THE MORNIXG ORECONIAX. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1919.
TABLISHED BV HENRY L. PITTOCK
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ESERVATIONS CANNOT BE AVOIDED.
As the debate on the German
aty draws to a close, assurance
ows that the treaty will be ratified
th moderate reservations on the
ints which have caused most con-
oversy, but that It cannot De rau-
d without them. This opinion is
engthened by the fact that all of
esldent Wilson's assurances that
e disputed articles of the covenant
re intended to mean precisely
hat their critics say they should
ean have been without effect. All
his appeals for ratification with-
, more than interpertative reser-
tions have failed to stir up such
overwhelming public sentiment
would move the senate; all his
irnmgs that reservations or
aendments changing the text
juld be equivalent to rejection
ve gone unheeded.
A combination of causes produced
is situation. By his partisan con-
ct the president provoked like
nduct on the part of the senate
tders. When he went to Paris
thout so much as consulting the
nate he aroused its jealousy for its
erogatives. When he applied
ornful epithets to senators, he
oused personal: antagonism. Thus
oy were placed in a highly critical
titude toward his work at . Paris.
hen they opened fire, they found
erse elements animated by the
otives of the hyphenate ready to
plaud them. Their arguments
o appealed to a large number of
nerlcans, whose patriotism Is be
nd question, who did their full
rt in the war but who feel that In
ning a league with many nations,
eat and small, in all continents, the
lited States should be doubly cau-
us about the obligations which it
sumes and about the degree to
lich it restricts its freedom of ac-
n. Hence the strong support of
me form of reservations, all for the
me end, although they mean ex-
lsion from the league and perhaps
vision of the treaty. .
The tone of the rival sets of reser-
tions which haVe been offered to
e senate brings out tne several
nflicting currents of opinion which
ist there and among the people.-
iose of Senator Lodge and the ma
rity of the foreign relations com-
ttee are couched in decidedly hos-
e terms, as who should say: we
n't like this covenant and we will
t accept it unless it is changed to
it us at every point." The McNary
oup offers a set of reservations
lich betoken friendship for the
tgue, but with a desire to reassure
nid Americans, and the Mc.Cum-
r reservations have much the same
feet. The administration senators
md pat for the treaty without
ange, as might be expected of
nd followers of their leader.
Yet the reservations from the sev
,tl different sources differ mainly
that they say the same thing in
fferent ways. All propose to
ike the right of withdrawal after
o years absolute, but the Lodge
solution does so in defiant words
lich resent the mere suggestion
at the United States would not
ep its covenant, while the others
uld merely have this taken as a
itter of course, of which we shall
judges before our conscience.
iere is no substantial difference as
effect in the reservations to
tide 10, as to domestic policy and
to the Monroe doctrine, but the
cCumber and McNary reservations
e decidedly more conciliatory in
ne. Senator Lodge proposes that
a United States have equal voting
wer with the whole British cm
re, while Senator McCumber pro
ses a resolution the effect of which
mid be that in case of dispute
Jth any member of the British em
e all other members of the empire
ould be excluded from voting and
treated as parties to the dispute.
Lodge proposes that German
-Ms in Shantung be transferred
ect to China, instead of to Japan
the private understanding that
pan will afterward transfer them
China. Mr. McCumber proposes to
ike an express stipulation in a
-.olution that Japan shall hand
er Shantung to China, thus making
in effect a part of the treaty.
It is to be noted that, with the
le exception of Shantung, nearly
1 the reservations relate to the
igue covenant, none to the terms
th Germany. Senator Thomas has
cently offered reservations on the
tie discussed labor conference ar
les. Amendments proposed by
natoi1 Fall to withhold American
ambers from all commissions es-
blished by the treaty except the
paration commission, and from it
to all except American claims,
re voted down by large majorities.
ie inference is plain that the sen-
z is not disposed to deny the aid
the United States to the allies in
forcing the settlement with Ger
iny. It is only determined that in
a general, long continuing obliga
,ns which the United States will
sume as a member of the league,
e rights and interests of this
untry shall be carefully guarded.
Under the first article of the cove
.nt any reservations other than
"rely interpretative reservations
11 exclude the United States from
e league at its organization and
nnot bcome effective until the
igue has been organized and has
cepted them. Thus exclusion at the
:tset is the price we must pajrfor
e safeguards mentioned. That un-
. . ; Vl ,
rtunate outcome might liae been
escaped If the antagonism provoked
by the president had not caused sen
ators to look with suspicion on his
work at Paris and to be overready
to find flaws where there were none.
The American people have good
cause to move with, caution, for, as
the war marked their first interven
tion in European quarrels, the league
binds them permanently to. take an
active part in keeping the peace of
the world at large. By virtue of our
great wealth, power, resources and
disinterested position toward old
world disputes, we cannot avoid tak
ing a leading part in the league
whenever we become a. member, as
we surely shall, whether now or
later. The way to our entrance
would have been far smoother but
for the friction which the president
himself set up and of which his
shattered health is the consequence.
WHEKE IT COMES FROM.
The whole story of the steel strike
and its alien and radical inspiration
and purpose is told in the strange
names that appear as leaders in va
rious scenes of tumult and disorder,
for example, at Youngstown, Ohio,
there is a group who, according to
the Pittsburg Labor World, have
"transcontinental records as agita
tors." Among them are: Green
(Leon Greenovich), Padea, O'Berta,
Rosekoz, Linedo, Libertl, Melinick,
Zanford, Olson, Cashen. Hickey, Can
non (Joseph D. ), Trent, Hannon,
Hammersmark, Souse and others.
