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THE ROOTS OF PROFITEERING.
Senator Capper's Indictment of
profiteers and high prices will prove
its impotent as former outbursts of
the same kind, for he, does not strike
at the root of the evil. The tap
root is failure of the world at large,
not the United States only, to pro
duce as much of the necessaries of
life as It demands. Another main
root is the existence of a volume of
paper money that is too great for
the service required of our circulate
ing medium. The result Is that
many men receive two or three dol
lars for what they formerly received
one dollar for, they imagine that
they have more real money meas
ured In purchasing power and they
spend more and work less. This
situation makes the opportunity to
profiteers and, of course, they prof
iteer. They follow a primal instinct
ef human nature by so doing.
The remedy is not only to punish
the profiteers, but to set other hu
man Instincts to work in order to
destroy their opportunity. The main
cause of deficient production was
the destruction of a vast amount of
fixed and floating capital by the
war. An example is Poland, which
lacks seed, horses and farm imple
ments to sow a normal crop, also
engines and cars to transport it.
This destroyed capital must be re
placed by new capital, which can
come only from savings from earn
ings. Poland would pay high Inter
est on loans of American capital to
icstore normal production. When
Poland produced more grain the de
mand for American grain would fall
off and the price would fall. The
American farmer would be no worse
off, far the same process would
cause the price of everything that
lie uses to fall. What is true of Po
land is trtie also of all other coun
tries which have been devastated or
impoverished by the war. The cure
for profiteering is to produce more,
to save more and to lend or invest
our savings In putting idle hands to
work at increased production. The
greater volume of commodities will
then squeeze the profiteering out of
prices.
If Senator Capper honestly wants
to stop profiteering let him work
Xor repeal of the excess profits tax
and revision of the income surtax.
They are not paid by the rich, at
whom their authors aimed, but by
the consumers, rich and poor, but
mostly poor. They take and spend
on running the government the part
of the people's income which should
be saved and applied to increase
production and thereby to hit the
profiteer a solar plexus blow by
lorcing prices down. They cause
the rich to invest in tax-exempt se
curities, which are not employed to
Increase production, but which ab
norb capital that should be employed
in reviving agriculture and indus
try in this and every other country.
Let the senator promote legislation
end governmental policy to deflate
the currency. That would rid the
people of the delusion that they have
a dollar when they actually have
only 40 cents. It would check ex
travagance and promote saving of
more money to' replace the capital
. which the war destroyed and to in
crease production. Unless he re
ports to such remedies, the senator
can produce no more effect than a
dog baying at the moon. The attorney-general
has no cure, for the
lest that he can do is to treat
tymptoms.
demagogues will say that this is
a plan to relieve the rich of taxes.
It is, on the contrary, a proposal to
relieve the consumers of taxes that
are passed on to them by the rich
after being enlarged like a snow
ball on the journey. The way to
tax the rich according to their abil
ity to pay is to tax all commodities
when they enter into consumption.
SSuch a. tax would hit the rich
cj.cnut;! mr naruer I nan the poor
man, out would deal more gently
with the rich man who re-invested
part of his income in productive en
terprise. A tax of this character
- could be graduated according to the
size or each sale, sr that the 1 pur
chase would pay 1 per cent, the
$1000 purchase 6 per cent and the
$10,000 purchase perhaps 10 per
( cent. It could be imposed at the
. instant of final sale to consumers
instead, of growing on its journey
from the producer of raw material
to the consumer of the finished ar
ticle, as the excess profits tax does.
It would be paid by the owner ofj
tax-exempt securities in proportion
to his expenditures, but the induce
ment to invest in such securities
would be removed.
No doubt many profiteers ought
to be In jail, but can we put them
there, and would any appreciable
progress be made in reducing prices'
by the attempt? Experience in
prosecuting trusts shows that juries
are reluctant to convict when the
penalty Is imprisonment and, when
they do, appeal courts are prone to
annul sentences. More practical re
lief will be obtained- by striking at
- the roots of profiteering than by a
vain effort to put the profiteers in
jail.
Huirt, or Lewis, has been indicted
for bigamy at Los Angeles and the
prosecutor has a big job in pros
pect if the defendant gets an at
torney Ilka "Mr. Tutt." s related in
a. recent bit of fiction, who cleared
"a traveling man" because the in
dictment did not present marriage
with the first and real wife, rack
ing No. 1 out of a few dozen known
and unknown will be a real task.
THE PORT'S GROWING COMMERCE.
Some people had doubts a year
ago whether Portland would have
ships to use the docks at terminal
No. 4, and the more optimistic be
lieved the time to be distant when
it would be necessary to complete
ull of the five piers included in the
original project. There is already
traffic for the first three piers, the
contract for the fourth is about to
be let and the prospect is that the
entire terminal will be completed
and in use within a year.
Shipping business had just begun
to revive a year ago, but one com
pany now manages 28 vessels for
the orient and Europe, another urti
an oriental line, other American vt
sels operate on regular lines or
under charter and a Japanese line
is about to be established. Pros
pects are good for other lines to run
to other parts of the world. Doubt
was formerly expressed ' whether
cargoes could be secured if shipping
lines were started, but all of those
now running take full cargoes, and
much more freight is offered than
they can carry. The problem is less
one of securing cargo to load the
ships than of securing ships to take
the cargoes.
