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1$ I. AMINO BLANTOX.
The disgusting Blanton deserve
suppression, for he Is an unmitigated
pest, an Incorrigible wastrel of the
public time and patience, an Irritat
ing, unspeakable and Irrepressible
nuisance. He has an obsession that
union labor is the well-spring of all
the country's troubles, and be has
another obsession that he alone has
a divine commission to save the re
public. Me Intrudes his obnoxious
personality and perverted views into
everything and helps in notbing. No
wonder the house by a vote of nearly
two to one wanted to throw him out
It was bored and annoyed to extinc
tion. But what did Blanton do but take
advantage of a grave and Inexcusable
fault in house procedure? He caused
an obscene and Infamous article to
be printed in the Congressional Rec
ord. He took advantage of the com
mon privilege to insert It under the
"Icave-to-print" rule of the house.
By grace of that Indefensible prac
tice, every congressman Is his own
reporter and editor and may print
and send out to the world what he
likes: and not a word of It may
have been uttered In congress.
Why does congress countenance
the fraud upon the public by which
speeches not made, discussion not
uttered, are printed as the authentic
and official report of public debate?
Why does congress permit any con
gressman to edit his own remarks,
spoken or not spoken, adding what
he likes, omitting what he does not
like? It is an invitation to the Blan
tons to do what Blanton did, and to
all others to make of the Congres
sional Record a heavy, expensive and
uninteresting daily publication of
things that never happened.
Let us blame Blanton much, but
congress more.
WHAT STRIKE IS ABOl'T.
TMvlslon Chairman McDonald of
the brotherhood of engineers, who
writes today from Roseburg, has
quite unaccountably gained the In
ference from something The Orego
nian has said that It possesses a copy
of the railroad strike ballot. The
Oregonlan has no copy of the ballot
but has relied for Us Information on
the strike Issue on statements made
by the brotherhood chiefs.
Mr. McDonald In his letter makes
It appear that a change In working
regulations which would reduce the
pay of railroad employes 4 2 V4 per
rent was a vital issue presented In
the strike ballot. Let him read what
the five brotherhood chiefs stated to
the rail labor board In the Wednes
day conference.
Chairman Lee of the trainmen as
serted that the 12 per cent wage re
duction was the sole basis for the
vote of his- organization. The four
other brotherhood heads maintained
that the strike vote in their organi
zations was technically taken on the
13 per cent cut but admitted that
other questions probably would
figure In any satisfactory settlement.
They asserted that these other ques
tions merely had a bearing on the
frame of mind that Impelled their
members to vote for a strike.
The transportation act requires
that all rail labor disputes shall first
be submitted to the rail labor board.
Mr. McDonald's reference to changes
In working conditions must there
fore be either to proposals not yet
formally presented to the labor
board or to questions now before
that board which have not yet been
decided by It. Decisions on appli
cations for changes In rules are
pending before the board and be
cause they have not been rendered
chairmen of unions representing
three-fourths of the railroad em
ployes have refused to call a strike
at this time. Unlike the other five
organizations they refuse to go out
on a contingency.
As to settlement Mr. McDonald
seems to be also behind the times:
Or perhaps he Is right and the five
union chiefs are bluffing. He says:
If the press would use Its afforta to
have the railroads uo the 12 per cent
reduction to reduce tha freight rates, and
the roads would do so, 1 believe that wa
would see a different condition than ll
now confronting us. and the wave of pros
perity that we heard waa Just around th
corner might ahow up and relieve the sit
nation aomewhat.
When the rail labor board pro
posed that the 12 per cent wage re
duction be translated Into a rate re
duction. The Oregonlan and many
other newspapers supported the sug
gestion. The brotherhood chiefs,
however, declared It to be an im
practicable basis of settlement of the
strike. In the conference Wednes
day the five union leaders told the
labor board that settlement of the
strike must include recall of tli;
per cent wage reduction, and one of
them demanded that restoration of
former wages date back to July 1.
Thus this rate reduction, which
Mr. McDonald, in concert with other
union leaders, asserts would not
alone have caused a strike is made
the basis on which the strike must
be settled!
The correspondent's paragraph on
the desire of railroad executives to
force all per cent return on stock,
water and all, is obscure. Railroad
returns are calculated on valuations
determined by the Interstate com
merce commission. The law so pro
vides. The estimates of railroad
executives and watered stock are not
a legal basis for rate making. The
law also defines for the time being
f
! .. . I
I wnat snail De a reuonaoie return,
It fixes it 1
at not more than 5 per
j cent wTlh the privilege of adding an-
I rommfuiinn ia to fix what shall be
reasonable return. As a matter of
fact, railroad investment returns
based on interstate commerce valua
tions, are now far under 6 per
cent.
Under the present system earnings
of railroads and earnings of em
ployes are alike under government
supervision. Law, however, U less
considerate of the personal feelings
of railway executives than it is of
the feelings of employes. The inter
state commerce act bristles with
penalties fine or imprisonment or
both for defiance by executive" of
the provisions of that law.
ONE MORE CRUCIAL FIGHT.
Back In North Dakota where the
state pays 93, 000,000 a year for hail
insurance, the Non-Partlsan league
is again fighting for its life. So It
will be until the league Is destroyed,
root and branch, for 'it is literally
true that if the existence -of the
radical organization Is at stake It is
also true that sanity, conservatism,
and efficiency in government are
fighting for their lives; and la the
end they will prevail.
