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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1022 & L jIABUSHKD BV HENRY L. I'lTTOC r Published by The Oreironian Pub. Co.. 135 Sixth Street, Portland. Oregon. C. A. MORDEN. B. B. PIPER. Manager, Editor. The OreR-onian is a member of the As sociated Press. The Associated Press w exclusively entitled to the use for publi cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this "paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special d:s r -itches herein are also reserved. Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance-. (By Mail.) ?My. Sunday Included, one year 8.00 l'ailr. Sunday included, six months .. 4. Daily, Sunday included, tnrew Uaily, Hunaay tnciuaeu. ouo Daily, without Sunday, one year ... Daily, without Sunday, six months Daily, without Sunday, one month. . Cunday one year . 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After debating for many months " on the Fordney-McCumber tariff, congress passed the bill and at the same time admitted that its work was a misfit by handing over the ' whole job to the tariff commission - and the president for revision. The result will be that out of the jumble may evolve a tariff more closely in accord with repuoncan principles and with the welfare of American industry than any that has pre- ceded it. When congress itself fixes the duties, it cannot do other wise than make them rigid. Even when the conditions to. which the tariff should be adjusted are free from abnormal disturbance all over the world, they change more fre quently than congress can make this adjustment. At the present tune nunc ui uicoc normal, and they change violently and frequently. Congress has been driven to acknowledge that it can not even approach the making of a tariri mat win aajust usen to these conditions. Therefore it has given the president authority, witn " the assistance of the tariff commis- ' sion, to make the tariff flexible within wide limits. Then the merits and demerits of the new law are to be judged by its provision for flex ibility rather than by the duties specified in it. Tbje purpose is to equalize cost of production Detween mis ana me principal competing country,, a principle which has been accepted by many democratic critics of the law. When on information from the commission the president finds that the duty of any commodity does not equalize the difference, he ,may raise or. lower it not more than 50 per cent either way on the basis of foreign value by giving thirty days' notice. When a 50 per cent increase or decrease on the basis of foreign value does not equalize the difference in cost of production, he may proclaim new rates based on American valuation but these rates must not be more than 50 per cent lower than those named in the law and must in no case increase them. They will take effect on fifteen days' notice. When changes in the difference in cost of , production occur, he may again change duties accordingly. He may not transfer articles from the free to the dutiable list, or from the dutiable to the free list, nor may he raise a duty which the law specifies as'the maximum to be im posed. In the main he has wider power to reduce than to increase duties'. Unfair methods of competition are to be investigated and may be declared unlawful, but the Offend ing nartieH mn.v be eiven n. rehejar. ing and may appeal to court. In such cases the president may raise duties, not less than 10 or more than 50 per cent or may exclude the articles in question from im portation. Discrimination of any kind by any foreign country against Ameri can products may be met by the president with an offsetting in crease of duty not exceeding 50 per cent on the articles in question, or by their total exclusion. The tariff commission is required to obtain and compile for the infor mation of the president, congress' and the country the cost of produc tion and importation and the sell ing prices of goods in this and for eign countries, to make thorough investigation of cost of production, unfair methods of competition and foreign discrimination, and js to give public hearings. A long advance from a legislative to an administrative tariff is thus made by the law. Duties will be adjusted to all the conditions of in dustry and trade with as great ease as are railroad rates. The flexible tariff will still be protective, but, within the limits set by congress, only to the point where it will off set the difference in cost of produ6 tlon between this and the principal competing country. It will not ex clude foreign goods, but will admit them on equal competitive terms. It will therefore not assist Ameri can manufacturers to obtain exces sive profits. On the contrary, by stimulating American production it will tend to reduce the exorbitant profits of importers and retailers on imported goods. OPEN VOIR HEART TO THE NAVY. October 27 has been chosen by the Navy league, with the approval of the navy department, as the day on which the attention of the American people shall be called to the service rendered by the navy to the American republic and to Americanism on every sea. On that day ships of the navy will visit many ports, and both there and at the ports where they are stationed i at home or abroad their officers and crews will show what the navy noes to protect our trade, our citi ens abroad and our coasts, will get acquainted with the people, ex hibit their fighting craft, join them in sport, give band concerts, and tell about their work in newspapers and public meetings. Kvery American should have a warm place in his heart for the navy, for it has done noble work for the country, no less in peace than in war. Without it we could not have won victory in any of our 'sc-nt- an1 fhmicrh if fnnc-hf no ereat battle in the war with Germany, it did bravely in destroying subma rines, convoying ships and laying the great mine barrage which penned the submarines in the North sea shortly before the armi stice. In time of peace the navy is the force that maintains American rights and that, by its support