Morning Oregonian., April 01, 1920, Page 10, Image 10

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! MB, HOOVER FINDS HIMSELF.
No great astonishment need be
-felt that Mr. Hoover has aligned
himself with the republican party.
- Kvidently he belongs there, if he be
" lnnM anvwherit noliticallv. Only a
" day or two since, The Oregonian
I ventured the suggestion that Mr.
Hoover would soon find himself,
since it was clear that he could, not
'.. indefinitely maintain a neutral posi
tion between the parties, under pres
sure from both sides to make a presi-
All 1.11CII ucopciaLc rb"-
didate, certain democrats had set out
to capture Mr. Hoover, asking no
mifCTinTi u nil rininiiif if,, ihb nr .11.
V 1 1 1 1 V. a la rtnt nnH npvcr was a demo.
.the nresidential nomination if it is
"demanded" and if the platform is
- sufficiently progressive.
The proper classification of Mr.
Hoover is, then, that he is a progres-
such. He is eligible for considera
tion by the Chicago convention. It
1 a . - . a . V. . . . Itf.
Hoover does not make his nomina
tion a condition of his approval of
the party and its candidate, for he
,., commits himself to its "entire sup
port" if it shall stand for the prin
; . ciples and measures with which he
Is in accord. Mr. Hoover is not
alone. If the republican convention
promulgates a reactionary platform,
if it opposes a league of nations, if
it fails to propose measures for the
sound business administration of the
country, if it falls into the hands
of men who refuse to accept their
; responsibilities for the welfare of all
; citizens, if it looks backward and not
; forward there are others who will
suffer the same disappointment as
" Mr. Hoover, and will be looking for
; an organization that will fulfill more
; nearly their id Pal of a political party
which will better serve America, and
the world through America.
But wc look for neither radicalism
nor reaction at Chicago; nor, indeed,
for indifference, nor neutrality, nor
mere pussyfooting timidity on the
- - vital problems of the time. Nor do
we think that Mr. Hoover himself
x, lias any fears of failure there. On
; Z. .."the contrary, it is obvious that he
; anticipates an explicit acceptance of
all national obligations and a definite
affirmation of ways to discharge
them. The one great thing left to
' j." be desired in Mr. Hoover s statement
is that he does not himself offer
to join with others in an endeavor
, to commit the republican party to
' politics which give the best and high
'-est definition of the nation's duty.
, . ..,,. There is nothing, indeed, that will
. vi .. .now prevent him from- playing his
'. 'i part. He is now a candidate, but he
may properly use his influence as a
, citizen in the counsels of the party.
The candidacy of Mr. Hoover is
now a fact, and not a hope, nor
h mere expectation. Whether he will
2T-:be formidable at Chicago depends
on developments. Undoubtedly, he
is late in going into the contest,
TZ and it is not likely that he or his
.t!Z managers for him will appear at
'. Chicago with any great array of dele-
'r gates pledged to him. But he will
be backed by a very considerable
sentiment, and, in case of protracted
contest, it is easily conceivable that
"ZX he would be chosen. A fair test of
the Hoover strength will be fur
Fished in California and also in Ore
'111 goa. In California there will be a
straight-out and clean-cut issue be
tween him and the hitherto in
tr""""' vincible Johnson. If he shall defeat
Johnson it is not impossible he
will by one stroke have eliminated
; the senator and will, even before the
vmm . .- convention assembles, have overcome
!5.'.'one Jreat obstacle to his success. If
t 1 Jhe shall be beateri, it will yet remain
. ' true that his nomination as a dark
.I'-SJorse is within the cards. Sooner
J;Vr later the convention will itself, in
. our judgment, make it plain that it
1 w ..will not nominate Johnson, save in
'..Vthe one contingency that it shall have
; '.previously declared against a leagii
; - of nations, with or-without reserva
; tions. If it shall do that, Mr. John
t CjBqn's; nomination ' will logically fol
l.tSrlow. . If it shall refuse to do it, it
tSL""?..'ls not understandable how or why
..;. "it should take as its candidate any
one who by his record, made in the
--.senate and in his campaign, utterly
-.'"repudiates in advance its action.
; Such a candidacy on such a platform
"would be a contradiction, an absurd-
, -. - uy, an impossibility.
i Mr. Hoover has, of course, defl
. nitely divorced himself from consid
eration at San Francisco. That al
luring democratic dream is over.
They are now reduced to the awk-
ward necessity of nominating a
" democrat; and no democrat can have
iJ- the faintest hope of success in 1920
except through monumental repub-
- lican blunders.
An important part of the "new
programme" o.f the Salvation Army,
- , suggested by the popularity it won
J . on venturing into a broader field
during the world war, is the-under
taking to do for the small town and
.-.r- the isolated community some of the
things that in the past it has accom
pushed 11101 particularly in the cen-
-; ters of population the slums. It
has been the fashion heretofore to
- . ascribe most of our social unrest to
slum-dwelling; the Salvation Army
seems to be determined to ascertain
whether there ia not unrest behind
the movement to the slums, and if
possible to arrest it at its source.
Bad as are the congested districts,
it is possible that the villages are
not yet completely satisfying spirit
ually or socially perfect, and the new
plan has much in it to commend it.
Salvationists have always tried to
find an antidote for despair,' and
they are likely to succeed - here as
they have succeeded elsetwnere, be
cause of the very unselfishness of
the men behind the organization.