There is to be a recall election In
North Dakota today. . It Is aimed at
the governor, attorney-general and
commissioner of agriculture, who
constitute a commission controlling
the state's socialistic industrial
schemes, which have been responsi
ble for a five-fold increase In state
taxes in five years. To be exact, the
total collections of all kinds of taxes
in 1915 were 12,142.784; in 1920,
$10,614,885; and in 1921 they will be
$12,500,000.
It is difficult for anyone, inside or
outside the state, to say what Will
happen in North. Dakota today. Un
doubtedly the tide has of late been
running steadily and strongly against
the league; but the device of a re
call constitutes In itself no popular
appeal and it may prove to have
been a tactical mistake. The ex
planation of the recall is that the
wearied and disgusted taxpayer has
found conditions cumulatively intol
erable and resolved on heroic meas
ures to end them.
The figures look good for the in
dependents; who are a combination
of republicans and democrats. The
Non-Partisan league majority in
1916 was 60,000; in 1918 it was 80,
000, and in 1920 it was 4600. In the
last-named year Governor Frazler
had the good fortune to be running
on the same ticket with President
Harding who carried the state by
130.000. At the same time five
initiative measures aimed at we
Non-Partlsan league were carried.
The handicaps of the present
grand attack on the league are the
recall itself and the assured incom
pleteness of any fusion between re
publicans and democrats. The chief
menaces to the Non-Partisans lie in
the demonstrated waste of the public
moneys, enormous taxes, numerous
bank failures, misconduct of various
non-partisan official lack of suc
cess for the state Industries, all con
tributing to the growing lack of con
fidence in the Non-Partlsan plans
and the integrity of Non-Partlsan
leadership.
The Non-Partisans may survive the
day and the year, but not many mort
days or years. The handwriting on
the wall of destiny is plain. Non
partisanship is a fraud in North
Dakota just as the other kind of
non-partisanship is a fraud in Ore
gon.
THE Uff A3 TO RAILROAD STRIKES.
The government has full power to
prevent paralysis by a railroad
strike of interstate commerce as well
as mail service. That was decided
by the) supreme court of, the United
States on May 27, 1895, in the case
of Kugene V. Debs and others, who
had been imprisoned for disobe
dience of an Injunction commanding
them to refrain from obstructing
trains engaged in interstate com
merce and from interfering with
trains carrying the mails. The case
grew out of the Pullman strike of
1894, which spread throughout the
United States, particularly the west.
The court held that the govern
ment has authority to interfere di
rectly in order to prevent forcible
obstruction of interstate commerce
or of transportation of the malls.
It held that a court of equity has
jurisdiction to issue an injunction to
prevent such obstruction.
The right of the government to
use force in this prevention does not
preclude exercise by the courts of
all their powers of prevention.
The government has the same
power of control over artificial
highways, such as railroads, as over
waterways, and the same power to
remove obstructions.
A general railroad strike such as
that of 1894 Is a public nuisance,
with which a court of equity has
power to Interfere by injunction.
Contempt proceedings for viola
tion of an injunction are not execu
tion of the criminal law, therefore
do not invade the right of trial by
jury. Where the circuit court has
full jurisdiction, its findings of fact
as to disobedience are not open to
review on habeas corpus in any other
court.
If the brotherhoods should at
tempt to carry out their purpose of
a general strike, these definitions of
the law as lafd down by the highest
court will confront them.
PI.KASK. rHIlArEL.rHTA. DON'T
biUOVE!
The Thiladelphlan plan to hold a
sesqul-centennial exposition in J926,
disheartened in some degree by the
fact that Portland's highways and
electrical exposition first received
the approval of congress and the
president, has recently been "revivi
fied, vitalized and energized," to
quote the Public Ledger. This ex
cellent contemporary proclaims with
distinct enthusiasm that "a sudden
and drastic change has come over
the spirit of the dream." It is dif
ficult to reconcile any ordinary no
tion of a revivified, vitalized and
energized project with the compan
ion statement that It Is yet the spirit
of the dream. The latter phrase is
too ephemeral for this rude world,
however Byronlc it may be.
To proceed with the theme, how
ever, it appears that this galvanic
inspiration is derived from a sug
gestion recently advanced by Phila
delphia's mayor, with respect to the
preliminary financing of the sesqui
centennial. Readers will pardon this
repetition of a centipedinarian term.
It is merely the routine manner of.
i rnuaaeipnian speech, when re-
I ferring to the lapse of a century and
l a naif. Ah, yea, the inspiration.
of $2,000,000 be raised within the
city, by appropriation of public
funds and by popular subscription,
and that congress be asked to ap
propriate a like amount. With the
federal funds well in hand he feels
that his city might saunter onward
to Its preparations.
.It is not in the nature of Portland
to feel a pang of envy. Not only has
the projected Oregon exposition re
ceived the approval of the govern
ment, but it is to be held in 1925
a twelve-month before Philadelphia
will open her gala gates to the world,
assuming, of course, that the Quaker
city succeeds in persuading congress
to advance the requisite financial
aid. - Upon this latter point it is that
Portland feels constrained to com
ment. By every right of priority, as
by the international significance of
the local project, this city has a su
perior claim upon' federal financial
assistance. It cannot be expected to
stand Idly by while Philadelphia's
shrewd and competent mayor ex
tracts from the national purse the
er golden feather that will take
some of the wind .from Portland's
trails.
