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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920
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CUMMIXGS ACCEPTS THE CHAI.I.J5NGE.
; Homer S. Cumraings' speech to the
' democratic convention is an admir
- Hble illustration of the truth that a
I man can make a good case for the
! defense if he does not permit facts to
:. embarrass him. Mr. Cummings se
i lects such facts as suit his purpose.
Ignores others which -would defeat it
I and assumes other things to be facts
' .which exist only in his imagination.
Ho mixes them together and sweet
J'cns them, with a show of idealism
" finely phrased. He pours them forth
- In tones of conviction, and his voice
.; Is acclaimed as the voice of embat
tled democracy. Comparison of what
. the democratic party has done with
: -what Mr. Cummings says it has done
i shows the flimsy character of the
structure of defense which he has
i built.
: ' In his opinion the republican plat-
rXorm is "reactionary and provincial"
and "is the very apotheosis of politi
; cal expediency." . The kind of re
., action which the platform promises
- is Indicated by the pledge -to end
; executive autocracy and to restore to
' . the people their constitutional gov
' : eminent." All the progress which
' ' this nation has made has been made
' under constitutional government and
U 1 the worst ills from which it now suf
t ' tern have sprung from the autocracy
" of President Wilson. The sure way
to end those ills and to resume that
: progress is reaction from one-man
J I rule to constitutional rule,- and it
cannot begin too soon.
; . The charge of provincialism ill be
i . fits the party which derives its
1 t strength chiefly from the solid south,
5 , which placed control of committees
- In congress in the hands of the south,
, (which maniyiulated appropriations so
that the south should get the lion's
' share and which openly imposed war
taxes so that the north should pay
'; . Ihem, but which deliberately spent
: the bulk of them in the south.
5 ; j When expediency is said to have
! inspired the Chicago platform, one
-' Is driven to turn to it only to. find a
definite, clear-cut programme of re
construction in governmental orga
. -- r.'zation, industry, finance, taxation,
C inland and ocean transportation. The
r democratic record of which Mr.
i Cummings boasts is marked through-
out by special favors to classes and
i special interests, all for the purpose
of winning votes,
The catalogue o f legislative
achievements for which the demo
cratic party is given credit includes
many laws which had been initiated
by the republican party and in the
final enactment of which the repub
r; lican party co-operated. This is true
; in particular of the federal reserve
i system, which was taken bodily from
the monetary commission, given
strong injection of politics and per
verted during and since the war to
inflation of the currency, with re
sultant high prices.
In his boasts of democratic war
achievements Mr. Cummings outdid
himself. He passed lightly over the
two-year resistance to the demand
for preparedness and gave the im
pression that immediately- a great
army sprang up fully equipped; that
factories hummed with munition
production. In truth precious months
.'wtre muddled away in aircraft ex-
',:periments, changing of designs for
.'rifles and machine guns, and ship
p.ng-Doara wrangles. We were so
unprepared that when the cry for
'ships went up in our first war win
; tcr there was only six weeks' supply
.of bread between the British people
and starvation; the race between
Wilson and Hindenburg was won by
a neck. Our troops did not make
an independent attack on the Ger
mans until we had been at war for
fourteen months; when hostilities
ceased we had no American-made
fighting planes at the front and we
were still fighting with French and
British planes and guns, and so well
aware were both the American gov
ernment and the allies of our un
- readiness that it was not intended
that we should throw our full
strength into the war till the spring
of 1919, after we had been at war
: for two years. So slow was the ad
. ministration in getting munition fac
tories into "operation that many of
the most essential among them did
not attain quantity production till
the eve of the armistice.
Though democrats take sole credit
fo- what was accomplished, they had
throughout the most hearty support
from the republicans, .and their se
vtresi critics were in their own
ranks. The president fell far short
of what could and should have been
done because he insisted on conduct-
lng the war. as a democratic, not as
a national, war and because he
' " p&thered all power into his own
' '' hands. The army, the navy and the
people won the war in spite of the
obstacles interposed by the Wilson
-..autocracy.
.' The height of audacity was
',reached when Mr. Cummings said
" that the war investigations exposed
'"no scandal. The prevailing demo
cratic idea of economy is brought
out by his denunciation as waste of
the expenditure of $2,000,000 on in-
- quiries. He almost chokes with
anger at that expense, but he has
nothing to say of more than a bil-
lion dollars spent on aircraft with
j no result In the shape of American
.' ' pianes at the front except 213 flam-
1 ' ' ing coffins; nothing of the scores of
i millions wasted and stolen on can
so flagrant that democrats joined re
publicans in congress in calling on
the attorney-general for' criminal
prosecutions.
His discussion of the league of na
tions presents Mr. Cummings as the
mouthpiece of President Wilson. He
assumes the general sentiment of
both parties in favor of a leagtfe of
nations to have been a mandate to
Mr. Wilson to commit the nation to
the particular league formed at Ver
sailles, the general, indefinite ap
proval of his fourteen points to have
been 'a definite indorsement of all
thrir Knecifiri nroDOBals. Like Mr.