WHAT? DO THEY TEACH f
Representative Summers is some
what excited because a public school
teacher at Washington (D. C. ) has
a contemptuous opinion of congress,
and tells her classes it is made up
of grafters, second-class men and
cheap lawyers. He wants to suppress
by law all teachers who give "in
structions tending to undermine the
government of the United States."
Representative Anthony says bol
shevists, anarchists and socialists are
given teachers' certificates and are I
spreading their propaganda every- I
where, and he wants somebody to I
do something about it. I
All this is important if true. Cer-
tainly something should be done
about it. But what? The first step
toward action of any kind should
be information. Who knows ex-
cept the children what is being
taught in the schools? I
The Oregonian hears of a teacher I
in the Portland high schools who
says that the socialist party plans Thus the contentions of It. Deshum
revolution by peaceful means - only, bert are both proved and disproved
and is therefore within its .rights.
Where did he get his knowledge?
What is socialism? Who speaks for
the socialists? Probably it would be
well for such an instructor to in
vestigate the record of socialism in
America for the past several years
and ascertain why the party went
on the rocks. It broke down first
over the question of patriotism and
second before the advance of bol
shevism. But certainly Representative Sum
mers is right in his contention that
the law should reach all teachers
who are sowing the seeds of dis
loyalty or revolution by violence.
Who are they?
ANOTHER EPIDEMIC PASSES.
Perhaps the only practical lesson
derivable from our most recent epi-
demic of influenza, which is now
believed to have spent its force, is I
that health preparedness is always
avisaDie. ine secona outDreaK un-
doubtedly was a milder type than
the first, but it is conceded that!
ower resultant mortality has been
due in part to the circumstance that
the earlier visitation had thoroughly
aroused the people to their danger. I
Another thing it taught was that it
s altogether unsafe to generalize I
from incomplete data. A good many
of those who were led by the be-
havior of the disease in 1918 to be-
ieve tnat they were immune on the
ground of age. paid a tragic penalty
in 1919-1920.
It now appears that the most I
striking .difference between the two
epidemics -was in the much smaller
proportion of cases in the second oc-
currence which were complicated by
pneumonia. The death rate from
pneumonia for the country at large
last January, for illustration, was I This is one of the few war opera
only 142 per 100,000 population, as tions of the government, if not the
compared with a rate of 1747 in the
period from October to December,
1918, and with the "normal" average
rate of 125 per 100,000 for a seven-
year period from 1911 to 1917, in-
elusive. The figures, however, are I protected against the bears, the pub
slightly deceptive, since a consider- lie against the bulls, of the wheat
able number of individuals of espe-
ciai susceptibility had died in the
1918 epidemic, and in the later one
there was unusual occurrence in the
age periods previously regarded as
relatively immune. In the last quar-
ter or iyis the peak of fatality was
reached in early adulthood, chiefly
around the age of 30. Elderly per-
sons and children were only slightly
affected. Highest mortality rates
last January were reached in child-
hood and advanced age.
Comparison of the two epidemics.
in the opinion of scientific observers,
warrants optimism but not overcon-
fidenee. Belief that there will be a
third outbreak is founded on histor
ical data. Yet its effects mav be
reatly ameliorated if people are
ready to take prompt precautioiary
measures at the first sign of its ap
pearance. It is not possible" to esti:
" "I rrrr"?:::' " LC"L w.mcn
such measures have recently been
effective, but undoubtedly they saved
many lives,
NATURE'S ethics.
The familiar contention that na -
ture's laws are immutable and that
all our efforts to amend them are
foredoomed to failure is made in a
new and interesting form by the
French philosopher, M. Deshumbert,
who has written a book entitled
"The Ethical System Based on the
Laws of Nature." He appears to
reason in a circle, but .he presents
a- vastly -greater quantity of labora-
tory data in support of his argument
than most writers on this topic have
done. M. Deshumbert sets out to
defend nature against the charge
that she is cruel, wasteful, extrava-
gant and stupid.
His theory is that human con-
science, being artificial, is not a trust-
worthy guide. It is possible, of course,
to prove Dy reference to any history
that countless crimes have been
committed in conscience's name.
Patriotism, a form of conscience, has
its logical "fruit, he contends, when
it is arrayed against patriotism
equally intense. " A good ' many no-
torious tyrants were conscientious,
M. Deshumbert-observes that there
are savage tribes that regard parrl-
clde as a high - duty. They -believe
that on the road to paradise the
dead must tread paths , beset with
perils, against which the feeble
could not protect themselves. So
tne parent is killed in the prime of
life, out of pure filial love. Canni
balism he traces to devotion to the
welfare of the tribe, . the warrior
believing that by eating his enemy
he makes mmself more stalwart for
thft protection of hi w T
" - . v ia iiui
proved, however, that cannibalism
has the effect which the savairn
, ;AC, . . -
ascribes to it, or that eating one's
kind is obedience to natural law
The Frenchman's illustration is un
fortunate from the viewpoint of both
logic and history. It will hardly
denied mat nature has been served
by the rise of mankind above the
cannibalistic stage.
"The man of virtue," - says the
writer, "obeys certain moral laws
and is rewarded by a feeling of in
ward sausiacuon. ine wearer
u. v ......... . ... w .. . liVi ! C(L1 CI
a. life preserver obeys the laws
hydrostatics aid is rewarded by
being kept above water." Yet the
ethics involved in the proposition
that self-preservation is the first law
of nature have been refined by man
to the point at which the panic
stricken scramble for a place of
safety in the imminence of calamity
and have given place to the artificial
chivalry expressed in "women and
children first" women because they
are the mothers of the race, and
children becausa'they are potentially
of greater value to the race. Chiv-
airy has been superimposed upon the
primitive ethics of nature and is an
improvement on them that the writer
ignores.
