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THE MORXIXG OEEGOXIAX, . MONDAY, MAY 9, 1921
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THE HIGH COST OF EMULATION.
If it is accurate to say that the
Portland civic organizations have
been asking: the various branches of
local government to adopt a hard
and fast pledge that taxes shall not
be increased for three years, we
think the mayor's communication
.indicates a middle ground that
ought to be just as satisfactory. ' We
are not sure that a hard and fast
pledge has been asked, but no mat
, ter. It would seem to meet the sit
uation if the tax-levying and tax
- spending bodies would announce by
. resolution that it will be their gen
eral policy not to exceed the present
levy for a given period.
There is a distinction between a
rigid pledge and a general policy
The latter implies revision in the
face of emergency or widespread
public demand. The former does
not.
There is no gainsaying the accu
racy of the mayor's assertion that
the public itself is primarily respon
sible for increased taxes. There is
at band the open record of increased
taxes voted by the people in in
stances wherein their representa
tives were not permitted to increase
taxes by reason of a constitutional
Inhibition. Otherwise taxes are in
creased, as the mayor says, reluc
tantly by the city council and other
bodies, at the behest of large and
representative delegations.
In these instances the tax-levying
body is almost invariably placed
upon the defensive. 'The virtue of
emulation is assumed to be axio
matic. A district or section demands
something which has been granted
another district in other times under
other conditions: another city or
county has some form of community
Eervlce which this county or city has
not got: another city is paying more
per capita for police and fire pro
tection or for pafcks or playgrounds;
schools - elsewhere have something
not provided for the children of
Portland; therefore the' new com
munity services, or the greater fire
department, or larger police depart
" ment, or additional park and play
: ground enterprises or more school
facilities, should be granted.
Thus it goes down the line. Con
trariwise, nobody anywhere ever
rolnted out a community that was
getting along nicely with less than
':. Portland has and advised emulation
In that regard.
It would be good to get away from
emulation for a while good to de-
-' clde whether this or that new com
munity service should be established
.' on the sole ground of its value and
. . necessity; to enlarge police and fire
' departments and parks and play
grounds, to add school courses or
'.' facilities solely because they are es
sential to the public peace, health,
' safety and convenience, and not
merely because some other city has
done it.
'. For carrying out that sort ot a
'- programme the middle-ground pol
- icy a declaration in favor of the
' present level of taxation or a lower
one would be invaluable. The emu
lators or the favor-seeking delega
tion would be put on the defensive.
The burden of proof of necessity
would be upon them. There is a
policy of public utility regulation
that calls for a certificate of neces
sity and convenience. That , is, a
rival utility cannot be established in
the field of a publicly regulated
utility already established unless it
can show that public necessity and
convenience demand Us establish
. ment.
New public enterprises and serv
ices are more or less rivals of others
already established rivals, as it
were, for a share of the municipal
money pot. Make them show first
certificate of necessity and con-
venience.
means. Or a dog for the tea party.
But a sturdy comrade and depend
able friend, and withal, a "one-man"
fellow. They use him for bear and
cougar here in Oregon, and he suf
fers his punishment like a stoic. Yet
the Airedale 'lacks, according to
breeders, the something called "qual
ity" at the bench shows. Which is
to say that breeding has not as yet
over-refined him. Be is still an
urchin in the doggish drawing room.
In the presidential dog, permitting
"quality" to retain such significance,
It may readily be seen that this lack
is not vital. Particularly may we dis
regard it when we reflect that h
would tear into a royal Bengal tiger
with all the joyous abandon of
great heart.
President Harding is somewhat of
an Airedale himself. It is greatly
to be hoped that, from time to time.
he may find occasion to pat his wire-
haired protege and reflect upon the
qualities that make him a good re
publican. If he lives up to his dog,
the most captious criflc could .ask
no more.
WITH HOOPS OF STEEL. .
The folly of severing old friend
ships at the whim of a petty quarrel
had a practical illustration in the
recent experience of a Los Angeles
chauffeur. He left the service of his
wealthy employer as the consequence
of a slight misunderstanding. One
week later his former friend and
patron passed away the last will
and testament revealing this singular
provision: That the chauffeur was
to receive $125 monthly for the re
mainder of his life, "if and In the
event he shall be in my service and
employed at the time of my demise."
Confusion be upon all trivial quar
rels, anyway. Here was one that
cost the luckless participant the
comfort of a $1500 annuity for life
some $40,000 or $50,000, let us
presume. How easy it is to fancy
the dudgeon of the offended chauf
feur, as he "quit the Job" and vowed
that never again would he work for
so unreasonable an old skinflint.
How equally easy to imagine his
chagrin when the lost legacy was re
vealed to him his feeling of dis
mayed futility, not only for the good
fortune so snatched from his grasp,
but for a friendship betrayed. . Let
us hope that old age does not find
him In circumstances that will ac
centuate this remorse.
There is this about friendships:
They are either worthy or unworthy.
Those that are worthy are beyond
price far, far too precious to be
thrown aside in petty anger. To
bear and forbear is the first duty ofj
friends. And as Will Shakespeare
phrased it
Those friends thou hast, and their
adoption tried,.
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of
steel.
THE WHITE 1IOISE AIREDALE.
The gift to President Harding of
an Airedale terrier has turned public
attention to tbis breed, youngest of
the terrier clan. It is always so with
gifts to the president They cannot
escape the white light of publicity.
