Morning Oregonian., October 13, 1922, Page 8, Image 8

TIIE MOHXrXG OHEGONIAX, FKIDAT, OCTOBER 13, 1923
L.3TABIJSSHED BY HENBY L. PITTOCK
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CAUSE AND CrBK OF SPECULATION
IN FUTURES.
In legislating against dealing in
futures congress endeavored to stop
gambling in food products without
obstructing business. Many men
buy grain for future delivery be
cause they will want it at the time
specified for use in their business.
Between the day of buying arid the
day of delivery the price may fall
so far that payment at the price
stipulated would ruin them, but
they must have the grain. In order
to eliminate risk of having final!
to pay more than the grain will Be
worth at time of delivery they al
ternately buy and sell with the aim
that when they receive the grain,
it will in the net result have cost
about the market price at that date.
This -dealing in futures attracts
the man who joys in taking a gam
bler's chance and who speculates
in hope of a killing, knowing that
he risks ruin but putting that
knowledge in the back of his head,
eince he is confident that he will
' win. He does not want any grain
would not know what to do with it
if he had it; he just deals in pieces
of paper representing a legal claim
for delivery or a legal obligation to
deliver. He does not call his op
erations gambling; he calls them
backing his judgment on the course
of the market with his money.
His operations disturb the move
ment of prices, driving them up or
down farther than the changing
conditions which govern the real
business warrant. He is a nuisance
both to the producer and to the
buyer for actual manufacture and
consumption.
The difficulty is to discriminate
between the man who deals for
business and the man who deals
purely for speculation. That can
be determined only by gaining ac
cess to the records Qf a man's
transactions, but they are his pri
vate affairs, revelation of which
would often cause financial harm
not only to hini but to others. If
the law declared speculation a
crime, he could not be compelled
to show his books, for that would
cause him to ineriminate himself.
That is the obstacle which the fed
eral trade commission has encoun
tered in its inquiry. Not many '
men would f ranklv admit that thev (
speculated, as Ogden Armour did,
yet it is notorious that the "steel
crowd" and thej "Palm Beach
crowd" have speculated exten
sively. Mr. Armour boldly main
tains that speculation benefits the
farmer by assuring him a market
every day, but he certainly suffers
through fluctuations that often
make the price unduly low at times
when he is financially unable to
hold his crop until the price rises.
Dealing in wheat for a legitimate
purpose is affected by so many fac
tors that it is inevitably specula
tive. Wheat is a commodity of
world-wide production and world
wide consumption. Its price is
fixed from day to day in a world
market, for there is a close rela
tion among the markets in various
countries. Judgment as to the price
must take into account the present
and prospective supply in every
country, the rates of rail and ocean
freight, the financial condition of
both producing and consuming
countries, and the probable con
sumption by the various nations.
Though Russia has ceased to ex
port, other European nations which
of necessity changed their food
habits during the war may have
made the change permanent as to
large proportions of their popula
tion by using substitutes for wheat.
Thus the price of wheat in Chicago
may be affected by eating of less
wheat and more rye bread by large
numbers of people in Germany or
Poland. Increases of wheat ex
ports to China and Japan indicate
that many people in those coun
tries are turning from rice to
wheat. When a Minneapolis mil
ler, in buying futures, must take so
many facts and tendencies into his
calculations, each of them having
an element of doubt, he is very apt
to'err. Hence his dealings cannot
help being largely speculative.
A most effective means of reduc
ing speculation, in the sense of out
right gambling, to the minimum,
would be organization of farmers
in such strength that they could al!
carry their wheat until a demand
for actual consumption arose and
could then feed it to the market as
it was needed. An ably and hon
estly managed co-operative associa
tion would prevent the impecunious
farmer from rushing to sell imme
diately after harvest and thus
bearing the market, and would of
fer a surely remunerative price to
the one who holds for the top
price. That would remove the
need of speculation to provide a
market every day for all who wish
to sell, by which Mr. Armour jus
tifies speculation, and it would
leave the speculators little to specu
late with. That evil could not be
entirely eliminated, for a consider
able number of farmers having the
speculative instinct would rather
take the chance of high profit or
loss and do their own marketing.
They would furnish material for
the operations of speculators on the
exchange, but co-operative associa
tions controlling the bulk of the
crop would have such a stabilizing
influence as to narrow the range
f
t within which the price would
fluctuate. By reducing the amount
to be won or lost, they would
lessen the incentive to gamble.
IS HE WRONG. MR. PIERCE?
The well-known correspondent,
David Lawrence, recently favored
Oregon with a visit on a tour of
inquiry into political conditions
throughout the United States. We
are indebted to our contemporary,
the Evening Journal, for a report
of the result of Mr. Lawrence's in
vestigations, printed prominently in
that paper a.day or two ago. He
found nothing worthy of mention
in Oregon but the controversy over
the school bill, which he reviewed
from a somewhat critical stand
point. The Oregonian has no special
concern about the opinions of an
outside observer which are, of
course, his own to give freely, and
to print widely, if he can find a
medium; but it might be supposed
that at least one paragraph of his
letter would be of special Interest
to the Journal, for the Journal is
ardently supporting Mr. Pierce.
Says Mr. Lawrence:
What makes the situation so difficult
to understand is that the democratic
nominee for governor (Mr. Pierce), who
is making much headway because of his
advocacy of a programme of lower tax
ation, should be endorsing a measure,
which, if enacted, would mean new
schools and teachers to take .care of
approximately 12,000 children now In
private and denominational schools.
