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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1922
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LIBERTY BONDS AT PAR.
business stability, of financial sound
ness, of confidence inspiring men to
new enterprise, of ability to secure
capital at rates justifying such ven
tures, could be found than the fact
that liberty bonds have gone to par.
It means1 not only that the floating
debt 'of the government has been
reduced, Its expenses cut to balance
income and its finances generally
put in order, and that Its credit is
strengthened by these facts as well
as by the change from war to peace.
It means also that the supply of
credit has been brought to due pro
portion with demand, and that the
rate of interest at which capital can
be obtained for all forma of private
enterprise has fallen In the same
proportion as the price of liberty
bonds has risen.
The decline f rom 6 to 3 per cent
in the yield on liberty bond invest
ments at the market price corre
sponds with a like decline In the
rate that must be paid by the manu
facturer to finance production, by
the merchant to finance purchase
of his stock, by the farmer to finance
production and sale of his crop, by
the railroad, for improvement and
extension of its line, by the home
builder to acquire a house, by the
projector of new enterprises to
finance their construction. It means
that the United, States is going ahead
with faith In Its future.
The corrective for the errors made
in selling the bonds at too low rates
of interest has been applied. In
order to save money on interest the
Wilson administration placed the
rates below the level at which war
conditions justified in order that the
bonds might be sold at par. It filled
the gap between the rates that It
offered and the rate which the
money market would have required
by appealing to the patriotism of the
people to buy liberty bonds at par.
By so doing it artificially depressed
Interest rates in general, for it
caused the federal reserve banks to
fix correspondingly low rate? of, re
discount for commercial paper. It
continued this policy after the war
ended in order to sell victory notes
at low rates. The people rose to the
occasion, but the artificial value
which patriotism had given to the
bonds quickly evaporated, and their
mnrlrot rtriro TAll n thA nninr whlph
the money market fixed as the price
The result of artificially depressed
'1ULCIGOL iO,L?B V AO 714111 UiOrbO UUSM
ness after the justification arising
from the war emergency had disap
peared, and to Inflate the currency.
m. .. . l. n
Alio tunociiuciiua wua me aiici-wtir
boom of 1919 and the first half of
1920 and the further advance in
prices. A large measure of activity
would naturally have occurred dur
ing that period in consequence of
the sudden demand of other nations
for American products which they
had not been able to obtain during
the war, but production and home
aemana were unnaturally stimuiaxeo,
by abundance of cheap money. In
order to remedy this evil the federal
reserve board raised the rediscount
rates. About the same time the
' panic in Japan and decontrol of
commodities by this and the allied
governments started collapse of the
boom. Deflation set in with full
force and it drove the price of some
liberty bond issues to between 85
and 90. This process was hastened
by unloading of liberty bonds on the
part of those who were unable to
hold them or who were unable to
pay loans made for their purchase.
The bond's passed from the hands
of those who had bought them from
patriotism and who are not normally
investors in that class of security
into the hands of those who can and
rl n ffinlri, e,,h i n 71ior nl o n 1, ti- t i t,A
Intention of holding them.
Prices around par mean that nor
mal conditions have returned. The
value piacea dq iue uuuas is uaaea
on calm business consideration of
the conditions governing them, hot
on sentiment other than- confidence
in the government and the future of
completed both as to the supply and
price of money and as to prices of
commodities. Government credit is
stabilized at SH per cent on tax-free
bonds,, the lowest rate paid by any
government in the world, and bonds
are In the hands of strong holders.
Prices of commodities have been
stabilized at a new post-war level,
though they are due for a further
gradual fall as economic and polit
ical stability is restored in the rest
of the world. Hereafter the supply
' of currency will increase and de
crease in proportion to the normal
' flow of business, and rates of inter
est will fluctuate in proportion to the
demand for capjtal in the world
money market and to the quality of
the security. Liberty bonds at par
mean. In short, that the economic
wreckage of the war and nost-war
periods has been cleaned up, that
the hysteria bred by war has passed,
and that, economically, the United
States is trained to fighting condition
to attack the problems of the day.
The danger that the human race
will be annihilated by the host of
Insect enemies which now threaten
our food crops, which a recent
alarmist writer suggests, is probably
overdrawn. Inasmuch as it does not
take account of nature's own re-
H t f r1iRaA rtv nn Avnliitlnnb iw
irAicu ftf i 1 1 itwn. T.Anir hnfnra Ha
Chinese scale was introduced into
this country it had ceased to be a
matter of large concern in the land
I of Its origin, and scientists 'who
! seek the lines of least resistance
already know that resistant strains
of plants can be produced by selec-
tion almost as rapidly as enemies
appear. The balance,' taking the
world over,"is still on the side of the
farmer, but this is not an argument
against continuing the fight on in
sect enemies in the -most vigorous
possible way. Human resourceful
ness, which has never yet failed, can
WHO PAYS?
The questions presented today by
a subscriber who- is puzzled by the
free use of money In primary elec
tions ought to have been submitted
to that Portland: newspaper which
maintains that the direct primary
has never produced a corrupt offi
cial in Oregon and has ever been as
white and pure as the driven snow.
