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6 TIIE- MORNING OltEGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCII 14, 1921 ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. PITTOCK. Published by Tha Oregonian Publlshlnf Co., 133 Sixth Since, Portland. Oregon. C A, ilORDE.N, B. B. PIPER. Manager. ISdltor. Tha Oreg-onian I a member of tha Asso ciated Preys. Tha Associated Frees la ex clusively entitled to tha use for publication of alt news dispatches credited to it or not, otherwise credited in this paper and alo the Iccal nea published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein ire alHO reserved. Subscription Rates Inrarlablr In Advance. (By Mall.) Pally, Sunday Included, ona year 8.(W Tally. Sunday included, aix months... 4.25 Jiaily. Sun. lay included, three months, 2.". d.uly. Sunday Included, one month... .75 Tally, without Sunday, ona year 6.00 -w.iij, niLMwui nunoif, bis niontna... I . . I'ally. without .Sunil.iv one month ftO I naTu Cai;y, without Sunday, ona year.... 7.80 W'eekly, one year 1.00 buuuay, one year 2.00 (By Carrier. 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The present congress was elected under a pledge to economy, and a test of its fidelity will be its action when Secretary Wallace advises it to stop this "small appropriation," for the multitude of such appropri ations makes up the billions that the government spends. The pre tense that the seeds are sent for ex periment is worn threadbare and plenty of experimenting is done at the agricultural station. college is a reality. It is not quite what Simeon Reed had in mind but we lilje to think that on the whole it is graduating realists. Now and then an idealist oi a prig or a pedant will appear. But it is tenet of every-day realism that that Is something that cannot be avoided. BY-PRODICTS OP THE .TRESS FROM KCTTIAN9 TO MOLLYCODDLES. The recent Washington legisla ture, in an effort to rehabilitate party and safeguard the direct primary, passed a law requiring the voter to state his party affiliation when registering and making him eligible to vote only in the primary ; of his own party. It tilso provided for party platform conventions but did not authorize conventions to nominate candidates. This was as far as the legislature cared or dared to go in response to Governor Hart's recommendation that the nominat Ids' convention be restored. The Washington registration amendment is founded on the pretty theory that ever man is honestly interested lr. the nominations of his own party. The identical provision has been in the Oregon law since - its adoption in 1904 but it has not deterred large numbers of demo crats from registering as repub licans. Now so many democrats have gone over to the republican party out of greater interest in nominations than in elections and forgotten to go back that the dem ocratic party is in a state of wreck age. We quote from the Albany Democrat: In Oregon a republican nomination has become equivalent to election, and all tha politicians know it. so they feel that they ro longer have to answer to tha people for their acts. They line op the polillcisns and carry the primary and then do as they please, or n their corporation mas ters dictate. The legislature Is almost unanimously republican, all the state and most of the county officials are of the same party, and there is little hope of de feating one who disregards the wishes or tramples on the rights of his constituents . so long as the party machine backs hint. People who sink their Independence in party subserviency are paying the price. There is n. more or less fleeting phrase in the foregoing: "As long as we must have government by party." It is quite to be expected that we shall hear more and more advocacy of abolishment of party. It will bo solemnly argued that be cause most of the people have gone over to one party, the way to restore public intere!t in elections and establish competition between candidates and restore responsibility is to abolish primaries and give everybody a free chance in the gen eral election. In other words, that the way to cure the ills of the body politic is to give It more of the poison that made it ill. The Orcgonian repeats what it has heretofore said, that Oregon would have better government if political parties were . more evenly balanced. Once rivalry was so keen that parties fought and bribed and stole in effort to elect candidates. It was not edifying nor conducive to good government, so the law took cognizance of parties and made mollycoddles out of the ruffians. There Is not now enough party energy left to provide a good scrap. There ought to be a middle grou,nd, where the wholesomencps of honest rivalry could be tried out, but your average democrat is too browbeaten by successive disasters to suggest anything and many republicans are too smugly satisfied to want a change. Here we are. Oregon and Wash ington, drifting toward the same end destruction of party govern ment. And to avoid it Washington puts into force a device which in sixteen years has done nothing to pave party government in Oregon. It is amusing. The primary law reeds reformation by courageous men. ' FAMINE AND FARMS. The building of ' turnpikes and roads immediately after the civil war had the effect of tern porarily checking the movement away from the farms, and it is worth speculating on whether the roads movement .now general throughout the United States may not have a similar effect Geographically the nation remains agricultural, though the recent census showed a disquiet ing drift cityward for the decade. But an even more potent influ ence may be the automobile, which was not even dreamed of in civil war times, and which has 're duced distance to a mere fraction of its former significance. There never has been a famine in America and there is no prospect of one now, which indicates that our apprehen sions may have been unnecessarily aggravated. The effort to hold the present pop ulation on the farms is probably more worth while than the chimerical landward scheme of