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Bldtrell Co.. Eurovraa OBlcc Ne. TV.. Lmdoa. Kct-eat street PORTLAND. SCXDAY. APBH tl. MS- STATE BIGHTS It ZZLE. We shall watch with Interest for the final and definite aland of the Wilson Administration on the doctrine of state's rights now that it has been re vived in a rigid form by Governor Johnson and the California Legisla ture. In the early daya of the Japan ese controversy President Wilson very plainly, conceded the right of Cali fornia to adopt any land tenure laws she pleased. He has not definitely reversed his opinion but rather has urged California not to Insist on In voking that right In a manner that mill embarraa the Nation. The stand of the leading excluslon im in California is that denial to Japanese of the privilege of land holding is Incidental because of the general terms of the proposed law and is legitimate under our dual form of government. Mr. Wilson Is practically agreed -with the California excluslon ists In this particular. But digressing to railroad rates we find that a contention -very similar in regard to state's rights is combated by Attorney-General McReynolds of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet and that a de cision of the Inter-State Commerce Commission of the same tenor was written by Mr. Lane, who has since become Secretary of the Interior, by Mr. Wilson's appointment. The issue in the railroad rate cases Involves the power of Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission to remove discrimination caused by Intrastate railroad rates lower than in terstate rates which have been held to be reasonable. In other words. Mr. McReynolds and Mr. Lane, both of the President's advisory family, deny the authority of the state to enact legislation applying only within the state but which indirectly but never theless positively Interferes with the authority of the Federal Government. On the other hand the President con cedes to California power to enact a law distinctly Intrastate in Its appli cation but nevertheless a constructive denial of the superior authority of the Federal Government. It will be noted that the Adminis tration is not saying to Minnesota and Texas in the railroad rate controversy: "Tou can interfere with .interstate commerce but please don't, for the good of the country." The narrow view of state's rights has heretofore led to inconsistencies and grievous trouble. It is Just possible that if the President had not encouraged Cali fornia with an opinion that the state was within its authority in Its pro posed enactment, the significant trip of Mr. Bryan to the Coast would have been unnecessary. ovk crr-ovER um. The term "cut-over" i preferable to logged-off" in referring to lands from which timber has been removed, for the reason that the latter is likely to confuse the newcomer who would naturally suppose that land logged-off Is free from logs. This may be true in Isolated cases, where the standing timber has been uniformly good, where there were no windfalls or trees which had died from old age or other causes. But as a rule our cut over lands, that is. lands from which the merchantable timber has been cut, have upon them a very large number of old logs, aome of them perhaps fit for firewood, some that would do for posts, but most of them In a partial ctate of decay. Taking our cut-over lands in the vi cinity of Portland, there are on many acres several hundred tons of these Jogs, and In addition there are the tumps and on much land a heavy growth of brush and small trees raying nothing about a network of ferns that would tax man's ingenuity to penetrate without slashing. There Is no doubt that this portion of the country has been held back be caose we have thus, far found no eco nomical and expeditious way to clear these lands and bring them to a con dition ready for the plow. The unin formed, when he sees where a man has lived on a piece of land for a quarter of a century or longer and has only a small portion of it cleared. Is apt to think the owner is a ne'er-do-well. If the one so thinking would clear an acre or two he would find It the hardest work he ever undertook. He would probably come to the con clusion that the best way to clear such lands la to have one's grandfather be gin the work In his boyhood days. Many men have experimented In ways to cheapen this clearing, which now oftener costs in excess of 1 100 per acre than less, and we hail as benefactors all who have devoted time, energy or money to the solution of the problem. . The charplttlng method has accomplished much good, will accomplish more as the method Is better understood. The donkey en gine has been brought Into play with good results, and better results will follow, for some of our foremost stu dents of the subject, like Mr. F. B: Holbrook. are laboring Incessantly to get an engine that will do several times what the old ones did and at less cost. ' The powder manufacturers are Im proving their methods, the blow pipe manufacturers are achieving sue. cess, they assert, along their lines, and now here come two practical and skill, ful engineers and aver that by the use of electricity they will be able greatly to reduce the cost. These men, Walter H. Graves and H. G. Rich, are at work near Rainier. Mr. Holbrook's field of operations Is near Goble. only a fow miles from Rainier, and the