The artificial evils, imposed by
man, have wrought much mischief;
there is no doubt of that, . Yet civil
ized man, in the effort to adjust
himself to his environment and to
the cruelties that nature in turn in
flicts on him, has developed a sys
tem of ethics which, it would seem
to be capable of proof, is designed
primarily to defend" himself against
nature's seeming wastefulness. In
doing so, however, he is only obey'
ing a higher conception of nature's
ethics than the savage has. The
ethics of nature also take account of
progress. The tendency to confound
"natural" with "primitive" is at the
root of the error of philosophers of
the Deshumbert type. It is hardly
disputable that the ethical defenses
which men have constructed have
operated broadly to promote survival
of th race. Nature knew what she
ws doing when she made man.
y a single proposition.
WHAT IS THERE TO INVESTIGATE?
Although the department of justice
was already investigating the charges
against the management of the
United States grain corporation, the
senate was led by some of its mem
bers, who evidently hoped to show
up somebody, to order another in
vestigation. They made a poor case.
but senatorial courtesy gave them
P1 th?y,aske?- Yef debate brought
out certain interesting facts which
suggest that a fair and full inquiry
would be as likely to reflect credit
as to justify censure of the grain
corporation.
The grain corporation has author
ity to buy -wheat at the government
guaranteed price when it is at or
below that price. W.hen wheat goes
above that price, it does so because
the public is ready to pay more, and
the grain corporation retires from
the Held. Estimates of a crop as
large as 1,200,000,000 bushels for
1919 caused apprehension lest the
market price should fall below the
guaranty, and congress appropriated
$1,000,000,000 to secure the farmer
the guaranteed price, but the crop
was - only 918.000,000 bushels and
consequently the price has risen far
above the guaranty. It has not been
necessary to use that SI, 000, 000, 000
the grain corporation has its original
capital of $150,000,000 intact and
has made a profit of $50,000,000
The prospect is that, when the grain
corporation winds "up its affairs soon
after June 1, it will turn back into
the treasury $1,200,000,000, less the
value of the flour which it is selling
on credit to the famine-stricken
countries of Europe, but for which
I it will receive securities.
only one, which it has a prospect of
winding up with a profit, but this
too is made an object of attack like
any operation which has shown a
heavy loss. The farmer has been
market, and all of the excess profit
has been taken by the government
I Senators Gronna and Reed, instiga
tors of the inquiry, may possibly be
able to show that somebody has
made an illegitimate profit, but none
is apparent in the facts so far
I brought out. How loudly the ad
ministration would have given three
I cheers for itself if it ha shown as
good results from shiDbuildintr r
1 aircraft production.
THE AG RICC LTV RAL OUTLOOK.
Competitive bidding bj city in
dustries for labor that farmers must
have in order to produce . food for
the people who live in cities may be
fine for the beneficiaries of city
work at city pay, but it will be con
ceded that it adds to the complexities
of the food production problem
resents an almost exclusively rural
constituency, pictured the situation
the other day when he said in the
course of a speech on' the agricul
tural appropriation bill that decline
of $10 a hundred pounds in the price
1 of hogs had not been accompanied
I by proportionate reduction of corn-
I modities that the farmer buys, or o
the wages that he pays, and that the
same was practically true as to other
I livestock. Wheat sold by the farm-
ers of his state last year, Senator
Capper said, brought an average
price of $1.85 a bushel, owing to
its relatively low grade, while he as
serted that it now costs $2 or more
to produce a bushel of wheat on
the farm. Notwithstanding these
discouragements, the senator said
the farmer is now producing "more
raw material per man by 30 per cent
than before the war, due largely to
the unpaid labor of his wife and
children. This unpaid labor and
overwork," he added, "are largely
responsible for so many leaving the
farm.
It will not be easy to get con
sumers to agree with Senator Cappe
that "hogs ought to be $3 higher
than they are," but it will be con
ceded that something more than dis.
cussion is called for if it is true, as
the senator believes it is, that not
only hog production, but every othe
form of food production, already has
begun to show signs of decline. He
I estimates the decline of pork nro,
duction in the corn belt at 25 per
cent; he says that "official reports
show that the United States is head
- 1 Ing toward bankruptcy in its beef
cattle supply." 'As to the latter item,
he adds:
I In 1000 there were 89 cattle of all kinds
enrn JUU persons in tne country. But
1?..t.here." i2 "' "Ch 100
i mnaoitants. in iuui our ippr.tcn. . .
numbered 51, 506.000 and in 11119 the tot;
had faiIen to 44.3s5.0oo with 7,ooo,otu
lefs tnan we naa m iiiir?, we an
tering annually at a rate ot above
re slaugh
e 3.000 000
more cattle and almost twice as many
- calvea-
I 11 is not news that tenancy on
be farms is increasing. Senator'Capper
quotes irom tne oiiiciai rigures.
I which .show that the percentage of
tenants for the United States as a
whole in 1880 was 25.6; in 1890
28.4; in 1900, 35.3, and in 1910, 37.