of diplomacy, opens and extends op portunities for our trade. Admiral Perry's action in Japan being a notable example. By its voyage around the world in 1908 the battle fleet was a powerful instrument t peace through its display of force and friendship at one time. Wherever our warships- -go, they practice those principles of human ity which have made the name of America signify help for the suffer ing. When Wrangel's army was driven from the Crimea and when hosts of refugees fled to Sebasto pol from the red army, ships of our navy carried many of them to safety. When Wrangel's men were sick, half clad and starving in their refuge on the Adriatic coast, the men of the American squadron fed and clothed them ajid tended them. When hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into Smyrna before the murderous Turks, American warships carried many of them away to Greece. Navy day is not an occasion for the exaltation of militarism, for the Navy league stands for reduc tion of armament by agreement among nations as the only plan consistent with the nation's safety. Its aim is to impress on the people fhe""Value of the navy as a means of defense, as a protection to civiliza tion, hence its claim on popular support in work- that carries no menace to any except enemies of America. THE SYMPHONY CAMPAIGN. Few efforts for the common pleasure and betterment of Port land have been so zealously and unselfishly advanced, and with so small a reward of public praise, as have those of the sponsors of the symphony orchestra. They did hot seek for approbation, but for re sults that would redound to the benefit and repute of the city, and bring to it that touch of culture through better music that is ac ceptable to thousands in every walk of life. In this they were successful, and for the guerdon of such success they have uncom plainingly borne the burden of maintenance. , , The appeal for support of the orchestra, now voiced, is one to which no public-spirited citizen, no lover of art in music, can afford to be deaf. Here is no financial en terprise seeking profit in a ma terial sense, but an endeavor that, season after season, has never failed to show the anticipated deficit. It has been so with other cities and other orchestras with Cleveland, whose symphonic con certs average a deficit of $175,000 annually, and with Boston, where the deficit is $100,000. Beside these sacrifices, always assumed by the few who are able to assume them, the difficulty of financing the comparatively modest local season is almost trifling. in a strict financial sense, at prices which popularize the con certs and make them available to the public,. to which they are dedi cated, it is futile to expect the sym phonic season to be self-sustaining. It could not achieve this happy condition were every concert played before a capacity audience. But by the creation of a symphony society, with memberships at a nominal figure, and by the added generosity of private donors, it will not only be possible to perpetuate the symphonic concerts, but vastly to improve them. The interest of the public in this endeavor should not be less than that of the musicians and to the loyalty of the latter, in an impor tant degree, is due all previous suc cess. They have served at a mini mum of reward that Portland might have the unquestioned ad vantage of better music. Definite and unhesitant support is but their due. ANOTHER BARRIER FALLS. These are significant times. While the women of Japan are ris ing in revolt against .masculine po-" litical tyranny, the women of Gotham have forced a theater to lift the ban against their smoking in public. A change more drastic and far-reaching than ever the most sanguine feminist foresaw seems now impending. After the ballot what? Those who were confident that the granting of the franchise to women and we among the confi dent ones would bring about such reforms as would make the world a happier place, cannot but trust that the demand to be permitted to smoke in public is not an expres sion of the fundamental feminist movement. For we held that when they had the vote those creatures whose moral perceptions are .more cleanly, more definite than ours we should see the last of brothels, of intriguing profiteers, of child labor, and of a dozen kindred evils. It were ill for us, and ill for them, if these dreams are destined to float ajvay in the exhalation of a cigarette. From the moment that men ad mitted the entire equality of women they, the men, ceased to. be the arbiters of feminine conduct. Ob viously it no longer was their priv ilege to restrain women from those indulgencesand freedoms previously the sorrowful property of the maie. If she chose to smoke that was her affair. If she elected to be pro fane, who would say her yiay? After long centuries of repression the woman was at last on a parity with her ex-lord. It was no idle prophecy to declare that the strik ing away of her shackles was an event of tremendous moment. From this decision there can be no backward step. - And yet a force persists that, far from being wholly masculine, should prove more effective than the discarded ordinances! the out worn conventions. It is the energy of that persistent and faithful be lief that women are, largely speak ing, of a. clay far finer than that employed in the making of men that certain refinements of char acter, certain worthy inhibitions, are ever to be expected of them. It is this force that should even tually triumph over theSeady ef fects of misapplied liberty. - Limitation of the size "of war ships by the armament conference is said by the Springfield Repub- lican to render unnecessary New York's proposed 40-foot channel through East river into Long Island sound, and the navy department has agreed that 35 feet js deep enough. Forty-foot channels are not likely to be needed for mer chant ships either. There is some what of a reaction against building of such mammoth craft as the Ma jestic, for very few ports have water deep enough for their draft, so that they are limited tq, those few ports. Chairman Lasker of