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THE . MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIL 2S, 1922
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ErilOFE'S CALL FOB HELP.
"I wish America were here," ex
claimed Lloyd George in addressing
American and British newspaper
men on the new perils to Europe
which the Genoa conference has
brought to the surface.
"We want your help inside the
league to bring on backward coun
tries," said that noble Anglo-American
woman. Lady Astor noble not
merely in rank, but in breadth of
view and sympathy and she added:
"When America went into the war,
Europe saw the dawn of a new hope
America in the' war to end the wars.
When America went out of the peace,
Europe was dumbfounded. Ideals took
America into the war, idealism cannot
taife her out of peace, no matter what
politicians may say.
Why is America, not at Genoa?
The reason given by Seoretary
Hughes was:
The proposed conference is not primarily
an economic conference, as questions ap
pear to have been excluded from consid
eration without the satisfactory determin
ation of which the chief causes of eco
nomic disturbance but continue to operate,
but is rather a conference of a political
character in which the government of the
United States could not helpfully par
ticipate. Events at the conference have
proved that he spoke truly when
he described the conference as of
"a political character," but Lloyd
George, with a forceful argument.
disputes the assertion that the United
States "could not helpfully par.
ticipate" by saying:
We want America because she exercises
a peculiar authority; her -very aloofness
gives her the right to speak. America
could exercise an Influence no other
country could command. She could come
here free and disentangled, and with the
prestige that comes from her independent
position she would come with the voice of
peace.
To say that the conference is po
litical is to state but a fraction of
the truth. To express the hope, as
Mr. Hughes did, "that progress may
be made in preparing the way for
the eventual discussion and settle
ment of the fundamental economic
and financial Questions relating to
European recuperation," i to en
courage a hope that threatens to
prove vain through America's ab
sence. Political questions rela .e to
territorial disputes, which eauplj na
tions to maintain large armies, which
cause budget deficits, which cause
inflation and depreciation of cur
rency, which block world commerce
and depress industry. This last
fact renders people unable to pay
enough taxes to pay the expenses of
their governments or to pay the debts
of nations to one another, the United
States being the chief creditor; it at
least furnishes Germany with a
plausible excuse for not paying rep
arations, which causes France to
maintain a great army, to threaten
occupation of more German terri
tory and to form a combination with
the little entente. This attitude of
France leads Germany to form an
alliance with soviet Russia, economic
and military control of the vast area
from the Khine to the Pacific ocean
being the not distant consequence,
to be followed by defiance of the
allies and repudiation of treaties.
This alliance emboldens the bolshev
ists to refuse the conditions without
which Russia cannot be opened to
world trade and restored to economic
health and sanity.
Thus the economic problem, to
which we trace industrial depression,
shrinkage of commerce, idleness of
ships, millions of unemployed, in
ability to collect from debtor nations,
and hence inability to lighten our
tax burden, is so interwoven with the
political problems and racial enmities
of Europe that it begins with them
and leads us back to them. It con
fronts this nation with a new po
litical danger, for the combination of
the two notorious treaty-breaking
nations, Germany and soviet Russia,
is a menace to the peace of the world
and to the very existence of white
civilization. Its power extending to
the Pacific coast of Siberia, that
combination would be a direct threat
to the Pacific coast of America, and
its forces would need only to cross
Bering strait in order to gain a foot
hold in Alaska,
Though The Oregonian has com
pared the nations assembled at Genoa
with wild animals, those animals are
only too anxious to be tamed, and
they almost beg the United States to
tame them. No other nation can
better perform the part. Confidence
In the Impartiality and good will of
thin nation toward all European na
tions is complete. The. moral power
springing from this confidence is
immense, and it qualifies us to play
the mediator between nations, the
moderator of extreme claims. By
joining the allies in compelling Ger
many to comply with reasonable rep
aration demands, we should be able
to remove friction between Great
Britain and France and to deter the
latter from carrying out its. threat
to invade Germany alone. This na
tion, if any, can enforce annulment
of tke Rasso-German alliance and
may even convince the soviet, by
uniting the nations against any at
tempted compromise with commun
ism, that that theory must be. aban
doned. Pressure for payment of its
debt should bring any recalcitrant
nation to reason.
American aloofness from Europe
should bo regarded as the oppor
tunity to lead in world reconstruc
tion, which is necessary to our own
peace and prosperity, not as the op
portunity to shirk our part in that
work. We should regard the ocean
not as a barrier separating us from
Europe, but as a bond uniting the
two continents. That is the view of
those native to the soil, who trust to
peace and concord among nations
and to spread of democracy for the
world's progress, also of those foreign-born
citizens who combine- de
votion to their chosen country with
desire for redemption of their native
land from the .evils that they have
escaped. That view is rejected-only
by those irreconcilables who still
hug the delusion that this nation can
live for itself alone, or who draw
their inspiration from those alien
elements which inject the poison of
old-world racial feuds into American
opinion. Their fear of our becoming
involved in European politics or of
our being subjected to foreign dic
tation is a hollow pretense. Europe
in effect invites us to mediate, not
become a party to, Its quarrels and
to assume a sort of moral dictator
ship. This would lead to no involve.
ment; it would remove causes of sure
future involvement.
DEEP IN THE HOLE.
