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t 12 THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, 3IARCII 31, 190 : ' V 1 . 1 1 e - ESTABLISH Kl BY HENRV L- PITTOCK. Published by The Oreronian Publishing Co.. lSr. Sixth Street, fortland. Oregon. C. A. MORDEN. E- B. elPJSI"- Manager. Editor. The Oregoniao Is a member of the Asso ciated Prens. The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of ail news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches n.rem are also reserved. Subscription Kate Invariably to Advance. (By Mall.) Dally, Sunday included, one year .... Lallv. Sundav included, six months . . Daily. Sunday Included, three months. Dally. Sunday Included, one month . . Dally, without Sunday, one year La1!. without Sunday, six months ... Dailj. without Sunday, one month Weekly, one year Sunday, one year (By Carrier.) Dally. Sundav Included, one year . . . . Dal'.y. Sunday Included, three months. 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The one sure way to deflate prices is to produce more, that is, to do more work. The man who works eight hours a. day instead of ten, or six hours instead of eight, restricts production and does his part to raise pritt's for himself and every ether man. Me has no right to com plain of the high cost of living un less he b:a.;ies himself along with others. TltAlTICKIXG IN NAMES. Washington, Adams, Monroe, AVeb ter all illustrious names in Amer ican history. Three of them were in turn prcsiden: of the United States, ami one was fit to be pres ident. :ind would have been, except for the bitter factional differences of his party and time. It may be a mere coincidence that men bearing these same great names arc now offering themselves as candidates for president and vice-president. Or it may be that a desire to traffic in the fame of distinguished Americans has suggested to certain diminished Washingtons, Adamses, Monroes and Websters the idea that a grateful people would permit them to make political capital out of their geneal ogy, actual or pretended. A man named Monroe from May wood, 111., caused his name to bo placed as a candidate for president before the democratic primary of South Dakota. Probably we shall hear more of Monroe in Oregon, where eligible democrats are keep ing, or seeking to keep, their names off the ballot. It is a good chance for Monroe. It is also a fine illustra tion of the unaccountable workings of the primary. It is a standing challenge to little men to show that they take seriously the school-book fable that in America anybody may become president. One William Grant Webster got the Oregon primary nomination for vice-president in 1916, to the un speakable humiliation of the state. Now he is at it again, pursuing the shadow of a great distinction through a delusion that a national convention may be caught napping. He is the sole candidate for the vice-presidency on the republican primary ticket of Indiana, and will of course be in dorsed. Is it possible that the republicans of Oregon think so little of the good name of their party that they will permit it to be exploited by notoriety-seeking nobodies like Webster or Washington or Adams? Is it possible that the democrats have a like indifference to the fact that no suitable nominee is yet pro posed in their primary for president TUE rUXISHMF-.VT OF THE SLACKER. If Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has any remnant of the instincts of man hood, the contempt of tnose who are no lonser his fellow-citizens will be a greater punishment than the im prison meat to which he has been sentenced. To him came the oppor tunity which has been offered only once in a generation to American: the opportunity to prove himself, as it was expressed In former times, a good, true man, whose spirit would move him to despise bodily comfort and safety when his country called for defenders. He skulked away in terror from the opportunity, and now held in lower esteem than even the criminals with whom he will be forced to associate. His offense is the greater because under the constitution which he re fused to defend he had enjoyed wealth which he did not earn and had had an education which would have enabled a man of finer mold to derive high pleasure from his for tune. Other men with few posses sions and laboring for a living an swered the call gladly and fought eagerly, proving their superior qual ity to this slacker who doubtless held himself above iliem, but he who had! much to fight for let these others do his share of the fighting. His wealth now serves only to lift him to a higher pillory before the public gaze. The scorn which Bergdoll endures extends in a less degree to all those who, though qualified to serve their country, shirked their duty. When asked what they did w-hen the great test of manhood came, they will try vainly to explain, for the truth will be known and will make them ob jects of aversion to all around them. Happy is the man who does not need to explain. which aircraft played, their rapid improvement and the exertions of all the. belligerents to enlarge their air fleets. Another outstanding fact is that the United States was being gradually drawn in. Yet the ad ministration did nothing, or next to nothing, to equip the army and navy with airplanes. The administration is between the horns of a dilemma. It can only defend Itself from the , charge of having failed to produce aircraft during the war by the plea that it was guilty of remaining unprepared before we were engaged. These blind pacifists, trapped by their own folly, plead one crime as apology for another. WOKR AXD CUBE INFLATION. Present business and financial con ditions are as favorable to the pro duction of a large crop of amateur economists, who have discovered the precise cause and cure of the trou ble, as were the panic years from 1S93 to 1S96. Notwithstanding the paper famine, they have no diffi culty in inducing some kind con gressman to have their remedies published in the Congressional Rec ord. To that fact we owe an effu