the shipping board has seen light on that point, for he has de.nie a story that he proposed a govern ment loan for the building of a 70,000-ton ship. NEW WARDS OF THE STATE. The arrival in Oregon of five young moose, whose natural habi tat was Alaska, brings to this state, with its wild fastnesses ready to receive the important gift, the greatest and most singular of1 all American deer. Dr. Hornaday, who emulates the raven in his predic tions respecting the big game of the continent, may be discredited by this very event -for he has said that the moose will be as extinct as the buffalo within twenty-five years. With careful protection and ordinary luck the species should flourish and survive in Oregon for many times the sorrowful limit set by naturalists. If we were sticklers for correct nomenclature, as naturalists and sportsmen should be, we would not refer to Uhese ungainly young wards of Oregon as moose. For they are elk, almost identical with the European elk, which now is making its last stand in northern Russia. But in attempting such a reform Americans would be la mentably entangled, for have we not an elk of our own? ddly enough, the American elk is not one, but a wapiti, or giant deer, very closely related to the red deer of Europe. Rounded or palmated of horn, however, all are deer. To call a moose a deer has a dubious sound, yet sach he is and the most titanic of them ail. . Of all the deer family, whose marked characteristic has been do cility in domestication and ready adaptability to tameness, the moose is the most striking exception. For while he will tame, and may be taugh to draw a sleigh, civilization is commonly . disastrous to the rugged, uncouth beast, and by far the greater number of such cap tives die of digestive disorders be fore their third year. Too much ease, too much tameness, the win ning of food without effort, are fatal to the giant. He is slain by kindness. Hunters- of Oregon are under ob ligations to themselves and to their state to see that no rifle ever is leveled at these five experimental moose, when once they are freed to find a new range "for themselves and to propagate their kind. The custoday of the five is an important one, for they are representative of a waning species that might fully as well be preserved indefinitely as to fall before the folly of man. STOrPING THE RETREAT OF BAR BARISM. In. restoring Thrace to Turkey and in threatening to coerce Greece if it should resist, the western pow ers of Europe once more stay the advance of civilization in driving the .arbarians from the white man's continent. To autocratic Russia were chiefly due the recon quests of territory from the Turks that were marked by the rise of Greece, Serbia, Roumania and Bul garia to the rank of independent nations. The intervention of Brit ain, Franca and Italy stopped re conquest when it promised to re deem Constantinople and to drive the Turk entirely out of Europe. Rivalries of European nations and monarchs helped the Turk to extend his conquests and to escape destruction of his power after it had begun to wane. After Emperor Charles V of Germany had defeated Francis I of France at Pavia in 1525 and had taken him prisoner, Francis made overtures for an al liance to Sultan Suleiman. The latter responded by invading Hun gary, winning the battle of Mohacz in 1526 and laying siege to Vienna. Charles' capital. The result was that Hungary was held by the Turks for a century and a half and that a friendship between France and Turkey was cemented which continued for almost four cen turies. France departed from this policy by joining Britain and Russia in forcing Turkey to recognize Greek independence in 1828. Russia made war on Turkey, advanced into Thrace, captured Adrianople and enforced peace terms there, but re stored that city and all conquests in the Balkans, -though it obtained autonomy for Roumania under Russian protection. - The Crimean war began the defi nite division between Russia and the western powers on the subject of Turkey. Czar Nicholas pro nounced Turkey a sick man, soon to die, and proposed to Britain a plan for division of the inheritance. Britain, refused, and Russia made war on Turkey to compel recog nition of the czar as protector of all Greek Christians, but actually to win control of the straits, to make the Balkan peninsula into self-governing states under Russian protec tion and to win territory in Asia. Britain, France and Sardinia (since expanded into Italy) went to the aid of Turkey. Their real purpose was to prevent Russia from taking Constantinople and the straits, making the Black sea a Russian lake, extending its conquests through western Asia and becom ing dominant in ihe Mediterranean sea. By the treaty of Paris in 1856 these allies, Austria, Prussia and Russia agreed to guarantee the in dependence and integrity of Tur key and not to interfere in its in ternal affairs. The Black sea was neutralized, also the right of Tur key to close the straits to warships was conceded. Britain, France and Austria agreed to regard any at tack on Turkey as a cause of war. The Christain powers thus bound themselves to keep the Turks in Europe. The innate brutality of the Turk, his utter incapacity to govern with any regard for humanity, provoked insurrection in Bosnia and Herze govina in 1875, which spread to Bulgaria in 1876 and led to the massacres that aroused Gladstone to demand that the Turks be driven, "bag and baggage," out of Europe. The powers joined in a demand for reform, but Britain refused to ac cede to a threat of force proposed by Russia, Germany and Austria. Serbia and Montenegro made war but were beaten and Russia ob tained an armistice forthem by a threat of war. Promises of reform were extorted from the sultan, but he refused to permit the powers to superintend their execution, much less to enforce their observance. Russia secured the neutrality of Austria by a secret treaty promis ing to give the latter Bosnia and Herzegovina, -.made war, advanced to the suburbs pi Constantinople, and made a treaty at San Stefano which established a great