County finances are in a condition
that cannot properly be ignored. The
year opened with a warrant indebt
edness r-an indebtedness for mere
current expenditures of more than
$500,000. The spring tax install
ments have now been paid, but if all
cash on hand were devoted to pay-
ment of outstanding warrants there
would still be a deficit of J106.649.74
Tax revenues for the next few
months will be but a few thousand
dollars. Meanwhile salaries and a.'l
the incidentals of county government
must be paid and road work be t?ken
care of. There will be no material
relief until fall tax revenues are re
ceived, but there is no prospect that
warrant indebtedness will then be
wiped out or that January 1 will see
the figure that existed at the first of
the year reduced. An increase in
warrant indebtedness is more likely.
Last year Multnomah county paid
out about J20.000 in interest on out
standing warrants. So far this year
it has paid out about $9000, indi
cating that this item will reach $30.
000 for 1922. .
County business has not been
trimmed to meet conditions. The
budget is prepared as If there would
be no tax delinquencies. The interest
on warrant indebtedness is not pro
vided for in the budget. The com
missioners' outstanding Idea seems
to be to spend all that they might
have to spend if they had the nrest
of good luck, and trust to transfer of
funds back and forth to cover pos
sible deficits.
The county commissioners are di
rectly responsible for the poor busi
ness conduct of county affairs. There
has been no gTeat emergency to
make unexpected calls for funds; the
county was already going behind and
harder times could be foreseen. Facts
are facts. The county has been sad
dled with a costly indebtedness from
which it will not recover until an
intelligent financial programme is
adopted by an administration capable
of devising one.
A BOON" TO CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
By selecting a site and deciding on
immediate erection of a hospital for
crippled children in Portland, the
Shriners extend their nobly benevo
lent work and make this city a part
ner in it. The site chosen is well
located' to give the young patients
plenty of pure air, with access to the
country, and at the same time within
easy reach of the city. The existing
facilities for the care of the sick will
be available, and a valuable addition
will be made to the city's equipment
as a medical center.
The Shriners could hardly have
chosen more wisely an object for
exercise of their benevolence. Few
people had any conception of the
number of crippled and deformed
children in this country until thou
sands of them poured out to seek
the ministrations of Dr. Lorenz, the
famous Vienna surgeon. The pity of
it is that the deformed are almost all
children of the poor, and that their
misfortune is the result of lack of
proper skill and care at birth or in
infancy, which was due to poverty,
and that, from the same cause, their
parents cannot pay for their cure. 1
Orthopedic surgery has made many
wonderful advances in straightening
crooked limbs and backs and has
added thousands to the number -of
happy, healthy children. Its suc
cess awakened the sympathy of the
Shriners at Atlanta, Ga., and they
erected an orthopedic hospital there,
which inspired the order with the
great plan of duplicating it in all
sections of the country. Execution
of that plan is now making rapid
progress.
This is a work which makes the
giver happy by increasing the sum
of happiness. It benefits the nation
by adding to the number of useful
citizens those who would otherwise
have been a burden.
REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEWS
PAPERS. What are the characteristics which
led Colonel Repington, after consult
ing Mark Sullivan, to select a certain
ten newspapers 'as the medium
througb which "to grange American
feeling from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific," as recorded in an extract from
his latest book, which is published
in another column? We can best
answer the question by considering
what makes these ten newspapers
truly representative of current
American opinion.
The New York Times, which is
named first, is conservatively but in
dependently democratic, not hesitat
ing to criticize a democratic or to
approve the acts of a republican ad
ministration on occasion. The New
York World by Contrast is agres
sively democratic and has been a
stalwart champion of Woodrow Wil
son and opponent of the Harding
administration. The Washington
Post well reflects the opinion of the
official and social capital. The rea
sons for including The Oregonian in
the list it is unnecessary to explain.
The Chicago Tribune throughout
a long life has been the chief .ex
ponent of the vigorous, progressive
republicanism of the middle west,
and has not scrupled to turn against
the republican party at times, as it
did in 1812. The Indianapolis News
forms its judgments on public ques
tions in total disregard of party and
voices the unattached politjcal senti
ment of the middle west. The Bos
ton Transcript is a stalwart, conser
vative representative of New Eng
land republicanism, but is by no
means so partisan that it does Jiot
occasionally rebuke a republican ad
ministration. The Springfield Re
publican reflects the rather intellec
tual and moral view of public affairs
held by men who shun and look
down on practical politics. Its Eng.
lish counterpart, the Manchester
Guariiaa, has long been tie organ
of provincial liberalism, which stands
for free trade and pacifism, against a
big army and navy and against for
eign adventure. When one has read
one Hearst paper, he has read all
and has learned the latest use that
Mr. Hearst makes of the national,
racial and social prejudices which he
manipulates.
Of all these newspapers it is true
that they owe their influence to the
facts that, they pursue a consistent
policy, embodying a certain recog
nized trend of widely prevalent opin
ion, and above all, that they own
themselves. By this , we mean that
they are not owned as instruments to
promote the ends of any party, or
politician or business interest, and
are not sold or for sale to men who
contemplate such uses,, and that they
owe their Influence, standing and
business success to public recogni
tion that such is the case.
