TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920
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K. J. Bidwell.
character is the obstructive tactics
of President Wilson. His vetoes
prove that the republican party
could do little more until a president
was elected who would work with it,
not against it. That which it accom
plished In spite of executive obstruc
tion is an earnest of what it will do
when that obstruction is removed.
rflVSTRUCTIVE REPUBLICAN LAWS.
In the course of his speech of ac
ceptance Governor Cox said of the
present congress: "Not a construc
tive law can be cited." In. the light
of what the 6th congress did, that
is a most audacious statement, for
It assumes that the people do not
know and will not Inform themselves
on recent legislation. The fact is
that the 6th congress passed a num
ber of laws which unprejudiced peo
ple will regard as highly construc
tive. These are, briefly:
Woman's suffrage amendment submit-
Daw for enforcement of prohibition.
Keturn of telegraph, telephone and cabla
lines to their owners.
Vocational training ana rehabilitation
for wounded soldiers and sailors.
Extension of food, control with addition
al penalties.
Prevention of dumping of German dyes.
Incorporation of American Legion.
Increasa of allowance for serious Injury
tinder war risk act.
Additional compensation for postal em-
P,Facllltatlns? marketing of agricultural
products by Increasing amounts that banks
may loan.
Enabling natlenal banks to facilitate
foreign trade.
Increasing restrictions on entry of aliens.
Providing for completion of Alaska rall-
rExtension ef stock-raslnir homestead
Relief of stricken peoples of near east
Those laws were passed at the first
session, at which much legislation
was prepared for enactment at the
second session. The great construc
tive laws passed at -the second ses
sion were:
Returning railroads to their owners for
private operation.
Established a budget system, vetoed.
PfnrcHniilm the army.
Reform of house and senate rules to
facilitate budget system.
F.Ktiihll.hln new shipping board and
providing for operation and sals of emer
gency fleet.
Leasing coal and oil land,
l.enMinir wateroower sites.
Vocational rehabilitation of persons in
iqrwd In industry.
For retirement of old and disabled civil
Service employes.
Establishing woman's bureau In labor
tfepartment.
Tlte peace resolution. Vetoed.
Repeal of war laws. Vetoed.
Raising eaiaries of postal employes.
Increasing pensions of veterans of civil,
Mexican. Spanish and Philippine wars.
To exclude and expel anarchistic aliens.
Increasing pay and efficiency of army,
navy, marine corps, coast guard, cosst and
geodetic survey and public health service. I
Furnishing flour worth tiO.000,000 to
peoples of Europe and near east.
Transferring motor vehicles from, war
department to ether departments and
States for road building.
Authorizing formation of banks to con
duct foreign trade.
Amending war risk get to Increase com
pensation to disabled soldiers and sailors.
Authorising treasury department to buy
farm loan bonds.
That la a record of achievement
ef which the republican party has
pood cause to be proud. Of particu
lar interest to the west are the laws
which lift the embargo on develop
ment of coal, oil and phosphate land
and waterpower. That embargo,
which was imposed on the eve of
President Taft's inauguration, was
the chief cause of the slow progress
of the west during the last ten years
and of the comparatively small in
crease of population in Oregon and
other states. Year after year, while
congress was under democratic con
trol, it failed to agree on measures
unlocking these resources of the
west, and the whole nation paid
Iieavily in addition to the cost of the
-war. As soon as the republicans
gained control they began enactment
of laws and completed it at the sec
ond session. In the same class Is
provision for completion of the
Alaska railroad, by which the coal
and oil of that territory will be made
available for the people of the whole
Pacific coast.
As a means of economy In govern
ment expenditures and of efficiency
In public service, the budget bill, the
reform in the rules of congress re
lating to appropriations and the civil
service retirement law are in one
group. The budget bill would have
brought system and proper control
Into government expenditures, but
President Wilson denied the people
the economy which would have been
effected out of extreme jealousy for
his powers, which contrasts with the
contempt that he has shown for tha
powers of congress, especially the
senate. He thus made ineffective
the reform in the rules of congress.
The retirement law vill rid the civil
service of a lot of old and infirm em
ployes who are unable to do a full
day's work, and will result in further
economy.
Nothing could be more construc
tive than vocational education and
rehabilitation of disabled soldiers
and sailors, for it makes them self
supporting members of, instead of a
burden to, the community. The same
statement is true of rehabilitation of
persons injured In industry.
What could be more constructive
than putting the railroads in the
hands of men who have made the
American railroad system the best in
the world, with the lowest rates for
the best service, even after the re
cent increase in rates? Provision Js
xnuue to put. Litem m ounu iittunciai
condition, to prevent labor disputes
from leading to strikes and for more
complete public regulation. Under
republican legislation vve can now
feel assured that the railroads will
adequately serve the people.
The mercantile marine law estab
lishes a shipping policy under which
American ships will serve American
coastwise and foreign trade in the
hands of American owners and un
der which commerce will grow at all
American ports Instead of being con
centrated at a few ports favored by
big shipping companies.
A good resjon for not having
passed further laxys of tha same
BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS.
The Oregonian still contends that a man
must be estimated by the company he
keep's. This Is a safe rule In a general
way. but it cannot apply in all cases to
men who are candidates for office. Possibly
a thief may have been a delegate In the
convention and might have voted for the
Cox candidacy. This fact would not have
made a thief of Governor Cox. Scio
Tribune. ... .
