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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1922)
a THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY IT, 1922 KSTABl IMIiuD Il IIENKT I PITTOCK. Publish-I by Tit ireronlan Publishing Co, 13i Sixth St et. i'oil.aad. Oregon. C, A. M!JRBBN. E. B. PIPER. 3Jar.ajcer. Udlior. The Oreironlan a member of the Aeso clated f ee. T!i Associated Prese ia ex clusively entitled tc the ui,e for publicatlos r all newa d.apitchea credited to It or not ofherwl.ie. credit! In this paper and alio ti.e local dews pu:shed herein. All right c. publication of special dlspatchea heron are ao reserved. tdbscriotiun Rnlr. Invariably in Advance. IB Alail.) Iially. 8'inday InomJed, one year ... J'aily. .Vjn.lav Ino.'ided. six month! . t ally. Sunday lnc.t;.;ed. three months Laily, S'juday In. Ided. one month ; bily. tv.:hout S "'ley. one year... Iaily. hout 8fn,iay. eix months .. .'.al'y-. "'hotit Sj-.day. on, month .. eekly. nne year Sunday, oli year ,. (B. Carrier.) Dally. Sunday Innuded, one year . . -, I-ally. Sunday Inj Hied, three months. I'ally, Sunday Included, one month ., I. ally, w thout Sut.dy, one year Iially. witnout Sunday, three months. Lail-. wrhout Si-.-'uy. one month... .IS 00 . 4 i'i . . . J .'3 . .6-1 Jrt1 .moo and feet higher than that of the Pa-'and wide awake, as Wardei. Henry clfic coast. Difference in rates Is ' Wolfer of Minnesota once said. He the sole explanation. Freight is so is migratory, and while traveling high a proportion of the delivered from state to state he learns about price of Pacific coast lumber that, i laws and prison management, se when prices fall, it Is sold at a loss lects for his operations the states in while southern pine still brings a j which sentimentality is most prev profit. R e p-o r t s of comparative alent, and because of his wide ex movements of cars from the Douglas perience frequently gets off with and yellow pine regions show that I lighter sentence than does the so under present rates there has been I cidcntal criminal. 'When the fact a great decrease in that of Douglas ! can be mathematically demon- fir and a considerable Increase in that' of yellow pine between points where there Is no water competition. The loss of lumber traffic by rail roads to water lines has been enor mous, and it promises to be perma nent, for facilities exist to make it so. In fact, wherever possible the st rated that a man is ynreform- able," said Wolfer, "what a travesty on justice to turn him loose!" The point is that the parole is still a test of honor, and that without some sense of 'honor the criminal' is Irre claimable. Even experience with prisons does ..ot deter the congeni- tally criminal. Casual punishment people are learning to do without ! as a deterrent in his case has been the ra'ilroads. Water -traffic be- vastly overrated. Since this is true vented a mangle for pressing linen, a clock that showed the hours, min utes and seconds, a pair of spec-1 tacles for his own use which could , be used equally well for reading and i for uppinir at a rlictnnr-A and manv I other handv and useful things. His early experiments in the field of physics are valued by scientists to this day. His curiosity and his de sire to. be bf service were boundless, as was illustrated when he took the sprouting twig from a broken wil low basket in which some foreign goods had been imported, and planted it, so laying the foundation, it is said, for the willow basket in dustry in America, - No service was menial in Frank lin's eyes. The great range of his achievements makes each of them the more remarkable. It is, of course, dificult to appraise in a few The Listening Post. By DeWItt Harry. 5 T.KU l.'t.S 63 HOW to Krnit JUnH nnalnfllp mnnav cider, .x.jrtus or personal cheek on your I'cal bank. Stamr, coin or currency ara Jt owners risk. liive postofflce address lo full, including ejuaty and stale. Pnstare Kates t t P) pazea. 1 cent; 1 o 82 ptzes, 2 cots; 34 to -43 pages. 3 rents; ft-l to 64 pares. 4 cents: 6U to SO J.agea. o cents; h2 to tMl pages. U cents, foreign rostanj r.uuble rate. Eastern lljiHlnesc Office Verree & Conk-!adi!-on vnue. New York: Verree - Conk' II. Ktege- building. Chicago: Ver tee At ..unklin. ! Ht,tiH,nr r- r.IO't'i Mich Verree & Cunklln, Monadnock 2 -ih tween the coasts has attained great . the protection of society demands words the secret of his leadership. IT IS THE RAILROADS' SIOVE. Business having taken a slight upward turn, any decrease In cost of production, consequently in prices, would have, a decidedly tonic effect, aftd attention has naturally turned to cost of transportation for a good part of this decrease. Hence the in quiry that is being conducted by the interstate commerce commission. P.y reducing rates on farm products, the railroads have yielded to the logic of the argument that If rates are so high that the farmer cannot ship corn and get any return he will not ship, he cannot buy and the rail road loses revenue both ways. Many cars lie idle and are a great body of capital earning no return. The road and terminals, not being operated to capacity, earn far less than their possible revenue. The railroads In llie aggregate earn less than The standard return fixed by congress for the two years ending March 1, 3 922, and aimed at when the com mission made the general advances. Having failed to earn that return at the advanced rates an being ob viously unable to attempt It by rais ing rates still higher, admitting also that tho traffic will heap no heavier burden, why do not the railroads exhaust every expedient to earn a hlHiicr net income at a lower scale of rates? We all know that, higher cost of labor and material has raided cost of operation to a figure which limits the degree to which rates can be re duced, and that reduction in those liems would only open the way to lower rates, but any suggestion of tha't kind opens one, of those end less dl.