sion from V. F. Newell in which he places a large part of the blame on the federal reserve banks and their member banks. In his view, high prices are largely due to inflation of the currency, which is continued in order that the banks may make more money by lending money. He points to the vast increase in the volume of cur rency, in rediscounts by federal re serve banks and in deposits and loans by the member banks during the last few years as proof of in flation and money-making, which he considers especially wicked on the part of federal reserve banks. He says that this abundance of money tempts business men to borrow and hanks to lend, and helps to raise prices. He insists that federal re serve banks must start deflation by gradually but steadily retiring their paper money, and suggests that the banks call one-fourth of their loans in order to restore more normal con ditions. The sure way to deflate the cur rency is to deflate prices, for it surely requires more money to fi nance a sale of a thousand sacks of potatoes at $5 than at $1. The surest way to deflate prices is to increase production, not only in this country but in all countries to which we ex port. There has certainly been a large increase of production, meas ured by quantity, not by value, dur ing the last six years. That alone justifies a considerable increase of the currency, which is not inflation. Before the federal reserve system was established, it was said that we had not enough currency to transact the Business of the nation. To make gooa that deficiency justifies a fur ther increase, which is not inflation. There remain the increase due to high prices and that which is due to the high production point of the war as compared with whatever de crease there has been since, if any, 6nd which is being reduced by rais ing the discounts rate. . Federal reserve banks are forbid den to rediscount paper based on any transaction except actual storage or sale of goods, their note issue is limited to the amount of such paper, and as soon as the paper matures the notes based on it are retired. As that currency represents goods of equal value on the way to consum ers, it is not inflation. As member banks cannot rediscount notes given in speculative dealings, their loans for that purpose are limited to the amount which they can carry them selves. Then the one great oppor tunity to reduce the currency is to reduce the volume of dealings in commodities or to reduce prices.. If prices should be sufficiently reduced, a larger quantity of goods might be TOO HASTY. We are unable to follow the rea soning of the city attorney in the opinion in which lie holds that pur chase by the city of the rails of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company would be unconstitutional. It is true that the constitution pro hibits any city, town or other munic ipality from becoming a stockholder in any joint stock company, corpora tion or association whatever or from raising money or icnuing its creull to or in aid of any such company, corporation or association. But the proposition in issue, as we under stand it, is not that the city acquire an interest in the properties of the street railway company by purchase of shares of stock, or that it lend its credit to the company. The proposal is that the city buy outright the tracks of the company and that it then lease the tracks to an operating company or contract tor operation of street cars over them with some individual or com pany, presumably the Portland Rail way, Light & Power company, at a stated rental. "Such action," says Mr. LaRoche. "would differ in principle not at all from an original undertaking to con struct at the city's own cost and expense these tracks for the use of the company. This would be. under j me pian contemplated, raising money and lending its credit to and in aid cf this utility. Both the letter and spirit of our constitution would be violated." Tet a proceeding, from which the Portland proposal, according to the city attorney, would not differ at all, has been undertaken in Oregon and it has been upheld by the supreme court. In February, 1914. the city of Grants Tass voted to issue 200,000 in city bonds for the construction cf ten miles of railroad. In the Sep tember preceding this vote, the city entered into a contract to lease the railroad upon its completion to J. F. Reddy for purposes of operation. In an injunction suit brought by E. L. Churchill, a taxpayer, the point was raised that the contract with Mr. Reddy was in violation of the section of the constitution hereinbefore re ferred to. The supreme court held that the objection was not tenable. If the city attorney had held that there is some sort of distinction be tween the Grants Pass case and the Portland proposal there might have been room for argument. But, while he does not cite the Grants Pass case, he in effect asserts that the Portland proposal is identical there with in principle yet unconstitutional despite the supreme court. The Oregonian is not prepared to say that purchase- of the tracks of the street car company is the best way to avert the calamity of higher fares in Portland. It is convinced, however, that higher fares will not remedy the plight of the company. It would like to see the proposed rail purchase considered on its merits and not hastily shelved because of an at least debatable theory that it is unconstitutional. THE RIGHT TO TOTE. An opinion given by Charles K. Hughes has done much to allay fears lamong women suffrage enthusiasts aroused by enemies of the principle. It has been argued by those who seem to have a special mission to take the joy out of life, that ratifi cation of the national amendment will not confer the right to vote upon women in any state where the state constitution limits the suffrage to males; that such a state in order to confer suffrage upon women must amend its own constitution; and that in any event the national amendment will permit women to vote only for senators and representatives in con gress. Mr. Hughes expresses