This is a little startling and dis
concerting, if true. We hope it is
not. We solicit an opinion on the
subject from Mr. Pierce, Who says
taxation is the only issue. It will
be pleasant if he shall be able to
assure the Journal that its cor
respondent is wrong and that his
campaign for lower taxes is not all
hot air.
MARYLAND'S FREAK 8ENATOR.
Senator France of Maryland
faces the fate of the man who car
ries independence to the extreme of
freakishness, Large sections of the
American people, of entire states,
are ready to follow a man whose
independence takes the form of
consistently following an inde
pendent line of policy. That ex
plains Wisconsin's devotion to the
radical La Follette, California's
fidelity to Johnson and Idaho's to
Borah. But there is no approach
to consistency in France's course.
He seems to have aimed to be
against his party or In opposition to
the prevailing trend of opinion,
much as the proverbial Irishman
was "ferninst de guv'mint."
Most contradictory were his sup
port of the policy of isolation from
Europe and his advocacy of rec
ognition for the soviet government
of Russia, or his opposition to the
immigration restriction bill. If we
should keep out of Europe, we cer
tainly should have nothing to do
with a government whichseeks to
revolutionize this and every other
country and we should not admit a
flood of Europeans greater than we
can Americanize. But the Mary.
ind senator seems to have been
unable to perceive the relation of
these various questions of policy
with one another. He has judged
each of them separately with ;
predisposition to find that the ad
ministration and the majority were
wrong. He came back from Rus
sia with a story of conditions there
which was contradicted by the of
ficial statements of the bolshevist
officials. Other irreconcilables
have at least been consistent in
their opposition to our intervention
European affairs; Mr. France
has been consistent only in his in
consistency,
Maryland
is a pretty staid,
steady-going old state, noU disposed
to send freaks to the senate. Mr.
France must be a political accident,
a product of one of those fortuitous
combinations which occasionally
put a man in office who does not
fit in anywhere. It is not proud of
the peculiar kind of distinction that
its senator has won for it, and ma
be expected to supplant him with a
man who is at least regular in his
irregularity.
FRUITS OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
By fixing a date for restoration
of Kiachow to China Japan gives
evidence of honorable fulfilment of
the Washington treaties, additional
to that given by evacuation of the
mainland of Siberia. Thus will end
the entire episode of Shantung,
about which debate raged when the
Versailles treaty was before the
senate. Many harsh things were
said of Japan, but all were forgot
ten in the atmosphere of harmony
that pervaded the Washington con
ference. When Japan and China
failed to agree on terms for return
of Shantung to China, Secretary
Hughes and Mr. Balfour were
called in as mediators, and they
effected a. compromise between the
two oriental nations.
The entire Shantung episode
grew from a minor incident of the
war until It filled a place of the
first consequence at the peace con
ference. In February, 1917, when
Russia was visibly breaking down,
when the United States had not yet
declared war and when the for
tunes of the allies were at a low
ebb, Japan exacted from each of
the allies a pledge to support its
claim to the province at the peace
conference. Fearing to rebuff
Japan at such a crisis, the allies
gave the pledge, but kept it secret
from President Wilson until he
went to the peace conference. Mr.
Wilson protested, but the allies
were in honor bound to grant
Japan's claim. Mr. Wilson wanted
the province returned to China, but
the most that he could get was an
oral promise from the Japanese
delegates that it should be restored
to .China after being granted to
Japan by the treaty. If Japan's
claim had been rejected, it would
have withdrawn from the confer
ence. The Italian delegates had
already withdrawn in anger at'Mr.
Wilson s manitesio aoout i iume,
and there was apprehension let
the conference should break up
without agreement on terms ol
peace with Germany. Therefore
Mr. Wilson yielded against the pro
test of General Bliss, endorsed by
Secretary of State Lansing and
Henry White, three of the Ameri
can delegates, in which it was as
serted: "It can't be right to do
wrong even to make peace."
China was powerless to recover
the province by force but two
weapons were at hand and they
were used most effectually propa
ganda and the boycott. The United
States was flooded with explana
tions of China's case, and the anti
treaty senators seized on the Chi
nese case with avidity, while the
republican leaders offered a reser
vation declaring that' the United
States would not be a party to the
Shantung deal. Japanese goods
were boycotted in China, and Japanese-
merchants were hard hit.
Japan several times proposed- ne
gotiations to China, but was always
put off, for China wanted at least
the moual backing of the United
States. This was secured at Wash
ington with the desired result.
The outcome,' of the Shantung
controversy is a fine example of
the superiority of American diplo
matic methods to those of Europe
and Asia.- Openness, frankness,
confidence in the good faith of
other nations and assumption that
they truster! in that of the Ameri
cans characterized the assemblage
from the first day when Mr.
Hughes startled the world with his
naval limitation proposals. That
spirit brought about agreement' and
it did more. It seems to have
deeply Influenced Japanese states
manship. Japan seems anxious to
give proof of sincerity by executing
the treaties within the year during
which they were signed. If that
spirit had prevailed in Europe, the
allies would not be recalling the
Turk to Europe or still be fencing
about the way to extract reparation
from Germany.
VINCENT COOK.
The death of Vincent Cook
severs another of the few remain-inr-rs
linking the present with
the pioneer era of commercial and
industrial development in Oregon.