Bulgaria including the greater part of Thrace. Britain threatened war, Austria mobilized and Russia was forced to submit the peace terms to the congress of Berlin far revision. Thrace was again put under Turk ish sovereignty, part of it as a dis tinct province under a Christian governor, and Bulgaria was reduced to a third of the size proposed by Russia, though more territory was given to Serbia and Montenegro. Britain made a separate treaty guaranteeing the independence and integrity and containing promises of good government to the Chris tian subject races, which were promptly forgotten. Again Turkish power in Europe was saved from extinction in the Balkan wars of 1912-13. Greece and Serbia had conquered all of Macedonia, and with Montenegro were in a fair way to capture Al bania, Bulgaria and overrun Thrace and were attacking the outer defenses of Constantinople, but Austria and Italy warned both Serbs and Greeks away from the Adriatic ports, all the powers feared that fall of Constantinople to Bulgaria would provoke a gen eral war and they coerced the vic tors .to grant an armistice and called a general 'Conference. At that time Turkey held no ground in Europe outside of Constanti nople, Adrianople, Scutari and Ja nina, all of which were beseiged. A revolt of the Young Turks caused refusal to cede Adrianople, the con ference broke up, war was re newed, Adrianople and Janina fell and Turkey begged the powers to mediate. They brought about a treaty which gave Thrace up to the Enos-Midia line back to Turkey, which lost all else in Europe. Then the victors fought a new war, dur ing which Turkey retook Adrian ople and a large part of Thrace, but it had lost more than four mil lions of population and almost 65, 000 square miles of territory. Instigated by hatred of King Constantino arid by desire for eco nomic concessions in Anatolia, France has returned to the policy of friendship with Turkey that was broken by the World war. Ani mated by covetousness for southern Albania and for Aegean islands, also for economic concessions, Italy also turns against Greece to the side of the Turk. Russia, the tra ditional enemy of Turkey, has be come its firm ally. Britain, left alone, is anxious only, for freedom of the straits, but is restrained from fighting by the Pan-Islamic fever that has spread among its Mohammedan subjects and by its peoplejs weariness of war. ' Once more the divergent Interests of the powers are about to replace the foul blot on Europe which should have been wiped out finally by the world war. It is related of Talleyrand, who was one of the politest men of his time, that his code of etiquette was tuned to a sliding scales prince, duke, marquis, viscount-and baron received the consideration of his courtesy in diminishing degree. We are fonder of the story of how George Washington bowed pro foundly to an aged colored woman, declining, as he said, to be outdone in courtesy by the humblest in the social order. It is in this respect that etiquette has made its most significant advancement, rather than in the multiplicity of its rulds. but it ought not to be forgotten by those who carp and cavil at its exactions that they are the product of experience that has shown them in the main to have justified them selves. A man found dead In an Arizona canal is said to have had "affairs" with twenty women. The clews are so scattered that no attempt can be made to find his murderer. If this new dry order is enforced on shipping-board vessels, Ameri can tourists bound for Europe will have to drink enough in New 5Tork to last them for the voyage. If Coleridge were writing the Ancient Mariner now his refrain more likely would be, "Water, water everywhere and nothing else to drink." The Grand Ronde Indian who killed two prohibition agents pleaded not guilty. Some lawyer told him to do that. But why stop at congress? Andy Gump looks to. us like the ideal democratic candidate for president at the next election. The weekly - street-car. pass Is popular and profitable in srfiall towns where the length of a ride must be small. The red-haired boy "lost" from McMinnville turned up at home after a week in the metropolis. Depend upon it! There are two million people in this country who cannot speak English; but they can count money. The 1925 fair has been postponed to 1927, and now all those automo bile signs must "be changed. Judging from that 200 per cent Standard Oil dividend, gasoline is just about the ideal crop. Women now are allowed to smoke in some of the New York theaters . "ladies," of course. Perhaps the Yanks can win world's championship by 1927. As a traffic cop, Mayor Baker shows how it can be done. Have some of- these candidates 'asked Alexander"? Old Kismet continues to function in Thrace. , Voliva is having some optimistic dreams. Why the hurry, Air. McGraw? HIS PROMISES CANKfOT BE KEPT Governor. Alone. Cauot Reduce Taxes, mm Mr. Pierce Knows. PENDLETON, Or, Oct. T. (To the Editor.) The writer is of the opln ion that the interests of the state demand the election of Olcott as governor at the November poll, whirh nnininn is based upon ten vftra' acauatntance witn that gen tleman and more than 30 years' ac- auainlanrA with his opponent, as well as uDon considerate investiga tier, nf current conditions within the commonwealth. Election is approaching, and it i timu that more than surface atten tion be given by the electorate to the fundamentals oi me campaign. In the first place taxation is not an issue. Both candidates for gov ernor, all men seeking seats in the legislature, substantially all the people, are agreed that every rea sonable effort shall be made to re duct tax burdens. Where there is no division of opinion there can he no issue raised. It must not be forgotten that a ccvarnor ' is not responsible for either high or low taxes. He may rti "inmend, but no recommendation is now necessary. He may veto, dui there will be no veto requisite upon appropriation bills during the next four years. The legislature and the pocple are responsible for -tax rates, not the governor. Every stuaem of the