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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1920 ESTABLISH KD BY HKNRT I- PITTOCK. Published by The Oretronian Publishing Co., I'M Sixth btrset, Portland. Oregon. C. A. MOHDEN. E. B. PIPER, Manager. Editor. The Oregonian la a member of the Am e!ated Preas. The Associated Press la ex clusively entitled to the use for publication of all new dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lot-al news published herein. All rights of repuollvation of special dispatches her in are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. (By Mall. rally, Sunday included, one year J8.00 laiiy, Sunday inciuded. six months ... liaily. Sunday Included, three montna 12.25 Daily. Sunday included, one month . ... lally, without urnlay, on year 00 laiy. without Sunday, tlx months .... 8 -S Liaily. without Sunday, one montn 00 Weekly, on year 1 M bunday, one year 5.U0 By Carrier. Daily. 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One of the great needs of the United States is to "increase the number of farmers and to increase farm production, for it Is realized that the number who consume food in the cities has frown out of pro portion to the number who produce it in the country. To get more farmers we must make farm life more attractive. The first requisite to attractiveness is that the farm shall yield a fair, sure profit from year to year. That is the purpose of the state market commission bill, which has been placed on the ballot by initiative petition. The great difficulty of the farmer is that the conditions of his occupa tion place him at a disadvantage in marketing his crop. His time is absorbed with his work, and distance deprives him of the opportunity to keep in constant communication . i . x. r.icmAfc: a r A tn Iropn in. formed on market conditions to the degree possible for men engaged in any line of business in a city. , He sells to men in the cities whose daily occupation is to keep informed of and to take advantage of market conditions. The farmer is there fore under a handicap in selling his product if he acts as an individual. There are also between him and the consumer a larger number of middlemen than are necessary to the work of distribution, and there are speculators who are an unmixed evil. They absorb an excessive share of the price paid by the consumer, they often press down the farmer's price below the point where he makes any rrofji, and they cause such fluctuation that the farmer is kept in doubt whether he will make any profit until his crop is actually old. The purpose of the market com mission is to provide a way for the farmer to overcome these handicaps. The market director is to assist and guide farmers w ho produce any par ticular kind of crop in getting to gether, forming associations on the co-operative plan and selling the crops of all in large quantities in stead of each one selling his own small quantity himself. The direc tor would give the farmers of Ore gon the benefit of experience gained by those of California and other states, and would advise them how to comply with the law and how to secure all the rights that the law gives. Through these associations their members are able to hire men skilled in packing, shipping and sell ing any particular kind of produce. These men study the market, ascer tain where there is demand, what is the available supply and at what prices sales should be made in order to dispose of the entire crop. They pell to men or corporations that actually distribute to consumers, leaving no opening for speculators to rake off a profit at the farmer's expense. They stimulate demand by establishing uniform grades, pack ing and labels, and by advertising on a scale which would be impossible without such organization. This plan of co-operation has been followed in other states, especially in California, and everywhere it has been successful. It has secured to fruit-growers, poultrymen, alfalfa growers and others a profitable price, a market for all that they produce, a stable price reasonable to the con sumer, and it has greatly broadened the market, it is in accord with the American idea of self-help, for the producers themselves form the or ganizations, hire the managers, di rect them and share the proceeds in proportion to the quantity that they produce. The associations are not designed to make profit, but pay the producer the price obtained for his product less cost of operation. The market director is their adviser and helper, his authority being to keep them within the law and to prevent abuses. Not only the pro ducers who directly benefit but men in every other fine of business who profit indirectly are of one mind in favor of the system, as all joined in testifying when Harris Weinstock, the first market director of Cali fornia, resigned last January. The Oregon bill is almost exactly like that of California, with the improve ment that it applies to associations already organized. Farmers have been awakened to the need of some such system. The prevalent discontent among them is due to the conviction that they do not get their share of the ultimate price of their products and that they are at the mercy of men engaged in the distributing business who should be serving them. Socialists have been quick to see their oppor tunity, for their agitators told the North Dakota farmers that the only remedy was a co-operative system conducted by the state on the plan of the non-partisan league. The consequence is that they pay enor mous tribute to the league and the horde of officials that it has foisted on the state amounting to as much or more than was formerly appro priated by the middlemen. In Cali fornia the co-operative system is owned and managed by the farmers themselves, who- get all the profit. The superiority ' of that plan is proved by the fact that the league ' has not been able to get a foothold ,in California. Oregon has the op portunity to get the same plan with out appreciable increase of taxes. ' While the bill makes an initial ap propriation of $50,000, it establishes a system of fees for various services which should make the system self- sustaining. The time is ripe for some system of co-operative marketing