THE ' SUtfDAY OREGONIATT, 'PORTLAND.' SEPTEMBER 14, 1919.
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BEPCBIJC.AX DOUBTS.
The Eugene Guard Is authority for
the statement that a petition ad
dressed to Senator McNary, and
couched in the following; language, is
being circulated In Lane county:
We. the nndersigned resident of Lane
eounty. Oregon, and republicans of many
years standing, take this means or ac
aualntlnc you with our sentiments regard-
tng the peace treaty and the league of na
tions. While In sympathy with the general ab
ject of both these Instruments, we think
tail ootn as now orawn are Bouwu.ut.
and we think the manner employed by the
president In negotiating them and in try
ing to force them upon the senate Is still
more objectionable. We therefore express
the wish that they shall not be approved by
tha senate except with such reservations.
chances and explanations as shall bring
them more In line with the fundamental
ideas of American democracy and freedom.
The Guard makes the charge that
certain republicans are "trying to
place United States Senator McNary
in a tight place": but we should rather
say that the resolution expresses the
uneasy and doubtful sentiment of
many republicans toward the league
f nations, in its proposed form. They
are not satisfied with the present draft
but when they are asked what is to be
done, they are not able to do more
than offer the generalization "for such
reservations, changes and explanations
as will bring them- (the treaty and
the covenant) "more in line with the
fundamental ideas of American de
mocracy and freedom." That is just
what every American wants a league
of nations in accord with fundamental
American ideas and ideals. It la the
aspiration of America to give the
world the benefit of all it has wrought
and learned in a hundred and forty
years of experience In free govern
ment: but it is also the thought and
conviction of America that in giving
all it can give to other nations it
should lose nothing for itself. In this
dilemma, there Is anxious searching of
hearts and minds to ascertain Amer
ica's duty, and to know the conse
quences to the nation and to the citi
zens of the great experiment of the
league.
It may be taken for granted that
these Lane county republicans are
Quite sincere when they say that "they
are In sympathy with the general ob
ject of the treaty and the covenant.
In the early stages of the agitation for
the league, the hard-and-fast support- j
era of the document President Wilson
brought back from Paris charged with
great ardor that all doubters, critics
and reservationists were enemies of
the league of nations. Perhaps they
believed it. Certainly the country.
which was overwhelmingly for A
league, watched the growing opposl
tion in the senate with apprehension
and suspicion, and was inclined to
classity in one obstructive group all
senators who were not in accord with
THE league, in all its details. The
American public saw, or at least be
sieved, that in the Paris covenant a
very great advance had been made to
ward an understanding among the
nations, to keep the world's peace;
and peace was and is the greatest of
all desideratums. Why should not a
trial be made for a league? If it
failed, the world would be none the
worse for the effort; if it succeeded,
new and brighter day for all peoples
would have dawned, and remote gen
erations would call America blessed.
Unquestionably the proposed plan
Aas serious defects. The storm centet
of objection Is the crucial section X,
which would require the members ot
the league to "respect and preserve as
against external aggression the terri
torial integrity and existing political
Independence of all members of the
league." The converse of this sweep
ing proposal is, of course, that the
members of the league will not respect
"against external aggression" physi
cal attack by .one league member
against another the "territorial in
tegrity and political independence" of
all the others. If that is to be the
rule, the league, of course, will not
last over night.
President Wilson challenged the
critics and opponents of THE league,
the other day, to write a better cove
nant. It is a valid retort. Many have
tried to offer amendments or changes
both in substance and in textual
phraseology, and so far the results are
not satisfactory. The majority of the
senate foreign relations committee has
furnished a document proposing some
forty-five changes and four outright
amendments, being the sum total of
the objections made by forthright op
ponents and "strong" reservationists.
It is quite clear that If all shall be
adopted, only the shell of the covenant
will be left. Doubtless that is the in
tention. A second group, in the sen
ate, proposes certain moderate reser
vations, which shall be In harmony
with the text and spirit of the treaty,
and which are designed mainly to de
fine and limit the extent of America's
obligations within the league.
It has become plain that the so
called moderate reservationists are not
moved by a deadly design to wreck the
league, but that they are acting In
response to genuine questionings as to
the scope and meaning of certain sec
tions and to a real desire- to have a
practicable league, and at the same
time to reserve to America the clear
right to determine for Itself what It
shall do in all mattrs which belong
peculiarly to America. The country,
we believe, is now in accord with this
purpose. It Is the moving Impulse
with the majority of republican sena
tors, despite the drastic pronounce
ments of the foreign relations com
mittee, and it has made an appeal to
the democratic senators so strong and
compelling that - they give -obvious
signs of placing themselves in accord I tion to belittle the merits of Portland
with the moderate republicans. I as a site for a naval station. Given a
The republicans of Lane county and I safe channel and a good basin, these
of other counties of Oregon, who have are considerable. A navy yard and 'a
permitted themselves to worry about fleet would be secure from attack by
Senator McNarys attitude, are to find, sea and more secure from attack by
In all probability, that he has aided In 1 air at Portland than near the mouth
the solution of a perplexing and diffi-1 of the Columbia. They would be at
cult problem of Americanism, of na- a good source of supplies, whence rail
tlonal duty and international obliga- roads radiate in all directions through
tion. They would have the treaty rat- a rich country. For the purpose of
ified. It may be supposed; and so co-operation with the army, they
would he; and he Intends, as others would be just across the river from
who are acting with him intend, if I Vancouver and within a short dls
they can. to devise a plan of ratiflca- tance of Camp Lewis. When it was
tion with reservations which will save I conclusively proved that big warships
the covenant to America and to the I could go In and out of Portland with-
world. They will resist, as they out difficulty, all hesitation on the
should resist, the scheme of Senator part of naval navigating officers would
Johnson and Senator Borah to wreck disappear.