All of this goes to show that the
way to get shipping business is to
provide facilities and then to begin
getting ships. It follows that the
way to make the shipping business
grow is to provide for more of it,
and it will come. A year ago the
suggestion that the docks to be pro
vided by the Swan island project
would be needed in the near future
would have been scouted as vision
ary, but the prospect is that, con
sidering the ocean traffic now here
and that which is promised, there
will be work for some of those
docks before they are constructed. It
pays to build for the future, for in
the west what we call the future
proves to be nearer than we expect.
REDUCING BUILDING COSTS.
A phase of the effort of Great
Britain to solve the housing prob
lem that will command attention is
the attempt to place building on an
all-weather" basis. The import
ance of this will be -recognized by
those who understand that the wage-
earning capacity of willing mechan
ics and laborers in the building
trades corresponds definitely to the
number of days in the year suitable
for work out of doors. Sympathy
with the immediate problems of the
workmen requires that periods of
unnecesary idleness shall be reduced
as much as possible. An attempt to
do this is now being made on a large
scale in some of the larger cities of
England, notably Manchester, where
the municipality is undertaking to
finance construction of 1000 houses.
The London county council mean
while is developing a programme for
the building of 29,000 houses for
150,000 people. It has bought 3000
acres of land for the purpose and
plans to build a city within five years.
The city of London proper has a
programme for 2000 houses, and
Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and New
castle are said to be preparing to
build on a large scale.
The British plan is reported to be
characterized by co-operation of the
workmen, who have agreed to rates
of compensation based on the pros
pect of continuous employment, and
who will be protected by a special
reserve fund of 10 per cent of the
labor cost of a given enterprise, out
of which compensation will be made
for such loss of time as is unavoid
able. Workers in order to enjoy the
benefit of unemployment compensa
tion must have worked with reason
able continuity when there was op
portunity to do so.
A scheme of building so co-ordi
nated as to furnish and require all-
year employment, it will be admit
ted, would nearly approach the ideal.
There are trades connected with
building in which this will seem ex
ceedingly difficult, but even in these
there is room for improvement over
present practices. Time lost ill
traveling from "one job to another
and in waiting for workmen in other
departments to prepare the way is
in a good many instances as serious a
loss as idleness due to weather con
ditions alone. There are possibili
ties in the plan that are worth
studying. In the United States,
which is unlikely to favor extensive
paternalism in building, it probably
will be necessary to achieve the ap
proximate result by co-operation of
contractors as well as of workmen.
But a good deal in any event hangs
on the spirit in which the issue is ap
proached. There must be co-operation
in some form, with the purpose
of eliminating waste both of time
and material, if an acute housing
crisis is to be averted in this country,
HOW BAKER DODGES THE I. AW.
When Secretary of War Baker
does not want to do what the law
requires him to do he shows much
ingenuity in obeying the letter of
the. law, yet defeating the intent of
congress. Congress directed that
army trucks not needed by the war
department should be handed over
to the department of agriculture for
use in load building in co-operation
with the states. Representative
McLaughlin of Michigan stated that
the war department "had deliber
ately removed the apparatus of the
trucks above the wheels and had
turned over to the agricultural de
partment little, if anything, beside
the running, gear and chassis."
Mr. Baker then wrote Mr. Mc
laughlin a letter in which ne quoted
the law as authorizing him "in his
discretion to transfer to the secre
tary of agriculture all available war
material, equipment and supplies not
needed for the purposes of the war
department, but suitable for use in
the improvement of highways." Mr.
Baker said that this law requires
him "to retain for use by the war
department any equipment which
was needed for supply of the army"
and that tanks and dumping ap
paratus of. "some trucks were re
moved for installation on standard
army chassis, and thus obviated the
necessity of purchasing similar ar
ticles." He did this, said Mr. Mc
Laughlin, "in face of the indisput-
able fact that her had and has now
thousands and thousands of trucks
tne same tuna or trucks so many
that he finds it necessary from his
standpoint to permit them to be de
stroyed." He then tells the con
gressman that he is "not familiar
with the law."
Tliat is the sort of compliance with,
the law that we have when officials! of all parties to support It failing to
who have been accustomed to deal- hold the latter in line,
ing with a subservient congress find ' Clemenceau was called to office as
themselves confronted . with one the only man who could end an in
wjiich has a mind and will of its tolerable situation. He no longer
own. That is the kind of co-ordination
between departments that we
have when the president is unable
to function and forbids the cabinet
to meet and arrange for work in
harmony. The army has thousands
of trucks which are not in use, and
many of which are exposed to the
weather and damaged. Thousands
of trucks are needed for road build
ing, but use of the army trucks is
refused. The explanation offered by
Representative Blanton is "the
claims of the automobile manufac
turers that it will hurt the market
and their business."
It would seem to a reasonable man
that the right of the government to
use its own trucks in making roads,
as congress directs, should be su
perior to the desire of Mr. Baker
to keep trucks for the exclusive use
of the army and thus to prote'et the
automobile manufacturers' business.
THE MORNING AFTER.
The cold gray realities of matri
mony are invited by those who en
ter into the blessed state. Merely
because one has changed h)s (or
her) mind, and has come to look
with abhorrence on things that were
not only tolerable, but enticing, in
the rosy twilight of courtship, one
Is not entitled to lay down the bur
den that he swore he would carry
'until death do us part." So holds
Judge Tucker In deciding against
the plaintiff husband In a divorce
suit, who alleged that his spouse
was over-fond of her dog and that
she was given to smoking cigarettes.
The wife, it appears, possessed the
dog before the plaintiff married her
and had made no attempt to con
ceal her feeling of attachment for
it, while in the pleasant days when
he went a-twooing he frequently of
fered her cigarettes and thought her
"cute" when she was smoking them.