twenty years ago, which assumed that a city man needed only a "little land" to make living." WHY OBJECT TO HARYEYT Objection to appointment of George Harvey as ambassador to Britain in some quarters on the ground that he is not a republican or that he is too much anti-league should not have enough weight to prevent his confirmation. Certainly no senator is justified in opposing him through personal dislike. If Colonel Harvey's opinions are in harmony with the republican platform and with those of President Harding on the particular matters of policy with which he would have to deal, that should suffice. Even if he has nolf finally renounced de mocracy for republicanism, that should not be conclusive against him. The election was more .than a republican victory; it was a vote of confidence in the republican party by many more voters than compose that party, founded partly on the belief that its candidates would avail themselves of the services of all able men who support its poli cies. It was also a vote of want of confidence in the democratic party because its president refused to ap point men from outside its ranks. Opposition to the Wilson league I by no means implies opposition to an association or nations sucn as Mr. Harding proposes. If Colonel Harvey has not said or written any thing in favor of the Harding plan, it is because he lias been preoccu pied in killing the Wilson league. But Mr. Harding has had several conversations with him, both before and since the election, must have learned- his opinions and would not think of appointing a man who might work on lines that he did not favor. Perhaps the colonel has said a few cutting things . about Britain, but the British government would not consider that an insuperable objec tion. British politicians often say things in the heat flf controversy that may displease some other na tion and they are willing to make liberal allowance for what .Is said in the heat of political controversy in this country. They know, that the tail-twisters do not mean half of what they sa.y. FREE SEED CRAFT STILL LIVES. There was hope that the late con press would kill the free seed graft Secretary Meridith recommended that no appropriation be made and liis successor, Henry C. Wallace, when he read the news, said in his paper: "We felt like throwing , up our hat and shouting a few hallelu jahs." But the house put 360,000 in the agricultural bill, the senate com mittee struck it out the senate con firmed its action, but it was put back in conference, and the senate approved the conference report. The opinion of the farmers was freely expressed through ' Senator Kenyon. He quoted one farmer as calling the graft "nauseating" and ' as saying that "a match or a tooth pick had some real value" by com parison with the sort of seeds that are given away. The senator sug gested that the women voters might be placated with vanity boxes, rouge rags, flowers or feathers for their hats. He quoted Mr. Wallace again about "this petty little picay junisb. graft" He read from the JIarshmallow Times-Republican a satirical article on "congressional salad" made of the product of gov ernment seeds, of which the writer eaid: That salad still holds a vivid place In rny memory, and I never will forget tha congressman responsible for sending tha Seed, except when In tha election booth. Southern senators were not daunted by these outbursts. Senator Heflin of Alabama waxed eloquent on "those big lucious tomatoes grown from seeds sent from the ag ricultural department" or "rare vegetables, reveling in sunshine and iiower" and he begged the senate rot to "deprive the farmers of the country, the good women of the land and the children who enjoy flowers and vegetables of the small appropriation. Sens-tor Smith of South Carolina also rose to tba occasion, saying that seeds, are, "a means of keeping moro TOUCH ON THE INTELLECTUALS. Many undergraduates will sympa thize with the intended helpfulness of the one of Keed college who in a letter today expresses dismay be cause the terminology of intellec tuals is seeping into common usage It will be admitted that one's thesis must show the greatest erudition possible, and what can be more dis couraring than to be compelled to write in terms that common folk can understand? A degree based on such a thesis is hardly worth having. There is a gentle hint in the com munication that our college friend has already engaged in profound study of philosophic controversy. It is his equally profound judgment that philosophic realism has philo sophic idealism on the defensive We shall not engage in debate over that conclusion. The point at issue is that "idealism" and "idealist" had long existed virtually unnoticed by common folk in the vocabularies of the doctrinaires of art, literature, religion, law and philosophy, but now are rolled-under the tongue of proletarians or appear freely in the vulgar press. "Realism" is by them used to designate certain kinds of Internationa: or national politics, and "realist" is descriptively applied to American and foreign statesmen. It is very disconcerting to the col lege intellectual who had thought the words were the especial prop erty of the erudite. But expansion of word meaning and word usage is hard to stop. We long ago aban doned the idea of fighting it In deed we weakly fall in line as our youthful critic observes. Our college correspondent seems to desire to know what meaning is intended vwhen The Oregonian men tions "realism" as other than a doctine' of philosophy or "realist" as other than a doctrinaire. He might be referred to the New Standard Dictionary, whose authors discov ered tVie "seepage" of these words Into common" use before he did, but for an equally practical reference there are Simeon Reed and his works. Biographical material ia surely available at the college which bears his name. One can be quits sure of his gicund in calling Simeon Reed a "realist" In the course of a rough but successful career he discovered that ordinarily when he employed a young man In his business the