the league, or any league. I -When this point was gained, the
If Johnson and Borah are to sue- I old myth that ships cannot come up
ceed. It may be well for the Lane the Columbia would - disappear. It
county republicans and all repub- would not be able to survive their
licans to consider what will then be- actual coming and going. Merchant
come of the republican party? And, ships of the greatest draft would be
far more important, what will become sent here, their owners knowing that
of the world and its peace? where a dreadnought can go, any ship
can go. . New shipyards, machine
shops, dry docks, marine supply stores
PACIFIST TURXS MILITARIST.
would be attracted by the navy yard
Some men propose that all men of and bv- tha crowine merchant shin
military age who are physically and pin- The COst of the imnrovemenL
mentally fit snail be trained lor mui-gTeat. as It may appear, would be
tary service. They have been con- siieht bv comDarison with the accru
aemnea as militarises, . wno wouia i Dg benefits. '
piace on . tne nation me Duraen oi a
rrpat army
Onnnvrl to them Tiava hwn tha men llL"--
who want a smaU standing armv and Ane Iew nerenaers or tne practice oi
an untrained eitlienahin. on the theory tipping and they are the benefl
that in case of invasion, a million men claries 0f the system, of course will
would spring to arms at sunrise. They Profit bv reading of the extremes to
rather glory In the name "pacifist." which it has been carried in England
Kerrplarv Raker, on of tha chief - "Jnaon aispatcn says mat
nacifista. now nronoses a reeular armv wneu iooa rationing was aDanaonea
of more than half a million men, and recently, while as a matter of fact
the training of all fit men of 18 or 19 tner0 was stiu an Insufficient supply
for three months. of food in the country, "the discon-
General Wood, who has been called certing namt or tipping grocery dents
a leader of the militarists, proposes a ana outcners assistants ana noor
regular army Of 225.000 to 350,000 warnera too control. oq wiueBured.u
men and training of all citizens for six dld the Practice become, indeed, that
months, with enough reserve officers housewives generally welcomed res-
to command them In time, of war. toration oi rationing Dy tne govern
Under the Baker nlan tha men ment. says a nousewiie WHO IS quoted
would be half trained and would not 111 1 e " olsP"cn'
have enough officers to mold them remember one night rushing to my fav
. . . , i-orlte store to get some extra food for unex-
uw wu t.i j. auu bvot m iai s l nected guests. The meat deDartment was
standing army would far exceed that already closed, so I slipped along to the fish
of the additional training and the re- JJd . V. SSI ov.Vfh.r.'
serve Officers proposed by General the shelf." I protested. Imploringly. "Ah,
Wood. madam, those are some I have put aside for
Who now is the militarist Baker encouragingly. And like a flash I suddenly
with his 600,000 regulars and half knew how I might become a special custo--,,,
vxrj ... - . mer. I slid a half crown into his scaly
trained citizens, or Wood with his, at pim and l got those filets. Might good
most, sdo.ooo regulars and well I they were. too.
trained citizens? The world Is topsy- So the housewife Just fell into line.
turvy, and it Is only fitting that the Such is the Insidious influence of a
pacifist should right about face and I bad practice. One will not put too
champion the policy which he recently fine a point on it and say that she
condemned as militarist. should have stood on her rights. The
Let us hope that the outcome will I demands of hosnitality are Dressing
be an end to the practice of sticking land "half a crown Isn't much and it
opprobrious labels on each other and does splendid work for its size," in
an agreement on a military policy deed. Yet the whole business is un-
whlch will equip this nation to defend satisfactory, because "you never know
Itself and to do its share of the world's I Just where you are when you live on c
work or keeping the peace. tipping basis.'