the opinion that the amendment will be immedi ately self-executing and will render invalid and therefore ineffective any existing provision in any state con stitution establishing a suffrage dis qualification solely upon the ground of sex. If a practical illustration of the effect of the amendment will further allay the fears of ardent' suffragists, they may be cited to a condition in Oregon. Here there still exists in the state's fundamental law a denial of the right of suffrage to negroes. Yet negroes vote for all candidates from presidential elector down to constable, and have so vote.d since ratification of the fifteenth amend ment to the federal constitution. The equal suffrage national amendment uses the exact language of the fifteenth amendment, except that in the earlier amendment denial or abridgement of the right to vote on the ground of race, color or pre vious condition of servitude is pro hibited, while the latter amendment prohibits denial or abridgement on account of sex. It is a curious incident of history that a few years ago an attempt was made to eliminate from the state constitution this apparent discrim ination a"gainst negroes, on the round that the section had been nulliified by the federal amendment and was surplusage. For an unde termined reason the voters of the state refused to repeal the amend ment. Although thus reaffirmed as a part of the Oregon constitution, negroes still exercise the same rights of suffrage as do whites. the league covenant and the treaty with Germany should be one instru ment, though distinct in character and purpose, and when enough sen ators to prevent ratification declared that they should be separated, he re plied that they would be so inter woven that the separation would prove impossible. When he brought back a treaty, he demanded that it be ratified without change or even reservation, and he made a speak ing tour to intimidate the senate. When some senators drew reserva tions more moderate than those of the majority of republicans, that they might serve as a bridge to unite all senators except the death bat talion, Mr. Wilson denounced all res ervations as nulllfiers and said he could not distinguish between strong and mild nullifiers. Those senators who desired early peace and a place for the United States in the league with due safe guards for American rights and in terests therefore had the additional motive of defending the place in the government which the constitution gave to the senate. The president's insistence on ratification without any beyond interpretative reservations betrayed a purpose to drive it from that place. The reservationist re publicans could secure peace and the legaue only by sacrifice of the senate's co-ordinate share in making treaties. This meant in effect to tear out of the constitution a part the importance of which has been magnified by the larger place which this country fills in world affairs. It meant handing over to the presi dent power to make treaties which might soon become practically un limited. By the exercise of just such power Bismarck and the kaiser formed the alliances which caused the war. It therefore appeared to these senators to be their imperative duty to insist on effective reserva tions, not only for the protection of American interests abroad but for the protection of the constitution. They strove to save the treaty, to make our position among nations safe and at the same time to keep the constitution intact at a vital point. The obduracy of the presi dent compelled them to sacrifice one of these ends, and they sacrificed the treaty in order to save the con stitution, to save the country from one-man rule. TREATY DEFENSE IS CONFESSION. In his speech in the bouse de fending the aircraft production board from the attacks of the committee which investigated its work in the war. Representative Lea, the min ority member of the committee, said: When the -war in Europe began, the United States was fourteenth among the nations of this world in the amount that it had contributed to aviation. We were below China: we were- below Bulgaria; we were below Spain. When the war started In Europe th development of the airplane followed under the Intense conditions of war. The result was that when w entered this war we were without th ex perience, we were not even novices in. building battle planes. When th war In Europe started America In all her history had never built one battle plane. There was not a factory In America, there was not a designer in America who had made real battle planes. We .were not even novices in th game of real battle-machine production. We had made some small types of engines, we bad mad some training planes, we bad made a few ma chines for the navy, but no battle planes for the army, as they were known at that time. Then the best defense that the ad ministration can make for Its failure to produce aircraft during the war is that it had done nothing to pro duce them during the two years and eight months of war that preceded American participation. One of the outstanding facts of the war during that period was the Important part LOST. BIT CONSTITCTION SAVED. Deeply as all Americans excert the death battalion senators deplore the senate's failure to ratify the treaty of Versailles, that failure was the only means by which all power over foreign policy could be prevented from passing Into the hands of the president. As this nation has been drawn closer to all others by the revolution in means of communica tion and as other nations have come to look to this nation for leadership, foreign affairs have assuuied a larger place in the people's minds," and their importance seems destined to grow until they may become con trolling over domestic affairs. If the Dresident had been permitted to gather into his own hands absolute direction of foreign affairs and to re duce the senate's power to that of a rubber stamp, he would soon have become an autocrat, not only in for eign relations, but over internal gov ernment. This country might have degenerated