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1STABI.ISUKD BY HENKY I- PITTOCK.
Published by The Oregonian Publishing Co.,
135 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon.
C A. MORDEN. . B. PIPER.
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ri.hu of republication ot special dispatches , fourteen points, particularly to his
statesmen, and when Mr. Wilson
appeared in Paris his claim to speak
for the American people "in his own
proper person" was not questioned.
Prior to that election Mr. Wilson
had enjoyed almost unbroken suc
cess and congress had obeyed almost
every wish that he expressed. That
fact tempted him to the rash assump.
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league of nations, would be extended
to their detailed working .out In the
treaty. But the excitement of war
was followed by cool thinking- among
the people, by many events which
put them in critical mood and by
search for flaws in his work by angry
senators. He could induce the allies
to couple the covenant with the
treaty only by concessions which
blunt some of his fourteen points
and by making .a separate treaty
with France. He now finds that the
nation, though ready to do its part
for world peace, is mindful of Its
own interests and shrinks from being
rushed from its isolation into unlim
ited obligations to the whole world.
V " WILSON AS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE.
When thoughtful citizens meditate
1 upon what will be the principal Issue
, j of the presidential election, all the
' Issues which suggest themselves to
, j many minds will prove to be ex-
pressed in one President Wilson,
his administration and his person
ality. More than any other president
since Lincoln, all the acts of his
lieutenants in administration and all
the important acts of legislation have
been his acts in the sense of being
personally dictated by him. Every
Important step of a cabinet memDer,
every bill of first consequence intro
duced in congress, had to have his
"okeh" so long as lie controlled
eongress. Since he lost control he
Jias endeavored to dictate, to his
political opponents and has held his
party adherents In allegiance, from
which they very gradually break
away. What he did while congress
was with him and what he failed to
do after it turned against him for
all this he will be held responsible.
for his own course fastened responsi-
bility on him.
Mr. Wilson has been acclaimed as
the world's greatest Idealist, but he
lias equally good title to be called
the world's greatest opportunist,
His first year in office was marked
hy fulfillment of two main platform
pledges as to the tariff and currency,
but before it ended opportunism
caused him to demolish his platform
pledge on Panama canal tolls. Those
who assume that he can do no wrong
may point to his Mexican policy as
an example of consistent fidelity to
an ideal, yet, vowing that he would
not Intervene, be intervened twice,
and after affirming the Mexicans'
right to settle their internal differ
ences by revolution, he lectured them
sternly for their manner of conduct
ing their revolution.
But the events of his first year and
a half in office are almost blotted
from memory by those of the war.
Though his title of idealist is based
mainly on his definition of the war
as a decisive struggle for supremacy
between autocracy and democracy,
be was so devoid of a clear idea on
the subject when the war broke out
that be exhorted the people to be
neutral even in thought. When 120
Americans were murdered on the
Lusitania, he retorted with a fire
of' notes; when the kaiser merely
threatened to sink any American
ship which ventured to sea except
as he directed, Mr. Wilson replied
with a declaration of war. Even
down to December, 1916, he saw so
little difference between the com
batants that he asked for what tbey
fought, and a month later talked of
peace without victory.
. In the same spirit he sought to
play the mediator and contiifued his
efforts in that direction to the second
day before Germany proclaimed un
limited submarine warfare. Even
then the true significance of the
struggle had Dot dawned on him,
for he made an attempt at armed
neutrality. When he at last realized
that war was imperative if America
was to escape fighting alone the final
struggle with a power which would
tare absorbed the whole eastern
hemisphere, he sought a slogan
which would electrify this and all
c(her free nations, and idealism
joined opportunism In suggesting it.
To that slogan and Its long, painful
sequel can be traced all the troubles
which have afflicted the world since
armistice day and which EtlU afflict
It. -for it inspired many nations, in
eluding the enemy, with false hopes
which fevered their brains. It led
him to say that be did not fight the
German people but their rulers. It led
iim to make armistice terms that
left freedom of action to a nation
which makes bad faith cardinal
article of Its creed, a nation which
can be held to its agreements by
Slothing except the actual presence
tf overpowering physical force.
- The desire to figure as the founder
of . the league and the savior of
Europe goes far to explain the letter
of October 2, 1918, In which Mr.
Wilson appealed for election of a
democratic congress. At that time
the armistice negotiations were draw
ing to a close, and a peace conference
loomed in the immediate future, at
which Mr. Wilson might be the cen
tral figure. In that letter he said:
The egotism which took him
Paris now makes him deaf to talk
of compromise, though that .would
leave him the substance of success
except over the opposing party,
Rather than yield an inch to that
party, he has ruined his health, has
precipitated the treaty into the cam
paign, has prolonged the woes of
the nations he seeks to help, and has
estranged the allies beside whom we
fought. - ,
When such Is the record of the
administration, the discussions of the
campaign cannot fail to' revolve
around Mr. Wilson. Nor will h
appeal again to a people that clingi
to the last hope of being kept ou
of war, as in 1916, or to a people
that is exultant over victory, as in
1918. His appeal will be to a people
disillusioned and rendered cautious
by the story of clashing Interests at
Paris, by the troubles which followed
war and by his assumption of power
on the morrow of a popular rebuff.
Wilson is the issue.
GUESSING AT POPCLATIOX.
The first city in the Pacific north
west to be counted and announced
by the census bureau is Everett,
Wash. The figures are 27,614, a gain
of 2800 over 1910. or 11.3 per cent
The 'showing is disappointing to the
thriving sound city, and a little dig.
concerting evidently to other places
which had high expectations of large
returns based on the assumption
that all Washington had had a phe
nomenal growth in the last decade.