Oh, not at all, not at all. But if a
thief had gone to San Francisco and
with others of his kind had been the
chief sponsor for the candidacy of
Mr. Cox, or any one else, and had
succeeded in persuading a majority
of delegates to nominate his candi
date, that fact would have been of
tremendous significance. Let " us
make haste to add that there were
no delegates at San Francisco, so far
as we know, guilty of any felonious
acts, except, of course, that there
was the usual effort to steal for the
democratic party all the glory of the
accomplishment ' of the past eight
years. . ' .
Now we see that Mr. Cox is to be
the heir and champion of the Wil
son policies. No doubt our Sclo con
temporary feels better about It, for
it will be inclined to judge the man
by the new company he proposes to
keep. As he was the candidate of
the allied Tammanies for the nomi
nation, now he is to be the choice of
Woodrow Wilson for the election.
But does any one for a moment pre
tend that Tammany is for the league
of nations, including Article X? It is,
as it was, for Cox for other reasons
satisfactory to Tammany.
A nXAKCIAZ, CINDERELLA.
Garbage collection has never been
classed among the desirable careers
upon which young men may te ad
vised to embark. It Is a business dis
tinctly on the night side of life a
rather noisesome, lowly calling, how
ever essential it may be to the pub
lic health. Tha there are millions
in it, and that shrewd business men
are beginning to extract them, may
in time elevate this necessary service
to no mean status in the social and
economic world. For money will
talk. An excuse fofthese reflections
exists in the announced purpose of
the city council to call for garbage
disposal bids.
If willful waste makes woeful
want, as the old copybooks used to '
assure us, it is high time that capable
business methods applied their com
mon sense and genius to plain, every
day garbage. The waste of cities is
prolific of profit, and will restore
fertility to the same country fields
that have been looted to feed the
metropolitan centers. It is poetic
justice, also, if the term may be par
doned, that the 34 Per cent of
grease contained in every ton of gar
bage should be largely employed in
the manufacture of soap, a scant 8
per cent' being utilized in making
glycerine.
Each ton of garbage, so the sta
tisticians inform us, contains sixty
five pounds of grease, with a market
value of $5.85. The remainder of
each ton, transformed into dried fer-
I Jilizer, becomes 400 pounds of super
lative son tonic, vaiuea at a. ine
hard cash that is resident in each ton
is therefore fixed, not estimated, at
not less than $8.85. The receipts of
the plant which disposes of the Los
Angeles garbage are approximately
$1100 per day. That is, you might
say, a pretty fair financial hand to
pick out of the discard.
civilization. If all Europe were to
become bolshevist, nothing would
remain of modern civilization but
America and the colonies of Europe.
It would be folly to suppose that,
with the disease spreading un
checked through Europe, we could
exclude it from this country. A red
invasion is not begun by an army
but by a swarm of agents who scat
ter unnoticed through the country
and talk to unlettered, discontented
workmen of the dictatorship of the
proletariat, of the workingman's re
public in Russia, of world revolution.
They break down faith in God.
country, marriage, morals. Thus the
morale of the people, without which
wars cannot be fought, is broken be
fore the red army appears. In this
manner war was carried on in the
rear of the white Russian armies,
and reports of hordes of propagan
dists in Poland indicate that the
hard-pressed republic was weakened
by the same destructive influences.
If the reds should overrun Europe,
they would press on by the same
means to conquer America.
Polapd is fighting for civilization
as truly as France fought. Shall
America stand idly by and see a
thousand years of human progress
extinguished ? ' . .
Bt'VERe' WEEK, v
As an institution, Portland's Buy.
ers' week seems to possess, the re
quisites of permanency. Statistics
tell an eloquent stary. In 1913," the
year it was instituted, for example.
263 buyers availed themselves of
certain commercial perquisites to
which attendance entitled them. By
1917 the number had increased to
1116. Registration in 1918 was 1550,
and this seems to warrant the pre
diction that tha number in 1920 will
reach 1800 or 2000. The fact about i
it that impresses us is that it has
proved to be what your specialty
salesman would call a "repeater."
People wjio have tried it want more
of it which Is the mercantile test of
an excellent article.
The movement deserves mention,
not alone because it is a successful
enterprise reflecting credit on the
initiative and the business Integrity
of Portland wholesalers and manu
facturers, but also because of the
high degree of co-operation of which
it is the outward and visible sign.
Those who are acquainted with the
minutiae of a Buyers' week organ
ization know that success is depen
dent on a large measure of the spirit
of get-together, and on far-sighted
business policy, and on wise and
prudent direction. It is not by acci
dent that the occasion has grown in
popularity year by year.
The business has been compe
tently managed from the beginning
and credit is due to its presiding
geniuses for the results obtained. As
for our visitors on these occasions
may their tribe ever increase! it is
appropriate to suggest that their
welcome Is only in part due to their
role of present and prospective cus
tomers. Bringing as they do the at
mosphere of many communities
with them, they are an antidote for
provincialism, a broadening influ
ence which we would be ungrateful
not to acknowledge. Friendships
based on agreeable business rela
tionships are by no means to be de
spised among the amenities that
make for a sounder social fabric and
a pleasanter world.
the savants, wttk Dr. Hindhede Jubi- I BY
lantly leading the chorus, to assure a I
PRODUCTS or THE TIMES
rather apathetic world that.aot only J
did the Danes hold their customary
good health, but that the death rate
declined sharply during the period of
the blockade.
It is difficult, if one chose .the
task, to answer an argument so con
clusive. White bread, once the hall
mark of nobility and wealth, will as-
Profeasor See Tries to Remove Mys
tery Element from Earthquake.
Much of the horror of earthquakes
in the minds of average persons is
due to ignorance of their cause. While
knowing what causes earthquakes
will not prevent the physical dangers
which they effect, persons are nat
Those Who Come and Go.
suredly continue in preference de- rurally less terrified when the ele.
mem or mystery Is removed.
spite the latest warning from Den
mark. With it in public favor will
remain pastries and pot-pies, thick
steaks and the morning's monument
of buckwheat cakes and sausage.