The troublesome and desperate,
but cowardly. Green, who was a
noisy captain in the soviet strike at
Seattle and who suddenly disap
peared, now has the 'courage to re
appear. The others are obviously
for the most part foreigners, though
some have doubtless adopted good
enough American titles.
Ole Hanson, now lecturing on rad
icalism throughout America, recently
said:
The only existing printed propaganda
which I could buy in any book atore to
refute bolshevist pVopaganda were the
constitution of the United States and the
Bible. Arguments attempting to ' prove
that the American workingman Is being
cheated have been translated into every
known tongue and circulated throughout In
dustrial institutions, but so far no one has
thought of refuting them by the same
means.
It is easy to suggest that counter
propaganda might be prepared on
Americanism in foreign languages,
and circulated where it will do the
most good. But the idea that Amer
icanism must be taught in alien
words is repugnant to the American
consciousness. The remedy is Amer
icanization, nevertheless, unless the
carcass of America is to be deliv
ered to the alien buzzards.
INDEPENDENCE.
The Oregonian has noted that
some of the papers of the state are
disturbed because it prints dally in
its columns articles from the special
news service of the New York World.
It is well known that the World is a
democratic paper and that The Ore
gonian is not; that the World is an
open supporter of the democratic
administration and that The Orego
nian is not; and it appears to be
thought that good journalistic prac
tice requires a republican newspaper
to get its news from republican
sources and a democratic newspaper
to get its news from democratio
sources.
It is a principle of journalism to
which The Oregonian does not sub
scribe. It knows, as well as all its
readers should know, that the World
zealous", y guards the veracity and in
dependence of its news columns, and
lends to them no purposeful taint of
partisan color. That is one reason
why it is one of the great papers of
America and why a news connection
with the World is both desirable and
valuable.
The World, however, is no mere
party organ through its editorial
page. It forms its own opinions, and
it expresses them with .boldness,
clearness and power. Here, recently.
it gave an illustration of its high
spirit. The democratic state conven
tion of Massachusetts had adopted
in its platform a plank condemning
Governor Coolidge "for his inaction
and culpability in failing to protect
the lives and property of the people
of Boston" in the police strike. It
denounced also his "deceit and
breach of faith" for the assurance
that an emergency police force was
ready, when it "was not provided
until it was demanded by the mayor
of Boston." Says the World:
For downright mendacity It would be
difficult to find anything comparable to
this deliverance In any equal number of
words In all our political records. The
mayor of Boston had nothing to do with
the police strike or with Its suppression.
Boston's police force Is controlled by the
governor and a commissioner appointed by
him. It was Governor Coolidge and Com
missioner Curtis who resisted the revolu
tionary demands of the unionized police
men, who refused to reinstate them, who
summoned the national guard and private
citizens to preserve order and who are now
filling the places of the deserters with
Americans who can be trusted.
A party that does not "condone the po
licemen who left their posts of duty"
proclaims its own contemptible falsehood
when it assails the magistrate who cou
rageously upheld the sovereignty of the
people. On this issue alone Governor
Coolidge, a candidate for re-election- in
November, should receive an overwhelming
vote ol approval.
No newspaper of light and con
science, though it may, and should.
accept the doctrines of the party
with which it finds itself in general
accord, will fail to criticise its party
when it is wrong. The day is gone
when newspapers are mere organs of
party .opinion. For that reason party
support given by a newspaper of
known initiative and probity in form
ing its own opinions is worth while
when it is given to party.
POST-WAR FRIVOLITY.
Coningsby Dawson may.be right In
supposing that British publishers
have misinterpreted the spirit Of
their people In refusing to publish
literature of the war. He is certainly
right in suggesting that "demobilize
the war mind," a phrase much em
ployed in extenuation of the practice,
is unhappily framed. The "war
mind," so far as it was a mind for :
sacrifice, and . for upholding high !
ideals, and for almost universal self
denial is one of the. last memories of
the war which we would wish to see
"demobilized." There is a spirit
which ;the war intensified which is
needed in the solution of the prob
lems of the. present day.
"I do not say," says Dawson, "that
it is a damnable phrase .because ' I
like war,, for no man who has been
in the show can like the idea of kill
ing men." But there are phrases of
the war which it would be desirable
never to forget, and these the author
would emphasize-In the new litera
ture that will grow out of the war,
if the publishers do not persist in
their attitude of discouragement.
Dawson coined a pregnant phrase
when he said:
In England today post-war frivolity Is
very apparent. Literature will serve as an
illUHtration. The professional writers are
i writing once more ineir tales or country
, Uouscs o the eternal triangle, of boy and
writing once more their tales of country
girl love affaire, and of punting expeditions,
had been no war at all. The books that
re being produced now are the same sort
that were being written in 1814.
"Post-war frivolity" may account
for a good deal of failure to compre
hend that the war will have been in
a measure lost if the spirit of sacri
fice which characterized it is not
continued, fully mobilized, until re
construction has been completed. It
is this, rather than the blood and
slaughter, which the author would
keep alive. Nor does the principle
apply alone to those who fought in
the field. " Those who subscribed
generously to every cause which was
a by-product of the war, and who are
now engaged In unrestrained prof
iteering,, illustrate the "post-war
frivolity" which it is so desirable
that we should avoid.