The purpose of these few para
graphs seemed, at the first, to be the
pressing of this point. A most
meritorious point It la, and as such
we advance It. But as the discus
sion proceeded it became imperative
that, by the eternal, the reputation
of the west be upheld in other par
ticulars such as, for example, the
deft mixing of metaphors.
THE RACE 'ISSUE AND THE SOLID
SOUTH.
President Harding performed an
act of friendship to the south in his
speech at Birmingham. He set it
right as to the northern view of the
race question and he presented to it
for adoption a new view of that ques
tion which should cause its people to
break away from their traditional
habits of thought and should start
them to consider the question free
from the false Impression that the
north wants to force "nigger domi
nation" upon .them. Since recon
struction days any disposition in that
direction has not extended far be
yond a few doctrinaires and it has
been practically extinguished by the
experience following on the great
negro migration to the north that
was caused by war industry. Since
the far west acquired a race prob
lem of its own and since racial dif
ferences have come to figure largely
m world politics, the idea of racial
equality or amalgamation has been
rejected as generally among the
whites of the north as among those
of the south.
Mr. Harding in substance tells
both white and black that they should.
accept as an uncnangeaDie lact tne
difference in race between them,
when he says:
There ahall be recognition of the abso
lute divergence In things racial and social.
Men of both racea may well atand un
compromisingly against every suggestion
of aoclat equality. This is not a question
of social equality, but a question of rec
ognizing a fundamental, eternal. Inescapa
ble difference.
Racial amalgamation there cannot be.
With equal force he insists on
political and economic equality. That
is not inconsistent with recognition
of the racial difference; in fact that
recognition is its necessary prelimi
nary. Without it on the part of both
races there would be continual dis
cord which would block the progress
of both. With it each race could
enjoy full exercise of its right to its
part in the government and to
economic progress without fear of
the other and without arousing the
other's fears. This requires that the
south "let the black man vote when
he is fit to vote, prohibit the white
man from voting when he is unfit to
vote." It also requires "a construc
tive policy of racial relationship"
and "partnership of the races in de
veloping the highest aims of hu
manity." The worst obstacles to the prog
ress of the black race in America
have been the tradition of slavery
which has branded it as inherently
inferior and the struggle for social
equality which has led negroes to
imitate the whites instead of prov
ing their best qualities as Negroes.
What the negro needs Is the same
kind of pride of race which ani
mates not only whites ' but other
dark-skinned races. That pride
moves a race to develop its
capacity to its highest degree, and
to let the result show what it can
do, but leads it to scorn imitation'
of another race as a practical con
fession of inferiority to that other
race. When we compare the pres
ent state of the American negroes as
regards education, religion, progress
in the arts and sciences, holding of
property worth hundreds of millipns
of dollars, with their condition when
they emerged from slavery, we find
great cause for racial pride. Com
parison with the white race, in order
to be just, should not be with it as
it now is but with it as it began to
rise from barbarism well nigh 1500
years ago. The negroes who have
won the highest respect among
whites, south as well as north, have
been such men as Booker Washing
ton who won distinction as negroes
by educating and pressing forward
their kin as negroes, not as imitation
white men.
The president's assurance that no
desire exists to force black su
premacy or social equality on the
south should encourage the whites
of that section to aid the education
and economic independence of the
blacks. That would make them bet-
ter, more loyal citizens. As general
intelligence and prosperity spread
among the blacks, they would be
more apt to recognise the difference
between the races and to develop
racial pride which would fortify
them against desire to break down
the barrier. Among them would
arise a class of professional men and
merchants who would seek clients
and customers among them exclu
sively and would become their social
leaders. The improved condition of
the black race would react favorably
on the whites in their business. The
more conservative whites may cling
to the Idea of "keeping the nigger
down" by denying him opportunity
of education and acquiring property,
lest too many become fit to vote.
Such men may as well make up their
minds that the negroes will advance,
either with or without their help,
and that for the whites' interest it
would better be with than without.
The south is dependent on the ne
groes for labor and if an attempt Is
made to hold them down, a sense of
wrong will make their work ineffi
cient or will prompt them to move
north. White and black have to get
along together in the south and can
do it-better by helping one another
"than by cultivating enmity.
Mr. Harding's attitude on the race
question removes the last shadow of
an excuse for keeping the seuth
politically solid. Its politicians have
held it solid in the democratic ranks
by keeping its white population in a
state of chronic dread of black
domination to be imposed by the re
publican party. This strategy has
prevented white men who believed
in republican principles from ex
pressing them by their votes, and
has made the blacks solidly repub
lican. The result has been atrophy
of Independent political thought and
inability to take a patriotic view of
great national questions. Men have
been elected to senate and house for
no better reason than that they made
violent appeals to the most extreme
race prejudice, though the only ef
fect they could give to their opinions
was to make blood-and-thunder
speeches. It was useless to expect
from them any real contribution to
constructive legislation.-. The solid
south sends to the senate such polit
ical freaks as Vardaman of Missis
sippi, who when Germany threat
ened our national life stood out as
one of the wilful twelve; Watson of
Georgia, who Is the voluble mouth
piece of all the anti-lams; or Pat
Harrison, who strives to keep alive
the partisanship which disastrously
delayed peace. The bogey of negro
domination sends such men to
Washington and keeps at home
much of the best brains and char
acter of the south. '
The natural effect of a solid south
Is to produce a solid north, though
independence of the west has held
that tendency in check. It is self-
evident that since the civil war
killed secession and freed the slaves.