There will be plenty of folks to say
"I told you so," and plenty of oth
ers to suggest that a chap ought to
know better than to marry a girl
who keeps a dog and smokes ciga
rettes; but the point Is, ir we are
able to read between the lines, that
Judge Tucker believes that a bar
gain is a bargain, that there is no
sound ground for revoking It on the
ground of deception or fraud, or any
thing of that kind, and that the
plaintiff, having entered into it witn
Den eves and In as nearly com
plete possession of his faculties as
lover can be presumea to De, is
estopped, or whatever the lawyers
may call it, from seeking to avoia
the penalties that the bargain may
entail. In business it is called keep
ing a contract and in some other
circles being a good sport, and in
still others taking one's medicine.
Judges have been too little Inclined
of late to recognize the applicabil
ity of this well-known principle of
contracts to that other form or con
tract which is much more important
to the well-being of the state than
any business transaction.
Courts used to hold, and law does
not preclude them from now holding,
that the gravity of the marriage ven
ture was such that those entering
upon it were presumed to have ex
ercised all due diligence and all
proper care to acquaint themselves
with their ppspective partners, ana
were reluctant to entertain allega
tions of misrepresentation as to any-
material fact upon which the par
ties to the transaction ought to have
informed themselves. Now there is
growing up a disquieting practice of
relieving those who are, or think they
are, mlsmated from all responsibil
ity for their voluntary act. When
William went courting he had a
number of habits that only amused
Mary, but that now get on the poor
girl's nerves. William knew before
he married her that Mary let her
mother wash the dishes, but now
complains because she expects him
to keep a servant. Some Williams
and some Marys are "good sports"
and accept (he consequences and
make the best of them; others, abet
ted by the new, easy-going judicial
attitude toward the sanctity of con
tracts, fly to the courts at the first
sign of connubial cloud.
The rule indicated In the Port
land case would tend, if followed to
its logical conclusion by Judges gen
erally, greatly to reduce the volume
of divorce court business and In
some measure to alleviate a condt
tlon that has risen almost to the
proportion of a national scandal.
Merely to insist that folks who
make bargains with their eyes open
shall be held to them would revolu
tionize the practice. If not the the
ory, of divorce law.
THE CRIME OF CAItCAtTX.
Trial, conviction and sentence of
a man who was once so powerful as
Joseph Caillaux demonstrates the in
tensity of the patriotic passion
which still sways French politics. No
other allied nation has struck so high
or so hard, though there was ma
terial in 'the British reports on the
Gallipoli . and Mesopotamia cam
paigns for courts-martial. Perhaps
the reason is that no other nation
had so great occasion. ' For years be
before the war Germany had made
more systematic effort to break the
morale of the French pepole than of
any other, and their efforts were
doubled after the war began. The
secret intrigue by which Caillaux
compromised the Morocco "dispute In
1911 led the Germans to calculate on
his aid, and a high official was
quoted by a witness at the trial as
having said: "Caillaux is our man."
He was proved to have cultivated
the opinion in the mind of the
French people that victory was im
possible and that a separate peace
was the only means by which the na
tion could escape subjection.
Caillaux was still so powerful po
litically that none of the several war
premiers who preceded Clemenceau
dared to accuse him. The terrible
reverse resulting from Nivelle's of
fensive of the Aisne in April, 1917
brought defeatism to the surface. It
put a weapon in the hands of Bolo,
Duval and the other traitors, and
defeatism- made such inroads on the
morale of the troops that several
regiments mutinied on the Verdun
front. Joffre at that time came to
America with an urgent request that
American troops be hurried to
France in order to give the people an
ocular demonstration that the United
States was In the war. In response
to that request, the first American
division was sent over in June, 1917.
The French government was assailed
by the defeatists on one hand and by
tlie socialists on the other, a coalition
sought to conciliate the socialists; he
fought them, and beat them in everj
contest. He no longer kept hands
off the defeatists; he arrested them
and formally accused them of their
crimes. He exposed the network of
conspiracy directed from Berlin and
extending to New York, Washington,
Buenos Aires, Switzerland, Italy, as
well as Paris. German money was
traced to Von Bernstorff. then to
Bolo in New York, where it was
used to buy a Paris newspaper. Ca.il
laux name frequently appeared in
the story, letters and interviews with
spies directing suspicion at him,
though no overt act could be proved.
Bolo, Duval and others were ex
ecuted, other were imprisoned.
gangs of meaner traitors were un
earthed at Laon- and Lille and were
executed, but Caillaux waa reserved
to the last, though he was held In
prison and his power for evil was
destroyed.
By these drastic means Clemen
ceau stopped spread of the poison
of defeatism in the French army and
civil population and held the ranks
firm -until the American army en
tered the field. But the deadly in
fluence was not entirely killed.
When the Germans made their last
drive to the Marne on May 27, 1918,
the French made little effort to with
stand them. They made no -such
grim stands as they had made at
Verdun in the early months of 1916,
with the battle-cry: "They shall not
pass." They were still fleeing when
the Americans came up and stopped
the German rush at Belleau wood
and Chateau Thierry. Active partici
pation of the Americans in the war
undid the work of Caillaux and re
vived French morale, but it came
barely in time.
The "experience of France is a les-
eon to this and other nations to per
mit no destructive Influences to
shake the people's patriotic spirit in
time of war. The man who inspires
doubt that his country is right or
that it can win is actually fighting
for the enemy, for he weakens that
will to fight which is termed morale.