Conscious effort to forget the war
may easily go to extremes. The war
is easily, as Dawson suggests, "the
grandest background against which
a. book could be constructed." Read
ers may tire of tales of battle, but
when they are wearied of stories of
unselfish patriotism they will be that
much poorer material out of which
to build a world anew.
, QCITE ENOUGH.
The county commissioners have
taken the right course in calling on
the state highway commission to
make, through its engineering force,
a survey of the Portland bridges. The
commission has thus relieved itself
of a growing suspicion that-it was
too ready to embark on any large
expenditure for new bridges before
it was determined by independent
and competent authority that they
were needed.'
It is the era of large outlay for
good roads, and the fashionable idea
has taken root in Portland that the
old bridges are not good enough, and
that there should be a brand new
set of bridges. The suggestion is
made we do not know from what
source that as much as $5,000,000
should be spent for new structures
to span the river. It is a lot of
money, even in these prodigal times.
It is enough to cause the taxpayer to
take notice.
It may be hoped that the state
engineers will find a way to get
along without investing $5,000,000,
or even $1,000,000, in new?- bridges
just now. The Morrison and Burn
side bridges are not as handsome or
even as convenient for traffic as
some others; but they are still stand
ing and there is no undue congestion
on them; and after all the chief util
ity of a bridge is to provide, a way
for traffic to get over it. If repairs
will suffice to keep the bridges, safe
for a few years, nothing more need
be done now.
PURPOSE OF THE AIR RACE.
Like the air flight across the At
lantic ocean, the great aerial derby
now In progress with the transcon
tinental route as a race track is
primarily a scientific demonstration
and only secondarily a sporting
event. The language employed in
describing the progress of events
frequently lends color to the impres
sion that the sporting phase predom
inates; we read, for example, that
Major Spats and Lieutenant Kiel, are
twitted .with "jockeying" for a favor
able position, and all in all the spirit
of emulation runs high. Yet these
are only the factors which appear on.
the surface-v The contest Itself was
conceived in the desire of the war
cepartment to obtain such informa
tion upon mechanics and -meteorology,
as well .as upon the human
elements entering into flying, as'wUl
enable it to reduce the dangers of
flying to the vanishing point.
Fatalities which have already oc
curred show that aviation is still a
somewhat perilous, business. This
impression receives further confir
mation from the death on Tuesday of
one of the New York-Washington
mail pilot. Doty, was a flyer of wide
tc look upon the carrying of mail by
air as a routine matter. But immun
ity from accident is still, it seems, in
good part a question of luck: The ,
mail pilot, Doty, was a flyer of wfde
experience, not only in ordinary fly
ing but in getting out of tight places.
He had twice fallen great distances.
At least two Of tne cross-country fly
ers who were killed were pastmas-
ters of the profession. Colonel Dodd
was one of those who served with
Pershing, so that he may be said to
have literally grown up with our
aviation establishment, and Majof
Frissell had high rank among army
aviation instructors. Both these men
were conquered by fog, which in the
present stage of flying seems likely
for a long time to come to baffle the
best of men.
Everything that can be done to
make aviation sxfer will be watched
with deep interest by Americans,
who will hope that this country will
not lag in the race for development
just because the war is over. The
airplane belongs to Americans by
light of discovery. Wilbur and Or
ville Wright, both Americans, made
the first flight ever made by man in
a heavier-than-air machine at Kitty
hawk, N. C, on September 14, 1902.;
Their success undoubtedly was made
possible by the work of another
American, Professor Samuel Pier
pont Langley, director of the Smith
sonian Institution, who had actually
produced a heavier-than-air machine
which flew under its own power, but
without a pilot aboard. It is a mat
ter of history how that the"Wrights
end Curtiss and others were forced,
even after the pioneer work had
been done, to go to France to obtain
lecognltion. For practical cs well as
sentimental reasons Americans with
vision will now hope that the history
of American neglect of aviation may
not repeat itself.
Viewed as a sporting event, a kind
of ,air-hippodrome, the race now in
progress has plenty of thrills for the
multitude. But it challenges, too.
the imagination of the thoughtful
with its possibilities. The data con
tained in official reports to the war
department, gather than the actual
and elapsed time of the flyers as re
ported at the close of the game, will
determine the place that America
shall take in practical flying in the
future
WHO REALLY PATS THE TAX T
Until five years ago national ex
penditures used so small a propor
tion of" the nation's taxable resources
that the waste, great though It was,
was scarcely felt, and a haphazard
system could be tolerated. That is
no longer the case. Expenditures
have reached such enormous totals
that It has become necessary to limit
them and to regulate taxes as care
fully as do any of the heavily bur
dened nations of Europe. - -
A revolution has been worked in
our revenue system during' the last
few years. Formerly revenue" 'Was
derived either from customs duties
or from internal taxes on liquor and
tobacco. We had no national direct
taxes. Corporation tax. Income tax,
excess profits tax and war profits
lax have now reached such propor
tions that customs duties form an
insignificant part of the total reve
nue. Prohibition will cut off about
fT50.000.000 of indirect - internal
taxes, making the government almost
wholly dependent on direct taxes.