best work of the charpitler has been done rear Chehalls. across the Columbia a few miles. So the workers are in close touch with each other, and it may be tho clearing of the fa lure will be done by some method worked out conjoint ly, using the best portions' of each system. The Oregonian has been for years much interested In furthering any method that would bring these lands there are several million acres in Western Washington and Western Oregon Into readier cultivation, and we look upon these men andall who join them or attempt other methods as public benefactors. A Bt'LL MOOSE EXCVSE. Your true Progressive Is a good deal of an Independent and he Is not very keen on partisanship In local affaire. He la dis posed to vote for the beat men Irrespective nf the label ther wear, and he carea very little wherher hi party put up a candi date or not. So the Progressive voto doea not appear a a distinct factor In the elec tion, but la likely to be merited with that of the other parties. The reactlonariea are welcome to all tha consolation they can net out of tha poor showing- made under the Progressive name In most of thla Spring' local election. California Outlook. If such be the attitude of the true Progressive, the party is misnamed. Partisan disarmament may be wise in some local affairs, but until It is ac complished by general agreement the neglect by one party to present its best men for office leaves an import ant issue In elections to be settled by a portion of the electorate. Uefore good men can be elected to office good men must be nominated. The Progressives cannot honestly par. ticipate in a Republican or Demo cratic convention or primary. So called Independence in this particular is therefore partial self-disenfranchise-ment. Selection of candidates is left to others and the choice among avail able men Is thereby narrowed. Still we do not believe that this kind of Independence accounts for the poor showing of the Progressive party In local elections. A somewhat extended observation of practical pol itics in the working has convinced us that failure to participate in party nominations Is generally due to con scious nessofpartyweakness. TIN APPAREL. ' Science has Just revealed another of her rare and mystifying secrets. It relates to silk. The silk our well-clad women wear Isn't all silk. It is main ly tin. Of course there Is some little of that rare product of the silkworm's labor in the fabric. But for that mat ter there also is some sugar in It. The dominating substance, however. Is tin; common, ordinary, unpreten tious, plebeian tin. The fact Isn't in the nature of a new discovery. It appears that manu facturers have been conversant with the secret for a long while and have kept it carefully guarded because of its value to them. But now that It is out the silk men admit It and ex press surprise that the knowledge didn't get out long ago. It Is strange, indeed, that our sus nioinn woren't aroused, for after all there is a similarity between the sound disturbances produced by tin rikntinnt anH those that come from the rustling silken folds of the fash ionably attired. This effect on xne auditory,organs Is not surprising when learn that the percentage of tin in silk runs as high as the sixty mark. The preponderance does not occur in the filmy fabric or ugnt weave, out in th heavier silks. Sugar Is used in stead to adulterate the lighter fabrics and cut down the cost to the manu- roturoi. Which is a surprising tning in itself when one regards the high cost of sugar. We should think the manufacturers would rtnd a nay io utilize salt. x mnt Interestintr sidelight on tne ingenuity of the silk manufacturers th etnnlrlltv of the rest of us Is afforded by the matter. We have been protecting tne hk men on me theory that competition at home niH hullii ii n the industry and cut the cost. It did. But the crafty man. ufacturers when they quotea suit at Increased the Quantity of tin. Had the trick proceeded to its limit doubtless our women eventu ally would have been (wearing tin n.ict. st silk nrlres and the hard- driven husband would be called upon to solder the dress up tne dbck, or apply the family can-opener, as oc casion might require THE FORESTRY SERVICE. Tha rhnrirea made against the Forestry Service by Daniel W. Adams, who had for five years been an ex inmtiprmiui in the department. simply bear out what has often been said by The. Oregonian. me service Is honeycombed with Incompetent men. at least In the field, and It is with these men that the public comes mostly in contact- Thus the service i nftln fmind in dlsrenute: but when. ever a newspaper or an individual at- tempts to tell the trutn aooui inese shortcomings the officials at once raise the cry that the v estern people wani the forest reserves turned over to tt, .versai states in which they are situated. As a matter of fact the number of people in those states who wish that or any change in the theo retical policy of the service Is mighty .matt Rut th number who wish changes, great changes in administra tion. Is very large, embracing prac ionHv nil who are well posted on the methods pursued by the service. Mr. Adams cites a specmc cae where it cost the Government at the . f 1700 to sell 1100 worth of timber. There is a case well known In Oregon iwhere the cost of selling stum page was Just about In that pro portion. The trouble in