How great a factor in victory is
morale was shown in our own his
tory at Lexington, Bunker Hill and
Valley Forge. It was proved in the
early months of the great war, when
the allies blocked the way of the
Germans, though they were Inferior
in all respects except this one. It is
the factor which makes up for great
deficiencies In other respects and
which wins victory when armies are
otherwise evenly matched. ' Cail
laux" crime was that he worked to
rob his country of this decisive
weapon.
-
It will seem that there is not
much excuse for maintaining low
bred livestock standards since even
the natives of Guam have become
convinced that they do not pay. The
official publication of the island
under American occupation. the
News Letter, tells of the recent im
portation by United States transport
or a number of high-grade cattle.
swine and poultry and comments on
the facta that "the highest priced
animals sold first, showing that the
more progressive farmers of the
island are beginning to be aware of
the value of pure-bred livestock."
This is particularly true since the
agricultural resources of the island
are limited and prosperity depends
in large measure on ability to make
the most of such as exist. The rule
that high-grade' stock produces more
in proportion to the food it con
sumes, which seems at last to have !
been made apparent to the people
of our far-away possession, is as ap
plicable to the small farm as the
small island, but is not understood
by the owners of all small farms.
It's just possible that the railroads
will be able to worry along without
the service of Walker D. Hines, who
has resigned as railroad administra
tor. No disaster followed the pre
vious resignation of William G. Mc
Adoo. The New , York overalls parade
was a fizzle, as might have been ex
pected. New York is "dry" and a
freak parade that consumes a. long
time in passing "a given point" likes
to stop at a few "points" on the way.
The greatly heralded feat of the
man who spent 14 hours walking
telephone wires from, pole to pole
was not so much. Many a wtTe
makes her husband walk a tight
rope for years at a time.
The . worst hard luck story of the
day Is that of the bootlegger held
in detention by Captain Moore on
$500 cash bail and having only $49S,
and the otherwise soft-hearted cap
tain was inexorable.
Attorney-GeneralxPalmer modestly
claims credit for a 15 per cent drop
In clothing .prices, following the
overall movement. Will he accept
equal responsibility for 30-cent
sugar? '
Portland "fed up" pretty well on
substitutes a few years ago and a
substitute now for potatoes is not
pleasing to contemplate; yet It may
come to that, if one can be found.
. Mr. Hines did well ' with the in
heritance from McAdoo's resigna
tion; the deficit might have been
much worse in the days of always
dipping into a full barrel.
Straw vote returns Indicate that,
so far as many women are con
cerned, William Wriggley jr., would
be the ideal vote-getting candidate
for president. .
Senator Capper declares the house
wives of America are to be "openly
and shamelessly rohtoed" during the
coming canning season, and it looks
that way.
Nowadays a young fellow is kept
in a continual quandary as to
whether he shall spend a pound of
sugar or a gallon of gasoline on his
best girl.
Sugar is 31 cents in Iowa, but
that's the state in which they make
sorghum "sop" and the Hawkeye
ought not to suffer.
The best fellow in Portland yes
terday' was the man who took his
neighbor and his neighbor's wife for
a ride.
So long as the women don't take
up chewing tobacco, they can be
forgiven an occasional cigarette.
B1T.PBOBICTS OK THE TIMES
Xew Flags Made by the War Show i
Little Originality. I
Never has there been such a flutter
ing of new flags as at the present
time, says the London Mail, and an
account of their varied colors and
designs is timely.
It must be admitted that not much
originality or imagination is shown,
for certainly r.onej of the newcomers
can challenge comparison with our
own Union Jack, the Stars and
Stripes of America, or the Sunburst
of Japan. 6
One of jhe most successful Is the
new flag of Poland, consisting of
white and red horizontal stripes, with
a red shield in the center of the upper
half, upon which is emblazoned the
white eagle of Poland.
There has been a great molting of
"eagles" recently in European her
aldry, but the bird of war flaps its
wings and again raises its (double)
head as the emblem of rock-bound
Albania. Incidentally, in this, flag is
committed what might almost be
called the heraldic "crime" of em
blazoning "color on color" that is,
black on reel.
The flag of Ukraine, modest in Its
design of blue over yellow, horizon
tally arranged, aims at least at being
symbolic, the official description ex
plaining that it represents the blue
sky over the golden wheatflelds.
The new flag of Czecho-Slovakla
Incorporates the colors of Bohemia,
white over red, with a triangular
patch of blue at the "hoist" end, em
blematic of the blue hills of the Car
pathians.
The flag of Letvia, one of the new
Baltic states, is red, white, red, hori
zontally, the two red stripes being
each double the width of the central
white.
Two other states that have broken
away from Russia have chosen hori
zontal stripes, but In these cases tri
colors of equal width, Esthonla flying
blue, black and white and Lithuania
the gay "Futuristic" combination of
yellow, green and red.
Another flag that will soon be fa
miliar is that of Finland, with Its
effective device of a dark blue cross
upon a white ground.
The new emblem of Austria is red
white, red, horizontal. This design
differs from the old flag of Austria
Hungary In not having the lowest
stripe half red, half green, the latter
color representative of Hungary.
' The newly reorganized Caucasian
republic of Georgia has chosen crim
son, the upper "canton" (or quarter)
occupied by equal stripes of black
and white.
Finally, from official information
received, the writer can state that
the new flags ox Germany are as
follows:
The national flag Is "to be horizon
tal stripes of black, red and yellow,
while the mercantile flag retains the
old black, white and red horizontally
but with a "canton" of black, red
and yellow in the corner.