Wilson, he ignores the people's re
fusal in 1918 to give the president
the vote of confidence as their "un
embarrassed spokesman" for which
he asked, and he pretends that the
president had authority to go in per
son to Paris and commit the nation
to a covenant in. making which the
senate should have no part except to
affix its "okeh," The round robin
by which the republican senators in
formed the president of the peace
policy which they would approve is
described as a device of "political
malice." The senate's firm determi
nation to make such reservations as
would in its Independent judgment
protect American Interests while still
associating this with other nations
in the work of the league is de
scribed as violation of a pledge ' to
the allies and as a, sacrifice of the
nation's honor. The simple answer
is that the senate has always been
ready to ratify a covenant pledging
the aid of this nation in keeping
peace and defending democratic gov
ernment and holds this to be con
sonant, with maintenance of Ameri
can rights as defined in the Lodge
res-ervations, but that no pledge was
given to accept the Wilson covenant
without change, no authority was
given Mr. Wilson to give such a
pledge. Plain Intimation has been
given by the leading members of the
league that they would accept the
reservations, therefore the only oo
stitcle to our becoming a member is
Mr. Wilson. If the nation's hopes of
the aid of America are dashed, Mr.
Wilson has dashed them.
,. The keynote that Mr. Cummings
gives to the convention is that Mr.
Wilson is the issue of the campaign
Wilson who made, war as leader of
a party, not as head of the nation;
Wilson who assumed sole authority
to speak for the people at the peace
conference, though such authority
had just been denied him; Wilson
who demands that the senate abdi
cate its part in treaty-making by in-
orsing the obligations which tie un
ertook in contempt of its powers;
Wilson who continues us in a state
f war and who clings to his war
powers long after the allies are at
peace. The democratic party takes
up the challenge given by the re
publican convention to fight the
campaign on this issue, and the re
publican party is ready.
Important fact about the present sit- j tions for better livestock, for the
uation is that it Is not necessary, I eradication of diseases that prey up
however it may have been a gener-I on cattle and swine, seem the inspir
ation ago. Pipe is plentiful and rel-1 ation of complete and callous selfish-
atlvely cheap, windmills do all that ness when contrasted with this evl-
manufacturers claim for them, the I dence that the -worth of sons and
all-purpose gasoline-driven engine is daughters to the state is held of
a practical thing, ready-to-lnstall lesser moment than agricultural re-
plumbing Is made for precisely such turns. If social service work is to
requirements, and the price of the I succeed it shouMl be given unstlnt-
automobile that nearly every farmer edly of the strength of the state.
now looks on as a necessity -would There was one charge leveled at
put the average farm wife in posses- girls of American birth, by a mem-
sion of a veritable Aladdin's lamp, ber of the association in conference.
Carrying water is out of date as a that passed without explanation.
job for farmers' wives and we don't while those who heard it groped for
blame those who are compelled to I some scientific, racial, or pedantic
do it If they yearn for the gay. mad reply. It was that investigators had
life of the town, with its Janitors and discovered trhe percentage of unfor
delicatessen stores to lighten the tunate girls of American birth to be
home tasks. greater , than that of the foreign-
born, as attested by the records of
local institutions." Much was made
SO.M15 INSTRUCTIVE F1GCRES. of jj... chartre. lts inerence that
The winning race which cost of iax moral itv is more prevalent
roll road operation has run with in-1 among our own daughters than
crease of revenue is shown by the amonir those of adorjtion. The census
BV - PRODCCTS OK THE TIMES I
Brilliant Witticisms Collected by Tom
Fitch In lrfs Angeles Times,
Of all the' lyceum lecturers In? New
York city in the early days none was
more popular than Minot Juseon Sav
age. His lecture on wit and humor is
classic For one thing he said:
"Wit may take many forms but it
resides essentially in the thought or
the Imagination. In its highest form
it does rot deal in things but in ideas.
It is the' shock of pleased surprise
which results from the perception of
unexpected likeness between things
that differ or of an unexpected dif
ference between things that are alike.
Or it is where utterly incongruous
things are apparently combined in
the expression of an idea.'
annual report of the Southern Pa
cific company for the year 1919.
While operating revenue increased
more than sixteen millions, expenses
increased more than twenty-four
rolls would have answered the cal
umny. For the percentage of for
eign-born residents is, quite natur
ally,, far less than that of the native-
born. And the tables of social vice
EFFECT OF A DECISION.
Bv the decision in the Ohio oro
hibition case the supreme court of throughout the country.
millions, and operating income de- merely conform to this discrepancy.
creased almost six ana a quarter mil
lions, iset income rrom reaerai op- The decision "of the supreme court
erations fell short of the standard to the effect that physicians who are
return to De paia oy me government ti eating habitual users of narcotics
by $4,334,355, while In 1918 it ex- by the "reduction method" are not
ceeoeo, me stanaara rejurn oy authorized to prescribe for the satis-
JD'.sroo. I fartirm rtf rime arlrHotinn In fnllnwerl.
.ine Doumern r-acmc nas eviaenuj lopiealW. bv announcement of the in
iarea mucn Detter unaer reaerai con- ternai revenue bureau at Washington
trol than many other roads, espe- that it has withdrawn its iridorse-
cially in the east, but the percentage ment of puDllc cUnics for the cure of
earned on the book value of Its prop- the drug hablt The iatter, in many
en exceeuea tne ratio oi o per cent instances furnishing narcotics to pa
guaranteed Dy me Mcn-Lummiin t'.ents who called for them and ner-
law in only one year 1917 when it
reached 6.24. In 1910 it reached
6.65 and in 1915 it fell as low as 3.78.
Under federal operation the percent
age was 4.60 in 1918 and 4.48 in
1P19. A guaranty of 6 per cent on
mltting them to treat themselves,
had curiously fostered a series of
contests in self-denial, in which the
patient receiving the desired drug
had opportunity to weigh his craving
against opportunity to sell the drug
actual value of the property, if this to another for money with which to
be near the book value, should
greatly improve its financial position
and should enable it to raise capital
for extensions when the money mar
ket loosens up.