So we fancy the stiffly upstanding
Airedale blinking a bit at so much
concern, his head cocked gravely on
one side, his eyes humorously quiz
zical behind their shaggy brows. He
is quite the most important dog In
the nation, though not, perhaps, the
. best beloved, and it is well that he is
an Airedale. It is well because no
amount of flattery and pampering
will serve to turn his head, which is
filled with very sagacious brains, ac
cording to authorities on dogs.
'. His presence at the executive man
sion as the first dog of the land Is
fitting from yet another point of
view. For in 'him are commingled
bloods, and his lineage may be
traced back but half a century. For
whatever purpose he was evolved In
England where, it is said, miners
originated the type whether for bat
tles royal in the pit or for moonlit
poaching excursions, the fact Is that
the Airedale is a true republican,
taking little thought of ancestry.
Hound, wire-haired terrier and bull
terrier have alike contributed their
best qualities, together with certain
characteristics, to the rumpled tan
hero who Is game for anything. From
the jaunty tip of his abbreviated tail
to the shaggy jaws and their gleam
ing dental equipment he is a per
fectly co-ordinated fighting machine,
plus high intelligence and great
capacity for affection.'
root a handsome ao& by any
LESSON FROM DIVORCE FIGCBES.
Bishop Moreland, who presents
statistics of Increase in the total
number of divorces and In the rate
of divorce in the United States in
the past twenty years an increase
far out of proportion to the increase
of population of the country at the
same time discloses that the total
for 1901 was 61,698; for 1920 it
was 132,753, or almost double. In
the decade 1901-1010 the total was
733, 895; for the present decade
1,149,696, the inerease being again
far greater than is accounted for by
increase of population. The total
number of divorced persons involved
for the two decades is 3,767,182. The
igures are made even more slgnifi
cant, however, by Inclusion of 1,318,-
14 minor and 500,000 adult chil
dren in the total, making a grand
total of 5,585,696 individuals direct
ly Involved.
This total, presented for the first
time, gives force to the contention, of
serious students of the problem that
merits attention. Bishop More-
land makes "no suggestion of spe
cific remedies" for the condition set
forth, but says wisely that "no leg
islation will be effective without the
arousing and education of public
opinion.
This admission that the issue can
not be met by statutory regulation
only, and that it Is not to be solved
by the mere clamor of a few reform-
rs for a federal law on the sub
ject, corresponds with the views of
thoughtful students of social prob
lems, and is an intimation that mar
riage as well as divorce statutes may
require revision as part of the gen
eral plan.
that Germany then had, when the
value of money was twice as great
as it now is and while their country
had been damaged by Invasion. Ger
many has not been invaded and four
billions in 1921 are easily the equiva
lent of one billion in 1873. On that
basis Germany should be able to rer
deem the occupied zone within the
limit of fifteen years fixed for the
occupation by the treaty. The fifty
six billion dollars demanded Include
interest on payments spread over a
maximum of forty-two years. In
creased payments on the principal
would much reduce the interest-and
would hasten final discharge of the
debt. As Germany recovers from
the war, its ability to pay will be in
creased. The one thing lacking is
will to pay.
Alignment of the United States
with the allies on the reparation
question has thrown the German
camp Into confusion by destroying
the illusion of division in the oppos
ing camp. Association of American
representatives with the allies on
the supreme council and on the
reparation commission will preserve
unity of their forces, moral and eco
nomic, will bring home to Germany
the necessity of observing Its obli
gations 'and will constitute a pledge
to Germany that, when it fulfills
those obligations, American Influ
ence will be used to Induce the al
lies to withdraw their troops and to
leave Germany free from foreign
coercion. If German statesmen find
it difficult to comply with these con
ditions, they have to thank their own
folly In deceiving their own people
and thus putting themselves under
compulsion to confess the deception.
If they make an honest effort to pay
to the limit of their ability, if they
disarm and hand over the war crim
inals to justice, they will find the
United States as ready to defend
their country from oppressive exac
tions as it now is to insist on honest
dealing.
won by employing Americans, and
that the Americans who have been
attracted to the sea during the last
few years will leave it unless the
standards "to which Americans are
accustomed are maintained. Our
shipping laws need thorough revi
sion, so that all provisions which
needlessely raise cost and lower
efficiency may be eliminated, while
those which require fair working
and living conditions for seamen
should be retained.
Little could be accomplished to
keep American ships on the sea by
a world shipping conference such as
Mr. Farrell suggests. The nation
which sells transportation at the
lowest unit cost will get. the busi
ness and will not give up its ad
vantage unless It is amply compen-
BY-PRODUCTS. OP THE PRESS
California College M Its Make Merry
Over Feminine Foibles.
A cartoon In the University of Cal
ifornia Pelican shows a college girl
reclining on a couch reading a mag
azine with a lighted cigarette in her
fingers. A companion drawing shows
the same girl "resting up for the next
semester" and depicts her strenuously
at work in a game of tennis with a
male companion.
Other flings are taken at the girls,
while professors share in the fun
making by the student editors.
Other quips from the PeWcan, of
which George F. MacMulIen is editor,
follow:
The bootblack who used to put a
Those Who Come and Go.
Tale at Folk at Ik Hotels.
sated. In one way or another that i bicycle guard on a woman's skirt to
would mean artifically raising thekep it free from the flying polish,
price by combination. The world puts on the same guards to keep her
FORCED TO FACE TRUTH AT LAST.