It is not to be inferred from the
naming of the ten newspapers that
there are not many others of equal
merit and influence, either in the
same or other cities. For example,
there are the Herald, Tribune and
Post in Nw Tork, the Ledger at
Philadelphia, the Sun at Baltimore,
the Journal at Minneapolis, the
Globe-Democrat at St. Louis, the
Commercial-Appeal at Memphis, the
News at Dallas, Tex., the Times at
Los Angeles and several first-class
newspapers at Pittsburg. Cleveland,
Detroit, Columbus, Toledo, Milwau
kee, Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas
City. But for a busy newspaper cor
respondent, whose time is limited,
the ten named are fairly represent
ative of all. Colonel Repington con
fesses that he was appalled at the
number and size of American news
papers, and he found it necessary to
select a few and then to pick what
he needed to read in them.
WHY NOT FACE TODAY'S FACTS?
The cold and unabashed abandon
ment of the direct primary by its
former valiant champions, the Sa
lem Capital-Journal and the Eugene
Guard, has left the Portland Journal
alone at the bridge. It refuses to
budge, notwithstanding the rising re
volt in the democratic party and the
accumulated evidences of the woeful
inefficiency of the primary. No
school lands, nor timber lands, have
been stolen under the direct primary,
says the Journal, tor -testimony
in the land-fraud trials in Oregon
showed how convenient tjie party
machine was in framing up fake
forest reserves and working them
through congress, after which worth
less school lands were exchanged for
highly valuable forest lands."
If wicked men stole them through
the convention system we have not
been able to observe that honest men
have secured their restitution through
the direct primary. The land-fraud
trials, by the way, were started by a
president nominated by a conven
tion, and the officials who carried
them forward were selected by the
same president.
But what of all that? What has
any debauched convention got to do
with the present political situation?
We are perplexed, harassed, bedev
iled by the problems and failures of
today, not a generation ago. Is the
fact that men were bad and their
political methods reprehensible in
former years a reason for refusal to
reform and correct equivalent evils
today under another system, in
another time?
What the people of Oregon see
now is that candidates are not being
selected for office by them, but by
themselves; that the primary is the
refuge and opportunity of the cheap
skate; that it is extremely difficult
to get the best men, to run for im
portant office; that government is
not more efficient, but less efficient,
as measured in its cost; that taxes
have doubled, trebled, quadrupled,
quintupled; that individual or group
control is the rule; that the minority
prevails; that the majority party is
an undisciplined mass, the minority
party a shabby remnant; that elec-'
tion costs are enormous; that the
standards of political morality have
not been elevated; that the quality !
and strength of party leadership
have been weakened, and that cour
age, independence, vision in public j
life are becoming racer.
Why not face present-day facts,
and act on them?
COLD MAKES AVAR ON PAPER.
In 1896 we had what was by some
called a fight for remonetization of
silver;, in 1922 we are to have a
fight for remonetization of gold in
other countries and against its de
monetization in this country and the
proposal that we follow the crazy ex
ample of the old world by resorting
to fiat money. Thus the old contro
versy conies up again in a new form,
and the heresy of 1896 is revived
with Henry Ford and Thomas A.
Edison as its prophets.
The situation that existed at the
time of the free silver controversy
has been strangely reversed. Eu
rope was then the citadel of the
gold standard, and the United States
was asked to make a market for
overproduction of silver by going on
a fiat silver basis. Europe has been
driven by the war to a fiat paper
money basis, and America has half
the gold in the world and, seconded
by Great Britain, is the champion of
the gold standard. Because Europe
gets along after a fashion on paper
money, the United States is asked to
base its currency on its natural re
sources in place of gold. ' .
That suggests a revised version of
the old fable about the fox whose
tail had been cut off and which tried
to convince all the other foxes that
tails were useless and a nuisance.
The foxes of Europe have lost their
tails the gold standard and only
the United States and one or two
other countries retain theirs. There
fore some Americans whose chief
claim to public attention is that they
have erratic ideas and that they
have the means of propagating those
ideas propose that this country get
In line with the fashion by cutting
off its gold tail and traveling light
on the tailless fiat basis.
This weak point about the fiat
money argument is that the nations
which act on it are in a terrible predicament.-
All of them are in some
degree Insolvent; in fact, nations
which have gone on the fiat basis
have always been bankrupt. The
nations which question the wisdom
of the gold standard are those which
have no gold to stand on, but those of
Europe display feverish anxiety to
get back to that standard. Hence
the Genoa conference. The Ameri
cans who would have us abandon
gold for paper seem to want us to
display our sympathy - for the na
tions that are stuck in the fiat money
bog by jumping into it ourselves,
perhaps on the principle that misery
loves company. The more laborious
but more sensible course would be to
help in pulling them out.
America is injured by Europe's
fiat money because it sets up an ob.
sta'ele to trade between the two con.
tinents. That obstacle would not be
so serious if the currency of each
European state were worth as much
as American money on Tuesday as
on Monday and if there were a con
stant exchange value for the paper
of one state in that of another. It is
so light in value as to be heavy in
weight. In order to reduce the bur
den that a man must carry to buy a
meal or pay a street car fare, the
Russian soviet government has de
creed a new issue of currency for
1922, of which one ruble shall be
worth 10,000 rubles of earlier dates
in the history of the dictatorship of
the proletariat. Fiat money in Eu
rope has inflated prices in America
through its obstruction to production
and sale of goods, hence by limiting
supply. Trade being- exchange of
goods, it restricts production in
America by severely limiting the
quantity of goods made abroad for
which American goods may be ex
changed. By that means also it arti
ficially keeps up prices.