Someone is always coming forward
with a new salvation for mankind,
and citing the fact if it is the fact
that every joy is a harmful excess.
fA.llT'f.i1!6 l05 ln tne ! Thomas J. J. See in th. Americana.
miiu ui vua iaLiieia wc ijuni , pain
fully wary. The most immediate
sentiment in reply Is that if the
Panes prefer to live on black bread
and cabbage, let them do so. Next
century some statistic digger may
find happy employment in tabulat
ing the eventual comparative result.
Good sense in diet does not imply
asceticism.
POLAND'S FIGHT FOR CIVILIZATION,
The disaster which hangs over Po
land would be a disaster to all white
civilization, therefore to the whole
world. It would carry forward the
blight of bolshevism to the eastern
frontier of Germany, front which red
propagandists would spread over
that country. Lenin would extend
his soviet system to Poland, as he
already has to the Trans-Caucasus,
and he would make it a base for op
erations against Germany. He would
destroy the already weak morale of
the German people and would
plunge the country into civil war,
for the junkers and capitalists would
certainly use the arm)', which they
still hold under their control, to re
sist. The plague of bolshevism
would extend all over western Eu
rope, where it has many adherents,
and civilization might die there,
it has died in Russia.
Renewal of the blockade as the
chief means of averting this disaster
is a confession of impotence on the
part of the allies. It did not prevent
the crushing of Kolchak, Denikin
and Yudenieh, and it cannot save
Poland. The red army will cat Up
all that is left in that thrice-ravaged
country, and the Germans will cer
tainly not scruple to sell goods for
stolen gold. The only entrance from
tha sea is Danzig, but before the al
lies hava landed munitions the cor
ridor connecting that port with Po
land is already in the hands of the
reds. Nothing but a considerable
army could open it, and the allies
have resolved not to send an array,
Unless Poland can save Itself with
its own resources, it seems doomed
once more to extinction as an inde
pendent nation. Any semblance of
independence that the bolshevists
leave will be a mockery.
ExplanaMon of the allies' decision
to send no army is simple. They
cannot. Bolshevism has already
eaten its way deep Into tha minds of
their working people. It has less
hold in France than in the other two
western powers, but it got enough
hold to start a general strike last
spring and when the leaders were
arrested, letters from. Trotsky were
found appointing- them officers of
the third international. Strikes have
occurred at Marseilles against ship
ment of munitions to Poland, and if
troops were ordered to sail, there
might be mutiny and strikes against
manufacture and shipment of muni
tions. The British labor party with,
sixty members of parliament has de
manded that the blockade ba lifted,
the soviet recognized and that all in
tervention in Russia cease. Several
proposals for a political strike
against intervention against the
soviet have been voted down, but if
war were actually declared or made,
the radicals might carry their point.
Tha socialist party of Italy, which is
stronger than those of either Franca
or Britain, has taken up the cause
of tha soviet and has sent a delega
tion to Moscow, which was raptur
ously welcomed. Its extreme wing
has caused great strikes, and In July
there were mutiny and armed rebel,
lion at Ancona. Nations thus divided
cannot make foreign war.
BLACK BREAD AND CABBAGE.
When Schacabac the beggar en
tered the home of the wealthy Bar
mecide, his genial host, waving a
liberal band at the napery, bade the
hungry mendicant partake of
wholly imaginary repast, with en
trees of figments and a dessert of
delusion. The feast of the Barme
clde, though it is followed in the
ancient story by a full course dinner,
has become an accepted phrase for
an illusive meal. It is not always
the festal board that sets forth
ration best calculated to sustain and
enhance bodily -and mental vigor,
and it may be that the plentiful ar.
ray of food on the American table of
today is in truth a Barmecldlal
feast. The vegetarians are given to
the declaration that we, as a nation
of indiscriminate gourmands, are
digging our graves with our teeth.
Perhaps the nut and cabbage fan
cies are correct in this assumption
Diet exercises a powerful influence
both for and against good health
and athletes are rigidly committed to
abstemious common sense in eating
before they are considered fit to un
dertake contests of physical prowess
and supremacy. But the essential
of the indictment against our na
tional diet Is that we are too fond
of flesh foods, and that the rice and
water" of. the Canton coolie were
better suited to our actual needs
than .the traditional rare beef o
England. Of course, the arguments
are both for and against a revolu
tion in diet, and the average person
is content to assuage his hunger
with that which tickles his palate
the most, leaving contention to the
savants. Pending a conclusive set
tlement he is inclined to regard his
dental equipment as proof that na
ture designed all manner of food
for his sustenance.
Experiments to determine the
truth or error of a strictly vege
tarian diet have been numerous, but
the most extensive ever recorded is
undoubtedly that of the Danish na
tion. Suffering with Germany in the
allied blockade, Denmark was face
to face with famine. Only a drastic
revolution in the customary diet of
the Danes would avail to save them
from such hunger as stalked Vienna
and Berlin. Of meat they had no
more than the cupboard held in tha
nursery rhyme. Of milk and cereals
the nation possessed a supply suffi
cient to maintain with economy the
lives of its people, but none to spare
for the rearing and fattening of ani.
mals for food. An enduring Lent
descended on Denmark.