constitution ana laws of Ore gon knows that Mr. Pierce, if elect ed cannot carry his campaign prom isea into effect. Indeed, the expenses of the coun ties, cities, highways and schools account for the major part of all taxes, and with those factors a gov ernor has little to do. Mr. Pierce has been a member of the board- of regents of the State Agricultural college for many years, but there is no evidence that he has ever shown any inclination to protect the taxpayer from the extravagant demands of that institution. He is a lawyer, formerly in active prac tice in this county, and well knows the limitations of executive power under the Oregon constitution. It should be kept in mind by every voter that the game of politics continuous at Salem, and that in an atmosphere tense with feeling, such as now exists, it will be worse than folly to place a hard-shell democrat in the gubernatorial chair. Friction, bickering, gallery playing political jobbery can only result from such a' farrago. Mr. Pierce does not pos sess the finesse of George Chamber lain. The legislature will be over whelmingly republican and the democratic candidate has not the type of mind to work long in har mony with the opposing party. He is a born partisan working at the job all the time except 'when plead ing for votes. The real issue of this election unfortunate though it be, is the so- called compulsory education bill, with which Mr. pierce has allied himself. Without discussion of the religious question underlying that measure, it is safe to assert that the enactment of the bill into law wiV retard the development of the state to an extent difficult to esti mate. The people whom we desire to come among us to establish hdmes, those who accomplish large things, those 'who rear families God-fearing and law-abiding, are tolerant and broad-visioned. They will not seek homes where either bigctry, intolerance or injustice find place. The triumph of the enemies of Christian education, both Protestant and Catholic, among whom Mr. Pierce has chosen to be counted wil! surely turn the tide of capital and immigration from our borders. Many families now resident here will remove to other states, and a long period of depression, will be ushered in. It is meet that the sub stantial, thoughtful electors of the commonwealth arouse to the dan gerv Governor Olcott Js giving the state a careful, honest, -sound business administration. He is not an ora tor, not an agitator, but talk is the cheapest thing on earth. He is a safe and sane business man. pos sessing the courage of his convic tions. He is entitled to the votes of the forward-looking electors of all parties at this threatening June ture in public affairs. , STEPHEN A. LOWELL. CATHOLICS HELD AGGRESSORS School Bill Justified as Defense Baltimore Conncil Quoted. WARRENTON, Or.. Oct. 7. (To the Editor) Those who claim the advocates of' the compulsory educa tion bill are the aggressors are re spectfully requested to "read the fol lowing from the pen of Archbishop Glennon, published in the last issue of the Astoria Catholic Monthly. Says the archbishop: For ue. in our own time and country, he teaching of the last plenary council of Baltimore is law and mandate, quite clear and definite. It is the law in full force today. It makes mandatory on each pastor to build a Catholic school in his parish and at the sam time it requires that children of school age of Catholia parents shall attend either the parish school or some other Catholic fn- Ktitution. Parents who fail In this, with out crave reason, are unworthy to re ceive the sacramepts. Further on in his official utter ances the Catholic archbishop says; The safest, in fact, the only place for the Catholic child's education is the Catholic school, extending trom the kin dergarten to the university. Do not these official -utterances of the plenary council of Baltimore' clearly prove that the Catholic church is bitterly opposed to our Dublic school system, and are they not a full justification (as a matter of defense) for the initiation of the school hill? Speaking of the recent ministerial conference, The Oregonian says: "The Portland Ministerial conference tabled a 'resolution opposing the school bill, and all present Joined in declaring the public Softool sys tem the salvation of the nation." The recent republican conference in .Portland passed strong resolu tions in favor of the American pub lic school system. But the Church of Rome leaves no option to its members; but declares unworthy to receive the sacraments Catholic parents who send their children to the public schools. - E. H. FLAGG. No Reli&rlous Discrimination In War, PORTLAND, Oct. 6. (To the Edi tor.) The Oregonian - published a communication from Alice A. Sar gent of Jacksonville, Or. Thanks to you for publishing the letter in full. I indorse every - word she wrote, having learned the lesson in the irmy (Sheridan's first bri gade, July 1, 1861 to 1865). If a man was what we called a "stayer" then he was never asked any questions about his religion, politics or nationality. I do not think Sheridan bad n enemy in his command while he was in the west. He had great respect for ail the "stayers"; never asked for religious or political views. S. E. GILBERT. Klcorstively Speaking. Boston Trenseript. Things were slack at the office and the ehief clerk being left alone with-the stenographer asked ber for a kiss. "Certainly not!" she replied coldly. "I'd sooner kiss a snake than you." "Very well, then," he said, "kiss ms in that capacity.. I'm an adder, you know." Those Who Come and Go. . Tales of Polks nt the Hotels, Jail sentences for automobiles, as punishment for their irresponsible drivers, have proved a sound pre ventive of killings on the highways about Spokane, according to Judge Samuel A. Mann of that city, who arrived yesterday to attend the Pa cific coast traffic conference that opens here today. Judge Mann orig inated the novel automobile prison and he said it has already accom plished wonderful results. Judge Mann is an ardent motorist himself and he it was who fathered the