the principles on which "parties
divide should not divide the country
on sectional lines. There Is room
for the same division regardless of
those lines in the south as in the
north. The whole country, the south
especially, would profit by Increased
activity of political thought and dis
cussion )n that section, by bringing
its best men to the front, and the
democratic party would win control
of the government as often under
those circumstances as Men It has a
solid block of southern votes. By
ending the race issue, the republican
party should break up the solid
south for the good of the democratic
party and of the whole nation.
You never can tell about Cupid.
Folk were predicting sagely that the
high marriage records ' of the war
era. when soldiers kissed their brides
good-by or came home with one,
would stand for some years to come.
Also it was pointed out that unset
tled economic conditions, of which
the high cost of living was typical,
would dampen the ardor of the
swains. Tet the year 1921, say the
census authorities, is a record
breaker for marriages. More than
one million marriages will have been
performed in the United States be
fore its close, and estimates even
run the figure up to a million and a
half. In En gland, France and Ger
many the same sprightllness has
been noticed and scrutinized. None
ventures to assign the reason for
this pleasant trend of mortal affairs,
though the cynical have hinted that
a shortage of marriageable men is
at the bottom. If this be true it
merely shows what any woman can
do when she resolves upon it.
If ordinary 6-cent Oregon prunes
sell at 40 cents in Chicago, as the
visiting aldermen of that city said
on their return from a trip west,
that solid carload of 2-80s Just
shipped from Polk county ought to
bring silver dollars standing on edge.
The logical successor of the train
robber is the mail bandit, but his
field of operation is the big city,
where the posse trails him in gum
shoes rather than shaps, with less
success than the old way in which
the six-gun was the persuader.
That Chicago husband who found
another woman whose kisses "vi
brate the essence of life" isn't giving
away the address, so to speak. The
poor wife, beautiful but lacking the
"essence" rightfully is seeking her
decree.
Scientists are working with ra
dium as an agency through which
they expect to extend the span of
human life to one hundred years.
When It's no longer fashionable to
die, perhaps people will quit do
ing it.
Sacramento has just had a visit
from a tornado, an incident that,
like the San Francisco and Los
Angeles earthquakes; will hardly be
mentioned in advertisements of Cali
fornia and its "matchless climate."
King George says he's too poor to
Indulge in the luxury of yacht rac
ing. That seems to leave it Just
where It was, up to Sir Thomas Lip-
ton, who is only a poor millionaire
tea king.
Hanging of Rathie ' and Kirby,
spectacular though it may be, will
not stop murder in Portland: but
speedy trial and execution of a Port
land murderer will have its effect
locally.
Every grade crossing Is a danger
point and a train on its rails and
right of way can travel at unlimited
speed. Isn't it better to be safe and
slower than swift and. sorry?
The driver who does not dim his
lights knows he is breaking a law
and endangering others, but much
he cares. The law of compensation
will get him some day.
Now and then you find a store
keeper of a retiring disposition, but
not for long. The man who makes a
success of selling cannot keep out of
the game.
The beer question goes to the su
preme court. But can anybody ima
gine a dignified Justice drinking
homebrew off in a corner?
The allies will place Charles and
his wife on a British cruiser; and
rlon't they wish they could get hold
of the ex-kaiser, too? '
Hungary is not quite as backward
in politics as some of us supposed.
The" recall seems to be in perfect
working order.
Ex-King Charles knows by this
time just how some of these ex
kleagles feel.
And that's the end of Blanton.
The Listening Post.
By DeWItt Harry.
H
B stood In the drenching down
pour looking into a store win
dow on Seeond street where a num
ber of dogs were quartered. It was
early evening, srte pupple lay there
warm and comfortable on their fresh
straw. His trawl-stained cap was
soaked and rivulets of rain ran down
his face. The face Itself was pleas
ing, young, clean shaven, but a little
dispirited.
One of the puppies rolled over on
his little round stomach, yawned
luxuriously and came to the glass
with friendly wags of his bushy tail.
The drenched human out in the storm
put his hand on the glass, where it
left a wet smear, and looked at the
comfort within the window with a
little envy. The man was clothed in
a pair of overalls, a rough shirt and
Just an ordinary coat. No overcoat
protected him from the rain, his
shoes were broken and the water
squashed from them as he moved.
The chances were that he was hun
gry, for he looked at the plentiful
supply of dog biscuit in the window
rather wistfully as If he even would
have taken a chance on that.
Lucky dogs.
Some day Charles Coopejr expects to
see a thriving textile city on the
Columbia highway. For years Mr.
Coopey was a tailor in Portland,
knew cloth and weaving from inti
mate acquaintance and realized, as
few men do, the peculiar adaptability
of the Oregon climate to the produc
tion of good woolen goods. Wool
lends Itself to treatment to a better
degree in a cool, moist climate.