into an autocracy dwell ing in the shell of a republic. It was necessary to the preservation of the republic that the senate should call a halt to the aggrandizement of ex ecutive power. No doubt could be entertained by one who watched the president's course as to the direction in which his policy tended. Before his advent to power the senate had lost many able members, who had been well or ganized by leaders of strong charac ter. When the democrats gained a majority, the quality of the member ship had already deteriorated, the democratic party had no strong leaders and they were so supremely grateful to Mr. Wilson for having led their party to victory after sixteen years in opposition that they were ready to follow his instructions as those of a superior, though the con stitution makes the senate his equal, with whose advice and consent he must act in making treaties. "Mr. Wilson is the type of man that only knows how to give orders and does not know how to take advice and seek the consent of an equal. This reaching after dominant pow er on the part of the president and this spirit of self-effacement on the part of the senate majority were steadily impairing the character of the senate as an active, co-ordinate branch of the government. If the people in November, 1918, had heed ed Mr. Wilson's appeal for a man date as their "unembarrassed spokes man" in tmaking peace, the process which had been hastened by the vest ing of unusual war power in the president might have-been completed and the senate of the United States might have sunk to that of Rome under the Caesars. As it was, the senate recovered its independence by a bare majority. Notwithstanding the adverse pop ular verdict, the president still as sumed that it had been in his favor or that the patriotism which had supported him in war would continue to support him in making peace. He ignored precedent by going to Paris himself at the head of the peace delegation without consulting the senate or its committee on foreign relations. He did not consult it as to the general nature of the terms he should seek in making the most im portant treaty since the birth of the republic one which must shape its foreign policy, the size of its arma ments and therefore the amount of its taxes for many years to come. He did not even appoint any senators as delegates, as McKinley did in 1898; he did not seek confirmation of those whom he did appoint, though the senate was in session, and at Paris he treated all of the delegates except Colonel House as clerks. He dictated to. the allies that A BLIND HYMN WRITER. The centenary of the birth of Fanny Crosby is a reminder of the progress we have made in intelligent provision for the car,e and education or the blind but it also calls to mind that in all times there have been heroic souls who triumphed ever obstacles. Xo system of school ing, however modern, could have in stilled in this blind writer of hymns and popular songs the quality which. despite unfavorable conditions for the blind of a century or so ago, en abled her to achieve fame. Fanny Crosby lost her sight when she was 6 weeks old. She was edu cated in a school for the blind in New York in which later she be came instructor in Greek and Roman history and other branches, and she continued to teach there until her marriage to Alexander Van Alstyne in 1S58. She was best known, how ever, as the author of some thousand hymns, many of which are contained in Moody & Sankey's "Gospel Hymns." Most of the elder genera tion will recall "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior." Probably no hymn ever written has been sung more fre quently than the first of these. But some of the old-timers wiU also re member "There's Music in the Air' aim riazei Jeu. uur taste in music has changed, but it does not follow that it has improved. Both of these were quite as meritorious as any of the so-called popular songs of today It was easy to write music for the Crosby songs. She had the sense of rhythm in the highest possible degree Her verses almost sang themselves. bhe did a prodigious work for the amelioration of the condition of the blind, but she was also in her life time a source of inspiration to mil lions who, though possessing the physical faculty of sight, saw far less clearly than she did. IT- PRODUCTS OF THE TIMES Kansas Iarentor Frapoaea t Da Away With Stereatyains;. Charles H. Trapp of Topeka, Ksju, a printer 40 years, has applied for a patent on an Invention which he believes will save 13 minutes in get ting out a metropolitan newspaper. He would revolutionize printing by "printing from paper on paper," says the Kansas City Star. Mr. Trapp would eliminate the metal molding of stereotyping by re versing the type in universal use; instead of the type letter being raised it would be depressed, like a die or a plate from which a calling card is engraved. The mechanical side of newspaper making begins with the linotype, which sets the matter, a line at a time, in type metal. The type ie put into a form the size of a page. In the stereotyping room an impression in papier mache is made of the page and baked to give stability. This im pression is the mat. The mat Is put into a casting box Into which molten metal is poured. After cooling, the box is opened and the metal impression, eemi-cyllndrical. is removed. It is a negative repro duction of the mat. The impression then is clamped on a cylinder of the press and away go the papers. Mr. Trapp's invention would elim inate that metal molding. He would clamp the papier mache mat directly to the cylinder of the press. Hav ing used depressed type, his mat sur face is raised instead of depressed, making it possible to print from it without going through the inter mediate operation of molding in metal. New linotype matrices would be re quired, a new device for taking gal ley proofs and the process of making pictures would be reversed. Mr. Trapp has used a mat, made from an electrotype shell for experi mental "paper to paper" printing. It works. The mat, be says, will