young man did not have the rudi mentary knowledge necessary to make him an acceptable workman. So Simeon Reed endowed a college where young men would have free opporunity to fit themselves for the practical walks of life. He, or his widow, was enough, of a realist to understand that hard and fast re quirements as to type of college to be founded" might defeat their pur pose, so wide latitude was given to the trustees of the fund. Now Reed TIME FOB LABOR'S READJUSTMENT. " Reason rules the packers and their employes so far that they have accepted the Invitation of Secretary of Labor Davis to a conference at which he will assist them in reach ing an agreement on wages and hours of labor. Mr. Davis' prompt action in proposing a conference to take the place of a strike against terms named by the packers is a sign of the view of labor disputes that is taken by the Harding admin istnttion. It regards the labor de partment as not only an instrument for protection of the rights of labor but as a means of insuring that those rights shall be maintained without injury to the rights Bf the public. It in effect denies that a disagreement between those engaged In production of meat fuel, trans portation or any other commodity or service is a valid reason for de priving the people of -those neces saries while the parties Immediately concerned carry a struggle to a finish. Assertion of this principle is vitally important at this time, for all in dustry is going through a process of readjustment from war to peace. Prices are falling, but cannot fall below the cost of producing com modities else production will cease and labor will be out of employ ment But there is room for honest dif ference of opinion as to the amount of the reduction that is justified and as to the stage in the readjustment process at which it should be made. employers are disposed to noia mat It should precede further reduction In price, in order that they may pro duce cheaper, sell more and employ more men. Workmen take the view that prices should first be reduced in order that they may live more cheaply and thus live as well after wages are reduced. Too many em ployers are inclined to reduce wages to the lowest point that the number of unemployed permits without re gard to the relation of wages to cost of living. That is precisely where a medi ator, representing the third party, the public, should step in. r He should regard the labor readjust ment as part of the deflation by which the whole economic structure is stepping down from war to peace conditions. By examining and con stantly watching all the influences at work, he should determine whether, to what degree and at what time the price of labor should be deflated, not permitting employ ers to depress it below the fall in the purchasing power of money nor permitting workmen to sustain wages above the level which will produce marketable commodities. nor permitting strikes to injure the public by halting production. This duty would devolve on a board of conciliation or adjustment rather than on an Individual, and it would rely on the support of public opin ion, not upon compulsion, to make Its decisions respected. There Is one field in which work men can insure employment for themselves for a long time to come by taking a rational view of the wage question that is, building. It is estimated that the supply of houses in the United States is 1,500 000 short of the demand, and this shortage has to be made good in ad dition to the normal increase. Build ing is held in check by high cost though price of materials has begun to fall very materially with regard to some commodities. Reduction in wages proportionate to that in cost of living and materials would help to break the deadlock by start ing building operations. This would help to revive other industries lumber, cement steel, lead, plumb ing supplies, hardware, plaster and other materials. It would also start reduction of rents, from which building workers would benefit along with all others. Though some recent reductions in prices of staples have not been fol lowed by increased demand, they will surely help revival of trade. Present economic conditions the world over resemble a log jam, which breaks as soon as the key log is moved. The key log in the economic situation is the non-settlement of German reparations. That is in a fair way to be removed, and we may expect that a general adjustment will soon follow. When the stream of industry and commerce is freed from obstruction, all Americans, workmen and employers alike, should be ready to launch their for tunes upon it platinum does not exceed $250,000, 000, of which 1120,000,000 was stolen from Rcumania and the rest Is claimed as security by foreign creditors, especially France. Some gold was shipped to Sweden in pay- wiAn .. .3 n contain a large proportion of bis- rin on ,LCCOUnt of the fact that " " muth. A quantity of flax offered muc& less brilliant than the otners. for. sale by the bolshevists at Reval has a thickness of 2000 miles, while had already been bought and paid the other rings are very much thin for by the British government, ner. according to observations made Saturn's Rings Described Cat Breaks Heart Lasy Women Grow Old. The inner ring of the planet Saturn, knows to astronomers as the "crepe When a lot of timber was offered for sale, a Norwegian firm claimed it and gave warning that it would contest the rights of any other per son. Timber belonging to a British firm had been confiscated and ex ported to Britain, where the courts awarded it to the original owners. denying iv right of the soviet to confiscate it since the soviet gov ernment not having been recog nized, had no legal status. Americans could safely trade with Russia only by the United States government's acting as trustee for its citizens, -taking the risks for by Professor William H. Pickering, of Harvard, at the Harvard astronomical station at Mandeville, Jamaica: The thickness of the rings of Sat urn is a matter which has long at tracted the lnterest of astronomers. This planet is