The above figures have an im
rortant bearing on the pending ap
buy supplies illicitly at some future
but uncertain time. Many remark
able instances ware developed in
which well-known habitues delib
erately rejected present satisfaction
for the delights of anticipation, but
the psychology of the system has
plication for an increase of 23.9 per been reco&nized as wrong and it Is
cent in freight rates. An increase of
only 2.66 per cent in freight revenue
would have made good the amount
cclow standard return that was
earned in 1919 and a somewhat
larger increase would suffice to yield
6 per cent on book value. Yet this
road is lumped with all others in the
west in a proposed blanket increase
of 23.9 per cent. That increase would
either kill much traffic and would
therefore not increase the Southern
Pacific revenue, or it would divert
traffic to water lines with the same
effect, or it would yield a return far
in excess of 6 per cent. As half of
that excess would go into the con
tingent fund In aid of railroads in
general,- shippers on the Pacific coast
would be forced contributors to re
lief of poverty-stricken railroads
The Pa
held that few, if any, substantial
cures resulted. The clinics, while
they lasted, however, were interest
ing - for new light they threw on
human nature,
sory contributions.
the United States cleared the way C1I1C coas 18 always generous to
for ratification of the suffrage those in distress, but prefers to make
amendment by the legislature of tree win orrerings instead or compui-
Tennessee, if the latter is favorably
Inclined to that action. No evasion
will now be possible. With the issue
squarely before them, the Tennessee
solons can do nothing but vote yes
or no.
An interesting point is involved
The state constitution of Tennessee
contains a provision that no legisla
ture shall act on an amendment to
the federal constitution unless elect
ed after the proposal of the amend
ment. It Is admitted that the pres
ent Tennessee legislature was elected
before the suffrage amendment was
proposed.
The opinion of the federal supreme
court, however, makes it plain that
A Portland evening paper prints.
among several illustrations of types
at the democratic national conven
tion, that of a delegate "lumberjack
from Walla Walla, Wash.," warmly
and picturesquely attired in the
habiliments that the French Cana
dian log-drivers are supposed to
wear. It is interesting to "reflect that
once upon a time the lumberjack
population of Walla Walla was very
small. But that was before wheat
grew so strong. Now it is necessary
to harvest it with the- peavey.
Dr. Robert Lee Steiner proposes
that instead of hanging 'em, pris
oners sentenced to death under Ore
gon's new capital punishment law
be quietly bumped off with poison
To make it still pleasanter for the
boys, why not name whisky as the
Those Who Come and Go.
TtSCAJVIA DEAD REMEMBERED
Commemoration Service Given on For
eign Soil on Memorial Day.
Oban (Scotland) Times.
A commemoration service for the
American soldiers who lost their lives
In the Tuscan ia disaster and who
wore buried at Kilnauehton and at
the Oa. was held at the cemetery
W. H. Boddy and family and G. M.
GaIlowayand family of Hood River
are arrivals at the Seward. Hood
River is now in the annual process of
cashing in on its resources. At pres
ent the strawberry erop Is being
plucked and carloads of berries are
beina shipped every day, while eight I Kilnaughton on Sunday. May 30, M-
tons of berries are taken to the can- mortal day in the United Statea
nenr and made Into preserves sol Mr. Joseph S. Hollister., American
quickly that the average housewife I vice-consul at Glasgow, accompanied
would turn a-reen with envy could I by Mrs. Hollister. spent the previous
she observe the operation. Boys and I two days in Islay in arranging for
girls in the cannery who pick the j the service and the decoration of each
hulls from the berries make from 92 I grave with a laurel wreath ana
to 5 a day, depending on their speed, I miniature American flag. The graves
while out in the berry patches it is I of the British brothers in the disas-
said that there are pickers who have I tor were similarly .decorate, ine nag
made as hiarh as 7 a day, but that in these cases-being the Union Jack.
mav he an exnsra-eratlon. Anyway. I A short, effective religious service
It was pure wit when someone said I hundreds of people, men and women was conducted by the three local
A QUESTION AJfD A CRUSADE.
In session at the public library the poison?
social workers' association of Oregon
has raised again the primal question. Rockefeller Junior will be here In
"Why do girls go wrong?" At the ten days and asks that a demonstra
query a hundred answers rush to re-I tion be not made. John 'Junior
spond. But apart from the sacred
impulse of life itself, as eternal and
ordained as the cycle of seasons, the
riddle races away into a maze of
psychological blunderings. Society
has reared a fortified wall of con-1 Bryan names the three virtues a
science and moral law against the democratic candidate must possesi
peril of misconduct, but this pledge I for woman suffrage, for prohibition
of security is adequate only to the and "against Wall street." That kind
rlaprAA thai- it la unlial hv CA.tAv, I HAOT-mrtrat Anna va a v I n , "Ima
raWnP0, and by those whose Parental may possess one. another two, but
ratify an amendment is obtained j(1. v - . . , . . . . - '
solely from the people of the United
of an endless talker that "he had oc
casional brilliant flashes of silence."
Shakespeare said of his hero: "He
is' not for a day but for all time."
Henry Clapp said of a bore who
called upon him when he was busy
and would never go: "He is not for
a time, but for all day."
One day a friend remarked to Sena
tor Hoar: "I should think that Sena
or Beck would wear his brain all out
talking so much." Mr. Hoar replied:
Oh, that doesn't affect him any. He
rests his mind when talking."