For example, the Tacoma News
says that if the same ratio of gain
shall apply to Seattle and Tacoma,
the former, which had 237,194 in
1910, will show 263,900, and the lat-
ter, with 83,743 ten years ago, will
have 93,205. But, adds the News
It la probable, however, that Tacoma's
ratio or gain has exceeded Everett's. Just
as neattie s ratio has exceeded Tacoma s,
so that better showinrs will be made.
The census was taken at a particularly
bad time for the sound cities. The war
activities were over. The slump had set
in mat naa rouowed the busy wartime,
and thousands of citizens had left for in
terior cities. Despite this, however, the
census figures show that Tacoma will be
safely over the 100,000 mar and Seattle
will be permanently in the 300,000 class.
Soon the census reports on Port
land and Oregon will be made. The
optimistic lightning calculators, bas
ing their estimates and their hopes
on the names in the city directory,
give totals for Portland considerably
in excess of 800,000. A safer basis,
however, is the school census. Let
them take out their pencils and see
what they make out of the school
totals for the last four decenniums.
The figures were:
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20,62911920 88.780
The federal census made the fol
lowing showings
46,3S.-!1910 ., 207.214
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The ratio of school children to
population in 1890 was 1 to 5.3; 1900,
1 to 4.4, and in 1910, 1 to 5.3. If it
be assumed that the average ratio is
1 to 5, the population of Portland Es
293,900.
But make your own guess. You
can easily make it more.
ernment service. It will be necessary
for congress to change Its point of
view. That body has been too much
disposed to establish a large num
ber of offices paying mediocre sal
aries than to establish a smaller
number paying all that the work is
worth by comparison with private
employment. A skilled man of first,
class executive ability and with rea
sonable security from political Inter
ference would be able to give better
results with a smaller number of
subordinates and at less cost than
would the present ordinary type of
bureau chief. In any event the high
level of prices requires a correspond.
ingly higher level of salaries, and the
government must come up to it in
order to render good service. The
blundering, inefficiency and waste of
the last few years have created
strong public demand for good serv
ice, and congress must provide the
means of giving it.
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1900
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1900
- If yen have approved of my leadership
and wish me to continue to be your un
embarrassed spokesman in affairs at hem
and abroad. I earnestly beg that you will
express yourself unmistakably to that ef
fect by returning a democratic majority
to both the senate and bouse of rep re.
sen Lat Ives. I am your servant and wtll
accitt yeur judgment without cavil, but
my power to administer the great task
assigned me by the constitution would be
seriously impaired should your Judgment
be adverse. . . The return of a
republican majority to either house ef
the oengress would be interpreted on the
other side of the water as a repudiation
t my leadership.
That was a plain bid for a vote of
confidence. When a European pre
mier is denied such a vote, he
promptly resigns. It was denied to
Mr. Wilson and, though his election
lor 4 fixed term prevented his
resignation, the people's verdict
proved that he could not be their
"unembarrassed spokesman." He
could have escaped embarrassment
by associating with himself the lead
er of the senate in the peace nego
tiations and by consulting that body
to advance, but he assumed still to
Ike the sole "unembarrassed spokes
man." In the rush of the last weeks
ef the war, the adverse vote did not
xeceiv Au ttentioa Iron allied
A NIGGARDLY EMPLOYER.
Resignation of Chief Forester
Graves because the government does
not pay a large enough salary to
compensate for the ability and ef
fort required and to provide for old
age is one among many evidences
that government salaries are not
adequate to attract and hold the
services of first-class men. Similar
easons were given for the resigna
tion of W. G. McAdoo and Franklin
K. Lane from the cabinet, and doubt
less influenced Internal Revenue
Commissioner Roper. The govern
ment either does sot get the best
men or, when It does get them, it Is
unable to hold them.
Salaries of offices which require
expert knowledge or high executive
ability were quite moderate when
the offices were established and have ,
become utterly inadequate since the
purchasing power of money has
shrunk and since first-class men
have been able to earn far higher
salaries in private life. Men accept
public offices for the sake of the
distinction which it 'confers or for
the service of the party or country,
but they soon feel the need of more
substantial reward than glory or .they
feel that their duty is done, and they
pass out to more lucrative positions
in private life. Others seek public
office for the sake of the opportunity
It affords of demonstrating- and call
ing attention to ability of which thei
are conscious, in order that it may
prove the stepping atone to a good
position in private business.
The result is that many govern
ment offices are mere halting places
for a procession of men on their way
to something better. This refers to
high positions other than cabinet of
fice, the ' holders of which are
charged with execution of party pol
icies and must therefore change with
each new administration. There is
no good reason why a man of proved
ability and integrity should not re
main indefinitely at the head of the
forestry bureau, the internal revenue
bureau or any one of a number of
other bureaus with assurance of a
pension at the end of a certain num
ber of years' service. If the gov.
ernment paid salaries as high as the
same men could obtain la private
life, It would get such men and could
hold them. They would then demote
their entire energies to their work
Instead of being on the lookout for
a lucrative berth into which they
could drop after a few years. The
government would not be constantly
developing a procession of good men
for other, more liberal employers to
snap up.
In order that good men may be
attracted to nd retained ifl the joy-
HOW TO BEAT CHAMBERLAIN.