Briefly it may be said that the
law limits the .amount of money a
candidate for nomination may spend
out of his own pocket; but it does
not limit the amount that others
may contribute in the interests of
his candidacy. The law so . limits
the candidate that the candidate for
governor, for example, did he desire
to send a mere postcard reciting his
attainments 'to eaeti republican voter
in the state, could not lawfully -pay
for one-half the postage, let alone
the cost of printing and addressing
the cards. . .
Running for office, as has been
observed by this- correspondent, is no
small change undertaking. Some
body pays. Friends do at times con
tribute liberally personal friends, or
friends of the principles or policies
the candidate represents." Yet the
misgiving is fully justified that often
the "club" which finances the can
didate is chiefly the candidate him
self. -
But If It be conceded that in evfery
case where C, D, E and P swear that
they paid the campaign expenses of
G they have told -the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, the ques
tion of the correspondent becomes
pertinent: , . -.
"Is not the successful candidate
under obligations to those who paid
the "freight?" , .
Yet what is the candidate who has
not the asset of wide personal popu
larity and general acquaintance to
do? The law virtually tells him that
he shall not seek office, for it denies
him to right to the only possible'
means he has of making his qualifi
cations known. - If he insists on run
ning he has three choices: Certain
defeat;-, violation of the corrupt
practices act; or submission to an
implied obligation to those who will
pay the freight. Such Is the direct
primary, under which the people
rule."
A $3,600,000,000 COUNTRY. ,
According to Mark Sullivan,
the
American people may as well make
up their minds to pay $3,500,000,000
a year for the ordinary expense of
the federal government for an in
definite period. Of this sum $2,000,-
000,000 represents the continued cost
of the war Interest and sinking
fund on debt and care of - disabled
ex-service men and any decrease In
annual interest due to reduction of
debt is likely for many years to be
offset by increased cost of maintain
ing disabled ex-service men. Ordi
nary expense of government as it
will be in peace-time cannot easily
be pared below the remaining
$1,500,000,000, and any new under
takings will add to that total
The American people thus have to j
deal with a radically changed na
tional financial situation. Customs
tariff formerly yielded roughly half ,
of the national revenue; now it yields
one eighth. Formerly the bulk of
the other half of the revenue was
derived from internal taxes on two
classes of luxuries liquor and to
bacco in its various forms. Prohibi
tion has practically abolished liquor
as a source of, revenue, and seven
eighths of the total must be obtained
from other internal taxes. It is in
cumbent on congress with the ad
vice of the financial branch of the
executiYe to distribute internal taxes
in such a manner that each citizen
will bear his just share of the bur
den, that taxes shall not confiscate
the surplus income that should be
applied to further development of
the' country and its industries, also
to extension , of the foreign trade
upon which we must more and more
rely to sell the products of our grow
ing,industries, and that consequently
taxes will not restrict this internal
and external expansion. In order
that congress may legislate on these
lines, it is necessary that the people
should study and educate themselves
in the working of the tax system.
Then they will be able to discuss
fiscal questions intelligently and be
inclined to elect men to congress
who will enact wise tax laws.
A most effective way to lighten
the burden of taxation is to pursue
a policy which will increase the
aggregate taxable wealth of the
country. Undoubtedly the large ex
penditure on land reclamation and
highway construction during the last
twenty years has added many times
its total to the natlapal wealth and
to the national income, and has thus
enabled the people to bear the added
load, of governmental expense with
greater ease. - There is room for vast
increase of wealth in reclamation of
arid, swamp and logged-off land, in
replanting forests and" in their pro-
tection from insect pests and fire, in
prevention of floods and in exten- i
sion of highway Great economy in
production can be effected by devel
opment of waterpower, in transpor
tation by full development and use
of waterways! and such economy has
the same ultimate effect as increase
of production.
Care for the public health reduces
the double drain due to attendance
on the sick and to their loss of time.
Education of the immigrants to
make them loyal, intelligent citizens
adds to their efficiency, increases
their productive capacity and by
reducing revolutionary . discontent
keeps the cost of government in
check and reduces the economic
waste of strikes. True economy will
be served by adding even to the
present enhanced cost- of govern
ment for these purposes, for the
total load of taxation will then be
spread over a larger aggregate in
come, so that it may take no higher
percentage from each citizen than
was taken in pre-war years. By
this policy the government would act
on the same principle as a manu
facturer who, on finding his over
head expense increased, adds to his
pjoductioa so much that the over
head charge against each unit of his
product is no larger than before.
When the democrats taunted the
congress , over which Thomas B.
Reed presided as speaker with ex
travagance by calling in the billion
dollar congress. Reed retorted that
this- was a billion-dollar country.
Following the same line of reason
ing, we can best meet the' situation
created by increase of our cost ' of
government to $3,500,000,000 a year
if - we so expand development and
so economize in cost 'of production
and transportation that we shall ex
pand our wealth to, the point where
we can truly say that this is a
$3,600,006,000 country. This nation
has become great by constantly
answering the call to do big things,
and it should not flinch from the
big undertakings to which its present
financial situation summons it
SOT AS ACCURATE TEST.