-tcu.ssions in which managers and employes say to each other: You come down first." Managers say. yv e cant come down because our cost of living is high. Iteduce wages, then we will reduce rates, and your cost of living will come down because ours will bo lower." Tho employes retort:"Keduce rates, then prices will fall and we will ac cept lower wages, but we cannot live on less during the time the reduc ation would take to get around to us." Thij resembles the old knlfe-and-sclssors argument between a man and his wife, which ended in his drowning her, she going down with her fingers crossed to signify , "Scissors." If the railroads should move first by reducing rates to a basis at which traffic would move, load all cars, put their entire plant In operation and then fell short of a fair return on their investment, at the same time causing prices to fall,' they would have an Irresistible case for wage reductions and the public would back them. Hut there are other ways in which the railroads might reduce their ex penses ana tniis open the way to reduce rates and actually Increase net Income. The transportation act prescribes rates which will yield a fair return under honest, efficient and economical management." That implies that the cortimisaion must Inquire Into the whole scheme of management to determine whether it is "honest, efficient and economi cal." The human operating ma chine of the various railroads has existed for many yearsi, has grown i.iibi-r wiiu i-uiisoiiuaiions ana has been free from searching analysis such as has shown up the defects and waste ot the government. So great a machine teids to degenerate Into a bucu.ueracy, to become "sot In Its ways," to follow precedent senselessly long after it has become obsolete, and the longer such a ma chine remains undisturbed the mVe "sot" it becomes. When a hint of volume and is growing, taking much long-haul traffic formerly carried across the continent. Trucks take much short-haul traffic that can be hauled on paved highways. Cargoes of agricultural machinery fi jtn Chi cago go on barges down the Missis sippi river and come by ship from gulf ports to Portland, the railroads getting nly the short haul from this port to the interior.. If the people should form a fixed habit of doing without railroads in the most densely peopled parts of the coun try, as they learned to do without stage coaches a century ago, the railroads will be in a sad plight Their are already in a fight for ex istence as a transportation system able to ho.'4 its own in competition with other systems. that he be treated In the spirit in which he views his own social ob ligations, and that he be perma nently restrained. OLO STRAW. Once George Sylvester Vlerick, greatest of American-born propa gandists, called his paper the Fatherland, then Yierick's Weekly, and now the American Monthly. Hut it is the same old Fatherland. Lately the "American" Monthly had an article on the late lamented kaiser and his letters to( Von Hin denburg, which is reprinted in the local German weekly, and the qual ity of which may be judged by the following paragraph: To men and women capable of season. capable of weighing proved facts, there never nas noen any doubx that the war waa carefully plotted by the triple entente and precipitated for the psrpoee of de stroying the German empire, which, by the purely peaceattie means of commercial superiority, was becoming the foremost nation in the world, saving only our own Lnlted Mates. But tne legend of Ger many'a guilt was an absolute necessity to the Intriguing statesmen of the allies snd those who labored ... to force the American people into the war. Jut when France, the spoiled child of the family of nations, is by its active assertion of the new prin ciple of Frankrelch I'eber Allcs straining Its relations with its recent allies and associates, along comes the never-die and never-leftn Ger manized hyphenates to tell the world how some other any other than Germany began the war. Over in Germany, they still speak of Ger many's undefeated army. Gross, offensive, and insulting German propaganda before the en trance of America into the war had a large part in alienating American sympathy from Germany. It can be done again. The FirunO this kind is thrown out, railroad of fidals become indignantly agitated. They are at great pains to prove that Henry Ford has done nothing re markable with his little railroad, ami they tell with pride how far th's American railroad system excels ttvnt of any F.uropenn country In ef ficiency. Hut the question now i.i not whether it Is more efficient than any foreign system but how much more efficient it might be made. Walker I. Hlnes mentioned a few poyns whlrh should be pondered anrl acted upon. High cost of labor and material should prompt search for means of getting larger results froia. a given amount of them. An Industrial revolutionist like Mr. FoTd might be ble to show how trains could be moved through ter minals faster, how cars, could be losided and unloaded more econom ically, how tariffs could be simpli- fleJ so that a high school boy could find a rate hereas now a tariff ex pert must wade through hundreds of paiis. An efficiency expert with foil swing might rattle many dry bones. All this is very much to the point, for the railroads have transporta tion to sell, and they cannot sell it unless the people can sell the goods to be carried. T:tke the ease of lum ber as an example. For months after the rate increase in August, 120, the transcontinental roads re fused to adjust the new rates from the Pacific coast to a competitive basis with those from the south and finally made grudging reductions which still gave tha south a decided aiHantage in nudrt e western and pastern markets. Cost of produc tion in the two regions is approxi mately the name, but in every com petitive market the south-, margin t WHAT IS rt BI.IC SERVICE? e propoped Woodrow llson dation will have served a high ana usetui purpose if it does no more than stimulate thought upon the nature of that public service which most deserves the plaudits of the people. The purpose of the drive lately begun to raise a fund of a million dollars or more is to- pro vide the material for a series of re wards, roughly comparable to the Nobel prizes, to be bestowed upon the individual or group that has rendered within a specified period meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through justice." A declara tion so inclusive was destined from the outset to provoke discussion. A questionnaire sent out to the heads of sixty-two colleges and other representative citizens already has elicited a variety of opinion. The president of the university of Michi gan, for example, submitted It to a convention of deans, who were un able to agree upon any single form of service more conspicuous than all others and so embodied their views in a set of four suggestions. One Is that the prize be awarded to the person in an elective office, federal or state, "who is Judged for his con structive policies and wisdom of method to have rendered distin guished public service." Another would give the prize to the judge .WHAT A BO IT THE CONSCMER8? Mr. Corey of the public service commission, writes to his 'home paper In Baker an oojection to the proposed water competitive rates at ocean terminals on the. ground that such rates will put out of business Baker's newly acquired jobbing bouses and permit commodities to be delivered to Willamette valley consumers cheaper than to Baker consumers. . The rates, if established, will not affect the present all-rail rate which Baker jobbers pay on the goods they distribute. If it puts them out of business it will be only because the -retailers in the Baker country can buy cheaper elsewhere. And' if re tailers can buy cheaper elsewhere the consumers also in the Baker country will pay less than they do now for the things they buy. One would think, from the re ports that have come out of eastern Oregon of the plight of producers of cattle, sheep, grain and hay, that a rate scheme that reduced their cost of living would be welcome, even though Willamette valley producers of other commodities did receive a iittle greater reduction in living costs. s The genius has not yet arisen who can so overcome natural obstacles that consumers and producers every where shall be on an equality. But if one succeeded in doing It we fancy that he would be decidedly unpopu lar in many communities. BENJAMIX FRANKLIN. " It was given to only one American to sign four great documents which may be said to represent the foun dation of the present liberties of the nation the Declaration of Indepen dence, the treaty of alliance.- with France, the treaty of peace with England and the constitution of the United States. The man who possesses this peculiar- distinction is Benjamin Franklin, the two hundred and sixteenth anniversary of whose birth occurs today. This corelation of incidents is suggestive of the high place that Franklin at tained in the confidence of his coun trymen, of the diversified nature of the services which he performed for them, of the amazing versatility of his genius and the fertility of his resources, of his enormous capacitj fnr toil In his long and busy life Franklin was a leading participant in more events of greater moment than most men have been privileged only to observe. He not only saw the be glnnings of the struggle for inde pendence and Its fruition, but he may have done more than any other man to make success possible. He was a witness of the first expansion of the new republic to the west. He was the author of the present plan of government which gives us a con gress consisting of a senate with twc. members for each state and a nouse with a membership based on the population of the states, and he was the steadfast opponent of the plan. at first proposed, of basing the suf frage on ownership of land. In manv respects he was far In advance of his time, as Is illustrated by his opposition to slavery when the con stitution was framed. . The great social value of Frank lin's work was due in large part to. the circumstance that he was a self made man, a commoner, and a firm believer in the capacity of the peo ple to work out their own salvation. In an era in which the divine right theory had been abandoned only as to kings, but persisted as to a privil eged group roughly classified as the aristocracy, he embodied the . idea but the keynotes of his' character will probably be found In the twin vljtues of integrity and iffdustry. In such a busy life as his there was room for rlo Insincerity, and his dis taste' for ostentation was a part of his integrity, to wtiich allusion is made. It is interesting to recall that be was deeply influenced by an early and relatively trivial incident in his life, as pjher men sometimes have been. He used to quote tne words of Cotton Mather, spoken to him when he was but a boy. Leav ing the minister's home one day, Franklin struck his head upon a beam. "Stoop," said Mather. "You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it and you will avoid many hard bumps. "I often think of it," said Franklin himself, "when I see pride morti fied, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high." In the genuineness of Franklin, his willingness both to strive and to give, his submergence of self-interest, and his perservering capacity for labor will be found the material for a constructive lesson for the day. EN who smoke pipes of generous XTX dimensions take some little com fort from the recent reduction of a cent or so In tobacco prices. Cut rate stores have even gone the cor ner dealers better and have sliced, in some instances, about 40 per cent. But the bolsiievist smoker will have none of them he is importing his tobacco. Advertised brands of prepared -tobaccos cost around 16 cents a pack age up to a few days ago. This same Those Who Come and Go. Tales f Folks at the Hotel. With a flannel shirt and tha look of a cowpuncher. Dr. A. K. Downs is in town from his ranch on the Ocboco in Crook county. A couple of years ago Dr. Downs abandoned the four walls of his office and went Into the great outdoors and noir he is a cat tleman. Before leaving' Portland the doctor was one of 'he most ardent sportsmen in the city and was one of tbe group who were dissatisfied with the way trout and pheasants were being propagated by the state package sold for 10 cents a few years I IIBa "a ame commission, une aoc- , . ., ,. , 'tor is just as interested in game now as her