Arriving In Oregon in 1854, he had
been preceded by two years by his
father arid brothers, who were
members of the noteworthy immi
gration of 1852, the romance of
which has never been dispelled.
His own journey as a boy of only
thirteen by way of Nicaragua is
suggestive of the self-reliance and
resourcefulness of youth in a
period when youngsters came to
maturity at an earlier age than
they do now. His indefatigable
industry from the date of his ar
rival, his early adventures in busi
ness and the thoroughness with
which he mastered the details of
every enterprise on which he em
barked are the keynotes of the suc
cess of all his endeavors. These
attributes; and a breadth of vision
with which not many men are en
dowed as natural gifts, help to ac
count for his capacity for genuine
service in the building of the state.
Mr. Cook was tie pioneer
founder of an important mercan
tile enterprise which has continued
to this day, after, an existence of
more than half a century. His
early appreciation of the import
ance of salmon packing and his
establishment of the second con-
cern of this kind on the Columbia
river marked him as a prophet who
had the courage of his convictions
and his equal success in the field
of mining gave testimony Xo his
versatility and also to his prudence
and sound business judgment. It
is not easy to overvalue the con
tributions he made to the finan
cial and commercial stability of the
whole Oregon country, particularly
if the difficulties under which all
enterprise labored in that forma
tive period are taken into account
He, and those with whom he was
associated by ties of business and
of kinship, peculiarly remind us of
the debt which the generation of
today owes to those who paved the
way to present prosperity and com
parative ease. That he was ex
ceedingly modest and unassuming
withal and must be judged by the
silent record of his achievements
rather than by any words of his
own will surprise least of all those
who knew the real character of
the man.
REWARDS OF SERVICE.
When the ship comes into port,
her band playing, the captain and
his offices brave in blue and gold,
it is quite natural to infer that the
splendid authority of the bridge
uided the craft over perilous seas,
foresaw and outwitted the dangers
of the deep, and brought her home
again to the wheeling of harbor
gulls and the full-throated blast of
her whistle: And so it is, that when
men speak of the fame of the Ore
gon, and her epochal race around
the Horn, they find that glowing
exploit indisseverably linked with
the name of Captain Clark, who
died as a rear admiral not long ago.
Yet the pulse of the Oregon, that
steady, indomitable throbbing of
engines, that perfection of mechani
cal skill, which sustained the bat
tleship so well was one with the
heart of the engine room one with
the grimy men who toiled in
sweltering heat and the stifling ef
fluvium of oil.
A. marine engineer, writing to the
New York World; reminds us of
this fact, and holds that the glory
of Clark's name is well enough but
that in simple justice some meas
ure of fame should be ta the en
gine crew. For, as he observes
with an air of disillusionment long
sustained, there ip no credit to the
engineer save the discredit that at
taches when the ship fails in her
schedule. Ho would have us, when
we go to sea as passengers, delve
deep into the mysterious depths of
the engine room, the withering pre
cincts of the fireroom, that we may
understand just what and who it is
that make the ship go.
Now, it would appear, an im
mediate and exigent reason for the
many recent tributes to Rear Ad
miral Clark is that, grimly enough,
it was his death that set the tongues
wagging and the presses humming,
and not the death of the chief en
gineer. Who was this master of
the engines, unstoried and unsung?
The protesting marine engineer
does not know. If he did he would
have seen to it that the veil of an
honorable obscurity was lifted,
though but for the moment. Some
M'Andrews, doubtless, the tyrant of
his own domain and the leal lover
of his glistening engines. The
seven seas have borne many a
M'Andrews afar on many a cruise,
in wild and bitter weather, and but
for fiction we should never have
had a glimpse of their casually
heroic existence.
Maybe they steam from grace to wrath
to sin by folly led
It isna mine to judge their path their
lives are on my head.
Mine at the Jast when all is done It all
comes mack to me.
The fault that -leaves six thousand ton
a log upon the sea . . .
Then, at the last, we'll get to port an
hoiat their baggage clear
The passengers, wi' gloves an' calves
an' this is what I'll hear:
"Weil, thank ye for a pieasant voyage.
The tender 's comin' now."
While I go testin' follower-bolts an'
watch the skipper bow.
M'Andrews felt it the more
than subtle distinction that, for all
his braid when on deck, gave hom
age to the captain and none at all
to him. Yet he was grateful for
service, for the thought that, what
ever the chatter of the deck might
be, it was he and his rough-bitten
companions who kept her
"steamin' to bell for fourteen days
o' snow an' flow an' blow." And
'twas a very warming thought, as
many men have found a thought
to rise above rancor and envy,
rich in reward and the glow of
quiet satisfaction. M'Andrews was a
wise man, high in the esteem of his
peers, and mayhap, worth a baker's
dozen of captains to his line. iJut
the fact was 'and is that the ship's
captain is the visible symbol of
authority - and faith, and that
through the homage to him a
vicarious but truly genuine tribute
is paid the sweating stokers of the
fire hole.
Most of us get a little less from
life than we secretly believe we are
entitled to, and it may be that ma
rine engineers have pondered this
at times. Yet such men do not
serve for praise, nor wholly for re
ward, but mostly for the affection
they have for their tasks. They
are of one clan with M'Andrews,
true bondsmen of the machine. If
they were otherwise they would
not be the engineers they so
patently are, and ships would lag
and derelicts would dot the oceans.