The true remedy for the dis
ordered state of the world's mone
tary system is to restore the gold
standard in all countries by redis
tribution of the existing supply of
gold and by increased production of
that metal. This could not be done
by arbitrarily shipping to Europe a
large proportion of America's huge
hoard. The first step should be that
the states of Europe forsake their
Micawber-Iike habit of paying old
debts 'with new ones and at the same
time incurring new debts to meet
deficits, and that they return to the
simple. Honest practice of paying
their way from year to year, and
providing a surplus to restore their
credit. Then they would be able to
raise long-term loans in gold, pay
interest from their surplus, use the
gold as a basis for new currency and
redeem their fiat money at its de
preciated value. In order to do this,
they would have to stop thinking of
war, reduce their armies and their
civil service and put the military and
bureaucratic parasites at productive
work.
By giving the money of all nations
a stable value reckoned in gold this
policy would stimulate production
and trade and would reduce prices
the world over from the inflated
paper basis to the solid gold basis. It
would stimulate, production of gold
by cutting cost of material and labor.
One of the anomalies of this topsy
turvy world is that gold is the only
thing of which the war has not
raised the price. The price paid at
the mints being fixed by the govern
ment and being unchanged, while
the price of material and labor
measured in paper has risen' enor
mously, the price of gold has actu
ally fallen. Miners sought relief by
asking for a premium which would
raise the price to the normal cost of
production, but their needs were
overlooked, and the output de
creased. They have now taken the
offensive against their enemy, fiat-j
money, and against all forms of in
flation by organizing the American
Gold and Silver Institute with H. N.
Lawrie, formerly of Portland, as
managing director, and are carrying
the war into the enemy's country.
Certainly, as normal monetary con
ditions are restored, more gold will
be needed, and the closer we ap
proach those conditions the more
will be produced, for the cost will
decline.
Thus the money question is to be
fought again. In the nineties the gold
standard was attacked by fiat money
and was beaten. Having been put in
possession of the field by the war
fiat money is now attacked by gold
The best weapon in the hands of the
gold men is the destruction wrought
by fiat money after war had finished
its work.
Not many will recall Chris Buck
ley, the blind boss in politics of San
Francisco a generation ago, who
died two months ago. His will left
much to charity without drawing
racial or religious lines. He- was
good boss, as bosses went in those
days.
The driver of a truck hit by a
passenger train at Medford, when
two were killed and two injured, ad
mits lie was trying to beat the train.
Such poor judgment should entitle
a man to a place in a Salem institu
tion.
The naturalists who have be
friended the crow will have to go
some to make out a case now that
it has been discovered that the crow
is particularly fond Of the eggs of
songbirds in nesting time.
This is the season when it isn't so
important to call a spade a spade as
it is to get out and use it. Whether
getting the ground ready for radishes
or uncovering f ishworms, it is a
mighty useful tool.
It might be hoped that some of
the ingenuity now being1 expended in
seeing who can make the cheapest
wireless receiving set will be trans
ferred to other fields of thrift.
The expedition to South America
to find the plesiosarius has had to
return without the beast. Not all
the wild-goose chasers are after
geese.
The report of a shortage of trained
nurses, considering: the emoluments
of a trained nurse, might appro
priately be classified as prosperity
news.
The best-looking men in the po
litical advertisements will win the
most votes, though it is hard to say
just what is best" in the male face,
Ex-Emperor William on the water
wagon may be only preening himself
to catch the German prohibition vote
on the rebound.
Perhaps an American mandate
over the whole of Europe will be
needed., Lloyd George yearns for us
at Genoa.
With 700 correspondents on the
scene at Genoa, we have the promise
of a Babel of pens.
The inventors of this new anti
lying toxin ought to volunteer for the
first test of it.
A circus is coming to town, which
is the best sign yet that spring Is
here.
Portland would be just the place
for the next triennial conclaves
The Listening Post.
By DeWitt Harry.
RESTAURANT keeping Is not mere
ly a matter of preparing a great
deal of food and then celling it; there
are many angles to the game. The
caterer must have an abiding knowl
edge of appetites and must, study
their vagaries. Many a successful
restaurant has been built up on a
few featured dishes. People will
walk blocks for a certain kind of
beans.
The restaurant keeper must not
only be a canny purchasing agent
and know how to cut cost corners In
his kitchen, but he must make use of
every portion of his foods. A poor
cook will not only drive away pat
ronage, but . will . ruin, the owner
through inability to make the best
use of his stocks. Then there is the
service out in front, the waitresses.
the table linen, the chinaware and'
the atmosphere of a. place. But the
real secret of the business lies in
the work behind the scenes.
Not many restaurant keepers go
It blind; the most of them know
down to a very fine point just what
kind of trade they are catering to
and have an intimate knowledge of
their patrons' appetites.- The assort
ment of dishes offered on a menu is
what attracts- many diners, but not
all viands get the same play. For
instance staple dishes sell right to a
regular mark nearly every day. The
average restaurant will sell two or
ders of beef to one of veal and ten
cups of coffee to every glass of milk
and 35 cups of coffee to every cup
of tea.