ever was, but confesses that .. . . i., ...... f - i. . i..... i no lit ft i iJi main -r ui mis uuiv nas , , , . . , , , . , . . ,. ... . . . i that leadership was founded on the siivwu jimiairii m us inui wiso unu . .. courageous. A third would reward tho editor of the dally newspaper who has similarly served mosft con spicuously; a fourth would -reserve the award for 'the "author In the field of soclss? and political sciences who is judged for his writings to have rendered a public service." The proposals in question are submitted with the understanding that any or all of them may be employed. The president of the College of the City of New York, who may have been influenced by the course of recent events in the metropolis, places greatest emphasis upon the service of elected officials "who Withstand popular clamor and strong political pressure and serve the public in a large way at per sonal sacrifice." The president of New York university thinks that the most Important problem, is the pro motion of good understanding among the diverse elements of our own population. The president of Brown university would recognize the efforts or business men who are actually solving social problems and working out practical plans of co operation with the employes of their own plants. Another college presi dent would devote the fund to the reward of men and women who are doing obscure but vital research work in municipal and scientific matters. , In any or all the fields suggested, and in others yet to be proposed, it undoubtedly would be desirable that progress should be recorded. The day of days will not have dawned, however, until the prize shall have come to be esteemed for the dis tinction which it implies, without reference to its pecuniary value. To inculcate the idea of service is the first task which r-ill confront the new foundation: the dimensions of the respective awards and the par ticular nature of achievement which they are intended to commemorate will be, after all, a matter for sec ondary consideration. , genius of merit alone. His homely wisdom, his peculiar and intimate understanding of the problems of the people, derived from his own early struggles and associations, ob tained for him an influence that could have been exerted by.no other man. His thrift maxims, which were but incidental to his life work, were nevertheless a noteworthy con tribution to the economic literature of a time when the great need of the people was sobriety, sanity and, above all, common sense. But their value was enhanced by the -circumstance that they emanated from one who was ,aiso a scholar, a scientist, a statesman and a successful man of affairs whose every attainment was the product of his own unaided ef forts. In Franklin the people saw such a man as any American might become who was willing to pay the price of success. It Is difficult to overestimate in the perspective of his history the grea value of his precepts, or of the example which he set. It is timely" on the birthday of Franklin to review some ot the events in which he was the pioneer. The organization which he called the "Junto," organized by him in Philadelphia and described Inter estingly in his autobiography, was one of the first neighborhood de bating societies ever formed and the forerunner of the civic forums and associations of their type which now are a powerful educational fac tor In civil government. He lay the fonndation for the modern police and fire protection systems. He started an academy, in pursuance of his idea that education ought to be popularized, which subsequently be came a great university. He devised the firs, public -hospital. He in vented the modern etove and de clined a patent for it, "from a prin ciple." he said, "which ha s ever weighed with me on such occasions, namely, that as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an op portunity to serve others by any in vention of ours, which we should do FARMERS AND THE RESERVE BOARD. There should be little difficulty in bringing thp agricultural bloc in congress into accord with President Harding on the composition of the federal reserve board. The presi dent objects to being required to name any member as the represent ative of any particular interest. The farmers interest should be made se cure by the presence on the board of men who know their financial needs and who will see that In the administration of the banking sys tem, those needs have due consid eration. It is the body through which the government exercises , supervision over the banking system and the banking pystem is the instrument through which credit is granted and currency issued for all the people. The board therefore should be fairly representative of all the people, but that does not require that certain members shall care for the special Interest of the farmers, certain others for that of the manufacturers. others for that of the railroads, others for that of the mining in dustry, and so on. In selecting men to watch over the banking system of the nation, the president would nat urally seek men well informed on all phases of national industry. In so doing he would surely name one or more who knew well the special conditions and needs of so great an industry as agriculture. That would be very different from appointing particular men to act on the board for their particular industry. The latter plan would convert the board into a body where the several in terests would each see that they "got tlfelrs" anfT would lead to po litical wrangles or log-rolling com promises.: Under such circumstances sound banking would be apt to go by the board. Ttfe events of the last year and a half should have convinced every thinking man that there is no con flict of interest between agriculture and any other industry, for it has proved that all share the farmer's adversitv or prosperity. His aa- ago. The tobacco-grower's plaint Is similar to 'that of the hide dealer, that leather is worth but a few cents a pound, yet shoes sell for -many dollars. Packages of standard pipe tobaccos sell for 13 cents now instead of 16 cents, though some dealers yet bold to the high price. Some cut-rate