We have tried to remedy that by
ANSWERED I adopting a tipping scale it is u per
PORTLAND. Sent. 12. iTo the Editor. cent of the amount of the bill, the
Will The Oregonian discuss editorially the wise ones say but this doesn't work
provision oi ins proposea covenant giving i- ...,. nrnctirn Tha .n.nrp of tha
Great Britain and her colonies six votes to m actual practice, ine essence or tne
one for the United States In the council? tip IS Its procurement OI special la
i h k V aIi? creditor i vors; obviously if everyone were to
houid not hesitate to refnrm the present I Pay 10 per cent and no more, no spe-
treaty? WM. B. FREER. cial distinction would be implied. So
The following is from section IV of come the extra tip and the super-tip.
the League covenant: I and the only reward ninety-nine times
"The council shall consist of re pre- out of a hundred Is the dubious satls-
sentatives of the United States of I faction of impressing our guests, or
America, of the British Empire, of I ourselves, with the idea, that we are
France, of Italy, and of Japan, to-1 getting something a little better than
gether with representatives of four I the regular, but non-tipping, cus-
otner members of the league. . . .1 tomers of the place.
At meetings of the conncil, each mem- I If we tip waiters and barbers, who
ber of the league represented on the I are already paid by their employers,
council shall have one vote, and may for service which ought to be included
not nave more than one representa- I in the bill, we are cwlndling ourselves;
tive. I if we tip In the hope of getting some
The other four members of the thing not included in the price plainly
league are Brazil, Spain, Greece and I marked on the schedule, we are cheat
Belgium. ing the proprietor. It is either foolish
The British Empire will have but and unthrifty, or it is dishonest.
one vote in the council, if we under-1 There are laws in some states
stand the English language. I against the tipping of merchants' em-
Doubtless this correspondent, aslployes. They do not extend in actual
have many others, confuses the coun- practice to gratuities presumed to be
cil with the assembly, another league given voluntarily out of the goodness
body, which does not arbitrate crucial of the giver's heart. Yet there is not
international issues except upon unan- much difference between the many
imous request or the council, and then I varieties of tips. When one tips a
its decisions to be effective must also I government employe he becomes
be unanimous. I guilty of the high crime of bribery.
If in the second question submitted That Is why English housewives are
the assumption is intended that might glad that rationing has been restored.
makes right, it presents a doctrine to I They have had a glimpse of the ex
destroy which we went to war. I treme to which the business is likely
If the implication is intended that logically to lead.
because of financial embarrassment of
that no man is so high as to be above
the law, no class so powerful that it
can afford to disregard it. As Justice
Miller said, in one of a series of lec
tures on the constitution posthumously
published:
While other peoples, equally cultivated,
have paid their devotion to the man in
power, as representative of the law which
he enforces, the English people, and we,
their descendants, have venerated tbe law
Itself, looking past Its administrators, and
giving our allegiance and our obedience to
the principles which govern organised
society. It has been said, that a dosen Eng
lishmen or Americans, thrown on an un
inhabited Island, would at once proceed to 1 ,,. critical mind
adopt a code of laws for their government mougn a critical, mma
and elect the officers who were to enforce
them. And certainly this proposition is
borne out by the early history of our
emigrants to California, where every mining
camp organised Into a political body, and
some of the checks and balances of months are allowed, or mediation by
maturity. Perhaps when we say that tne league wun tne same aeiay, n
we are trying to preserve youth, we both arbitration and mediation fall
do not mean tireciselv that. We are after publication of the whole case.
simply trying to keep ourselves from three months further delay before war
growing older. , There is nothing finer may begin. Article 10 is designed for
than a middle age that is not too the case of a nation which violates its
crystallized. The open mind, the pas- obligation to adopt these means or
sion for innovation that exists in which begins a war of aggression
youth. temDered by the ripe expert- without resort to any of them, and It
ence and the calm Judgment of adult- leaves the way open for milder meas
hood make an ideal combination, the ures than war. In case of war the na
pleasures of which can be indefinitely tions near at hand would supply forces
prolonged by preserving an open, for the league, and other nations
would oniy lurnisn nnanciai ana ma
terial aid and boycott the offender
ITnrfpr thn.QA nrnvisirtns tha chances
SLACKERS. 'I ty.at .- TTnll.l nAitlil liiv, r
Not ail criminals evaaea tneir auty . . Brmy to th. T?ikan n an
Dollticai Doay. ana I . . , M i I
made laws for its own government which - remote as not to be worth considering.
were so rood that congress adopted them Under the draft, but those who did SO n.,,ti... . , .,. -
br'statau h0U"1 b" Ttlei or moditid will find that the authorities have a I es8 tQ declare war oV a Doycott may
The articles of confederation under "Tnusnected of white slavery In .LeI "I,"? .ln.ey vf .!
which we labored prior to the const!- QregoQ wiu hav hi3 record lnVesti- w'eAVough to exclude mesiic af
tutlon were manifestly weak. They tffd , that resDect. . New England I!!" . "5 1" e ."T.
conferred on congress no power to ;rocurer the oth day escapea; the XdTliTZl K
ltoTnVZnl&?ZZ bY a tecnlca but ,Urned same' rule must' apply to I!l and that
for reduction of the debt wnicn was a ovfi . another court when it was j.