drivers' license law in Washington some years ago while a member of the legislature. Later, as municipal judge, it became hs duty to enforce it. together with other regulations of traffic. Judge Mann had s cer tain space in the Jail set aside for traffic law violators who drew pris on terms, thus avoiding confining them with hardened criminals. He went farther than that and obtained space at the county garage where cars nf traffic law violators may be impounded for a time, the length of sentence depending upon me gravity of the offense. In lieu of imprison ment of the driver. If circumstances warrant. Judge Mann decrees that the car shall not he used for a pe riod. The loss of the use of an au tomobile for SO days, for example, has been found to prove- an impres sive lesson upon careless drivers. Judge Mann, who Is a speaker at the traffic convention here, is anxious that the west coast states get to gether in the enforcement of uni form traffic regulation Warren R. Choate of Washington. D. C. now registered at the Port land, is that which his name ImpMes a relative of the lats Joseph Choate, ambassador to the court of St. James. Third cousin, in fact. Mr. Choate is here as trial examiner for the federal trade commission, to conduct Portland hearings of the commission versus the National Bis cuit company. The company, accord ing to the allegations of the com mission, maintains a system of dis counts whereby chain stores are en abled to buy at IS per cent less than the small merchant a situation which logically results in the corner grocer being unable to offer biscuits for the price the chain stores ask and receive. Though an association of small grocers attempted co-opera-tive buying, it Is said, the company declined to grant them a similar discount. The hearing will open here on Tuesday. Mr. Choate is ac companied by J. A. Lambert, counsel for the commission. Representing the biscuit company will appear Fred W. Bode, general counsel, and Charles A. Vilas, associate counsel of New'Tiork. Some bank employes lead adventu rous lives, regular tours in fact. Take the Canadian Bank of Com merce as an example. This bank op. erates with headquarters in Mon treal, Canada, but has nearly 400 branches in all parts of the world. H F. Pavson. one of the banks Junior accountants, was sent to the Portland branch trom .-Montreal tens than a year ago. He has grown to like Portland, but like a good sol dier he must pack up and away, for travel orders have arrived from headquarters. He la to leave Port land tomorrow and report to the San Francisco branch for duty. The bid Oregon trail will be rife with traffic a&taln, as it was in the days of the overland trek, if Walter E. Meacham of Baker is a man of his word. Mr. Meacham, who is now at the Imperial while conferring with local men regarding the project to create an Old Oregon trail nignwsj. is president of the association bear ing tht name. He brought with him a one-reel film of the trail pageant, given at Baker last Fourth which will Be shown in loriinno sometime during the week. Dr.'and Mrs. L. L. Hartman of Se attle. Mrs. Samuel Rosenberg, also of that city, and Mrs. I. H. Solomon of New Britain, Conn., motored down from Puget sound yesterday and are at the Benson for a day or so while viewing the Columbia river highway and other scenic points. John IT. Calkins Jr.. 'a University of California delegate to the Pacific coast intercollegiate conference, de parted yesterday for his home at Oakland. He is the son of John U. Calkins, ex-governor of the 12th fed eral reserve district. While in ron land Mr. Caikins tarried at the Benson. Business is fine at Lebanon, but it's mostly trade and barter, accord ing to W. R. Allen, who conducts a real estate office in Colonel Milt Miller's own home town. "There's a very little ready money." said Mr. Alton, a shade regretfully. 'Xelf S. Finseth of Dallas, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and J. A. Richardson of Tillamook, are at the Imperial as early dele gates to the convention of tneir fraternity, to open here tomorrow. F. S. Bramwell of Grants Pass, who is keenly Interested In the Ma dras irrigation project, is registered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stockwell and S. H. Straub of Corvallls are at the Oregon while visiting local friends. W. S. Parker of La Grande Is at the Portland while spending a few days In tne city. Mrs. Etta M. Vawter of Medford with her son is registered at the Multnomah. Fred K. Baker of Valietz. Or., Is a guest at ths Portland. L. W. Bush of Moatesano is at the Benson. PKPLK CAXNOT AFFORD IOTH Correspondent Knvors Bridges Rsther Than Kxposltlou. PORTLAND. Oct. 8. (To the Edi tor.) Please permit me space to state my strong approval of the bond Issue for two new bridges that will cost about 13,000.000 and sincerely trust the voters of Portland will de feat the fair bonds without further chance for discussion. If we have the fair we must have two bridges and possibly one more. We certainly need the bridges but not the fair. Can we afford both? think not. We voted- 13,000.000 school bonds this year, and while I was glad to sen this go over. It did not come out of any present taxes, but we -ska-11 be paying Interest and principal for years to come. W hen do we stop? If the business men of Portland want a fair why don't they pay for it themselves? It's all false that mors people make for lower taxes. The tax of Portland Is increasing faster than the population each year and it is s well-known fact thst the taxes of large cities are larger per capita than in the smaller cities. Los An geles, San Francisco and Seattle are larger than Portland and they also pay more taxes per capita ls there one city larger than Port land with a smaller tax per inhabi tant? This i the only reason thst I can find out for holding the fair, which is not a trus one. If you are working for a salary and "own your own home" this fair means nothing to you but more taxea. FRANK M. QUADE, I Burroughs Nature Club. Cenrrigkt. HewsTStoo-stlfflln Co. Can Ton Answer Tneos Qncstlonsf I. Are coyotes wholly carnivorous? !. How can moths be collected, since they fly by night? I. Do English sparrows have snjr natural enemies? Answers in tomorrow's Naturs Notes. Answers to Previous Questions. 