Harden's woful prognostications
regarding allied occupation of the
Ruhr valley and the difficulty that
Germany has in finding a ministry
that will assume responsibility for
complying with the allies' demands
are the latest evidences of Ger
many's refusal to admit and face the
truth and to act upon it. Germany
began the war with a lie, defended
it throughout its progress with a lie,
came out of it with the same lie and,
has founded subsequent policy on
that lie. Therefore when its states
men are forced to act upon the
truth, the minds of the German
people are unprepared, and the
statesmen fear the consequences to
themselves of revealing to the peo
ple that they have deceived the na
Though Harden assumes the part
of a candid critic of. his own coun
try, he does not face the truth. In
the possible occupation of the Rir
valley by the allies for thirty years
he sees "a most dangerous tempta
tion" to make it perpetual. He
judges the allies by the German
moral standard. Because Germany
would find pretexts for delaying
evacuation after the obligation had
been fulfilled, he assumes that other
nations would do likewise. He also
assumes that Germany cannot or will
not complete payment in less than
thirty years.
Both assumptions are unwarrant
ed. Even Germany, with a long rec
ord of annexation in violation of in
ternational law and ethics, evacu
ated France when the Indemnity was
paid in 1873. That nation has since
made such progress in depravity that
there Is ground for doubt whether it
would have acteM in the same man
ner if it had won the war and had
held territory as security for indem
nity. Public opinion in the allied
countries would not tojerate such a
breach of faith on their - part. If,
after paying the debt, Germany
should demand evacuation and it
should be refused, the German peo
ple could feel morally sure that the
allied peoples would not support
their governments in resistance to
an attempt to drive out their
armies.
The length of the occupation can
be reduced by the conduct of the
German people. The French paid a
billion dollars in one year with two
thifds of the population and wealth
THE MEANING OF MOTHERS' DAT.
The white narcissus nodded to the
wind in the garden, and white
daisies no larger than dimes lifted
their faces from the lawn. And
from the hedge the white lilac swung
its clusters of scented, delicate
bloom over the street. They were
the flowers of mothers' day, as the
city observed it,' and we fancy that
many tender thoughts were evoked
by them when they caught the casual
eye. Already beautiful, their spir
itual significance was enhanced by
certain memories that are the best
of life.
This matter of paying tribute to
mother on one day of the year
properly conceived. For we are
often tardy In our obligations, not
that the heart is alienated, but that
the mind leaps forward to affairs
more immediate, pleasures more
trivial but Instant, and quite forgets
to pause before the sanest, simplest,
kindliest shrine of all. So it a:
that mothers' day came Into custom.
as one on which forgetfulness should
vanish in the light of love. With In
finite sensibility someone said that
white flowers, most beautiful and
charming of all the garden's treas
ures, should typify the tribute to
mother.
We are reminded in this discussion
of fealty to motherhood, of a poem
that used to be In the old school
readers the versified narrative of a
tired but cheerful mother whose
brood loved her devotedly, but scam
bered away to play when they had
bestowed their morning kisses. "BetH
ter than tongue can tell" they said,
and were off to their own affairs,
But one of the children lingered
without lip service, and caught up
the broom and swept the floor, and
tidied the sitting room and filled
the wood lift, and lessened by half
the burden of mother's labor before
a thought was given to the sunny
day outside or the strawberries of
the field. In that verse the poet
puts it fairly up to the reader
How do you s'pose that mother guessed
V men ot tne cnuaren lovea ner oesii
A riddle for childhood? Not that
alone. One for all who understand
the meaning of mothers' day. For
grown-ups who may have forgotten.
For sons and daughters who are en
grossed with their own pursuits. For
all of us who are favored by for
tune in having a mother left in this
material world, to whom material
tribute, may be paid.
BACK TO A COMPETITIVE BASIS.
Break-up of the Pacific confer
ence on shipping rates brings back
the world's merchant marine to the
law of survival of the fittest, which
means those who can carry freight
cheapest. It means that the nation
which can keep its ships employed
in competition with others and still
make some profit will have all of
them employed, while the nation
which has higher cost of operation
can find employment only for as
many of Us ships .as are needed after
all those of lower cost are engaged.
On the face of it, this condition
seems to imply that the entire Japa
nese merchant fleet will do business
at cut rates, while the American.
fleet, which pays highest wages and
gives best food and quarters to
crews, will either operate at a heavy
loss or be employed when all others
that can operate at lower rates have
been engaged. The latter alterna
tive means that the entire world's
surplus tonnage, which President
Farrell of the United States Steel
corporation estimates at 7,000,000"
would be taken from the Amer
ican fleet. But Americans have
proved in various industries that
high wages do not necessarily mean
high cost. High wages drove our
manufacturers to use of machinery
where other nations used manual
labor, to study efficiency and to spe
cialize. In the shipping business
these methods have brought rates
on the great lakes to an unprece
dentedly low level, for lake vessels
produce more units of transportation
per man than old world methods,
and cost per unit is the true meas
ure of comparison.
But these American methods do
hot permit employment of more men
in the crew than are needed to do
the work, nor payment of higher
wages than are paid for correspond
ing work in other occupations nor
restrictions of various- kinds that in
terfere with economy and are not
demanded by due regard for men's
health, safety and need of recrea
tion. They require modern port fa
cilities operated to detain a ship In
port for the minimum time. All of
these things require that owners and
seamen co-operate fully in promot
ing speed and economy of opera
tion, for when the ship is without
a charter the crew is without a job,
and the seaman's empty pockets tell
him that his high scale of wages is
purely theoretical. At the same
time the owner should learn that
bucccm by these methods is to be
has learned, that cost of transports
tion Is a factor deciding which
nation shall hold particular markets,
and manufacturers and merchants
will demand the benefit of the low
cost that competition will enforce.