- He says that "many of the leading
of ininners on afrriL-unurai economics
Ul , ' ...v.-
of j believe that the census of this year
will give a percentage of between
45 and 50 per cent, and perhaps some
as high as 75 per cent." He says
that in Kansas there has been an in-
crease of 190 per cent in tenancy from I
toen in-, a TI. , . .
i.ouv iv xaxu. ne cues tne exdmpiB , , ... .
of one county in Kansas in which the 8Cor. n wh "ie press call the big
percentage is now 55 per cent. In fest comeback English music ha Is
one township he finds that whereas
there were 13 per cent of tenants
in 1880, there are sow more than
60 per cent.
The drift to the cities continues
apace. A survey of nearly 4000
farms in New York made last fall
by the United States department of
agriculture showed that the number
(of people on farms decreased by 3
per cent, while the number of hired
farm hands decreased 17 per cent.
"In what is generally considered to
be the prosperous agricultural state
of Iowa, the state free employment
bureau says that not more than one
third of the farm boys who were in
the army are . going back to the
farms. It is said that 'most of them
want city jobs.' Of course they
want city jobs. The astonishing
thing is that more have not gone."
Some of the remedies suggested
by the Kansas senator will seem to
be obvious. There is less difficulty
in stating them than there is in
translating them into action. There
ill be wide agreement with his
proposition that "'the most pros-
erous and contented agriculture
can be built up only by home
owners." Amendments to the farm
oan act "to make it easier for the
mbitious young farmer or the in-
ustrious tenant who wishes to buy
farms or livestock" in all probabil
ity will encounter no serious oppo
sition once a constructive programme
as been framed and agreed on by
farmers themselves. "Better schools.
modern houses, social advantages
and a greater opportunity to get the
brighter things .of life" have for a
good while engaged the serious at-'
tention of rural economists. Tet
these do not come by themselves,
as has been shown. The trend city
ward continues, in spite of repeated
emonstrations that in a good many
individual instances rural conditions
ave been improved, and that con
siderable numbers of farmers have
prospered.
Perhaps the so-called urban in
dustries are partly to blame for the
risis that threatens them. One fact
that stands out is that, irrespective
of the profits or losses of the farmer
proprietor, he cannot obtain ade
quate help at wages that he pays,
whether or not he can afford to pay
them, and that would have been
regarded as highly attractive only a
few years ago. There are still un-
mployment problems in cities, while
the farms wait for men. Idle hands
efuse farm work, partly because of
unwarranted hbpes held out by city
industries themselves. The boasted
advantages of city life may not, after
all, be all that it is assumed thev
re. The cities have overadvertised
their own superiorities, and threat
f famine is part of the penalty
of it. They have drawn too heavily
on the farms, and are about to learn
that agriculture is basic, if people
are to eat. A better urban under
standing of rural problems will help
to solve the latter. It may yet come
to pass that some of the less es
sential industries will be compelled
to call a halt In the interest of
indispensable production of things
to eat.
The Turks declare themselves
greatly insulted by the plan of the
allies to put them out of Constanti
nople. If we remember rightly, this
Is only a comeback for a few little
insults by the Turks themselves alone
about 1914 and 1915.
There are two good points in Fred
Love, the man with a record who
is dying in a hospital. He cares for
his aged mother and is loyal to hig
gang. That is more than can be
said for many shining in sanctimon
ious lights.
Is it a dream that war-like activ
ities of Germany will develop into
a situation at the psychological mo
ment that will enable an exalted
personage again to keep us out of
a war for which we shall be unpre
pared? Mr. Hoover says he will accept the
republican nomination for president
only if the people demand it of him.
That, settles -it. So good a business
man will find it -easy enough to cre
ate the demand.
While therels yet time King Chris
tian would better take a lesson from
Louis XVI,- the kaiser and other
monarchs who thought they were
greater than their people.
Again it may be repeated that the
loss of a few minutes is nothing to
a lifetime of crippled sorrow. All
street cars in motion are seeking
victims.
How like, one might say, the
prince of .Wales blasting his way
through an obstruction! Typically
British, wasn't it?
However, we hope Mary will stay
married long enough this time to en
able her press agent to take a well
earned rest.
The oldest old-timer could not
scratch much data out of his head
wherf he saw the snow yesterday
morning.
The housewife paying $7 for po
tatoes has incentive to remind the
"old gent" of possibilities in th
back lot,-
It cost Jess Willard a dollar to
tell a negro policeman he would
"kick a lung" out of him Jess' size.
What will be a union station with
out Ed Lyons? But he cannot for-
sake Twenty-fourth and Vaughn!
Douglas Fairbanks seems to be
fully as agile at love as he is on the
moving picture screen.
The snowfall was . good for the
buds and another like it wouldn't
hurt.
The next big film could be called
"The Experiences of Mary."
It's the lucky big family that has
not one black sheep.
Wonder how much Dr. Brougher
got for the knot?
Mr. Hoover, like Barkis, is willin'
after all.
j V . 1 1 1 ' '
. marriage
Chaplin next for the,- comedy of
Stars and Starmakert.
By Leone Cass Baer.
inane x.ioya, Aiitv uis nimvi, u
have ever witnessed. Recently Marie,
who pronounces it Mawry, celebrated
her fiftieth birthday. A London cor
respondent says that she is more
popular than she has ever been, and
is the strongest drawing card in Eng
land. Two seasons ago, when Miss
Lloyd wanted to return to the halls,
the management refused to consider
her at 150 pounds a week. They said
she "was "through." This angered her
theatrical representative trying lor
the dates and he replied that if the
managers thought so Miss Lloyd was
willing to gamble with them to
test it.