common obligation of honor upon all found that he had tried to evade 8e. any nation to evade an
nf tho Ktatos- thy narmltted mnrress ... . j ivj I not t0 Permit any nation to evaae an
7ZLZrZi ;v mP tell. WM uu" agreement to arbitrate justiciable dis
w wv,- t - o i i or tne ia.Li.er ci mie. i n i . j ia t
force collection; they provided for no It mav b(s well to continue the pains Ys
authority to regulate foreign com- and penaItles of s,ackerism for a time, rfne as an Am can Policy but
onurrCcredUUatffow"DbWeOurei"feers ' " "V? PPOrtUn"y t0 to deflnitf"' Is
our credit at low ebb. Our leaders study the reiation between avoidance occasion to do anvthln about
early foresaw the confusion into which of duty to soclety ,n one form and re- shantung Accept hold Japan to lte
the extreme principle of local rights fusal to conform to its rules and regu- f?4"" ?,T
was leading us. Tne constitution latinns In other wavs. Not all crimes , t .7 .
k...i ... nn.at,a tnr (ii, firmt time . . . . 7 , ,,11" iterating nina irora tne entire
"Dd. Si li"i "e marked by cowardice and we shall letwork of 5forelffn concesslons. The
itself Four wars which we T have n0t CXPtV " , f , v right to withdraw is conceded,
i "r,fW"8. men nd,bu?r7'n :h! SJr.C!.r It the senate keeps within the lit
rhrnIi,V wifw it ft warrants ;? "-nae" 86alD" "la, yu"u its of reason in adopting reservations,
themselves Justified it. It warrants tn. nfnseless such as in the cases ... !,,...,
th. varrllct that Ir 1 tha most elastic 1." mere snouia oe no ainicuiiy in secur-
, uuea
and yet the most rigidly controlling I
ing the assent of other nations. Then
U, ... -M A.t 111. !. "S .WOC... "1
Hm-t ssse.lv.li to ri.fin th L ? tf "" ,V, ".rii" - responsiDUity tor unreasonaDie aeiay
HrttT f ; . n rh l : rZZ PUr"y 1U making the treaty effective will rest
rights of men. Through interpreta.
tion and by amendment it has per
mitted us to develop with our times, to
entertain hopefully the highest as
pirations, and to look forward with
many other ways.
with Mr. Wilson.
other signatories of treaty dispropro-
tlonate financial obligations must be
Imposed upon the United States, the
answer is that the allies fought in a
common cause. Whatever condition
approaching insolvency was incurred
by them was Incurred for our benefit
as well as theirs.
But the premise that the other na
tions are bankrupt is Incorrect.
coxsTrrrTioN day.
It would be well for us If Constitu
tion day, which falls on September 17,
were more generally observed through
out the country, if only by devoting
a short time on that day each year to
reading that historic document. It
would mean something to us to ac
qaint ourselves with the purposes of
the men who framed a compact so
strong as to win from Mr. Gladstone
MAKE ROOM FOR WARSHIPS. the Indorsement: "As the British con-
Coming of half the navy to the Pa- stitution is the most subtle organism
cific coast to be stationed permanent- which has proceeded from progressive
ly in the Pacific ocean directs atten- history, so the American constitution
tion once more to the need of ample is the most wonderful work ever
harbor room and of broad, deep chan-1 struck off at a given time by the brain
nels by which they may be reached, and purpose of man." And Chancel
A fleet of such magnitude needs more lor Kent,' a commentator upon our
first class yards than the two at Mare I laws whose authority is recognized
Island and Bremerton, and it needs I wherever law and order are reversed,
harbors for the biggest dreadnoughts was moved to say: "The government
at more frequent intervals along the I of. the United States was created by
coast. In the long stretch between the free voice and joint will of the
Cape Flattery and the Golden Gate, people of America for their common
the most attractive site for a naval defense and general welfare. Its pow-
base and the best deep-water harbor ers apply to those great interests
Is the Columbia river. It has the ad- which relate to this country in its na.
vantage over Puget sound of being tional capacity, and which depend for
commanded on both shores by Amer-1 their capacity and protection on the
lean territory. I consolidation of the union. It is
The naval officers who visited Port- I clothed with the principal attributes
land were impressed with the possibil-1 of sovereignty, and it is justly deemed
ities of the port, both as a naval base the guardian of our best rights, the
and as a place for warships to lie in, I source of our highest civil duties and
but the fact that only a cruiser and a I the sure means of our national great-
squadron of destroyers came herelness."