These taxes were levied in haste in
war time, and at the dictates of
Claude Kitchin, who deliberately
aimed to make them bear heavily on
some interests, lightly on others.
They were the work of politicians
and are marred by political preju
uice, passion and interest. No study
of their effect was made by cool, un
biased economists and. financiers.
We need a board to study the na
tional financial problems in much
the same way as the general staff of
the army studies problems in strat
egy. Such a board would examine
the effect of any particular tax on
industry, commerce, investment in
any particular line of enterprise, on
employment, wages and prices paid
by the consumer. It might discover
that some tax obstructs development
of a very desirable industry, that
taxes which are nominally paid by
the manufacturer or merchant are
added to the price of goods, multi
plied two or three times and passed
on to the consumer. It would as
certain what proportion of each tax
is consumed by cost of collection,
and might learn that the cost cf col
lecting some imposts is greater than
their total yield- Out of the Infor
mation which it would gather, such
a board should be able to evolve cer
tain sound governing principles.
which should guide future budget:
makers.
Study of taxation by such a board
would be a valuable aid to any com
mittee of congress . which should
hereafter prepare a budget. It would
guard congress from imposing a tax
on A which would surely be ulti
mately paid -by C, from spending
$1.10 to collect $1. from putting tax
obstacles In the way of an Industry
which,, would be absolutely essential
in war. Congress would have no fur
ther excuse for levying a tax so as
to swat the northern manufacturer
or the southern cotton-grower, for it
would be forwarned where the tax
would ultimately fall.
Although taxes caused the Amerl
can revolution and the English-re
bellion against Charles I, we con
sider them a dry subject and take
little interest in them. Yet they take
money out of our pockets every day.
If we gave more attention to them,
they might grow perceptibly less.
The action of republican leaders in
the house in enquiring into plans for
a budget system shows that they at
last realize the necessity of bringing
order into the national revenues and
expenses.
For a long time to come we shall
continue to put our dependence on
improved agriculture rather than
synthetic chemistry as a means of
staving off famine. The scientist
who declares that all the essential
elements of food are to be found in
air, sunshine and water propounds a
theoretical conclusion which should
not lull us into the false notion that
we are about to discover how to live
without work. Crop rotation is still
a sovereign remedy for "land sick
ness," tillage Is still the enemy of
weeds and headwork is needed as
guide to hand work more today than
it was needed half a century ago
when there was plenty of cheap land
Without. imagination, we should have
no scientific progress, but we need
on the other hand, to keep our feet
on the ground while we' are exper
imenting with such new-fangled
ideas as food made from air and
sunshine.
Senator Lodge's forecast of Japan's
plans of aggression . has some basis
of truth, but he failed to show how
they would be thwarted by American
rejection of the Shantung clause of
the treaty. If the treaty becomes
effective without the United States
as a party, Japan cannot be held to
the pledge. which it gave President
Wilson to return Shantung to China,
except by the Pacific fleet, for .we
could, claim no help from the allies.
If we should ratify the treaty, we
could Invoke the whole power of the
league, and our Pacific fleet could
move with the league's mandate. It
la not necessary-to assume good faith
on the part of Japan in order to
realize that the best way to get
Shantung back into the hands of
China is to .ratify the treaty. Irre
sistible force. would compel-Japan to
keep faith.
Rapid success of the white Rus
sian armies against the bolshevists
is an evidence that bolshevism de
stroys Itself. It has wrecked industry
and thus dried -up the source of sup
ply of munitions nnd the necessaries
of life.- It has malde itself so hate
ful by terrorism that every city cap
tured by Denikin adds thousands of
recruits to his army. Its doom is a
matter of months, perhaps weeks.
With several thousand dollars sur
plus in the hands of the police, over
and above the amount lost by the
Astoria bank, the robber will have a
nest egg to draw upon when his time
is up, unless a lawyer gets it for
clearing him.
Some joker in . Seattle talks of
bonding the city for half a million to
buy a field for aviation. When
planes ar able to alight on a roost,
perhaps Seattle will be in it.
All soft-coal miners are ordered to
cease work October 31. That is two
weeks ahead, and much can be done
in a fortnight, though you would
better order your coal today.
The five leaders In the industrial
conference ought to be able to settle
:t ex-officio with not more than two
decks.
It is worthy of note that the Ger
nans renewed the war well out of
reach of the American"arniy.
Some movie concern is missing
much by not getting a session of the
city council on a "fillum."
. The Medford elopers may soon
learn that "kid marriages" are often
followed by early divorces.
Six doctors have been called in
President Wilson's case and that
ought to be enough.
Now Sara Gompers is in bed. Can
not anything be done to stop this
killing business?
"'" Temperance reformers have their
eyes on Scotland for next year. Hoot!
uT-pnoDicTS ok the: press
Disciples of the Muse-a Take to Was
and Fight the Ioetry They Sin-.
What power have the sacred-niae
over their loved ones to make poets
take to war. asks the New York
Evening MalL
Sidney, writer of deathless lines.
died a gallant soldier. "
Dante defended his tenets in arms.
Byron contracted a mortal fever
helping to free Greece from her ty
ranny and Burns was a member of
Scotch dragoons with no opportunity
arising for heroics that marked him
a soldier. He was, however, valiant
and left what Is probably the greatest
war poem, in all poetry, "Scots Who
Hae Wl' Waiiace Bled!"