Mark Twain said: "Franklin was
twins, having been born simultane
ously in two different-houses in Boston."
Carroll D. Wright said: "I know it
is said that figures won't lie but un
fortunately liars will figure."
When Lord Napier captured the
city of Scinde in India he sent a dis
patch to England consisting of the
one Latin word, "Peccavi" (I have
sinned).
When Havelock took the city of
Luck now he is said to have sent home
word, "We are in luck now."
After the flight of the Armada Sir
Francis Drake is represented as hav
ing sent Queen Elizabeth a message '
in the one word "Cantharldes" (the
Spanish fly). '
When a young lady came to Dr.
Sims and told him she was about to
be married but was losing her sight
and did not know what to do, he ad
vised her to go right on, telling her
that If anything would open her eyes
marriage would.
When Foote was asked if he had
ever' been to Cork he said: "No but
I've seen a good many drawings of
It."
Irony is a favorite form of wit.
Jexrold's wife was not an attractive
TOan, not one who would be sought
as partner in a dance, and he was not
on the best of terms with her. One
night they were at a party together.
Jerrold was playing whist in an ad
joining room when someone said to
him: "Jerrold, who is that man danc
ing with your wife?" He half-glanced
over his shoulder at the open door
and replied: "Oh, I don't know;
some member of the humane society
I suppose."
Lady Mary Wortley Montague said:
"The one thing that reconciles me to
the fact of being a woman is the re
flection that it delivers me from the
necessity of being married to one."
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
BEATING LE.WDER.
Leander got a mighty rep
tiacause he had the nerve and pep.
To swim the Hsllftspontain main
To court a little Grecian Jane.
"Gee whizz!" admiring Greeks re
marked. "Across the sea the girl was parked.
And yet Leander made the swim;
Some record-breaking lover him."
And yet without a single wink.
And merely to obtain a drink.
Our modern heroes calmly soar
Each hour or two to Cuba's shore.
The chances that these fellows take
Would make Leander quit and quake.
And yet they take this risky cruise
With no incentive but the booze.
'Which means tnat we breed braver
men.
And nervier than they did then.
Or else love's lure is not so great
and children are nlcklnar berries and eiergymen-Revs. James MacKinnon.
v.rv nnsirlerahle nercentaKe of the MCArtnur and 1 . Mci.ean; ana
berry people, particularly among tne l" -a rmira, nymn io. 4 ana mo
growers, are Japanese. za Paraphrase, feelingly rendered oy
I rort C'Uen cnoir unaer ma conauc- i
Apparently John D. Mann, chief I torshlp of Mr. Walter Weir of the I as tnat or whisky-mixed or straight!
deputy United States marshal, saw it m. s. rioneer. I ...
every graveyard In New York city At the close, in a short address. Mr. I One Thing We Can't Improve On.
and all the marble orchards of Wash-I Hollister spoke In high appreciation In politics old-fashioned, soft soap
ington, D. C. Mr. Mann has returned or me Kindness to the Tuscania sur- is a lot mors effective than the mod
from assisting In deporting a flock of vivors and sympathy for the dead I ern article.
uMwn Dy tne isiay people, ana phiu i - -
that that kindness and sympathy! Rank Placiariam.
would be recorded in American hls- Except for the missing-final chap
tory, would be remembered by fu-1 ter, the E Itv ell mystery looks to ua
ture generations of Americans and I like a direct steal frnm r-nn.n rivi.
would form an everlasting link be-1
tween the American people and Islay. I They Wouldn't Give It ITp,
ine weather favored the occasion. I Human Ha.ii- Tr.-,r.r,T-t t,-h- ir.
and a large number attended (roraiOhlnn Rnvim. n..diu. t h,.-
tne celestial empire was reacting from
undesirable aliens and wwle in
Gotham he rambled around the city
and. as luck would have it. the r-ori
lander bumped Into nearly all of the
cemeteries on Manhattan island. The
one which Impressed him most was
at the head of Wall street the other
end of Wall street ends In the river.
In this venerable 'graveyard are our
led such once wassers as Alexander
Hamilton. At noon the graveyard is
filled with clerks from the surround-
Port Ellen and neighborhood.
The 30th of May has been set apart
in America since the civil war as
Inr district, who go there to eat their Tf1' aay' nn foyers are put
: ; -. m i me graves or tne sailors ana soi-
luncn. an niminsiun -iw. i dlep ., ,.. jl
bumped into mre cemeteries, wnicn I . ' VT.iV r ' "
bolshevik principles. ,
Copyright. 1920, the Bell Syndicate,
Inc.
mean that the, departments are filled
with dead ones Mr. Mann Is too loyal
a democrat- even to think such a
thing.
is
not a bad lot and appreciates the
fact that money Is not everything,
There are not snobs enough here to
displease him. t
States as a whole and not from
either the people'or the constitution
of a state. In other words, the fed
eral constitution is a federal matter,
and its amendment cannot be re
stricted in any way by the constitu
tion of a state.
It was for this reason that the
anti-suffragists were forced to aban
don hope that they could delay rati
fication by Invocation of the refer
endum. The prohibition decision,
one of the briefest ever rendered by
a high court, seems to have covered
a vast area of legal ground.
duties bid them give protection to I three never!
their own children.
There are so many slips on the - The Oregon builders, a bit delayed.
path of the wayward, so many seem- are here this week and welcome, as
lngly negligible breaches of the pro- 1 i3 proper. If it- were not for them,
prieties, that the answer to the many of us would be existing In the
world-old query rests not in one er- I effete east or the worse Europe. We
ror alone, but in many. Nor should touch our hats to them.
the inquisition concern only the fem
inine unfortunates. It should attack
the- rooted falsity of the double stan
dard of morality, legally non-existent
WOMEN ON THE FARM.