for farm ers and other producers from the soil. The choice is practically re duced to the California' plan run by the producers, which has succeeded, and the North Dakota plan run by the state with its socialist officials and with trebled taxes. By adopt ing the California plan, embodied in the marketing bill, Oregon can shut out the North Dakota plan. A VITA I DISTINCTION. Mr. Cox permits his'easily excited emotions to boil over at "America First." It sounds to him just like "Deutschland Ueber Alles" and lie thinks just as little of the American who is for America first as for the German who is, or was, for Germany over all the world. Mr. Cox comes dangerously near emitting a Coxian sneer at the high est ana tinest sentiment oi American citizenship, and at the same time he puts himself in tune with the nox ious and destructive internationalism which gives aid and comfort to the nation's enemies in war and in peace. To the true American the full meaning of America r irst is that he is for his country first1 and for any or all others next. To the Ger man junker, "Deutschland Ueber Alles" meant literally a conquering Germany, a Germany supreme over all others, a world paying tribute to Germany and its arrogant kultur. If it be denied that "Deutschland Ueber Alles" meant and means Ger many first, with none second, and that "America First" meant and means a world at peace, with every people and every nation given its full right to its place in a progres sive and fruitful civilization. Jet the record of 1914-1918 speak. NOT AN EAST QUESTION. The Albany Democrat issues a' solemn note of warning to the legis lature of New York that its expul sion of socialist members may result in election of a socialist house. Foll owing a previous exclusion of the five socialists from membership, all were triumphantly elected In their respective districts over a fusion of the two major parties. Of the re election the Democrat says: Let It be clearly understood that this action does not mean vindication ef so cialism, or of the American socialist party. It is simply the vindication of law and justice. It upholds the right of every important group of citizens to have Its governmental ideas expressed by law ful representations, instead of giving minorities no recourse but to violence and revolt. Upon Its principles, socialism will never undermine the larger parties. Let It rest upon its principles. When might is used to crush. socialism, socialism will be found to thrive. True, all important groups of American citizens are entitled to "lawful representatio n"; but a necessary corollary of that great democratic principle is that it must be by lawful representatives. It is axiomatic, too, that an individual, or party, that proposes reform or change in our system of government must adopt constitutional means. It may be admitted that the ques tion of the right of the New York socialists to their legislative seats has various perplexing aspects. The facts as to their individual disloyalty are in dispute. But, among other things, it was not disputed, at the previous trial, that they had, before they offered to take the oath of office, Eubscribed their names to formal resignations, which were placed in the hands of the socialist party management. They were thus subject to peremptory recall at any time they or any of them fell under the displeasure of thtfir party or ganization. It may be doubted if the Democrat would agree that the . chairman of the democratic commit tee of Linn county, for. example, should have the power and the right at this option to deprive the people of the whole county of representa tion in the legislature. Should a legislature under such conditions ad mit such a member? Mr. Berger, a socialist, convicted of sedition, was expelled from con gress. He was re-elected, and was again denied his seat. Shall it be said that it was the duty of congress to yield to the judgment of the voters in Berger's district as to who should represent them? Or is con gress itself to have, as the constitu tion provides, sole authority to de termine the eligibility of its mem bers? The Oregonian is among those who think that loyalty to the Ameri can constitution, and to American institutions, should be an indispen sable condition to the eligibility of any citizen to hold public office. SCOrE OF THE TV. C. T. U. The Woman's Christian Temper ance Union is bo widely thought of in connection with the movement to banish intoxicating liquor from the world that the important work it has done in other fields is apt to be overlooked. It is true that the or ganization had its inception in the anti-liquor crusade of 1874. There were signs of a reaction from that remarkable uprising, and to preserve the advantage that had been gained a number of far-seeing American women issued a call from Chautau qua for a national convention of temperance women to be held at Cleveland in November of that year. At this gathering of representatives from sixteen " states the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was born. It is now organized in every state in the union and through the Worlds Woman's Christian Tern perance Union is affiliated with 50 nations in temperance and other up lift work. No human welfare organization in JLhe world is better known than the W. C. T. U It is worthy of note that the first convention .of the world W. C. T. U., held in Boston in 1901, was the first international women's convention of any kind ever hehj. Both organizations came early in their existence under the spell of the remarkable personality of Miss Frances H. -Wilrard, to .whom they are directly indebted for their pres ent "Do everything" policy, in pur suance of which they have come to stand not only for temperance, but also for social purity, ami for women's equality in the home,, the church and the state. Legislation providing for the teaching of physi ology and hygiene in the public schools, laws raising the age of con sent, reform of abuses of the opium trade in India and China, establish ment of school savings banks, a vast aggregate of reform work in penal institutions, and, an imposing edu cational programme -are among the results which have flowed from this policy. Even the most