In the pastry line pies generally
lead, though some restaurants feature
French pastry and stimulate the sale
of that article. It all depends on the
class of trade, and ho two places sell
alike. The manager of the restau
rant has to know, right down to the
finest line, just how much of each
order on his daily menu card he is
going to sell, for every bit of food
that is left means either working
over the next day or a loss.
.
He was old and bent and gray and
walked with a cane. He approached
the classified ad window of The Ore
gonlan and one of the girls stepped
up to serve him.
"I want to hand in a political ad
vertisement. How much will it cost
for about 140 lines?" was his inquiry.
The girl gave him the rate and he
winced at the amount; said he was
afraid he could' not afford that much.
Then he was asked who was the can
didate.
"I'm the candidate," he said. "I
want to run for president of the
United States, but I don't think I
can afford .it."
But when It was explained that this
was the wrong year to run for this
office, the old man went away. To
get the point of this story and to
appreciate It one should, get a glimpse
of the candidate who refused to run.
Gudcbye. .Smelts).
Ay yust bote had my fill last veek.
Of smelt ban, catoh in, Sandy creek;
Ay tank Ay ate dem, bones an' all.
Yah, tal art' head, an' fins an' gall.
It seem lak nefer ban before
Sucn crowd- of neighbor at back door,
Brang mass of smelt for Ole's vife.
An' Ay haft ate dem, bat your life!
Not alvays folks so yenerous ban.
As ven dey coming har vith pan
Of smelts, an' say, "Ve had big lot
Ve could not ate"; Ay tank ve got
Bote eaven bushel dos Jjar fish.
Bote saxteen time vat Ay skol vish.
Ven supper ban gude does of smelt
Ay not can tal you how Ay felt,
But seem lak fish ban squirm all
night.
Den. more for brakfast com in sight.
Ay tank Ay knowing vun ol' Svede
Das having all dos smelt he need.
An' glad dey com but vunce a y'ar.
To making Ole cuss an' sv'ar.
-OLE OLESON.
Last Sunday's Oregonian introduced
a novelty to the ohildren, a supple
ment In invisible color, the young
sters being Instructed to dampen the
pages with a small brush or a piece
of cotton to bring out the tints that
were hidden. Judging from the re
sponse, the innovation created a fur
ore and the youngsters fought for the
privilege of Coloring the pictures. One
little girl in an all-consuming rush
to try out the color, hid the book and
took it to her room, returning in a
few minutes with the pages all In
brilliant hues. As she had no brush
or water, her mother was astonished
and asked how she did it. The young
ster held out her tongue. It was all
colors of the rainbow.
Oregon's woods are a garden these
days. The fresh white trilliums are
in bloom, soft-eyed little violetts
modestly show themselves in shady
bowers, yellow violets dot the moss
under the trees, maindenhair- fern
waves her tresses in the vagrant
breezes, the delicate pink of wild
currant is profuse and the dogwood
buds give promise of a quick devel
opment. Go any place where there
are trees and one cannot help but
brush hundreds of flowers underfoot
in a short walk. Just a suggestion,
why not take your sweetheart out
and fill her lap with violets?
" Impotent.
6aid lordly man, "I own the earth;
All creatures bow before my win;
To me was given at my birth.
The world to rule, ror good or ill.
Said two little germs, who heard him
rant.
One to the other: "Let ns sro
And show this bragging fool, be can't
Prevau against one tiny foe.
As said, so done, and soon the lord
Of all creation lay in pain.
His lordly boast, an empty word.
And all his lordly will in vain.
, CHARLES O. OLSEIT.
An interested crowd stood at Broad
way ana wasnmgton street ana
watched workmen in a vacant store
breaking down a strong vault form
erly used by a jeweler. The job
was a difficult one and it took much
hard labor to shatter the reinforced
concrete walls. One of the bystand
ers suggested that the best way to
accomplish their ends would be for
the jewelers to leave a few dollars'
worth of valuables inside and offer
it to the Pantages-stage depot safe
crackers, who would, demolish tb
vault in quick time.
The woman who asked when the 5
o'clock train left had nothing: on the
one who asked the waiter in Swet
lands if there were any shrimps in
their lobster salad, j
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales of Folks at the Hotels.
"The only fault to be found with
the Tillamook cheese industry," ex
plained State Senator Edwards of
Tillamook, who is in the city, "is
that the demand is greater than can
be supplied by the producers. Al
though the cheese makers of our
county are steadily increasing their
output, there is such a market for
the cheese that the makers cannot
begin to meet all orders. I saw an
order for many thousand dollars'
worth of Tillamook cheese the other
day from dealers,- but In order to
take care of as many as possible,
more than 30 dealers were promised
only a part of their requirements.
And it may be noted that the Tilla
mook cheese is so good that it com
mands a higher price than the Wis
consin article, which is trying to
break into the market in the west.
This winter the dairymen of Tilla
mook have had to bring in more teed
than in any previous year. While
there is always grass in the county,
the dairymen have found that they
can get better results toward spring,
when the grass is weak, by feeding.
This feed Is bought from the alfalfa
farmers of Oregon and Idaho. Train
loads have been shipped into Tilla
mook this winter and it has not been
uncommon for as many as ten car
loads to arrive in a day."