Nearly every great occasion creates
its public hero, but naught save
toil and long achievement makes a
marine engineer. He can well af
ford to let the glory go by the
boa.rd.
NOT CONCLUSIVE.
The experimental battles fought
off the Virginia Capes between bat
tleships and airplanes, in which
theoretically the battleship Arkan
sas came off second best, can
hardly be said to furnish more than
negative proof. It is true that the
great warship against which seven
teen missiles were discharged by
torpedo-carrying aircraft suffered
no less than seven fair "hits" by
torpedoes that wouMi have blown
her to atoms if Uieir explosive
charges had not been previously
removed, and it is indubitably the
fact that one torpedo would suf
fice to put a warship out of action
But it is also worth considering
that virtually none of the condi
tions of actual war were dupli
cated. Beyond certain zig-zag
maneuvers, carefully thought out
in advance, and which were wholly
at variance of the traditional
American manner of fighting, the
battleship fleet interposed no de
fense. The notion that master ships
would be rendered futile by naval
planes is at least as old as the in-
vention of aircraft themselves. But
in practical service the latter have
never quite achieved that which
was expected of them. The minor
prophets as a matter of fact have
been forecasting disaster to ships
since long before airplanes were
thought of. - The same things were
said when the torpedoboat was in
vented, but the latter notably
failed under actual conditions pf
war in the Russo-Turkish conflict
of 1878, and made a favorable
showing in the Russo-Japanese war
only because of the utter incapacity
of the Russian fleet. The subma
rine, which in its turn was sched-"
uled to sound the battleship's
knell, measurably failed as an in
strument of attack except on de
fenseless merchant vessels, . and
probably was approaching its own
doom when the armistice put an
end to the world war.
Torpedo-carrying seaplanes rep
resent an effort to-combine the ad
vantages of fighting aircraft with
those of the torpedoboat; they do
not, however, make allowance for
the maxim that every weapon of
assault stimulates production of
means of defense, as armor and
guns compete with each other in
the advance of instruments of of
fense and defense. It is of course
inconceivable that a real battle will
ever be fought under conditions
such as permitted the easy because
theoretical destruction of the
Arkansas.
Captain Roy Smith, who writes
in the North American Review on
the subject now brought to atten
tion by the battle of the Virginia
Capes, summarizes the entire issue
when he says that although "it may
be accepted at once that, bombs
from aircraft are quite capable of
destroying battleships," yet "the
power to resist force must also be
considered." The power tq resist
force in the case of the Arkansas
would have included a defending
fleet of aircraft, and, no doubt,
numerous and highly efficient anti
aircraft guns. The torpedoes
which, in theory, put the Arkansas
out of commission were "dis-
charged from a distance of a few
hundred yards." We have a men
tal picture of something that, un
der other circumstances, would
have happened to those airplanes
before they had come within strik
ing distance of an American bat
tleship. A protruding nail in a shoe of a
Salem youth caused a wound that
developed into lockjaw and death.
A trifle like that often is passed
off as not worth attention until too
late.
Two school girls of Clatskanie
won prizes in the state-wide- con
test of the W. C. T. U. That should
center interest on the thriving lit
tle city down the river.
The ex-kaiser's new woman says
she will be "Queen of Prussia," and
the boys, her tentative stepsons,
will grin with a back flip of the
noddle. -
All the candidates for city com
missioner but one are inspired by
high motives. The exception ad
mits he wants the money.
Nothing but natural perversity
could persuade two "basket phae
tons" to collide. As well might
baby buggies!
Columbus had the first publicity
man. Suppose he did not discover
America he was first on the front
page.
Mexico is importing much live
stock, not counting what is rustled
across the border.
A, world war has been averted,
and Near East relief puts on an
accelerator.
The Pacific is not so big an
ocean singe wireless-developed.
BEST WAY TO BUILD HIGHWAYS
Mr. Famll Tells Fna Observation
What System Gives Beat Hcislls.
PORTLAND. Oct 13. (To the
Editor.) The writer returned
few days since, from his secon
trip this year by automobile to Call
fornia. and ha ia surprised at con
ditions existing, or at least exist
ing a week ago, on the piece of
road immediately south of Canyon
ville. Or.
Some years ago this toad throug
tha canyon . was well graded and
surfaced with rock so that, no mat
ter what tha weather, passage
the eanyon was a pleasura. Thi
piece of road is now being paved
with concrete and tha travel forced:
at one point, to make a steep, slip
pery, very dangeraus detour. Lit
tie, has been dona on this detou
to prevent possible accidents. Th
travel is very heavy and if som
one is not killed at this point I'll
be surprised.
It. is a well-known fact that
whers bitulithic or other forms
bitumen surfaee are used the pub
lic can safely ba allowed on the
same within an hour or so after th
finish coat has been applied. I woul
like to have those who had th
giving of this contract for concret
at this point explain to the public
why "black .stuff" was not used l
this narrow defile. North and sout
of the canyon detours were easil
possible and "black stuff was used
but here in a narrow, dangerous
point where detours are well nigh
impossible, they are using 'concrete
Not but'that this concrete is a good
piece of work for, although in many
points they are paving but half
width (necessitating delays and in
conveniences later) it is, in my
opinion, a very good piece-pf such
paving.