hopeful of its founders could hardly have foreseen the world-wide influence which the organization has wielded. This was strikingly illustrated 22 years ago by the polyglot petition for "home protection," as Miss Willard termed it, which was addressed to the gov ernments of the world, collectively and severally. It was written in 50 languages and 1,121,000 signatures were obtained. It is impossible to overestimate the influence for so cial purity and better citizenship that is traceable to the momentous Cleveland convention held 46 years ago. CLOSE THEM It was pretty generally understood following the state fair a year ago that at succeeding fairs gambling devices would be excluded from the grounds. Notwithstanding this professed reformation at Salem, many conces sions at the state fair have this week blossomed into games of chance. It also appears that on demand of the. governor and local authorities the fair board has compelled five of the most objectionable of these concesi sions to close and it is now said that the sheriff of Marion county will close 15 more of them. Is this all of them? Why any games of chance at the state fair are now. permitted or have been per mitted to operate ought to be ex plained and explained promptly if any explanation is possible. We can think of none. Not even the one that they produce revenue for the state fair is sufficient, when their belittling . character and. bad influ ence are considered." There are some, indeed, -which weakly pretend to be games of skill in which prizes are offered, but in no instance are any of these games such as persons who attend a state fair are accustomed to play or would play at home or anywhere else for pure entertainment. Nobody who plays them is skilled in them. No sane person will waste time fitting himself accurately to throw rings over a pin or to roll little balls down a board and into a pocket. They offer no competition between play ers. They are lotteries. The rare winner wins by luck and the per centages are ten times stronger against him than in rolling dice. They are cheap attempted evasions of the anti-gambling laws laws im posed by the same commonwealth that supports the state fair as an educational institution. The open flaunting of gambling devices at the 'state fair is a disgrace that should not be tolerated a day longer by either the state fair board or the law-enforcing authorities of Marion county. A UITT OF EMPLOYERS. It will surprise a good many citi zens of Portland to be told that there are among us 5000 aliens who can neither read nor write English, and 4who speak the language in differently. As distressing, if not as surprising, is the statement made by education authorities, that of this number only about 500, or 10 per cent, were enrolled in the evening classes conducted during the last school year under the auspices of the Portland school district. Discrep ancy between the number taking ad vantage of our facilities for Ameri canization and the number obvious ly in need of fundamental education in this direction Is painfully wide. Now the opening of the new night school term is approaching, and those who have labored to make the Americanization movement effective are beginning to wonder and with reason how far they can rely on fellow citizens to co-operate in improving- on the rather dubious record of the past year. For it is obvious that a system of education, however competent, is useless without pupils. We do not have compulsory educa tion ior aliens, tnough many thoughtful educators favor the plan, and meanwhile our forces of moral suasion alone are to be relied on. A duty and an opportunity exist here for every employer who has an illiterate alien on his payroll. There is a duty to point out the ad vantage of education to the work man, both as an employe and as a potential citizen, and an opportunity to show that the facilities for such an education are free to the hum blest. We think that the enlightened employer who values the welfare of his men and the future security of the state will find the way to make these facts clear. And, as a last re sort, the argument ought not to be without force that those who delib erately decline to enter into the spirit of the country do not deserve preference in employment over those who are willing to become Ameri cans. The menace of a large body of aliens excluded by their illiteracy rrom an understanding- of what America may mean to them, and segregated into clans by foreign language ties, was made apparent during the recent war. The present movement for Americanization is the outgrowth of realities then forced on us. That the work should now be permitted to lag is incon ceivable more especially since the schools are organized and waiting and require only the attendance of their pupils to vindicate the plan. Several night schools begin the new term on Tuesday next. Of these there are two having classes for alien adults at the I.add school and at Jefferson High. The Information ought to be useful to every citizen who knows an alien who might profit by it. RAPID RKCOVERY OF KRANt'E. One of the aims of the German militarists was that, even if the war should end in a draw, which was the worst outcome that entered their calculations, the manufactur ing and mining districts of France should be so utterly laid waste that that country should never again be a serious eompetitor of Germany. This purpose partly explains Ger many's "welshing" on the reparation terms of the Versailles treaty, and French haste at reconstruction with out German help in the actual work. As a consequence we have a demon stration of the recuperative power of France far surpassing that given by payment of the $1. 