A n unnamed Polk county democrat
gives to the Dallas Observer the
ingenious, if not ingenuous, explana
tion that "Mr. Chamberlain Is in
vincible only because The Oregonian
will not support any republican for
the office who is not a millionaire.
and this gives Mr. Chamberlain
cinch on the office indefinitely." This
neat observation leads the Dallas
paper to declare that "any republi
can of good standing can defeat Mr.
Chamberlain with or without the
support of The Oregonian and most
certainly with the opposition of that
newspaper."
The problem before the republi
cans of Oregon then, would appear
to be perfectly simple. Let them find
out what particular candidate is most
objectionable to this paper, and
nominate him. The voters will do
the rest. Perhaps.
Running for senator on an antl-
Oregonian platform will be a unique
experiment. It may be worth the
frial. Just who will undertake It?
The Oregonian will endeavor to play
its assigned role.
However, we deem it fair to re
mark that there is some error about
millionaire candidates and The Ore
gonian. The gentlemen who have at
various times become candidates for
senator and who have been supported
by The Oregonian, so far as we know
have not all been millionaires. We
have never seen the bank account
of Senator McNary, for example, but
we are confident that he would say
that he Is more than flattered by any
suggestion that he is a millionaire.
But, be that as it may, the candidate
for senator is nominated at the
primary, the great leveler, where rich
and poor are equal, more or less.
and the millionaire has the same
chance as the plain citizen, and
son times better. The voters decide,
and they make no mistakes.
The Oregonian had expected to
support the republican nominee, but
of course, if any candidate shall run
on a please-klck-me platform, u
might yield to temptation.
failure of secret, pussyfoot diplomacy
and are ready to learn open, shirt
sleeve diplomacy from the United
States.
The alternative Is practically
European league with a group of
dependent members and with Russia
and ' Germany arrayed against it
Whether In or out, these latter na.
tions as they are now controlled
would intrigue to divide the other
members In order to. form a new
coalition and to fle-ht new war.
Since the "United States failed, after
two and a. half years' effort at nen
-trallty, to keep out of the last war,
it would be drawn into the next at
its inception. This nation alone
could counteract the disruptive influ
ence of the two anti-democratic na
tions and prevent another war.
HELPING THE RED CROSS.
The "used paper drive" scheduled
for Monday in Portland for the bene
fit of fhe Red Cross carries an appeal
for thrift unshadowed by demand
for funds such as has recently begun
to make folks wary of "drives," for
however worthy a cause. . It calls for
only a moderate amount of prepara
tion beforehand and exacts as little
as possible of effort on the part of
the giver. It offers opportunity, as
a matter of fact, to get rid of con
siderable accumulations of waste
paper, of little value In the small
quantities In which individuals pos
sess it, and it fits- to a nicety Into the
spring housecleaning- scheme.
Portland householders are asked
to remember that their waste paper
contributions, costing them .nothing.
may be the means of prolonging a
little longer the good work that the
Red Cross is doing. It is necessary
only to place the bundles on front
porches; Boy Scouts and other co
operating agencies will collect them;
The trifles still count. A bundle
of waste paper from each house in
the city may mean several thousand
dollars for a cause that all indorse.
It is to be hoped that no resident of
Portland will forget the day.
BOTH TAKE DISTORTED VIEWS.
How distorted is the vision of those
men who assert that Europe desires
the United States in the league of
nations for the sole purpose of hav
ing this nation guarantee the alleged
land grabs pf the peace treaties Is
conveyed by the cablegram of Mr.
Dosch-Fleurot published in The Ore
gonian.- He is in close touch with
opinion in Europe, for he has been
traveling on that continent since Ui
war began and has conversed with
the people, high and low, of every
nation. Europe wants our help, not
in maintaining the present settlement
but in effecting a new settlement, in
which American participation and
leadership would assure justice and
permanence, and in assisting the
struggling- infant etates to stand up
and walk alone. So far from wishing
to subject the United States to the
power of the league and to involve
us In an interminable series of ,uro
pean wars, as the death battalion
senators say, Europe wishes us to
Americanize it by taking chief dlrec.
tion of the league's power and apply.
ing the principles which governed us
hen we freed Cuba and made
independent.
The small nations of Europe look
to this nation to take this position,
for they have suffered most by the
old system of alliances, by the bal
ance of power and the concert of
Europe, and in the league without
the United States they see only a
revival of that system the old group
of great powers with the new states,
the few European neutrals and a few
Latin-American and Asiatic states
gathered around them. They regard
this nation as the equal of all the
great European powers combined and
they are eager to group themselves
around the United States and to see
the great powers step down from
their dominant position into one of
subordination to America. The great
powers are willing, for they realize
that the old diplomacy has failed,
that they -are not trusted by the
smaller nations ' over which they
assume guardianship, and that their
greatness consists rather in the extent
of their burdens and responsibilities
than In ability to bear them.
This loss Of prestige by the great
powers of Europe and the equal gain
in prestige by the United States was
Illustrated by several events of the
last year. After Bela Kun's terror
1st government in Hungary had defied
the allies and their notes for months,
it was little Roumania which broke
his power by military defeat and It
was an American Colonel Gregory
who in a few days forced his
deposition. When Archduke Joseph
seized power and the allies were half
Inclined to recognize -him, It was
Herbert Hoover who by a few plain
words caused the allied supreme
council to demand that he get out,
and he got out. The allies have been
discredited by their tolerance of
D'Annunzio's filibustering adventure
In Fiume, by Roumanla's occupation
of Hungary In defiance of them and
by their half-hearted and Ineffective
intervention in Russia.