both instances was incompetency, brought about by the unwinding of red tape by theorists who knew nothing about tim ber, standing or in the shape of logs or lumber. In the Oregon case the mlllmen who bought the lumber ac complished with an expert lumberman and two assistants, at an expense of less than 1100, what it tooK tnree i mn to do for the Government at a cost of ten times as much. and the outcome was mat tne lorestry service spotted almost Identically the same trees as did the lumberman and his assistants. The people of the West somehow think that they know ' more about Western conditions than do the peo ple of the East. We of the West be v that n man who has worked for several years in a logging camp, even as an underling, knows more about timber than any youth -freshly gradu ated from Tale, Harvard or other university. As to the friction caused by use less and unwarranted dilator" tactics where a settler endeavors to take a homestead on agricultural land with in a reserve that is a story In it self. And really there Is where the principal trouble Is constantly brew lnr between the people of the West anri th forestrv service. The officials say the lands will soon be classified and all that is fit for settlement will then be thrown open for entry, inai is a promise. The Western . people hope it may come true, out none are optimistic enough to look for it in the near future DR. OSLUR'S .LATEST EPIGRAM. Dr. Osier is in deep water again, his predicament once more being the pro duct of his epigrammatic inclination. This time he does not touch on the gentle topic of chloroforming Individ uals at a certain stage of maturity, but aims his Parthian darts at prayer. "Ninety per cent of our fellow creature." iy he. when in trouble. Borrow or ickne trut to charm, incantation and to the saint. Many a hrlne ha more follower than Fanteur; many a aaint more believer than I.latrr. Mentally, the race I tl In leading string-." From many quarters this latest epigram is being denounced by the devout in bitter words. Cardinal Gib bons has announced that he would ask the learned doctor to detract. From many pulpits fiery denunciation has issued. The dignified and scholarly doctor finds himself alone, too, in fac ing the commotion, for it appears that those scientists and philosophers who agree with him remain strangely silent In the hour of trouble. But Just why the doctor should be pounced upon for his latest observa tion Is not clear. His epigram Is merely a matter of abstract observa tion and . proves nothing unless it proves that the doctors are inclined to be Jealous of the curative powers of the saints. Why shouldn't the idealists combat Dr. Osier with his own weapons? Why not reflect that the trust of our fellow mortals turns to the infinite very often when the doctors have done their best or worst and failed? Why not point out to the learned doctor that faith has performed present-day miracles in such cases? Why. not call his attention to the fact that thous ands of pilgrims have at shrines been marvelously cured of multitudinous ailments? The doctor would attribute it to the power of suggestion, of course, and call In his friend the neurologist to prove his point. But anyway such questions would throw him on the de fensive so far as his viewpoint Is con cerned, and the exchange of courte sies would be less unequal. THE . PRE-8rra-RAGETTE8. Moderns who enjoy the delicious thrills of horror' that one naturally ex periences while reading about the enormities of the suffragettes are dis posed to. plume themselves as if no hn'v sIm had ever been favored In the same way. But a little attention to history shows that we are not the only ronorntinn who have enioved suffra gette excitements. Our ancestors were blessed In much the same way. inougti the cause of the disturbance was some what different In form, it was Identi cal in substance. One remarkable Instance of what . mnv rnll nre-suffraaette outrages occurred in England in the year 1739. The celebrated Lady Mary Wortley Montague gives an account of it In one Ho., lottoru A blue-stocking her self and supposed to be rather, "ad vanced. Lady Mary was at nean a conservative and she properly ab horred her syndicalistic sisters who preferred direct action to prayers and tears. On a certain occasion the nromon hoil been forbidden to enter the gallery of the House of Lords. There was to be a debate on tne most fascinating subject in the world and it was deemed discreet to exclude them, partly for the sake of their mor als, partly to repress their too lively oi.rtrvairv On learnlne: of this dis crimination against their sex a num ber of aristocratic women oeterminea to rebel. Tha onncnirnrv ae-alnst law and or der included such personages as the Duchess or tjueensDerry, J-iay ei moreland and Lady Archibald Hamil ton. There were many others almost aa exalted whom we omit for want of space, though it would be a great sat isfaction to print their illustrious names. When the time came for the debate to begin these hign-Dorn dames besieged the door of the Lords' chamber. They tried to bribe the doorkeeper. They pounded on the adamantine portal with their delicate nut rttit It wa all In vain. Both the door and the Lords on the other side of It were obdurate, and It seemed for a while as if the ladies would be inglorlously defeated. But they stood their