona the eradinc
is s per cent done and ronklnir will
tart tnis ween. The aDDroaches to
the overhead at Divide have been
made and the state will rock. Down
ur way we have been held back bv
rains, it nas rained for about three
weeks, and this has been a handicap.
Hair nets are the trouble now with
artificial hair dealers," said B. Blum
or ban Francisco, at the Benson.
can t - get enough of tihem. The
original hair comes from China
snipped irom Shanghai, then to New
lorK, -wnere it is treated and then
nippea oftCK to Cliina, where the hair
woven into nets, and then once
more it returns to the United States
as a iinished article. No wonder.
with all this transnortation. that the
cost or nair nets is up."
Major A. D. Smith, officer in Mi.r
. ii j' ... .
' "regoB airplane forest patrol
and Sergeant R. E. Blanton arrived
111 me cuy irom JDuirene en cento
ouonane ana other northwestern
cities via the air route. The aviators
registered at the Multnomah upon
their arrival. They did not land nn
ma root.
The 22 miles of E-rariino- v,
Columbia River highway between the
.iorrow county im and Echo will be
maiiea wumn three weeks. It is
ne piece of road." ku va
reely Newport.' of the Newnort r'c.n-
truction company, which has con
ducted one of the sections. Colonel
ewport, who is known na "th. h,.u
iiciimsiuii, is ac tne .ferkina on
e of his occasional vislra tn Peer.
land.
Instead of - maintaining twn m-
nlcipalities which are divided by an
imaginary line, the people of Marsh
field and North Bend are talkine- of
consolidating the two and having
one city, says Ben S. Fisher of Marsh
field, who is at the Multnomah. Both
communities are thriving, as are all
the towns of Coos Bay country.
Cold and with his machine mud be
spattered, Dr. N. M. Berry of Newport
arrived at the Hotel Oregon. The
doctor admits that Newport is all
right, but that the roads leading from
the resort to the outside world are
not the smoothest nor cleanest.
Representative P. J. Gallagher of
Ontario is at the Hotel Portland. Mr.
Gallagher will probably be a candi
date for re-election and if elected he
may be an aspirant for speaker of
the 1921 session, although that is fig
uring considerably into the future.
Fred H. Gilman and wife of Seattle
are at the Benson, having completed
a tour of Oregon and California. Mr.
Gilman visited all of the sawmills in
central Oregon and down in the
Klamath country in the interest of
the American Lumberman, a Chicago
publication.
I. B. Rhodes, who served overseas
with the Y. M. C. A., arrived at the
Hotel Oregon with his family. The
Rhodes lived here prior to Mr. Rhodes'
departure for France, and then his
wife and children went east. They
will remain at the Oregon until lo
cated. -
"Its nice to be in Portland," con
fessed Shad O. Kranz. the reformed
reporter. "In Seattle we have a strike
of carpenters, a strike of tailors, the
gas makers, are on a strike, and up at
Beilingham there is a strike among
mill men."
Federal Judge Wolverton, United
States Attorney Haney, his assistant,
Barnett Goldstein, United States Mar
shal Alexander and William Bryon of
the department of justice left for
Medford last night to hold a term of
court. .
R. O. McDonald of Chicago has ar
rived at the Multnomah.' He is here
to take charge of the building and
operating of the Western Wax Paper
factory, which Is to be located in this
city.
J. C. Clark, who represents the
Willamette Iron & Steel works in
San Francisco, is at the Benson. He
Is here to consult with the home of
fice. Among the stockmen who are at
the Perkins, having brought cattle
to the yards in North Portland, are
J. Pedro, J. R. Davis and Eldon Con
yur of Weiser, Idaho.
Hugh O'Kane, one of Bend's best
known citizens, is at the Imperial for
a few days.
I VOTES I. LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Difference Between Representation in
Council and Assembly,
PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Kindly print a list of the
nations having a vote in the league
of nations.
(2) Senator Jones of Washington
state says the British Empire has six
votes; President Wilson says one.
(3) Could a majority of the small
nations draw the United States into
war?
... (4) Did any United States senator
prove or anyone else and make ex
President Roosevelt admit that he
was a liar and had perjured himself?
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
(1) The following are named as the
original members of the league of
nations. The first nine are members
of the council. All are members of
the assembly: United States, Belgium.
Brazil, British Empire, France, Greece,
Italy, Japan, Spain, Bolivia, Canada,
Australia, South Africa, New Zealand.
India, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Guate
mala, Haiti, Hedjaz, Honduras, Li
beria, Nicaragua, Panama', Peru, Po
land, Portugal, Roumania, Serb-Croat-Slovene
state. Slam, Czecho-Slovakia,
Uruguay, Argentine, Chile, Colombia,
Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Para
guay, Persia, Salvador, Sweden,
Switzerland, Venezuela.