It was tha Danish war committee,
under the tutelage of Dr. Hindhede,
that saved 3,000,000 Danes from
starvation, and the resource on
which tha entire nation leaned
throughout that trying period was
nona other than our old friend.
bread, which appears to have been
termed the staff of life with good
reason. It was not white bread from
the bakery of pre-war days, nor was
It half so white as the bread of
hungry Belgium. It was quite Sty
gian in complexion, so they say, but
science was the master baker at Its
compounding and some quite ex
traordinary results were attained by
the eating of it. apart from the fact
that it banished starvation.
The Danish war-broad was a mix
ture of whole-rye, whole-wheat and
whole-barley flours, together with a
double portion of wheat bran. Dur,
ing the continuance of the blockade
it was not only a staple, but was the
staple, of the Danish dietary. Milk
and cabbage were its lowly eompan-
CBITICISM Or CRATER LAKE.
Of a certain depth of divine blue
that defies both measurement and
description, and set on the topmost
knuckle of the range, yonder lies
Crater "Lake unquestionably a na
tural gem of purest ray serene, as
we have repeatedly been "assured in
hyperbolic phrase. There is no gain
saying the richness of this dower to
the state of Oregon, both as a spir
itual and a financial asset. It com
pels the tourist to tour. But it is
said that the enraptured pilgrim,
who gazes on the glory in its rugged
setting, departs in disappointment.
Not with this sentiment toward the
scenic marvel itself, but for the ac
commodations that greet him when
he has reached this Mecca of tha
West.
Stephen T. Mather, director of na
tional parks, is the most recent vis
itor . to mane this ooservation, or
substantially the same criticism. Mr,
Mather's words have official point,
and they present the uncomforting
promise that unless Oregon interests
itself in better hotel service at the
famous resort both the federal gov
ernment and the railroads will feel
compelled to withdraw encourage
ment to tourists to visit the lake. He
speaks with seeming exasperation,
as one whose patience has endured
to the limit.
It may be recalled that Oregon
has had not a little to say of the
superiority of Its scenery over that
of any other state, commonwealth or
country listed in the geographies.
This is a contention that must be
maintained for, being the fact, it
merits reiteration. But it is rather
too much to expect of tourists that
they shall "rough it" as they pay
their devoirs to the divine lake of
the crater, and Mr. Mather has the
better of the argument ln asserting
this view. Portland and southern
Oregon should co-operate in re
deeming the lake from criticism of
its tourist accommodations. Scenery
is not discounted in the least by an
utter absence of hotel facilities, but
the pleasure of Its enjoyment often
is denied for that lack.
Retarded production is a factor in
the high co3t of living. Strikes serve
to promote delay and boost the price
scale. Thus we twirl madly around
in our economic dilemma, like a pun
pursuing the nib of his tail. During
the year 1919 there were 3874 strikes
and lockouts in the United States, in
volving more than 4,000.000 persons.
and covering a wide range of vital
necessities. Of strikes officially
noted and observed there were 1961
according to the bureau of labor sta
tistics. Arbitration might well have
been resorted to in each instance,
for the eventual average approxi
mated ft draw between employer and
employe. Employers won 624 and
employes won 633. the remainder be
ing compromised or otherwise dis.
posed of by arbitration.
BLAME FOB DELAY OK SVFFBAGE
Record far Ratification Still Ftaadai
Repah-Ucana, 2Sl Democrats, .
-I counted ten earthquake shocks I PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 7. (To the
in Los Angeles," said E. J. w ooa, Editor.) Although like all good clti-
who returned to Portland yesterday , ens of Portland I read The Oregon
from California, where he went to I iri. yet I did not notice the ed-
attend the democratic convention injitcrial ia reply to my article of Aug-
i More. Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Hsstiiae.
WOLF! WOLF!
A New York movie bresa a&rent bar!
the police called out to search for tha
victim of a fake drowning.
June. " "One of the shocks was so j
heavy that It mads me sick for It
hours. I was in a theater when one
shock came and in a .Jlffy the exit
doors were opened and tne audience
stampeded into the street. Later the
people quieted down and returned and
the show proceeded, but before It was
over there came another ehock and
again the audience rushed out doors.
The residents of Los Angeles ap
peared to be more scared than the
visitors, probably because the natives
knew how dangerous a quake can be.
Many people left Los Angeles and I
was told that at least 10,000 took
their departure as quickly as they
could get train accommodations. -I
had to wait a week to make a reser
vation and then I got the last berth
in the third section of a train.
"We want the state highway eom-
"All important earthquakes are due
to steam pressure accumulating with
in or Just under the earth's crust,
which must have relief, whether by
volcanic eruption, uplifting of moun
tain chains parallel to the sea, or the
formation and movements of faults in
the earth's crust." writes Professor
The earth has a temperature of
some 2000 degrees Fahrenheit at a
epth of less than 20 miles and the
eakage of the earth's crust is well
known. But In connection with the
penetration of water we may recall
the porosity of - all rock's and even
metals. Under sufficient pressure
water has been forced through solid i mission to build roads to develop
layers of gold, silver, lead. ' Iron anil I Oreeron and not Ida'oo." declares P. J,
steel end under a pressure of 4000 Gallagher, representative ot Maineur
atmosphere. Amagat forced mercury '' ill
through three inches of solid steel. eateI.my nd went Intc session with
The oceans are deep enough to give 1 kizhwav Commissioners Benson and
a pressure of about 1000 atmospheres i Kiddle yesterday Afternoon. The
on their bottoms, and as the water
penetrate downward the pressure
steadily Increases.