One of the seemingly unavoidable
accompaniments of the close of the
college season is the class question
naire. Some statistically-minded
member of the graduating class al
most always starts an Inquiry into
the personal peculiarities, predilec
tions and intimate tastes of his (or
her) associates, and presents the re
sult, for our perusal iri summary
form. The product, which is offered
as a kind of "dross-ectlon" of a cer
tain stratum of the social body, is
not always valuable as such.
For example, inquiry has Just been
made of two hundred senior girts at
the University of Wisconsin concern
ing the vices, they most abhor and
the virtues they most greatly esteem,
in .the Opposite sex. We learn that
conceit is most naterui in men and
ambition most admired. Poise? and
tact stand high, courage hardly gets
a mention, honesty is not ignored but
lacks a good deal of having the num
ber of votes that ambition has. - -
We decline to accept the ballot as
a composite, or as a cross-section,
or as conclusive of anything. We
doubt, for illustration, whether the
girls can have given much thought
to the intimate relationship between
being ambitious and having a high
opinion of one's self. The so-called
"conceit" of the callow school boy,
with some of the rough corners
rubbed off by contact with the
world, may easily and usually does
become a real driving force. A
thesis could be written on the neces- i
sity for courage even if success were I
the only desirable end. Poise and
tact are artificially obtainable, which
the fundamentalii of character prob
ably are not. - Failure of the girls
to hold cowardice and meanness in
the disfavor that these traits un
doubtedly deserve would seem 4.0 in
dicate a serious misapprehension- as
to what are the durable satisfac
tions of life, i
As we have suggested, these class
questionnaires may not mean much.
In her innermost heart the average
girl probably does not esteem the
ambitious crook as such. When she
chooses her husband, the chances
are more than even that she won't
care whether he is ambitious or not.
The difficulty is that genuinely ad
mirable traits baffle analysis and
cannot be described In - a word.
Moreover, our intellectuals think it
a bit smart to profess, cynicism
that they do not feel. We should
be more " inclined to despair over
those Wisconsin girls If we did not
know that they don't really mean
just what they say.
THOSE NEW STEEIi COMBINATIONS.
- When the suit against the United
States Steel corporation for violation
of the anti-trust law was dismissed
by the supreme court, the trust was
held not to control a sufficient pro-
Portion of the steel output to con-
stitute a monopoly, its proportion
being about 45 per cent of the total
American output. Several indepen
dent steel companies now plead in
defense of their proposed merger
that, .owing to their smallness, pro
duction costs them $3 to $5 a ton
more than it costs the steel cor
poration, that they survive only .on
sufferance of the steel corporation
in not cutting this difference In cost
of production from the price, and
that their only hope Of survival is
to merge. - -So
the power of a 45 per cent unit
is so great that its low cost of pro
duction enables it to snuff out com
petitors, and the only way to com
bat this power is to combine a num
ber ,of small units into larger ones.
By this process the steel industry
mav soon be concentrated in the
hands -of four or five, possibly half
a dozen, large companies. Anybody
knows how easy It would be for the
heads of these companies to combine
for control of production and prices
without meeting and without a mark
on paper. All keeping well informed
on business conditions, a brief ex
change of ideas over the telephone
would "suince lor an to re,cn pre
cisely the same conclusion, and to
do so with ostensible independence,
leaving no scrap of evidence on
which the attorney general could
seize. -
If a saving of $3 to $5 a ton can
be effected through manufacture in
large units, the people would be
quite willing provided they could get
the saving instead of leaving it in
the treasury of the steel companies.
As the steel men. might not effect
this saving unless they retained a
large share of it, thepeople might
be willing to divide it with them.
The steel men derive the power to
form these economically large units
from the privilege given them by law
to combine large blocks of capital
in corporations. Then the people
should, at least share the benefits
arising from exercise 6f that privi
lege. By all means permit business
to be done on a big scale provided
the resultant economy Inures as
much to- the direct benefit - of the
consumer as to that of the. manufac
turer. . '
The time seems to have come for
further evolution Jn the relation of
the government to large corpora
tions. Not much has been accom
plished by attempts to dissolve them
or to prevent oppressive use of their
monopoly power. When unscram
bled, they just scramble themselves
anew. Perhaps the only way. out of
the difficulty Is to license them,
carefully squeezing all water out of
their capital lest they capitalize their
monopoly earnings, and then to have
the federal trade commission vigil
antly supervise them, as Roosevelt
used to propose. But that would re
quire a very different type of men
from the band of crusaders which
now composes the commission. It
would require men who could not
be stampeded by a La Follette or
a Tom Watson or bluffed by a Mor
gan, Gary or Schwab. It would also
require self-restraint on the part of
the people .o rely on their judg
ment and integrity and to let them
stay on the job. Can we find such
men, would congress give them the
necessary authority and would the
people and the corporations let them
keep it and exercise it? This is a
new problem in the efficiency of
democracy. : -,
, " ELECTRIFY THE FARM.