proves that much remains to be done The wisdom of the founders of our
in order to meet the navy's require-1 republic is more deeply impressed
ments. The channel up the Columbia' upon us as we study the work they
THE SENATE COMING TOGETHER. i Now there Is a movement on foot to
While President Wilson stumps the teach women how to buy food. It will
confidence to fulfillment of our des- I country for the treaty without amend-1 be able to find plenty of instructors
tlnv It Is not. and cannot become, as ment or reservation, members or flis I if it will draw only on the older gen
the pessimists would .have us believe, own party in the senate are steadily erations. Less than twenty-five years
obsolete. It contains within itself all drawing together with the main body ago it was regarded as a fine art to
the elements necessary for the .peace- of republican senators for the purpose be able to buy discriminatingly and
ful and orderly, expansion which is of reaching an agreement on reserva- bargain shrewdly. Thirty years ago
the ambition of the Anglo-Saxon peo- tions wmcn win win tne necessary i the telephone was not in common
Dies two-tnirds ror ratification, mat is tne i household use. universal iree ae
We shall enter into no argument as outstanaing ana noperui ieature oi tne uvery is tne product or tne past iew
to whether September 17, 1787, the situation in regard to the treaty. If we years. These two facts made for wiser
rlat. on which tha convention adonted go behind tne tumult or controversy buying than is now the rule. The
the constitution and adlourned sine and seek for the real opinions of sen- I woman who took her basket to mar-
die, or the first Wednesday In March, I ators, we shall find that a few are for ket and saw everything that was put
1789, when it was formally declared acceptance of the treaty as it stands, into it not only obtained a kind of
in effect, was the true "Constitution that another few are for outright re- liberal education, but was able to in
day." For that matter, it will do us jection and that the rest probably sist on getting her money's worth, and
no harm to have more than one Con- far more than two-tntros or tne perhaps tradesmen valued ner cus
stitution day If only that we may whole number are for ratification torn more highly after having met her
read once more the preamble, which with- reservations and disagree only face to face. We are reminded that
runs: ' as to the length to which reservations the word "lady" comes from a root
We. the people of the United States. In should go. signifying "loaf and suggesting cer-
order to form a more perfect union, estab- That situation tends toward a com- tain obligations to look after the iam-
ilsh Justice, insure domestic tranquillity, pro- promise which will unite the over- ily larder. We can conceive no more
;LrSrw$rr. whelming majority in favor of ratifi- "ladylike" occupation In a time like
liberty to ourselves and eur posterity, do cation with reservations and will leave the present than buying cannily and
ordain and establish this Constitution for the last ditch fighters at each extreme (with the Nadded political power of
the United States of America.
The aims of the framers of the con-
lmpotently crying out In the wilder- women) throwing the weight of her
ness. Among republicans we have the I influence against profiteering or cheat-
A RECTPK FOR STAYING YOCNO.
Professor Weatherly of Indiana uni
versity offers us, in the' course of an quarrels
article on "The Dynamic. : of Youth,"
stitution thus expressed are the alms mild reServationists and the strong res- ing in any other form
au men wnose opinions are worm ervationists, and between them are the
J"""'" ? democrats who are ready to com- Diamonds Are going up, yet there
. fv v f nsider occasionally promtse on reserVatlons in order to neatly in demand. So the delegates
whether any better way can be de- mit the treaty throueh. Rphinrt them I . . ,fi , Ami.
V,lSti , fCh,lf?,AhS J P.U,PSS" "tt are th0 eat mass of the People, never was a time when they were so
w.w . -"- strongly in ravor or tne league a can National Jewelers' association
ItSeil. .qfrnn? l.ail. hut H.sirmiR that I a i j n... .. i ; l. ... v, rtm
" ""a " I wCi; IUIU. 1IIVC Ulin.l V. 11 1
American interests be not sacrificed modities. respond to the law of sup-
and that the United States be not un- Div and demand. People who cannot
necessarily compromised in old-world De persuaded that thrift is,, worth
wining to . neip dui not to i while put their money into jewels
meaaie continually. Above an tney rather than Into the savings banks,
printed in the Indiana University cftMri.ri th.v r w.nrv of th. nn. ...?. i- ,n
. ... . . ..ni,u ' J j I more lliaioueiil, pcupio om ju &i;i.vti6
?"?.r tn ' ,1 mSt -emly controversy between president them. We do not suppose there is any
ll" T,. -rl ana senate, ana tney reel that it causes Drice at which the diamond will pass
m.r.fy in fceenln a sharr, outlookTo, th5 United StateS t0 CUt a by n means out of consumption, as an economist
merely in keeping a sharp outlook for L.o.hi. ,. . ti ,, ,' , w
?"TsZ"?Je7J will turn to surrogates and
..-u ,.. I - S steaay pressure upon tne senate to substitutes for prunes and pork sau
WII.U Uliu, mus iiviiis uvu djam I . enmnromis. to rllsnos. of th. , j j v.... .v,
nrnrv a iroilth that can rotnrn no ' " . - - M6u uu vvwea,
.. ri i. . .i k treaty and to make way ror tne urgent more expensive certain luxuries be
uiuic. it. i a -"b" "-bv " "" hin nc nf til , naHnn .1. - . i iu. J X
h.Hn t Kllo t, t th la nothlno. . .. come llie BIMlcr ID "'o
" " v v "v wiaaa0 i at f W 1 1 rtf rnnpAnpd a f tne WhttA I t tit- a u,, v.
quite so good as the old things old House conference tho senators thought however, that no national
ZZEAMnnXnrfZnL tho controverted articles of the calamity will ensue if the day ever
early days, the customs of half a ..... nH.r.i h, it . .1 . ,1.