surrounded by what appears through a small telescope to be a single flat ring of exceeding thinness. Through a larger telescope this is seen to be in reality three con centric rings. About every 16 years the 'earth passes throuern tne niane oi rings, which are then in a position Those Who Come and Go. them and rienlinir with the soviet as edgewise to the earth. So thin are the only Russian importer and ex- they that for a time they disappear porter. That would be so serious a and -nnot be seen until ' risk that the people would not sane- moves out of the plane. This pne tlon its assumption, but still worse, I nomenon occurred November 7 last. it would require recognition of the and will occur again August 3 of this soviet as the lawful government. I year, after which there will be no That would carry with it recognition opportunity of observing it again for of all the confiscations of gold and x$ years. private property that the soviet has Professor Pickering reports that he committed, and would make them legal in this country. It would surely involve us in disputes with the countries whose , citizens have been robbed by :he soviet Recog nition has been the one aim of the Soviet's pretended efforts to open trade, for that would not only give it standing but would enable it to send diplomatic and consular agents to other countries. Its announced purpose is to stir up revolution in observed the rings Just before and after the November transit, and found the Inner ring to be thicker than the others, estimating it to be 2000 miles. He also reports that in tne outer edge of the second ring the meteors seem to be more concentrated than elsewhere. Astronomers believe these rings to be composed of innumerable small meteors revolving in dense swarms every other country, and its agents bout the middle part of the planet, would carry on this work. Every Professor Pickering hopes to make B-ont that it has sent abroad has further observations. He is also en- been a center of conspiracy, and gaged in studying the canals on the for this offense they have been ex- planet Mars and in searching for the pelled from the United States, Brit- still undiscovered planet which Is be ain, Germany, Norway, Denmark lieved to revolve around the sun far and Switzerland. outside the orbit of Neptune, the out- If the United States or Us citizens ermost planet yet discovered in the should mrke business contracts I solar system. with the soviet government and it should ' be overthrown, all those contracts would be repudiated by any new government. At three suc cessive conferences of the leaders of anti-bolshevist parties it has been declared that they will not be bound by the Soviet's agreements, will not confirm its transfers of stolen prop. erty and will not tolerate its dis tribution of state property. Then overthrow of the soviet government would destroy any right that Ameri cans might nave acquired to prop- erty in Russia. Any Americans who care to take all these risks, knowing that they can expect no protection from their own government are free to trade with the soviet; the United States will not hinder them. There Is no blockade of Russia by the United States: the only blockade is by the soviet on trade with anybody in Russia except itself. THE SOVIET BLOCKADES RUSSIA. No more mendacious cry was ever raised than that of the reds in this country against what they call the blockade of soviet Russia, and it is not to be expected that Presi dent Harding will be deceived by it The truth is that the only blockade existing la maintained by the soviet government itself. The state of af fairs was well defined by John Spargo in a memorandum submitted to the senate committee on foreign relations in connection with Sena tor France's resolution in favor of resumption of trade relations. In reply to questions from the su preme economic council of the al ies, the soviet trade delegates said that foreign trade was a monopoly of the soviet government; that its commissariat for foreign trade was the only body with which foreigners would be able to trade; that only contracts made with it and its or ganization would have legal recog nition. As to other bodies or per sons in soviet tussia an answer would be given on examination of each particular case. No respon-' sibility ' -ould be assumed as to those in parts of old Russia which did not recognize soviet authority. Then the Soviet's own representa tives admit that their own govern ment has established a blockade against trade between foreigners and individuals in Russia. The soviet government wants to buy billions of dollars worth of goods, but can exchange for them only a limited amot.nt of gold and platinum and some raw materials. It wants credit for the balance. though it maintains itself by brute force alone, is attacked by constant revolt and is liable at any time to be overthrown and openly proclaims that it will not observe its agree ments and that it will confiscate when convenient any property that foreigners may acquire in Russia, including that to which it may grant concessions. Its' stock of gold and If the University of Pennsylvania Imagines that Leonard Wood is ripe for retirement to its academic shades, it misjudges the man. He has many years of active contact with the busy world before him and he is the kind of man that never sees a hard job without yearning to tackle it. He Is also a mixer, whether he mixes with Moros in the Philippines, rookies in an army camp or strikers in Gary. If Gen eral Wood should go to Pennsy he would be continually aching to get away to some place where there was trouble in order to settle the trouble. Yale tried to retire ex-President Taft with a professorship where he would enjoy dignified leisure. He has the dignity, though not over much of It, but he has had precious little leisure and he does not seem to want it Like all healthy-minded men, he wants to work as long as there is any work in him. The Oregonian, In answering s charge of selfishness ana provincialism mane oy a Coos county paper, declares Portland would