Many minds are turned to the dis
covery of. means to make life on the
farm attractive-in order that the
drift of population -may turn back
from the .city. Probably no means
would be more effective than supply
of electricity to the farmer, that with
it he may run his, machinery, light
his house and barn, cool his house
with an electric fan, lighten his
wife's labors with all manner of
electric domestic appliances, and
generally relieve the dullness, drudg.
ery and darkness of farm life. That
is the mind-picture suggested by the
declaration-of the Southwest Farmer
of Wichita, Kan., that "electrical
development is as essential to the
future success of the farmer as is
the development of the tractor" and
that "this is the psychological mo
ment for the farmer to come into
his own electrically." - '
But the Southwest Farmer finds
that electrical development has been
retarded by agitation for' city owner
ship of electric plants, the motive
of many .being "to get fat jobs for
certain chaps who help to put their
man in power at a city election."
These cogent reasons are given for
opposing city ownership:
Tne city or municipal ownership, aa It
is called, will never develop the American
farm electrically. The city taxpayer Is
not going to burden himself with addi
tional taxes and the voting of bonds for
the l electrical development of the farm.
Wo cannot conceive of a number of cities
In Kansas getting together and voting
bonds so as to. build an electric jfower
line out Into the farming country around.
So the only answer to the electrical
development of the farm is private capital
and along sound economic lines. Private
capital will build electric power lines to the
farm just as soon as It can be done eco
nomically to the farmer and at the, same
-time jio that it will pay' a legitimate re
turn on the money invested to take it
there.
No states offer a better opportu
nity for farming by electricity: than
Oregon and Washington.,,, - These
states 'are intersected by mountain
ranges from ' which flow streams
capable of generating; enough hydro
electric power to-electrify every farm
as well as every city in the two
states. - Both states call for more
people to occupy- their empty spaces,
and' they could , not find a better
drawing oard than the announce
ment' that the power wlre can be
tapped at every farmer's front gate.
.Electricity is to be an important fea
ture of the Portland expo'sition in
1926, and by that time we should be
able to give" many exhibits of -electrified
farms. -'-'"'-
If we should wait for "the cities to
develop the power which is to pro
duce these exhibits! they will not
finish the Job in time, for-they are
too slow. The cities would .be so
absorbed in . supplying themselves
that they would be very apt to over
look the farmer. They would . do
the work at such excessive cost as
to impose a perpetual tax, in the
shape of high rates, on every con
sumer. If any man doubts those
statements, let him ask the province
of Ontario, which has tried it, not
merely on a city but on a statewide
scale. . . . . ?.- !.. ,
The way to get -this job' done
promptly and well and at- reasonable
cost is to entrust It to private enter
prise -subject to public regulation,
which enforces reasonable rates and
good service and which prevents
water from leaking from the rivers
into the stocks and bonds of power
companies. There' is enough water
power in Oregon- and Washington to
electrify every city and every farm
not only that is but that will be for
a generation to come in the two
states, and private- .enterprise can
carry It to every one . of them.
"Certain London theater-goers are
-displeased because an American act
ress does not,, exhibit "sufficient
nudity" in 'a scene that calls for be
ing cast up by the sea, although all
she'has on is.a heavy blonde. wig
that comes to -the ankles. Satiated
with the sordid revelations of the
home product, no doubt, they want
something startling and will get It
from the Americans successor, a
Canadian girl, who had her hair
bobbed as first step in qualifying,
And we get our theatricals from
London!
- The expense of liquidating a closed
bank' necessarily is great. It isall
"overhead," with nothing much com
lng in. The adage that "the receiver
is as bad as the thief -does not, of
course, ,apply" to liquidations, though
small creditors grimly appreciate all
the Joke there is in It.
Mr. Jack : Day has ordered the
"f ireworlrs" .for next Wednesday
night at the . municipal auditorium
and the weatherman, it is to be
hoped, will note antf supply less than
normal temperature for that day..
: Constance Talmadge gets her de
cree on ""mental cruelty.'' That is
a little more fierce than in the. case
Of the deaf mute . who ' alleged his
wife, similarly . afflicted, talked all
night. ' , -
An authority. ;. says men who
change from belts to suspenders in
crease their, waist measure. Con
verseiy, these not speiis reveal" a
need of double cinches; ' .
One of the, two early summer
fruits is, arriving the strawberry,
finest in the land; the other is on
the way the Oregon cherry, finest
of all lands. "
The insurance companies should
certainly list the presidency of, Ire
land and the presidency of -China
among the hazardous occupations.
' If civilization is not a failure it is
verging upon it in spots. There is
a 13-year-old mother of -twins at a
rescue home in this city. " '
Old-timers, in politics a genera
tion or two, take off their hats to
the manipulators of a women's con
vention.' '
That three-minute earthquake at
Spokane probably was just the after
rumble of a freight rate case. ,.
; The seed -catalogues have been
shelved in ' favpr of those showing
the latest in bathing suits.
Unlike the California kind, these
northwest earthquakes sire for exhibition-
purposes only.
But it will take more than that
fire to keep Prineville down.
Plucky Prineville, that's what
she is.
MESSAGES SOT .FROM- SPIRITS
So-Caiicd Oceult Phenomena Merely
, Species of "mind Reading.
f- OREGON CITY. Or.. June 1. (To
the Editor.) For some time I have
been wondering why someone did not
challenge the dogmatic statements of
Conan Doyle. I am glad to see that
Dr. J. Allen Gilbert has done so. Only
the will to believe, as you'have point
ed out, accounts for the Influence of
spiritism. Everything done can be
accounted for on perfectly natural
grounds.