give more impressions without deteriorat ing than the metal. i Many small newspapers do not stereotype because of the expense of molding. With the ' Trapp process, the inventor asserts the rotary press would be economical. The new German chancellor say reactionaries will be swept out of the army "with an iron broom." Still the Old Prussian idea. The Germans might get further if they would for get this iron stuff occasionally and try working with a feather duster. If Mr. Daly wants a good start in his new job, he might investigate the why of the high price of pie in some public places, pie being a necessary article of food, even eaten at breakfast by some and at all times by a rising generation. The move to put on road shows during the summer is very good. We have no heated term and our playhouses, are comfortable with scientific ventilation. The wise man ager gives his patrons what they want. one court-martial sentence at which the enlisted man isn't likely to take exception is the one sending Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, rich draft evader, to hard labor in a federal penitentiary for five years. The proposed wage increase for the bituminous coal miners is $200, 000,000 quite a sum to be absorbed by the consumers. Lay in your coal early and avoid the shock. Muncipal garbage collectors have gone on strike in Chicago. This is one case where we'd hardly expect a rush of strike breakers to take the vacant jobs. Mr. Wilson's affliction, it is said, borders on paralysis. That of some oi nis wouia-oe party successors borders on lunacy. .One of the "beauties" of the pri mary system is that a man who has been in Oregon only a short time can run for office. President Wilson is going to Wood's Hole, Mass., for a summer's rest. . He evidently thinks there's nothing in a name. So accustomed are we to "April weather" through the year we shall not notice it tomorrow. Warning to fools: Don't kick a live wire tomorrow or pick up a red hot stove. Twelve cents as a starter for all the Valley logans this year is a fair otter. To insure that life was extinct be fore burial, Mrs. Clara Maney of Hove, Sussex, England, gave direc tions in her will for tests to be made on her body. fehe directed that a competent eur geon be employed at a fee of 10 guineas, and that in order to ascer tain that death had taken place, a large darning needle be run to Its full length into a fleshy part of her body, preferably the thigh or upper part of the arm, and allowed to re main there for at least a quarter of an hour. "If on removing the needle any discoloration be found thereon, it will prove that I am not dead. After the fact of death has been ascertained in this way the surgeon is to sever a main artery or apply any other test that he may think fit." She also directed that her husband, sister or other relatives be present to see that her wishes were carried out. London Mail. Denied the right of representation in congress. District of Columbia folks are going to have a "play" election all their own, by way of demonstrating their desire for enfranchisement. A voting machine has been pur chased as part of the campaign for ' district enfranchisement. It is be- ing viewed with awe by Washington people, many of whom never saw one. District enfranchisement legislation is pending whereby the district would be represented in both senate and house. A romance that had its inception in 1S62 culminated in Lexington. Ky., the other day, in .the marriage of Bdward F. Haley and Mrs. Joseph Bales, wealthy widow, who says she is a third cousin of President Wil son. Fifty-eight years ago Haley kissed his cousin, Mattie Maupin, then 7 years old, and marched away to war. About four weeks ago there was a knock at the door of Mrs. Bales' home, and she was greeted by a man who said he was "Cousin Ed." March 18 they were married. Robert Underwood Johnson's ap pointment as ambassador to Italy re calls the other literary men who have filled diplomatic posts for the United States. Among them have been the following: Washington Irving was accredited to Spain in 1842; George Bancroft to Great Britain in 1846 and to Germany In 1867; Charles Francis Adams to Great Britain in 1861; Motley to Great Britain in 1869; George H. Boker to Turkey in 1871; Lowell to Spain in 1877 and to Great Britain in 1SS0; Bayard. Taylor to Germany in 1878; Lew Wallace to Turkey in 1882; Andrew D. White to Germany in 1879 and 1S97 and to Russia in 1892; John Hay to Great Britain in 1897. If journalists were ncluded the list would be longer. Argonaut. Why do you refuse to send your daughter to a cooking school?" "Because I desire her to grow up to.be a kind, helpful and courteous lady. I don't want her to be tempted to assume the arrogance character istic of the modern cook." Washing ton Star. Those Who Come and Go. To get some authentic Information regarding the steelhead of the Rogue river. Dr. W. H. Rich passed through Portland vesterdav on his way to assist In exDeriments. Nothing defi nlte has been planned, but in a hazy war the idea is to attacn silver ias to a large number of young fish and turn them loose. In three or four years, perhaps, the steelhead will be caucht by fishermen, ana Dy ascer taining when and where they are caught some light will be tnrown on the history of the fish. The tagging will probably be performed at the Applegate or the Rogue river natcn eries, or both. In this connection it mav be observed that the hatchery a Rogue river. 