000,000,000 in demnity in 1873. With its own resources France by June 1, less than 18 months after the- war-ended, had partially or wholly rebuilt over half a million houses and 3800 factories, of which 76 per cent had resumed operations: had totally rebuilt 870,000 houses. repaired 13,000 miles of highway. had filled in 156,000.000 cubic yards of trenches or more than half the total yardage, and had cleared over 41,000 acres of barbed wire. On the two main railroads which had suffered severely 1810 miles of double track have been entirely re built, with bridges, tunnels and sta tions. The population of the war area, which had fallen on the date of the armistice to 1.944.000, has al most regained its pre-war total of about 4,000,000. France ranks high as an agri cultural country, 70 per cent of its production being1 from the land, and it Is fast regaining its pre-war posi tion. Of 9,776.000 acres of farm land rendered useless by the war, 3,755,000 are again under cultivation, the government having helped the farmers by furnishing g-reat quan tities of seed, fertilizer, machinery and furniture. The war area already produces more than enough cereals for its own consumption, and is rapidly restoring beet production to the pre-war level, though almost half of the beet area was overrun and France was changed from an exporter to an importer of sugar. The worst hindrance to revival of manufactures has been destruction of the coal mines of Pas de Calais, but these are fast being restored and are again producing on a larger scale each month. The Saar basin mines yield enough for the indus tries of Alsace-Lorraine, and deliv eries from Germany now are .close to the quantity agreed on at the Spa conference. Development of water power is doing much to compensate for shortage of coal, the quantity developed since 1916 and the con struction planned for 1920 and 1921 being equal to the pre-war total and bringing the amount developed to 20 per cent of that available. Recovery of Lorraine has put France in position to double its out put of iron ore, and to become sec ond to the United States in steel production, the war having com pelled doubling the capacity. The country was a great importer of chemicals before the war. Conver sion of war industries to peace uses and recovery of the Alsace potash deposits have so stimulated the in dustry that France has become an exporter of chemicals. The textile Industries actually exceeded their pre-war output in 1916 and 1917, despite the devastation of the Lille district. Three-fourths of the mills in that district have resumed pro duction, and the mills of Alsace are a net gain. The loss of shipping has already been made good, exclu sive of the French share of the German ships, and 1,225,000 tons are to be built by 1922. Revival and expansion of French industry are reflected In the volume of foreign trade. During the first seven months of 1920 exports aver aged two and a half times those of 1919. Imports increased 1,908,368,- 000 francs, but most of this was in industrial material to be used in manufacture, and the adverse trade balance decreased 31 per cent. I rench tenacity in resisting abate ment of reparation claims against Germany is not to be taken as im plying that the nation delays recon struction until Germany supplies the capital. France has gone ahead with its own resources, and the gov ernment has lent more than 20, 000,000,000 francs to the people of the devastated region. As after the war of 1870, France is rising again with wonderful resiliency and gives promise of great increase in eco nomic power. It is as invincible in industry and thrift as it was in valor.' It is not to be wondered at that a motorman thought he "had 'em" when in the nighthe found an escap ing seal on nis right of way. It is not long since a Seattle man, stop ping- at a Broadway hotel and out at midnight, thought likewise when he saw elephants, giraffes and other wild life walking toward the depot after showing in a playhouse. Mr. Debs says that if he were president his first act would be to abolish penitentiaries. We trust his election may be staved ' off long enough to provide quarters for the ball players who have confessed to throwing" games. Federal prohibition officers want to close a Seattle man's deck for a year because they found a quart in his desk. Presume it will be charged that this is a Portland plot designed t cork up the celebrated Seattle spirit. Senator Harding- points out that under the Wilson administration the national debt actually has increased J25.000.000 since June 30. Let's hear from Candidate Cox on this aspect of the slush fund. , John McGraw is Irish; Cornelius McGillicuddy is, too; and there's no question about Pat Moran; all the breed In baseball Is square. It's the foreigners that try to spoil it. President Wirson's idea of the function of congress seems to be that it should do only what he gives it permission to do, and be- kept after school if it doesn't. Chicago restaurants have reduced their prices. And small wonder. either, considering that the Chicago public must be about fed-up on the baseball scandal. That legion meeting at Cleveland knows what to say and says it. There's a lot of the 100 per cent American in this big land of ours. A total of 375 divorces was granted at Kansas City in one day. Even Vancouver couldn't keep up the supply of prospects at that rate. A woman is suing- for a decree, alleging the husband made frequent attempts to hypnotize her. But sup pose he had tried chloroform ! It will be a long time before a fellow can "eat all day" for the price of a present-day meal, but there are signs in the sky. Any dicky bird who talks of public ownership in this sound man's town is saying things through his last year's straw lid. Two of- the killers of Til Taylor get life and in comparison Hart, who will hang next month, has the better prospect. ' A world's electrical exposition here in 1925 sounds good. The country knows how Portland will do it, too. What's the good of a cut in fliv vers while kitchen sinks in which to wash them stay up? Big democrats will waste time by talking in Oregon, the dependable republican state. Like all fine things In Oregon, the fine weather- was too good to last the week. Jamaica ginger is getting too stout for even Seattle. BY-PRODUCTS OF TUB TIMKS ' Dramatic Critic Seta Forth What m ' Good Theater Should Be. j A good theater, writes George Jean Nathan in the Smart Set, should be like the library of an amiable and cultivated man; it should possess all the virtues of such a library, and all the pleasant little vices. It should not be devoted largely to the classics; a library composed largely of the classics is the mark of the nouveau or the dusty head. It should display what is