welcome the rise of a large city In south western Oregon. How about one in nortn western Oregon? Astoria Budget. All right. Go to it Build one, with Portland's benediction. But do it yourselves. No others can or will do it for you. Discovery of the psychological phenomenon that persons see colors when they hear music is mere con firmation of fact. Take the ex- kaiser, for example: he must see red when he hears the "Marsel- laise." Last rites have been said for "Buixy," a cat who died by his own paw, because of a broken heart Buzzy" was the household pet of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunt, of Berke ley, where he was the spoiled com panion, of the Hunt children, says the Oakland Tribune. For years he had reigned with none to dispute him. That was until Hunt Btarted to learn how to play the banjo. One evening Hunt was strumming away at a les son. "Buzzy insisted upon assisting in making his master a musician. Time and time again "Buzzy" be came entangled witn uie strings on the musical Instrument. As many times Hunt disentangled him and rebuked him in tones befit ting those used by a subject to a ruler. Then came the last Btraw. Pop! went a string. "Out you go," stormed Hunt as he grasped the cat by the neck. And he put him out Into the cold night. At 2:30 the next morning Mrs. Hunt was awakened by suspicious smelling fumes which filled the house. She investigated. Down in the laun dry she found "Buzzy" dead on the gas stove with the faucets turned wide open. 'Buzzy's" funeral was held, with flowers and everything. "Buzzy" ob tained his name from that of former Mayor Buzzie of Chicago, where the Hunts once lived. The ex-kaiser intimates Great Britain and America always have been in an alliance, and that is true, barring i. few family "affairs." What is more to the point they always will, mostly unwritten. Recall of the public service com mission, if there s.iall be a recall election, must be made later than June. A commissioner Is allowed the first six months of his term free from worry about his job. Mr. Brodie put Oregon on the newspaper map at ot Augusune. As head of the national newspaper association. Mr. Brodie's name will be linked with Oregon in a way to profit the commonwealth. Lack of room prevents the Hard- ings from accepting the offer of a Jersey cow. "Very likely they will not even keep a pig to consume what the cooks do not tote home. Laziness is the cause for old age, according to Dr. Charlotte de Goliere Davenport, known as the Countess de Goliere, 97-year-old Boston visitor to San Francisco. Dr. Davenport is a daughter of Count Paszkoff, Russian noble. Her eldest son is 75 years old. She graduated from the College of Medicine in Vienna with her younger son. "Overeating kills more persona in America than starvation kills In some of the countries of Europe," is Dr. Davenport's comment on our national life. To keep herself in good condi tion this health authority fences with her husband every morning, walks several miles each day, swims and, rides horseback. Women who are aged at 50 make, Dr. Davenport angry. "They are too lazy to take proper exercise," she declares. "They sit about the lobby eating 'sweets and rich foods and feel that a night in a Turkish bath will overcome all ills. People make an! mals of themselves. They do not practice what they know." Dr. Davenport wears no corsets and boasts a 25-inch waist measure, To drink of the fountain of perpetual youth she offers the following advice: Bat no meat. Let the body perspire through ex ercise not a Turkish bath. Eat raw vegetables. Drink buttermilk. Do not eat unless hungry. Stop be fore satisfied. Methods of buying and selling In France and the Latin countries of South America differ radically from methods In vogue In the United States, according to E. M. Harding of Battle Mountain, Nevada, who is reg lstered at the Multnomah. The Latins think that the American system of "talk fast and get out" Is the height of folly, said Mr. Harding. . "It Is practically suicide in business1 to try our methods on the free and easy Spanish speaking race." Mr. Harding declared yesterday. "Pleasure always comes before business with the Latin. First the business man presents his credentials to the secretary of the firm with which he wishes to do busi ness. Nothing more is done that day. Then, if the man is approved, for one or several days comes a round of gen eral good times, the Latin serving as a most gracious host. After the pres ident or manager of the firm has fi nally taken bis measure of the travel ing man through the social route, business Is talked. The approach is easy if a good impression has been made; few questions are asked about the goods, and the word of the travel ing man is taken implicitly." Mr. Harding has represented several American concerns in South America. The first mastodon to be discovered In the United States was excavated near Cohoes, New York. J. B. Sprot ten, who is from that city, but who claims no relationship with the mas todon, is stopping with his wife at the Multnomah hoteL "Cohoes Is strictly a manufacturing town," he said. "It la on the banks of the Mohawk river near its confluence with the Hudson. Henry Ford has purchased 150 acres of land near the town and is now awaiting a congressional concession allowing him to utilize the waters of the Hudson for power. As soon as the concession is granted, he will erect a giant manufacturing plant for the production of his tractors. The mqst important industry at Cohoes at the present time, is the textle indus ry which dominates the entire sec tion there. Conditions have been very poor in the past few months, but the situation is clearing and gives prom ise of a brighter future." "See America first. See Crater na tional park. Roseburg is the logical stopover between Portland and Crater lake." That Is the message being carried throughout the country on envelopes sent out by 50 Roseburg firms and business men. ' It is the forerunner of a large movement to boost the southern Oregon city as a recreation center. R. Scott