One or the "Amencanizzums ' we
bestowed upon France Is gum-chew
ing, writes F. II. Collier in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. It has spread
as the English sparrow and the gypsy
moth did in America, once they were
Introduced; and the other day the
French premier Indulged in the fa
miliar mandibulation aa he made
speech.
In America we chew $60,000,000
worth of gum a year, and France
may, before long, wag its jaws to the
tune of at least one-third as much
It Is not an attractive habit, and Its
fascination la attributed to a certain
nervous restlessness peculiar to
America. although there is no doubt
it is frequently pursued for the sake
of the minty aroma it bestows upon
open-face respiration. We should not
corfdemn It without reflecting on
some of the alternatives.
One of lta chief attendant evils Is
the recklessness with which It is dis
carded on the sidewalks by those who,
departing, are not particularly in
spired to leave footprints on the
sands of time, but don't mind leaving
their gum on our footprints; recalling
Tom Daly's anathema:
May spider and fleas on his hide walk,
Ths guy who throws cum on the sidewalk.
The woman stood at the threshold
of the big hospital -ward while th
friend she had accompanied found the
patient she had come to see her old
laundress.
To sympathetic Inquiries as to how
she was getting along Tlllie turned
sour face to her visitors. "I ought
never to have come. These doctor
and nurses have hearts of stone," she
whined. "Cold blooded, that's what
they are! Don't care whether we live
or die." And not even the rosea no
the delicate custard her visitors bore
drove the whine from her voice o
the frown from her wrinkled old
face.
Just then the women noticed
group of nurses in the hall smiling
and chatting softly
"Look at 'em," groaned Tillie, tak
mg up her theme again. "A lot they
care about us.
A curly-haired young interne Joined
the group. "Heard the news?" he
asked. "Doctor L is treating the
place to ice cream."
"No: came the chorus. "What'
the occasion?
"He Just feels like celebrating. That
little chap in Ward 4 is going to pull
through. Doc's as happy as if he
owned the kid." '
The woman turned reproachfully to
Tillie. But that disgruntled old soul
had turned her face to the wall,
pretending not to hear. New Yor
(Evening Sun.
Representative Lazaro of Louisiana
who is a physician, asked unanimous
consent the other day to Insert In
the Congressional Record an article
from a medical Journal showing "the
progress made in -medicine and surg
ery during the war." "Reserving the
right to object." said Representative
Knutaon ot Minnesota, the Republican
whip, "I would like to ask whether
the article shows the progress made
In cabinet Lansing?" "No, It is con
fined to war surgery," Dr. Lazaro
replied, as the house roared.
A '.Toledo, O., woman spied a hand
some gold and silver dog collar on
her husband's desk and thought what
a nice necklace It would make. She
snapped it around her neck to try
it, then learned her husband had lost
the key. Being game, she made the
best of it, wore the collar on a shop
ping tour and went with her hus
band to a fashionable restaurant and
to a theater that night. The next
day a key maker took the collai
off.
Those Who Come and Go.
Though he has a legislative repu- ,
tation for being fer'ninst Increased
taxes. Dona issues ana otner nuinoui
f taking money from the taxpayers
nd proletariat. Walter M. Pierce.
tato senator from Union county, has
budded forth as one of the ardent and
staunch supporters of the educational
millage tax measure which comes be
fore the voters on May 21. senator
Pierce Is a regent of the Oregon Ag- !
Icultural college and is among those
who are doing everything possible to
convince the voters of Oregon that
he millage tax measure must , be
assed if the higher educational lnsti-
utions are to survive the financial
risis which now impends. Senator
Pierce Is registered at the Imperial,
but he is spending most of his time
convincing the doubtful and near-
doubtful that an "X" must be marked
n favor of the millage tax measure.
Incidentally, the senator Is a candi
date to succeed himself In the state
senate, but Is devoting nearly all his
time to the millage tax measure. He
ays he believes that to be of far more
Importance than the continuance of
his political or senatorial career.
It has always been the philosophy
of Phil S. Bates that one can some-
Ime achieve every laudable ambition,
hat it Is merely a matter of patience
and perseverance. He confesses that
all his life he has had a desire to find
time to know more about hospitals.
and In confirmation of his maxim he
is now making a close study of Good
Samaritan from the vantage point of
the Inner circle. He Is dividing his
me between the charts that show
what he was doing when he was sup
posed to be peacefully sleeping, and
he reports that Indicate how the bat
le goes between the red and white
soldiers that started a conflict in his
circulatory system after he ate some
ancient walnuts while sojourning in
Utah several weeks ago. Phil's friends
will be glad to know that he is now
making good progress toward recov
ery from a severe case of ptomaine
poisoning.
"ITe has done more to forward bet
ter farming and farm conditions in
Kansas, and particularly in Franklin
county, than any other man or a flock
ct agricultural colleges." said J. R.
Mann, employe of the B. & O. T. com
pany, as he stood at the Benson reg
ister yesterday and regarded the sig
nature of W. B. Kller of Ottawa. Kan.
TheV were boys together, and all that
sort of thing. Including Jugging for
catfish. Mr. Kller In his own home
town is president of the Peoplea Na
tional bank. He Is accompanied by
Mrs. Kller and their son. W. C. Kller.
and they will spend an entire sum
mer vacation on the slope of Mount
Hood, at Tawney's Mountain Home.
Frank J. Perkins, known to many
of the old-time Portland residents as
the "father of Mount Tabor park.
has returned to his native heath after
an absence of four years in eastern
states. Mr. Perkins, who was an ac
tive worker in nearly all the civic
organizations of the city for more
than -5 years, and who was one of
the group of east-slders who started
the movement for the acquisition of
Mount Tabor park, has been In nu
merous states since he left the city,
but he could not withstand the ap
peal which the Rose City held for
htm. He is now staying with his son,
Fred A. Perkins, but probably will
locate here again.