. But Mr. Coopey is not all como
merclallsm. There is a great deal of
love of nature in the man. In the
minds of many of his friends it is a
question of what be appreciates the
most, the scenic beauties ofhls site
on the Columbia or its possibilities in
a commercial way. He roams all over
the cliffs that line the Columbia, has
an intimate acquaintance with every'
rock and tree within a goodly radius.
Angels' Rest, a 2000-foot high point,
la just behind his land and he likes
to climb there on a clear day and look
for the Faclflo ocean, over 100 miles
away. Mr. Coopey swears that it is
in sight when atmospheric conditions
are right.
Vinea-arettes.
Our young-girl contributor . has
given us another flalf dozen hot
ones:
As soon as there was so much tr.lk
about forbidding the shimmy a great
many people who were much shocked
before were suddenly seized with an
uncontrollable desire to shake their
shoulders.
Deny a man a kiss and he will
never be satisfied until he gets It.
Give It to him and he will never be
satisfied until he gets another. I
'A girl will often surprise her
friends by becoming a raving beauty,
but (he will never surprise herself.
Most girls looking for the Ideal
mate have to take a substitute, but
then tha men don't have much luck
either;
"Men write letters as a matter of
business; women as a matter of gos
sip.
To most people the idea of mental
effort is too fatiguing."
see.
John Van Ness of the Loyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen tells of
an acquaintance whose religion is
doubtful. Van says that this man
was In the habit of kneeling by his
bed nightly and saying his prayers
before retiring. He was a widower,
but remarried, and his wife told Van
of his practice. It was one of the
household rules to lay the kitchen
fire before going to bed, and one
night after laying the fire he was
praying when he heard the crackling
of the flames. Some spark had re
mained in the stove and Ignited the
kindling. The kneeling figure, with
unutterable feeling, his voice trem
bling with feryor, either of religion
or aggravation, said:
"Oh! Lord!! There goes that
d d fire."
.
It was down at the union depot and
the ruse was cleverly managed. The
young couple were unable to conceal
the fact that they were very fond of
each other, related the depot master
afterwards in telling of his observa
tion. They stood with the crowd
waiting for an Incoming train. , He
held her arm closely, she bore a happy
smile. The gates opened and the pas
sengers began to stream in. The
young fellow edged his way near the
gate and mingled with the incoming
people, looking over the faces of the
waiting crowd. Suddenly he saw the
girl, smiled as in welcome, and went
directly to her side. He kissed her
soundly and she returned the salute
and they stood side by side again.
Charley Olson has followed the
woods for years and has an Intimate
knowledge of camp life. Olson re
cently attended a conference of
woodsmen In this city nd was the
life of the party. He is a blacksmith
anemone of his stories deals' with a
logger who came to borrow an augur
to make a bedbug trap. The orig
inator of the clever scheme for out
witting the vermin would bore a shal
low hole in the sideboards of his
bunk, not going clear through the
wood. After a happy night of roam-
ng the active little bedbugs would
seek cover and numbers of them
would always hide in his trap, when
he would plug the hole with a cork
and keep them captive.
"Dogs will be dogs" may be a para
phrase, but most boys will not feel
aggrieved. Out in Irvington there
are some fine dogs, aristocrats all.
pedigrees extending far back with
Illustrious family histories But at
the bottom nearly all dogs seem to
have the same basic rules of con
duct, just s do most boys.
A beautiful white setter and a
shaggy Airedale are Inseparable pals.
They roam the neighborhood together,
share each others' meals, and oc
casionally one will visit at the other's
home overnight. Juat recently they
have developed their teamwork to
a better degree in raiding garbage
cans.
Now few persons would expect a
finely-bred animal to possess the a p
Detite of a mongrel, but these, rol.
lickiag chums can upset any gar-1
I bage can, knock off the cover, and I
I ransack the Interior in jig time. I
j Many are the prize they retrieve,
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Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ot Folks at the Hotels.
"In ten yeara all of the Port Orford
cedar will be exhausted, unless some
thing Is done immediately to preserve
it." predicts Frank J. Miller of Al
bany, former state eenator and
former member of the public service
commission. "A most people know,
the only Port Orford cedar anywhere
In the world ie In Oregon, and most
of it is In Curry county. It is a
peculiar cedar, unlike any other and
possessing unique properties. Why
It should only grow in the Port
Orford quadrangle no one haa been
able to figure out, and no one knows
why it cannot be transplanted. Jus:
now there Is a tremendous demand
for this cedar by Japanese buyers.
Shiploads and trainloads of the cedar
are being exported. 1 haven't any
objection to Japan buying it any
more than any other country, but
I do consider it a serious matter
the way the stand of Port Orford
cedar is being wiped out. The Jap
anese Insist that the cedar be at
least 60 per cent clear. As a result,
to obtain the clear, a terrific waste
is going on. The forest is becoming
littered with cedar logs which are
not clear and therefore, having been
cut down, are left on the ground.
It la something like the way the
spruce was devastated during the
war, only there was plenty of spruce
and the world supply of Port Orford
cedar is exceedingly limited. Log
gers are my authority for saying
that if the logging operations con
tinue at the present rate, all of the
cedar will have been cut down in
another ten yeara It occurs to me
that someone, or somebody or, maybe
the state, shouldi take step to pre
vent the total destruction of the Fort
Orfosd cedars, for when the present
stand is removed there will never
be another." Mr. Miller is registered
at the Imperial.