Competition would drive the obsolete
ship that is costly to operate to the
boneyara and would develop new
traffic for those that remained. The
trade of the world will not pay trib
ute in order to keep outdated ships
afloat or to relieve good ships of
competition.
In order that the United States
may remain in the shipping busi
ness it is necessary that we get
down to a peace basis, which means
that we get into position to compete
with other nations . for traffic.
Though we can match the subsidies
and discriminations practiced by
competing nations with subsidies
and discriminations of our own, we
can win only by matching our rivals
In .the aggregate of those items
which make up the cost of unit
transportation, for the factors
named are very apt to offset each
other. It has been proved that this
cannot be done under government
operation. Every government-owned
ship that Is fit to compete should be
chartered to "private operators. Its
value should be written down to the
present market price of tonnage, the
difference between this value and its
cost should be charged to the war
and it should be sold to the first
American bidder. The sooner the
government gets out of the shipping
business, the more secure will the
American merchant marine be of
living.
The large majority in favor of pro
hibition in the recant referendum in
Ontario does not indicate' that the
soldier vote is to be relied on as a
tower of strength for the "wets,"
as the latter had professed to believe.
The result of the vote in Ontario
gives six Canadian provinces to the
drys Alberta, Nova Scotia, Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Prince Ed
ward Island having been previously
recorded. New Brunswick and Yukon
Territory are to vote on the question
during the year. Government control
Is in effect in British Columbia and
Quebec. The rural districts in all
the provinces have generally voted
for prohibition, as in the United
States, with a slight difference in
significance, inasmuch as in Canada
the residents of foreign birth are
more largely found in the country
than In the towns, while in the
United States this condition is gen
erally reversed.
Possibly these baby clinics have
value that has not been considered.
For example, who has realized that
a child growwmore In the spring and
puts on weight in the fall? That
leads to scientific feeding. Or that
a baby's head grows four- inches in
circumference the first year and
but an inch a year latter? Perhaps
we yet may learn why a boy's feet
grow faster in proportion, to embar
rass him In the last days -of short
pants and to the bewilderment of
his mother when she buys his shoes.
In general the situation In upper Silesia
as improved, with the only serious fight
ing going on at Kieferstaedl. thirty-six
miles southeast of Oppein. where German
Elnwobnerwehr were attacking the POlea
News Item.
Isn't it about time the simplified
pelling board intervened In the Po
lish situation?
A great flood of gold, financial
authorities say, has poured Into the
United States from foreign countries.
And yet the government continues
to hand out dirty greenbacks to us
instead of the good old hard money.
The fact that jazz music enraged
the monkeys in the New York zoo
is construed to upset the Darwinian
theory. Oh the contrary, doesn't It
prove the close relationship between
monkeys and normal humans?
skirt from coming up over her knees
nowadays.
A woman's Idea of a perfect mate
is a marcelled hero with a pot of gold.
The man doesn't care so much about
the marcel.
Chivalry is where a man makes a
fool of himself for a woman in COmpe-
llllUH WILIJ yLMCl UL Djisviv i
It never pays to write a girl on
post card, for she will think you don1
care two cents for her.
A woman has to have more than
beautiful pair of eyes to get by now
adaya.
Did you ever notice the woman
who goes out to collect funds for th
starving Armenians wearing a $10,000
silver fox coat?
The liquor question used to be
"What will you taker' Now it's
"Where did you get it?"
Despite the fact that 28.9 per cent
of the world's savings are In thi
country and that the average depos
Itor In the United States has a great
er sum to his credit than his Euro
pean neighbor, only 8 per cent of the
total number of the world's eavera are
American.
, Authority for this statement is the
SavingsBank association of the state
of New York, which has made an ex
tensive investigation of savings banks
throughout the world. In proportion
to population, said a statement issued
recently, a number of foreign coun
tries exceed tne United States in num
bers of depositors.
"European people, through centu
rles of struggle for mere existence,'
said Dr. H. H: Wheaton, executive
manager of the association, "have
been trained to the most rigid econ
omy, while Americans have found life
a comparatively easy matter. The av
erage American family, until quite re
cently, made its expenditures on the
plan, 'pay expenses first and save
what's left if there Is anything.'
Dr. W&eaton said that in France
one out of every five inhabitants has
a savings account. In his opinion the
economy of the French people has
been their protection against the
"death thrusts of centuries." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
New Tork is telling this as the
world's greatest nature fake.
A prominent Broad wayan came
downtown the other day with tears
In his eyes.
What's the trouble?" his friends
asked.
"Mike's dead."
"Who's Mike?"
"My pet goldfish.
"How did it happen?"
"I was training him to become a
trick fish. Every day I took a spoon
ful of water out of his bowl and he
didn't notice it."
"Yes."
"By the time the water was all out
he was used to it."
"Yes." '
"Then I put him into a bird cage."
"Yes, yes, go on."
"Well; yesterday f the Broadway
an was breaking down fast and mop
ping his eyes with bis handkerchief
"Mike died." V
"For heaven's sake what hap
pened?" "He fell Into a glass of drinking,
water and was drowned." Kansas
City Star.