And now out of the great defenders
of humanity In the war just being
straightened out comes D'Annunzio,
Italy's hard, fighting the fight of a
captain who will hold out "if it lasts
all summer!".
Joyce Kilmer sleeps In France.
Allan Seegar is proud "a few brave
drops were ours."
And Robert Service was at the front
bringing in the -mangled and has
given us a poem in his "Rhymes of a
Red Cross Man,"; entitled "Grand
Pere," that will make , the bravest
shudder.
Oh, ye who called the land to arms.
ye hypocrites that gave an outburst
of fine fire with your pens, redden
with shame and bow an humble head
to these who, as Edwin Markham
says, "fought the poetry they sang."
Co-Qwel" or "Co-Keel?" That la
the question agitating the residents
of the town of Coquille in southwest
ern Oregon. Ed Johnson, an old-
timer at Leneve, tells the editor of
the Sentinel that the river was
named for an Indian, whom he knew
personally, who was called Coquelle,
which he thinks should establish the
historical accuracy of the former
pronunciation. But the editor points
out that the tendency in modern
times always is toward the more
easily spoken word, and "Coquelle"
requires a much more decided labial
effort than "Coquille." For that rea
son the newer pronunciation, which
Is without pride of ancestry, seems
to be gaining ground.
Editor Young recalls a similar case
on his native heath in New York
state where his ancestors located In
the second generation from the origi
nal settlement in 1640 and called the
place Hok-a-bok.
"When it came to spelling it. how
aver," he writes, "we had 'Upper
Aquebogue' and 'Lower Aquebogue'
postoffices, among picturesque names
the Indians had applied to the coun
try about the shores of "Peconic" bay
on eastern Long Island. There were
Cutchogue, Quogue, Patchogue.-Mlam-
ogue, Amagansett, Speonk and last
and best or all the name which Will
lam Cullen Bryant gave to the beau
tiful lake. Ronkonoma. But though
Aquebogue still survives and it was
at that postoffice we heard first the
news of the attack upon Fort Sumter
and the beginning of the civil war
Lower Aquebogue ceased to exist a
generation ago, the locality being
now known by the unromantio name
of 'Jamesport.' "
Considerable sympathy, therefore,
is expressed by the editor for the old
guard, who will stand by the genuine
historic name, of Coquet so long as
life lasts, but confesses that "we be
came familiar with the' frenchified
spelling of Coquille, which means
nothing, before we had ever seen the
town and fell rlsht into the lazier
way of speaking and called it Ko
KeeL" .
The Philadelphia Public Ledger Is
responsible for these stories of one
of England's shining lights:
When Matthew Arnold lectured at the
University of Pennsylvania the trustees had
to search their pockets for the honorarium
ere he ascended Uie platform.
The n-xt day Joseph Wharton. Intro
ducing him at Bwarthmore. wore his oldest
clothes and crumpled soft hat under his
arm.
His Introduction was aa follows: "This,
ladies and gentlemen, is Mr. Arnold, who
has coma -from London to tell us about
poetry or something. He has been paid."
On the same trip the booster of
"sweetness and light" - was enter
tained at a house in Uermantown.
As a delicacy characteristic of Phila
delphia, scrapple was served to the dis
tinguished Briton.
He tasted It. slowly and cautiously, and
then, turning to Mrs. Arnold, he remarked:
"Try it. my dear. It's not so nasty as
it looks."
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"John Gregory" is the title of Harry
Kemp's autobiographical novel which
will ba published soon. Kemp tells of
his doings In various parts of the
world and it therefore must be inter
esting reading. 8. Jay Kaufman of the
New York Globe writes. We met
Kemp in London before the war and
we are anxious to see how he writes
of night cjub life and bohemian
nights as we saw them with hiin.
We remember his leaving London to
return to New York. We spent hla
last evening together, talking. Harry
would not go to sleep. He was afraid
he would oversleep and miss his boat."
You who . remember the oratory
prevalent in the time of William Jen
nings Bryan's 16-to-l campaign, feast
on this recent morsel , from Senator
Sherman of Illinois:
And this cavern of counterfeit moralities
and cockloft of scholastic gabble has the
sublime assurance to asperse senators who
refuse to debase themselves before the
totteHog throne of the chief rhetorician
whose metaphysical thunder
The editor of the Atlantic Monthly
Is quoted in the Boston Globe as tell
ing this on himself at the expense of
his stern editorial functions: A lady
with literary aspirations, writing a
good-by letter to another who was
departing for Europe, added this
postscript:
"When you are sailing away and
get through reading this letter, plcate
throw it overboard. I should so love
to have something accepted onca by
the Atlantic!"
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Born together, like the Siamese
twins. Mary and - Margaret Glbb,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Gibb
of Holyoke. Mass., are regular at
tendants ' at the First Fresbyterjan
church. They were born in SpritiK
field. Mass.. May 20. 1912. They are
brought to the church in a large twin
carriage and when they are in the
pew. no cne would know that they ar t
joined together. Mr and Mrs. Oibo
have repeatedly refused offers to ex
hibit the children and have never
been willing that a photograph of
them snould be published.
One can scarcely help congratulat
ing the writer in the Topeka Capitol
who says: "We recall tha. our vear's
earnings in 180S were about J100. We
rrade more than that in the first four
months of 1919."
Those Who Come and Go.