No matter what titles and honors
arc conferred upon him, he best will
be known as Father Hillebrand
but actually in force and malicious among- friends-in all denominations
effect. Judge Kanzler spoke with made in the oast thirtv venra
the frankness of unimpeachable logic
wnen ne aeciarea tnat tne precau- "Pussyfoot'.' Johnson is to make
tions of society should be equally in- three addresses in Portland. ' Why
voked against men and boys. doesn't he concentrate on San Fran-
l he sociologists who discussed ciseo. where he seems to be reallv
xso arcnitect, saia a woman writer uitxw pruoiems were not exnortmg i needed ?
recently, ought to be permitted to I at random. They Have handled the
design a home until he has taken a Druisea ana oroxen product of Im- In China, where a dollar's worth
course In kitchen economics and I morality, they have seen both the I of rice will feed a man for weeks the
learned now to regard nousework inimooimj oi tne aDanaoned ana tne native is not much to blame for riot
rrom the woman's point of view. But tears oi tnose wno met error by i0g when the grain is profiteered.
tne woes or city women are trivial cnance. xney Know tnat, while we
Dy comparison wun tne narasnips oil are yeaning oi proniDition, ot inter-I Mr. Gram uses a reckless simile
the farm housewife, if the survey of national politics, of presidents, kings when" he speaks of "an unemnloved
bricklayer or printer."
last Mr. Hunter Sharp. American con
sul in Edinburgh, placed an American
flag and wreaths of box and vew and
white flowers on the Lincoln statue in
the old Calton burying ground, where
the bcottish-American soldiers who
fought In the civil war are buried
and held In memory. Similar decora
lions were placed In Comely Bank
. vi-v. t. .ht .. his- I ooaneia cemeteries, uenn.
... ..-f ..j ni.Vie- on the h.nk of "here are a considerable number of
the !ordiv Columbia a few miles east m!rlcn "av.al men "." F.orth l
of the Deschutes.
H. R. Newport, who has been build
Inar sections of the Columbia River
hla-hwav and who has built miles of
Irrigation ditches In this state. Is at
the Perkins. Mr. Newport registers
WOMEN BECOMING TOO FORWARD
Inferiority Proclaimed by Bible and
That Settles It.
ASTORIA. Or., June 26.-(To the
Editor.) The article of June 23.
signed by Mrs. L. R. Knox has no ref
erence to Mrs. M. A. Albin's letter of
June 12. which was the basis of my
answer. A person should read, if In
terested, the comments and thoughts
of the people. Mrs. Knox picked out
a sentence from my article of June 20
present and they are dailv to bj seen I and haa created a nen, ck..,
l .- T!. t - - - 1 Wjwt.. JH
.no Bkiwis oi camourgn
S. Vandswater ofl
Mr. and Mrs. M.
Blsmark, N. D.. ordered reservations I ROBIN TOO MtTH OF HOME-LOVER
at the Multnomah yesterday. Air.
Vandewater Is best known for Ms
connection with "Jim Jam Jems." He
Is not a stranger in Portland, for he
browses out this way every once In a
while and appears to like the place
thereby displaying
ment.
No less than three times vox popull
shouted that it -wanted Dr. E. E.
Straw for mayor of Marshfleld, and
the doctor lent an attentive ear and
comnlied with the request. Dr. Straw
who maiored in France wun tne
Blackberries Far a-Fleld Ignored for
. Near-by Cherries.
HILLSBORO. Or.. June 28. (To the
Editor.) Now that the Shrlners are
excellent Judg-ISfone and the Rose Festival over per-
naps noDiq iteonreast may come In
tor a share of discussion.
The correspondent from White Sal
mon lays especial emphasis on robin
oeing a nome-iover. That s all very
true. I've noticed that he is very
fond of my home. Now, I think that's
quite sensible of him. I admire it
A. E. F., was among those present it very mucn mysetr. r m especially
the Imperial yesterday. I fond of cherries big, black, luscious
, I ones. Robin is. too. I would gladly
Suspicion was aroused in ins Bf n. nave given htm the fruit on the top
son lobby yesterday to the effect that I most branchea. It being easy of ac
there must be a timber deal of some I cess for robin, but hard for me, but
aort afoot, for am on sr the lumbermen I robin, being a home-lover and a hos
In the establishment were R. K. Booth pitable soul, brought his friends and
of Astoria. R. A. Wernlch of Coquille, relatives In such large numbers that
J. M. Longyear and A. T. Roberts of there wasn't enough cherries for the
cussion.
We spoke and are SDeaklne- of
whether a woman Is eaual with the
man or inferior to or superior than
the man. We have proved it through
the bible that she is an inferior crea
ture. Anything contrary to God's
word amounts to nothing.
I do not know If any woman haa
gained distinction in the field of sci
ence or invention. She claims equal
ity .without accomplishing what a
man accomplishes. Not only that but
her present movement Is that sh
wants to "boss" the man. Let her
cease claiming equality or superior
ity; let her admit her dependence
upon man; let her continue in the po
sition God gave her; let her confine
her activilties within her own border
and there will be better harmony and
no differences at all between sexes.
M R. G. M.
These grizzled Indian war veterans
are of the days when Oregon was
young and Oregon owes them a big
ger debt than it can pay.