spe cials for the same tobacco are as low as 9 cents a can A package of to bacco has a net 'weight of approxi mately 1 ounces, or nine packages to a pound, selling for $1.44 under the old and $1.17 under the new rate. The grower says he gets but 4 cents a pound for his product. Of .late a number of inveterate smokers have been dealing direct with the tobacco raisers. They get 10 and 12 pounds of tobacco for $1, it coming in two flour sacks, both be ing well filled. They report it fine stuff for the pipe and cigarettes. Twelve pounds of tobacco wouH make 10S packages of tobacco weigh ing 14 ounces. Charge accounts present an easy means for dishonesty. Thieves fre quently victimize department stores by taking advantage of the careless ness of patrons. The simplicity ot getting merchandise by this means also presents tempting opportunities to those In temporary need or who desire things beyond their means. The public does, not hear half the real story of thefts by this means. in tho east patrons 'with charge accounts sometimes are given metal discs for identification. This sys tem is not in vogue here, but credit cusomers are expected to know their account numbers .so as to expedite transactions and guard against fraud. Salespeople take great care not to call these numbers so that bystand ers may overhear, yet the abuse the charge account causes many thou sands of dollars of loss annually. A recent rule in one of the bl store here is that the number of th charge account Is not to go on th firs,t or original sales slip, the on that is given the customer with th purchase. It has been found tha many customers throw away these sales slips, and the unscrupulous pic them up and take advantage of the information. Therefore the clerk raise the first sheets of their sales bowks and only write In the account number on the second and other Blips that stay in the store, thus guarding the customer against loss and th store as well. there are not many fish in the Ochoco. Discussing things In Crook county. Dr. Downs says that the American Legion and business men of Prineviile are opposed to farmers in the irrigation project wanting to lease their holdings to Japanese. The farmers, it said, wanted to lease to the Asiatics on a basis of $15 an acre for three or five years, the Japanese to pay the water tax and other taxes in addition to the rental. Dr. Downs doesn't like the statement of the farmers that the Japanese can mak the farms pay better than American and he declares that the first tral that brings Japanese farmers tnt Crook county is going to take htm ou of the county, if the train can get up steam. "Speaking of pony express riders, observed Miles Lee, for 40 years in eastern Oregon, and a sheep man. "Charley Becker of Westfall, Mai heur county. Is not only the last sur vivor living in Ureeon. but one ot tn few remaining ones in the United States. Charley is 84 years old 'an stands as straight as an arrow. H used to ride opposite Buffalo Bill when both were express riders, and whenever Buffalo Bill Cody came to Oregon with his wild west show he always had Charley as his guest for several days. Mr. Lee has a ceie brated fishpond on his Wingvill ranch, seven miles out of Baker, and while he Insists that there are 3000 or 40M) trout in it, so far as known n one has ever caught any, nor have any fish been found in the pond when it has been drained. Burroughs Nature Club. Copyrlcfct, HoaghtoaOIIffllB Co. More Truth Than Poetry, By James J. Ilontaaoe. The tale Is told of a local basket ball promoter who handles a tea.n from South Portland.- The members were mostly recruited from the news boy population, but sjiey proved that they could play a sterling brand basketball, and in some college game have come off on the big end of th score. In any event, last season they had their first game under amateu athletic rules. . Prior to then the had just been playing any one. How ever, sthls time they were to mee boys who belonged to the Athletic union and played under its rules, s they were forced to Join. The manager received the member ship cards before the game and not! tied all his men that from then on they' were Simon-pure amateurs, and their new cards made a great hit The next day. a rival manager of a tough team on the east side issued a versity has spread to every other oc- I -defi" td the newsboy manager, yily cupation, and we -must iook to nis recovery for the return of substantial prosperity to all. Financial measures to help him to his feet an certainly be reconciled with sound banking and they can be expected from a board that reflects all occupations, for all realize that they must rise together if they are to rise .at all. But rest assured that nothing Henry Ford may do in his forthcom ing campaign to readjust tne basis of American money will be calcu lated to make the Ford millions worth any less than they arc at present. The state board of health objects to norters brushing patrons while in the aisle, alleging possible contam ination through dust set in motion. Somebody must devise a hand-size vacumm cleaner for "George." t ' ' That sea captain who says he saw an iceberg in the tropical seas near the Hawaiian islands must have had his telescope pointed at a good, cold highball glas Movie interests have insured the life of Will Hays for $2,000,000, at which rate he will be worth a good deal more to them dead than alive. The parking of corsets, which many supposed idle rumor, has been given a standing by one fraternity's inhibltiom There is hope for the sinner who waa able to stand in a slippery place yesterday.' The good man generally flopped. When a woman speaks of a "stun ning" gown, she evidently is think ing of the effect on her husband's purse. Proposal to elect by direct, vote ought to pull' the crown' of thorns and cross of gold out of the brine barrel. The habitual criminal, unhannllir .i profit ia Xroiu $1 to II per thou-i lor the law-abiding, ia often alert , ireely and generously," Ua also ia. Was that the first faint sound at the Wilson home Sunday where soon shall roll a roar? Where's Turn-ufty? Find a new name for the "silver thaw." Portland will ba losing