r.t. R w.lnhln .E1M I " J tOmca W1ICU IIICIC .1 I. UUV U10.uiU.iUO
.v.. ' ..I , . . . thors to mean what the proposed res- enough for all who crave them
r " " V . , ervatlons or the Mclsary group would
7W hJ which th hnnhnn of h. construe them to mean. He was will- The county fairs in Oregon were up
mlnH.Hn. i. :win to .t.r iDS . "terpretations be adopted to date and made ampIe provision for
W would not of course, deny th T"."": - Llle pa.rB.llle ui inmc. suiumuwi
. .i , , . . i i i " . i ana it may De oniy a iitiie wuno uc
havsi eniovorl thm all thoir llv Riit " . IOre nangara are also incmueu m tne
JTtMnl HiS .r.eaSOn. was .at he .nervations equipment of every well-appointed
finished." as the model of Its kind and woma "quire ratmcation oy tne otner agricultural exhibition
rinisned, as tne model or its kind, and ftnri that this wnniri involve .
to accept anything as Incapable of serious deiay, but when Senator Knox
With the Poets.
THE HARVEST FRIENDSHIP.
What is this elemental feeling In my
breast
That gives onstintingly to one I
prise?
Because I know the heart of each re
quest Must hold responsively and wise.
Of all that we call forth from him to us.
In fair exchange for what we freely
lend.
We give because we know it's only
just
To give in kind so we may call him
friend.
A fair exchange robs no man ef his
worth.
So why should we withhold our
wealth
Of understanding. Interest In his mirth.
Or sadness, problems, or his health?
Should one be niggardly or slow to act
Because the measure of his present
state of life?
Is It not better to accept the fact
That he will eome day see you
through your strife?
Thus do we richly store up future debt
With friend or loved one who is true.
His problems must just now be met;
The interest some day may apply to
you.
Consider not the obligation he may
owe;
Think not In figures or of money
gain.
Friendship is harvest of the seeds you
sow.
The ripest, fullest gleaning of the
grain. VAN DCSEN.
WAGES.
When I started tn on my long day's
work
The heat of the sun made me wish ta
shirk.
There was none to see how the task
was done.
None required that the wage be won.
So I slighted portions with cunning art
And did what I must with grudging
heart ;
Self-pity filled me with discontent,
Such drudgery, surely, for others was
meant.
And so as I worker I closed my eyes
To sights and sounds that would make
them rise.
I kept my eyes away from the trees
Forever singing in the breere;
I dared not look at a cloud above
Lest it should teach me a broader love
Than mine, which wished to serve but
my own,
While the cloud to each place of need
Is blown.
The bird flew by but stopped its flight
To thank the sun for the day so bright:
Tall church spires pointed to the skies
With warning fingers, I saw them rise
But kept ;r.y spirit Lelow in the dust
Fearing lest I should lose my crust.
At last came the hour the work to
gauge.
To give in my time and receive my
wage;
I flew to the Master to tret my nay
And found I had worked for myself
all day.
RAYMOND E. BAKER.
Coquille, Or.
improvement Is to abandon the in
surgent attitude which belongs to
Between now and next SDrincr there
pointed out that this could be accom- wiu De plenty of time to think over
youth The To,rfc ta perfect Touth PHshed by " exchane of notea' which the proposition that if we don't plant
youtn. ine logic is perfect. outniftllM hA nifiv ffAnto th r.ri. I 4 . ,
v.w - . w i crops mere win ue uumiug iu eai, uiiu
nonr nan t n a wnrca -r r n a a r-i 1 m on r i, . ., 1 1 i 1 ij
main youthful, we must be hosmtable " . mat an tne taiaing in tne worm won
- Tnp no ormiirip1 wir n n Tnrmpp rpp- i t
to Innovation. In tha 1ov of creation -"! " - . ? . .. . .7 create one square meai.
retary or state wno Knew diplomatic
we shall find the fountain of nernetual ..
- .1. practice. I Whn we read that the food situa
JUUIU. I rpy, - t0n necessary to ratification I.. .
. , j . ' tion in Europe is nearly oacK to nor.
and Willamette rivers must be deep
ened to 35 feet at low water, be great
ly widened and be straightened in
order to be safely navigable for the
deepest-draft dreadnought. At least
one broad basin Is needed to afford
the largest vessel ample room in which
to turn. Permanent work should be
done in order that bars, when dredged,
may not shoal again in the next
freshet, and that a depth, when gained,
may be maintained and possibly in
creased. Compared with other ports, this
work can be done in the Columbia
river at moderate cost and would be
of vast benefit to commerce as well as
to the navy. The United States en
gineers are prepared to recommend
liberal appropriations by congress,
provided the Port of Portland will
share the cost, and will work in con
Junction with the government. An
ideal turning basin can be made by
cutting out Swan island, and the
adjacent low land provides a place for
the material which would be removed.