"Darling draws three years," says
a headline. That's nothing. Every
time a marriage license is Issued
some darling gets life.
Mr. Schuyleman Is only , half the
"goat" and Mr. Turner gets the
other. Wonder which has the horn
end.
An oil man is out for second place
at San Francisco. Thought the "bar
rel" would squeeze in before the end.
lti.uia iarm nomes just completed I anu increased living costs, tnelr fel- rinmher
by the federal department of agri- I low citizens are daily in touch with There is "no such animal."
culture is typical or rural lite In the I a prootem so aesperately vital that
northern and western states which it I It will leave its ineradicable record
depicts. A single striking statement I upon the future of the) nation and the
will suffice to indicate its purport, race. When they say to the parents
More than 60 per cent of the women of Portland that the major fault
living on these farms work in kitch- rests with them, rests with those
ens in which there is no running I vvho are dearly allied by blood and
water. For every domestic purpose I affection, they may safely be cred-
water must-be carried from well or ited with knowledge that such is the
spring. Sometimes the men of the I terrible truth.
family do the pumping, or pull on I There were earlier civilizations, so
the rope that raises the bucket: oc-toe historians say, which disregarded
casionally a man who is more than the "no thoroughfare" warnings of
ordinarily considerate carries the morality. Archaeologists today are
water to the kitchen. But every digging broken fragments from the
farmer's wife knows how that goes, graves which received them. Once
The men have their own work to do; they looked backward, as did Lot's
the water barrel is always running wire, and never again were their
lovi at inconvenient times; the farm 1 faces set to the sunrise. They per
woman is the drawer of water as Ished to the last libertine. It is more I
well as the hewer of wood far oftener than reasonably safe to assume that
than she would like to be. th voice of conscience is the voice
It is a condition dating back to of deity. It is all that differentiates
put a charttable construction on it man from the lower beasts. Those
to the pioneer days when for sound who do not hearken, individuals or
economic reasons the barn was al-1 nations, are broken under the rod.
ways built before the house. The I -Morality remains as the urgent law,
family might rustle for its conven- 1 not of conscience alone, though it is
iences, but stock must be protected dictated in part by the comprehen
to forestall serious financial loss. I sion of right and wrong, but of sur-
Then there were fences to be built. I vival and progress. -
The cows got their stanchions before! Parents who dwell but lightly on
the wife and mother was able to coax I where and how their children snend
the most rudimentary labor-saving tlieir time are brewing the bitter cup
device rrom her lord and master. The ot sname, say tne sociologists In
men acquired the outdoor way of their plea for the old-fashioned guar-
looking at tnings. Habits are not aiansnip or tne nome and its hatoi
easily remade. It was not always in- ness. It is the greatest pity in the
tcntlonal neglect, but it always had world that this message will not
the same pitiful result. Nor was it J reach the thousands of homes where
invariably aversion to modern de- It is needed, or that entering them it
vices. There are milking ..machines J 'will be tossed aside with complacent
and power separators on many farms I confidence that the doctrine, which
that lack the most obvious domes- applies to our neighbors .does not
tic conveniences. speak for us. High-minded, militant
How greatly the movement away rallies of the social workers, where
from the farms is influenced by the the leprous body of vice is stripped
reluctance of women to live In the of its camouflage, are little more
country it is .not possible to deter- than academic inquisitions upon in-
mine statistically, but this probably formation that should be spread
tonment contracts, the frauds being has been a not negligible factor. The ' broadcast. Legislative appropria-
A not over-courteous man, speaking
to a woman advocate of woman suf
frage, sneeringly asked: "What
would you do, madam, if you ware a
gentleman?" "I am not sure," she
replied; "what would you do If you
were one?"
George D. Prentice of the Louisville
Journal was a master of sarcasm.
"Villany is afoot," said a rival jour
nalist. "Has the editor lost his
home?" Inquired Prentice. "Have I
changed?" asked another opponent.
"That depends upon whether you
were ever honest," replied Prentice.
When the editor of another paper
called him the most scurrilous editor
in the country, Prentice replied that
in making so impolite a remark he
"forgot himself."
Yankee wit sometimes consists of
boastful gigantic exaggeration. An
Englishman asked a New Englander
what he thought of the river
Thames. The reply was: "The whole
f your little river hasn't got water
enough In it' to make a gargle for
the mouth of the Mississippi. An
ther was asked by a Swiss if he had
noticed on his journey into Italy the
magnificence of the Alps. He re
plied: "Waal, now I come to think
of it, I guess I did pass some risin'
ground."
Said the waiter to a noisy eard
party in a hotel bedroom: "I've been
sent to ask you to make less noise
gentlemen. The gentleman in the
next room says he can't read." "Tell
him," was the reply, "that he ought
to be ashamed of himself. Why,
could read when I was S years old."
A man married a second wife. She
was not very young. He presented
here to his children, sayings "Here is
your new mamma." Whereupon
small boy squared off. and, looking
at her, called out. "Say, pa. -you've
been sold. She ain't new at all."
The democratic platform realty
doesn't need a wet plank. It's sure
to be full of moonshine In any case.
No danger of Hitchcock getting
the nomination. The party wants
hot stuff at the head of the ticket.
Miners are right in saying there's
nothing in gold any more. Even
Bryan has side-stepped the cross.
Funny thing about keynote
speeches is that they are so often
out of key.
If there is anything Dr. Brougher
wants' and does not get, he fails to
state it. "
Secretary Daniels is aboard a war
ship during convention days. That'
thrift.
After all, Bryan must "be good,
Bryan is a democrat.