From the depot to his office a path
has been beaten by the feet of candi
dates, according to C. B. Gates, the
well-known "Pop" and mayor of Med
ford, who registered at the Imperial
yesterday. A few weeks ago "Pop"
thought he wanted to be a candidate
for governor, but when so many en
tered the field he decided to change
his plans and announced that he will
be a candidate for the republican
nomination four years hence. Thus
he .s the early bird in the 1926 cam
paign. As the various candidates
for governor arrive in Medford they
look up the mayor and he trots them
around to the local republican
leaders and introduces them to such
citizens as they, meet on the main
drag, the mayor being as impartial
as a brass band. The main reason
he is In town is to attend a meet
ing of the State Fair association,
which will be held at Salem Saturday.
The richest village. In the United
States is said to be Hibbin, Minn.
One of fhe added attractions of liv
ing there is that a mining company
pays 95 per cent of- the taxes, in
cluding the school tax. Hibbin is the
home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Conklin,
Who are registered at the Multnomah.
As the original town was located over
valuable ore deposits it was decided
to move the village, but it still will
remain a village no matter if it has
a population of 20,0.00, for by that
method it will be able to control mora
of the taxes paid Into its treasury by
the mining companies. In view of
the experience of the Hibbing min
ing concerns, some of the timber
owners of Oregon need not consider
that they are the only outfits which
have to contribute heavily to school
districts, road districts and the like.
Polk county will unite solidly be
hind Ralph E Williams in his fight
for re-election as republican national
committeeman from Oregon, accord
ing to E. C. Kirkpatrlck, business man
of Dallas, who was in Portland yes
terday. "We have known Mr. Will
iams for many years; many of
have grown up with him and we are
for him first, last and all the time,
said Mr. Kirkpatrick. "I do not know
a man in Polk county who is not go
ing to vote for Mr. Williams." In th
Taft administration Mr. Kirkpatrick
was the selection of the president for
United States marshal, but Mr. Wll
son came in too quick and a democrat
landed the job,
"And," said Al Pierce of Salem,
"don't forget that we want everyon
in Portland to come fto Salem on May
7. That is the official 'blossom day,
The trees, prunes, cherries and apples,
will be in full bloom by that time
unless the weather acts nasty, and
no one who goes to Salem and vicinity
will regret the trip, for the hills and
valleys will be a mass of blooms. -ih
weather has been cold this spring, so
it has been necessary to postpone
blossom day a couple of weeks. How
ever, with a little sunshine to cheer
the trees, everything will be In read!
ness by Sunday, May 7. Remember
the day and date all Salem invites
all of Portland."
A conductor on a train between
Denver and Salt Lake City, in look
ing over the tickets of passengers
found one whose destination was
Portland. Then the conductor asked
the passenger if he would do a slight
favor, and the passenger was willing.
The conductor took from his pocket
the kev to room 711 of the Benson
the key having been found on tne
train. - The- conductor requested the
passenger to deliver it to the hotel,
and it was turned in to John W.
Myers yesterday at the desk.
Things are picking up in La
Grande. Business is improving, the
mills are running and the railroad
is doing some work in the way or
ballasting tracks and the like, and on
the whole there is a good prospect
for the town and the beautiful val
ley," says John H. Feare, registered
at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Peare is
in the land office at La Grande and
is in the city on official business.
Ralph Bardwell came to town from
Medford yesterday to buy one of the
biggest and most expensive motor
cars on the market. Mr. Bardwell is
with the Stewart Fruit company, and
he is the chap who buys a big chunk
of the pear crop in the Rogue River
valley. .
Sam H. Webb, real estate dealer
of Astoria, is so well satisfied with
the city by the sea that he wants
to be the mayor, and he is now seek
ing to accomplish the fulfillment of
that ambition. Mr. Webb is among
the arrivals at the Hotel Portland.
George Burtt of San Francisco,
who knows as much about potatoes
as any man in the world, passed
through Portland from Seattle, on
his way to Redmond and Prineville,
where he has extensive holdings. Mr.
Burtt will return to Portland Satur
day on his way south.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Sanborn of
Astoria, where Mr. Sanborn is in the
salmon packing" business and is en
gaged in various other enterprises,
are registered at the Benson.
H. M. Manning, an attorney of
Klamath Falls, is one of half a dozen
or more citizens of that town who
arrived in Portland and registered
at the Imperial.
James Linn of Salem, president of
the state fair association, was in
Portland yesterday on business con
nected with the big Btate show.
Seely Hall, who had charge of the
transportation service to Crater lake
last summer, is in the city,-, from
Medford. He is at the Multnomah.
John J. Cadigan, an insurance man
of Spokane, is among the Benson
arrivals.
Advice to a Physician.
Judge.
Gladys I wish I knew how to take
some of the conceit out of that young
Dr. Foote.
Heler.e All you have to do Is to
call him, "Mister."
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Honghton-Mifflin Co.
Can Yea Answer these Quest Ions f
1. How do shrikes kill their prey?
2. Why do some oaks have acorns
on them all winter, while others do
not?
3. Are the young of pronghorn an
telope spotted? I have lived around
these animals for 15 years, but now
I want some information, can't find
it in books available.
Answers in tomorrow's "Natifre
Notes."
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Are bats dangerous?