President Wilson is shown to have
erred as grievously as does the death
battalion in interpreting the mind of
Europe. He' has acted on the belief
that Europe would not admit the
United States to the league on any
terms other than those which Europe
In conjunction with- him has laid
down: Events prove that Europe Is
ready practically to build the league
around this nation on the terms
which we name;.' It realizes Its help
lessness to set its affairs in order
without our moral power and guid
ance. The great powers realize that
their Influence has been founded
only on military power and that, this
A report of the Massachusetts
commission on the necessaries of life
made recently to, the legislature of
that state bids fair to react against
the shorter hour movement by de
priving- Its advocates of the familiar
argument that greater production per
hour Is made possible through lessen
ing the weariness of the worker. This
would still be a valid contention, it
is inferred, if all employes entered
into the spirit of the plan, but a re
cent survey has shown that "per
capita production, based on the war
tandard, has fallen off not only in
proportion to the reduction of hours
from fifty-four to forty-five), but
in even greater proportion." In other
words, although the commission does
not say so in words, there is loafing
cn the job somew-Jrere along the line.
The Massachusetts workman, it would
seem, needs to-be reminded that
lessened production, per unit not only
is a factor In sending prices up,' but
that it definitely retards the efforts
of far-sighted leaders to make ' the
shorter work day a permanent in
stitution.
Men who send shirts and collars to
a laundry discover a slight rise in
prices. This in spite of a plant run.
by striking workers. All of which
Is contrary to precedent. There
should be a cut to put the strikers
out of business. Perhaps the strik
ers have won their contention and
are too modest to talk.
Opponents of the death penalty
must admit the wisdom of putting
away yesterday in Kentucky of the
negro who confessed to attacking
and murdering girls and women; and
the people of that state, by the way,
must be congratulated in allowing
vindication by law rather than by a
mob.
Woman is coming into her own in
sinister ways. One robs a bank and
gives the money to her divorced hus
band in hope of getting him back
good Idea, but reprehensible way.
Another helps an affinity rob a coun
try store, possibly for love of some
thing thrilling.
A strikebreaking lineman in an al
tercation with union pickets, hit two
of them. One is laid up with a broken
nose while .the other is in the hos
pital with a' fractured skull. This
young man is wasting his talents
climbing telephone poles.
BY-PRODUCTS . GF THE TIMES
Marvelous Collection of Loot Foul
on Person of Just One Boy.
When arrested at Pomona, CaL.
few days ago, a boy who gave the
name of Lloyd Bell, and who.tb po
lice say Is a fugitive from the George
Junior Republic was carrying: on his
person the following stock of general
merchandise, according to the sober
record of the Sacramento Bee:
One box of Yucatan chewing gum.
containing six dozen packages.
Three bare of toilet soap.
Smoking: tobacco, cigarettes, cigar.
ette papers and matches.
Three silk handkerchiefs and two
pairs socks.
One roll of tire tape.
Six bunches of firecrackers.
One new pack of playing cards.
Child's silver fork and spoon with
initial "B."
Alcohol stove.
Pair of earrings with largo green
sets.
Valuable camera lens.
Souvenir spoon from Honolulu.
Ever-Ready and Gillette safety rag
ors, the latter in an Ivory case.
Three pocket combs.
Pair of field glasses and valuable
pair gold-mounted opera glasses in
red plush case.
Bundles of shoestrings.
Gold bracelet and two gold iaval-
lieres.
Three silver watches and one com
pass in silver case.
One lady's gold watch.
Valuable silver mesh purse.
Knives and forks of silver.
Tire pump gauge and battery tester.
Bottle of hair tonic and pair of
shears. -
Can opener and box of small flag
stickers.
Two boxes tire valve stems.
Two purses containing pennies and
old coins.
Bundle of safety pins.
The boy said only the safety razor
was his that the other articles had
come from a bundle he saw two
tramps hide in Arizona. The boy
was locked np. says Officer Frank
Slanker, for fear some thief who
wanted to turn respectable and start
a department store would roll him.
Three farmers were killed in Illi
nois yesterday when two passenger
trains moving in opposite directions
hit their trucks. This kind of calam
ity cannot happen more than once in
a lifetime, but that once is enough
for the victims.
The kaiser is said to approve very
highly of Hindenburg for president
of the German republic. We have
our doubts. From certain evidence
at hand we don't believe the kaiser
could possibly approve of anybody
but the kaiser.
Tank units for the various states
are to be provided by the govern
ment under the national guard re
organization plan. The only states
that seem to need relief of this kind
are New Jersey and Rhode Island.
Champion Jack Dempsey is quoted
as saying his fight with Jess Willard
was his hardest. Always excepting,
of course, his coming bout with the
federal court.
One has to concede something- to
Judge Langguth, once on the munici
pal bench, who declined a courtesy
of the profession and paid his fine
for speeding.
Two Tacoma . deputy sheriffs de
tailed to the job of hunting down
stills and moonshiners have resigned.
The poor fellows were probably over
There was a striking- contrast be
tween Barnum and Bailey, writes
George Conklln In the Saturday Even
ing Post. Barnum was a big, strong
man; Bailey was small and thin; Bar
num was seldom troubled; Bailey was
always anxious. There was never a
man who loved publicity more than
Barnum, while Bailey disliked per
sonal notoriety to such an extent that
be seldom permitted the use of his
photograph. He enjoyed best being
the great silent power that made the
show go and grow.
Barnum was seldom around and
paid little or no attention to details.