ts morale at thought of another. A word to old fellows of 50 and upward: Walt until the car stops on a sleety day. ' The slippery day is the trolley Qoaipaay harvest time, to meet with this counter: "Gwan, what kind of a bunch you fellows got? We can't play youse scabs. We belong to the- basketbali union. Youse get a union card to show that youse knows the game and then we'll talk.' . And the poor rival manager slunk away, crushed. The new city directory is out, and the usual, crop of statistics as to the number of Smiths and Johnsons ap pearing is overdue. . Let's steal i march and do some investigating our selves along the line of the Perkins, the Zanders, the Gumps, the Saps. and the rest of the popular news paper people. Trlere are lots of Per kinses. Pas and Maws and Pollys and Maggies, and all in the book; also the Saps are well away. One of the Sap families, it might even have a little Cicero, has a father who makes bas kets. There are Zanders, nearly a dozen of them, and among the lot is sure to be a "widow," but there is no tXncle Bim Gumpi only one who is a police man. Rather an -oddity Is presented by the Blitzes. The head of the fam. ily is vice-president of a millinery company and at the same time presi dent of a brewery and must frequent ly bear his name when people ask for near-beer. Embroidery Is getting to be a sim ple matter. A street peddler is mak ing a cleanup w.ith a patent needle. This man is a deft manipulator, and If the women do as well they should be pleased. He takes his tool and with the most intricate design pushes it through and through -and In record time has the silk in the foundation cloth. His needle has a patent prong for leaving the silk on the opposite side when in operation, saving the shoving of the needle through from side to elde. m If people would but notice they would realize that there Is a great change going on in the business sec tion of the city. Several buildings are being remodeled and numbers ot small specialty shops are entering the field. One section of the city above Broadway is beginning to be recognized as a center for the spe cialists, but they are taking posses sion of stores In all parts of the business center. The woman who a few days ago, as she described -her "electric gas heat er," reminds one of the ambulance man in France who wrote home of the brassard he wore, calling it a ".whit red tjxoss,"- , About 1,250,000 pounds of wool are In one of the municipal terminals in Portland harbor. This is Idaho wool, which was shipped here as more con venient than sending it overland to Boston. Crawford Moore, preslden of the First National bank of Boise, and 8cott Anderson, a wool growe and director in the bank, and Harry Coon, a prominent wool grower of southern Idaho, are all registered at the Hotel Portland. They are here as a committee representing the own ers of the mountain of wool in -the terminal warehouse. The presence of the wool and the pending sale yester day occupied the conversation every sheepman who was In town and there appeared to be a score or two of men In the wool Industry. More beef Is being fed in Baker county than has been the case for several years," says William Pollman of Baker, at the Imperial. "Lambs on feed have been sold for the east The winter has been mild and easy for the livestock. We hae lots of hay, about 60 per cent of which has been sold, leaving 40 per cent on hand and the price for hay is bad. There is a fair profit for the men who feed for beef and mutton for the first time In two years there has been no profit in cattle for three years. The past year 4000 head of stock has been imported Into Baker county from Ida ho. The cattle market 1b showing signs of improvement, and it is the same with sheep." Twenty years ago Chris Barch left Portland and now he has returned and was ambling around the unfamil iar streets in the downtown district. Where there used to be 'a Chinese washhouse the Imperial now stands. Entering, Mr. Barch looked around and recognized Harry Hamilton, one of the few men who did not look strange. In these score of years Mr, Barch has been In tne Klondike was there during the days of excitement snd gold and latterly he as been located In Calgary. He explained that he came to Portland just to see what changes have taken place, and he felt like Rip Van Winkle. From Albany to Ontario, Or., there Is an old wagon road, one of the old est in the state. The road was built by a company in exchange for a land grant. Across the Cascade mountains the old road uses Hogg pass, and it crosses the Deschutes near Lower Bridge, not far from the town of Terrebonne, where there Is quite an industry in exporting chalk. Frank Johnson, manager of the wagon road company, is in Portland for a few days from his home at Prineviile. He says that although the original road bed has been shifted in many places by counties taking it over, he has driven in an automobile over most of the road between Ontario and Albany. All there Is he Is and what he ain't Isn't, at Prospect, for James E. Grieve is the proprietor of the Prospect hotel and also the postmaster and owner of the general store. During the tourist season the strangers hurry along the road to Crater lake so as to be In time for the dinner bell at Prospect. There Is now under programme fur ther development of the road near Prospect this year and. In the cir cumstances, there Is no stronger ad vocate for a completion of the high way to tlie lake than la the post master of Prospect. Mr. and Mrs. Grieve are at the Multnomah, 'Japanese are great investors in life Insurance." says Thomas Qulnn. an Insurance agent of Prineviile, on business trip to Portland. "The know that insurance Is a good thing and they take on all that they, can carry, but they will yly do business with an agent of their own natlon- lity. They are not opposed to In uring lii American companies, but a Japanese agent must- have them -ln th- AnttoA tin Paved roads are all right for the ourist except when they are coated with a thin layer of Ice. then watch out. according to R. A. Baker, super intendent of the Hammond Lumber company, who, with his wire, is reg istered at the Multnomah. Mr. Baker, motoring from Salem to Portland yes- erday. had all the thrills he cared for in driving his car'.over the icy road. S. C. Barton of Roseburg, formerly in the forest service, which he aban- oned to take up the business of han dling Insurance, Is a Portland visitor. eing one of the army of agents who have been drifting into tbe city in the past twe weeks from all points in the northwest. Fred J. Palmer Is a long way from ome. Mr. Palmer is the mayor of ordan Valley town in Malheur coun ty, not 'far from the Idaho state line. Professors H. C. Seymour and I J. Allen are registered at the Multno mah from tha Oregon Agricultural college. Ben C. Holt a business man of Spokane, is registered at the Hotel Portland with Mrs. Holt. Cam Ymm ainrrr These 4sietlonB? 