So the manager proposed, astutely
enough as it proved, that Miss Lloyd
share the gross receipts and furnish
the entire performance.. The offer
was accepted, whereupon the agent
insisted that If Mis's Lloyd were will
ing to make the gamble the manager
must be. agreeable to a long term on
a similar contract. Believing it was
a matter of a few weeks only when
they would secure an entire bill
cheaply before Miss Lloyd quit, the
managements accepted the offer, al
lowing Miss Lloyd to make her own
contract. She did it with several
tours, for several seasons in advance
The first weeks under the new con
tracts netted over 200 pounds for her
self, with her net weekly contfnuously
increasing, until now when it has
gone beyond 400 pounds. The man
agements are helpless. It 'looks as
though Miss Lloyd's confidence in
herself plus her "gamble" has proved
to be the best thing she ever did;
also how lasting in England are its
favorites on the music hall stage.
Gertrude Elliott, Lady Forbes Rob
ertson, is playing in "Come Out of
the Kitchen" in London. The British
ers like the play.
4
Mrs. Frank Tinney is thinking
about vaudeville. Before her mar
riage to the blackface comedian, Mrs.
Tinney was professionally known as
Edna Davenport and was a principal
in several burlesque shows.
Mrs. Tinpey is reported to have re
quested a conference with a vaude
ville agency looking to future book
ings for herself, but with what result
is not told.
Tinney Is on the road In an Arthur
Hammerstein musical show,
David Warf ield is slowly improving
at the Samaritan hospital in Los
Angeles, where he was taken follow
ing his accident a fortnight ago when
an automobile crashed Into him. The
Warfleld company has been dis
banded and its members are on their
way to New York
Valeska Suratt is looking towards
appearances In English music halls
for the coming summer and nego
tiatlons for booking at the Coliseum
have been started. Miss Suratt will
do "Scarlet," her latest vaudeville
playlet.
Daniel Frohman Is coming back to
the producing field with a play, "The
Golden Days," by Stewart Olivia, who
Is also the author of "The Big
Chance," and connected with the
Baltimore News." Mr. Frohman may
produce the piece before the current
season is over.
Vaudeville next week will again see
Frltzl Scheff, who opens in Chicago
Monday at $1250 a week. She will
appear three weeks in vaudeville,
then become a member of the new
show A. H. Woods Intends producing.
Billy Van may co-star with Miss
Scheff in the same piece. It is re
ported Woods is looking for a third
name" to add to the production.
Richard Hearodon is planning to
present Nance O'Neil in "Mary Mag
dalen," -by Maurice Materlinck. This
play is pronounced by many tt be
the greatest work of the noted Bel
gian poet, and instead of being in
blank verse as are his other stage
writings, Is in straight dialog.
The performances are to be given
as special matinees during the run ot
The Passion Flower" at the Belmont,
where Miss O'Neil Is playing the lead
ing role. . Miss O'Neil Is to remain at
the Belmont until late in May, when
she and the company are to start a
tour of Canada, coming to the coast
.A correspondent In a New York
theatrical exchange observes ' that
"Pauline Frederick has been choeen
queen of the California raisin carni
val. Not knowing much about raisins,
we are unprepared to say how much
of an honor this means for the fair
Polly, but Judging from the fuss the
Goldwyn company is making over
the raisin party and realizing what
an Important part raisins are des
tined to play in our civic and social
life, we are inclined to say it will be
some event. The date is April SO
and the town Fresno, the center of
the raisin Industry. There will be
parades and pageants and races an
unusual event, with Pauline Fred
erick queening it in Fresno for the
first time."
A former Baker player, Charles
Dalton, Is playing the leading role
In "The Better 'Ole" on tour in the
east.
When Oliver Morosco started out
estimating the cost of sending "Mam
ma's Affair." with Its all-star cast,
across the continent next June, for
a tour of the west coast starting in
Los Angeles and ending in Portland,
Or., he found that hotel bills and
other expenses would eat up virtually
all possible profits. Then the cloud's
silver lining unfolded itself, and the
producer began writing letters to the
I Pullman company.
I've got It," he has explained.
"I'm going to send the cast to the
coast in a private car, and let the
seven members of the cast make
their home In the car during the
three months' tour. It's the only
way to beat the high cost of living."
And so when "Mamma's Affair"
closes at the Fulton theater. Effie
Shannon, Amelia Bingham, Katherlne
Kaelred, Ida St. Leon, Little Billy,
George LeGuere and Robert Edeson
will move into a private car which
will become their home until they
reach Chicago late in September.
'
Ida St. Leon, by the way, who Is In
"Mamma's Affair," is the same little
St. Leon of the family of acrobats
who brought us "Poll y of the Circus"
on its initial visit to this coast. She
has returned to the stage after a
retirement of several years.
Those Who Come and Go.
C. D. Cunningham of Centralla,
Wash., special prosecutor in the recent
Armistice day murder case, tried at
Montesano. Wash., spent yesterday
In Portland, registered at the Hotel
Benson. "For seven weeks we en
deavored to make the state's case as
strong as the evidence and circum
stances warranted." said Mr. Cunning
ham, "and in the end the jury brought
In" verdicts that have since been sub
jected to wide criticism. The old
truism still stands that noooay
knows what a Jury will do. But I'd
gladly try the entire case over again.
with all the work entailed, to Dring
to exact justice the men who mur
dered Warren O. Grimm and his iei
low victims of Armistice day." Mr.
Cunningham is himself a member or
the American Legion ana was a
marcher in the parade when it was
wept with L W. W. bullets.