Every adjective In the box from
"magnificent" to "wonderful" Is being
used by George T. Brown or Los An
geles to describe his Impressions of
Portland and the Columbia highway.
"The trouble Is." explained Mr. Brown,
"you people don't realize what an as
set you have in your scenery. You
aren't telling the public. Why, there
is no reason on earth to prevent Port
land from being as largo a city as
Los Angeles, If you would only get
busy and lot the public know what
they can see here. Portland Is a
beautiful town. The view from Coun
cil Crest is one of the most gorgeous
ranoramic views that anyone could
desire, and as for the highway, well.
I'm bubbling with enthusiasm over it.
At home I am with the sight-seeing
cars and so I know what Los Angeles
has to offer and what Portland has.
I'll never hesitate to tell tourists to
come to Portland after this. Port
land! Say, this place is great!" Mr.
Brown is at the Hotel Portland.
An old-timer In Josephine county Is
Saul C. Stone, who registers from
Grants Pass, at the Imperial, but who
Is interested In a mining proposition
near Jump Off Joe. While In town
yesterday he intimated that the min
ing business Is far from being a dead
issue and that things are looking de
cidedly better all the while. While
In the lobby he met Colonel Georjre
If Kelly, who logged the pine trees
off what Is now the site of Grants
Pass. Colonel Kelly says that he was
the first Wells-Fargo agent in Grants
Pass and used to handle the gold dust
that the miners brought in and en
trusted to the express company.
"More tcurists have visited the
northwest this year than ever before.
We have aimed to attract the better
class of ' tourists, the people who
spend money when they travel, and In
this we are successful," says Herbert
Cuthbert. secretary of the Northwest
Tourist association, who is registered
at the Imperial. "There has been a
constant flow of visitors to this sec
tion from the east. The association
will hold its annual meeting In Ta
coma Saturday, at which time our
annual report will be made. This re
port will give the public an Idea of
what we have accomplished this sea
son." Chinese tongmen in Portland did
not extend the keys of the city to
John S. Hodgin at La Grande when
he appeared at the Imperial yester
day. At .home Mr. Hodgin is a dis
trict attorney and In this capacity
he prosecuted and convicted a flock
of highbinders who staged a killing
in La Grande during the big long
war which raged in Oregon for nearly
a year. Since Mr. Hodgin sent several
of the hatchet men to the penitentiary
for life, the oriental quarter In La
Grande has been as sedate and quiet
as anyone could desire.
Eugene P. Shelby, one of Portland's
best-known citizens in the "70s and
'80s and who was long associated with
the Wells-Fargo company, is in the
city. After retiring from the express
company in California he was for a
time secretary to Mayor Rolf In San
Francisco. He came to Portland a
year ago for an extended visit, but
became 111 and returned to California
to recuperate. Mr. Shelby will remain
in Portland for some time.
On one of those fly-by-night trips
of his. Clarence L. Reames arrived
yesterday morning from Seattle and
entrained fqr home again last night.
Mr. Keames, who was United States
ttorney for Oregon, is now engaged
in private practice in the sound city.
He says that since everyone wants
to strike or is striking in Seattle,
he Is thinking of organizing the law
yers and have them strike. .
Greeters held a meeting at the Im
perial Tuesday night and were ad
dressed . by a representative of the
Chamber of Commerce. The Greeters
were given some practical sugges
tions on how they can best give in
formation to visitors. It was pointed
out that the Greeters. meeting scores
of people daily at the hotel desks.
are In a particularly good position
to boost for Oregon and Its resources.
Eugene has treated H. Burgoyne
pretty -good in the six years he has
been there. The soft drink and candy
business is so good In the university
town that Mr. Burgoyne has bought a
couple of high-priced, high-powered
cars, accumulated a collection of dia
monds and a bank account. He is at
the Benson with Mrs. Burgoyne.
Donald Ross, chemical engineer.
now ceramist at Washington. Pa., for
the Findlay Clay Pot company, passed
through Portland yesterday alter vis.
iting his mother at Everett, Wash
Mr. Ross, who Is a graduate of the
University of Washington, was for
merly with the forest service inves
tigating clay deposits.
C. H. Woolley, associated with the
Sunset Magazine, and W. A. Wilson
New York representative of the pub
lication, are at the Hotel Portland
They arrived yesterday forenoon and
within a couple of hours had started
out over the Columbia river hlgBway.
They found it up to the advertise
merits.
Martin W. Mill and wife of Clarno
are at the Imperial for a visit. Clarno
used to be an important point for the
antelope country, as it was there that
a ferry was operated. The ferry has
been junked for years, as itjias been
replaced by a bridge.
Max Pam of Chicago, an attorney
who Is widely known throughout the
profession, arrived at the Hotel Port
land yesterday. With him are George
M. Burr and Charles C. Green of Man
istee. Mr. Pain is here on a matter
of business connected with public
service corporations.
Benjamin Brick, who was once
active In local democratic circles, is
at the Hotel Portland for a few days.
Mr. Brick is now engaged in mercan
tile business in Tacoma. which town
is within the shadow of the mountain.
"There Is a scarcity of labor at
present, but when that is adjusted
the Smith mill at Coos Bay will re
sume operations." stated F. B. Cam
eron of North Band, who arrived at
the Imperial yesterday.