In Washington, D. C, the following
experiment was mate. In the-interest
of scientific investigation two
men, one a psychologist, the other,
a general, visited the best medium in
the city. Thay agreed to write three
letters to deceased people asking
questions which : could be answered
in a general way; two identically
alike to living people known to them,
but not to the medium; one to a de
ceased person asking a specific ques
tion which she alone could answer.
Answers came from all as if in the
spirit world. There was no differ
ence in the replies as far as that was
concerned. Replies from three of the
deceased were couched in such gen
eral terms as to require, no specific
knowledge. The one 'question re
quiring specific knowledge ---known
only to the deceased-r-could not be
given. All the medium could, say
was:
"A. B. is here, but cannot com
municate today." v
The medium in this instance was
believed to be perfectly sincere.
What he read was the minds of his
sitters. When he really needed the
aid of a departed spirit he could not
secure it. And it is safe to assert
that no medium has ever communi
cated anything that is not known
to some living person. rJ
Knowledge of the laws of - the
human mind is yet in its infancy. -The
possibilities - or hypnotism, mind
reading and telepathy -are as yet un
known. The -subconscious mind Is
said never to sleep and never to for
gt. The psychic often calls things
long forgotten to memory. Some do
have the power to read the minds of
others. And it is entirely possible
that one Of these may be able to read
the secret code agrfed upon by -Dr.
Gilbert and his wife. Even so that
would be no evidence -of spirit con
trol or communication, but siimply of
clairvoyant power. -
Indian fakirs do far more remark
able, things than spiritualistic
mediums, but they -make no claim to
supernatural powers. They simply
have discovered laws , of the human
mind aa yet 'unknown to u' The
miraculous Is ofter the perfectly
natural. In view "of the marvels of
the present age, ; it behoove j- us to
be humble. Like Newton, we have
gathered a few. pebbles on the sea
shore, but the great ocean of truth
rolls before us unexplored and un
known. There are more things "in
heaven and earth than are dreamed
of in our philosophy."
It would be well to continue Inves
tigation and wait with an open mind
before- attributing extraordinary
phenomena to supernatural origin.
J ' A. il.TtiUMi'SUlN.
OFFER OF REWARD IS BARRIER
Ethics of Spiritualism Offended by
Dr. Gilbert, Say Writer.
PORTLAND, June 2. (To the Edi
tor.) 3 would like space to answer
Dr. J.- Allen Gilbert
I would suggest that the doctor use
his wisdom entirely or the propa
ganda of the crass materialistic idea
of psychology instead of the peren
nial ethics of spiritualism, inasmuch
as spiritualism" proves beyond doubt
that man is spirit, moving and having
his being through the physical;
hence, while he may or may not use
the so-called various minds to 'mani
fest his identity, the one fact remains
that under the dominion of a su
preme creator Man Is spirit hence im
mortal. Evidently the doctor is not at all
familiar with the ethics of spiritual
ism, but rather a "scientific tester'
of the phenomena. - Allow me to say
right now that whether or not he
ever gets a message from his "dead"
wife, I still am a spiritualist. We are
somewhat prone to demand that our
loved ones do our bidding, but gen
erally we are the ones who fail to
receive that which we demand. I
think it unbecoming to put a price
upon mediumship-. If he were to offer
to me 15000 I would still refuse.' The
very fact that he offered money for
the consummation of his own purpose
piaces a barrier in the way. Further
more, there are an infinity of things
all of us have yet to learn.
.According to statistics, we learn
that there are more incarcerated in
the Insane - asylums who -have gone
crazy over religion than there are
those who have "dabbled" in spirit
phenomena. - "Sin Conan Doyle's work
is bringing thousands-to the realiza
tion that "life is real, life is earnest,"
hence, while Dr. Gilbert would have
i: so, the teachings of Doyle do not
have a baleful effect on- the mind, but
rather make the world better. Dr.
Gilbert speaks as an individual "that
communication wit'', the 'dead' is by
no means established," but there are
from seven to ten million people who
say that it has been established. He
has" rendered judgment. We -are sup
posed to abide thereby, but I per
sonally shall with much more .force
tban ever persistently proclaim:
"There . is no death; there , are no
dead." ' .
, REV. J. WILLARD HILLS.
CANDIDATES' LIBERAL FRIENDS
Correspondent Pnzxled by Apparent
Readiness of So Many to Put I7p.
PORTLAND, June 2 (To the Edi
tor.) During the recent campaign
many candidates presented their
claims to the voters by advertise
ments in the daily press. The greater
number of those ads were labeled
paid by various clubs and individuals.
Many voters would like to know why
clubs and individuals are so generous
to candidates?
Why should A pay anyof B's cam
paign expenses? - Why should C. D.
E and F consider themselves a club
and each' chip in a few dollars to
defray the campaign expenses of G?
Are not such procedures an evasion
of the law? Or is the candidate too
lean ol purse to pay the printer? Is
the fruit of a primary system which
allows a minority of the A'Oters to
choose candidates for political parties?
Is not the successful candidate under
obligations to those who paid the
freight? . -v:.