1. Why do some trees have such a lot of dead twigs under them? This is a llfs habit of certsln kinds of trees, as caks. willows, elms and horse chestnuts a sort of "elf-prunlng." Trees with this growth-character seal up the spot whore the twig is to be shed hy depositing a layer of ths tissue from which bark is formed, periderm, so that ho open wound Is left when the twig or small branch falls off. 'a s J. Is It true that crows will csrry off and eat chickens? Thev wtlK carry off young chick ens. The remedy suggested in For bush's .'fseful Birds and Their Pro tection" is to keep small chickens or ducklings In portable runs frames covered with chicken wire. These can be moved from spot to spot to insure ths fowls clsan grass as a floor. At four months they can be released, as thty will be too large for crows to attack. e . Are there any sea cows now In existence? Not of ths arctio variety, which is said to havs been practically ex terminated by the whalers by 17. the last known single specimen be. ing killed ISH. Hat off Florida, and In the Amason river, two spe cies of sea cows, or manatees, are found. Occasional specimens sre shown In squarluma where the tanks are big enough to accommodate the animal. Though living In water and helpless if by accident strandVd. the manatee Is an air breather, and when sleeping below the surface they come to the top every few min utes to get air. WAY TO BEAR GOOD CITIXE3 Give Culldren Plenty of Bread and Butter, gsrs Contributor. PORTLAND. Oct. . (To the Edi tor.) How silly is all this fuss and furore our people have sllowed themselves to become Involved In over religion and religious differ ences. How sm I benefited If the loudest pope-htter or pope-lover In Oregon is elected governor or what not If he spends my tax money like a drunken sailor; If he leaves un developed natural resources st which I should be st work develop. Ing; if hs permits my wages to be reduced; if he makes my working conditions onerous snd hazardous; If he butts continually into the conduct of my private business snd private affairs: If by official act and voice h discourages me snd harasses me In making a decent living for self and family; If he would bind me and tie me and wall me up so that I cannot move In any way except as he wills? During the primary campaign snd so far during the general election campaign the biggest, most odif erous red herring of all time has been dragged across the trail the people were following toward bet ter government, better living con ditions, better and more secure economic conditions and the people have evidently gone off on the wrong scent again. Cod pity the poor sailors on a night like this. Goblins, kleagles, popes, thirty-thirds! All fine snd dandy folk. But we are In a storm. And saiiora in a storm who do not care to get wet to the point of drowning trim sails, man the pumps, batten down the hatches, cut away and throw overboard everything the storm can get a leverage on except It Is needed to keep afloat. Our public schools and attendance are good Just as they are. Let them get better naturally. Let them not be used for any purpose except educational. Do not turn them over to the Catholics or the antl-Cathollcs Just keep them liberal, progreaalve, human, American. Let's talk the bread and butter problem. If children have lots of bread and butter they will make good Americans. LUG EXE E. 8MITH. Bonding of Truck Carriers. HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 4. (To the Editor.) Plssse givs ths resd Ing of the act of ths last legislature restive to the requirements of truck owners' bonds. 1 do not ask for the ruling of the public service commission; just the act of "the last legislature. SL'BMCKIISER. Ths following are provisions of a law passed at th special session In 1921: Ths term 'transportation company." when used in this act, means every enr poratlon or person, their lessees, trustees, rtcetvers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any motor I icie. motor truck, motor bus, bus trail er. semitrailer or ether trailer In con nection therewith, used In the business or transportation oi persons or property or as s common carrier for compensatlos ever any public highway In this stats between fixed termini, or over regular or Irregular routes not operating escy ctvely within ths limits ef an incorpo rated city or town. No transportation company shall, sub sequent to ths taking effect ef this act. operate any motor vshlc-ls. motor truck, motor bus. bus trailer, semitrailer, irr rthsr trailer In connection therewith for ths transportation of persons or property for compensation, on any public high way Jn this state, without having first filed with the public service commission ot Oregon a good and sufficient bond with surety or sureties nr liability Insur ance In such a penal sum as ths publie service commuaiun may deem nec-weary to adequately protect the Interests ef the public with dus regsrd to the num-i-er of persons and amount of property Involved, which surety bond or liability Insursnue shad hind the obligors there, tnder to make compensation for injuries to persons snd loss of or demegn to prop erly resulting from the operslion of su. h vehicles. The foregoing shall sol p,e ent the acceptance ef substitute security lr. lieu or bond as provided by chapter 402. laws lti-1. Hald public service m. irision shall also require s sstipfartory tond In such penal sum and conditioned on the payment of all fes er rharg-a which may be due thst stats und-r any permit of operation and for ths faithful carrying out of any permit granted ty t.aid public service enmmtemon, and ehicb it has authority by law to grant, snd no t rs nsportst Ion rompeny, wblrh shall (all within the terms of this s' t snd shall give the bonds herein required shall be required to give any other bond or security by any city or town or otber agency of the