I noted also that for the past year
or so, California has been, at many
points, adding to both sides of its
concrete roads a shoulder extend
lng about two inches above the
general surface of the road and
laying between the inside edges o
these shoulders and covering the
entire surface of the concrete road
(many, many miles of which are
badly cracked and at present a per
feet network of bituminous patches
about two inches of good, stiff
bituminous concrete. "" These im
proved roads are considered down
there the perfection of paving.
also note that they ask from the
state in the next six years some
thing like $65,000,000 for just such
work and other repairs to their
existing paved roads.
I "have absolutely "no ax to
grind." I own no paving stock; no
cement stock; no bitumen stock,
rejoice in paved roads and my ob
nervation leads me to believe; and
I don't think I am mistaken, that
the best and cheapest form of high
way building is to grade well the
surface; provide plenty of crushed
rock or suitable gravel; roll it wel
and keep it well rounded up, even it
board or concrete shoulders are
necessary; allow the public to use
it for not less than two years, let
ting it settle under wear and
weather: then pave with a good
grade of bituminous concrete with
rough surface, and preferably with
concrete shoulders. I cannot but
think that the public would then get
almost exactly the same results now
obtained by California under the
double system of paving first with
concrete and later with "black stuff
and at not over half the cost.
Loads should be carefully regu
lated and at times it seems to m
that all travel on paved roads
should be compelled to use pneu
matic tires. Trucks would com
plain, of course, but a good re
spectable load can be hauled on air
tires and I know it. The objection
would be on the part of the farme
and a concession would have to be
made in his case. But even the
farmer, with his iron-shod wagen
wheels, often materially damages
the road, as all have observed.
Much of the trouble has been
caused by - paving too soon after
grading and rock surfacing.
We of Oregon have much to be
proud of in our road system and
many compliments are paid our
state by tourists from all parts of
the union.
THOMAS G. FARRELL.
PATRIOTISM IN CHURCH SCHOOLS
First Recollection Is of National
Songs and InMtmction In Loyalty,
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 12. (To the
Editor.) I wish to answer the
statement in The Oregonian by E.
H. Flagg, who claims that the
Catholic churcn is bitterly opposed
to the public school system, and
gives as proof the words of Arch
bishop Glennon to the Catholic
priests and parents making manda
tory the building of Catholic schools
and the attendance of Catholic chil
dren.
We do believe In and Bupport by
taxea the public schools. I concede
the physical and mental training are
fine (but not better than we have
in our Catholic schools) and the
most- important part is left out the
spiritual training. Npw, if we are
not taught to know and love God,
how can we be good citizens?
I am a Catholic and proud of it. I
attended a Catholic school from the
kindergarten up to and in high
school, and never heard anything
against the public schools.
As far as being loyal Americans,
my earliest recollections of school
life are of our country's songs and
anthems, and I was taught that
America was something sacred to
stand up and fight for and if need
be, to give our lives for. But it
reems to me that the people who
today call themselves American are
very disloyal and are trying to de
stroy our dear country with relig
ious bigotry and hatred.
Our GJathoiic schools are main
tained by us so that our boys and
girls can have a thorough Chris
tian training. I suppose you will
say train them in the home and at
church on Sundays. We do. But
what mother of a family (I have
six) has the time to sit down and
give the same daily training our
teachers can give?
If you are consistent you must
realize that one hour a week for
God is not equal to the five hours
that are now set aside for religious
training, and I am sure that if you
will look around you, you will find
that the best and truest Americans
are those who first love and serve
God. MRS. MARY BEAUCHAMP,
1281 Belmont street.
Copyrlsrhts and Patent.
PORTLAND, Oct. 12. (To the
Editor.) 1. How does a person
have books and songs copyrighted?
Can a copyright of a book be se
cured before it is competed? 3.
What are the charges for same?
4. How is a patent secured and what
are the charges?
MAURICE PHILIPS CORBETT.
1. By application to the copy
right office, Washington, D. C, and
submission of two printed copies
with copyright notice thereon.
3. No.
3. The registration fee is $1.
4. It is virtually necessary to
employ, a patent attorney. Fees
amount to J35.
Xo Personal Profit.
Roseburg News-Review.
The more you hear about a man
who attends to his own business
I the less you know about him.
Those Who Come d Go.
Tales of Folks at (he Hotels.
"With a wet pavement, motor
vehicles piled up thick about 10
miles this side of Astoria a few
hours ago," said C. C. Cathey, of
Albany, as he registered at the Ben
son yesterday afternoon. "A road
ster was approaching a truck on the
incline and in trying to pass it
skidded and smashed into the truck,
crushing the radiator of the road
ster but not damaging the truck.
Then, befora the wreckage could be
cleared away and efforts made to
stop the people on the hill who wer
coming down, along cams another
.wood truck and skidded into 'tha
roadster and truck. A few moments
later a brand-new car came spin
ning along and in trying to clear
between the two trucks, it skidded
also, and before the driver could re
gain control of the machine it went
spinning over tha side of tha em
bankment, bringing up at the bot
tom on all wheels and with almost
no damage. The fortunate thing Is
that with these four vehicles all
bunched up no one was Injured and
the total damage waa small. The
pavement was wet from rains and
proved difficult for drivers." Mr.
Cathey Is on his way to Albany
accompanied by his wife.