- Some information on the above
queries will enlighten the darkened
understanding of many voters.
W. O. BINNS.
V - MOUNT HOOD. ,
Through countless ages thou hast
. - stood,
A -monument sublime. "
To that divine Intelligence -
That knows no lapse of time. r;.
The rising sun still guilds thy snows,
1 hy beauty is the same
As when thy god created thee
And morning stars first sang. -
When we then ponder on thy years.
The wonders thou hast seen;
When we behold thy lofty elopes, ""
Thy calm majestic mien,
Our puny lives seem futile, vain;
Our days but a brief span
We pause before thy august might,
.And question.'""What 4s man?"
, MYRTLE BLASSINO,
Those Who Come and Go.
Tales ( Folks at tste Hotels.
, If M. IS. Clancey, conductor, had not
opened the vestibule door one night
in winter many years ago there would
not now be a James F. O'Brien,
wealthy mining man of Oakland, Cal.
You see, began- Conductor Clancey
at the Muitnomah, spinning the yarn.
Jim ana i were working lor tne
Northwestern, and one winter night
my friend, who was an agent of the
railroad, got off. at a station called
Eland Junction, Wis., "and while he
was talking to the- at&tin agent a
porter closed the door and we started
to pull out. Jim just caught the train
and hung there outside the door, and
the next stop was JO miles away. I
never knew Just why, but I felt a
strange desire, to go to the back of
the train, through" the sleepers, which
were dark, and as I passed from one
sleeper to-the next I heard someone
call my name, and there was O'Brien
looking at me through the. glass,
with his hands so stiff he was ready
to drop from the train. A miss Js as
good as a mile, so I dragged him in."
Mr. O'Brien, who abandoned xailroad-
iag and took up mining, (s at the
Multnomah, and he. and Conductor
Clancey are renewing their acquain
tanceship. ' F. P. Ijeinenweber; cRy treasurer of
Astoria, is among the arrival at -the
Hotel Oregon.' Sunday and Monday
and Memorial day the weather in As
toria was very hot, but Wednesday
and Thursday furnace fires were in
requisition. There is a fish war on
in Astoria how among the packers
De cause of tne short run or saimors.
The season opened with the price at
10 cen-j a pound, and it ha gone up
cent by cent until yesterday one plant
offered 14 cents a pound, The fisher
men are not especially excited over
the price, for the reason that they axe
not catching many fish. Should
sudden run appear the price would
drop In. five minutes. Freshet condi
tions are attributed as the cause for
the shortness of chinooks. .,"-
Stephen A. Lowell, one of the best-:
known, residents of eastern Oregon,
is registered at the Hotel Portland
with his wife. Judge Lowell has for
years been identified with the for
ward movement of' the Oregon system
and was an- active- advocate of the
I. aid R.," as the initiative and ref
erendum were called, when in the
propaganda, stage in this state. A
few months ago Judge Lowell had in
tended becoming a candidate for the
republican nomination for governor,
but -sensing what was coming in the
primaries, he :. announced that he
would not be a candidate as he was
opposed to the religious question be
ing injected into politics.
There is nothing like a salmon sent
to eastern friends for advertising pur
poses, aaccording to Gordon C. Cor-
baly, at the Multnomah. Mr. Corbaly
was formerly secretary of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and is now in
the produce commission business. He
says that he still has the habit, ot
shipping a nice, fresh, salmon to the
east and that whenever the salmon is
the center of a feast east of the Rocky
mountains it becomes a great boost
for the Pacific coast. .
Although no longer- a director of
the John Day irrigation district, C. C
Clark of Arlington, Or.; is still en
thusiastic or that project. The plans
call for 310,000 acres, which will be
the -largest project in this section
aside from the contemplated Columbia
basin project Mr. Clark arrived in
town yesterday from the Willamette
valley and reports that a' good rain
won't hurt anything but palm beach
suits and straw hats.
Trading stamps are a barometer of
business, according to John Marsman
of the McKelvey company, registered
at the Multnomah. Now that business
is returning to normal the business
man turns to different methods of
stimulating trade and also finds that
his customers are looking more care
fully after the pennies. Merchants In
general, reports MrMafsman, say that
their auslness nas been improving
steadily tn the past six. months.
N. B. Watts of Brighton, where he
is one of the owners of the sawmill,
is registered- at the PeVkins. The
Watts, proprietors of the mill, bought
the Lake Lytle hotel a year ago and
intended moving it down the beach
but found that this was impossible,
so they fixed it up, refurnished it and
now- Lake Lytle .hotel is one of the
assets of the Tillamook beach resorts.
L. H. McMahon of Salem was
visitor to Portland yesterday. Mr.
McMahon just nosed under the wire
in the Marin county primaries and
won a nomination for representative
in the legislature. Mr. McMahon had
a bill introduced at a recent session
having to do with the price of parts
ot- automobiles and all sorts of ma
chinery. It stirred up a hornet's nest,
but failed to pass. ...