30 miles above Medford, was located there by the late R. D. Hume as a result of tagging salmon fry a good many years ago. These fish tagged bv Mr. Hume returned mainly to the Rogue, but some were caught in the Chetco and on Portal river. A fellow never knows just what's going to happen when he strays away from his own "hum town." For in stance. L. F. Conn, who tempers jus tice alone with mercy, common sense and other things on the circuit bench down Prineville way, was strolling about the Imperial lobby yesterday when John McCourt, presiding Judge of the local judicial district, grabbed him by the arm. "You're just the fel low I want." quoth John. And before the astonished jurist from Prineville could gather himself together he was on his wav to the courthouse. He was impressed into service as an extra judge yesterday and disposed of two cases before he called it a day Judge Conn is in the city for a brief visit. "There must be a million or so of herriuz swarming in laquina oaj. declares A. C. Walters, who has re turned to Portland after six months at Newport. "I've been going to tnc hav for eieht vears. and naver oeiore saw such a run or herrings. xu can stand on the bank and pull tnem out th fish are so thick. I saw one farmer with a wagonload of herring, which he was taking to his ranch to use for fertilizer. Fishermen are pulling in herring by the ton and can eet more than the storage plant can accommodate. Lone before W. Pollock, who is on mm or his rreauent trips lu Hotel Oregon from Albany, ever saw that thriving community, it was known as Takena, a name quite satis factory to the Indians and the early nioneers. for a while. However, some one or other took a violent dislike to referring to the young settlement as Takena and laid the grievance before the legislature, and in 1854 tho legislature rechristened the place and named it Albany. Half a dozen Chinese in natty uniforms marched into the Hotel Port land vesterdav and came to atten tion in front of the desk. Tom Fln nigan, who was pres.iding over the register and speared a commission in the war, began giving the look see to these representatives of the Chinese army and then he discovered he made a miscue, they were Y. M. C. A. secretaries. The sextet con sisted of Elijah S. Xich, Y. F. Lin, M. Y. Chang, Chtng Fan Li and U S. Chen. There must be a lot of money in the lumber business judging from the way the lumber and timber men are always coming to town, which means railroad fares and sleepers and hotel expenses A. R. Rogers of Minneapolis, who owns far more tim ber in Oregon than 9" per cent of the natives, is an arrival at the Benson and Intends Inquiring how the trees are getting along, by a personal in spection. "I do not intend being a candi date," confessed K. W. Haines of Hillsboro. who is at the Imperial. Mr. Haines was once upon a time a mem ber of the state senate and president of that body and he was a represen tative for Washington county In the regular session of 1919 and the recent special session. He intimates that there will be no shortage of candi dates ill Washington county. Still denying that he has any desire to "rvu Representative Hawley out of his seat at Washington. A. W. Xorblad of Astoria is at the Seward. Mr. Xor blad doesn't deny that he would just as soon as not represent a district of Orenon at the national headquar ters. but he is willing to wait say until a new congressional district is formed of the coast counties. Jt must be rather quiet in IVml just now. for A Whisnant. one of Bend's limited number of editors, is regis teied at the Benson. Whiz Is as effervescent as ever and maintains that if he ever has to leave L?end. the only place that would compare with it is heaven. 'Mr. Whisnant always uses the initial "A." Rivul editors say that it stands for Archibald. A different idea of progress from that usually held is given by A. Ed ward Newton, who, in the Atlantic Monthly, writes: I was dining once In London, quite Informally, with a great electrical engineer, a very trig maid in attend ance. On the table near my host s right hand was a small block of white marble and a tiny silver mallet. When he wanted the maid he struck the marble a resounding blow. I was somewhat amused and asked him if he had ever heard of a push button for the same purpose. "My boy, I have." was his reply, but I get enough of electrical de vices in the city; I don't want a single one of them in my own home. I've not come yet to using gas; I prefer candles; they are not so likely to' get out of order. I hate this pushing a dimple and waiting for something to happen. When I make a noise myself I begin to feel a sense of progress; that's what we stand for in this country" with a knowing wink "progress." V. Kramer registered from a town with a fancy name at the Jmperinl, He is from Criterion. Yes, it is in Oregon and is situated In Wasco county. Its altitude is 2300 feet and its population more or less than 100. Anyone who likes mountain scenery can get their fill at Criterion. Councilman C. W. Loggan of Burns is anion; the arrivals at the Imperial, The neoule of Burns will never be satisfied until they can get a daily mail route from Bend and not re ceive their newspapers when the news is several days old. Long an advocate of the "open river," R. Schleicher of iewiston Idaho, is at the Hotel Washington, re turning from a trip to California with his wife. The couple are visiting friends in Portland for a few days be fore continuing on to Lewiston. J. H. Jeffrey of fhe Wheeler Lum ber company is at the Nortonia while in Portland on business. Wheeler is a sawmill town on Nehalem bay and was densely populated with "sprucers during the war. J. W. Wentworth, who is proprie tor of a department store in Spokane, is at the Nortonia with Mrs. Went worth. They have been visiting ir California. Sheriff C. E. Terrill of Jackson county is at the Imperial with Mrs Terrill from Medford. The sheriff in tends going to Pugct sound today on business. Rev. F. R. Leach is at the Hotel Washington from Manistee, Mich., a town celebrated In song in musical comedy. He ia in the city on church work. R. H. Wright, president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Devel opment company of Vancouver, B. C, is registered with Mrs. Wright at the Multnomah. A. A. Ryer, secretary of the Ryer Grain company of Seattle, is at the Multnomah while browsing around for grain information. Sheepmen at the Perkins are R. W. Kevs of Fossil and T. S. Jackson and l E. R. Carnine of Condon. J. A. Miller, executive secretary for the chamber of commerce at Belling- ham. Wash., Is at the