ground, knowing that the door must be opened berore long to aamu the Commons, who had been invited to hear the debate. When at last the portals turned on their sacred hinges the Duchess of Queensberry rushed in with her gal tont tmnn find seized uDon the front seats in the gallery. The unhappy Commons were compelled to grin their discontent from the back row. During the debate the ladles snowed tneir AnmtAmnt fnr law and order by deri sive snickers, which terribly embar rassed the orators. One of them. Lord Hervey. fairly lost his head and stuttered away into disgraceful si lence. This may have been the first, truly typical suffragette performance in Rntrlnnd but the spirit It manifested was as old as the nation. Up to the time of the Puritans women and men .ninvnH shout the same amenities in English life. The law made some se vere property distinctions Between them, and of course no women were on n "parliament, but in other par ticulars they had substantially the same privileges. England never has seen any reason why a woman should not be its sovereign. Ellzabetn was not only Queen, but she ruled with more than masculine rigor, lording it wr her courtiers with relentless tyr anny. In her day the Idea that woman's brain was not adapted to masculine . studies had never been thnneht of. Queen Elizabeth was a good Latin scholar, and her unfortu nate rival. Lady Jane Grey, Knew 11. Lord Bacon's mother was an excellent classical scholar. Women rtirf nnt attend men's colleges, but they studied the same books and acquired the same Intellectual ouiiook. ine world never produced a more sol dierly mind than that of Mary Queen of Scots, who was more man nan rmnnh hv hlood and temperament. and who practiced direct action as dill, gently as Mrs. Pankhurst. The age of t.iwnhth was particularly feminist all over Europe as far as rulers and peo ple of influence was concerned.- iae ciritsn mm of the sex had not yet penetrated the nations and the old Ideals of the cainonc unurcn sun pre vailed. That democratic and all-inclusive church made pretty nearly as much of women as of men irom very eariy times. To be sure, they were excluded from some ecclesiastical dignities, but they might become abbesses, saints and teachers. The anti-feminist spirit r th primitive Christian community was so quickly overcome that even in Constantine's time women were power. ful In churchly councils. t. Monica is hardly less famous than her' great son Augustine. St. Francis stands side by side with St. Claire in history. The dearest friends and earliest supporters of St. Ignatius Loyola were women. It is often mistakenly said that the as ceticism of the monks was aimed at women. It might as w-ell be said that the severities of the convents were aimed at men.' In both cases they were aimed at the common enemy; the devil, who "was as eager to capture a soul of one sex as of the other. With the Reformation a great change came over tire world's estimate of women. The Protestant nations, at least, were led back ' temporarily, to the views of Paul and Moses and women were forced down into the position- which Milton assigned them both in. "Para dise Lost" and in his household. It was a position . of - contemptible inferi ority. Milton :was shrewd enough to make Eve far more sensible than her silly husband, but she' Is always exhib ited as his cringing slave. THE rEXDLETOV ' ROCSD-l'F. The dates fixed for the Round-up this year are September 11, 12 and 13. While these dates conflict somewhat with those set for- fairs In Eastern Washington, the j Round-up officials have, they assert, done the best they could for all parties. . If this is true, and it seems to be, there should be no hard feelings engendered by the ac tions of the Pendleton people. . The Pendleton Round-up has grown in a r.w ehort vears to be the premier innrtinir event of- the year, and it grows better and better. Many won der how it Is that such is the case, but It is not difficult to understand when we consider, that it is not a money making show. It is, like the Rose Festival, run' for the benefit of the community. When the Round-up association was formed a few dozen of the leading citizens contributed J100 each to start the show, and it was a success. The donors gave not only their money but their time, and every dollar taken in was accounted for in prizes, legitimate expenses or betterments of the plant. Now they have splendid grounds, elab. orate grandstands and every needful accessory and all belong to the city. Therefore the inception and carry ing out of the plans were a work of civic pride. Such work usually pays, though not often so well as it has in Pendleton. Not all promoters are so successful in devising good shows. It Is now . not a question .with the officials as to whether the coming event will be a success it Is a ques tion of caring for the 20,000 or 30,000 people who will gather almost during a night to witness the events. That is the principal difficulty, but as they have succeeded so far in entertaining their guests reasonably well it is pret ty certain they will do as well or bet ter this Fall. THE PRACTICAL GREEKS. Of making books about Greece there is no end. and usually they are inter-otinn- .Tho -current number of the Independent reviews five new ones. Four of them are technical studies oi M.n. ont historv desiened perhaps for scholars but full of attraction for everybody who cares about tne sources of our civilization.. The fifth treats of "The Greek Genius," which in various modified forms Is the genius of the modern world. We do not care ' so much for pure beauty as the ancient Greeks did, but their philosophy, their disposition to peer into tne unm."