H. H. Corey, lone ' survivor of the
present public service commission.
was .in Portland on business, yester
day. His two colleagues received
the "hook In the recent recall elec
tion. Mr, Corey represents the east
ern Oregon district and the recallers
failed to secure enough signatures on
the recall petition to put him under
fire. The recall election, consequently,
didn't worry him a bit
A flock of witnesses arrived at the
Hotel Oregon yesterday to testify in
the inquiry concerning , the collision
of two ocean steamers ' off Altoona,
Wash., , in -the Columbia river. Among
the witnesses are Walter Nesbit, John
Ejorge and, William Hoffman of Al-
tcona, John Dumich of Dahlia and
John Sowhich of Pillar Rock, Wash.
, Another of the victors of the repub
lican primaries was iri Portland yes
terday. He was D. E. Fletcher, who
has been nominated for the legisla
ture from Polk county. Mr. Fletcher
represented - the-joint district of Polk
and Lincoln in the two sessions of
li)21. His . home is in Independence,
Mitchell Tillotson,'p' who left the
middle. west a year ago and moved to
Paisley, Or., is in the city. He is
now looking after a large merchan
dise store in the .Chewaucan metropo
lis, Lake county. ' .
O. Bato Schellberger, registering
"N. T. C." at the Multnomah, Is impa
tiently waiting for the road to "Cra
ter lake to be free of snow, so that
ho can go to that famous lake and
i p
James W. Mott, city attorney of
Astoria, whp led the legislative ticket
iii the Clatsop county primaries, is
registered at the Imperial.
I. B. Bowen: Jr., son of the veteran
publisher Of the Baker .-Democrat, is
in the city and is registered at the
Imperial,- . - . ;-
C. A. Moore, formerly a resident
of Portland, but for many years a
practicing- attorney in Baker, Is at
the Imperial.-
Frank D. Chambers, daughter and
maid, of Wetherton, Virginia, are at
the Benson and plan remaining in
Portland for some time. .
Address of Henry Ford.
'CLOVE RD ALE, Or., June 1. (To
the Editor.) I would like to know
how and where to address a letter
to Henry Ford that would get his
personal attention.
E. R. VAN CLEVE.
Henry Ford's home addrese Is
Dearborn- Mich. -
More Truth . Than Poetry.
By James J. Moatasrue.
A WATCHER OP THE SKIES.
A time there was whn Uncle Si,
While plodding down the lanes.
Full frequently would cock his eye
Aloft for aeroplanes.
For they were very new and strange,
borne ten years back or more,
And every time they came in range
H gape to see em soar.
But later, when aerial mail
Flew daily o'er the farm.
To stand around and watch it sail
Soon lost its earlier charm.
At dawn and dusk across the sky.
The whizzing monsters sped,
Quite unobserved by Uncle SI -
Who never raised his head.
But "now all work around the lot
Our relative disdains,
His reason being that he's got
To search for Aeroplanes.
In haste he tucks his meals away.
He Very seldom sleeps
But on the roof, by night and day.
An eager vigil keeps.
For aeroplanes are laden now
With hootch from Montreal. '
And Si has made a solemn vow
That if a plane should fall
On any portion of his land,
Or the adjacent road.
He will not fail to be on hand
So he can claim the load. -
. Cynical, -We
know a bachelor who says that
the only cold light is the light that
lies In woman's eyes. .
Inevitable. .
It begins to look as If the bootleg
gers would soon be peddling coal as a
side line.
A Trifle Behind the Times.
According to Commissioner Enright,
the last crime In New York was the
crime of '73.
..
Apparently Impossible.
Luther Burbank has not yet suc
ceeded in producing cantaloupes that
taste like cantaloupes.
(Copyrigrht by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Honghton-Mlfflln Co.
Can Ton Answexv These Questions?
1. What is black knot on plum
trees?
2. Do birds taste their food?
8. Why do cut flowers last better
if picked in the early morning?
Answers in . tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
Answers to Previous Questions.
1. Why does willow spread and
grow so much faster than most trees?
Because most willows grow near
water or in damp spots, and get all
the- moisture needed . for rapid cell
building. Then, too, many willows
spring, not from seed a slow process
of reproduction but from rooted
twigs, which gives a good head start.
Children pulling off wHlow switches
near a brook may throw down some
twigs along the bank, and if some
root, a new plantation gets started.
v
2. How long does a honey bee stay
away from the hive while collecting
nectar? . ,
The length of the trip depends a
good dealon the quality of the pas
turage the bee findi. If the jlos-
soms it visits are well filled with
nectar, a load can be quickly -collected;
if the season is dry and the
blossms are scantily supplied the bee
will have to make more visits to get
its lead. It Is roughly estimated each
trip t&Kes from an hour to two hours.
, , -
. Do vultures depend on scent or
on vision to. locate prey?
The weight of opinion is on vision
rather than On scent 'This may mean
not merely sighung -the actual nrey
but -recognizing the behavior of some
other vulture as a signal that food
is at hand. The near-by scavenger
may be the . first to see it, and by
his peculiar, hovering, r advertise to
distant birds the way. toward the
feast . t
In Other Days.'
Fifty Yean Ago.
From The Oregonian of June S, '1672.
An effort is being made to induce
Professor T. H. Crawford of Portland
to accept a position with Willamette
university.
Washington. The senate yesterday
passed the amended tarrlf bill by a
vote of 60 to 3.