Speaking of pants, J. W. Thomp
son manufactured 415,000 pair of
trousers for the government before
hi contract expired. "I hadi 600 peo
ple making these trousers," explained
Mr. Thompson, "and I turned out 700U
pairs a week." Mr. Thompson, for
merly a resident of Portland, has
been away for 12 years. He is now
manufacturing fences and' fence-making
looms, with factories In the mid
dle west. Mr. Thompson reasoned
that every farmer must have a fence
around his holdings, consequently
the fence business should be a good
Industry. What Oregon needs, as
serts Mr. Thompson, is for the peo
ple to go away from home once In
a while and see what is being manu
factured elsewhere, so that by means
of this education, new Industries will
be brought into the state. Already
before motoring to the Rose City
for a visit,. Mr. Thompson has been
advertising the 1925 exposition.
spreading the news hair way across
the continent.
One of the most flowery orators
who ever occupied a seat In the Ore
gon state senate is Samuel Garland.
of Lebanon, Or., who Is a democrat
and a southerner. Mr. Garland Is In
terested in the creation of a highway
improvement district In the Crabtrea
section of Linn county so that with
what money the district can raise.
added to contributions from the
state, a paved road can be con
structed between Albany and Leb
anon. Beyond Lebanon toe ian is
to have a good but unpaved road to
Cascadla, Fish Lake and on over tne
Cascades to Sisters.
"Port facilities 'in Portland are
splendid and there is every reason
to predict a great water-borne com
merce for fortiana, states r.
Ccmbs, who checked out of the Hotel
Portland last night. Mr. Combs s
personal engineer to the commission
of public works, Chicago, and has
been making a western tour to look
things over. He expressed himee-lf
as more than favorably Impressed
with Portland and lauded the har
bor, the terminal facilities and the
manner in which the port and dock
commissions are developing the In
terests of the community.
Hotel registers showed a decrease
In arrivals yesterday. This is at
tributed to a fear among the travel
ing public that the strike may 'be
called, as advertised, and they want
to be as near home as possible In the
event of the transportation system
being tied up. As the day for the
announced strike approaches, it Is
believed that the arrivals at the ho
tels will become even fewer. Those
visitors who are coming to town are
chiefly from nearby places, such as
Idaho, Washington, California and
Oregon points.
W. A. Langille, right-of-way agent
for Hood River county, has been con
sulting with the highway commls?
sion. It is Mr. Langille' s job to get
the right-of-way on the Mount Hood
loop locations selected by the com
mission. About six miles of heavy
clearing will be advertised on a loop
section within a few weeks, this be
ing removal of timber, a class of
work which can be carried on during
the winter months and make grading
possible early in the spring.
. "Wheat men had to stop seeding
because of lack of moisture up our
way," reports James Kyle, of Stan
field. "There have been some sub
stantial showers the last couple of
days and these are much appreciated
by the farmers." Once upon a time
Mr. Kyle took a keen interest in '
state politics, but since becoming lo
cated at Stanfield he Is more inter
ested in the size of crops than the
size of election returns.
Like bringing coals to Newcastle
is the bringing of hams and bacon to
Oregon, yet J. W. Jett, representing a
packing concern at Sioux Falls, S. D.,
says that his products are meeting a
ready sale in this state due to the
fact that they are corn-fed. Mr. Jett
is registered at the Multnomah.
J. L. Dodson, judge of Baker county,
has sheen in town to attend the
awarding of road contracts in his
county. Other county Judges who
have been visiting the commission
are J. T. Adkisson of Wasco, Judge
Pollock of Josephine, Judge Wade of
Coos and Judge Sawyer of Deschutes.
F. S. Stlmson of Seattle, one of the
moving spirits of the Pacific Inter
national livestock exposition, even
though he does live on Puget sound
Is an arrival at the Hotel Portland.
The exposition affairs are responsi
ble for Mr. Stlmson's visit.
R. J. Posson, market milk inspector
connected with the United States de
partment of agriculture. Is at the
Multnomah. He is here to attend the
Pacific International livestock expo
sition. Frank J. Leonard, port itewa'rd of
the Pacific Steamship company and
Admiral lines, s In town on business
and is registered at the Multnomah.
R. A. Wernick of Coqullle and S. F.
Downing of Coos Bay, both being In
terested In the lumber business, are
registered at the Benson.
T. Hoffbeck, superintendent of
commissary for the Northern Pacific
railway, is at the Multnomah from St.
Paul with his son.
M. S. Woodcock, banker of Corval-
lis. Or.. Is in the city on business.
Arthur G. Means of Ontario, Or., Is
registered at the Hotel Portland.
O My River!
By Grace K. Hall.
0 my river, how I love you.
Hurrying onward toward the sea.
With a sheen upon your bosom
That is golden mystery!
1 can see the ghost-like quiver
Of a thousand phantom sails
On your breast, O lovely river,
When the clear white daylight fails.
Phantom ships in silence going
Down the shimmering lane ahead.
With a mass of bright flags blowing,
Intermingled, overhead.
O, my river, how I love you.
As I watch reflections glow
On your peaceful breast at midnight.
When the lights are mingled so!
But when mists, like soft. Bun's veil
ing. Cling against the piers at dawn,
Shadow-fhipg I saw a-sailing,
All have furled their flags and
gone!