Any project that puts water on
Baker county lands adds millions to
the valuation and means more hay,
fruit and livestock in the state's total
production.
The Britten, plan to make Prince
Feisal king of a group of Arab states.
But how far do they expect to get
with a man. whose very name sounds
like fizzle?'
Electrical workers and painters
have settled their troubles with em
ployers and return to work. Labor
disturbance Is short-lived in Port
land.
The first parade ofthe season is
dear to the hearts of childhood.
Even the elephants know that and
so do the lions and the wild kanga
roo.
It is a silly moonshiner who packs
is product in fruit jars and ships
by trunk as baggage. His offense
leaks out.
Why not make next Sunday
father's day? The old gent needs
some sort of recognition beside bill
payer. ' -
There is many a man with No. 11
feet who would be willing to stand
In Mr. Harding's 10 Vt shoes.
The baby left on a doorstep Is
bound to get into better hands than
ifkept at home.
What else could be expected than
remonstrance to the extension of
Delay street?
Lilacs and snowballs are doing
their best to hold back for Memorial
day.
"Behave Yourself," who won the
Kentucky derby, did just that.
T,he crowing of the cock disturbs
veh hard-boiled Bend.
Now for the rose-growing weather.
"We senators aim to oblige," said
Senator New (Ind.), according to the
New York Herald, "but often 'there
are demands that cause us to dust off
our thinking caps. For instance, a
letter came from a man in New York
wanting me to ascertain where he
could get a periscope cheap. It seems
he has an apartment at tbe top of a
skyscraper overlooking New York
harbor and his idea was to Insert a
periscope In his apartment so he could
take his ease in his library and yet
enjoy the spectacle of incoming and
outgoing ships.
"We discovered that the gentleman
could have a perfectly good but ob
solete periscope for $400, but that if
he insisted on a brand new, -ultra
modern, top-hole, first-class .navy
peeker it would cost him s. cool $18,
000. That information was promptly
transmitted to the gentleman's sat
isfaction, I hope."
Silence never has been considered
a characteristic of the deep sea cap
tain, but a 60-day voyage was re
cently completed during which the
ship's captain might just as well have
been deaf and dumb. Captain Darwin
E. Stevens, who has just returned to
this country, took the new steamer
Josepha ' from Duluth to Barcelona,
there delivering her to her new own
ers. His crew was made up of Span
iards, none ot whom could speak a
word of English. The result was that
Captain Stevens had to do bis talking
with his hands, giving orders by
signs. After tne so days were at an
end the skipper found himself so in
the habit of making signs that when
he finally arrived among people who
could speak a language that he un
derstood, he had to make unusual
effort to refrain from using the sign
language. New York World.
Folks who believe hustle and bustle
In everyday life Is a characteristic
confined chiefly to the western hem
isphere would do well to visit Glas
gow, according to 3. H. Bell, a west
ern electric engineer, who has just
returned from a tour of Investigation
of the utilities of Europe. "In all the
time I was In the busy Scotch me
tropolis," he states, "I never saw a
street car stop at any but few stipu
lated stations. At all other places
the motorman merely reduces the
speed of his vehicle when he Is hailed
by a prospective fare and the latter
makes his acsent to the platform on
the fly. Men and -women, young and
old, have become so used to mounting
the cars while they are in movement
that the latter seem to be in a state
of perpetual motion at all -Limes."
Yesterday was Sunday In Philadel
phia, as it was in every other city In
America. But Sunday in Philadelphia
is unlike the Sabbath in any other
metropolis in the country. For the
City of Brotherly Love is the one and
original "blue Sunday" City of the na
tion. In Philadelphia there are no
motion picture shows on Sunday, no
vaudeville shows, there are not even
any "concerts," under which handy
name the New Yorker Visits his
favorite play on the Sabbath. One
visitor to the Quaker city even re
lated how he had to walk 21 squares,
as blocks are called there, on one
Sunday in order to And an open drug
store where he could get an ice cream
soda. It is true that Philadelphia is
the -center of one of the largest In
dustrial sections of the country, but
in spite of the bustle of Industry, the
staid and conservative habits of Its
citizenry remain. A few months ago
an enterprising motion picture house
put on a benefit Sunday performance
for some charitable institution. A
great hue and cry arose, and the lid
was put on all such future enter
prises. The Philadelphia ciuds upuy
the attitude of the city, ine story is
told of a westerner who visited the
city not long ago, and wished to see
an old acquaintance. In search of his
friend, he went to his club and made
inquiries. The clerk was horrified to
think that the sacred precincts of the
club had been violated. He absolutely
refused to give any information con
cerning the man. The westerner was
adamant, however, and the clerk
sought out the manager of the club.
A long consultation was held, and the
clerk finally returned to the west
erner. "It is against all the rules of
the club to give 'out any Information
about a member," he said, but we will
break the rules in this one instance.
Mr. Blank died six months ago."
Thomas H. Clagett of Philadelphia Is
stopping at the Benson.
Logging operations as carried on In
the Pacific northwest differ radically
from the methods used in Michigan
and the Great Lakes states, according
to P. L. Carrick, lumberman of Chi
cago, who Is stopping at the Multno
mah. "What we consider a fairly
large log in Michigan would be but a
mediocre, stick out here," said Mr.
Carrick. ""Accordingly we have adopt
ed other methods than are employed
in the Pacific northwest. I was
astounded to see the great waste in
logging here. A big tree Is whacked
off many feet above the ground, thus
wasting hundreds of feet of lumber.
