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TIIE- MORNING OltEGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCII 14, 1921
ESTABLISHED BY HENRY L. PITTOCK.
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our people who, God knows, are
now far enough away from .. the
great heart of the legislative body."
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!
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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.
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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.
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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.