1. Do baby humming-birds hatch with long bills like their parents? .2. What part of a bird's skeleton is the wish-bone? 3. What do muskrats feed on? Answers in tomorrow's nature notes. Anawej-a to Previous QarstlOBta. 1. Why is the breast-bone bigger in some birds than in others? It varies according as the bird needs small or large surface on which to attach wing muscles. The human sternum or breast-bone is -flat, and In birds wbtch no longer fly, like the , ostrich, the sternum Is flat. too. But i where wing muscles need a wall to spring from, the sternum begins to show a ridge, or keel. The greater the wing power, the higher the keel supporting the wing muscles. 2. What sort of creatuyes prey on oyster beds? The oyster's worst enemy is a kind of mollusc that can bore through the shell and suck out the soft body. Star fishes and crabs are also ' dreaded visitors on the oyster bottoms. 3. What animal wears the fur called fisher? The animal Itself is called fisher, (mustela canadensis), and is simply a big American marten, now rare, owing , to the coveted coat, it is savage ana will attack both small mammals and larger ones like raccoons, skunks and porcupines. The name "fisher" Is Bald to come from the creature's old time habit of stealing fiBh bait from traps. HOW CONGRESSMEN MAY PLEASE Mr. Wright Dleern Desire tor Much Stronger Immigration Laws. ALBANY, Or., Jan. IE. (To the Edi tor.) If "Senator McXary yould en ergetically work to the successful ac complishment of a congressional en actment prohibiting any Immigration to the United States for a period of 30 years he would deserve the thanks of many who are in favor of such a If he would fight forever to 'pro hibit all Chinese. Japanese, Turks. Hindoos, and all other foreigners of Mongoloid or Negroid parentage from comine to the United States, and pro viding for escorting all such persons now here who are not citizens of the United States back to the countries of their nativity and pass a federal law forbidding marriage of whites with colored races, he would assist in preserving the white or Anglo Saxon race In this country, which, race is in danger of elimination by mixture with Inferior races. Surely . we should be as particular In preserving the one great white race as we are in preserving the purity of our live stock. Nearly all thft Is best In the civili zation of the world is the outgrowth of the whiter race, and it Is highly imperative that we preserve the su premacy of that race. The white or Anglo Saxon race founded our repub lic and created our federal constitu tion, and it can always be preserved if we maintain its supremacy. If Senator Stanfield would always bear in mind that what we want is to stop the legislative branch from passing laws favorable to any one class or interest, and make all laws In accordance with the old rule of equal rights for all persons but spe cial privileges for no one, he will re ceive our thanks. If Congressmen Hawley, McArthur and Slnnot will join' In actively as sisting the senators in passing the legislation above referred to, it will sustain our present good government nd the purity of our race, and it will be an actual protection to the white men and those citizens In this- coun try who depend upon their manual labor to live. Citizens demand protection as against cheap colored. and foreign la bor and the only way to help them is to pass the laws above mentioned. If our present senators and represen tatives refuse or any longer neglect this Important legislation. they should be kept at home and others who will pass such greatly needed laws be sent to Washington In their places. GEORGE WILLIAM WRIGHT. I. INKS BY A CVMC. Joseph J. Jones, when lie hunted a mate, Wasn't thinking of culture or looks, He Wanted a partner, plain faced and sedate. Who was up on the cookery books. So he married a lady who swung a mean broom. And could build a mince pie a la mode; And he fancied her housework his life would illume TllL they came to the end ot tl road. But the lady grew weary of sail, v pan and raugo As soon as the knot hnd been tie. She sought out her earliest Chan of a change. And let all her cookery slide. She learned to mix cocktails. pu. bridge half the night. Crashed in with the nelghborho swells. Found Jazzing a rapturous dream ot delight. And got all her meals at hotels. Simeon Smith had a taste for ro mance; He wanted to spend all his days With a lovely young lady who knew how to dance, And could talk about pictures and plays. "I won t have a wife who's a eTati ternly drudge. Devoted to housework." said he. And he jtvedded a maid who was famed for her fudge. And a bear at an afternoon tea. Tou probably think that this lady turned out As a shark at the serving of meal. Who wouldn't have dancing or cook tails about. And never kicked up her young heels. But that's where you're wrong; through her whole married life. The fair creature toiled not nor ' span; She made an expensive, luxurious wife. Which all women will do if they can. Doubly Serviceable. Gas Is to be used exclusively here after In making war, as it is now used exclusively in making peace. mfarfctrd Ambition. The trouble with De Valera is that his fellow countrymen won't elect him president now that there's some thing to be president of. He'll Know. As soon as Northcllffe returns, we'll find out what is the matter with all the governments