Last "rare" day is at hand.
Good old summertime!
The conventional saw has recently
appeared in a new role, namely, as a
musical instrument. Indeed, one of
the leading novelties of a current
New Tork musical revue Is the mu
sical carpenter, who uses his saw as
violin.
After protracted experimentation.
and untiring practice. Sam Moore of
New Tork City has succeeded in get
ting very agreeable music from the
ordinary carpenter's saw. He holds
the saw handle between his legs,
holds the tip 'of the saw in one hand
and works the usual violin bow with
the other. . The vibrating steel blade
emits sott, appealing notes, the pitch
of which Is varied by changing the
curvature of the blade.
All sorts(of queer effects can be ob
tained by the adept manipulation of
the blade; In fact, the music derived
by this means can hardly be de
scribed. If anything, it resembles the
human voice; then again it has the
nueer wall of the Hawaiian ukulele
All in all, the effect is startling and
pleasing. Scientific American.
First editions of R. L Stevenson
and old playing cards were the chief
features at a recent book sale In Lon
don. A fine copy of the first edition
of "New Arabian Nights." 1882. in the
original cloth, brought 1510.
The historical playing cards in
cluded SI out of a pack of 52, dealing
with the Revolution of 1688; a com
plete pack of Queen Anne and Marl
borough's victories, and one with the
Bubble companies of 1720.
Marquette, Mich.
Pending the departure of his ship,
the Multnomah, Captain E. Froberg
has taken querters at the Perkins
with Mrs. Froberg. The Multnomah
arrived recently and will be In the
harbor about a week before the cargo!
haa bun stowed away ana tne dow
headed downstream.
James H. Hawley. former governor
of Idaho, checked through the Hotel
Portland on his way to San "ran-
xin The former governor wants :o
... -,,.. the. liE-htnina; strikes at the
democratic convention and there: la .
no tellinsr what may happen with so
manv srovernors as possiDie canai-
dates.
F.mil K. Boisot. president of the
First Trust & Savin it 8 bank of Chi
cago. Is on a trip to the coast and la
registered at the' Multnomah. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Boisot, Mrs.
Marion Boisot and Miss Llizabetn
Foresman. -
Since 190 W. C. Rutledge has been
In the hotel business at jvioro, jr.
Now he has pulled up stakes after 16
years In that town, and has corns to
the Perkins, in Portland, where he
will have charge of the night shift.
Mr.' and Mrs. William A. Zumpfe of
Indianapolis, Ind., are at the Multno
mah for a few days while looking
around the city At home Mr. Zumpfe
is secretary and treasurer ot tne to
wards Instrument company.
William 'W. Wilde, vice-president
of the Columbia Salmon company And
the Lindenberger Packing company,
with headquarters at Seattle. Wash.,
is at the Multnomah, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilde.
u a T.rVin and his boy came to
town from Madras yesterday and
signed the book at. the Hotel Oregon.
Mr. Larkin is one of the men who
run Madras, for he is a member of
the common council.
Ed. B. Castle, assistant cashier of
a bank at Baker, is registerea at
the Benson and the rumor is current
that he came to Portland to sign on
with a life partner.
William Carson from Bloomington.
Ia. is -at the Hotel Portland. Mr.
Carson is making a tour of inspection
of timber holdings in . Oregon and
Washington In which he is interested.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Langford of
Conyers, Ga., are at tne Muunoman,
with Miss Alpha Langtora. Mr. -uang-
ford is the president of a motor com
pany which bears his name.
r-omans of Spokane moved in on
Multnomah yesterday In force. There
was Sena-tor Edwin T. ooman, cawm
T. Coman Jr. and Robert M. coman.
robin family and mine too, so we
went without.
As I have a family to feed as well
as robin, I tramped many weary miles
over hills in the hot sun in search
or wild niacitberries. I tore my
clohes, scratched my hands and suf
fered from thirst. Although hills
and brambles are nothing to robin
ne did not accompany me. Hee a
home-lover.
I wonder if the time will ever come
when robin will be held up to public
scorn in his true light that of a
most shameless and relentless thief.
Not so many years ago some people
tried to tell us that the lowly mole
was the best friend of the gardener
and farmer. Now there Us a price set
on his head and his hide. The state
pays a bounty for him and the Ore
gon Agricultural college sends out
men showing us how to trap him.
and the government publishes a bul
letin on the same subject.
Perhaps when fruit gets higher the
protection will be transferred from
robin to the people. A SUFFERER
I. Nischl. a Japanese business man.
who visited Portland last year, has
returned and Is at tne imperial, no
comes from Tokyo.
Lumbermen from Coos Bay who are
mobilized at the Multnoman are wai
ter S. Well, A. J. Peterhoff and James
F. Dower.
Anion- the Hood River "contingent
in Portland is H. E. Sunday, who is
the unknown brother of the well
known Billy.
Charles C. Bradley left yesterday
for the torrid stretches of Michigan
boulevard to attend the grand lodge
of Elks.
M. C. Churchill, a timberman of
Skamokaw-a. Wash-
business and is
Perkins.
Charles B.' Hurley ot the contract
ing firm of Hurley-Mason is at the
Multnomah from Tacoma.
"TO MYSELF."
You might have created me beautiful.
Lord.
' But you didn't.
Might have made me good and duti
ful. Lord.
But you didn't.
You might have given me eyes of
blue.
With soft, twining hair of fair golden
hue.
Long, curly tresses and matchless,
too.
But you didn't.
Instead, you made me quite plain.
good Lord.
That you did.