Bailey was the first man to appear in
the morning and no detail was too
small for him to consider. He took
especial delight in waking men up on
a Sunday morning and getting them
busy. '
Mr. Bailey was generous with his
superintendents and foremen, and
would spend any amount of money to
keep the show np to the standard he
had set for it, but he objected to pay
ing the working man much or raising
his pay, holding that It spoiled him.
No matter how often or under what
circumstances he passed one, he would
give him a ride.
He considered Friday his lucky
day and would start new projects
then if possible. He liked to be able
to begin the season by moving from
Bridgeport to Madison Square Gar
den In New Tork on a Friday. It was
Mr. Bailey who did away with the
custom of putting the names of indi
vidual performers on his posters. Now
the billboards only tell of the wonders
of the show, not of Individuals.
The average Englishman's aloofness
is contrasted unfavorably with the
hail-fellow-well-met manner of the
average American by Sir Thomas Mac-
Kenzie, high commissioner of New
Zealand, who is planning to found in
the heart of London what he calls a
great Imperial and social club for
visitors from the dominions.
The Englishman's heart is good.
and his friendship, when you have
once got it, .is warm and invaluable,"
said Sir Thomas In an Interview with
the Daily Graphic, "but you have to
overcome the formality first. This
aloofness, - I know, is doing harm.
Colonial visitors to London find them
selves lonely and friendless.
"Tears ago I set out to find my own
friends In London. It was hopeless.
I got tired and went to the United
States, where I found the Americans
friendly and homely, and have never
forgotten It- It is much the same to
day. " The various' societies and clubs
here do good work, but the right
spirit is missing, somehow."
The proposal Is to get wealthy co
lonials to endow a 1,000,000 fund
for a social center with' 600 bedrooms,
a restaurant, and rooms for receiv
ing, entertaining and business.
Those Who Come and Go.
"Western pruoe and fir Is prac
tically unknown in the east, and it
would be advisable for the lumber
associations on. the coast to do
some work of education," says W. A
Purcell of New York, who is at ths
Hotel Portland while buying lum
ber for his trade. "Two years ago
the western fir could not be used In
buildings in New York, because the
architects and others thought that It
did not have the essential strength.
They preferred the pine of the south,
r sold three cars of spruce on specu
lation last year to dealers who knew
as little about it as I did. Each
dealer who received a car immedi
ately sent for me after examining the
spruce and gave orders for several
cars of the start. In the past the
western manufacturers have been
looking up business in the east, but
now the eastern dealers are coming
to the west and asking for material.
Conditions have changed and another
change is that business which has
heretofore been going to the south is
coming wast. If I could get the ma
terial, I could sell 100,000,(-00 feet of
western stuff in New York this year.
i '
"Umbrellas which we used to sell
for 75 cents now cost $2 5. and our
S 5 -cent umbrellas now gt at 2," de
clared an umbrella salesman an
manufacturer at the Hotel Portland.
Everything- in an umbrella has gone
up. Raw eilk which we bought for 13
a pound is now $17.60, and only
limited supply can be secured. The
girls who used to get $9 a week for
making- umbrellas now receive S30
and more. Yes, umbrellas have gone
up. Not many more umbrellas are
sold here in Oregon than elsewhere.
and in Texas ani the middle western
states the people buy a better grad
of umbrella than tbey do in Portland.
Texar.s and those people of the mid.
die west think nothing of paying 110
for an umbrella, but Portlanders are
more conservative in buying an um
brella. Now take Los Angeles. Silk
umbrellas are not guaranteed there
because the salt air deteriorates the
silk. An umbrella taken out Sunday
morning will be tilled with holes the
size of pin points by night. But the
women have to have umbrellas now
to protect their f60 hats."
After many years "inside," Judge
M. F. Moran of Nome. Alaska, is
spending the winder "outside" and is
making the most of his holiday be
fore returning .north in June, He
is at the Hotel Portland. Since coming
out, the judge has been traveling
over the United States looking at the
sights and he was particularly lm
pressed by the oil gushers in the
south, and in particular by the wells
which caught fire and were burning
like torches. Once upon a time Judge
Moran thought of being the Alaskan
delegate to congress, but the idea did
not work out. Essentially he is
mining 'man. albeit he flirts with
business ventures and is president of
the Herman's Steam Motor company
of Portland. The Judge invested in
the steam, motor because he was
nearly lost in gasoline boats several
times when the gas engines were put
out of commission by spray's ruining
the mechanism. Anyway, the Judge
says that a man can always go and
get gold, even in Alaska today.
Restaurants are doing a better
business in San Francisco now than
before prohibition took effect," re
orts A W. Norblad, state senator for
Clatsop county, who arrived from the
south yesterday and was at the Im
perial. "The head waiter in one of
the largest restaurants informed me
that business was 50 per cent better
lnce the state went dry. However,
the rVsorts along the beaches have
een practically put out of business.
Two years ago scores of machines
could be seen parked around the
beach resorts, where now one or two
machines are standing at the few
laces which are still struggling to
live. San Francisco Is full of peo
pie and it Is a difficult proposition
to secure hotel accommodations unless
reservations are made several days in
advance.
At last West Virginia has ratified
suffrage by a hazardous majority of
one. Womankind should appreciate
that vote by attending every election.
About every fellow given a jail
sentence for drunken speeding ap
peals in the hope of getting "square
head" justice.
A former Oregonian Is running for
the democratic nomination for attor
ney-general of Missouri, and he'll
show 'em.