Joseph S. Boyakln. whose father
conducts a general merchandise store
at Nehalem, is registered at the Per
kins from CorvaULs, where he Is at
tending the Oregon Agricultural col
lege. Captain Rev. L. J. Roche of Kings
ton. Ontario, was among the arrivals
at the Multnomah yesterday. He was
attached to one of the units of the
royal flying corps.
R. S. Eccies of Baker, who is large
ly interested in the logging and lum
ber business in both eastern and
western Oregon, is at the Multnomah
on a business trip to Portland.
From Steubenville, O.. a party of
about 30 tourists arrived at the Mult
nomah yesterday. They spent the day
in taking in the sights and today
will move on.
D. G. Tyden of Boise, Idaho, who is
in the government service, arrived
at the Hotel Washington yesterday.
He Is here for a conference with his
colleagues. ,
E. A. Rhoten of the Northwest
Poultry Journal Is at the Hotel Washington.
Sayeth Up-State Paper.
Salem's Line of Least Realataaee.
Capital Journal.
The reason that Pendleton and As
toria, smaller cities without the
wealth of- agricultural and horticul
tural resources, without large indus
trial concerns, without the payroll of
state institutions, lead Salem in bank
deposits, which measure the business,
prosperity and thrift of the communi
ty, is due to the lack of enterprise. I
energy and the superior hustling abil
ity, civic pride and community spirit
of the less favored towns. Their citi
zens pull together. They act as well
as talk and their actions and talk are
all for their home towns.
Need of Special Session.
Pendleton Tribune.
Expenses of the household are not
decreasing, but continually increas
ing. The day of looking toward the
national "administration for relief is
ending. The states must act, and that
promptly. The executive at the capi
tal will be delinquent in his duty if
he fails at this juncture. The people
demand relief, and they have a right
to expect the state to assert itself.
Active Days In Hlllsboro.
Hillsboro Argus.
If Hillsboro's business actirity In
creases there must be more business
buildings erected. Kvery available
inch of the main business streets
property Is taken and many now lo
cated are asking for more floor space.
It would not be surprising were there
to be extensive building here next
season.
Curfew la Carlton.
Carlton Sentinel.
One of the most pleasing of the
things about Carlton that have Im
pressed us is the fact that one never
sees its young girls walking the
streets after night something that is
too prevalent in the majority of towns
and cities. "That speaks well for
home conditions and training.
Fat Days for Walking Delegates,
Lebanon Criterion.
The man who comes out. of a strike
well fed and with money in his pock
et is the leader and organizer. He
draws his salary every day. regard
less of the fact that the wages of the
men he has Induced to stop work
have ceased. It is needless to add
that his salary is paid by the men out
on strike.
She'll Be a Corker.
Roseburg News.
Dispatches state that the corkscrew-
skirt is the latest thing out in Paris.
If any American girl attempts to use
it her mother ought to stopper.
nigger Field, llro. Klllen.
Hillsboro Independent.
The circulation statement of The
Oregonian, in its report to the post
office department for October, shows
that it still leads The Independent by
several thousand copies.
Cupid. Dunn A Dradatreet.
Forest Grove News-Times.
Cupid, we admit, is the god of love.
But these be the days when the little
fellow flirts around with a dart in one
hand and a pocketbook In the other.
Alaa! She Will Marry!
k Harrlsburg Bulletin.
One young lady averaged J6.42 for
18 days in the local hop fields. Take
note of that. It was never done be
fore and never will be again.
When the Coot Cooes In Cool.
Bandon Western World.
The average man would rather mind
the baby occasionally than his wife
semi-occasionally.
.Next Thins; for Worry.
Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Now that the prune crop is safe, it
Is time to begin worrying about next,
year's water supply.
Contentment.
By Grace 1 Hall.
Contentment! None has more! Wealth
cannot buy
Nor errort e'er procure a greater
treasure.
Where e'er 'tis found beneath the
boundless sky,
Whate'er its source 'tis height and
breadth of pleasure:
A transient guest too often, yet 'twill
tarry
And make abode with those who
strive to gain
A saner view of burdens they must
carry.
Resenting which but adds another
pain.
The pigeon wings at dusk his way
back home.
Seeks out his cote and calmly en
ters there.
Dismisses thought of flights when he
shall roam
The pathless spaces of untried air;
Man seeks his hearth sore-worn from
grind and fret.
Brings in unfinished plan from desk
and shop.
Renews the struggles that he can't
forget
The weary brain revolves without
a stop.
The home becomes
barn on whose
rough floor
With hail and club are
threshed
' the tangled vines:
The atmosphere is surcharged more
and more
From network of high-voltage
throbbing lines;
The worries of the housewife enter In,
The children add their griefs of
school and street.
Contentment, books and comfort
might have been.
But restless riot routs with rule
complete !
The very-thing for which all mortals
strive.
For which they work and plan and
give their thought.
Beside a cheery hearth would grow
and thrive.
And wonder-working miracles be
wrought.
If only poise and self-control w.ere
used.
If minds would sense more fully
what is sent.
Were meditation fostered, not abused.
And proper value placed on mere
content :
We're searching for content where
e'er we go.