WAGE CUT IS NOT 8IILK ISSUE
Brotherhood Division Chairman In
terprets Railroad Strike Ballot.
ROSEBURO, Or.. Oct. 26 (To the
Editor.) Referring to the question
that la before the public at the pres
ent time, the impending strike, I
would) ask that you give this letter
space, that the public may know that
the question is not merely a matter
of the 12 per cent reduction In wages
that the labor board granted the
railroads. It is far from that.
The Oregonlan recently left the In
ference that it was In possession of
one of the strike ballots and that it
waa only a question of the 12 per
cent reduction that caused the con
troversy. If The Oregonian Is In pos
session of one of the strike ballots
ami will refer to page S Tf the same
It will find the following:
1. That the chief executives requested
the appointment of a conference commit
tee to meet a committee of chief execu
tives and general chairmen with full au
thority to handle and speak for all the
roads and deal with tha matter collec
tively, instead of dealing with each in
dividual road.
2. Recall all wags reduction pending
negotiations, so that each party to con
ference la on an equal basis.
3. Assurance that for a fixed time, to
be determined by agreement, no further
reductions would be requested.
4. Agreement that no effort m-ould be
made to take away from tha men time
and one-half for overtlma.
6. Agreement that for a certain fixed
time to ba agreed upon no attempt woul-.t
be made to cancel or change present agree
ment ot rules and working condltiona.
The above is our request, and please
bear in mind1 that the managers' as
sociation is still kept irntact and
Mr. Atterbury Is the representative
of the railroads. Their answer, which
I will give, you will find on page 6 of
the strike ballot:
1. The railroads represented at this
meeting' are of the opinion that the policy
heretofore announced t'trough the asso
ciation of railway executives of separate
negotiations between the individual rail
road and Its employes touching wages and
working conditions, which policy la up
held by the lsbor board and contemplated
In the transportation act of 1921, la the
correct one In the Interest of the roads,
the public and their employes.
Second and third are answered by
the fallowing:
It Is the sense of this meeting, with re
spect to the first of the above subjects.
that the United States labor board, after
full hearings, has disposed of this matter
in accordance with the law, by authorizing
a reduction in wage rates, effective July
1, lujl, said reduction being materially
less than the amount requested by the
roads and being obviously necessary to the
efficient and economical operation of tho
roads and It would therefore he both im
practicable and Improper to give consid
eration at this time to a restoration of the
ware rates In effect June 30.
With respect to the second of above
subjecta, we are not advised as to the par
ticular demands for further decreases to
which reference Is made, but feel that such
demands ahould be handled in the method
provided by law, by conference between
the individual roads and employes con
cerned and falling of agreement, by ref
erence to United States labor board.
Now you wlM note that the mana
gers' association is still representlnK
the roads. However, the men must
go back and1 do buslnees with 'the
respective managements.
You swill note that the answer to
the five requests states that "we are
not advised as to the particular de
mands for further decreases to which
reference Is made." For the benefit
of the public I will state the demands
were made by handing the engineers'
and firemen's committee a general
revision of our working agreement,
that we have been building up since
1895, and which the general manager
was frank to say to our committee
amounted to 42 1 per cent. This on
top of the 12 per cent that the labor
board granted the roads, according to
my way of figuring, amounted to 64
per cent, which, of course. Is not very
much of a reduction In wages for an
engineer, who. The Oregonlan has
stated, receives more than some gov
ernors. I am frank to admit a good
engineer is worth more than some
governors. However, he receives the
amount equal to a governor's salary
only 1n theory, and not In practice,
and Patterson & Rlggs refuse to take
anything except cash.
I am free to say that the men
would bave accepted the 12 per cent
decrease In wages and gone on our
way rejoicing if they had not handed
us the revised agreement, which
amounted to 42 Vi per cent more. But
we cannot stand for that at all. and
I do not think that the public would
condemn us for not standing for It if
It really had the facts of the case to
Judge from, which facts It does not
seem to get from the majority of
papers why. I do not know.
If the press would use Its efforts to
have the railroads use the 12V4 per
cent reduction to reduce the freight
rates and' the roads would do so, I
believe that we would see a different
condition than Is now confronting us,
and the wave of prosperity that we
heard about that was Just around the
coj-ner might show up and relieve the
situation somewhat.
My candid opinion of this issue Is
that the railroad chiefs are trying to
force the administration to guarantee
them about 11 par cent on the stock,
wtaer and all, which they claim Is
118.000. 000.000. If they did get the
guarantee, then they would say, let s
go. However, If they did get the
guarantee The Oregonlan would not
be fair enonarh to say that the rail
road' chiefs forced the administration
into It, and I have read the paper
for 30 years and have followed It
closely.
If you will give this article along
side your answer It will be appreci
ated by the transportation employes
and make It plain to the public that
we have had this revised agreement
handed to us containing the 42i per
cent additional reduction.
w. u Mcdonald.
Chairman Division 476, Brotherhood
of Engineers.
Suitors to Be Disciplined.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The old man regarded his remaining
unmarried daughter critically.
"Let me see, Alice," he reflected.
"Young Smythe has been calling on
you regularly for six or eight months,
hasn't he?"
"Yes, father," simpered Alice.
"Well." continued her parent, "If he
asks you to marry him when he comei
tonight, tell him to see me. Under
stand?" "Yes, dad." giggled Alice. "But sup
pose he doesn't ask me to marry him?"