From Burns comes J. J. Donegan
to the Imperial. Mr. 'Donegan is one
of the best-known residents of that
country and thought nothing of
traveling 10.000 miles around Harney
county whenever there was a drive
during the war for liberty loans or
other war activities. At present Mr.
Donegan is chairman of the execu
tive committee which Is undertaking
to secure a hospital for Burns. There
Is no hospital at present, says -Mr.
Donegan. within a radius of 150
miles. The plans call for th6
tion of a three-story stone build
ing. 36x100 feet, and the cost of the
building and equipment is estimated
at $50,000. William Hanley is presi
dent of the association, and other
well-known Harney county men wno
are officers are: W. H. Craven. A. R.
Olsen. W. W. Brown. Leon M. Brown
and Sam Mothershead.
Among' those who come and go
may be registered that festive little
flat fish, the croppie cousin to the
big belligerent black bass. Jimmy
Cralb, attorney, whose home Is on a
happy houseboat at the, western slip
of the Fulton ferry, ts authority for
the report that the croppies are back
again from the open river. "It s great.
contends Mr. Craib, to sit on tne
front porch, along about sunset, and
dangle a line for croppies, while the
phonograph grinds out the plaintive
inors of some Hawaiian ditty, lhose
who don't live In liouseboats are miss
ing some of life s most satisfactory
hours."
Nehalem Indians, of whom only a
few remain, had a legend that long,
long ago a ship landed there and
that the people on the ship wore
tails. The strangers gave battle to
the Indians, who crowded down to
the shore, and drove the redskins
back. Then the etrangers took
ashore quantities of gold , coins.
That's about all the Indians told, ex
cept that they thought the people
with tails hid the trersure In some
hole or cave and a generation ago
there were strange markings on
rocks in the vicinity which were
supposed to give some indication as
to the location of the treasure. That
is the legend, but H. A Bell of Ne
halem, who Is registered at the Ho
tel Oregon, never saw any of those
buried gold coins.
Aside from the section between
Corvallis and Independence, which Is
very tough going, the road from
Eugene to Portland Is good, reports
W. W. Brown, who drove up to the
Hotel Washington with a rather mud
dy car. Mr. Brown declares that the
entire trip was satisfactory save for
the Corvallls-Independence gap, which
was partly torn up last Summer, and
the rains haven't helped it for motor
ists. 1
William Rigstad of Iron River,
Mich., who is at the Perkins, hasn't
much to say about the excitement
which prevailed in Iron River country
a few weeks ago. Iron River attract
ed national attention when the news
associations telegraphed that there
was a rum rebellion there and that
local officers forced prohibition offi
cers to surrender liquor they had
seized.
In a restaurant they charge you
10 cents for a glass of milk. Sixteen
of these glasses make a gallon, so the
restaurant man receives $1.60 for the
same gallon of milk that the dairy
man is paid 30 cents for. There isn't
much money in the dairy business
sighed E. W. Haines of Hlllsboro. He
says he has sold all but three of his
cows.
They live high at Austin, Or., some
4074 feet of altitude, to speak by the
card. L. Austin of Austin and his
townsman, J. S. Edwards, are at the
Imperial. The town is- in the forest
reserve, being completely surrounded
by the government preserve, and
there are any amount of mountains
In the vicinity with gold and other
minerals awaiting development.
William J. McGlnley of New Haven
Conn., supreme secretary of the
Knights of Columbus, is at the Hotel
Portland. Mr. Mcfnley and William
J. Hickey of New York are on their
way to San Francisco to attend a con
ference on the schools which the or
ganization is operating for the accom
modation of former service men.
J. D. Harvey.' one of the people who
claim Comstock as their residence, is
registered at the Hotel Oregon. Com
stock is Just a little way south of
Divide in Douglas county, and is on
the Pacific highway. It has been in
the past the road between Divide and
Comstock, about the most dangerous
on the entire highway.
Alexander H. Kerr, formerly a well
known resident of Portland, but now
living at Tulsa, Okla., one of the live
liest oil towns in the country at pres
ent, arrived at the Hotel Portland
yesterday. Mr. Kerr visits the Rose
City about once a year to look after
his interests here
Charles Vaughan Is one of the score
or two of automobile agents who
have come to town to discuss the
"tin cootie." Mr. Vaughn is from
HeDDner and is accompanied by J. O
Kasmus of the old home town. W. A
Gates of Medford. equally interested
in rattling good cars, is at the Imps
rial.
Georee H. Williams, a timberman
of Bay City. Is registered at the Per
kins with Dick Hickey, of Mohler.
The town of Mohler Is a stopping
Dlace on the Tillamook railroad
where the cars stop beside a cheese
factory while passengers get olf to
go to Nea-kah-nie mountain
After visiting for several motiths a
Newport, where she has a cottage
Mrs. George T. Welch arrived yester
day at the Hotel Washington.
Gardner B. Perry, of the AmerlcA
Instituts of Banking, arrived at tn
Benson yesterday with Mrs. Perry.
He will address tne local institute.
" Frank Patton, banker, and, W. E
Sehimrff. cranberry merchant, ar
rived at the Hotel Portland yesterday
from ABtoria.
D. M. Miller, vice-president and gen.
eral manager of the Climax Loco
motion company, or beatlle, is at th
Multnomah.
j. W. Dutton, district guard mar
shal of the United fatates shippin
board. Is at the Multnomah from Se
attle.
W. H. Dougherty, manager of th
Newport Lumber company, is at th
Multnomah. ,
WIFE ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE
If Real Helpmate She Earns as Truly
as Does Husband.