There are five candidates for
sheriff In Linn eoimty and there Is
a wlde-pen fight," reports Willard
MarKs, or Albany, wno nas oeen at
tending the grand lodge of the
Knighn of Pythias. "The old sheriff
was killed In a moonRhine raid so
that the race is for his unexpired
term. As no nomination was avail
able in the primaries, the death
having occurred since, each of ths
five aspirants are running on their
own hook and without a party back
ing. The county central commit
tees of the republicans and demo
crats cannot make a selection, as
would be the case if a primary nom
inee died before the general elec
tion. Aside from that contest ait
is serene, for Albany moves along
quietly, never having a boom and
not slipping backward, but Just
maintaining a good, conservative
gait." Years ago Mr. Marks used
to be a reporter on Portland news
papers.
C. K. Hudson, of North Bend, Or.,
is a member of tha Rotary club and
carefully notes the fact on the reg
ister at the Benson so that any Ko-
tarians who may glance at tha
register will know a visiting
brother is in town. Mr. Hudson is
in the lumber business on Coos bay.
and the lumber business there Is
such that fie entire community Is
feeling the effects. There In a stead
ily increasing amount of exports
and the mills and logging camps
are all busy
Willard M. Houston, of Bend, at
the Multnomah, is another booster
for his home town. With the saw
mills now running to capacity and
planning to huiid so as to double the
present production. Bend Is expected
to have its population almost
doubled when the new mills are put
up. In the last federal census Bend
was the banner town in Oregon for
increased population.
Of all the names In Washington
which "stump" the tenderfoot the
palm goes to Puyallup. from which
point come H. E. Kpringer and Mrs.
C. 13. Springer to the Multnomah.
An outsider has to hear the name
of the town pronounced a dozen
times before he finally gets the
hang of it.
About twice a vear A. R. Rogers.
of Minneapolis, comes to Porllano
and scouts around to see how his
timber interests are getting along.
With the lumber business getting
ready for a tremendous advance,
the timber men are also looking
happy. Mr. Rogers is at the Benson.
Accompanied by his wife, F. L
TucVelle. of Jacksonville, Or., is at
the Imperial. TouVelle is the demo
cratic nominee for "State treasurer
and is here to consult with the
party leaders before taking to the
highways and byways in search of'
support.
According to W. H. Ellis, of Baker,
the Old Oregon trail will be fin-
shed in the Blue mountains this
year. The mountain section is the
last under contract and the job is
being expedited as rapidly as pos
sible.
S. B. Sanderson, who publishes -a
newspaper at Freewater, Or., and
takes a keen interest in the politi
cal troubles which are epidemic In
Umatilla county, is among the ar
rivals at the Hotel Oregon.
R. B. Allen, of Seattle. Is at the
Benson. Mr. Ailen is the secretary
of the West Coast Lumber assocta-
ion. one of the largest organizations
of the kind in the west.
Carlyle D. Gelsler, a highway
bridge engineer of the bureau of
public roads. Washington, D. C, is
the city visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Gelsler.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Brawly. of
Albany, are in the city, Mr. Brawly
being a delegate to th Knights of
Pythias grand lodge. At home he is
in the real estate business.
C. C Berkeley, of Hay Creek, Or.,
at the Imperial. He Is with ths
Baldwin Land company, which con
trols about 43,000 acres.
W. T. Henry, of Tacoma. Is ons
of the many lumbermen who are at
the Benson to talk over conditions.
HIGH TAXES HARD TO DEFLATE
Talk Abont It I One Thing) Action
Zm Another.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Seattle's taxpayers ar finding out
hat it is hard to deflate taxes. In
flation In industry or business will
utomatically bring deflation. The
penalty Is painful, but ultimately
wholesome. But high taxes never
eflate themselves
Deflation in industry and bus-l
ess in Washington Is reflected in
J61.000. 000 shrinkage in the as
sessed valuation of property and of
13.000,000 in King county, of which
Seattle Is the seat. Part of this de
flation im attributed to tho slump
the shipping-building industry,
he cutting off of merchantable tim
ber and the decline of the salmon
ndustry. But taxes are not follow
ng suft in Seattle, for its aggregate
evy for 1923 win be nearly 68
mills, an actual Increase of more
than 4i mills over the 1922 levy.
Seattle is a fin city and -Wash-
ngton a state of vast and varied
resources. But there is- a limit of
ublic indebtedness and Individual
taxation beyond which they can-
ot go in safety. If we ar to hav
sured and continuing prosperity
taxes must take their readjustment
long with the deflationa and re-
djustmenta in business- and in-
ustry.
The Course of Love. -
Life.
Mistress Nora, that "wasn't your
Paddy I saw you talking to just
o w.
Nora No, mum: that's a new one-
Paddy's away on his vacation.
"But is that exactly fair. Nora?'
"Ah, mum, 'when the Pat's away.
the Mike will play.'"
Burroughs Nature Club.
Copyright. Hnnghton-Mirriln to.
Can Yon Answer These- Qiestlssar
1. Can you tell ma the right
nam of tha ground robin?
1. What is ths biggest Insect In
ths world?
1. Why is ths shell of tha sea
urchin so covered with ven round
patterns liks pinheads In rows?
Answers In tomorrow's Nature
Notes.
s
Answers tn Prwvlonn slneattona.
1. Have dolphins any commercial
value? v
Tes. tha kind - called blackflsh.
globicephala malas, with a blunt
head, yialds a very clear, smootn
quality of olPthal Is used to lubri
cate fins machinery. even clock
wheels. This lubricant Is called
porpoise-jaw oil.
t. We had quantities of oven
birds on ths lawn last spring, but
I haven't seen one all summer.
What became of them?