'Bill" Hayward was In town yes
terday discussing track material
around the Imperial lobby. The Uni
versity of Oregon's veteran athletic
trainer doesn't like the looks of this
year's prospects and has devised a
new system by which he intends to
compel the boys around the campus
it Eugene to turn out for practice.
'Every one of those fellows that I
know can do something and is just
trying to crawl out of the responsi
bility is going to have a mighty valid
excuse for staying indoors." he de
clared. "There is a big bunch of
upper class men due to get a jolt
when they find what my method of
getting together a team is going
to be."
"Nothing's too good for the Shrin-
ers!" Following the lead of a patron
of the Multnomah, who told Ray
Clark, assistant manager, that he
would give up his room and sleep In
a special bed fitted to his automobile
during Sltrine week, other permanent
guests at the leading hotels of the
city have come forward and made
similar proffers, designed to insure
the pilgrims adequate hospice while
they tarry in town.
"When I left home my laundry had
a strike on," quoth J. Edward Lar
son of Bend as he checked-out at the
Imperial yesterday afternoon. "I got
to hurry back to see how it's getting
on." The Bend laundry man appeared
to be bearing his load of economic
grief with equanimity.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Doerr and
children of Minneapolis, are among
the early tourists registered at the
Benson the van of the mighty influx
of vacationists that Frank Branch
Ruley predicts In his frequent mis
sives from the firing line back east.
Mrs. Alberta S. MoMurphy of
Eugene, worthy grand matron of the
Order of Eastern Star, Is at the Im
perial. Her husband, R. M. McMur
phy. Is undergoing treatment at
Emanuel hospital.
Margaret J. Berkery and Mrs. T. F.
Gannon of Brooklyn, N. V., are regis
tered at the Benson while touristing
around the city. Recently they were
In the wonderland of Yosemlte park.
P. W. Cotton, sales manager of the
Pacific Coast Steel company, with
headquarters in Seattle, Is registered
at the Multnomah.
W. J Patterson, cashier and man
ager of Hayes & Hayes, bankers,
Aberdeen, Wash., is registered at the
Multnomah.
U. S. Grant, proprietor of the Big
Mill store. Wheeler. Or., Is registered
at the Portland.
J. W. King of Bend Is registered at
the Oregon.
Cross of ;old Speech.
PORTLAND. April 26. (To the Edi
tor.) You will greatly oblige me If
you will quote from the speech which
secured Bryan--lhe nomination for can
didate for president the part including
the words "crown of thorns and cross
of gold."
Did those phrases and the idea there
expressed secure votes for him. or did
the republicans succeed, when quot
ing them, in changing them Into
boomerang? W. B. EMERSON.
Mr. Bryan closed his "cross of gold"
address as follows:
If they (the well-to-do) dare to come
out In the open field and defend the sold
standard as a sood thlnic we will fight
them to the uttermost. Having behind us
the producing masses of this nation and
the world, supported by the commercial
interests, the laboring interests, and the
toilers everywhere, we will answer their
demand for a gold standard by saying to
them: You shall not press down upon
the brow of labor this crown of thorns:
toil shall not crucify mankind upon a cross
of gold.
The speech won the nomination for
Mr. Bryan and did much to define the
paramount campaign Issue as free
coinage of silver. The Issue split the
democratic party. Mr. Bryan was de
feated, but ' whether the democrats
would have won the election If Mr
Bryan had not delivered his speech, no
one can tell. ,
' nn,Tiiv
FAITH NOT SHAK5
Kit
Oliver Lodge's Conclusions la i
Kreplsg With Bible. Teachings.
ESTACADA, Or., April 25. (To the
Editor.) Whatever mv h t hotic-lit
of the method, w!llcn sir Oliver
Lodge has employed In Investigating
survival after death, his conclusions
are right In the main, and not con-
rary to the Christian faith, but In
keeping with it. These conclusions
will be found In Part III. chapie
III. pp. 306-7 of his book, "Raymond."
As here stated they are as follows:
Ths universe Is one. not two. Llterallv j
here Is no "other "tvri,i m the
limited and partial irnM of other olanets I
inuou,i ..I h. m ' "l!t. " c
inuoueo all the time: sometimes eon-
lous in one wav. sometimes conscious in :
another: sometimes aware of a sroup of
acts on one side of a nartitlnn. sometimes
aware of another aroup on the other side.
Hut the partition is a subjective one: we
are all one family all the time, so lonr
"" oi anectlon is not broken. Ana
for those who believe 1n prayer at all. to
' i roin praying; lor tne welfare ot their
frlentis because they are materially Inac
cessible thouirh perhans poirittiallv mure
accessible than before is to succumb un
duly to the residual evil of pat ecclesi
astical abuser, and to loss aa opportunity
of happy service.
All of the above statements are in
volved in that article of the Christian
faith which declares a belief In "the
Communion of Saints." Although this
has been Interpreted by most theo
logians in a narrow sense, yet this
is due rather to the fact that the
understanding of the truth is pro
gressive and further vision comes
with the developing; years.
The Christian faith has always
taught that the body is but the case
ment of the spirit, which, after
physical death, has a conscious and
progressive existence. Involving pur
gation of past errors and develop
ment In knowledge and truth toward
the attainment of holiness. How far
this may be predicted of those who
are not Christians and pass out in
an apparently unrepentant state. It
is not possible to speak with assur
ance, although hope Is not excluded
that grace can and will operate on
triese.