- Washington. A speech of Sumner
in the senate yesterday consumed four
hours. ,v
Twenty-five . Years Ago.
Prom The Oregonian of June S. 1897.
.' The second day of the preliminary
inquiry on the conspiracy charges
regarding the robbing of the post-
office was in full swing yesterday.
Philadelphia.1 The international
commercial conference opened here
yesterday with an address by Presi
dent McKlnley.
Citizens of Milwaukie held a meet
ing last nights and decided to build
a bicycle path from. Portland to Ore
gon City.
Transfer drivers of the Oregon
Transfer .company have struck, due
to the fact that their wages have been
reduced from ?2 to $1.75 a day.
s , -
WALTZ LONG POPULAR I?f IOWA
"Missouri" .Brought to Ames and
Played at College Dances.
CORVALLIS. Or., June 1. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonian May 27
appears erf article by Leone . Cass
Baer concerning amicuiiy oi unuing
sonffs of comedians. In the article
she speaks of the Missouri waltz and
tells of how it was written. . The
story she tells is different from the
one we know in tne vicinity wnere
this piece first came out.
Two names appear on the piece of
music, Frederick Knight Logan end
John Valentine Eppel. There wen
two Eppels, father and son, who, had
orchestras, one in Boone, tow a, ana
one in Des Moines. These orchestras
were supposed to be. very high-class
and were secured for the larger
dances at Iowa State' College at
Ames. Iowa, whenever possible.
John alentine ' Eppel went down
into Missouri for a vacation and while
there heard this tune played by a na
tive. Upon his return ne arranged
this for his orchestra and for the
other Eppel orchestra also. In. this
wit we . heard the Missouri wait
olaved at. dances in that part of Iowa
long before it was ever offered for
sale.- '
Eppel tried to get the waltz pub
lished, but was unable to do so until
he enlisted the' aid of Frederick
Knight LoganT Who ha sold several
pieces oi music. a. a. bkamut,
Assistant Professor in Farm Me
chanics. . . .
Cook's Departure Is Noted.
Washington, D. C, Star.
"I understand your cook has left
"Yes." answered the. housewife, who
was taking account of broken china,
"but not much."
Features in
The
Sunday Oregonian
Pansy Seed Worth Its
Weight in Gold
Here's an unusual story of
local enterprise; told by De
Witt Harry the tale of a
Portland pansy farm, where is
grown such seed that an ounce
thereof is worth an ounce of
gold. YouH find it in the Sun
day magazine, and everywhere
throughout the same big paper
youll find feature stories that
are real features.
Can Marconi Talk
to Distant Mars?
Some say the Martians are
, wigwagging us. Will the -wizard
of wireless succeed in
catching the far faint radio
grams? Angels Weep When
Women Dance in Church"
Bead this real story of an old
fashioned revivalist who has
won the sobriquet of "The
Texas Tornado."
Hill's Inimitable
Life Sketches
These the Sunday reader never
! misses. Why? Oh, as to that,
he knows tie very folks so
r cleverly portrayed in crayon.
Which Twitchcomb
A short story by George Barr
McCutcheon than whom, fel
low readers, there is no abler
, raconteur. Magazine section.
The Rich Girl Who
Teaches Poor
Girls to Dance
How is your physical rhythm?
"The theory is that it's just as
important in the shop as in
the ballroom.
The Story of Old
Fort Hoskins '
, Where General Phillip Sheri
dan was a lieutenant, an In
dian fighter, is vividly told in
the-Sunday issue. . An histor
ical landmark.
American Flapper
Countess Who
Shocked Paris
Actually she did, which
amounts to squaring the cir-
- cle, doesn't it? At any rate,
the narrative is a most engaging-one.
What's New in the
World of Radio
, In this special department The
Sunday Oregonian excells of
fering both amateur and nov
ice genuine and timely infor
, mation.
As They Say
at School
The school page of the Sunday
issue is for pupils and parents
"alike. If you are a pupil you
read it. If a parent . you
ought to.
Presenting Fashion's
Latest Decree
That which is correct in hat
and frock, with illuminating
chatter, finds descriptive space
with color photographs.
Ashur Makes Good
His Bluff
Of course you peruse the com
ics, all of 'em, but even so,
there's no harm in calling spe
cial attention to tomorrow's
episode in the Perkins family.
Hints to Home
Dressmakers .
. One of the most valued de
partments in any Sunday issue
is that conducted by Madame
Richet. "Let her advise you.
With the Vagrant
Motorist
Up hill and down dale, wher
ever the tire rolls for the Ore
gon motorist, the Sunday sec
tion follows. -
Society in
Summertime .
News of the fashionables, of
Portland society, in chatty and
descriptive manner is told in
the Sunday issue.'
First in the
Realm of Sports
Now, here, mates, is the only
authentic "low down" on the
ath-aletic diversion, 'both a-ma-
- teur and professional. Get me?
.-y .
The Invisible
Color-Book
The kiddies crave it. When
they can't get it they cry for
it. You can't 0 home without
.. it. It's magic, that's what it is.
That's a Good
Picture!
Surely enough, it is. But you
want to know more about it
and where it is showing. Turn
to the Sunday motion picture
. page. a . V
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