-.. and traverse forbidden ground, their love of Action In literature and fact in practice are all as lively now as they were when Anaxagoras speculated on the size of the sun. The debt we owe to the Greeks Is simply Inestimable and our gratitude to them ought to be correspondingly lively. It would be far more active than it is if so many intelligent people had not been sick ened of Greece and all its works in their youth by being forced to study its language. The language of the Greeks retained the cumbersome machinery which had been brought down from savage inex perience and ' pedantry. Extremely beautiful and flexible, it was at the same time disastrously involved. It chooses laborious means to accomplish simple ends. Their tongue was easy for the Greeks' to learn because they tackled it in babyhood and kept at It all their lives, and had, besides, a lin guistic intelligence which moderns lack. But for us Greek Is virtually an Impossible language. Its structure. Involving a world of needless compli cations. Is foreign to the modern mood. We go to our ends directly, both in work and in speech. The Greeks were as direct as we are in everything but speech. There they lingered and meandered and dal lied. When we make our young peo ple approach the Greek genius by way of the language we forever spoil their taste for some of the brightest and best things In the history of the world. If the books of the Hellenes could al ways be read in English and their vex atious grammar swept out of the way entirely, our college boys and girls might study their civilization with vi vacious eagerness and there would be some hope of their learning to appre ciate Its gifts to us. With all their love of beauty the Greeks were an admirably practical people. Much as they loved art, they never accepted the "art for art's sake theory. All their pictures and statues, as well as their buildings, worked di rectly Into the routine of life. When they erected a temple there was a god to inhabit it and be worshiped there. The ornaments related always to the ritual of the deity or the civic routine of the city. The Panathenaic proces sion sculptured on the Parthenon frieze actually took place periodically and the figures might serve the practi. cal purpose of showing future genera, tlons how to arrange the march. So it was with everything they did. Xot a building was ever erected by the Athenians merely to be looked at. They would have ridiculed the idea of such follv, but they made everything they did well worth looking at- They did not know nearly so much about nature and her laws as we do, but they faced the world manfully. They never took the abject attitude of the Hin doos toward the universe. Hence they were not pessimists. The prevailing tone of Greek life was Joy because they felt well able to meet nature on her own terms and come out victori ous. As a matter of fact, they were victorious. They had a slcentlfic ag riculture which provided them with food. They understood navigation per fectly well and they could work metals skillfully. This was all their dally life required and they had scientific men who were pushing. Into the unknown as fast as new needs arose. - In politics and religion the Greeks were a great deal more practical than the moderns. As soon as a defect be came apparent in the government of Athens the people set about correcting It. .They seldom showed much regard for an institution because it was old. They, were ' more inclined to ask whether It was useful or not, and if it could not Justify Itself on that ground It was promptly altered. The consti tution of Athens was in constant growth. England resembles Greece in this particular more than any- other modern nation. Incessant change is an acknowledged part of the British system, and because it is always ex pected it comes without revolutionary violence. England was the first of the modern nations to put the Greek ref erendum In practice. An act of Par liament which is in dispute regularly goes to the people for decision, Just as It did at Athens. But it waa in their religion that the Hellenes showed their love of the practical most forcibly. They had no sacred books and for that reason were bound to no inflexible theories of di vine activity. Faith was as free to develop among them as politics. They were happy also In having several rival oracles which uttered conflicting re sponses so that-no ironclad belief in infallibility grew up among them. While they reverenced the gods, they were not overawed by the superhu man. In creating their divinities the Greeks used the same practical sense as in governing their cities. Zeus was very mighty, but there was a power above him to which he must bow when the time came. Mercury was a thief. Aphrodite was no better than she should have been. All. the divinities had their frailties and thus merged smoothly into the life of Imperfect man. The Greek trusted to his reason for guidance in daily affairs instead of looking to a theoretical code. The fact that his civilization flourished for more than a thousand