There has been too much dlsposl-.
did. The constitution, which was com.
pleted on September 17, 1787, Just
132 years ago, was undoubtedly the
most momentous document in all hu
man political history. The Magna
Charta does not furnish an adequate
parallel for, though it extorted from
the king certain rights in the inter
ests of another hierarchy, it had little
or no immediate relief to offer the
common people. The framers of our
constitution inherited not only the
common law and political Institutions
of the mother country, but also, and
what was more important, the passion
for orderly government which was the
logical development of the Anglo
Saxon spirit. The greatest achieve
ment of the constitution was that it
not only perfected "the consolidation
of our union, in which is involved our
prosperity, safety, felicity, perhaps
our national existence" (this is the
language of the letter In which the
constitutional convention transmitted
its completed work to the federal con
gress), but that It also crystallized the
principle that the law is supreme
As there wera eveat heroes before!.. - .... .... - . . '
. , , . . . i tnerezore, are tnat two-tniros or tneiQi a TTerhert "Hoover snvn w he
Asramemnon. so them have, been treat . ... - mai, as iierDen noover says, we De
writers since Kurlnides. The illustra- JKf6. n " " I Sn to wish that Europe would send
I va ti rn q. t h a t tho nroclrlpn t nrnm rf 1 v I . , . .
tion flows trippingly from the pen of .I lv Si:i":f'tr.VC'emlBsarles over 10 le" us now 10 QO "
the Drofessor because his life has been I . . .
so enriched by the older classics. A. I that the senate hy a two third,' rna Chautauqua proposes to inaugurate
good many will confess that they have HL tt ''JJfi6.!' -Wl", .r?? U s-stem of Pen forums. Just in time
been only bored by Euripides, but J"'"f na T." for us to begin discussion of the ques
these nerhaos will saV Oiat Jane rati'lcat " .embdylVg. .3- e tion: "Resolved, that work is not es
Austen never has had her equal or , , w . 1 V lnle4rval Ior fe,V" sential to the welfare of mankind."
Austen never nas naa ner equal, or eral deDate( for the senate must talk, .
that there are no longer any novelists but whlIe lt ls talking the state depart:
iirVTi, men, may informally obtain the ap-
Whitman was a long time getting a
proval of the other powers to the in-
hearing because he introduced a new terpretaticm whlch the senate t0
A v & AAA VI TIOC, IV lllu A Clsl v (el UV0 Ul
The radical socialists having voted
to exclude from the party all persons
who have any property, its members
will go right on trying to qualify for
V. 4. n ... C-.... I. ,1.1. T 1
which the older persons of all ages . non-membership, of course.
Twain's "Huckeberry Finn" was con.
demned by the same kind of people,
casion, when all the powers are im
patient to put the treaty in effect and
The one subject that you can get an
opinion out of anybody on is profiteer
not all necessarily advanced In calen- f a"el l p U'X Tnterrennro in-ven those who are doing a blt
dar years. Professor Weatherly proves a r atce lnterresnum of it themselves don't hesitate to de-
nounce the practice.
Naturally high wages permit enjoy
ment of many luxuries, none of. which,
however, threaten the welfare of the
of
own IGUipc W11BU us rlent tn fall in line with th. senate
I shall take the risk of shocking; the or-I Tf he ihnnH halV either at nhmllnn
and Media and Orestes and Prometheus, and of the reservations to the powers in
uajsseus oi iflfl many wiles, ana uib leiaer suvttuuo Ul nuuuuuu ur UL ir&llsilllLllUK I , . .-, , . , ,,,1.
of men Agamemnon, do not embody more to Parls a ratification Including reser- ?eODle CXCept th 1UIUry f t0 mUh
ksieiori 1 lul facta nr hitman MTnsrnftnra than A n I 0 I la ina
r '"r" ----- " . '' . I ra 1 rtri a 4-V. An oaonAnoiKlltttt . A..7iAs.
uncle JKemus, or bberiocic i-ioimes, or Jriuck i "' 011, AVt uc
Boetlan wit of some of these latter. Nor i t. t 11 t Japan, torn by an epidemic
tat. Bophoci and unrest, may be beginning
tne reai tuu 01 iragouj idbq me lncupua nti enrrv that Pprrv intro-
Af h.r.duv tn ih.n . "flhonii - Rnf it vnHH o a man .niicfino- o., to be a lltue so Try mai jrerry inLro
vnu hellAVM that I Am ultra-modern- I hasten I - ... ... . , I uuced her to our western civiliza-
I- . .1 . . . . . . ,, . . . wiuc Ul ilia luuiviuum juufiiucill 111 I . .
to add that I do not ranlc tne tables of I . " . I tion.
ueorge Aae on a par wun wiuse oi Aesop. I w.w w..uv w - " -- 0 . -. .....ju. -
linr on the literary world In the closing; -t.i ,it,in It. ,fi,,r ti,...i. CarUSO Is going to Europe, but we
days of my college course, and It is a mat- ' , ' .;" under no illusions as to the power
ter of especial pleasure to recall tne part "-"' "uuiu ue m uiiscu uumrasi --- r-aran to soothe tha aavac-e
with the president s arbitrary conduct. cvc" " r j "... I Vh
He has acted hitherto without the ad- reast ul "a'' " "
vino rt tha con a to a a pcnnlpod hv In a I
constitution; he can go no farther England is said to contemplate put
without its consent He has tried to ng a tax on whiskers. We should
"bull things through" and failed. If think the plan would yield more rev-
he must suffer some humiliation in enue it it were incu .u xt.ui.
hnvtnir tr v1flri KnmA nnln tw In Apdof a
avoid the wreck of his work, he has A single fruit crop has been sold for
only himself to blame. double the price a Wapato man paid
I took In forming two Kipling clubs.