WALDPORT. Or., March 29. (To
the Editor.) Many good Ideas are
given by A Man in naming the re
quirements of the woman whom he
would consider fit to be his wife.
But in his fifth point he shows that
he has the same false idea that so
many men hold in regard to the
family's money. This is the way he
words it:
"She must be willing to get along
without a certain money allowance.
If she were a real partner I would
be willing to give her purse what
she asked and when she needed it."
Notice the words "give." "asked."
"needed." This rsfan would want his
wife to feel that she did not earn
her living, but instead was a pauper,
and was indebted to his generosity
for all that she had. He undoubtedly
would provide well for his wife, but
would wish her to feel that all of
the money he took In really belonged i
to him alone, and whatever she had
was a present from him. He has said
previously that if a girl would marry
him when he was making $100 a
month, he might be able 60on, with
her help, to make $250 per month.
In this statement he admits that a
woman helps her husband earn his
salary. If that Is the case, why
should she be deprived of a regular
allowance and compelled to "ask
when she needs it?"
The average man llkee to feel that.
as the bread-winner, he is the most
Hmportant member of the family. The
fact is that his wife's work is
Important as his; the man and his
wife together are the "united head
of the home." It detracts from the
dignity which ehould invest the po
sition of wife and home maker to
expect her to ask for what is already
ners. .
No man should expect to earn a
reputation for generosity by paying
to a person what he owes that person.
Charity begins where justice ends.
A man and his wife should agree on
certain moderate sum as the wife's
allowance. If in addition, he wishes
to make his wife a present once in
while, she will probably acceDt it
gratefully, and will consider him a
ery generous man.
A woman who fulfills all of A Man's
requirements, will undoubtedly have
Deen, not a social butterfly, but a
bread-winner, before her marriage.
If A Man will reflect a. moment he
can picture how hard it must be to
eave work with a regular Income for
ther work as difficult and more lm
ortant, but holding out only the
privilege of "asking for what she
eeds." -
From conversations which I have
eld, I know that many married wo
men are dissatisfied with the way
the family finances are managed, but
through fear of not being able to
get tneir husbands to catch their
leWDOint thev MHn tVtl,- fAPtinr
A large number, however, finally turn
their homes and their children over
o someone whom they hire for that
purpose, and go Into some gainful
ccupation. But a home which ia to
ontinue to be a home in the best
ense of the word needs to be pre
sided over by someone who takes
personal Interest In It and who
gives full-time service to It.
I am glad that many men see this
uuject in the same light that I do.
believe the number is Increasing.
LOVER OF JUSTICE.
FINE H01.lt, BUT NOT TOO FIXE
General Wood Has Alloy of Prac
ticality That Wilson Lacks,
GLADSTONE, Or., March 29. To the
Editor.) The other day on the street
heard the question asked: "What
do you think of Wood?" "Oh! W
don't want a military man fcr presi
dent."
Why this superstitious, unintelli
gent iear or a military man? le our
citizenship so unstable, so emotional
that we need fear the man on horse
back? Have the military men of this
great republic given us any cause to
tear them? Have they given us any
cause to doubt their intelligence, their
ability, their Americanism or their
patriotism? What of Washington
Monroe, Jackson, the Harrisons, Tay
lor, Lirant. Garfield, Hayes, McKinley
and Koosevelt, all of whom were mili
tary men?
Have they given us a heritage of
fear?
Or is the fear a personal one?
Hardly, as It is directed against ' a
class and yet what of Wood? A sol
dier? Yes. a man of selfish ambition?
No. A patriot in every worthwhile
sense of the word; an administrator of
the just rank: a statesman of broad
vision and wide experience; a man,
full grown and of sterling upright
ness of character; a man of intelli
gent convictions and strength of char
acter; a man sound on the Issues of
the day above all an American, 24
carats fine.
No, I'll take that back, only Wood-
row Wilson can be that. Gold fine
as that is so fine that it is of no
practical use. Gold, to be of practical
use. must have a certain percentage
of alloy and so Leonard Wood has his
Americanism alloyed with the hard
and practical experience of life. On
one hand the 24-carat man gives us
beautiful pen and ink sketches of
visionary Americanism; on the other
hand the 18-carat man gives us one
of the finest practical interpretations
of Americanism extant in his admin
istration of the gem of the West In
dies not only there but throughout
his Illustrious career wherever duty
has called him. On the one hand the
24-carat man demands that everything
be subservient to his will; while on
the other hand the 18-carat man
makes not only his will, but all per
sonal consideration subservient to the
will and conceived interest of the re
public.
What greater honor can the re
public do itself than by entrusting its
destiny to one who has served it so
long and so illustriously, one who
stands out among his contemporaries
as a citizen of character and ability;
a citizen who takes rank with the
greatest in the history ; the re
public. Enough of the politicians. Entrust
our destiny to those who were wise
enough to win the war rather than
to those who are now fools enough to
fritter away the fruits of victory.
P. S. WHITCOMB,
(Ex. U. S. N. J: S.)
GOOD COOKS FOOD IN" COUNTRY
Look Outside Big Cities for House
keeper Is Girl's Advice.
ST AN FIELD. Or.,' March 30. (To
the Editor.) The writer in The Ore
gonian who signs his letter "A Man,"
wants to step out of the large cities
If he wishes to find a girl who is able
to cook and be a good housekeener.
People should never expect to find a
person who can do such work in the
large cities, where all the baby dolls
live. It is most generally the girls
who do not go to college who are the
most useful around the house.