If Wilson springs his famous "May
naving snrun in consequence or T not" at San Francisco, everv war-
exhaustion and debt, they are great horse will become a brush-tailed
Sly in -name, . They coneede the jackaa, ,
One great trouble with the world
is man has taken himself too serious
ly. By no possibility can p.e be an
angel, yet he is demnding that re
ward for his poor services hers on
earth. He is not entitled to prosper
ity and idleness at the same time; ni
arrangement can be made whereby
this is possible. Yet he demands It,
Man is an animal, living in a ma
terial world and must cut his cloth
accordingly. To demand more than
he Is entitled to is a waste of time;
he might make himself reasonably
prosperous and content with the time
he wastes In blubbering for the moon.
E. W. Howe's Monthly.
So that singers In the -hotel may
practice whenever they feel the urge,
Copeland Townsehd, manager of the
Majestic, has had a glass-inclosed
studio built, in the roof garden. In
this studio, which is equipped with a
variety of pianos, such artists as Mor
gan Kingston, Alessandro Bonci and
Yvonne Gall may try out their voices
at any time of the day without dis
turbing anyone eUs In the hotel.
New York Evening Sun.
-
The young- bride In the Saxe blue
jumper bit her bun sadly.
"Men are really too mean for any
thing," she said.
"What's the trouble now?" asked
the girl In the pink georgette sash,
toying with an eclair.
fWby, I asked John for a motor
car today and he said that I must be
contented with the splendid carriage
that nature had given me." Minneap
olis Tribune. I
Albert Abrams of Roseburg, former
state senator, arrived at the Imperial
yesterday. Mr. Abrams was the chap
who initiated and insisted on the
Hughes petition going on the repub
lican primary ballot four years ago
and he had his will, notwithstanding
that Justice Hughes strenuously ob
jected. Mr. Abrams hasn't decided
whether to take a shot at being a
delegate to ths republican national
convention this .year or to stay at
home and watch the other fellows
perform.
Vermonters, who have abandoned
the green tree state for the mecca of
movie people, are Mr, and Mrs. C. C.
Hall. Six years ago the Halls visited
Los Angeles and decided that they
would return some time to stay. The
sometime is the present and they
have pulled up stakes at little old
Burlington, Vt., where Mr. Hall has
been in the banking business, and are
on their way to the town of the profi
teers. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are regis
tered at the Multnomah.
W. Russell Cole, field man fat- the
Hiram Johnson campaign, was in
town yesterday and left last night
for Puget Sound. Mr. Cole contends
that Mr. Johnson -will carry Oregon,
just as hs will carry California. Sena
tor Johnson will visit Oregon some
time before the primaries and will be
here for a week. Mr. Cole was well
satisfied with ths way he found James
Stewart, the Oregon manager, is get
ting ths stats lined up for the Cali-
fornlan.
OBEDIE.VCE TO LAW EJOIED
Christian Rcirnce Discipline Includes
Expulsion Wker It Is Warranted.
PORTLAND, March . 10 (To the
Editor.) In your editorial. "What of
the Money Changers ?" of March C
are raised some pertinent questions
concerning tha supervision which ths
Christian Sclenoe cnurch exercises
over practitioners, and the attitude of
the church toward those of Its mem
bers who fail to live up to Its teach
ings and to ths laws of the land.
These points, I take it, are raised in
good faith with a sincere desire to
know the facts and with that same
sincerity and frankness I am pleased
to reply.
In your editorial yon refer to a
former case when a Christian Science
practitioner was accused of sending
his child to school "with an eruption
that afterwards developed into small
pox" and In reference to that ease you
say: "We heard nothing from the com
mittee on publication of the Christian
Science church until a correspondent
ventured to write." In snswer to this.
permit me to say that my reply, which
you have evidently overlooked, to
newspaper comments In that case
was printed In the Oregonian of No
vember 10, 1919, as a news item en
titled "Scientists Obey Laws." In that
first letter 'most of the questions
raised In your editorial of the 6th in
stant are dealt with as follows:
If a Christian Scientist fall t show a
wholesome respect for the rights f ether
people, he should be hetd to answer for
his neg-lect. Just the same as any ether
citizen, but no more so.
Christian Science demands ef Its follow
ers a wholesome respect for and obedience
to law and order. Just as It demands of
them a full andfalr appreciation of the
rights of all men. The fundamental rule
in the teaching- and practice of Christian
Science la the solden rule, "Whatsoever
ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them."
That Christian Scientists do live tip e
this teaching la attested by the statement
of the city health officer when he declares
In affect that during- the two and s half
years be has held that office "the Chris
tian Scientists have rendered loyal sup
port In reporting contagious diseases, and
in observing general health laws and reg
ulatlons."
Christian Science asks bo favoritism.
It is ready and willing cheerfully to accept
entire responsibility for the result of its
teaching. It points with mucn satisiac-
tion to a notable record or good worn.
Through its loving ministrations the sin
ning are reformed, the sick are made well,
and contagions are healed. In fact. Chris
tian Science uncovers and destroys evil of
whatever name or nature.
In the words of our revered leader. Mary
Baker Eddy, on page 7 of Science and
Health: "Those who discern Christian
Science will hold crime in check. They
will aid In the ejection of error. They
will maintain law and order, and cheer
fully await the certainty of ultimata perfection."
There Is perhaps no other organlta-
tlon which exercises mors carer a I
scrutiny of applicants for membership
than does the Christian hcience
church. Only those are admitted to
membership who give satisfactory
evidence of a reasonable understand
ing of the teachings of Christian
Science and who expressly declare a
desire and willingness to live obedient
to its teachings and to the laws oi
the land. Christian Science emphat
lcally teaches that only through
obedience to law and order can tns
rights of all men be protected. IU
teachings require "the reporting- of a
contagious case to the proper authori
ties when the law so requires, taiis-
cellany. page 220).