"As Sir Archibald Getkie justly re
marks, Daubree's experiments showej an(j Frultlanol, instead of building on
that owing to capillarity water may I the Oregon side from Laker south to
permeate rocks against a high coun- I Ontario. Mr. Gallagher is champion
ter pressure of steam on the further the construction .f road on the
side, and that eo long as water "uVZZrA
supplied, whether by minute fis- th irf.hn.n. .ia:et. will be to over
tures or through pores of the rocks, I look the development of Dead Ox Flat
it may. under pressure of its own I and other Important Oregon territory
SUDerlnCUmbent lnlltmn. malcA It . wnv
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r. hio-hiv o . ' ...t... t . i Bomewnat auety, ju. "lvLi"J
Idaho people, explains Mr. Gallagher,
want the Oregon commission to build
to Olds Ferry, and connect witn tne
Idaho system of roads run-sing down
Snake tlver from Weiser to Payette
may
thus increase the steam pressure
arrived at the Imperial, ready to
function today as a state hignway
within until it Is sufficient to raise commissioner. Mr. Kiddle traveled
lava In the vent of a volcano or pro- last week throuerh central Oregon and
duce earthquakes by the movement I tha eastern part of the state, and he
Of the crust along an adjacent fault. I even slipped over into Idaho. Ha was
It has been found by experiment ,a B"' f T.1'1'' ralr,V , 1
that gases are rapld.y abeorbe, InlriinVlp
hot steel and other metals, and th ln th. Willamette know nothing
rapid absorption of water in molten I about- He wanted to go to Iron
rock is. proved by the vast clouds ol 1 sides, but the road was lropassable.
steam arising from lava as it pours Accompanied by C. C. Kelly, assistant
from a volcano. The vapors which I BLl . "v, J. ,k ' .
. , ... . I rode ln the first car over the new
are thus freely emitted are as readily Columbla highway grade between
aDeoroea. Hence It follows that as pn.ns and Mosier.
water permeates downward into-the I
earth 1-finally geta hot enough to
become steam in spite of the pres
sure, and tends to diffuse among the
molten rocks below. But it cannot
descend to great depths without be-
"No one wants to buy a sheep out
fit and no one want to sell one in
Idaho." savs J. E. Clinton, vice
president of a Boise, Idaho, panic.
"Last year Idaho wool men received
an average of 56 cents a pound and
coming superheated and having its! this year, on the basis of sales now
explosive power enormouslyincreased, I they are receiving about 10 cents a
and the result is that It is spread
in a layer Just under the crust, and
finally brings on an earthquake.
"Since volcanoes occur only in the
sea, on islands and along the shores
of continents, but always die ou. in
land, while all the vapor they emit'
is steam, except one part In a thou
sand, which is of secondary charac
ter, made up of by-products due to
moisture and high temperature. It
follows that steam is the sole original
cause of volcanic activity. It hi
long been observed that earthquakes I tropolis. "1 think we've been euchered
Dound less. The price is net bad
considering the demand, which is
not strong, but the belief now exists
that the market will steadily im
prove. Idaho raises the finest sneep
in America and the sheep industry
is now our largest resource. W e've
plenty of hay, which is selling at $7
ton.
"If Tillamook has no more people
than the 1930 which the census re
turns give, then I'll say that It' is the
best city in the world for its sice.
asserted K. T. Halton, who has i
department store in the cheese me
in a region near an active volcano
cease when the steam escapes, and
therefore Imprisoned steam was tha
sole cause of the previous shocks.
"The distribution of earthquakes in i
the interior of the great oceans is
on the population, for there must be
between 2500 and 3000 people in the
town. It's a dandy place for busi
ness and is going right ahead. The
town is now improving about two
miles of streets and it already naa
all of lt3 main streets hard-surfaced
Imperfectly known, and hence the ir. Haltom Is at the Hotel Oregon,
known earthquakes appear mainly as . , . , . ,
K.i,- ... ,. I To feed the hungry people of Chl
PoVTfiT , r 7 " cago wlth Oregon spring lamb is the
Pacific, which includes in its boun- pre8ent mission of Robert N. Stan
dary eeven-eighths of the active vol- field who is, in addiion to being the
canoes ln the interior of continents 1 largest individual wool producer
ust Z until this morning or I certain
ly would have hastened to reinforce
what I said by more statements
given me by the women at head
qvartere of the National Equal
Suffrage association who have for
months, even yeara, been keeping
their eyes on congress, state legis
latures and everybody concerned,
and who are thoroughly informed and
acting in their capacity as officers,
speaking with authority and not as
partisans.
Although the sixty-fifth corgrees
was democratic, yet it is conceded
that the republicans in the sixty-fifth
congress, no matter what the demo
cratic opposition might have been,
could have submitted the amendment
two years earlier, had it not been for
a small group of senators who with a
number of southern senators persist
ently directed a continual and never
pausing campaign aga':. t it, and It
was because of this opposition of this
same group of senators who nomin
ated Harding in Chicago that the
amendmcat "did not eee the light of
day.'
At a meeting held at the Hotel Mc-
Alpin, New York. July 23, 1920. led by
Misa Mary G. Hay, the leading re
publican woman at the Chicago con
vention, a questionnaire waa prepared
and sent to Senator Wadsworth of
New York, which includes the follow
ng:
1. Is It not a fact that except for
your refusal to represent the people
of New York In the United States sen
ate the federal suffrage amendment
would have been submitted to th
state legislatures in the regular ses
sion of 11. all the delay and ex
pense of Z special sessions in 192
would have been saved and all the
women of merica would be com
pletely enfranchised at this moment
2. Did you not plot and plan with
others to put into operation this very
programme of delay?
. Are 'ot etui plotting ana
planning with others to hold back the
36th ratification of the amendment?