They may ctlll bs fairly rear you
If you have woods at hand. Thes
so-called golden crowned thrushes
really warblers bulid on lli
ground, and want a well-covered
spot, so they taks to ths woods
whers they ran have plenty of dead
leaves, clumps of fern, etc.. to hid
In. Woods of oak. beech or hickory
aiike, but they will go to mixed
woods or at times even to conifers.
1. What makes potatoes winter
rot?
A disease fungus, nectria solanL
Usually they acquire the fungus
throuKh infected land they grow In.
though freshly dug potatoes may
not show symptoms. If they sre
thoroughly dried before storing, ths
trouble can be checked. It Is a
precaution to sprlnkla stored po
tatoes with flowers of sulphur. If
they sweat after storing, the fungus
will develop rapidly, producing a
horrible smelling mass. Infected
land should be lime-treated.
OPPOEVTS rOTRADK'T IKLVKH
Consistent Composition Against th
School Rill Cannot Be Written.
PORTLAND, Oct. II. (To the
Editor.) My contention is that no
opponent of the public school bill
has yet made statemer.ts that do
not either contradict themselves or
others of their own side.
D. S. D. in The Oregonian Octo
ber 11 says we for the public schools
are in hot water, making all kinds
of statements, lie then advses us
to let well enough alone inid not
stir up hornets' nests. Are private
schools hirnets' neis?
The Roman church Is spending a
lot of money advertising that the
school bill is aimed at that body,
and 1. S. D. says It is not so: that
real supporters of the public school
would not stomach that. Which of
these is telling the truth? Both
oppose the public school bill. An
swering his questions I say there,
are around I7! different religions,
and hut one Christianity. It Is this
and not religion that will be tauaht
ir. public schools and Christians w'll
teach it.
I1. A. Roberts. In the same Ore
gonian, says our schools are com
parable to pure gold. Not s say
I. They are the crucible in which
the ore is melted and pure gold ex
tracted. He says history teaches
nations are degraded by influx of
inferior people. He believes our
children should be protected from
contamination by separation from
alien children. He atatea It la a
menace to "our" children.
No doubt Mr. Roberts believes In
unity and democracy as devoutly as
all public school bill opponents, for
they all preach It an oversight per
haps that Mr. Roberts didn't men
tion It. Ha doesn't tell us what to
do with these children of, anarchist
and bolshevist. aa he describes them.
Shall we let them have a private
school of their own? Or duns Ir.
Roberts believe public schools are
good enough for them, but not good
enough for "our" children?
I will pledge my vol for private
schools if any person can writ a
logical 300-word composition, con
taining no repetition in itseit anu
no contradiction to the officially
signed and Indorsed statements.
made in onDosition to our purine
school as fostered by this bill, or
call my attention to any such that
ever has been written. It can't be
done.
Mr. Roberts' letter graphically
portrays th spirit actuatiag tlvjs
opposition. The school bill provides
that "a!"' children shall have equal
onnortunitv. which, according to
Jesus Christ, they are entitled to.
H. D. NUHTHIIOI'.
Academic and Applied Psyc-holoatr.
PORTLANK. Oct. 12. (To the
Editor.) Will you be so good as to
explain the difference between
academic psychology and the mod
ern applied psychology?
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
The following definitions are sup
plied by Prof. S. C, Kohs of Reed
college:
Academic psychology, though not
a term currently used by the Ameri
can Psychological association and
its members. Is generally understood
to mean discussions of mental func
tioning which are purely philosophi
cal and argumentative, but which do
not have any necesssry groundings
In science or scientific method.
Modern applied psychology Is a
branch of psychology which deals
with ths applications of th laws
and principles of human mental
functioning to Industry, education,
medicine, law and the general prob
lems of mental hygiene In recent
years there has developed In this
country a religious and Inspirational
movement called "applied psy
chology." which does not concern
Itself ' so much with scientific
analyses and the strict adherence to
psychological facts, but places Its
emphasis upon rules and practices
of physical and mental living, some
of which are pseudo-sclentlf lr
There are Hnmt people who exploit
this new religious development quite
to their economic advantage.
Involution and Creation.
VAN'COI'VKR, Wash.. Oct. 11.
(To the Editor.) No goud found In
Darwinism. No? Psycho, ogisrs say
that there Is no unbelief. We dis
believe one thing becaus that we
believe another thing antithesis to
the first. Thus the ant l- o-.utionlst
is invariably a creationist.
Now as between th Ihsory of
evolution and the dogma of creation,
the question is one of value philo
sophic and logical value. Emphatic
ally, creation Is absolutely beyond
human conception. It may bo im
agined, it may b fancied, it may
be idealized, but so lung aa nothing
remains nothing, and does not de
velop into something, creation never
can be conceived.
This being the case, the thinking
world is compelled to accept th
theory of evolutiun accept It be
cause It Is th oniy philosophic,
logical and plausible solution ever
offered to the riddle ef the universe.
J. iUKuLU.
More Truth Than Poetry.
By Jaasra 1. Mantagnc
Ii:mi inn the rr.orLK.
Let wtv ar-' sorrow annoy whom
they will
Mote ntfvri Cast you should b
cheerful.
Ths sky b nr ennui 4 as It bends
orr tits hill.
And ih cIol'Js sr sufficiently
trsrful.
If others have troubles, they'rs sot
your affair;
Contentment la stoat yea ars
af ler;
B brarty and bluff wlieo thy
vole their despair.