Then the stick Is snaked out with
greater speed than I ever saw any
huge thins:' move in my life, by the
aid of cables. Even a canyon is no
deterrent, for canyons here are
bridged by cable and the monster logs
are swung over tbem. Many and many
a freight car can handle but three
diameters of logs. In my section of
the country we can pile dozens of
sticks on a freight car. In the winter
we can haul huge loads of logs out of
the woods on. sledges. But I really
like the way the people here do
things. You have such a big way,
nothing Is done on a small scale. And
the hospitality of the west Is splendid.
I shall carry back the most cordial
Intelligence concerning the west and
its people."
All Kelso is agog with the won
derful news an actual motion - pic
ture luminary, accompanied by all the
necessary lesser luminaries, is on the
way to the Washington town on the
north bank of the Columbia to take
scenes for a forthcoming production.
Priscilla Dean, noted largely for h
interpretation of crook roles In
ingenious manner, Is the star. Wlthl
a few days Miss Dean and her com
nany. consisting of about 30 mem
bers. will arrive in Portland and afte
a sojourn here will continue on to th
Cowlitz river city. The particular
scenes to be taken in the vicinity of
Kelso, center around a log Jam. Arte
several weeks spent in scoutin
through the country the represents
tives of the company decided mat
locr Jam in the Coweeman river nea
Kelso suited their purpose, and Kelso
was chosen as the temporary head
quarters of the company. Advance
men. from the company have already
visited the city and have engaged all
the available rooms In town. George
Levy and J. E. Crowthers of Kelso
were in Portland yesteraay, stopping
at the Oregon. Great preparation
for a rare good time are under wa
m Kelso, according to tne two cm
zens.
THI.US BOLSHEVISM FKKUS ON
Repetitions of Albers fas Will Trad
to Impair Faitk la boveranarat.
PORTLAND, May 7. (To the Edi
tor.) The well-timed editorial In, The
Oregonian May 1 entitled "Why Dr.
Hodgdon Quit" and the very pertinent
one on the recent developments In
the Albert case might well have been
combined under the one title of
"Cause and Effect."
. Through long observation the pub
lic has acquired the belief that there
ore two brands of Justice one for the
rich and one for the poor. For months
past it has been a common saying In
this community that "Albers will
never serve a day," and this saying
had no other foundation than the be
lief I have just referred to, which Is
now apparently confirmed by the ac
tion of the department of Justice. To
the average citizen ths nrosecution
The face of A. W. Stone, president
f the Apple Growers' association of
Hood River, is wreatned in smiles.
So are the visages of all the othe
Hood valley apple growers, ror tn
future is tinged witn a roseate nue.
We expect to have tbe biggest crop
of aooles this year that we nave
ever had." Mr. Stone said at th
Portland hotel. "The cold weathe
has been holding back tbe blossoms
somewhat, but it has not been
detriment to the trees. And the ex
..a rainfall that we have been ex
periencing Eas been a wonderful help
to us. Not only do we expect to have
a record crop, but we expect to have
a won derful market for the apples.
The eastern crop has been seriously
riumasreri by frost, and we shall un
doubtedly be called upon to supply
the eastern market for more apples
than ever before. The strawberries
in tho valley are also coming along
in fin- shape, and the strawberry
growers look forward to a fine sum
mer.
When Wallace C. Blrdsall, manager
of the Pilot Butte inn at iJena, regis
tered at the Benson hotel yesterday,
be added "and wife" after his signa
ture and smiled. Birdsall, who Is well
known throughout Oregon, recently
took tbe great step, and his trip to
Portland combined a honeymoon with
a little business, naturally every
thing looks fine to Birdsall at the
Dresent time. .Even witnout the aaa
ed interest however, Birdsall said
that things In the central Oregon city
were booming along at a great rate.
The tourist influx has started and
Bend is receiving Its quota of the
traffic Birdsall looks forward to a
wonderful summer in tourist travel.
Stockmen from widely separated
parts of the state drifted into Port
land yesterday witn cattle tor tne
local market. B. F. McCullough from
Echo In eastern Oregon, and S. T.
Smith from Roseburg and G. C.
Sparks from Oakland tn the southern
part of the state, all registered at
the Oresron. F. L Case of Uaston
BtoDDed at the Perkins. Other cattle
men from all parts of Oregon and
Idaho registered at the different hos-
telries.
Ed Budd Is manager and general
supervisor and trouble absorber ot
the Ilwaco railroad. The road Is part
of the O.-W. R. N. Co., and con
nects the various north bay town In
Washington. It may not be much for
ize. but according to iuaa, it is a
bearcat for trouble. Mr. Budd l
registered at the Imperial while he
passes a few days in Portland.
Archibald E. Crosby, prominent
druggist of The Dalles, accompanied
by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. John
Burnett, motored to Portland from
the Wasco county city Saturday to
pass the week-end here. They regis
tered at the Imperial.
Cloverdale is a town of 200 popula
tion, situated on the Nestucca river.
It has a bank, a cheese factory, sev
eral mills and stores and Dr. George
Russell. The latter is now In Port
land, registered at the Imperial.
C wealthy offenders is a story of
bail and delay, sometimes trials, ap
peals and more delay, pardon or pa
role, the spreading of propaganda and
exercise of influence through many
devious channels and from unseen
sources, all of which are unavailable
to the friendless and unknown of
fender. The public has become so ac
customed to this course of affairs
that the planting and growth of the
seeds of bolshevism in our institu
tions of higher education Is not to
be marveled at.