The account of this meeting and
above action further says: "Around
the standard of Miss Hay, as the
leader of the opposition to Senator
Wadsworth, the women massed with
old-time fervor and the old-time con
secration." I
This is not "democratic propa
ganda," but republican facts which
should be known.
It is true that 29 republican legis
latures have ratified the federal
amendment, and that is good, but by
far the larger responsibility rests
upon republicans, for they control 32
out of the 48 state legislatures. The
republican legislatures not yet called
tamely, Vermont and Connecticut
stand ready to ratify when called, but
under the direct influence of the
same group of senators who for two
yeb.rs and a half prevented the sub
mission of the federal amendment,
the governors of those states refused
to call those sessions.
This might be accepted as an evi
dence of personal hostility on the part
of these governors were it not for the
fact that ln different portions of the
country republican men have caid in
definite terms that the republican
party does not intend to allow the
women of the country to have the
26th state at this time, because
"there are enough women voting
now."
Connecticut republican women suf
fragists have pointed out that as long
as the most powerful republican
group in Connecticut is working
against ratification it is idle for the
republican party to disclaim respon
sibility for the Connecticut situation.
It is good American doctrine that a
governor should yield to the demands
of the people who elected him, and
the Vermont and Connecticut leg is
latures stand ready to ratify.
In the 12 states which the republi
can party controls there is no com
Oh! Fireman! fireman! save me
child!" a mother shrieked. In
anguish wild,
"The r Lames burn hot. and. like aa
not
Eventually they'll kill kar"
I'll have to wait." the chief explained,
" "till I have fully ascertained
If tips Is not a crafty plot
To boost a movie thriller."
Tubo Off the Juice!" the lineman
cried, "'till I have time to
thrust aside
This cable here across my ear;
It's full of electricity.
"No good!" replied the passer-by. a
chill ssupicion in his eye,
"Tm not the man to help a plan
For movie chow publicity!"
Heip! help!" observed the drowning
girl, "my hair is getting out of
curl.
"And furthermore, I'm far from
shore
Amidst the raz-ine- itrun
The fisherman pulled in his Una and
leaning out across the brine
He loudly hissed: "I'll not assist
In movie show promotion."
"Police!" the stranger said, "this
crook . has just removed my
pocketbook;
Pray reprehend the rogue, my friend.
For this illegal action."
"Not me," the passing cop exclaimed.
"I certainly would be ashamed
To pinch a thug like him to plug
A photoplay attraction!"
e e
Too Bad.
As the mother of presidents, Ohio
probably regrets that she has only
two sons to give to her country.
After the Shrinkage.
Nowadays dollar diplomacy la noth
ing but peanut politics.
e
Let Reds Take Warning.
A porch campaign may not have
much punch, but it will be more pop
ular than a torch campaign.
(Copyright, 1920. by the Bell Syndi
cate, Inc.)
nd all that was Is
One little hour
dead.
The heart's sweet peace disturbed
and sorrow th.r.-
Light gladdomeness on silent wings
u lieu.
And solemnly there enters dark
Despair,
And at the table takes the vacant
chair.
One little hour!
where cheer
Has easy access;
Play
In sweet contentment-
and clear.
And then a storm that sweeps that
home away -
And blossoms heaped upon
of clay.
in
America, the republican candidate ' pllcating factor like the negro prob
Filipino newspaper employes in
Manila are on strike because the
paper, took the stand that the Fili
pinos aren't ready for self-government.
Which seems to indicate that
the papers were right.
for United States senator. Mr. Stan-
field arrived ln Portland from eastern
Oregon late yesterday afternoon and
caught the night train for Klamath
Falls. He will ship from the Klamato
country a train of 25 cars of spring
is recognised and the rarity of earth.
quakes within these inland regions is
also conspicuous.'
e
Letters written by King Nebuchad-
nezsar or Babylon some 3000 years
ago have recently turned up ln the I lambs, there being about 7500 lambs
Yale Babylonian collection, and have tho trainload. There are some
been translated by Professor Albert 20.000 lambs in the Klamath district.
T. Clay, curator of the Babylonian Wond.r,ur. ,. the way Mrs. E. 8,
section at Kale. Rynenson of Dayton. Wash., describes
Nebuchadnezzer wrote his letter In the Evergreen highway and the Co-
a lordly tone, and his eoistles convev I lumbia highway. Accompanied by
the word of the kinir" tn th -hif her husband and family ana miss
The world may think it is getting
callous to accidents, but there Is a
grip at the heart when reading of
the child, playing - in the grain,
whose feet were cut off by the fath
er's reaper.
Mayor Bill Thompson telling Gov.
ernor Frank Lowden he is a better
American citizen than the state's ex
ecutive gets into the wrong part of
the paper. He belongs in the funny
column.
The small boy missing these warm
days has hearkened to the call of the
wild, if not drowned. One way is to
let him run and pay the damage. A
boy is worth a lot after he is tamed.
Germany has been cheered by the
news that hereafter beer is to be
cheaper and stronger. What are the
Germans trying to do tempt an in
vasion by "Pussyfoot" Johnson?
The United States cannot remain
Indifferent to a peril which menaces ions on the tables of those 8,000,000
not only one nation but all modem ' enforced health faddists. Now come
A "consortium" is not as big as it
sounds. It means a union or fellow
ship and, in the case of China, a
partnership to keep one another
from grabbing too much.
The man from the big city dls-
posed to rail at the small town for
its lack of street signs will be sur
prised to learn that Portland has a
crying need in that line.
L. D. Kinney, who died in the
asylum, made things whirl on Coos
Bay a few years ago when he was
only as crazy aa tha average pro.
moter.