years and pro duced works which have never been rivaled proves that his rule of life w-as not the worst in the world, though, of course, we may have a better one. CNION, OREGON, LIVESTOCK SHOW. ' Union County farmers and stockmen have prospered wonderfully of late years by growing and selling line stock, horses, cattle and sheep, prin cipally, but there are also breed ers of goats and Shetland ponies. Taking the county, as a whole and comparing the number of men en gaged in the livestock business with the number-in other counties, it Is safe to say that Union stands well at the head. If it Is not the actual leader In production of pure bred stock in Oregon. This ; success ' has been attained largely through the annual livestock shows held in the little city of Union, which events have come to be so notable that they lead all others of the kind now held In the state, and the attendance year by year steadily increases, while the sales made grow faster than the attendance. Thl. venr the show will be held on June 5, 6 and 7, and It will well re pay anyone at all interested in the development of Oregon to attend. Re momhor thin is not a sDorting event in any sense of the word. It is simply a meeting where the Dreeders oi Eastern Oregon, particularly of Union County, bring out their best stock and try to win a blue ribbon. There one will see as good stock as one can find at any show in the West. At the time this show Is to De neia the Grande Ronde Valley will be at its .very best, and surely It is one of the' beautv spots of Oregon during the rrowing season. So it will be well worth the time and expense of any progressive citizen to go to union at ih tirno, mentioned. He who does-so will return fully convinced that Ore gon Is producing a lot of mighty tine livestock. ImVia aaa rl fir Rrvce's farewell ad dress, while kindly and breathing good will, brings home to us the fact that . xatf,in i- nrA hie- rich, and in clined to be selfish, shortsighted, im provident, arrogant and provincial, while at the same time few of us sus pect these shortcomings. A Baltimore court rules that a rich resident of that place .must continue paying heavy alimony to his wife who has remarried. Thus he not only Is compelled to support his late wife, but also his successor. Saloonkeepers In a Wisconsin town have thrown their places open for nightly revival meetings. Are they trying to ruin their own business or do they find that business is stimu lated thereby? Local firemen have Invented a de vice that sounds the fire alarm, turns on tho llcht.x in the fire station and sets the fire autos ready to move. All that is lert for tne liremen js to put out the fire. ' Grog is driven from the Canal zone by order of the Secretary of War. Apparently he wishes to hold up his end with the Secretary of the Navy, who recently banished "port" from the Navy. London suffragists will court-martial one of their number for alleged treason-. If found guilty she should be sentenced to peel a potato and wash the dishes. . 1 The Governor-Generalship of the Philippines has Just been declined. It would seem that Jobs are being offered only to those who don't want them. Xow that he "has abandoned free treatment and charges, $20 per, pro fessional opposition to Dr. irieamann appears to have died out. a Mirnior Armv officer at the head of the old Third Regiment .will quickly reclaim that once-prouo commana from its plight. Even If food values aren't going flown, the rattle of lawnmowers here abouts remind us that there is a big cut in grass. v.n, Vn.lr snonrlo Si 000.000 A. VeflT nr. wimr vhlhitions. an athletic re port shows. How much on literature and art? Mao Garden says she hates photo graphers. Then why does she spend about four-fifths of her time with them? The International Shoe Company is accused of under-paying its girl work ers. Has the shoe corporation no soul? If tranaulllity can only be main tained until Mr. Bryan reaches Sacra mento tomorrow all will be well. -Rui'dina- activities and active in vestment confound the pessimists who Just can't kill Oregon prosperity. Rose Festival plans are beginning to creep Into. the headlines. PRKSS VIEWS ON JAB PROBLEM California Bill Condemned as Contrary to Constitution. - Eastern newspapers, almost without exception, condemn the California alien land ownership bill. Some hope that Secretary Bryan will bring California to reason. Nearly all declare the bill a violation of the Federal Constitution, and srjme look to the courts to amend it. Fear is expressed by some that the whole subject of naturalization of Japanese will be opened, and one the New York Globfj recommends that the whole matter be settled by means of a Federal law making Japanese eligible for citizenship. What California Muat I.esrn. Chicago Tribune. It is time for the people of that state (California) and for its press and its representatives In government to realize that California is a part of the United -States. That means not only rights and privileges. It means re sponsibilities. A community has no more moral right to ride rough shod over the interests of the whole Nation I than a single citizen nas. Discrimination Cntiaea Protest. New York Mai!. Any American state has the same ripht to exclude aliens Trom land ownership that Japan possesses and exercises. No foreign state can rea sonably object to the exercise of that