Multnomah. TRIE OPINIONS AKE MOT KNOWN Indignant Repnbllcaa Gives History af Mr. Polnaxers Political Flops. PORTLAND, March JO (To the Editor.) I have been reading with much interest in The Oregonian and other newspapers of the candidacy of Senator Miles Polndexter for the republican nomination of president of the United States. When I first learned of his candidacy I must con fess that I was greatly surprised, and for good and sufficient reasons con sidered it very unusual in view of the fact that people generally expect that the ensuing presidential election will place a tried and true republican in the White House. You will pardon me for presuming upon your time and Bpace to say something about the po litical record of Miles Polndexter, but I believe it ia my duty to do so. now that he Is actively in our midst with established headquarters and cam paign manager to seek republican votes to send delegates favorable to rum to the Chicago convention With many years of personal knowledge of the man it Is impossible for me to know what he honestly stands for, and what party, If any. he honestly belongs to. But I do say emphatically that he has no right to come Into this state, where his politi cal record is very little known, and endeavor to force his candidacy on the republicans, who might be led to think by his propaganda that he Is a republican at heart and fit to be the standard bearer of the purty in the coming national election. Miles Poindoxter. a Virginia demo crat, arrived in Walla Walla a young man in 1S92, and was elected by the democrats prosecuting attorney of Walla Walla county. About five years later he moved to Spokane. where he declared himself a republic an, Spokane being a republican stronghold, and later ran as a repub liran for Judge of superior court, to which he was elected. He served four years until lKOS. when he re signed and was elected to congress on an anti-Cunnon platform. He bit tcrly assailed the republicans, of course, In congress, and everything the great organization of republicans had accomplished in congress. When ever he got a chance to speak in congress his pet bobby was to at tack the members of the republican party who did not agree with him. In 1910, when no normal republic n thought that Poindexter had the slightest chance for United Statea senator, he filed for that office Just the same. Judge Thomas Burke and former United States Senator John L. Wilson were candidates end repre sented the genuine republicans of the state. A factional fight arose be tween the two latter, and to the amazement of everyone Polndexter was elected senator. Two years later he. Bull Moosed and fought the re publican party to a finish In the cam paign throughout the state of Wash ington. In 1913 he went back to his old love, the democratic party, and voted for the Underwood tariff bill, which the republican senators unan imously opposed to the bitter end. In 1916 he was re-elected to the senate by defeating Congressman Humphrey for the nomination. The latter was not popular, but Insisted upon run ning for the senate, and the repub licans opposed to him knew it would be disastrous to force the candidacy of one of their own men agalrat him for fear of splitting the vote ngalnst Poindexter and leaving Poindexter alone with him in the race. Poln dexter won by receiving votes of hose who did not like him. but loved Humphrey less, and the votes, alo. of many democrats, socialists and non-partisans in the primary. With a record politically such as Poitidexter's of a changed coat at almost every election, and of re lated attempts to prejudice the peo ple of his slate aralmt the laipe business Interests of his country. It ecms that some one should at this ime expone him to the American voters, for the somersault nc una ust made to get votes tor nimstii u for president. Poindexter is "oul-cannoniiina - n on." Uncle Jne was a standpatter rom Pitersvllie. nut roinuexier in is platform and speeches this year roves that ne is uinaina wmiv gainst his old-time friends and for he terrible enemy of "stHiidpatism nri hlir bus ness. Hat nils lliun really believes in no one ever knows, and no one ever will. He hns no political principles that will stand the test of a day. He has his nerve to ask the republican party to nom inate him for any office. Out with him for good and ever! Also with his oily manager. Jonathan Bourne, who has done more to destroy the republican party in this state limn any More Truth Than Poetry. By Jajaea J. Maatagae. NOTUING NEW. From time to time a saga appear (Aa sages every now and then do) And loudly promulgate his fears That women know far mora than , men do. And then ha gravely bowa his head. Obsessed with an uneasy nolloo That what he Just has gone and M Will raise thundering commotion. Bnt no protesting toIc Is raised 'To challenge his surprising state ment; No man la puzzled or amazed. No pleas are offered In abatement And. though his bliloglral facta Ar very solemnly attested And proofs adduced, nobody acta Disturbed, or even I rite rested. The men have not a word to aa. They cannot break a verbal deadlock They entered in the very day That they embraced ths stata af wedlock. They do not rage or fume or fret. For, even though disposed to doubt It They're too experienced to get in any argument about It The women do not even heed This stern pronouncement of the sages. But calmly knit or talk or read The newest author's raev paces. For, since first picrred by Cupid's darts The yearning brsast of Adam panted. The ladies, bless thetr Tittle hearts. Have always taken It for granted. Many Are Called, i:e. Mighty few of the graduates rf presidential primaries will ever gel into the electoral college. Tkey Always Are. The party platforms will he plenty dry enough without any prohibition planks. (Copyright 1920, by the. Fell Syndi cate, inc.) In Other Days. Prom The Oregonian. March 81, UNI. Washington. Kcceipts of the gov ernment for the month of March will again fall below receipts, to lh amount of $231,000 for this month. For the nine