Weaver, assistant manager of the Hotel Ump qua of Roseburg, is in Portland to give the movement the needed im petus here. "Scotty," as he is famil iarly known, is greatly enthused over the possibilities of Roseburg as a summer resort , "Why Roseburg is situated in a wonderful position," he exclaimed yesterday at the Im perial. "It is near the head of the famous Cow Creek canyon, noted for its hunting. The fishing around Rose burg is wonderful. And as for scen ery, it absolutely cannot be sur passed." That Los Angeles is experiencing a remarkable business growth and is having a very large tourist business this season are statements made yes terday by John M. Scott, general pas senger agent of the Southern Pacific company, after several weeks' visit In southern California. He says that there is every prospect for a big sea son's travel on the coast this year. and he believes that Portland and the northwest will reap great benefit therefrom. The Elks' convention, to be held In Los Angeles, he says, will undoubtedly bring many thousands of visitors who will come north after the convention and will want to see 11 of the big scenic attractions of this section. Mr. Scott expressed par ticular interest in the efforts now being put forth by Portland business men to place Crater Lake park in first-class condition and to link It up with other great scenic wonders in the immediate region. COMJIOX FOLK WORD-ROBBERS Free Use of Intellectuals' Termlnol oay Deplored by Student. REED "COLLEGE, Portland; March 12. (To the Editor.) I have viewed with interest the recent Increase In the seep-.ge of certain terms into popular usage or misusage. The" most notable increase seems to be in the terms "realism" and 'realists." On several occasions I have heard ' President Harding referred to In con versation and In the press as a "real ist"; the term apparently being used to distinguish him from ex-President Wilson, who has generally been called an "idealist." Apparently the term was meant In some way as an ex pression of approval. In an editorial In The Oregonian March 12 on "The Making of the Treaty" I find the terms "realism,1 "realists," "Ideals" and Idealists" used seven times. Speaking of the repre sentative of the great powers, you state: "i'our of them were repre sented by realists who watched first over the interests of their own coun try, the fifth the United States by en Idealist whose one aim was to se cure establishment of a league of na tions as a result of the treaty." I am not just sure whether In ttfis connec. tlon you mean to use the term "real ists" in an approving or disparaging sense. I suppose insofar as it Is use to Indicate personal traits some what different from those of the rep resentative of t'te United States the Idealist there Is some connotation of .approval. A little later. In speaking of Mr. Wilson at the conference, you say: "When he made known that the league was his one desire, he vir tually became a bargainer like the rest, and for the sake of his Ideal he had to gratify their realism." Here you seem to imply that realism is a philosophy of rather narrow arbi trary and despotic interests. Philosophic Idealism and philosoph ic realism are, it is true, at the pres ent engaged in considerable contro versy and philosophic realism seems to have philosophic idealism on the defensive. Many who hold realistic premises will resent very much, I think, the inference that they, real ists, do not have Ideals and very noble ones meaning by ideals cer tain dominant- purposes. It is to be hoped that The Ore gonian will refrain from the patter of fine-sounding and popular phrases as such, and when it does use them that it will endeavor to do so with considerable care and exactness. It is not enough to pa.ss It off as "com mon sense" or to say, "well, the peo ple will understand what we mean." Without attempting to exhaust the objections to such loose usage, a very serious one. I feel, is that It Is intel lectually dishonest and tends to false standards by fixing the sentiments of people on a mere name rather than upon the substance of "real" interests and issues. I might add that nowhere do I find Mr. Lansing uxing the terms realism" or "realists" in his article. If he did use them I am sure that he would make clear his meaning. Mr. Lansing is a careful writer. EUGENE VINCENT. More Truth Than Poetry. By James J. Mootsaue. IXCLE SAM DECLARES A CtT IX. The Income tax collector has been trying to make Joe Jackson make a return of the bribe he is said to have received for throwing the 1319 base ball championship. No more we labor under The Inexact belief That it is loot or plunder Which makes a man a thief. For it has been decided That thieving is a trade Which all may ply provided The income tax Is paid. The wiles the grafter uses Won't get him in a Jam Unless the wretch refuses To split with Uncle Sam. The bandit who requests you To back against a wall And ruthlesoiy divests you While backed there of your all Must make n inventory Of every ungle cent For he would die before he Would cheat the government, And though a soulless bligluer The average bandit Is," His conscience will be lighter If Uncle Sara gets his. Too bad that they neglected The supertax on crime That might have been collected In Mr. Ponzl's time. Too bad that outlaws clever Should be compelled to pay No Income tax whatever In Jesse James' day. And If we'd clap taxation Upon the bootleg trade, The debt of all the nation Would presently be paid! a a a Too Trinin' If the people of Tap expect the world Is going to fight another war over them, they'll have to change the name of their Island, a a Not So Safe. The prospect of hostilities on the German front may make It neces sary for Mr. Dempsey to abandon his purpose to visit that section. a a a Awful Tboaant. With an eight-cent fare all round. what in the world are we going to call the Jitneys hereafterT Two-thirds of last year's onions are unsold and an onion day is in order. Onions are a prime necessity in the spring diet and nobody ever died from eating too