Not in the least in North America,
but exceedingly beneficial, particu
larly as mosquito catchers. The no
tion bats are "vampires" or blood
suckers is probably based on the fact
that certain South American species
do bite the toes, of sleeping persons.
The bite is not fatal, however.
2. Why do corn kernels coma in
even numbers of rows?
The "ears" of corn are the plant's
seed vessels, matured Jrom flowers.
The pistillate flowers, borne on the
very short stalks that make the end
of the cob grow In paii! Why they
come in pairs we do not know va
rious plants have their blossoms
grouped in pairs. When .these blos
soms are fertilized by pollen dropped
from the staminate flowers, or tas
sels, seed begins to form, each pair
of blossoms developing into a pair of
seeds. This makes an even number
of rows.
3. Please tell me what sort of place
the cardinal uses for a nest. One has
been about my grounds all winter
and I want to keep it if I can.
By choice the cardinal nests in deep
thickets, making a nest of rootletR.
weedstalks, inner fibers of bark for
lining, etc. If you have anv dense
shrubbery or thick tangle of vines
it may perhaps use them. You might
try hunting up some grapevine bark
fibers and place them in spots where
you often see the bird, as a sugges
tion. Orioles sometimes are encour
aged to build .in a given spot if ma
terials to their liking are strewn
about.
HOW JURY STOOD IV Bl RVS CASE
More Women Than Men for Convic
tion on First Ballot.
PORTLAND, April 27. (To the Edi
Itor.) An extended article on the re
cent Burns trial and acquittal ap
peared in The Oregonian last Monday
and since it contains a few errors
manifest to all persons alike familiar
with the case, in justice to the jury
and to the public a few observations
seem proper, if not necessary.
Burns was tried three times before
acquittal, the first two juries being
composed entirely of men, the last
Of both Women and mpn Thf.
to speculation as to the mental Dro-
ctrsses governing the respective sexes
in analyzing testimony and arriving
at conclusions. This article states
that in the first trials never more
than three jurors stood for acquittal.
The rumor has been so persistent that
it may safely be regarded as the fact
that the first Burns jury stood five
for acquittal; the second, seven for
acquittal. On the first ballot the
last jury stood seven for acquittal
and five otherwise, and a larger per
centage of women stood for convic
tion on the first ballot than men, and
the last person to go over to acquit
tal was not a man, as stated in the
article referred to, but a woman.
Much speculation is indulered in as
to what extent sympathy entered into
tne verdict. On this point it is clear
that sympathy for the widow of the
deceased and her little child, always
conveniently near, and for Mrs. Burns
and her children, likewise at hand,
counterbalanced each other. Indeed,
Mrs. Phillips was the more pathetic
figure and received, if any difference,
the greater sympathy.
In this article it was stated that
Casey and Burns seldom were seen
apart. The testimony showed other
wise. Casey and some of the state's
witnesses and other people commin
gled in poolhalls, cardrooms, drank
moonshine and had joint enterprises;
while Burns stood aloof, drank not
at all, played no cards, avoided pool
halls and devoted his time to his
rooming-house business and odd jobs
and, during periods of his wife's ill
ness, did household work, including
laundry; even to the extent of making
and repairing the children's garments.
On one of his expeditions or trips
Casey was gone so long from Burns'
rooming house that he forfeited his
room.
The article referred to states that
juror collapsed when the verdict was
read. This did not occur. There was
no collapse anywhere at any time of
any Juror.
This article referred to states that
the "damaging" letter written by
Burns to Casey while both were eon-
fined in jail was not explained by
Burns or his attorneys. Another error.
Burns went into detail in explanation
of the letter as far as the rules of evi
dence would permit, and the same was
argued from the standpoint of the
defendant at considerable length. It
was not "carefully avoided" or avoid
ed at all.
This is written with the view to al
low the general public to get an un
biased viewpoint in this particular
case, since there has been much -discussion
of It, apparently from the op
posite angle. SUSAN M. FARRELL.
PRIMARY IS FREAK A1VD FAILURE
Mr. Cooper So Convinced, but Would
Go Forward JVot Backward.
McMINNVILLB, Or., April 28. (To
the Editor.) -Because we have made
some mistakes in the use of the pri
mary law is no reason why we should
condemn.it as wholly bad and unfit
for usfc. However, as a nominating
machine in its present shape, it is a
freak and ft failure. The old idea that
the office should seek the man whom
the people think most competent is no
more.
While traveling over the eight Will
amette valley counties, organizing the
tax reduction, clubs. I am convinced
that we lost much when we laid aside
the convention system. We lack the
initiative of that system in organiza
tion. But progress Is not attained by
going backward. Failures often teach
more valuable lessons than successes.
by teaching us what not to do. If we
had no failures we would be a spine
less race.
The convention system had its de
fects; to has the primary system.
They both also have their good quali
ties. It. would not, or should not, be
difficult to formulate a plan embody
ing the better principles of both sys
tems and still permit the radical par-
tisans to "point with pride" and "view
with alarm," the conduct of friend and
foe. There should be nothing in the
way now, except public opinion (?) of
using the old convention plan of nom
inating candidates, two or three for
each office If they want to, then give
the primaries a whack at them. Just
think of it, delegates and proxies, and
packed delegations hand-picked, gag
rule and bolters aneverting! Finel
Don't Vou feel the thrill?