months the deficit is J.16,000.000 for the fiscal year to date. Bethlehem. Pa. The hardest fard plate ever shot, at was tested today at the proving grounds of the cornpanv. and resulted In the government ac cepting 6.'0 tons, for the two turrets of the battleship Orecnn and 10 diagonal plates for the Iowa. Marysvlile, CaL Sheriff Ret Bard of Tehama county was killed bv a shoe fired by one of the robbers ho hedl up the Oregon express early this morning at Itced n station, after he had shot and killed one of the rob bers. Fireman Nethercolt received two wounds that may prove fatal. TweKe applicants pasxed the ex amination esterday before Ihe Htate medical board and were llccnted to practice medicine. Fifty Tears Asa, T'roni The Orccenlan of Jlarrh 3t, l,n asliingtnn. The news of the death of General GeorEe Tl. Thomas has occH.sioned jrreut eadncs. It win nnounced ye-terday in orders to the rmy. Elmlra. .V. T. The alorins In this lefnity worVefl (Treat havoc In the destruction of farm houses and other ropcrt y. I.ondon. I dead. -Green, the grrat aeronaut. man who ever nveu uir. J. II. MORRISON", cu.m; svii'. om.y fair om:. Intermediate Propert r-Ow arr HII By I'.llmlnalion of Special ( barcrs. PORTLAND. March 20. (To the Editor.) In the case of the street car fares there are three parties involved: The street car company, the street car patrons and the taxpayers. The street car enmuunv needs more revenue. A 20 tier cent raise in revenue and 100 per cent raise in expenditure will bankrUDt the same. I lie street ca patrons see that they get alf for their money they can. right or wrong. 1 he taxpayer is liable to have to foot the bill. If wc bail more Panlel Websters to whose words about Justice Mr. H. H. Cory refers at the close of his uis sentinn- minority report, the case would be simple. We would see that it Is not just that one passenger should ride 12 or 18 miles for cents and another pay the same for a one mile ride. If neoDle buy cheap lots in The sub urbs they should not expect those people who own their homes closer In to make the loss of the street car company good by paying the same amount for lets service being in ad dition burdened by higher taxation to enable the street car company to give outlying districts better service than they receive. The cars are crowded by the time they get In town with standing room only. What would we tiiink of a competitive busi ness which would charge Its patrons as much for a stale egg as for a dor.en fresh ones Because tne patron could u.-e only one? It would be mnk iniust ce. The car company is obliircd to do the same under presont conditions. Justice is not tne leauing motive; it is expedience by which we are mc. o-nirlcri in our affairs, and we only too often make Peter pay for Paul. We put the tiurden oi a con venience by which the outlying ais tricts and centralized business houses are benefited on the Intermediate res idence district. The latter is hurt If e relieve the car company irom iixeo charges and put them on the taxpay ers. Let every man pay for what he receives. If he wants to ride 12 miles let him pay for it. No car company should be expected to transport a passenger for one-half cent per mile. It cannot be done and pay expenses. It would be easy to zone tne cars with aia-ns and prices, varying as the ear would come nearer the outlying zone and in returning come nearer the center of the city. WILLIAM lSfc,.St.t.. H. L. Pit lock and 1? other resident. f Washington street have applied for lamp nt Ihe corner of Washington and Klghlh si nets. The petition was referred to the committee on streets and public property. m:i:i ftw.ti'Piw; imv itt: ai.i.id. la Fxchanars Once Social l usclloa Sarins; f Year. POKTLANP, March ;! (To II, Kditor.) This Is the season for plain ing or preparing the Krouttil. and those who have an Interest In their homes and gardens are looking through the attractive catalogue for seeds and plants. I wonder If some old-fashion-.'! housewife remembers the sociable times when the s;ick containing Ear den seeds was hrouaht out for the visitor, and seed 'swapping'' was common! Also, ni this season, the practice was not uncommon to "bor row" seftinic hens, with a possible exchange of pitch for setting. The other d.iy I heard two visltois rxchatiKliig experiences. They were interested also In ttardcnlnff. They were, enthusiastic and cheer ful. One of them said she was keep ing up her home and curing fur five lots. She plants everything beside saving the fruit from the trees on her grounii. The other had but one lot. There are several fruit trees on It. The ground had to he spaded, so she bravely did all Ihe spnriltiK, plantinc and caring for the garden. These women are up with the tun and the robins while others are tak ing their "beauty sleep," Their llv are full, they give a helping band to others, less fortunate. In many ways they radiate love and good will They are both past 70. They hare learned a valuable and beautiful secret of keeping younit without the aid of cosmetics. MATTIK Kt'U.Ni; ROSS lax aa Head or Family. PORTIiAND. March 50. (To the Kd itor.) My wife has been dead three years. Am I claused as married or single man? My daughter I l!ti; she keeps houso for me. My son is SI. He goes to college. They both ate dependent on me for support. My salary' lt year was t:60. Do I have to pay income tax? J. (5. U Tou are the head of a familv a if your net income from all wiurces was less than 2000 you are not re quired to file a return or pay Income tax. Real Reason for Abstinence. Exchange. Tell me truly why you gave drink." "Well, dear, the last time your up I A. M. Williams, president of the I mother was here I came home late college at Albany, Is among the ar-1 and saw three of her. The shock rivals at the Seward. ' cured me." IV CI.OTH AN! I.KTlir.R HOI n FOR AM. TO IllCAU. Just books entitles that have grown from tho fancy and learning of many art author, to please and to Instruct In paR-ea more lasting than mere mor tality. 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