many. The dining-car service on one of the northern roads announces a re duction in charges, but this will not affect the shoe-box lunch, which is filling and satisfactory. When -wage cutting starts, un skilled labor gets the biggest cut The moral is if there be any mor ality in reducing wages to learn a trade. Cigarette smoking as a habit is gaining among American women. In old age, if they survive, they will be dragging the corncob. The trouble with the late Jake Hamon of Oklahoma was that he broke too many commandments and the woman helped. The new ruling means that beer must be bought by the case to do the Invalid any good, Kansas City is very old, according to a story In the Star, which says that man has existed In that vicinity as long as In any other place on earth. This Is according to the belief of Sid J. Hare, landscape architect and stu dent of archaeology. His opinion is based on recent discoveries in Kansas tending to show man was there at or before the glacial epoch, which, ac cording to Mr. Hare, was at least 35,000 years ago. "I was the first to say that tha "Lansing man' lived at or before the glacial epoch," Mr. Hare said. The "Lansing man," a skeleton, Mr. Hare said, was found in 1902 near Lansing, Kan. At the time of the discovery, Mr. Hare said, he found glacial drift 90 feet above the spot Recent discoveries, such as the find ing in Kansas in a glacial drift of an imal remains and a stone Implement give additional proof, he said. A novel defense of the Japanese practice of selecting "picture brides" is offered by a student of the Uni versity of California in the Oakland Tribune. The student, who is an ori ental, submitted a paper in the col lege course in immigration in which he declared that similar practices exist in the United States. "Every day," says the oriental, "I pick up a paper and read advertise ments signed 'Lonesome' and request ing an exchange of photographs. This is just as much a 'picture-bride' prac tice as tnat usea oy tne Japanese. And often in America it is a woman who requests a picture. If such a thing should happen In Japan and a woman should request a picture of a man, the paternal ancestors would swallow their artificial teeth." A large delegation of Rotarlans from Salem and Astoria spent part of Sunday in Portland en route to Seat tle, where the northwestern confer ence of Rotary clubs will commence today. More than 100 Portland mem bers joined with the visitors and left n a special train in the middle of the afternoon. A Pendleton delegation met the outgoing members at the Union station and added their num bers to the special train. During the brief sojourn in Portland the visiting Rotarlans were the guests of the -Multnomah hotel. In the old days It used to be con sidered a far cry from a dealer In liquors, rare and rarin', to a handler of the products of the mature female of the genus bos, otherwise-, known as the cow. Six years ago The Dalles boasted of the Charles J. Stubling Liquor House, dealers in wholesale and retail liqueurs. Now it is the Stubling Creamery. Mr. and Mrs. Stubling were registered at the Per kins hotel yesterday while surveying the general milk situation in Portland. Among the most ardent supporters of the plan for Improving and making, a great recreation center of Crater Lake National Park Is Will G. Steel of Eugene, former superintendent of the park. Mr. Steel ia still connected with the park In an official capacity and Is doing the utmost within his power to make the famous body of water easily accessible. He was re cently in Portland in connection with the work, stopping at the Seward hotel. He left for Eugene early yes terday morning. Charles A Johns, chief-Justice of the supreme tourt of Oregon, and T. A. McBride,. former chief-Justice and now associate justice of the court, were both in Portland yesterday. Jus tice McBride and his wife registered at the Imperial, while Chief-Justice Johns stayed at the Oregon. During the course , of the afternoon Justice McBride visited his associate at the Oregon. Several Important decisions are to be handed down by the supreme court in the near future. A thriving but little known Indus try In Oregon Is the gathering of roots and herbs used in the manufacture of drugs. One'of the leaders in that industry is W. Pollak of Albany. Mr. Pollak's official business title is that of dealer in drugs and raw materials from which drugs are made. He gath ers his materials from all parts of the Pacific slope. While in Portland yes terday h( registered at the Oregon. All followers of Isaak Walton who have ever extracted the gamy steel- head salmon or aearun rainbow trout from thS mouth of the Nehalem river know Mrs. L. G. Reed, the genial hostess of Nehalem. Mrs. Reed was in Portland for the week-end, attending to Imperative shopping matters. She stayed at the Seward. Merton W. Kiddle of Island City, son of the late Edward E. Kiddle, for mer state highway commissioner, Is stopping at the Benson hotel. Mr. Kiddle is engaged in the milling business. C. H. Baker, president of the Baker Shoe company, which has branches in Portland, San Francisco and Los An geles, is registered at the Benson hotel. Mr. Baker's home . Is in Los Angeles. THE HOME OP WASHIXGTO.V In somber silence, girt about with gloom. Dank with the mouldy mantle of the past, Wrapped splrit-wlse about each lone ly room; .Breathing of earthly hopes that could not last, With vanished Joys and sorrows over cast. Mount Vernon sleeps, half spirit and half clay, 1 To mock at life and whisper of decay. And as some wizard's waiid in ancient tale, Stilled with one stroke the happy uoe or nre. And (cries and prayers and tears of no avail), Stopped all the busy Joy of dally sirite. Th task yet incomplete, with each hour is rife. There, as if turned to stone where found. Are looms and spinning wheels be reft of sound. Expectant of some human touch the kitchen stands, The massive kettle empty on the crane; The burnished copper waiting ghostly hands. To wake the bounteous household cheer again, in savory kingdoms, as of old, to reign. Wafting an odorous welcome to tha guest, All redolent of ease and grateful rest. Draped with a tattered glory is the coach. That once in solemn state through , winding glen. Bore that brave general, at whose ap proach, Came many a grave salute from loyal citizen; Returned by him with stately grace, and then. His lady he would lead to the church door. To breathe new prayers for bless ings yet in store. The fading beauty of the April sun, Enfolds in mellow rnlst the garden close; The clamor of the curious throng Is done, For the dead past the present overthrows, And earth-born spirits break their long repose. To watch and pray, where their souls life began, And where they shared In their ere ator's plan. mary; a. woodward. John Burroughs' Nature Notes. Can Ton Answer These Qneatlonaf 1. What makes the curl or bird's eyes in maple? 