For instance, in our own case, there
ere only two of us girls, of whom I
am the younger, and if I were to cook
a meal or to take care of a house it
would be one of my easiest tasks, and
I have not even looked at the outside
of a college yet.
Just because some of the wonderful
dolls of the cities smoke cigarettes,
that is no reason why "A Man" should
think we all do. -Therefore I advise
him to come out or tne city to get a
glimpse of the girls in the smaller
places and country. There they have
to work once in a while. Then is the
time to express one's opinion and not
before.
A GIRL,
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jnmti J. MontiKae.
going down:
Don't do any work when the boss
isn't there.
And loaf when he Is. if he'll let you;
His business will suffer, but why
should you care?
His troubles ought never to fret
you.
Don't save any money Just blow all
your pay.
For if you go broke you can bor
row.
And though you may land in the
poorhouse some day.
Forget about that till tomorrow.
Sneak out of all tasks that you poa
sibly can.
Or hunt for an easy way through
them;
Leave all the hard jobs to some dull
witted man.
Who will always be willing to do
them.
Be sure to break out with a harrow
ing wail
If duties are rough or unpleasant.
And though you are likely to wind up
in jail.
Don't think about that rfor the
present.
Don't stand for rude talk, if the boss
calls you down;
There are plenty of men who will
hire srou;
Look right in his eye. and observe
with a frown.
If he don't like your work, he can
fire you.
Perhaps you'll get by if this course
you pursue.
Though the chances are very much
greater
That before very long you will starve
if you do.
But that you can think about later.
This wisdom we never have gathered
from books.
Philosophers never supplied it;
We got it from loafers and grafters
and crooks.
And all of these worthies have
tried it.
They've followed these rules very
closely, they say.
And if you will look where it got
'em - -
Forthwith youul agree it's the speed
iest way
To get from the top to the bottom!
A Proverb That Didn't Work.
England may have spoiled her Irish
child, but it wasn't from any sparing
of the rod.
The Happy Absentee.
Hereafter presidents of Germany
will do well to follow the example of
the president of Ireland.
A Shining Exception.
The fact that Kapp was born m
New York makes us wonder why be
didn't run for president of the United
States instead of Germany.
(Copyrigbt. l:o, by the Bell Syndicate,
Inc.1
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of April 1. 1895.
Friedrlchsruh The Bismarck cele
bration, marking the eightieth birth
day anniversary of the old chancellor
is in full swing.
The Oregon express, which arrived
from San Francisco yesterday, alter
passing through the thrilling experi
ence with train robbers near Wheat-
and. Cal., was greeted at the central
station by a throng 01 curious per
sons.
Pendleton Stephen A. Lowell has
resigned as clerk of the supreme court
and Henry J. Bean has been appointed
to the position.
The banks of the Sandy for many
miles were the Bcene of great ac
tivity yesterday, when hundreds of
citizens went there to catch smelt and
watch others catch them.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oregonian of April 1. 1S70.
Washington. The official ratifica
tion of the fifteenth amendment
enumerates the legislatures of 29
states which have ratified.
Fire broke out late last night In the
store of M. Seller, adjoining the Wejls,
Fargo & Co.'s office, but -w -.a ex
tinguished by the fire department be
fore, doing extensive aamaKe.
We learn from President Marsh that
the set of telegrapning apparatus
presented to Pacific university by
Professor o. ts. Jiorsa ui a-, c w
has arrived.
The new frame building of Estes Ss
Stimson is rapidly advancing, and
thmieli a large structure, will be en
closed and shingled this week.
ABSENTEEISM IN SENATE RAPPED
Congressmen Should Be at Post of
Duty Vnless Illness Prevents.
OAK GROVE, Or., March 30. (To
the Editor.) Allow me to compliment
you on your article, "Fair Play and
Unfair Play." It Is a shame that we
are to have a year of dirty politics,
especially when so many important
things are on hand to be solved. The
same class of politicians who defeated
the treaty, with or without reserva
tions, have It In mind to defeat Wood
and Lowden and put in one of their
stripe, who have done nothing but
play politics since the armistice.
Your point as to absenteeiem la
well taken, and I guess many a voter
has thought of the same, when im
portant things like reservations to
the peace treaty and the railroad law
received between fifty and sixty votes
out of 96 senators, the rest being
away on business of their own or
playing politics. There should be a
law that representatives and senators
should be compelled to be at their
post of duty, and no excuse except
sickness should be allowed. If they
were not there they should lose all
payments and privileges. Borah.
Johnson and that crowd are doing
more to defeat the election of a re
publican president than all efforts of
the democratic party. Such rot as
Borah is now furnishing isrood cam
paign matter for the democrats, as
they are willing to believe it and
use it, and all factions against re
publican candidates will use it and
many do not read other papers, except
their belief and will never see the
denial.
I think most of the republican
voters have had enough of politicians
and if we cannot get a man like Wood
or Lowden there are thousands of re
publicans wno win vote lor Hoover
before one of the stripe of Borah or
Johnson.
It was to be hoped mud slinging
was out of date, but men of that
stripe cannot get over such things.
F. A SMITH.
Conviction Carries Forfeiture.
BRIDAL VEIL, Or.. March 29. (To
the Editor.) Does a man who is sen
tenced to the state penitentiary and
serves his time and is released, with
out pardon, still retain his citizen
ship? Also may he hold state or na
tional office? READER.
Conviction of any crime punishable
by imprisonment inthe penitentiary
deprives a person of the privileges of
an elector. Those privileges can be
j restored only by act of the governor.
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