The Christian Science cnurcn aoes
discipline its members whenever rea
sonabls evidence is produced to show
ths need of it and those who refuse
to render obedience are expelled.
Christian Scientists, let us remem-
hnr. are human beinics. and are, there
fore, subject to human frailities; but
the primary problem is with, tns in
dividual himself, who, If he expects
to succeed in Christian Science, can
no more tolerate error within than
can the mathematician tolerate errors
in his computation if he expects to
emonstrate the science of num
bers. Mrs. Eddy has made mis
perfectly plain on page Hob oi ociencs
nd Health, where she speaKS ss 101-
lows: "In order to cure nis patient,
the metaphysician must first cast
More Truth Than Poetry
By Jasnes J. Hantaan,
TO A HOV1B CHILIX
Oh. UtU loving Movie Child.
What woes are yours to carry
Your mother gels a little riled
And throws you from ths ferryi
The dastard villains, scowling black.
To show how much tbey bats you,
Affix you to a railroad track
Where trains mar decimals yoa.
Although your sentiments are pure
As William Jennings Bryan's,
The Arab sheiks are always sure
To feed you. to lbs lions..
I've een a widow, pal and wild.
Amid the flames that burns! ber,
Observing "r'ireman, save my child!"
And lo! the fireman spurned her.
I've seen you penned Iruilde a lair
By some base-bearted sinner.
About the time a grlzsly bear
Was coming home to dinner.
I've seen you sraillns; with delight
While busily unwrapping
A big round stick ot dynamite.
Whose fuse was brightly snapping.
And always you have worn a smile.
So tend- and forgiving.
To show thst you were free from roll
And felt ths Joy of living.
Though scheming scoundrels plainly
spoke.
The evil they Intended,
You treated them Ilk rentlefolk.
And never seemed offended,
roll many an hour you've beguiled.
Full many a thrill I ow yon;
But you'r so good, dear Movie Child.
I would not care to know you.
Business Opportnnlry.
There will b many bidders for the
powder puff dispensing privileg at
ths forthcoming national conventions.
Gladly.
If a million men called for a can
did ate at sunrise, Mr. Bryaa would
respond long before sunset.
see
N Rest nd Rraldne. -
After settling all the Just debts of
the deceased, th allies won't be ss
pleased as they thought they wsr
going to be with the 'job of executors
of Germany.
(Copyright. 1920.
br th BeH Syndic!,
Inc.)
Nonplussed.
By Grac E. Halt
On, where does It com from and
where does it go
The gleam in the eye that w all
cherish so?
Out of the somewhere that none can
explain.
It answers th signal of pleasur or
pain.
Lights for an Instant th fac and
is sped,
Llk radiance that flees when th
daylight Is dead.
Wonderful light, are you sent from
above,
A spark from the source of an In
finite love?
Never accounted for, though jrou ar
near.
.Sent as a beacon to brishten and
cheer;
Mocker of men. though your light Is
soon spent.
We csn't solve the riddle that you
can present.
In Othe Dayt.
Candidates for secretary of state
who were busy in the hotel lobbies
yesterday were Dr. Wood of Hillg
boro and B. F. Jones of Newport. A
former Incumbent of that office, F. L
Dunbar, arrived at th Hotel Port
land from a trip to California. With
Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar was another
Astoria couple, Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Sanborn.
They say that J. B. Morrison re
ceived a check for 1120,000 for his
wheat crop last year. Maybe the
sum is somewhat exaggerated, but
anyway it gives a correct Idea of
about the scope of Mr. Morrison's
activities as a wheat rsncher. Mr.
Morrison, who Is at the Perkins, has
his ranch near Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Food Anderson and
George S. Zblnder of Mitchell, Or.,
are at the Multnomah. Mr. Zblnder,
who'is part owner in a Seattle hotel,
one of the few not controlled by th
Japanese, recently disposed of a hslf
interest la a big ranch near Mitchell.
Speaking bf candy people, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. McKillop of Corvallis ar
at the Multnomah, and Mrs. H. R.
Hoefler of Astoria arrived at the
Hotel Portland yesterday to meet her
husband, who is returning from San
Francisco.
Al Mlnard, superintendent of the
fish cannery at Kake, Alaska, is in
town from Astoria, which is his head
quarters. The Kake plant is one of
the important fishing establishments
in ths Alaskan district Mr. Mlnard
is at the Imperial.
Harry S. Lockhart, for many years
connected with Neustadter Bros., in
Portland, Is registered at the Mult
nomah from Seattle, where he Is In
business on his own book.
A. W. Peters, one of the numerous
apple farmers of Hood River, Is
among the arrivals at the Hotel Port
land. ,
oral evils out of himself and thus
attain th sDirltual freedom whlrh
will enable him to cast physical vlls
out of his patient: but heal ne can
not, while his own spiritual Barrenness
debars him from giving drlnn to tne
thlrstv." Mr. Eddy airalrf speaKs in
no uncertain terms of the necessity
for moral purity on the part or cnris-
tian Science practitioners on page 236
of Rciane and Health when she says:
"Better suffer a doctor Infected witn
smallpox to attend you than to be
treated mentally Dy one wno ooes noi
bey the requirements of flivin
science." a. u.
CRITICS' ACTIVITY IS OFFSET
Sensing- Their Greater Eiwrsry Sb
acrtber Writes Appreciative Letter.