Tublic confidence In the Integrity
of a government or any administra
tion is not cultivated by the arbi
trary nullifying of the findings of a
Jury supported by the calm, dispas
sionate decision of the circuiV court
of appeals, as well as the judgment
of a learned and upright rlal court
We have nothing to fear from the
h'gh-brow parlor socialist or bolshe
viat who rants and prates about so
cial evolution and revolution and th
like, if the confidence of the public
be maintained In the Integrity of this
government of the people, by the peo
ple and for the people; but with con
fidence shaken by repetitions of th
Albers case the coming generation
wm not oe unarrccted by the spread
ing of this Intellectual garbage, and
well may we rear the sinister influ
ence of these moral bankrupts whos
presence now contain nates nnr In.
stltutions of learning, usually garbed
in me many colored coat of materialism.
The drunken state of th VferM.ni
urged as a defense for this wealthy
Individual has been th vr
for conviction of many who were not
so blessed with worldly goods, while
tne puouc looked on and approved.
Even the solicitor-general did not
have the temerity to procure a re
versal on such grounds, if newspaper
reports are correct; but he did appear
before the highest tribunal in the
land, and with a modesty comparable
only with that of the ex-kaiser him
self, admitted that eminent counsel
who prosecuted the case, the Judge
who presided at the trial thereof and
th circuit court of appeal who re
viewed it on appeal did not know the
law and that he would correct their
grievous error.
Counsel for' the defendant has been
u saying mat tne department
of justice believed there should have
been no conviction because the utter
ances of Albers were made when he
was intoxicated. If that was the real
ground upon which tho department
submitted to a reversal, a fraud was
committed on the court when an
other ground was ssslgned to that
court in order to achieve the desired
result
From any angle this matter mav
be viewed it appears that Justice has
been outraged, and a gratuitous In
sult offered every man who wore the
uniform. Proud Indeed will be-the
mothers and fathers of those who
ijiu. wun meir lives that this gov
ernment might be perpetuated.
Glorious Indeed Is their reward. If
this kind of procedure is what they
preserved by their sacrifice.
JAMBS H. GANOE.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jmrnrm J. Moalaisf.
I VBI.HSKl L I(iORACU.
A distinguished educator asserts
that only pretty girls make successful
teachers.
When I wa In the second grade I
fell In lov with Tessie Hlade
Who taught my young and bashful
tongue
To say "Uood morning teicher!"
And ah I my marks were always high,
for as the Joyful days went by
With sturdy seat I did my best
To picas th lovely creature.
Alas! In th ensuing term w had a
lady plain but firm
Who seemed to m too much to be
To discipline devoted.
Full heavily the days dragged past;
I couldn't work and when at last
Vacation came, to my vast shame,
I didn't get promoted.
Thenceforth, somehow I always struck
a very grievous run of luck.
No blushing peach appeared to teach
Th classes I attended.
To guide my feet there always cam
some stern and unattractive
dame
Of doubtful age. whose tutelaga
I never comprehended.
Of Tessie Slsde I've often thought; of
how delightfully she taught:
I know that she poraesced for ml
A blinding fascination.
If she had always taught my clas I
never should have failed to pass
And might, by now, have got some
how A little education.
,
At Last.
Now we know what Casilus meant
when h said, "If I but catch him on
the hip I will feed fat th ancient
grudga I bear him.''
Meticulous,
We recently war told by a young
lady from Boston that her father had
bought two cases of Scotch from a
boot-Umber.
But We Have Kaoogk Territory Kw.
Doubtless England would be glad
to give us Ireland In exchanga for
what sh owes us.
(Copyright, ll't br the Bell Syndicate,
lno.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. IIoaghtoa-Mlf nia Co.
( a Yosj Answer These Qarttlonaf
1. What happens when animals hi
bernate? When do they begin?
2. How can w distinguish tbe oaks?
S. Do birds have eyelids?
Answers In tomorrow's nature
notes.
ELDER SIE.V AEKD MORE UAMHS
Colonel Leader Tells How Hnaband
May Be Made Sonny and Equable,
PORTLAND, May 7. (To the Edi
tor.) May I make a plea on behalf
of the nnUdle-agcd business men of
Portland? I refer to men of the In
determinate age at which a dlspleas
Ing rotundity becomes visible abou
that portion of the anatomy where
me aou s wax enas.
There is only one hope for thi
worthy and deserving class; only on
tning can bring back to them th
graceful and alluring lines of thei
.verdant youth, and that is the intro
auction of games into Portland.
Admittedly we possess in this cit
the largest and best organized games
ciuo in tne west, but there Is neces
sarily a certain lack of variety i
tne games It provides. From per
sonal observation I opine that a con
siderable proportion of the busin
men of Portland do not, during th
rainy season, obtain regularly tha
two hours' vigorous exercise whlc
hygtenists Insist upon as a necessity
ror our dally portion. Exercise is o
little use and is rarely kept un unless
It is an enjoyable exercise, and there
fore the calisthenics indulged In by
a portion of our community may be
dismissed as almost useless. A man
can play squash or handball during
the rains if he Is lucky enough to ge
court, but one may get tired
even these excellent sports, and there
is little else to do.