"H'm," reflected papa. "In that case
just tell him I want to see him."
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Montague.
IT DOK5VT ALWAYS WORK.
We felt, when our pay was three
dollars a week.
That some helpful suggestion we
needed;
So we read with delight In a paper
one night
How a prosperous man had suc
ceeded. We did all the things that he said he
had done,
With a high hopeful purpose in
spired: But wa gained no success by our
effort unless
Tou would call it success to be
fired.
A year or
two later
magazine
came
Which told how a dime here
tnd
there
Tucked away In the banks put a man
In the ranks
Of people with millions to spare.
We saved on our luncheons, we
walked down to work,
And bought only celluloid collars;
And we banked 'every dime for a
very long time,
But we've only got sixty-four
dollars.
Another great person his recipe wrote
For gaining much power and pelf;
"Don't be backward," he said, "but
Just go right ahead
And grab off a Job for yourself."
We looked 'round the office where wa
were employed
Till the job that we wanted wa
picked;
And to take It we tried, but we landed
outside
On the pavement, quite thoroughly
licked.
So we asked of a friend who had
money In heaps
A man we had known from our
youth.
If he'd tell us the mode that he'd
gathered his load
And toll us the absolute truth.
He -told us we modeled our system
on his.
And got quite a nice bunch of kale;
Then something went wrong and a
cop came along
And brutally led us to Jail.
e
, Practically 1'nanlmous,
In expressing the belief that Judges
ought to get 175,000 a year each Henry
Ford haa succeeded In getting the
Judiciary solidly behind him.
see
With the Proverbial Dullness.
The average theatrical offering of
the season seems to be all work and
no play.
e
Kxceptlon
Babe Ruth haa certainly blown up
the theory that knocking never gets
a man anywhere.
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright, IIoaKhton-Mlf flln Co.
Can Yon Answer These Questioner
1. Do sharks lay eggs, or how are
their young born?
2. Does the Jack rabbit of Mani
toba turn white In winter?
3. I have a big clump of bee balm
In blossom and there are always two
or more humming birds around It.
The beautiful ruby-throat Is common,
and there are smaller, plainer ones.
Are they females or young or another
species?
Answers In tomorrow's nature notes,
a e
Answers to 1'revlotis Question.
1. What is the Incubation period
for tho pied-billed grebe?
Authorities vary. 23 to 24 days be
ing the averaKe count, though one
case is known, anyway, where it
took 30 days to hatch a brood. This
bird builds a roughish, grass-lined
nest among reeds, eel-grass, etc.,
close to the water of a pond or slow
stream. Sometimes the nest actually
floats on the water. The bird Is also
called dabchlek, Carolina grebe, little
grebe, hell diver, dipper and water
witch.
2. Do minks steal poultry?
Yes. if they get a chance, being
weasels, blood-thirsty bj nature.
Mink natural food is fish (it lives In
regions near water), mice, rabbits,
etc., and birds. In a poultry house It
will kill, as any weasel does, more
than to satisfy hunger.
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3. I have a beeautiful hexagon
aquarium with copper bottom and
frame. I use river water, In which
I know much chemical Is used at the
reservoir. My fish do not do well.
Is the copper hurtful? I clean the
water out often.
We Judge so. Copper in aquaria 's
not recommended by the professional
aquarium maintained by the New
York Zoological society. The chemical
combinations likely to take place are
Injurious. Water should be kept
fresh by aquatic plants, not by con
stant changing, plants absorbing car
bon dioxide and giving out necessary
oxygen.
In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
From The Oregonlan of October 2. ll).
Los Angeles. The greatest event
In the political history of southern
California was the demonstration to
day In honor of Thomas B. Reed of
Maine, who arrived here to speak In
behalf of the .candidacy of Major Mc
Kinley. New York. George Lavlgne, light
weight prizefighter of Kaginaw, Mich.,
defeated Jack Kverhardt of New Or
leans In 24 rounds here last night.
Ben Hayden of Polk county, the
old political warhorse of former days.
Is registered at the Imperial.
Mrs. Susan Mills, the founder and
owner of the well-known Institution
of learning bearing her name In Cali
fornia, Is here visiting Mrs. Cyrus A.
Dolph.
Fifty lean Ago.
From The Oregonlan of October -S. 1TI.
The academy at Maker City, which
waa destroyed by fire, recently, has
been rebuilt.
The grand Jury of Clackamas
county reports that there la an urgent
need for a new Jail In Oregon City.
Mrs. Miller, the wife of Joaquin, Is
engaged on a volume of poems to bo
published shortly. Khe Is In Salem.
How Does a Political Tradition Start f
Springfield Republican.
"A curious political tradition has
arisen that the agreeable diplomatic
position of minister to Slain belongs
to Oregon." So speaks the Portland
Oregonian in favorable comment on
the selection of Kdward K. Krodle,
Oregon's latest son to secure that
"agreeable position." It was from
Oregon that John Rarrett, although
born In Vermont, went to Slam. in
John Barrett actually old enough to
have started a "political tradition"?
It may be, for In spite of that per
sistent buoyanry the extraordinary
facts seem to be that he took his
decree at Dartmouth as long ago as
18S3, and began a picturesque career
by going to Slam in ltD4. Murder
will out and time files.