rlfrht. , , But that is not what Japan Is doing. Her objection is to a discrmination against Japanese in the land owner ship laws of California. - ... No conclusion Is possible, except that the California law is. and Is Intended to be, a discrimination against Jap anese and Chinese. I.lmlt Japs to CHIaenshlp. New York Globe. What is the remedy? Not the coercion of California. Not the estab lishment of a precedent that seems In derogation of legitimate state rights. The remedy is to be sought at Wash ington and not at Sacramento. It is the Federal Government that writes tha naturalization laws. What Is needed, as was pointed out by President Roose velt in 190S, Is a lew specifically al lowing the naturalization of the Jap anese. Then California can pass the identical bill that Is pending and no excitement will be caused. President Wilson has an opportunity to take the lead in behalf of a measure of states manship that will remove a persistent cause of Irritation. RlKht of Cltlsenshlp Raised. New York Sun. As the Japanese, to avoid complica tions, have not insisted upon the right of all their citizens to enter the United States, there may be wonder that they should take exception to a proposed state law under which Japanese sub jects could own land for a year and lease It for five years, which would be sufficient for most purposes of trade; but the trouble Is that in trying to evade the treaty the California leg islators have brought out into the open the delicate question of the right of Japanese to become American citizens, which right the Japanese government claims, but has not asserted. Court Muat Decide Question. Brooklyn Eaglp. The California Legislature is prac tically proposing to nullify a plain pro vision of the Federal Constitution. We are convinced that the Wilson Administration will not fall in Its duty to command respect for Federal trea ties and the obligations they entail. Sir Bryan's message to Governor Johnson strengthens that conviction. If the government of Japan should consent to waive its rights under the treaty of 1911. well and good: but until it does so. state legislation which con flicts with that treaty, and. therefore, with the Constitution of the United t n nana the OTOCa! of the United States courts, to which it must ultimately te reierrca. Violation Will Be Prevented. Chleasro Record-Herald. Mobs are mobs everywhere, and no . i - , .. Amoriran will blame the Japanese government or the Intelligent elements oi me for the inflammatory anti-American throats of-war indulged In by cheap and ignorant demagogues. Is it being maue ciem , "T the United States Government, includ- ,.AI)rio IB nreDared and re solved to enforce every treaty right of the Japanese? It taiiiorni passes a bill Involving a vlolat on of . .wh aomethinir which no any lice ".j ,.e"- " " . . . . one ought to assume in advance trial violation can ana win ..- p. by proper proceedings. Is this fully understood in Japan? Treaty Must Control. New York Tribune. The truth is that the present asser tion of a state right in flat contraven tion of the Nation's treaty creates an utterly untenable situation. Three times now within a few years the prac tice has brought the country to the verge of strained relations with a friendly power. The time is certainly ripe for laying this recurring ghost of state rights once and for all. If "we are not to have repeated situations like the present one. the Nation's authority must be asserted with all the force of the Nation's power and the supremacy of the treaty power, as established In the Federal Constitution placed upon a basis that no state will have the hardi hood to question. The statute pending in the California Legislature is a plain violation of the treaty of 1911 with Japan. That treaty Is a clear and legitimate exercise of a National function. The treaty must control. A resort to the courts is the constitutional method of establishing hat supremacy.' Naturalisation Iaaue Mr Come. SprinKfleld Republican. The California legislation seems susceptible of a plausible legal defense because the racial discrimination it carries is based on the Federal nat uralization law, under which Japanese have never been permitted to secure naturalization in this country. And the power over naturalization is. abso lute with any government, except in sofar as it may be modified by treaty. The discrimination our Federal law makes against Japanese as well - as Chinese in regard to naturalization is a wound to their National pride, amd one of the unfortunate aspects of the California legislation is that it forces the Japanese government to take up i .A v. v. A T-nitAit states Gov- an iwu-. - - ernment which it has hitherto sought to ignore. The naturalization ques tion might give no trouble so long as Immigration were kept at a minimum; vet a state law aimed at the Japanese in land ownership may easily force to . - nn tuith Vi a inriirfl.11zation and the Immigration questions In their most dangerous torm. BrldRre bosses Lnd to society. Baltimore American. "How on earth did Mrs. Mlllyuns ever buy her way Into society? With her money?" "With that and tact." "Tact?" "Yes. She always lost at bridge." The Pnrt of Yon Thnfs Buried. Philadelphia Record. , OnnA mn ti T-rt riTTtlM Of havintf descended from their ancestors, and others boast of having risen aDove them. A Very Easy Husband. Detroit