While a meniber of tha faculty o
the state university I once took par
In a faculty game of volley ball, but
I was somewhat disappointed with It
from an exercise point of view; In
fact, I feel certain that had I Intro
duced my old grandmother to the
sport as we played It that day, the
old lady would have called for her
knitting, as she tin a demon for ex
ercise. I understand, however, that
this game has possibilities. If vigor
ously played.
I myself made a badminton court
at my home, but, owing to th ponu
arity of the game among my friends.
I am rarely allowed a chance of cut
ting In. To mention only a few wet
ther sports obtainable at com
paratively small cost, there are court
ennis, sticky, fives, badminton, graa
hockey, bat rives and racquets, and
should some public-spirited organizer
ntroduce only these, our business
men or on and over would soon be
seen in their dally life gamboling
about like lambs in springtime, at
tracting If single admiring glances
from downcast feminine laahes. and
onatituttng themselves Into rays- of
sunshine in the home circle hy their
hitherto unwonted charm and vivac
ity at the breakfast table.
Is the woman's vote dead? Purely
the ladles of Portland can see the ad
vantage of having their husbands si
ways sunny and equable, always
readv to sign a check or run errands
for them: In fact, becoming the sun-
hlne of the home.
If this were only understood I feel
that we would not have to wait long
before the legislature passed a bill
for enforcing games for rejuvenating
hose of us who are approaching the
ere and yellow-leaf era. I forbear
from quoting the obvious parallel of
Faust and Mepnis-topheies, as tha
llusion migni oe misimerpreiea.
JOHN LEADER.
Laws and gahsnltted Measure.
KLONDIKE, Or., May . (To the
Editor.) Please tell me the measures
o be voted upon at this special elec
tion June 7. Also five hills passed
urlng the last session of Oregon leg-
lature. D. C.
A list of the measures to be voted
on and a complete list of new laws
ill be found in The Sunday Ortgo-
ian, May 8.
Answers 1 Previous Questions.
1. Do moles have eyes?
Yes. Eyes are rharacterlstlo of all
animal, and exist In moles, though
not much used In this creature's un
derground life. The mole's ayes need
special protection to prevent Injury
from Its habit of constantly dtslsrig
Ing dirt, and are almost covered by
skin and hair; but aa th creature has
little need ot seeing in the dark, It
suffers no Inconvenience in being al
most eyeless.
2. What Is fox fire?
Fox fire is a term sometime used
to nam the phosphorescence, ot glow,
seen In decaying or In rotten wood,
or It may mean the wood Itself. The
phosphorescence la caused by the
presence of phosphorous, a che-mlnil
element that Is found In all rrultnii
soil, antf in most natural water, and
which belongs to the nitrogen group.
Sometimes "fox fire" Is- used figura
tively, meaning a false report, or
humbug.
3. Do respiration and transpira
tion both take place directly through
the leaves of a plant?
Yea. In respiration tha leaves per
form a sort of vegetable digestion,
through whose action the products
formed from the plant's foods are
transformed into energy necessary
for the plant's growth. Transpiration
Is another work of the leaves, a way
of getting rid of surplus moisture
sucked up by th roots In their work
of absorbing chemical food from th
soil.
Ion-Rrdcmp(lon of Colonial Moaey.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 7. (To
the Editor.) For some years I havo
been teaching history In th schools
of Vancouver, Wash. At present o
are using a textbook by Charlra
Beard and William C. Bagley, pub
lished by tha MacMillan company. On
page 183 of that text is tha following
statement concerning tha funding
measure of Alexander Hamilton; "It
was provided that most of the conti
nental currency or paper snoney
could be 'funded' at tha rat of one
cent on the dollar. . , . Few took
the trouble to do this, and so tha
worthless 'continentals' simply disap
peared."
in my Judgment that would have
been practical repudiation.- I have
always believed that Hamilton's fund
ing measures provided for th Issue
of bonds to redeem the federal or ron
tinental paper and the state debts at
par. Pleas publish your opinion and
any available authority on (hi sub
ject and oblige P. HOUGH.
The main features of Hamilton's
funding measures as regards domestic
obligations provided for liquidation
at par of certificates of indebtedness
issued for war supplies, of expendi
tures Incurred by the states and of
gums advanced to the states by th
continental congress and by tha states
to that body. Continental currency
had ceased to pass as money and had
disappeared. It had been counterfeit
ed In auch quantities that lis redemp
tion was Impracticable. Th British
had sent counterfeit currency out of
New York by the cart load, and In
advertisements It wag offered to trav
elers at the prlc of the paper per
ream. Moreover, th colonies had
been without means to enforce taxa
tion, so Issued paper money Instead.
As depreciation of the currency was
gradual. It operated on the whola
people as a tax and served In lieu of
axes In carrying on th war. Re
demption would have required a fur-
her general tax. but a!, who had lost
by depreciation would not have been
reimbursed. The final holders would
have profited enormously at the ex
pense of the many.
Consult Harper's Encyclopedia or
United States history. Cyclopedia of
Political Selene and Economy. Cyclo
pedic Index to Message and Papers
f the Presidents.
(ioverament Carrier Plaeova.
CORNELIUS. Or. May 7 (To Uia
Editor.) Please tell me It tha go -
rnment has carrier pigeons statione i
n Portland? H so, what Is tne an
ress. rf not stationed In Portland,
with whom could I cotnmunltute tor
nformation concerning rirrli'
pigeons. A l(e.Alr.it.
The government has no carrier
Igeons In Portland. Kor informslloii
write to Korest Surervlors N. V. Mac.
lift at Eugene or H. U Plumb nt
L'cnd.
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