And answer conip,atniBf with
laughter.
Tour neighbor may loss all th
money fc has,
Ter such Is ihs tiaturs ef r hsncos
But bid him t mtrry and Into
how to jass.
And practice still mors modern
da nee.
Make lite for yourself Just as tr
s s you can ;
Don t plung Into grief for year
brot hrs.
You'll rind It will msk a sad c'.oom
ot a man
Who takes sa (ha worries af
others:
Remember that Joy la th thing tt
be sought
And i airnc Is Just what )oti
msk It.
Th rainbow of pleasur Is ly
caught
If a fellow will Just overtak It.
Preach happiness always let no.
body g:ofn!
If they try to b tearful, don't
let 'em!
Afflict ions will shadow their aa
turra nlth doom;
Th best thing to do is forget '"n!
Of course If real trouble should hsp-
pes to you.
You'll find It Is tough to b
breesy.
But don't l despondent or loss
cast or blu.
For keeping your cheat out Is
easy.
Remember lh turkey that spoke of
the loss
Of his head with no acctnt of sor
row. But thanked his kind fat for Ik
cranberry sauc
That would britihten bis caress
tomorrow !
Inald latorsnnllan.
After reading Mr. Ilohensollera
book It is even easier lo under,
stand why he lost lb war.
Ton Inslly.
rrohlblllon officers sllmala Ihst
it will take I i.ooo.oso to keep the
United States r"ry nest year. Around
the golf cour Inrker room few
people ar uiribing to th fund
Ksplaln.
llr, Bryan's long silenr t prob
ably due lo the fart that be Is writ
lng the ant l-evnlutlon plank for ths
next rlemorrstlr platform.
'rvitrht. irn hr f.ll s-l-e lee I
In Other Dy.
vttr Ago.
V'nm The Oresnpun. f IS 1ST?
rarls. Prince Napolon and
Princess i'lothllde, now bar, bsv
received not u-e lo leave Franca Th
princess replied tbst eh woul4 onlv
leave Krsnc between two fens d
armes.
Operations ar soon lo b com
menced on the upper I'olumbia rlvrr
In clearing out th channel bv Mr.
Montgomery, who was awarded th
contrart last Friday by Major
Kuberi.
The foot of Ktark street still pre
sents a chaotic antarstir due lo
the Improving of Die apprtiarh lo
ths ferry.
Fashlonnblo ladles ar now wear
ing hiirh combs from whb-h depends
a bit of laeo or a spray nf flowers
Th styla I somewhat ripanteh, but
very effective.
Twesty-I'he Tears Ago.
From Ths drexonua. rrt. IX. Ift7
Washington. Commodore lewev
hns been selected lo lak command
of the Asiatic station In pla" of
Commodore MNir. Ms la espected
to leav for China early In Decem
ber. Th "Henrt of Chicago" continue
to park Cordray's theater to th
doors. Th s-en peeially wher
the englna rushes on th stag and
the heroin Is snatc hed Just in lim
from under Its wheels. Is a nver
falling source of wonder and ad
miration. Paris. A German was arrested
yesterday at th camp of t'hstons,
and on being ararchefl. th authorl
ties found upon htm notes on tr-
organisation and mohmsstion of
French troops at th camp.
Guatemala Ths government
forces ar planning to mak a so.
prem effort lo rruh lb rebellion
here, fleneral Toledo Is roi!etm
troops and munitions.
nioarranh of timtmp Cartoonist.
NEwriKun. or. ",-t u To tf
Editor.) I'less publish a brief
biography nf Sidney Hrt.lth. the no
lltlcal manipulator who discovered
th famoua, or Is H Infamous. An.
draw Gump. F. II. KUNDKLU
P!dny Smith was bora I" Doom.
Ingtoa. III.. In 1177 and M edu
cated In th public schools: Is mar.
rled. H begsn as a cartoonist on
th Bloomlngton Sundsy Fy la
1K95, and was successively wl'h ha
InrllasspoHs X w . Innlanspoli
Press. Philadelphia Inquirer. Pitts
burg Post. Pittsburg Prs. Indisn
anolis fentlr.rl. Toledo Ns-ll-e.
Chicago Kxamlner lis has bee
with ths Chicago Tribune s i r ltl
H created "Old Doc Vah" as we'.l
aa "Th Gumps "
Sooday Itasehalt la Yarn.
POItTLAVP. " '' U 'To
priori Kinilr state sine
It has been permitted to p r tegu
lar league hnaebaii In N" 1 '
rliy or ts.?
A a former ."sew yoraer. i s'srsi
Iher would be no ritimlnv" ksme
during the world's series. H . wa-
disputed by friend, snd I -e that
be was right The friend nli lur.
ther that It b.'S never b-en p-o.
hlblted, whieh d!pute. H. I!
League. haeh;i has ben ple.
In New York cy on Sunday s'n-e
lU. It Is bow played In the up.
state clti-s. also.
The o'4 lw permi-tfd amateur
baseball where no am:tisr.- wss
charger!. The law has been rond"
to permit the rbsrglng cf atmlt
lane, which of rourre niks Sun.
day professional games posmble.
Satarallsaf Ion nf r:spnlrlates.
POIITLAND. (XI 12 (To lb
Kditor l--Ple publi-h th num
ber of American-born Canadian
who have again secured I'mird
Matea citixensiitp In lireaon
INul IKKIt.
Ther
subject.
ars no statistics on II.