But there Is one point on which the
Christian faith Is emphatic, which is
overlooked apparently by Sir Oliver
Lodge and those like him, and that
is the resurrection of the body
or (to use the older form) "the
flesh." This involves difficulties and
the Christian faith does not explain,
but only assertB. the fact and points
to the sole instance, the risen Christ.
who rose in the body. For myself
I find It perfectly credible, as the
consummation of all thincrs must im
ply the perfection of all that now Is.
If a body is now an essential part of
me. If I am to be perfected in the
whole of my nature, then my flesh
some how must be perfected likewise
As to communication with the de
parted. Scripture does not deny its
possibility, but does give solem-warnings
against making the attempt, for
various reasons, which may be In
ferred.
Prayer for the dead or rather the
livlnx departed is part of the Chris
ttan scheme. Its denial by a large
body of Christians was due to a
reaction from ecclesiatical abuse.
The early liturgies clearly show that
from the beginning Christians did
not consider their departed friends
beyond the scope of their prayers.
UPTON II. GIBBS.
FOR S41AHE UEAL IX POLITICS
Lowdrs Campaign Manasrer Not Dia-
paarafflnic Any Other Candidate.
PORTLAND. April 24. (To the Kdi
tor.) In The Oregonian of this date
there appeared an article sinned by
Arthur W. Taylor and entitled "old
Urab Policy followed. which opens
as follows: "J. E. Dunne, in a letter
to The Oregonian. April 15. seriously
criticizes Senator Hiram Johnson and
also the people who stand for John
son's principles."
I wish The Oregonian had been good
enough before publishing Mr. Tay
lor's letter to look up my article pub
lished April 15, to which reference is
made. Will you please be advised that
that at no time in my capacity as
manager in this state for Governor
Lowden have I endeavored to cast re
flections upon the candidacy of any
other candidate.
1 believe in the square deal In poli
tics, and that the only honorable way
for us to conduct our campaiKn Is to
set forth the special qualifications
and merits of Frank O. Lowden. with
out in any way disparaging any of the
other honorable gentlemen who are
in the field against him. It has been
my purpose and that of those associ
ated with me, to endeavor to show the
excellent record of Mr. Lowden as
governor of Illinois, the third great
est state in the union, with a popula
tion larger than that of Oregon.
Washington and California combined.
The people of this great state have
again and again affirmed their faith
in him. twice sending him to con
gress and then making him governor
of Illinois, and. at the presidential
primaries the other day, they again
re-affirmed their faith in him to the
extent of approximately 80,oo plu
rality this constituting the first ma
jority won by any presidential candi
date in any state.
In our campaign for Mr. Lowden we
are not concerned with criticizing
Senator Hiram Johnson or any other
candidate. We seek only to educate
the people as to the splendid, progres
sive, economical record made by Mr.
Lowden, who has governed the state
of Illinois to the eminent satisfaction
of Its people, and to show that he is
"presidential timber" in the soundest
interpretation of the term, with a
long record of splendid achievements
and a variety and breadth of experi
ence, while struggling upward from
poverty and obscurity to success as a
business man and statesman, that
have admirably fitted him to deal
with the complex problems which
will confront the next president.
OREGON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
J. E. Dunne, manager.
fluster Lights In Bad State.
PORTLAND. April 28. (To the Ed
itor.) Various articles on cleaning up
the city for the reception of the Shrin
ers have been printed, but there Is
one very unsightly thing that has ap
parently been overlooked, and that is
the cluster lights. I have been about
the city, quite extensively in the past
weeks and 1 don't believe I ever saw
such a dilapidated, run-down set of
cluster lights in my life.
On South Broadway from Yamhill
or thereabouts south the globes are
bursted, lights out. and some of the
standards are broken clear down,
doubtless by some festive flivver Im
bued with the spring fever. On Wash
ington street right in the heart of tho
business district the same condition
prevails.
Now It seems to me that If we want
the city to look nice, one of the best
things to do would be to get those
lights fixed. A NEWCOMER.
Why Is Jury Service Dutyf
OAK GROVE. Or.. April 24. (To the
Edttor.) I note the Judge McCourt
asks for more interest in jury duty.
Why is It a duty when there are so
many suspended sentences, paroles
and advice by prosecuting attorneys
and judges to bring in lenient or no
sentences? If the officers elected for
the purpose do not wish to enforce
the laws, why should the busy citizen
be asked to use his time to sit on
jury duty when the chances are that
the penalty and Its enforcement will
be a farce?
I do not refer to any particular
Judge, but to courts In general nowa
days. It's nt worse crime nowadays
to run down and kill or injure a per
son than it is to go to the movies.
SUBSCRIBER.
In Other Day.
Twenty-five Years) Afr.
From The Oresonlaa of April 24, li8.
Preliminary arrangements were
made yesterday for the 23d annual
meeting: of the Oregon Pioneer as-'
sociation to be held in Portland
June 15.
When the steamer T. J. Potter goea
into service May 1 she will be the
best looking and best equipped steam
boat in the uorthwest.
, . , . , , , ,
At In o clock last night the two-
storv frame residence, ait 59.1 Stark
strfft suddenly collapsed and was
. . , , -
" v " lc " inmiii, ntu. r . v
pieces only by the support gained by
resting against the adjoining build
ing. Governor MrCraw and State Treas
urer Bowen of Washington visited in
Portland yesterday.
Fifty Tears Aire,
From The Oresonlan of April 5, 1S7CC
Chicajro .-V rumor is afloat in In
don that Queen Victoria intends to
marry a prince of the house of
Schlcswig-Holstein.