PAYETTE, Idaho, March 7. (To
Vi Krfitor. I wish to express my
opinion of the editorial department of
The Oregonian.
I am in my 70th year, nave neen
renubllcan for 60 vears. I say 80 years.
for my first recollection of public
ents was at the beginning or in
ivil war, and being born in Vermont
nd a descendant of ZoO years or
Puritan New England farmers I could
not have been otherwise than a. re-
mihlican In my sympathies.
My education, experience and ob
servation have been such as to' make
ma alwavs an opponent of the demo
cratlo party, although I intend being
as fair as th Inborn prejudices of
humanity will permit.
-I have lived In Oregon for about 11
years, ths last six on my farm in
Malheur county, and have during that
time been constant reader of The
Oregonian. I wish to take this op
portunity of expressing my full ap
nrr.ciation.' In my opinion, of the high
character of the editorial policy ot
the
pu
n
Twenty-flv Iran A so.
From Ths Oregonian of March 12. IW3.
Indianapolis. The leglHluture brok
up her last night in a wild riot In
which nearly every member partlil
pated. Jievolvers were drawn and
many persons were seriously Injured.
Constable F. N. Holey, who came
her from Kansas City, departed last
night with -Isaiah Bradbury, th col
ored citizen wsnted there for partic
ipation in election frauds.
Tenants of Donald Maclay's build
ing. Fourth and Washington, and
Judge Stearns' property. Sixth and
Morrison, are vacating as five-story
and four-story buiMinns, rrspertlvely,
are to be built at thee locations,
J. A Strowbridge was yesterday
elected school director, winning over
D. P. Thompson by a majority of
votes.
Fifty Years As:.
Prom Th Oresonlaa of March 13. H7.
Chicago. The International wrest
ling match closed at Detroit last
nlKlit, James McLaughlin winning th
championship belt.
Th Oregon Steam Navigation com
pany today announces a new sched
ule of passenger and freight rates
bringing reductions of from If to 60
per cent.
Several of th leading German cit
izens of Portland are moving In th
matter of establishing a German
school for their children. In which
both German and English will be
taught.
Professor T. M. Gatrh has tendered
his resignation as prlnclpsl of th
Portland academy and female semi-1
nary.
CLAD SOMEBODY CAN HAE IT
Joan Bull Landed Dreanae Asnhassavdar
Can Have Ilia Tipple Her.
PORTLAND, March 11. (To ths
Editor.) The editorial In The Orrro
nlan March 10. "Kn Passant." tells us
that Sir Auckland Ueddes, new
British ambassador to th United
States, Is allowed 17,500 (L e., pound
kt inJlul)ml ihnll M TaI r OT I "' uisnv
ixo '""""- "" - - , Bravo, johnl
It is very slow toeimpugn the good
faith of those that may differ from
It, and is singularly free from that
personal abuse 'that so much dis
figures many newspapers I read ths
editorial pags of every issue with
much Interest and, although I do not
always agree with the writer, In ths
main I do. I was particularly struck
with a recent editorial on ths benefit
of and necessity for two grsat pollt
leal parties. It wss dear, convinc
ing, candid and fair.
My excuse for writing this is, that
I take It for granted that you at all
times desir to know what your read
ers think of your Jsper, either favor
able or otherwise. It is quite possible
that you hear most often from those
who wish to criticise unfavorably. If
so. It Is only just that those who do
approve should so express themselves,
FRANK M. NOKTHUOP.
Grand Slam In BOO. N
CLATSKAN1E, Or., March 10. (To
the Editor.) When must one In play
ing 500 declare a grand slam, before
or after looking t the widow?
It is a variation usually played by
previous agreement and with ths rule
announced. Either declaration occurs
before th widow 1 looked at or It
Is assumed to renounce th widow.
How t Command Victory.
Life.
Son (reading the paper) There's
no use talktng, dad! Absolute unity
of command Is essential to victory.
Dad That's what your mother
think. '
I
W condemn, cuss
and execrste you for numerous
things, but when it comes to the
question of -defending the rights snd
privileges of your subjects you sr
on the job on It with a vengeance;
on It with all your Imperial force and
dynamic power. You boldly. In plain
English, declare to th world that th
lawful, God-given rights snd priv
ileges of your cltisen regarding food
and liquors ar not to b tampered
with.
"Let no man or nation dar Imping
or Infringe the Immunities of a
British subject"
That's the stuff. John! We thank
you for It. W lamentably regret, to
our disgrace, dishonor, that In this
mighty, great and glorious United
States, a "land of th frs and brave,"
and of "justice to all snd privilege to
none." no suvh strict, fair, equitable
justice and protection prevails.
Any faker, mountebank and Jacka
napes, or group of such, whether male
or female, clerlo or politician. In th
whole magnificent, hospitable and
God-loving- country may encroach on
our lion-given nsrrns nna internes,
and what Is mora diabolical, has th
unjust and Impious sanction of Unci
Sam. Shades of Oeorge Washington
and Lincoln, what fanaticism has
stained thy fnlr nsmes!
Sir Auckland Ueddes, John, will b
the most popular and welcomed
guest and host in Washington. These
obsequious, deceitful lawmaker and
lobbyists are la-a white fever for his
speedy arrival snd thirsting for a
drop of "eaif de vie." Be it "Mirsh or
Sesteh" to drink his health and toast
his king. No more uispe Juice at th
Vtrltlnh amhAMNV. WIMIftnl JenltiHB
J Bryant AJI1 1 A-NAHC