(2) There are two bodies in the
league of nations the council and
the assembly. But nine nations are
represented on the council. The
United States Is one of them, the
British- Empire is another. Each has
but one vote. All the 45 members of
the league are members of the assem
bly and each has one vote therein
The five self-governing British colo
nies and Great Britain hold member
ship. ro award by either council or
assembly in a dispute which threat
ens a rupture between nations is bind
ing on other members of the league
unless it is concurred in by every
member of the council. President
Wilson has not said that the British
Empire has but one vote. He has
said that because It has but one vote
in the council the rule requiring
unanimous council concurrence de
prives Britain of a preponderating
influence.
(3) No. The award of either coun
cil or assembly merely binds the
members of the league not to make
war against a nation which complies
with the award. If the award is
disregarded the council or assembly
may propose thereafter steps to be
taken to give effect to its award, but
in neither case can such a proposal
be made unless concurred in unani
mously by the members of the coun
cil. Being a member of the council
the United States can veto any effort
to draw it into a war not of its choosing.
(4) We do not recall such an incident.
More Truth Than roetry.
By James J, Montague
LEAGIK OPPONENTS TEN KIUS
Writer Classifies Them and Has Gen
erally Poor Opinion of Them.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6 (To the Edi
tor.) Opponents of the peace treaty
and league of nations may be placed
in the following categories:
1. Those who have not read the
peace treaty or league covenant, and
know nothing of its machinery to
maintain peace.
2. Those who oppose any kind of
covenant with the United States par
ticipating in a world effort to pro
mote stable peace.
3. Small politicians, blindly search
ing for the spoils of office, and those
incapable of thinking and reasoning
from cause to effect.
4. Those who do not desire a stable
peace, 'but who desire the profiteer
ing of war without engaging In active
battles.
5. Bolshevists, I. W.. W.. syndical
ists, sabotagers and all those who be
lieve in direct action, and who vio
lently oppose a representative form
of government.
6. Bad hearts, with no altruism or
sympathy in their souls for their fel
low men, with narrow selfishness
predominating in their every act.
7. Envious and selfish senators
who hate President Wilson because
the esteem of the world places him in
an atmosphere far above them. .
8. Jingoes who desire the United
States to make an aggressive war in
Mexico In the interests of wealthy
men who bought the confiscated lands
of the peons for a trifling sum of
money.
). Political grafters who express
fear that the peace covenant will In
terfere with some of their hobbies or
pet legislation, although It stoutly
maintains that nothing in the cove
nant shall have to do in domestic af
fairs in any nation or country.
10. Finally, Germany and all the
pro-Germans before, during and after
the cessation of hostilities. These
forces led by Senator Knox, who said
on the senate floor that the terms of
peace with Germany were too severe,
that the United states should mane
separate peace with Germany. With
such sample leadership in the major
ity side of the senate, which can de
feat, if it w'ill, peace treaty and cove
nant, Is it cause for wonderment that
ex-Minister of State von Scheller
Stelnwartz sees the red glow of a new
day for his country, with Senator
Lodge as the soul of the opposition to
the league of nations and peace
treaty, or that Germans or pro-Germans
should uproariously rejoice?
J. S. HAKJJY. M. L.
You Never Cnn Please 'Em.
Amanda Means was rich and fair;
but F. Augustus Tripp
Was nothing but a roustabout around
a ferry slip.
Amanda had a dozen cars, half a mil
lion cold,
Augustus hadn't anything except a
.heart of gold.
Amanda drove her motor down to
take the ferry boat.
It went a thought too far and sank
(Those motors seldom float).
The ladies on the ferry boat pro
ceeded for to faint.
The language that the captain used
betrayed but small restraint.
A bell rang out; the engines backed;
the waters, chill and brown
In rippling circles rolled around the
place the 'bus went down.
And all at once It suddenly occurred
to Mr. Tripp
That Mandy hadn't left the car t
fore it left the slip.
He shed his hat; he shed his shoes,
he shed a tear or twr,,
He also i-hed his overalls (they cost
'six-fifty new).
And casting both his woolen sox and
all his fears aside.
He filled his lui.gs with lots of breath
and plunged beneath the tide.
And when he reappeared he held the
somewhat dampened charms
Comprising Miss Amanda in his strong
and brawny arms.
Amanda, by and by, came to. The
captain cried: "Behold
Angusttis Tripp, your rescuer, he has
a heart of gold!"
Amanda gazed on Mr. Tripp, he fond
ly gazed on her,
The gaze, as novelists would say, was
mutual, as it were.
"I thank you very, very much, Au
gustus Tripp," said she,
"And now just please dive in again
and get my car for me."
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Naturally.
Pennsylvania Farmers Demand
Eight-Hour Day Headline. Evident
ly they expect their wives to work
the other 12 hours.
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Grand Larceny,
The knave of hearts, he stole some
tarts, but that was long ago. TT Is
our time he'd done this crime he'd
servo ten years or so.
No Harm to Theraw
The Reds may clean up t filenro.
but it'll be the Cincinnati Reds.
(Popyrlcht, 1010. by Bell 8yndlrate, lnr
In Other Days.
h'nenty-f Ive Year Ago.