Representative Sims, who cham.
pioned the Plumb plan bill in the
house, has been defeated. Plumb
out of luck, we'll say.
of the temple of the god Marduk con
cerning the Jurisdiction of temple
matters. Before being sent, a Bab
ylonian letter was placed In a nice
Conrad, Mrs. Rynerson arrived at the
Hotel Washington yesterday. Tne
party motored the distance. This Is
the first time mat sir. ana airs.
Rynerson have visited Portland ln
flat clay envelope. A lot of loose! IS years, their last call helng whan
the Lewis A Clark exposition waa in
bloom. Mr. Rynerson has been . in
business at Dayton since 181)3.
F. L. Hult of Seattle arrived at the
Hotel Washington yesterday, which
sand was then shaken iq around the
letter 'to protect It from scraping
against the inside of the envelope and
thus obliterating the message. The
top was sealed with hot clay and
stamped with the sianet set in the I hotel is managed by Mr. Hult's uncle,
sender's ring. Glen Hite. Mr. and Mrs. Hult and
Many of tha Babylonian letters H'88 Oberanoer oi iwoma "eveiea
, . . . . , I iil esV tiUUV" fS-itu, l ajLiua L. V - lll a vatuw
show that they were lncaeed, and betwearl PuKet .ound and Portland
not a few bear the seal impressions are jn fir condition and a vast inl
and the remainder of envelopes still orovement over what they were a few
adhering to them. Few of the letters weeks ago. They left Seattle at 10
P. M. and arrived at the Washington
at A. M. Mr. Hult is connected with
an iron works.
W. 8. Mangenheimer of Chicago, but
were actually dated, and the senders
of some cannot be determined, having
probably been sent by the hand of
a family slave, and tha name of the
sender was therefore not a necessary I with extensive Interests In Oregon, is
adjunct. -Detroit News. I at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Mangen
eee helmer s company owns tne oiggest
Diogenes, lighted lantern In hand, ""bard' In Malheur county and last
,,,, .'..' !Y . . . year shipped 60 carloads of apples, ln
tramping . through the streets of ltlo they raise other tralnloada
aujchs luyningy-ior an nonest man, i 0f alfalfa and produce.
naa nis trouble for his pains, and this.
lem.
If the republican party prevents the
38th state from ratifying, all its
past record will be as nothing.
Thirty-five states having ratified
means simply 36 ratifications, but the
36th ratification means the enfran
chisement of the entire womanhood
of our country.
MARIA L. T. HIDDEN.
What authority has this corre
spondent for her statement that the
governors of Connecticut and Ver
mont, ln refusing to call special leg
islative sessions, are acting for the
republican senatorial group? None
whatever we venture to declare.
To say that the republican party
must be held accountable for the fail
ure of the democratic congress (the
CSth) to submit the suffrage amend
ment ia the extreme of unreason
and unfairness. To assume fur
ther that the democratic party mus
be excused from action because of the
'complicating negro problem" Is go
Ing the full length of partisanship..
Twenty-nine republican states have
ratified suffrage. Six democratic
states have done the same. They ex
plain the whole situation, and no
sophistry nor twisted logic can avert
the full force of the facts.
according to current report, is about
as far as dress manufacturers are
progressing nowadays in their quest
for the "perfect thirty-six." This
very essential adjunct to every com-
plete dressmaking establishment le
said to be rapidly becoming extinct
an far Aja ft r-o . . mnitl ff-n iiithA.I
ties on the subject incline to the view Owyhee ditch, is at the Hotel Portland
. . , .. , from Ontario, Or. The Owyhee ditch
that the dearth of perfect thirty-sixes waterg bout 15.000 acres. Mr. Oakes
I sonly- another of the ill effects of j, ln town to consult with extensive
tne war ana the kaleidoscopic changes land owners of Malheur county.
in economic
Among the out-of-town merchants
who are at the Perkins while attend
ing buyers' week are Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Wilson of teoanon, mr. ana jvirs.
C. Anderson of Chapman, Mrs. P.
Haley of LaCamas, Mrs. B. L. Jenkins
and Mrs. W. L. Levins of faker.
Ivan Oakts. who Is manager of the
Doors leading to fire escapes must
have breakable panels, preferably
glass. That rule should be enforbed
always."
Fifteen thousand In the Harding
and Coolidge club put Oregon in the
grand old column. Now is the time
to join.
Mr. Chrlstenson of the third party
says he sees nothing in the Cox
speech. Waa he looking for something?
Baseball is the great clean sport
of America and Its managers must
keep it so.
The visiting buyers get the best we
have and need not ask for it. -
conditions since the
signing of the armistice. Whatever
may be the cause, the fact remains
that the national organization of
dress' manufacturers has sent out a
hurry call for models as near the
"perfect thlrty-slx" standard as pos
sible. New York Sun and Herald.
Motoring from Mitchell. S. D.,
party arrived at the Perkins yester
day, slicked up and then proceeded on
their way. The party consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. R. M. Kelly and A. G. Cox
and brothers,
"Sea trout are coming in, and 1 saw
a lot ot chinooks leaping ln the
.. nAA Ratiarann ' ' r.nnrt. T T-
Leonard was Interested in rabbits. Charles Stolte. who haa returned from
So much so that his family gave him I an angling expedition in Tillamook.
pair ana let him go into the busi-
R. N. Northrup of Dead ox flat,
which same is In Malheur county, is
in the city to meet with the state
highway commission today.
ness." When the baby bunnies ar
rived excitement filled the neighbor
hood. The father of one of Leonard's
chums kept several hives of bees
which were ever a source of curiosity
to 'the boys.