of the earth. In Other Days. Twenty-five Years Ago. From The Orcgonlan of January IT, 1S0T. Salem. A Sunday session of the house of representatives will be held today. The deadlock is still in force. Bombay. Plague and famine are stalking arm-in-arm through India and thousands are dead in the densely populated areas. New York. The spread of Tolstolsm amon)f (he educated and professional classes of Russia has led to a spirited crusade against the Tolstois. rresidcnt-elect McKlnley has come In for a great deal of chaffing over the American-made suit which ho ia to wear at his Inauguration. Fifty Years Ago. From The Orcgonlan of January 17, 172. One of the Siamese twins is re ported lying at the point of death and arrangements have been made to sep arate the living brother from the dead body. The year's revenue from the Alaska postofilce was $76. Bombardment of Shlraonosekl. PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 16. 1. Tn The Oregonian in Saturday's issue there appears a biography of the late ex Premier Okuma of Japan, which re fers to the bombardment of Shl- monoseki by the combined fleets of Great Britain, the United States and Holland. Please tell me what the trouble was then, as it is abso lutely new to me. . 2. In order to settle an argument will you tell me please, whether Sen ator Newberry is occupying his sen atorial seat, or simply drawing his salary, staying away? R. c. 1. ShImon08eki was bombarded In September, 1864, in consequence of the action of the dalmyo of Chosu, in whose territory tho town lay. In at tempting to keep foreigners away by repeatedly firing on foreign ships that passed his batteries on the coast. The United States steamer Pembroke was fired on in June. 18611, and a Un'tcd States warship attacked the batteries and destroyed two ships In retaliation, ihe combined .squadron ot tne powers later brought the dalmyo to terms, and forced him to agree to abstain from future hostili ties. The shogun was obliged to pay an Indemnity of $3,000,000. of which the Un'ted States received $785,000. Z. Senator Newberry is occunyinc is seat. He did not, however, parti lpate in senate proceedings during the period in which the criminal charge against him was pending in the courts. The steamer Kmma Hayward will leave this morning for the purpose of prospecting the Columbia river toward the Cascades. After being mourned for a week as' dead, George Palmeteer yesterday surprised his grief-stricken family by stepping ashore from the Oregon City boat, perfectly alive and in good health. Bed Hair and Vampires. PORTLAND. Jan. 16. (To the Edi tor.) The aspersion cast on red- nairea gins in regard to parting "the simp and his money," printed in The Oregonian, leads me to ask this question: , Why the popular belief that a red haired girl Is bo much more clever in that respect than a girl of blond or brunette complexion? I sincerely hope you will find space for this query, also any answers. It seems to me just as sensible a topic as many discussed in your columns. A HED-HKAD. There Is a popular belief that red haired women are energetic, persist ent, quick-witted and attractive to men. Such talents when directed to the arts of the vampire ought to pro duce an expert, though there Is no Implication thaL red-haired women are more prone to become "vamps" than others. However, we know of no HOT STUFF FROM A DIE-HARD Yea, There Ara People Who Think (Germany Ia Wholly IHomeleaa. PORTLAND, Or.. Jan. 14 (To the Editor.) The first editorial under January 14 in Tne Oregonian is no doubt the work of your bra'lns! Pay ment of Allies' Debt,' every American must say that the allies must pay their debt. An Anglo-maniac only could argue as you have done. Who told you that Gerrhany is to be held in truth responsible for tho war . Every statesman In Europe and every sound minded American knows well that tho fact Is entirely divergent from that view point, Polncare of France, Fisher of England, Bernard Shaw and hun dreds of fair minded English men, say it Is a lie to make such a statement. In his neutrality proclamation your friend and arch-enemy of mankind, Wilson, spoke differently. What right have you to give us the pabulum of your Insignificant mind as facts, especially when you know that the truth is not in you. A democracy of the French type, whieb your friend Wilson, called tho most militaristic, and England's policies in India, Egypt, and in the recent past In Ireland, con stitute a queer democracy, and our democracy under Wilson, your friend, was but a red shirt before a mad bull. Calligulla, 'Nero and Domitian had a higher concept of democracy than yours must be to judge from your editorial. You certainly cannot change the truth Into error, and lies into truth. The fact remains that Ger many wanted no war and was not responsible for the outbreak of the war. A READER. Old Est a Problem. PORTLAND, Jan. 1S. (To the Edi tor.) In order to settle an argument kindly answer the following question: "If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will six hens lay in seven days?" U. a DETJE. If your discussion is of mathema tics devoid of Issues pertaining to natural phenomena, the answer to this ancient catch problem Is that one hen lays at the rate of two-thirds of an egg a day and that six such hens would lay 28 eggs In Beven days. Ratification of Treaty of Peace. MULTNOMAH, Or., Jan. 16 (To thk Editor.) Could you inform me what month, and what day of the month in J. E. Ysn Duzen, a wool grower of Emmett, Idaho, is at the Hotel Port land. , scientific support for the belief that 1921 the United States senate rdtifled oolor of hair reveals mental qualities the peace treaty between the United or disposition. States and Germany? Original Sla Defined. Houston (Texas) Poet. Mr. Goodsole Can any child here tell me what Is meant by original sin? Ah, yes. you, James. Little Jimmle My ma says It's the of peace with Germany was ratified cubsedaesj'a kid inherits from his p."Jby the. senate October It. E. L. DAVIS. The Joint resolution of peace passed the house June SO, 1921; passod the senate July 1 and was signed by the president July 2. The formal treaty i i t i I I