2. How can I tan a skin? I have skinned small animals and tried sev eral supposed recipes for tanning, but the skins come out stiff. 3. How can English sparrows be kept out of bird lionses built to at tract purple martins? Answers In tomorrow's nature notes. Answers lo Previous Uucstion. 1. Will the winter heavens stand comparison with summer skies for beauty? In winter the stars seem to have re kindled their fires, the moon la re splendent and the heavens wear a look of exalted simplicity. Orion, best known of the constellations afler the Great Dipper, adds great brill iancy to winter nights, as it has not only an unusual proportion of bright stars, but two magnitude ones, liclcl guese and Itigcl. a a a 2. Is' ermine a natural fur? The animal whose coat we call er mine is a weasel, found in Asia, Eu rope and America. Ordinarily weasels are brown all the, year round and It is only when these we call ermlno get a special winter cout that they are val uable as fur of that name. In cold northern plaoes or even in mountain ous regions where there is snow all winter, the ermine-weasel changes his coat to suit the weather. This he does hy shedding his hairs. This shed ding takes place whether or not the temperature is low; but when the change of coat occurs in intense cold the new hairs como In whlto. In spring the white hairs shed and brown ones come in. The tail tip does not turn white. a a a 3. What do seagulls eat? Gulls are easily suited in the matter of diet and when living near civiliza tion are very active as scavengers both on land and on sea. On the Pa cific coast gulls have been known frequently to follow exourgion steam ers the entire distance between Seat tle and Tacoma for the sake of the scraps thr'own by excursionists. They eat quantities of garbage that is hauled out to sea and Inland will clean up offal around fish canneries. They also eat crickets and similar in sects and have sometimes proved an etricient cnecK on Insect pests inland. . In Otlier Days. In matters of interest In Douglas county, T. B. Davis is always con sulted. He registered at the Oregon yesterday from Oakland. Information on Agates. SALEM, Or., March 13. (To the 1 dilor.) I have noticed one or two items recently In the Oregonian in re gard to the agate beds that have been uncovered at Newport. Special men tion seemed to be made of the water agates and moss agates. This prompts me to ask Just what are water agates? I have heard Oregonlans speak with pride of the beauty of Ore gon agates and I am interested in learning something of their forma tion, coloring and where they are found. S. W. A In The Sunday Oregonian of Janu ary 23, page one, magazine section, there is a full page story of the Ore gon agate that should give the infor mation you desire. Rules of Solo. EUGENE, Or., March 12. (To the Editor.) In a solo game "A" solos without declaring suit in which he intends to play; "B" also solos, Baying he will play a heart solo. "A" .speaks up and says that his Bolo is in hearts, and maintains that It is his privilege to play the solo. Is "A" en titled to play the solo, or will the chance go to "B"? OLD SUBSCRIBER. Twenty-Kite Years Age. From The Oregonian of March 14. IHtm. Washington The senate rommitteo or. territories today appointed a sub committee to consider the quention of the admission of Arizona as a state. The proposed improvement of Bel mont street Is attracting much atten tion from contractors, it being the largest job of the kind In sight. No revival of prosperity Is possible until the monetary standard is as sured beyond question. The fine weather has dried up the mud and brought out the bicycles in great numbers. Fifty Tears Ako. From The Oregonian of March 14. 1871. Washington The removal of Sen ator Sumner from the foreign rela tions committee Is the absorbing topic of poltical circles. The demotion Is said to be most damaging to the re publican party and democrats as a re sult predict the renomination or General Grant. It Is understood that Idaho mer chants Intend to purchase their good.s in Portland this spring and Bhip by the old route, up the Columbia and overland. This argues that freight rates are coming down. Within the last few days there has been a revival of real estate buying in the city. Buffalo meat Is as plentiful In New York as beef and sells for less, ac cording to the New York Herald. Vote In 1912. CONDON, Or., March 12. (To the Editor.) 1. To decide a wager, who got the electoral vote of Oregon, Wilson, Taft or Roosevelt, In 1912? 2. How many electoral votes, u anv. did iiooseven get ou nio duu Moose ticket In 1912?. There is no rule In Hoyle's games covering this point, but In the accept ed method of play "B" would be en titled to play a straight heart solo unless "A" would play a guaranteed heart solo, 1. e., a solo In hearts In which he would guarantee to make 80 points instead o the customary 60. Wilson. Eighty-eight. Two Authors Addresses. SALEM. Or., March 12. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly nuhlisn the aanressrs of Walter Camp; also that of Albert J. Beveridge. J. W. Walter Camp, 133 Hamilton street, New ::aven, Conn. Albert J. Beveridgo, 4164 'Washing ton boulevard, Indianapolis, Ind.