The democrats of Columbia county
have nominated these candidates:
Representative. Savage Merrill: judpe.
Seth Pope; clerk, AVilliam Tickering;
sheriff, W. F. Williams; treasurer.
S. D.-Bonser.
This Is the 51st anniversary of the
organisation of the Independent Or
der of Oddfellows in the United
states. Chemeketa lodcre No. 1. Sa-
em, was organized in 1850.
JosepTl G. Wilson and James Slater,
opposing candidates for congressman
will meet in debate In Portland May 4
MEBBE KETCHIM B1ME BYE.
llishman he llkee fleedom.
Jus' now chew'm lion's tall;
Shoot'm up'm house'm commons.
Ketch m fifty years in JaiL
No can get Ilish lcpublic,
Allee same he llkee tly:
Mebbe so sometime he kctcbum.
Mcbbe ketchum bime bye.
Blitlsh man he dlink'm cocktail.
I'at'm belly allee same;
Likee ketchum ocean travel,
Likee ketchum lots'm fame.
Lule'm seas long time wlf navy.
Jus now not muchee sky:
Mebbe so sometime he ketchum,
Mebbe ketchum bime bye.
Flenchman allee time dlink wine,
Smack'm lips and say wee-wee;
He no talkee un'erstan' him,
. He no sabs vMcllkee.
Likee ketchum heap bad Kaiser,
Stling'm up 'n make'm die;
Mebee so sometime he ketchum,
Mebbe ketchum bime bye.
Lussian likee dlink'm vodka.
Likee dlink 'm plenty stlong:
Pufm king in Jail and kill 'm,
Oet'm bolshevlkl tong.
Stletch'm lope alound him countly,
Fix'm up an" make'm tie:
Mebbe sometime ketchum wishbone,
Mebbe ketchum bime bye.
Mexican he likee lansome,
Ketchum oil man ebly day;
Teleglaph'm Yankee consul.
Posse now you come 'n pay.
Ebly time him find'm sassy,
Make'm laugh "n wink'm eye;
Mebbe sometime ketctrum bandit.
- Mebbe ketchum bime bye.
Melican him chem'm toothpick,
Lead'm Olcgonian news;
Sclatch'm head 'n chew'm mustache,
No can catchee plenty booze.
Dlink'm bay rum. lo's'in extlacts.
Him no likee countly illy;
Mebbe sometime ketchum cocktail,
Mebbe ketchum bime bye.
WONG KEE.
lOtKEIJ WOl'l.l) DONATE BOMS
Elperlrnrr In France Compared With
That In Woods During Wnr.
TORTLAXD, April 24. (To the Ed
itor.) I notice a long awail frcm
"Sprucer" because he is afraid Uncle
Sam docs not properly appreciate the
perils he underwent In the wilds of
Oregon or Washington.
I have been a loggpr for the past
ten years, except for time spent work
ing for Uncle Sam in France.
"Sprucer" says he worked for $3.60
a day for IS months. This was the
minimum wage allowed by Colonel
Disque in the logging camps. So if
"Sprucer" was unable to do better in
so long a time when the pay ran as
high as il an hour, then the fault
must have been with him instead of
with our government!
lie places great emphasis on the
hardships he underwent in logging
camps. He lived a life of ease com
pared to the hardships endured by our
army nurses. Salvation Army and Red
Cross workers, etc As for food, he
had more for one meal than the av
erage soldier In France did for three
meals. I don't believe he ever saw
many times when 'he wished to be
killed to be put out of his misery.
The glory and honor didn't go far
compared with a warm fire at nights,
a dry bunk to sleep in and plenty of
good wholesome food.
I will make "Sprucer" a fair prop
osition. If he can prove to me that
through no fault of his own he is in
need of this bonus, 1 will turn over
to him any moneys I may receive in
the future in the form of a bonus from
Uncle Sam, for I have my job In a
logging camp and can do without the
bonus. EX-TANKER.
Amendments to the Constitution.
BORING. Or.. April 24. (To the Ed
itor.) (1) Please publish the sub
stance of each of the amendments to
the constitution since the 17th amend
ment. (2) How many are up for ratifica
tion at the present time?
LYDIA PLIMPTON.
(1) Only one amendment to the
United States constitution has been
adopted since the 17th. This is the
ISth, providing for national prohibl
t ion.
(2) The only amendment pending is
that giving women the ballot. It has
been ratified by 35 states, rejected by
seven, and requires ratification of
only one more state to become a law.
Holla for Player 11 a now.
SHEDDS. Or., April 24. (To the
Editor.) Please let me know (It
names of firms who put out rolls for
player pianos; also (2) real name of
author of the "David Grayson" books.
MRS. H. H. H.
(1) Music rolls for player-pianos
can be obtained separately at any of
the principal stores at which such in
struments are sold in this city. Names
of music dealers are In the advertis
ing columns. Rolls are made to or
der by the Player Q. R. S. Roll com
pany, San Francisco.
(2) Ray Stannard Baker. Hi9 ad
dress is Amherst, Mass.
Arrow Not Intended for Mr. Dunne.
PORTLAND. April 24. (To the Ed
itor.) The letter written by me and
appearing on your editorial page
should have been an answer to one
Karl J. Stackland and not J. E. Dunne,
as printed. . If I used the name Dunne
it was because bis letter space was
above that of Stackland. 1 wish Mr.
Dunne to accept my apology, as the
arrow was for Stackland, of Cove. Or.
ARTHUR W. TA I LUH