best in the old. for that is always fresh; it should display what is best of the new, for that Is always arresting; it should contain also the agreeable unimportant trifles that go to chase away thought and soberness with loud, low chuckles. It should be a theater, like the library, upon whose shelves stand In juxtaposition re flection and belly laughter, poetry and gay, low fig stuff, wit and the torpedo bat, imagination, honest sentiment, searching comment, and fair and lovely v frontispieces. It would show upon its shelves in close proximity Aristophanes and "Anatol." Bahr and Bickel, Corneille and Irene Castle. Feydeau and the "Follies," Goethe and Lady Gregory, Hauptmann and Raymond Hitch cock, Ibsen and "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Justice" and Justice Johnston, Moliere an-d Kathleen Martyn. "Othello" and "Oh, Boy," Rostand and Rip, Shakespeare and Sam Scribner's Burlesquers. .It should, like his library, take the man's culture for granted. It should Interest, divert and amuse, not edu cate. It should, with its fond re 'memorations arid reflections, be as an old trunk in the attic of hts mind or, with Its lively beauties and humors, as a sudden cocktail. Joseph Pulitzer, the famous blind founder of the New York World, was not always a purist in language. At least so writes Charles Chapin, who was for twenty years city editor, of the Evening World, in his autobio graphy Just published by Putnams, and called "Charles Chapin's Story." "Sometimes when I was reading to him he would become explosively profane." writes Chapin. "And how shockingly that blind man could swear! With him profanity was more of an art than a vice. Once when I had read something to him that made him angry with the writer's stupidity he swore so pas sionately and so loud and grew so choleric and red in the face, that 1 feared something inside of him might snap. "Suddenly he checked himself and pricked up his ears. There were angry voices in an adjoining room. One of his young sons was having a run-in with his tutor and was forcibly telling' what he thought of him. A peculiar expression, a mix ture of annoyance and amusement, came over my employer's counte nance. " 'Dear me," he said, T wonder where that boy learned to swear." He didn't utter another oath during the remainder of my visit." Much talk has been heard lately of martyrs, says the New York Evening Post. 'There Is one martyr whom we should like to immortalize. He is the man who has courage enough to wear his straw hat or Palm Beach suit after September 15. So sheep-like conformity to a silly edict for him. He is a martyr to the cause of comfort and common sense. If it is as warm September 20 as it was September 10, he refuses to be stampeded into a felt fedora or a suit of Scotch mist that tickles his knees. He consults the weather and his own comfort when deciding what clothes to wear, not the calendar. We have not enough men of the heroic mold In which this indepen dent person is cast. His is the spirit that tramples down obstacles and shakes off the hold of custom. He knows his own mind and follows it. Socrates defying- his judges, Martin Luther nailing his theses to the church door, Columbus starting out to find a western route to Asia all these bear testimony to the courage that enables this man to flout the millions and remain true to the faith that is in him. We abhor his taste. but we admire his pluck! David Edstrom, sculptor, has on display at his studio in the Hotel des Artistes, his famous figure "Ophelia," the inspiration for which, he says, was his wife, Cora D. Edstrom, who has just made him defendant in a suit for separation and alimony. The first sketch of "Ophelia," the sculptor s-ays, he sent to her, dedi cating it to her. In a recent state ment Mr. Edstrom declared that for weeks prior to the filing of his wife's suit he had searched in vain for her. "I cannot look at the figure, (Ophelia)." he said, "without asso ciating it with her. And 1 cannot help feeling that hallucinations that followed her breakdown in Paris are at the bottom of some of the astound ing allegations she makes against me." He declares that instead of aban doning her, as she charges, he has tried unsuccessfully to Induce her to hare his home.- New York World. In Japan the telephone number f commands a higher price from sub scribers than any other. This num ber, written in Its Japanese char acter, means success and prosperity and costs the subscriber $500 a year. Another lucky number is 357, for the reason that It is the custom to pre sent children to the Deity on their third, fifth and seventh birthdays. As a general rule odd numbers are considered lifckier than even num bers. . Numbers forty-two and forty nine are particularly unlucky in the eyes of the Japanese. The former is pronounced "shini," which means death; the latter, "shiku," meaning distress and suffering. These num bers are carefully avoided by sub scribers, and are usually allotted to police stations, asylums and similar institutions. J-ondon Tit-Bits. Tony Grisnick, a Kansas City grocer, was arrested by Lee Nelson. food inspector, after a housewife had complained Grisnick sold her some antiquated eggs The grocer pleaded not guilty in police court. "Is anyone here a Judge of good and bad eggs?" Judge McCombs asked, after hearing the evidence. No one responded. Nelson, who was prosecuting: Grisnick, toyed with an egg above the. judge's desk. "I guess we had better give Tony the benefit of the doubt, and " began the judge. He was interrupted by a loud "pop." Nelson had dropped the egg. "You're fined 25!" shouted the judge. Those Who Come and Go. 