Yet in our homes we seldom let it
grow! "
Why Not n Tax pay era Striker
TOLKPO. Wash.. Oct. 14. (To the
Editor.) The Oregonian mentions on
the editorial page the matter of the
farmers striking. Why not have a
strike for the taxpayer. That is. all
refuse to pay taxes in any form. Thus
we would throw all of our burdens on
the city, county, state . and nation,
and become one and all disciples of
the Plumb Idea, as well as beuefi-
I claries thereof. V)f course such a
strike would be but a little way from
anarchy, but as we have many hybrids )
of that aniniai in iorm or other
strikes now why not get a purebred
registered creature at once, and then
see if we cannot begin to cure our
selves of the world of theories that
are about as good as transporting
Klf bv the boot stran.
KARL W. TAYLOR.
More Truth Thai . oetry.
By James J). Moslsgae.
THE LIMIT OF WISDOM.
The people who sauntered past Solo
mon's palace
Glanced in at, the king at the head
of the table.
With Ella and Judith and Mary and
Alice,
And Betty and Bertha and Mildred
and Mabel,
And murmured in tones of profound
admiration:
"Our monarch's attainments our
wonder arouses.
Just think what it means to provide
conversation
Say nothing of food for that covey
of spouses."
So, beyond all dispute, it was settled
right then
That the king was the shrewdest and
wisest of men.
When Solomon strolled through the
streets of the city
His custom each morning at sharp
se ven-thirty
With Moliie and Minnie and Carrie
and Kitty
And Ethel and Edith and Gladys
and Gertie.
The bystanders gaped and observed.
"Goodness gracious!
With such huge expenses to lay out
his cash on.
It is easy to see that he must be sa
gacious. To dress all those wives In the
height of the fashion."
And, in their opinion. King Solomon
seemed
Far wiser than even the wildest had
dreamed.
Far be it from us to cry down or dis
parage The fame that this ruler has held
through the ages.
To carry the burden of multiple mar
riage Is a job that would floor all our
latter-day sages.
But Solomon lived in a past genera
tion And we'll say. though we hate to
be? rough or unpleasant.
That he wouldn't have had such a
high reputation
If prices had been where they are
at present.
No matter how lofty King Solomon's
dome.
Today he could keep but one wife in
his home.
a a
The Only Gain.
Anyway we seem to have Increased
the production of mob violence.
It Hardly Ever Works. .
Germany and Austria tried collec
tive bargain for peace terms, but it
didn't get them anything.
Where the Loot la Richest.
With cellars stocked with coal and
booze, the burglar doesn't need to
trouble to go as high as the first
floor
(Copyright, 1!1, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.1
In Other Days.
TnrslT-Klve Years Aao.
From The OregonlaTi of October 1. 1!M.
The Dalles. During a brief absence
of the express agent, who was de
livering' the late mail, a robber pried
the lid from a box of coin shipped here
from Portland and made away with
114,000, leaving only 1000 in silver.
The new building on the corner of
Fast Salmon and East Sixth, which
w-lll be occupied by the east side de
partment of the Y. M. C. A., is near
ing completion.
The military court before which
Colonel Lovell, alleged defaulting
commander of the second regiment,
O. N. G.. was on trial In Salem last
week, was in secret session in Port
land all day yesterday.
Frank Dekum. who Intended to
leave Saturday for San Francisco to
proceed to Hawaii for his health, was
taken too sick to leave on the trip.
I'lfty Iran Ago.
From Trie Oreionlan cf October 18.
San Francisco. The time made yes
terday by Harvest Queen in winning
the $10,000 race at Alameda was
2:46',. 2:44. 2:46H and 2:42.
Attendance on the fourth day of
the state fair at Salem was approxi
mately 10.000.
The St. Helens' Hall school building
on Fourth street is rapidly nearing
completion.
Senator Corbett and wife started
overland from Salem yesterday for
Washington.
Floor Prices) In ISfifl.
W A R KENTON. Or., Oct. 14. (To
the Editor.) 1. What was the cost of
flour in the year succeeding the civil
war, measured in gold, as compared
with the present price in eastern
states?
2. What is the population, at the
present time, of Salem and of Astoria,
as near as can be estimated?
E. H. FLAGG.
1. In The Oregonian of October S.
1S66, we find flour quoted '.n the San
Francisco market dispatch as follows:
Superfine half sacks per 196 pounds.
Jl.Tifi a: quarter sacks. $."!) $3.25; ex
tra half sacks. $5.2o5.50: quarter
sacks. $u.B0i B.75. New York price
October 1, spring fancy patent, $12.30
Si$12.73; Chicago. $11.60 T2.
2. We know of no estimates mjde
by distinguished persons that take
Into account the very recent rapid
growth of the two cities. The last
estimate made by Polk's directory
gave Salem IS, 000 and Astoria ID, 000.
Astoria citizens claim 20,000.
A SAXOX SO(i. ,
Tools with the comely names.
Mattock and scythe and spade.
Couth and bitter as flames.
Clean and bowed in the blade,
A man and his tools make a man and
his trade.
Sight of the English shires.
Hummock and kame and mead.
Tang of the reeking byres.
Land of the English breed.
A man and his land make a man and
his creed.
Leisurely flocks and herds.
Cool-eyed cattle that come.
Mildly to wonted words.
Swine that In orchards roam,
A man and his beasts make a man
and his home.
Children sturdy and flaxen
Shouting in brotherly strife.
Like the land they are Saxon,
" Sons of a man and his wife,
For a man and his love make a man
and his life.
V. Sackville-West.
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