state. Cucumbers SUM Growing. OREGON C1TV, Or.. Oct. 7 fTo the Editor) I haven't seen anything of late about cucumbers. I believe the last published wss of man living st The Dalles or Hood River who at that time bad the credit for the largest. I believe he said if anyone could beat that hs would beat It In lzs. I think I havs him beat. I havs one 1 Inches long snd 11 Inches around. It weighs li pounds: sec ond one 14 Inches long snd 12 Inches around, weight 1 pounds; third one 14 inches long and 12 inches around, weight 3 pounds. It I havs got him beat I will give him a rics lor 19-5- G. L. CPTEGROVE. More Truth Than Poetry. y Jasse J. Msotsaius. Kl ATORI tt AI..ITr:l tTI'. The cni!;n( roNrs rrps across The dank and dtemsl d-p Mid mailed mounds ft moulding ms The lusty leopard I'ifi The tiger trsils his tswtiv tsil beneath the hend.rg houses. The dsppled deer. In dell and d. On briltle bras. hce brows-. Now wildly walls the wallaroo. As dawns the du.ky o. And panting port-uiitnes pursue. Their pressed and prowSin- prr. The wombat worna his wrsiy wsy l sii.-k snd slitny ;..ps Whtre pa niii. is press their pstil i . prey The sctlvs sntejopes. The rustling rabbit rut s around The tail and tos.lns tr. The hnlivant r-sd-Ta li'!h!y bound As blows t-e balfttv breele. The horrid htppopt yi Kesound their t -1 s i-c rosrs. While lolled st lena-'n !! lis p.eelde ths shelvir.iLls.'-ores. The gaunt goril!a gritvr gapes On qusiea with iu vrs qualms. Where active the atiiieuc apes Are p.dd n thr.vigh the palms. With grevtnua grume sad gutteral g roans. Ths crsnbed crorodils Fll'a all the sir with morbid mosrs For many and many a tn-ie. see Kaswrleueed. The sx-kalser o!4 his book be for hs got married aln. lis had o Illusions about two being able t live .as cheap as 3. a irnpvrlfh! 1?2 ht !? Si.li-S'. Te ) la Other Da Fifty issrs Ago. Trom The Ore"nlsi e Oet 1TJ Thres jolly fellows from Oregon City were srrested lal evenira for rapid driving They hired buggy snd. after getting weil et up" went careering up snd down Mtsrk street st s speed tneotrpatiti;s with the order snd dignity of ths rlty. finaliy being apprentaded by as oft Iter. A portion of the esrth on ths Mock fronting on Front street t.e tween C snd P Is being ticavsted for a large builaing This sirurtuts will be used bf ths street-car com pany as a stable lor their horses sod aisu for cars when not In use. More new publications have ap peared In this city. It Is difficult to kstp run ef Ihsm. they corns sod go so rapidly. Ths owner of the giark-etreet ferry comenenced to tear up that portion of the Nicholson psvmenl at the Intersect ion . of btsrk snd Front streets. The street rnmnis sioner ordered him to stop, after the street haa been nearly half demol ished. Twenty-tlvs lesrs Ago. From The (iriumi ef ol S. lOT. Thst Oregon shall be reptene, at the Pane exposition In Isiki was unanimous, y determined st ths Chamber ut Commerce meeting yes terday. Naples. Oscar Wilds has arrived here from F.ngiand. 11 s hrsiih is broken aown snd he has taken up residents In a villa of Lord ioua lass. who remained his friend throughout ths late prosecution. Munich. In the chamber of rep. reevntatlvee to-lay lierr iVKiii,rr Interpellated the government f gardina the rseenl army maneuvers, claiming that Kmperor William of Germany wronsfuily assumed com. mand o! the Ksvarlan army snd needlessly -icrifird lives in ths cavalry attack. tulcldea dus to trtmt exhaustion were reported. IOlTI l IllCl.n RI.POlHI.K ll'r of Davis, si., nklerli to sen. nlslnt of Arrested Tourtst. DAVI.1. Xal.. Oct. I (To ths Ed itor.) An article from Ths Orego nian Deptemher H. "Tourists, lie wars of Uurg of 1'svls. Cslifornls." has come to my notice and I hasten to ths defense, not only of the rlty of Lavis. but also of all small Cali fornia towns. Ths highways of this flats outsids of Incorporated cities ars patrolled by county traffic officers, and thees offlrers are appointed by ths super visors of the counties, snd ths va rious cities hsvs no control over them In sny msnner. Ths tnsgletrsies. slthough their offices sre located In the towns, sre likewise county offl. tela, over whom the munlcipsJll.es Jiavg no control. Ths fines collected by the mag istrates for traffic violations rever to the county treasury, the munici palities receiving no part of them. In view of these clrrumstsnces. I think and believe that you will concur thst ths srtlde In question Is very unfair and unjust. Mr. Harris wss srrested by m county highway officer, snd bis spleen Is visited upon lsvls unfor tunately upon ths highway near Mere, but If hs had been few hours earlier he might havs been arrested near Woodland, snd then ws would have been relieved ft Mr. Items' odium to ths detriment of Wood land. I wish to csll to your sttenfton thst many of our good ritlsrr.s hsvs been arreeted by this asms officer snd havs sdded their bit to the coffers of ths county. The c!fv of Dsvla Is very Indulgent In the mst ter of municipal traffic regulation. A wsrnlng Is s'l thst I rsn remem ber to hsvs been given to a io latnr. In closing let me ststs thst drivers sre permitted a speed of 15 miles sm hour on ottr highways. If Mr. Harris was arrested he must havs beep exceeding that limit, and If he was hs should have been sr rested. F. A. M.ant. Attorney for the city of rvis. l.rTTTt AWK l:l.lllr. The oiefnman wi.l give in Its columns se wide represen tation ss possible to the writ, ers of tellers on the Issues of the state rampa!gn. letters on both slrteg f the school quention and other measures ars welcome, pro. vided that they ilimn issues and not persons, ars moderate in tone snd sre ronf.ned to ? 200 words. In the event thst s'l cm. s munirstlons subm tted rennet I be printed, selection will be msds to ba'sncs preeentsflon of each cse ss nearly as Is J possible. - Correspondents are reques'sd to Identify .themeeites fuj y e bv end ''Sing not necesesrtlv 4 for P" biles t ton l trus nams4 rnmaviete eddreee, As In ths ret. The Oeege. Plan will not give J knowingly, to letters from profess. onel propagandists g,r 4 paid press sgenta 4 4