Made me so that I'll never be vain.
dear Lord.
That you did.
Instead of a Grecian, a plain, broken
nose ;
Instead of long tresses, my hair short
it grows.
You have filled me up with a number
of woes.
That you did.
You might have given me talent, good
Lord.
But you didn't.
You might have done so (and been
real gallant), good Lord.
But you didn't.
You might have given me genius In
art.
In noetry. literature any part.
You might have brought much joy to
my heart.
But you didn't.
But whatever I am or will be, dear
Lord,
I'll be content.
Although beauty you've not given me,
dear, good Lord,
I'll he content.
Though my eyes are not blue, and my
hair Isn t long:
Though I cannot yalnt pictures or
nlna- anv sons:
Thoneh 'my nose Is misshapen and
entirely wrong,
I'll bo content.
MATILDA LftBETT.
BALLAD OF THE TRAIL.
Trail of the morning, of dreams and
dew;
Sons and laughter and feet that
stray;
Carefree hours and skies of blue.
Golden gifts of a youthful day;
Silver mist where the sunbeams
play;
Buoyant feet through a fairy lane.
btepplng a measure to music gay.
Just a frail link ia eternity's chain.
Trail of the noonday the way winds
through
Upland barrens, where doubt -lay.
Climbing the steens with a vlsloned
few.
Creeping balow where the craven
stay.
Stunting a soul In the sordid fray;
Gleaning a path through labor and
pain; '
Upwards and onwards, though
mountains dismay
Just a frail link in eternity's chain.
Trail of the sunset your rosy hue
Hides silent shadows of restful
gray;
Dusk and a star in a fading view.
Faltering eteps and thoughts that
pray
For a light to guide on the home
ward way.
Gleams of a light through a window
pane; ;
Rest and peace, and the night's de
Just a frail link In eternity's chain.
ENVOY.
Source and the goal? No
say'
Faith and a hope that
again;
Labor and love as a guiding ray
Just a frail link In eternity's chain.
CHARLES O. OLSON.
one may
we live
is in town o;i
registered at the
'German Consular Affairs.
FOSSIL,-Or., June 36. (To tne Edi
tor.) Is there a German consul lo
cated in Portland, and what Is his
address? CLARK SCHMIDT.
No. The interests of German citi
zens and those seeking information
through consular channels is looked
after bv the Swidish representative.
Address Valdemar Lidell. Swedish
vlce-consuL 455 Plttock block. Port
land, Or.
Hla Body In Two States.
The house of Pierre Sabourin. 19
Colvln street, Pawtucket. R. I., stands
on the dividing line of two town
Pawtucket and Attleboro and also on
- . . . . ...... -A
the dividing line vi- - n yj oiaiQ, rav
that Mr. Sabourin sleeps witn nis
feet In Massachusetts ano nis neao in
Rhode Island. The courts have ruled
that where a man's head is when he
sleeps there he lives, so tnat air.
Sabourin pays all his taxes except
the taxes on his real estate in paw
tucket. His real estate taxes are divided.
Trouble In War Secrets.
Halifax Chronicle.
The marquis of Hartington tells an
episode from war days when the spy
scare was at its height. Certain con
fidential information that the mili
tary authorities wanted to keep ab
solutely secret was sent r6und by
trusted couriers in locked dispatch
boxes, with elaborate precautions of
signing and countersigning and
checking every stage. No one below
the rank of major-general was in
trusted with the knowledge, and even
these were bound by tremendous
oaths of secrecy. After a time it was
found that these weighty documents.
which were circulated in printed
form, were being set up by printers
who were under no obligation to pre
serve secrecy, and, in fact; took no
precautions whatever against leak
age. However, nothing did lean out.
but the military mandarins, it Is sa'd,
shuddered when they realized the
risks that had been run.
Two Kinds of Wood Palp.
Bdston Globe.
Rene Antoine Reaumur, the great
French naturalist and physicist, in
1719. first suggested the possibility
of making paper from wood. He got
the idea from observing a wasp's
nest. The successful Introduction of
wood pulp as a substitute for or with
rags In paper manufacture did not,
however, come until about 1870. There
are two kinds of wood pulps, one
known as ground or mechanical and
the other as chemical. The first is
the cheapest, and is used chiefly for
making newspaper and wrapping pa
per. Spruce wood is most -commonly
used because it is cheap and gummy.
the latter quality being valuable in
that it adds much to the tenacity of
the material made from the pulp.
Chemical wood pulp Is made by cut
ting up spruce and poplar logs into
small chips, which are then placed
be digested.
with a liquid preparation In tanks to
Babies 1b the Rain.
PORTLAND, June 29. (To the Edl
tor.) I know that I voice the senti
ment of thousands who saw the 'pa
rade Thursday afternoon when I say
that it was very cruel to expose those
babies to the rain. Those from the
Albertina Kerr nursery were not pro
tected in any way.
All around where I sat expressed
their feelings pretty freely. Where
was our big-hearted mayor that he
did not order them home?
INDIGNATION.
Airman Likes Crinolines.
London Chronicle.
Air Commodore Edward Maitland,
of R-34 fame, speaking at the Royal
Society of Arts, said that while fly
ing the Atlantic he retired about 9
A. M., and he was ashamed to say he
slept until 9 the next day. He found
that the air not only induced sleep,
put sharpened the appetite. Women
had often asked him. the commodore
said. "In what should we dress when
about to take an aerial flight?" He
felt tempted to suggest crinolines,
which 'would become very useful as
parachutes should tl)e necessity arise.
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