Free Press. t'T i.nn v htiahflTlil Ofl R V to ITpt nJOn&T .riiiit" "Ranif? Whv he doesn't even object to going to church suppers." Scraps aid Jingles Br "Leone Caaa IJner. OMEN adopt masculine attire, " suit, eh? Would you call splitting the kitty vivisection? See where there is an agitation on to play only classical music in dining places. Rose Bloch Bauer suggests Chopin for chop-houses. Just read announcement that a mem ber of nobility has written a novel called "A Bit of a Fool." The publish ers say it is not autobiographical. Doesn't seem that a safe robbery could be much of a risk, does it? The HnirdreiMter'a Kerenae. My gentleman fren has cut my eoul Clean to the quirk. He took another lady to a picture show. She makes me sick! I had a thought of murder in my head; Gee I was sore. To me he temporarily Is dead. Revenge! 1 roar. On Saturdays she comes into my shop For a shampoo. Also I give her a grand massage. Fix her nails, too. Then all my jealousy will outburst; My wrath will rise In one huge splash but listen, first, I'm wise. I'm wise! With sweetest smile and manner bland She will be greeted. And I'll strap her In with cunning hand Once she is seated. Then I'll begin with fiendish cara To rub off skin. And make four shades too red her hair, .And scrape her chin! Then In a fury uncontrolled I'll soap her eyes And splash her with water icy cold. (She's half my sltte). Next the vibrator I'll use. of coursa T'wlll shriek my hate 2 2 I As I chase it with resistless forca O'er face and pate. With ghastly glee her nails I'll trim. Oh I've it planned So that for weeks she cannot scratch With either hand; And while she writes and squirms I'll speak up smart And ask her what's her reason for Breaking my heart. Resistance will be quite In vain I've got her beat. She'll have to swear to give you up. Revenge is sweet! Only dead men are above reproach. Or beyond reproaches. The tipping system can never be en tirely abolished as long as billiardlsts tip their cues. "Can you eat nuts?" asked "little Kate With a amile like dawn. "No." her grandma dear replied, "All my teeth are gone." Then," responded little Kate, With a cherub's smile, "I will leave all mine with you While I go play a while." A Portland Mrs. Malaprop says she always thought Shakespeare was a butcher gentleman because she remem bers hearing her grandfather say he bought Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare. A landlady exclaimed In dismay. 'So the star boarder's been taken away By Uncle Sam's Navy. i, But I tell you by gravy. m With star boarders it cannot get gay. Woman wrote to ask me what sec tion of Ioway I came from? I think It was the comic section. When I Tead a headline like this: "Miss M. JL'tten Stue says she prefers a career to babies," I always find one glance at the picture accompanying It is self explanatory. .. Sunshine, Storm. - Can't keep Warm. Flannels Off. Sneeze, Cough. Sun's Rays Almost Pheaze. Derned Hot. Fever Got Muggy, Mean. Grass Green. Little Cheer Windy Drear. Flowers Sprout Lambkins Out, Love Buds. Poetry Floods. Birds Sing. Onions Spring. Month so Bum APRIL'S Come. TTn-iiniHhlv I read. "Deaf mutes wed." Now, that Is what I call a quiet wedding. EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDRE.V. More Than One Method Should be lcd. Says Deaf Man. PORTLAND, April 24. (To the Edi tor.) In her article in The Ore gonian April 21, concerning the edu cation of deaf children, Mrs. C. A. Ward, in my opinion, displays so little knowledge about the subject that I ara Impelled to answer. In most educa tional institutions for the deaf today there is more than' one method em ployed, but Mrs. Ward and associates would employ only a single method, which Is the pure oral, and which ap peals so strongly to the vanity and selfishness of parents, relatives and friends of deaf children, although the results are discouraging. I am deaf, so is my wife. We have been edu cated both orally and manually and have seen hundreds of children edu cated likewise. When the greatest good to the greatest number is considered a combination of methods accomplished what no single method alone could do. Mrs. Ward asserts she and her asso ciates studied the question before de ciding to follow their present course. It's evident they did and the bulk of the literature and Influence that dom inated this undertaking came from peo ple who advocated the use of the pure oral method. These people piay mruusi) on parental love and pride when in justice to the children as a whole and their future welfare the truth should be told. In quoting statistics favoring speech teaching, Mrs. Ward does not gain any thing. Speech teaching Is included in the combined system, which is a union of all methods that are found to aid In the education of all deaf children. But the use of speech teaching alone as practiced at the local school is not modern, because it is a single method and fails to reach all deaf children. The superintendents of our state schools for the deaf can give some illuminating de tails on that point. That the tendency of the age is to bring school and home closer together Is well known but I doubt that in bringing this about there is a willingness to impair or sacrifice the amount of the education given the youth of our land today. Of all chil dren, the deaf need all the education they can get. W. F. SCHNEIDER.