"Whatcha goln' to name "em?" en
thusiastically demanded the chum of
the proud possessor of the baby rab
bits. - "Huh, what did you name all your
bees?" Indianapolis Star. -e
e
What can worn-out phonograph
discs be used for? asks C. B. A. So
far as our observation goes, C. B. A.
they can be. and are used on phono
graphs just the same as er.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
J. L. Calvert, who Is a contractor
on the Pacific highway, is registered
at the Hotel Oregon from Granta
Pass.
George W. Kleiser, erstwhile of
Portland and ln the billboard busi
ness, is registered at the Benson from
San Francisco,
A Matter of Aces.
Baltimore American.
"I came within an ace of winning
the game." "Then, why dldn t you.'
"Because the other' fellow had the
ace."
Federal Tests Show Wheat Saved,
Washington.' D. C. correspondent In
Kansas City star.
Nearly 22 million bushels of wheat
were saved in 21 states through tests
and adjustments of threshing ma
chines carried on under observation
of specialists of the United States de
partment of agriculture.
These 22 million Dusneis would
have been lost to the farmer without
the adjustments. They made up wast
from hasty threshing and poorly ad
Justed machines.
In North Dakota observations
showed the average waste a day o
about 26 per cent of the rigs in op
eration was 14.6 bushels for each rig.
After testing the machine and makin
adjustments, this loss was cut dow
to 4.03 bushels a day, or a saving o
10.6 bushels, with a total saving of
1,600,000 bushels in the entire state
for the season.
In South Dakota the testing and re
adlustment effected a saving of 13.1
bushels a day on 18 per cent of th
rigs tested or 1 million bushels for
the state. Tbe estimatea total sav
In ir for the 21 states in which th
work was carried on waa 21,903,600
bushels.
Wants to Kboot What a Tammany I
LAFAYETTE. Or., Aug. 9. (To the
Editor.) I read a good deal aoou
Tammany at present and I wish to
be informed what kind of an article
It is. Sometimes I think it is a man
or croup of men; again. I think
is a hall. The cartoons show a tiger.
I am ettill of tne impression m
guesses are aH wrong. I know
belonas in New York, but Is it a
good? If no good why not deport it
How old is it? Why don't othe
states have some? Could you sho
a picture of it other than a cartoon
Gas Shortage to Tune of "Iowa."
Standard Oil! Standard Oil!
Cannot get the gas.
Sell "Henry" cheap for cash.
Standard Oil! Standard Oil!
Where has the gas all gone?
A. BLY.
One Little Hour.
By Grace E. HalL
l happy home
little children
kles all blue
mound
O, fill each to the
One little hour!
brim
With love and kindnes ere some
one Is gone
Out where the twilight shadows hover
UJJU,
Out where the silence waits the
rosy dawn.
Out where the veil o'er hope's dear
face Is drawn.
In Other Days
Twenty.flve Years An.
From The Oreg-onian of August 10 lsr,
New lork. DisDatchns (rum'
Chow say that the situation in China
critical lor foreigners. A mob has
ust looted the American mieainn
chapel at Inghok. 60 miles from Foo
Chow. The Chinese soldiers sent n
Ku Cheng to protect foreign prop
erty plundered the Stewart residence.
Buffalo. Joe Patchan wna .in...
in the match trotting race with
Robert J., winning the first, second
and fourth heats, the average time,
being 2.0514.
John W. Mckay. the bonanza kinar
of the Comstock mines, waa a Port
land visitor Wednesday night, return
ing irom a trip to Alaska.
Three hundred head of Benton
county sheep have been driven to
Portland for J. L. Castle. The drive
occupied seven days and the total
cost was 330.
Fifty Years Ago.
From The Oresonian of August 10, 170.
inuuit. v. general Battle in iront
of Metx Is considered imminent. The
Prussians are moving in that direc
tion by forced marches.
Denver. The Kansas Pacific rail
road laid five miles of track Satur
day, making 14V miles in three days.
There is now a gap of only 29 miles
to be completed.
Real estate has risen very raDidly
at East Portland. A block ln Mc- .
Millen's addition several blocks back
from the river, in the timber, has
just sold for $1700.' But little more
than a year ago the block in front
of it was sold by the proprietor of the
townslte for JtoO.
Yesterday a double cross was erected
on the new Fpire of the Taylor Street
Methodist Episcopal church. The
bars are 160 feet above the ground.
Meaning of Bolshevik.
INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Aug. 8.
(To the Editor.) Being an old sub
scriber of your paper I write to aFk
Is there a man at the head of the
Russian government by the name of
Bolshevik or was there ever a per
son by that name that took a part in
the overthrow of Russia? My con
tention is that there never was such
a man, that bolshevik is not a name
but a word. The information is desired
to settle a dispute.
JEROME DORNSIFE.
Bolshevik ia a word. Freely trans
lated it means "the most." It waa
used to designate the radical factior
that would be satisfied with nothing
short of its extreme aemanae.
A DAY DIIEASL
Far away "the birds are singing.
And the trees a,re telling etories to
the nestlings;
Stories of the world beyond the shel
tering, comforting arms
Of the moss-lined rudely fashioned
home of moss and twigs:
Stories of the world of men, of chil
dren's Joys and playtime In tbe
sunshine;
Stories of the adventures of the wind,
postman of the flowers
As he bears messaee from the violet
to the timid oren.ot;
Stories of fairies abroad at early
dawn, unseen by man:
Stories of all that I would know
I, imprisoned between walls.
LOIS SMITH.
The Walter Explains.
I.ondon Telegraph.
"Here, waiter; take this stuff away.
It's as tough as leather. I ordered,
mutton, not old boots!" "Saddle of
mutton you said, sir, and so it is."