From The Oregnnlan of October 7. 104
Tacoma Fifteen hundred residents
of Portland and Oregon visited the In
terstate fair today and they were
given a rousing reception.
St. Paul The close of the week
finds Governor McKinley In fine
physical condition despite the grind
of the speaking tour he is making.
H. B. Hewitt Is the 18-hour amateur
cycling champion of the northwefa,
having won that title last night by
leading all competitors in the race at
the exposition building.
Dr. George W. Gue was yesterday
made presiding elder of the I'ortlnnd
district of the Methodist church and
Rev. Henry Rasmus of Spokane was
named pastor of Grace church to suc
ceed Dr. Gue.
PORTLAND AS 0 O'CLOCK TOWN
Curfewed Citizen Says City Should
Cfctthe nnd Feed People Also.
PORTLAND. Oct. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) At 12:30 sharp Friday night I
left a grill, accompanied by my wife.
a married girl friend of hers and a
gentleman friend. The gentleman
v.asn t with our party ana we were
standing on one of the main streets
o! our busy little city, chatting for a
few moments, preparatory to wend
ing our way homewards. My car, in
which I was to take the ladies home.
stood Just across the street. By the
clock we had been there exactly ten
r.iinutes, saying goodnight and ta'k
Ing, when up dashes a little Maxwell
with two fellows In It ana one jumps
out and rushes madly up to us.
Not stopping to ask our business' or
why we happened to be there at that
time of night, this thick-skulled,
square-toed copper throws back his
coat, and flashing a star, informs us
the city is enforcing the curfew ordi
nance, so we can take our choice of
moving on or going to the station.
His manner was about as insulting
as It could possibly be.
We have a right to expect a little
display of intelligence or, at least,
horse sense in the heads of our city
department. Now when all is said
nnd done, they are the ones respons
ible for Just such an incident as this.
The. curfew law is all right when en
forced properly. :
Just behind us were two young men
noticeably under the .Influence of
liquor. Home would have been a good
place for them but the brainless won
der who did all the talking never said
a word to them.
So, with telling us how to dance
r.r;d what time to go to bed, If the
city will just devise some plan to feed
and clothe us, we can all live in a
veritable garden of Eden, here in our
city of roses, secure in the knowledge
that the city fathers will take good
care of us. GERALD W. REED.
125 E. Thirty-second street.
Fifty Years Arc.
From The Oregonlan of October 7. 1K'J.
New York Horace Greeley an
nounced today that he could not ac-
cpt the Virginia sonatorshlp and asks
the press to forbear naming him as a
candidate for any office.
The council last night adopted an
ordinance requiring the payment of all
licenses, taxes and stfi'et assessments
in gold coin. A resolution to give no
tice of establishment of the grade on
Morrison street was adopted.
San Francisco, Oct. 1. William H.
Seward departed today on the steam
ship Golden City for Mexico. Vice-
President Colfax and party left yes
terday for their eastern trip overland
and will spend next Sunday at Salt
Lake City
Directors of the public library have
installed a revolving stereoscope ca
pable of holding 144 views and a
varied and interesting collection of
views.
The Worm Turns.
By Grace E. Hall.
He hailed from a larger country town,
though I called it a city then;
He was a full-grown man of twelve,
while I was a babe of ten!
But It wasn't his years that wrung
my tears and humbled me o'er
and o'er
'Twas his new spring suit his airs
so cute and the el-e-gant way
he swore!
I hung on his words with bated
breath as he pictured the "city's"
charm,
I felt the delight of each rare sight
and in secret blasphemed the
farm;
He told me my chances were very
slim of reaching his high estate,
For I was a "Jay" and destined to stay
ingloriously desolate!
He told of the battles that he had
won the victories he'd always
own;
Men double his weight had met sad
fate he'd "knocked 'em cold as
stone!"
He'd finish each story with artful
wink and boast of his orgies
there.
And then with a jest he'd throw out
his chest and manfully swear and
Bwear!
It was twenty years ere we met again
and I spoke out of kindly pity;
I was the "gentleman," he was the
"jay"; I lived in a bona fide city.
He viewed me in awe as I grasped his
paw he knew I was calllnz his
bluff.
For he'd taught me the trick to
swing the big stick when ad
vantage had shifted enough!
One Battle Yet to Win.
PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi
tor.) As one of the many readers of
The Oregonian I wish to commend
I: for its stand as a great dally for the
league of nations. It Is natural for
The Oregonian to take such a stand
If the word "Oregonian" means any
thing, for the Oregonlans are no
doubt just like The Oregonian for a
league of nations.
The Oregonlans were with Uncle
Sam heart and soul during the fight
ing part of the war; so was The Ore
gonian. They still are and so Is The
Oregonian. I feel the league of na
tions is a great battle yet to be won,
so that all the o.her battles have
not been In vain.
The world is trying to adjust things
so that Germany nor any other coun-
ry can again Invade Its neighbor's
me and aestroy ine property.
But yet we have Home senators
against the league.
J. P. PASCHALL.
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