J. C. COOPEK.
Explaining a Winner.
Judge.
Why is she so popular?"
Well, she's an old-fashioned girl
In new-fashioned clothes."
More Truth Than Poetry.
By James J. Mostsgue.
POETRY FOIl TUB PF.OPI.K.
You mustn't think o' pleasure
You mustn't stop fer meals.
Or Ole Hard Luck will run amuck
An' lay you by the heels.
No gold mines is discovered
Except by Inrts who smite
The rocks with pick from half-past
six
A. M. till twelve at nlKtt.
Don't buy no clothes nor neckties
A suit o' overalls
Ain't no divKrace in any place.
Not even gilded halls.
A greasy juniper apron
Beats all the tailor's art.
When it is worn with haughty scorn
Above an honest heart.
Don't bow and scrape to no one
But look 'em In the eyes;
Fat pocket hoods and smarty looks
Don't make men great or wise.
Just keoii yiuir pick a-swtnging
That's all you gotta do;
An' In the end. my noblo friend
You'll beat the whole blamed crew.
Don't go to no theayters.
Don't never tech a card!
You're sure to win ef you pitch IB.
Though life is mighty hard.
Don't seek no fool amusements
But learn to toll an' save
An' by an' by, ef you ahold die.
You'll fill an honored grave.
We're Still Reactionary.
We don't agree with Mrs. Medlll
MeCormlok that women ought to be
district leaders. In her capacity of
boss woman's place is still In the
home.
Cnrlons,
There seems to be a growing Im
pression among college presidents
that colleges ought to be educational
institi'.tions.
Crnel and lanaaal.
There ought to be some) redress for
the proofreader on the Congressional
Record, who is the only man In the
country who really has to read the
tariff bill all the way through.
trnprrlght by the Bell RvnrHrate. Ino
Sometimes a silence Is Ilk the dumb
waiting
For release from pain.
A numbing, stupefying weight
Upon the brain;
A verbal bondage no one voice can
break,
A grip upon the throat no single tone
Can shake.
And sometimes silence Is like
A twilight prayer;
A tender hush that lingers
In the air.
And soothes the weary heart
Of fear and fret
And makes the aching nerves
At last forget.
And sometimes silence Is like a tender
dream
No words can tell;
A perfect union when two souls
serene
Yield to its spell;
More powerful than words
Or eloquence well-planned
Ia silence when two fine souls un
derstand. In Other Days.
Twenty-five Years A mo.
From The Oregonian of April 28, 1S07.
Athens Greeco is badly upset over
the failures in the war with Turkey
and there are demonstrations here by
the populace for the establishment
of a republic.
New York The dedication of
Grant's tomb here yesterday was
witnessed by a million New Yorkers
and visitors and battleships of ail
nations stood by in the Hudson.
A street car jumped the bridge on
East Morrison between Eighth and
Ninth streets yesterday and went
into the slough, killing three ler
bons and injuring many more.
At the meeting of Portland wheel
men last night a resolution was
passed indorsing a plan to put s
?tij tax on bicycles.
GAWYKRS PART IX CRIME WAVK
M rller Think-. Shrewd Practices af
Attorneys Kneonrage Criminals.
PORTLAND. April 27. (To the Edl-tor.)-C.
B. Watson, in censuring the
jury system for the prevalence of
crime, should have Included the law
yers. If a criminal knew that he
would receive an Immediate trial and
sentence he would hesitate before
committing a crime. Instead of that
he knows that a good (?) lawyer will
have his case continued and post
poned until public feeling has died
down and apathy has taken its place
and the witnesses have either left the
state or suffered a convenient loss
of memory.
Most lawyers, according to their
code of ethics, consider themselves
perfectly honest and good cltlasens
and when they clear a notorious of
fender are commended by their asso
ciates, yet in clearing 'a criminal
they are turning him loose on the
public to commit other crimes. Isn't
the lawyer partly to blame for ths
crime committed by the criminal that
he helped evade the law?
Less law, fewer technlcallf es,
quicker trials and speedy sentences,
along with a little horse sense and
less maudlin sympathy for th mur
derer and more sympathy for the vic
tims will result in fewer crimes.
Why all the sympathy for the fam
ily of the murderer and so little for
the widow and orphans?
('. L. ELLIOTT.
MEMORIES.
I know a path beside a Iske
That happy, boisterous reel nave
trod.
Where June - time sees the violets
wake.
And slender, winsome daisies nod.
The wild rose lifts Its blushing cheek
To charm the loit'r'ng passer-by.
And gold-dished patque flowers, hum
bly meek.
Gaze fondly up Into the sky.
This sylvan path leads to a sprlns:
With crystal wsters, fresh and cool.
And tanagers with raven wing
Flash crimson o'er the smiling
pool.
I know a heart that often sighs
To view once more those happy
scenes,
And, ever-constant, prophesies
Fulfillment In its fondest dreams.
1L 1. MOODV.
Lostlne, Or.
LaoRuagf Is Vonrhed Fur.
JUriKe.
"Can you swear to the exact word
used by Mr. Wharkem when hu
struck at his golf ball and struck the
gentleman in the tor?" Inquired the
lawyer in the damage suit.
"Xo," answered the caddy, thought
fully, "but I think they are all In tiio
Bible, sir."
Silenct.
Br Grace K. Hall.