'About 500 carloads of pears have been shinned from Medford this sea son," says W. H. Gore. Tn noaa pear, which Is our highest priced product, is selling, wholesale. In New York, for S6 a i box. I know of, ten cars of Bartletts which were sold f. o. b., Medford. for 2.90 a Dox. ana the Bartlett is our cheapest pear. The TtoT-tl.tf lii a resrular annual producer. nH whil tVi falirornls Bartletts Ket on the market earlier than ours, the quality of our Bartlett is such that it can command a good price, canning pears are being sold from 80 to 120 a ton. There are other sections vhiph eon nroduca annlea the eaual o fours, but when it comes to pears. we have the superior quality, unap proachable. At that we do well in the apple line, and I know of one com nanv which has bouerht J84.000 of our apples this season." Mr. Gore is reg- isteied at the Imperial. A boon to motorists bloomed on the Oswego road, at the city limits of Portland, sometime yesterday after noon If concrete, iron and paint may be said to bloom. At any rate there it stands for all to read, the first of the new road signs to be installed on the Pacific highway and the first of many in Oregon directing the motor ist to Salem and all points south, with mileage given clear to the California line. Installation of the new road signs was directed by Ray Walsh, en gineer in charge of road signs for the state highway commission, who an nounced that he had placed 18 such friendly aids to travel between Salern and Portland, and that a total of 43 will decorate the wayside from here to California. Mr. Walsh received a practical demonstration of the re quirements of the road to Salem, when he and his truck were all but jostled from the highway by the rush of motorists to the state fair. Although the Chinese have been agriculturalists for more than 4000 years, they an willing to listen to any new kinks In the way of coaxing produce from the ground. Therefore, Charles L. McFarlane of Richmond, Va.. has been engaged to do some irri gation and agricultural work for the Chinese government. Mr. MacFarlane, who is registered at the Multnomah, is on his way to San Francisco, where he will take ship for the orient. Mr. MacFarlane is considered an authority on dry farming and for 20 years he has been connected with agricultural colleges. He has also been engaged in the Panama canal zone. Mr. and Mrs. McComis of Pendleton are house guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Thompson. Mr. McComis is in the grain business in Umatilla county and also has a sawmill on the side, and he ow.ns an island. This island has been a source of litigation for the past 12 years and Mr. McComis and the Northern Pacific railroad have both been paying taxes on it. The island is in the Columbia river be tween Wallula and Walla Walla and is something more than two miles long and has about 900 acres in it. If the island ever gets out of litiira- tion and Mr. McComis does anything with It, he will set it out to alfalfa. To study logging by machinery, a party of civil engineers have arrived from India and are headed toward the forests of Oregon. In the vanguard of these visitors is Gilbert Rogers, who arrived in Portland yesterday. For the past 30 years Mr. Rogers has been in the forestry service of India. The party of engineers consists of 15 men who intend going into the log ging camps of this state and watch ing the entire process from felling trees, to transporting of logs to the sawmills. The pioneer McGowan cannery at McGowan, Wash., is not operating this fall. The market for fall fish is off. The McGowan concern put up a big spring pack, which commands a better price, so the fall fish are not receiving attention from this plant. Henry McGowan Is registered at the Imperial while in town on business. Marking salmon and gathering in formation at the state and govern ment hatcheries are the work of Wil lis H. Rice of Stanford university, who was in Portland yesterday. He is a field assistant of the United States bureau of fisheries and a few months ago he was marking thou sands of salmon In the Rogue river. W. E. St. John, who resigned as county commissioner of Douglas county a few months ago. was in Portland yesterday. It is seldom that an official voluntarily relinquishes his job, but Mr. St. John did because his extensive orchards at Sutherlin required all of his attention. Farmers down Clatskanle way are well satisfied with their harvest this year, reports R. Robinson, who is reg istered at the Perkins. Md Robin son isn't a farmer, but is a cheese maker and is a firm believer that cheese 1b one of the most wholesome food products to be found. After motoring from British Colum bia and Puget sound to Portalnd. a party of Astorians arrived at the Htftel Portland ' yesterday with the Intention of going to the state fair. The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cailender and Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Tallant. Glen Htte. manager of the Hotel Washington, took a day off yesterday and went to Salem to see how the state fair was getting on. He re turned late last night enthusiastic in his praise of the attractions offered. Mr. and Mns. A. E. Crosby of The Dalles motored to Portland for a visit with their son. who is a cadet at the Jtill Military academy and then wont on to the state fair at Salem. Mr. Crosby is a druggist at The Dalles. With a shipment of stock, Charles Wright of Pendleton came to town yesterday and found a ready sale for his livestock. Mr. Wright ranges south of Pendleton in the Mackay country. In Vancouver. H. C. J. A. W. Bell is with the Kmeraon Hardwood com pany, which also operates a factory In Portland. Mr. Bell reports that the head of the concern, Mr. Emerson, is seriously ill. Claude Thirkell. who is chairman of the wholesale textile association of London, England, arrived at the Hotel Portland yesterday. Mr. Thirkell is ona tour of the states. Edmonton has been thronged with visitors thi year, mostly people look ing for locations, according to C. C. Sommers. who, with Mrs. Pommers. is at the Multnomah, from sunny Alberta. The executive vice-president of the Great Northern railway is at the Multnomah. He is G. R. Martin and his headquarters are in St. Paul. Minn. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hudson of Bend, where Mr. Hudson is ii the sawmill business, are spending a few days in Portland and are at the Benson. - James T. Shaw, who is attorney for'the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, has arrived, at the Hotel Portland from San Francisco. . Looking over the lurnber"situation Is G. H. Trump of Pittsburg. Pa., who is at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Trump Is a lumber broker. ... COX'S KKW l'LEUGK IS 1.1 K K OLD Latest Reply to Prohibition Inquiry Leavea Way Opoa That Drye Fear. PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 29. (To. the Editor.) Tuesday in South Dakota Governor Cox again defined his at-j titude on the liquor question, using the following language: i Question from thev audience: "If elected president of the United States, what will be your attitude in regard to the Volstead law?" Answer of the candidate: "My at titude with reference to that whole question is this. I shall oppose any measure that Is in conflict with the constitution of the United States and the 18th amendment as interpreted by the supreme court." That answer, like every other which the Ohio executive has given upon this subject, is unadulterated cam aflouge. The question and answer were, of course, both prearranged to meet an emergency. The vital ques tion is artfully dodged. Just as in Seattle, he avoided the danger line by declaring that the liquor question Is as dead as slavery, and by assert ing elsewhere that he had always voted dry and that he had rigidly enforced the Ohio ealoon laws. Let us see what the truth Is and how the people are being fed with verbal husks by this master of polit ical craft. It is everywhere known that Mr. Cox Is the creature of five democratic bosses of the old, wet school, men devoted to the plum trees In th nolitical vineyard, namely. Murphy of New York, Brennan of Illinois, Moore of Ohio, laggart oi Indiana, and Nugent of New Jersey. They nominated him at San Francisco because he was expected to favor amendment of the Volstead act so as to permit the use of light wines and beer with an alcohol content of 2 per cent. Note that the governor has never that the faith of these men in his wet proclivities is not well grounded. He always stops short of any declaration that he will sustain the Volstead law. His South Dakota utterance means nothing. The 18th amendment is as louows, quoting the vital sections only: Section 1. After one year from th rat ification of this article the manuiacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liq uors within, the importation thereof Into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the Jur isdiction thereof, for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Section 2. The wnrrM! and the several states shall have concurrent power to en force this artic.e by appropriate legisla tion. The supreme court of the Cnlted States has declared that congre? has power to determine by its laws what intoxicating liquors are. that is. what content of alcohol in beverases will make them Intoxicants. The Volstead act in section 1 of title II uses the following language: When used In title 5 and title 3 of Otis act 1 the word "liquor" or the phrase "tntoxicatins; liquor" shaJl be construed to Include alcohol, brandy, whisky, rum. Kin, beer, a, porter and wine, and in addi tion thereto any spirituous, vinous, malt or fermented liquor, liquids and com pounds, whether medicated, proprietory, patented or not. ar.d br whatever name called, con-tainine; one-half of 1 ner c-nt or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for ura for beverage purposes. This is the lansas:e which the wet interests of the country are seeking to amend. Therefore, when Governor Cox de clares, "I shall oppose any measure that is in conflict with the constitu tion, of the United States and the ISth amendment as interpreted by the supreme court." he is keepinsr faith with his sponsors completely, because both the amendment and the decisions of the supreme court place upon con gress the burden of determining the alcoholic content of beverages. As president, Mr. Cox miffht favor an amendment of the Volstead act to meet th cry of his wet constitu ancy and still he could not be charged with favoring any measure in conflict with the constitution. the ISth amendment or the decisions of the supreme court interpreting the air.e. There Is no referendum upon the league of nations in this campaign. solemn or otherwise. IT Oovernor f-nr wins he will triumph through the wet vote of the great cities of tlie pivotal states. The republicans need have no doubt about the real issue. The distilling, the brewing and old saloon organizations know ex- artlr what thev want, and it is use less to blind ourselves to the fact that they too often know how to se cure what they want. STEPHEN" A. LOWELL. HELPFIL MEMORIAL TROPOSKIJ Baildlns for Ve of Service Men SaK- aestrd by Contractor. PORTLAND. Sept. 30. (To the Edi tr.) There has been a lot of talk about erecting a monument in mem ory of our boys wno went i rutins. Allow me to sucsest to the general public that instead of erecting some cold, speechless piece of marble, we erect something with lire mat woum be a livtng reminder. Mv nlan would be to erect a three- irtorv building on the vacant square at the Union depot. This biiildinp would have a basement and the first floor could be divided into booths or mall stores for fruits, cisrars. restau rants, etc., which could be leased or rented to crippled soldiers, especially those who have families, living In our citv. and in order that they micht not feel that they were cettins; some thinp for nothir they could be chareed enoufth rent to defray the expenses of keeping up such a place The second story could be used tor a public library, to contain rooks m in war, topether with other hooks, and a curiosity room with relics from the battlefield: also a hall for a meetinc place for the hoys. The third story could be added for a arymnasium, shower baths, etc., and perhaps part of It could he partitioned off for sleep ins rooms for the more unfortunate The building could he plain, but strictly up to date and the poddess of liberty could be erected on one cor ner, facing the entrance to the depot. A tower could be built and chimes placed in same, that they could be rung on. all holidays to cheer the hoys, their mothers, sisters and sweethearts and to remind people of the preat sac rifice. It seema to me that such a plan would be more of a livincr wit ness than a cold piece of marble and also beneficial in many ways. The boys could make this their headquar ters and welcome representatives to any convention they micrht have. This is only a brief outline of plans that might be formulated at a Inter date. I think this would he a splen did use to put the vacant lot "to at the depot. A. J. CLARK. Washington Hotel, City. Thrift Incident. PORTLANn. Sept. i!. (To the Edi tor.) .1. B Frix oT Richmond. Va.. who Is organizing the National Teach ers' Training association, says that a man walked into a music store to buy a talking machine. The salesman said: "Here if one in the Louis XIV desisrn for J1400. Over there is one In the Ferdinand and Isabella rleeHirn for $12.10. and there is one in the William and Mary deviCn for $inoo." The customer said: "Please show me something in the Mutt and Jefr de sign.", MRS. L. G. K. Judjte DIsrnsMes t'onfuaion. Cleveland Press. Doctor What was the most con fusing case you ever tried? Judpe A case of champagne. I hadn't got half way through It before I wan all mud died up. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mostirne. A GOOD TIME COMIX G. American bartenders, out of employment over here, are finding- Jobs la Ecar.isa puba and ciubs. Around the dingy London pub," Where topers rolled their blood - Khnt v,.h,tl. Or In the dim and dusty club wnere rounders noistea D ran ay ' V. i o-W-Ka la They sometimes grot a little tight Or now and then a trifle jingled. But always they got home all right xuey never iook tneir liquors mingled. The kick that's In a B and S Will not affect a Briton any. Nor will a stoup of gin unless- He stops too Ions and takes too many. The malted liquors that resale The leisure of the lower classes To build a tide do not avail. Up to that is adozen glasses. But when the Tankee barkeeps come And teach the countrymen of Kip- line That French vermuth and gin and rum 'When blended, give a zip to drinking:. The English who have never yet Allowed intoxicants to phase 'em Or knock 'em out, are due to get A shock that's likely to amaze 'em. They'll like the Yankee style of booze That makes a man embrace his brother. They'll take the second, nor refuse To have another and another. As they take up by degrrees The Bronx, Manhattan and the Clover. The little Island over seas Will very soon be half seas over. They're All la Xew York. Some western Horace Greeley must have been saying to the bandits and desperadoes, "Go East Young Man. Go East." Jest Unman 3i attire. An eminent clergyman says that it is the movies that makes boys and crlrls bad. But we don't believe that Captain Kldd or Thoais ever saw a movie show in their lives. t Gettlaa; Warmer and Warmer. If things keep goinp as they are the theaters will need their asbestos curtains to protect the audience from John Burroughs' Nature Notes. Can loo Ananer Tbeae Qoeatlonsf 1. What is the appearance of the oven-bird ? ". Where may the hare be found? 3. Do many birds perish at sea? Answers in tomorrow 's nature notes. Answers to Previous QueHtlonst 1. How does our horned lark act when it sings? The larks are ground-birds when they perch, and sky-birds when they sijig-. Our horned lark mounts up ward on quivering winir in the true lark fashion, and spread out asainst the sky at an altitude of two or three hundred feet, hovers and sinsrs. It sinss in snatches; at each repetition of its notes it dips forward and down ward a few feet, and then rises a?aln. 2. What is the most striking fea ture of the fox? tine of the most notable features of the fox is his lrpe and massive tail. Seen runninc on the snow at a dis tance, his tail is quite as conspicuous as his body; and. so far from appear ing a burden, seems to contribute to his liphtness and buoyancy. But. pur sued by the hound on a wet, thawy day. it often becomes so heavy and bedcagslfcd as to prove a serious in convenience, and compels him to take refuge In his den. S. Is the apple easily affected by frost? How the apple resists the cold! Holding; out almost as long as the red cheeks of the boys do. A frost that destroys the potatoes and other roots only makes the apple more crisp and vigorous; it peeps out from the chance November snows unscathed. (Rights reserved lv Houghton Mifflin Co.l Sorrow's Tears. II y tirare i:. Mall. I wonder do you ever give. From out your nature's store. A force to help another live. Whose strenpth responds no more? Have you, close-bendiiiK o'er a head Low bowed in black despair. Put all your soul in what you said. As thougn it were a prayer? e There is a nameless vital thrill That lies within control. When sympathy enforced by will Speaks to another soul: There is no formula for this It comes through heart desire. And gives to lightest touch a blibs That warms with kindly fire. O, there are little children lone nchind grim silent walls. Whose hearts are longinaj for a tone Of love that never calls; And there are anguished and dis tressed. Where reassurinsr touch Would leave an influence unpuesstfd For kindness means so much. But, quite overlooked, the aged dream. And hapless babies cry. While life flows like a shallow stream In selfish currents by; Good forces in the soul decay Throuffh empty, wasted years. v hile earth is saddened day by day With sorrow's hopeless tears. In Other Days. Tvteu4y-fie learn Ak. From The Oregonian, October I, tP3. New York Baltimore won the pennant in the National league championship contest. W. J. Bryan, .ex-congressman of Nebraska, spoke on froe silver last night at the New Park theater. The Stark street firry was dis continued last night by order of the county court. Major Post. United States engineers, in charg.. of the jetty construction work at the ruoufi of the Columbia, announces that the shipping of rock will be disi-on t inued October IS, and work closed down. He believes that no further work will be necessary. Fifty Vfr Abo. F rom The Oreponian of October I. 1S7. Salem Calloway and Carlisle, democrats. ;f re seated aH members of the house, ousting Dunn and Keliy. republicans, who received a majority of the voles cast at the June election. Mezieres. vi.-i London An armistice has been concluded with the Prussian forces around this place, which will probably continue until October 7. The locomotive Salem has been put on the Oregon California railroad, with Mr. Horinett. engineer. I".l driving was rcsuitKd yesterday at, Clinton Point. The brick work on the new build ing for the r-uon Steam Navigation company was started yesterday.