It Is a formula worth- thinking
about. There can be nothing to- the
individual of literary tastes more sat
isfactory, perhaps, than realization
that he is a discoverer even if a co-
discoverer with many others of a
new light in the firmament. Those
who, for illustration, were able to see
in "Mr. Britllng" while It was run
ning serially in a popular magazine
one of the most meritorious books of
the ensuing year in book publishing
have the satisfaction of knowing that
to that extent they had preserved their
youth. But the rule applies to every
other form cf literature. To be able
to winnow the grain from the chaff in
Innovation is to sustain one's faith in
one's power of staying young.
Lest, however, we. foster a habit of
mistaking the merely novel for the
meritorious, it will be well to bear in
mind that there is a second childhood
which is only spurious youth. We
shall do best if we try to preserve
In order that no valid cause may he for his ranch, and still the back-to
given for rejecting the reservations, tne-sou movement insmn
the senate will need to take care tha t I
they shall be so framed as to be ac- General Pershing of course will not
ceptable to the other powers and as fail to profit by the anti-climax of
not to impair the league's power for Admiral Dewey's rousing welcome to
good. One of the truths which Mr. tne nome country.
Wilson has uttered is that many critics
of article 10 do not appear to have With false teeth selling in Berlin at
read the rest of the covenant, for they $37.50 the set, those Germans will
make it the ground of a declaration pretty soon be sending for Dr. Davis
that the league would cause, not pre- again.
vent, war. When a dispute arises, it
must pass through these stages before I The Balkan states are running true
it reaches war: diplomacy between I to form. ' The love of peace does not
the parties; arbitration, for which six I seem to be in them.
LIFE'S MUTUALITY.
Gray (Edith Olds), of San Diego.
No one can live but for himself;
Yes, e en the pampered lord of pelf.
When unto festive board he comes,
Must drop us some delicious crumbs.
The fairest mansion he can build
And have with art and pleasure filled
Must still share us a goodly sight
Of all its beauty and delight.
The flowers, too, those bright-faced
: elves,
Though mostly living for themselves.
Can't help but make us happy and
Our being charm at every hand.
Those gay Lotharios of spring
The birds, while to their mates they
sing.
Though not intending, still enchant
With minstrelsy our leisure scant.
The butterfly, the sun, the moon.
The balmy wind, the rose of June,
While on their purpose own are bent,
Must ne'ertheless give us content.
The maiden who does beautify
Herself but for her lover's eye,
With her own satisfaction thus
Still makes the world more bright for
us.
PETER FANDEL.
WILD BLACKBERRIES.
In salt air and sunshine.
In sea breeze an-' dew.
They hung there and ripened
The long summer through.
The lark nested by them.
The grouse rustled near,
The goiden-hued pheasant
Clucked softly and clear
To her brood In the meadow.
Squirrels barked in the wood.
A little creek ambled
So happy and good.
Of moon ray and sunbeam
And soft-purpled night
Bound up with a dewdrop
Is this cup of delight.
One bush from out Eden
Was left for our use.
The nectar the gods sipped
Was blackberry juice.
Through salt air and sunshine,
Throirgh sea breeze and dew,
Wild blackberries ripened
For me and for you.
MART ALICE OGDEN.
THE SWEETEST FACE OF ALL.
There are faces framed in gold
That fill my heart with fire.
Sweethearts in the days of old.
When love was life s desire.
But the sweetest face I know.
Is crowned with silver hair.
My mother's face with tender glow.
In memory s gallery there.
There are eyes that thrill my heart,
With passion s flaming call
And lips that lift me to the stars
When love is all in all.
But the tender light that lives
In my mother s fading eyes.
Is the only light that gives
A peace that never dies.
G. E. PINTO.
THE FLAME DIVINE.
As we sit in the early twilight round
the fire, with its cheery glow
And the flames leap higher and higher
the fire of youth is so;
But when the warmth is over, and the
passionate leaping ls o'er.
Then we see but dull colored ashes.
whose beauty is no more.
Tet e'en in thj dullest ashes; yea, e'en
in the dullest man.
Lies a spark of fire eternal, vhlch, fos
tered with patience and fanned.
Leaps Into wonderful beauty at the
touch of the master hand.
JEAN SALISBURY.
DESIRE.
I traverse the desert.
Sense its burning sands.
Advancing feet a-scorch
Always the horizon!
I sail the ocean.
Scan its surface o'er.
My vision focused far
And yet the deep!
I climb the mountain
With avid hands I stand
Clutching the atmosphere
Still there are the stars!
EDITH J. PERNOT.